龙岩一中2024届高三上学期第一次月考
(满分：150分 时间：120分钟)
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
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。
1. When will the speakers meet
A. At 2:50. B. At 3:00. C. At 4:00.
2. Where does the conversation probably take place
A. On a farm. B. In the street. C. At a supermarket.
3. What will the man do next year
A. Attend a marketing course. B. Look for a part-time job. C. Continue to work in the company.
4. What was damaged in the storm
A. The car. B. The roof. C. A window.
5. What are the speakers talking about
A. The road conditions. B. A driving experience. C. A car accident.
第二节 (共 15 小题;每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分)
听下面 5 段对话或独白。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。
听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。
6. Where are the cups
A. In the plastic bag. B. In the box. C. In the back of the car.
7. What have the speakers left behind
A. The frying pan. B. The plates. C. The tent.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。
8. How does the woman feel about the dance competition
A. Excited. B. Nervous. C. Confident.
9. What is the woman looking forward to most
A. Dancing in front of many people.
B. Watching good dancers on stage.
C. Making some good new friends.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。
10. What did the man do today
A. He watched Pamela Anderson’s new movie.
B. He took photos with Pamela Anderson.
C. He got Pamela Anderson’s signature.
11. What did the man get for the woman
A. A photo. B. A poster. C. A magazine.
12. What does the man think of Pamela Anderson
A She is a great actress.
B. She looks younger than on the screen.
C. She attracts people because of her appearance.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。
13. How does Kirsty go to the sports village every morning
A. By car. B. By bike. C. On foot.
14. What does Kirsty do at midday
A. She practices shooting. B. She meets her coaches. C. She takes a walk.
15. What exercise does Kirsty do before supper
A. She goes running. B. She goes swimming. C. She plays football.
16. When does Kirsty finish her football practice
A. At 6:30. B. At 7:30. C. At 9:00.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。
17. What is the speaker’s mother
A. A designer. B. A doctor. C. A teacher.
18. What did the speaker do first after he left high school
A. He got a full-time job. B. He did a business course. C. He went to an art college.
19. How long did the speaker stay in Milan
A. One year. B. Two years. C. Three years.
20. What difficulty did the speaker have in New York
A. He was homesick. B. His parents didn’t support him. C. He could not start a company there.
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
The magical world of The Little Prince brought to life!
About the exhibition
French visual artist Arnaud Nazare-Aga has worked with Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation, and together they have designed a unique touring art exhibition of sculptures inspired by the original watercolor illustrations of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s book, The Little Prince, as well as photos, manuscripts (手稿) and drawings.
The exhibition will be presented for the very first time in Auckland from 1st June to 25th June, 2023 to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the publication of The Little Prince.
Entitled “The Little Prince in the Dark”, the exhibition attempts to bring Saint-Exupéry’s illustrations to life in a different way. The artist has created 13 all-white sculptures with relief (浮雕). They are displayed in the dark to be discovered by the senses of touch and hearing. All the magic, dreams and poetry of Saint-Exupery’s beloved book will thus be revealed in a new way never imagined before.
What to do
First, start off from the entrance on the first floor to see historical photography describing the great adventure of the pioneering pilot Latécoère. Then, move up to the second floor, where you can find rare original manuscripts and drawings by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. After that, climb up to the third floor to experience the sculptures. Finally, don’t forget to stop off on your way out at the gift shop right next to the entrance and pick up some Little Prince memorabilia to remember your visit.
Prices
The exhibition is free for everyone!
Opening Times
Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location
House of Minoima, 26 Greek Street, Auckland
1. Why is the exhibition presented
A. To introduce a special city tour. B. To honour the production of a book.
C. To promote a French art foundation. D. To celebrate the birthday of a writer.
2. What is special about the exhibition
A. It presents the illustrations in the dark. B. It can be explored with hands and ears.
C. It offers a unique night-time experience. D. It displays sculptures of the little prince.
3. On which floor(s) can visitors buy gifts
A. The first floor. B. The second floor.
C. The third floor. D. All floors.
【答案】1. B 2. B 3. A
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇应用文。为了庆祝《小王子》出版80周年，举行了一个展览。文章主要介绍了该展览的相关信息。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段中“The exhibition will be presented for the very first time in Auckland from 1st June to 25th June, 2023 to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the publication of The Little Prince.(该展览将于2023年6月1日至6月25日首次在奥克兰举行，以庆祝《小王子》出版80周年。)”可知，举行这个展览的目的是为了庆祝《小王子》出版80周年，故选B。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中“The artist has created 13 all-white sculptures with relief (浮雕). They are displayed in the dark to be discovered by the senses of touch and hearing.(这位艺术家创作了13个全白色浮雕。它们在黑暗中展示，以便被摸到和听到。)”可知，该展览的特殊之处在于可以用手和耳朵去探索。故选B。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据第四段中“First, start off from the entrance on the first floor to see historical photography describing the great adventure of the pioneering pilot Latécoère... Finally, don’t forget to stop off on your way out at the gift shop right next to the entrance and pick up some Little Prince memorabilia to remember your visit.(首先，从一楼的入口处开始，观看描述先驱飞行员Latécoère 的伟大冒险的历史摄影……最后，别忘了在出门的时候在入口旁边的礼品店停一下，买一些小王子的纪念品来纪念你的来访)”可知，游客可以在第一层买到礼物，故选A。
B
Wildlife photographer Sam Turley and his wife Vera found a two-week-old blesbok (南非白面大羚羊)—whom they named Meme—on her own. She was spotted wandering around on her own after her mother passed away.
The pair took Meme in and raised the animal themselves for seven months before releasing her back out into the wild. Neither of them had ever raised a blesbok before. So it required a huge amount of patience and compassion to keep her fit and healthy but it deserved the effort. Meme would follow Vera wherever she went and sometimes the couple would have a blesbok, a dog and a cat all walking together. In the right areas, the blesbok is a really common antelope to see and is therefore often overlooked and under-appreciated. It was a privilege to be let into the blesbok’s secret world and they learned more about the blesbok than they thought was ever possible.
After releasing Meme back out into the wild, the couple were convinced they would never see her again, until several months later when they were driving around a reserve and happened to come across a herd of blesboks.
Vera called out Meme’s name in the hope of finding Meme. Blesboks all look very similar to one another, which makes it very difficult to distinguish individuals. When Vera started to talk, the herd raised their heads and looked over. Vera continued to call Meme and as all the other blesboks lost interest, one individual held her gaze and ran straight up to her.
After rescuing the lonely animal, Sam and Vera found it extremely emotional to have to release her back out into the wild to fend for herself—even though they knew it was the right thing to do. But after having such a strong bond with an animal, it was really difficult to see her go. They had put so much time, effort and energy into raising her but to see her walking in a herd of blesboks made it all worthwhile.
4. What happened to Meme when she was spotted
A. She became an orphan. B. She was lost in the forest.
C. She was hunted by a couple. D. She was abandoned by her mother.
5 What was Meme’s life with the couple like
A. She was rare to be seen outside.
B. She was hard to be artificially fed.
C. She fitted in well with the whole family.
D. She was under-appreciated in the family.
6. Which word can best explain the underlined word “fend” in the last paragraph
A. Look. B. Care.
C. Search. D. Hunt.
7. Which of the following can best describe the act of rescuing the blesbok
A. Effortless. B. Unsatisfactory.
C. Rewarding. D. Heartbreaking.
【答案】4. A 5. C 6. B 7. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。野生动物摄影师Sam和妻子Vera救了一只两周龄的南非白面大羚羊并为其取名Meme，七个月后把她成功放归野外，几个月后再次与她意外相遇。
【4题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“Wildlife photographer Sam Turley and his wife Vera found a two-week-old blesbok (南非白面大羚羊)—whom they named Meme—on her own. She was spotted wandering around on her own after her mother passed away. (野生动物摄影师萨姆·特利和他的妻子维拉发现了一只两周大的南非白面大羚羊独自（呆着），他们给它取名为Meme。在她母亲去世后，有人看到她独自四处游荡。)”可知，野生动物摄影师Sam和他妻子Vera发现了一只南非白面大羚羊独自在周围游荡，她的母亲已经去世。所以Meme在被发现时成了孤儿。故选A项。
【5题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段第四句“Meme would follow Vera wherever she went and sometimes the couple would have a blesbok, a dog and a cat all walking together. (无论薇拉走到哪里，Meme都会跟着她，有时，这对夫妇会带着一只南非白面大羚羊、一只狗和一只猫一起散步。)”可知，Meme在这个家里很适应。故选C项。
【6题详解】
词句推测题。根据划线词所在句“After rescuing the lonely animal, Sam and Vera found it extremely emotional to have to release her back out into the wild to fend for herself—even though they knew it was the right thing to do. (在拯救了这只孤独的动物之后，山姆和维拉发现，不得不把她放回野外让她自己fend，这让他们非常激动——尽管他们知道这是一件正确的事情。)”，及上下文可知，夫妇俩把一个两周龄的南非白面大羚羊救回并抚养长大，最终要放归大自然，目的是让它能自己照顾自己，此处fend意为“照看，照料”，与Care意思相近，故选B项。
【7题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段第三句“So it required a huge amount of patience and compassion to keep her fit and healthy but it deserved the effort. (所以这需要极大的耐心和同情心来保持她的健康，但这是值得的。)”，第二段最后一句“It was a privilege to be let into the blesbok’s secret world and they learned more about the blesbok than they thought was ever possible. (被允许进入南非白面大羚羊的秘密世界是一种特权，他们对南非白面大羚羊的了解比他们想象的要多。)”，以及最后一段最后一句“They had put so much time, effort and energy into raising her but to see her walking in a herd of blesboks made it all worthwhile. (他们花了那么多的时间、精力和精力来抚养她，但看到她在一群南非白面大羚羊中行走，这一切都值得了。)”可知，救下这只南非白面大羚羊以及之后的一切付出都是值得的，故选C项。
C
Insurance companies are starting to use smartbox technology, so good drivers can benefit from cheap insurance rates.
The smartbox, similar to a black box for airplanes, records details about how your car is driven, which can result in cheap car insurance for responsible drivers. The device is connected to the electronics in your car and collects a wide criterion of information such as time, speed, braking, cornering, acceleration and location. It’s like having an insurance agent sitting beside you while driving.
The smartbox data is wireless transferred in real time to the insurance company and provides a profile of when, where and how you drive. This profile is then used to compare insurance rates and to reward low-risk driving behavior with cheap insurance rates.
Drivers are high-risk when they drive irresponsibly such as speeding, frequent lane changing, driving in high-risk locations or at high-risk times such as in heavy traffic or late at night.
These new electronic inventions are intended to replace the standard practice of categorizing drivers into group behavior to determine insurance coverage and premium (保费) payments. For example, young drivers are more likely to drive fast, drive at night and use a cell phone while driving. Statistically, young drivers are more likely to cause an accident, so insurance companies charge them higher rates to cover the costs of accident claims. So even if you’re a young, responsible driver, you will pay high insurance rates because of group behavior.
This technology allows you to provide proof that your driving behavior doesn’t fit the pattern of your demographic (统计) group.
All the information collected about your driving can be viewed online — including what you’re doing well and what could be improved. Your insurance premium is then calculated according to your driving profile.
8. What will a good driver benefit from the smartbox
A. Fewer traffic accidents. B. Better traffic order.
C. Lower insurance payment. D. Less petrol used in driving.
9. How does the insurance company monitor the driving
A. By checking the device in the car. B. By sitting beside the driver.
C. By watching the traffic on the roads. D. By collecting the driving data online.
10. What will the use of smartboxes bring about
A. Better service for cars. B. Lower prices of petrol.
C. More convenient transport. D. More reasonable insurance charge.
11. What can we infer about the smartbox from the text
A. It requires better driving habits. B. It saves the drivers a lot of time.
C. It helps the drivers use less energy. D. It takes the place of the traffic police.
【答案】8. C 9. D 10. D 11. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了一种可安装在汽车上的仪器，它可以记录司机在驾车过程中的各种信息，然后把数据传给保险公司，从而作为司机缴纳保险费的依据。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段“Insurance companies are starting to use smartbox technology, so good drivers can benefit from cheap insurance rates. (保险公司开始使用智能盒子技术，所以优秀的司机可以从便宜的保险费率中受益。)”和第二段“The smartbox, similar to a black box for airplanes, records details about how your car is driven, which can result in cheap car insurance for responsible drivers.(智能盒子，类似于飞机上的黑匣子，记录你的汽车如何驾驶的细节，这可以为负责任的司机带来便宜的汽车保险。)”可知，好司机能从智能盒子中降低保险支付。故选C。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段“The smartbox data is wireless transferred in real time to the insurance company and provides a profile of when, where and how you drive. (智能盒子的数据通过无线实时传输到保险公司，并提供你何时、何地以及如何开车的资料。)”可知，保险公司通过在线收集驾驶数据监控驾驶行为，故选D。
【10题详解】
推理判断题。根据第五段“These new electronic inventions are intended to replace the standard practice of categorizing drivers into group behavior to determine insurance coverage and premium (保费) payments. (这些新的电子发明旨在取代将司机归类为群体行为以确定保险范围和保费支付的标准做法。)”可推断，智能盒子的使用会使保险费用更合理。故选D。
【11题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段“All the information collected about your driving can be viewed online — including what you’re doing well and what could be improved. (所有收集到的关于你驾驶的信息都可以在网上查看——包括你做得好的地方和可以改进的地方。)”可推断，智能盒子要求更好的驾驶习惯。故选A。
D
The rapid pace of global warming and its effects on habitats raise the question of whether species are able to keep up so that they remain in suitable living conditions. Some animals can move fast to adjust to a quickly changing climate. Plants, being less mobile, rely on means such as seed dispersal (传播) by animals, wind or water to move to new areas, but this redistribution typically occurs within one kilometer of the original plant. Writing in Nature, Juan P. González-Varo sheds light on the potential capacity of migratory birds to aid seed dispersal.
González-Varo and colleagues report how plants might be able to keep pace with rapid climate change through the help of migrating birds. They analyzed an impressive data set of 949 different seed-dispersal interactions between bird and plant communities, together with data on entire fruiting times and migratory patterns of birds across Europe.
Perhaps the most striking feature of these inferred seed movements is the observation that 35 percent of plant species across European communities, which are closely related on the phylogenetic tree (进化树谱), might benefit from long-distance dispersal by the northward journey of migratory birds. This particular group of plants tends to fruit over a long period of time, or has fruits that persist over the winter. This means that the ability of plants to keep up with climate change could be shaped by their evolutionary history – implying that future plant communities in the Northern Hemisphere will probably come from plant species that are phylogenetically closely related and that have migrated from the south.
This study provides a great example of how migratory birds might assist plant redistribution to new locations that would normally be difficult for them to reach on their own, and which might offer a suitable climate.
12. What can we learn from the first paragraph
A. Plants can better adapt to global warming than animals.
B. Quickly changing climate doesn’t have great effects on animals.
C. Some animals and plants move to continue their species ‘ survival.
D. Wind and water contribute to plants' long-distance redistribution.
13. How did González-Varo and his colleagues carry out the research
A. By studying related data. B. By doing comprehensive surveys.
C. By interviewing plant experts. D. By conducting field research .
14. What can we infer from the third paragraph
A. The majority of plant species benefit a lot from long-distance dispersal.
B. Plants with longer fruiting times adapt better when they are transported farther.
C. Plants have a better chance of survival if their seeds are dispersed across Europe.
D. Plant communities in different hemispheres will be phylogenetically less related.
15. What could be the best title for the text
A. Ways to Redistribute Plants to New Climates
B. Impacts of Climate Change on Migratory Birds
C. Migratory Birds Aid the Redistribution of Plants
D. Plants Struggle to Keep Pace with Climate Change
【答案】12. C 13. A 14. B 15. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文，文章主要讲述植物如何通过迁徙鸟类的帮助来跟上快速的气候变化。
【12题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“The rapid pace of global warming and its effects on habitats raise the question of whether species are able to keep up so that they remain in suitable living conditions.(全球变暖的速度之快及其对栖息地的影响提出了一个问题，即物种是否能够跟上气候变化的步伐，从而保持适宜的生存条件)”可推知，一些动物和植物迁移是为了延续它们物种的生存。故选C。
【13题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段中“They analyzed an impressive data set of 949 different seed-dispersal interactions between bird and plant communities, together with data on entire fruiting times and migratory patterns of birds across Europe.(他们分析了一组令人印象深刻的数据，包括鸟类和植物群落之间949种不同的种子传播相互作用，以及整个结果时间和整个欧洲鸟类迁徙模式的数据)”可知，González-Varo和他的同事是通过分析相关数据来进行研究的。故选A。
【14题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段中“Perhaps the most striking feature of these inferred seed movements is the observation that 35 percent of plant species across European communities, which are closely related on the phylogenetic tree (进化树谱), might benefit from long-distance dispersal by the northward journey of migratory birds. This particular group of plants tends to fruit over a long period of time, or has fruits that persist over the winter.(也许这些推测的种子运动最显著的特征是观察到，在欧洲群落中，与进化树谱密切相关的35%的植物物种可能受益于候鸟向北的长途传播。这种特殊的植物子集倾向于在很长一段时间内结果，或者在冬天保持果实)”可知，结果期较长的植物在长途传播时适应得更好。故选B。
【15题详解】
主旨大意题。根据全文内容，结合第二段中“González-Varo and colleagues report how plants might be able to keep pace with rapid climate change through the help of migrating birds.(González-Varo和同事报告了植物如何通过迁徙鸟类的帮助来跟上快速的气候变化)”可知，文章主要介绍植物如何通过迁徙鸟类的帮助来跟上快速的气候变化。故选C。
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。
As the proverb goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ____16____ A paper published two years ago in Nature found a connection between people’s sense of well-being and the scenicness (美景) of where they lived. The paper’s authors measured scenicness by conducting a survey among volunteers.
The connection, the paper’s authors found, held true whether a neighborhood was urban or rural. ____17____ Nor did levels of air pollution have any influence on it. The authors also discovered that differences in volunteers’ health were better explained by the scenicness of where they lived than by the amount of green space around them.
____18____ The team behind that Nature paper have nevertheless decided to have a go. They have adapted a computer program to recognize beautiful landscapes, whether natural or artificial, using the criteria that a human beholder would employ. The program’s task was to work out, by analyzing each photograph’s features in the context of its Scenic-or-Not ratings, what it is that makes a landscape scenic.
Most of the results are not surprising. Lakes and horizons scored well. So did valleys and snowy mountains. In artificial landscapes, castles, churches and cottages were seen as scenic. ____19____ The analysis did, however, confirm one important finding from the team’s previous study, which is also a message for town planners. Green spaces alone are not scenic. To be so they need to involve contours (高低起伏的轮廓) and trees. ____20____
A. But surroundings matter.
B. Hospitals, garages and motels were not so much.
C. So people have a deep affection for where they live.
D. It bore no relation to volunteers’ social and economic status.
E. Therefore, less grass and more trees and bushes would be welcome.
F. Natural landscapes are rated as scenicness as opposed to artificial landscapes.
G. Determining what scenicness is, though, has always been frustrating for scientists.
【答案】16. A 17. D 18. G 19. B 20. E
【解析】
【导语】文章是一篇说明文，介绍了人类的幸福感与他们所居住的地方的景色之间存在联系。
【16题详解】
上文“As the proverb goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”（俗话说，情人眼里出西施。）说明美感受观察者的主观感受影响。A项“But”表示与上文转折，讲的是环境也很重要，从而引出下文关于幸福感与环境之间的联系的论文研究：“A paper published two years ago in Nature found a connection between people’s sense of well-being and the scenicness (美景) of where they lived.”（两年前发表于《自然》的一篇论文发现，人们的幸福感与他们所居住的地方的景色之间存在联系。）A项符合文意。故选A项。
【17题详解】
上文“The connection, the paper’s authors found, held true whether a neighborhood was urban or rural.”（论文发现，无论是在城市还是在农村，这种联系都是存在的。）说明无论地点在哪儿，幸福感和环境有关的联系都是存在的；下文“Nor did levels of air pollution have any influence on it.”（空气污染水平也不对其产生影响）说明与空气污染水平无关。所以设空处也是讲的是影响人们幸福感的因素，而且由下文“Nor”可知设空处也是否定句。D项“It bore no relation to volunteers’ social and economic status.”（人们的幸福感和参与调查的志愿者的社会和经济地位无关。）符合文意。故选D项。
【18题详解】
下文“The team behind that Nature paper have nevertheless decided to have a go.”（尽管如此，该论文的团队还是决定做一番尝试。）的“nevertheless”说明它与设空处之间是转折关系，也就是说，该团队所尝试的内容是有难度的。再根据后面“The program’s task was to work out, by analyzing each photograph’s features in the context of its Scenic-or-Not ratings, what it is that makes a landscape scenic.”（该项目的任务是，通过分析对应不同美景等级的照片的特征，找出使风景被视为美景的因素。）可知，团队尝试分析景色被视为美景的因素。由此推知，设空处的内容与给美景下定义让人苦恼有关，所以G项“Determining what scenicness is, though, has always been frustrating for scientists.”（确定美景的概念让科学家们感到沮丧。）符合文意，故选G项。
【19题详解】
上文“In artificial landscapes, castles, churches and cottages were seen as scenic.”（人工景观中，城堡、教堂和村舍被视为美景。）讲的是有些人工景观被评为美景。B项“Hospitals, garages and motels were not so much.”讲的是医院、车库和汽车旅馆等另一些人工景观的美景评分并不高。上文和设空处讲的都是人工景观的美景评级结果，由此引出下文的结论：“The analysis did, however, confirm one important finding from the team’s previous study, which is also a message for town planners. Green spaces alone are not scenic.”（然而，该研究的确印证了团队先前的一项研究，该研究也给城市规划师提供了建议。绿地自身不是美景。）故选B项。
20题详解】
上文“Green spaces alone are not scenic. To be so they need to involve contours (高低起伏的轮廓) and trees.”（绿地自身不是美景，要有高低起伏的轮廓和树木。）说明要多种些树、具有高低起伏的轮廓才算是风景。E项对上文进行补充，即少一些草地，多一些树和灌木丛才受大家欢迎，符合文意。故选E项。
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)
阅读下面短文从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Volunteering has been a way of life for me for the past five years since I was fifteen.
In 2020 I ___21___ with a newly founded social enterprise, which ___22___cooking lessons for visually impaired (视障) trainee chefs. I absolutely loved it as it involved meaningful ___23___ with people and I was fully ___24___ throughout the entire time I was there. This was unlike some other types of volunteering, which may involve mostly behind-the-scenes work that can get ___25___ after a while.
We called ourselves “sighted assistants” and each of us was ___26___ with a visually impaired trainee chef. As a volunteer, I would walk with the trainee to the Enabling Village ___27___, and then ensure their ___28___ as they learned to cook a new dish. This included helping them ___29___ the position of the sink, ensuring proper use of electrical appliances, ____30____ boiling and hot objects, as well as being careful with knives among other things.
Being there with them made me truly ____31____ how difficult life can be when you are ____32____or completely blind. Every tiny task ____33____ massive effort. There are so many people with ____34____, I realised. While medicine still does not have the power to cure all of these conditions, we are never short of ways to empower these individuals by making life ____35____ and more meaningful for them.
21. A. met B. cooperated C. started D. volunteered
22. A. learned B. took C. conducted D. prepared
23. A. interaction B. appointment C. greeting D. conflict
24. A. confused B. engaged C. surprised D. disturbed
25. A. promising B. frightening C. challenging D. boring
26. A. faced B. compared C. paired D. equipped
27. A. lesson B. enterprise C. room D. kitchen
28. A. satisfaction B. safety C. pleasure D. success
29. A. leave out B. miss out C. figure out D. point out
30. A. avoiding B. touching C. approaching D. feeling
31. A. appreciate B. imagine C. predict D. think
32. A. temporarily B. partly C. accidentally D. originally
33. A. simplifies B. causes C. takes D. offers
34. A. disabilities B. difficulties C. determination D. power
35. A. luckier B. tougher C. happier D. easier
【答案】21. D 22. C 23. A 24. B 25. D 26. C 27. D 28. B 29. C 30. A 31. A 32. B 33. C 34. A 35. D
【解析】
【导语】本文为记叙文。作者讲述了自己一次帮助视力受损的实习厨师学习烹饪课程的经历，明白了残疾人的生活不易。
【21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：2020年，我在一家新成立的社会企业担任志愿者，该企业为视障厨师学员提供烹饪课程。A. met遇见；B. cooperated合作；C. started开始；D. volunteered自愿做，无偿做。根据“Volunteering has been a way of life for me for the past five years since I was fifteen.”可知，作者从15岁起，志愿服务已经成为过去五年的生活方式，所以在一家新成立的社会企业无偿服务。故选D。
【22题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：2020年，我在一家新成立的社会企业担任志愿者，该企业为视力受损的实习厨师提供烹饪课程。A. learned学习；B. took拿；取；C. conducted安排；组织；D. prepared准备。which引导定语从句，指代a newly founded social enterprise，社会企业为视障人士提供烹饪课程，此处conduct cooking lessons表示“提供烹饪课程”。故选C。
【23题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我非常喜欢这份工作，因为它涉及到与人有意义的互动，我在那里的整个时间都完全投入。A. interaction互动；B. appointment约定；C. greeting问候；D. conflict冲突。根据“which ___2___cooking lessons for visually impaired (视障) trainee chefs”可知，这份工作是帮助视障厨师学员学习烹饪课程，是人与人之间的互动。故选A。
【24题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我非常喜欢这份工作，因为它涉及到与人有意义的互动，我在那里的整个时间都完全投入。A. confused困惑的；B. engaged忙于……的；C. surprised惊讶的；D. disturbed心烦意乱的。根据“I absolutely loved it”可知，作者很喜欢这份工作，所以会全身心投入（忙于）其中。故选B。
【25题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这与其他类型的志愿工作不同，其他类型的志愿工作可能主要涉及幕后工作，一段时间后可能会变得无聊。A. promising有希望的；B. frightening令人害怕的；C. challenging具有挑战性的；D. boring令人厌倦的。根据前文“ I absolutely loved it”可知，作者很喜欢这份工作，这份工作与人活动，有意义。此处作者其他的志愿者工作和这份工作对比，作者认为之前的工作久而久之会令人厌倦。故选D。
【26题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们称自己为“视力正常的助理”，每个人都配有一个视力受损的实习厨师。A. faced面对；B. compared对比；C. paired使成对；D. equipped配备。根据下文“As a volunteer, I would walk with the trainee to the Enabling Village ___7___, and then ensure their ___8___ as they learned to cook a new dish.”可知，作者的工作就是帮助视力受损的实习厨师，be paired with“与……配对”，此处指一对一帮助，符合语境。故选C。
【27题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：作为一名志愿者，我会陪学员走到Enabling Village厨房，然后在他们学习烹饪新菜式时确保他们的安全。A. lesson课程；B. enterprise企业；C. room房间；D. kitchen厨房。根据上文“cooking lessons for visually impaired (视障) trainee chefs”可知，学员要学习烹饪新菜式，故作者陪他们走到厨房。故选D。
【28题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：作为一名志愿者，我会陪学员走到Enabling Village厨房，然后在他们学习烹饪新菜式时确保他们的安全。A. satisfaction满意；B. safety安全；C. pleasure高兴；D. success成功。根据第二段第一句“In 2020 I ___1___ with a newly founded social enterprise, which ___2___cooking lessons for visually impaired (视障) trainee chefs.”可知，这些学员为视力受损的实习厨师，故作者要保证他们的安全。故选B。
【29题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：这包括帮助他们弄清楚水槽的位置，确保正确使用电器，避免沸腾和热的物体，以及小心使用刀等物品。A. leave out遗漏；B. miss out错过；C. figure out算出，弄明白；D. point out指出。根据下文“ensuring proper use of electrical appliances”和“as well as being careful with knives among other things”可知，作者的工作任务是确保视力受损的实习厨师的安全，所以是帮助他们弄清楚水槽的位置。故选C。
【30题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：这包括帮助他们弄清楚水槽的位置，确保正确使用电器，避免沸腾和热的物体，以及小心使用刀等物品。A. avoiding避免；B. touching触摸；C. approaching靠近；D. feeling感觉。根据“as well as being careful with knives among other things.”可知，作者的工作任务是确保视力受损的实习厨师的安全，且空后的宾语是“沸腾和热的物体”，所以应为作者帮助他们避开沸腾和热的物体。故选A。
【31题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：和他们在一起让我真正理解，当你部分失明或完全失明时，生活是多么艰难。A. appreciate理解，意识到；B. imagine想象；C. predict预测；D. think认为。根据下文“how difficult life can be when you are ___12___or completely blind”可知，“当你部分失明或完全失明时，生活是多么艰难”是作者明白的道理。故选A。
【32题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：和他们在一起让我真正理解，当你部分失明或完全失明时，生活是多么艰难。A. temporarily暂时地；B. partly部分地；C. accidentally偶然地；D. originally起初。根据空后completely可知，空处形成对照，应为partly，且本文讲的是“visually impaired (视障) trainee chefs”可知，他们并非全盲。故选B。
【33题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：每一件小事都需要付出巨大的努力。A. simplifies简化；B. causes引起；C. takes需要；D. offers提供。根据常识可知，对于视力受损的实习厨师，每一件小事都需要付出巨大的努力。故选C。
【34题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我意识到，有很多人有残疾。A. disabilities残疾；B. difficulties困难；C. determination决心；D. power力量。衔接下句“While medicine still does not have the power to cure all of these conditions, we are never short of ways to empower these individuals by making life ___15___ and more meaningful for them.”可知，作者通过这次志愿者经历明白了世界上有很多人有残疾，即使医学无法治愈，但是我们还是可以尽自己的力量让他们生活更容易。故选A。
【35题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：虽然医学仍然没有能力治愈所有这些疾病，但我们从不缺少让这些人的生活更容易、更有意义的方法。A. luckier更幸运的；B. tougher更艰难的；C. happier更快乐的；D. easier更容易的。根据“While medicine still does not have the power to cure all of these conditions”可在，前后是对比关系，虽然医学没办法治愈这些疾病，减少疾病带来的困难，但是我们可以有很多帮助让他们的生活更容易些。故选D。
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。
Every day, Duan Lianru spends several hours sitting in her office in Hunchun, Jilin province to make a ____36____ (compare) of hundreds of photos of Siberian tigers on the computer.
“It seems a little boring, but ____37____ (basic) I enjoy the work, which makes a connection between me and the big cats,” said the 36-year-old monitor from there search monitoring center of the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park. The park ____38____ (stretch) across the provinces of Jilin and Heilongjiang.
Duan is responsible for identifying the tigers according to patterns on ____39____ (they) fur and giving them something like ____40____ identity card.
The park, ____41____ size exceeds (超过) 1.4 million hectares, is the most important habitat for wild Siberian tigers and Amur leopards in China.
The Siberian tigers’ “ID cards” come ____42____ a lot of important basic data that aids scientific conservation. ____43____ (base) on such information, Duan draws the family trees of the tigers.
Recent years ____44____ (see) a remarkable increase in the variety and number of wild animals and more tiger families have been found including some back two or three generations.
“I feel quite honored to be involved in such significant work.” Duan said. “ _____45_____ (create) a more beautiful world, humans and wild animals, I hope, can live in harmony.”
【答案】parison
37. basically
38. stretches
39. their 40. an
41. whose 42. with
43. Based 44. have seen##has seen
45. To create
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了东北虎豹国家公园搜索监测中心的管理员段连儒的工作及意义。
【36题详解】
考查名词。句意：每天，段连儒都会花几个小时坐在她位于吉林省珲春市的办公室里，对比电脑上数百张东北虎的照片。此处作宾语，应用名词comparison，可数名词，前有不定冠词，应用名词单数形式。故填comparison。
【37题详解】
考查副词。句意：“这似乎有点无聊，但基本上我喜欢这份工作，这让我和这些大型猫科动物建立了联系，”这位36岁的东北虎豹国家公园搜索监测中心的管理员说。此处修饰后面整句话的内容，应用副词basically，作状语。故填basically。
【38题详解】
考查动词时态。句意：公园横跨吉林和黑龙江两省。句子陈述客观事实，应用一般现在时，主语The park是第三人称单数，谓语动词使用第三人称单数形式。故填stretches。
【39题详解】
考查代词。句意：段负责根据老虎皮毛上的图案识别老虎，并给它们发放类似身份证的东西。此处修饰名词fur，应用形容词性物主代词their。故填their。
【40题详解】
考查冠词。句意：段负责根据老虎皮毛上的图案识别老虎，并给它们发放类似身份证的东西。此处泛指“一张身份证”，应用不定冠词，identity的发音以元音音素开头，应用an。故填an。
【41题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：该公园面积超过140万公顷，是中国野生东北虎和远东豹最重要的栖息地。此处引导非限定性定语从句，先行词是park，关系词在从句中作size的定语，应用关系代词whose引导。故填whose。
【42题详解】
考查介词。句意：东北虎的“身份证”上有很多重要的基础数据，有助于科学保护。此处表示“带有”，应用介词with。故填with。
【43题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：根据这些信息，段画出了老虎的家谱。固定短语be based on“根据，以……为基础”，省略be动词，使用过去分词，作状语。故填Based。
【44题详解】
考查动词时态及主谓一致。句意：近年来，野生动物的种类和数量都有了显著的增加，人们发现了更多的虎科，其中一些是两代或三代虎科。根据句意可知，此处表示过去的动作或状态持续到现在，应用现在完成时，主语Recent years，被看作整体时，谓语动词用单数；若强调个体也可以复数，即助动词可以使用have或has。故填have seen或has seen。
45题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：为了创造一个更美丽的世界，我希望人类和野生动物能够和谐相处。此处作目的状语，应用动词不定式。故填To create。
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。你与交换生Jim要共同完成一篇项目学习的论文，他建议用AI完成初稿。请你用英语给他写一封电子邮件，内容包括：
1. 委婉拒绝并说明理由；
2. 你的建议及计划。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
提示词语：项目学习—project-based learning
Dear Jim,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
【答案】Dear Jim,
Thanks for your suggestion on using AI to finish the first draft of our paper. But after further consideration, I’m afraid it’s not a wise idea.
Firstly, it goes against the purpose of project-based learning, which is to cultivate critical thinking and teamwork. Moreover, AI is unlikely to accurately present our ideas, because it hasn’t “got involved in” our project.
So, I suggest we write the paper ourselves. We can start by brainstorming together to create an outline after generating some original and creative ideas. Then we can work independently on different parts, and finally work together to finalize our paper. I believe we can do a better job than AI.
Hope you can understand. Expecting our distinctive draft.
Yours,
Li Hua
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。你与交换生Jim要共同完成一篇项目学习的论文，他建议用AI完成初稿。请你用英语给他写一封电子邮件，委婉拒绝提议，并说明理由，以及自己的建议。
【详解】1.词汇积累
产生：generate→produce
完成：finish→complete
培养：cultivate→develop/nurture
此外：moreover→besides
2.句式拓展
合并简单句
原句：We can start by brainstorming together to create an outline after generating some original and creative ideas. Then we can work independently on different parts, and finally work together to finalize our paper.
拓展句：We can start by brainstorming together to create an outline after generating some original and creative ideas, after which we can work independently on different parts, and finally work together to finalize our paper.
【点睛】[高分句型1] Thanks for your suggestion on using AI to finish the first draft of our paper. (运用了动名词作宾语)
[高分句型2] Moreover, AI is unlikely to accurately present our ideas, because it hasn’t “got involved in” our project. (运用了because引导原因状语从句)
第二节(满分25分)
47. 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。
Seema boarded on a tourist train with her 5-year-old daughter. It was her first travel by train. The train was very crowded. Seema grabbed hands of her daughter, fearing that the crowd could pull her daughter away. When the train started to move, a snack vendor (小贩) came through the crowd, holding on to his bag and trying to sell snacks. The vendor seemed very poor, covered in old and broken clothes.
Passing by Seema, that vendor handed out a pack of snacks toward her, saying, “Only 10 cents, madam.” Seema looked at him with disgust, then refused and asked him to move ahead but her daughter said, “Mom, please buy one for me.” The vendor was still standing there. Seema looked at him with anger and said, “Go away.”
The vendor left. Her daughter waved goodbye toward that vendor with her bracelet (手镯) shinning, and he waved back. Seema was very angry because of all the discomfort she had to go through while traveling on a train and now her daughter was sad about not buying that snack.
After some time, the train reached another station. While walking out of the train, the girl saw that vendor sitting by the train door. She said to her mother, “Mother, can we give him some money He seems hungry.” Seema refused, saying, “Ignore him. He is not a good person. These people take away little girls in their bags.”
Seema and her daughter got off the tourist train and walked a bit. Just then they heard a voice calling them. When Seema turned back she saw that vendor was waving his hands toward them and started to walk toward them.
Seema thought of him as a stalker (跟踪狂) and started running with her daughter, ignoring shouts from behind. She was near the exit and saw that vendor was still following them. Seema walked faster and stopped a taxi. She hurriedly pushed her daughter inside the taxi and then got seated. She closed the door of the taxi and asked the driver to go.
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 vendor reached them just before the taxi could take off.
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Having got back her daughter’s bracelet, Seema didn’t feel happy but sorry.
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【答案】 The vendor reached them just before the taxi could take off. He knocked on the door of the taxi constantly. Seema tried to ignore him but something caught her attention. When she looked at the vendor, she saw that he was holding a bracelet and she immediately recognized it. It was her daughter’s bracelet. Seema rolled down the window of the taxi and immediately that vendor handed over the bracelet to Seema through that window and said, “Madam, your daughter lost her bracelet. It is valuable.” Seema took the bracelet automatically.
Having got back her daughter’s bracelet, Seema didn’t feel happy but sorry. Before she could say anything, the vendor had left. Seema realized her mistake and learned an important lesson for life. She felt sorry to think wrong of that vendor just because of his poor appearance. Seema asked the taxidriver to wait a moment and made her way back to the vendor. She said sorry to the vendor for wronging him and bought him some food to express her thanks.
【解析】
【导语】本文以人物为中心展开，主要讲述Seema和她的女儿在火车上遇到了一位卖零食的小贩的故事。
【详解】1.段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“就在出租车启动前，小贩追到了他们。”可知，第一段可描写小贩追到作者之后发生的事情。
②由第二段首句内容“拿回女儿的手镯后，Seema并不是感到高兴，而是感到抱歉。”可知，第二段可描写Seema在得知小贩追她们的目的是要归还她女儿的手镯时的情感变化。
2.续写线索：忽视小贩——归还手镯——感到抱歉——下车道歉——感谢小贩
3.词汇激活
行为类
①吸引她的注意力：caught her attention/ draw her attention
②返回：made her way back/return
③不公平地对待某人：wrong sb./treat sb. unfairly
情绪类
①立刻：immediately/at once
②感到抱歉：sorry/regretable
【点睛】【高分句型1】When she looked at the vendor, she saw that he was holding a bracelet and she immediately recognized it.（由When引导的时间状语从句和that引导的宾语从句）
【高分句型2】Before she could say anything, the vendor had left.（由Before引导的时间状语从句）
听力答案：1-5 CAACB 6-10 BAACC 11-15 BCABA 16-20 BCBCA龙岩一中2024届高三上学期第一次月考
(满分：150分 时间：120分钟)
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
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。
1. When will the speakers meet
A. At 2:50. B. At 3:00. C. At 4:00.
2. Where does the conversation probably take place
A. On a farm. B. In the street. C. At a supermarket.
3. What will the man do next year
A. Attend a marketing course. B. Look for a part-time job. C. Continue to work in the company.
4 What was damaged in the storm
A. The car. B. The roof. C. A window.
5. What are the speakers talking about
A. The road conditions. B. A driving experience. C. A car accident.
第二节 (共 15 小题;每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分)
听下面 5 段对话或独白。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。
听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。
6. Where are the cups
A. In the plastic bag. B. In the box. C. In the back of the car.
7. What have the speakers left behind
A. The frying pan. B. The plates. C. The tent.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。
8. How does the woman feel about the dance competition
A. Excited. B. Nervous. C. Confident.
9. What is the woman looking forward to most
A. Dancing in front of many people.
B. Watching good dancers on stage.
C. Making some good new friends.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。
10. What did the man do today
A. He watched Pamela Anderson’s new movie.
B. He took photos with Pamela Anderson.
C. He got Pamela Anderson’s signature.
11. What did the man get for the woman
A. A photo. B. A poster. C. A magazine.
12. What does the man think of Pamela Anderson
A. She is a great actress.
B. She looks younger than on the screen.
C. She attracts people because of her appearance.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。
13. How does Kirsty go to the sports village every morning
A. By car. B. By bike. C. On foot.
14. What does Kirsty do at midday
A. She practices shooting. B. She meets her coaches. C. She takes a walk.
15. What exercise does Kirsty do before supper
A. She goes running. B. She goes swimming. C. She plays football.
16. When does Kirsty finish her football practice
A. At 6:30. B. At 7:30. C. At 9:00.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。
17. What is the speaker’s mother
A. A designer. B. A doctor. C. A teacher.
18. What did the speaker do first after he left high school
A. He got a full-time job. B. He did a business course. C. He went to an art college.
19. How long did the speaker stay in Milan
A. One year. B. Two years. C. Three years.
20. What difficulty did the speaker have in New York
A. He was homesick. B. His parents didn’t support him. C. He could not start a company there.
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
The magical world of The Little Prince brought to life!
About the exhibition
French visual artist Arnaud Nazare-Aga has worked with Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation, and together they have designed a unique touring art exhibition of sculptures inspired by the original watercolor illustrations of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s book, The Little Prince, as well as photos, manuscripts (手稿) and drawings.
The exhibition will be presented for the very first time in Auckland from 1st June to 25th June, 2023 to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the publication of The Little Prince.
Entitled “The Little Prince in the Dark”, the exhibition attempts to bring Saint-Exupéry’s illustrations to life in a different way. The artist has created 13 all-white sculptures with relief (浮雕). They are displayed in the dark to be discovered by the senses of touch and hearing. All the magic, dreams and poetry of Saint-Exupery’s beloved book will thus be revealed in a new way never imagined before.
What to do
First, start off from the entrance on the first floor to see historical photography describing the great adventure of the pioneering pilot Latécoère. Then, move up to the second floor, where you can find rare original manuscripts and drawings by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. After that, climb up to the third floor to experience the sculptures. Finally, don’t forget to stop off on your way out at the gift shop right next to the entrance and pick up some Little Prince memorabilia to remember your visit.
Prices
The exhibition is free for everyone!
Opening Times
Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location
House of Minoima, 26 Greek Street, Auckland
1. Why is the exhibition presented
A. To introduce a special city tour. B. To honour the production of a book.
C. To promote a French art foundation. D. To celebrate the birthday of a writer.
2. What is special about the exhibition
A. It presents the illustrations in the dark. B. It can be explored with hands and ears.
C. It offers a unique night-time experience. D. It displays sculptures of the little prince.
3. On which floor(s) can visitors buy gifts
A. The first floor. B. The second floor.
C. The third floor. D. All floors.
B
Wildlife photographer Sam Turley and his wife Vera found a two-week-old blesbok (南非白面大羚羊)—whom they named Meme—on her own. She was spotted wandering around on her own after her mother passed away.
The pair took Meme in and raised the animal themselves for seven months before releasing her back out into the wild. Neither of them had ever raised a blesbok before. So it required a huge amount of patience and compassion to keep her fit and healthy but it deserved the effort. Meme would follow Vera wherever she went and sometimes the couple would have a blesbok, a dog and a cat all walking together. In the right areas, the blesbok is a really common antelope to see and is therefore often overlooked and under-appreciated. It was a privilege to be let into the blesbok’s secret world and they learned more about the blesbok than they thought was ever possible.
After releasing Meme back out into the wild, the couple were convinced they would never see her again, until several months later when they were driving around a reserve and happened to come across a herd of blesboks.
Vera called out Meme’s name in the hope of finding Meme. Blesboks all look very similar to one another, which makes it very difficult to distinguish individuals. When Vera started to talk, the herd raised their heads and looked over. Vera continued to call Meme and as all the other blesboks lost interest, one individual held her gaze and ran straight up to her.
After rescuing the lonely animal, Sam and Vera found it extremely emotional to have to release her back out into the wild to fend for herself—even though they knew it was the right thing to do. But after having such a strong bond with an animal, it was really difficult to see her go. They had put so much time, effort and energy into raising her but to see her walking in a herd of blesboks made it all worthwhile.
4. What happened to Meme when she was spotted
A. She became an orphan. B. She was lost in the forest.
C. She was hunted by a couple. D. She was abandoned by her mother.
5. What was Meme’s life with the couple like
A. She was rare to be seen outside.
B. She was hard to be artificially fed.
C. She fitted in well with the whole family.
D. She was under-appreciated in the family.
6. Which word can best explain the underlined word “fend” in the last paragraph
A. Look. B. Care.
C. Search. D. Hunt.
7. Which of the following can best describe the act of rescuing the blesbok
A. Effortless. B. Unsatisfactory.
C. Rewarding. D. Heartbreaking.
C
Insurance companies are starting to use smartbox technology, so good drivers can benefit from cheap insurance rates.
The smartbox, similar to a black box for airplanes, records details about how your car is driven, which can result in cheap car insurance for responsible drivers. The device is connected to the electronics in your car and collects a wide criterion of information such as time, speed, braking, cornering, acceleration and location. It’s like having an insurance agent sitting beside you while driving.
The smartbox data is wireless transferred in real time to the insurance company and provides a profile of when, where and how you drive. This profile is then used to compare insurance rates and to reward low-risk driving behavior with cheap insurance rates.
Drivers are high-risk when they drive irresponsibly such as speeding, frequent lane changing, driving in high-risk locations or at high-risk times such as in heavy traffic or late at night.
These new electronic inventions are intended to replace the standard practice of categorizing drivers into group behavior to determine insurance coverage and premium (保费) payments. For example, young drivers are more likely to drive fast, drive at night and use a cell phone while driving. Statistically, young drivers are more likely to cause an accident, so insurance companies charge them higher rates to cover the costs of accident claims. So even if you’re a young, responsible driver, you will pay high insurance rates because of group behavior.
This technology allows you to provide proof that your driving behavior doesn’t fit the pattern of your demographic (统计) group.
All the information collected about your driving can be viewed online — including what you’re doing well and what could be improved. Your insurance premium is then calculated according to your driving profile.
8. What will a good driver benefit from the smartbox
A. Fewer traffic accidents. B. Better traffic order.
C. Lower insurance payment. D. Less petrol used in driving.
9. How does the insurance company monitor the driving
A. By checking the device in the car. B. By sitting beside the driver.
C. By watching the traffic on the roads. D. By collecting the driving data online.
10. What will the use of smartboxes bring about
A. Better service for cars. B. Lower prices of petrol.
C. More convenient transport. D. More reasonable insurance charge.
11. What can we infer about the smartbox from the text
A. It requires better driving habits. B. It saves the drivers a lot of time.
C. It helps the drivers use less energy. D. It takes the place of the traffic police.
D
The rapid pace of global warming and its effects on habitats raise the question of whether species are able to keep up so that they remain in suitable living conditions. Some animals can move fast to adjust to a quickly changing climate. Plants, being less mobile, rely on means such as seed dispersal (传播) by animals, wind or water to move to new areas, but this redistribution typically occurs within one kilometer of the original plant. Writing in Nature, Juan P. González-Varo sheds light on the potential capacity of migratory birds to aid seed dispersal.
González-Varo and colleagues report how plants might be able to keep pace with rapid climate change through the help of migrating birds. They analyzed an impressive data set of 949 different seed-dispersal interactions between bird and plant communities, together with data on entire fruiting times and migratory patterns of birds across Europe.
Perhaps the most striking feature of these inferred seed movements is the observation that 35 percent of plant species across European communities, which are closely related on the phylogenetic tree (进化树谱), might benefit from long-distance dispersal by the northward journey of migratory birds. This particular group of plants tends to fruit over a long period of time, or has fruits that persist over the winter. This means that the ability of plants to keep up with climate change could be shaped by their evolutionary history – implying that future plant communities in the Northern Hemisphere will probably come from plant species that are phylogenetically closely related and that have migrated from the south.
This study provides a great example of how migratory birds might assist plant redistribution to new locations that would normally be difficult for them to reach on their own, and which might offer a suitable climate.
12. What can we learn from the first paragraph
A. Plants can better adapt to global warming than animals.
B. Quickly changing climate doesn’t have great effects on animals.
C. Some animals and plants move to continue their species ‘ survival.
D. Wind and water contribute to plants' long-distance redistribution.
13. How did González-Varo and his colleagues carry out the research
A. By studying related data. B. By doing comprehensive surveys.
C By interviewing plant experts. D. By conducting field research .
14. What can we infer from the third paragraph
A. The majority of plant species benefit a lot from long-distance dispersal.
B Plants with longer fruiting times adapt better when they are transported farther.
C. Plants have a better chance of survival if their seeds are dispersed across Europe.
D. Plant communities in different hemispheres will be phylogenetically less related.
15. What could be the best title for the text
A. Ways to Redistribute Plants to New Climates
B. Impacts of Climate Change on Migratory Birds
C Migratory Birds Aid the Redistribution of Plants
D. Plants Struggle to Keep Pace with Climate Change
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。
As the proverb goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ____16____ A paper published two years ago in Nature found a connection between people’s sense of well-being and the scenicness (美景) of where they lived. The paper’s authors measured scenicness by conducting a survey among volunteers.
The connection, the paper’s authors found, held true whether a neighborhood was urban or rural. ____17____ Nor did levels of air pollution have any influence on it. The authors also discovered that differences in volunteers’ health were better explained by the scenicness of where they lived than by the amount of green space around them.
____18____ The team behind that Nature paper have nevertheless decided to have a go. They have adapted a computer program to recognize beautiful landscapes, whether natural or artificial, using the criteria that a human beholder would employ. The program’s task was to work out, by analyzing each photograph’s features in the context of its Scenic-or-Not ratings, what it is that makes a landscape scenic.
Most of the results are not surprising. Lakes and horizons scored well. So did valleys and snowy mountains. In artificial landscapes, castles, churches and cottages were seen as scenic. ____19____ The analysis did, however, confirm one important finding from the team’s previous study, which is also a message for town planners. Green spaces alone are not scenic. To be so they need to involve contours (高低起伏轮廓) and trees. ____20____
A. But surroundings matter.
B. Hospitals, garages and motels were not so much.
C. So people have a deep affection for where they live.
D. It bore no relation to volunteers’ social and economic status.
E. Therefore, less grass and more trees and bushes would be welcome.
F. Natural landscapes are rated as scenicness as opposed to artificial landscapes.
G. Determining what scenicness is, though, has always been frustrating for scientists.
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)
阅读下面短文从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Volunteering has been a way of life for me for the past five years since I was fifteen.
In 2020 I ___21___ with a newly founded social enterprise, which ___22___cooking lessons for visually impaired (视障) trainee chefs. I absolutely loved it as it involved meaningful ___23___ with people and I was fully ___24___ throughout the entire time I was there. This was unlike some other types of volunteering, which may involve mostly behind-the-scenes work that can get ___25___ after a while.
We called ourselves “sighted assistants” and each of us was ___26___ with a visually impaired trainee chef. As a volunteer, I would walk with the trainee to the Enabling Village ___27___, and then ensure their ___28___ as they learned to cook a new dish. This included helping them ___29___ the position of the sink, ensuring proper use of electrical appliances, ____30____ boiling and hot objects, as well as being careful with knives among other things.
Being there with them made me truly ____31____ how difficult life can be when you are ____32____or completely blind. Every tiny task ____33____ massive effort. There are so many people with ____34____, I realised. While medicine still does not have the power to cure all of these conditions, we are never short of ways to empower these individuals by making life ____35____ and more meaningful for them.
21. A. met B. cooperated C. started D. volunteered
22. A. learned B. took C. conducted D. prepared
23. A. interaction B. appointment C. greeting D. conflict
24. A. confused B. engaged C. surprised D. disturbed
25. A. promising B. frightening C. challenging D. boring
26. A. faced B. compared C. paired D. equipped
27. A. lesson B. enterprise C. room D. kitchen
28. A. satisfaction B. safety C. pleasure D. success
29. A. leave out B. miss out C. figure out D. point out
30. A. avoiding B. touching C. approaching D. feeling
31. A. appreciate B. imagine C. predict D. think
32. A. temporarily B. partly C. accidentally D. originally
33. A. simplifies B. causes C. takes D. offers
34. A. disabilities B. difficulties C. determination D. power
35. A. luckier B. tougher C. happier D. easier
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。
Every day, Duan Lianru spends several hours sitting in her office in Hunchun, Jilin province to make a ____36____ (compare) of hundreds of photos of Siberian tigers on the computer.
“It seems a little boring, but ____37____ (basic) I enjoy the work, which makes a connection between me and the big cats,” said the 36-year-old monitor from there search monitoring center of the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park. The park ____38____ (stretch) across the provinces of Jilin and Heilongjiang.
Duan is responsible for identifying the tigers according to patterns on ____39____ (they) fur and giving them something like ____40____ identity card.
The park, ____41____ size exceeds (超过) 1.4 million hectares, is the most important habitat for wild Siberian tigers and Amur leopards in China.
The Siberian tigers’ “ID cards” come ____42____ a lot of important basic data that aids scientific conservation. ____43____ (base) on such information, Duan draws the family trees of the tigers.
Recent years ____44____ (see) a remarkable increase in the variety and number of wild animals and more tiger families have been found, including some back two or three generations.
“I feel quite honored to be involved in such significant work.” Duan said. “ _____45_____ (create) a more beautiful world, humans and wild animals, I hope, can live in harmony.”
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。你与交换生Jim要共同完成一篇项目学习的论文，他建议用AI完成初稿。请你用英语给他写一封电子邮件，内容包括：
1. 委婉拒绝并说明理由；
2. 你的建议及计划。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
提示词语：项目学习—project-based learning
Dear Jim,
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Yours,
Li Hua
第二节(满分25分)
47. 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。
Seema boarded on a tourist train with her 5-year-old daughter. It was her first travel by train. The train was very crowded. Seema grabbed hands of her daughter, fearing that the crowd could pull her daughter away. When the train started to move, a snack vendor (小贩) came through the crowd, holding on to his bag and trying to sell snacks. The vendor seemed very poor, covered in old and broken clothes.
Passing by Seema, that vendor handed out a pack of snacks toward her, saying, “Only 10 cents, madam.” Seema looked at him with disgust, then refused and asked him to move ahead but her daughter said, “Mom, please buy one for me.” The vendor was still standing there. Seema looked at him with anger and said, “Go away.”
The vendor left. Her daughter waved goodbye toward that vendor with her bracelet (手镯) shinning, and he waved back. Seema was very angry because of all the discomfort she had to go through while traveling on a train and now her daughter was sad about not buying that snack.
After some time, the train reached another station. While walking out of the train, the girl saw that vendor sitting by the train door. She said to her mother, “Mother, can we give him some money He seems hungry.” Seema refused, saying, “Ignore him. He is not a good person. These people take away little girls in their bags.”
Seema and her daughter got off the tourist train and walked a bit. Just then they heard a voice calling them. When Seema turned back she saw that vendor was waving his hands toward them and started to walk toward them.
Seema thought of him as a stalker (跟踪狂) and started running with her daughter, ignoring shouts from behind. She was near the exit and saw that vendor was still following them. Seema walked faster and stopped a taxi. She hurriedly pushed her daughter inside the taxi and then got seated. She closed the door of the taxi and asked the driver to go.
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 vendor reached them just before the taxi could take off.
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Having got back her daughter’s bracelet, Seema didn’t feel happy but sorry.
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听力答案：1-5 CAACB 6-10 BAACC 11-15 BCABA 16-20 BCBCA

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