英语
（2024. 01）
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第一部分阅读理解（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和D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项。
A
If you wish to feel happier, cook better or just learn random things, here are some of the most
exciting podcast（播客） series that can help you through your learning journey.
Ten Percent Happier
Ten Percent Happier was created by Dan Harris. He has some interesting guests, such as Pandora
Skyes, to talk about personal development. Dan believes that you can train yourself to be happy, and
you should expect progress to come slowly. The podcast currently has over 700 episodes, each with
different time lengths, from 6 minutes to 30 minutes.
Delicious Ways to Feel Better
Ella Woodward approaches a sensitive subject about our relationship with food. More than 100
episodes are waiting for you, and the average length of an episode is about one hour. This podcast
can help you fix your negative food experiences with positive ones, which can result in enjoying all
types of food in moderation and respecting your bodys natural hunger cues.
Power Hour
Adrienne Herbert has made more than 250 episodes in which she talks about motivation, trends,
career paths and anything about self-improvement. A new episode airs every week and usually lasts
for an hour, so it’s a perfect podcast when you need a little bit of a boost to keep going. Adrienne also
invites professionals to her podcasts to discuss important matters.
Listening to a podcast can teach you many things but also help you relax after a long day at
work. However, the soothing voices of the hosts and the engaging subjects will make you become
interested in personal growth and development, which is essential for you to have a better life.
21. Who created the podcast with the most episodes?
A. Adrienne Herbert. B. Ella Woodward.
C. Pandora Skyes. D. Dan Harris.
22. What do Delicious Ways to Feel Better and Power Hour have in common?
A. Sensitive subjects. B. Average length.
C. Special guests. D. Target audiences.
23. Why are the podcasts introduced?
A. To emphasize self-growth. B. To suggest new lifestyles.
C. To offer ways of making food. D. To arouse discussion on hot topics.
B
My mom spent years as a stay-at-home mom so that my brothers and I could focus on our
education. However, I could tell from her curiosity of and attitudes toward working women that she
envied their financial freedom and the self-esteem that must come with it. When I asked her about
working again, she would tell me to focus on achieving my dream. I knew she had once dreamed for
herself.
For years, I watched het effortlessly light up conversations with both strangers and family. Her
empathy and ability to reach the heart could make anyone laugh, even when the story itself did not
apply to them at all. Mom, have you ever thought about being a stand-up comedian? It is too late
for me, son, she responded, laughing at the idea. I could not bear to watch her struggle between
ambition and doubt.
Her birthday was coming up. Although I had already bought her a present, I knew what I actually
wanted to give her. I placed little notes of encouragement inside the present. I asked my family and
her friends to do the same. Eventually I had collected 146 notes, and each with the same sentiment:
You are humorous, full of life, and ready to take on the stage.
On the day of her birthday, my mom unwrapped my present. She was not surprised as she had
hinted at it for long. But then she saw those little notes. She started to weep with her hands full of
notes. She could not believe the support was real.
Within two months, my mom gave her first performance in a New York comedy club. I have
read the notes countless times with my mom. They are framed and line the walls of her new office
space that she rented with the profits she made from working as a professional comedian. For many
parents, their children's careers are their greatest accomplishment, but for me my mom's is mine.
24. What was the attitude of the author's mother to working women?
A. She was curious about their income.
B. She admired what work brought them.
C. She felt indifferent to working women.
D. She appreciated their ambitions in finance.
25. According to the author, what makes his mother a good comedian?
A. Her effort in making friends. B. Her talent to bring people joy.
C. Her curiosity about working women. D. Her desire for financial independence.
26. How did his mother feel when reading the notes on her birthday?
A. Amazed and hesitant. B. Sad and disappointed.
C. Moved and encouraged. D. Delighted and proud.
27. What is the author's greatest accomplishment?
A. Supporting Mom's dream. B. Achieving his own dream.
C. Securing financial freedom. D. Becoming a successful comedian.
C
Some words imitate the sounds made by the things they describe, like buzz or hiss, which is
called onomatopoeia （拟声词）. But what if the way a word sounds could arouse some other feature
of an object, like its shape?
Marcus Perlman, a lecturer at the University of Birmingham, says that a century ago, linguists
（语言学家） insisted that the words of objects don't necessarily sound like the very things. There's
nothing doggy-sounding about the word dog or catlike-sounding about the word cat. But there's plenty
of evidence now proving it false. To further explore this connection, Perlman and his colleagues
turned to something called the bouba/kiki effect.
What it is about is that when you see two shapes-one looks like a cloud, kind of roundish, and
the other one is more spiky（尖形的）, like a star-and when you're asked to say which one is bouba,
you will be more likely to point to a rounded one and, for kiki, to a spiky one. One explanation for
the effect could be the appearance of the letters. The round shape of b-o-u-b-a might arouse the sense
of roundness. But what happens when you don't see the words but hear them?
In a following test, participants were told to look at the two shapes and then listen to the sound:
either bouba or kiki. Whatever their native language is, most participants said the rounder shape was
bouba and the spiky one was kiki. This suggests that the effect seems to be driven by some
correspondence （对应关系） between the spoken words and the shapes, which might bring us
closer to how the first words came.
28. What may Marcus Parlman believe about the words of objects?
A. Words sounding like objects don't exist.
B. Words don't have to sound like objects.
C. Words of objects are difficult to understand.
D. Words pronunciation is connected to objects.
29. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?
A. The distinction between various shapes.
B. The explanation of the bouba/kiki effect.
C. The comparison between bouba and kiki.
D. The introduction to the bouba/kiki effect.
30. Which shape may the participants choose after hearing the bauba sound?
A. A star. B. A circle. C. A pyramid. D. A diamond.
31. What is suggested in the text?
A. Different languages may have the same origins.
B. The word bouba or kiki can be found in languages.
C. The effect may help understand the origin of language.
D. The secret of language formation has been discovered.
D
We all sometimes behave in ways that seem to conflict with our goals and intentions. One person
might wish to spend more time with family but instead find themselves mindlessly browsing social
media. Another may repeatedly ignore their alarm and miss their morning workout. If we only had
more willpower, the conventional wisdom goes, we could eat healthier, exercise regularly, and spend
more time with loved ones. However, in Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will, scientist
Robert Sapolsky argues that such choices are actually determined by factors beyond our control.
Sapolsky demonstrates in his book how various factors influence our intentions and actions. He
describes scientific evidence that those influences may occur minutes, hours, or days before our
actions; some may even begin years earlier. For example, people raised in a collectivist culture tend
to avoid obstacles（障碍） when walking whereas those raised in independent cultures will remove
the obstacles.
In particular, Sapolsky argues against the claim that luck evens（均等） out over time, with
fortune and misfortune striking most people in equal measure, an idea favored by others. Instead, he
provides convincing examples that many who are born unlucky have little chance of getting ahead.
Although Sapolsky is careful not to confuse determinism with the inability to affect change in
the world, his unclear attitude toward how determinism might coexist with free will is one of the
book's weak points. Nonetheless, this book is. worth reading. Better yet, pair it with Kevin Mitchell's
book Free Agents: How Evolution Gave Us Free Will, which makes the opposite argument, and then,
decide for yourself whether you had a choice to do so or it was all predetermined.
32. How is the topic introduced in the first paragraph?
A. By giving examples.
B. By listing statistics.
C. By raising arguments.
D. By drawing conclusions.
33. According to Sapolsky, what determine（s）our choices and actions?
A. Level of willpower.
B. Random luck.
C. Uncontrollable elements.
D. Conventional wisdom.
34. What does the underlined word collectivist mean?
A. Low-esteemed.
B. Determined.
C. Self-centered.
D. Cooperative.
35. Which of the following can be a suitable title for the passage?
A. Exploration on Free Will
B. Wisdom in Decision Making
C. Views on Determinism and Free Will
D. Conflicts between Goals and Choices
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能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余
选项。
Shopping in the sales feels like a subtle way to spend. Lower prices naturally equal money saved.
36 Sometimes you think you're getting a bargain, but actually you're paying more than you need to.
So, follow the tips below and you'll hopefully be on the right track.
Only buy essentials. You might have been tempted to buy a much higher item than you actually
need, simply because we're dazzled by the size of the discount. So despite the savings made on the
full price item, it's actually a huge waste of cash. 37 You can even have a need note which you
add to regularly, allowing you to focus your shopping during the sales.
38 Just because there's a sale running with a lower price, doesn't mean you can scramble for
the goods immediately. If you can wait, some price history websites are a great way to get a sense of
any regularly occurring price variations. Certain items will have a life cycle too. Christmas cards and
decorations are bargains in January while TVs tend to be at their lowest prices in the early summer
when the newer models are released. 39 So this is only a strategy for non-essentials.
Check for alternatives. Finally, even if you think you've got the best price out there-or at least
one you're happy to pay-it's worth checking you're not overpaying still when compared to similar
products. 40 . That could mean staying away from high-end brands, looking for secondhand items
or trying a different but similar style.
A. Time when you buy.
B. Compare prices now.
C. Sadly, there are tricks played by retailers.
D. It's easy to get caught up in sales and spend when you don't need to.
E. The best way to avoid this is to create a must-have list before shopping.
F. There may well be cheaper substitutes that do the same job but cost less.
G. But you might have fewer options to choose from, or will even miss out.
第二部分语言运用（共两节, 满分 30 分）
第一节（共 15 小题；每小题1分, 满分 15 分）
My grandmother suffers from Alzheimer's disease. Seeing her condition worsen over time, and
knowing I could do nothing, created a feeling of 41 in me.
As the years passed and my understanding of the disease grew, my frustration turned first to
anger, then resignation（顺从）, and finally 42 . Though the disease was bound to slowly eat
away at her, there were ways to 43 its progress. Every night the two of us would sit together and
44 while my grandmother would count beans. The exercise could help to keep her mentally 45 .
Gradually her counting became slower, and she would lose track of things more 46 While at
night we would count beans, in the day I involved myself in studies of 47 . My earlier feelings of
despair gave way to 48 ; advances in genetic engineering offered the possibility that one day those
like my grandmother could be cured, or 49 from developing Alzheimer's in the first place.
Seeing my grandmother slip away 50 me to take biology courses to learn more about cells,
the nervous system, and genetic information, which helped me better understand how our 51 of
this disease has grown in the past decade. 52 I began to see new possibilities for preventing
diseases like Alzheimer's.
Nowadays, my grandmother cannot count beans anymore and doesn't 53 me at all. Once she
used to tell me stories and I whispered to her all my problems. Now I am a 54 to her. How I wish
one day I could contribute to a future, where no: child has to watch their grandmother count the 55
they have left together.
41. A. regret B. dilemma C. annoyance D. hopelessness
42. A. pity B. sympathy C. tolerance D. acceptance
43. A. stop B. slow C. change D. accelerate
44. A. chat B. sigh C. think D. complain
45. A. strong B. sharp. C. busy D. fresh
46. A. easily B. naturally C. slowly D. painfully
47. A. nursing B. biology C. companion D. psychology
48. A. anxiety B. calmness C. optimism D. indifference
49. A. excused B. defended C. prevented D. separated
50. A. urged B. forced C. required D. motivated
51. A. concern B. sympathy C. knowledge D. experience
52. A. Instantly B. Gradually C. Temporarily D. Accidentally
53. A. miss B. expect C. notice D. recognize
54. A. listener B. follower C. stranger D. watcher
55. A. time B. beans C. money D. stories
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。
From the adorable pandas in Sichuan to the playful Pallas's cats in Inner Mongolia, photographer
Xie Jianguo has committed himself to documenting China's rare and endangered animals, 56
highlight the country's unique natural wonders.
Xie's passion for 57 （photograph）wild animals is evident in his frequent visits to the remote
destinations such as the Arctic continent. Since 2012, Xie Jianguo has redirected his lens（镜头）
toward his homeland, focusing 58 wildlife in China. Now his 59 （footprint） have covered
nearly all the provinces and regions throughout China.
During his shooting process, Xie 60 （place） great emphasis on building a harmonious
relationship with the animals he encounters, ensuring that they are undisturbed and represented in
their natural state. Xie said, I am eager 61 （record） the beautiful moments of wildlife, to not
only represent their living conditions but also to raise people's 62 （aware） of protecting wild
animals and their habitats. 63 （ hopeful） , my images can show the biodiversity and the
achievements of wildlife protection in China.
With the aim of preserving the natural beauty of China 64 promoting its rich natural image
culture to the world, Xie launched a project called Nature Image China in 2016. So far, over 100
photo exhibitions 65 （organize） by the project at home and abroad.
第三部分写作（共两节, 满分 40 分）
第一节（满分 15 分）
假定你是李华, 上周末参加了学校举办的书法讲座。现在你打算给英文校刊投稿, 分享活
动心得。内容包括：
1. 讲座时间和地点：
2. 讲座内容；
3. 你的感想。
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。
The fourth graders' school day was coming to an end. Wilson was filling his backpack when a
voice came out of the loudspeaker. Good afternoon, students. This is a reminder that the All-City
Math Contest will be in two weeks. The contest is open to fifth and sixth graders, and the top prize is
fifty dollars. Please speak to your teacher if you'd like to participate.
I am confident that I could excel in that contest, Wilson thought to himself. Determined to
participate in the competition, he rushed to his teacher's desk and told her that he wanted to enter that
math contest.
Ms. Jones looked up from her papers and said, That's wonderful, Wilson, but I'm afraid that
this contest is for fifth and sixth graders only. Besides, our class has not yet covered some of the
topics that will be tested.
Wilson was not ready to give up. He knew he had a natural talent for math. But you know that
I'm good at math! Wilson protested. I do math problems with my brother all the time - and he's in
sixth grade! I think I could do really well!
You are a very good math student, Wilson, but rules are rules. I'm sure that you can enter next
year.
Wilson came home frustrated and disappointed, stormed upstairs without saying a word to his
mother, and slammed the door to his room shut. His mother quickly appeared at his door, knocked,
and came in. Dear, did something happen today? She was concerned.
Wilson was quiet for a minute, then it all came out. In a burst of emotion, he told his mom about
the contest, how excited he was to enter, and how angry he felt when his teacher told him that he
wouldn't be allowed to do so this year. It's just not fair, Mom, he complained. I know I could
really do well on it. Why won't they let me?
Wilson's mother put her hand on his shoulder. Sometimes, son, she said softly, people follow
rules even when they don't make sense. Perhaps you can persuade your teacher to make an exception
for you.
Wilson perked up: he had an idea.
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。
The next day, Wilson went straight to Ms. Jones' office.
Forty minutes later, he finished Ms. Jones' test and handed it to her.