英语
本试卷共 150 分，考试用时 120 分钟。
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第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分 30 分)
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡
上。
第一节 (共 5 小题：每小题 1. 5 分，满分 7. 5 分)
听下面 5 段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完
每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题，每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What is the man?
A. A teacher. B. A surgeon. C. A manager.
2. Why can’t the woman keep still?
A. She is excited. B. She is nervous. C. She is ill.
3. What are the speakers talking about?
A. Why the electricity bill went up.
B. Where they can pay the electricity bill.
C. How they can reduce the electricity usage.
4. Why is the man phoning the woman?
A. To ask her out for dinner. B. To tell her he will be late. C. To inform her of an accident.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. A psychological term. B. A chemical reaction. C. The man’s coat.
第二节 (共 15 小题；每小题 1. 5 分，满分 22. 5 分)
听下面 5 段对话或读白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最
佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟，听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟
的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第 6 段材料，回答第 6 至 7 题。
6. Where did the man take the photo?
A. At his own home. B. At a photo studio. C. On Mount Everest.
7. What’s the woman’s reaction to the man’s words?
A. She totally believed them. B. She almost believed them. C. She never believed them at all.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。
8. When did the horse-face skirt first appear?
A. In the Han Dynasty. B. In the Song Dynasty. C. In the Ming Dynasty.
9. Why does the man want to know more about the skirt?
A. To buy one for his sister. B. To make a traditional skirt. C. To get a good presentation topic.
10. What color waist does the Ming horse-face skirt usually have?
A. White. B. Blue. C. Red.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。
11. How many children does the man have?
A. Four. B. Three. C. Two.
12. What might Liam’s dream job be?
A. A doctor. B. A lawyer. C. A pilot.
13. What does the man say about the girl?
A. She performs best in study. B. She lacks a sense of humor. C. She can tell right from wrong.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。
14. What happened to Amanda?
A. She lost some money. B. Her truck broke down. C. She had a traffic accident.
15. Where did the woman go last Friday afternoon?
A. A library. B. A caf. C. A bookstore.
16. What will the woman do this evening?
A. Read an English novel. B. Visit her teacher. C. Pass on a message.
17. Who is the woman probably talking to?
A. Her family member. B. Her schoolmate. C. Her neighbor.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。
18. What will the weather be like on Christmas day?
A. Snowy. B. Rainy. C. Dry.
19. When will people probably go to shop in the sales?
A. On Boxing Day. B. On Christmas Eve. C. On Christmas Day.
20. What does the speaker suggest people do for New Year?
A. Wear warm clothes when going out.
B. Drive instead of walking if possible.
C. Stay indoors and drink hot chocolate.
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
In the quest for academic excellence and a deeper understanding of subjects, high school students often seek
additional resources to complement their learning. Textbooks, both traditional and digital, play a vital role in this
journey. Here’s a look at several textbook options that satisfy different leaning styles and needs.
Modern World History Explained
Dive into the complexities of global events with “Modern World History Explained.” This textbook offers
comprehensive coverage of historical milestones from the 15th century to the present, enriched with interactive
timelines and critical thinking exercises.
Price: $75
Format: Hardcover and digital access
Supplementary Materials: Online quizzes and interactive maps
Advanced Mathematics Unlocked
Unlock the world of advanced mathematics with this textbook designed for students who wish to challenge
themselves beyond the standard curriculum. It includes topics in calculus, statistics, and advanced geometry, with
problem sets and conceptual explanations.
Price: $65
Format: Softcover and digital access
Supplementary Materials: Video tutorials and practice exams
Chemistry in Context: Applying Chemistry to Society
“Chemistry in Context” is tailored for students who are curious about the role of chemistry in our daily lives
and global challenges. It covers basic concepts of chemistry and their applications in environmental science,
technology, and health.
Price: $70
Format: Softcover and digital access
Supplementary Materials: Interactive experiments and case studies
Language Arts: Expression and Understanding
This textbook is designed to enhance language arts skills, focusing on literature, composition, and critical
analysis. It provides a diverse range of readings, writing prompts (提示) , and grammar exercises tailored to high
school students.
Price: $60
Format: Hardcover and digital access
Supplementary Materials: Online discussion forums and writing workshops
21. What is unique about “Advanced Mathematics Unlocked”?
A. It covers multiple topics. B. It provides online guidance.
C. It suits above-average learners. D. It assesses academic performance.
22. If a student wants to purchase textbooks over critical thinking, he’ll pay at most.
A. $145. B. $140. C. $135. D. $130.
23. What is common to all the textbooks mentioned in terms of availability?
A. They include digital access with purchasing. B. They come with a suite of video tutorials.
C. They offer interactive experiences. D. They have hardcover format.
B
At the end of 2019, I learned that HereAfter AI, whose goal is to let the living communicate with the dead, was
looking for applicants of its new AI project. Interested in what it was promising, I applied to experiment the software
on my very-much-alive parents.
At first, I thought it would be just a fun project to see what was technologically possible. Then their health
condition added some urgency to the experiment. I was frightened that my parents might die since my father had
been diagnosed with cancer and my mother was recently developing symptoms of early Alzheimer’s disease, and
that with the distance between us, I might never have the chance to say goodbye.
The first step was an interview. My parents were asked questions by a technician for hours—about everything
from their earliest memories to what they believe will happen after they die. Whether through illness-generated
concerns or a willingness to humor their daughter, my parents put up zero resistance. The company then took their
responses and started to create the voice assistants. A few months later, my virtual parents arrived via email
attachment.
When I communicated with them through the app on my phone, my hands were shaking. I hadn’t seen my
actual, real parents for six months. They told me personal stories I’d never heard. They gave me life advice and told
me things about their childhoods, as well as my own. It was mesmerizing.
Personally, I have mixed feelings about my experiment. I’m glad to have my virtual parents. They’ve enabled
me to learn new things about my parents, and it’s comforting to think that those bots will be there even when my
parents aren’t. On the other hand, I can’t help but find it sad that it took a stranger interviewing my parents for me to
properly appreciate the complex people they are. But I feel lucky to have had the chance to grasp that—and to still
have the precious opportunity to spend more time with them and learn more about them, face to face, no technology
involved.
24. Why did the author initially join the AI project?
A. To preserve her parents’ voice. B. To test out the new technology.
C. To learn more about her parents’ life. D. To remove the worry about her parents’ health.
25. What can we learn about the author’s parents?
A. They liked talking a lot. B. They died from the illnesses.
C. They provided data for the project. D. They opposed joining the project at first.
26. What does the underlined word “mesmerizing” mean in paragraph 4?
A. Fascinating. B. Alarming. C. Inspiring. D. Entertaining.
27. What does the author realize at last?
A. AI means never saying goodbye to our parents.
B. The real connection with our parents matters most.
C. The advances in AI technology have pros and cons.
D. AI allows us to learn more about our virtual parents.
C
Aviation is a big polluter. Cutting the sector’s impact on global warming is bigh on the agenda. Although many
governments are regulating emissions from cars and trucks, air transportation is technologically rooted in old patterns.
Facing the reality that the sector will keep emitting a lot, ICAO has established an international carbon-trading
plan—Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation, or CORSIA. This encourages wide use
of offsets (抵消) : aviation companies can buy emissions credits or invest in sectors that store carbon, such as forestry,
to allow them to carry on as normal. CORSIA aims to keep CO2 emissions at 2019 levels through such purchases for
emissions over that year’s baseline. ICAO predicts that increasing demand might reach 1. 7 billion tons by 2035,
potentially making aviation the largest offset market in the world.
Yet offsetting faces a fundamental challenge: the size of the offset requires estimating flows of warming
pollution that would have occurred if the carbon-removal project hadn’t existed, and comparing them against flows
with the project in place. The former — a baseline that is unobservable — is a hotbed for shady accounting.
The vast majority of offsets today and in the expected future come from forest-protection and regrowth projects.
The track record of reliable accounting in these industries is poor, because they lack convincing baselines. Even with
oversight, forest projects are often troubled by wild assumptions, for example that trees would disappear completely
from these areas in the absence of those projects, even when there are other forest protections in place. Such
assumptions drive up baselines and flood the market with huge volumes of offsets. They make it easier for
accountants to claim a net reduction in emissions even though the atmosphere sees little or no benefit. These problems
are essentially unfixable. Evidence is mounting that offsetting as a strategy for reaching net zero is a dead end.
In our view, this approach could prove dangerously narrow. Removing aviation’s impact on global warming
means upending the industry. The longer that reality is overlooked, the harder it will be to find effective solutions.
28. What does aviation refer to in the passage?
A. A project which needs revising. B. A resource which needs trading.
C. A market which needs expanding. D. An industry which needs reforming.
29. Why should aviation companies buy emissions credits?
A. To support the development of forestry. B. To earn the largest profit in offset market.
C. To keep the levels of emission unchanged. D. To make up for emissions over the baseline.
30. What can we infer from paragraph 4?
A. Too many offsets are filling the market now.
B. Some projects may cheat to create more offsets.
C. Offsetting contributes a lot to reducing emissions.
D. Trees would totally disappear without the projects.
31. What is the author’s attitude towards the CORSIA?
A. Disapproving. B. Confused. C. Favorable. D. Unconcerned.
D
Electric vehicles (EVs) are due for huge upgrades in driving range and charging times as new battery
technologies are introduced. Lithium (Li) -ion (锂离子) batteries could be out of date in a few years as alternatives
like Li-sulfur, Li-air and Li-metal enter production. Meanwhile, quantum (量子) battery charging promises to reduce
charge times from hours to seconds.
Scientists at the University of Michigan have produced a stable Li-sulfur battery using Kevlar, the material used
in body armor, to increase the amount it can be charged and discharged. Fibers in the Kevlar stop certain parts of
lithium from growing between the electrodes (电极) and destroying the battery. Research group leader Nicholas
Kotov called the design “nearly perfect” in terms of capacity and efficiency. The battery can handle summer heat and
winter cold extremes, and in real-world driving conditions, its lifespan should be 1, 000 cycles or ten years.
Sulfur is a great alternative for EVs because it is a tiny amount of the cost of metals like what is used in Li-ion
battery electrodes, and there is simply more of it. Mainstream electric cars fitted with its battery could achieve around
900 miles on a single charge. Battery researchers say the Li-sulfur battery’s energy density could theoretically be 10
times higher than the best Li-ion battery, so it will drive further, be safer and more environmentally friendly, for less
money.
In Japan, university researchers have teamed up with a telecommunications company to develop a Li-air battery
with an energy density (500 Wh/kg) two to five times better than Li-ion.
Newer quantum technologies that will speed up vehicle charging times are added to these breakthroughs in
battery materials and energy density. Li-metal, often talked about as solid-state batteries, are long-lasting and capable
of rapid charging, especially when they are paired with quantum technologies that connect all the battery cells
simultaneously. And once investments in quantum charging and batteries are made, it could revolutionize transport
and the way we use energy worldwide.
32. What can we learn about Kevlar?
A. It will speed up vehicle charging. B. It can lengthen battery’s cycle life.
C. It can boost EV range to 1000 miles. D. It will break down in extreme weather.
33. Why is Sulfur a fantastic option for EVs?
A. It has been tested in Li-ion battery.
B. It is less expensive and more accessible.
C. Li-sulfur battery has been installed in mainstream EVs.
D. Li-sulfur battery features a higher energy density than Li-metal.
34. What can we conclude from the last paragraph?
A. Quantum technologies give rise to Li-metal.
B. Battery materials determine vehicle charging speed.
C. Li-metal is more efficient in charging than Li-sulfur.
D. More investments are needed in quantum technology.
35. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. Which Battery Suits Evs Best?
B. What Is The Future Road Of EVs?
C. Why Will Li-ion Batteries Be Replaced?
D. How Will Reformed Lithium Batteries Influence Evs?
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。
Loneliness is a bigger health threat than smoking 15 cigarettes a day, according to newt research. Our ancestors
likely did not suffer from a lack of companions. Why has loneliness become such a threat? How might it be addressed?
In the distant past, there were few complaints about loneliness. Indeed, every person in a community including
children was up to speed on every detail of the lives of everyone else. Instead of suffering from loneliness, our distant
ancestors were oppressed (被压迫) by a lack of privacy. 36 They facilitate distance. How did loneliness
take over contemporary life?
Typically, people move away from family and friends for work opportunities. Yet, cities often function as
gatherings of relative strangers rather than functional communities. The many people wandering around in a city are
irrelevant if we have no social connection with them. Migrants to cities may establish various meaningful social links.
37 These might be the people we work among, those who frequent a coffee shop, or members of a gym or
sports club. Such associations are not made automatically. 38 In some cases, those who eagerly need
social connection can fare poorly in cities.
39 According to the U. S. Surgeon General’s Report on Loneliness, people who spend more time
online are lonelier. People who claim thousands of online “friends” are often chronically anxious, disconnected and
depressed. Perhaps, they would gain better social bonus by being kind to people in real life.
Virtually, not everyone needs constant companionship. This is not merely a question of how extroverted a person
is. 40 People with a strong sense of external purpose barely suffer from loneliness, whether they perfect
their dance moves, get involved in political activism or train service dogs. In this vein, anyone who cultivates a love
of nature may become a part of the natural world. That is an endless source of peace, happiness, and connection.
A. Their habits contributed to loneliness.
B. They require openness, initiative and effort.
C. Rather, it reflects how someone leads their life.
D. Outgoing people will live a busy life with social media.
E. Today, social media bring back the invasions of privacy.
F. Many turn to social media for companionship with mixed results.
G. However, associations are often formed through accidental networks.
第三部分 语言运用 (共两节，满分 30 分)