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选择题部分（共95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。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。
例：Hw much is the shirt?
A. £19.15. B. £9.18. C. £9.15.
答案是C。
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What will the wman take with her?
A. A sprts bag.B. A suitcase.C. A backpack.
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Why did the man call ff his trip?
A. The weather was bad.B. He wasn’t interested in it.C. There was an urgent situatin.
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What will the wman d?
A. Cllect sme plants.B. G t wrk in the lab.C. Deliver sme materials.
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Hw des the man feel abut his grandmther’s mving in?
A. Appreciative.B. Surprised.C. Anxius.
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Where is the wman’s bk nw?
A. On a bed.B. On a desk.C. In a chest.
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。
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
6. What is the man’s primary cncern abut the investment?
A. The prfit.B. The safety.C. The flexibility.
7. What is the wman ging t d?
A. Shw the man a website.B. Give the man a user guide.C. Open an accunt fr the man.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
8. Where are the speakers?
A. In the man’s huse.B. On a plane.C. At an airprt.
9. What des the wman suggest the man d?
A. Use the fast check-in service.
B. Take the blue suitcase n bard.
C. Let his children g thrugh security first.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
10. What is Simn’s main jb respnsibility?
A. Selling prducts.B. Develping sftware.C. Prviding custmer supprt.
11. What is the functin f the sftware?
A. T analyze market trends.
B. T wrk ut prductin csts.
C. T manage relatins with custmers.
12. Hw many emplyees wrk at Simn’s cmpany?
A. 3.B. 12.C. 13.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
13. What are Nicle and Anthny?
A. Film critics.B. News reprters.C. Radi presenters.
14. What is the speakers’ pinin n the new James Bnd actr?
A. He was a gd fit but nt the best.
B. He was a typical James Bnd actr.
C. He made the character unbelievable.
15. Which des Nicle think was gd abut the mvie?
A. The music.B. The stry.C. The special effects.
16. What rating des Anthny give the mvie?
A. Tw stars.B. Fur stars.C. Five stars.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
17. What is Tim mainly talking abut?
A. The career f him and Sam.
B. The develpment f his musical talent.
C. The experiences f being twin brthers.
18. When was Tim brn?
A. In January.B. In Octber.C. In December.
19. What is prbably the physical difference between the twins?
A. The hair.B. The build.C. The vice.
20. What can we learn abut Tim?
A. He is less cnfident than Sam.
B. He is nt interested in ging ut.
C. He is ging t put ut Sul Brthers.
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四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Fr many, the desire t travel peaks when summer rlls arund. T help yu pick a vacatin spt, use this list f the best summer vacatins t help yu plan yur getaway.
Paris
Daytime temperatures in the 70s makes summer ne f the best times t wander arund the City f Light. Dine alfresc at a cafe alng the Champs-Élysées, r have a picnic at the Luxemburg Gardens r n the lawns in frnt f the Eiffel Twer. The nly cns: bigger crwds and higher prices n htel rms. Yu may want t cnsider a vacatin rental t save mney, and yu shuld plan t visit wrld-renwned attractins like the Luvre first thing in the mrning t avid a great many turists.
Great Barrier Reef
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef ffers sme f the mst scenic snrkeling and diving n the glbe at ht spts like Osprey Reef and Hern Island. And, believe it r nt, yur turism dllars can help prtect this quickly disappearing natural wnder. Hwever, yu dn’t have t be a diver t fully enjy this regin. Sailing n the pen cean and kicking back n a Whitsunday Islands beach will n dubt satisfy relaxatin seekers.
Lndn
Get dwn t Lndn twn fr yur next summer vacatin. Spend yur days turing the grunds f Buckingham Palace and admiring Lndn’s green spaces frm abve with a ride n the Lndn Eye. Thugh temperatures histrically sit in the 70s during these warmer mnths, heat waves bringing weather in the 90s aren’t unprecedented (史无前例的). If yu’re willing t deal with sme heat and the crwds the seasn brings, yu are guaranteed t have a jlly gd trip.
21. What is a suggested way t save mney in Paris?
A. Bking a vacatin rental.
B. Having a picnic at the Eiffel Twer.
C. Visiting the Luvre first thing in the mrning.
D. Dining alfresc at a cafe alng the Champs-Élysées.
22. What is ne way that turism can help prtect the Great Barrier Reef?
A. By sailing n the pen area.
B. By prmting diving activities.
C. By cntributing t prtectin funds.
D. By kicking back n a Whitsunday Islands beach.
23. What is a cmmn challenge faced by turists in bth Paris and Lndn during the summer?
A. High htel prices.B. Extreme heat waves.
C. Crwded turist sites.D. Limited access t ppular attractins.
B
In July 2020, ver tw nights and three days, with my wife, three kids and anther family f camping friends, we enjyed views f St. Vincent Gulf and a time made even mre memrable by a ring.
My father had died fur mnths earlier and I had been wearing a gld ring f his that was gifted t me. On the secnd day f ur hike, as the rest f ur grup set ff after lunch, I was walking at the back with my wife when I lked dwn at my hand where my dad’s ring usually was. It was gne.
I spent the next few minutes and hurs being cmfrted by my friends and family and regretting hw I culd lse smething s precius n a hiking trip. My friend encuraged me t search fr my ring in my pack, which I did when we stpped fr a drink. There was n ring.
We set up camp and settled in at Kingfisher Flat, the mst beautiful campsite, sitting beside a flwing creek. That night I went t sleep and eventually recnciled that my ring was gne fr gd.
Finishing the hike the fllwing day, back at Mambray Creek, my mate said we shuld have ne last lk fr the ring at the campsite befre setting ff. I went alng with the idea, especially given there were tilets nearby and it was a fur-hur drive back t ur hme n the Fleurieu Peninsula.
As we apprached ur campsite ur friends started searching arund the grunds fr the ring. I inspected ur fuel gauge cmpletely, while my eldest daughter walked t the fire ring where we’d been chatting and laughing. Secnds later I heard my daughter say “I’ve fund it!”
I seriusly culd nt believe what she’d said until she presented me with my dad’s ring. I accepted the ring, hugged my daughter and t this day find it hard t believe my dad’s ring was fund. This precius chapter made the tw nights hiking smething I will never frget.
24. What happened after the authr lsing his father’s ring during the hike?
A. The authr decided t buy a new ring.
B. The grup decided t end the trip early.
C. The authr received cmfrt frm friends and family.
D. The authr immediately fund the ring in his sleeping bag.
25. What des the underlined wrd “recnciled” in paragraph 4 mean?
A. Felt angry and frustrated.B. Argued abut the situatin.
C. Made peace with the situatin.D. Fund a slutin t the prblem.
26. Why did the authr agree t have ne last lk fr the ring at the campsite?
A. Because his friends insisted n searching again.
B. Because he was still hpeful f finding the ring.
C. Because he wanted t spend mre time with his family.
D. Because there were tilets nearby, making it a cnvenient stp.
27. What’s the purpse f the stry?
A. t describe the natural beauty f St. Vincent Gulf and its surrundings.
B. t prmte the benefits f family camping trips and utdr activities.
C. t prvide a detailed accunt f hiking techniques and utdr survival tips.
D. t share the emtinal jurney f lsing and finding a cherished family treasure.
C
Britain’s last cal-fired pwer plant will clse n Mnday, ending 142 years f cal-generated electricity in the natin that sparked the Industrial Revlutin.
The Ratcliffe-n-Sar statin in central England is t finish its final shift at midnight, after mre than half a century f turning cal int pwer. Owner Uniper says many f the 170 remaining emplyees will stay n during a tw-year decmmissining (停用关闭) prcess.
The UK gvernment hailed (赞扬) the clsure as a milestne in effrts t generate all f Britain’s energy frm renewable surces by 2030. The shutdwn makes Britain the first cuntry frm the Grup f Seven majr ecnmies t phase ut cal — thugh sme ther Eurpean natins, including Sweden and Belgium, gt there sner.
Energy Minister Michael Shanks said the plant’s clsure “marks the end f an era and cal wrkers can be rightly prud f their wrk pwering ur cuntry fr ver 140 years. We we generatins a debt f gratitude as a cuntry. The era f cal might be ending, but a new age f gd energy jbs fr ur cuntry is just beginning.”
The wrld’s first cal-fired electricity plant, Edisn Electric Light Statin, pened in Lndn in 1882. Ratcliffe-n-Sar, which pened in 1968, is a landmark whse eight cncrete cling twers and 199-meter chimney are seen by millins f peple a year as they drive past n the M1 highway r speed by n trains.
In 1990 cal prvided abut 80% f Britain’s electricity. By 2012 it had fallen t 39%, and by 2023 it std at just 1%, accrding t figures frm the Natinal Grid. Mre than half f Britain’s electricity nw cmes frm renewable surces such as wind and slar pwer, and the rest frm natural gas and nuclear energy.
“Ten years ag, cal was the leading surce f this cuntry’s pwer — generating a third f ur electricity,” said Dhara Vyas, deputy chief executive f Energy U. K. “S, t get t this pint just a decade later, with cal’s cntributin replaced by clean and lw carbn surces, is an incredible achievement. As we aim fr further ambitius targets in the energy transitin (转变), it’s wrth remembering that few back then thught such a change at such a pace was pssible.”
28. What is the significance f the clsure f Ratcliffe-n-Sar statin?
A. It marks the beginning f Britain’s energy transitin.
B. It is the first step twards renewable energy in the UK.
C It shws the end f cal-generated electricity in Britain.
D. It indicates that Britain has already reached its renewable energy gals.
29. What can we learn frm paragraph 4?
A. The cuntry is in debt and needs t repay its lans t the past generatins.
B. The cuntry asked fr gratitude frm future generatins fr its current energy plicies.
C. The UK’s gratitude t cal wrkers is nw cmplete with the clsure f the last cal plant.
D. The UK acknwledged the significant cntributins f cal wrkers thrughut the industrial histry.
30. What des Dhara Vyas mainly imply in the last paragraph?
A. Britain shuld have aimed fr mre ambitius energy transitin targets earlier.
B. The replacement f cal by clean surces in Britain happened faster than expected.
C. The decline f cal as a pwer surce in Britain was a slw and predictable prcess.
D. Despite the remarkable shift t clean and lw-carbn energy, challenges still remain.
31. Which f the fllwing can be a best title fr the text?
A. “The Ecnmic Impact f Cal Plant Clsures in the UK”
B. “Britain’s Cal Legacy: A Century f Pwer and Prgress”
C. “Renewable Energy Triumph: Britain Says Gdbye t Cal”
D. “The Final Cuntdwn: Britain’s Last Cal Plant Clses Its Drs”
D
Cral reefs (珊瑚礁) may be mre capable f adapting t htter and mre acidic (酸性的) ceans than we thught, raising hpes f preserving these bidiverse ecsystems.
Rising levels f carbn dixide in the atmsphere due t ur emissins pse a twin threat t the wrld’s cral reefs. Higher temperatures stress crals and this can lead t mass bleaching (漂白) and death. In additin, atmspheric CO2 absrbed by the cean makes the water mre acidic and weakens cral skeletns. This, alng with pllutin and verfishing, has already created a crisis fr the planet’s reefs.
T find ut mre abut the extent and speed at which cral species culd adapt, Jury and his clleagues at the University f Hawai’i cllected dzens f specimens f eight different cral species frm reefs arund O’ahu, Hawai’i. They were then grwn in an utdr lab under fur different cnditins: under tday’s climate, ne with temperatures raised by 2℃ but water chemistry unchanged, anther with temperatures held but water chemistry made mre acidic, and the last with bth temperature and water chemistry changed t prduce the warmer, mre acidic cnditins.
The test lasted as lng as six mnths, but “the crals did surprisingly well”, says Jury. All saw lwer grwth rates-a measure f cral health -under the mre stressful cnditins. Yet individuals f all species survived the cmbined stressrs, with n clear trade-ff between tlerance t heat and acidity.
In fact, there is building evidence f a significant ptential t adapt t changing ceans. Fr instance, in a secnd study published this mnth, Melissa Naugle at Suthern Crss University in Australia and her clleagues analysed heat tlerance f different cral species n the Great Barrier Reef. They fund unexpectedly large variatin in heat tlerance, even amng crals in the same part f the reef, which culd be especially valuable fr effrts t restre reefs by breeding mre tlerant crals.
“I’m cautiusly ptimistic,” says Lisa McManus at the University f Hawai’i, wh wasn’t invlved with any f the research. But she cautins that any adaptive ptential still depends n hw much cral is left after extreme events. “In a lt f areas arund the wrld, there’s little cral cver left.”
32. What is the effect f mre acidic ceans n cral reefs?
A. Mass bleaching.B. Weakening skeletns.
C. Overfishing and pllutin.D. Higher temperatures and CO2.
33. Hw did Jury and his clleagues cnduct their study n crals?
A. By cllecting frm different ceans glbally.
B. By grwing under nly ne envirnmental cnditin.
C. By testing withut cnsidering cral species differences.
D. By cultivating in different cnditins with lcal cral species.
34. What can we learn frm Melissa Naugle’s study?
A. Sme species f crals may better help restre reefs.
B. Great Barrier Reef crals’ heat tlerance is equally high.
C. Envirnmental factrs slely decide Great Barrier Reef crals’ heat tlerance.
D. Heat-tlerance variatin amng Great Barrier Reef crals is t minr t matter.
35. What is the attitude f Lisa McManus twards the future f cral reefs?
A. Assured, expecting full adaptatin withut wrries.
B. Anxius, fearing the appraching lss f cral reefs.
C. Negative, questining the adaptability f cral reefs.
D. Hpeful, with cncerns abut pst-extreme event survival.
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。
Leadership Secret
Amazn has reached what its funder and CEO Jeff Bezs called “an interesting milestne.” The retailing giant s highly assciated with bks and then music and vide, nw has tens f millins f prducts and a majrity are nn-media gds, frm drills t tennis balls t almst anything else that can be shipped.
____36____ The 48-year-ld has fficially transfrmed Amazn, which he funded in 1994, frm an nline bkstre selling ther stuff t a retailer that nce sld mstly bks. Then, Amazns stck (股票) is up 397 percent in the last five years.
S, what’s behind the success? ____37____ Bezs regularly leaves ne seat pen at meetings and infrms all attendees that they shuld cnsider that seat ccupied by their custmer, the mst imprtant persn in the rm.
Always trying t find ut what custmers want, Bezs is even stricter abut what custmers dn’t want. They hate delays, defects and ut-f-stck prducts, s the cmpany cnstantly lks t make them as rare as pssible. ____38____ Amazn’s data shws that a 0.1 secnd delay in page lading can translate int a ne percent drp in custmer activity.
But it desn’t fully explain the extrardinary success. Fr Bezs, a data driven custmer fcus encurages him t take risks t innvate. Amazns kindle, fr example, came int being because he believed millins wuld want an e-bk reader, dwnlading any bk within 60 secnds. ____39____ Engineers were free t slve technical challenges as they saw fit, nly needing t make it right fr cnsumers.
Efficiency — cheapness, in the eyes f Amazn’s critics — is als an imprtant part f the Amazn culture. ____40____ In 2009, Bezs declared that Amazn had begun fighting against waste. The mre he culd get rid f needless csts, the easier it wuld be t deliver rck-bttm prices t custmers.
A. In fact, Bezs links the tw.
B. That turning pint might be Bezs’ greatest achievement.
C. He set that target withut getting trapped by technical issues.
D. Even the tiniest delay in lading a webpage isn’t insignificant.
E. Custmers d enjy quick delivery, quality prducts and great after-sales service.
F. Bezs culd have dne it earlier, but he tk ver twenty years t cmplete that target.
G. Amazn managers wuld tell yu: the empty chair, the internal nickname f the figure that rules their lives.
第三部分 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。
Hlly Lillard, when ging utside t wash the windws, ____41____ t find a lst cat named Tucker and clsed a 600-mile gap t return him t his wner, Jamie McCall.
Tucker’s ____42____ began when McCall spent the night in a nearby htel during her jurney frm Flrida t Michigan t visit a sick relative. McCall wh had lst her husband t cancer and her grandsn t vilence, fund ____43____ in her tw cats, Tucker and Fat Cat. Withut thse tw cats, she may nt have ____44____ it. The next mrning, when McCall was ready t ____45____ the rad again, Tucker was gne. ____46____, she searched alng the busy rad fr hurs, but in vain. With tight budget, she culdn’t ____47____ t stay anther night but cntinued her trip withut him, heartbrken.
The next day, Lillard ____48____ Tucker by a garbage bin. She tk him hme, and ____49____ his stry in a lst-pet Facebk grup. Sn McCall was n the phne with Lillard, hearing Tucker’s cries and sbbing with _____50_____.
McCall’s luck was _____51_____: Lillard’s grandfather was heading t Michigan, and Lillard was happy t _____52_____ Tucker until the cat culd hitch a ride with him. One mnth later, Tucker was _____53_____ delivered t McCall’s drstep, just in time fr Christmas.
Tday, McCall, Tucker, Fat Cat, and Lillard have frmed a bnd that _____54_____ the 600 miles that nce separated them. Thugh McCall’s future is uncertain, she is cmfrted by the _____55_____ f her furry cmpanins and the friendship f Lillard, a stranger wh became a savir.
41. A. decidedB. expectedC. happenedD. ffered
42. A. jurneyB. adventureC. experienceD. frtune
43. A. supprtB. peaceC. cmpanyD. cmfrt
44. A. madeB. believedC. likedD. deserved
45. A. startB. hitC. cntinueD. leave
46. A. ExcitedB. PanickedC. DisappintedD. Surprised
47. A. decideB. bearC. manageD. affrd
48. A. bservedB. heardC. spttedD. recgnized
49. A. pstedB. publishedC. bradcastD. displayed
50. A. sadnessB. srrwC. reliefD. disappintment
51. A. remainingB. changingC. exchangingD. spreading
52. A. appeal tB. intend tC. tend tD. attach t
53. A. carefullyB. safelyC. hurriedlyD. secretly
54. A. crssesB. reachesC. breaksD. shws
55. A. influenceB. delightC. patienceD. presence
非选择题部分（共55分）
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。
The Rhine River flws frm the Swiss Alps t the Netherlands, then int the Nrth Sea. The 765-mile lng river is the ____56____ (tw) lngest in Central and Western Eurpe.
____57____ the days f the Rman Empire, the Rhine has been an imprtant transprtatin rute ____58____ (link) suthern and nrthern Eurpe. It ____59____ (pass) thrugh six cuntries: Switzerland, Principality f Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, France and the Netherlands. As the Rhine enters Germany, it frms the brder ____60____ Germany and France. Huge amunts f untreated waste frm twns, farms and industries were dumped int the water which led t the ____61____ (disappear) f the nce-plentiful salmn (鲑鱼) by 1958. Years ag, the Rhine ____62____ (cnsider) ne f Eurpe’s mst plluted rivers. In 1986, ____63____ chemical factry fire in Switzerland made the pllutin prblem much ____64____ (bad), killing millins f fish and wildlife alng the river. After the 1986 fire, the Rhine Actin Plan was put int place t clean up the river.
Tday, the river isn’t cmpletely pllutin-free, but the salmn have returned. Salmn area species f fish that are very _____65_____ (sense) t the quality f the water they live in.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
66. 假如你是李华，在元旦来临之际，你的交换生朋友Jhn想买一个具有中国特色的礼物送给他的中文老师，向你求助，请你根据以下提示写一封邮件向他推荐一个礼物：
1. 推荐的礼物；
2. 对礼物做简单描述；
3. 推荐的理由。
注意：1. 词数100字左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Jhn,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yurs,
Li Hua
第二节（满分25分）
67. 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。
It was a cld winter Mnday mrning. Manu an eight-year-ld was sleeping cmfrtably in his bedrm upstairs at the Khagal huse. Mndays are usually very difficult fr him after a weekend break frm his schl. “Manu, wake up! It’s schl time!” shuted ut Manu’s mther Akhila, frm the kitchen. Manu pulled the blanket ver him and ignred his mther’s repeated attempts t wake him up. “Manu! It’s already 6 ’clck and yur schl bus will be here by 7. S please wake up and get ready. Manu cntinued sleeping.
Finally, after much pestering and pampering (纠缠和纵容), Manu gt ut f bed and started getting ready fr schl lazily. The schl bus was already hnking (按喇叭) in frnt f his huse while Manu was brushing his teeth. Akhila requested the driver t wait fr a few minutes. She quickly helped Manu get ready and helped him get t his schl bus.
“Phew! Manu didn’t miss his bus tday” Akhila sighed. She was really cncerned abut her sn. Manu culdn’t d anything n time, waking up in the mrning r any f his daily tasks. Akhila thught t herself “need t wrk ut a plan t teach him a lessn in self-discipline (自律). Repeated advice and warnings haven’t changed him.”
The next day it was the usual scene at the Khagal huse except that there was n effrt frm Akhila t wake up her sn. The time was 7. The schl bus hnked and Akhila, unlike her usual self, asked the bus driver t leave. There was unusual cnfidence n Akhila’s face. Manu finally wke up at arund 9 ’ clck. He ran dwn t the kitchen and cried ut “Mm! Why didn’t yu wake me up? The schl bus has already left and I am really late fr schl tday.” He culdn’t stp crying. “I have a math test tday and Mrs. Mangat will punish me if I miss her class and the test.” The calm face f Akhila made Manu feel mre anxius.
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“Mm what shuld I d nw? Please help!” said Manu weepingly.
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The scene the next day at the Khagal huse was a little different.
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