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2024届“皖南八校”高三第二次大联考
英语
考生注意：
1. 本试卷由四个部分组成。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：高考范围。
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 is the woman doing
A. Preparing to leave. B. Calling a Taxi. C. Checking into a hotel.
2. Where does this conversation probably take place
A. At a bus stop. B. At school. C. At home.
3. Why does the woman give the call
A. To book a table. B. To make an appointment. C. To change the date of meeting.
4. What is the conversation mainly about
A. The weather. B. Driving lessons. C. The man’s work.
5. How does the woman feel about flight
A. Anxious. B. Excited. C. Dissatisfied.
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二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，回答第6和第7两个小题。
6. How much does an entrance ticket cost
A. Two dollars. B. Five dollars. C. Seven dollars.
7. In what way does the woman pay
A. By cheque. B. In cash. C. By credit card.
听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。
8. What’s the best language study method according to the man
A. Using an app. B. Listening to news. C. Speaking with local people.
9. What does the man value most
A. Touring the country. B. Exploring local cafes. C. Getting involved in the culture.
听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。
10. What is the relationship between the speakers
A. Neighbors. B. Husband and wife. C. Interviewer and interviewee.
11. Where did the man go to college
A. In Washington. B. In Texas. C. In Nebraska.
12. What is the woman’s job
A. She is an artist. B. She is a banker. C. She is a computer programmer.
听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。
13. How did the woman know about the apartment
A. From a friend. B. From the former renter. C. From an advertisement.
14. When will the apartment be cleaned
A. On tomorrow afternoon. B. In five days. C. In ten days.
15. What does the man think of the apartment
A. It isn’t furnished. B. It’s quite convenient. C. It’s in need of repair.
16. What may annoy the woman
A. Moving house. B. Something often goes wrong. C. Walking a long way to buy things.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。
17. Why did Jared Isaacman start the Inspiration 4 mission
A. To raise funds. B. To do research. C. To realize his dream.
18. What do we know about Haley Arceneaux
A. She had cancer at 29.
B. She was chosen as a NASA astronaut in 2009.
C. She is the youngest American in space.
19. What does Sian Proctor do
A. He’s a doctor. B. He’s a teacher. C. He’s an astronaut.
20. Where was the orbit of the Inspiration 4 mission
A. 93 miles above the Earth. B. 360 miles above the Earth. C. 575 miles above the Earth.
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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
We look forward to welcoming you to The Met! Please review our visitor guidelines outlined below prior to your visit. The Met reserves the right to ask visitors who do not follow these guidelines to leave the museum.
Health and Safety
The health and safety of all is our priority. Masks are strongly recommended.
Admission
Entrance into The Met requires a ticket or membership card. General admission is $30 for adults, $22 for seniors, and $17 for students. Admission is free for members, a caregiver accompanying a visitor with a disability, and children under 12.
Opening Hours
Sunday—Tuesday, and Thursday: 10 a.m. —5 p.m.
Friday and Saturday: 10 a.m. —9 p.m.
The Met is closed on Wednesdays, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year Day, and the first Monday in May.
Rules
◆ All visitors and Members must pass through security checks.
◆ Smoking, including electronic cigarettes, is not allowed in The Met or near the entrances.
◆ Please preserve your ticket. You may be asked to re-validate (使重新生效) your ticket when exiting and re-entering the galleries.
◆ The Met reserves the right to refuse the entry of any visitor carrying the following prohibited items: large bags, luggage, musical instruments, glass containers, liquids other than water, sporting goods, and dogs or other pets (Service animals are welcome.).
◆ The Met permits photography and video for private, non-commercial use.
Staff at Your Service
If you have left something behind at The Met, please call the Lost and Found Office at 212-570-3981 or email info@metmuseum.org. If you are currently visiting The Met, you can inquire directly at the Security Desk in the Great Hall.
21. What can make people fail to be admitted into The Met
A. Taking an organ. B. Going with a guide dog.
C. Not making an appointment. D. Visiting it at 2 p.m. on New Year’s Eve.
22. How much will they pay if a couple visit The Met with two preschoolers
A. $30 B. $47 C. $60 D. $77
23. What is the text
A. Financial statements B. Entrance regulations.
C. Registration instructions. D. Experimental procedures.
B
Chris Smith looked like any other young boy in his class: thick hair, a wide smile, and playing sports. By all appearances, life for Chris was the same as it was for a hundred other boys in the small town where he grew up, except for the constant evictions (驱赶), and eventually being homeless.
Chris’ father was reckless (鲁莽的) with finances and dishonest in business. His mother tried her best to run the home until Chris’ little brother drowned (溺亡), then his father went to prison, and finally the family fell apart.
“My mom shut down emotionally. Everything got worse,” Chris remembers. Then she was gone and ran away from home without telling Chris. He did the best he could, sleeping on his newly married sister’s sofa. “They didn’t have much money, and I know it was a burden to take me in at 17 years old, I was going to drop out from high school and make it on my own.”
But Chris’ history teacher had different ideas. When Chris’ study began to go down, she cornered him. “You’re the smartest kid in the class,” she told him. “If you don’t graduate, you’re going to regret it.”
“School was my safe place,” Chris says. School also offered him heat and food. It became the closest thing to home he could find, compared to his father’s old truck that became his bed and his study space. He remembers his hair freezing onto the window in the winter.
When graduation came, Chris earned a full scholarship to college and graduated in the top 10 of his class. When it’s time to apply for medical residencies, Chris set his sights high. He applied for residencies around the country and included the No. 1 program in the nation: Johns Hopkins. And then the letter came. Chris was in.
“I didn’t really think I had a chance. But I had learned to give everything my best shot. Life is never fair. But if you don’t give up, you will give yourself a better chance to make it,” Chris says.
24. Why did Chris’ mother leave home
A. Because of failure in business. B. Because of financial restrictions.
C. Because of her husband’s dishonesty. D. Because of heartbroken family events.
25. How’s Chris’ life and study during senior high school
A. Lazy and average. B. Comfortable and carefree.
C. Tough and hardworking. D. Happy and undemanding.
26. What s Chris’ philosophy
A. Never lose heart. B. Always be well-prepared.
C. Never judge a book by its cover. D. Always be humble and cautious.
27. Which of the following can be a suitable title for the text
A. Doing Is Better than Saying B. There Is No End to Learning
C. From Homeless to Medical Resident D. Great Hopes Make Great Man
C
Under a midday summer sun in California’s Sacramento Valley, rice farmer Peter Rystrom walks across a dusty and bare plot of land, dry soil crunching (碎裂) beneath each step. In a typical year, he’d be walking across green rice fields in inches of water. But today the soil is dry and baking in the 35℃ heat. It hasn’t rained for 4 weeks in a row.
“Climate change is expected to worsen the state’s extreme swings in rainfall,” researchers reported in Nature Climate Change in 2018. Low water levels in rivers have forced farmers like Rystrom, whose family has been growing rice on this land for four generations, to reduce their water use.
“If we lose our rice crops, we have to deal with severe food crisis. Climate change is already threatening rice-growing regions around the world. This is not a future problem. This is happening now,” says plant geneticist Pamela Ronald of the University of California, Davis, who identifies genes in rice that help the plant stand up to dryness, disease, flood, etc.
To save and even boost production, rice growers, engineers and researchers have turned to water-saving irrigation (灌溉) routines. Building canal systems and reservoirs (水库) can help farmers dampen their fields. But for some, the solution to rice’s climate-related problems lies in enhancing the plant itself. They hold that establishing rice gene banks that store hundreds of thousands of rice varieties ready to be bred into new, dryness-tolerant varieties is more practical and effective. Solutions may be hidden in the DNA of those older breeds.
Three decades have passed since its initial development, and some researchers are looking beyond the genetic variability preserved in rice gene banks, searching instead for useful genes from other species, including plants and bacteria. But picking genes from one species and putting them into another, or genetic recombination, remains debatable. The most famous example of genetically changed rice is Golden Rice (GR). “Looking ahead, it will be crucial for countries to embrace GR rice. But it will take time,” says Ismail, principal scientist at IRRI,
28. What problem does Rystrom have to deal with
A. Thirst. B. Drought. C. Hot sun. D. Dusty weather.
29. What can be inferred from Para. 3
A. Downtrend of rice-growing areas is severe now.
B. Climate change is a threatening factor in the future.
C. Humans will face starvation if crop failure happens.
D. Food crisis is a common occurrence around the world.
30. What’s the purpose of setting up gene banks
A. To store as many seeds as possible. B. To cultivate climate-adapted varieties.
C. To improve the efficiency of breeding. D. To show the technology of gene mapping.
31. What’s Ismail’s opinion about GR
A. Favourable. B. Impractical. C. Disapproving. D. Insecure.
D
The measurement of blood pressure goes back almost three centuries, leading to the procedure that we all know and that our family doctor performs when we have checkups: A cuff (袖口) goes around our arm, which is first inflated (膨胀), and then deflated (放气), in a controlled manner, to determine our maximum and minimum blood pressure.
But the use of inflatable-cuff blood pressure monitors has some disadvantages. For one thing, unless people have home monitors, they must go to a chemistry shop, doctor’s office or health center to learn what their blood pressure is. Another barrier is that repeated inflation and deflation of the cuff can cause difficulties when, for example, a patient is in the hospital and needs frequent blood pressure monitoring. And the last one is that since cuffs don’t allow continuous measurement of blood pressure, they’re only providing a measurement at a specific moment.
Today, a new generation of blood pressure devices have been developed and their aim is to make it easier to judge high blood pressure. Unlike traditional devices, they do without the arm cuff and offer blood pressure values on demand. Users just press their finger on a sensor on a watch and ring.
The various cuffless measuring devices are based on methods that, instead of directly determining blood pressure, use sensors to capture various indirect signals. These signals are processed by different sets of mathematical procedures to obtain the blood pressure values. It is like inferring fever by measuring an increase in heart beat and sweating instead of using a thermometer (体温表), or divining the result of a soccer match from outside the stadium by listening to the screams of the soccer fans.
The development of devices for measuring blood pressure without a blood pressure cuff is progressing rapidly, but that doesn’t mean they are ready used to make diagnostic and treatment decisions. “The road to clinical application may be some day in the near future, but not now,” Avolio says.
32. How many drawbacks of inflatable-cuff blood pressure monitors are there in the text
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.
33. Which word can replace the underline word in Para. 4
A. changing. B. describing. C. guessing. D. remembering.
34. What’s the fourth paragraph mainly about
A. The working principle of cuffless measuring devices.
B. The different methods for setting mathematical procedures.
C. The way of cuffless measuring devices to measure indirect signals.
D. The connection between inferring fever and measuring blood pressure.
35. What will the writer most probably talk about on cuffless measuring devices next
A. The issue of mass-producing them.
B. The processing techniques of them.
C. The competitive intensity among their producers.
D. The reasons for them not being used in the medical world currently.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Summarizing, or writing a summary, means giving a brief overview of a text’s main points in your own words. For example, when you’re writing an academic text like an essay, a research paper, or a dissertation (学位论文), you’ll integrate sources in a variety of ways. 36 But it’s often appropriate to sum up a whole article or chapter if it is especially relevant to your own research. Here are some key steps that can help you to do it:
Step 1: Read the text.
You should read the article more than once to make sure you’ve thoroughly understood it. It’s often effective to read in three stages:
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◆ Read the article carefully, highlighting important points and taking notes as you read.
◆ Skim the article again to confirm you’ve understood the key points, and reread any particularly important or difficult passages.
Step 2: Break the text down into sections.
38 If the text is a scientific paper, it is probably already organized into clearly marked sections, usually including an introduction, methods, results, and discussion. But most articles and essays will be structured around a series of sub-points or themes.
Step 3: Identify the key points in each section.
Now it’s time to go through each section and pick out its most important points. Keep in mind that a summary does not involve paraphrasing (改述) every single paragraph of the article. 39
Step 4: Write the summary.
Now that you know the key points that the article aims to communicate, you need to put them in your own words. To avoid plagiarism (抄袭) and show you’ve understood the article, it’s essential to properly paraphrase the author’s ideas.
Step 5: 40
Finally, read through the article once more to ensure that:
◆ You’ve accurately represented the author’s work.
◆ You haven’t missed any essential information.
◆ The phrasing is not too similar to any sentences in the original.
A. Boil the summary down further.
B. Check the summary against the article.
C. You might use a brief quote to support your point.
D. Scan the article quickly to get a sense of its topic and overall shape.
E. Your goal is to select the essential points, leaving out background information or details.
F. To make the text more manageable and understand its sub-points, divide it into smaller parts.
G. In any case, the goal of summarizing is to give your reader a clear understanding of the original source.
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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
“In my childhood, the village was a different world altogether. The houses were old, roads were 41 . But now, our village boasts modern, well-constructed homes, wide well-lit roads, and practically every household owns 42 one car,” Li Jing, the director assistant to the village secretary of Maotianping Village Committee in Enshi, Hubei province.
Li is a native of this village and was one of the first from her community to pursue higher 43 . She studied hotel management and tourism at Wuhan University of Science and Technology. After graduation, she gained a(n) 44 in the hotel industry. 45 , she made the life-altering decision last year to return to her village.
“I want to be an integral part of my hometown’s development and 46 real changes that improve the livelihoods of our villagers 47 realizing my own personal value,” Li said.
Enshi, renowned for its breathtaking scenery, 48 relies on agriculture and most of its farmers grow potatoes. Li projects to showcase the agricultural riches 49 by its residents.
“Here, we are 50 with a humid climate and over 70 percent forest coverage. This makes it an ideal setting for cultivating potatoes,” Li explained. “You can find selenium-rich (富含硒的) potatoes here, as the soil in our village boasts 51 selenium content, a trace 52 known for its health benefits.”
In addition to potato farming, Li’s team has created positions like potato managers, similar to 53 and sales specialists. There’s even a role for a potato assessor, responsible for 54 the best-looking potatoes for sale. In the future, Li hopes to continue helping her fellow villagers raise their potato production and increase their 55 .
41. A. short B. clean C. narrow D. rough
42. A. in store B. at least C. on board D. as regards
43. A. demand B. yield C. salary D. education
44. A. career B. urge C. license D. inspiration
45. A. Therefore B. However C. Moreover D. Likewise
46. A. bring about B. concentrate on C. fall apart D. adapt to
47. A. till B. so C. yet D. while
48. A. boldly B. attractively C. heavily D. excellently
49. A. applauded B. distributed C. charged D. cultivated
50. A. satisfied B. blessed C. confused D. corresponded
51. A. high B. little C. novel D. odd
52. A. lifestyle B. concept C. factor D. element
53. A. sowing B. marketing C. dividing D. hatching
54. A. loading B. planting C. selecting D. imaging
55. A. celebrity B. income C. acknowledgement D. capacity
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。
Anhui, an ancient and beautiful region, began to prosper during the Tang (618—907) and Song (960—1279) dynasties. In the times 56 the Grand Canal, a UNESCO World Heritage site, directly connected Beijing in the north and Hangzhou in the south, Anhui traders 57 (fan) out across China. That’s why Anhui food is now among China’s eight great cuisines.
Anhui cuisine offers plenty of other options and many dishes have interesting stories, for example, chouguiyu. It is said that a certain businessman had made 58 fortune in Hangzhou, where he had first tasted a kind of fish that was sweet, fresh and had few tiny bones. He 59 (immediate) thought of his elderly parents. He bought some to bring to them. However, the long journey took its toll (毁坏) on the fish and when he finally reached home, they were all 60 (smell). His mother, an economical woman, decided to cook the fish nevertheless. To everyone’s surprise, the fish smelled bad 61 tasted very good. These days, Anhui chefs deliberately allow the fish to reach certain 62 (ripe) before cooking it.
Anhui cuisine 63 (characterise) by its heavy use of oil, deeply flavored sauces, and superior soups and stock. The main cooking style is to braise (炖) or roast. Its chefs specialize 64 ingredients available locally, such as fish, pigeons, bamboo shoots, etc. Anhui folk also like to salt their own meats like ham and pork, which goes into the pot with chicken and duck to produce very deeply flavored soups. A popular dish is salted meat on a bed of bamboo shoots 65 (steam) on a wooden cutting board. Unlike some other regional cuisines, this is one cooking style that is very heavy on animal protein and relatively light on the greens.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
假定你是皖南八中校英文报《先锋》（Pioneer）编辑，受你校学生会委托撰写一份以珍爱湿地（Treasure Wetland）为主题的海报设计大赛通知。内容包括：1. 大赛目的；2. 作品要求；3. 参赛方式等。
注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右；2. 可适当补充细节，使行文流畅。
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第二节（满分25分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
The city circle was quiet when my van pulled up to Two’s Company café. It was 8:00 A.M., and the mom-and-pop businesses wouldn’t be open for another three hours. As the film crew of student movie-makers hopped out of the van and started unloading a ton of equipment, I sat in the driver’s seat reading a book.
I learned a long time ago that I was not wanted or needed on the set. Sometimes, that made me feel a bit sad. These kids used to need a parent’s advice, help and caring. Now, as older teens, they were making their own decisions, helping each other and supporting their friends through whatever assignments they were given.
Emptied of its movie-related contents, the van now became the place to leave personal items. My job, as the driver, was to stay within calling distance with the keys so that if anything was needed I could open the van. Knowing that I could crawl (爬行) into a corner somewhere and finish reading the book that a friend asked me to critique, I looked for a place to sit down. Against a wall, in the shade, just twenty or so paces away, I spied a beautifully carved park bench. I noticed that a man was sitting on one end, but there was plenty of room for at least two more bodies. Walking over, I set my drink on the ground near the leg of the bench and sat on the end seat so that I could rest my elbow (肘) on the arm. The man on the other end looked at me oddly but remained seated.
I quickly discovered that he’d probably spent the night on the bench. His clothes were untidy, his hair was messy, and I was soon confronted (使……面对) with a strong and very unpleasant smell of body sweat. I looked at him and smiled, and he smiled back with a mouth of misshapen and blacked-out teeth. That was it. He wasn’t bothering me, and I guessed I wasn’t bothering him. We both sat there for over an hour. I was reading. He was intently watching the filming.
注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
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2024届“皖南八校”高三第二次大联考·英语
参考答案、解析
听力部分录音稿
例如：现在，你有5秒钟的时间看试卷上的例题。
你将听到以下内容：
M: Excuse me, can you tell me how much the shirt is
W: Yes, it’s nine fifteen.
你将有5秒钟的时间将正确答案标在试卷上。衬衫的价格为9磅15便士，所以你选择C项，并将其标在试卷上。
现在，你有5秒钟的时间阅读第1小题的有关内容。
Text 1
M: Hello, there. Can I help you with your bags
W: Sure. I have a couple more up in the room. Can you look after them and call me a taxi please
M: Certainly, ma’am.
Text 2
W: Luke, Hurry up! The school bus will be arriving in 5 minutes. You can’t miss it or you’ll be late for the exam today.
M: It’s OK, mom. The driver knows it, so he will make sure everybody is on board.
Text 3
M: Good afternoon, Park Dental Associates. Can I help you
W: Good afternoon, I’d like to see Doctor Bryant at 9 a.m. on Friday, please!
M: I’m sorry, Doctor Bryant’s schedule is full on that day. Can I fit you in on Saturday
W: Yes, that’s fine.
Text 4
W: Bring your umbrella to work today. It looks like there is going to be a storm.
M: I have my raincoat in the car, so I am not worried.
W: OK, but also remember to drive slowly if it starts to rain.
Text 5
M: How was your trip Is everything all right
W: We waited for a long time before the plane took off, and the seat made me uncomfortable. Now, I just want to go to my bed and get some rest.
Text 6
W: I’d like a ticket to the fair, please.
M: OK. This is an entrance ticket only. If you’d like to go to the petting zoo or the horse ride, there will be an extra fee.
W: How much do those cost
M: The petting zoo is $2, and the horse ride is $3.
W: I’ll buy a ticket to the petting zoo as well, please.
M: Your total comes to $7.
W: Do you take credit cards
M: No, we take cash only.
W: Okay, here you go.
Text 7
W: How’s your French coming along Are you still practicing daily
M: Yeah, one hour a day. It’s improved from greetings to basic conversations.
W: Great! Could you recommend any apps
M: Well, there’s one named “En Provence”. And I listen to local news sometimes, but nothing beats chatting with people at the local French cafe.
W: And it is handy in France too, right
M: Absolutely. By engaging myself in the culture, I’ll truly become a part of the local community. It’s important to have a genuine experience rather than just being a tourist.
W: That sounds amazing. I’m planning to visit Paris next year too. Maybe I should start learning French as well.
M: Definitely!
Text 8
W: Hello. My name is Christina. I’m just stopping by to bring you some cookies and introduce myself.
M: Hi, Christina. I’m Bryce. It’s very nice to meet you. Please come in.
W: Sure.
M: Thank you for the cookies. Would you like something to drink
W: Water is fine. Thank you.
M: Here you go. Take a seat. So, where were you living before
W: My husband and I were living in Nebraska, but he got a job out here, so that’s why we moved. I’ve never been to the West Coast before. I love Washington so far.
M: I’ve been in Washington for ten years now. I was born in Texas and came here for college. I’ve stayed ever since.
W: What do you do for work
M: I’m a computer programmer. It’s a good job, but my real passion in life is making furniture.
W: That’s interesting. I do a lot of painting in my spare time, although I’m a banker during the day.
Text 9
W: Hello, this is Pamela. I’d like to see the apartment you advertised.
M: Hello, Pamela. I’m free whenever you come.
W: Sounds good. Oh, I’m satisfied with the pictures you put up there, but I think I’d better have a look.
M: Of course. The former renter just moved out yesterday, so I haven’t cleaned it yet.
W: The house I live in now is due in ten days.
M: In that case, I will have the room cleaned tomorrow afternoon.
W: Great. By the way, are there any shopping centers nearby
M: Yes, it’s about five minutes’ walk. Underground and bus station are quite near, too.
W: Cool. Is the house well-furnished And is that in good condition
M: Yeah. And I will check all the equipment before you move in.
W: Thank you very much. You know, it’s annoying if something often breaks.
M: Don’t worry, madam.
W: OK. I’ll call you later.
Text 10
W: On September 16th, 2021, a group of “ordinary” people blasted off into space on the first space mission with no professional astronauts. The mission, called Inspiration 4, was the idea of a billionaire Jared Isaacman, who paid the company SpaceX to arrange the flight. He’s a pilot who has flown different kinds of airplanes. Mr. Isaacman decided to use the trip to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Haley Arceneaux, 29, was a cancer patient at St. Jude when she was a child. Ms. Arceneaux works at St. Jude as a physician’s assistant, helping patients and assisting doctors. She is the youngest American to fly into orbit.
The capsule has room for four crew members. Mr. Isaacman’s company held a contest to fill one of the spots. The position was won by Dr. Sian Proctor, a college professor who was nearly chosen as a NASA astronaut in 2009. The Inspiration 4 mission orbited 360 miles (575 km) above the Earth. That was about 93 miles higher than the International Space Station.
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21. A 细节理解题。根据短文Rules部分“The Met reserves the right to refuse … musical instruments, … and dogs or other pets (Service animals are welcome.).”可知，携带管风琴（乐器）是无法入馆参观的。
22. C 细节理解题。根据短文Admission部分“Entrance into The Met requires a ticket or membership card. … a caregiver accompanying a visitor with a disability, and children under 12.”可知，一对夫妇带两个学龄前儿童需支付60美元，$30+$30+$0=$60。
23. B 推理判断题。根据全文信息可知，本文为一篇参观博物馆的入馆须知。
24. D 细节理解题。根据短文第二段“Chris’ father was reckless with finances and dishonest in business. His mother tried … and finally the family fell apart.”可知，由于丈夫锒铛入狱和孩子溺亡的双重打击，Chris的母亲不堪重负而离家出走。
25. C 推理判断题。根据短文第三段“He did the best he could, sleeping on his newly married sister’s sofa. … drop out from high school and make it on my own,”可知，Chris读高中时生活很艰难，一度想退学。根据第六段“When graduation came, Chris earned a full scholarship to college and graduated in the top 10 of his class. …”可知，Chris读高中时非常用功，高中毕业后获得全额奖学金读大学。
26. A 推理判断题。根据短文全文信息，特别是短文末段Chris的话“Life is never fair. But if you don’t give up, you give yourself a better chance to make it,”可知，Chris的人生哲学是永不气馁。
27. C 文章主旨题。根据短文全文信息（Chris的弟弟溺亡，父亲坐牢，母亲不辞而别，从此杳无音讯，自己成了无家可归之人，甚至一度无法完成高中学业）可知，Chris面对家庭重大变故，凭借不放弃，不气馁的品质，最终由一个无家可归的人成长为顶尖大学医学院的医学住院医生。
28. B 推理判断题。根据短文首段“Under a midday summer sun in California’s Sacramento Valley, rice farmer Peter Rystrom walks across a dusty … It hasn’t rained for 4 weeks in a row.”和第二段“Low water levels in rivers have forced farmers like Rystrom, whose family has been growing rice on this land for four generations, to reduce their water use.”可知，Rystrom急需解决田地干旱的问题。
29. C 推理判断题。根据短文第三段“If we lose our rice crops, we have to deal with severe food crisis. …”可知，如果出现水稻（农作物）歉收的情况，人类将面临饥饿问题。
30. B 细节理解题。根据短文第四段“… store hundreds of thousands of rice varieties ready to be bred into new, dryness-tolerant varieties is more practical and effective. Solutions may be hidden in the DNA of those older breeds.”可知，设立基因库的目的在于用科技手段重组水稻基因以培育出适应气候变化（耐旱）的新品种。
31. A 观点态度题。根据短文末段“‘Looking ahead, it will be crucial for countries to embrace GR rice. But it will take time’”Ismail的表述可知，其对Golden Rice是持赞成态度的。
32. B 细节理解题。根据短文第二段“But the use of inflatable cuff blood pressure monitors has some disadvantages. For one thing, … they’re only providing a measurement at a specific moment.”可知，传统的可充气的臂袖式血压仪有三个不足之处。
33. C 词义猜测题。根据短文第四段划线词所在句前半句“It is like inferring fever by measuring an increase in heart beat and sweating instead of using a thermometer …”，特别是“inferring”一词并结合全句句意可知，划线词意为“猜测，推断”。
34. A 推理判断题。根据短文第四段第一、二两句可知，该段主要讲述了无臂袖式血压仪的工作原理，第三句是用体温计和在体育场外根据场内球迷的喊叫声以推断足球赛结果的事例来使读者更加感性地理解无臂袖式血压仪的工作原理。
35. D 推理判断题。根据短文末段“… but that doesn’t mean they are ready used to make diagnostic and treatment decisions. ‘The road to clinical application may be some day in the near future, but not now’”及全文信息可知，本文讲述了传统的臂袖式血压仪的情况及其不足之处，接着又介绍新一代无臂袖式血压仪的相关情况及其相较于传统臂袖式血压仪的优点，在文章末尾提到新一代无臂袖式血压仪目前还没有在医疗行业正式使用，即尚有条件欠缺，故接下来作者很有可能会介绍新一代无臂袖式血压仪无法在医疗行业中使用的原因。
36. C 根据短文上句“For example, when you’re writing an academic text like an essay, a research paper or a dissertation, you’ll integrate sources in a variety of ways.”可知，此处是在谈论写论说文，研究论文或学位论文时会用多种方式整合资料，C选项“你或许会用简短的引语以支撑你的观点”语意与上文一致。
37. D 根据小标题“Read the text”和该空下两句“Read the article carefully, highlighting important points and taking notes as you read.”“Skim the article again to confirm you’ve understood the key points, and reread any particularly important or difficult passages.”可知，D选项“快速浏览文章以知晓其话题和主要内容。”契合语境。
38. F 根据小标题“Break the text down into sections”可知，F项“把文章分解成多个部分，这样可以便于撰写概述和理解其分论点”契合语境。
39. E 根据空前句“Keep in mind that a summary does not involve paraphrasing every single paragraph of the article.”可知，E选项“你的目的是提取核心要点，略去背景信息和细节。”契合语境。
40. B 本空为小标题，依据小标题下各分论点信息并结合第四步骤所述内容可知，此处是在谈论原文概述拟就后做的复检，B选项“对照原文再次检查原文概述”契合语境。
41. C 考查形容词词义辨析。根据下句中的“wide well-lit roads”可知，此处是指村里原来的道路很窄。
42. B 考查介词短语辨析。根据本句句意及本段信息可知，村里已经今非昔比，环境和经济都发生了大变化，此处是指村里每家都有至少一辆小轿车。
43. D 考查名词词义辨析。根据本句句意并结合下文“She studied hotel management and tourism at Wuhan University of Science and Technology.”可知，此处是指李静外出上大学，即接受高等教育。
44. A 考查名词词义辨析。根据上文“She studied hotel management and tourism at Wuhan University of Science and Technology.”并结合本句句意可知，此处是指李静在大学毕业后在酒店行业谋得一份差事。
45. B 考查副词词义辨析。根据上文“Li is a native of this village and was one of the first from her community to pursue higher … she gained a ______ in the hotel industry.”可知，李静大学学的是酒店管理和旅游专业，毕业后也从事酒店行业的工作，再结合本句句意及下文信息可推知，此处应填语意转折的副词，表示李静决定回到家乡农村带领乡亲们发家致富。
46. A 考查动词短语辨析。根据本句句意可知，此处是指李静有意参与家乡的建设，提升乡亲的生活，同时也实现自己的人生价值。bring about促成，引发。
47. D 考查连词词义辨析。根据本句句意可知，此处是指李静在参与家乡建设的过程中也实现了自己的人生价值。
48. C 考查副词词义辨析。根据下文“relies on agriculture and most of its farmers grow potatoes. Li projects to showcase the agricultural riches ______ by its residents.”及全文信息可知，此处是指李静家所在的村子主要经济收入是依靠农业和农产品。
49. D 考查动词词义辨析。根据上文“Enshi, renowned for its breathtaking scenery, ______ relies on agriculture and most of its farmers grow potatoes.”可知，李静家乡的乡亲们主要依靠农业和农产品为生，所以她因地制宜，打算展示乡亲们种植的农产品。
50. B 考查动词词义辨析。根据本句句意及下文“This makes it an ideal setting for cultivating potatoes”可知，此处是指李静的家乡有得天独厚的地理和气候因素。be blessed with赋有/享有……。
51. A 考查形容词词义辨析。根据本句句意及上文“selenium-rich potatoes”可知，此处是指李静家乡的土壤含有很“高”的硒元素。
52. D 考查名词词义辨析。根据本句句意、常识和“trace”可知，此处是指硒是一种微量“元素”。
53. B 考查动词词义辨析。根据本句句意及“positions like potato managers”“sales specialists”可知，此处是指销售生产出来的马铃薯。
54. C 考查动词词义辨析。根据本句句意及“potato assessor”可知，此处是指马铃薯鉴定师“挑选”卖相好的马铃薯出售。
55. B 考查名词词义辨析。根据全文信息及本句句意可知，此处是指李静将继续帮助乡亲们提升马铃薯产品，增加乡亲们的“经济收入”。
56. when 57. fanned 58. a/his 59. immediately 60. smelly 61. but 62. ripeness 63. is characterized/is characterised 64. in 65. steamed
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In a bid to raise our environmental awareness and protect precious wetland resources, a poster design competition themed “Treasure Wetland” is organized by the Student Union.
To begin with, originality, by all means, is the first requirement. Plus, the poster you design should be inspiring and thought-provoking, clearly illustrating the significance of the wetland and the urgency to protect it. Moreover, a powerful slogan is also preferred, which will make your work more persuasive and impressive.
All the students are welcome to submit their entries to Pioneer@ before 10th January, 2024. Only one work per individual is allowed. The winning works will be announced on February 2nd, 2024, World Wetland Day, in this newspaper.
Looking forward to your participation.
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He then stood. He walked straight in front of me and bowed. I looked up, not knowing what was going to happen next. In a slightly shaky but clear voice, he said, “Thank you.” I tilted my head, examining his dusty face and cracked lips. “For what ” I questioned. He looked at the ground as he whispered, “Usually people won’t even look at me, let alone sit by me. Thank you for treating me like a human being.” I honestly didn’t know what to say as he turned, picked up a small, dirty backpack, and walked quickly around the corner.
I was shocked. I hadn’t done anything spectacular; I just shared a bench. After several seconds of inner turmoil, I unexpectedly realized that my actions had truly meant something to this soiled and beaten-down man. To me, he was just someone who wanted a place to sit out of the sun. That’s exactly what I had wanted. We were no different no matter who we were, what we did in our lives or where we lay our heads at night. Both of us just wanted to be treated like a human being. Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.

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