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厦门市2023-2024学年高二上学期期末质检
英语试题
本试卷分五部分，共12页。满分150分。考试用时120分钟。
注意事项：
1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号等信息填写在答题卡和试卷指定位置上。
2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
3．考试结束，考生将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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．Why is the woman upset
A．She has a hand injury.
B．Her friend will move out soon.
C．Her friend can’t help with the move.
2．What do we know about the woman
A．She is a housewife. B．She enjoys the work. C．She has a lot of spare time.
3．What is special about this year’s ceremony
A．Students sang two songs. B．Students wrote the songs. C．Students played the music.
4．What does the woman think of the result of the interview
A．Amusing. B．Surprising. C．Disappointing.
5．What are the speakers mainly talking about
A．The weather. B．The girl’s aunt. C．The girl’s classmate.
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6．Why will the woman be absent from the family reunion
A．She has a time conflict.
B．She doesn’t want to meet Bill.
C．She didn’t receive the invitation.
7．What does the man decide to do
A．Spend time with the woman.
B．Clear up a misunderstanding.
C．Settle down in New York.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8．How does Sam feel now
A．Relaxed. B．Depressed. C．Satisfied.
9．What will the woman do
A．Call Sam. B．Visit the man. C．Take an exam.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10．What kind of life did the man live
A．Colorful. B．Stressful. C．Peaceful.
11．What helps the woman fix mild problems
A．Sharing. B．Staying calm. C．Keeping honest.
12．What does the woman advise the man to do
A．Live in the village. B．Change his job. C．Balance work and health.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13．What is the relationship between the speakers
A．Cousins. B．Friends. C．Neighbors.
14．Which floor does the woman live on
A．The 3rd floor. B．The 4th floor. C．The 5th floor.
15．How often is the rooftop party held
A．Daily B．Weekly. C．Monthly.
16．Who helped the woman move things
A．A mover. B．Paul. C．Her brother.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17．What is the speaker doing
A．Airing a piece of news.
B．Promoting cooling devices.
C．Announcing research results.
18．What will probably happen next week
A．The weather will get warmer.
B．The electricity cost will increase.
C．The electricity demand will decrease.
19．What percentage of energy may improved devices save
A．30%. B．20%. C．10%.
20．What is the speaker’s suggestion
A．Powering off unused devices.
B．Contacting the industry experts.
C．Replacing the used devices.
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
Food books can bring a culture to life. The following food books are bursting with delicious food, as well as entertaining and engaging storytelling.
Pierre Thiam’s latest book aims to share everyday, easy-to-cook recipes like baked ginger-chili plantain kelewele. He explains how so many dishes and ingredients from the American South and other regions can trace their origin to West Africa. The 80 recipes are accessible and present a range of traditional and modern takes on the cuisine.
Fuchsia Dunlop’s book examines classic Chinese dishes, like mapo tofu, soup dumplings and Dongpo pork. This book includes history, philosophy, cooking techniques, and Dunlop’s on-the-ground research conducted over three decades to present a fascinating exploration of this ever-changing cuisine.
Tamar Adler seeks to make leftovers more appealing and lower food waste in the process with her latest book, which contains around 1,500 recipes. This isn’t what you’d call a beautiful coffee table-style cookbook — it’s practical and the creative secrets within are truly mind-blowing.
Natasha Pickowicz is an innovative chef. More Than Cake is her first cookbook, full of invaluable tips like how to build a layer (层) cake. Aside from great baking recipes, this cookbook tries to live up to its name by sharing how baking can provide so much more than just tasty sweets — it can give community, purpose, joy and love.
1. Who explores Chinese food culture in the cookbook
A. Pierre Thiam. B. Fuchsia Dunlop.
C. Tamar Adler. D. Natasha Pickowicz.
2. What do Simply West African and The Everlasting Meal Cookbook have in common
A. They are the writers’ latest books. B. They advocate lower food waste.
C. They have the same number of recipes. D. They aim to share West African dishes.
3. Which book favors cake-baking lovers
A. Simply West African. B. Invitation to a Banquet.
C. The Everlasting Meal Cookbook. D. More Than Cake.
B
The living room is cleared. The host taps a wine glass with a knife, and people file in, filling the sofas and chairs that are pushed up against the walls. Soon every seat in the house is taken, and a bottle of schnapps is passed around. Lyon Hansen, who minutes before was knocking about in the kitchen, walks over and picks up a guitar and starts to play. Hoyma has begun.
For one night, homeowners primarily in Sydrugota, a small town on the Faroe Islands, open their doors, inviting friends, family and tourists in to enjoy intimate (亲密的) concerts by local artists. The tradition dates back nearly 500 years to a time when Faroese life had to move underground due to Danish rule. The culture and the language was kept alive in people’s living rooms, where they gathered to sing and tell stories.
The modern Hoyma concert series started as an offshoot (分支) of the G! Festival, an annual musical event on the beaches of Eysturoy every summer since 2002. Around 2007, G! Festival’s creator Jón Tyril, exhausted by all the red tape (繁文缛节) that came with putting on a big music festival, started to dream a little smaller. Specifically, he started to think about tiny concerts held in living rooms—no sound systems or spotlights, the audience made up of as many people as can fit inside a house. The idea resounded in his mind, not only because it didn’t involve any heavy lifting, physically or mentally, but also because it went back to the longstanding Faroese tradition.
Since 2007, Hoyma has featured 20 concerts in ten different family homes in Sydrugota. For Laksá, hosting the concerts is not only fun, but a way to give back, and to ensure the islands survive in the modern world. As in many families, her daughters grew up and left the Faroes. “They studied in the U. K. for nine years, but both came back,” she says. “I actually think that Hoyma is partly the reason why many children from this village that go abroad come back. They are proud of it.”
4. How does the author introduce the topic
A. By presenting a scene. B. By evaluating an argument.
C. By clarifying a concept. D. By making an assumption.
5. When can the tradition of Hoyma be traced to
A. A stage when the G! Festival was needed by the Faroese.
B. A period when only local artists were allowed to perform.
C. An occasion when people celebrated the encounters with tourists.
D. A time when freedom of the Faroese was limited because of Danish rule.
6. What does Jón Tyril think of home concerts
A. Economical and varied. B. Convenient and entirely original.
C. Accessible and profitable. D. Simple and culturally attached.
7 What does the author indicate by mentioning Laksá and her daughters
A. Hoyma contributes to the survival of the islands.
B. Hoyma reflects the affection between mother and children.
C. Hoyma is gaining popularity across the globe in modern times.
D. Hoyma becomes enter taining with the involvement of the young.
C
When I first met Nao Junior, he was in his 40s and one of only nine members of his Indigenous(土著的) group, Great Andamanese, who still spoke the idiom of his ancestors. As a language specialist, I had researched more than 80 Indian languages. I was on the islands to document their Indigenous voices before they faded into whispers.
Words in this language consisted of two classes: free and bound. The free words were all nouns that referred to the environment and its inhabitants, such as ra for “pig”. They could occur alone. The bound words were nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs that always existed with markers indicating a relation to other objects, events or states. The markers came from seven zones of the body and were attached to a root word to describe concepts such as “inside”, “outside”, “upper” and “lower”. For example, the morpheme(词素) er-, which qualified most anything having to do with an outer body part, could be stuck to -cho to yield ercho, meaning “head”.
Just as a head, a bound word, could not conceptually exist on its own, the mode and effect of an action could not be divided from the verb describing the action. Great Andamanese had no words for agriculture but a great many for hunting and fishing, mainly with a bow and arrow. Thus, the root word shile, meaning “to aim”, had several versions: utshile, to aim from above; arashile, to aim from a distance; and eshile, aiming to make a hole with a sharp object.
The studies established that the language seems to be truly old in origin. In a multistage process of development, words describing diverse body parts had changed into morphemes referring to different zones and combined with content words to yield meaning. The structure alone provides an insight into an ancient worldview in which the macrocosm(宏观世界) reflects the microcosm, and everything that is or that happens inseparably connects to everything else.
8. What is the purpose of the author’s stay on the islands
A. To meet with an old friend. B. To teach Indigenous idioms.
C. To record an ancient language. D. To trace her ancestors.
9. “Aim at a pig’s head from afar” in Great Andamanese may be ______.
A. Arashile raercho B. Arashile ercho
C. Eshile ercho D. Eshile raercho
10. What can we infer from the verbs in Great Andamanese
A. A verb could describe more than one action. B. Some of the verbs could be used on their own.
C. The locals probably live off seafood and meat. D. The tools used in people’s daily life are diverse.
11. What does the last paragraph mainly talk about
A. Great Andamanese is the origin of multiple languages.
B. Great Andamanese is a doorway to the ancient wisdom.
C. Great Andamanese tells the development of the community.
D. Human body shapes Great Andamanese’s unique worldview.
D
A working semiconductor(半导体) has been created from graphene(石墨烯), potentially laying the foundation for a new type of computer with greater speed and efficiency than today’s silicon chips(硅基芯片) allow.
Graphene, a material made from a single layer of carbon atoms, is a good electrical conductor resistant to heat and acids. But a working graphene semiconductor which can be controlled to conduct or separate electricity at will, has evaded scientists. Such semiconductors are key to creating the logic chips that power computers.
The problem has been the lack of what is known as a bandgap. Semiconductors have bands of higher and lower energies and a point—the bandgap—at which excited electrons can jump from one to the other. This effectively allows the flow of current to be switched on and off, so it is either conducting or not conducting, creating the binary system of zeroes and ones used in digital computers.
Now, Walter de Heer at the Georgia Institute of Technology and his colleagues have created graphene with a bandgap and demonstrated a working transistor, an on/off switch that either prevents or allows current to flow through it. De Heer said the electrical properties of a graphene semiconductor were far better than those of silicon chips. “It’s like driving on a rocky road versus driving on a freeway,” he said.
Silicon chips are cheap to make and backed by extensive production facilities, but we are reaching their limits. Moore’s law states the number of transistors in a circuit will double roughly every two years, but the rate of downsizing has slowed recently as engineers reach circuit concentration beyond which electrons can’t be reliably controlled.
“You can use all the technology the whole semiconductor industry is totally comfortable with to scale up this process,” says David Carey at the University of Surrey, UK. But he suspects the world will soon shift to graphene chips, because silicon has such a head start. “Most people working on silicon are bombed daily by new, wonderful materials that are about to replace it and none of it’s ever happened,” he says.
12 What does the underlined word “evaded” probably mean in paragraph 2
A. Surprised. B. Attracted. C. Annoyed. D. Puzzled.
13. Why is a bandgap crucial
A It excites the jump of electrons. B. It creates the system of zero s and ones.
C. It balances the higher and lower energies. D. It allows the on and off of the current flow.
14. What advantage might graphene semiconductor have over silicon chips
A. Superior electrical characteristics. B. Stronger production support.
C. Lower development cost. D. Slower downsizing rate.
15. What may be David’s attitude to graphene chips’ application in the near future
A. Uncaring. B. Favorable. C. Doubtful. D. Disapproving.
第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
根据下面短文，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。
Although many of us may accept in theory that failure is a necessary component of all learning and growth, in practice, ___16___. We may know that we need a growth mindset in order to develop, but failure remains an experience that is often associated with shame.
There are various reasons why we may fear failure. ___17___. When we fail at something, our self-image suffers. We may feel worthless, and we may criticize ourselves for our failure. If we fail publicly, our failure will be visible to others. We may fear other people’s judgment. We may fear that our failure will impact or end our career, or else that it will damage our fame.
How, then, can we overcome our fear of failure so that we can truly benefit from what failing has to teach us
___18___. Reminding yourself that there is no growth without failure — no learning, no development, no new experiences — can help you see what you dislike in a new light. Be open to learning from failure for overall development.
___19___. Try to learn a new skill or hobby — a sport, cooking, dancing, drawing, playing an instrument — and be kind to yourself in the learning process. Mindfully allow yourself to fail, to try again, to fail again but better, and try again, until you get somewhere.
Keep a little diary in which you record what your failures have taught you. Instead of feeling sorry for yourself when you fail, ask yourself: What can I learn from this experience And remember: ___20___.
A. we can easily make the most of it
B. Look at your attitudes about failing
C. we often struggle greatly with failing
D. Build your failure muscle gently in a safe space
E. Fear may prevent you from seeking new experiences
F. While it is hard to fail, it is much worse never to have tried to succeed
G. Perhaps the most common is that our self-worth tends to be tied to success
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四个选项中选出最佳选项。
When handball was introduced to Sri Lankan schools in 2010, I wanted to bring it to my school in a remote village. This became a(n) ___21___ task as the sports teacher was unwilling to initiate anything ___22___ traditional sports like basketball. Despite being an English language teacher before ___23___ my post as deputy principal (副校长), I was ___24___ to start this game at any cost.
40 students aged between 13 and 19 ___25___ to play. I had the support of their parents but I still couldn’t ___26___ the sports teacher to agree. ___27___ , I used my position to get the game going.
Heshan Pradeep, an alumnus (校友) and member of the Air Force handball team, volunteered to ___28___ the team. Although handball is an indoor game, we trained outdoors due to limited ___29___. Training started early in the morning before class and ____30____ after school until it was dark. The boys loved the game and were ____31____ training. After three months of devoted training, we were able to send an under-19s boys’ team to ____32____ with 50 other schools. Our boys played remarkably well and ____33____ the semifinals. The following year, nobody could ____34____ our team from winning the all-island schools handball championship.
The ____35____ sent the whole village into carnival mode. Heshan and I were much honored to have shown the boys that dreams can be fulfilled.
21.
A. appealing B. challenging C. confusing D. amusing
22.
A. regardless of B. in relation to C. other than D. in terms of
23.
A. leaving B. assuming C. offering D. creating
24.
A. determined B. resistant C. forbidden D. grateful
25.
A. woke up B. grew up C. sped up D. signed up
26.
A. allow B. encourage C. convince D. force
27.
A. Ultimately B. Occasionally C. Similarly D. Unfortunately
28.
A. protect B. contact C. coach D. assess
29.
A. prospects B. appliances C. qualifications D. facilities
30.
A. ended B. continued C. changed D. functioned
31.
A. passionate about B. particular about C. embarrassed about D. objective about
32.
A. debate B. compete C. associate D. cooperate
33.
A. watched B. hosted C. reached D. predicted
34
A. stop B. free C. separate D. excuse
35.
A. motivation B. tendency C. innovation D. victory
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
A
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。
Yuan Longping, known as the “father of hybrid rice”, is one of China’s most famous scientists. After overcoming numerous technical challenges, Yuan ___36___ (pioneer) hybrid rice—the first hybrid rice that could be used for farming. ___37___ is estimated that about 60% of China’s rice consumption now comes from his hybrids. Yuan’s innovation has benefited not only China but also rice-dependent ___38___ (country) like India and Vietnam. Despite wealth and fame, he considered himself a farmer and made substantial donations for agricultural research, showing his ___39___ (commit) to the land and its people.
B
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。
Picture yourself traveling along the ancient Silk Road. The air ___40___ (fill) with the pleasant sound of camel (骆驼) bells, the appealing smell of spices, and the rising steam from cooking pots. In this diverse scene, traders exchange not only silks and treasures but also lamb kebabs ___41___ (dance) on open fires, hand-pulled noodles moving like acrobats (杂技演员), and sweet-smelling rice dishes shining with spice diamonds. ___42___ they are lamb kebabs or hand-pulled noodles, each offering tells a story of trade and the harmonious mixing of cultures.
C
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。
Now, as drone (无人机) technology has advanced so rapidly, high-tech drone shows are more likely to replace fireworks to light up the sky during special events. ___43___(compare) to fireworks, drone shows have several advantages. “While fireworks can create a ___44___(joy) atmosphere, drone shows can be tailored and can present more specific information,” Yang said, “They are safer and more environmentally friendly, and with their high-tech touch, are ___45___ next-generation communication platform.”
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 英语课上，同学们就“Do smart homes make life easier ”进行了分组讨论。请你作为小组代表发言，内容包括：
1．阐述观点;
2．说明理由。
注意：
1．写作词数应为80左右；
2．请在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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第二节 概要写作(满分15分)
47. 阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
Wildlife conservation is the practice of protecting plant and animal species and their habitats. As part of the world’s ecosystems, wildlife provides balance and stability to nature’s processes. The goal of wildlife conservation is to ensure the survival of these species, and to educate people on living sustainably(可持续地) with other species.
The human population has grown significantly over the past 200 years, to more than seven billion people today, and it continues to rapidly grow. This means natural resources are being consumed faster than ever by the billions of people on the planet. This growth endangers the habitats and existence of various types of wildlife around the world, particularly animals and plants that may be displaced for land development, or used for food or other human purposes. Other threats to wildlife include the introduction of invasive(侵入的) species from other parts of the world, climate change, pollution, hunting and fishing.
National and international organizations like the World Wildlife Fund, Conservation International, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and the United Nations work to support global animal and habitat conservation efforts on many different fronts. They work with the government to establish and protect public lands, like national parks and wildlife reserves. They help make laws, such as the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973 in the United States, to protect various species. They work with law enforcement to prosecute(起诉) wildlife crimes, like illegal wildlife trade and hunting. They also promote biodiversity to support the growing human population while preserving existing species and habitats.
National Geographic Explorers, like conservation biologists Camille Coudrat and Titus Adhola are working to slow the extinction of global species and to protect global biodiversity and habitats. Environmental filmmakers and photographers, like Thomas P. Peschak, are essential to conservation efforts as well, documenting and bringing attention to endangered wildlife all over the world.
注意：请在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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第五部分 口语交际(10分)
试题及评分标准由学校备课组根据学生的情况自定。
听力：1．C 2．A 3．C 4．B 5．C 6．B 7．A 8．B 9．A 10．B
11．A 12．C 13．C 14．B 15．C 16．C 17．A 18．B 19．C 20．A厦门市2023-2024学年高二上学期期末质检
英语试题
本试卷分五部分，共12页。满分150分。考试用时120分钟。
注意事项：
1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号等信息填写在答题卡和试卷指定位置上。
2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
3．考试结束，考生将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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C。
1．Why is the woman upset
A．She has a hand injury.
B．Her friend will move out soon.
C．Her friend can’t help with the move.
2．What do we know about the woman
A．She is a housewife. B．She enjoys the work. C．She has a lot of spare time.
3．What is special about this year’s ceremony
A．Students sang two songs. B．Students wrote the songs. C．Students played the music.
4．What does the woman think of the result of the interview
A．Amusing. B．Surprising. C．Disappointing.
5．What are the speakers mainly talking about
A．The weather. B．The girl’s aunt. C．The girl’s classmate.
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6．Why will the woman be absent from the family reunion
A．She has a time conflict.
B．She doesn’t want to meet Bill.
C．She didn’t receive the invitation.
7．What does the man decide to do
A．Spend time with the woman.
B．Clear up a misunderstanding.
C．Settle down in New York.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8．How does Sam feel now
A．Relaxed. B．Depressed. C．Satisfied.
9．What will the woman do
A．Call Sam. B．Visit the man. C．Take an exam.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10．What kind of life did the man live
A．Colorful. B．Stressful. C．Peaceful.
11．What helps the woman fix mild problems
A．Sharing. B．Staying calm. C．Keeping honest.
12．What does the woman advise the man to do
A．Live in the village. B．Change his job. C．Balance work and health.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13．What is the relationship between the speakers
A．Cousins. B．Friends. C．Neighbors.
14．Which floor does the woman live on
A．The 3rd floor. B．The 4th floor. C．The 5th floor.
15．How often is the rooftop party held
A．Daily. B．Weekly. C．Monthly.
16．Who helped the woman move things
A．A mover. B．Paul. C．Her brother.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17．What is the speaker doing
A．Airing a piece of news.
B．Promoting cooling devices.
C．Announcing research results.
18．What will probably happen next week
A．The weather will get warmer.
B．The electricity cost will increase.
C．The electricity demand will decrease.
19．What percentage of energy may improved devices save
A．30%. B．20%. C．10%.
20．What is the speaker’s suggestion
A．Powering off unused devices.
B．Contacting the industry experts.
C．Replacing the used devices.
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
Food books can bring a culture to life. The following food books are bursting with delicious food, as well as entertaining and engaging storytelling.
Pierre Thiam’s latest book aims to share everyday, easy-to-cook recipes like baked ginger-chili plantain kelewele. He explains how so many dishes and ingredients from the American South and other regions can trace their origin to West Africa. The 80 recipes are accessible and present a range of traditional and modern takes on the cuisine.
Fuchsia Dunlop’s book examines classic Chinese dishes, like mapo tofu, soup dumplings and Dongpo pork. This book includes history, philosophy, cooking techniques, and Dunlop’s on-the-ground research conducted over three decades to present a fascinating exploration of this ever-changing cuisine.
Tamar Adler seeks to make leftovers more appealing and lower food waste in the process with her latest book, which contains around 1,500 recipes. This isn’t what you’d call a beautiful coffee table-style cookbook — it’s practical and the creative secrets within are truly mind-blowing.
Natasha Pickowicz is an innovative chef. More Than Cake is her first cookbook, full of invaluable tips like how to build a layer (层) cake. Aside from great baking recipes, this cookbook tries to live up to its name by sharing how baking can provide so much more than just tasty sweets — it can give community, purpose, joy and love.
1. Who explores Chinese food culture in the cookbook
A. Pierre Thiam. B. Fuchsia Dunlop.
C. Tamar Adler. D. Natasha Pickowicz.
2. What do Simply West African and The Everlasting Meal Cookbook have in common
A. They are the writers’ latest books. B. They advocate lower food waste.
C. They have the same number of recipes. D. They aim to share West African dishes.
3. Which book favors cake-baking lovers
A. Simply West African. B. Invitation to a Banquet.
C. The Everlasting Meal Cookbook. D. More Than Cake.
【答案】1. B 2. A 3. D
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇应用文。美食书籍可以将一种文化带入生活。文章介绍了几本美食书，里面充满了美味的食物，以及有趣和引人入胜的故事。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据“Fuchsia Dunlop’s book examines classic Chinese dishes, like mapo tofu, soup dumplings and Dongpo pork.(Fuchsia Dunlop的书探讨了麻婆豆腐、汤团和东坡肉等经典中国菜肴)”可知，Fuchsia Dunlop在这本烹饪书中探索中国饮食文化。故选B项。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据“Pierre Thiam’s latest book aims to share everyday, easy-to-cook recipes like baked ginger-chili plantain kelewele.(Pierre Thiam的新书旨在分享日常、容易烹饪的食谱，比如烤姜椒大蕉炖菜)”及“Tamar Adler seeks to make leftovers more appealing and lower food waste in the process with her latest book, which contains around 1,500 recipes.(Tamar Adler在她的新书中试图让剩菜更有吸引力，并在这个过程中减少食物浪费，这本书包含了大约1500种食谱)”可知，Simply West African和The Everlasting Meal Cookbook的共同特点是他们都是作者最新的书籍。故选A线
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一本书中的“More Than Cake is her first cookbook, full of invaluable tips like how to build a layer (层) cake(More Than Cake是她的第一本烹饪书，里面有很多宝贵的技巧，比如如何制作层蛋糕)”可知，蛋糕烘焙爱好者青睐于More Than Cake。故填D项。
B
The living room is cleared. The host taps a wine glass with a knife, and people file in, filling the sofas and chairs that are pushed up against the walls. Soon every seat in the house is taken, and a bottle of schnapps is passed around. Lyon Hansen, who minutes before was knocking about in the kitchen, walks over and picks up a guitar and starts to play. Hoyma has begun.
For one night, homeowners primarily in Sydrugota, a small town on the Faroe Islands, open their doors, inviting friends, family and tourists in to enjoy intimate (亲密的) concerts by local artists. The tradition dates back nearly 500 years to a time when Faroese life had to move underground due to Danish rule. The culture and the language was kept alive in people’s living rooms, where they gathered to sing and tell stories.
The modern Hoyma concert series started as an offshoot (分支) of the G! Festival, an annual musical event on the beaches of Eysturoy every summer since 2002. Around 2007, G! Festival’s creator Jón Tyril, exhausted by all the red tape (繁文缛节) that came with putting on a big music festival, started to dream a little smaller. Specifically, he started to think about tiny concerts held in living rooms—no sound systems or spotlights, the audience made up of as many people as can fit inside a house. The idea resounded in his mind, not only because it didn’t involve any heavy lifting, physically or mentally, but also because it went back to the longstanding Faroese tradition.
Since 2007, Hoyma has featured 20 concerts in ten different family homes in Sydrugota. For Laksá, hosting the concerts is not only fun, but a way to give back, and to ensure the islands survive in the modern world. As in many families, her daughters grew up and left the Faroes. “They studied in the U. K. for nine years, but both came back,” she says. “I actually think that Hoyma is partly the reason why many children from this village that go abroad come back. They are proud of it.”
4. How does the author introduce the topic
A. By presenting a scene. B. By evaluating an argument.
C. By clarifying a concept. D. By making an assumption.
5. When can the tradition of Hoyma be traced to
A. A stage when the G! Festival was needed by the Faroese.
B. A period when only local artists were allowed to perform.
C. An occasion when people celebrated the encounters with tourists.
D. A time when freedom of the Faroese was limited because of Danish rule.
6. What does Jón Tyril think of home concerts
A. Economical and varied. B. Convenient and entirely original.
C. Accessible and profitable. D. Simple and culturally attached.
7. What does the author indicate by mentioning Laksá and her daughters
A. Hoyma contributes to the survival of the islands.
B. Hoyma reflects the affection between mother and children.
C. Hoyma is gaining popularity across the globe in modern times.
D. Hoyma becomes enter taining with the involvement of the young.
【答案】4. A 5. D 6. D 7. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了法罗群岛的小型家庭音乐会——Hoyma音乐会。
【4题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“The living room is cleared. The host taps a wine glass with a knife, and people file in, filling the sofas and chairs that are pushed up against the walls. Soon every seat in the house is taken, and a bottle of schnapps is passed around. Lyon Hansen, who minutes before was knocking about in the kitchen, walks over and picks up a guitar and starts to play. Hoyma has begun.(客厅被清空了。主人用刀敲了敲酒杯，人们鱼贯而入，填满了靠墙的沙发和椅子。很快，房子里的每个座位都被占满了，一瓶杜松子酒被传来传去。几分钟前正在厨房里闲逛的Lyon Hansen走了过来，拿起吉他开始演奏。Hoyma已经开始了。)”可知，第一段描写了一场Hoyma小型家庭音乐会开始的场景，从而引出本文要谈论的对象——Hoyma音乐会。故填A。
【5题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段中的“The tradition dates back nearly 500 years to a time when Faroese life had to move underground due to Danish rule.(这一传统可以追溯到近500年前，当时由于丹麦的统治，法罗群岛的生活不得不转入地下。)”可知，Hoyma音乐会的传统可以追溯到丹麦统治时期，当时法罗群岛的人们被限制了自由，不得不转入地下。故选D。
【6题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Specifically, he started to think about tiny concerts held in living rooms—no sound systems or spotlights, the audience made up of as many people as can fit inside a house. The idea resounded in his mind, not only because it didn’t involve any heavy lifting, physically or mentally, but also because it went back to the longstanding Faroese tradition.(具体来说，他开始考虑在客厅里举行的小型音乐会——没有音响系统或聚光灯，观众由可容纳进房子的尽可能多的人组成。这个想法在他的脑海中回响，不仅因为它不涉及任何身体或精神上吃力的工作，还因为它回到了长期的法罗群岛传统。)”可知，Jón Tyril考虑到了家庭音乐会的简单和文化相关性。故选D。
【7题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Laksá, hosting the concerts is not only fun, but a way to give back, and to ensure the islands survive in the modern world. As in many families, her daughters grew up and left the Faroes. ‘They studied in the U. K. for nine years, but both came back,’ she says. ‘I actually think that Hoyma is partly the reason why many children from this village that go abroad come back. They are proud of it.’(对Laksá来说，举办音乐会不仅很有趣，也是一种回馈和确保这些岛屿在现代世界中生存下来的方式。和许多家庭一样，她的女儿们长大后离开了法罗群岛。‘他们在英国学习了九年，但都回来了，’她说。‘事实上，我认为Hoyma是这个村庄许多出国的孩子回来的部分原因。他们为此感到骄傲。’)”可知，Laksá认为举办Hoyma音乐会不仅很有趣，也是一种回馈和确保这些岛屿在现代世界中生存下来的方式，并讲述了她的女儿们出国留学后又回到法罗群岛的事情，认为这与Hoyma有密切的关系，由此可推测出，作者提到Laksá和女儿们的事情是为了表明Hoyma帮助法罗群岛在现代生活中生存下来。故选A。
C
When I first met Nao Junior, he was in his 40s and one of only nine members of his Indigenous(土著的) group, Great Andamanese, who still spoke the idiom of his ancestors. As a language specialist, I had researched more than 80 Indian languages. I was on the islands to document their Indigenous voices before they faded into whispers.
Words in this language consisted of two classes: free and bound. The free words were all nouns that referred to the environment and its inhabitants, such as ra for “pig”. They could occur alone. The bound words were nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs that always existed with markers indicating a relation to other objects, events or states. The markers came from seven zones of the body and were attached to a root word to describe concepts such as “inside”, “outside”, “upper” and “lower”. For example, the morpheme(词素) er-, which qualified most anything having to do with an outer body part, could be stuck to -cho to yield ercho, meaning “head”.
Just as a head, a bound word, could not conceptually exist on its own, the mode and effect of an action could not be divided from the verb describing the action. Great Andamanese had no words for agriculture but a great many for hunting and fishing, mainly with a bow and arrow. Thus, the root word shile, meaning “to aim”, had several versions: utshile, to aim from above; arashile, to aim from a distance; and eshile, aiming to make a hole with a sharp object.
The studies established that the language seems to be truly old in origin. In a multistage process of development, words describing diverse body parts had changed into morphemes referring to different zones and combined with content words to yield meaning. The structure alone provides an insight into an ancient worldview in which the macrocosm(宏观世界) reflects the microcosm, and everything that is or that happens inseparably connects to everything else.
8. What is the purpose of the author’s stay on the islands
A. To meet with an old friend. B. To teach Indigenous idioms.
C. To record an ancient language. D. To trace her ancestors.
9. “Aim at a pig’s head from afar” in Great Andamanese may be ______.
A. Arashile raercho B. Arashile ercho
C. Eshile ercho D. Eshile raercho
10. What can we infer from the verbs in Great Andamanese
A A verb could describe more than one action. B. Some of the verbs could be used on their own.
C. The locals probably live off seafood and meat. D. The tools used in people’s daily life are diverse.
11. What does the last paragraph mainly talk about
A. Great Andamanese is the origin of multiple languages.
B. Great Andamanese is a doorway to the ancient wisdom.
C. Great Andamanese tells the development of the community.
D. Human body shapes Great Andamanese’s unique worldview.
【答案】8. C 9. A 10. C 11. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章通过描述大安达曼人语言中的词汇分类、词根和词缀的组合方式，展现了这种语言背后蕴含的丰富文化和历史内涵。同时，强调了对土著语言和文化遗产的保护和重视的重要性。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段的“As a language specialist, I had researched more than 80 Indian languages.I was on the islands to document their Indigenous voices before they faded into whispers.(作为一名语言专家，我研究了80多种印度语言。我在岛上记录土著居民的声音，直到他它们渐渐消失。)”可知，作者在岛上停留的目的是记录一种古老的语言。故选C。
【9题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段的“such as ra for “pig”(比如ra代表“猪”) ”和“ercho, meaning “head”(ercho意思是“头”) ”和第三段的“arashile, to aim from a distance(Arashile表示“从远处瞄准”)”可知，“Aim at a pig’s head from afar (从远处瞄准猪头)”在大安达曼语中对应的是Arashile raercho。故选A。
【10题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段的“Great Andamanese had no words for agriculture but a great many for hunting and fishing. (大安达曼人没有关于农业的词汇，但有很多关于狩猎和捕鱼的词汇。)”可知，当地人可能以海鲜和肉类为生。故选C。
【11题详解】
主旨大意题。根据最后一段的“The studies established that the language seems to be truly old in origin. In a multistage process of development, words describing diverse body parts had changed into morphemes referring to different zones and combined with content words to yield meaning. The structure alone provides an insight into an ancient worldview in which the macrocosm reflects the microcosm, and everything that is or that happens inseparably connects to everything else.(这些研究证实，这种语言的起源似乎真的很古老。在一个多阶段的发展过程中，描述不同身体部位的词语变成了指代不同区域的语素，并与实义词结合产生意义。这个结构本身就提供了一种对古代世界观的洞察，在这种世界观中，宏观世界反映了微观世界，所有存在或发生的事情都与其他事物不可分割地联系在一起。)”可知，本段主要讲的是通过研究大安达曼语可以发现古代的世界观，即打开古老智慧的大门。故选B。
D
A working semiconductor(半导体) has been created from graphene(石墨烯), potentially laying the foundation for a new type of computer with greater speed and efficiency than today’s silicon chips(硅基芯片) allow.
Graphene, a material made from a single layer of carbon atoms, is a good electrical conductor resistant to heat and acids. But a working graphene semiconductor which can be controlled to conduct or separate electricity at will, has evaded scientists. Such semiconductors are key to creating the logic chips that power computers.
The problem has been the lack of what is known as a bandgap. Semiconductors have bands of higher and lower energies and a point—the bandgap—at which excited electrons can jump from one to the other. This effectively allows the flow of current to be switched on and off, so it is either conducting or not conducting, creating the binary system of zeroes and ones used in digital computers.
Now, Walter de Heer at the Georgia Institute of Technology and his colleagues have created graphene with a bandgap and demonstrated a working transistor, an on/off switch that either prevents or allows current to flow through it. De Heer said the electrical properties of a graphene semiconductor were far better than those of silicon chips. “It’s like driving on a rocky road versus driving on a freeway,” he said.
Silicon chips are cheap to make and backed by extensive production facilities, but we are reaching their limits. Moore’s law states the number of transistors in a circuit will double roughly every two years, but the rate of downsizing has slowed recently as engineers reach circuit concentration beyond which electrons can’t be reliably controlled.
“You can use all the technology the whole semiconductor industry is totally comfortable with to scale up this process,” says David Carey at the University of Surrey, UK. But he suspects the world will soon shift to graphene chips, because silicon has such a head start. “Most people working on silicon are bombed daily by new, wonderful materials that are about to replace it and none of it’s ever happened,” he says.
12. What does the underlined word “evaded” probably mean in paragraph 2
A. Surprised. B. Attracted. C. Annoyed. D. Puzzled.
13. Why is a bandgap crucial
A. It excites the jump of electrons. B. It creates the system of zero s and ones.
C. It balances the higher and lower energies. D. It allows the on and off of the current flow.
14. What advantage might graphene semiconductor have over silicon chips
A. Superior electrical characteristics. B. Stronger production support.
C. Lower development cost. D. Slower downsizing rate.
15. What may be David’s attitude to graphene chips’ application in the near future
A. Uncaring. B. Favorable. C. Doubtful. D. Disapproving.
【答案】12. D 13. D 14. A 15. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要讲述了科学家已经创造出了由石墨烯制成的功能半导体，这可能为未来开发速度更快、效率更高的新型计算机奠定基础。
【12题详解】
词义猜测题。But前后表示转折，根据前一句“Graphene, a material made from a single layer of carbon atoms, is a good electrical conductor resistant to heat and acids.(石墨烯是一种由单层碳原子制成的材料，是一种耐热耐酸的良好导电体)”可知，前面讲述了石墨烯的特征和作为导电体的良好性能，所以后文应讲述石墨烯一直以来没有被开发成导电体的问题，再结合第三段中的“The problem has been the lack of what is known as a bandgap.(问题是缺乏所谓的带隙)”可推知，由于带隙的问题，这种可以随意被控制导电或断电的功能石墨烯半导体难倒了科学家。evade意为“使难倒”，与puzzle(使困惑)意思最接近。故选D。
【13题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Semiconductors have bands of higher and lower energies and a point—the bandgap—at which excited electrons can jump from one to the other. This effectively allows the flow of current to be switched on and off, so it is either conducting or not conducting, creating the binary system of zeroes and ones used in digital computers.(半导体有较高和较低能量的带，还有一个点——带隙——在这个点上，被激发的电子可以从一个带跳到另一个带。这有效地允许电流的开启和关闭，因此它要么导通，要么不导通，从而创建了数字计算机中使用的零和一的二进制系统)”可知，带隙能够让被激发的电子从一个带跳到另一个带，可以有效地允许电流的开启和关闭，因此它非常关键。故选D。
【14题详解】
细节理解题。根据第四段中的“De Heer said the electrical properties of a graphene semiconductor were far better than those of silicon chips.(De Heer说，石墨烯半导体的电学性能远好于硅芯片)”可知，石墨烯半导体比硅芯片有更好的电学性能。故选A。
【15题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“But he suspects the world will soon shift to graphene chips, because silicon has such a head start.(但他怀疑世界很快就会转向石墨烯芯片，因为硅有如此领先的优势)”可推测出，对于不久的将来石墨烯芯片得到应用的可能性，他持怀疑态度。故选C。
第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
根据下面短文，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。
Although many of us may accept in theory that failure is a necessary component of all learning and growth, in practice, ___16___. We may know that we need a growth mindset in order to develop, but failure remains an experience that is often associated with shame.
There are various reasons why we may fear failure. ___17___. When we fail at something, our self-image suffers. We may feel worthless, and we may criticize ourselves for our failure. If we fail publicly, our failure will be visible to others. We may fear other people’s judgment. We may fear that our failure will impact or end our career, or else that it will damage our fame.
How, then, can we overcome our fear of failure so that we can truly benefit from what failing has to teach us
___18___. Reminding yourself that there is no growth without failure — no learning, no development, no new experiences — can help you see what you dislike in a new light. Be open to learning from failure for overall development.
___19___. Try to learn a new skill or hobby — a sport, cooking, dancing, drawing, playing an instrument — and be kind to yourself in the learning process. Mindfully allow yourself to fail, to try again, to fail again but better, and try again, until you get somewhere.
Keep a little diary in which you record what your failures have taught you. Instead of feeling sorry for yourself when you fail, ask yourself: What can I learn from this experience And remember: ___20___.
A. we can easily make the most of it
B. Look at your attitudes about failing
C. we often struggle greatly with failing
D. Build your failure muscle gently in a safe space
E. Fear may prevent you from seeking new experiences
F. While it is hard to fail, it is much worse never to have tried to succeed
G. Perhaps the most common is that our self-worth tends to be tied to success
【答案】16. C 17. G 18. B 19. D 20. F
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了一些面对失败的方法。
【16题详解】
根据上文“Although many of us may accept in theory that failure is a necessary component of all learning and growth, in practice(虽然我们中的许多人可能在理论上接受失败是所有学习和成长的必要组成部分，但在实践中)”以及后文“We may know that we need a growth mindset in order to develop, but failure remains an experience that is often associated with shame.(我们可能知道，为了发展，我们需要一种成长的心态，但失败仍然是一种经常与羞耻联系在一起的经历)”可知，上文although表示转折，说明许多人明白接受失败是所有学习和成长的必要组成部分，但是在实践中还是会因为失败感到痛苦。故C选项“我们经常为失败而苦苦挣扎”符合语境，故选C。
【17题详解】
根据上文“There are various reasons why we may fear failure.(我们害怕失败的原因有很多)”以及后文“When we fail at something, our self-image suffers. We may feel worthless, and we may criticize ourselves for our failure.(当我们在某件事上失败时，我们的自我形象就会受到影响。我们可能会觉得自己毫无价值，我们可能会因为自己的失败而批评自己)”可知，本句承接上文说明我们害怕失败的原因是什么。G选项中self-worth对应后文worthless。故G选项“也许最常见的是我们的自我价值倾向于与成功联系在一起”符合语境，故选G。
【18题详解】
根据后文“Reminding yourself that there is no growth without failure — no learning, no development, no new experiences — can help you see what you dislike in a new light. Be open to learning from failure for overall development.(提醒自己没有失败就没有成长——没有学习，没有发展，没有新的经历——可以帮助你以新的眼光看待你不喜欢的东西。为了全面的发展，愿意从失败中学习)”可知，后文主要说明了用新的眼光看待失败，从失败中学习，即用新的态度对待失败。故B选项“看看你对失败的态度”符合语境，故选B。
【19题详解】
根据本段内容“Try to learn a new skill or hobby — a sport, cooking, dancing, drawing, playing an instrument — and be kind to yourself in the learning process. Mindfully allow yourself to fail, to try again, to fail again but better, and try again, until you get somewhere.(试着学习一项新技能或爱好——一项运动、烹饪、舞蹈、绘画、演奏乐器——在学习过程中善待自己。有意识地允许自己失败，再试一次，再试一次，但会更好，再试一次，直到你到达某个地方)”可知，后文提到“有意识地允许自己失败，再试一次，再试一次，但会更好，再试一次，直到你到达某个地方”，即通过练习逐渐锻炼面对失败时的心态。故D选项“在一个安全的空间里慢慢地锻炼你的失败肌肉”符合语境，故选D。
【20题详解】
根据上文“Keep a little diary in which you record what your failures have taught you. Instead of feeling sorry for yourself when you fail, ask yourself: What can I learn from this experience And remember(写一个小日记，记录你从失败中学到的东西。当你失败时，不要为自己感到难过，而要问自己：我能从这次经历中学到什么？记住)”可知，本句主要说明了上文想要读者记住的事情，故F选项“虽然失败很痛苦，但从未尝试过成功更糟糕”符合语境，故选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四个选项中选出最佳选项。
When handball was introduced to Sri Lankan schools in 2010, I wanted to bring it to my school in a remote village. This became a(n) ___21___ task as the sports teacher was unwilling to initiate anything ___22___ traditional sports like basketball. Despite being an English language teacher before ___23___ my post as deputy principal (副校长), I was ___24___ to start this game at any cost.
40 students aged between 13 and 19 ___25___ to play. I had the support of their parents but I still couldn’t ___26___ the sports teacher to agree. ___27___ , I used my position to get the game going.
Heshan Pradeep, an alumnus (校友) and member of the Air Force handball team, volunteered to ___28___ the team. Although handball is an indoor game, we trained outdoors due to limited ___29___. Training started early in the morning before class and ____30____ after school until it was dark. The boys loved the game and were ____31____ training. After three months of devoted training, we were able to send an under-19s boys’ team to ____32____ with 50 other schools. Our boys played remarkably well and ____33____ the semifinals. The following year, nobody could ____34____ our team from winning the all-island schools handball championship.
The ____35____ sent the whole village into carnival mode. Heshan and I were much honored to have shown the boys that dreams can be fulfilled.
21.
A. appealing B. challenging C. confusing D. amusing
22.
A. regardless of B. in relation to C. other than D. in terms of
23.
A. leaving B. assuming C. offering D. creating
24.
A. determined B. resistant C. forbidden D. grateful
25.
A. woke up B. grew up C. sped up D. signed up
26.
A. allow B. encourage C. convince D. force
27.
A. Ultimately B. Occasionally C. Similarly D. Unfortunately
28.
A. protect B. contact C. coach D. assess
29.
A. prospects B. appliances C. qualifications D. facilities
30.
A. ended B. continued C. changed D. functioned
31.
A. passionate about B. particular about C. embarrassed about D. objective about
32.
A. debate B. compete C. associate D. cooperate
33.
A. watched B. hosted C. reached D. predicted
34.
A. stop B. free C. separate D. excuse
35.
A. motivation B. tendency C. innovation D. victory
【答案】21. B 22. C 23. B 24. A 25. D 26. C 27. A 28. C 29. D 30. B 31. A 32. B 33. C 34. A 35. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者作为副校长，克服了各种困难，把手球运动引入自己的乡村学校，最终球队在第二年获得了比赛冠军。
【21题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这成了一项具有挑战性的任务，因为体育老师不愿意发起篮球等传统运动以外的任何运动。A. appealing有吸引力的；B. challenging挑战性的；C. confusing难以理解的；D. amusing逗人笑的。根据句中的“as the sports teacher was unwilling to initiate anything ___2___traditional sports like basketball”可知，由于体育老师不配合，所以引入手球运动很有挑战性。故选B。
【22题详解】
考查介词短语辨析。句意参考上题。A. regardless of不管，不顾；B. in relation to和……相比；C. other than除……以外；D. in terms of在……方面。根据空前的“the sports teacher was unwilling to initiate anything”和空后的“traditional sports like basketball”可知，这里表示体育老师不愿意发起篮球等传统运动以外的任何运动。故选C。
【23题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：尽管在担任副校长之前我是一名英语老师，但我决心不惜一切代价开始这个运动。A. leaving离开；B. assuming承担（责任），就（职）；C. offering主动提出；D. creating创造。根据空后的“my post as deputy principal (副校长)”可知，这里是说作者担任副校长一职。故选B。
【24题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意参考上题。A. determined下决心的；B. resistant有抵抗力的；C. forbidden禁止的；D. grateful感激的。根据句中的“at any cost”可知，这里表示作者决心不惜一切代价开始这个运动。故选A。
【25题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：40名年龄在13岁到19岁之间的学生报名参加了这项运动赛。A. woke up唤醒；B. grew up长大；C. sped up加速；D. signed up报名。根据下文中的“the team”和“The boys loved the game”可知，这里指有40名学生报名参加。故选D。
【26题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我得到了他们父母的支持，但我仍然无法说服体育老师同意。A. allow运动；B. encourage鼓励；C. convince说服；D. force强迫。根据上文中的“as the sports teacher was unwilling to initiate anything ___2___traditional sports like basketball”可知，体育老师不愿意发起手球这项运动，根据空前的“still couldn’t”可知，作者仍然说服不了体育老师同意。故选C。
【27题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：最终，我利用我的职位让运动继续进行。A. Ultimately最终；B. Occasionally偶尔；C. Similarly相似地；D. Unfortunately不幸地。根据上文中的“40 students aged between 13 and 19 ___5___to play. I had the support of their parents but I still couldn’t ___6___the sports teacher to agree.(40名年龄在13岁到19岁之间的学生报名参加了这项运动赛。我得到了他们父母的支持，但我仍然无法说服体育老师同意)”可知，有同学报名参加这项运动，而且作者也得到了这些学生父母的支持，但始终无法说服体育老师，所以这里是说最终作者利用自己的职务让这项运动继续。故选A。
【28题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：空军手球队队员、校友Heshan Pradeep主动请缨担任球队教练。A. protect保护；B. contact联系；C. coach指导；D. assess评估。根据下文中的“we trained outdoors”可知，Heshan Pradeep自愿当球队的教练。故选C。
29题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：虽然手球是室内运动，但由于设施有限，我们在室外训练。A. prospects前景；B. appliances电器；C. qualifications资格；D. facilities设施。根据句中的“handball is an indoor game”和“we trained outdoors due to limited”可知，虽然手球运动是一项室内运动，但由于设施有限，所以在外场训练。故选D。
30题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：训练从一大早上课前开始，放学后一直持续到天黑。A. ended结束；B. continued继续；C. changed改变；D. functioned起作用。根据空前的“started early in the morning before class”和空后的“after school until it was dark”可知，这里表示训练在早上上课前开始，放学后继续训练，一直持续到天黑。故选B。
【31题详解】
考查形容词短语辨析。句意：男孩们喜欢比赛，对训练充满热情。A. passionate about酷爱；B. particular about对……挑剔；C. embarrassed about对……尴尬；D. objective about对……客观。根据句中的“The boys loved the game”可知，这些男孩酷爱手球训练。故选A。
【32题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：经过三个月的精心训练，我们得以派出一支19岁以下的男队与其他50所学校进行比赛。A. debate辩论；B. compete参加比赛（或竞赛）；C. associate联想；D. cooperate合作。根据下文中的“the semifinals”可知，这里指的是参加比赛。故选B。
【33题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们的男生们打得非常好，进入了半决赛。A. watched观看；B. hosted主持；C. reached进入（某阶段）；D. predicted预测。根据句中的“played remarkably well”可知，这些男生打得很好，因此进入半决赛。故选C。
【34题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：第二年，没有人能阻止我们队赢得全岛学校手球冠军。A. stop阻止；B. free使自由；C. separate分离；D. excuse原谅。根据上文中的“Our boys played remarkably well and ___13___the semifinals.(我们的男生们打得非常好，进入了半决赛)”可知，前一年作者学校的男生们进入了半决赛，再根据空后的“our team from winning the all-island schools handball championship”可知，这里表示作者学校的球队赢得了冠军，无人能阻止这一切发生。故选A。
【35题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：这场胜利使整个村庄进入了狂欢的状态。A. motivation动机；B. tendency倾向；C. innovation创新；D. victory胜利。根据上文中的“nobody could ___14___our team from winning the all-island schools handball championship”可知，获得冠军是一场胜利。故选D。
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
A
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。
Yuan Longping, known as the “father of hybrid rice”, is one of China’s most famous scientists. After overcoming numerous technical challenges, Yuan ___36___ (pioneer) hybrid rice—the first hybrid rice that could be used for farming. ___37___ is estimated that about 60% of China’s rice consumption now comes from his hybrids. Yuan’s innovation has benefited not only China but also rice-dependent ___38___ (country) like India and Vietnam. Despite wealth and fame, he considered himself a farmer and made substantial donations for agricultural research, showing his ___39___ (commit) to the land and its people.
【答案】36. pioneered
37. It 38. countries
mitment
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了袁隆平被誉为“杂交水稻之父”，是中国最著名的科学家之一。在克服了无数的技术挑战之后，袁开创了杂交水稻——第一种可以用于农业的杂交水稻。
【36题详解】
考查时态。句意：在克服了无数的技术挑战之后，袁开创了杂交水稻——第一种可以用于农业的杂交水稻。此处描述过去发生的事情用一般过去时。故填pioneered。
【37题详解】
考查固定句型。句意：据估计，目前中国约60%的大米消费来自他的杂交品种。句型It is estimated that…表示“据估计……”。故填It。
【38题详解】
考查名词的数。句意：袁的创新不仅使中国受益，也使印度和越南等依赖大米的国家受益。根据后文like India and Vietnam可知country应用复数形式。故填countries。
【39题详解】
考查名词。句意：尽管有了财富和名誉，但他认为自己是农民，并为农业研究捐赠了大量资金，显示了他对土地和人民的承诺。作动词的宾语，应用名词commitment，不可数。故填commitment。
B
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。
Picture yourself traveling along the ancient Silk Road. The air ___40___ (fill) with the pleasant sound of camel (骆驼) bells, the appealing smell of spices, and the rising steam from cooking pots. In this diverse scene, traders exchange not only silks and treasures but also lamb kebabs ___41___ (dance) on open fires, hand-pulled noodles moving like acrobats (杂技演员), and sweet-smelling rice dishes shining with spice diamonds. ___42___ they are lamb kebabs or hand-pulled noodles, each offering tells a story of trade and the harmonious mixing of cultures.
【答案】40. is filled
41. dancing
42. Whether
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章描述了想象自己沿着古老丝绸之路旅行时的场景。
【40题详解】
考查时态。句意：空气中弥漫着悦耳的驼铃声、诱人的香料味和锅里冒出的蒸汽。be filled with (充满)，结合全文以一般现在时为主，此处描述一种现象，时态用一般现在时，主语The air不可数名词，谓语单数形式。故填is filled。
【41题详解】
考查现在分词。句意：在这个多样化的场景中，商人们交换的不仅是丝绸和珍宝，还有在明火上摇晃的羊肉串、像杂技演员一样移动的手工拉面，以及散发着香味的米饭，上面闪烁着香料钻石。逻辑主语lamb kebabs和非谓语动词dance是主动关系，dance用现在分词形式后置定语。故填dancing。
【42题详解】
考查让步状语从句。句意：无论是羊肉串还是手工拉面，每一道菜都告诉了一个贸易和文化和谐融合的故事。前句句缺少连词，分析可知，用whether…or (无论是……还是)引导让步状语从句，首字母大写。故填Whether。
C
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。
Now, as drone (无人机) technology has advanced so rapidly, high-tech drone shows are more likely to replace fireworks to light up the sky during special events. ___43___(compare) to fireworks, drone shows have several advantages. “While fireworks can create a ___44___(joy) atmosphere, drone shows can be tailored and can present more specific information,” Yang said, “They are safer and more environmentally friendly, and with their high-tech touch, are ___45___ next-generation communication platform.”
【答案】pared
44. joyful##joyous
45. a
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了高科技无人机表演好处。
【43题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：与烟花相比，无人机表演有几个优点。be compared to (与……相比)，该空是作状语，用过去分词compared作状语，首字母大写。故填Compared。
【44题详解】
考查形容词。句意：虽然烟花可以营造欢乐的气氛，但无人机表演可以量身定制，可以呈现更具体的信息。此处修饰名词atmosphere，应用形容词joyful/joyous“快乐的”，作定语。故填joyful或joyous。
【45题详解】
考查不定冠词。句意：它们更安全、更环保，而且具有高科技的触感，是下一代的交流平台。此处泛指一个平台，且next-generation以辅音音素开头，应用不定冠词a。故填a。
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 英语课上，同学们就“Do smart homes make life easier ”进行了分组讨论。请你作为小组代表发言，内容包括：
1．阐述观点;
2．说明理由。
注意：
1．写作词数应为80左右；
2．请在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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【答案】范文
Do smart homes make life easier
I think smart homes can make our lives more convenient.
In the not-too-distant future, we will be living in smart homes. We will be using advanced technology every day for automatic control of just about everything in our home. In addition, your smart home will be monitoring your health for you every day. Your bed, for example, will record how well you sleep every night.
In a word, these smart homes will keep us energetic and provide a more comfortable environment to live in.
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生以Do smart homes make life easier 为题发表对智能家居的看法。
【详解】1.词汇积累
高级的：advanced→high-level
例如：for example→for instance
总之：in a word→in short
此外：in addition→besides
2.句式拓展
同义句转换
原句：In a word, these smart homes will keep us energetic and provide a more comfortable environment to live in.
拓展句：In a word, these smart homes will provide a more comfortable environment, which can keep us energetic.
【点睛】[高分句型1] I think smart homes can make our lives more convenient. (运用了省略that的宾语从句)
[高分句型2] Your bed, for example, will record how well you sleep every night. (运用了how well引导宾语从句)
第二节 概要写作(满分15分)
47. 阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
Wildlife conservation is the practice of protecting plant and animal species and their habitats. As part of the world’s ecosystems, wildlife provides balance and stability to nature’s processes. The goal of wildlife conservation is to ensure the survival of these species, and to educate people on living sustainably(可持续地) with other species.
The human population has grown significantly over the past 200 years, to more than seven billion people today, and it continues to rapidly grow. This means natural resources are being consumed faster than ever by the billions of people on the planet. This growth endangers the habitats and existence of various types of wildlife around the world, particularly animals and plants that may be displaced for land development, or used for food or other human purposes. Other threats to wildlife include the introduction of invasive(侵入的) species from other parts of the world, climate change, pollution, hunting and fishing.
National and international organizations like the World Wildlife Fund, Conservation International, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and the United Nations work to support global animal and habitat conservation efforts on many different fronts. They work with the government to establish and protect public lands, like national parks and wildlife reserves. They help make laws, such as the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973 in the United States, to protect various species. They work with law enforcement to prosecute(起诉) wildlife crimes, like illegal wildlife trade and hunting. They also promote biodiversity to support the growing human population while preserving existing species and habitats.
National Geographic Explorers, like conservation biologists Camille Coudrat and Titus Adhola are working to slow the extinction of global species and to protect global biodiversity and habitats. Environmental filmmakers and photographers, like Thomas P. Peschak, are essential to conservation efforts as well, documenting and bringing attention to endangered wildlife all over the world.
注意：请在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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【答案】The concept of wildlife protection aims to protect plant and animal species, their habitats, and promote harmonious coexistence of humans with other species. Human population growth and other threats risk the habitats and existence of wildlife. National and international organizations work to support global animal and habitat conservation efforts. National Geographic Explorers, environmental filmmakers and photographers also make their contributions.
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。野生生物保护指的是保护动植物及其栖息地，促进人类与其他物种和谐共处。人口的增长以及其他威胁因素使得野生生物的栖息地和生存遭受危险。国际和国内的组织以及国家地理探险家、环保电影制作人、环保摄影家采取了行动去保护野生生物及其栖息地。
【详解】1. 要点摘录
①Wildlife conservation is the practice of protecting plant and animal species and their habitats.
②The goal of wildlife conservation is to ensure the survival of these species, and to educate people on living sustainably(可持续地) with other species.
③The human population has grown significantly over the past 200 years, to more than seven billion people today, and it continues to rapidly grow.
④This growth endangers the habitats and existence of various types of wildlife around the world, particularly animals and plants that may be displaced for land development, or used for food or other human purposes. Other threats to wildlife include the introduction of invasive(侵入的) species from other parts of the world, climate change, pollution, hunting and fishing.
⑤National and international organizations like the World Wildlife Fund, Conservation International, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and the United Nations work to support global animal and habitat conservation efforts on many different fronts.
⑥National Geographic Explorers, like conservation biologists Camille Coudrat and Titus Adhola are working to slow the extinction of global species and to protect global biodiversity and habitats. Environmental filmmakers and photographers, like Thomas P. Peschak, are essential to conservation efforts as well, documenting and bringing attention to endangered wildlife all over the world.
2. 缜密构思
将要点1和2、要点3和4进行整合，要点5、6进行重组。
3. 遣词造句
①According to wildlife protection, its goal is to ensure the survival of plant and animal species, and to educate people on living sustainably with other species
②Besides the human population growth that endangers the habitats and existence of various types of wildlife around the world, there are also other threats to wildlife.
③National and international organizations spare no effort to protect global animal and habitats.
④Some individuals like National Geographic Explorers and environmental filmmakers and photographers also make essential efforts to help wildlife conservation.
【点睛】【高分句型1】The concept of wildlife protection aims to protect plant and animal species, their habitats, and promote harmonious coexistence of humans with other species.(使用了不定式作宾语)
【高分句型2】National and international organizations work to support global animal and habitat conservation efforts. (使用了不定式作目的状语)
第五部分 口语交际(10分)
试题及评分标准由学校备课组根据学生的情况自定。
听力：1．C 2．A 3．C 4．B 5．C 6．B 7．A 8．B 9．A 10．B
11．A 12．C 13．C 14．B 15．C 16．C 17．A 18．B 19．C 20．A

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