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这是一份54，江苏省五市十一校2023-2024学年高二上学期12月阶段联测英语试卷，共9页。试卷主要包含了5 分，满分 7等内容，欢迎下载使用。
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。每段对话仅读一遍。
Hw will the man get t the park?
A. By bus.B. By subway.C. By taxi. 2.Why des the wman make the call?
T make an appintment.
T cancel an appintment.
T reschedule an appintment. 3.Where des the cnversatin take place?
A. In a supermarket.B. In a restaurant.C. In a farm. 4.What des the man mean in the end?
A. He had a great vacatin.B. He visited the twer.C. He went t Paris. 5.What are the speakers talking abut?
A. A street.B. A park.C. A dg.
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。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。
Where des Sam decide t g after he graduates?
A. The UK.B. The US.C. Australia. 7.What is the determining factr in Sam’s chice?
A. His sister.B. The ftball team.C. The architecture.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。
Where are the speakers?
A. In an aut shp.B. In a flwer shp.C. In a car rental cmpany. 9.What prblem is the wman facing?
The delivery man ran ut f fuel.
The vehicle wn’t start.
The keys were lst.
更多课件 教案 视频 等优质滋源请 家 威杏 MXSJ663 What will the man d next?
A. Check the wire cnnectins. B. Meet a client in persn.C. Give the wman a ride.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。
Wh reserved the table?
A. Gerge.B. Jseph.C. Michael. 12.Which table will the man use?
A. Table 2.B. Table 4.C. Table 10. 13.What will the man have?
A. A barbecue chicken pizza.B. A mixed vegetable pizza.C. A beef pizza.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。
When was the Eiffel Twer built?
A. In 1869.B. In 1889.C. In 1909.
Why was the Eiffel Twer built accrding t the man?
T develp France’s turism industry.
T shw the Eiffel family’s wealth.
T present France’s industrial level.
What d we knw abut Gustave Eiffel’s apartment?
It was rented ut t wealthy peple.
It was a turist destinatin in the past.
It can be viewed thrugh the windw nw. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17.What was the reasn fr Mary’s absence?
A. She felt unwell.B. She attended a party.C. She went n a jurney. 18.What is tday’s English hmewrk?
A. A stry.B. A jurnal.C. An advertisement. 19.Hw many wrds shuld Mary write?
A. 100.B. 150.C. 200.
What will Mary d n 22 May?
A. Hand in her hmewrk.B. Celebrate her birthday.C. Draw a map.
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分 50 分）
第一节 阅读理解（共 15 小题，每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
Elizabeth Sherrill is a lng-time writer. Fr 70 years, her stries abut faith, her experiences f traveling the wrld and dealing with depressin(抑郁,沮丧) have been a beacn(灯塔) f light fr many peple. Check ut sme f her articles and let her wrds affect yur heart.
A Letter n Depressin
My struggle with depressin hasn't ttally disappeared. It still surrunds me frm time t time, blcking light and making it hard t smile. But the suffering n lnger makes me frightened, because I keep telling myself t be psitive.
An Angel Named Maria
“A baby was brn here and n ne knws what t d,” the dctr said int the telephne. He went n t explain that the mther had disappeared frm the hspital after seeing the disabled baby. “She will nt live lng,”the dctr cntinued. “Bring us the baby,” answered Sister Marie Patrice at the ther end f the line, wh ran a day nursery.
Lessns frm Abraham Lincln
When I turned t leave, the picture ver the dr stpped me. It was a black-and-white pht: a tall, thin man with his hand n a table and with the saddest, mst pain-filled face I'd ever seen.
The letters n the frame said “Abraham Lincln”. He wn every wrestling match and tld funny stries that crwds wuld gather t enjy. Over time, that picture made him mre imprtant t me than ever.
A Lessn while Mving
I std lking ut the kitchen windw wndering hw Jhn and I culd ever leave this huse. We'd lived here fr 50 years. Under the maple tree was the garden where we grew tmates that never ripened.There was the stump(树桩) f the cedar(雪松) we cut dwn t make rm fr ur daughter's wedding receptin.
What desn't frighten Elizabeth?
A. The thick mrning fg.B. Suffering frm depressin.
C. Lsing the ability t smile.D. The darkness in bad weather. 22.Which f the fllwing tells a stry f adpting a baby?
A. A Letter n Depressin.B. An Angel Named Maria.
C. Lessns frm Abraham Lincln.D. A Lessn while Mving. 23.What's the text mainly abut?
A. Jhn's garden.B. Maria's telephne.C. Elizabeth's articles.D. Lincln's lessns.
B
Abut 24 years ag, a student asked t interview me fr a class task. He psed an interesting questin, “What is the mst challenging part f teaching?” I still peridically(偶尔,间歇) think abut this questin.
My respnse was t try t make each class the best ne in an imaginative way. This challenge still hlds true these many years and hundreds f classes later.
I am nt the best at planning, smething that my wife will readily cnfirm, but the prcess f preparing is jyful. Whether I am teaching a curse fr the first time r taught it a dzen times befre, I wnder abut the ways that I can engage students in the c-learning prcess. But I find I am inefficient when I wnder hw my teaching will affect future innvatin. As I was preparing fr recent classes, I faced tw items.
First, I was struck by three wrds frm Nancy Kanwisher, prfessr f Neurscience at MIT. In an interview abut face blindness, Kanwisher fund an amazing result in peple's brain scans. Asked what this finding meant t her, she replied with a smile, “That's the magic f science. It's fun t be tld that yu're cmpletely wrng. Nw yu have t g back and think the new.” Thinking the new is a brilliant and simple way t summarize creativity.
The secnd cmes frm the wisdm f Jn Kabat-Zinn, knwn fr his wrk in meditatin (冥想) and mindfulness-based stress reductin. He said, “Mst f ur thughts are rather
imprisning even thugh thinking drives imaginatin and creativity. S we need t create a bigger stage fr ur thughts and watch hw they self-liberate.”
These cncepts---thinking the new and allwing thughts t self liberate---aren't easy nes t master, but can inspire us all in imprving ur innvative spirits. Nw it's time fr me t d my best in thinking the new tward my next class.
What trubles the authr mst in his teaching career?
A. Using creativity in his class.B. Oppsitin frm his wife.
C. Lacking the ability t plan.D. Preparatin fr interviews. 25.What did Kanwisher think f her finding?
A. It surprised her greatly.B. It frced her t start frm the beginning.
C. It develped her interest in science.D. It made her learn t rethink. 26.What des the underlined wrd “imprisning” in paragraph 5 mean?
A. Practical.B. Clsed.C. Absurd.D. Nvel. 27.What can we infer abut the authr frm the last paragraph?
He will be devted t his teaching.
He finds it hard t accept ther ideas.
He will fcus n innvatin in his classes.
He tries his best t free students' minds.
C
After nearly 70 years f space explratin, Earth is nw surrunded by space junk. Recently, an accident made the cleanup mre difficult t start. Accrding t the Eurpean Space Agency (ESA), scientists plan n testing their “junk truck”, ClearSpace-1, in 2026. It's a spacecraft with
fur arms that can catch debris(碎片) and bring it back t Earth. They have chsen t bring back VESPA, a 113-kilgram, tw-meter-wide rcket part.
Hwever, in August, it was hit by anther piece f space junk, creating new pieces. The ESA is nw revising its cleanup plan. “We must... reduce the creatin f new space debris and begin t actively reduce the impact f existing bjects,” said the agency.
Mst satellites(卫星) tday are sent int Earth’s lw rbit(离地表较近的轨道), which
reaches up t arund 2,000 kilmeters abve the Earth. There, spacecraft are mst likely t crash with each ther. There may be as many as 170 millin pieces f space junk in rbit, accrding t the ESA. Big r small, any f the pieces can cause harm t a spacecraft. Fr example, if an bject as large as 10 centimeters crashes with a satellite, the satellite will break apart.
In terms f the cleanup, scientists have sme ther ideas. One ppular plan is t send a spacecraft carrying harpns(鱼叉) and magnets(磁铁). The craft wuld sht the harpn t stick int the debris befre “thrwing” it back t Earth. Magnets culd mve the debris, changing its directin. The debris wuld burn after entering Earth’s atmsphere(大气层) s there wuldn't be much left when it reaches Earth. Scientists are als cnsidering shting lasers( 激 光 ) frm spacecraft t heat up the debris' surface, creating a small push that wuld alter the debris' rbit.
This change wuld allw the debris t be captured by Earth's gravity (重力). 28.What is the main gal f the ClearSpace-1 spacecraft?
A. T bring VESPA back t Earth.B. T mnitr space debris.
C. T study the effects f space junk.D. T remve space debris frm Earth's rbit. 29.Why is the ESA changing its riginal cleanup plan?
They discvered larger space debris.
They faced technical challenges.
There was a prblem with their riginal gal.
There are t many spacecraft in Earth's lw rbit.
Hw many pieces f space junk may there be in Earth's lw rbit?
A. 10 millin.B. 113 millin.C. 170 millin.D. 2 billin. 31.What is ne prpsed methd fr cleaning up space debris?
Capturing debris with magnets.
Shting lasers t burn debris.
Pushing debris away frm Earth with new spacecraft.
Sending a spacecraft with harpns and magnets.
D
AI has advanced significantly ver the years. Hwever, its current mdels largely disregard human psychlgy, such as emtinal intelligence.
“The main fcus f ur wrk was hw we culd bring the emtinal part f intelligence t AI,” says Saptarshi Das, assciate prfessr at Penn State. “Human behavir is easy t bserve but difficult t measure and that makes it difficult t replicate( 复 制 ) in a rbt and make it emtinally intelligent. There is n real way right nw t d that.”
Eating habits serve as a prime example f this emtinal intelligence. While hunger is the physilgical drive t eat, ur chices f what t eat are influenced by ur sense f taste. As Das explains, even when ne is nt hungry, the psychlgical desire can drive him r her t cnsume a sweet treat, rather than a piece f meat.
T grasp the intricacies(错综复杂的细节) f taste, Penn State researchers lked t the
human tngue, which translates chemical data int electrical signals sent t the brain's gustatry crtex(味觉皮层). In this brain regin, cmplex neurnal netwrks shape ur sense f taste. T imitate this, the team created an electrnic “tngue”.
This technlgy can be adapted t recgnize all primary taste characteristics, frm sweet and salty t umami(鲜味). Lking ahead, the researchers see numerus applicatins, including
AI-designed diets based n emtinal preferences r tailred restaurant meal suggestins.
The team's immediate gal is t expand the electrnic tngue's capacity. “We are trying t imitate the 10,000 r s taste receptrs( 味 蕾 ) we have n ur tngue that are each slightly different cmpared t the thers, which enables us t distinguish between small differences in tastes,” says Das. “The example I think f is peple wh train their tngue and becme a wine taster. Perhaps in the future, we can have an AI system that yu can train t be an even better wine taster.”
Beynd taste, the team wants t braden this cncept t ther senses, leading t a mre cmprehensive and emtinally intelligent AI system.
What can be learned frm the first tw paragraphs?
It is necessary t make rbts emtinally intelligent.
It is hard t make rbts emtinally intelligent.
Emtinal intelligence is cmplex and difficult t bserve.
Few researchers pay attentin t emtinal intelligence f AI. 33.What might this electrnic tngue be applied fr in the future?
Evaluating peple's diet plans.
Designing a healthier diet plan fr peple.
Crrecting peple's pr dietary preferences.
Helping restaurants serve custmers better.
What is the team's plan accrding t the last tw paragraphs?
Imprving peple's taste sensitivity with the electrnic tngue.
Making the electrnic tngue available fr everyne.
Bringing all the human senses int the AI system.
Attracting the attentin f ther researchers t AI's innvatin. 35.What is the text mainly abut?
The prgress in bringing emtinal intelligence int AI.
The advantage f the “electrnic tngue”.
The future develpment trend f AI.
The big rle f AI in develping emtinal intelligence.
第二节 阅读七选五（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。
Feeling stuck in a place f hpelessness makes life really tugh. Frtunately, there are sme things yu can d when yu're feeling hpeless t make life a bit better.
Cnsider that yur brain might be lying t yu. Yur brain might tell yu that things are awful and hrrible. It may tell yu that there's n chance that things are ging t get better.
36 Yur thughts may be inaccurate r ttally wrng. There is mre hpe than yu imagine.
Argue the ppsite. When yu feel hpeless, yu'll likely think abut why things aren't getting better. Take a few minutes t argue the ppsite. What's the evidence that things might wrk ut better than yu expect? 37 Thinking a bit abut the ptential psitives can pen yu up t mre pssibilities.
38 There's always smething yu can d t make things better r t help yurself feel better. Spend sme time thinking abut ptential slutins t the prblem. If yu can't slve the prblem (like in the case f a lved ne's illness), cnsider hw t change hw yu feel abut the prblem.
Act as if yu were hpeful. Smetimes, yu have t change yur behavir first and the feelings might fllw. 39
Talk t a trusted friend r family member. When yu are having a hard time getting unstuck, reach ut t a trusted friend r family member. Tell them what yu're experiencing.
40 Or, they may ffer strategies that can help yu feel better.
Engage in prblem-slving.
But just because yu think s desn't mean it's true.
Or hw might things actually get better?
Learn t blck ut negative thughts.
They may be able t help yu see things frm a different perspective.
Yu can cnsider what yu culd gain if yu became mre hpeful.
S if yu act hpeful, yu might start t eventually feel mre hpeful.
第三部分 语言运用 （共两节，满分 30 分）
第一节 完形填空（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 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。
I knew Janine when she was seven and became a patient f mine. Her father had tld me prudly n the first day we met hw he'd beaten cancer. 41 , sn it attacked him again. He died f that when Janine was 10. Her mther,already 42 frm mental illness, was unable t
43 her daughter alne. Therefre, Janine was 44 t mve frm ne fster（寄养的) hme t anther.
In a desperate attempt t deal with the 45_ in her wrld, Janine develped severe anrexia (厌食症). After repeated fruitless treatments, she gave up hpe and had n 46 t get better.
I knew I had t 47 . I explained the situatin t my husband, Saul, abut this amazing yung girl wh didn't 48 what happened t her and wh needed ur help. The week befre, we had been strategizing abut ur 49 . Nw I was asking him t be a fster dad and keep wrking. T my 50 , Saul agreed withut any hesitatin.
51 , caring fr smene with severe anrexia was far mre 52 than we thught.We were swrn at fr calling Janine t the table t eat. Janine went thrugh treatment prgrams three mre times befre beginning t 53 little by little years later.
Thrugh it all, we stayed by her side.We 54 retirement t supprt Janine and watch her grw. Thankfully, ur wrk has 55 right nw we’re wrking tgether in the kitchen,
chpping (切碎) vegetables side by side.
第二节 语法填空（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。
“My dream is t bring Chinese music t the wrld. 56. it takes time fr peple t fully appreciate ther cultures, I am cnfident that Chinese music will achieve wide
57. (admire) all ver the wrld.” Ye Yunchuan, a well-knwn music prducer, makes n secret f his 58. (ambitius).
In 2019, Ye 59. (fficial) launched the prgram Musical Map f China, trying t decde Chinese music frm a variety f perspectives. As part f the prgram, ne majr branch f Ye's wrk is recrding lesser-knwn r 60. (endanger) traditinal Chinese music with wrld-class equipment and technlgy. Over the past three years, it is said that 1,056 pieces f music, played n mre than 200 kinds f musical instruments, 61. (cllect).
Yet, Ye is acutely aware that simply recrding traditinal music is nt enugh 62. (keep) it alive. “The essence f traditinal culture will nt fade with time, but we need t
63. (cver) that essence and make it smething mdern, r smething 64. can cnnect the past with the future.”
“Nw, the wrld is 'flat'. Cultures f ther cuntries can cmbine with 65. (we) and generate new results. And music can fill the gaps between different natinalities, races and languages with emtins. We share emtins.” Ye added.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分 40 分） 第一节 应用文写作（满分 15 分）
假定你是李华，为推广全民阅读，上周你校举办了“阅读经典作品”系列活动，请你为校 英文报写一篇报道，内容包括：
活动目的；2. 活动内容；3. 活动反响。注意:
写作词数应为 80 左右；
可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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。
I spent 15 years trying t make it in the music industry. When I was a teenager, I did any dd jb t affrd time in a recrding studi. I kncked at managers’ drs and sent ut dem (录音样带 ) after dem, but I gt nwhere. In 2010, aged 27, I was ding a jb in a restaurant when I wrte a sng called Dream Ges On. It was a sng abut never giving up. I just let ut all f my frustratins at the keybard.
Over the next five years, the music career never materialized but I persisted. Then, in 2019, I upladed Dream Ges On t a music-sharing website. I just wanted smene t ntice my music.
Later that year, I received an email ut f the blue frm Music Wrld frm Suth Krea, requesting a license fr the sng. They had chsen my sng frm the millins n the music-sharing website fr a theme tune fr ne f their shws. I was amazed and negtiated a cntract fr $5,000 fr the use f the sng and signed up straight away. I was pretty excited, but didn’t think anything mre wuld cme f it, s I fcused n my jb in the restaurant.
This February, Music Wrld rganized a musical festival in Seul and my sng Dream Ges On was als chsen as the theme tune fr the festival. I watched n YuTube as my sng was being played t a huge crwd f peple. It was amazing.
After three days f the festival, I was cntacted by Music Wrld and they asked if I’d like t g t Seul t sing Dream Ges On in a cncert. They flew me ut there the next day. I was welcmed like a celebrity—everyne I met thught I was a big name in England. I had t break the news t them that I wasn’t a pp star.
注意：
续写词数应为 150 左右；
请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
I had never perfrmed the sng live, and hadn’t been n stage fr years.
After the cncert, I had phtgraphers and jurnalists battling t interview me.
41. A. Unfrtunately
B. Uncertainly
C. Unintentinally
D. Unbelievably
42. A. keeping
B. escaping
C. suffering
D. disappearing
43. A. tend
B. cure
C. injure
D. inspire
44. A. allwed
B. persuaded
C. encuraged
D. frced
45. A. vilence
B. chas
C. disease
D. behavir
46. A. resurce
B. chance
C. evidence
D. mtivatin
47. A. wait
B. act
C. cmprmise
D. accelerate
48. A. admit
B. expect
C. cmprehend
D. deserve
49. A. retirement
B. appintment
C. emplyment
D. treatment
50. A. annyance
B. amusement
C. regret
D. relief
51. A. Hwever
B. Instead
C. Mrever
D. Therefre
52. A. challenging
B. rewarding
C. thrilling
D. refreshing
53. A. reduce
B. reflect
C. recver
D. relax
54. A. sught
B. tk
C. pstpned
D. planned
55. A. paid ff
B. run ut f
C. set ff
D. wrked ut
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。每段对话仅读一遍。
Hw will the man get t the park?
A. By bus.B. By subway.C. By taxi. 2.Why des the wman make the call?
T make an appintment.
T cancel an appintment.
T reschedule an appintment. 3.Where des the cnversatin take place?
A. In a supermarket.B. In a restaurant.C. In a farm. 4.What des the man mean in the end?
A. He had a great vacatin.B. He visited the twer.C. He went t Paris. 5.What are the speakers talking abut?
A. A street.B. A park.C. A dg.
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。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。
Where des Sam decide t g after he graduates?
A. The UK.B. The US.C. Australia. 7.What is the determining factr in Sam’s chice?
A. His sister.B. The ftball team.C. The architecture.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。
Where are the speakers?
A. In an aut shp.B. In a flwer shp.C. In a car rental cmpany. 9.What prblem is the wman facing?
The delivery man ran ut f fuel.
The vehicle wn’t start.
The keys were lst.
更多课件 教案 视频 等优质滋源请 家 威杏 MXSJ663 What will the man d next?
A. Check the wire cnnectins. B. Meet a client in persn.C. Give the wman a ride.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。
Wh reserved the table?
A. Gerge.B. Jseph.C. Michael. 12.Which table will the man use?
A. Table 2.B. Table 4.C. Table 10. 13.What will the man have?
A. A barbecue chicken pizza.B. A mixed vegetable pizza.C. A beef pizza.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。
When was the Eiffel Twer built?
A. In 1869.B. In 1889.C. In 1909.
Why was the Eiffel Twer built accrding t the man?
T develp France’s turism industry.
T shw the Eiffel family’s wealth.
T present France’s industrial level.
What d we knw abut Gustave Eiffel’s apartment?
It was rented ut t wealthy peple.
It was a turist destinatin in the past.
It can be viewed thrugh the windw nw. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17.What was the reasn fr Mary’s absence?
A. She felt unwell.B. She attended a party.C. She went n a jurney. 18.What is tday’s English hmewrk?
A. A stry.B. A jurnal.C. An advertisement. 19.Hw many wrds shuld Mary write?
A. 100.B. 150.C. 200.
What will Mary d n 22 May?
A. Hand in her hmewrk.B. Celebrate her birthday.C. Draw a map.
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分 50 分）
第一节 阅读理解（共 15 小题，每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
Elizabeth Sherrill is a lng-time writer. Fr 70 years, her stries abut faith, her experiences f traveling the wrld and dealing with depressin(抑郁,沮丧) have been a beacn(灯塔) f light fr many peple. Check ut sme f her articles and let her wrds affect yur heart.
A Letter n Depressin
My struggle with depressin hasn't ttally disappeared. It still surrunds me frm time t time, blcking light and making it hard t smile. But the suffering n lnger makes me frightened, because I keep telling myself t be psitive.
An Angel Named Maria
“A baby was brn here and n ne knws what t d,” the dctr said int the telephne. He went n t explain that the mther had disappeared frm the hspital after seeing the disabled baby. “She will nt live lng,”the dctr cntinued. “Bring us the baby,” answered Sister Marie Patrice at the ther end f the line, wh ran a day nursery.
Lessns frm Abraham Lincln
When I turned t leave, the picture ver the dr stpped me. It was a black-and-white pht: a tall, thin man with his hand n a table and with the saddest, mst pain-filled face I'd ever seen.
The letters n the frame said “Abraham Lincln”. He wn every wrestling match and tld funny stries that crwds wuld gather t enjy. Over time, that picture made him mre imprtant t me than ever.
A Lessn while Mving
I std lking ut the kitchen windw wndering hw Jhn and I culd ever leave this huse. We'd lived here fr 50 years. Under the maple tree was the garden where we grew tmates that never ripened.There was the stump(树桩) f the cedar(雪松) we cut dwn t make rm fr ur daughter's wedding receptin.
What desn't frighten Elizabeth?
A. The thick mrning fg.B. Suffering frm depressin.
C. Lsing the ability t smile.D. The darkness in bad weather. 22.Which f the fllwing tells a stry f adpting a baby?
A. A Letter n Depressin.B. An Angel Named Maria.
C. Lessns frm Abraham Lincln.D. A Lessn while Mving. 23.What's the text mainly abut?
A. Jhn's garden.B. Maria's telephne.C. Elizabeth's articles.D. Lincln's lessns.
B
Abut 24 years ag, a student asked t interview me fr a class task. He psed an interesting questin, “What is the mst challenging part f teaching?” I still peridically(偶尔,间歇) think abut this questin.
My respnse was t try t make each class the best ne in an imaginative way. This challenge still hlds true these many years and hundreds f classes later.
I am nt the best at planning, smething that my wife will readily cnfirm, but the prcess f preparing is jyful. Whether I am teaching a curse fr the first time r taught it a dzen times befre, I wnder abut the ways that I can engage students in the c-learning prcess. But I find I am inefficient when I wnder hw my teaching will affect future innvatin. As I was preparing fr recent classes, I faced tw items.
First, I was struck by three wrds frm Nancy Kanwisher, prfessr f Neurscience at MIT. In an interview abut face blindness, Kanwisher fund an amazing result in peple's brain scans. Asked what this finding meant t her, she replied with a smile, “That's the magic f science. It's fun t be tld that yu're cmpletely wrng. Nw yu have t g back and think the new.” Thinking the new is a brilliant and simple way t summarize creativity.
The secnd cmes frm the wisdm f Jn Kabat-Zinn, knwn fr his wrk in meditatin (冥想) and mindfulness-based stress reductin. He said, “Mst f ur thughts are rather
imprisning even thugh thinking drives imaginatin and creativity. S we need t create a bigger stage fr ur thughts and watch hw they self-liberate.”
These cncepts---thinking the new and allwing thughts t self liberate---aren't easy nes t master, but can inspire us all in imprving ur innvative spirits. Nw it's time fr me t d my best in thinking the new tward my next class.
What trubles the authr mst in his teaching career?
A. Using creativity in his class.B. Oppsitin frm his wife.
C. Lacking the ability t plan.D. Preparatin fr interviews. 25.What did Kanwisher think f her finding?
A. It surprised her greatly.B. It frced her t start frm the beginning.
C. It develped her interest in science.D. It made her learn t rethink. 26.What des the underlined wrd “imprisning” in paragraph 5 mean?
A. Practical.B. Clsed.C. Absurd.D. Nvel. 27.What can we infer abut the authr frm the last paragraph?
He will be devted t his teaching.
He finds it hard t accept ther ideas.
He will fcus n innvatin in his classes.
He tries his best t free students' minds.
C
After nearly 70 years f space explratin, Earth is nw surrunded by space junk. Recently, an accident made the cleanup mre difficult t start. Accrding t the Eurpean Space Agency (ESA), scientists plan n testing their “junk truck”, ClearSpace-1, in 2026. It's a spacecraft with
fur arms that can catch debris(碎片) and bring it back t Earth. They have chsen t bring back VESPA, a 113-kilgram, tw-meter-wide rcket part.
Hwever, in August, it was hit by anther piece f space junk, creating new pieces. The ESA is nw revising its cleanup plan. “We must... reduce the creatin f new space debris and begin t actively reduce the impact f existing bjects,” said the agency.
Mst satellites(卫星) tday are sent int Earth’s lw rbit(离地表较近的轨道), which
reaches up t arund 2,000 kilmeters abve the Earth. There, spacecraft are mst likely t crash with each ther. There may be as many as 170 millin pieces f space junk in rbit, accrding t the ESA. Big r small, any f the pieces can cause harm t a spacecraft. Fr example, if an bject as large as 10 centimeters crashes with a satellite, the satellite will break apart.
In terms f the cleanup, scientists have sme ther ideas. One ppular plan is t send a spacecraft carrying harpns(鱼叉) and magnets(磁铁). The craft wuld sht the harpn t stick int the debris befre “thrwing” it back t Earth. Magnets culd mve the debris, changing its directin. The debris wuld burn after entering Earth’s atmsphere(大气层) s there wuldn't be much left when it reaches Earth. Scientists are als cnsidering shting lasers( 激 光 ) frm spacecraft t heat up the debris' surface, creating a small push that wuld alter the debris' rbit.
This change wuld allw the debris t be captured by Earth's gravity (重力). 28.What is the main gal f the ClearSpace-1 spacecraft?
A. T bring VESPA back t Earth.B. T mnitr space debris.
C. T study the effects f space junk.D. T remve space debris frm Earth's rbit. 29.Why is the ESA changing its riginal cleanup plan?
They discvered larger space debris.
They faced technical challenges.
There was a prblem with their riginal gal.
There are t many spacecraft in Earth's lw rbit.
Hw many pieces f space junk may there be in Earth's lw rbit?
A. 10 millin.B. 113 millin.C. 170 millin.D. 2 billin. 31.What is ne prpsed methd fr cleaning up space debris?
Capturing debris with magnets.
Shting lasers t burn debris.
Pushing debris away frm Earth with new spacecraft.
Sending a spacecraft with harpns and magnets.
D
AI has advanced significantly ver the years. Hwever, its current mdels largely disregard human psychlgy, such as emtinal intelligence.
“The main fcus f ur wrk was hw we culd bring the emtinal part f intelligence t AI,” says Saptarshi Das, assciate prfessr at Penn State. “Human behavir is easy t bserve but difficult t measure and that makes it difficult t replicate( 复 制 ) in a rbt and make it emtinally intelligent. There is n real way right nw t d that.”
Eating habits serve as a prime example f this emtinal intelligence. While hunger is the physilgical drive t eat, ur chices f what t eat are influenced by ur sense f taste. As Das explains, even when ne is nt hungry, the psychlgical desire can drive him r her t cnsume a sweet treat, rather than a piece f meat.
T grasp the intricacies(错综复杂的细节) f taste, Penn State researchers lked t the
human tngue, which translates chemical data int electrical signals sent t the brain's gustatry crtex(味觉皮层). In this brain regin, cmplex neurnal netwrks shape ur sense f taste. T imitate this, the team created an electrnic “tngue”.
This technlgy can be adapted t recgnize all primary taste characteristics, frm sweet and salty t umami(鲜味). Lking ahead, the researchers see numerus applicatins, including
AI-designed diets based n emtinal preferences r tailred restaurant meal suggestins.
The team's immediate gal is t expand the electrnic tngue's capacity. “We are trying t imitate the 10,000 r s taste receptrs( 味 蕾 ) we have n ur tngue that are each slightly different cmpared t the thers, which enables us t distinguish between small differences in tastes,” says Das. “The example I think f is peple wh train their tngue and becme a wine taster. Perhaps in the future, we can have an AI system that yu can train t be an even better wine taster.”
Beynd taste, the team wants t braden this cncept t ther senses, leading t a mre cmprehensive and emtinally intelligent AI system.
What can be learned frm the first tw paragraphs?
It is necessary t make rbts emtinally intelligent.
It is hard t make rbts emtinally intelligent.
Emtinal intelligence is cmplex and difficult t bserve.
Few researchers pay attentin t emtinal intelligence f AI. 33.What might this electrnic tngue be applied fr in the future?
Evaluating peple's diet plans.
Designing a healthier diet plan fr peple.
Crrecting peple's pr dietary preferences.
Helping restaurants serve custmers better.
What is the team's plan accrding t the last tw paragraphs?
Imprving peple's taste sensitivity with the electrnic tngue.
Making the electrnic tngue available fr everyne.
Bringing all the human senses int the AI system.
Attracting the attentin f ther researchers t AI's innvatin. 35.What is the text mainly abut?
The prgress in bringing emtinal intelligence int AI.
The advantage f the “electrnic tngue”.
The future develpment trend f AI.
The big rle f AI in develping emtinal intelligence.
第二节 阅读七选五（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。
Feeling stuck in a place f hpelessness makes life really tugh. Frtunately, there are sme things yu can d when yu're feeling hpeless t make life a bit better.
Cnsider that yur brain might be lying t yu. Yur brain might tell yu that things are awful and hrrible. It may tell yu that there's n chance that things are ging t get better.
36 Yur thughts may be inaccurate r ttally wrng. There is mre hpe than yu imagine.
Argue the ppsite. When yu feel hpeless, yu'll likely think abut why things aren't getting better. Take a few minutes t argue the ppsite. What's the evidence that things might wrk ut better than yu expect? 37 Thinking a bit abut the ptential psitives can pen yu up t mre pssibilities.
38 There's always smething yu can d t make things better r t help yurself feel better. Spend sme time thinking abut ptential slutins t the prblem. If yu can't slve the prblem (like in the case f a lved ne's illness), cnsider hw t change hw yu feel abut the prblem.
Act as if yu were hpeful. Smetimes, yu have t change yur behavir first and the feelings might fllw. 39
Talk t a trusted friend r family member. When yu are having a hard time getting unstuck, reach ut t a trusted friend r family member. Tell them what yu're experiencing.
40 Or, they may ffer strategies that can help yu feel better.
Engage in prblem-slving.
But just because yu think s desn't mean it's true.
Or hw might things actually get better?
Learn t blck ut negative thughts.
They may be able t help yu see things frm a different perspective.
Yu can cnsider what yu culd gain if yu became mre hpeful.
S if yu act hpeful, yu might start t eventually feel mre hpeful.
第三部分 语言运用 （共两节，满分 30 分）
第一节 完形填空（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 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。
I knew Janine when she was seven and became a patient f mine. Her father had tld me prudly n the first day we met hw he'd beaten cancer. 41 , sn it attacked him again. He died f that when Janine was 10. Her mther,already 42 frm mental illness, was unable t
43 her daughter alne. Therefre, Janine was 44 t mve frm ne fster（寄养的) hme t anther.
In a desperate attempt t deal with the 45_ in her wrld, Janine develped severe anrexia (厌食症). After repeated fruitless treatments, she gave up hpe and had n 46 t get better.
I knew I had t 47 . I explained the situatin t my husband, Saul, abut this amazing yung girl wh didn't 48 what happened t her and wh needed ur help. The week befre, we had been strategizing abut ur 49 . Nw I was asking him t be a fster dad and keep wrking. T my 50 , Saul agreed withut any hesitatin.
51 , caring fr smene with severe anrexia was far mre 52 than we thught.We were swrn at fr calling Janine t the table t eat. Janine went thrugh treatment prgrams three mre times befre beginning t 53 little by little years later.
Thrugh it all, we stayed by her side.We 54 retirement t supprt Janine and watch her grw. Thankfully, ur wrk has 55 right nw we’re wrking tgether in the kitchen,
chpping (切碎) vegetables side by side.
第二节 语法填空（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。
“My dream is t bring Chinese music t the wrld. 56. it takes time fr peple t fully appreciate ther cultures, I am cnfident that Chinese music will achieve wide
57. (admire) all ver the wrld.” Ye Yunchuan, a well-knwn music prducer, makes n secret f his 58. (ambitius).
In 2019, Ye 59. (fficial) launched the prgram Musical Map f China, trying t decde Chinese music frm a variety f perspectives. As part f the prgram, ne majr branch f Ye's wrk is recrding lesser-knwn r 60. (endanger) traditinal Chinese music with wrld-class equipment and technlgy. Over the past three years, it is said that 1,056 pieces f music, played n mre than 200 kinds f musical instruments, 61. (cllect).
Yet, Ye is acutely aware that simply recrding traditinal music is nt enugh 62. (keep) it alive. “The essence f traditinal culture will nt fade with time, but we need t
63. (cver) that essence and make it smething mdern, r smething 64. can cnnect the past with the future.”
“Nw, the wrld is 'flat'. Cultures f ther cuntries can cmbine with 65. (we) and generate new results. And music can fill the gaps between different natinalities, races and languages with emtins. We share emtins.” Ye added.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分 40 分） 第一节 应用文写作（满分 15 分）
假定你是李华，为推广全民阅读，上周你校举办了“阅读经典作品”系列活动，请你为校 英文报写一篇报道，内容包括：
活动目的；2. 活动内容；3. 活动反响。注意:
写作词数应为 80 左右；
可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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。
I spent 15 years trying t make it in the music industry. When I was a teenager, I did any dd jb t affrd time in a recrding studi. I kncked at managers’ drs and sent ut dem (录音样带 ) after dem, but I gt nwhere. In 2010, aged 27, I was ding a jb in a restaurant when I wrte a sng called Dream Ges On. It was a sng abut never giving up. I just let ut all f my frustratins at the keybard.
Over the next five years, the music career never materialized but I persisted. Then, in 2019, I upladed Dream Ges On t a music-sharing website. I just wanted smene t ntice my music.
Later that year, I received an email ut f the blue frm Music Wrld frm Suth Krea, requesting a license fr the sng. They had chsen my sng frm the millins n the music-sharing website fr a theme tune fr ne f their shws. I was amazed and negtiated a cntract fr $5,000 fr the use f the sng and signed up straight away. I was pretty excited, but didn’t think anything mre wuld cme f it, s I fcused n my jb in the restaurant.
This February, Music Wrld rganized a musical festival in Seul and my sng Dream Ges On was als chsen as the theme tune fr the festival. I watched n YuTube as my sng was being played t a huge crwd f peple. It was amazing.
After three days f the festival, I was cntacted by Music Wrld and they asked if I’d like t g t Seul t sing Dream Ges On in a cncert. They flew me ut there the next day. I was welcmed like a celebrity—everyne I met thught I was a big name in England. I had t break the news t them that I wasn’t a pp star.
注意：
续写词数应为 150 左右；
请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
I had never perfrmed the sng live, and hadn’t been n stage fr years.
After the cncert, I had phtgraphers and jurnalists battling t interview me.
41. A. Unfrtunately
B. Uncertainly
C. Unintentinally
D. Unbelievably
42. A. keeping
B. escaping
C. suffering
D. disappearing
43. A. tend
B. cure
C. injure
D. inspire
44. A. allwed
B. persuaded
C. encuraged
D. frced
45. A. vilence
B. chas
C. disease
D. behavir
46. A. resurce
B. chance
C. evidence
D. mtivatin
47. A. wait
B. act
C. cmprmise
D. accelerate
48. A. admit
B. expect
C. cmprehend
D. deserve
49. A. retirement
B. appintment
C. emplyment
D. treatment
50. A. annyance
B. amusement
C. regret
D. relief
51. A. Hwever
B. Instead
C. Mrever
D. Therefre
52. A. challenging
B. rewarding
C. thrilling
D. refreshing
53. A. reduce
B. reflect
C. recver
D. relax
54. A. sught
B. tk
C. pstpned
D. planned
55. A. paid ff
B. run ut f
C. set ff
D. wrked ut
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