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2024年12月份第2周 英语好题推荐
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一、阅读理解
It’s a warm summer afternoon. You’re cooking up the catch of the day over a campfire. Suddenly, a few raindrops fall on your arms, and before you know it, the sky opens up. Then you hear what sounds like thunder in the distance. What should you do Your tent is close by and would offer shelter (庇护) from the pouring rain. There’s a campsite picnic shelter a few minutes down the path. And then you remember that your car is parked down the road. What’s your safest choice to make sure you and your families are safe
It’s a common question for many hikers and campers, especially when they are camping during summer months. Heading to your car is almost always the safest choice. On the one hand, your tent and a picnic shelter will keep you dry, but they offer little or no protection against lightning. Your car, on the other hand, will keep you dry and protect you from lightning strikes. Protecting yourself against possible lightning strikes is very important; lightening kills an average of 62 people in the US each year. If you keep all of the windows and doors closed in your car, you’ll be able to return to your campsite safely.
Of course, if you’re going backpacking (背包旅行), not car camping, and you’re deep in the woods, your car won’t be a good choice. So, what should you do if your car is far away and there’s no other safe shelter nearby First, you’ll have to make sure that tree branches or other objects don’t fall on you or your campsite. Then you’ll have to get in a safe position to avoid lightning, or flash flood conditions. What else should you do
1．To avoid lightning in a storm, you’d better________.
A. go into your tent quickly
B. cook up the catch of the day over a campfire
C. run into a campsite picnic shelter at once
D. get into your car and return to your campsite later
2．What can we learn from Paragraph 2
A. Young people like backpacking best.
B. Lightning is dangerous for campers.
C. Car camping is a good choice for deep woods.
D. Camping during summer is very popular.
3．What can be inferred from the last paragraph
A. It is important to learn to protect yourself when camping.
B. Backpacking is not a good choice for campers.
C. People should never camp deep in the woods.
D. People should not go camping alone.
4．What is the passage mainly about
A. The meaning of camping.
B. How to live through a storm when camping.
C. How to travel safely.
D. Car camping is the safest.
Farmers are celebrating their rice harvest by singing and dancing on the farm. This is Wanbao Mozambique rice farm, China’s largest rice planting project in Africa. Here, if people can speak hello in Chinese, “ni hao”, they most certainly also know another Chinese term Wanbao, the name of a Chinese rice farm project.
Through the fertile (肥沃的) area in south Mozambique, the Limpopo River is flowing into the Indian Ocean in the Xai-Xai district. Benefiting from the vast farmland, a suitable climate, enough water and the support from China, the project is creating a bright future for the people here.
Through cooperative planting methods, Wanbao is helping the local farmers develop successful rice plantations. It not only provides seeds, farm chemicals and fertilizers, but also does land leveling and water pumping (抽水).
To have good harvests, farmers work hard and learn from the Chinese. Now the local farmers’ love for farming is growing and they are getting richer and richer.
“I’ve benefited a lot from the rice farming and learned to produce rice using Chinese technologies on one hectare (公顷) of land,” says a mother of five children. “With the money, I have improved my life a lot. I have built my house and my children are going to school.”
An old farmer is now even teaching other farmers how to grow rice. He is cultivating crops over 40 hectares. “Thanks to the project, both my children and grandchildren are living a stable life. Now I go to the fields to support the other farmers with teaching. I hope Wanbao will extend the growing areas to other corners of the county in the future to help fight poverty,” he says.
5．Why does the author mention “ni hao” in the first paragraph
A. To show the popularity of the project in Mozambique.
B. To indicate farmers’ Chinese language skills.
C. To prove the importance of Chinese in Mozambique.
D. To suggest Chinese is a requirement for working on the farm.
6．What can we know about the Wanbao project
A. It plants trees in urban areas. B. It teaches locals Chinese.
C. It improves the local climate. D. It offers farming technologies for locals.
7．What does the underlined word “cultivating” in the last paragraph mean
A. Preparing. B. Growing. C. Selling. D. Pulling.
8．In which section of a website is the text likely to be found
A. Travel. B. Education. C. Agriculture. D. Art.
We are seeking foster (寄养的) support for large dogs (50 pounds and up). We are not accepting applications for cats or small animals this time. You play a key role in an animal’s journey by providing unique care to an animal outside of the shelter environment. Whatever the circumstances are, Animal Humane Society (AHS) is here to support you through your foster journey.
Requirements:
● Foster volunteers must be 18 years old or older.
● Applicants must live within 60 miles around AHS shelters located in Minnesota.
● Foster volunteers should have a stable, comfortable, safe environment to provide for an animal, as well as plenty of love to give!
Application process:
Step 1: Please watch this video before completing your volunteer application. It covers important information you need to know about foster volunteer application at AHS, and some of the topics covered in the video will be discussed during your volunteer interview.
Step 2: Submit your application to foster.
Step 3: After you’ve completed the application, you’ll be instructed to schedule a virtual interview with a Volunteer Services Coordinator.
Step 4: Attend your virtual interview. If you are accepted into the program, AHS requires a $35 application fee, which contributes to the costs of administrative processing and volunteer training.
You will also receive an AHS volunteer T-shirt as a thank-you. If you are passionate about our program and are unable to pay the fee please reach out to volunteer @ animalhumanesociety. org to discuss options.
9．Which of the following will result in an applicant’s disqualification
A．Having just turned 18. B．Expecting a dog weighing 55 pounds.
C．Wandering about with no fixed home. D．Living about 50 miles from AHS shelters.
10．What can applicants find in the video
A．Ways to raise large dogs properly.
B．Related information in the volunteer interview.
C．Requirements of adopting cats or small animals.
D．Conditions of AHS shelters for homeless animals.
11．Why are the applicants charged
A．To cover the cost of the volunteer T-shirt.
B．To support the medical care of the foster animals.
C．To ensure applicants’ commitment to the program.
D．To fund management and training.
The maker of ChatGPT recently announced its next move into generative artificial intelligence. San Francisco-based OpenAI’s new text-to-video generator, called Sora, is a tool that instantly makes short videos based on written commands, called prompts.
Sora is not the first of its kind. Google, Meta and Runway are among the other companies to have developed similar technology. But the high quality of videos displayed by OpenAI—some released after CEO Sam Altman asked social media users to send in ideas for written prompts surprised observers.
A photographer from New Hampshire posted one suggestion, or prompt, on social media. The prompt gave details about a kind of food to be cooked, gnocchi （意大利团子）, as well as the setting, an old Italian country kitchen. The prompt said, “An instructional cooking session for homemade gnocchi, hosted by a grandmother, a social media influencer, set in a rustic （土气的） Tuscan country kitchen.” Altman answered a short time later with a realistic video that showed what the prompt described.
The tool is not yet publicly available. OpenAI has given limited information about how it was built. The company also has not stated what imagery and video sources were used to train Sora. At the same time, the video results led to fears about the possible moral and social effects.
The New York Times and some writers have taken legal actions against OpenAI for its use of copyrighted works of writing to train ChatGPT. And OpenAI pays a fee to The Associated Press, the source of this report, to license its text news file. OpenAI said in a blog post that it is communicating with artists, policymakers and others before releasing the new tool to the public.
The company added that it is working with “red teamers”, people who try to find problems and give helpful suggestions, to develop Sora. “We are working with red teamers-express in areas like misinformation and hateful content—who will be adversarially （对抗地） testing the model,” the company said. “We’re also building tools to help detect misleading content such as a detection classifier that can tell when a video was generated by Sora.”
12．What makes Sora impressive
A. Its rapid development. B. Its remarkable video quality.
C. Its moral and social influence. D. Its written commands and prompts.
13．What’s the writing purpose of paragraph 3
A. To give a definition. B. To make a comparison.
C. To introduce a topic. D. To present an example.
14．What can we infer from the text
A. The public has access to the tool easily.
B. Some disagreements over Sora have arisen.
C. Much information has been given on how Sora was built.
D. Open AI have been approved for using copyrighted works.
15．What is the author’s attitude towards Sora
A. Objective. B. Subjective. C. Doubtful. D. Critical.
Each of us individually is the accumulated (积累) product of thousands of generations that have come before us in an unbroken line. Our culture and technology today are also the result of thousands of years of accumulated and remixed cultural knowledge. Cumulative culture allowed humans to adapt to a diversity of environments and challenges. But, it is unclear when cumulative culture first developed during ancient human evolution.
“Our earliest ancestors have been successful at adapting to ecological conditions that require different kinds of problems to be solved,” said Perreault, an associate professor with the School of Human Evolution and Social Change. “Cumulative culture is key because it allows human populations to build on and recombine the solutions of prior generations and to develop new complex solutions to problems very quickly.”
As a baseline for the complexity of stone tool technologies achievable without cumulative culture, Perreault analyzed technologies used by chimpanzees (黑猩猩). He then analyzed changes in the complexity of stone tool-making techniques across the past 3.3 million years of the archaeological record to explore the origin of cumulative culture. He broke down the complexity of the stone tool technologies by the number of steps that each tool-making sequence (序列) involved.
The results suggested that from around 3.3 to 1.8 million years ago, stone tool-making sequences remained within the range of the baselines. From around 1.8 million to 600,000 years ago, making sequences began to slightly top the complexity baseline. But, after around 600,000 years ago, the complexity of making sequences rapidly increased. “By 600,000 years ago or so, ancient human populations started relying on unusually complex technologies, and we only see rapid increases in complexity after that time as well,” said Perreault.
Tool-assisted food-hunting may have been the motive for the earliest beginning of the evolution of cumulative culture. Early ancient humans, 3.4 to 2 million years ago, likely relied on strategies that require tools—like accessing meat and organs—leading to changes in brain size, lifetime and biology that set the stage for cumulative culture.
16．What does cumulative culture refer to according to the text
A. Emphasizing individual development.
B. Paying attention to reforming social structure.
C. Adapting to a changing living condition step by step.
D. Building up technological improvements over generations.
17．What’s Paragraph 3 mainly about
A. How Perreault conducted the research.
B. How important stone tool technologies were.
C. What the baseline of cumulative culture was.
D. Why Perreault chose chimpanzees for the study.
18．What happened by 600,000 years ago
A. Tool-making sequences remained unchanged.
B. The population of the earth increased sharply.
C. The ancestors began to make stone tools.
D. The technology reached a turning point.
19．Why are strategies that require tools mentioned in the last paragraph
A. To show the result of human brains’ changes.
B. To illustrate the motive of cumulative culture.
C. To indicate the significance of common culture.
D. To stress the eating habits of human ancestors.
二、七选五
20．Reasons Why Running Is the Easiest Exercise
Some people think that running is hard. I once thought that too. ① Here’s why it is such an easy activity to start and stick to.
★It can be as easy or hard as you want.
Many people start running by going out and running as fast as they can for as long as they can. That is not so fun. ② But easing into it is a different story. Start slowly and cover a short distance. Then gradually work your way up to it. In this way, running can be pain-free and actually wonderful.
★③
Classes at the gym are great but they always end up never working for me. With a busy life, I find it hard to take a class. On the other hand, with running, you just need to find the time whenever you can, here and there, and change it around.
★The gear (设备) is simple.
④ However, that’s really just about all you need. Expensive sport-specific clothes are available(可用的) but not required. If you fall in love with running, you may think you need some seasonal running clothes. Even so, that will be cheaper than bike gear.
★You can do it anywhere.
You can run in the city. You can run in the country. You can run on a track, in a park, on the street or even on the beach. You can run at home. You can run when you travel. And in fact, running around new cities when you’re traveling is great fun. ⑤
A．You can do it on your own schedule.
B．Choose some training classes at the gym.
C．It is important to have proper running shoes.
D．It might make you hurt or even cause injuries.
E．That is a wonderful way to get to know a place.
F．Starting at a running track is a great way to begin.
G．But if you work out properly, it is easy and wonderful.
21．Ahh...Fish, chips and mushy peas! There is nothing more British than fish and chips. Freshly cooked, boiling hot fish and chips ,topped with salt and seasoned with vinegar, packed in newspaper and eaten out-of-doors .on a cold and wintry day-its imply cannot be beaten!
① _______
Both Lancashire and London claim to be the first to invent this famous meal. Chips were a cheap, basic food of the industrial north while fried fish was introduced in London's East End. ② _______ So was born our national dish of fish and chips.
③ _______ Mr. Lees sold fish and chips from a wooden shelter in the market. Later he moved the business to a permanent shop across the road. However in London.it is said that Joseph Malin, a Jewish immigrant ,opened a fish and chip shop in Cleveland Way within the sound of Bow Bells in the 1860s.
Fish and chip shops were originally small family businesses ,often run from the front room of the house and were commonplace by the late 19th century. Through the latter part of the 19th century and well into the 20th century ,the fish and chip trade expanded greatly to satisfy the needs of the growing industrial population of Great Britain. Fish and chips became vital to the diet of the ordinary people. ④ _______
In 1999,the British consumed nearly 300 million servings of fish and chips. That equates to six servings for every man, woman and child in the country. ⑤ _______ That's 17 for every one Burger King restaurant, making British Fish and Chips the nation's favorite take-away.
A. It quickly became a favorite of the workers.
B.People soon decided to put fried fish and chips together.
C.John Lees owned a restaurant and sold the famous pairing
D.So how, when and where did this British dish come about
E.There are now around 8,500 fish and chip shops across the UK.
F.Some shops had to employ doormen to control the queue at busy times.
G.The first fish and chip shop in Lancashire is thought to have opened in 1863.
22．Sad feelings are a part of depression and related to other parts of depression including poor self-worth, poor sleep. and difficulty enjoying things. ①______. We can remove sadness and start growing our happiness and well-being. Here are some ways to deal with sad feelings.
Read some books on overcoming sadness
There are so many science-based strategies you can use to defeat sadness.
②______. So grab some high-quality books or take an online program to boost happiness and learn the skills you need to decrease your sad feelings.
Make a plan
There are many actions you can take to beat sadness. Making a “happiness plan” can be helpful. ③______. Whatever works for you to ensure you’ ll do the things that make you feel better is what matters most.
④______
We’re on our phones 24-7. But spending too much time on our phones or the Internet is associated with higher levels of depression and loneliness. So you need to learn how to use phones in ways that increase happiness instead of sadness.
Imagine a bright future
If something has happened to us to make us sad, we might only think about the worst things that could happen. It’s common because we feel like if we think through these bad outcomes, we can better prepare. But it just makes us feel worse in the long run. ⑤______. My advice is to try to imagine a brighter future, even if only in an exercise to help your brain break through sad feelings.
A．Outsmart your smartphone
B．Focus on functions of phones
C．For example, you can use one new sadness-breaking strategy each day
D．Although we sometimes get caught in our sad feelings, we don’t have to
E．Our sadness can develop into feeling all sorts of other negative emotions
F．By reading self-help books, you can begin to learn and apply them to your life
G．Many high-quality books written by scientists explain the causes and effects of sadness
三、短文填空
23．In a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) night market at Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (LNUTCM) , a foreign face stood out at the market. He was ①________ (deep) concentrating on making special balls, a traditional Chinese medicine for improving appetite and digestion (消化) .
Liu's journey from Hungary to LNUTCM was not just academic ②________ personal. As a child, Liu often struggled with digestive issues and western medicine offered little ③________ (relieve) . So, Liu's father, ④________ graduate of LNUTCM, turned to his own training. He applied traditional Chinese medicinal pieces to Liu's belly button (肚脐) . In a matter of months, Liu's condition improved significantly.
In 2019, ⑤________ (drive) by both a love for the ancient practice and admiration for his father, Liu left Hungary for China. “I knew I had to come to the source to truly learn,” he said. During his studies, Liu's understanding ⑥________ TCM broadened and deepened. He began applying ⑦________ he had learned to his own condition.
The night market provided a rare opportunity for Liu to see TCM in action outside the classroom. He eagerly took part in ⑧________ (vary) activities. He watched seasoned practitioners at work, ⑨________ (absorb) their techniques and insights.
For Liu, the event strengthened his desire ⑩________ (bring) this knowledge back to Hungary. “Many years ago, my father came to study TCM. Now, I'm here, continuing that legacy,” he said.
24．Chinese suona player Hu Chenyun, a musician with Shanghai Chinese Orchestra, gave a concert on Jan 22 at the International Jazz Plaza Festival in Havana.
Hu performed a series of Chinese music pieces, Hundreds of Birds Paying Homage to Phoenix ①______(include), and also played with local musicians ②______(adaptation) of Cuban music pieces. This year’s festival, ③______(last) from Jan 21 to 28, featured 66 bands and performers from about 20 countries and showed the global reach and ④______(rich) of jazz music. It was the first time that a Chinese musician had performed at the festival.
“I had prepared for this concert for nearly a year. I am very proud and excited ⑤______(display) the traditional Chinese musical instrument in Cuba and communicate with local musicians,” said Hu, ⑥______went through a journey of over 50 hours from Shanghai to Havana. “When I did rehearsals (排练) with the local musicians, I ⑦______(attract) by their cooperation in spite of the long flight.”
Besides live performances, Hu also showed how suona fitted in with various musical pieces in ⑧______impressive way, offering the local audience a ⑨______(value) opportunity to experience the Chinese musical instrument. The concert of Hu was part of the ongoing “Joyful Chinese New Year”, a series of overseas Spring Festival themed events ⑩______activities to celebrate the traditional Chinese festival.
25．Documentary Hidden Letters,① ______ theme is about the Chinese ancient language of nüshu, was officially released on August 31. Already, it② ______(attract) much attention by making it to the shortlist for the 95th Academy Awards in the Documentary Feature Film category, a③ ______(remark) achievement for a Chinese production.
Hidden Letters takes place against the backdrop of nüshu, a “secret written language”④ ______(develop) for and by women in Central China’s Hunan Province during ancient times and recognized as the only female script (笔迹) in the world. With a slim and attractive form, a picture of a willow (柳树) leaf’s grace, the script is as elegant as Chinese⑤ ______(female) at that time it represented.
The film tells the dramatic stories of two contemporary Chinese women who, inspired by nüshu, navigate social norms and traditional concepts in pursuit⑥ ______ self- improvement and draw strength from nüshu, trying to become the best versions of⑦ ______(they).
The documentary skillfully combines the revival (复兴) of this intangible cultural heritage with the characters’ stories. From⑧ ______(initial) limited promotional methods to the diverse cultural and creative forms of nüshu displayed later, the film has won the hearts of a wide audience.
Hidden Letters is not just a documentary,⑨ ______ a testament (证明) to the enduring strength and adaptability of women, and a story that bridges cultures and times,⑩ ______(serve) as a lighthouse of inspiration for the contemporary journey of growth.
四、书面表达
26．假设你是李华，你的英国网友Linda 最近在中国学习。她写信向你诉说了她的困扰：不适应新的生活学习环境，想家，感到很焦虑。请你根据以下要点给她写一封回信。
要点如下：
1. 表示理解并给予安慰；
2. 提出建议并给出理由。
注意：词数80左右
提示词： homesick 想家的， environment 环境。
Dear Linda,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
27．假定你是李华。你上周六参加了你校举办的诗歌朗诵比赛( poetry recitation contest)。请给你的英国笔友 Peter写一封电子邮件分享这次经历，内容包括：
1.比赛情况介绍；
2.你的感想。
注意：1.写作词数应为80个左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Peter,
I am writing to share with you an unforgettable experience I had last Saturday.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
28．为了迎接世界读书日,学校英语社计划以“Reading For Fun”为主题组织一场读书活动,请你写份英文倡议书。内容包括:
1.活动目的;
2.活动内容;
3.发出倡议。
参考词汇:World Book Day 世界读书日
注意:
1.写作词数应为80左右;
2.开头和结尾已给出,可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Dear fellows,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
English Club
April 20
五、完形填空（15空）
When I was a child, I began learning to play the piano, which was my favourite musical 1 , but I was forced to give up when I started my middle school so that I could concentrate more on my studies.
It's one of my biggest 2 to stop practising the piano when I recall sadly today. During the following years, I kept telling my piano teacher that I would 3 .However, I didn't keep my promise because I was occupied with my study. 4 , I lost touch with my teacher. Some years later, my teacher passed away. I was very sad because I lost such a good teacher. She was a very warm and gentle person. It hurts me to think she may have been 5 that I never returned. I haven't taken lessons since then but to be honest, I 6 to. Sitting at the piano, I couldn't help recalling many memories—times of my practising at home and playing before my teacher and one time my teacher 7 me after I played entire pieces of music wrong in front of her colleagues. I was so 8 that I could hardly say anything. But her 9 helped ease my shame. These memories, 10 , good or bad, never caused my courage for playing the piano again.
This thought then led me to think that 11 is like music , and that we all try to play different 12 in the instrument of our life. Sometimes the pitch (音准) is 13 when we play it well, but sometimes we are out of tune. However, we all continue to create our own 14 style of music. No matter what style our music is，it is important that we sing the songs of joy, quietness and love. Though I may never make it back to piano lessons, it doesn't 15 that I've stopped making music.
29．A.room B.performance C.instrument D.stage
30．A.successes B.decisions C.regrets D.hobbies
31．A.perform B.graduate C.leave D.return
32．A.Actually B.Constantly C.Gradually D.Suddenly
33．A.disappointed B.glad C.astonished D.amazed
34．A.liked B.wanted C.needed D.decided
35．A.instructed B.hurt C.punished D.respected
36．A.frightened B.moved C.excited D.embarrassed
37．A.happiness B.comfort C.satisfaction D.sigh
38．A.instead B.meanwhile C.therefore D.however
39．A.life B.learning C.attitude D.enjoyment
40．A.cards B.roles C.sports D.games
41．A.hard B.surprising C.wonderful D.complex
42．A.unique B.boring C.common D.similar
43．A.matter B.mean C.report D.appear
参考答案
1．答案： D
解析：细节理解题。根据第二段的第四句Your car, on the other hand, will keep you dry and protect you from lightning strikes.及下文可知,遭遇暴风雨时,躲避闪电的最好的方法是躲进车里,过一会儿再回到营地。故选D项。
2．答案： B
解析：2.细节理解题。根据第二段的倒数第二句Protecting yourself against possible lightning strikes is very important; lightning kills an average of 62 people in the US each year.可知,保护自己免受雷击是非常重要的,在美国,平均每年有62人死于雷击。因此对于露营者来说,闪电非常危险。故选B项。
3．答案： A
解析：推理判断题。根据文章最后一段可知,背包客在野外遭遇暴风雨时首先要防止被树枝或其他物体砸到,其次要找到一个安全的地方躲避闪电或洪水,由此可推知,露营者要学会保护自己,故选A项。
4．答案： B
解析：主旨大意题。文章主要介绍了户外野营遭遇暴风雨时可采取的安全躲避的方法,B项最能概括文章内容,故选B项。
5．答案： A
解析：推理判断题。根据第一段中的 “Here, if people can speak hello in Chinese,"ni hao",they most certainly also know another Chinese term Wanbao, the name of a Chinese rice farm project.(在这里，如果人们能用中文“你好”打招呼，他们当然也知道另一个中文词语“万宝”,这是中国一个水稻种植项目的名字。)"可知，凡是能用中文“你好”打招呼的人都会知道“万宝”这个中国水稻种植项目，由此可推测，这说明了该项目在莫桑比克非常受欢迎。故选A。
6．答案： D
解析：细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“I've been fitted a lot from the rice farming and learned to produce rice using Chinese technologies on one hectare(公顷)of land(我从水稻种植中受益匪浅，学会了在一公顷土地上使用中国技术生产水稻)”可知，万宝项目给当地人提供了农业技术。故选D。
7．答案： B
解析：词句猜测题。根据画线词前一句“An old farmer is now even teaching other farmers how to grow rice.(一位老农民现在甚至在教其他农民如何种植水稻。)”和画线词后的“crops over 40 hectares”可知，这位老农民可以教其他农民如何种植水稻，由此可推测出，他在40公顷的土地上种植庄稼，cultivate意为“种植”,与grow意思一致。故选B。
8．答案： C
解析：推理判断题。根据第一段中的“Farmer sare celebrating their rice harvest by singing and dancing on the farm. This is Wanbao Mozambique rice farm,China's largest rice planting project in Africa.(农民们在农场里载歌载舞庆祝水稻丰收。这是万宝莫桑比克稻田，中国在非洲最大的水稻种植项目。)”并结合下文可知，本文主要讲述了万宝水稻种植项目帮助莫桑比克人民种植水稻，与农业有关，所以本文最有可能出自网站上的农业版块。故选C。
9．答案：C
解析：细节理解题，根据文中Requirements部分的“Foster volunteers should have a stable, comfortable, safe environment to provide for an animal, as well as plenty of love to give!(寄养志愿者应该能够为动物提供一个稳定、舒适、安全的环境，以及大量的爱!)”可知，申请人需要有稳定的住所和环境，选项C“Wandering about with no fixed home.(四处流浪，没有固定的住所。)”不符合此要求。故选C。
10．答案：B
解析：细节理解题。根据Application process部分的“Please watch this video before completing your volunteer application.lt covers important information you need to know about foster volunteer application at AHS, and some of the topics covered in the video will be discussed during your volunteer interview.(请在完成志愿者申请前观看此视频。它涵盖了您需要了解的关于AHS寄养志愿者申请的重要信息，并且视频中涉及的一些主题将在志愿者面试期间讨论。)”可知，视频中包含志愿者面试中将讨论的相关信息，故选B。
11．答案：D
解析：细节理解题。根据Application process部分的“If you are accepted into the program, AHS requires a $35 application fee, which contributes to the costs of administrative processing and volunteer training.(如果你被该项目录取，AHS需要支付35美元的申请费，这笔费用用于行政处理和志愿者培训)”可知，申请费用是为了支付行政处理和志愿者培训的成本，故选D。
12．答案：B
解析：细节理解题。根据文章第二段“'But the high quality of videos displayed by OpenAl-some released after CEO Sam Altman asked social media users to send in ideas for written prompts surprised observers.(但OpenAI-some展示的高质量视频是在首席执行官Sam Altman要求社交媒体用户发送书面提示的想法后发布的，令观察人士感到惊讶。”可知，Sora让人印象深刻的是其非凡的视频质量，故选B。
13．答案：D
解析：推理判断题。根据第三段“A photographer from New Hampshire posted one suggestion, or prompt. on social media. The prompt gave details about a kind of food to be cooked, gnocchi(意大利团子), as well as the setting. an old Italian country kitchen. The prompt said,“An instructional cooking session for homemade gnocchi, hosted by a grandmother, a social media influencer, set in a rustic (士气的) Tuscan country kitchen.", Altman answered a short time later with a realistic video that showed what the prompt described一位来自新罕布什尔州的摄影师在社交媒体上发布了一个建议或提示。这个提示详细描述了一种要烹饪的食物--意大利团子(gnocchi)，以及烹饪的地点一--间意大利乡村老厨房。提示中写道:“由一位祖母(也是一位社交媒体影响者)主持，在一间质朴的托斯卡纳乡村厨房里，进行一场自制意大利团子的烹饪教学。”不久后，Altman就用一段逼真的视频回应了这个提示，视频内容正是提示中所描述的。)”可知，第三段主要讲的是一位来自新罕布什尔州的摄影师在社交媒体上发布了一个关于烹饪意大利团子(gnocchi)的建议或提示，因此目的是举一个具体的例子，故选D。
14．答案：B
解析：推理判断题。根据第四段“OpenAI has given limited information about how it was built. The company also has not stated what imagery and video sources were used to train Sora. At the same time, the video results led to fears about the possible moral and social effects.(OpenAI对其构建过程提供了有限的信息。该公司也没有说明使用了哪些图像和视频来源来训练Sora。与此同时，视频结果引发了人们对可能产生的道德和社会影响的担忧。)”可知，在Sora问题上出现了一些分歧。故选B。
15．答案：A
解析：推理判断题。根据第一段“The maker of ChatGPT recently announced its next move into generative artificial intelligence. San Francisco-based OpenAI's new text-to-video generator, called Sora, is a tool that instantly makes short videos based on written
commands, called prompts.(ChatGPT的制造商最近宣布了其在生成式人工智能领域的下一步行动。总部位于旧金山的OpenAI公司的新文本到视频生成器名为Sora，它是一种根据书面命令(称为提示)即时制作短视频的工具。)”可知，本文主要介绍了OpenAI新推出了一款文本到视频生成器Sora，全文作者客观的在陈述Sora的特点、社会对其的争议以及该公司为了Sora的改进所做的努力，故可推知作者对Sora的态度是客观的，故选A。
16．答案：D
解析： 推理判断题。根据第一、二段的有关信息，尤其是第二段中的 “Cumulative culture is key because it allows human populations to build on and recombine the solutions of prior generations and to develop new complex solutions to problems very quickly.” 及下文所提及的工具制作技术的演变发展可知，本文中 cumulative culture具体指技术改 进的世代积累。
17．答案：A
解析： 段落大意题。根据第三段中的 “As a baseline for the complexity... (作为没有文化积累也能实现的石器技术复杂性的基线)”和“...analyzed”“broke down the complexity of the stone tool technologies” 可知，本段主要介绍了Perreault开展研究的 具体方法与策略。
18．答案：D
解析： 细节理解题。根据第四段中的 “By 600,000 years ago or so,ancient human populations started relying on unusually complex technologies,and we only see rapid increases in complexity after that time as well” 可知，在这个时间节点后，早期人类工具 制作的复杂性开始显著提升，即这是一个转折点。
19．答案：B
解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段中的 “Tool-assisted food-hunting may have been the motive for the earliest beginning of the evolution of cumulative culture...leading to changes in brain size,lifetime and biology that set the stage for cumulative culture.” 可知，在最后一段提到工具策略是为了说明累积文化诞生的缘由。
20．答案：GDACE
解析：①根据上文“Some people think that running is hard. I once thought that too.(有些人认为跑步很难，我曾经也这么认为。)”和下文“Here’s why it is such an easy activity to start and stick to.(这就是为什么这是一个很容易开始和坚持的活动。)”可知，设空处表明作者现在不认为跑步是很难的运动，即跑步是简单的运动。所以设空处与上文构成转折关系，选项G：But if you work out properly, it is easy and wonderful.(但是如果你运动得当，就很简单也很好。)符合语境。故选G。
②根据上文“Many people start running by going out and running as fast as they can for as long as they can. That is not so fun.(许多人开始跑步时都是走出去，尽可能快地跑，跑得越久越好。这不会让人快乐的。)”可知，许多人开始跑步的时候，都是出门跑得越快越好，越久越好。这不会让人快乐的。由此可知，接下来要描述的是这样跑会有什么结果。选项D：It might make you hurt or even cause injuries(它可能会让你受伤，甚至造成伤害)符合语境。故选D。
③此处是本段小标题，根据下文“Classes at the gym are great but they always end up never working for me.(健身房的课程很棒，但是最后对我总是不起作用。)”和“On the other hand, with running, you just need to find the time whenever you can, here and there, and change it around.(另一方面，跑步的时候，你只需要找到时间，随时随地，改变时间。)”可知，跑步锻炼要根据自己的时间和地点来改变，所以就要依照自己的时间表来安排跑步。选项A：You can do it on your own schedule.(你可以按照自己的时间表去做。)符合语境。故选A。
④根据段落小标题“The gear (装备) is simple.(装备很简单)”可知，接下来的段落主要讲述的为跑步的装备的内容。选项C：It is important to have proper running shoes.(有一双合适的跑鞋很重要。)中的“shoes”与上文的“gear”呼应。故选C。
⑤根据上文“And in fact, running around new cities when traveling is great fun.(事实上，在新的城市里跑步旅行很有趣。)”可知，作者认为旅游时在陌生的城市里跑步很有趣，因为那是了解一个地方的极好的方式。选项E：That is a wonderful way to get to know a place(这是了解一个地方的好方法。)符合语境。故选E。
21．答案：D；B；G；F；E
解析：①推理判断题。根据下文Both Lancashire and London claim to be the first to invent this famous meal.(兰开夏郡和伦敦都声称自己是第一个发明这种著名大餐的人。)以及下文的介绍可知是讲述英式美食炸鱼和炸薯条的诞生过程,故D项: So how, when and where did this British dish come about (那么,这道英国菜是如何、什么时候、从哪里传来的呢 )符合语境,故选D。
②推理判断题。根据上文Chips were a cheap, basic food of the industrial north while fried fish was introduced in London's East End.(薯条是北方工业地区的一种廉价的基本食物,而炸鱼则在伦敦东区被引进。)和设空处的下文(我们的国菜炸鱼薯条就这样诞生了!)由此可知是这个时候人们把炸鱼和炸薯条放在一起食用,便有了炸鱼薯条的诞生,所以B. People soon decided to put fried fish and chips together.(们很快决定把炸鱼和薯条放在一起。)符合语境, 故选B。
③细节理解题。根据下文Mr.Lees sold fish and chips from a wooden shelter in the market. Later he moved the business to a permanent shop across the road. However in London, it is said that Joseph Malin, a Jewish immigrant, opened a fish and chip shop in Cleveland Way within the sound of Bow Bells in the 1860s.(Lees先生在市场上的木制居所卖炸鱼和薯条。后来,他把公司搬到了马路对面的一家永久商店。然而,在伦敦,据说约瑟夫 马林,一个犹太移民,在克利夫兰路开了一家炸鱼薯条店。)由此可知,这一段主要讨论的是第一家开设炸鱼和薯条商店的,G项:The first fish and chip shop in Lancashire is thought to have opened in 1863.(兰开夏郡的第一家炸鱼薯条店据说于1863年开业。)符合语境,故选G。
④逻辑关系题。根据上文Through the latter part of the 19th century and well into the 20th century, the fish and chip trade expanded greatly to satisfy the needs of the growing industrial population of Great Britain. Fish and chips became vital to the diet of the ordinary people. ( M19￥叶到20世纪,炸鱼和薯条贸易大大扩张,以满足英国不断增长的工业人口的需求。炸鱼和薯条对普通人的饮食至关重要。)可知本段主要讲炸鱼和薯条成为越来越重要的饮食,被大众,FI: Some shops had to employ doormen to control the queue at busy times.(有些商店在繁忙时不得不雇佣门卫来控制排队。)承接上文,符合语境,故选F。
⑤细节理解题。根据上文In1999,theBritish consumed nearly 300 million servings of fish and chips. That equates to six servings for every man, woman and child in the country.(1999年,英国食用了近3亿份炸鱼和薯条。这相当于这个国家的每个男人、女人和孩子都吃六份。)可知英国人都喜欢吃炸鱼和薯条,所以可推断在英国有很多的炸鱼和薯条店,因此E项:There are now around 8,500 fish and chip shops across the UK.(现在在英国大约有8500家炸鱼薯条店。)符合语境,故选E。
22．答案：DFCAE
解析：①根据空前内容可知,悲伤情绪与其他不好的事物联系在一起。空后指出我们可以移除悲伤、增加幸福感。由此可见,该空要能够承上启下,指出我们不必沦为悲伤情绪的受害者。故选D。
②根据空后的So grab some high-quality books or take an online program to boost happiness and learn the skills you need to decrease your sad feelings.可知,作者推荐大家读高质量的书。本段小标题也是“读与克服悲伤相关的书”，而在推荐某人做某事前,先要说清楚这样做的意义和好处。故选F。
③根据本段的小标题和空前的Making a happiness plan, can be helpful.可知,做计划是很重要的。该空的内容也应体现“计划”这一特点，C项中的“each day”体现了计划性。故选C。
④根据空后段落中的So you need to learn how to use phones in ways that increase happiness instead of sadness.可知,此处建议我们学会使用手机以增加快乐而非增加悲伤,言外之意就是人要学会自我调节,人应该比手机更智能,哪怕使用手机可能会增加我们的悲伤情绪,我们也要知道如何调节这一状况。
⑤空前提到But it just makes us feel worse in the long run. it 指代反复思考最坏的结果,即反复思考最坏的结果从长久来看会让我们感到更糟糕。空后给出了建议:想象更光明的未来。因此,该空要能解释具体的不利后果,才能佐证建议的恰当性。
23．答案：deeply；but；relief；who；driven；of；what；various；absorbing；to bring
解析：①考查副词。句意:他非常专注于制作特殊的球，这是一种改善食欲和消化的中药。空处修饰动需用副词形式。故填deeply。
②考查连词。句意:刘从匈牙利到北师大的旅行不仅是学术上的，也是个人的。空处连接形容词academic和personal，前文was not just意为:不仅是，此处用but表示“而且”，符合语境。故填but。
③考查名词。句意:小时候，刘经常与消化系统问题作斗争，西医几乎没有缓解。这里需要用名词作动词offered的宾语。故填relief。
④考查定语从句。句意:于是，刘毕业于辽宁中医药大学的父亲，转而自学成才。空处引导非限定性定语从句，从句缺少主语，表示人，需用who引导。故填who。
⑤考查非谓语动词。句意:2019年，出于对古老习俗的热爱和对父亲的钦佩，刘离开匈牙利前往中国。left为谓语动词，空处需填非谓语动词，Liu和drive为被动关系，需填过去分词形式。故填driven。
⑥考查介词。句意:在学习期间，刘对中医的理解不断拓宽和深化。understanding of...为固定短语，意为:对....的理解。故填of。
⑦考查宾语从句。句意:他开始将所学知识应用于自己的情况。空处引导宾语从句，从句缺少宾语，指代事物，需用what引导。故填what。
⑧考查形容词。句意:他热切地参加了各种活动。activities为名词，作宾语，这里需要用形容词修饰名词。故填various。
⑨考查非谓语动词。句意:他看着经验丰富的从业者在工作，吸收他们的技术和见解。watched为谓语动词，空处需填非谓语动词，he和absorb为主谓关系，需填现在分词形式。故填absorbing。
⑩考查非谓语动词。句意:对于刘来说，这一事件加强了他将这一知识带回匈牙利的愿望。名词desire后面需用动词不定式作后置定语。故填to bring.
24．答案：①—⑩included adaptations lasting richness to display who was attracted an valuable and
解析：①included考查非谓语动词。句意:胡演奏了一系列中国音乐作品，包括《百鸟朝凤》并与当地音乐家一起演奏了古巴音乐作品的改编。本句谓语为performed，此处为非谓语动词，且Hundreds of Birds Paying Homage to Phoenix与include“包括”为被动关系，应用过去分词，作后置定语。故填included。②adaptations考查名词的数。句意:胡演奏了一系列中国音乐作品，包括《百鸟朝风》并与当地音乐家一起演奏了古巴音乐作品的改编。表示多首改编的曲子，本空用复数名词adaptations作介词with的宾语。故填adaptations。③lasting考查非谓语动词。句意:今年的音乐节从1月21日到28日，有来自大约20个国家的66个乐队和表演者，展示了爵士乐的全球影响力和丰富性。本句谓语为featured，此处为非谓语动词，且festival与last“持续”为主动关系，应用现在分词作后置定语。故填lasting。④richness:考查名词。句意同上。空处与the global reach并列，作宾语，表示“丰富性”，应用不可数名词richness。故填richness。
⑤to display考查非谓语动词。句意“我为这场音乐会准备了将近一年。我非常自豪和激动能在古巴展示中国传统乐器并与当地音乐家交流，”胡说道，他从上海到哈瓦那经历了50多个小时的旅程。本句系动词为am，此处为非谓语动词，be proud and excited to do sth.“自豪和激动地做某事”，为固定用法，故应用不定式。故填to display。⑥who考查定语从句。句意同上。空处引导非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词Hu，指人，关系词代替先行词在从句中作主语，应用关系代词who引导。故填who。⑦was attracted考查动词语态。句意:“当我和当地音乐家一起排练时，尽管长途飞行，我还是被他们的合作所吸引。”空处为句子谓语，且由did rehearsals可知，句子时态用一般过去时，主语1与attract“吸引”之间为被动关系，故应用一般过去时的被动语态，主语为1，be动词用was。故填was attracted。⑧an考查冠词。句意:除了现场表演，胡还以一种令人印象深刻的方式展示了唢呐如何与各种乐曲相配，为当地观众提供了一个宝贵的机会来体验中国传统乐器。此处表示泛指“一种令人印象深刻的方式”，且impressive以元音音素开头，应用不定冠词an。故填an。⑨valuable考查形容词。句意同上。空处用形容词valuable“宝贵的”，作定语，修饰名词opportunity。故填valuable。⑩and考查连词。句意:胡的音乐会是正在进行的“欢乐中国年活动的一部分，这是一系列以海外春节为主题的活动，包括庆祝中国传统节日的活动。events与名词activities构成并列关系，用连词and连接。故填and。
25．答案： whose；has attracted；remarkable；developed；females；of；themselves；initially；but；serving
解析：①考查定语从句。句意：以中国古代语言女书为主题的纪录片Hiden Letes于8月31日正式发行。空格处引导的是非限制性定语从句，先行词Hidden Letters和theme之间是所属关系，因此空格处用关系代词whose表所属，故填whose.
②考查时态和主谓一致，句意：这部电影已经进入了第95届肉斯卡金像奖纪录片类的候选名单，引起了人们的广泛关注，这对一部中国电影来说是一项了不起的成就。由Already可知，句子时态用现在完成时，主语t是单数，因此空格处是has attracted,故填has attracted.
③考查形容词。句意：这部电影已经进入了第95届奥斯卡金像奖纪录片类的候选名单，引起了人们的广泛关注，这对一部中国电影来说是一项了不起的成就。空格处用形容词作定语，修饰名词achievement, remark的形容词是remarkable,意为了不起的。故填remarkable.
④考查非谓语动词。句意：Hidden Letters的故事背景是女书，这是一种古代中国中部湖南省为女性开发的秘密文字",被认为是世界上唯一的女性文字。句中谓语是takes,空格处用非谓语动词，a“secret written language”和develop之间是逻辑动宾关系，因此空格处用过去分词表被动，故填developed.
⑤考查名词的复数，句意：纤细迷人的形体，一幅柳叶的优雅画卷，正是它所代表的当时中国女性的优雅。female是可数名词，不止一个，因此空格处用复数，故填females.
⑥考查介词。句意：这部电影讲述了两位当代中国女性在女书的启发下，驾驭社会规范和传统观念，追求自我提升，并从女书身上汲取力量，试图成为最好的自己的戏剧性故事。in pursuit of是固定短语，意为“为了追求”,因此空格处用介词of,故填of.
⑦考查反身代词，句意：这部电影讲述了两位当代中国女性在女书的启发下，驾驭社会规范和传统观念，追求自我提升，并从女书身上汲取力量，试图成为最好的自己的戏剧性故事。根据语境可知，句子表示“这部电影讲述了两位当代中国女性在女书的启发下，驾驭社会规范和传统观念，追求自我提升，并从女书身上汲取力量，试图成为最好的自己的戏剧性故事”,空格处意为“她们自己”,用反身代词themselves,故填themselves.
⑧考查副词，句意：从最初有限的宣传方式，到后来展现的丰富多彩的女书文化创作形式，这部电影赢得了广大观众的心。空格处用副词修饰形容词limited, initial的副词是initially,意为“最初”,故填initially.
⑨考查固定搭配，句意：Hiddcn Letes不仅仅是一部纪录片，它证明了女性持久的力量和适应能力，是一个跨越文化和时代的故事，是当代成长之旅的灵感灯塔，not just. but(also)是固定搭配，意为“不仅……而且……”,also可以省略，因此空格处用but,故填but.
⑩考查非谓语动词，句意：Hidden Lettes不仅仅是一部纪录片，它证明了女性持久的力量和适应能力，是一个跨越文化和时代的故事，是当代成长之旅的灵感灯塔。that从句中谓语是bridges,空格处用非谓语动词，story和serve之间是主谓关系，因此空格处用现在分词表主动，故填serving.
26．答案：
Dear Linda,
I’m sorry to learn that you are having such a bad time. Actually, most people will feel homesick and anxious when they leave home and come to a new place, especially a foreign country. So don’t worry too much.
Here are some tips for you. To begin with, you’d better try to change some of your habits so that you can get used to the new environment as soon as possible. What’s more, make more new friends, who can share their hobbies and ideas with you. You will feel less homesick with many friends around you. Last but not least, you should take part in some social activities. It will help you learn more about the local customs and cultures.
I hope my advice will be useful. Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
解析：第一步:审题体裁:应用文
时态:根据提示,时态主要为一般现在时。
结构:总分法
总分法指把主题句作为总说,把支持句作为分说,并以这种方式安排所写内容。
要求:
1.表示理解并给予安慰;
2.提出建议并给出理由。
第二步:列提纲(重点词组)
第三步:连词成句
根据提示及关键词(组)进行遣词造句,注意主谓一致和时态问题。
第四步:连句成篇(衔接词)
1表文章结构顺序:First, Second, Third
2.表因果关系:So
连句成文,注意使用恰当的连词进行句子之间的衔接与过渡,书写一定要规范清晰。
27．答案：
Dear Peter,
I am writing to share with you an unforgettable experience I had last Saturday.
I participated in the poetry recitation contest organized by the school. I arrived early, nervous and excited to wait for the start of the competition. When it was my turn, my heart heat really fast. I took a deep breath and began to recite the carefully prepared poem loudly. The audience were deeply attracted by my performance and burst into warm applause from time to time.
At that moment, I felt a sense of joy and accomplishment that I had never had before. This experience has given one a deeper understanding and appreciation of poetry.
Yours,
Li Hua
28．答案：
Dear fellows,
In order to celebrate the upcoming(即将来临的) World Book Day, an interesting reading campaign will be launched(发起). Not only does the activity stimulate(激发) readers' creativity and shape their character, but it can also enrich(丰富) their lives in a unique(独特的) way(not only...but also...结构).
The following are activities involved in this reading campaign (过去分词短语作定语). As scheduled(按照预定日期), reading clubs are organized in groups for a shared topic in the library every Wednesday afternoon. Participants are welcome to discuss figures in the book, who are the source of motivation(动力) to help them beat the difficulties and create miracles (非限制性定语从句). In addition, every participant is required to submit (提交) a reading report within given time to enhance (增强) their critical (批判性的) thinking ability and writing capability(能力).
All in all(总的来说), by immersing(使沉浸于) ourselves in the charm of books, this activity definitely offers endless fun to us. My dear fellows, please join us as soon as possible!
English Club
April 20
29．答案：C
解析：考查名词及语境理解。A.room房间；B.performance表演；C.instrument乐器；D.stage阶段。句意：当我还是个孩子的时候，我开始学习弹钢琴，这是我最喜欢的乐器，但是当我开始上中学的时候，我被迫放弃了，这样我就可以更专注于我的学习。定语从句的主语which指代先行词piano，故此处只钢琴是作者最喜欢的乐器。
30．答案：C
解析：考查名词及语境理解。A.successes成功；B.decisions决定；C.regrets遗憾；D.hobbies爱好。句意：当我如今悲伤地回顾过去时，停止练习钢琴是我最大的遗憾之一。根据上句"which was my favourite musical______"可知，钢琴是作者最喜欢的乐器，所以不再练琴对于作者来说是很大的遗憾，故选C。
31．答案：D
解析：考查动词及语境理解。A.perform表演；B.graduate毕业；C.leave离开；D.return返回。句意：在接下来的几年里，我一直告诉我的钢琴老师我会回来的。根据后文"that I never returned"可知，作者再也没有回去，故此处指他向老师承诺他会回去继续学钢琴，故选D。
32．答案：C
解析：考查副词及语境理解。A.Actually事实上；B.Constantly不断地；C.Gradually逐渐，渐渐；D.Suddenly突然。句意：我渐渐地和老师失去了联系。结合语境可知，随着时间的流逝，作者逐渐和老师失去了联系，故选C。
33．答案：A
解析：考查形容词及语境理解。A.disappointed失望的；B.glad高兴的；C.astonished吃惊的；D.amazed惊讶的。句意：一想到她可能对我没有回来感到失望，我就很伤心。根据下句"I never returned"可知，作者再也没去上过课，所以他认为他的老师会很失望，故选A。
34．答案：B
解析：考查动词及语境理解。A.liked喜欢；B.wanted想要；C.needed需要；D.decided决定。句意：从那以后我就没上过课了，但说实话，我想上。结合转折词but可知，作者虽然自那以后再也没有上过钢琴课，但是说实话他是想上课的。故选B。
35．答案：A
解析：考查动词及语境理解。A.instructed指导；B.hurt伤害；C.punished惩罚；D.respected尊敬。句意：坐在钢琴前，我情不自禁地回忆起许多往事——我在家练习和在老师面前演奏的时光，还有一次我在她的同事面前弹错了整首曲子后，老师对我进行了指导。根据空后"after I played entire pieces of music wrong"可知，作者弹错了曲子，老师应是指导作者，故选A。
36．答案：D
解析：考查形容词及语境理解。A.frightened害怕的；B.moved感动的；C.excited兴奋的；D.embarrassed尴尬的。句意：我尴尬得几乎说不出话来。结合语境及下文"my shame"可知，作者当时觉得很难堪，embarrassed符合语境，故选D。
37．答案：B
解析：考查名词及语境理解。A.happiness高兴；B.comfort安慰；C.satisfaction满意；D.sigh叹气。句意：但她的安慰减轻了我的羞耻感。根据空后"helped ease my shame"可知，老师的安慰缓解了作者的羞耻感，故选B。
38．答案：D
解析：考查副词及语境理解。A.instead相反；B.meanwhile同时；C.therefore因此；D.however然而。句意：然而，这些记忆，不管是好是坏，再也没有给我弹钢琴的勇气。上文When I was a child，I began learning to play the piano，which was my favourite musical _____，but I was forced to give up when I started my middle school so that I could concentrate more on my studies.是作者学钢琴的回忆，但是这些记忆从来没有激起作者再弹钢琴的勇气，故用however表示转折，故选D。
39．答案：A
解析：考查名词及语境理解。A.life生活；B.learning学习；C.attitude态度；D.enjoyment愉快。句意：这个想法让我想到，生活就像音乐，我们都试图在我们生活的乐器中扮演不同的角色。根据空后"in the instrument of our life"可知，作者觉得生活就像音乐，故选A。
40．答案：B
解析：考查名词及语境理解。A.cards卡片；B.roles角色；C.sports运动；D.games游戏。句意：这个想法让我想到，生活就像音乐，我们都试图在我们生活的乐器中扮演不同的角色。结合语境可知，作者觉得生活就像音乐，我们每个人都在试着扮演不同的角色，故选B。
41．答案：C
解析：考查形容词及语境理解。A.hard艰难的；B.surprising令人惊讶的；C.wonderful极好的；D.complex复杂的。句意：有时我们弹得好，音高就很棒，但有时我们却跑调了。此处和下文"but sometimes we are out of tune"是转折关系，故指"有时我们弹得好，音高就很棒"，故选C。
42．答案：A
解析：考查形容词及语境理解。A.unique独特的；B.boring令人厌烦的；C.common普通的；D.similar相似的。句意：然而，我们都在继续创造自己独特的音乐风格。结合"our own"可知，此处指自己独特的音乐风格。
43．答案：B
解析：考查动词及语境理解。A.matter要紧；B.mean意味着；C.report报道；D.appear出现。句意：虽然我可能再也回不去上钢琴课了，但这并不意味着我停止了音乐创作。结合句意可知，没有回去上钢琴课并不意味着停止音乐创作，故选B。

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