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高三英语
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
Cpenhagen is an ideal destinatin fr fd-lving travellers, but there are many gastrnmic (美食的) adventures that await visitrs utside this capital city f Denmark. Here are sme experiences in the capital and beynd.
Enjy a Baltic beach relaxatin in Brnhlm
Belved by Danes fr its sandy beaches and fishing harburs, the island f Brnhlm is distinguished by mre sunshine time than anywhere else in the cuntry. It’s an attractive dining destinatin, with traditinal smkehuses ffering lcal delicacies (美食). But it’s Kadeau, a restaurant, that really puts Brnhlm n the fd map.
Have sme street fd in Cpenhagen
Enjy flavurs frm all crners f the glbe at Reffen. Fund in the frmer industrial site f Refshaleøen, this street fd market is an exciting hangut with a rainbw f cuisines frm Thai t Kurdish. Just acrss a river, Trvehallerne is the place fr a bite. Further suth, BaneGaarden is hidden in leafy railway sidings at Vesterbr, and ffers sul fd frm the Deep Suth f the US.
Take a getaway at a castle in Zealand
On the island, ne f Denmark’s ldest castles verlks the scenic nrthwest cast. The beautiful 13th-century Dragshlm Slt is nw a luxury htel with ne f the mst well-knwn restaurants in Zealand — Dragshlm Slt Gurmet. It hlds a Michelin star, led by chef Jeppe Fldager wh serves seasnal cuisine with materials farmed and hunted frm the surrunding fields, frests and sea. Fr a less pricey meal, the castle has the farm-t-table Bistr and casual Madhus, where visitrs can enjy drinks, snacks and light meals.
21. What makes Brnhlm unique in Denmark?
A. The lnger sunshine hurs.
B. The traditinal Dane fds.
C. The attractive smkehuses.
D. The beautiful seaside scenery.
22. Which place ffers wrldwide fd ptins?
A. Kadeau.B. Trvehallerne.
C. Reffen.D. BaneGaarden.
23. What d we knw abut Dragshlm Slt Gurmet?
A. It was nce a castle.B. It is famus in Denmark.
C. It features light meals.D. It ffers lcally grwn fd.
B
One Saturday in December, Annacarin Elf, the head f peratins at Gthenburg City Library, just happened t walk by her wrkplace. Nticing that the dr was pen, she entered the library, and was astnished t see the heartwarming scene that peple were using it like n a regular day.
It was scheduled t be clsed fr the New Year hliday. The peple in the library behaved as usual. Many were reading newspapers, sme families were in the children’s sectin and thers were searching fr bks n the cmputer.
It seemed that Elf’s clleagues had simply frgtten t lck the dr, and because this ppular library is usually pen n Saturdays, visitrs just assumed they culd walk in. After checking with her staff team, Elf annunced t the peple present that the library was abut t clse. Then she expressed her regret fr what had been dne wrng and caused them a prblem. It later turns ut that 446 lcals visited the city library, brrwing a ttal f 246 bks during the day. What’s remarkable is that peple checked ut their bks thrugh the library’s electrnic self-service system, and that t date, all the bks have been returned!
Many Swedes have reacted psitively t this uplifting demnstratin f lcal respect fr the library, a center that can be seen as a sign f the cmmunity, and what the lcals did has strengthened their sense f belnging in their cmmunity.
Elf says, “Nthing was destryed. It’s amazing that Gthenburgers entered an empty library and treated it s lvingly.” The city leader has even suggested that this unusual Saturday serve as an accidental experiment t analyse the pssibility f perating a ttally autmated library withut staff.
24. Why did Elf feel surprised after entering the library?
A. The library staff were in it.
B. Peple kept reading n hlidays.
C. Peple came in withut permissin.
D. It was in use thugh suppsed t be clsed.
25. What did Elf d that Saturday?
A. She left the library pen.B. She asked the staff back.
C. She aplgized t the visitrs.D. She read bks in the library.
26. What d many Swedes think f the behavir f Gthenburg lcals?
A. It displays cmmunity spirit.B. It gives the library much uplift.
C. It is a psitive reactin t sciety.D. It strengthens trust between peple.
27. What des the authr want t cnvey thrugh the stry?
A. Peple tend t shw care fr thers.
B. Life is always full f the unexpected.
C. Libraries must be autmated in the future.
D. A library can bring ut the best in peple.
C
Birds in Nrth America will n lnger be named after peple, the American Ornithlgical Sciety (美国鸟类学会) annunced Wednesday. Next year, the rganizatin will begin t rename arund 80 species fund in the U.S. and Canada.
“There is pwer in a name, and sme English bird names have assciatins with the past that cntinue t be exclusinary (排他的) and harmful tday,” the rganizatin’s president, Clleen Handel, said in a statement. “Everyne wh lves and cares abut birds shuld be able t enjy and study them freely.”
Rather than review each bird named after a persn individually, all such birds will be renamed, the rganizatin annunced. Birds that will be renamed include thse currently called Wilsn’s warbler and Wilsn’s snipe, bth named after the 19th-century naturalist Alexander Wilsn. Audubn’s shearwater, a seabird named fr Jhn James Audubn, als will get a new name. In 2020, the rganizatin renamed a bird nce referring t a Cnfederate Army general, Jhn P. McCwn, as the thick-billed lngspur.
“I’m really happy and excited abut the annuncement,” said Emily Williams, an rnithlgist at Gergetwn University wh was nt invlved in the decisin. She said heated discussins ver bird names have been happening within birdwatching cmmunities fr the past several years. “Naming birds based n habitat r appearance is ne f the least prblematic appraches,” she said.
Earlier this year, the Natinal Audubn Sciety (NAS) annunced that it wuld keep its name, even as critics and sme vices within the rganizatin have argued that it shuld dump (抛弃) the assciatin with a man, Jhn James Audubn, whse family treated their emplyees cruelly.
“The name has cme t represent s much mre than the wrk f ne persn,” Susan Bell, chair f the Natinal Audubn Sciety’s Bard f Directrs, tld Audubn magazine in March, adding, “We shuldn’t ignre what Jhn James Audubn did t his emplyees in the past.”
28. Why are sme examples given in paragraph 3?
A. T state naming birds after peple is cmmn practice.
B. T shw birds are clsely related t peple’s daily life.
C. T intrduce sme famus naturalists t the readers.
D. T stress the influence celebrities have n sciety.
29. Hw shuld birds be named accrding t Emily Williams?
A. After their places f birth.B. Based n their cmmunities.
C. Accrding t their habits.D. In terms f their living places.
30. What is Susan Bell’s attitude twards the decisin f NAS?
A. Supprtive.B. Carefree.
C. Disapprving.D. Sympathetic.
31. Which f the fllwing is a suitable title fr the text?
A. Rare Species Fund in Nrth America
B. Bird Names Linking t Human Histry
C. Discussins Caused by Bird Names
D. Bird Species t Be Renamed Next Year
D
Playing with my 5-year-ld child, I smetimes wnder: Why are her made-up games s bring? In Learning t Imagine, psychlgist Andrew Shtulman thinks it untrue that kids are uncntrlled surce f imaginatin. On the cntrary, the mre we learn, the mre imaginative we can becme, and learning will nt hld back imaginative ideas. Kids, he argues, fail t imagine bvius pssibilities.
T gather evidence fr this argument, Shtulman explres mechanisms (机制) fr expanding imaginatin. Withut supprt f thers r new tls and technlgies, peple may reject reasnable ideas ut f hand, he maintains. Lrd Kelvin, fr instance, famusly denied the pssibility f “heavier-than-air flying machines” less than 10 years befre the Wright brthers created ne. Abstract principles, like thse s influential in science and ethics (伦理学), als bst imaginatin. Finally, imaginatin grws thrugh explring alternative mdels f the wrld, as in plays, fictin and s n. Acrss all f these examples, expanding imaginatin requires building clsely n what peple already knw.
Perhaps cunterintuitively (反直觉地), kids relate best t realistic stries. Fr instance, Walt Disney’s earliest cartns were disrganized and strange. Only when the cartns became “reasnably impssible” did they gain mass appeal. Many fictinal wrlds, frm Middle Earth t Hgwarts, rely n reasnable impssibility.
Shtulman cleverly and precisely sails this vast, attractive sea. Learning t Imagine never drags r makes me get stuck n prfessinal wrds. I wish, hwever, that there had been mre fcus n what these findings mean. If educatin des nt hinder imaginatin, hw d we develp it? Shtulman advises us t “engage with, and learn frm, the cllective knwledge f ther peple”. AI prgrams like GPT take that apprach, educating themselves n massive data sets.
“Be like GPT” is nt a heartening message. But while humans cannt learn large amunts f data quickly and easily like AI, human imaginatin is shared and cperative. That, at least, is smething all f us — 5-year-lds and their dads — have ver the chatbts.
32. What’s the misunderstanding abut imaginatin accrding t Shtulman?
A. It’s an inbrn ability.
B. It helps braden the mind.
C. Children are full f it.
D. Inventins are based n it.
33. What des expanding imaginatin depend n?
A. Knwn infrmatin.B. Realistic principles.
C. Gradual explratin.D. Supprtable arguments.
34. What des the underlined wrd “hinder” mean in paragraph 4?
A. Imprve.B. Prevent.
C. Stress.D. Dismiss.
35. Where is the text mst prbably taken frm?
A. A research reprt.B. A persnal diary.
C. A children’s stry.D. A bk review.
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。
If yur reslutin is t learn a new language, yu may be wndering: What’s the best way t g abut this? 36 There are many different ways t apprach it. If yu want t start learning a language fast, thugh, there is plenty f advice we can ffer.
Is grammar imprtant?
Yes, grammar is imprtant. But after all, when yu’re learning yur first language as a baby, yur parents dn’t have t teach yu the clear rules f the language. 37
Shuld I fcus n speaking r writing?
38 If yu want t travel and cmmunicate with native speakers, then writing might be slightly less helpful. But if yu’re learning Latin because yu want t read texts in the riginal language, then yu can prbably skip the speaking part entirely.
Shuld I watch shws and listen t music in the language I’m learning?
Abslutely yes. Being expsed t a language will always help yu with yur learning.
39 Watching mvies t learn a language may have helped smewhat. But it’s imprtant nt t trap yurself with a cmplex language.
Hw Can I make language learning mre fun?
One f the best ways t make learning mre fun is t wrk it in t yur ther hbbies. 40
Yu can’t learn t play the guitar and g jgging at the same time, fr example. Hwever, language is always arund yu and yu can practice it while ding smething else. While jgging, yu culd listen t a pdcast in anther language. While playing the guitar, yu culd pick sngs that are in yur target language. Anyway, cnnecting yur interests really matters.
A. Yu just pick it up by nature.
B. A new language isn’t like mst ther hbbies.
C. Yet the real questin is what yu shuld watch r listen t.
D. Unfrtunately, there’s n “best way” t learn a new language.
E. S it’s mre imprtant t get cmfrtable with speaking the language.
F. The answer t this questin really depends n what yu hpe t achieve.
G. An imprtant thing t remember is switching up hw yu’re expsed t the language.
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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
That late afternn I was assigned t accmpany an imprtant Chinese businessman t turist sites in nrthern Thailand. Silently 41 , I stared at my desk. The piles f paper 42 hw much wrk waiting t be dne.
We spent the next whle day visiting 43 . That evening we went t dinner and a shw, ne I had attended many times befre. While my 44 chatted with ther turists, I exchanged plite 45 in the dark with a man seated in frnt f me. He was hlding his head mtinless at an dd angle, as thugh in prayer. The truth 46 me. He was blind.
“Culd I please sit beside yu?” he asked. “And I’d lve it if yu’d 47 a little f what yu see.”
“I’d be happy t,” I 48 .
As we waited fr ur drinks, the blind man said, “The music seems ut f 49 t ur Western ears, but it has charm. Please tell me abut the musicians.”
I hadn’t ever nticed the five men 50 at the side f the stage. “They’re seated crss-legged n a rug, 51 in lse white cttn shirts and large black trusers, with fabric arund their waists that has been dyed bright red.”
“Yes, yes, I see them!” the blind man said quietly, 52 . He patted my shulder, then pulled me tward him and embraced me 53 . “Hw nice f yu t see everything fr me,” he whispered. “I can never thank yu enugh.”
Later I realized that I shuld have 54 him. I was the ne wh had been 55 , my eyes merely skimming the surface f things.
41. A. annyedB. hrrifiedC. delightedD. excited
42. A. caught sight fB. tk advantage fC. bre witness tD. gt familiar with
43. A. museumsB. attractinsC. restaurantsD. cnferences
44. A. friendB. cmpaninC. bssD. clleague
45. A. ideasB. infrmatinC. glancesD. cnversatins
46. A. disappintedB. pleasedC. struckD. mved
47. A. expressB. describeC. plishD. recall
48. A. repliedB. sighedC. thughtD. smiled
49. A. reachB. sightC. tuneD. place
50. A. talkingB. restingC. waitingD. perfrming
51. A. absrbedB. interestedC. hiddenD. dressed
52. A. smilingB. shutingC. wavingD. signaling
53. A. awkwardlyB. clselyC. casuallyD. tightly
54. A. admiredB. thankedC. respectedD. praised
55. A. blindB. stupidC. impatientD. immature
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。
China drilled a tunnel thrugh fr expressway transprt in Beijing n Mnday. It is the
56 (lng) expressway tunnel in the cuntry created using the shield-tunneling methd (盾构隧道法).
With a ttal length f 7.4 km, the tunnel prject 57 (design) t have a tw-way six-lane expressway n the middle level, smke vent (排烟孔) n the upper level 58 evacuatin (疏散) and rescue rutes n the lwer level, accrding t the Beijing Capital Highway Develpment Grup C., Ltd., which is carrying ut the prject.
The tunnel is part f Beijing’s east 59 (six) ring rad prject. The deepest sectin f the tunnel, 60 is 75 meters undergrund, is the deepest undergrund tunnel in Beijing. In June, the west tunnel f the prject was the first 61 (drill) thrugh. The east tunnel was just drilled thrugh n Mnday.
With 62 excavatin diameter f 16.07 meters and a length f abut 145 meters, the shield-tunneling machine adpted in the prject is 63 (independent) designed and made by Chinese cmpanies. It weighs 4,500 tnnes.
The tunnel prject has helped make way fr mre space n the grund fr 64 (prmte) industrial develpment and planning large parks, cntributing 65 the high-quality develpment f Beijing’s sub-center Tngzhu District and crdinated transprt develpment in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei regin.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （满分15分）
你校上周发起了“我与父母换角色（Exchange Rles with Parents）”的活动，请你以此为主题给校英文报写一篇短文投稿。内容包括：
1. 活动目的；
2. 你的行动；
3. 你的感受。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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。
Fr mnths, Grace’s ld mther Julia had been sitting in her hme, making twels day and night t sell at the annual lcal fair. With the $200 she had earned, she wanted t buy sme gifts fr the pr families n the fifth flr fr the cming New Year.
Then, n a happy snwy evening, Julia went t the grcery stre t buy sme fd. Later, she safely drve back hme. At 9:30 that night, she called Grace and cried, “I lst my wallet and all $200 I had earned. My New Year’s Day is ruined.” “Dn’t wrry, Mm,” Grace said, cmpletely unaware that Julia had gne ut in the snw.
“I will drive t yur place in the mrning and we will find it,” Grace tld her mther. “N. It’s gne. It was in my pcket when I went t the stre. But when I checked it just nw, it wasn’t there,” Julia said. “I searched my car and hme. Then, I drve back t the stre t see if I left it there. But it wasn’t there either. Then, I walked thrugh the parking lt, lking fr it, but it wasn’t anywhere.”
Thinking f her ld mther’s ging ut n the snwy, windy night, Grace was heartbrken. “It’ll be kay, Mm,” she cmfrted her mther. “We’ll cancel the credit card, and we can replace all the rest f the things in yur wallet.” Hwever, getting her mther a new license as well as bank, medical, and identity cards was discuraging even fr Grace.
It tk Grace several hurs t drive t Julia’s huse the fllwing mrning. But befre she gt there, Julia had already gne back t the stre again. With tears in her eyes, she shared her stry abut the mney she had earned with the stre manager and asked if he culd check his stre fr her wallet. The manager felt a great pity fr her and thught t himself that if the wallet culdn’t be fund, he’d give her sme f his wn mney.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
With that thught, the manager began searching fr the wallet.
After Grace fund the wallet, Julia went t return the mney and buy New Year gifts.
高三英语
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
Cpenhagen is an ideal destinatin fr fd-lving travellers, but there are many gastrnmic (美食的) adventures that await visitrs utside this capital city f Denmark. Here are sme experiences in the capital and beynd.
Enjy a Baltic beach relaxatin in Brnhlm
Belved by Danes fr its sandy beaches and fishing harburs, the island f Brnhlm is distinguished by mre sunshine time than anywhere else in the cuntry. It’s an attractive dining destinatin, with traditinal smkehuses ffering lcal delicacies (美食). But it’s Kadeau, a restaurant, that really puts Brnhlm n the fd map.
Have sme street fd in Cpenhagen
Enjy flavurs frm all crners f the glbe at Reffen. Fund in the frmer industrial site f Refshaleøen, this street fd market is an exciting hangut with a rainbw f cuisines frm Thai t Kurdish. Just acrss a river, Trvehallerne is the place fr a bite. Further suth, BaneGaarden is hidden in leafy railway sidings at Vesterbr, and ffers sul fd frm the Deep Suth f the US.
Take a getaway at a castle in Zealand
On the island, ne f Denmark’s ldest castles verlks the scenic nrthwest cast. The beautiful 13th-century Dragshlm Slt is nw a luxury htel with ne f the mst well-knwn restaurants in Zealand — Dragshlm Slt Gurmet. It hlds a Michelin star, led by chef Jeppe Fldager wh serves seasnal cuisine with materials farmed and hunted frm the surrunding fields, frests and sea. Fr a less pricey meal, the castle has the farm-t-table Bistr and casual Madhus, where visitrs can enjy drinks, snacks and light meals.
21. What makes Brnhlm unique in Denmark?
A. The lnger sunshine hurs.
B. The traditinal Dane fds.
C. The attractive smkehuses.
D. The beautiful seaside scenery.
22. Which place ffers wrldwide fd ptins?
A. Kadeau.B. Trvehallerne.
C. Reffen.D. BaneGaarden.
23. What d we knw abut Dragshlm Slt Gurmet?
A. It was nce a castle.B. It is famus in Denmark.
C. It features light meals.D. It ffers lcally grwn fd.
B
One Saturday in December, Annacarin Elf, the head f peratins at Gthenburg City Library, just happened t walk by her wrkplace. Nticing that the dr was pen, she entered the library, and was astnished t see the heartwarming scene that peple were using it like n a regular day.
It was scheduled t be clsed fr the New Year hliday. The peple in the library behaved as usual. Many were reading newspapers, sme families were in the children’s sectin and thers were searching fr bks n the cmputer.
It seemed that Elf’s clleagues had simply frgtten t lck the dr, and because this ppular library is usually pen n Saturdays, visitrs just assumed they culd walk in. After checking with her staff team, Elf annunced t the peple present that the library was abut t clse. Then she expressed her regret fr what had been dne wrng and caused them a prblem. It later turns ut that 446 lcals visited the city library, brrwing a ttal f 246 bks during the day. What’s remarkable is that peple checked ut their bks thrugh the library’s electrnic self-service system, and that t date, all the bks have been returned!
Many Swedes have reacted psitively t this uplifting demnstratin f lcal respect fr the library, a center that can be seen as a sign f the cmmunity, and what the lcals did has strengthened their sense f belnging in their cmmunity.
Elf says, “Nthing was destryed. It’s amazing that Gthenburgers entered an empty library and treated it s lvingly.” The city leader has even suggested that this unusual Saturday serve as an accidental experiment t analyse the pssibility f perating a ttally autmated library withut staff.
24. Why did Elf feel surprised after entering the library?
A. The library staff were in it.
B. Peple kept reading n hlidays.
C. Peple came in withut permissin.
D. It was in use thugh suppsed t be clsed.
25. What did Elf d that Saturday?
A. She left the library pen.B. She asked the staff back.
C. She aplgized t the visitrs.D. She read bks in the library.
26. What d many Swedes think f the behavir f Gthenburg lcals?
A. It displays cmmunity spirit.B. It gives the library much uplift.
C. It is a psitive reactin t sciety.D. It strengthens trust between peple.
27. What des the authr want t cnvey thrugh the stry?
A. Peple tend t shw care fr thers.
B. Life is always full f the unexpected.
C. Libraries must be autmated in the future.
D. A library can bring ut the best in peple.
C
Birds in Nrth America will n lnger be named after peple, the American Ornithlgical Sciety (美国鸟类学会) annunced Wednesday. Next year, the rganizatin will begin t rename arund 80 species fund in the U.S. and Canada.
“There is pwer in a name, and sme English bird names have assciatins with the past that cntinue t be exclusinary (排他的) and harmful tday,” the rganizatin’s president, Clleen Handel, said in a statement. “Everyne wh lves and cares abut birds shuld be able t enjy and study them freely.”
Rather than review each bird named after a persn individually, all such birds will be renamed, the rganizatin annunced. Birds that will be renamed include thse currently called Wilsn’s warbler and Wilsn’s snipe, bth named after the 19th-century naturalist Alexander Wilsn. Audubn’s shearwater, a seabird named fr Jhn James Audubn, als will get a new name. In 2020, the rganizatin renamed a bird nce referring t a Cnfederate Army general, Jhn P. McCwn, as the thick-billed lngspur.
“I’m really happy and excited abut the annuncement,” said Emily Williams, an rnithlgist at Gergetwn University wh was nt invlved in the decisin. She said heated discussins ver bird names have been happening within birdwatching cmmunities fr the past several years. “Naming birds based n habitat r appearance is ne f the least prblematic appraches,” she said.
Earlier this year, the Natinal Audubn Sciety (NAS) annunced that it wuld keep its name, even as critics and sme vices within the rganizatin have argued that it shuld dump (抛弃) the assciatin with a man, Jhn James Audubn, whse family treated their emplyees cruelly.
“The name has cme t represent s much mre than the wrk f ne persn,” Susan Bell, chair f the Natinal Audubn Sciety’s Bard f Directrs, tld Audubn magazine in March, adding, “We shuldn’t ignre what Jhn James Audubn did t his emplyees in the past.”
28. Why are sme examples given in paragraph 3?
A. T state naming birds after peple is cmmn practice.
B. T shw birds are clsely related t peple’s daily life.
C. T intrduce sme famus naturalists t the readers.
D. T stress the influence celebrities have n sciety.
29. Hw shuld birds be named accrding t Emily Williams?
A. After their places f birth.B. Based n their cmmunities.
C. Accrding t their habits.D. In terms f their living places.
30. What is Susan Bell’s attitude twards the decisin f NAS?
A. Supprtive.B. Carefree.
C. Disapprving.D. Sympathetic.
31. Which f the fllwing is a suitable title fr the text?
A. Rare Species Fund in Nrth America
B. Bird Names Linking t Human Histry
C. Discussins Caused by Bird Names
D. Bird Species t Be Renamed Next Year
D
Playing with my 5-year-ld child, I smetimes wnder: Why are her made-up games s bring? In Learning t Imagine, psychlgist Andrew Shtulman thinks it untrue that kids are uncntrlled surce f imaginatin. On the cntrary, the mre we learn, the mre imaginative we can becme, and learning will nt hld back imaginative ideas. Kids, he argues, fail t imagine bvius pssibilities.
T gather evidence fr this argument, Shtulman explres mechanisms (机制) fr expanding imaginatin. Withut supprt f thers r new tls and technlgies, peple may reject reasnable ideas ut f hand, he maintains. Lrd Kelvin, fr instance, famusly denied the pssibility f “heavier-than-air flying machines” less than 10 years befre the Wright brthers created ne. Abstract principles, like thse s influential in science and ethics (伦理学), als bst imaginatin. Finally, imaginatin grws thrugh explring alternative mdels f the wrld, as in plays, fictin and s n. Acrss all f these examples, expanding imaginatin requires building clsely n what peple already knw.
Perhaps cunterintuitively (反直觉地), kids relate best t realistic stries. Fr instance, Walt Disney’s earliest cartns were disrganized and strange. Only when the cartns became “reasnably impssible” did they gain mass appeal. Many fictinal wrlds, frm Middle Earth t Hgwarts, rely n reasnable impssibility.
Shtulman cleverly and precisely sails this vast, attractive sea. Learning t Imagine never drags r makes me get stuck n prfessinal wrds. I wish, hwever, that there had been mre fcus n what these findings mean. If educatin des nt hinder imaginatin, hw d we develp it? Shtulman advises us t “engage with, and learn frm, the cllective knwledge f ther peple”. AI prgrams like GPT take that apprach, educating themselves n massive data sets.
“Be like GPT” is nt a heartening message. But while humans cannt learn large amunts f data quickly and easily like AI, human imaginatin is shared and cperative. That, at least, is smething all f us — 5-year-lds and their dads — have ver the chatbts.
32. What’s the misunderstanding abut imaginatin accrding t Shtulman?
A. It’s an inbrn ability.
B. It helps braden the mind.
C. Children are full f it.
D. Inventins are based n it.
33. What des expanding imaginatin depend n?
A. Knwn infrmatin.B. Realistic principles.
C. Gradual explratin.D. Supprtable arguments.
34. What des the underlined wrd “hinder” mean in paragraph 4?
A. Imprve.B. Prevent.
C. Stress.D. Dismiss.
35. Where is the text mst prbably taken frm?
A. A research reprt.B. A persnal diary.
C. A children’s stry.D. A bk review.
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。
If yur reslutin is t learn a new language, yu may be wndering: What’s the best way t g abut this? 36 There are many different ways t apprach it. If yu want t start learning a language fast, thugh, there is plenty f advice we can ffer.
Is grammar imprtant?
Yes, grammar is imprtant. But after all, when yu’re learning yur first language as a baby, yur parents dn’t have t teach yu the clear rules f the language. 37
Shuld I fcus n speaking r writing?
38 If yu want t travel and cmmunicate with native speakers, then writing might be slightly less helpful. But if yu’re learning Latin because yu want t read texts in the riginal language, then yu can prbably skip the speaking part entirely.
Shuld I watch shws and listen t music in the language I’m learning?
Abslutely yes. Being expsed t a language will always help yu with yur learning.
39 Watching mvies t learn a language may have helped smewhat. But it’s imprtant nt t trap yurself with a cmplex language.
Hw Can I make language learning mre fun?
One f the best ways t make learning mre fun is t wrk it in t yur ther hbbies. 40
Yu can’t learn t play the guitar and g jgging at the same time, fr example. Hwever, language is always arund yu and yu can practice it while ding smething else. While jgging, yu culd listen t a pdcast in anther language. While playing the guitar, yu culd pick sngs that are in yur target language. Anyway, cnnecting yur interests really matters.
A. Yu just pick it up by nature.
B. A new language isn’t like mst ther hbbies.
C. Yet the real questin is what yu shuld watch r listen t.
D. Unfrtunately, there’s n “best way” t learn a new language.
E. S it’s mre imprtant t get cmfrtable with speaking the language.
F. The answer t this questin really depends n what yu hpe t achieve.
G. An imprtant thing t remember is switching up hw yu’re expsed t the language.
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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
That late afternn I was assigned t accmpany an imprtant Chinese businessman t turist sites in nrthern Thailand. Silently 41 , I stared at my desk. The piles f paper 42 hw much wrk waiting t be dne.
We spent the next whle day visiting 43 . That evening we went t dinner and a shw, ne I had attended many times befre. While my 44 chatted with ther turists, I exchanged plite 45 in the dark with a man seated in frnt f me. He was hlding his head mtinless at an dd angle, as thugh in prayer. The truth 46 me. He was blind.
“Culd I please sit beside yu?” he asked. “And I’d lve it if yu’d 47 a little f what yu see.”
“I’d be happy t,” I 48 .
As we waited fr ur drinks, the blind man said, “The music seems ut f 49 t ur Western ears, but it has charm. Please tell me abut the musicians.”
I hadn’t ever nticed the five men 50 at the side f the stage. “They’re seated crss-legged n a rug, 51 in lse white cttn shirts and large black trusers, with fabric arund their waists that has been dyed bright red.”
“Yes, yes, I see them!” the blind man said quietly, 52 . He patted my shulder, then pulled me tward him and embraced me 53 . “Hw nice f yu t see everything fr me,” he whispered. “I can never thank yu enugh.”
Later I realized that I shuld have 54 him. I was the ne wh had been 55 , my eyes merely skimming the surface f things.
41. A. annyedB. hrrifiedC. delightedD. excited
42. A. caught sight fB. tk advantage fC. bre witness tD. gt familiar with
43. A. museumsB. attractinsC. restaurantsD. cnferences
44. A. friendB. cmpaninC. bssD. clleague
45. A. ideasB. infrmatinC. glancesD. cnversatins
46. A. disappintedB. pleasedC. struckD. mved
47. A. expressB. describeC. plishD. recall
48. A. repliedB. sighedC. thughtD. smiled
49. A. reachB. sightC. tuneD. place
50. A. talkingB. restingC. waitingD. perfrming
51. A. absrbedB. interestedC. hiddenD. dressed
52. A. smilingB. shutingC. wavingD. signaling
53. A. awkwardlyB. clselyC. casuallyD. tightly
54. A. admiredB. thankedC. respectedD. praised
55. A. blindB. stupidC. impatientD. immature
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。
China drilled a tunnel thrugh fr expressway transprt in Beijing n Mnday. It is the
56 (lng) expressway tunnel in the cuntry created using the shield-tunneling methd (盾构隧道法).
With a ttal length f 7.4 km, the tunnel prject 57 (design) t have a tw-way six-lane expressway n the middle level, smke vent (排烟孔) n the upper level 58 evacuatin (疏散) and rescue rutes n the lwer level, accrding t the Beijing Capital Highway Develpment Grup C., Ltd., which is carrying ut the prject.
The tunnel is part f Beijing’s east 59 (six) ring rad prject. The deepest sectin f the tunnel, 60 is 75 meters undergrund, is the deepest undergrund tunnel in Beijing. In June, the west tunnel f the prject was the first 61 (drill) thrugh. The east tunnel was just drilled thrugh n Mnday.
With 62 excavatin diameter f 16.07 meters and a length f abut 145 meters, the shield-tunneling machine adpted in the prject is 63 (independent) designed and made by Chinese cmpanies. It weighs 4,500 tnnes.
The tunnel prject has helped make way fr mre space n the grund fr 64 (prmte) industrial develpment and planning large parks, cntributing 65 the high-quality develpment f Beijing’s sub-center Tngzhu District and crdinated transprt develpment in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei regin.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （满分15分）
你校上周发起了“我与父母换角色（Exchange Rles with Parents）”的活动，请你以此为主题给校英文报写一篇短文投稿。内容包括：
1. 活动目的；
2. 你的行动；
3. 你的感受。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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。
Fr mnths, Grace’s ld mther Julia had been sitting in her hme, making twels day and night t sell at the annual lcal fair. With the $200 she had earned, she wanted t buy sme gifts fr the pr families n the fifth flr fr the cming New Year.
Then, n a happy snwy evening, Julia went t the grcery stre t buy sme fd. Later, she safely drve back hme. At 9:30 that night, she called Grace and cried, “I lst my wallet and all $200 I had earned. My New Year’s Day is ruined.” “Dn’t wrry, Mm,” Grace said, cmpletely unaware that Julia had gne ut in the snw.
“I will drive t yur place in the mrning and we will find it,” Grace tld her mther. “N. It’s gne. It was in my pcket when I went t the stre. But when I checked it just nw, it wasn’t there,” Julia said. “I searched my car and hme. Then, I drve back t the stre t see if I left it there. But it wasn’t there either. Then, I walked thrugh the parking lt, lking fr it, but it wasn’t anywhere.”
Thinking f her ld mther’s ging ut n the snwy, windy night, Grace was heartbrken. “It’ll be kay, Mm,” she cmfrted her mther. “We’ll cancel the credit card, and we can replace all the rest f the things in yur wallet.” Hwever, getting her mther a new license as well as bank, medical, and identity cards was discuraging even fr Grace.
It tk Grace several hurs t drive t Julia’s huse the fllwing mrning. But befre she gt there, Julia had already gne back t the stre again. With tears in her eyes, she shared her stry abut the mney she had earned with the stre manager and asked if he culd check his stre fr her wallet. The manager felt a great pity fr her and thught t himself that if the wallet culdn’t be fund, he’d give her sme f his wn mney.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
With that thught, the manager began searching fr the wallet.
After Grace fund the wallet, Julia went t return the mney and buy New Year gifts.
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