(考试时间:120 分钟 试卷满分:150 分)
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。
1. What does the girl like in the history area?
A. The friendly people. B. The quiet environment. C. The comfortable chairs.
2. On which day do people go out to thank health workers?
A. Tuesday. B. Wednesday. C. Thursday.
3. How is the man preparing to use the tools?
A. By learning at work.
B. By watching online videos.
C. By reading the instructions.
4. What does the woman think of the man?
A. He isn't hard-working. B. He isn't strong. C. He isn't polite.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. A TV show. B. A sports star. C. A music lesson.
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。听每段对话或独白前, 你将有时间阅读各个小题, 每小题 5
秒钟;听完后, 各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第 6 段材料, 回答 6、7 题。
6. What subject did the man earn his degree in?
A. German. B. Philosophy. C. Psychology.
7. Why does the man wish he had learned Spanish?
A. He likes Spanish culture.
B. He thinks it would be more useful.
C. He wants to work in South America.
听第 7 段材料, 回答第 8 至 10 题。
8. What will the woman do first?
A. Wash her hands. B. Answer the phone. C. Write up an order.
9. What does the man need now?
A. Some oil. B. Some vegetables. C. Some eggs.
10. Where will the woman look for the item?
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A. On the shelf. B. Near the stairs. C. In the box.
听第 8 段材料, 回答第 11 至 13 题。
11. What sport is the woman good at?
A. Bowling. B. Football. C. Badminton.
12. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Co-workers. B. Cousins. C. Teammates.
13. What will the man do next?
A. Call Dave. B. Send an email to Henry. C. Get a ticket to an exhibition.
听第 9 段材料, 回答第 14 至 17 题。
14. Where are the speakers?
A. In a museum. B. In a library. C. In a studio.
15. Who is the man's biggest hero?
A. Kristal. B. Ansel. C. Ronald.
16. What did the man do in the summer?
A. He went to Ansel's house.
B. He went fishing with his friends.
C. He went hiking in a mountain alone.
17. What does the man do?
A. He's a designer. B. He's a photographer. C. He's a teacher.
听第 10 段材料, 回答第 18 至 20 题。
18. Which course is the most popular according to the speaker?
A. The Study Skills course.
B. The Application Help course.
C. The Advanced Testing course.
19. How much will it cost to take all three courses?
A. $150. B. $200. C. $250.
20. What will people do to sign up for the deal?
A. Go to the Chicago office. B. Fill out a form online. C. Call an advisor.
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分 40 分)
第一节 (共 15 小题;每小题 2 分,满分 30 分)
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题
卡将该项涂黑。
A
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the Canaries and Portugal.
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21. What can be learned about the tour?
A. Tourists will explore Canaries and Portugal.
B. Tourists will visit Santana’s charming village.
C. Tourists will come back on the 26th of March.
D. Tourists will uncover Pico dos Barcelos independently.
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A. 50. B. 100. C. 949. D. 999.
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A. People who subscribe to Reader’s Digest.
B. People who love reading Reader’s Digest.
C. People who make a call to Travel Department.
D. People who scan the website of Travel Department.
B
I used to believe that only words could catch the essence of the human soul. The literary
works contained such distinct stories that they shaped the way we saw the world. Words were
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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 1, 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. 99999… 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, 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 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. 99999. . . and live a life like it.
24. What does the author emphasize about words in paragraph 1?
A. Their wide variety. B. Their literary origins.
C. Their expressive power. D. Their distinct sounds.
25. What made the author find the equation fascinating?
A. The repetition of a number. B. The difference between the two numbers.
C. The question the teacher raised. D. The way two different numbers are equal.
26. Which of the following can replace the underlined word paralleled in paragraph 6?
A. measured. B. composed. C. mirrored. D. influenced.
27. What is a suitable title for the text?
A. The Perfect Equation B. Numbers Build Equations
C. An Attractive Question D. Words Outperform Numbers
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C
In 1835, William Talbot finally succeeded in producing a photograph of his country
house. He declared that his was the first house ever known to have drawn its own picture. The
drawing was formed“by the action of light upon sensitive paper. ” Photography offered nature
a “pencil” to paint herself through optical (光学的) and chemical means alone.
By the mid-nineteenth century, people no longer needed to hire a draftsman to draw
detailed images because the process could be completed instantly with a camera. Advocates
for the technology stated that not only was it more precise than the human hand-it was faster
and cheaper.
The removal of human fallibility in the creating process was one of photography’s
biggest selling points, but this also started debates about the new medium’s implications for
visual culture. Could images made largely by a machine be considered art? If so,where did
human creativity fit in this process?
As the twenty-first century becomes increasingly automated(自动化的),more and more
people attempt to identify where human agency exists in the technologically driven world.
Images generated with artificial intelligence by companies like OpenAI are stimulating
questions like those that emerged with the coming of the photograph. By typing a sentence,
users can generate “new” images composed from images collected across the internet. The
result has been a flood of AI-generated images in places that are previously unique to human
authors. Painting competitions, commercial graphic design and the fashion of portraiture(肖
像)have all since collided with the technology in troubling ways.
The fine arts were thought to be a final hold-out of human creativity, but the surprisingly
high quality of AI-generated images is producing deeper questions about the nature of
originality. If the history of photography tells us anything, it’s that the debate won’t be settled
quickly, straightforwardly or by the institutions we typically associate with cultural
gatekeeping.
28. Why did Talbot declare that his house had drawn its own picture?
A. To downplay human factors in the creation.
B. To investigate a supernatural phenomenon.
C. To show his advanced knowledge in science.
D. To demonstrate the beauty of his country house.
29. What does the word “it”underlined in paragraph 2 refer to?
A. The photo of Talbot’s house. B. The image by a draftsman.
C. The technology of a camera. D. The paper sensitive to light.
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30. What do OpenAI and cameras have in common?
A. They improve the taste of beauty. B. They advocate fashion designs.
C. They challenge human agency. D. They produce original images.
31. What did the author indicate by referring to the history of photography?
A. Cultural gatekeepers will solve the issue as they did.
B. AI-generated images will go through a similar debate.
C. The nature of originality will be held in human hands.
D. The fine arts will include photography and AI images.
D
In order to meet growing food production and energy needs in low-and middle-income
countries, solar-powered groundwater irrigation is rapidly gaining ground. More than 500,
000 solar pumps(泵)have been set up in south Asia over the last few years and a major
expansion is planned across sub-Saharan Africa.
Dustin Garrick, professor in the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability,
along with an international team, examined the trend toward solar pumps as a clear
opportunity for boosting agricultural yields and reducing poverty, but the opportunity comes
with risks.
While replacing electric or gas pumps with solar-powered irrigation holds the promise of
reducing carbon emissions, it is not guaranteed. Farmers who have access to these pumps may
expand production of crops or diversify into other activities, which are not emissions neutral.
Solar pumps will increase groundwater pumping efficiency, which may be desirable in
regions that support such increases, but this could worsen groundwater lessening in regions
that are already stressed. The cheap clean energy of solar pumps may lead to increased
groundwater development, without necessarily decreasing overall emissions.
Despite these challenges, the clean-energy boost can serve as a stimulus for positive
change in water and energy management but will require enhanced regulation and planning in
both low-and high-income settings. Garrick and his team advocate for improved data
collection initiatives, with a shift from separated to integrated approaches. They suggest using
technology to measure water pumping and collecting remotely sensed data to monitor land
use changes. As well,regulatory improvements are crucial, with mounting limits for carbon
emissions and groundwater lessening established at various levels.
With groundwater management already a difficult challenge, we must act fast to
understand the implications of the clean energy boost and poverty reduction acts to avoid
these gains being won away by wells running dry. The rapid adoption of solar irrigation
intensifies the urgency, demanding adaptation from governments and institutions to sail
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through these complexities.
32. According to paragraph 3, there is a conflict between ______
A. poor farmers and solar-powered irrigation
B. human consumption and clean energy limits
C. crop diversity and crop production expansion
D. pumping efficiency and groundwater exhaustion
33. What did Garrick and his team suggest for a positive change?
A. Integrating data collection and regulation.
B. Improving carbon emission monitoring.
C. Separating data for land use changes.
D. Establishing groundwater levels.
34. What does the author propose the readers do?
A. Perform as the authorities suggest.
B. Act based on further understanding.
C. Quicken the adoption of solar irrigation.
D. Challenge the groundwater management.
35. Which of the following is the best title for the text?
A. The Complexities of Adopting Solar Pumps
B. Solar-Powered Irrigation:Farmers’New Future
C. The Promise and Risks of Solar-Powered Irrigation
D. Balancing Clean Energy Boost and Poverty Reduction
第二节 (共 5 小题;每小题 2 分,满分 10 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
多于选项。
Discovering Your True Self Is Vital to Happiness!
Have you found focusing on yourself is at the bottom of the to-do list, because you feel
everyone else in your life comes first? 36 Now is exactly the perfect time to get to know
yourself in order to understand yourself.
This isn’t just about identifying your favorite outfit, haircut or flavor of ice cream. 37
It’s an opportunity for personal growth that can help you make better choices for your
wellbeing and lifelong happiness.
There are many tools to help you develop a deeper sense of yourself, including journaling
and other forms of creative expression. You can use a guided journal to explore your thoughts
and feelings or just free write whatever comes to mind. It’s up to you what you want to do.
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38 .
39 Take note of how you respond to people, what makes you happy, and what
makes you unhappy. This can help you identify patterns that are holding you back, such as
feeling insecure or being easily angered. Once you’ve identified these patterns, you can work
to change them.
An often overlooked yet very important factor in self-discovery is having healthy
boundaries in your personal life. 40 Clearly communicating your boundaries is also a
way to show others that you are in control of your own behavior and can expect the same
from them. This is a sign of maturity and respect, two characteristics that are key to having
healthy relationships.
A. It’s one thing to know your personality type.
B. It’s a great way to show that you care about others.
C. Taking time for ourselves has been looked down upon.
D. Another way is to observe your behavior in different situations.
E. It allows you to focus on the needs of yourself without ignoring others.
F. But try not to get caught up in the criticism or judgment of your writing.
G. It’s about understanding your inner world and how you fit into the outer world.
第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节,满分 45 分)
第一节 完形填空(共 20 小题:每小题 1.5 分,满分 30 分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)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。
One of my main concerns when I am helping people achieve their life goals is how they
measure success. I see individuals getting frustrated as they ___41___ hard for success.
One of the main ___42___ that cause this frustration is that people allow their ___43___
of success to be determined by someone or something else. Another is that they become
frustrated at their own ___44___ lack of success when comparing themselves with other
people.
We are all individuals with individual wants, skills and experiences. We should look at
our own skills to ___45___ what is successful to us. We should look ___46___ to determine
what it would mean for us to be successful in our own mind rather than someone else's.
Evaluating successful people ___47___ looking at their own pathway to success, their
___48___ and their determination, and ___49___ those into their own experience to see how
they can ___50___ themselves.
You must ___51___ your own course of action, and stay on your course. You alone must
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determine what success means to you and achieve your own goals not ___52___ else's. Do
what you do to the best of your ___53___ and the rest will take care of itself. For example, I
believe that I am __54___ but I am not a millionaire! Others may not see me as a success in
their eyes but that does not ___55___; it is how I see myself that is important to me and my
life.
Here is the ___56___. Being a success is doing your best, not being the best. Success is
not something you become-it is something you ___57___ being. When you get to that
___58___, you will experience a lot more joy and a lot less ___59___. And that sounds good!
Remember the great quote from Napoleon Hill, If you cannot do great things, do small things
in a ___60___ way.
41. A. play B. think C. train D. struggle
42. A. concerns B. reasons C. enquiries D. barriers
43. A. guarantee B. exploration C. definition D. celebration
44. A. apparent B. adequate C. appropriate D. abundant
45. A. determine B. identify C. qualify D. confirm
46. A. outward B. inward C. forward D. backward
47. A. indicates B. deserves C. suggests D. involves
48. A. action B. authority C. coincidence D. cooperation
49. A. mixing B. classifying C. translating D. dividing
50. A. support B. recover C. improve D. adapt
51. A. take B. set C. adjust D. rebuild
52. A. no one B. everyone C. anyone D. someone
53. A. discipline B. principle C. responsibility D. ability
54. A. successful B. confident C. optimistic D. experienced
55. A. succeed B. occur C. matter D. work
56. A. case B. virtue C. goal D. truth
57. A. avoid B. continue C. mind D. admit
58. A. occasion B. point C. direction D. place
59. A. sensitiveness B. excitement C. frustration D. rudeness
60. A. great B. positive C. cosy D. typical
第 II 卷 非选择题
第二节 (共 10 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 15 分)
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1 个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Many years ago, a dance between clay and fire gave rise 61 a tangible piece of
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art: porcelain(瓷器). In the flames 62 (burn) in kilns (窑) around China in the
Xia and Shang dynasties, porcelain was born. Porcelain 63 (make) by heating raw
materials, often a mix between China stone 64 kaolin clay, in a kiln at a temperature
as high as 1, 200 degrees Celsius. Temperature is the key to 65 (produce)porcelain.
Porcelain has also been 66 carrier for cultural exchanges. Along with China's
silk and tea, porcelain was one of the first goods 67 (receive) worldwide trade.
As it travelled around the globe through the ancient Maritime Silk Road, porcelain
enjoyed great 68 (popular)among royal families and upper classes in Europe, 69
were attracted by these beautiful containers they named after China, a product that could be
produced only in the far East. As a memory that can be felt with both hands, porcelain is
70 (absolute) the touchable history.
第四部分 写作(共两节,满分 35 分)
第一节 短文改错(共 10 小题:每小题 1 分,满分 10 分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文
中共有 10 处错误,每句中最多有两处.每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号( ) 并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2.只允许修改 10 处,多者(从第 11 处起)不计分。
This winter holiday, my classmates and I played the game called drum topping. Eight
students tried to control a drum by pulling strings attaching to it and bounce a ball on top of
them at the same time. With the ball bouncing on the drum, our feelings rose and fell down
with eagerness. It was much tough than expected as it called for quick reaction and perfect
cooperation. Everyone was clumsy at first, and we gradually got the trick of determining the
ball's drop locations and what to control the ball. We have fun with the game. However, what
mattered most was we learned from failure and finished our task perfect through teamwork in
the end.
第二节 书面表达 (满分 25 分)
你校将举办以“讲故事,话家风”为主题的英语演讲比赛。请以“My family tradition
为题写一篇演讲稿参赛,内容包括:
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