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高三第一次调研考试 英 语 注意事项 考生在答题前请认真阅读本注意事项及各题答题要求： 1．答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号、座位号填写在答题卡上。 2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，请用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。 3．考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话读两遍。 1. Where is Henry now? A. At his home. B. In the hospital. C. At the supermarket. 2. What day is it today? A. Friday. B. Saturday. C. Sunday. 3. What place did Bella win in the race yesterday? A. First. B. Second. C. Third. 4. What is the man probably? A. A salesman. B. A policeman. C. A hotel manager. 5. Why does the woman dislike the bag? A. It’s not easy to carry. B. It’s small. C. Its pattern is ugly. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Teacher and student. B. Father and daughter. C. Colleagues. 7. What will the man do next? A. Have a meal. B. Continue to work. C. Have a rest. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. Where are the speakers probably? A. On a plane. B. In a car. C. On a train. 9. How long has the woman prepared for the activity? A. For days. B. For months. C. For years. 10. How is the woman feeling at the moment? A. Excited. B. Relaxed. C. Tense. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11. What color is the dining table? A. Orange. B. Green. C. Grey. 12. Where do the speakers finally place the plant? A. On the top of the cupboard. B. On the right of the cupboard. C. On the left of the cupboard. 13. What does the woman like best about the room? A. The curtains. B. The vase. C. The pictures. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 14. What is the man probably doing? A. Hosting a program. B. Attending a meeting. C. Conducting a job interview. 15. What was the woman’s dream when she was young? A. To be a publisher. B. To be an artist. C. To be an author. 16. What is the woman mainly sharing with the man? A. Her family. B. The story behind her book. C. Her videos on TikTok. 17. How might the woman feel when she received the book? A. Astonished. B. Awkward. C. Relieved. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. When did Sammie Vance attend the summer camp? A. At the age of 5. B. At the age of 8. C. At the age of 15. 19. In which country did the recent Buddy Bench appear? A. Mexico. B. Australia. C. Ghana. 20. What is Sammie Vance probably like? A. Socially-responsible. B. Humorous. C. Carefree. 第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Lead Interpreter of Costuming Working Hours: Two scheduling options are available — weekday and weekend positions. Weekday staff are expected to work a minimum of 30 hours per week, while weekend staff are expected to work a minimum of 10 hours per week. About Us: Genesee Country Village & Museum is the largest living history museum in New York and the third largest in the country. Position Overview: The Lead Interpreter of Costuming is responsible for assisting the Manager of Costuming with the overall operation of the costume shop, with a focus on the maintenance, repair, cleaning, and storage of all costumes and historical clothing, as well as regularly providing public-facing costumed historical interpretation. ●Public-Facing Duties (45%) ●Maintenance of Costume Shop Supplies and Equipment (40%) ●Production of Historical Costumes (15%) Minimum Qualifications: ●1+ years of experience in the maintenance and construction of historical clothing. ●Demonstrated ability to pattern, fit, and complete historical costuming. ●Demonstrated historical research skills. ●Strong interpersonal and communication skills. ●Basic computer skills including familiarity with Microsoft Office. ●Must have reliable transportation. Working Conditions: ●Ability to stand and sit for extended periods of time. ●Ability to walk 1-3 miles a day in all types of weather. ●Ability to perform physical work such as kneeling, reaching, bending, pulling, pushing, and lifting objects weighing up to 30 pounds. Pay Range: 16.50 −17.00 per hour How to Apply: Interested applicants should visit www.gcv.org/employment/ to apply. Please include a sample of created clothing, including pictures and/or videos. 1. Which work schedule is appropriate for the position? A. 9:00 am-5:00 pm every Sat. B. 9:00 am-8:00 pm Tues. and Thurs. C. 8:00 am-11:00 am Tues. through Fri. D. 8:00 am-4:00 pm Mon. through Thurs. 2. What task takes up most of the job responsibilities? A. Public-facing interpretation. B. Historical costume production. C. Maintenance of museum equipment. D. Management of costume shop supplies. 3. What is required of an applicant? A. Having a taste for art. B. Owning a motor vehicle. C. Being fairly physically fit. D. Working in a museum for a year. 【答案】1. D 2. A 3. C 【解析】 【导语】文章主要介绍服装首席讲解员岗位的招聘信息，含工时、职责、要求等。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段中的 “Working Hours: Two scheduling options are available — weekday and weekend positions. Weekday staff are expected to work a minimum of 30 hours per week, while weekend staff are expected to work a minimum of 10 hours per week.(工作时间：有两种排班——工作日岗与周末岗。工作日岗员工每周至少工作30小时，周末岗员工每周至少工作10小时。)” 可知，周一至周四每天8小时，合计32小时，满足工作日岗每周最少30小时的要求。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据岗位概述部分中的 “●Public-Facing Duties (45%) ●Maintenance of Costume Shop Supplies and Equipment (40%) ●Production of Historical Costumes (15%)(面向公众的工作（45%）；服装工作室物资与设备维护（40%）；历史服装制作（15%）)”。45%占比最高，对应Public-facing interpretation。 【3题详解】 推理判断题。根据Working Conditions部分中的 “●Ability to stand and sit for extended periods of time. ●Ability to walk 1-3 miles a day in all types of weather. ●Ability to perform physical work such as kneeling, reaching, bending, pulling, pushing, and lifting objects weighing up to 30 pounds.(能够长时间站立、久坐；各种天气下每天步行1至3英里；可完成跪、伸手、弯腰、推拉以及最重30磅物品的体力工作。)”可知，应聘者需要较好的体能。 B I was in terrible pain last week when I could hardly turn my head. My neck and shoulders were extremely painful and my head was locked. I walked into this tui na clinic right by where I am staying and was willing to let anyone massage (按摩) my neck. In walked Wu Shifu. I was head down on the table and before I even spoke, he said, “You have a problem with your vertebra (脊椎),” pointing to my C7. “It is completely locked. Your qi is not flowing. You are in pain all over.” He started massaging my neck, shoulders and head, pulling my neck and my arms in such a way that it was painful but good. He later asked me to sit up and moved on to adjusting my C7. That was scary. The thought of “Would he break my neck?” repeatedly crossed my mind when he did his things, which included using my own body weight to stretch my back, kneeling on my back to apply pressure to my vertebrae and pulling my head up using a towel. All seemed very scary and risky to me. But I didn’t say a word from beginning to end because it felt right and good. The Chinese word for beautiful is piao liang; the literal translation is pretty for piao and bright for liang. This man said to me, “You may be pretty but you are not liang because your qi is not flowing and not brightening your face.” It shook me — and made me question everything I thought I knew about what “looking good” really means. I was loosened and felt so much better afterwards. I was a puppet (木偶) with messy strings before I saw Wu Shifu. Afterwards, I could walk and turn, and I felt I was flexible again. I wish I could bring him back home with me to New York. I take my hat off to all Chinese masters for their devotion to this medicine! 4. How did Wu identify the author’s C7 problem? A. By talking with her. B. By reading her body. C. By pulling her arms. D. By massaging her neck. 5. Why did the author keep silent during her C7 treatment? A. She felt too scared. B. She was asked to do so. C. She was in too much pain. D. She trusted Wu’s methods. 6. What did the author say about Wu’s explanation of piao liang? A. It raised her awareness of her health. B. It overturned her standard for beauty. C. It made her ashamed about her figure. D. It expanded her knowledge of Chinese. 7. Which word best describes the author’s overall experience? A. Eventful. B. Frightening. C. Transformative. D. Embarrassing. 【答案】4. B 5. D 6. B 7. C 【解析】 【导语】文章主要讲述作者接受吴师傅推拿治疗颈椎，对中式美的认知发生改变。 【4题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“I was head down on the table and before I even spoke, he said, “You have a problem with your vertebra (脊椎),” pointing to my C7. “It is completely locked. Your qi is not flowing. You are in pain all over.”(我趴在理疗床上，还没开口，他就指着我的第七节颈椎说：“你的脊椎有问题。它完全卡住了。你的气不通，浑身疼痛。”)”可知，作者还没有说话，吴师傅通过观察、触诊她的身体判断出颈椎问题，即通过读懂身体状况来诊断。 【5题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“But I didn’t say a word from beginning to end because it felt right and good.(但我自始至终一言不发，因为整个过程感觉是妥当且有效的。)”可知，作者信任吴师傅的疗法。 【6题详解】 推理判断题。根据第四段中的“It shook me — and made me question everything I thought I knew about what “looking good” really means.(这番话震撼了我，让我开始质疑自己过去对于“好看”含义的全部认知。)”可知，说明吴师傅对“漂亮”的解读颠覆了作者原有的审美标准。 【7题详解】 推理判断题。根据第四段中的“It shook me — and made me question everything I thought I knew about what “looking good” really means.(这番话震撼了我，让我开始质疑自己过去对于“好看”含义的全部认知。)”以及最后一段中的“I was loosened and felt so much better afterwards. I was a puppet (木偶) with messy strings before I saw Wu Shifu. Afterwards, I could walk and turn, and I felt I was flexible again.(治疗后我身体放松，舒服很多。见到吴师傅前，我就像线乱糟糟的木偶；治疗之后，我能够行走转头，身体重获灵活。)”可知，不仅身体得到恢复，审美观念也发生改变，这次经历带来身心巨大转变。“Transformative带来重大改变的”最能描述作者的整体感受。 C The bright yellow Big Lemon buses are a familiar sight on the roads of Brighton. For nine years the company has run all its vehicles on waste cooking oil from local restaurants, recycled into biofuel, but now it wants to go one step further. The Big Lemon wants to add solar panels to the roof of its east Brighton garage, storing the energy in batteries and charging buses overnight. It is working with the Brighton Energy Cooperative (BEC) towards a vision of zero-emission bus services in every UK community by 2030. The key thing about The Big Lemon idea is that the energy will be generated on site. “If we run on mains electricity then we still have a large carbon footprint,” says Tom Druitt, managing director of The Big Lemon. The Big Lemon has decided to convert (改造) its current buses to run on electric power, instead of buying new electric buses. Work has begun on the first buses. Druitt estimates that The Big Lemon will save around £20,000 a year in fuel costs and achieve a reduction in maintenance costs. “We’ve estimated that there’s a six-year payback on these buses and we’re calculating for an eight-year working life, so essentially we get two years free,” he explains. How easy will this idea be to reproduce elsewhere? Will Cottrell, chairman of BEC, says that in theory it should be easy. “I think the main issue will be whether you can get enough energy from the solar to fully power the vehicles,” he says. “Not feeding it into the grid (电网) makes it a bit more difficult as you come across this common issue with renewables: they’re unstable. You need to think quite hard about how it works technically,” he adds, explaining that getting the right size battery and overall system is key to providing the right level of supply. “But this is the way it’s got to be,” Cottrell says. “To move us away from a centralised energy system we need to move away from a centralised grid as well, so we need to understand the technology that is going to enable us to do that.” 8. What is the purpose of The Big Lemon’s new plan? A. To provide nationwide bus services. B. To offer fully green transportation. C. To cut reliance on local restaurants. D. To replace its outdated biofuel buses. 9. What do the statistics in paragraph 4 show about the new plan? A. It is fairly cost-effective. B. It is readily profitable. C. It is technically innovative. D. It is largely self-sufficient. 10. What does the underlined word “this” in the last paragraph refer to? A. Making the renewables stable. B. Designing right-size batteries. C. Having a decentralised energy system. D. Generating energy wherever it is needed. 11. What is Cottrell’s attitude to The Big Lemon idea? A. Supportive. B. Disapproving. C. Uninterested. D. Ambiguous. 【答案】8. B 9. A 10. C 11. A 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍英国大柠檬公交公司以屋顶太阳能为电动公交供电、实现零排放运营的新计划及业内看法。 【8题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“For nine years the company has run all its vehicles on waste cooking oil from local restaurants, recycled into biofuel, but now it wants to go one step further.(九年来，该公司一直使用来自当地餐馆的废弃食用油 —— 再循环制成生物燃料 —— 来运营其所有车辆，但现在它想更进一步)”以及第二段“The Big Lemon wants to add solar panels to the roof of its east Brighton garage, storing the energy in batteries and charging buses overnight. It is working with the Brighton Energy Cooperative (BEC) towards a vision of zero-emission bus services in every UK community by 2030.(大柠檬想在其东布莱顿车库的屋顶上加装太阳能电池板，将能量储存在电池中，并在夜间为公交车充电。它正在与布莱顿能源合作社合作，朝着到2030年在每个英国社区实现零排放公交服务的愿景而努力)”可知，新计划用太阳能发电给电动公交充电，目标是零排放，即提供完全绿色的交通。 【9题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段“Druitt estimates that The Big Lemon will save around £20,000 a year in fuel costs and achieve a reduction in maintenance costs. “We’ve estimated that there’s a six-year payback on these buses and we’re calculating for an eight-year working life, so essentially we get two years free,” he explains.(Druitt估计大柠檬每年将节省约2万英镑的燃料成本，并实现维护成本的降低。“我们估计这些公交车有六年的回收期，而我们计算的是八年的工作寿命，所以本质上我们有两年是免费的，”他解释道)” 可知，改造后每年省燃料费、维护费下降，六年回本、八年寿命相当于白用两年，这些数据说明新计划相当划算、具有成本效益。 【10题详解】 词句猜测题。根据最后一段““But this is the way it’s got to be,” Cottrell says. “To move us away from a centralised energy system we need to move away from a centralised grid as well, so we need to understand the technology that is going to enable us to do that.”(“但这是它必须走的路，”Cottrell 说。“为了让我们摆脱集中式能源系统，我们也需要摆脱集中式电网，所以我们需要了解将使我们能够做到这一点的技术 ”)”可知，this后一句紧接着解释要“摆脱集中式能源系统和集中式电网”，即this指的是走向分散式的能源系统。 【11题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段““But this is the way it’s got to be,” Cottrell says. “To move us away from a centralised energy system we need to move away from a centralised grid as well, so we need to understand the technology that is going to enable us to do that.”(“但这是它必须走的路，”Cottrell 说)”可知，Cottrell明确表示这种现场发电、摆脱集中式电网的模式是必然方向，态度是支持的。 D The voice is the music of the soul, linked to a person’s character and inner life. In fact, the sound of your voice may reveal more than you realize — for instance, details of your physical and mental health, your cultural and educational backgrounds, and even your political preferences. Scientists are increasingly learning how to use computers to track these speech patterns, but some scholars are sounding the alarm. Today, speech-recording devices are everywhere, in smart speakers and phones and in the voice control systems in TVs, cars, and appliances. Some of these systems can monitor surrounding sounds so they can recognize specific wake-up words. The recordings of your voice that the systems collect could one day be used against you, warns Tom Bäckström, professor of speech and language technology at Aalto University in Finland: to tailor ads to your interests, needs or emotional states, or to screen you for certain jobs. To deter abuse, Bäckström and his teammates are working to develop protective measures and technologies. They recently published a paper in the Proceedings of the IEEE that reviews the potential risks posed by speech-recording technologies and the measures that could be taken to protect against those risks. The team built a metric (度量标准) which is the first, they claim, that can capture how much is revealed in any one audio (声音的) recording of a voice. Bäckström says the technology could be used specifically to help people understand how much of their privacy is at risk when they use certain speech-recording technologies. The team is also working to build technologies that can shorten, change speech, or hide the identity of the speaker, so that only the essential information gets conveyed when a person uses a speech-recording technology. The speech technology privacy field is in its early stages, and many open questions for study still remain. Ultimately, much of the responsibility will lie with the companies that make speech-activated technologies. The ethical (合乎道德的) thing to do is build systems that minimize what they hear, record, remember, and infer. Because the machines are learning to listen — in ways that a human never could. 12. What are some scholars worried about? A. Privacy risks revealed through our voice. B. The huge loss of uniqueness in our speech. C. Our health problems caused by digital devices. D. Our reduced ability to communicate effectively. 13. What does the underlined word “deter” in paragraph 4 mean? A. Delay. B. Study. C. Explain. D. Prevent. 14. What has Bäckström’s team already developed? A. A tool to enhance voice clarity. B. A method for transposing speech. C. A way to quantify information exposure. D. An approach to assessing speakers’ identities. 15. What does the author expect the technology companies to do? A. Develop more complicated machines. B. Limit the data their systems collect. C. Prioritize ethical principles over profit. D. Inform the public about data protection. 【答案】12. A 13. D 14. C 15. B 【解析】 【导语】文章主要介绍语音收集技术带来隐私风险以及科研团队研究对应的防护手段。 【12题详解】 推理判断题。根据第三段中的“The recordings of your voice that the systems collect could one day be used against you, warns Tom Bäckström, professor of speech and language technology at Aalto University in Finland: to tailor ads to your interests, needs or emotional states, or to screen you for certain jobs.(芬兰阿尔托大学言语语言技术教授Tom Bäckström警告：系统收集的语音记录有朝一日可能被用来损害你的权益，例如根据你的兴趣、需求或情绪状态定制广告，或是在某些工作招聘中对你进行筛查。)” 可知，学者担忧语音泄露带来隐私风险。 【13题详解】 词义猜测题。根据第四段中的“To deter abuse, Bäckström and his teammates are working to develop protective measures and technologies.(为了deter滥用行为，Bäckström及其团队正研发防护手段与技术。)”可知，后文研发保护技术是为阻止、防止语音技术被滥用。划线词与Prevent同义。 【14题详解】 细节理解题。根据第五段中的“The team built a metric (度量标准) which is the first, they claim, that can capture how much is revealed in any one audio (声音的) recording of a voice.(该团队建立了一项度量标准，他们称这是首个能够测算出任意一段语音录音会泄露多少信息的指标。)”可知，贝克斯特伦的团队已经研发出了一种量化信息暴露量的方法。 【15题详解】 细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“Ultimately, much of the responsibility will lie with the companies that make speech-activated technologies. The ethical (合乎道德的) thing to do is build systems that minimize what they hear, record, remember, and infer.(归根结底，大部分责任落在语音激活技术的开发企业身上。合乎道德的做法是搭建系统，将设备收听、录制、存储和推断获取的信息降到最低。)”可知，作者希望科技公司限制其系统所收集的数据。 第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 A Guide to Litter Picking Litter picking is a great way to have an immediate impact on your neighbourhood environment. ________16________ However, it’s important to be careful when picking up rubbish. Here are our top tips for staying safe while litter picking! Think about your location. Beaches, woodland paths, city streets… you can find rubbish almost anywhere that humans have been! However, often the places where you find the most litter are the ones that we use the most regularly, such as areas near roads. While you can achieve great results from litter picking along roadsides, this can also be very dangerous. Make sure you stay away from busy highways. Ensure you wear something bright so you can be easily seen. __________17__________ Stay safe. While litter picking, you often find items that aren’t particularly clean. Many times, the rubbish has sat there for so long that it’s covered in dirt and bacteria. That’s why it’s very important to stay safe and healthy when picking up rubbish. ________18________ You don’t want to be using your bare hands. Always make sure you have a bottle of hand sanitiser (洗手液) in your pocket for when you’re done! ________19________ Just imagine, you’ve finished picking up for the day, and you’ve got a full bag of rubbish that you’re taking to the bin! And then — disaster! Your bag is broken, and everything has fallen back onto the floor. To avoid this happening, don’t pick up anything sharp. If something looks likely to tear your bag open, then just leave it. __________20__________ A. Be careful what you collect. B. It’s better to be safe than sorry. C. Make sure you’ve got a strong bag. D. A high-visibility jacket is a good choice. E. Always stick to these places with a pavement. F. Get hold of a litter picker and some thick gloves. G. You don’t have to wait long to see a big difference. 【答案】16. G 17. D 18. F 19. A 20. B 【解析】 【导语】文章介绍捡拾垃圾能快速改善社区环境，并从选址、个人防护、捡拾物品选择三方面给出安全注意事项。 【16题详解】 由上文“Litter picking is a great way to have an immediate impact on your neighbourhood environment.(捡拾垃圾是可以立刻对社区环境产生积极影响的好办法。)”以及下文 “However, it’s important to be careful when picking up rubbish.(但是捡拾垃圾时一定要小心。)”可知，此处承接上文，继续说明捡拾垃圾见效快。G项“You don’t have to wait long to see a big difference.(你不用等很久就能看到巨大的改变。)”符合语境，immediate impact和don’t have to wait long呼应，前后衔接，再用however转折引出安全提醒，起到承上启下作用。 【17题详解】 由上文“Ensure you wear something bright so you can be easily seen.(确保穿上亮色衣物，让别人容易看见你。)”可知，本句应举例说明亮色衣物。D项“A high-visibility jacket is a good choice.(一件高能见度外套是不错的选择。)”符合语境，high-visibility jacket对应前文something bright，承接上文建议。 【18题详解】 由本段小标题“Stay safe.(注意安全。)”和下文“You don’t want to be using your bare hands.(不要徒手捡拾垃圾。)”可知，空格处介绍捡拾垃圾要用的防护工具。F项“Get hold of a litter picker and some thick gloves.(准备一个垃圾捡拾器和厚手套。)”符合语境，thick gloves对应后文不要徒手操作，引出手部防护，承上启下。 【19题详解】 空处为本段小标题。由下文内容，尤其是“To avoid this happening, don’t pick up anything sharp. If something looks likely to tear your bag open, then just leave it.(为了避免这种情况，不要捡拾尖锐物品。如果某物看起来会划破垃圾袋，就不要捡。)”可知，本段告诫大家留意所捡拾的东西。A项 “Be careful what you collect.(谨慎选择你捡拾的物品。)”符合语境，总领下文内容。 【20题详解】 由上文“If something looks likely to tear your bag open, then just leave it.(如果某物看起来会划破垃圾袋，就不要捡。)”可知，此处是总结，强调安全第一，宁可放弃也不要冒险。B项 “It’s better to be safe than sorry.(安全第一，事后后悔不如事前小心。)”符合语境，承接上文，总结本段建议。 第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 At age 20, I fell in love with opera. It _____21_____ after I watched the film adaptation of “The Magic Flute”. Something _____22_____ in me. I became a(n) _____23_____ subscriber to the “Opera” magazine and saw every opera I possibly could. A few years later, I was _____24_____ in Avignon, a city of southeast France, with my parents and discovered that “The Magic Flute” was being _____25_____ right there during our trip. I was _____26_____ to secure a ticket to see it. This was the 1980s. Therefore, it was _____27_____ to book a ticket online. I asked the front desk clerk of our hotel whether it was possible to get a ticket. To my _____28_____, he said it had been booked out for months. That evening, as we were about to go and get some dinner, the clerk _____29_____ me and said that his mother would love for me to have her ticket. ______30______, I gratefully accepted and tried to offer him some money. But he wouldn’t ______31______ it. It was such a (n) ______32______ night as you couldn’t ask for a better seat. ______33______, I never met the clerk’s mother, but her ______34______ left me in complete disbelief. I can only hope I’ve done something______35______ for someone else in my life since then. 21. A. failed B. occurred C. improved D. survived 22. A. broke B. hid C. clicked D. remained 23. A. restricted B. strange C. committed D. occasional 24. A. living B. working C. studying D. traveling 25. A. shot B. performed C. composed D. translated 26. A. honored B. determined C. awkward D. hesitant 27. A. impossible B. normal C. expensive D. unnecessary 28. A. shame B. anger C. horror D. disappointment 29. A. stopped B. ignored C. suspected D. praised 30. A. Annoyed B. Exhausted C. Amazed D. Amused 31. A. hear of B. pay for C. dream of D. look for 32. A. silent B. unforgivable C. stormy D. unforgettable 33. A. Hopefully B. Casually C. Regrettably D. Interestingly 34. A. courage B. kindness C. honesty D. wisdom 35. A. ambitious B. funny C. legal D. similar 【答案】21. B 22. C 23. C 24. D 25. B 26. B 27. A 28. D 29. A 30. C 31. A 32. D 33. C 34. B 35. D 【解析】 【导语】文章主要介绍作者20岁爱上歌剧，旅行时意外获得《魔笛》演出门票的暖心经历。 【21题详解】 考查动词。句意：在我看了《魔笛》改编电影之后，这件事就发生了。A. failed失败；B. occurred发生；C. improved改善；D. survived幸存。根据上文“At age 20, I fell in love with opera.”可知，作者爱上歌剧这件事发生在看完电影之后。 【22题详解】 考查动词。句意：我内心一下子豁然开窍了。A. broke打破；B. hid隐藏；C. clicked顿悟，豁然明白；D. remained保持。根据后文“I became a(n) ______subscriber to the Opera magazine and saw every opera I possibly could.”可知，看完电影，作者内心有触动、一下子爱上歌剧。 【23题详解】 考查形容词。句意：我成了《歌剧》杂志忠实订阅者，尽可能去看每一场歌剧演出。A. restricted受限制的；B. strange奇怪的；C. committed投入的，忠实的；D. occasional偶尔的。根据后文“saw every opera I possibly could”可知，作者十分热爱歌剧，是忠实订阅者。 【24题详解】 考查动词。句意：几年后，我和父母在法国东南部城市阿维尼翁旅行，发现旅途中《魔笛》正在当地上演。A. living居住；B. working工作；C. studying学习；D. traveling旅行。根据下文“during our trip”可知，原文信息提示作者是在旅行。 【25题详解】 考查动词。句意：几年后，我和父母在法国东南部城市阿维尼翁旅行，发现旅途中《魔笛》正在当地上演。A. shot拍摄；B. performed表演，演出；C. composed作曲；D. translated翻译。根据常识可知，歌剧是被演出，be performed表示上演。 【26题详解】 考查形容词。句意：我下定决心要弄到一张票去观看这场演出。A. honored荣幸的；B. determined下定决心的；C. awkward尴尬的；D. hesitant犹豫的。根据上文“At age 20, I fell in love with opera.”可知，提到作者深爱《魔笛》，所以决心买到票。 【27题详解】 考查形容词。句意：那是20世纪80年代，所以在网上订票是不可能的。A. impossible不可能；B. normal正常；C. expensive昂贵；D. unnecessary没必要。根据上文“was the 1980s. Therefore”以及后文作者向酒店前台询问购票可知，说明无法网上订票。 【28题详解】 考查名词。句意：令我失望的是，他说票在几个月前就已经售罄。A. shame羞愧；B. anger生气；C. horror恐惧；D. disappointment失望。根据下文“he said it had been booked out for months.”可知，票全部卖光，作者想要看戏，内心感到失望。 【29题详解】 考查动词。句意：那天晚上，我们正要出去吃晚饭时，前台职员拦住我，说他母亲愿意把她的票给我。A. stopped拦住；B. ignored忽视；C. suspected怀疑；D. praised表扬。根据下文“said that his mother would love for me to have her ticket.”可知，职员叫住作者告知赠票的消息。故选A项。 【30题详解】 考查形容词。句意：我十分惊喜，满怀感激地接受，并想给他一些钱。A. Annoyed恼怒的；B. Exhausted疲惫的；C. Amazed吃惊的；D. Amused觉得好笑的。根据上文“That evening, as we were about to go and get some dinner, the clerk____ me and said that his mother would love for me to have her ticket.”可知，原本票已售完，突然有人赠票，作者感到惊喜。故选C项。 【31题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：但是，他不愿意收钱。A. hear of听说；B. pay for支付；C. dream of梦想；D. look for寻找。根据“But”可知，他不愿意收钱，wouldn’t hear of 固定搭配，表示“不肯接受，不同意”，这里指他不愿意收钱。 【32题详解】 考查形容词。句意：那是一个难忘的夜晚，因为我得到了再好不过的座位。A. silent安静的；B. unforgivable不可原谅的；C. stormy暴风雨的；D. unforgettable难忘的。根据下文“as you couldn’t ask for a better seat”可知，这场经历十分特别，让作者难以忘怀。 【33题详解】 考查副词。句意：遗憾的是，我从未见过这位职员的母亲，但她的善意让我难以置信。A. Hopefully有希望地；B. Casually随意地；C. Regrettably遗憾地；D. Interestingly有趣地。根据下文“I never met the clerk’s mother”可知，作者拿到对方赠送的票，却没能见到赠票人，是一件憾事。 【34题详解】 考查名词。句意：遗憾的是，我从未见过这位职员的母亲，但她的善意让我难以置信。A. courage勇气；B. kindness善意；C. honesty诚实；D. wisdom智慧。根据上文“his mother would love for me to have her ticket”可知，这位母亲把珍贵歌剧票送给素不相识的作者，是善意之举。 【35题详解】 考查形容词。句意：从那以后，我只希望自己一生中也能为别人做类似的好事。A. ambitious有抱负的；B. funny有趣的；C. legal合法的；D. similar相似的。根据下文“for someone else in my life since then”可知，作者受到这份善意打动，希望自己也能做出类似的善事。 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 In the leafy roads of Shanghai’s Xuhui district, the tune of a classic Chinese pop song dances through the morning air, but the lyrics are unmistakably French. The voice belongs to Alice Roche, a French music and culture ____36____ (blog) who has had hundreds of thousands of followers across social media. Over the past few years, Roche has devoted ____37____ (she) to translating the seemingly untranslatable meanings of Chinese lyrics ____38____ the style of French songs. “Sometimes Chinese is ____39____ rich in meaning that expressing it accurately in French is a challenge,” she admits. Roche____40____ (cite) a lyric from *What The World Has Given Me*, a ____41____ (poet) song performed by Chinese singer Faye Wong: Someone sets off fireworks; someone follows the evening wind. “I couldn’t translate it ____42____ (literal); it would lose its poetry,” Roche explains. “I had to think about the hidden meaning while ____43____ (keep) a rhythm. After several versions, I finally ____44____ (settle) on ‘Ils revient d’étincelles, certains preferent la brise’ (Some dream of flashes, while others prefer the wind), which felt closest to the original emotion among my tries.” It can take days, sometimes weeks to translate a single song. Yet, it serves a deeper purpose. “ ____45____ makes the effort worthwhile is that it is a journey toward understanding Chinese culture more deeply,” Roche says. 【答案】36. blogger 37. herself 38. into##in 39. so 40. cites 41. poetic 42. literally 43. keeping 44. settled 45. What 【解析】 【导语】文章介绍法国博主Alice Roche把中文流行歌曲歌词译为法语，传递中国文化之美。 【36题详解】 考查名词。句意：这个声音来自Alice Roche，一位法国音乐文化博主，在社交媒体上拥有数十万粉丝。空前a French music and culture修饰名词，blog是动词“写博客”，表示“博主”用blogger。 【37题详解】 考查反身代词。句意：在过去几年里，Roche致力于把看似无法翻译的中文歌词内涵转化为法语歌曲风格。固定搭配devote oneself to…表示“献身于，致力于”，主语是Roche，对应的反身代词用herself。 【38题详解】 考查介词。句意：在过去几年里，Roche致力于把看似无法翻译的中文歌词内涵转化为法语歌曲风格。固定搭配translate…into…“把……翻译成……”；表示“以……形式”用介词in。 【39题详解】 考查副词。句意：她承认：“有时候中文含义如此丰富，用法语精准表达是一项挑战。”so…that…意为“如此……以至于……”，so修饰形容词rich。 【40题详解】 考查动词时态。句意：Roche引用王菲演唱的诗意歌曲《世界赠与我的》里的一句歌词：有人放烟花；有人追晚风。本段整体为一般现在时，主语Roche是第三人称单数，谓语动词用cites。 【41题详解】 考查形容词。句意：Roche引用王菲演唱的诗意歌曲《世界赠与我的》里的一句歌词：有人放烟花；有人追晚风。空格修饰名词song，要用形容词作定语；poet是名词“诗人”，形容词poetic表示“富有诗意的”。 【42题详解】 考查副词。句意：Roche解释道：“我不能逐字翻译；那样会失去诗意。”此处修饰动词translate，要用副词；literal是形容词，副词形式literally，意为“字面上，逐字地”。 【43题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：我必须思考隐藏含义，同时保持韵律。keep和主语I是主动关系，用现在分词keeping作状语。 【44题详解】 考查动词时态。句意：修改好几个版本后，我最终选定了‘Ils revient d’étincelles, certains preferent la brise’，在所有尝试中，这感觉最接近原始的情感。陈述过去的动作，用一般过去时，settle的过去式为settled。 【45题详解】 考查主语从句。句意：Roche说：“让这份付出值得的是，这是一段深入理解中国文化的旅程。”空处引导主语从句，从句缺少主语，表示“……的事物”，用What引导，位于句首首字母大写。 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 46. 假定你是校英语报编辑李华，拟征集学生对“保护野生动物”的看法。请你给做过动物保护志愿者的Mary写一封邮件向她约稿，内容包括： 1．稿件主题和要求； 2．交稿时间。 注意： 1．写作词数应为100个左右； 2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Dear Mary, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 【答案】Dear Mary, I’m Li Hua, an editor of the school English newspaper. We are collecting students’ opinions on “protecting wild animals”. As you’ve been a volunteer in protecting animals, I’m writing to invite you to write an article about it. The theme of the article is your perspective on wildlife conservation. It would be better if you could share some of your hands-on experiences during your volunteer work. The article is expected to be approximately 500 words and written in clear and concise English. I would appreciate it if we could receive your article before October 20. Your insightful contribution will be highly anticipated. Looking forward to your early reply! Yours, Li Hua 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达要求考生以李华的名义向做过动物保护志愿者的Mary写一封邮件向她约稿，内容需包括稿件主题、要求和交稿时间。 【详解】1.词汇积累 保护：protect→preserve 观点：opinion→perspective 收集：collect→gather 回复：reply→response 2.句式拓展 同义句 原句：The article is expected to be approximately 500 words and written in clear and concise English.  拓展句：It is expected that the article should be approximately 500 words and written in clear and concise English. 【点睛】【高分句型1】As you’ve been a volunteer in protecting animals, I’m writing to invite you to write an article about it.（运用了as引导的原因状语从句，不定式to invite...作目的状语，以及不定式to write...作宾补） 【高分句型2】I would appreciate it if we could receive your article before October 20.（运用了固定句型I would appreciate it if...） 第二节（满分25分） 47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 My neighbor, Mrs. Gable, treats her garden like an art gallery. She has spent years planting roses and daisies (雏菊). Last month, she had to go away for two weeks to visit her sister who had fallen ill. Before she left, she came to our door with a gentle smile and a small request. “Could you please water my flowers every evening?” she asked. “They don’t need much, just a little care.” I agreed immediately. For the first few days, I took the responsibility seriously. Each evening at sunset, I carried the watering can across the street and made sure every plant had enough water. However, during the second week, my life became unusually busy. I had three important exams at school, a part-time job in the afternoons, and piles of homework waiting every night. One evening, I came home exhausted and forgot about the garden. The next evening, I remembered — but I was too tired to go outside. I told myself, “The plants are strong. They can wait one more day.” But the weather didn’t wait. That week turned out to be extremely hot. When I finally remembered and rushed over with the watering can, my heart sank. The roses looked weak, their leaves hanging low. The daisies were turning brown. I tried to water them quickly, hoping it wasn’t too late, but deep down I knew the damage had been done. I felt a sharp pain of guilt in my chest. The next morning when Mrs. Gable returned, I stayed inside. From my window, I watched her walk into her garden. When she saw the flowers, she stood there for a long moment. However, she didn’t call my name or knock on my door. Another afternoon, I saw her outside, cutting away the dead leaves. I wanted to apologize, yet I thought, “Maybe she isn’t that angry,” or “Maybe she thinks it was just the heat.” But my conscience (良心) wouldn’t let me rest. I remembered how she always brought us extra vegetables from her garden and how she had trusted me. 注意： 1．续写词数应为150个左右； 2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 I decided I had to make it right. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Over the next few weeks, I helped her in the garden whenever I could. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 I decided I had to make it right. That afternoon, I went to the local nursery and bought new seedlings. Taking a deep breath, I knocked on Mrs. Gable’s door and told her everything — the exams, the exhaustion, and most importantly, my failure. My voice shook as I apologized. She listened quietly, then surprised me by smiling softly. “Plants can be replaced,” she said. “What matters is that you cared enough to come and tell me.” Together, we planted the new flowers, our hands muddy and our conversation gentle, like old friends starting again. Over the next few weeks, I helped her in the garden whenever I could. With watering can in hand, I leaned forward. Water flowed out steadily, soaking the dry soil bit by bit. Slowly, green shoots appeared, and life returned to the soil. As I watched the new plants grow, I realized Mrs. Gable’s garden was no longer just something beautiful to look at. It had taught me something deeper than responsibility. It became a living reminder that trust, like a delicate plant, once wounded, can heal and regrow with honesty, effort, and a caring heart. 【解析】 【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了作者受邻居盖布尔夫人所托帮忙浇花，却因考试繁忙接连遗忘导致花草枯萎，在愧疚与良心不安中，作者主动买新花苗上门坦白认错，得到夫人的宽容谅解，此后持续帮忙照料花园，最终从这段经历中领悟到信任如植物一般，受伤后凭真诚与努力亦可重新生长的故事。 【详解】1. 段落续写： ① 由第一段首句可知，接下来可描写作者主动去苗圃买回新花苗，鼓起勇气敲响盖布尔夫人的门，坦白自己因考试疲惫而失责的全过程；在颤抖着道歉后，夫人温和地谅解了作者，两人一同种下新花，像老友般重新开始。 ② 由第二段首句可知，接下来可描写作者手持浇水壶悉心浇灌干涸的土壤，嫩绿新芽逐渐冒出、花园重获生机；并在旁观新植物生长的过程中感悟到，信任如同娇嫩的植物，一旦受伤，凭借诚实、努力与关怀之心也能愈合、重新生长。 2. 续写线索： 下定决心弥补过错 —— 购买新花苗上门坦白道歉 —— 夫人温和谅解并共同栽种新花 —— 持续帮忙照料花园、新芽重现生机 —— 领悟信任如植物般可凭真诚与努力重新生长 3. 词类激活： 行为类 ①购买：buy/purchase ②重要：matter/count 情绪类 ①柔和地微笑：smiling softly/smiling tenderly ②体贴的：caring/thoughtful 【点睛】【高分句型1】What matters is that you cared enough to come and tell me.（运用了what引导的主语从句和that引导的表语从句） 【高分句型2】It became a living reminder that trust, like a delicate plant, once wounded, can heal and regrow with honesty, effort, and a caring heart.（运用了that引导的同位语从句） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 高三第一次调研考试 英 语 注意事项 考生在答题前请认真阅读本注意事项及各题答题要求： 1．答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号、座位号填写在答题卡上。 2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，请用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。 3．考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话读两遍。 1. Where is Henry now? A. At his home. B. In the hospital. C. At the supermarket. 2. What day is it today? A. Friday. B. Saturday. C. Sunday. 3. What place did Bella win in the race yesterday? A. First. B. Second. C. Third. 4. What is the man probably? A. A salesman. B. A policeman. C. A hotel manager. 5. Why does the woman dislike the bag? A. It’s not easy to carry. B. It’s small. C. Its pattern is ugly. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Teacher and student. B. Father and daughter. C. Colleagues. 7. What will the man do next? A. Have a meal. B. Continue to work. C. Have a rest. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. Where are the speakers probably? A. On a plane. B. In a car. C. On a train. 9. How long has the woman prepared for the activity? A. For days. B. For months. C. For years. 10. How is the woman feeling at the moment? A. Excited. B. Relaxed. C. Tense. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11. What color is the dining table? A. Orange. B. Green. C. Grey. 12. Where do the speakers finally place the plant? A. On the top of the cupboard. B. On the right of the cupboard. C. On the left of the cupboard. 13. What does the woman like best about the room? A. The curtains. B. The vase. C. The pictures. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 14. What is the man probably doing? A. Hosting a program. B. Attending a meeting. C. Conducting a job interview. 15. What was the woman’s dream when she was young? A. To be a publisher. B. To be an artist. C. To be an author. 16. What is the woman mainly sharing with the man? A. Her family. B. The story behind her book. C. Her videos on TikTok. 17. How might the woman feel when she received the book? A. Astonished. B. Awkward. C. Relieved. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. When did Sammie Vance attend the summer camp? A. At the age of 5. B. At the age of 8. C. At the age of 15. 19. In which country did the recent Buddy Bench appear? A. Mexico. B. Australia. C. Ghana. 20. What is Sammie Vance probably like? A. Socially-responsible. B. Humorous. C. Carefree. 第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Lead Interpreter of Costuming Working Hours: Two scheduling options are available — weekday and weekend positions. Weekday staff are expected to work a minimum of 30 hours per week, while weekend staff are expected to work a minimum of 10 hours per week. About Us: Genesee Country Village & Museum is the largest living history museum in New York and the third largest in the country. Position Overview: The Lead Interpreter of Costuming is responsible for assisting the Manager of Costuming with the overall operation of the costume shop, with a focus on the maintenance, repair, cleaning, and storage of all costumes and historical clothing, as well as regularly providing public-facing costumed historical interpretation. ●Public-Facing Duties (45%) ●Maintenance of Costume Shop Supplies and Equipment (40%) ●Production of Historical Costumes (15%) Minimum Qualifications: ●1+ years of experience in the maintenance and construction of historical clothing. ●Demonstrated ability to pattern, fit, and complete historical costuming. ●Demonstrated historical research skills. ●Strong interpersonal and communication skills. ●Basic computer skills including familiarity with Microsoft Office. ●Must have reliable transportation. Working Conditions: ●Ability to stand and sit for extended periods of time. ●Ability to walk 1-3 miles a day in all types of weather. ●Ability to perform physical work such as kneeling, reaching, bending, pulling, pushing, and lifting objects weighing up to 30 pounds. Pay Range: 16.50 −17.00 per hour How to Apply: Interested applicants should visit www.gcv.org/employment/ to apply. Please include a sample of created clothing, including pictures and/or videos. 1. Which work schedule is appropriate for the position? A. 9:00 am-5:00 pm every Sat. B. 9:00 am-8:00 pm Tues. and Thurs. C. 8:00 am-11:00 am Tues. through Fri. D. 8:00 am-4:00 pm Mon. through Thurs. 2. What task takes up most of the job responsibilities? A. Public-facing interpretation. B. Historical costume production. C. Maintenance of museum equipment. D. Management of costume shop supplies. 3. What is required of an applicant? A. Having a taste for art. B. Owning a motor vehicle. C. Being fairly physically fit. D. Working in a museum for a year. B I was in terrible pain last week when I could hardly turn my head. My neck and shoulders were extremely painful and my head was locked. I walked into this tui na clinic right by where I am staying and was willing to let anyone massage (按摩) my neck. In walked Wu Shifu. I was head down on the table and before I even spoke, he said, “You have a problem with your vertebra (脊椎),” pointing to my C7. “It is completely locked. Your qi is not flowing. You are in pain all over.” He started massaging my neck, shoulders and head, pulling my neck and my arms in such a way that it was painful but good. He later asked me to sit up and moved on to adjusting my C7. That was scary. The thought of “Would he break my neck?” repeatedly crossed my mind when he did his things, which included using my own body weight to stretch my back, kneeling on my back to apply pressure to my vertebrae and pulling my head up using a towel. All seemed very scary and risky to me. But I didn’t say a word from beginning to end because it felt right and good. The Chinese word for beautiful is piao liang; the literal translation is pretty for piao and bright for liang. This man said to me, “You may be pretty but you are not liang because your qi is not flowing and not brightening your face.” It shook me — and made me question everything I thought I knew about what “looking good” really means. I was loosened and felt so much better afterwards. I was a puppet (木偶) with messy strings before I saw Wu Shifu. Afterwards, I could walk and turn, and I felt I was flexible again. I wish I could bring him back home with me to New York. I take my hat off to all Chinese masters for their devotion to this medicine! 4. How did Wu identify the author’s C7 problem? A. By talking with her. B. By reading her body. C. By pulling her arms. D. By massaging her neck. 5. Why did the author keep silent during her C7 treatment? A. She felt too scared. B. She was asked to do so. C. She was in too much pain. D. She trusted Wu’s methods. 6. What did the author say about Wu’s explanation of piao liang? A. It raised her awareness of her health. B. It overturned her standard for beauty. C. It made her ashamed about her figure. D. It expanded her knowledge of Chinese. 7. Which word best describes the author’s overall experience? A. Eventful. B. Frightening. C. Transformative. D. Embarrassing. C The bright yellow Big Lemon buses are a familiar sight on the roads of Brighton. For nine years the company has run all its vehicles on waste cooking oil from local restaurants, recycled into biofuel, but now it wants to go one step further. The Big Lemon wants to add solar panels to the roof of its east Brighton garage, storing the energy in batteries and charging buses overnight. It is working with the Brighton Energy Cooperative (BEC) towards a vision of zero-emission bus services in every UK community by 2030. The key thing about The Big Lemon idea is that the energy will be generated on site. “If we run on mains electricity then we still have a large carbon footprint,” says Tom Druitt, managing director of The Big Lemon. The Big Lemon has decided to convert (改造) its current buses to run on electric power, instead of buying new electric buses. Work has begun on the first buses. Druitt estimates that The Big Lemon will save around £20,000 a year in fuel costs and achieve a reduction in maintenance costs. “We’ve estimated that there’s a six-year payback on these buses and we’re calculating for an eight-year working life, so essentially we get two years free,” he explains. How easy will this idea be to reproduce elsewhere? Will Cottrell, chairman of BEC, says that in theory it should be easy. “I think the main issue will be whether you can get enough energy from the solar to fully power the vehicles,” he says. “Not feeding it into the grid (电网) makes it a bit more difficult as you come across this common issue with renewables: they’re unstable. You need to think quite hard about how it works technically,” he adds, explaining that getting the right size battery and overall system is key to providing the right level of supply. “But this is the way it’s got to be,” Cottrell says. “To move us away from a centralised energy system we need to move away from a centralised grid as well, so we need to understand the technology that is going to enable us to do that.” 8. What is the purpose of The Big Lemon’s new plan? A. To provide nationwide bus services. B. To offer fully green transportation. C. To cut reliance on local restaurants. D. To replace its outdated biofuel buses. 9. What do the statistics in paragraph 4 show about the new plan? A. It is fairly cost-effective. B. It is readily profitable. C. It is technically innovative. D. It is largely self-sufficient. 10. What does the underlined word “this” in the last paragraph refer to? A. Making the renewables stable. B. Designing right-size batteries. C. Having a decentralised energy system. D. Generating energy wherever it is needed. 11. What is Cottrell’s attitude to The Big Lemon idea? A. Supportive. B. Disapproving. C. Uninterested. D. Ambiguous. D The voice is the music of the soul, linked to a person’s character and inner life. In fact, the sound of your voice may reveal more than you realize — for instance, details of your physical and mental health, your cultural and educational backgrounds, and even your political preferences. Scientists are increasingly learning how to use computers to track these speech patterns, but some scholars are sounding the alarm. Today, speech-recording devices are everywhere, in smart speakers and phones and in the voice control systems in TVs, cars, and appliances. Some of these systems can monitor surrounding sounds so they can recognize specific wake-up words. The recordings of your voice that the systems collect could one day be used against you, warns Tom Bäckström, professor of speech and language technology at Aalto University in Finland: to tailor ads to your interests, needs or emotional states, or to screen you for certain jobs. To deter abuse, Bäckström and his teammates are working to develop protective measures and technologies. They recently published a paper in the Proceedings of the IEEE that reviews the potential risks posed by speech-recording technologies and the measures that could be taken to protect against those risks. The team built a metric (度量标准) which is the first, they claim, that can capture how much is revealed in any one audio (声音的) recording of a voice. Bäckström says the technology could be used specifically to help people understand how much of their privacy is at risk when they use certain speech-recording technologies. The team is also working to build technologies that can shorten, change speech, or hide the identity of the speaker, so that only the essential information gets conveyed when a person uses a speech-recording technology. The speech technology privacy field is in its early stages, and many open questions for study still remain. Ultimately, much of the responsibility will lie with the companies that make speech-activated technologies. The ethical (合乎道德的) thing to do is build systems that minimize what they hear, record, remember, and infer. Because the machines are learning to listen — in ways that a human never could. 12. What are some scholars worried about? A. Privacy risks revealed through our voice. B. The huge loss of uniqueness in our speech. C. Our health problems caused by digital devices. D. Our reduced ability to communicate effectively. 13. What does the underlined word “deter” in paragraph 4 mean? A. Delay. B. Study. C. Explain. D. Prevent. 14. What has Bäckström’s team already developed? A. A tool to enhance voice clarity. B. A method for transposing speech. C. A way to quantify information exposure. D. An approach to assessing speakers’ identities. 15. What does the author expect the technology companies to do? A. Develop more complicated machines. B. Limit the data their systems collect. C. Prioritize ethical principles over profit. D. Inform the public about data protection. 第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 A Guide to Litter Picking Litter picking is a great way to have an immediate impact on your neighbourhood environment. ________16________ However, it’s important to be careful when picking up rubbish. Here are our top tips for staying safe while litter picking! Think about your location. Beaches, woodland paths, city streets… you can find rubbish almost anywhere that humans have been! However, often the places where you find the most litter are the ones that we use the most regularly, such as areas near roads. While you can achieve great results from litter picking along roadsides, this can also be very dangerous. Make sure you stay away from busy highways. Ensure you wear something bright so you can be easily seen. __________17__________ Stay safe. While litter picking, you often find items that aren’t particularly clean. Many times, the rubbish has sat there for so long that it’s covered in dirt and bacteria. That’s why it’s very important to stay safe and healthy when picking up rubbish. ________18________ You don’t want to be using your bare hands. Always make sure you have a bottle of hand sanitiser (洗手液) in your pocket for when you’re done! ________19________ Just imagine, you’ve finished picking up for the day, and you’ve got a full bag of rubbish that you’re taking to the bin! And then — disaster! Your bag is broken, and everything has fallen back onto the floor. To avoid this happening, don’t pick up anything sharp. If something looks likely to tear your bag open, then just leave it. __________20__________ A. Be careful what you collect. B. It’s better to be safe than sorry. C. Make sure you’ve got a strong bag. D. A high-visibility jacket is a good choice. E. Always stick to these places with a pavement. F. Get hold of a litter picker and some thick gloves. G. You don’t have to wait long to see a big difference. 第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 At age 20, I fell in love with opera. It _____21_____ after I watched the film adaptation of “The Magic Flute”. Something _____22_____ in me. I became a(n) _____23_____ subscriber to the “Opera” magazine and saw every opera I possibly could. A few years later, I was _____24_____ in Avignon, a city of southeast France, with my parents and discovered that “The Magic Flute” was being _____25_____ right there during our trip. I was _____26_____ to secure a ticket to see it. This was the 1980s. Therefore, it was _____27_____ to book a ticket online. I asked the front desk clerk of our hotel whether it was possible to get a ticket. To my _____28_____, he said it had been booked out for months. That evening, as we were about to go and get some dinner, the clerk _____29_____ me and said that his mother would love for me to have her ticket. ______30______, I gratefully accepted and tried to offer him some money. But he wouldn’t ______31______ it. It was such a (n) ______32______ night as you couldn’t ask for a better seat. ______33______, I never met the clerk’s mother, but her ______34______ left me in complete disbelief. I can only hope I’ve done something______35______ for someone else in my life since then. 21. A. failed B. occurred C. improved D. survived 22. A. broke B. hid C. clicked D. remained 23. A. restricted B. strange C. committed D. occasional 24. A. living B. working C. studying D. traveling 25. A. shot B. performed C. composed D. translated 26. A. honored B. determined C. awkward D. hesitant 27. A. impossible B. normal C. expensive D. unnecessary 28. A. shame B. anger C. horror D. disappointment 29. A. stopped B. ignored C. suspected D. praised 30. A. Annoyed B. Exhausted C. Amazed D. Amused 31. A. hear of B. pay for C. dream of D. look for 32. A. silent B. unforgivable C. stormy D. unforgettable 33. A. Hopefully B. Casually C. Regrettably D. Interestingly 34. A. courage B. kindness C. honesty D. wisdom 35. A. ambitious B. funny C. legal D. similar 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 In the leafy roads of Shanghai’s Xuhui district, the tune of a classic Chinese pop song dances through the morning air, but the lyrics are unmistakably French. The voice belongs to Alice Roche, a French music and culture ____36____ (blog) who has had hundreds of thousands of followers across social media. Over the past few years, Roche has devoted ____37____ (she) to translating the seemingly untranslatable meanings of Chinese lyrics ____38____ the style of French songs. “Sometimes Chinese is ____39____ rich in meaning that expressing it accurately in French is a challenge,” she admits. Roche____40____ (cite) a lyric from *What The World Has Given Me*, a ____41____ (poet) song performed by Chinese singer Faye Wong: Someone sets off fireworks; someone follows the evening wind. “I couldn’t translate it ____42____ (literal); it would lose its poetry,” Roche explains. “I had to think about the hidden meaning while ____43____ (keep) a rhythm. After several versions, I finally ____44____ (settle) on ‘Ils revient d’étincelles, certains preferent la brise’ (Some dream of flashes, while others prefer the wind), which felt closest to the original emotion among my tries.” It can take days, sometimes weeks to translate a single song. Yet, it serves a deeper purpose. “ ____45____ makes the effort worthwhile is that it is a journey toward understanding Chinese culture more deeply,” Roche says. 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 46. 假定你是校英语报编辑李华，拟征集学生对“保护野生动物”的看法。请你给做过动物保护志愿者的Mary写一封邮件向她约稿，内容包括： 1．稿件主题和要求； 2．交稿时间。 注意： 1．写作词数应为100个左右； 2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Dear Mary, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 第二节（满分25分） 47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 My neighbor, Mrs. Gable, treats her garden like an art gallery. She has spent years planting roses and daisies (雏菊). Last month, she had to go away for two weeks to visit her sister who had fallen ill. Before she left, she came to our door with a gentle smile and a small request. “Could you please water my flowers every evening?” she asked. “They don’t need much, just a little care.” I agreed immediately. For the first few days, I took the responsibility seriously. Each evening at sunset, I carried the watering can across the street and made sure every plant had enough water. However, during the second week, my life became unusually busy. I had three important exams at school, a part-time job in the afternoons, and piles of homework waiting every night. One evening, I came home exhausted and forgot about the garden. The next evening, I remembered — but I was too tired to go outside. I told myself, “The plants are strong. They can wait one more day.” But the weather didn’t wait. That week turned out to be extremely hot. When I finally remembered and rushed over with the watering can, my heart sank. The roses looked weak, their leaves hanging low. The daisies were turning brown. I tried to water them quickly, hoping it wasn’t too late, but deep down I knew the damage had been done. I felt a sharp pain of guilt in my chest. The next morning when Mrs. Gable returned, I stayed inside. From my window, I watched her walk into her garden. When she saw the flowers, she stood there for a long moment. However, she didn’t call my name or knock on my door. Another afternoon, I saw her outside, cutting away the dead leaves. I wanted to apologize, yet I thought, “Maybe she isn’t that angry,” or “Maybe she thinks it was just the heat.” But my conscience (良心) wouldn’t let me rest. I remembered how she always brought us extra vegetables from her garden and how she had trusted me. 注意： 1．续写词数应为150个左右； 2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 I decided I had to make it right. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Over the next few weeks, I helped her in the garden whenever I could. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $