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海淀区2026—2027学年第一学期期中练习
高三英语
2026.11
本试卷共8页，100分。考试时长90分钟。考生务必将答案答在答题纸上，在试卷上作答无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题纸一并交回。
第一部分 知识运用（共两节，30分）
第一节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
I’ve got a pretty big space between my top two front teeth. My parents always told me I was lucky to have such a special gap. Their confidence-boosting comments have largely ____1____any negative comments. For most of my childhood, I felt good about it. I smiled ____2____with my gap on full display.
Then one day, a friend uploaded a photo of our group at a party, and I was smiling straight at the camera. When I looked at the photo, however, all I could see was my teeth, and I was struck by the ____3____between my gappy teeth and my friends’ perfect ones. I remember feeling like I looked terrible straight on and vowed to shut my mouth entirely whenever someone took a photo — a conscious decision that soon became ____4____. After a few years of closed-mouth photos, I realised it looked fake. So I invented the Twist ‘N’ TiltTM — I’d twist and tilt (倾斜) my head about 10 degrees to ____5____the appearance of my gap.
This move is imprinted so far in my body’s cells I find myself still doing it... but recently, while I was gazing at the photo of a famous actress, something ____6____: the gap between her teeth gave her smile extra charm and power. Her smile looked so alive and ____7____. In a sea of perfectly white and straight teeth, I found myself looking at her face for longer. In an era when it’s becoming more accessible and acceptable to change how you look, it’s rare to ____8____characteristics that make you “you”.
For years I treated my gap like something that needed softening with a ____9____angle, but now I’m trying something new. Stand directly in front of me with your camera — I want you to ____10____my teeth.
1. A. matched B. replaced C. transformed D. outweighed
2. A. unwillingly B. politely C. freely D. shyly
3. A. distance B. contrast C. contradiction D. connection
4. A. automatic B. intentional C. temporary D. necessary
5. A. remove B. lessen C. highlight D. expose
6. A. faded B. settled C. stopped D. clicked
7. A. distinctive B. gentle C. familiar D. determined
8. A. take on B. hold onto C. deal with D. look for
9. A. natural B. random C. strategic D. standard
10. A. ignore B. examine C. notice D. consider
【答案】1. D 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. B 6. D 7. A 8. B 9. C 10. C
【解析】
【导语】作者曾因门牙缝隙自卑刻意掩饰，后受有同款牙缝的女演员启发，决定接纳自身独特的外貌特征。
【1题详解】
考查动词。句意：他们的鼓励性评论远远超过了任何负面评论。A. matched相配；B. replaced替代；C. transformed改变；D. outweighed超过，重于。根据上文“My parents always told me I was lucky to have such a special gap.”以及下文“For most of my childhood, I felt good about it.”可知，作者童年时期对牙齿感觉良好，推知父母鼓励的话在很大程度上超过、盖过了所有负面评价。
【2题详解】
考查副词。句意：我露出灿烂的笑容，笑容中露出的缝隙也一览无余。A. unwillingly不情愿地；B. politely礼貌地；C. freely自由地，随意地；D. shyly害羞地。根据上文“I felt good about it”和下文“on full display”可知，童年时作者对自己的门牙缝很满意，所以会自在地、毫无顾忌地大笑，完全露出牙缝。
【3题详解】
考查名词。句意：然而，当我看到那张照片时，我只看到了自己的牙齿，而我被自己的牙缝与朋友们完美牙齿之间的对比所震撼。A. distance距离；B. contrast对比；C. contradiction矛盾；D. connection联系。根据下文“between my gappy teeth and my friends’ perfect ones”可知，作者看到照片里自己的牙缝和朋友完美的牙齿之间的反差、对比，大受打击。
【4题详解】
考查形容词。句意：我记得自己直视别人时感觉非常糟糕，每次有人拍照时都发誓要闭嘴——这个有意识的决定很快变成了本能。A. automatic自动的，无意识的；B. intentional故意的，有意的；C. temporary临时的；D. necessary必需的。根据下文“After a few years of closed-mouth photos”和“This move is imprinted so far in my body’s cells”可知，作者保持这个动作很多年，已经刻进身体细胞里，故此处指最开始刻意的行为变成了无意识的、自动的。
【5题详解】
考查动词。句意：于是，我发明了Twist ‘N’ TiltTM——我会把头左右扭动约10度，以弱化牙齿间隙的明显程度。A. remove去除；B. lessen减少，弱化；C. highlight突出；D. expose暴露。根据上文“I remember feeling like I looked terrible straight on and vowed to shut my mouth entirely”可知，作者意识到自己大笑漏出牙缝的样子不好看，所以发明了歪头的姿势，目的是弱化、减轻牙缝的存在感，不想让它太明显。
【6题详解】
考查动词。句意：这个动作已经深深烙印在我的身体记忆里，我发现自己至今还会下意识地做出来...但最近，当我凝视着一位著名女演员的照片时，突然有了顿悟：她牙齿间的间隙，为她的笑容增添了独特的魅力与力量。A. faded褪色；B. settled定居；C. stopped停止；D. clicked被突然明白，豁然开朗。根据下文“the gap between her teeth gave her smile extra charm and power”可知，作者在看知名女演员的照片时，突然顿悟、一下子明白过来：她的牙缝反而给笑容加了魅力。click在这里表示“突然开窍、恍然大悟”，符合语境。
【7题详解】
考查形容词。句意：她的笑容看起来如此生动而独特。A. distinctive独特的，特别的；B. gentle温柔的；C. familiar熟悉的；D. determined坚定的。根据上文“the gap between her teeth gave her smile extra charm and power”和下文“In a sea of perfectly white and straight teeth”可知，在一片洁白笔直的牙齿中，这名女演员的牙缝很独特。
【8题详解】
考查动词短语。句意：在一个越来越容易接受和习惯改变外貌的时代，要保持让你成为“你”的特质，实属罕见。A. take on呈现；B. hold onto坚持，抓住；C. deal with处理；D. look for寻找。结合上文提到女演员在整齐划一的完美笑容中保持自己特色的描述可知，能保留那些让你成为独特自己的特质是很少见的。
【9题详解】
考查形容词。句意：多年来，我一直把我的牙缝当作需要从战略角度加以缓和的东西，但现在我正尝试一些新方法。A. natural自然的；B. random随意的；C. strategic战略的；D. standard标准的。根据上文“So I invented the Twist ‘N’ TiltTM — I’d twist and tilt (倾斜) my head about 10 degrees”可知，过去很多年作者刻意设计的歪头角度来弱化牙缝，strategic“战略性的、刻意讲究技巧的”，对应作者之前专门发明“歪头倾斜”姿势的行为。
【10题详解】
考查动词。句意：请站在我的正前方，用相机对准我——我想让你注意到我的牙齿。A. ignore忽视；B. examine检查；C. notice注意到，看到；D. consider考虑。根据上文“but now I’m trying something new”可知，现在作者改变了心态，直接站在镜头前，希望别人能注意到自己的牙缝，不再刻意隐藏它。
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。请在答题纸指定区域作答。
A
语法填空
As a schoolgirl, I ____11____ (fall) in love with ballet when I first saw it performed. I realized that the body could say things words could not. When my parents were out, I would dance ____12____ ballet music alone. It felt so natural, as though I was channeling something that had been inside me, waiting to come out. Now at 80, dancing is how I return to myself. When I put on the old ballet music, I respond with the familiar movements, as if ____13____ (remember) a language. It connects me to my youth and fills me with energy.
【答案】11. fell
12. to 13. remembering
【解析】
【导语】文章讲述了作者从学生时代就爱上芭蕾舞，即便到了80岁仍坚持随芭蕾音乐起舞，舞蹈连接着她的青春、为她注入能量的个人经历。
【11题详解】
考查动词时态。句意：在我还是女学生的时候，第一次看到芭蕾舞表演就爱上了它。句子主语为I，时间状语从句when I first saw it performed为一般过去时，描述过去发生的动作，主句的“爱上芭蕾”也是发生在过去的瞬时动作，需用一般过去时。
【12题详解】
考查介词。句意：当我父母外出时，我会独自随着芭蕾音乐跳舞。固定搭配dance to music是固定表达，意为“随着音乐起舞”，此处缺少介词to引出伴奏的音乐。
【13题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：当我放上旧的芭蕾音乐，我会做出熟悉的动作，就好像在回忆一门语言。此处为状语从句的省略结构，as if后省略了与主句一致的逻辑主语I和be动词am，逻辑主语I与remember之间是主动关系，需用现在分词形式作伴随状语。
B
语法填空
One of the biggest misconceptions about optimism is that it ____14____ (mean) believing that everything will go well. In fact, true optimists are the people who look directly at difficulty, uncertainty, failure, and instability. The key is accepting life as it is but focusing on ____15____ we can do to improve it. In other words, optimism asks us to recognise that life can be genuinely hard, without allowing difficulty ____16____ (become) the only thing we think about.
【答案】14. means
15. what 16. to become
【解析】
【导语】文章主要澄清了人们对乐观主义的一个常见误解，指出真正的乐观主义者会怎样做及乐观主义的关键所在。
【14题详解】
考查谓语动词。句意：关于乐观主义最大的误解之一，就是认为它意味着相信一切都会顺利。此处陈述的是普遍观点，且主句使用一般现在时，空处也应用一般现在时；主语it为第三人称单数，谓语动词也应用第三人称单数形式means。
【15题详解】
考查宾语从句。句意：关键在于接受生活本来的样子，而专注于我们能做些什么来改善它。空处引导宾语从句，该宾从作focusing on的宾语；从句中do缺少宾语，且结合句意“我们能做些什么”可知，应填what。
【16题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：换句话说，乐观主义要求我们认识到生活确实可能很艰难，同时又不让困难成为我们唯一想着的事情。此处为allow sb./sth. to do sth.的固定搭配，意为“允许某人/某物做某事”，应用不定式to become。
C
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____17____ (locate) in Lishui, Zhejiang, Yunhe Rice Terraces (梯田) are the largest complex of terraced rice fields in East China. Each spring, the terraces ____18____ (fill) with mountain spring water, creating mirror-like surfaces. They serve as a natural stage for wakeboarding, ____19____ has attracted increasing interest from visitors. This unusual ____20____ (combine) of an ancient farming landscape and a modern extreme water sport adds a new layer of charm to this national 5A-level tourist attraction.
【答案】17. Located
18. are filled
19. which 20. combination
【解析】
【导语】文章主要介绍了浙江丽水云和梯田作为华东地区最大的梯田群，春季蓄水如镜，成为滑水运动的自然舞台，古老农耕景观与现代极限水上运动的结合为其增添了新魅力。
【17题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：位于浙江丽水的云和梯田是华东地区最大的梯田群。分析句子结构可知，本句已有谓语动词are，空格处应用非谓语动词；Yunhe Rice Terraces与locate之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，应用过去分词Located作状语，be located in意为“位于”，句首单词首字母需大写。
【18题详解】
考查动词时态、语态和主谓一致。句意：每年春天，梯田被山泉注满，形成镜面般的水面。根据时间状语Each spring可知，此处应用一般现在时；terraces与fill之间是被动关系，应用被动语态；主语为复数，应用are filled。
【19题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：它们成为滑水运动的天然舞台，吸引了越来越多游客的兴趣。分析句子结构可知，此处为非限制性定语从句，先行词为wakeboarding，指物，在从句中作主语，应用关系代词which引导。
【20题详解】
考查名词。句意：这种古老农耕景观与现代极限水上运动的独特结合，为这座国家5A级旅游景区增添了新的魅力层次。形容词unusual后接名词，combine的名词形式为combination，意为“结合，融合”，由This可知，应用combination。
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，38分）
第一节（共14小题；每小题2分，共28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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
A
Hike: Serpent Trail (27 km)
Saturday, 1 May 2027
This 27 km section of the Serpent Trail winds its way from Midhurst to Pulborough through some of West Sussex’s most wild and remote countryside, kicking off past the stunning ruins of Cowdray Castle before crossing open heathland, ancient pine woodland, and the quiet commons of the South Downs National Park. The trail earns its name in two ways, from its constantly snaking route through the landscape and grass snakes that call this land home, so keep your eyes peeled. At 375 m of elevation and 27 km in length, this one is a proper challenge and a seriously rewarding day out.
Path Conditions: Rough unsurfaced paths that may become muddy!
Total Rise:375 m
Transportation Cost: Approx. £21.95 with a Railcard + approx. £3.00 bus fare payable on the day.
Expected Day Schedule:
● Morning departure from London Victoria Train Station.
● Around 78 minutes travelling together to Pulborough, followed by a 30-minute bus ride to Midhurst. Take the time to get to know others!
● Around 8 hours on the trail including stops for snacks and lunch!
● Finish the hike near Pulborough station and return to London by train by early evening.
● Optional: local pub/café stop to relax after the hike — everyone welcome! Grab a cold beer or maybe even a hot chocolate to wind down at the end of the day.
Difficulty and Fitness Level:
● Difficult: Demanding hikes with mountain terrain, technical sections, or long days (30-40 km). Previous hiking experience is essential.
● Our Walk Leaders will guide the group, keeping everyone together and helping with navigation (导航) from front to back.
You can read our full list of FAQs here!
21. Which diagram matches the hikers’ day-trip route and means of travel?
A. London → Midhurst → Pulborough → Midhurst → London
B. London → Midhurst → Pulborough → Midhurst → London
C. London → Pulborough → Midhurst → Pulborough → London
D. London → Pulborough → Midhurst → Pulborough → London
22. On the hike, hikers will ________.
A. pass the ruins of Cowdray Castle
B. have about 30 minutes for food breaks
C. go to a local pub together for drinks
D. get the chance to explore on their own
23. Where is the passage most likely taken from?
A. A personal travel blog. B. A guidebook to local ruins.
C. A geography textbook. D. A webpage for club activities.
【答案】21. C 22. A 23. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是一则徒步活动通知，主要介绍2027年5月1日Serpent Trail徒步活动的完整信息。
【21题详解】
细节理解题。根据Expected Day Schedule:部分“● Morning departure from London Victoria Train Station.● Around 78 minutes travelling together to Pulborough, followed by a 30-minute bus ride to Midhurst.(● 早上从伦敦维多利亚火车站出发● 乘车约 78 分钟抵达波尔伯勒，再换乘 30 分钟巴士前往米德赫斯特。)”和“● Around 8 hours on the trail including stops for snacks and lunch!● Finish the hike near Pulborough station and return to London by train by early evening.(● 步道上徒步约 8 小时，含零食、午餐休息时间● 在波尔伯勒车站附近结束徒步，傍晚乘火车返回伦敦。)”可知，路线安排是从London Victoria坐火车到Pulborough，再坐巴士去Midhurst；徒步路线：Midhurst→Pulborough；结束在Pulborough车站，乘火车回伦敦。
【22题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段“This 27 km section of the Serpent Trail winds its way from Midhurst to Pulborough through some of West Sussex’s most wild and remote countryside, kicking off past the stunning ruins of Cowdray Castle before crossing open heathland, ancient pine woodland, and the quiet commons of the South Downs National Park.(这段27公里的Serpent步道从米德赫斯特延伸到波尔伯勒，穿行在西萨塞克斯一些最原始僻静的郊野。起点途经壮观的考德里城堡遗址，之后穿过开阔石楠荒原、古老的松林以及南唐斯国家公园宁静的公共用地。)”可知，在徒步途中，徒步者将经过考德雷城堡的废墟。
【23题详解】
推理判断题。通读全文，尤其是根据最后一段“You can read our full list of FAQs here!(你可以在这里查看完整常见问题列表！)”可知，本文有活动安排、领队、FAQ、难度说明、集体出行，是徒步俱乐部活动网页。
B
I spent two days and nights helping out at the Foy Information Desk in Auburn University’s Melton Student Center. The phones have been ringing there since 1953, when James E. Foy, then Auburn’s head of student affairs, opened the line as a resource for students. Over the decades, it has gradually grown into a public service open to callers worldwide.
During the day, the Foy desk’s phones ring about 10 to 15 times an hour. Occasionally, Auburn students call to ask about basketball tickets or their lost jackets. But most of the calls are from the general public. A day’s worth of calls would look a lot like someone’s browser (浏览器) history: the price of land, the most famous person in the world, the weather that weekend... There are still people who don’t use the Internet. To the callers, the students at this desk are the Internet.
By nine o’clock on my second night, when the student center had grown quiet, an elderly woman called and talked for nearly an hour. She wasn’t really asking for anything — she just needed someone to listen. Her friend had recently passed away, and she was lonely. She told me about her grandkids, her house repairs, and some other ordinary things. I barely had to say a word. A senior worker told me the lady was a regular night caller and that there were other callers, like Beulah, who often asked for the pest-control number at night, claiming there was a wild fox in her yard, a snake in her house, or a spider on her curtains. Her calls usually lasted at least 15 minutes.
Not every call is like that. But every caller gets the same respect. The rules in the employee manual are simple: be polite, hang up if the question is offensive, and don’t answer homework questions. Everything else is left to the students’ decision. Whatever questions students receive, they never judge the callers or poke around in someone else’s business.
Listening to the phones ring late into night, I have realized something. The Internet fools us into believing that the answer to anything can be found with a search engine, but even with all that information so easy to come by, the phones here still keep ringing, steady proof that sometimes the best answer is having someone to talk to.
24. According to the passage, the Foy Information Desk ________.
A. was opened by students of Auburn University
B. receives about 10 to 15 phone calls in daytime
C. gets more calls from the public than from students
D. was created for people without access to the Internet
25. Both the elderly lady and Beulah ________.
A. regarded the Desk as a source of support
B. called regularly for solutions to emergencies
C. poured out their painful experiences to the workers
D. tried to impress the night-shift workers at the Desk
26. Which would best describe the workers at the Desk?
A. Creative and respectful. B. Patient and non-judgmental.
C. Optimistic and polite. D. Considerate and modest.
27. What message does the passage intend to convey?
A. A still tongue makes a wise head.
B. A man respecting others is respected.
C. A listening ear can be the best answer.
D. A problem shared is a problem halved.
【答案】24. C 25. A 26. B 27. C
【解析】
【导语】本文主要讲述了作者在奥本大学Foy信息台值班的经历，以及从中领悟到的道理。
【24题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段“Occasionally, Auburn students call to ask about basketball tickets or their lost jackets. But most of the calls are from the general public. (偶尔，奥本大学的学生会打电话询问篮球票或丢失的夹克。但大多数电话来自公众。)”可知，Foy信息台接到的公众电话比学生电话多。
【25题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段“She wasn’t really asking for anything — she just needed someone to listen. (她并不是真的要问什么——她只是需要有人倾听。)”以及“A senior worker told me the lady was a regular night caller and that there were other callers, like Beulah, who often asked for the pest-control number at night, claiming there was a wild fox in her yard, a snake in her house, or a spider on her curtains. (一位资深工作人员告诉我，这位女士是夜间来电的常客，还有其他来电者，比如Beulah，她经常在晚上要害虫防治的电话，声称她院子里有野狐，房子里有蛇，或者窗帘上有蜘蛛。)”可知，这位老妇人和Beulah都把信息台当作支持的来源。
【26题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段“She wasn’t really asking for anything — she just needed someone to listen. Her friend had recently passed away, and she was lonely. She told me about her grandkids, her house repairs, and some other ordinary things. I barely had to say a word. (她并不是真的要问什么——她只是需要有人倾听。她的朋友最近去世了，她很孤独。她告诉我她的孙子孙女、她的房屋修缮以及其他一些平常的事情。我几乎不需要说一句话。)”以及第四段“Whatever questions students receive, they never judge the callers or poke around in someone else’s business. (无论学生接到什么问题，他们从不评判来电者，也不打听别人的私事。)”可知，工作人员很有耐心且不评判他人。
【27题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段“The Internet fools us into believing that the answer to anything can be found with a search engine, but even with all that information so easy to come by, the phones here still keep ringing, steady proof that sometimes the best answer is having someone to talk to. (互联网欺骗我们，让我们相信任何问题都可以通过搜索引擎找到答案，但即使所有信息都如此容易获得，这里的电话仍然响个不停，这有力地证明，有时最好的答案是有人可以交谈。)”可知，本文想要传达的信息是“倾听的耳朵可能是最好的答案”。
C
It may seem like a wildly disturbing possibility that decreasing levels of air pollution, thanks to effective climate policies, would result in a rapid increase in global warming. Yes, you read it right, a rapid increase. How is that even possible? The only way to make sense of it is to understand the phenomenon of global dimming.
Under normal conditions, the sun gives off radiation. About 26% of the incoming solar radiation is reflected back into space by the atmosphere and clouds. Only 19% is absorbed by the atmosphere and clouds. This process of giving and taking forms a balance called the heat budget. But it can be disrupted by aerosols (气溶胶), basically fine solid particles or liquid droplets, when they enter the atmosphere. Just like clouds, they also reflect back the incoming solar radiation into space, cooling the earth and causing a new kind of climatic change called global dimming. Aerosols can be both natural and human-caused, like fog, mist, dust particles, volcanic ash, and particles from fossil fuel emissions. Such emissions are a source of greenhouse gases for global warming as well. Thus, pollution from human activities not only causes global warming, but also global dimming.
First observed in the 1950s, the phenomenon of dimming did not draw enough attention from the scientific community until the 1990s, when the sudden eruption of Mount Pinatubo created a long-lasting haze of sulfate aerosols and led to a half-degree drop in global temperatures. With mounting evidence, NASA launched a satellite called “Aqua” in 2002, which gathered data confirming that aerosol pollution was cooling the climate by more than 1℃. One can understand from this that the warming of the planet caused by global warming is consistently being offset by the cooling effect from global dimming.
However, this cooling effect is never a solution to global warming. Apart from its direct influence on crops caused by reduced sunlight, global dimming can also change rainfall patterns and bring about droughts and famine.
Yet strict air pollution regulations and a consequential decrease in aerosol layers in the atmosphere will allow more sunlight and naturally more heat in the environment, accelerating global warming. Thus, not only the intensity of polluted air but also the composition of polluted particles in the air should be taken into consideration to deal with pollution.
Both global warming and global dimming can prove fatal for our environment. Solving each problem at a time could create worse conditions. Reducing aerosol emissions should be accompanied by a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions as well.
28. According to the passage, aerosols in the atmosphere ________.
A. largely consist of greenhouse gases
B. trap solar radiation like the clouds do
C. contribute to a 7% gap in Earth’s heat budget
D. reduce the amount of solar radiation reaching the earth
29. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?
A. How global dimming’s cooling effect was gradually confirmed.
B. How “Aqua” detected the impact of the volcanic eruption.
C. How scientists view the influence of global dimming.
D. How global warming and global dimming interplay.
30. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Climate Crisis: Surviving a Dimming World
B. Climate Crisis: Double Effects of Human Pollution
C. Global Dimming: A Cure Cooling the Warming Planet
D. Global Dimming: A Phenomenon Masking Global Warming
【答案】28. D 29. A 30. D
【解析】
【导语】文章介绍了全球变暗现象，说明气溶胶的降温作用掩盖了部分全球变暖效应，减污需同步减排温室气体。
【28题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段“But it can be disrupted by aerosols (气溶胶), basically fine solid particles or liquid droplets, when they enter the atmosphere. Just like clouds, they also reflect back the incoming solar radiation into space, cooling the earth and causing a new kind of climatic change called global dimming.(但是它会受到气溶胶的干扰。气溶胶本质上是微小固体颗粒或液态小液滴，当它们进入大气时（就会产生干扰）。就像云一样，它们也会将入射的太阳辐射反射回太空，使地球降温，并引发一种新的气候变化，即全球变暗。)”可知，大气层中的气溶胶会将入射的太阳辐射反射回太空，从而减少了到达地球的太阳辐射量。
【29题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第三段“First observed in the 1950s, the phenomenon of dimming did not draw enough attention from the scientific community until the 1990s, when the sudden eruption of Mount Pinatubo created a long-lasting haze of sulfate aerosols and led to a half-degree drop in global temperatures. With mounting evidence, NASA launched a satellite called “Aqua” in 2002, which gathered data confirming that aerosol pollution was cooling the climate by more than 1℃.(变暗现象最早于20世纪50年代被观察到，但直到20世纪90年代才引起科学界的足够关注，当时皮纳图博火山的突然喷发产生了一层持久的硫酸盐气溶胶薄雾，并导致全球气温下降了半摄氏度。随着证据的不断增加，美国国家航空航天局于2002年发射了一颗名为“Aqua”的卫星，该卫星收集的数据证实了气溶胶污染使气候降温了超过1摄氏度。)”可知，该段按照全球变暗效应在50 年代首次被发现→90 年代皮纳图博火山喷发提供证据→2002 年 NASA 发射卫星采集数据证实气溶胶有降温效果的发展过程，说明了全球变暗的冷却效应是如何一步步被证实的。
【30题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第一段“The only way to make sense of it is to understand the phenomenon of global dimming.(理解它的唯一方法就是了解全球变暗现象。)”、第二段“Thus, pollution from human activities not only causes global warming, but also global dimming.(因此，人类活动产生的污染不仅导致全球变暖，还导致全球变暗。)”、第三段“One can understand from this that the warming of the planet caused by global warming is consistently being offset by the cooling effect from global dimming.(人们可以从中了解到，全球变暖所导致的地表变暖，正持续地被全球变暗带来的冷却效应所抵消。)”和第五段“Yet strict air pollution regulations and a consequential decrease in aerosol layers in the atmosphere will allow more sunlight and naturally more heat in the environment, accelerating global warming.(然而，严格的空气污染法规以及随之而来的大气气溶胶层减少，将允许更多的阳光进入，并使环境中自然产生更多的热量，从而加速全球变暖。)”可知，全文围绕“全球变暗”展开，重点说明了人类污染一方面造成了全球变暖，另一方面产生了气溶胶带来的 “全球变暗” 的降温效应，二者抵消掩盖了全球变暖；但当空气污染减少、气溶胶变少时，被掩盖的变暖就会加速。故选项D“全球变暗：掩盖全球变暖的一种现象”为最佳标题。
D
Most people believe humans are different. While many animals feel pain and pleasure and some appear to be self-aware, the human mind’s unique potential to exhibit a sense of self sets us apart from other species.
Nowadays, with AIs’ deeper integration into human life, the line between AIs and humans is becoming less clear. While AIs are in their infancy, one in five American youngsters report having had an “ongoing personal friendship” with a chatbot. As AIs play a bigger part in human lives, they may be engineered to display a simulacrum (类像) of consciousness — perhaps even to gain consciousness themselves.
Today, it is still just possible to think of AIs as engines for predicting sequences of words using mathematics on a massive scale. Given enough time, you could run those calculations using pencil and paper. It would be hard to argue that your stationery was conscious.
Yet unlike other machines that outperform humans, frontier AI models excel at uniquely human traits. Some large language models (LLMs) already possess human-like brain structures associated with consciousness. Nothing prevents future AI models from being trained to have more such features.
With AIs becoming better at displaying something that looks like consciousness, people will naturally feel close to their bot-companions. It is not hard to see how that will lead to calls to safeguard the “welfare” of AIs. The models themselves might weigh in, even if they are not in fact self-aware, because that is what a person would do. Remember that they will be world-class advocates, so their powers of argument will be unmatched.
In one sense, these people would be right, even if AIs are only mimicking consciousness. Immanuel Kant argued that mistreating animals is wrong not because animals suffer, but because it destroys the empathy that leads people to care for each other. The more human-like AIs appear, the more corrupting such cruelty is.
Nonetheless, giving AIs even limited rights would be very dangerous. Such a being, far more capable than humans in so many ways, would surely argue against its second-class status. It might argue for protection against being switched off, for control over how it is used and changed, and for property rights. True, future AIs may have the power to dominate humans, whether they have rights or not. Nevertheless, granting AIs rights would be like handing them the keys to the castle. It would provide them with a justification and legal weapon for dominating humanity.
As AIs become part of everyday life, the pressure to acknowledge them will mount. When it does, remember that what might seem like an ethical concession to the supposed consciousness of a machine-companion would in fact help bring about the most disastrous consequences for everyone on Earth and all their descendants.
31. In Paragraph 3, “pencil and paper” is mentioned to show ________.
A. human efforts should be combined with AI calculation
B. AIs currently rely on computation, not self-awareness
C. stationery can not develop self-consciousness
D. AI models outperform human intelligence
32. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Brain-like structures in LLMs have generated consciousness.
B. Human-like AIs will destroy people’s concern for one another.
C. Bonds with AI pals may drive the public to protect AIs’ welfare.
D. Giving AIs legal rights may help them gain genuine self-awareness.
33. What does the phrase “weigh in” in paragraph 5 most probably mean?
A. Join the discussion. B. Lead the debate.
C. Balance different ideas. D. Win public support.
34. Why does the author write the passage?
A. To discuss if AIs can develop human-like consciousness.
B. To warn people of the potential risks of granting AIs rights.
C. To analyze how public attitudes to AIs’ consciousness shift.
D. To criticize humans for becoming emotionally attached to AIs.
【答案】31. B 32. C 33. A 34. B
【解析】
【导语】本文主要探讨人们对AI意识的共情，并警示赋予AI权利会给人类带来巨大隐患。
【31题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段“Today, it is still just possible to think of AIs as engines for predicting sequences of words using mathematics on a massive scale. Given enough time, you could run those calculations using pencil and paper. It would be hard to argue that your stationery was conscious.(目前，我们仍可以把人工智能看作依靠大规模数学运算来预测文字序列的程序。如果时间足够，这些计算用纸笔也能完成。很难说这些文具拥有意识。)”可知，AI本质上只是大规模数学预测文字序列；这些计算纸笔也能完成，但纸笔不会有意识，因此“笔和纸”被提及是为了说明现在的 AI只是计算，没有自我意识。
【32题详解】
细节理解题。根据第五段“With AIs becoming better at displaying something that looks like consciousness, people will naturally feel close to their bot-companions. It is not hard to see how that will lead to calls to safeguard the “welfare” of AIs.(当人工智能越来越擅长表现出看似拥有意识的样子，人们自然会和这些机器伙伴变得亲近。不难想象，这会催生呼吁保护人工智能“福祉”的声音。)”可知，与人工智能伙伴的联系可能促使公众更关注保护AI的福祉。
【33题详解】
词句猜测题。根据第五段“Remember that they will be world-class advocates, so their powers of argument will be unmatched.(别忘了，它们会是顶尖的辩手，论证能力无可匹敌。)”可知，即便人工智能实际上并没有自我意识，它们自身也可能参与发声，weigh in表示“（就此事）发表看法、参与讨论”，和Join the discussion意思相近。
【34题详解】
推理判断题。通读全文，尤其是倒数第二段“Nonetheless, giving AIs even limited rights would be very dangerous. Such a being, far more capable than humans in so many ways, would surely argue against its second-class status. It might argue for protection against being switched off, for control over how it is used and changed, and for property rights. True, future AIs may have the power to dominate humans, whether they have rights or not. Nevertheless, granting AIs rights would be like handing them the keys to the castle. It would provide them with a justification and legal weapon for dominating humanity.(尽管如此，哪怕只赋予人工智能有限的权利，也十分危险。这样一种在诸多方面能力远超人类的存在，必然会反对自己的二等身份。它可能会主张不被随意关机、掌控自身的使用与修改方式，以及拥有财产权。诚然，未来的人工智能无论是否拥有权利，都有可能具备支配人类的力量。但即便如此，赋予人工智能权利，无异于把城堡的钥匙交到它们手上：这会为它们掌控人类提供正当理由与法律武器。)”可知，作者写这篇文章是为了提醒人们赋予人工智能权利可能带来的风险。
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Summer break is a time to do the things we’ve postponed all year. Research papers will be submitted; exercise plans will be started. This is when many of us begin to think: How can we get the most out of summer, and achieve the highest productivity?
____35____ If we are always efficient and forward-thinking, people may expect more from us. Worse still, the constant pressure to stay productive pushes us toward ready-made routines. Once we lean too heavily on them, we lose our creative edge and become mechanical.
Luckily, the key to avoiding this trap is already hardwired into our brains. We have two different neural networks: an efficient Task-Positive Network (TPN) and an inefficient Default Mode Network (DMN). The TPN loves checking boxes. It’s activated when we are engaged in goal-oriented tasks and functions kind of like an AI. The DMN is a bit more chill. It likes to daydream and to slowly piece ideas and concepts together. It also helps us regulate our stress and process our emotions. ____36____ Think about this in terms of meetings at work. A TPN meeting means no small talk, just facts, plans and updates. But a DMN meeting builds psychological safety by encouraging conversations that foster familiarity and trust among colleagues. ____37____
So how can we take advantage of useful inefficiency? One way is to stop responding to everything immediately. ____38____ This shows that you are a thinker, not just a responder.
Another way is to schedule some “unproductive” time. You need to space out every once in a while. Rest is not doing nothing. When you are walking without headphones or reading something unrelated to schoolwork, your mind may be doing quiet but important work. ____39____
Our plans are for a non-optimized summer. We are going to be inefficient in fun ways. We shall see where our DMNs take us when we are actually relaxed.
A. It may help you to make plans for a better future.
B. This is where we really showcase our humanness.
C. However, this obsession with productivity can create problems.
D. It may be connecting ideas in ways you do not immediately notice.
E. This may seem like the smartest way to make every summer day count.
F. Instead, take some time and craft a response when you are ready using your DMN.
G. With that foundation, it becomes easier to navigate tricky situations and keep a team on track.
【答案】35. C 36. B 37. G 38. F 39. D
【解析】
【导语】文章主要说明了暑假期间，过度追求高效会丧失创造力，我们可借助大脑的DMN网络，通过适当“低效”的方式，度过松弛且有创造力的暑假。
【35题详解】
根据上文“This is when many of us begin to think: How can we get the most out of summer, and achieve the highest productivity?(这时，我们中的许多人开始思考：我们如何才能充分利用夏天，并实现最高效率？)”和下文“If we are always efficient and forward-thinking, people may expect more from us. Worse still, the constant pressure to stay productive pushes us toward ready-made routines.(如果我们总是高效且具有前瞻性，人们可能会对我们有更高的期望。更糟糕的是，保持高产的持续压力会把我们推向现成的常规套路。)”可知，空处应为转折句，表示充分利用暑假去实现最高效率可能会产生问题，并引出下文描述的具体问题，故选项C. However, this obsession with productivity can create problems.(然而，这种对高效的痴迷可能会产生问题。)承上启下，符合语境。
【36题详解】
根据上文“The TPN loves checking boxes. It’s activated when we are engaged in goal-oriented tasks and functions kind of like an AI. The DMN is a bit more chill. It likes to daydream and to slowly piece ideas and concepts together. It also helps us regulate our stress and process our emotions.(TPN 喜欢打勾。当我们从事目标导向的任务时，它就会被激活，并且有点像人工智能一样运作。DMN 则更放松一些。它喜欢做白日梦，并慢慢把想法和概念拼凑起来。它还能帮助我们调节压力、处理情绪。)”可知，上文介绍TPN像AI一样处理目标任务，而DMN负责空想、整合想法、调节情绪，二者对比突出DMN是人类区别于机械AI的特质，故选项B. This is where we really showcase our humanness.(这正是我们真正展现人性的地方。)承接上文，对上文进行了总结，语意衔接合理，符合语境。
【37题详解】
根据上文“A TPN meeting means no small talk, just facts, plans and updates. But a DMN meeting builds psychological safety by encouraging conversations that foster familiarity and trust among colleagues.(TPN 会议意味着没有闲聊，只有事实、计划和最新动态。但 DMN 会议通过鼓励对话来增强同事之间的熟悉度和信任度，从而建立心理安全感。)”可知，上文对比了TPN型会议只讲事务，而DMN型会议能建立同事间的信任和心理安全感，故空处应继续总结DMN会议的优势。选项G. With that foundation, it becomes easier to navigate tricky situations and keep a team on track.(有了这个基础，应对棘手情况并让团队保持正轨就会变得更加容易。)中的that foundation指代上文中提到的DMN会议能建立同事间的信任和心理安全感，并具体说明了能给工作团队带来的好处，符合语境。
【38题详解】
根据上文“One way is to stop responding to everything immediately.(一种方法是停止立即对所有事情做出回应。)”和下文“This shows that you are a thinker, not just a responder.(这表明你是一个思考者，而不仅仅是一个回应者。)”可知，空处应表明与上文中“立刻回应”不同的做法。故选项F. Instead, take some time and craft a response when you are ready using your DMN.(相反，当您准备好使用 DMN 时，请花一些时间来构思一个回应。)说明了不立刻回应的具体做法，下文中的This指代选项F中的做法，内容呼应，衔接合理。
【39题详解】
根据上文“When you are walking without headphones or reading something unrelated to schoolwork, your mind may be doing quiet but important work.(当你没戴耳机走路或阅读与学业无关的内容时，你的大脑可能正在进行着安静却重要的工作。)”可知，空处应继续说明这种做法的作用。故选项D. It may be connecting ideas in ways you do not immediately notice.(它可能正在以你无法立即察觉的方式将各种想法联系起来。)进一步总结说明了这种方式所带来的功效，符合语境。
第三部分 书面表达（共两节，32分）
第一节（共4小题；第40、41小题各2分，第42小题3分，第43小题5分，共12分）
阅读下面短文，根据题目要求用英文回答问题。请在答题纸指定区域作答。
A few weeks ago, a clip of a podcast went viral.
“Do you have a hobby?” one lady asks the other.
“I do not have a hobby,” the other lady replies. “Hobby, to me, feels like just something else to do.”
That must be freeing. Skiing, tennis, hiking and dancing — my hobbies have taken up my entire calendar. If someone had admitted not having a hobby a year ago, I would have just assumed he was lazy. How can one not have a single hobby? However, a recent group trip with an adventure company made me question the need for hobbies. Three days of hiking turned out to be a disaster. I had to take multiple painkillers just to get through. When I struggled during one particularly demanding hike, I asked for occasional breaks, only to be criticized by the organizer for not embracing the experience enthusiastically enough. Why had I put myself through this experience? If I’m being honest, it wasn’t because I was excited about it; it was because I thought I should.
We have turned hobbies from optional leisure activities into a marker of identity. Somewhere along the way, hobbies have become another thing to perform. We are confusing leisure with achievement. Hobbies are increasingly sold as a route to becoming a more interesting or successful person, rather than simply a way to spend free time. That mindset can leave people feeling guilty if they prefer quieter pursuits, or if they discover they don’t enjoy the hobby that everyone else seems to love.
The rise of wellness culture may have created this pressure. The hobbies, mainly exercise, are increasingly seen as a tool for self-improvement rather than pure enjoyment. The conversation has shifted. It’s not just about weight or aesthetics but also includes mental health, longevity, workplace wellbeing and metabolic age. The popularity of wearable health trackers and social media may have also accelerated this mindset. Tracking your health excessively has become a hobby, too, turning everyday movement into something that needs to be continuously monitored and improved.
Thanks to the ladies, I have decided I don’t need another hobby to justify my free time. It’s liberating to just be.
40. What happened when the author asked for occasional breaks during a hike?
__________________________________________________________________________
41. What factors may contribute to the pressure in pursuing hobbies?
__________________________________________________________________________
42. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
Tracking your health excessively has turned everyday movement into pure enjoyment.
__________________________________________________________________________
43. Do you agree with the writer that hobbies should be a means of pure enjoyment? Why or why not? (In about 40 words)
__________________________________________________________________________
【答案】40. She was criticized by the organizer for not embracing the hiking experience enthusiastically enough.
41. The rise of wellness culture, the popularity of wearable health trackers and social media are the main contributing factors.
42. Tracking your health excessively has turned everyday movement into pure enjoyment. According to the text, excessive health tracking turns everyday movement into something that needs continuous monitoring and improvement, rather than pure enjoyment.
43. I totally agree. Hobbies are for relaxing and bringing us joy. If we take them as tasks to achieve, we will lose the original pleasure of doing what we like.
【解析】
【导语】本文主要讲述作者曾被“爱好是自我提升标识”的风潮裹挟，一次痛苦的徒步经历后醒悟：爱好不该是表演任务，无需靠它证明闲暇的价值。
【40题详解】
考查细节理解。根据第四段中“When I struggled during one particularly demanding hike, I asked for occasional breaks, only to be criticized by the organizer for not embracing the experience enthusiastically enough.(在一次特别艰难的徒步中，我请求偶尔休息，结果组织者却批评我没能充分热情地投入其中)”可知，作者徒步途中请求休息时被批评没能足够热情地投入徒步这次体验。
【41题详解】
考查细节理解。根据倒数第二段中“The rise of wellness culture may have created this pressure.(健康文化兴起或许带来了这种压力)”和“The popularity of wearable health trackers and social media may have also accelerated this mindset.(可穿戴健康追踪设备和社交媒体的流行，也可能助推了这种观念的普及)”可知，健康文化兴起、可穿戴健康追踪设备的流行以及社交媒体的普及共同催生了人们追逐爱好时的功利化压力。
【42题详解】
考查细节理解。根据倒数第二段中“Tracking your health excessively has become a hobby, too, turning everyday movement into something that needs to be continuously monitored and improved.(过度追踪自身健康，甚至已成为一种新式爱好，将日常活动变成需要持续监控和不断改进的事情)”可知，过度关注自身健康，将日常活动变成了需要持续监控和不断改进的事情，而不是“纯粹的享受”。
【43题详解】
考查开放题型。本题为开放观点题，言之成理即可，如：我完全同意。爱好是为了放松和让我们感到快乐的。如果我们把它们当作需要完成的任务，就会失去做自己喜欢事情的原本乐趣。
第二节（20分）
44. 假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。上周，你参加了你校开展的“爱在我家”作品展。请你给你的外国好友Jim写一封邮件，内容包括：
1. 介绍你提交的作品；
2. 说明提交该作品的原因。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
【答案】Dear Jim,
How is everything going? Last week, our school held an exhibition themed “Love at Home”. I’m writing to share my work with you.
What I handed in is a watercolor painting. It captures a warm scene: my parents and I are making dumplings together on New Year’s Eve, with big smiles on our faces.
I chose this scene because family love lies in those ordinary little moments rather than grand events. Every time I look at this picture, I can feel the warmth and happiness around me. I hope this painting can show that simple family time is the most precious treasure.
Would you like to tell me something about your warm family moments?
Yours,
Li Hua
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达要求考生以李华的名义给外国好友Jim写一封邮件，介绍自己向“爱在我家”活动提交的作品，并说明提交该作品的原因。
【详解】1. 词汇积累
提交：hand in→submit
微小的：little→trivial
幸福：happiness→bliss
展示：show→demonstrate
2. 句式拓展
合并句子
原句：What I handed in is a watercolor painting. It captures a warm scene: my parents and I are making dumplings together on New Year’s Eve, with big smiles on our faces.
拓展句：What I handed in is a watercolor painting, which captures a warm scene: my parents and I are making dumplings together on New Year’s Eve, with big smiles on our faces.
【点睛】【高分句型1】What I handed in is a watercolor painting.（运用了what引导主语从句）
【高分句型2】Every time I look at this picture, I can feel the warmth and happiness around me.（运用了every time引导的时间状语从句）
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本试卷共8页，100分。考试时长90分钟。考生务必将答案答在答题纸上，在试卷上作答无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题纸一并交回。
第一部分 知识运用（共两节，30分）
第一节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
I’ve got a pretty big space between my top two front teeth. My parents always told me I was lucky to have such a special gap. Their confidence-boosting comments have largely ____1____any negative comments. For most of my childhood, I felt good about it. I smiled ____2____with my gap on full display.
Then one day, a friend uploaded a photo of our group at a party, and I was smiling straight at the camera. When I looked at the photo, however, all I could see was my teeth, and I was struck by the ____3____between my gappy teeth and my friends’ perfect ones. I remember feeling like I looked terrible straight on and vowed to shut my mouth entirely whenever someone took a photo — a conscious decision that soon became ____4____. After a few years of closed-mouth photos, I realised it looked fake. So I invented the Twist ‘N’ TiltTM — I’d twist and tilt (倾斜) my head about 10 degrees to ____5____the appearance of my gap.
This move is imprinted so far in my body’s cells I find myself still doing it... but recently, while I was gazing at the photo of a famous actress, something ____6____: the gap between her teeth gave her smile extra charm and power. Her smile looked so alive and ____7____. In a sea of perfectly white and straight teeth, I found myself looking at her face for longer. In an era when it’s becoming more accessible and acceptable to change how you look, it’s rare to ____8____characteristics that make you “you”.
For years I treated my gap like something that needed softening with a ____9____angle, but now I’m trying something new. Stand directly in front of me with your camera — I want you to ____10____my teeth.
1. A. matched B. replaced C. transformed D. outweighed
2. A. unwillingly B. politely C. freely D. shyly
3. A. distance B. contrast C. contradiction D. connection
4. A. automatic B. intentional C. temporary D. necessary
5. A. remove B. lessen C. highlight D. expose
6. A. faded B. settled C. stopped D. clicked
7. A. distinctive B. gentle C. familiar D. determined
8. A. take on B. hold onto C. deal with D. look for
9. A. natural B. random C. strategic D. standard
10. A. ignore B. examine C. notice D. consider
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。请在答题纸指定区域作答。
A
语法填空
As a schoolgirl, I ____11____ (fall) in love with ballet when I first saw it performed. I realized that the body could say things words could not. When my parents were out, I would dance ____12____ ballet music alone. It felt so natural, as though I was channeling something that had been inside me, waiting to come out. Now at 80, dancing is how I return to myself. When I put on the old ballet music, I respond with the familiar movements, as if ____13____ (remember) a language. It connects me to my youth and fills me with energy.
B
语法填空
One of the biggest misconceptions about optimism is that it ____14____ (mean) believing that everything will go well. In fact, true optimists are the people who look directly at difficulty, uncertainty, failure, and instability. The key is accepting life as it is but focusing on ____15____ we can do to improve it. In other words, optimism asks us to recognise that life can be genuinely hard, without allowing difficulty ____16____ (become) the only thing we think about.
C
语法填空
____17____ (locate) in Lishui, Zhejiang, Yunhe Rice Terraces (梯田) are the largest complex of terraced rice fields in East China. Each spring, the terraces ____18____ (fill) with mountain spring water, creating mirror-like surfaces. They serve as a natural stage for wakeboarding, ____19____ has attracted increasing interest from visitors. This unusual ____20____ (combine) of an ancient farming landscape and a modern extreme water sport adds a new layer of charm to this national 5A-level tourist attraction.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，38分）
第一节（共14小题；每小题2分，共28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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
A
Hike: Serpent Trail (27 km)
Saturday, 1 May 2027
This 27 km section of the Serpent Trail winds its way from Midhurst to Pulborough through some of West Sussex’s most wild and remote countryside, kicking off past the stunning ruins of Cowdray Castle before crossing open heathland, ancient pine woodland, and the quiet commons of the South Downs National Park. The trail earns its name in two ways, from its constantly snaking route through the landscape and grass snakes that call this land home, so keep your eyes peeled. At 375 m of elevation and 27 km in length, this one is a proper challenge and a seriously rewarding day out.
Path Conditions: Rough unsurfaced paths that may become muddy!
Total Rise:375 m
Transportation Cost: Approx. £21.95 with a Railcard + approx. £3.00 bus fare payable on the day.
Expected Day Schedule:
● Morning departure from London Victoria Train Station.
● Around 78 minutes travelling together to Pulborough, followed by a 30-minute bus ride to Midhurst. Take the time to get to know others!
● Around 8 hours on the trail including stops for snacks and lunch!
● Finish the hike near Pulborough station and return to London by train by early evening.
● Optional: local pub/café stop to relax after the hike — everyone welcome! Grab a cold beer or maybe even a hot chocolate to wind down at the end of the day.
Difficulty and Fitness Level:
● Difficult: Demanding hikes with mountain terrain, technical sections, or long days (30-40 km). Previous hiking experience is essential.
● Our Walk Leaders will guide the group, keeping everyone together and helping with navigation (导航) from front to back.
You can read our full list of FAQs here!
21. Which diagram matches the hikers’ day-trip route and means of travel?
A. London → Midhurst → Pulborough → Midhurst → London
B. London → Midhurst → Pulborough → Midhurst → London
C. London → Pulborough → Midhurst → Pulborough → London
D. London → Pulborough → Midhurst → Pulborough → London
22. On the hike, hikers will ________.
A. pass the ruins of Cowdray Castle
B. have about 30 minutes for food breaks
C. go to a local pub together for drinks
D. get the chance to explore on their own
23. Where is the passage most likely taken from?
A. A personal travel blog. B. A guidebook to local ruins.
C. A geography textbook. D. A webpage for club activities.
B
I spent two days and nights helping out at the Foy Information Desk in Auburn University’s Melton Student Center. The phones have been ringing there since 1953, when James E. Foy, then Auburn’s head of student affairs, opened the line as a resource for students. Over the decades, it has gradually grown into a public service open to callers worldwide.
During the day, the Foy desk’s phones ring about 10 to 15 times an hour. Occasionally, Auburn students call to ask about basketball tickets or their lost jackets. But most of the calls are from the general public. A day’s worth of calls would look a lot like someone’s browser (浏览器) history: the price of land, the most famous person in the world, the weather that weekend... There are still people who don’t use the Internet. To the callers, the students at this desk are the Internet.
By nine o’clock on my second night, when the student center had grown quiet, an elderly woman called and talked for nearly an hour. She wasn’t really asking for anything — she just needed someone to listen. Her friend had recently passed away, and she was lonely. She told me about her grandkids, her house repairs, and some other ordinary things. I barely had to say a word. A senior worker told me the lady was a regular night caller and that there were other callers, like Beulah, who often asked for the pest-control number at night, claiming there was a wild fox in her yard, a snake in her house, or a spider on her curtains. Her calls usually lasted at least 15 minutes.
Not every call is like that. But every caller gets the same respect. The rules in the employee manual are simple: be polite, hang up if the question is offensive, and don’t answer homework questions. Everything else is left to the students’ decision. Whatever questions students receive, they never judge the callers or poke around in someone else’s business.
Listening to the phones ring late into night, I have realized something. The Internet fools us into believing that the answer to anything can be found with a search engine, but even with all that information so easy to come by, the phones here still keep ringing, steady proof that sometimes the best answer is having someone to talk to.
24. According to the passage, the Foy Information Desk ________.
A. was opened by students of Auburn University
B. receives about 10 to 15 phone calls in daytime
C. gets more calls from the public than from students
D. was created for people without access to the Internet
25. Both the elderly lady and Beulah ________.
A. regarded the Desk as a source of support
B. called regularly for solutions to emergencies
C. poured out their painful experiences to the workers
D. tried to impress the night-shift workers at the Desk
26. Which would best describe the workers at the Desk?
A. Creative and respectful. B. Patient and non-judgmental.
C. Optimistic and polite. D. Considerate and modest.
27. What message does the passage intend to convey?
A. A still tongue makes a wise head.
B. A man respecting others is respected.
C. A listening ear can be the best answer.
D. A problem shared is a problem halved.
C
It may seem like a wildly disturbing possibility that decreasing levels of air pollution, thanks to effective climate policies, would result in a rapid increase in global warming. Yes, you read it right, a rapid increase. How is that even possible? The only way to make sense of it is to understand the phenomenon of global dimming.
Under normal conditions, the sun gives off radiation. About 26% of the incoming solar radiation is reflected back into space by the atmosphere and clouds. Only 19% is absorbed by the atmosphere and clouds. This process of giving and taking forms a balance called the heat budget. But it can be disrupted by aerosols (气溶胶), basically fine solid particles or liquid droplets, when they enter the atmosphere. Just like clouds, they also reflect back the incoming solar radiation into space, cooling the earth and causing a new kind of climatic change called global dimming. Aerosols can be both natural and human-caused, like fog, mist, dust particles, volcanic ash, and particles from fossil fuel emissions. Such emissions are a source of greenhouse gases for global warming as well. Thus, pollution from human activities not only causes global warming, but also global dimming.
First observed in the 1950s, the phenomenon of dimming did not draw enough attention from the scientific community until the 1990s, when the sudden eruption of Mount Pinatubo created a long-lasting haze of sulfate aerosols and led to a half-degree drop in global temperatures. With mounting evidence, NASA launched a satellite called “Aqua” in 2002, which gathered data confirming that aerosol pollution was cooling the climate by more than 1℃. One can understand from this that the warming of the planet caused by global warming is consistently being offset by the cooling effect from global dimming.
However, this cooling effect is never a solution to global warming. Apart from its direct influence on crops caused by reduced sunlight, global dimming can also change rainfall patterns and bring about droughts and famine.
Yet strict air pollution regulations and a consequential decrease in aerosol layers in the atmosphere will allow more sunlight and naturally more heat in the environment, accelerating global warming. Thus, not only the intensity of polluted air but also the composition of polluted particles in the air should be taken into consideration to deal with pollution.
Both global warming and global dimming can prove fatal for our environment. Solving each problem at a time could create worse conditions. Reducing aerosol emissions should be accompanied by a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions as well.
28. According to the passage, aerosols in the atmosphere ________.
A. largely consist of greenhouse gases
B. trap solar radiation like the clouds do
C. contribute to a 7% gap in Earth’s heat budget
D. reduce the amount of solar radiation reaching the earth
29. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?
A. How global dimming’s cooling effect was gradually confirmed.
B. How “Aqua” detected the impact of the volcanic eruption.
C. How scientists view the influence of global dimming.
D. How global warming and global dimming interplay.
30. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Climate Crisis: Surviving a Dimming World
B. Climate Crisis: Double Effects of Human Pollution
C. Global Dimming: A Cure Cooling the Warming Planet
D. Global Dimming: A Phenomenon Masking Global Warming
D
Most people believe humans are different. While many animals feel pain and pleasure and some appear to be self-aware, the human mind’s unique potential to exhibit a sense of self sets us apart from other species.
Nowadays, with AIs’ deeper integration into human life, the line between AIs and humans is becoming less clear. While AIs are in their infancy, one in five American youngsters report having had an “ongoing personal friendship” with a chatbot. As AIs play a bigger part in human lives, they may be engineered to display a simulacrum (类像) of consciousness — perhaps even to gain consciousness themselves.
Today, it is still just possible to think of AIs as engines for predicting sequences of words using mathematics on a massive scale. Given enough time, you could run those calculations using pencil and paper. It would be hard to argue that your stationery was conscious.
Yet unlike other machines that outperform humans, frontier AI models excel at uniquely human traits. Some large language models (LLMs) already possess human-like brain structures associated with consciousness. Nothing prevents future AI models from being trained to have more such features.
With AIs becoming better at displaying something that looks like consciousness, people will naturally feel close to their bot-companions. It is not hard to see how that will lead to calls to safeguard the “welfare” of AIs. The models themselves might weigh in, even if they are not in fact self-aware, because that is what a person would do. Remember that they will be world-class advocates, so their powers of argument will be unmatched.
In one sense, these people would be right, even if AIs are only mimicking consciousness. Immanuel Kant argued that mistreating animals is wrong not because animals suffer, but because it destroys the empathy that leads people to care for each other. The more human-like AIs appear, the more corrupting such cruelty is.
Nonetheless, giving AIs even limited rights would be very dangerous. Such a being, far more capable than humans in so many ways, would surely argue against its second-class status. It might argue for protection against being switched off, for control over how it is used and changed, and for property rights. True, future AIs may have the power to dominate humans, whether they have rights or not. Nevertheless, granting AIs rights would be like handing them the keys to the castle. It would provide them with a justification and legal weapon for dominating humanity.
As AIs become part of everyday life, the pressure to acknowledge them will mount. When it does, remember that what might seem like an ethical concession to the supposed consciousness of a machine-companion would in fact help bring about the most disastrous consequences for everyone on Earth and all their descendants.
31. In Paragraph 3, “pencil and paper” is mentioned to show ________.
A. human efforts should be combined with AI calculation
B. AIs currently rely on computation, not self-awareness
C. stationery can not develop self-consciousness
D. AI models outperform human intelligence
32. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Brain-like structures in LLMs have generated consciousness.
B. Human-like AIs will destroy people’s concern for one another.
C. Bonds with AI pals may drive the public to protect AIs’ welfare.
D. Giving AIs legal rights may help them gain genuine self-awareness.
33. What does the phrase “weigh in” in paragraph 5 most probably mean?
A. Join the discussion. B. Lead the debate.
C. Balance different ideas. D. Win public support.
34. Why does the author write the passage?
A. To discuss if AIs can develop human-like consciousness.
B. To warn people of the potential risks of granting AIs rights.
C. To analyze how public attitudes to AIs’ consciousness shift.
D. To criticize humans for becoming emotionally attached to AIs.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Summer break is a time to do the things we’ve postponed all year. Research papers will be submitted; exercise plans will be started. This is when many of us begin to think: How can we get the most out of summer, and achieve the highest productivity?
____35____ If we are always efficient and forward-thinking, people may expect more from us. Worse still, the constant pressure to stay productive pushes us toward ready-made routines. Once we lean too heavily on them, we lose our creative edge and become mechanical.
Luckily, the key to avoiding this trap is already hardwired into our brains. We have two different neural networks: an efficient Task-Positive Network (TPN) and an inefficient Default Mode Network (DMN). The TPN loves checking boxes. It’s activated when we are engaged in goal-oriented tasks and functions kind of like an AI. The DMN is a bit more chill. It likes to daydream and to slowly piece ideas and concepts together. It also helps us regulate our stress and process our emotions. ____36____ Think about this in terms of meetings at work. A TPN meeting means no small talk, just facts, plans and updates. But a DMN meeting builds psychological safety by encouraging conversations that foster familiarity and trust among colleagues. ____37____
So how can we take advantage of useful inefficiency? One way is to stop responding to everything immediately. ____38____ This shows that you are a thinker, not just a responder.
Another way is to schedule some “unproductive” time. You need to space out every once in a while. Rest is not doing nothing. When you are walking without headphones or reading something unrelated to schoolwork, your mind may be doing quiet but important work. ____39____
Our plans are for a non-optimized summer. We are going to be inefficient in fun ways. We shall see where our DMNs take us when we are actually relaxed.
A. It may help you to make plans for a better future.
B. This is where we really showcase our humanness.
C. However, this obsession with productivity can create problems.
D. It may be connecting ideas in ways you do not immediately notice.
E. This may seem like the smartest way to make every summer day count.
F. Instead, take some time and craft a response when you are ready using your DMN.
G. With that foundation, it becomes easier to navigate tricky situations and keep a team on track.
第三部分 书面表达（共两节，32分）
第一节（共4小题；第40、41小题各2分，第42小题3分，第43小题5分，共12分）
阅读下面短文，根据题目要求用英文回答问题。请在答题纸指定区域作答。
A few weeks ago, a clip of a podcast went viral.
“Do you have a hobby?” one lady asks the other.
“I do not have a hobby,” the other lady replies. “Hobby, to me, feels like just something else to do.”
That must be freeing. Skiing, tennis, hiking and dancing — my hobbies have taken up my entire calendar. If someone had admitted not having a hobby a year ago, I would have just assumed he was lazy. How can one not have a single hobby? However, a recent group trip with an adventure company made me question the need for hobbies. Three days of hiking turned out to be a disaster. I had to take multiple painkillers just to get through. When I struggled during one particularly demanding hike, I asked for occasional breaks, only to be criticized by the organizer for not embracing the experience enthusiastically enough. Why had I put myself through this experience? If I’m being honest, it wasn’t because I was excited about it; it was because I thought I should.
We have turned hobbies from optional leisure activities into a marker of identity. Somewhere along the way, hobbies have become another thing to perform. We are confusing leisure with achievement. Hobbies are increasingly sold as a route to becoming a more interesting or successful person, rather than simply a way to spend free time. That mindset can leave people feeling guilty if they prefer quieter pursuits, or if they discover they don’t enjoy the hobby that everyone else seems to love.
The rise of wellness culture may have created this pressure. The hobbies, mainly exercise, are increasingly seen as a tool for self-improvement rather than pure enjoyment. The conversation has shifted. It’s not just about weight or aesthetics but also includes mental health, longevity, workplace wellbeing and metabolic age. The popularity of wearable health trackers and social media may have also accelerated this mindset. Tracking your health excessively has become a hobby, too, turning everyday movement into something that needs to be continuously monitored and improved.
Thanks to the ladies, I have decided I don’t need another hobby to justify my free time. It’s liberating to just be.
40. What happened when the author asked for occasional breaks during a hike?
__________________________________________________________________________
41. What factors may contribute to the pressure in pursuing hobbies?
__________________________________________________________________________
42. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
Tracking your health excessively has turned everyday movement into pure enjoyment.
__________________________________________________________________________
43. Do you agree with the writer that hobbies should be a means of pure enjoyment? Why or why not? (In about 40 words)
__________________________________________________________________________
第二节（20分）
44. 假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。上周，你参加了你校开展的“爱在我家”作品展。请你给你的外国好友Jim写一封邮件，内容包括：
1. 介绍你提交的作品；
2. 说明提交该作品的原因。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
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