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满分：150 时长：120
本试卷分为第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分, 共 150分, 考试用时 120 分钟。
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答题卡上, 答在试卷上的无效。
祝各位考生考试顺利！
第卷
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1. 每小题选出答案后, 用铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动, 用橡皮擦干
净后, 再选涂其他答案标号。
2. 本卷共 75 小题, 共 115 分。
第一部分：听力（共两节, 满分 20分）
第一节 听下面五段对话。每段对话后有一个小题, 从题中所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳
选项, 并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后, 你将有 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。（共5 小题；每小题1分, 满分5 分）
1. Where does the woman grow flowers?
A. In a park. B. In her garden. C. In a public garden.
2. Where is the man going to spend his holidays?
A. In London. B. In the country. C. In a big city.
3. What’s the relationship between the speakers?
A. Neighbours. B. Doctor and patient. C. Boss and employee.
4. When does the bookstore open?
A. At 9:00. B. At 9:15. C. At 8:45.
5. How many people will be sent to Europe?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.
第二节 听下面几段材料。每段材料后有几个小题, 从题中所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳
选项, 并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段材料前, 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。每段材料读两遍。（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5分, 满分 15 分）
听下面一段对话, 回答第6 至第8 三个小题。
6. What is the man going to do?
A. Buy a house. B. Rent a house. C. Paint a house.
7. What is included in the rent?
A. Gas. B. Heat. C. Electricity.
8. When will the man have to pay some more money for heat?
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A. When he signs one copy.
B. When he gets the key to the house.
C. When the oil prices increase.
听下面一段对话, 回答第9 至第 11 三个小题。
9. What does the woman want to study?
A. Law. B. Art. C. Biology.
10. What should the man study if he wants to have a lot of money?
A. Art. B. Banking. C. Law.
11. What does the woman want the man to be?
A. An artist. B. A lawyer. C. A banker.
听下面一段独白, 回答第 12 至第 15 四个小题。
12. Who are guarding the star diamond?
A. Three snakes. B. Three policemen. C. Three officials.
13. What’s the worth of the star diamond?
A. Nearly 600,000 dollars. B. 1,000,000 dollars. C. 400,000 dollars.
14. Where are the jewels being shown?
A. At an Indian hotel. B. At an Indian museum. C. At a Japanese hotel.
15. Why did the visitors come to the exhibition?
A. To see the snakes.
B. To study the special medicine.
C. To see the star diamond.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分 45分）
第一节：单项填空（共 15 小题；每小题1分, 满分 15 分）
从A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
16. —Would you mind if I asked you a question?
—_____, as long as it won’t take long.
A. Take care B. Never mind C. Go ahead D. Don’t worry
17. The old couple sat in front of the house every evening, happy_____those lovely children
running and playing around.
A. to watch B. watching C. watched D. having watched
18. You_____be right but I’m going back to check anyway.
A. must B. should C. need D. might
19. The absolute most important skill _____ you learn when you play chess is how to make good
decisions.
A. that B. what C. whether D. how
20. I_____for the airport to catch the flight at 6 pm. Please send the file to me within ten minutes.
A. am leaving B. have left C. was leaving D. had left
21. _____ smartphones cause problems in schools is not a novel observation. It is roughly a decade
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since they became ubiquitous (无处不在的) in the UK.
A. Where B. That C. Which D. What
22. The _____ of the pandemic on children’s social skills, and the need for effective behaviour
policies, are seen as higher priorities by those working in schools.
A. incident B. income C. impact D. import
23. I’m talking about people who have stopped learning on growing because they have _____ the
fixed attitudes and opinions that all too often come with passing years.
A. adopted B. adapted C. adjusted D. advanced
24. With the Entrance Exam approaching, I feel more and more stressed. It will ruin my college
dream_____I take action now as soon as possible.
A. since B. once C. until D. unless
25. When I said that someone didn’t work hard in our class, I was not_____you.
A. picking out B. referring to C. taking out D. sticking to
26. Students should be able to _____ the logic (逻辑 ) of each pattern to their particular
circumstance.
A. expire B. extend C. examine D. excel
27. —I’d like to go to see the film with you, Dad.
—Sorry, my son, but only the grown-ups are_____into the cinema.
A. required B. admitted C. intended D. supposed
28. Tom’s grandpa died in 2018, but he always _______ Tom to study hard when he was alive.
A. told B. had told C. tells D. was telling
29. The French artist Charles Leval, better _______ as Levalet, creates the kind of art that brings
cities to life.
A. to know B. known C. knowing D. having known
30. —You think I shouldn’t say how I feel?
—_____. Do what you like.
A. Same to you B. That’s for sure C. I hope so D. I don’t care
第二节：完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5分, 满分 30 分）
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从 3150 各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳
选项。
After getting up early in the morning, Guliayisham Memet rides her motorcycle to the company
three kilometers away from where she lives, a small village in Xinjiang.
Many people say she is a sunshine woman. Seeing her cheerful and __31__ face, you might find it
hard to believe that she had __32__ a burqa (罩袍), a kind of Islamic clothes that cover the entire body
for more than 20 years. Following her family traditions, Guliayisham Memet __33__ went out, with
almost no contact (联系) with the outside world.
The __34__ point came in July 2013, when she finally decided to __35__ the burqa after she
participated in an educational __36__ started by the local government. __37__ learning that
Guliayisham Memet was an expert in weaving carpets, the leaders of the project soon helped her
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__38__ a company which sells traditional carpets. Guliayisham Memet said, “I put all my __39__ into
my company. I worked hard every day. It was really __40__ when I looked back. I am content with all
of the present and feel so __41__ now, making a living __42__ a great passion and with my own
hands.”
The company now has 58 female __43__ who make a living on their own. “I decided to __44__
the company after I heard about how she made a fortune,” said Zumet Mehmut, one of the workers in
the company. “I can make money in the company __45__ taking good care of my parents and children.”
Guliayisham Memet recalled how the Party chief of Xinjiang __46__ her to help more women
make a difference. “He was impressed with how our company __47__ in nearly two years. His
encouragement is a source for the development,” she said. “As we come into more income, we are
expecting to __48__ more women and increase the average salary,” she added with great __49__. “I
hope that with modern technology and equipment, we can sell our __50__ to the world.”
31. A. sad B. serious C. pretty D. energetic
32. A. invented B. bought C. worn D. designed
33. A. never B. seldom C. frequently D. unwillingly
34. A. turning B. professional C. final D. difficult
35. A. hand over B. sell off C. take off D. hide away
36. A. project B. purpose C. lesson D. organization
37. A. Though B. After C. Until D. Unless
38. A. enter B. manage C. introduce D. open
39. A. emotions B. knowledge C. efforts D. money
40. A. moving B. unbelievable C. impossible D. funny
41. A. disappointed B. excited C. nervous D. wonderful
42. A. with B. by C. including D. from
43. A. students B. workers C. managers D. directors
44. A. join B. visit C. own D. support
45. A. until B. because C. before D. while
46. A. forced B. required C. encouraged D. informed
47. A. disappeared B. achieved C. survived D. developed
48. A. train B. hire C. fire D. change
49. A. curiosity B. patience C. confidence D. courage
50. A. products B. design C. skills D. faith
第三部分：阅读理解（共 20 小题；每小题 2.5分, 满分 50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
Active Challenge
Weight loss camp for girls aged 13-18 in Canada
Location:
Beautiful Bear Creek Outdoor Centre near Ottawa Ontario
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Season: July 2-August 28th
Capacity: 40
Activities include
hiking, rafting, canoeing, yoga (瑜伽), cooking, camp skills, mountain biking, nutrition classes,
swimming, fitness classes, etc
Choose what you like
Active Challenge is a weight loss program specially for young women. The burden of being
overweight is heavier than just the extra pounds. We use outdoor adventures to challenge the girls, to
give them something to draw strength from.
Because you’ll be losing weight alongside young women just like you, you’ll find no one laughing
at you and you’ll help each other. At Active Challenge you’ll make lifelong friends with young women
of your own age and learn to love new adventurous activities.
Unlike any other weight loss program, Active Challenge is designed so you’ll lose weight and have
the strategies (策略) and skills to keep the weight off forever. Active Challenge does not put you on a
diet. We follow the Canada Food Guide to healthy eating and exercise appropriate portion (一份 )
control. We help you develop healthy habits.
The staff at Active Challenge combine experienced outdoor adventure professionals with highly
qualified clinicians. All of us are absolutely devoted to helping you achieve lasting behavioral change
and weight loss. Most of all, we are devoted to having a great time doing it.
Pre-Camp: Upon registration (注册) in Active Challenge, a registration package will be sent out
to you with forms to be completed before camping as well as program preparation materials, an
introduction to Active Challenge and pre-program personal challenging assignments to get you on your
way toward a healthier self.
Post-Camp: Our post program is designed to keep you focused and remind you of the goals that
you set during the camp. After the camp ends we will send you home with your personal meal and
exercise plan and keep in touch with you for a full three months through letters, emails and phone calls,
tracking your progress and giving you strategies and support.
51. Outdoor adventurous activities are held for girls_____.
A. to follow a good diet B. to lose weight quickly
C. to build up their health D. to increase their confidence
52. How will girls feel about the atmosphere at Active Challenge?
A. Lonely but safe. B. Cold but exciting.
C. Friendly and supportive. D. Competitive and challenging.
53. After registration, girls_____.
A. should go to buy the program preparation materials
B. will be informed how to get prepared for the program
C. should learn some skills and strategies to lose weight
D. will have to finish some challenging assignments at home
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54. The post-camp help will last_____.
A. until the end of November
B. until the beginning of the next year
C. until girls achieve success in their lives
D. until girls can keep their weight off forever
55. What is the main purpose of the text?
A. To explain why Active Challenge is popular.
B. To share skills and strategies of losing weight.
C. To show how important losing weight is.
D. To invite girls to join in Active Challenge.
B
Meles Wudima was five years old and both his parents were dead. He headed to his aunt’s, but she
had seven children and couldn’t take him in permanently. Soon Wudima participated in the street
economy, along with roughly 10,000 other orphan kids in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. To survive, he shined
shoes, sold peanuts and begged.
Then, when he was about nine, Wudima met Meheret Worku.
In 1996, Worku flew from Edmonton, Canada to her hometown of Addis Ababa to visit her mother,
accompanied by her husband, Scott Smillie, and their two children, Rebecca and Rachael. The family
came with the intention of helping street-involved children, but without a set plan. It was one of
Rebecca’s questions that finally pushed Worku and Smillie to act. “Why aren’t they wearing any
shoes?” she asked about kids in the street.
Worku left Ethiopia in 1981 on a scholarship to Germany. From Germany she moved to Edmonton,
finished her studies at the University of Alberta, began teaching, met Smillie and started a family. She
got these opportunities thanks to her education — a gift from her father, an Ethiopian general (将军).
The father used his relative wealth to pay for his eight daughters and one son to attend private school,
wanting to offer them what his own sisters never got. Back then, Ethiopia’s school enrollment was just
25 per cent. When Worku’s father died, his final wish, she says, was for his children to someday return
to help their country.
All Ethiopian children can attend government schools, but many don’t. Uniforms, books and other
expenses, poor health and being forced into work are all barriers. Smillie and Worku decided to focus
on getting street-involved orphan children to class. As the years passed, Worku continued to travel
between Canada and Ethiopia to support Wudima and dozens of other Ethiopian students.
Now 29, Wudima has a job as a tour guide. “Some young people are addicted to drugs or they
become pickpockets,” he says. “If you have school, that’s a good advantage to keep yourself from
everything.” Of Worku, he says, “She’s like my mother.”
56. Why did young Wudima get involved in the street economy?
A. He had to make his own living.
B. He saw huge profits in the economy.
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C. He wanted to help the orphan kids.
D. He liked to help with his aunt’s business.
57. Who made Worku start to put her kind intention into practice?
A. Meles Wudima. B. Scott Smillie.
C. Her father. D. Her daughter.
58. What can be learnt about education in Ethiopia?
A. The government pays much attention to it.
B. Government schools provide free books and uniforms.
C. There aren’t enough schools for all the school-aged children.
D. Many children have no money, time or energy for it.
59. What conclusion can we draw about Worku?
A. She overcame many barriers to get an education.
B. She is the most gifted child of her father’s.
C. She has lived up to her father’s expectations.
D. She has achieved success all by herself.
60. What can be inferred about Wudima?
A. He must be grateful to Worku.
B. He feels dependent on Worku.
C. He has done something really bad before.
D. He will follow in Worku’s footsteps.
C
In what they claim is a world first, researchers in Japan have developed chopsticks that
artificially create the taste of salt, as part of efforts to reduce sodium (钠 ) levels in some of the
country’s most popular dishes.
The chopsticks work using electrical stimulation and a mini-computer worn on the eater’s
wristband. The device transmits sodium ions from food, through the chopsticks, to the mouth where
they create a sense of saltiness, says Homei Miyashita, a professor at Meiji University in Tokyo,
whose laboratory collaborated with the food and drink manufacturer Kirin to develop the device.
The team plan to improve the first design and hope to make the chopsticks available to consumers
next year.
The chopsticks could find a receptive audience in Japan, where the traditional diet tends to be
high in salt due to the use of components such as miso (味噌) and soy sauce. The average Japanese
adult consumes about 10 grams of salt a day, double the amount recommended by the World Health
Organization. The health ministry has proposed reducing daily salt intake to a maximum of 7.5 grams
for men and 6.5 grams for women.
The chopsticks use “very weak electricity — not enough to affect the human body — to adjust
the function of ions such as sodium chloride (氯化钠) and sodium glutamate (含钠谷氨酸) to change
the perception of taste by making food seem to taste stronger or weaker”, Kirin said in a statement.
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Miyashita and Kirin said clinical tests on people who follow a low-sodium diet had confirmed
that the device enhances the salty taste of low-sodium food by about 1.5 times. High salt intake can
contribute to high blood pressure, the leading cause of heart attacks and strokes. “To prevent these
diseases, we need to reduce the amount of salt we take,” said Kirin researcher Ai Sato. “If we try to
avoid taking less salt in a conventional way, we would need to suffer the pain of cutting our favourite
food from our diet, or suffer eating food with very little taste.” Miyashita’s lab has also invented a
lickable TV screen that imitates the flavours of various foods.
61. What does the second paragraph mainly tell us?
A. How the chopsticks work. B. What the team plans to do.
C. What the device is designed for. D. How a sense of saltiness is created.
62. What does the underlined word “collaborated” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Competed. B. Negotiated. C. Cooperated. D. Corresponded.
63. What is a direct result of the chopsticks?
A. Food can have weaker flavours and lower sodium.
B. Low-sodium food tastes saltier than it actually is.
C. The health ministry has suggested reducing salt intake.
D. Taking less salt means eating less food with very little taste.
64. According to Ai Sato, these chopsticks are beneficial because _______.
A. they exhibit the highest achievement of Meiji University
B. they can help lower the risks of developing certain diseases
C. they make people suffer less while eating salty food
D. they help people avoid taking less salt in a conventional way
65. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Japan conducts clinical tests on low-sodium diets.
B. Japanese high-tech salty chopsticks gain popularity.
C. Japan invents electronic chopsticks making food taste salty.
D. Japanese researchers reduce sodium levels in popular dishes.
D
The last decade saw the rise of the field of “plant neurobiology (植物神经生物学 )”. That
debatable field is based on the idea that plants — which do not possess brains — handle information in
ways similar to complicated animal nervous systems. This thinking implies that plants could feel
happiness or sorrow or pain, make intentional decisions and even possess consciousness. But the
chances of that are “effectively zero.” “There’s nothing in the plant comparable to the complexity of the
animal brain,” says Taiz, from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Some plants are capable of complicated behaviors. For example, wounded leaves can send warning
signals to other parts of the plant. But plants perform these with equipment that’s very different from the
nervous systems of animals, no brain required, Taiz argues. He and colleagues point out methodological
faults in some of the studies that claim plants have brain-like command centers and animal-like nerve
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cells. But beyond the debate over how these studies are conducted, Taiz’s team argues that plant
consciousness doesn’t even make sense from an evolutionary point of view.
“Complicated animal brains advanced in part to help a living being catch a meal and avoid
becoming one,” Taiz says. “But plants are rooted to the ground and rely on sunlight for energy, an
inactive lifestyle that doesn’t require quick thinking or outsmarting a predator (捕食者 ) — or the
energetically expensive nervous systems that enable those behaviors.” “What use would consciousness
be to a plant?” Taiz asks. “If a plant worried and suffered when faced with a threat, it would be wasting
so much energy that it wouldn’t have any left to do anything about that threat,” Taiz says. “Furthermore,
plants have plenty to do without having to be conscious, too. With sunlight, carbon dioxide and water,
plants create the compounds that sustain much of the rest of life on Earth,” Taiz points out. “Isn’t that
enough?”
66. The rise of “plant neurobiology” indicates that _____.
A. It is widely recognized that plants have brains and nervous systems.
B. Scientists proved that plants can handle information like animals.
C. Certain scientists believe that plants may possess consciousness.
D. The science community believes in the promising future of studying it.
67. What is probably Linchol Taiz’s opinion concerning plants?
A. Plants possess animal-like nervous systems.
B. Plants perform complicated behaviors with brains.
C. It is not understandable that plants have consciousness.
D. It is necessary for plants to develop brains for survival.
68. What does the underlined “one” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. A predator. B. A living being. C. An inactive plant. D. A meal.
69. What is the purpose of Taiz’s words in Paragraph 3?
A. To explain a rule. B. To clarify a concept.
C. To support an argument. D. To present a fact.
70. In which section of a magazine may this text appear?
A. Entertainment. B. Life. C. Education. D. Science.
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第卷
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1. 用黑色墨水的钢笔或签字笔将答案写在答题卡上。
2. 本卷共6 小题, 共 35 分。
第四部分：写作
第一节：阅读表达（共5 小题；每小题2分, 满分 10 分）
阅读短文, 按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
Most of us probably dreamed about becoming an astronaut when we were little. But how many of
us actually became one, or are at least working toward it?
The advice “Always follow your dreams” is something that is typically easier said than done.
But still, this is the one piece of advice that Alyssa Carson wants to share with her peers. This
17-year-old girl from the US has become one of the candidates for NASA’s 2033 project to go to Mars.
Carson has dreamed of going to Mars since she was only three years old. Watching an
astronaut-themed cartoon and learning that humans have only been to the moon but not Mars, Carson
decided that she wanted to be the first one to do so. Since then, she has worked hard toward this goal.
Now 17, Carson is continuing with her space training while still taking on her high school work like a
“normal” teenager, except that she studies all her subjects in four languages—English, French, Spanish
and Chinese.
“I don’t think there’s anything specific that makes it easier for me or makes it something that
others can’t do,” Carson said in an interview with Uproxx News. “I’ve just really focused myself on
what I want to accomplish.”
And Carson is willing to make sacrifices for her dream. She’s fully aware of the danger of the
mission and the possibility that she might never be able to come back. She also accepts the fact that she
can’t get married and start a family. But Carson believes that it’s all worth it, summarizing her view
with this ancient Greek proverb she once quoted? “A society grows great when old men plant trees
whose shade they know they’ll never sit in.”
So after all the hard work that Carson has done and all the sacrifices she’s made, everything still
boils down to the simple phrase, “follow your dreams”. And while some people’s dreams may sound
out of this world, in Carson’s case, they literally (毫不夸张地) are.
71. What will happen to Carson in 2033 if everything goes well? (no more than 8 words)
72. Why did Carson decide to be the first one to go to Mars? (no more than 20 words)
73. How does Carson differ from other students for the school work? (no more than 10 words)
74. How do you understand the underlined sentence? (no more than 20 words)
75. What do you think of the girl? And why? (no more than 25 words)
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