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同济大学第二附属中学2026学年第一学期期中考试 高三年级英语学科试卷 (本试卷满分140分，考试时间120分钟) Ⅰ．Listening Comprehension Section A Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1．A．He prefers to play in the gym. B．They should play another time. C．It is not supposed to rain tomorrow. D．They will probably have to play indoors. 2．A．A gallery guide. B．A famous painter. C．A visitor. D．A teacher. 3．A．Have lunch alone. B．Find a job in a new company. C．Eat with somebody else. D．Go with the woman. 4．A．To a computer shop. B．To the library. C．To the classroom. D．To a charging station. 5．A．It isn’t worth a try. B．It serves good food. C．He hasn’t been to it. D．He has just heard about it. 6．A．Tell Mary about the movie. B．Join him and Mary at the movie. C．Ask Mary what she is doing tonight. D．Invite a group of friends to go to the movie 7．A．Professor Campbell changed the conference time. B．Professor Campbell will not attend the concert. C．He will stay until the conference is finished. D．He will wait for the woman. 8．A．The laundry is around the corner. B．She recently purchased liquid soap. C．She will buy some soap for the man. D．The man can buy liquid soap at the store. 9．A．It is very expensive. B．It is next to the Holiday Motel. C．It is nicer than the Holiday Motel. D．It is a little farther than the Holiday Motel. 10．A．Snow in October is unusual. B．Winter is her favorite season. C．She does not believe it will snow. D．Canadian winters are rather long. Section B Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11．A．Kids shouldn’t go to public pools until 6 months old. B．Parents should teach kids to swim as soon as possible. C．Parents should take courses about how to be lifeguards. D．Kids shouldn’t be left alone in the pool until 16 years old. 12．A．They can find more ways to enjoy their life. B．They may be able to tell what is dangerous in a pool. C．They have more chances to be saved if there is any danger. D．They will learn to swim sooner than those who don’t like water. 13．A．Teachers. B．Lifeguards. C．Kids. D．Parents. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14．A．38% of girls are heavy social media users. B．14% of boys are heavy social media users. C．25% of girls never use social media. D．10% of boys never use social media. 15．A．There is no actual relationship between them. B．Depression leads people to use social media more. C．Heavy use of social media results in people’s depression. D．It is difficult to decide which is cause and which is effect. 16．A．The change in the use of social media across time. B．The harm of spending too much time on social media. C．The growing body of evidence about the cause of depression. D．The difference between girls and boys in the symptoms of depression. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17．A．A new source of fuel oil. B．An alternative use of fuel oil. C．A way to make fuel oil less polluting. D．A new method for locating underground oil. 18．A．She heard about it in class. B．She read a newspaper article about it. C．She was told about it by her roommate. D．She was doing research for a paper on it. 19．A．To heat the reactors. B．To remove impurities. C．To prevent dangerous gases from forming. D．To produce a gas containing carbon and hydrogen. 20．A．It’s quite expensive. B．It uses up rare minerals. C．It hasn’t been fully tested. D．It produces harmful gas. Ⅱ．Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. New Label Helps Consumers Better Determine Food Quality Determining whether food has spoiled can be a tricky task. The confusion over “use by” and “best before” labels often results in safe and consumable food ____1____ (throw) out. This issue contributes significantly to the global food crisis, as roughly one-third of the food produced for the world ____2____ (waste) and millions of people in dozens of countries are facing severe hunger. However, a groundbreaking invention called “Mimica Touch” aims to help tackle this crisis by providing a(n) ____3____ (accurate) method of evaluating the safety of food purchased. Consisting of a label that transforms in texture when food spoils, Mimica Touch features a plastic sheet with raised lines ____4____ signal spoilt food. The plastic bumps (凸块) are covered with a thin layer of natural substance that rots at the same rate ____5____ the food. When the substance turns from a solid state to a liquid state, the label transforms from firm and smooth to soft and bumpy, indicating that the food ____6____ (go) bad. In this way, the label can clearly inform people ____7____ the food should be discarded or not. It was ____8____ she was a student at Brunel University in London that Solveiga Pakštaité came up with the concept for Mimica Touch. The goal of the original project was to help people with vision problems check the use-by date on ____9____ (package) food. Pakštaité said she was inspired by banana skins, which change texture as they ripen. Although Mimica Touch began as a university project, the invention has the potential ____10____ (reduce) the huge quantity of food that goes to waste every year. Moreover, it could help consumers enjoy the food they purchase more safely and for longer periods. 【答案】1. being thrown 2. is being wasted 3. more accurate 4. that##which 5. as 6. has gone 7. whether 8. when##while 9. packaged 10. to reduce 【解析】 【导语】文章主要介绍新型Mimica Touch智能标签，帮助消费者更准确判断食品是否变质。 【1题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：人们对“保质期”和“最佳食用期”标签的困惑，常常导致本可以安全食用的食物被丢弃。此处为固定结构result in sth. being done，food和throw out“丢弃，扔掉”之间是被动关系，需用动名词的被动形式being thrown，作介词in的宾语。 【2题详解】 考查动词时态语态。句意：这个问题是全球粮食危机的重要诱因，全球生产的食物中约有三分之一被浪费，数十个国家的数百万人正面临严重的饥饿问题。句子陈述正在发生的客观事实，用现在进行时，主语one-third of the food和waste之间是被动关系，food为不可数名词，故用现在进行时的被动语态is being wasted。 【3题详解】 考查形容词比较级。句意：然而，一项名为“Mimica Touch”的突破性发明，旨在通过提供一种更准确的方法来评估所购食品的安全性，帮助解决这场危机。此处将新发明的方法和传统日期标签的方法作对比，暗含比较含义，需用形容词accurate“准确的”的比较级more accurate，修饰后面的名词method。 【4题详解】 考查定语从句关系词。句意：Mimica Touch由一种会随食物变质改变质地的标签构成，它的塑料片上带有凸起线条，这些线条会提示食物已经变质。空格处引导限定性定语从句，修饰先行词raised lines，指代事物，从句缺少主语，故用关系代词that/which引导从句。 【5题详解】 考查固定搭配。句意：这些塑料凸块覆盖着一层薄薄的天然物质，该物质的腐烂速度和食物的腐烂速度相同。此处为固定搭配the same...as...，意为“和……一样”，故填as。 【6题详解】 考查动词时态。句意：当这种物质从固态变为液态时，标签就会从坚硬光滑变得柔软凹凸，表明食物已经变质。此处强调食物变质这个动作已经完成并对现在产生影响，需用现在完成时，主语the food为不可数名词，故填入has gone。 【7题详解】 考查宾语从句引导词。句意：通过这种方式，标签可以清楚地告知人们食物是否应该被丢弃。此处引导宾语从句，表达“是否”的含义，后面有or not搭配，故填whether。 【8题详解】 考查强调句。句意：正是在伦敦布鲁内尔大学读书的时候，Solveiga Pakštaité萌生了Mimica Touch的概念。此处为强调句型It was...that...，被强调部分是时间状语从句，表示“当……时候”，填入when/while均可。 【9题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：这个最初项目的目标是帮助视力有障碍的人群检查包装食品上的保质期。此处package和food之间是被动关系，需用过去分词packaged作定语，修饰名词food，意为“包装好的”。 【10题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：尽管Mimica Touch最初只是一个大学项目，但这项发明有潜力减少每年被浪费的大量食物。此处为固定搭配have the potential to do sth.，意为“有潜力做某事”，故填不定式to reduce，作后置定语修饰potential。 Section B Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. appealing B. attainable C. basically D. dramatically E. freedom F. kicks G. minimum H. prioritizes I. submits J. underlying K. withdrawal FIRE Movement: Financial Independence, Retire Early Many Americans are taking early retirement into their own hands by joining the FIRE movement, but it’s not for everyone. “Financial Independence, Retire Early” (FIRE) is a lifestyle movement that ___11___ extreme saving and investing to be able to retire earlier than traditional methods might allow. The goal of FIRE is to achieve financial ___12___ so investors can choose how to spend their time. “The concept of the movement is ___13___ having the financial flexibility to have the ultimate life flexibility,” says Rachael Burns, a financial planner at True Worth Financial Planning, based in Folsom, California. A NerdWallet survey found that of Americans who aren’t retired yet but plan to retire, 25% want to retire before age 50 and 18% want to retire in their 50s. The average age was 57, 10 years earlier than the full retirement age to get Social Security. People who use FIRE to retire early do so by ___14___ reducing their expenses, looking for ways to increase their income, and investing the money they save in a mix of tax-advantaged accounts as well as regular brokerage (佣金) accounts. Retiring early might sound ___15___, but there are risks, and it’s not for everyone. For instance, if you stop working, you’ll have to be responsible for your own medical expenses until Medicare ___16___ in around age 65, and your investments may not perform as well as you thought. Either one of those situations could have consequences such as having to raise your ___17___ rate or needing to re-enter the workforce. FIRE also requires cutting down expenses to the bare ___18___ so you have more income to invest, which not everyone can afford. “FIRE is a long-term strategy, and you can’t be too reactive to short-term economic events,” Burns said. “You may need to adjust spending or saving in certain years based on market events, but the ___19___ strategy should stay the same.” If you don’t earn enough to cover your basic needs and save greatly for early retirement at the same time, FIRE may not be for you, Burns says. Lacking an emergency fund or owing high-interest debt may be other reasons that FIRE may not be ____20____. 【答案】11. H 12. E 13. C 14. D 15. A 16. F 17. K 18. G 19. J 20. B 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。主要介绍了FIRE运动：“经济独立，提前退休”这一社会现象。 【11题详解】 考查动词。句意：“财务独立，早退休”（FIRE）是一种生活方式运动，它优先考虑极端储蓄和投资，以便能够比传统方式更早退休。分析句子可知，此处为that引导定语从句中谓语动词的填入，prioritizes“优先考虑”为动词，符合句意。故选H项。 【12题详解】 考查名词。句意：FIRE的目标是实现财务自由，这样投资者就可以选择如何度过他们的时间。分析句子可知，空前为形容词financial，此处为名词形式作achieve的宾语成分，freedom“自由”为名词，符合句意。故选E项。 【13题详解】 考查副词。句意：“这个运动的概念基本上是通过财务灵活性来实现终极生活灵活性，”位于加利福尼亚州福尔瑟姆的True Worth financial Planning的理财规划师瑞秋·伯恩斯（Rachael Burns）说。分析句子可知，此处为副词作状语修饰动词is having，basically“基本上”为副词，符合句意。故选C项。 【14题详解】 考查副词。句意：使用FIRE提前退休的人会大幅削减开支，寻找增加收入的方法，并将储蓄的钱投资于税收优惠账户和常规经纪账户。分析句子可知，此处为副词作状语修饰动词reducing，dramatically“明显地，大幅度地”为副词，符合句意。故选D项。 【15题详解】 考查形容词。句意：提前退休听起来很有吸引力，但也有风险，并不是每个人都适合。分析句子可知，空前sound为系动词，此处为形容词作表语，appealing“吸引人的”为形容词，符合句意。故选A项。 【16题详解】 考查动词。句意：例如，如果你停止工作，你将不得不为自己的医疗费用负责，直到65岁左右的医疗保险开始生效，你的投资可能没有你想象的那么好。分析句子可知，此处为动词短语作谓语成分，kick in“开始生效”为动词短语，符合句意。故选F项。 【17题详解】 考查名词。句意：这些情况中的任何一种都可能产生诸如不得不提高提款率或需要重新进入劳动力市场等后果。分析句子可知，空前your为形容词性物主代词，此处为名词和空后的rate 构成名词短语作raise的宾语成分，withdrawal rate“提款率”，符合句意。故选K项。 【18题详解】 考查名词。句意：FIRE还需要把开支削减到最低限度，这样你就有更多的收入来投资，这不是每个人都能负担得起的。分析句子可知，空前为定冠词the，此处为名词形式，minimum“最低限度”为名词，符合句意。故选G项。 【19题详解】 考查形容词。句意：在某些年份，你可能需要根据市场事件调整支出或储蓄，但基本策略应该保持不变。分析句子可知，空后strategy为名词，此处为形容词作定语修饰该名词，underlying“根本的”为形容词，符合句意。故选J项。 【20题详解】 考查形容词。句意：缺乏应急基金或欠高息债务可能是FIRE无法实现的其他原因。分析句子可知，空前be为系动词，此处为形容词作表语，attainable“可以实现的”形容词，符合句意。故选B项。 Ⅲ．Reading Comprehension Section A Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. A recent study published by researchers at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich suggests that planting at least one trillion trees around the world could capture two-thirds of the carbon pumped into the atmosphere due to human activity. But can planting so many trees help ____21____ climate change? Why are trees so vital for the earth’s atmosphere? They’re vital because trees, like all plants, absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and produce oxygen. So, given that the problem that we have is the ____22____ in the concentration of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, trees are a vital part of it. The ____23____ of trees that we’ve experienced over the past few decades and centuries has been a major contributor to creating the problem we have. So planting new vegetation and new trees is an essential part of the ____24____ and we certainly have to stop destroying forest areas. The main message is that planting forests is an important contribution to effort against global warming — but we have to be ____25____ about what we can do. We will still have to stop emitting carbon dioxide. We can’t just continue as we are and plant lots of trees to ____26____ it — that’s not going to work. In order to calculate the areas of land masses that could be used to plant trees, the Zurich study makes an estimate of how much carbon dioxide a given ____27____ can absorb, and multiplies them. That seems a bit simplistic? Yes, they’ve over-simplified the calculation and ended up with a(n) ____28____ estimate. That’s because they’ve ____29____ that if you started planting more trees, then that would simply remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But we know that carbon dioxide is also ____30____ by seawater and soils, and that the concentrations are in equilibrium (平衡) with each other. So when we emit carbon dioxide by the burning of fossil fuels, some of it goes into the atmosphere, some goes into the ocean, and some goes into the land. ____31____, if you start drawing it from the atmosphere, you will get a flow of some carbon dioxide coming out of the oceans and the land into the atmosphere. Not all of the carbon dioxide you remove from the atmosphere will ____32____ a straightforward reduction of concentrations. So according to researchers’ ____33____, you could compensate for (抵消) two-thirds of the carbon dioxide that has already been emitted. But they only counted the carbon dioxide that had gone into the atmosphere — they either forgot or ____34____ the carbon dioxide that’s been emitted and gone into the oceans and the land, and that would go back into the atmosphere if you started removing it. However, none of these flaws means tree-planting should be dismissed. We absolutely should be planting more trees right now and more importantly, we must place strict limits on ____35____ carbon emissions. 21. A. predict B. investigate C. quicken D. tackle 22. A. difference B. message C. cease D. growth 23. A. survival B. loss C. size D. state 24. A. solution B. course C. system D. problem 25. A. optimistic B. cautious C. anxious D. curious 26. A. look forward to B. keep up with C. hang on to D. make up for 27. A. tree B. area C. forest D. activity 28. A. hopeful B. internal C. specific D. inaccurate 29. A. proved B. assumed C. forgotten D. doubted 30. A. emitted B. degraded C. absorbed D. purified 31. A. Equally B. Luckily C. Strangely D. Initially 32. A. deal with B. return to C. result in D. depend on 33. A. release B. estimate C. knowledge D. reduction 34. A. overestimated B. stressed C. overlooked D. fixed 35. A. human-caused B. nature-made C. hand-made D. tree-produced 【答案】21. D 22. D 23. B 24. A 25. B 26. D 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. C 31. A 32. C 33. B 34. C 35. A 【解析】 【导语】文章主要探讨万亿棵树计划的实际效果，客观分析植树应对气候变化的作用与相关研究的计算缺陷。 【21题详解】 考查动词。句意：但种植这么多树木真的能帮助应对气候变化吗？A. predict预测；B. investigate调查；C. quicken加速；D. tackle应对、处理。根据前文“planting at least one trillion trees around the world could capture two-thirds of the carbon pumped into the atmosphere due to human activity”可知，植树可以捕获人类活动排放的碳，此处承接话题提出疑问，询问大规模植树能否有效应对气候变化。 【22题详解】 考查名词。句意：所以，既然我们面临的问题是大气中二氧化碳和其他温室气体浓度的增长，树木就是解决这个问题的关键部分。A. difference差异；B. message信息；C. cease停止；D. growth增长。根据后文“in the concentration of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere”并结合全球变暖的背景，当前的核心问题就是大气中温室气体浓度不断上升，growth准确描述了这一现状。 【23题详解】 考查名词。句意：在过去的几十年和几个世纪里，我们经历的树木流失是造成当前问题的主要原因。A. survival生存；B. loss流失、砍伐减少；C. size规模；D. state状态。根据后文“we certainly have to stop destroying forest areas”可知，我们必须停止破坏森林区域，与之对应，过去森林被大量砍伐、树木不断流失，这正是加剧气候问题的重要因素。 【24题详解】 考查名词。句意：所以种植新的植被和新的树木是解决方案的重要部分，我们当然必须停止破坏森林区域。A. solution解决方案；B. course课程、进程；C. system系统；D. problem问题。根据前文“The ____ of trees that we’ve experienced over the past few decades and centuries has been a major contributor to creating the problem we have”可知，树木流失加剧了气候问题，那么补植新树自然是应对气候问题的解决方案的核心组成部分。 【25题详解】 考查形容词。句意：核心信息是植树造林对减缓全球变暖是一项重要贡献，但我们必须对自己能做的事保持谨慎。A. optimistic乐观的；B. cautious谨慎的；C. anxious焦虑的；D. curious好奇的。根据后文“We will still have to stop emitting carbon dioxide. We can’t just continue as we are and plant lots of trees”可知，不能只靠种树解决所有问题，说明对待植树的作用不能盲目高估，要保持理性谨慎。 【26题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：我们不能像现在这样继续下去，靠种很多树来弥补碳排放——这是行不通的。A. look forward to期待；B. keep up with跟上；C. hang on to紧紧抓住；D. make up for弥补。根据前文“We will still have to stop emitting carbon dioxide”可知，不能一边持续大量碳排放，一边指望靠种树来抵消、弥补这些排放带来的影响。 【27题详解】 考查名词。句意：为计算可用于植树的陆地面积，苏黎世研究估算了给定的一棵树能吸收多少二氧化碳，再将其相乘。A. tree树；B. area区域；C. forest森林；D. activity活动。根据前文“In order to calculate the areas of land masses that could be used to plant trees”可知，研究核心是估算给定树木的吸碳量后结合可种植面积进行测算，a given tree（给定的一棵树）符合研究方法描述。 【28题详解】 考查形容词。句意：是的，他们把计算过度简化了，最终得到了一个不准确的估算结果。A. hopeful充满希望的；B. internal内部的；C. specific具体的；D. inaccurate不准确的。根据前文“That seems a bit simplistic?”可知，这个计算似乎有点过于简单化，简化后的结果自然是不够精准的，inaccurate契合对该研究的评价。 【29题详解】 考查动词。句意：这是因为他们假设如果你开始种植更多的树木，就只会从大气中移除二氧化碳。A. proved证明；B. assumed假设；C. forgotten忘记；D. doubted怀疑。根据后文“But we know that carbon dioxide is also ____ by seawater and soils, and that the concentrations are in equilibrium with each other”可知，实际情况要复杂得多，海水和土壤也会和大气进行碳交换，说明该研究是基于一个脱离现实的理想化预设展开计算的。 【30题详解】 考查动词。句意：但我们知道二氧化碳也会被海水和土壤吸收，不同介质中的浓度处于相互平衡的状态。A. emitted排放；B. degraded降解；C. absorbed吸收；D. purified净化。根据后文“So when we emit carbon dioxide by the burning of fossil fuels, some of it goes into the atmosphere, some goes into the ocean, and some goes into the land”可知，燃烧化石燃料产生的碳一部分进入大气，一部分进入海洋和陆地，说明海水和土壤也具备吸收二氧化碳的能力，absorbed符合客观科学事实。 【31题详解】 考查副词。句意：同样地，如果你开始从大气中移除二氧化碳，就会有一部分二氧化碳从海洋和陆地流入大气。A. Equally同样地；B. Luckily幸运地；C. Strangely奇怪地；D. Initially最初地。根据前文“So when we emit carbon dioxide by the burning of fossil fuels, some of it goes into the atmosphere, some goes into the ocean, and some goes into the land.”可知，碳会从大气流向海洋和陆地，此处表示这个平衡是双向的，反过来碳也会从海洋陆地回流到大气中，Equally用来类比说明双向流动的对等性，符合逻辑。 【32题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：你从大气中移除的所有二氧化碳，并不会直接导致大气中浓度的降低。A. deal with处理；B. return to返回；C. result in导致；D. depend on依赖。根据前文“if you start drawing it from the atmosphere, you will get a flow of some carbon dioxide coming out of the oceans and the land into the atmosphere”可知，存在海洋和陆地的碳回流，所以植树移除的大气碳不会全部转化为大气碳浓度的下降，result in准确表达了二者的因果关联。 【33题详解】 考查名词。句意：所以根据研究人员的估算，你可以抵消已经排放的三分之二的二氧化碳。A. release发布；B. estimate估算；C. knowledge知识；D. reduction减少。根据第四段“In order to calculate the areas of land masses that could be used to plant trees, the Zurich study makes an estimate of how much carbon dioxide a given ____ can absorb”可知，该研究对植树碳吸收量做了估算，此处承接前文，指代研究给出的相关测算结果。 【34题详解】 考查动词。句意：但他们只统计了进入大气的二氧化碳——他们要么忘记了，要么忽视了那些排放后进入海洋和陆地的二氧化碳，如果你开始移除大气中的碳，这部分碳就会重新回到大气中。A. overestimated高估；B. stressed强调；C. overlooked忽视；D. fixed修复。根据前文“they only counted the carbon dioxide that had gone into the atmosphere”可知，该研究的计算存在缺陷，缺陷就在于他们没有考虑到储存在海洋和陆地的碳会回流，也就是刻意或无意地忽视了这部分碳的存在。 【35题详解】 考查形容词。句意：然而，这些缺陷都不代表植树造林就应该被否定。我们现在绝对应该种植更多的树木，更重要的是，我们必须严格限制人为导致的碳排放。A. human-caused人为造成的；B. nature-made自然形成的；C. hand-made手工制作的；D. tree-produced树木产生的。根据全文开篇“the carbon pumped into the atmosphere due to human activity”可知，全文的核心背景是人类活动排放的大量二氧化碳引发气候问题，应对气候问题最根本的举措就是限制人类活动产生的碳排放。 Section B Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have read. (A) Every summer, as a child, I spent with my parents the annual family holiday, flying away from our home in the West Midlands to their birthplace in Ireland. I enjoyed it, but once, I behaved differently and left home. Package tours and long-distance flights became my idea of a holiday. I then went and ran into an Englishman who also came of Irish stock, and we both felt the urge to renew our knowledge of Ireland. It was important for us to discover something different from our childhood visits. So that’s how we came to drive along the winding St John’s Point Peninsula (半岛) in Donegal, part of Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way, to visit a unique part of the 20th-century history — the Donegal Corridor. When anyone drives to the point where the land runs out, he sees giant white stones fixed firmly in green grass spelling out “EIRE” and “70”, while the Atlantic wind fiercely blows across the headland and the ice-white waves smash into the rocks below. The meaning behind the stones? They date back to the Second World War when St John’s Point was number 70 in a total of 83 Look Out Points (LOPs), observation stations set up and maintained by Ireland all around its coast. There lies a bit of curious UK-Ireland history. Although Ireland was officially neutral during the war, the Battle of the Atlantic was being fought close to Irish shores, and these LOPs, staffed by local volunteers known as Coast watchers, passed on information on activities connected with the sea and weather fronts to London. At St John’s Point, we were standing right under the Donegal Corridor, a long narrow area of airspace in which Ireland ensured safe passage during World War II to planes in the RAF (Royal Air Force) from bases in the UK-governed North of Ireland. The stone markings acted as reference points to aircrews. Standing on this rough area of land surrounded by the wild and windy ocean brought home to us the conditions in which the Coast watchers and aircrews in the RAF cooperated in a shared history. I revolted against my family tradition that summer, and I fulfilled my aim of discovering something new and absorbed all Donegal has to offer: empty golden beaches, mysterious ancient stone circles, folk music and crafts, and tasty food. I had fallen in love with Ireland all over again. 36. What can we learn about the author from paragraphs 1 to 3? A. She met a childhood friend from Ireland that year. B. She explored the Wild Atlantic Way with her family members. C. She took package tours and long-distance flights every year. D. She and that Englishman both had Irish ancestors. 37. The expression “revolted against” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to . A. worried about B. passed on C. celebrated D. disobeyed 38. The giant white stones were important during WWII because . A. they functioned as reference points to aircrews in the RAF B. weather information from the UK was sent through them C. the Battle of the Atlantic took place right close to them D. they ranked at the top in the 83 LOPs around the Irish coast 39. Which might be the best title of the passage? A. A Global Journey B. Escaping from the West Midlands C. Happy Holidays D. Discovering Undiscovered Donegal 【答案】36. D 37. D 38. A 39. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者有一年夏天去爱尔兰旅行的经历，她和一位同样有爱尔兰血统的英国人参观了多尼戈尔走廊，发现了其背后独特的历史意义，并认识到了很多新事物。 【36题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“Every summer, as a child, I spent with my parents the annual family holiday, flying away from our home in the West Midlands to their birthplace in Ireland.(小时候，每年夏天，我都会和父母一起度过一年一度的家庭假期，从西米德兰兹郡的家飞到他们在爱尔兰的出生地)”和第二段中“I then went and ran into an Englishman who also came of Irish stock, and we both felt the urge to renew our knowledge of Ireland.(然后我去了，碰到了一个同样是爱尔兰血统的英国人，我们都感到迫切需要更新我们对爱尔兰的认识)”可知，作者和这位英国人都有爱尔兰祖先。故选D项。 【37题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第二段中“I enjoyed it, but once, I behaved differently and left home.(我很喜欢，但有一次，我表现得不一样，离开了家)”，以及画线词的下文“my family tradition that summer(那年夏天我的家庭传统)”可推知，此处指上文提到的作者在那年夏天没有遵循以往的家庭传统，而是独自一人去旅行，revolt against意思应该是“反抗，不遵循”，与disobey意思相近。故选D项。 【38题详解】 细节理解题。根据倒数第三段“At St John’s Point, we were standing right under the Donegal Corridor, a long narrow area of airspace in which Ireland ensured safe passage during World War II to planes in the RAF (Royal Air Force) from bases in the UK-governed North of Ireland. The stone markings acted as reference points to aircrews.(在圣约翰角，我们正站在多尼戈尔走廊的正下方，这是一个狭长的空域，在第二次世界大战期间，爱尔兰确保了英国皇家空军RAF的飞机从英国统治的北爱尔兰基地安全通过。这些石头标记充当了机组人员的参考点)”可知，这些白色巨石在二战中很重要是因为它们是英国皇家空军机组人员的参考点。故选A项。 【39题详解】 主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是最后一段中“I fulfilled my aim of discovering something new and absorbed all Donegal has to offer: empty golden beaches, mysterious ancient stone circles, folk music and crafts, and tasty food. I had fallen in love with Ireland all over again(我实现了发现新事物的目标，并吸收了多尼戈尔所能提供的一切：空旷的金色海滩、神秘的古代石圈、民间音乐和手工艺，以及美味的食物。我又一次爱上了爱尔兰)”可知，文章讲述了作者有一年夏天去爱尔兰旅行的经历，她和一位同样有爱尔兰血统的英国人参观了多尼戈尔走廊，发现了其背后独特的历史意义，并认识到了很多新事物。因此，B项“发现未被发现的多尼戈尔”符合文章大意，适合作为标题。故选D项。 (B) Fact or Myth? Popular beliefs about sleep and the brain have circulated for generations. Let’s examine three common claims and discover what science really tells us. WAKING A SLEEPWALKER IS BAD FOR THEIR HEALTH ①________ Sleepwalking typically occurs during the non-rapid eye movement stage of sleep. Several factors can lead to walking while sleeping, including alcohol use, stress and even brain injury. However, there is a genetic explanation for sleepwalking. Studies have shown that children with one or both sleepwalking parents are 40 to 60 per cent more likely to sleepwalk themselves. As for the consequences of waking a sleepwalker, there is no evidence that it will hurt or harm him, but will likely cause disorientation and confusion. LYING ON YOUR BACK MAKES YOU SNORE MORE ②________ Snoring, namely breathing noisily, is caused by airflow being restricted through the body’s airways during sleep. When you lie on your back, gravity pulls tissues that surround your airways downwards, narrowing them. As air passes through the passage through the nose, it causes tissue to vibrate (振动) with every breath and can create a snoring sound. When you sleep on your side this tissue doesn’t move downwards, opening up the airways and reducing the volume of snoring. YOU ONLY USE TEN PERCENT OF YOUR BRAIN ③________ This common theory in question dates back to the early 1900s, when the philosopher and founder of American psychology William James suggested that we only use a small portion of our potential. In a 1907 paper titled The Energies of Men, James wrote: “We are making use of only a small part of our possible mental and physical resources.” It’s sustained by a book How to Win Friends and Influence People, where American writer Lowell Thomas wrote that the “professor William James of Harvard used to say that the average person develops only ten per cent of his potential mental ability”. However, the truth is that your brain is firing on all cylinders (气缸) and not limited to just ten percent of its power. 40. Which section of a magazine does this passage probably belong to? A. Educational features. B. Medical science. C. Psychology forum. D. Classified ads. 41. Which of the following pictures best illustrates SNORING SCIENCE? 1．Your heart stops. 2．Your face explodes. 3．Disease sprays out of your mouth. The result—You get germs on other people and they respond with “Bless you”. Tongue pushes up against the hard palate to move the food into the oropharynx (口咽). A. B. C. D. 42. Which of the following best fits into the numbered blanks①—②—③? A. MYTH—FACT—FACT B. FACT—MYTH—FACT C. MYTH—FACT—MYTH D. FACT—MYTH—MYTH 【答案】40. B 41. D 42. C 【解析】 【导语】文章主要讲述了关于睡眠与大脑的三个常见说法的真伪辨析。 【40题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章首段“Popular beliefs about sleep and the brain have circulated for generations. Let’s examine three common claims and discover what science really tells us.(关于睡眠和大脑的流行观念已经流传了几代人。让我们来检验三个常见的说法，看看科学到底告诉了我们什么)”以及全文围绕梦游、打鼾、大脑利用率等生理与医学话题展开可知，这篇文章最可能属于杂志的医学科学版块。 【41题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第三段中“When you lie on your back, gravity pulls tissues that surround your airways downwards, narrowing them. As air passes through the passage through the nose, it causes tissue to vibrate (振动) with every breath and can create a snoring sound. When you sleep on your side this tissue doesn’t move downwards, opening up the airways and reducing the volume of snoring.(当你平躺时，重力会将气道周围的组织向下拉，使气道变窄。当空气通过鼻腔通道时，会导致组织随着每次呼吸而振动，并可能产生鼾声。)”可知，文章第三段讲打鼾科学（SNORING SCIENCE）时核心说明： 打鼾由睡眠时气流（airflow）通过气道受限、组织振动引起； 仰卧时气道组织受重力下坠变窄（narrowing）； D选项完全吻合原文对打鼾机制（气道与气流、软腭舌头关系）的生理学描述，因此它是正确配图。 【42题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第二段中“As for the consequences of waking a sleepwalker, there is no evidence that it will hurt or harm him, but will likely cause disorientation and confusion.(至于叫醒梦游者的后果，没有证据表明这会伤害或损害他，但可能会导致定向障碍和混乱)”可知，叫醒梦游者有害健康是错误观念，故①处应填MYTH。根据文章第三段中“When you sleep on your side this tissue doesn't move downwards, opening up the airways and reducing the volume of snoring.(当你侧睡时，这些组织不会向下移动，从而打开气道并减少鼾声)”可知，仰卧导致打鼾更多是科学事实，故②处应填FACT。根据文章第四段中“However, the truth is that your brain is firing on all cylinders (气缸) and not limited to just ten percent of its power.(然而，事实是你的大脑正在全速运转，并不仅限于其能力的百分之十)”可知，我们只使用了大脑的百分之十是错误观念，故③处应填MYTH。因此，正确的顺序是MYTH—FACT—MYTH。 (C) New research shows that the Chumash, a Native American group in modern-day California, may have invented the earliest known form of money in the Americas around 2000 years ago, using shell beads (贝壳珠). This predates previous evidence of money in the region, challenging traditional views about the origins of currency. The Chumash crafted these beads from the shells of purple dwarf olive sea snails (紫矮星橄榄海螺), and while it was believed that their monetary use began about 800 years ago, Lynn Gamble of the University of California, Santa Barbara, suggests a much earlier start. Gamble outlines four characteristics to identify ancient money: it must be labor-intensive to produce, not necessarily decorative, standardized in physical dimensions, and widely distributed. Upon analysis, Gamble found that both the saucer-shaped beads from 2000 years ago and the cup-shaped beads from 800 years ago met these criteria. The saucer-shaped beads, in particular, showed a higher degree of standardization and were found throughout California, suggesting an advanced system of trade and currency predating that of known civilizations like the Mayans, who used cotton textiles and cacao beans as currency 1400 years ago. The research stimulates debate among scholars about the definition and origins of money. Critics, such as Robert Rosenswig, argue that without evidence of a systemic function within a taxation system, the presence of currency-like objects does not confirm the existence of money. He believes Gamble’s findings convincingly show Chumash money dates back 800 years, but remains doubtful about the 2000-year claim due to the lack of understanding of the societal structures at that time. However, this perspective is challenged by those who advocate for a broader definition of money, one that involves non-state societies and does not only focus on Eurasian (欧亚的) history as the benchmark for economic systems. The discovery implies that the Chumash, operating as a complex hunter-gatherer society, could have developed a form of money without the structured levels of authority traditionally associated with its creation and use. This new analysis not only highlights the Chumash’s innovative use of shell beads as currency but also broadens the scope of inquiry into the development of economic systems across different societies. The debate over the definition and origins of money continues, but Gamble’s research offers a strong argument for reconsidering how and where money first emerged. 43. What can be learned about the shell beads used by the Chumash? A. They were expensive to produce. B. They served decorative purposes as well. C. They had uniform physical characteristics. D. They were exclusively used by the authority. 44. What does “this perspective” in paragraph 4 refer to? A. Gamble ignored other currency-like objects that existed in the Chumash society. B. Gamble’s findings proved that the Chumash used beads as money 800 years ago. C. The Chumash beads from 2000 years ago shouldn’t be considered a form of money. D. The Chumash society had no fixed societal structures like other tribes at that time. 45. It can be inferred from the passage that traditionally, money________. A. first emerged in Europe B. is associated with state-like societies C. also exists in a hunter-gatherer society D. is not a part of formal systems of taxation 46. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage? A. So, What Is Money? B. The Original Money C. How Money Evolved D. Using Money Innovatively 【答案】43. C 44. C 45. B 46. A 【解析】 【导语】文章主要讲述丘马什人2000年前贝壳珠货币新研究，引发学界对货币定义起源的争议。 【43题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段中“Gamble outlines four characteristics to identify ancient money: it must be labor-intensive to produce, not necessarily decorative, standardized in physical dimensions, and widely distributed. Upon analysis, Gamble found that both the saucer-shaped beads from 2000 years ago and the cup-shaped beads from 800 years ago met these criteria.(甘布尔列出了识别古代货币的四个特征：生产必须耗费大量劳动力，不一定具备装饰性，物理尺寸标准化，且分布广泛。经过分析，甘布尔发现2000年前的碟形珠子和800年前的杯形珠子都符合这些标准)”可知，丘马什人使用的贝壳珠物理特征统一，符合标准化要求。 【44题详解】 词句指代题。根据第三段中“He believes Gamble’s findings convincingly show Chumash money dates back 800 years, but remains doubtful about the 2000-year claim due to the lack of understanding of the societal structures at that time.(他认为甘布尔的研究令人信服地表明丘马什货币可追溯到800年前，但由于缺乏对当时社会结构的了解，他对距今2000年的说法仍持怀疑态度)”以及第四段“However, this perspective is challenged by those who advocate for a broader definition of money(然而，这一观点受到那些倡导更宽泛货币定义的人士的挑战)”可知，“this perspective”指代的是“质疑2000年前贝壳珠应被视为货币”的观点，即认为2000年前的丘马什珠子不应算作货币。 【45题详解】 推理判断题。根据第四段中“However, this perspective is challenged by those who advocate for a broader definition of money, one that involves non-state societies and does not only focus on Eurasian history as the benchmark for economic systems. The discovery implies that the Chumash, operating as a complex hunter-gatherer society, could have developed a form of money without the structured levels of authority traditionally associated with its creation and use.(然而，这一观点受到了主张更宽泛货币定义的人的挑战，该定义涵盖非国家社会，且不将欧亚历史作为经济体系的唯一基准。这一发现表明，作为复杂狩猎采集社会的丘马什人，无需传统上与货币创造和使用相关的结构化权威层级，就发展出了一种货币形式)”可知，传统认知中货币是和类国家社会相关联的。 【46题详解】 主旨大意题。根据最后一段中“The debate over the definition and origins of money continues, but Gamble's research offers a strong argument for reconsidering how and where money first emerged.(关于货币定义与起源的争论仍在继续，但甘布尔的研究为重新思考货币最初如何、在何处出现提供了有力论据)”可知，全文围绕丘马什人贝壳珠货币新发现展开，核心始终是学界对货币的定义、起源标准的持续争议，全文收束在“争论未定、须重新追问”，用一个开放式问句作标题正好贴合这种存疑语气。整篇文章都在引导读者重新思考货币到底是什么，“So, What Is Money?(那么，什么是货币？)”最能概括全文核心议题，适合作为标题。 Section C Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need. Noise at Sea Imagine that you’re standing in a noisy gym. Other kids are playing and cheering. It’s so loud that even if your friend tried to warn you about a basketball headed toward the back of your head, you wouldn’t hear her. ____47____ “The biggest problem is not that sound will harm fish and whales physically, but that they won’t be able to hear important messages,” says Arthur Popper, a professor in the University of Maryland. “The extra noise can change how these animals relate to their environment,” he says. “It affects their ability to get the world around them.” Humans add a variety of sounds to the oceans. ____48____ Human military and fishing ships use sonar, a tool that bounces sound waves off of objects in the ocean to find out what’s nearby. Seismic air guns are tools that use compressed (被压缩的) air to create loud noises, sending waves like earthquakes through the ocean floor. ____49____ Scientists became particularly interested in the problem of noise in the ocean after several events in which whales washed up on beaches and became stranded (被困). These strandings happened when naval ships had been using sonar nearby. Some of the whales died, but scientists still don’t understand exactly what happened to them. The sound might have been like nails on a chalkboard to the whales, Ketten says, leading them to flee the ocean. Whale strandings related to sound are rare, though. In the vast ocean, animals can often escape from loud noises safely, by simply swimming away. ____50____ If it’s too noisy where humpback whales feed, or if loud noises steer sea turtles off course, we could change how they live—and whether they survive. Many marine mammals and sea turtles, and some species of fish, are endangered. We can’t stop all our drilling, construction, and sonar just to protect them. But an agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has written guidelines so that human activities have as little impact as possible on these animals. A. But what if a loud noise occurs someplace an animal really needs to be? B. Animals face the same challenges when humans add noise to their environments. C. But the sounds we create, particularly with our ships, add to the underwater noise. D. Underwater noise can be deadly in some cases. E. We know very little about how these animals live and how they respond to noise. F. As large ships carry goods to ports around the world, their motors are noisy just like trucks on a highway. 【答案】47. B 48. F 49. D 50. A 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍了海洋噪音的多种来源，以及人类活动产生的水下噪音对海洋生物造成的威胁。 【47题详解】 上文“Imagine that you’re standing in a noisy gym. Other kids are playing and cheering. It’s so loud that even if your friend tried to warn you about a basketball headed toward the back of your head, you wouldn’t hear her.(想象你站在喧闹的体育馆里，其他孩子打闹欢呼。嘈杂的环境下，就算朋友提醒你有篮球朝你后脑勺飞来，你也听不到。)”用体育馆嘈杂听不见提醒的生活例子做类比，B选项“Animals face the same challenges when humans add noise to their environments.(当人类给动物的生存环境增添噪音时，动物也面临同样的难题。)”把场景过渡到海洋动物，承接上文类比，符合语境。 【48题详解】 上文“Humans add a variety of sounds to the oceans.(人类给海洋增添了各种各样的声音。)”是总起句，引出人为制造的各类海洋噪音，下文“Human military and fishing ships use sonar, a tool that bounces sound waves off of objects in the ocean to find out what’s nearby. Seismic air guns are tools that use compressed (被压缩的) air to create loud noises, sending waves like earthquakes through the ocean floor.(军用船只和渔船会使用声呐，这是一种通过反射海中物体的声波来探查周边事物的工具。地震气枪依靠压缩空气制造巨大噪音，将类似地震的声波传过海底。)”接着介绍声呐、气枪等噪音工具。F选项“As large ships carry goods to ports around the world, their motors are noisy just like trucks on a highway.(大型货轮将货物运往世界各地港口时，发动机发出的噪音就像高速公路上的卡车一样。)”列举货轮发动机噪音这一例子，和后文声呐、气枪并列，属于噪音来源举例，符合语境。 【49题详解】 下文“Scientists became particularly interested in the problem of noise in the ocean after several events in which whales washed up on beaches and became stranded (被困).(在多起鲸鱼冲上岸并被困的事件发生后，科学家格外关注海洋噪音问题。)”说明了本段围绕噪音造成鲸鱼搁浅的事例展开。D选项“Underwater noise can be deadly in some cases.(在某些情况下，水下噪音可以致命。)”说明了该句是本段的主旨句，总领本段，引出下文鲸鱼搁浅的案例，符合语境。 【50题详解】 上文“In the vast ocean, animals can often escape from loud noises safely, by simply swimming away.(在广阔的海洋里，动物通常可以直接游开，安全远离巨大噪音。)” 说明海洋生物一般可以躲开噪音，下文“If it’s too noisy where humpback whales feed, or if loud noises steer sea turtles off course, we could change how they live — and whether they survive.(如果座头鲸的觅食地噪音过大，或是巨大噪音让海龟偏离航线，就会改变它们的生存方式，甚至决定它们能否存活。)”说明了觅食地、迁徙路线上的噪音会威胁生存。A选项“But what if a loud noise occurs someplace an animal really needs to be?(但如果巨大噪音出现在动物赖以生存的地方该怎么办？)”形成转折，引出后文严重后果，符合语境。 Ⅳ．Summary Writing 51. Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible. If you suffer from shyness, you are not alone, for shyness is a universal phenomenon. It is not surprising that social scientists are exploring its environmental causes The first environmental cause of shyness may be a child’s home and family life. today's children are growing up in smaller and smaller families, with fewer and fewer relatives living nearby. Growing up in homes in which both parents work full time, children may not have the socializing experience of frequent visits by neighbours and friends. Because of their lack of social skills, they may begin to feel shy when they start school A second environmental cause of shyness in an individual may be one's culture. In a large study conducted in Japanl, 57% participants rated themselves as shy. Researchers Lynne Henderson and Philip Zimbardo say, " One explanation is that in Japan, an individual's performance success is credited externally to parents, grandparents, teachers, coaches, and others, while failure is entire blamed on the person. "Therefore, Japanese learn not to take risks in public and rely instead on group-shared decisions. Technology may also play a role. In the United State, the number of young people who report being shy has risen from 40% to 50% in recent years. Due to our huge advances in technology, watching TV, playing video games, and surfing the Web have replaced recreational activities that involve social interaction for many young people. Adults, too, are becoming more isolated as a result of technology. face-to face interactions with bank clerks, gas station attendants, and shop assistants are no longer necessary because people can use machines to do their banking fill their gas tanks, and order goods. In short, they become shy. It appears that most people have experienced shyness at some time in their lives. Therefore, if you are shy, you have lots of company. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】Shyness is a common phenomenon, and there are many environmental reasons for it. A child's family life is one reason. One's culture is another cause of shyness. At the same time, the widespread use of technology also causes shyness. Many people experience shyness in their lives. 【解析】 【分析】这是一篇概要写作。 【详解】概要写作 写作步骤 1）细读原文。首先要仔细阅读短文，掌握文章主旨。文章主要说明了造成羞怯的环境原因。 2）弄清结构，归纳段意。概要写作是写全文概要，不是写某一部分的概要，或者就某些问题写出要点。因此一定要弄清文章结构，归纳文章各段大意。 3）列出原文要点。分析原文的内容和结构，将内容分项扼要表述并注意在结构上的顺序。在此基础上选出与文章主题密切相关的部分。 4）在写作时要特别注意下面几点： （1）概要应包括原文中的主要事实，略去不必要的细节。 （2）安排好篇幅的比例，概要应同原文保持协调，即用较多的文字写重要内容，用较少的文字写次要内容。 （3）注意要点之间的衔接，要用适当的关联词语贯通全文，切忌只简单地写出一些互不相干的句子，但也不要每两句之间都加关联词语，以免显得生硬。 （4）不排斥用原文的某些词句，但不要照搬原文的句子，如果不能完全用自己的话语表达，至少对原文句子做一些同义词替换，如果结构上也能有一些转换会更好。 （5）计算词数，看是否符合规定的词数要求。 Ⅴ．Translation Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 52. 上网时，请务必注意保护好个人隐私。(sure)(汉译英) ______________________________________________________________ 【答案】When surfing the Internet, be sure to protect your personal privacy. 【解析】 【详解】句子陈述建议/提醒，用祈使句。表示“上网时”用when surfing the Internet，省略主语+be动词构成when引导的时间状语从句的省略；表示“务必（一定）”用固定搭配be sure to do sth.；表示“注意/保护好”用protect；表示“个人隐私”用your personal privacy。 53. 不会熟练使用手机的老年人不在少数，所以要对他们多一点耐心。(patient)(汉译英) ______________________________________________________________ 【答案】 Quite a few elderly people cannot use mobile phones skillfully, so we should be more patient with them. 【解析】 【详解】“老年人”英文表达为elderly people，句中作主语；“不在少数”英文表达为quite a few，修饰主语，位于句首首字母大写；“不会熟练使用手机”英文表达为cannot use mobile phones skillfully，skillfully是副词，作状语，修饰动词use；“所以”应用并列连词so，连接前后两个分句；结合语境补充逻辑主语we；“要；应当”用情态动词should，后接动词原形；“对他们多一点耐心”英文表达为be more patient with；“他们”英文表达为them，作介词with的宾语。 54. 山水画描绘自然之美，京剧讲述世间故事，二者都象征着灿烂的中华传统文化。(which)(汉译英) ______________________________________________________________ 【答案】 Landscape paintings depict the beauty of nature, and Peking Opera tells stories of the world, both of which symbolize the splendid traditional Chinese culture. 【解析】 【详解】句子陈述客观事实，用一般现在时；本句由and连接两个并列句子；“山水画”英文表达为landscape paintings，在第一个分句中作主语；“描绘”英文表达为depict；“自然之美”英文表达为the beauty of nature；“京剧”英文表达为Peking Opera，在第二个分句中作主语；“讲述世间故事”英文表达为tells stories of the world；本句使用非限制性定语从句，关系代词which指代前面两件事物，both of which在从句中作主语；“象征”英文表达为symbolize；“灿烂的”英文表达为splendid，句中作定语；“中华传统文化”英文表达为the traditional Chinese culture。 55. 正是无数战士的牺牲铸就了永不褪色的长征(the Long March)精神，激励着一代又一代中国青年攻坚克难，走好自己的长征路。(It)(汉译英) ______________________________________________________________ 【答案】 It is the sacrifice of countless soldiers that forges the never-fading spirit of the Long March, inspiring generations of Chinese youth to overcome difficulties and obstacles and forge ahead on their own Long March journey. 【解析】 【详解】句子陈述客观事实，用‌一般现在时‌；本句采用It引导的强调句结构It is...that...；“无数战士的牺牲”英文表达为the sacrifice of countless soldiers，句中作主语，置于It is之后，为被强调的部分； “铸就了永不褪色的长征精神”英文表达为forges the never-fading spirit of the Long March，置于强调句that之后，“激励着一代又一代中国青年攻坚克难”英文表达为inspiring generations of Chinese youth to overcome difficulties and obstacles，现在分词短语作伴随状语；“走好自己的长征路”英文表达为and forge ahead on their own Long March journey，与前面的overcome动作并列。 Ⅵ．Guided Writing 56. Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese. 假设你是明启中学高三学生李华，你校即将举行主题为An Ordinary but Special Gift的展览，邀请每位同学提供一件物品参展，并撰写展品介绍供参观者阅览。请用英语撰写一篇展品介绍，内容须包括： (1)对该物品的简要描述； (2)你选择该物品参展的原因。 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 On display here is a small, hand-knitted scarf. It appears ordinary at first glance, made of grey wool with a simple pattern. However, this scarf carries extraordinary warmth and memory. I chose this scarf because it was a gift from my grandmother before she passed away. Every stitch was knitted with her love and care. Though it is just a common item, it represents the deep bond between us. Whenever I wear it on cold days, I feel her presence and blessings surrounding me. This is why I consider it special despite its plain appearance. In conclusion, this ordinary-looking scarf is the most precious gift I own. I hope by sharing its story, visitors can also reflect on the special meanings behind their own seemingly ordinary belongings. 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达要求考生以李华身份为校展览撰写展品介绍，描述一件参展物品并说明选择原因。 【详解】1.词汇积累 选择：choose → select 非凡的：extraordinary → remarkable/exceptional 珍贵的： precious→treasured 所有物：belongings → possessions 2.句式拓展 合并句子 原句：On display here is a small, hand-knitted scarf. It appears ordinary at first glance, made of grey wool with a simple pattern. 拓展句：On display here is a small, hand-knitted scarf, which appears ordinary at first glance, made of grey wool with a simple pattern. 【点睛】【高分句型1】I chose this scarf because it was a gift from my grandmother before she passed away. (运用了because引导的原因状语从句) 【高分句型2】Whenever I wear it on cold days, I feel her presence and blessings surrounding me. (运用了whenever引导的时间状语从句) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 同济大学第二附属中学2026学年第一学期期中考试 高三年级英语学科试卷 (本试卷满分140分，考试时间120分钟) Ⅰ．Listening Comprehension Section A Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1．A．He prefers to play in the gym. B．They should play another time. C．It is not supposed to rain tomorrow. D．They will probably have to play indoors. 2．A．A gallery guide. B．A famous painter. C．A visitor. D．A teacher. 3．A．Have lunch alone. B．Find a job in a new company. C．Eat with somebody else. D．Go with the woman. 4．A．To a computer shop. B．To the library. C．To the classroom. D．To a charging station. 5．A．It isn’t worth a try. B．It serves good food. C．He hasn’t been to it. D．He has just heard about it. 6．A．Tell Mary about the movie. B．Join him and Mary at the movie. C．Ask Mary what she is doing tonight. D．Invite a group of friends to go to the movie 7．A．Professor Campbell changed the conference time. B．Professor Campbell will not attend the concert. C．He will stay until the conference is finished. D．He will wait for the woman. 8．A．The laundry is around the corner. B．She recently purchased liquid soap. C．She will buy some soap for the man. D．The man can buy liquid soap at the store. 9．A．It is very expensive. B．It is next to the Holiday Motel. C．It is nicer than the Holiday Motel. D．It is a little farther than the Holiday Motel. 10．A．Snow in October is unusual. B．Winter is her favorite season. C．She does not believe it will snow. D．Canadian winters are rather long. Section B Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11．A．Kids shouldn’t go to public pools until 6 months old. B．Parents should teach kids to swim as soon as possible. C．Parents should take courses about how to be lifeguards. D．Kids shouldn’t be left alone in the pool until 16 years old. 12．A．They can find more ways to enjoy their life. B．They may be able to tell what is dangerous in a pool. C．They have more chances to be saved if there is any danger. D．They will learn to swim sooner than those who don’t like water. 13．A．Teachers. B．Lifeguards. C．Kids. D．Parents. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14．A．38% of girls are heavy social media users. B．14% of boys are heavy social media users. C．25% of girls never use social media. D．10% of boys never use social media. 15．A．There is no actual relationship between them. B．Depression leads people to use social media more. C．Heavy use of social media results in people’s depression. D．It is difficult to decide which is cause and which is effect. 16．A．The change in the use of social media across time. B．The harm of spending too much time on social media. C．The growing body of evidence about the cause of depression. D．The difference between girls and boys in the symptoms of depression. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17．A．A new source of fuel oil. B．An alternative use of fuel oil. C．A way to make fuel oil less polluting. D．A new method for locating underground oil. 18．A．She heard about it in class. B．She read a newspaper article about it. C．She was told about it by her roommate. D．She was doing research for a paper on it. 19．A．To heat the reactors. B．To remove impurities. C．To prevent dangerous gases from forming. D．To produce a gas containing carbon and hydrogen. 20．A．It’s quite expensive. B．It uses up rare minerals. C．It hasn’t been fully tested. D．It produces harmful gas. Ⅱ．Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. New Label Helps Consumers Better Determine Food Quality Determining whether food has spoiled can be a tricky task. The confusion over “use by” and “best before” labels often results in safe and consumable food ____1____ (throw) out. This issue contributes significantly to the global food crisis, as roughly one-third of the food produced for the world ____2____ (waste) and millions of people in dozens of countries are facing severe hunger. However, a groundbreaking invention called “Mimica Touch” aims to help tackle this crisis by providing a(n) ____3____ (accurate) method of evaluating the safety of food purchased. Consisting of a label that transforms in texture when food spoils, Mimica Touch features a plastic sheet with raised lines ____4____ signal spoilt food. The plastic bumps (凸块) are covered with a thin layer of natural substance that rots at the same rate ____5____ the food. When the substance turns from a solid state to a liquid state, the label transforms from firm and smooth to soft and bumpy, indicating that the food ____6____ (go) bad. In this way, the label can clearly inform people ____7____ the food should be discarded or not. It was ____8____ she was a student at Brunel University in London that Solveiga Pakštaité came up with the concept for Mimica Touch. The goal of the original project was to help people with vision problems check the use-by date on ____9____ (package) food. Pakštaité said she was inspired by banana skins, which change texture as they ripen. Although Mimica Touch began as a university project, the invention has the potential ____10____ (reduce) the huge quantity of food that goes to waste every year. Moreover, it could help consumers enjoy the food they purchase more safely and for longer periods. Section B Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. appealing B. attainable C. basically D. dramatically E. freedom F. kicks G. minimum H. prioritizes I. submits J. underlying K. withdrawal FIRE Movement: Financial Independence, Retire Early Many Americans are taking early retirement into their own hands by joining the FIRE movement, but it’s not for everyone. “Financial Independence, Retire Early” (FIRE) is a lifestyle movement that ___11___ extreme saving and investing to be able to retire earlier than traditional methods might allow. The goal of FIRE is to achieve financial ___12___ so investors can choose how to spend their time. “The concept of the movement is ___13___ having the financial flexibility to have the ultimate life flexibility,” says Rachael Burns, a financial planner at True Worth Financial Planning, based in Folsom, California. A NerdWallet survey found that of Americans who aren’t retired yet but plan to retire, 25% want to retire before age 50 and 18% want to retire in their 50s. The average age was 57, 10 years earlier than the full retirement age to get Social Security. People who use FIRE to retire early do so by ___14___ reducing their expenses, looking for ways to increase their income, and investing the money they save in a mix of tax-advantaged accounts as well as regular brokerage (佣金) accounts. Retiring early might sound ___15___, but there are risks, and it’s not for everyone. For instance, if you stop working, you’ll have to be responsible for your own medical expenses until Medicare ___16___ in around age 65, and your investments may not perform as well as you thought. Either one of those situations could have consequences such as having to raise your ___17___ rate or needing to re-enter the workforce. FIRE also requires cutting down expenses to the bare ___18___ so you have more income to invest, which not everyone can afford. “FIRE is a long-term strategy, and you can’t be too reactive to short-term economic events,” Burns said. “You may need to adjust spending or saving in certain years based on market events, but the ___19___ strategy should stay the same.” If you don’t earn enough to cover your basic needs and save greatly for early retirement at the same time, FIRE may not be for you, Burns says. Lacking an emergency fund or owing high-interest debt may be other reasons that FIRE may not be ____20____. Ⅲ．Reading Comprehension Section A Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. A recent study published by researchers at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich suggests that planting at least one trillion trees around the world could capture two-thirds of the carbon pumped into the atmosphere due to human activity. But can planting so many trees help ____21____ climate change? Why are trees so vital for the earth’s atmosphere? They’re vital because trees, like all plants, absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and produce oxygen. So, given that the problem that we have is the ____22____ in the concentration of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, trees are a vital part of it. The ____23____ of trees that we’ve experienced over the past few decades and centuries has been a major contributor to creating the problem we have. So planting new vegetation and new trees is an essential part of the ____24____ and we certainly have to stop destroying forest areas. The main message is that planting forests is an important contribution to effort against global warming — but we have to be ____25____ about what we can do. We will still have to stop emitting carbon dioxide. We can’t just continue as we are and plant lots of trees to ____26____ it — that’s not going to work. In order to calculate the areas of land masses that could be used to plant trees, the Zurich study makes an estimate of how much carbon dioxide a given ____27____ can absorb, and multiplies them. That seems a bit simplistic? Yes, they’ve over-simplified the calculation and ended up with a(n) ____28____ estimate. That’s because they’ve ____29____ that if you started planting more trees, then that would simply remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But we know that carbon dioxide is also ____30____ by seawater and soils, and that the concentrations are in equilibrium (平衡) with each other. So when we emit carbon dioxide by the burning of fossil fuels, some of it goes into the atmosphere, some goes into the ocean, and some goes into the land. ____31____, if you start drawing it from the atmosphere, you will get a flow of some carbon dioxide coming out of the oceans and the land into the atmosphere. Not all of the carbon dioxide you remove from the atmosphere will ____32____ a straightforward reduction of concentrations. So according to researchers’ ____33____, you could compensate for (抵消) two-thirds of the carbon dioxide that has already been emitted. But they only counted the carbon dioxide that had gone into the atmosphere — they either forgot or ____34____ the carbon dioxide that’s been emitted and gone into the oceans and the land, and that would go back into the atmosphere if you started removing it. However, none of these flaws means tree-planting should be dismissed. We absolutely should be planting more trees right now and more importantly, we must place strict limits on ____35____ carbon emissions. 21. A. predict B. investigate C. quicken D. tackle 22. A. difference B. message C. cease D. growth 23. A. survival B. loss C. size D. state 24. A. solution B. course C. system D. problem 25. A. optimistic B. cautious C. anxious D. curious 26. A. look forward to B. keep up with C. hang on to D. make up for 27. A. tree B. area C. forest D. activity 28. A. hopeful B. internal C. specific D. inaccurate 29. A. proved B. assumed C. forgotten D. doubted 30. A. emitted B. degraded C. absorbed D. purified 31. A. Equally B. Luckily C. Strangely D. Initially 32. A. deal with B. return to C. result in D. depend on 33. A. release B. estimate C. knowledge D. reduction 34. A. overestimated B. stressed C. overlooked D. fixed 35. A. human-caused B. nature-made C. hand-made D. tree-produced Section B Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have read. (A) Every summer, as a child, I spent with my parents the annual family holiday, flying away from our home in the West Midlands to their birthplace in Ireland. I enjoyed it, but once, I behaved differently and left home. Package tours and long-distance flights became my idea of a holiday. I then went and ran into an Englishman who also came of Irish stock, and we both felt the urge to renew our knowledge of Ireland. It was important for us to discover something different from our childhood visits. So that’s how we came to drive along the winding St John’s Point Peninsula (半岛) in Donegal, part of Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way, to visit a unique part of the 20th-century history — the Donegal Corridor. When anyone drives to the point where the land runs out, he sees giant white stones fixed firmly in green grass spelling out “EIRE” and “70”, while the Atlantic wind fiercely blows across the headland and the ice-white waves smash into the rocks below. The meaning behind the stones? They date back to the Second World War when St John’s Point was number 70 in a total of 83 Look Out Points (LOPs), observation stations set up and maintained by Ireland all around its coast. There lies a bit of curious UK-Ireland history. Although Ireland was officially neutral during the war, the Battle of the Atlantic was being fought close to Irish shores, and these LOPs, staffed by local volunteers known as Coast watchers, passed on information on activities connected with the sea and weather fronts to London. At St John’s Point, we were standing right under the Donegal Corridor, a long narrow area of airspace in which Ireland ensured safe passage during World War II to planes in the RAF (Royal Air Force) from bases in the UK-governed North of Ireland. The stone markings acted as reference points to aircrews. Standing on this rough area of land surrounded by the wild and windy ocean brought home to us the conditions in which the Coast watchers and aircrews in the RAF cooperated in a shared history. I revolted against my family tradition that summer, and I fulfilled my aim of discovering something new and absorbed all Donegal has to offer: empty golden beaches, mysterious ancient stone circles, folk music and crafts, and tasty food. I had fallen in love with Ireland all over again. 36. What can we learn about the author from paragraphs 1 to 3? A. She met a childhood friend from Ireland that year. B. She explored the Wild Atlantic Way with her family members. C. She took package tours and long-distance flights every year. D. She and that Englishman both had Irish ancestors. 37. The expression “revolted against” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to . A. worried about B. passed on C. celebrated D. disobeyed 38. The giant white stones were important during WWII because . A. they functioned as reference points to aircrews in the RAF B. weather information from the UK was sent through them C. the Battle of the Atlantic took place right close to them D. they ranked at the top in the 83 LOPs around the Irish coast 39. Which might be the best title of the passage? A. A Global Journey B. Escaping from the West Midlands C. Happy Holidays D. Discovering Undiscovered Donegal (B) Fact or Myth? Popular beliefs about sleep and the brain have circulated for generations. Let’s examine three common claims and discover what science really tells us. WAKING A SLEEPWALKER IS BAD FOR THEIR HEALTH ①________ Sleepwalking typically occurs during the non-rapid eye movement stage of sleep. Several factors can lead to walking while sleeping, including alcohol use, stress and even brain injury. However, there is a genetic explanation for sleepwalking. Studies have shown that children with one or both sleepwalking parents are 40 to 60 per cent more likely to sleepwalk themselves. As for the consequences of waking a sleepwalker, there is no evidence that it will hurt or harm him, but will likely cause disorientation and confusion. LYING ON YOUR BACK MAKES YOU SNORE MORE ②________ Snoring, namely breathing noisily, is caused by airflow being restricted through the body’s airways during sleep. When you lie on your back, gravity pulls tissues that surround your airways downwards, narrowing them. As air passes through the passage through the nose, it causes tissue to vibrate (振动) with every breath and can create a snoring sound. When you sleep on your side this tissue doesn’t move downwards, opening up the airways and reducing the volume of snoring. YOU ONLY USE TEN PERCENT OF YOUR BRAIN ③________ This common theory in question dates back to the early 1900s, when the philosopher and founder of American psychology William James suggested that we only use a small portion of our potential. In a 1907 paper titled The Energies of Men, James wrote: “We are making use of only a small part of our possible mental and physical resources.” It’s sustained by a book How to Win Friends and Influence People, where American writer Lowell Thomas wrote that the “professor William James of Harvard used to say that the average person develops only ten per cent of his potential mental ability”. However, the truth is that your brain is firing on all cylinders (气缸) and not limited to just ten percent of its power. 40. Which section of a magazine does this passage probably belong to? A. Educational features. B. Medical science. C. Psychology forum. D. Classified ads. 41. Which of the following pictures best illustrates SNORING SCIENCE? 1．Your heart stops. 2．Your face explodes. 3．Disease sprays out of your mouth. The result—You get germs on other people and they respond with “Bless you”. Tongue pushes up against the hard palate to move the food into the oropharynx (口咽). A. B. C. D. 42. Which of the following best fits into the numbered blanks①—②—③? A. MYTH—FACT—FACT B. FACT—MYTH—FACT C. MYTH—FACT—MYTH D. FACT—MYTH—MYTH (C) New research shows that the Chumash, a Native American group in modern-day California, may have invented the earliest known form of money in the Americas around 2000 years ago, using shell beads (贝壳珠). This predates previous evidence of money in the region, challenging traditional views about the origins of currency. The Chumash crafted these beads from the shells of purple dwarf olive sea snails (紫矮星橄榄海螺), and while it was believed that their monetary use began about 800 years ago, Lynn Gamble of the University of California, Santa Barbara, suggests a much earlier start. Gamble outlines four characteristics to identify ancient money: it must be labor-intensive to produce, not necessarily decorative, standardized in physical dimensions, and widely distributed. Upon analysis, Gamble found that both the saucer-shaped beads from 2000 years ago and the cup-shaped beads from 800 years ago met these criteria. The saucer-shaped beads, in particular, showed a higher degree of standardization and were found throughout California, suggesting an advanced system of trade and currency predating that of known civilizations like the Mayans, who used cotton textiles and cacao beans as currency 1400 years ago. The research stimulates debate among scholars about the definition and origins of money. Critics, such as Robert Rosenswig, argue that without evidence of a systemic function within a taxation system, the presence of currency-like objects does not confirm the existence of money. He believes Gamble’s findings convincingly show Chumash money dates back 800 years, but remains doubtful about the 2000-year claim due to the lack of understanding of the societal structures at that time. However, this perspective is challenged by those who advocate for a broader definition of money, one that involves non-state societies and does not only focus on Eurasian (欧亚的) history as the benchmark for economic systems. The discovery implies that the Chumash, operating as a complex hunter-gatherer society, could have developed a form of money without the structured levels of authority traditionally associated with its creation and use. This new analysis not only highlights the Chumash’s innovative use of shell beads as currency but also broadens the scope of inquiry into the development of economic systems across different societies. The debate over the definition and origins of money continues, but Gamble’s research offers a strong argument for reconsidering how and where money first emerged. 43. What can be learned about the shell beads used by the Chumash? A. They were expensive to produce. B. They served decorative purposes as well. C. They had uniform physical characteristics. D. They were exclusively used by the authority. 44. What does “this perspective” in paragraph 4 refer to? A. Gamble ignored other currency-like objects that existed in the Chumash society. B. Gamble’s findings proved that the Chumash used beads as money 800 years ago. C. The Chumash beads from 2000 years ago shouldn’t be considered a form of money. D. The Chumash society had no fixed societal structures like other tribes at that time. 45. It can be inferred from the passage that traditionally, money________. A. first emerged in Europe B. is associated with state-like societies C. also exists in a hunter-gatherer society D. is not a part of formal systems of taxation 46. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage? A. So, What Is Money? B. The Original Money C. How Money Evolved D. Using Money Innovatively Section C Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need. Noise at Sea Imagine that you’re standing in a noisy gym. Other kids are playing and cheering. It’s so loud that even if your friend tried to warn you about a basketball headed toward the back of your head, you wouldn’t hear her. ____47____ “The biggest problem is not that sound will harm fish and whales physically, but that they won’t be able to hear important messages,” says Arthur Popper, a professor in the University of Maryland. “The extra noise can change how these animals relate to their environment,” he says. “It affects their ability to get the world around them.” Humans add a variety of sounds to the oceans. ____48____ Human military and fishing ships use sonar, a tool that bounces sound waves off of objects in the ocean to find out what’s nearby. Seismic air guns are tools that use compressed (被压缩的) air to create loud noises, sending waves like earthquakes through the ocean floor. ____49____ Scientists became particularly interested in the problem of noise in the ocean after several events in which whales washed up on beaches and became stranded (被困). These strandings happened when naval ships had been using sonar nearby. Some of the whales died, but scientists still don’t understand exactly what happened to them. The sound might have been like nails on a chalkboard to the whales, Ketten says, leading them to flee the ocean. Whale strandings related to sound are rare, though. In the vast ocean, animals can often escape from loud noises safely, by simply swimming away. ____50____ If it’s too noisy where humpback whales feed, or if loud noises steer sea turtles off course, we could change how they live—and whether they survive. Many marine mammals and sea turtles, and some species of fish, are endangered. We can’t stop all our drilling, construction, and sonar just to protect them. But an agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has written guidelines so that human activities have as little impact as possible on these animals. A. But what if a loud noise occurs someplace an animal really needs to be? B. Animals face the same challenges when humans add noise to their environments. C. But the sounds we create, particularly with our ships, add to the underwater noise. D. Underwater noise can be deadly in some cases. E. We know very little about how these animals live and how they respond to noise. F. As large ships carry goods to ports around the world, their motors are noisy just like trucks on a highway. Ⅳ．Summary Writing 51. Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible. If you suffer from shyness, you are not alone, for shyness is a universal phenomenon. It is not surprising that social scientists are exploring its environmental causes The first environmental cause of shyness may be a child’s home and family life. today's children are growing up in smaller and smaller families, with fewer and fewer relatives living nearby. Growing up in homes in which both parents work full time, children may not have the socializing experience of frequent visits by neighbours and friends. Because of their lack of social skills, they may begin to feel shy when they start school A second environmental cause of shyness in an individual may be one's culture. In a large study conducted in Japanl, 57% participants rated themselves as shy. Researchers Lynne Henderson and Philip Zimbardo say, " One explanation is that in Japan, an individual's performance success is credited externally to parents, grandparents, teachers, coaches, and others, while failure is entire blamed on the person. "Therefore, Japanese learn not to take risks in public and rely instead on group-shared decisions. Technology may also play a role. In the United State, the number of young people who report being shy has risen from 40% to 50% in recent years. Due to our huge advances in technology, watching TV, playing video games, and surfing the Web have replaced recreational activities that involve social interaction for many young people. Adults, too, are becoming more isolated as a result of technology. face-to face interactions with bank clerks, gas station attendants, and shop assistants are no longer necessary because people can use machines to do their banking fill their gas tanks, and order goods. In short, they become shy. It appears that most people have experienced shyness at some time in their lives. Therefore, if you are shy, you have lots of company. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ⅴ．Translation Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 52. 上网时，请务必注意保护好个人隐私。(sure)(汉译英) ______________________________________________________________ 53. 不会熟练使用手机的老年人不在少数，所以要对他们多一点耐心。(patient)(汉译英) ______________________________________________________________ 54. 山水画描绘自然之美，京剧讲述世间故事，二者都象征着灿烂的中华传统文化。(which)(汉译英) ______________________________________________________________ 55. 正是无数战士的牺牲铸就了永不褪色的长征(the Long March)精神，激励着一代又一代中国青年攻坚克难，走好自己的长征路。(It)(汉译英) ______________________________________________________________ Ⅵ．Guided Writing 56. Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese. 假设你是明启中学高三学生李华，你校即将举行主题为An Ordinary but Special Gift的展览，邀请每位同学提供一件物品参展，并撰写展品介绍供参观者阅览。请用英语撰写一篇展品介绍，内容须包括： (1)对该物品的简要描述； (2)你选择该物品参展的原因。 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $