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全卷满分：150分 考试时间：120分钟 2025.06
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）（略）
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四个选项选出最佳选项。
A
The best science books inspire a sense of wonder and make you amazed at the incredible world we live in. Here are four of them to feed your imagination.
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
How did it all begin And how did we get here Combining history and science, the book offers a comprehensive yet entertaining answer to these questions. Bill Bryson takes the reader on an impressive journey through the greatest scientific discoveries in history. It explains scientific topics in a vivid way, but it’s quite a long read.
Thing Explainer by Randall Munroe
How do helicopters work Or cells Randall Munroe explains how things work using illustrations and only the most common 1,000 words in English. It will shift your approach to explanation. So, next time explain how something works rather than merely call it by its name. However, additionally providing more technical terms might have enhanced the understanding and learning experience.
Ask an Astronaut by Tim Peake
What does it feel like to fly into space How do you prepare for it Astronaut Tim Peake answers all the questions you never knew about going into space. The book gives insights into the cutting-edge science, as well as the day-to-day life on board of the International Space Station. Its question and answer format makes it easy to quickly find answers, but it can become less appealing due to the lack of descriptive language.
Deep Time by Riley Black
Want to know the story of our planet Riley Black takes us on a journey, in the order of time, through the geological (地质的) events that have shaped our planet. The fascinating high-quality images are supported by-easily digestible explanations of key historical moments. It also expands on key concepts in geology, astronomy and biology. Yet, measuring the size of some objects on the photos is difficult due to the lack of a scale bar (比例尺).
Which book is organized in the format of question and answer
A. Deep Time. B. Thing Explainer.
C. Ask an Astronaut. D. A Short History of Nearly Everything.
22. What’s a shortcoming of Thing Explainer
A. It is rather too long. B. It lacks technical terms.
C. It is written in plain language. D. It fails to include clear images.
23. What do A Short History of Nearly Everything and Deep Time have in common
A. They feature vivid illustrations. B. They combine science and history.
C. They entertain readers of all ages. D. They explain concepts in great detail.
B
When the first season of Downton Abbey aired in the U. S, my wife Carol and I were totally absorbed. Carol, who writes under the name, Carol Wallace, had always been fascinated by English history, especially the period when American wealthy women married into the British nobility (贵族). She co-authored To Marry an English Lord in 1989, a book about this topic, but it was long out of print. Downton Abbey seemed to reflect many themes from her book, even featuring an American character married to the British lordly owner of the house.
As the second season aired in Britain in fall 2011, the New York Times ran a piece suggesting books for Downton Abbey fans. Sadly, Carol’s book wasn’t included. “I wish you could talk to Julian Fellowes, the writer for the series,” I said. “He’d love your book.” “But how could we ever reach him ” Carol replied.
Later that afternoon, while walking down Thirty-Fourth Street in New York, I ran into an old friend. She introduced me to a friend who, to my surprise, knew how to contact Julian Fellowes. Thanks to her involvement in a British historical society, she had his contact details and shared them with me.
Carol emailed Fellowes that evening, unsure if he’d even see it. The next day, she heard directly from him. He was a big fan of her book, and, in fact, it had informed the series. Fellowes offered to write to the New York Times, which published his letter to the editor almost immediately.
“In your article about books that might please fans of Downton Abbey,” Fellowes wrote, “I was sorry that one title was missing: To Marry an English Lord...”
Carol thanked him and asked if he’d write a promotional description for the book, which she hoped may inspire a reprint. Of course, by all means, Fellowes agreed. When the book was republished, it was labeled “an inspiration for the popular television series Downton Abbey”. Thanks to this, the book sold more copies than before-all because of an unexpected chain of events that only angels could have seen coming.
What can we learn about Carol from Paragraph 1
A. She was a fan of Downton Abbey.
B. She was fascinated by American history.
C. She wrote several novels about British nobility.
D. She volunteered as a consultant for a TV show.
25. How did Carol manage to contact Julian Fellowes
A. By attending a historical event.
B. By running into him in the street.
C. By calling a society he was involved in.
D. By asking someone for his contact information.
26. How was Carol’s book linked to Downton Abbey
A. It was inspired by the series.
B. It played a role in shaping the series.
C. Both were praised by the same editor.
D. Both were written from the same point of view.
27. What was the result of the book’s reprint
A. It brought the author a movie adaptation.
B. It witnessed increased sales of the book.
C. It boosted the author’s confidence.
D. It inspired the creation of similar books.
C
In most theoretical models examining how reputations impact people’s desire to cooperate with one another, reputations are defined as either good or bad, based on limited information. These models have typically assumed that a single action determines someone’s reputation.
There is a lot of information available about people’s behavior in today’s world, especially with social media. A research by biology professor Jeshua Plotkin’s team showed that looking at multiple actions and forgiving some bad actions is a method of judging behavior that is sufficient to sustain cooperation, a method they call “look twice, forgive once.”
The basic idea in this study is that if you observe two interactions of somebody and at least one of them is an action that you would consider good, then you cooperate with that person, but otherwise you reject them.
The research points out that even if different people in a society subscribe to different standards of judgment, “look twice, forgive once” still generates sufficient consensus to promote cooperation. Plotkin says that this method maintains cooperation without referring to reputations released by public institutions. It offers an important alternative when public institutions exist but decrease of trust in them prevents cooperation.
Plotkin says all researchers were surprised that the “look twice, forgive once” strategy couldn’t be displaced by other strategies, such as always cooperating or always rejecting, looking more than two actions from a person, or forgiving a different proportion of “bad actions”. Perhaps most surprisingly looking more than twice didn’t generate an additional benefit. “Information turned out to be a double-edged sword, so that even, when information was freely accessible, individuals were typically unable to use all of it,” he adds.
Plotkin notes that the overall simplicity and reliability of their findings indicate that this behavioral strategy might be old in human societies. The researchers see potential for anthropologists (人类学家) and behavioral scientists to build on their work.
How does Plotkin’s method of judging behavior differ from prior models
It relies mainly on social media. B. It emphasizes public reputation.
C. It requires less personal information. D. It takes into account more behaviors.
29. What can be inferred about the “look twice” method
A. It broadens the definition of reputation.
B. It develops alternative ways to cooperate.
C. It encourages concentration on good behaviors.
D. It aims to provide a solution to social problems.
30. What does the underlined word “consensus” in paragraph 4 mean
A. Agreement. B. Resources. C. Motivation. D. Benefits.
31. What is paragraph 5 mainly about concerning the “look twice” strategy
A. Its effectiveness. B. Its application. C. Its disadvantages. D. Its influence.
D
Nietzsche (尼采) was wrong: When you gaze long enough into the abyss (深渊), the abyss does not gaze back into you. Instead, the cosmic void (空洞) remains silent, relentless and frightening in its vastness.
When looking at the vast universe, there is a temptation (诱惑) to look at our tiny world with nihilism, feeling that our great achievements amount to nothing, that our history fails to leave a mark, and that our concerns and anxieties are pointless.
I’m a cosmologist, the kind of scientist who studies the origin, history and evolution of the universe. I have spent my career researching one special part of the universe called cosmic voids: the vast expanses of nothing that stretch between the galaxies. Most of our universe is void - somewhere around 80 percent of the volume of the cosmos is made of nothing at all. I have spent years working to understand what cosmic voids teach us about the wider universe and its dowry. And in the course of my studies, I have learned to reject that temptation.
It’s true that Earth is neither large nor long-lived, but that is only one way of measuring pared with the cosmic voids, there is something special happening on our planet. Earth is still the only known place in the entire universe where conscious beings raise their curious eyes to the sky and wonder. Earth is the only known place where humans can exist. It is the only known place where laughter, love, anger and joy exist. The only known place where we can find dance, music, and art. Our disagreements and all the beautiful complexities that make us human aren’t meaningless. The experiences in our lives are special because they will never happen in the empty expanse of most of the universe.
The same lessons that cosmic voids teach us are found in the voids we encounter in our own lives. The presence of voids guarantees the opposite they create contrast; they are full of potential. The pain we feel from loss is the last reminder of the gift of a life deeply loved. The silence before a performance is full of electric expectation. Our choice to ignore stressful news is necessary to allow us to focus on what truly matters.
Artists have long understood the power of the void. The 12th-century poet Saigyo noted that the pauses between raindrops were as important as the drops themselves. The famed architect Rem celebrated the utility of negative spaces, proclaiming, “Where there is nothing, everything is possible.”
The universe won’t do anything for us except give us the freedom to exist. It is our job to fill the universe with meaning and purpose.
What does the underlined word “nihilism” in Paragraph 2 mean
A. Hope. B. Admiration. C. Emptiness. D. Purpose.
33. Why does the author reject the temptation
A. Because he is a cosmologist who believes science.
B. Because he thinks Earth is special as it is small and short-lived.
C. Because he thinks human experiences differ from those in voids.
D. Because he thinks Earth is the only place for human experiences.
34. What’s the author’s purpose in writing Paragraph 5
A. To reflect on how voids enrich our lives.
B. To show how pain can be created from loss.
C. To claim that voids serve as obstacles to human growth.
D. To argue emotional voids should be filled for more significance.
35. Which would be the best title for the passage
A. Listening to the Abyss Nietzsche Revisited
B. Questioning the Belief in Human Significance
C. Beyond the Stars: The Science of Cosmic Voids
D. Finding Meaning in Vast Silence of the Universe
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
How many times have you wondered about how much better things might have been if the younger you had made different decisions Or, have you breathed a sigh of relief when you recognize that one of your lucky choices ended up much better off than you might have been, if things had gone a different way
________36________ It is the birthplace of emotions such as regret, gratitude, and guilt. Picturing an alternative outcome to what has actually happened in one’s life holds an irresistible appeal, even when it leads to unhappiness. It is therefore not surprising that it has become a hot topic of research in social psychology.
Counterfactual thinking often plays out in real-time on national television after a natural disaster. ________37________ The victims are usually shaken and highly emotional, and they have often lost everything that they owned. And yet, we commonly hear them use words such as “lucky” or “grateful” to describe their feelings.
________38________ If the person had really been lucky, wouldn’t they still have a house and have been spared from all of the grief they must now endure Some psychologists have argued that one of the benefits of counterfactual thinking is that it can be an effective tool for making us more resilient (迅速复苏的). The mind of the counterfactual thinker can easily imagine circumstances that would have been even worse. ________39________
Counterfactual thinking is simply part of who we are. ________40________ Many psychologists believe that it exists to helps us crystallize (变明确) the goals that are most important to us and to improve our ability to wisely choose future courses of action.
At first glance, this response does not make much sense.
This type of mental “what-ifism” is called counterfactual thinking.
Even though it sometimes makes us sad, it can also do us some good
The imagination of a life has been the inspiration for dozens of movies.
News reporters frequently interview survivors who have barely escaped with their lives.
The more important the event is, the more intense our counterfactual thinking about it will be.
That paves the way for positive emotions that might help them through a very dark time in their lives.
第三部分：语言应用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
该项涂染。
It was a sunny Sunday afternoon. My husband was taking care of our baby girl so that my six-year-old son and I could do some yard work, just the two of us. It was sure to be ____41____. But soon, the clouds of mosquitoes seemed ____42____ to our bug spray (喷雾). I was sweating, itchy, and arguing with my son about how to pull weeds. I had told him the “right” way - getting those weeds out from the bottom, by the roots, ____43____ them entirely.
However, my son went about things in his own way. He pulled the ____44____ of the weeds off, moving quickly down the line as he left the remaining part still in the soil. Somehow, I found this to be incredibly ____45____. Why couldn’t he do it in my way and save me the time of having to ____46____ his portion (部分) Why did he do it at all if he wasn’t going to do it properly
“If you do as told, we’d be done earlier and ____47____ a longer period before we would have to return and pull weeds next time.” I said, trying to keep my tone ____48____.
He went back to his work, shaking dirt from his handful of growing things and throwing ____49____ stems into our shared basket. “People do things ____50____. Mom, “he said innocently.
My fire soon faded, replaced by the ____51____ realization that I’d just received a valuable ____52____ from the person that I was supposed to be teaching. While trying to ____53____ my baby girl, my kindergartener, and the yard work, ____54____ was a lifeline for me. But my way was, perhaps, not the best way after all. His time shouldn’t be ____55____. His job was to be a kid and take his time, for as long as he was able.
A. relaxing B. disturbing C. urgent D. tough
A. sensitive B. resistant C. harmful D. addicted
A. removing B. packing C. covering D. preserving
A. roots B. fibres C. tops D. points
A. amazing B. boring C. annoying D. confusing
A. recycle B. redo C. identify D. ignore
A. clarified B. launched C. repeated D. promised
A. nervous B. mysterious C. light D. loud
A. long B. broken C. dry D. useful
A. differently B. separately C. hurriedly D. honestly
A. satisfying B. corresponding C. depressing D. bumbling
A. behavior B. warning C. reminder D. review
A. raise B. land C. teach D. balance
A. efficiency B. concentration C. discipline D. quality
A. run out of B. set limits to C. made up for D. kept pace with
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Young people at the East Wind Foundation in Los Angeles’ Chinatown spend their after-school hours practicing the traditional folk art of lion dancing, an ancient art (56)____________(date) back to the Han Dynasty. It is not only a performance for these youths (57)____________ a way for them to connect with the tradition and build a sense of belonging within the community in this (58)____________(dynamic) changing world.
Lion dance is a demanding art form, requiring (59)____________(strong) and cooperation. Each evening, (60)____________(practice) with body-building exercises and martial arts training (61)____________(prepare) for the complex movements of lion dance. Through this disciplined routine, participants master the traditional techniques and develop toughness and teamwork (62)____________ help build a foundation for personal growth.
East Wind also teaches the cultural significance behind the art form. The annual blessing ceremony, where new lion heads are welcomed, (63)____________(offer) youths a chance to learn how to honor their ancestors. Elders guide them in traditions like dotting (点缀) a lion’s eyes with ink, awakening the lions to life in a (64)____________(symbol) way,
Beyond ceremonies, East Wind builds community connections by organizing field trips in nature. These experiences allow youths from different families to explore and bond with their peers. They build lasting friendships while enjoying a meaningful interaction (65)____________ nature.
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分40分）
应用文写作（满分15分）
假设你是红星中学高二学生李华。你校英语俱乐部将举办 “AI助力英语学习” 的讲座，作为俱乐部负责人，你打算邀请你校国际部外教Michael为你们年级做这个讲座。请你用英文给他写一封邮件，内容包括:
邀请并告知时间地点:
建议讲座的具体内容及其原因。
注意:
词数 80左右;
开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。
Dear Michael,
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Yours, Li Hua
（满分25分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
A couple of months before I started high school, my parents gave me the greatest gift any teenage boy would ask for: a cell phone. I lived on that phone all summer. I always texted my friends, even at night. And I paid no attention to the people and things around myself. Being connected to the Internet was more important than being present.
So, you can imagine my displeasure when the time came for our family vacation that year. It was not the Disneyland trip or beach vacation that I had been hoping for. “This year,” my dad said, “we’ll be doing something special, something I used to do with my dad when I was a kid. We’re going camping in the forest!”
His excitement was met with a disappointed sigh, which was my communication style at that age. But he had made the decision and would not change his mind. I comforted myself by telling myself that it was still a vacation. I remained uninfluenced while they were busy preparing for the vacation.
My mind was on my phone, the texts flying back and forth. I focused on the screen in my hands so much that the first time I looked up was when we drove across a bridge on the trip to our campsite.
I looked out of the window and saw a fast-moving river. The air blowing into the car from the open windows was hot and smelled of trees. But that didn’t matter to me. The reason why I had looked up was something far more serious and annoying. My phone no longer had service. The signal was weak. During the last hour of the drive, there was no signal at all.
注意：续写词数应为150左右；请按如下格式作答。
When we finally arrived at the campsite, I stepped out of the car with a long face. _____
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The next morning I was woken up by soft rays of the sun. ________________________
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