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环县一中2025~2026学年度第一学期期中考试
高二英语试题
考生注意：
1. 满分150分，考试时间120分钟。
2. 考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上。选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；非选择题请用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。
3. 本卷命题范围：北师大版至选择性必修第一册Unit 2 Lesson 3 & 外研版至必修第三册Unit 3。
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
例：How much is the shirt
A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15.
答案是C。
1. What does the woman expect Mr. Smith to do
A. Make a call to George. B. Offer her some vegetable oil. C. Help her open the kitchen window.
2. How much did the woman weigh three months ago
A. 100 pounds. B. 115 pounds. C. 150 pounds.
3. 此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
What mistake did the truck driver make
A. He made a video illegally. B. He broke the traffic rules. C. He damaged the traffic lights.
4. What is the weather like
A. It’s hot. B. It’s warm. C. It’s cold.
5. What is Mom doing
A. Playing a joke on Dad. B. Doing some cleaning. C. Looking for her book.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
6. What drink does the man ask for
A. Tea. B. Juice. C. Coffee.
7. Where will the man go
A. To a bank. B. To his office. C. To another store.
听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
8. Where did the man know about the advertisement
A. From a newspaper. B. From a magazine. C. From a website.
9. When will the speakers meet tomorrow
A. At 9:00 am. B. At 1:00 pm. C. At 5:00 pm.
10. What does the man want to do probably
A. Sell a house. B. Find an apartment. C. Hold a party.
听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
11. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Strangers. B. Friends. C. Husband and wife.
12. Why is the woman leaving the park
A. She is afraid of being punished.
B. She is going to watch Suits.
C. She is about to go fishing.
13. What is wrong with the man's jeans
A. They are broken. B. They are wet with water. C. They are dirty with paint.
听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
14. Where does the conversation probably take place
A. In an office. B. In a classroom. C. In a coffee shop.
15. What will Matt do in half an hour
A. Have a meeting. B. Take a short break. C. Write a report.
16. How does Matt find his present job
A. Busy. B. Tiring. C. Nice.
17. What did the woman do
A. She sold clothes. B. She worked in a library. C. She taught at a school.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
18. What makes ski holidays become popular in the UK
A. Easy online booking. B. The advantages ski has. C. The low price.
19. When can you take ski trips offered by Sunweb at a lower price
A. During term-time. B. During public holidays. C. During school holidays.
20. What does the speaker mainly talk about
A. How to make Sunweb popular.
B. How to go skiing at a low cost.
C. How to make your trip enjoyable.
第二部分 阅读（共两节、满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
The summer holiday is coming! Do you want to have a wonderful and meaningful vacation If you are interested in animals and nature, come and join us!
Youth Explorer has prepared you with a Three-Day-Program! You can take part in many activities and meet with animals — lions, monkeys, tigers and so on! More information about the program is as follows:
Age: Students aged 10 to 15.
Groups: Two programs for you to choose. Each program needs at most 15 students.
Program A Dates: 15—17 July Days: Monday to Wednesday Time: 9:30 am — 4:00 pm Program B Dates: 6—8 August Days: Tuesday to Thursday Time: 9:30 am — 4:00 pm
Program cost: $200 for members; $230 for non-members.
How to do: Simply come to our center to get an application form.
Send your completed form to us before July 10th.
Notes:
No free lunch is offered. You may either bring box lunch or pay for lunch at our restaurants.
Both programs will start 1 DAY later if there is a warning of rainstorms.
21. Who can join the Three Day Program
A. Children under 6. B. Students over 16.
C. Children aged 7—9. D. Students aged 12—14.
22. When will Program B start if there is a rainstorm on August 6th
A. On Sunday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Tuesday. D. On Monday.
23. How much should one member and two non- members pay for the program
A. $600. B. $630. C. $660. D. $700.
B
“I'm going to fail !"My best friend cried. She and I had this conversation almost every day while we were in high school.
The truth was that my friend never failed in any subjects. I just think that she can't accept failures because she lives her life as a perfectionist (完美主义者). What she fails to understand is that a lot of good can come from failures.
For example, failure can help build relationships. Once was cooking dinner for a friend. I was tired, and several dishes I tried to make turned out bad. I grew more and more upset until my friend told me that I shouldn't worry. She cared more about our friendship than the dishes. That day, I learned that failure doesn't always make people dislike you. In fact, after she said those words to me, I grew closer to her.
Failure can make success ever more exciting. Every few years, there would be an important test in the PE class at our school. Students had to run a mile within eight minutes. I was never good at running, so I failed every time until the third year at school. Then I began working out regularly, and yet I still failed that year. A few days later, however, the teacher gave me and some other students another chance to run and I got a pass finally! You can 't imagine how excited I was after that. I felt the memory of the success was as sweet as honey, because I had to overcome failure to reach it.
Now its clear to see that failure can teach us good lessons. It's not an end—it can be a beginning.
24. What can we learn about the author's best friend from the first two paragraphs
A. She liked taking tests.
B. She was afraid of failures.
C. She often failed in study.
D. She knew how to be perfect.
25. What did the author finally get from a failed cooking
A. Bad feelings. B. Worries. C. A closer friendship. D. More experience.
26. Why did the author feel excited after the running test
A. Because she could work out regularly.
B. Because she received honey as a reward.
C. Because she got another chance to take the test.
D. Because she achieved success after many failures.
27. The author wrote this passage________.
A. to show the negative effects of failures
B. to point out her best friends fear of failures
C. to encourage the readers to face failures bravely
D. to introduce different types of failures
C
To the human ears, a field of flowers is silent, except the noise of birds and insects. To certain animal ears, however, a field of flowers is full of conversation. Now, scientists have discovered that plants actually make noise as a way of communicating. In other words, they talk!
It has long been known that plants communicate when they are stressed. You need only watch a houseplant to realize that a plant lowers its head when it needs water, or turns yellow when it has been watered too much. Some plants also send out a bad smell when stressed to try and stop insects from taking advantage of their stressed state and eating them up.
Now, a new study that was published in Cell and conducted by researchers at Tel Aviv University, shows that not only do plants express themselves in the above ways when stressed, they also make sounds, like talking.
According to NoCamels, plants send out sounds at frequencies (频率) between 40 to 80 kilohertz — out of the range (范围) of human ears, but within the range of some animals. “Bats (蝙蝠) make sounds in these ranges all the time, and mice, dogs and cats can partly hear within it,” Dr. Lilach Hadany, one of the authors of the study, told NoCamels.
What is surprising about Hadany’s study is that the researchers have managed to understand and group the sounds that plants make for the first time. Plants that are not stressed make about one noise per hour, but plants that are stressed, thirsty, or injured make many hundreds of sounds per hour; and each of these sounds seems to show the certain type of stress the plant is under.
This type of information could be key for agriculture (农业). Knowing what sounds their plants are making will help farmers determine whether their plants are in danger or disease and allow them to make the necessary changes to allow their plants to grow well.
28. Why do some plants send out a bad smell
A. To show they hate birds. B. To say they are in need of water.
C. To protect themselves from danger. D. To tell people to stop watering them.
29. Which of the following can hear plants most clearly
A. Humans. B. Cats. C. Dogs. D. Bats.
30. What does the last paragraph focus on
A. The big problems farmers have been facing.
B. The possible application of the new study.
C. The ways for farmers to learn plants’ languages.
D. The points needed to be improved for the study.
31. What is the best title for the text
A. Plants Change Their Looks to Ask for Help
B. Necessary Changes Are Made to Agriculture
C. Plants Can Make Sounds to Communicate
D. A Field of Plants Is Silent to the Human Ears
D
No one can say whether human-like robots will have a sweet dream, but they will almost certainly need periods of rest that offer benefits like what sleep provides to living brains, according to new research from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
“We study spiking neural networks (尖峰神经网络), which are systems that learn much as living brains do,” said Yijing Watkins, a computer scientist from LANL. “We trained a neuromorphic (神经形态的) processor in a way how humans and other biological systems learn from their environment during childhood development.” Watkins and her research team found that the network simulations (模拟) became unstable after continuous periods of unattended learning. When they exposed the networks to states that are analogous to what living brains experience during sleep, stability was recovered. “It was as though we were giving the neural networks a good night’s rest,” said Watkins.
The discovery came about as the research team worked to develop neural networks that are as close as how humans and other biological systems learn to see. The group initially struggled with stabilizing simulated neural networks undergoing unattended dictionary training, which involves classifying objects without providing examples to compare them to. The researchers expose the networks to an artificial simulation of sleep as nearly a final effort to stabilize them. They experimented with various types of noise. The best results came when they used waves of so-called Gaussian noise. These waves can make sure that the neural networks keep stable.
The group’s next goal is to apply their algorithm (算法) to Intel’s Loihi, a product which uses spiking neural networks to work. They hope allowing Loihi to sleep from time to time will enable it to stably process information from a camera in real time. If it can confirm the need for sleep in artificial brains, we can probably expect the same to be true of human-like robots and other intelligent machines that may come about in the future.
32. What did Watkins and her research team find
A. Neural networks are far from stable.
B. Artificial brains may need break as well.
C. Neural networks are very sensitive to noise.
D. Human-like robots need equal rest to humans.
33. What does the underlined word “analogous” in paragraph 2 mean
A. Contrary. B. Beneficial. C. Similar. D. Related.
34. Why will the researchers apply the algorithm to Loihi
A. To better update Loihi. B. To enable Loihi to run faster.
C. To further confirm their discovery. D. To make sure Loihi get enough sleep.
35. In which section can we probably find this article
A. Mind & Brain. B. Business & Industry.
C. Medicine & Care. D. Computer & Science.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Sports offer kids the ability to exercise while having fun, the chance to learn how to play as a team, and a good way to develop athletic (运动的) skills. Despite these benefits, 70% of kids quit sports by the age of 13. ____36____
●____37____
Have you ever watched kindergarten children play soccer against another team of kindergarten children It is both enjoyable and amusing. No matter what the score, all the kids have a good time and are happy.
____38____ The focus changes from having fun to practicing skills. Only the pre-teens with the best skills can get the most time in the game. What was a fun activity at age 5 becomes a source of stress and pressure for a pre-teen. Those who are not among the most talented players tend to quit and find something else they might be good at.
●It costs more.
____39____ Parents of a pre-teen are going to need to buy a uniform, gear, and equipment. Teams need to travel to compete against teams from other schools or districts. Parents who want to watch the games now have extra gas costs to deal with.
Therefore, when an activity becomes expensive, parents start pushing their pre-teens to do well in it. Perhaps the parents complain that if their pre-teens are sitting on the bench, or aren’t the star players, the money wasn’t worth it. This adds extra pressure on a pre-teen who might quit the team.
●It’s the age.
Parents need to remember that pre-teens are going through a lot of changes. Their bodies are changing. School has become more challenging and requires them to manage a lot of homework. ____40____ If your pre-teen’s friends quit playing soccer, your pre-teen might quit as well.
A. It stops being fun.
B. Here are some reasons why that happens.
C. Their friends are becoming bored of some sport.
D. The more money in a sport, the less participation in it.
E. As kids get older, the experience of playing sports changes.
F. Their friends are becoming more important to them than their families are.
G. The older a player gets, the more expensive the participation in a sport becomes.
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白外的最佳选项。
In October, I said to my students, “Why not do some ____41____ to make some money Then we’ll buy food for someone in need.”
Then early in that week, they came with their hard-earned money at their homes, ____42____ to go shopping. We soon picked what we needed. As we headed toward the checkout, someone shouted, “Flowers!” The group rushed to the flowers. However, considering practicality, I said, “You can’t send flowers.” “But please, Mrs. Sherlock,” someone begged, “we want flowers.” Defeated (被打败了), I ____43____ them to buy some carnations (康乃馨).
An organization had given us the information of a ____44____ grandmother living alone for many years. After a long drive, we ____45____ arrived at a small, shabby (破旧的) house. An old lady came out to ____46____ us. Each box was ____47____ quickly. But when the woman noticed the carnations, she seemed ____48____. “She’s wishing it were a bag of rice,” I thought.
“Do you like living here ” Michael asked. Hearing this, the woman ____49____, “Of course. I’m quite fond of living here.” She told the children about the birds flying to the bread she _____50_____. “Maybe that’s why I could get the food from you,” she said. “Because I _____51_____ my food with the birds.”
We returned to the _____52_____ and saw her wave goodbye. Then she walked past the food, straight to the carnations. She put her face in the carnations, with a smile on her lips. The children were quiet. They had seen the _____53_____ they had to make another’s life _____54_____. And I had seen something too — sometimes a person needs lovely _____55_____ on a cold winter.
41. A. shopping B. reading C. exercise D. housework
42. A. nervous B. excited C. unwilling D. afraid
43. A. taught B. forced C. encouraged D. allowed
44. A. brave B. poor C. reliable D. sick
45. A. finally B. already C. suddenly D. hardly
46. A. thank B. guide C. help D. welcome
47. A. carried in B. left behind C. sent back D. handed out
48. A. satisfied B. worried C. surprised D. angry
49 A. cried B. replied C. asked D. complained
50. A. hid away B. put out C. picked up D. brought in
51. A. cook B. find C. share D. buy
52. A. house B. woods C. car D. stores
53. A. power B. time C. money D. desire
54 A. healthier B. deeper C. longer D. better
55. A. food B. birds C. flowers D. kids
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
In most Asian countries, especially the so-called “rice bowl” cultures of China, Japan, ____56____ Korea, food is usually eaten with chopsticks.
Chopsticks are usually two long, thin pieces of wood or bamboo. Apart ____57____ being made of wood or bamboo, chopsticks can be made of plastic, animal bone or metal. Sometimes chopsticks ____58____ (make) of gold and silver with Chinese characters are ____59____ (extreme) artistic. Skilled workers have a ____60____ (prefer) for the combination of various hardwoods and metal. They desire ____61____ (create) special designs.
The Chinese have definitely used chopsticks for five thousand years. People probably ____62____ (cook) their food in large pots, ____63____ (use) twigs (树枝) to remove it. Over time, as ____64____ population grew, people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly. Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with twigs which gradually turned into chopsticks.
Some people think that the remarkable Chinese scholar Confucius (孔子), ____65____ lived from about 551 to 479 B. C., influenced the development of chopsticks. Confucius believed knives were too violent for use at the table.
Chopsticks are not used everywhere in Asia. In India, for example, most people traditionally eat with their hands.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
66. 你校英文报正在举办一场主题为“A Famous Person I Respect Most”的征文活动，你有意参加。请你写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：
1. 该名人的基本情况；
2. 主要成就；
3. 你的评价。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
A Famous Person I Respect Most
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
第二节（满分25分）
67. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
I was preparing lunch in the kitchen while my 2 - year - old son, Adam, was playing by himself at the front door. Suddenly, I heard him shouting, “Look, Mama! Doggie!” I put away what I was doing and stuck my head out of the door. Brandy, our next - door neighbor's 11 -year-old dog, was there again. I quickly ran out, shouting at her: “Go away!”
Brandy's owner, an old woman, had died about a month before. Her family had emptied her house and put up a “For Sale” sign in the front yard, but they had left old Brandy behind. Nowhere to go, for weeks, she'd been wandering around the neighborhood.
It wasn't that I disliked dogs or anything like that. I just didn't think about them very much. I had never kept a dog as a pet and had never thought to get one.
Brandy ran away and I stayed outside with Adam. Then the phone was ringing. I went inside to get the call. When I came back, Adam was gone. I searched the yard, front and back, then the basketball court and public pool. No trace of him. I was so nervous that I ran back home and called the police, then my husband.
We searched the neighborhood thoroughly. Suddenly I heard a dog barking in the distance. “It's coming from the woods,” one of my neighbors said. We followed the barking to a wooded cliff（悬崖）. There we found my son, and he was just inches away from the edges of the cliff, fast asleep. Brandy was beside him, leaning against him to keep him away from the edge. When I picked Adam up, Brandy sank down on the ground, breathing quickly. She must have been holding Adam there for hours!
注意：
1.续写的词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
I thanked the police and brought Adam and Brandy back to our house.
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After a brief discussion with my husband, I made a decision.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________环县一中2025~2026学年度第一学期期中考试
高二英语试题
考生注意：
1. 满分150分，考试时间120分钟。
2. 考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上。选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；非选择题请用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。
3. 本卷命题范围：北师大版至选择性必修第一册Unit 2 Lesson 3 & 外研版至必修第三册Unit 3。
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
例：How much is the shirt
A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15.
答案是C。
1. What does the woman expect Mr. Smith to do
A. Make a call to George. B. Offer her some vegetable oil. C. Help her open the kitchen window.
【答案】C
【原文】W: Mr. Smith, I can’t open the kitchen window.
M: I’m not sure how I can help you. Maybe you can try putting some vegetable oil on it.
W: I don’t think so. I’ll call George to come over to check it.
2. How much did the woman weigh three months ago
A. 100 pounds. B. 115 pounds. C. 150 pounds.
【答案】B
【原文】M: You are thinner than you used to be, aren’t you
W: Yes, I am. I’ve been dieting for three months. I’ve lost 15 pounds and I feel fit. I am down to 100.
3. 此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
What mistake did the truck driver make
A. He made a video illegally. B. He broke the traffic rules. C. He damaged the traffic lights.
【答案】B
【原文】M: At first, the policeman didn’t believe me when I said the truck driver ran the red light before hitting my car. But there’s a video.
W: Oh, in that case, he’s going to have to pay to fix your car.
4. What is the weather like
A. It’s hot. B. It’s warm. C. It’s cold.
【答案】C
【原文】M: What’s going on The tap just drops water.
W: I guess it’s frozen again. It's too cold.
5. What is Mom doing
A. Playing a joke on Dad. B. Doing some cleaning. C. Looking for her book.
【答案】C
原文】W: Mom has been looking everywhere for that book today, Dad.
M: Oh, I threw it away yesterday.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
6. What drink does the man ask for
A. Tea. B. Juice. C. Coffee.
7. Where will the man go
A. To a bank. B. To his office. C. To another store.
【答案】6. B 7. A
【原文】W: Could I clear these plates and get them out of your way
M: Sure, we’re all done. Please get the rest of that in a bag and we'll take it away later.
W: No problem. And these are drinks for you. Coffee, tea or something else
M: Juice, please. Just the check for me, thanks. Do you accept personal checks
W: Sorry, I’m afraid we don’t. We do accept credit cards, but only Visa or Mastercard.
M: I only have a Discover Card. And I don’t have any cash on me. Is there a bank where I can draw some money nearby
W: There’s one about three blocks away, but you’ll need to leave something with us.
M: OK!
听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
8. Where did the man know about the advertisement
A. From a newspaper. B. From a magazine. C. From a website.
9. When will the speakers meet tomorrow
A. At 9:00 am. B. At 1:00 pm. C. At 5:00 pm.
10. What does the man want to do probably
A. Sell a house. B. Find an apartment. C. Hold a party.
【答案】8. C 9. A 10. B
【原文】M: Hi, I saw your apartment on the website. I’d like to have a look.
W: Can you come this afternoon at 5:00 pm
M: How about 9:00 am tomorrow morning
W: 9:00 am tomorrow is fine. But there are many other people asking about the apartment. The sooner you can come, the better.
M: I understand, but I won’t be free until that time. Where should I meet you
W: Meet me on the first floor of the building. What is your name
M: Tim Smith. See you tomorrow.
W: See you!
听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
11. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Strangers. B. Friends. C. Husband and wife.
12. Why is the woman leaving the park
A. She is afraid of being punished.
B. She is going to watch Suits.
C. She is about to go fishing.
13. What is wrong with the man's jeans
A. They are broken. B. They are wet with water. C. They are dirty with paint.
【答案】11. B 12. A 13. C
【原文】M: Hi! How are you
W: I'm good, thanks. Surprised to see you here. Still love series
M: Yes. Recently I’ve been watching Suits. It’s like…, it’s a new series and it’s really good. You should try it, too.
W: Okay, I’ll have to check it out later.
M: Don't you know that dogs aren’t allowed in here You’ll be punished. There’s a sign.
W: You are right. I’d better leave the park.
M: Wait, I’ll come with you. I am about to go fishing anyway.
W: Oh! What happened to your jeans The back of them is covered in brown paint!
M: Oh no! How did that happen
W: Hmm, I guess you didn’t see the warning sign next to the bench. It says “Wet paint! Don’t touch!”
听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
14. Where does the conversation probably take place
A. In an office. B. In a classroom. C. In a coffee shop.
15. What will Matt do in half an hour
A. Have a meeting. B. Take a short break. C. Write a report.
16. How does Matt find his present job
A. Busy. B. Tiring. C. Nice.
17. What did the woman do
A. She sold clothes. B. She worked in a library. C. She taught at a school.
【答案】14. A 15. A 16. C 17. A
【原文】W: Let’s go to get a coffee from the shop, Matt.
M: Sure, why not I’ve just finished my report, and I have half an hour until the next meeting.
W: Right. Well, what do you think of your new job so far
M: It’s very interesting. What I like most is that I get to learn more things than I did at university.
W: I agree. We’re lucky to have our jobs.
M: Yeah. I’m working in computer modeling, and I discover how to do things that were thought to be impossible in the past.
W: You know, I was working as a shop helper in a clothing store before I changed careers two years ago. What did you do before this
M: I worked in the library after I graduated. That way, I had time to prepare to find a job like this.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
18. What makes ski holidays become popular in the UK
A. Easy online booking. B. The advantages ski has. C. The low price.
19. When can you take ski trips offered by Sunweb at a lower price
A. During term-time. B. During public holidays. C. During school holidays.
20. What does the speaker mainly talk about
A. How to make Sunweb popular.
B. How to go skiing at a low cost.
C. How to make your trip enjoyable.
【答案】18. A 19. C 20. B
【原文】Yes, you can afford to go skiing now! In fact, ski holidays are on the rise in the UK. That’s because more and more people find it just easy to book a last-minute ski trip thanks to online booking platforms like Sunweb. On Sunweb, you spend only 159 on a ski trip that lasts for a whole week. To take your dream ski trip at a low cost, use the following tips.
First, choosing the right time of year to plan your trip could make a big difference to the overall cost. While you might think that traveling during term-time is the key to great ski deals, there are actually cheaper offers for the school holidays on Sunweb. It can help you save up a lot of money.
Second, you may think that the early birds have already caught the greatest deals for the new ski season. In fact, websites like Sunweb offer competitive prices to those who booked trips within just six weeks of travel.
Lastly, when it comes to packing properly for the snow, remember that skiing isn’t about fashion; it’s about being practical.
第二部分 阅读（共两节、满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
The summer holiday is coming! Do you want to have a wonderful and meaningful vacation If you are interested in animals and nature, come and join us!
Youth Explorer has prepared you with a Three-Day-Program! You can take part in many activities and meet with animals — lions, monkeys, tigers and so on! More information about the program is as follows:
Age: Students aged 10 to 15.
Groups: Two programs for you to choose. Each program needs at most 15 students.
Program A Dates: 15—17 July Days: Monday to Wednesday Time: 9:30 am — 4:00 pm Program B Dates: 6—8 August Days: Tuesday to Thursday Time: 9:30 am — 4:00 pm
Program cost: $200 for members; $230 for non-members.
How to do: Simply come to our center to get an application form.
Send your completed form to us before July 10th.
Notes:
No free lunch is offered. You may either bring box lunch or pay for lunch at our restaurants.
Both programs will start 1 DAY later if there is a warning of rainstorms.
21. Who can join the Three Day Program
A. Children under 6. B. Students over 16.
C. Children aged 7—9. D. Students aged 12—14.
22. When will Program B start if there is a rainstorm on August 6th
A. On Sunday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Tuesday. D. On Monday.
23. How much should one member and two non- members pay for the program
A. $600. B. $630. C. $660. D. $700.
【答案】21. D 22. B 23. C
B
“I'm going to fail !"My best friend cried. She and I had this conversation almost every day while we were in high school.
The truth was that my friend never failed in any subjects. I just think that she can't accept failures because she lives her life as a perfectionist (完美主义者). What she fails to understand is that a lot of good can come from failures.
For example, failure can help build relationships. Once was cooking dinner for a friend. I was tired, and several dishes I tried to make turned out bad. I grew more and more upset until my friend told me that I shouldn't worry. She cared more about our friendship than the dishes. That day, I learned that failure doesn't always make people dislike you. In fact, after she said those words to me, I grew closer to her.
Failure can make success ever more exciting. Every few years, there would be an important test in the PE class at our school. Students had to run a mile within eight minutes. I was never good at running, so I failed every time until the third year at school. Then I began working out regularly, and yet I still failed that year. A few days later, however, the teacher gave me and some other students another chance to run and I got a pass finally! You can 't imagine how excited I was after that. I felt the memory of the success was as sweet as honey, because I had to overcome failure to reach it.
Now its clear to see that failure can teach us good lessons. It's not an end—it can be a beginning.
24. What can we learn about the author's best friend from the first two paragraphs
A. She liked taking tests.
B. She was afraid of failures.
C. She often failed in study.
D. She knew how to be perfect.
25. What did the author finally get from a failed cooking
A. Bad feelings. B. Worries. C. A closer friendship. D. More experience.
26. Why did the author feel excited after the running test
A. Because she could work out regularly.
B. Because she received honey as a reward.
C. Because she got another chance to take the test.
D. Because she achieved success after many failures.
27. The author wrote this passage________.
A. to show the negative effects of failures
B. to point out her best friends fear of failures
C. to encourage the readers to face failures bravely
D. to introduce different types of failures
【答案】24. B 25. C 26. D 27. C
C
To the human ears, a field of flowers is silent, except the noise of birds and insects. To certain animal ears, however, a field of flowers is full of conversation. Now, scientists have discovered that plants actually make noise as a way of communicating. In other words, they talk!
It has long been known that plants communicate when they are stressed. You need only watch a houseplant to realize that a plant lowers its head when it needs water, or turns yellow when it has been watered too much. Some plants also send out a bad smell when stressed to try and stop insects from taking advantage of their stressed state and eating them up.
Now, a new study that was published in Cell and conducted by researchers at Tel Aviv University, shows that not only do plants express themselves in the above ways when stressed, they also make sounds, like talking.
According to NoCamels, plants send out sounds at frequencies (频率) between 40 to 80 kilohertz — out of the range (范围) of human ears, but within the range of some animals. “Bats (蝙蝠) make sounds in these ranges all the time, and mice, dogs and cats can partly hear within it,” Dr. Lilach Hadany, one of the authors of the study, told NoCamels.
What is surprising about Hadany’s study is that the researchers have managed to understand and group the sounds that plants make for the first time. Plants that are not stressed make about one noise per hour, but plants that are stressed, thirsty, or injured make many hundreds of sounds per hour; and each of these sounds seems to show the certain type of stress the plant is under.
This type of information could be key for agriculture (农业). Knowing what sounds their plants are making will help farmers determine whether their plants are in danger or disease and allow them to make the necessary changes to allow their plants to grow well.
28. Why do some plants send out a bad smell
A. To show they hate birds. B. To say they are in need of water.
C. To protect themselves from danger. D. To tell people to stop watering them.
29. Which of the following can hear plants most clearly
A. Humans. B. Cats. C. Dogs. D. Bats.
30. What does the last paragraph focus on
A. The big problems farmers have been facing.
B. The possible application of the new study.
C. The ways for farmers to learn plants’ languages.
D. The points needed to be improved for the study.
31. What is the best title for the text
A. Plants Change Their Looks to Ask for Help
B. Necessary Changes Are Made to Agriculture
C. Plants Can Make Sounds to Communicate
D. A Field of Plants Is Silent to the Human Ears
【答案】28. C 29. D 30. B 31. C
D
No one can say whether human-like robots will have a sweet dream, but they will almost certainly need periods of rest that offer benefits like what sleep provides to living brains, according to new research from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
“We study spiking neural networks (尖峰神经网络), which are systems that learn much as living brains do,” said Yijing Watkins, a computer scientist from LANL. “We trained a neuromorphic (神经形态的) processor in a way how humans and other biological systems learn from their environment during childhood development.” Watkins and her research team found that the network simulations (模拟) became unstable after continuous periods of unattended learning. When they exposed the networks to states that are analogous to what living brains experience during sleep, stability was recovered. “It was as though we were giving the neural networks a good night’s rest,” said Watkins.
The discovery came about as the research team worked to develop neural networks that are as close as how humans and other biological systems learn to see. The group initially struggled with stabilizing simulated neural networks undergoing unattended dictionary training, which involves classifying objects without providing examples to compare them to. The researchers expose the networks to an artificial simulation of sleep as nearly a final effort to stabilize them. They experimented with various types of noise. The best results came when they used waves of so-called Gaussian noise. These waves can make sure that the neural networks keep stable.
The group’s next goal is to apply their algorithm (算法) to Intel’s Loihi, a product which uses spiking neural networks to work. They hope allowing Loihi to sleep from time to time will enable it to stably process information from a camera in real time. If it can confirm the need for sleep in artificial brains, we can probably expect the same to be true of human-like robots and other intelligent machines that may come about in the future.
32. What did Watkins and her research team find
A. Neural networks are far from stable.
B. Artificial brains may need break as well.
C. Neural networks are very sensitive to noise.
D. Human-like robots need equal rest to humans.
33. What does the underlined word “analogous” in paragraph 2 mean
A. Contrary. B. Beneficial. C. Similar. D. Related.
34. Why will the researchers apply the algorithm to Loihi
A. To better update Loihi. B. To enable Loihi to run faster.
C. To further confirm their discovery. D. To make sure Loihi get enough sleep.
35. In which section can we probably find this article
A. Mind & Brain. B. Business & Industry.
C. Medicine & Care. D. Computer & Science.
【答案】32. B 33. C 34. C 35. D
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Sports offer kids the ability to exercise while having fun, the chance to learn how to play as a team, and a good way to develop athletic (运动的) skills. Despite these benefits, 70% of kids quit sports by the age of 13. ____36____
●____37____
Have you ever watched kindergarten children play soccer against another team of kindergarten children It is both enjoyable and amusing. No matter what the score, all the kids have a good time and are happy.
____38____ The focus changes from having fun to practicing skills. Only the pre-teens with the best skills can get the most time in the game. What was a fun activity at age 5 becomes a source of stress and pressure for a pre-teen. Those who are not among the most talented players tend to quit and find something else they might be good at.
●It costs more.
____39____ Parents of a pre-teen are going to need to buy a uniform, gear, and equipment. Teams need to travel to compete against teams from other schools or districts. Parents who want to watch the games now have extra gas costs to deal with.
Therefore, when an activity becomes expensive, parents start pushing their pre-teens to do well in it. Perhaps the parents complain that if their pre-teens are sitting on the bench, or aren’t the star players, the money wasn’t worth it. This adds extra pressure on a pre-teen who might quit the team.
●It’s the age.
Parents need to remember that pre-teens are going through a lot of changes. Their bodies are changing. School has become more challenging and requires them to manage a lot of homework. ____40____ If your pre-teen’s friends quit playing soccer, your pre-teen might quit as well.
A. It stops being fun.
B. Here are some reasons why that happens.
C. Their friends are becoming bored of some sport.
D. The more money in a sport, the less participation in it.
E. As kids get older, the experience of playing sports changes.
F. Their friends are becoming more important to them than their families are.
G. The older a player gets, the more expensive the participation in a sport becomes.
【答案】36. B 37. A 38. E 39. G 40. F
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白外的最佳选项。
In October, I said to my students, “Why not do some ____41____ to make some money Then we’ll buy food for someone in need.”
Then early in that week, they came with their hard-earned money at their homes, ____42____ to go shopping. We soon picked what we needed. As we headed toward the checkout, someone shouted, “Flowers!” The group rushed to the flowers. However, considering practicality, I said, “You can’t send flowers.” “But please, Mrs. Sherlock,” someone begged, “we want flowers.” Defeated (被打败了), I ____43____ them to buy some carnations (康乃馨).
An organization had given us the information of a ____44____ grandmother living alone for many years. After a long drive, we ____45____ arrived at a small, shabby (破旧的) house. An old lady came out to ____46____ us. Each box was ____47____ quickly. But when the woman noticed the carnations, she seemed ____48____. “She’s wishing it were a bag of rice,” I thought.
“Do you like living here ” Michael asked. Hearing this, the woman ____49____, “Of course. I’m quite fond of living here.” She told the children about the birds flying to the bread she _____50_____. “Maybe that’s why I could get the food from you,” she said. “Because I _____51_____ my food with the birds.”
We returned to the _____52_____ and saw her wave goodbye. Then she walked past the food, straight to the carnations. She put her face in the carnations, with a smile on her lips. The children were quiet. They had seen the _____53_____ they had to make another’s life _____54_____. And I had seen something too — sometimes a person needs lovely _____55_____ on a cold winter.
41. A. shopping B. reading C. exercise D. housework
42. A. nervous B. excited C. unwilling D. afraid
43. A. taught B. forced C. encouraged D. allowed
44. A. brave B. poor C. reliable D. sick
45. A. finally B. already C. suddenly D. hardly
46. A. thank B. guide C. help D. welcome
47. A. carried in B. left behind C. sent back D. handed out
48. A. satisfied B. worried C. surprised D. angry
49 A. cried B. replied C. asked D. complained
50. A. hid away B. put out C. picked up D. brought in
51. A. cook B. find C. share D. buy
52. A. house B. woods C. car D. stores
53. A. power B. time C. money D. desire
54 A. healthier B. deeper C. longer D. better
55. A. food B. birds C. flowers D. kids
【答案】41. D 42. B 43. D 44. B 45. A 46. D 47. A 48. C 49. B 50. B 51. C 52. C 53. A 54. D 55. C
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
In most Asian countries, especially the so-called “rice bowl” cultures of China, Japan, ____56____ Korea, food is usually eaten with chopsticks.
Chopsticks are usually two long, thin pieces of wood or bamboo. Apart ____57____ being made of wood or bamboo, chopsticks can be made of plastic, animal bone or metal. Sometimes chopsticks ____58____ (make) of gold and silver with Chinese characters are ____59____ (extreme) artistic. Skilled workers have a ____60____ (prefer) for the combination of various hardwoods and metal. They desire ____61____ (create) special designs.
The Chinese have definitely used chopsticks for five thousand years. People probably ____62____ (cook) their food in large pots, ____63____ (use) twigs (树枝) to remove it. Over time, as ____64____ population grew, people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly. Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with twigs which gradually turned into chopsticks.
Some people think that the remarkable Chinese scholar Confucius (孔子), ____65____ lived from about 551 to 479 B. C., influenced the development of chopsticks. Confucius believed knives were too violent for use at the table.
Chopsticks are not used everywhere in Asia. In India, for example, most people traditionally eat with their hands.
【答案】56. and
57. from 58. made
59. extremely
60. preference
61. to create
62. cooked 63. using
64. the 65. who
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
66. 你校英文报正在举办一场主题为“A Famous Person I Respect Most”的征文活动，你有意参加。请你写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：
1. 该名人的基本情况；
2. 主要成就；
3. 你的评价。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
A Famous Person I Respect Most
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
【答案】 A Famous Person I Respect Most
There are many respectable people in the world. As for me, the person I respect most is Mother Teresa, who is widely acknowledged as the most famous charitable worker.
Mother Teresa was born on August 26, 1910. When she was 18, she left home for India. After spending three years there, she took up a position as a nun, choosing “Teresa” as her new name. In 1950, she founded a charity, which later helped many people around the world. For her work, Mother Teresa was awarded the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize.
To sum up, it is her selflessness and commitment that make her a worthy person in my heart.
第二节（满分25分）
67. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
I was preparing lunch in the kitchen while my 2 - year - old son, Adam, was playing by himself at the front door. Suddenly, I heard him shouting, “Look, Mama! Doggie!” I put away what I was doing and stuck my head out of the door. Brandy, our next - door neighbor's 11 -year-old dog, was there again. I quickly ran out, shouting at her: “Go away!”
Brandy's owner, an old woman, had died about a month before. Her family had emptied her house and put up a “For Sale” sign in the front yard, but they had left old Brandy behind. Nowhere to go, for weeks, she'd been wandering around the neighborhood.
It wasn't that I disliked dogs or anything like that. I just didn't think about them very much. I had never kept a dog as a pet and had never thought to get one.
Brandy ran away and I stayed outside with Adam. Then the phone was ringing. I went inside to get the call. When I came back, Adam was gone. I searched the yard, front and back, then the basketball court and public pool. No trace of him. I was so nervous that I ran back home and called the police, then my husband.
We searched the neighborhood thoroughly. Suddenly I heard a dog barking in the distance. “It's coming from the woods,” one of my neighbors said. We followed the barking to a wooded cliff（悬崖）. There we found my son, and he was just inches away from the edges of the cliff, fast asleep. Brandy was beside him, leaning against him to keep him away from the edge. When I picked Adam up, Brandy sank down on the ground, breathing quickly. She must have been holding Adam there for hours!
注意：
1.续写的词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
I thanked the police and brought Adam and Brandy back to our house.
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After a brief discussion with my husband, I made a decision.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
【答案】Paragraph1：
I thanked the police and brought Adam and Brandy back to our house. She hesitated for a moment on our doorstep, no doubt remembering the time I'd driven her away. Seeing her reaction, I felt ashamed. I was really grateful for what she had done for my son. But for her holding Adam for hours, he would have died because of falling down the cliff. At that moment, I was sincerely willing to accept her as a member of our family.
Paragraph2：
After a brief discussion with my husband, I made a decision. I decided to have a conversation with her. "Come on, girl," I said. "This is your home now." Brandy stepped in, and once she saw she was really welcome, she relaxed and lay down on the floor just inside the door. She'd done a great thing, and I wondered if she knew it. She'd certainly touched me in a way that no animal ever had. What a pity a dog like Brandy had been left behind!

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