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第一部分阅读理解（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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答
题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
National Public Radio （NPR） Music’s Tiny Desk Contest is back. Artists can begin to submit
an entry from this morning on Feb. 2nd. The submission will last 14 days This isn’t just another
regular year of the Contest-it’s the 10th anniversary.
The panel （小组） of judges has doubled in size compared to previous years. The panel has a
group of industry experts who are eager to see what this year’s participants can share. And there’s a
great team of NPR’s Music station hosts on the panel: Amelia Mason. Novena Carmel and Stas THEE
Boss.
Also new this year: Not only will the 2024 winner play a Tiny Desk concert， be interviewed
on All Things Considered and go on tour with NPR Music-they’ll also be paired with a tutor in the
industry who will help them navigate their music journey. Our judges are determined to give this
year’s winner the support they’ll need to take their music to the next level. The winner will also be
featured at two festivals this summer: Celebrate Brooklyn and the Millennium Park Summer Music
series in Chicago.
And for the first time this year, the Contest is introducing a fan favorite vote. Later this spring
， Contest judges will share their favorite entries as part of the annual Tiny Desk-Contest Top Shelf
series on YouTube and then artists and fans will be able to vote for their favorite among those
selections.
Here’s how to enter: Record a video of you playing one original song behind a desk， upload
your video to YouTube. and submit the video on our Tiny Desk Contest website.
1. What’s the deadline of the submission?
A. Feb. 21. B. Feb. 2. C. Feb. 16. D. Feb. 15.
2. In what way is the Contest special this year?
A. There are fewer judges in the panel. B. Fann are able to vote in the Contest.
C. Judges go on tour with NPR Music. D. Winners host festivals this summer.
3. What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To attract people to join in the Contest. B. To remember musicians in the Contest.
C. To mark the anniversary of the Contest. D. To talk about the history of the Contest
B
I used to believe that only words could catch the essence （本质） of the human soul. The
literary works contained such distinct stories that they shaped the way we saw the world. Words were
what composed the questions we sought to uncover and the answers to those questions themselves.
Words were everything.
That belief changed.
In an ordinary math class, my teacher posed a simple question: What's 0. 99 rounded to the
nearest whole number? Easy. When rounded to the nearest whole number. 0. 99=1. Somehow. I
thought even though 0. 99 is only 0. 01 away from I. there's still a 0. 01 difference. That means even
if two things are only a little different, they are still different, so doesn't that make them completely
different?
My teacher answered my question by presenting another equation （等式）： 1 = 0. 9， which
could also be expressed as 1=0. 999999. repeating itself without ever ending.
There was something mysterious but fascinating about the equation. The left side was
unchangeable. objective: it contained a number that ended. On the right was something endless, a
number repeating itself limitless times. Yet, somehow, these two opposed things were connected by
an equal sign.
Lying in bed, I thought about how much the equation paralleled （使平行） our existence. The
left side of the equation represents that sometimes life itself is so unchangeable and so clear. The
concrete, whole number of the day when you were born and the day when you would die. But then
there is that gap in between life and death. The right side means a time and space full of limitless
possibilities. and endless opportunities into the open future.
So that's what life is. Objective but imaginative. Unchangeable but limitless. Life is an equation
with two sides that balances itself out. Still. we can't ever truly seem to put the perfect words to it. So
possibly numbers can express ideas as equally well as words can. For now, let's leave it at that: 1=0.
999999. . . and live a life like it.
4. Which of the following can best describe words in paragraph 1?
A. Difficult. B. Clear. C. Powerful. D. Interesting.
5. What may the number 1 refer to?
A. Valuable chances. B. Definite facts.
C. Creativity imagination. D. Social development.
6. What does the author think of 1=0. 9?
A. They reveal the meaning of life. B. They are reliable in expressing ideas.
C. They are useful in learning maths. D. They give limited possibilities.
7. What is the text mainly about?
A. Why the equation exists everywhere
B. Which equation is important for people
C. How numbers can express ideas like words
D. When numbers can easily make up equations
C
For thousands of years, humans have used names to communicate with one another. We also
give names to animals, especially ones we love, such as pets. Until now there has been little evidence
of animals naming one another, but a new study suggests that elephants use specific noises to identify
other elephants.
A few animals, including parrots and dolphins, have been known to use sounds that are similar
to names. Each dolphin invents a signature whistle that is unique to it, and other members of its
species communicate with it by simulating this special call. The new study, led by Michael Pardo of
Colorado State University, shows that wild African elephants use names in a way that is not just
copying sounds and is much closer to the way humans use names.
For the study, the researchers recorded 625 sounds made by wild African elephants in Kenya
that they called rumbles (隆隆声)”. This is the most common type of call produced by elephants,
and it can travel long distances-as far as 3. 7 miles. It takes place at a very low frequency, which
means humans can't hear it.
The researchers analyzed the sounds using computers and found that certain rumbles were
directed at specific elephants to get their attention They found that all the elephants in the herd used
the identical call to get a particular elephant's attention -these calls were not just nicknames used by
one of the elephant's friends. Also. unlike the way dolphins communicate. the rumbles were not just
imitations of the elephant they were trying to communicate with.
The researchers then played back some of the recorded rumbles to the elephants. They found
that elephants responded more to their own name than to other calls. coming toward it more quickly
or calling back faster. Cartlin O'Connell-Rodwell, an elephant expert, said, The study shows that
elephants can still keep in touch with one another even across a large area. She told Live Science,
The rumbles ere magical, which allow them to spread out much further and still have very close tabs
（密切关注） on individuals.
8. What does the underlined word simulating in paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Copying. B. Inventing C. Transforming. D. Receiving.
9. How do wild elephants spot other elephants?
A. By making certain rumbles heard by people.
B. By using specific languages like people’s.
C. By making specific noises with a high frequency
D. By using names in a way closer to people’s.
10. What can we learn from Michael Pardo's research?
A. It records 625 sounds from several species.
B. It is subjective in the analysis of sounds.
C. It is carried out with the help of computers.
D. It shows dolphins' calls travel long distances.
11. Which of the following does O'Connell-Rodwell agree with?
A. Elephants communicate with noses across a large area.
B. Rumbles are important in elephants’ communication
C. Elephants may be last on the way to their habitats
D. Rumbles enable elephants to stand nr play closer.
D
Scientists have designed ways to read words directly from brains. Brain implants (植入物)
can translate internal speech into external signals, allowing communication from people with
paralysis (瘫痪 )or diseases that steal their ability to talk or type. New results from two studies,
presented on November 14 provide additional evidence of the extraordinary potential that brain
implants have for restoring lost communication. says Leigh Hochberg, a physician at Massachusetts
General Hospital in Boston.
The new studies targeted internal speech, which requires that a person only think. Our device
predicts internal speech directly, allowing the patient to just focus on saying a word inside his head
and transform it into text, says Sarah Wandelt.
Neural signals associated with words are detected by electrodes (电极)implanted in the brain.
The signals can then be translated into text, which can be made an oral speech by computer programs.
Another approach presented at the meeting, led by neuroscientist Sean Metzger of the University
of California. San Francisco and bis colleagues, relied on spelling. The participant was a man called
Pancho who hadn't been able to speak for more than 15 years because of a disease. In this study,
Pancho attempted to silently think code (代码) words, such as alpha for A and echo for E. By
stringing these letters into words, he produced sentences such as I do not want that and You have
got to be kidding. Each session would end when Pancho attempted to squeeze his hand thereby
creating a movement-related brain signal that refused the decoding (解码).
With this system. Pancho produced about seven words per minute. That's faster than the five
words per minute his usual communication device makes, but much slower than normal speech,
typically about 150 words per minute. The techniques will need to ger faster and more accurate to be
useful. It's also unclear whether the technologies will work for people with more serious speech
disorders. These are still early days, Hochberg says.
12. Who are brain implants intended for?
A. People who do research on speaking. B. People who are fond of talking.
C. People who are tired of speaking. D. People who have difficulty in talking.
13. What do patients need to da in the first approach?
A. Predict internal speech directly. B. Say a word inside their heads.
C. Detect wards implanted in the head. D. Make an oral speech directly.
14. How can Pancho stop speaking?
A. By pressing his hand. B. By decoding the speech.
C. By stringing the letters. D. By considering code words.
15. Which of the following us the best title for the text?
A. Scientists develop a device. B. Brain implants help to spell.
C. Brain implants read thoughts. D. Scientists help people to speak.
第二节（共 5 小题：每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余
选项。
How to Save Humanity from Extinction
Modern humans have only existed for a relatively brief amount of time, and probably we'd like
to stick around a lot longer. For example, if we want to reach our 500.000th birthday as a species,
what should we focus on? 16 .
17
The Earth's climate has changed and shifted for millions of years. There have been times in the
past when it's been hotter than it is today, and times when it's been cooler. But there is something
different about the past century. As far as we can tell from the geologic record, there has been no time
in Earth's entire history when the climate has warmed so much in such a short amount of time. 18 .
While climate change doesn't necessarily cause an existential threat to human existence, it surely
poses a threat to how we like to live our lives in modern society.
Figure out nuclear weapon
Again, a single nuclear weapon doesn’t pose a threat to all of humanity, but the thousands of
warheads in the world right now certainly do. But as time goes on, the chances of one nuclear
explosion increases. Just consider all the near misses in recent history, where all-out nuclear war
was avoided thanks only to the quick thinking and calmness of individuals. 19 . there will be no
nuclear conflict. So it's possible to reduce the risk of catastrophe.
Explore asteroids(小行星)
20 . just ask the dinosaurs how well it worked out for them. Asteroids and comets have the
ability to spark off massive extinction events. wiping out vast numbers of entire species. While these
kinds of events are thankfully incredibly rare, the risk they present are horrible. For humanity to make
it to the long-term, we need to equip ourselves with hard asteroid detection and relief strategies.
A. Tackle climate change
B. Make geologic record
C. If human beings calm down
D. Here are some goals we need to achieve
E. If we want to safeguard ourselves against potential risks
F. And we can see the effects of climate change everywhere
G. If you desire to know the horrible consequences for ignoring space threats
第二部分语言运用（共两节，满分 30 分）
第一节（共 15 小题：每小题 1 分：满分 15 分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选
项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My aunt Mantha loved Christmas. She always went out of her way to make it 21 and cosy
for everyone around her. December 2022 was no 22 . Mantha drove three hours to visit everyone
two weeks before the 25th and to drop off 23 to her friends. We chatted about our plans, 24
and kissed goodbye when it was time to 25 .
So when on December 18. Mantha's son called us sadly to tell us Mantha had passed away 26
at home, none of us could quite believe it. So close to Christmas, none of us felt like 27 . That was
until my sister-in-law, Vera told us about some 28 of hers in the office who were from China had
just arrived in the UK.
We knew we couldn't leave them to spend the day by themselves, especially after we heard how
29 they were to experience a proper English Christmas. More importantly, we knew Mantha would
have wanted us to throw open our doors and give them a Christmas to 30 .
When the day finally came, we 31 them into the house with open arms and tried to 32 our
pain so we could give them the full Christmas 33 .
It didn't 34 the pain of Mantha's absence but connecting with strangers and 35 our culture
helped us get through the day and turned out to be the very thing we all needed.
21. A. popular B. safe C. common D. magical
22. A. exception B. acceptance C. use D. regret
23. A. power B. presents C. bonuses D. help
24. A. laughed B. conducted C. survived D. cooperated
25. A. work B. relax C. leave D. meet
26. A. suddenly B. naturally C. generally D. permanently
27. A. sustaining B. explaining C. celebrating. D. treasuring
28. A. customers B. agents C. friends D. colleagues
29. A. nervous B. eager C. responsible D. shy
30. A. prove B. remind C. remember D. wait
31. A. pushed B. welcomed C. grabbed D. drove
32. A. go through B. throw away C. pull out D. put aside
33. A. popularity B. experience C. admiration D. culture
34. A. mise B. strengthen C. deliver D. ease
35. A. learning B. discussing C. sharing D. following
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。
On October 14th, the Times Square in New York 36 (take) over by the full-screen poster of
the2023 Tianfu Book Fair!.
The 2023 Tianfu Book Fair. 37 (title)Mutual Learning Among Cultures Amid Fragrance of
Books, showcased a range of outstanding Chinese publications. making their way overseas. The
International Pavilion was a highlight. displaying over 1,000 types and 38 (approximate) 6,500
copies of original literature, children's books, and picture books in English, Japanese, and other
languages. Plus the Harry Potter Pop-up Store. 39 had been stealing the show, offered readers
40 immersive experience with the complete Harry Potter series and official merchandise.
But wait, there's more! A series of exciting cultural 41 (activity) were also lined up. Guests
could attend cultural lectures 42 the three Su scholars' culture, try their hand at panda-themed
traditional Chinese painting and witness a face-changing performance of Chinese Sichuan opera. This
fair was not just about books: it was an excellent chance that allowed overseas readers to discover the
charm of Sichuan culture 43 the richness of traditional Chinese culture. It was a powerful showcase
of Chinese culture, making the trustworthy, lovable. and 44 (respect) image of China more real
and tangible than ever before. In the future, China will make every effort 45 (spread) excellent
traditional Chinese culture.
第三部分写作（共两节，满分 40 分）
第一节（满分 15 分）
为了丰富校园生活，你校组织了为期三天的篮球赛，请你写一则报道，刊登在学校英文
网站上：内容包括：
1.时间和地点：
2.比赛情况：
3.活动意义。
注意：1.可以增加细节，以使行文连贯；
2.词数 80 词左右；
第二节（满分 25 分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
On Oct. 4. 2021, James and his friend Raphael were squeezing in a lunchtime workout on Pier (
码头) 15. overlooking the East River, when James froze. Somebody's in the water, he shouted.
Before Raphael could respond. James climbed over the rail at the edge of the pier and leaped into the
cold. polluted water without taking the time to remove his shoes.
What James had heard was an alarmed fisherman shouting from Pier 16. nearly 50 yards away,
Help! He's in the water! And what he'd seen was a person floating, lifeless.
Raphael didn't need to see the victim. “Maybe the fisherman saw someone in the water who
needs our help. he thought. Or maybe it's the fisherman who needs my help. Either way, I'm going
in. He yanked off his shoes and swan-dived.
Approaching the unconscious victim, James saw that it was a middle-aged man. He was big,
around 200 pounds, respectably dressed and sinking fast. He was 3 feet below the surface by the time
James reached him. James dove, felt around, grasped the man and kicked upward until they both
resurfaced. Raphael was there now. Treading(踩，踏) water, the two friends floated the man on his
back. As Raphael looped his arms around the man's shoulders and James supported the hips and
knees, they made their way back to Pier 15, exhausted.
They might have been hauling a corpse ( 尸体) The man's skin was blue. and neither Raphael
nor James detected any breathing. When at last they reached Pier 15, they faced a new uncertainty.
How to get out? The pier's decking stood an unreachable 10 feet above their heads. A metal
beam was covered by sharp barnacles. If Raphael, shoeless, attempted to climb onto it, he'd hurt his
bare feet.
Suddenly the man breathed again, stirred and clobbered (狠揍) confusedly Raphael in the face
before fading back to near unconsciousness.
注意：1.续写词数应为 150 词左右：
2.请按如下格式作答.
Did we do something wrong? Raphael asked himself.
At the moment, on the pier, u crowd had gathered from somewhere.
毕节市 2024 届高三第二次诊断性考试
英语参考答案
第一部分
（1—20 题：共 20 小题，每小题 2.5 分:满分 50 分）
1-3 DBA 4-7 CBAC 8-11ADCB 12-15 DBAC 16-20 DAFCG