山东省烟台市蓬莱区（五四制）2024-2025学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试卷（解析版）

这是一份山东省烟台市蓬莱区（五四制）2024-2025学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试卷（解析版），共5页。
第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
1. What can we knw abut the bk signing?
A. It will be held n May 9th. B. Debra Fine wrte this bk.
C. It will begin in the early mrning.D. It will take place in a bkstre.
2. Wh might be mst interested in the bk?
A. Thse wh are gd at giving talks. B. Thse wh enjy ging t parties.
C. Thse wh fear t talk with thers. D. Thse wh are lking fr new jbs.
3. What des the underlined wrd “awkward” prbably mean?
A. Exciting.B. Usual.C. Peaceful.D. Embarrassing.
【答案】1. B 2. C 3. D
【语篇解读】本文是一篇活动宣传，主要介绍了Debra Fine的新书《The Fine Art f Small Talk》的签售会信息，并简要介绍了书的内容和目标读者。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据“By Debra Fine”可知，这本书的作者是Debra Fine。故选B。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据“Des the thught f starting a cnversatin with a stranger make yu nervus? D yu sit wrriedly thrugh jb interviews waiting fr the ther persn t speak?”可知，这本书的目标读者是那些害怕与他人交谈的人。故选C。
【3题详解】
词句猜测题。根据“avid thse uncmfrtable and awkward silences in a cnversatin”可知，“awkward”与“uncmfrtable”并列，表示“尴尬的”。故选D。
B
“Dn’t frget t study fr the Chinese histry test n Friday,” Mrs. Green said after class. Julie clsed her bk and sighed (叹气). Julie was a perfect mnitr (班长) and culd rganize all kinds f activities. But when she learned histry, there was smething hard fr her t remember.
The fllwing day, she went t the library and tried t remember all the facts and dates. But it was useless. Just then she lked up and fund her classmate Maria was seated at a nearby table. S Julie decided t turn t Maria.
Maria was sitting there with sme cards and sme clred pencils. Each card shwed a clrful picture. Julie was curius and asked, “Are yu studying histry?” “Yeah, and this is hw I study,” Maria said. “Smetimes nly memrizing things isn’t enugh. I like art, s I use these pictures t help me remember histrical events.”
“I see,” said Julie with great interest. After thinking fr a while, an idea came t her mind. She had rich experience in rganizing big events. And she always began with making small plans step by step. Hw did she cnnect all f them in the end? Mind maps!
“Hey, Maria,” said Julie. “Hw abut this: I divide these histry events int different kinds and use a mind map t cnnect each kind tgether. And yu draw the pictures fr these kinds as their explanatin.” “That’s cl! Let’s start right nw!” Maria agreed excitedly.
“Sure,” said Julie. At that time, studying didn’t seem s impssible. And what yu need t d is find what yu are gd at and make full use f it.
4. What was Julie’s prblem when she learned histry?
A. She culdn’t catch up with the teacher.
B. She didn’t understand the meaning f sme events.
C. She culdn’t memrize all the facts and dates well.
D. She had n interest in learning Chinese histry.
5. Hw did Maria study histry in the library?
A. By remembering wrd by wrd. B. By drawing pictures n the cards.
C. By discussing with ther classmates. D. By asking thers fr help.
6. What is Julie gd at?
A. Drawing mind maps. B. Making small plans.
C. Organizing big events.D. Explaining things clearly.
7. What d yu think f Julie?
A. She is friendly and helpful.B. She is hard-wrking and humrus.
C. She is utging and brave. D. She is creative and clever.
【答案】4. C 5. B 6. C 7. D
【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。本文讲述了班长Julie虽然擅长组织活动，但在学习历史时遇到困难——难以记住历史事件和日期，后来与同学Maria合作，最终找到了适合自己的学习方法。
【4题详解】
细节理解题。根据“But when she learned histry, there was smething hard fr her t remember.”和“But it was useless.”可知，Julie的问题是难以记住历史事实和日期。故选C。
【5题详解】
细节理解题。根据“Maria was sitting there with sme cards and sme clred pencils. Each card shwed a clrful picture.”可知，Maria通过在卡片上画图来学习历史。故选B。
【6题详解】
细节理解题。根据“Julie was a perfect mnitr and culd rganize all kinds f activities.”和“She had rich experience in rganizing big events.”可知，Julie擅长组织大型活动。故选C。
【7题详解】
推理判断题。通读全文可知，Julie结合思维导图和Maria的绘画方法创造性地解决学习问题，因此可推测她具有创造力和聪明才智。故选D。
C
In Luleå, a city in nrthern Sweden, peple are asked t say “hell” t each ther mre ften. The new campaign (活动) is called Säg hej!, meaning “say hell”. It is a simple way t cnnect peple, but a very big step fr the city.
Swedish culture cares privacy (隐私) and interpersnal distance (人际距离) s much that it has caused lneliness especially in Luleå where the sun nly shines arund three hurs a day in the winter mnths. Peple usually like t stay warm at hme alne. While mst peple believe that lneliness is the cmmnest amng the elderly wh usually live alne, the ppsite is true. It is actually rising in yung peple and it has a bad influence n their mental (心理的) and physical health. A study abut Luleå fund that 45% f 16-t-29-year-lds were experiencing prblems because f lneliness.
Åsa Kski, wh wrks fr the city, came up with the idea f the Säg hej! campaign. “The city is develping fast and mre peple are cming. We dn’t just want Luleå t grw t be a big city. We als want it t be a safe, friendly and happy place where there’s culture, relaxing activities, and sprts,” Kski said. “Greeting peple makes them feel like they belng. Research shws that it has a gd effect n health and makes peple want t help each ther. If yu say hi t yur neighbrs, yu are mre likely t help them,” Kski said.
The activity is nw being encuraged n buses and in schls. There are even wrkshps n hw t greet ne anther. Many peple agree that saying hell shuld be encuraged and believe that the mre internatinal the city becmes, the friendlier peple will becme. “It’s really gd that peple say hell t each ther,” 61-year-ld Pntus Wikström, said. “It means that peple wh meet withut knwing each ther becme a little bit happier.”
8. What d we knw abut the peple in Luleå?
A. The elderly are the lneliest.
B. Many yung peple live alne.
C. The cld weather makes them lnelier.
D. They keep a distance when talking t each ther.
9. Why did Kski start the campaign f Säg hej! ?
A. T encurage peple t stay healthy.
B. T invite peple t travel arund Luleå.
C. T let mre peple knw abut the city.
D. T create a better envirnment fr peple.
10. What des the underlined wrd “it” in paragraph 3 refer t?
A. Greeting peple. B. Helping each ther.
C. Living in the city.D. Taking part in activities.
11. Which f the fllwing is the best title fr the passage?
A. A new campaign brings peple tgether.
B. The next Internatinal city saying hell t yu.
C. Lneliness has becme a big prblem in Luleå.
D. Peple’s way f life in Luleå needs t be changed.
【答案】8. C 9. D 10. A 11. A
【语篇解读】本文主要介绍了瑞典人注重隐私，这也让人们感到孤独，为此瑞典的一个城市开展了一个名叫“打招呼”的活动，让人们能够联系在一起。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。根据“Swedish culture cares privacy (隐私) and interpersnal distance (人际距离) s much that it has caused lneliness especially in Luleå where the sun nly shines arund three hurs a day in the winter mnths.”可知，尤其是在卢拉，那里的阳光在冬季每天只照射三个小时左右，人们更孤独，即寒冷的天气使他们更加孤独。故选C。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。根据“We als want it t be a safe, friendly and happy place where there’s culture, relaxing activities, and sprts”可知，她发起活动是希望这个城市成为一个安全、友好、快乐的地方，有文化、放松活动和体育，即为人们创造一个更好的环境。故选D。
【10题详解】
词句猜测题。根据“Greeting peple makes them feel like they belng. Research shws that it has a gd effect n health and makes peple want t help each ther.”可知，问候别人会让他们觉得自己有归属感，研究表明，问候对健康有很好的影响，会让人们想互相帮助，因此划线词指代“问候人”。故选A。
【11题详解】
最佳标题题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了瑞典人注重隐私，这也让人们感到孤独，为此瑞典的一个城市开展了一个名叫“打招呼”的活动，让人们能够联系在一起，因此A项“一场新的运动将人们聚集在一起”为标题最合适。故选A。
D
In China, mre peple are chsing t visit places that aren’t very famus instead f ging t ppular turist spts. This is called “reverse turism (逆向旅游),” and it’s becming ppular amng yung peple.
An nline travel agency (旅行社) says that during the hliday, htels in less-knwn cities had 30% mre bkings than last year. Fur-star and five-star htels in these places als saw their bkings g up by at least 10 times. Sme lesser-knwn spts had a big increase in visitrs. Fr example, Baimaiquan Park in Jinan, a city in Shandng Prvince, had 52,100 visitrs ver seven days. That’s 15.78% mre than last year.
Peple chse less-knwn places fr a few reasns. There are fewer crwds, and it’s cheaper than ging t ppular places. These places are als less cmmercial (商业的), which means they feel mre real and special. These reasns shw that peple’s travel needs are changing, and that may be the main cause f the rise f reverse turism.
Zhengzhu Daily says that reverse turism is nt a bad thing. It gives travelers mre chices and helps the turism market grw. It als pushes less-knwn places t get better.
Jiang Han, a researcher, thinks reverse turism is here t stay. He suggests that peple shuld explre the hidden pssibility f these less-knwn places. We need t learn mre abut lcal culture and shw ff the special things these places have t ffer.
12. What is Paragraph 2 mainly abut?
A. Travel agencies in China. B. Turism and the cmmerce.
C. Htels making a lt f mney. D. The grwth f reverse turism.
13. What may be the main cause f the rise f reverse turism?
A. There are fewer crwds.
B. The cheaper prices f the less-knwn places.
C. Peple’s travel needs are changing.
D. There is n imprvement in famus sprts.
14. What des Zhengzhu Daily think f reverse turism?
A. It will disappear when the ecnmy (经济) gets better.
B. It is gd fr bth turists and the turism market.
C. It helps spread lcal culture.
D. It hurts ppular turist spts.
15. What is Jiang Han’s advice n the turism market?
A. Imprving the spts in turist areas.
B. Making better rules fr turist spts.
C. Explring the pssibility f less-knwn places.
D. Encuraging lcal culture nline.
【答案】12. D 13. C 14. B 15. C
【语篇解读】本文讲述了在中国兴起的一种新型旅游趋势——“逆向旅游”，即越来越多的年轻人选择前往非热门旅游目的地而非传统热门景点。
【12题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第二段内容“An nline travel agency says that during the hliday, htels in less-knwn cities had 30% mre bkings than last year. Fur-star and five-star htels in these places als saw their bkings g up by at least 10 times.”可知，该段主要讲述逆向旅游的增长情况。故选D。
【13题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段内容“Peple chse less-knwn places fr a few reasns. There are fewer crwds, and it’s cheaper than ging t ppular places. These places are als less cmmercial, which means they feel mre real and special. These reasns shw that peple’s travel needs are changing, and that may be the main cause f the rise f reverse turism.”可知，逆向旅游兴起的主要原因是人们旅行需求的变化。故选C。
【14题详解】
细节理解题。根据第四段内容“Zhengzhu Daily says that reverse turism is nt a bad thing. It gives travelers mre chices and helps the turism market grw. It als pushes less-knwn places t get better.”可知，《郑州日报》认为逆向旅游对游客和旅游市场都有好处。故选B。
【15题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段内容“Jiang Han, a researcher, thinks reverse turism is here t stay. He suggests that peple shuld explre the hidden pssibility f these less-knwn places.”可知，建议是探索冷门旅游地的潜力。故选C。
第二节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分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。选项中有一项为多余选项。
James and Thmas Lindesay are British brthers in Beijing. Last year, they spent mnths traveling the Great Wall f China n ft. The tw started frm the Jiayuguan Pass in Gansu Prvince n July 15th. ___16___ There the Wall meets the sea. Their Great Wall trip is 3,263 kilmeters.
___17___ William was brn in 1956 in the UK and had a dream f visiting the Great Wall frm an early age. In 1987, he finally went n a trip there. ___18___ Frm then n, villagers living at the ft f the Wall ften saw the tall, blnde-haired man cllecting rubbish alng the Wall. He lved this great structure (建筑) a lt, s he tried t help clean and prtect it. William als wrte ten bks n the Great Wall.
William’s wrks influenced (影响) his tw sns. Even as children, they spent mst f their weekends walking and taking pictures f the Wall. In 2016, the Lindesay brthers started t make vides t prtect the Wall. ___19___ They wanted t fllw in their father’s ftsteps and experience the structure themselves, s their trip alng the Wall began. The tw traveled abut 30 t 40 kilmeters per day and finally finished it n Nvember 22nd.
___20___ But the experience gave them a better understanding f the Wall and the histry behind it.
A. But they thught that was nt enugh.
B It tk them 131 days t arrive at the Shanhaiguan Pass.
C. They smetimes spent nights in htels and camped in the wild.
D. After that, William married a Chinese wman and lived in Beijing.
E. The brthers said the trip was nt as easy as they thught befre setting ff.
F. The brthers’ interest in traveling the Wall came frm their father William Lindesay.
【答案】16. B 17. F 18. D 19. A 20. E
【语篇解读】本文通过Lindesay一家与长城的故事，展现了跨文化的热爱、传承与保护精神。
【16题详解】
根据“Last year, they spent mnths traveling the Great Wall f China n ft. The tw started frm the Jiayuguan Pass in Gansu Prvince n July 15th.”可知，前文提到两兄弟从嘉峪关出发，选项B“他们花了131天才到达山海关。”符合，故选B。
【17题详解】
根据“William was brn in 1956 in the UK and had a dream f visiting the Great Wall frm an early age.”可知，后文开始介绍父亲William的生平，选项F“兄弟俩对穿越长城的兴趣来自他们的父亲威廉·林赛。”符合，故选F。
【18题详解】
根据“In 1987, he finally went n a trip there.”可知，前文提到William1987年首次到长城，选项D“之后，威廉与一位中国女子结婚，住在北京。”承接时间顺序，解释后续生活变化，故选D。
【19题详解】
根据“In 2016, the Lindesay brthers started t make vides t prtect the Wall.”可知，前文提到兄弟俩制作视频保护长城，选项A“但他们认为这还不够。”引出他们决定徒步长城的动机，故选A。
【20题详解】
根据“But the experience gave them a better understanding f the Wall and the histry behind it.”可知，后文强调“经历让他们更了解长城”，选项E“兄弟俩说，这次旅行并不像出发前想象的那么容易。”形成转折，突出过程的艰辛与成果的对比，故选E。
第二部分 语言知识应用（共两节，满分25分）
第一节 完形填空（共10题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
One day last July, my dad gt back frm wrk with sme exciting news! “Get yur bags ready fr tmrrw. We’re ging n a rad trip”. I was s ___21___ that I culdn’t fall asleep that night.
The next day, we left at 6:00 am and arrived Camdentn arund 8:30 am. The first thing we did there was a ne-hur ___22___ in Bridal Caves. When I first entered, I was surprised t see what I saw. I’ve never seen anything like that in my life. It’s s interesting t learn abut hw the stalactite (钟乳石) ___23___ inside the caves.
Later n, we tk a three-hur drive t Arkansas. On the way, we listened t music and did karake. We enjyed this great musical ___24___ time tgether! There we visited Crystal Bridges Museum f American Art. One f the things I liked the mst in the museum was that ne f the walls was painted green and range with black and white shapes. I ___25___ this memry in my brain because my sister and I tk pictures in frnt f this wall. Anther thing I liked was that there was a shw with candies all ver the flr. I ___26___ a handful f clrful candies and put them int my muth. They were s sweet.
After that we went t Lake Atalanta Park. This park had a huge lake, a large playgrund and a tree huse. It was the first time fr me t ___27___ a tree huse at a park. It was very ___28___ t g up all the stairs f the tree huse. My sister and I climbed up and dwn, laughing all the way rund. Afterward, my sister and I fund a small pnd (池塘) and ___29___ t splash (泼溅) water n each ther.
This rad trip, by far, has been the best experience f my life. When I lk back at the memries, it brings a big smile n my face. It made me understand that it was very imprtant t ___30___ the time yu can with the peple yu lve.
21. A. nervusB. tiredC. excitedD. patient
22. A. shwB. turC. playD. talk
23. A. frmsB. shinesC. staysD. arrives
24. A. friendB. cityC. familyD. museum
25. A. lstB. keptC. understdD. imagined
26. A. caughtB. sawC. madeD. drew
27. A. seeB. hearC. smellD. ntice
28. A. safeB. tiringC. strangeD. enjyable
29. A. stppedB. startedC. frgtD. refused
30. A. saveB. changeC. createD. spend
【答案】21. C 22. B 23. A 24. C 25. B 26. A 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. D
【语篇解读】本文主要讲了作者一家人外出公路旅行的经历。
【21题详解】
句意：我太兴奋了，那天晚上我无法入睡。
nervus紧张的；tired疲倦的；excited兴奋的；patient耐心的。根据“I was s…that I culdn’t fall asleep that night.”及“One day last July, my dad gt back frm wrk with sme exciting news!”可知，作者非常激动。故选C。
【22题详解】
句意：我们在那里做的第一件事是在新娘洞参观了一个小时。
shw展示；tur旅行；play玩；talk谈论。根据“The first thing we did there was a ne-hur…in Bridal Caves.”及下文可知，作者首先游览了新娘洞穴。故选B。
【23题详解】
句意：了解钟乳石是如何在洞穴中形成的是很有趣的。
frms形成；shines闪耀；stays停留；arrives到达。根据“It’s s interesting t learn abut hw the stalactite…inside the caves.”可知，此处指的是洞穴中的钟乳石是如何形成的。故选A。
【24题详解】
句意：我们一起享受这段美妙的音乐家庭时光！
friend朋友；city城市；family家庭；museum博物馆。根据“We enjyed this great musical…time tgether!”可知，我们在路上一起唱歌，享受音乐家庭时光。故选C。
【25题详解】
句意：我把这段记忆留在我的脑海里，因为我和姐姐在这面墙前拍照。
lst丢失；kept保持；understd理解；imagined想象。根据“this memry in my brain because my sister and I tk pictures in frnt f this wall.”可知，此处指的是作者把这段记忆保留在脑海中。故选B。
【26题详解】
句意：我抓了一把五颜六色的糖果，把它们放进嘴里。
caught抓住；saw看见；made制作；drew画。根据“a handful f clrful candies and put them int my muth.”可知，作者“抓起了”一把糖放进嘴里。故选A。
【27题详解】
句意：这是我第一次在公园里看到树屋。
see看见；hear听见；smell闻；ntice注意。根据“a tree huse at a park.”可知，应该说第一次“见到”树屋。故选A。
【28题详解】
句意：爬上树屋的所有楼梯是非常愉快的。
safe安全的；tiring累人的；strange奇怪的；enjyable愉快的。根据“It was very…t g up all the stairs f the tree huse.”及结合上下文可知，作者觉得爬上树屋的楼梯很愉快。故选D。
【29题详解】
句意：后来，我和妹妹找到了一个小池塘，开始互相泼水。
stpped停止；started开始；frgt忘记；refused拒绝。根据“t splash (泼溅) water n each ther.”可知，作者和妹妹开始互相泼水，started与动作的起始一致。故选B。
【30题详解】
句意：这让我明白，把时间花在你爱的人身上是非常重要的。
save拯救；change改变；create创造；spend花费。根据“it was very imprtant t…the time yu can with the peple yu lve.”及通读全文可知，此处指的是作者认为应该花时间与自己爱的人在一起。故选D。
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，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
I am very pleased ____31____ my successful English. Actually it is ____32____ lng way t achieve success. I really want t g ver my past experiences in English learning and share them with ther peple.
Since I began t study English, I ____33____ (dream) f speaking English well. I studied New Cncept (概念) English. And it ____34____ (final) helped me pass CET-6. I ften went t English crners while at university. In rder t reach an English crner n time, I gt up ____35____ (early) than usual in the mrning and then tk a bus t get there. I read English alud every day. It was bring, but it really helped my ____36____ (prnunce). I watched CCTV-9 t listen t bradcasters (广播员) speaking English. This was the nly way I culd practice my English listening n TV. This was als my secret t ____37____ (learn) English.
Then I mved t Canada. Firstly, I went t a lcal western church. It has Bible study and ESL prgrams t imprve new ____38____ (student) language skills. Secndly, when I did survival jbs (谋生工作), I tried every chance t practice English. Thirdly, ____39____ giving up these jbs, I decided t g back t my prfessin (专业). Then I was islated (隔离) frm the utside wrld. S I made full use f the time by watching TV. During that perid I mainly ____40____ (pay) attentin t English listening, and I made great prgress. Nw I have mre cnfidence fr a brighter future.
【答案】31. with 32. a 33. have dreamed/have been dreaming 34. finally
35. earlier 36. prnunciatin 37. learning 38. students’ 39. after 40. paid
【语篇解读】本文是一篇关于英语学习经历与感悟的叙述。
【31题详解】
句意：我对自己成功的英语很满意。“be pleased with”是一个固定短语，意为“对……感到满意”。故填with。
【32题详解】
句意：事实上，成功还有一条很长的路要走。根据“...lng way”可知，此处泛指“一段很长的路”，且lng是以辅音音素开头的单词，所以用不定冠词a。故填a.
【33题详解】
句意：自从我开始学习英语，我就梦想着能把英语说得很好。根据“Since I began t study English,”可知，此处表示从过去某个时间开始一直持续到现在的动作，所以需要用现在完成时；而dream这个动作可以表示从过去持续到现在，并且可能还在持续，因此可以用“have dreamed”或“have been dreaming”。故填have dreamed/have been dreaming。
【34题详解】
句意：它最终帮助我通过了大学英语六级考试。根据“And it... helped me pass CET-6.”可知，此处应用final的副词形式修饰动词helped。故填finally。
【35题详解】
句意：为了按时到达英语角，我早上比平时起得早，然后乘公共汽车去那里。根据“than”可知，此处应填early的比较级形式。故填earlier。
【36题详解】
句意：它很无聊，但它确实有助于我的发音。根据“my”可知，此处应填prnunce的名词形式。故填prnunciatin。
【37题详解】
句意：这也是我学习英语的秘诀。secret t ding sth“做某事的秘诀”，是固定用法。故填learning。
【38题详解】
句意：它有圣经学习和ESL课程，以提高新生的语言技能。根据“It has Bible study and ESL prgrams t imprve new... language skills.”可知，此处泛指新生的语言技能，应用student复数形式的所有格。故填students’。
【39题详解】
句意：第三，在放弃这些工作后，我决定回到我的职业。根据“I decided t g back t my prfessin”可知，在放弃这些工作之后决定回到我的职业，after是介词，用来表示时间上的先后顺序。故填after。
【40题详解】
句意：在那段时间里，我主要关注英语听力，我取得了很大的进步。根据“and I made great prgress”可知，此处时态为一般过去时，因此填pay的过去式。故填paid。
第三部分 书面表达（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，完成短文后的问题。
D yu lve nature? Are yu interested in animals? Then the Galapags Islands may be a gd place fr yur hliday. The Galapags Islands are famus fr their wildlife. Yu can enjy lts f exciting activities there.
Abut 1,000 kilmeters away frm the cast f Ecuadr (厄瓜多尔海岸), in Suth America, the Galapags Islands have 13 majr islands and sme smaller islands. These islands are hme t many kinds f plants and animals that can’t be fund anywhere else in the wrld nw.
In the 19th century, the great scientist Charles Darwin studied sme f the birds n the islands. That helped him develp his thery f evlutin (进化论) later. The birds are nw famus as “Darwin’s finches (达尔文雀)”. They can still be seen tday. Besides birds, yu might als see many kinds f animals n the beaches r in the sea.
The animals living n the islands are nt afraid f humans. S turists can get very clse t them and take great phts. Yu can even d sme activities with the animals. D yu want t swim with sharks? Dn’t wrry! The sharks are usually friendly.
In 1835, Darwin travelled t the Galapags Islands by ship. Tday, yu can fly t the islands frm Quit r Guayaquil in Ecuadr. Cme t the Galapags Islands t enjy the mst special trip!
41. What are the Galapags Islands knwn fr?
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42. Where are the Galapags Islands?
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43. What did Darwin d n the islands?
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44. Why can turists get very clse t the animals n the islands?
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45. Hw did Darwin get t the islands in 1835?
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【答案】41. They are famus fr Wildlife.
42. Abut 1,000 kilmeters away frm the cast f Ecuadr, in Suth America.
43. He studied sme f the birds (n the islands).
44. Because the animals are nt afraid f humans.
45. By ship.
【语篇解读】本文介绍了加拉帕戈斯群岛的相关信息。
【41题详解】
根据“The Galapags Islands are famus fr their wildlife.”可知，加拉帕戈斯群岛以野生动物闻名。故填They are famus fr Wildlife.
【42题详解】
根据“Abut 1,000 kilmeters away frm the cast f Ecuadr (厄瓜多尔海岸), in Suth America”可知，群岛位于距离南美洲厄瓜多尔海岸约1000公里处。故填Abut 1,000 kilmeters away frm the cast f Ecuadr, in Suth America.
【43题详解】
根据“In the 19th century, the great scientist Charles Darwin studied sme f the birds n the islands. That helped him develp his thery f evlutin (进化论) later. ”可知，达尔文在岛上研究鸟类，故填He studied sme f the birds (n the islands).
【44题详解】
根据“The animals living n the islands are nt afraid f humans. S turists can get very clse t them and take great phts.”可知，动物不怕人类，故游客可近距离接触。故填Because the animals are nt afraid f humans.
【45题详解】
根据“In 1835, Darwin travelled t the Galapags Islands by ship.”可知，达尔文1835年乘船前往，故填By ship.
第二节 写作（满分20分）
46. “闲谈”是一种沟通方式，它可以打破沉默，消除尴尬，创造进入正式话题的机会。请根据下面的提示，以“Small Talk”为题写一篇文章。
内容提示：
1. 闲谈不是浪费时间，而是为了更好的沟通；
2. 选择合适的闲谈话题，避开不恰当的话题；
3. 你对“闲谈”的看法…… (至少二点)
写作要求：
1. 包含所有内容提示，可适当发挥；
2. 不能出现个人真实姓名和校名等信息；
3. 词数在80-100词左右（开头已给出，不计入总词数）。
Small Talk
Sme peple dn’t knw that making small talk is useful. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Small Talk
Sme peple dn’t knw that making small talk is useful. They nly talk abut things that they think are imprtant. As a result, they becme quiet peple. In fact, making small talk isn’t a waste f yur time. And it can even help yu cmmunicate better.
What’s mre, we shuld chse sme right tpics t talk abut. The weather, the ppular TV shws and sprts games are all gd tpics. We shuld avid talking abut persnal privacy. Family incme, family prblems and classmates’ lks aren’t safe tpics.
Making small talk is imprtant. Learning mre skills at making small talk can help yu t be a gd cmmunicatr.
Bk Signing
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By Debra Fine
When: 7 :30 p.m. n May 19th, 2025
Where: At the Public Library
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Des the thught f starting a cnversatin with a stranger make yu nervus? D yu sit wrriedly thrugh jb interviews (面试) waiting fr the ther persn t speak?
D yu want t becme better at making small talk with new peple? If yur answer is “yes”, then this is the right bk fr yu. In the bk, the cmmunicatin expert Debra Fine will shw yu hw t:
★ make a gd impressin (印象) frm the minute yu say hell.
★ feel mre cmfrtable in any kind f scial situatins.
★ avid thse uncmfrtable and awkward silences in a cnversatin.
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