卷子答案网-一个不只有答案的网站虹口区2023学年度第一学期期终学生学习能力诊断测试
高三英语试卷
考生注意：
1. 考试时间 120 分钟，试卷满分 140 分。
2. 本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。所有答题必须涂(选择题)或写(非选择题)在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分。
3. 答题前，务必在答题纸上填写准考证号和姓名，并将核对后的条形码贴在指定位置上。
I. Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions: In Section A,you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation,a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1. A. At a bookstore. C. At a post office. B. At a library D. At a police station
2. A. At 6:45 p. m. B. At 7:00 p. m. C. At7:15 p. m D. At 9:00 p. m.
3. A. Pick up some bottled water.
B. Work overtime at the office.
C. Do some paperwork at home.
D. Set aside some time for relaxation.
4. A. The harm done by single-use plastics.
B. The topic for the woman’s composition.
C. Environmental issues.
D. Some recent hot news.
5. A. He is curious about his future neighbour.
B. He is dissatisfied with the environment.
C. He is worried about the traffic service.
D. He can’t wait to move into this house.
6. A. She agrees with the man’s plan.
B. She is concerned about the weather.
C. She considers it unwise to go outside.
D. She has a better plan than having a picnic.
7. A. Looking at an old picture.
B. Preparing for a family trip.
C. Searching for some old stuff.
D. Talking about their grandfather.
8. A. The woman was uninterested in the party.
B. The woman will take her family to the party.
C. The woman is looking forward to the party.
D. The woman was absent from the party.
9 A. Those who are talented are never short of inspiration.
B. Not everyone can learn how to be a good writer.
C. Creativity is something you are born with.
D. It takes practice to become a good writer.
10. A. He has already achieved his goal.
B. He goes to the gym on a regular basis.
C. He usually goes home directly after work.
D. He has given up exercising for two weeks.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. Influencing. B. Celebrity studies. C. Crisis management. D. Psychology.
12. A. It offers a lot of related courses.
B. Its courses are taught by senior lecturers.
C. It partners with Harvard University.
D. It’s the first degree program in the field.
13. A. Whether it has enough budgets.
B. Whether it will attract youngsters.
C. Whether it can stand the test of time.
D. Whether it can offer useful courses.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. It emphasizes ball tackling.
B. It forbids rough body contact.
C. It was created during the WWI
D. It is mainly played in the army today.
15. A. It is pretty easy to learn.
B. It is more recreational than other sports.
C. It follows limited rules.
D. It allows them to show their talents in sports.
16. A. Introduce a would-be Olympic sport.
B. Compare flag football with regular football.
C. Explain the rules of flag football.
D. Illustrate the job of National Football League.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
17. A. In order not to miss the flight.
B. For fear that the flight shall be delayed.
C. To spare enough time for security checks.
D. To take better care of her baby when traveling.
18. A. She waited three hours for the hotel room to be ready.
B. She didn’t have enough money to get a taxi in Berlin.
C. Her luggage was delivered to a wrong destination.
D. She was stuck in the Berlin airport for a night.
19. A. They reacted quickly to passengers’ requests.
B. They were rude to the passenger.
C. They showed enough sympathy.
D. They were irresponsible.
20. A. She was looking forward to her next holiday.
B. She felt terrible that her holiday was ruined.
C. She didn’t want another cup of coffee.
D. She thought the holiday was too short.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the passage below,fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
Your Cat Might Not Be Ignoring You When You Speak
Every cat owner has a story to tell of being blanked by their cat. We call to our cat, it turns away, and some of us might be left ___1___(wonder)why we didn’t get a dog. But your cat may be listening after all. More than that, it ___2___(care)more than you may think.
A study by French researchers ___3___(publish)last month in the journal Animal Cognition found that not only do cats react to what scientists call cat-directed speech—a high-pitched (高音的 )voice similar to ___4___ we talk to babies —they react to who is doing the talking.
“We found that hearing their owners using a high-pitched voice, cats reacted more than when hearing their owner speaking normally to another human adult,” said Charlotte de Mouzon, an author of the study. “But it actually didn’t work when it came from a stranger’s voice.”
___5___ studies involving dogs, analyzing cat behavior is difficult, which is part of why humans understand them less. Cats are stressed by being in a lab ___6___ meaningful behavioral observations become impossible. And forget about trying to get a cat ___7___(sit) still for an M.R.I. scan (核磁共振扫描)to study its brain function.
So the researchers for the latest study went to the cats’ homes and played recordings of different types of speech and different speakers. At first, there was concern from Dr. de Mouzon and her team for lack of reaction from the cats, but upon analysis of the film recordings, delicate reactions ___8___(notice). “It could be just moving an ear or turning the head to the speaker or even freezing what ___9___ were doing,” Dr. de Mouzon said.
In the study there were a few cases ____10____ cats would approach the speaker playing a voice and meow. “In the end, we had really clear gains in the cat’s attention when the owner was using cat-directed speech,” Dr. de Mouzon said.
Section B
Directions: Fill in eat blank with a proper word chosen form the box Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. arrives B. observable C. boundless. D. contained. E. distancing. F. expansion G. lies H. parallel I. perceiving J. threads K. volume
What Comes After Space
Looking at a clear night sky you witness the vastness of space, which holds everything humans know to exist. To find out what ___11___ beyond a good place to start is to determine where the universe ends. However, the problem is that scientist are uncertain about where space ends or whether it ends at all.
The ___12___ universe
The furthest humans can see out into space,using all the technology currently available to us,is 46 billion light years (alight year is the distance that light can travel in one year,and is equivalent to about 9. 5 million million kilometres). The ___13___ of space that humans can see is called the visible universe. Beyond this, it remains a mystery whether it’s an expanse of more galaxies and stars or possibly the edge of the universe. Some think that the universe is ___14___, meaning space goes on forever in every direction. In this case,there is nothing after space,because space is everything.
Moving further away
Experts have captured images of the entire Earth from space,and some astronauts have personally witnessed its beauty from orbit. Perhaps ___15___ the limits of the universe would also be possible too, if only humans knew where to go to look for it.
Another challenge is the universe’s rapid ___16___. As galaxies move further away their light takes longer to reach us. Eventually, some galaxies may be so distant that their light never ___17___. This might imply that any edge— and whatever is on the other side — is increasingly ___18___ itself from us. Regardless of these uncertainties, scientists still spend a lot of time thinking about what comes after space.
Many universes
It’s possible that there isn’t just one universe, and that our universe is just one small part of a “multiverse”. Perhaps our universe is ___19___ within its own distinct region of space, separated from others by vast expanses of nothingness. Or maybe ____20____ universes exist pressed tightly against each other. Getting an idea of the universe’s true shape may help astronomers find out whether it has an edge. What comes after that could be an even great mystery.
II. Reading Comprehension
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Back in 1930,the economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that with technological change and improvements in-productivity, we’d only be working 15 hours a week by now. But while working hours have ___21___ by 26%. most of us still average 42.5 hours a week.
One of the things Keynes underestimated is the human desire to ___22___ with our peers — a drive that makes most of us work more than we need to. “We don’t measure productivity by how much we’ve harvested anymore,” says Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, visiting scholar at Stanford University. “Overworking has been part of Western society since the Industrial Revolution. When some predicted that automation would create an extra amount of ___23___ time, needless to say, that didn’t happen.
Thanks to computerization and globalization in the 1980s, managers could demand more of employees under the ___24___ that jobs could be given to someone else. So the ___25___ piled on. And we took it exhausted,but asking up the burden all the same. The psychologist Barbara Killnger writes in Workaholics: Te Respectable Addicts about how we ___26___ sacrifice our own well-being through overwork for “success”.
But far from delivering productivity, value, or personal fulfillment, overwork has been proven to lead to burnout, stress, greater risk of heart disease and even shorter lifespans. ___27___ we carried on — until COVID-19 came along.
Besides making us work longer hours from home,COVID-19 has also ___28___ the move towards the adoption of automated machine, especially tor jobs requiring much interpersonal contact-from Amazon developing delivery drones (无人机) to self-driving cars. By 2050, Michael Osborne, a professor of machine learning at the University of Oxford, predicts that at least 40% of current jobs will be lost to ___29___.
There are ____30____. Jobs that involve complex social interactions are beyond current robot skills: so teaching, social care, nursing and counselling are all likely to ____31____ the AI revolution. As are jobs that rely on creativity. The same also goes for ____32____ jobs, according to Osborne ,due to the large number of different objects cleaners encounter and the variety of ways those objects need to be dealt with. Interestingly, areas of the workplace traditionally dominated by women won’t be so easily adopted by AI. Robots are unlikely to ____33____ in the “work” of taking care of children, preparing lunchboxes and doing the laundry.
Those whose work falls outside the caring, cleaning or creative field will still work in future, just ____34____. In about 60%of occupations, it is estimated that a third of the tasks can be automated, meaning changes to the way we work. A large-scale study has predicted that over the next 20 years, although 7 million jobs will be taken over by AI. 7.2 million new ones will be ____35____ as a result. So we will work in future: we just don’t know what we’ll be doing yet.
21 A. declined B. increased C. continued D. kept
22. A. disagree B. compete C. cooperate D. identify
23. A. working B. tough C. leisure D. active
24. A. fantasy B. influence C. threat D. impression
25. A. joy B. cash C. ambition D. pressure
26. A. excitedly B. willingly C. dramatically D. hopefully
27. A. Otherwise B. Still C. Furthermore D. Therefore
28. A. speeded up B. followed up C. prepared for D. planned for
29. A. overwork B. labour C. automation D. science
30. A. dreams B. models C. expectations D. exceptions
31. A. cause B. cease C. survive D. undergo
32. A. caring B. cleaning C. curing D. coaching
33. A. assist B. exist C. believe D. understand
34. A. hardly B. differently C. unfortunately D. probably
35. A. lost B. recovered C. substituted D. created
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
A
I was always a reader.
As a kid, I walked to the library several times a week and checked out so many books and returned them so quickly that the librarian once snapped,“Don’t take home so many books if you’re not going to read them all!”
“But I did read them all,” I said.
But I had stopped reading gradually. I joined book clubs that I never attended. I requested a library book everyone was reading, only to return it a week late, unread, with fines.
Then I met David. When I asked him about his last book, his face lit up and his fingers danced.
David read much more than I did, about a book or two a week. He preferred history and nonfiction, while I loved fiction writers.
On our seventh date, David and I visited the library.
“I have a game,” he said, pulling two pens and Post-its out of his bag. “Let’s find books we’ve read and leave reviews in them for the next person.”
“We wandered in the library for an hour. In the end, we sat on the floor among the poetry, and I read him some. He listened, then asked,“What is it you like about that one ”
That summer, as we picnicked outside, I said, “If I tell you something, will you not judge me ” David paused and raised his eyebrows.
“I’ve only read one book this year,” I said.
“But it’s June,” he said.
“I know.”
“Well, read a book!”
The next time I visited a bookstore, his charge to “read a book” echoed in my head. I picked up a book solely for its poetic title.
I had a hard time getting into it. The narrator was an old man. Whenever I was tempted to give up on it, I thought of David. I pushed through the first two chapters and discovered a new narrator in the third. I loved the alternating points of view. I carried the book to work. I read at lunch and on my walk home.
“How’s your day ” David texted.
“Good. A little tired,” I replied. “I stayed up late and finished my book.”
I tried to make it sound casual, but I was proud of myself. It was not a competition, but I felt him pushing me to be more of the person I used to be and more of who I wanted to be.
I asked David once what he liked about me.
He paused, then said. “I see the world as a more wonder-filled place with you.”
By the end of that year, David suggested we visit the library again. He asked if I remembered the game we played on our first visit.
“I remember,” I said.
He pulled a book from the shelf, dropped to one knee, and opened it. Inside, his Post-it read: “Karla, it has always been you. Will you marry me ”
His proposal had rested between the pages of The Rebel Princess for over a year.
“Yes,” I said.
36. The word “snapped” (paragraph 2) most probably means ________.
A. talked to someone voluntarily
B. spoke to someone impatiently
C. gave someone a suggestion
D. laughed at someone heartlessly
37. Which of the following may best illustrate the author’s reading habit when she first met David
A. Carrying books around without opening them.
B. Only reading the books everyone recommended.
C. Avoiding sharing books when going to book clubs.
D. Often forgetting to return the books already read
38. According to paragraph 19, why was the author proud of herself
A. She finished reading a book she didn’t like.
B. She had read more books than David did.
C. She did what she thought to be difficult.
D. She had kept to her taste in poetic titles.
39. What was the main change that David brought into the author’s life
A He introduced a new library and a fun game to the author.
B. He encouraged the author to read more fiction and poetry.
C. He helped the author finish reading an entire book in a day.
D. He motivated the author to rediscover her love for reading.
B
Can you stand on one leg for 10 seconds Balance could be a matter of life and death. The World Health Organization estimates that 684,000 fatal falls occur each year, making falling the second leading cause of unintentional injury death. Some of these falls are caused by more serious conditions -but many aren’t. According to George Locker, a long-term practitioner of tai chi, a loss of balance is a medical problem that can’t be treated with drugs or surgery, despite its effects. Increasingly,efforts are being made to remedy(补救) the balance problem among the groups already most affected by it. Tai chi,practiced by an estimated 50 million people in China,is an option. Studies have shown that as little as eight weeks of practice can improve older adults’scores on the Tinetti test —a commonly used measure of competence in basic tasks such as rising from a chair and walking—as well as reducing fear of falling. Longer periods of study show further benefits. Whatever activity you choose the lesson is to work on your balance before you need to. not after it becomes an issue. As Locker puts it everyone’s told to save money for their retirement and nobody’s taught to save their balance. But both are difficult to get back once they’re gone. Just 15 minutes a day of practice can be beneficial, but do more if you have time Starting earlier helps: try the exercises below on a hard, level surface.
Easy Level: Standing on one leg—with your hands resting on a work surface if you' re feeling unsteady — see how long you can maintain your balance. Do this one while you’re brushing your teeth.
Medium Level: For this movement, start from standing and take a big step forwards, bending your front leg until your trailing knee just brushes the floor. Then push off your front leg and return to a standing position.
Hard Level: Try step-ups on to a step or box: put one foot on to a box and push through that heel to step up so both feet end up together. To ensure you aren’t using your trailing leg to help ,keep your toes off the ground on that foot.
40. What does George Locker think of a lack of balance
A. It is costly to get treated with drugs and surgery.
B. It is a minor issue that doesn’t affect one’s overall health.
C. It is a problem without any medical solution.
D. It is a problem that can be easily fixed by exercising.
41. Which of the following best illustrates the Medium Level practice
A. B. C. D.
42. What is the lesson conveyed in the passage regarding balance and health
A. Balance is the top leading cause of sudden death from injuries.
B. It is essential for those affected by balance issues to seek help.
C. Taichi is the most effective way to improve one’s balance.
D. It is wiser to work on balance as early as possible.
C
The concept of dynamic pricing is simple—and easy for businesses to implement. Whether it’ s a Friday-evening fight, a hotel during the holidays, or a taxi ride in a downpour, we have all been burned by higher-than-normal prices due to excess demand. Raising costs when businesses are busiest is the norm across the travel industry. Perhaps the most well-known example of this is within ride-share companies, which have used surge pricing for years to charge riders when demand for cars rockets relative to the number of drivers available.
Outside travel, online stores are increasingly using this dynamic pricing, too, says Vomberg. “On Amazon. com alone, millions of price changes occur within a day, corresponding to a price change of about every ten minutes for each product. ”While consumers might not always pick up on these variations in price, Vomberg says time-based dynamic pricing will likely become a competitive standard at least in online markets. “AI-enabled tools can suggest the best prices via machine learning algorithms(算法). They can also track and learn competitor and customer responses to price changes,” he says.
Now, surge pricing is happening in stores including bars and supermarkets as well. “Physical businesses are adopting electronic shelf labels that enable real time price adjustment depending on the time of day, stock levels and whether items are approaching their sell-by date,” says Sarwar Khawaja, chairman of the Oxford Education Group. He says this technology is likely to cause prices in bars that use these signs to increase during the rushes of dinner,weekends or holidays,or for supermarkets to adjust prices throughout the day or week,depending on volume of shoppers.
The current economic climate is also driving the need for these pricing technologies. While creating competitive prices is always key to healthy profit margins, Khawaia says dynamic pricing enables businesses to optimise their pricing depending on the financial situations of their customer base. “Businesses can offer discounts during downturns while increasing prices in better off areas,” he says.
The changes, however, may not sit well with consumers. “Dynamic and surge pricing will likely expand to more industries and more companies in the long term, but just because a product may be popular does not mean that customers are willing to turn a blind eye to being charged more,” says Khawaja. He adds surge pricing can cause customers to lose faith in a company if they believe they are being overcharged. “Perhaps dynamic pricing of a drink in your favourite pub might be a step too far for loyal customers.”
43. Which of the following best explains “dynamic pricing” in paragraph 1
A. A system of deciding what the prices should be.
B. A means for companies to find target customers.
C. A method that helps promote sharing economy
D. A strategy of offering discounts to attract clients.
44. It can be inferred from Arnd Vomberg’s comments that online stores ________.
A. offer the most competitive prices
B. make profits by changing prices in real time
C. confuse customers by changing prices
D. rely too much on machine learning algorithms
45. According to the passage, why do physical businesses adopt dynamic pricing
A. To match supply and demand during peak hours.
B. To lift customer experience and encourage loyalty.
C. To maintain consistent pricing across all products.
D. To compete with online stores and businesses.
46 Which of the following best predicts how customers may react to the expansion of dynamic pricing
A. Turn to whatever offers the lowest prices.
B. Protest against it for being too annoying.
C. Refuse to give in and are likely to resist.
D. Take it for granted and accept it altogether.
Section C
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.
Why Do You Find It So Hard to Not Multitask
Most of us do multitasking almost daily. But it’s time to change that. Your attention is already being pulled in millions of directions daily, so you really don’t need to add multitasking to the list. Let’s take the smartphone for example. On average you check your phone 110 times a day — that means you’re spending 23 days every year glued to your smartphone! How productive do you think that makes you ___47___.
But it’s hard to let go of these habits because you’ve conditioned your brain to send misleading signals to your body. Research has shown that when you multitask “successfully”, you activate the reward mechanism in your brain that releases dopamine, the happy hormone. ___48___. This rush can also make you overly optimistic, which means you are less careful about the work you do and more likely to make mistakes. Multitaskers basically get addicted to this rush which leads them to believe they are being effective when in fact they’re not.
You can find healthier, more balanced dopamine releases through ticking things on your to-do list through mono-, or single-tasking too. Since our brains can only effectively focus on one thing at a time, this is the way for you to accomplish more in less time. Research has suggested you’re 50% quicker on average to accomplish a task if you monotask, and you’re also 50% less like to make errors. ___49___. You’ll also be able to appreciate things on a deeper level and get more enjoyment from them when you’re focused. If you’re chatting to a friend over coffee while checking your phone, you’re not making the most out of your time with your friend!
Now you’re probably desperate to find out how to get rid of this multiasking habit so you can find real productivity. There is no easy answer. You simply have to commit to it and have the self-discipline to stick to one task at a time. Just say to yourself: When I walk, I walk. When I talk to someone, I talk to someone.
When I read, I read. It’s as simple as that. ___50___. And like that, you’ve mastered monotasking.
A. Focus on the one thing you are doing.
B. Habits like these which encourage you to multitask make you mentally exhausted and unproductive.
C. Make sure that you also take breaks in your monotasking, because that' s what helps your brain to stay focused.
D. So it’s a win-win for everyone!
E. The little information we do take in when we' re multitasking is more difficult to remember at a later stage.
F. You feel so good that you believe you’re being effective and further encourages your multitasking habit.
IV. Summary Writing
51. Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
Will Plant-based Protein Continue to be an Appetizer in Food World
A good vegan milk needs to look like milk and taste like milk, whether it’s a fatty version, preferred by bakers, or a skimmed one, favored by the health-conscious. For years, manufacturers of plant-based protein have had trouble hacking this delicate imitation game and it seems that they are winning back a bit. The global revenues (收益) from alternative proteins could reach $290 billion by 2035 and that is a cautious estimate. However, can it last
Unlike those early products, which were neither terribly tasty nor particularly nutritious, cleaver (剁肉刀) processing improves textures, additives boost taste and a pinch of specially engineered peas and beans adds nutrient in the latest products. Still, ultra-processed substitutes seldom match animal proteins in nutritional value. Animal products, including milk, are better for children’s bone development, though lab- grown versions of meat or dairy are becoming more nutritious. Meanwhile, green-minded consumers are realizing that plant-based does not necessarily mean sustainable in that it still takes a lot to obtain raw materials. Farming almonds (杏仁) to make a milk-like drink, for example, uses huge quantities of water.
Plant-based proteins are also a tough sell in giant markets like India, where diets are already rich in plants and vegetables, or Nigera, where meat-eating is a sign of wealth. That limits their global appeal.
All these suggests that alternative proteins have far to go to replace the animal kind. The limitations may be weighing on the firms involved. Oatly’s market value has fallen by about 80% since its listing, partly because of production difficulties. That of Beyond Meat, whose burgers feature in McDonald’s latest menu, is down by 90% from its peak. Plant-based foods may no longer be only an appetizer in diets, but their maker remain one in food business.
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V. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English,using the words given in the brackets.
52. 我听说你的表弟是个不折不扣的“社牛”，是吗 (hear) (汉译英)
53. 长颈鹿皮肤上橙棕色的斑点使它们可以在野外隐藏自己。(…it…) (汉译英)
54. 和普通巴士不同，这款智能巴士可以自动规划路线，避让行人和车辆，将乘客送达目的地。(avoid) (汉译英)
55. 今年参展的不少中国品牌产品通过对东方文化的深度挖掘，将传统与时尚融合，赢得了年轻一族的青睐。(integrate) (汉译英)
VI. Guided Writing
56. Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
假设你是明启中学高三学生赵磊，你们班最近与国际伙伴校的同学们共同开展了一个团队项目，但目前的合作效果并不理想。项目负责人 Mr. Johnson 请你负责在中方同学的范围内调查原因。你发现有些同学对团队中的角色分配不满意，有些同学觉得团队沟通存在问题。请给 Mr. Johnson 写一封邮件，内容必须包括：
1. 简述同学们的反馈；
2. 向 Mr. Johnson 提出改进建议并说明理由。
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高三英语试卷
考生注意：
1. 考试时间 120 分钟，试卷满分 140 分。
2. 本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。所有答题必须涂(选择题)或写(非选择题)在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分。
3. 答题前，务必在答题纸上填写准考证号和姓名，并将核对后的条形码贴在指定位置上。
I. Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions: In Section A,you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation,a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1. A. At a bookstore. C. At a post office. B. At a library D. At a police station
2. A. At 6:45 p. m. B. At 7:00 p. m. C. At7:15 p. m D. At 9:00 p. m.
3. A. Pick up some bottled water.
B. Work overtime at the office.
C. Do some paperwork at home.
D. Set aside some time for relaxation.
4. A. The harm done by single-use plastics.
B. The topic for the woman’s composition.
C. Environmental issues.
D. Some recent hot news.
5. A. He is curious about his future neighbour.
B. He is dissatisfied with the environment.
C. He is worried about the traffic service.
D. He can’t wait to move into this house.
6. A. She agrees with the man’s plan.
B She is concerned about the weather.
C. She considers it unwise to go outside.
D. She has a better plan than having a picnic.
7. A. Looking at an old picture.
B. Preparing for a family trip.
C. Searching for some old stuff.
D. Talking about their grandfather.
8. A. The woman was uninterested in the party.
B. The woman will take her family to the party.
C. The woman is looking forward to the party.
D. The woman was absent from the party.
9 A. Those who are talented are never short of inspiration.
B. Not everyone can learn how to be a good writer.
C. Creativity is something you are born with.
D. It takes practice to become a good writer.
10. A. He has already achieved his goal.
B. He goes to the gym on a regular basis.
C. He usually goes home directly after work.
D. He has given up exercising for two weeks.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. Influencing. B. Celebrity studies. C. Crisis management. D. Psychology.
12. A. It offers a lot of related courses.
B. Its courses are taught by senior lecturers.
C. It partners with Harvard University.
D. It’s the first degree program in the field.
13. A. Whether it has enough budgets.
B Whether it will attract youngsters.
C. Whether it can stand the test of time.
D. Whether it can offer useful courses.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. It emphasizes ball tackling.
B. It forbids rough body contact.
C. It was created during the WWI
D. It is mainly played in the army today.
15. A. It is pretty easy to learn.
B. It is more recreational than other sports.
C. It follows limited rules.
D. It allows them to show their talents in sports.
16. A. Introduce a would-be Olympic sport.
B. Compare flag football with regular football.
C. Explain the rules of flag football.
D. Illustrate the job of National Football League.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
17. A. In order not to miss the flight.
B. For fear that the flight shall be delayed.
C. To spare enough time for security checks.
D. To take better care of her baby when traveling.
18. A. She waited three hours for the hotel room to be ready.
B. She didn’t have enough money to get a taxi in Berlin.
C. Her luggage was delivered to a wrong destination.
D. She was stuck in the Berlin airport for a night.
19. A. They reacted quickly to passengers’ requests.
B. They were rude to the passenger.
C. They showed enough sympathy.
D. They were irresponsible.
20. A. She was looking forward to her next holiday.
B. She felt terrible that her holiday was ruined.
C. She didn’t want another cup of coffee.
D. She thought the holiday was too short.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the passage below,fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
Your Cat Might Not Be Ignoring You When You Speak
Every cat owner has a story to tell of being blanked by their cat. We call to our cat, it turns away, and some of us might be left ___1___(wonder)why we didn’t get a dog. But your cat may be listening after all. More than that, it ___2___(care)more than you may think.
A study by French researchers ___3___(publish)last month in the journal Animal Cognition found that not only do cats react to what scientists call cat-directed speech—a high-pitched (高音的 )voice similar to ___4___ we talk to babies —they react to who is doing the talking.
“We found that hearing their owners using a high-pitched voice, cats reacted more than when hearing their owner speaking normally to another human adult,” said Charlotte de Mouzon, an author of the study. “But it actually didn’t work when it came from a stranger’s voice.”
___5___ studies involving dogs, analyzing cat behavior is difficult, which is part of why humans understand them less. Cats are stressed by being in a lab ___6___ meaningful behavioral observations become impossible. And forget about trying to get a cat ___7___(sit) still for an M.R.I. scan (核磁共振扫描)to study its brain function.
So the researchers for the latest study went to the cats’ homes and played recordings of different types of speech and different speakers. At first, there was concern from Dr. de Mouzon and her team for lack of reaction from the cats, but upon analysis of the film recordings, delicate reactions ___8___(notice). “It could be just moving an ear or turning the head to the speaker or even freezing what ___9___ were doing,” Dr. de Mouzon said.
In the study, there were a few cases ____10____ cats would approach the speaker playing a voice and meow. “In the end, we had really clear gains in the cat’s attention when the owner was using cat-directed speech,” Dr. de Mouzon said.
【答案】1. wondering
2. cares 3. published
4. how 5. Unlike
6. so that 7. to sit
8. were noticed
9. they 10. where
【解析】
【导语】本文是说明文。文章介绍了研究表明猫并不想人们认为的那样会忽视主人的互动，猫不仅会对科学家所说的“猫导向语言”做出反应，而且它们还会对说话人予以回应。
【1题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：我们叫我们的猫，它转过身去，我们中的一些人可能会想，为什么我们没有养一只狗。分析句子可知，句子的谓语动词是might be left，wonder为非谓语动词，与逻辑主语some of us是主动关系，故用现在分词形式，故填wondering。
【2题详解】
考查动词时态和主谓一致。句意：不仅如此，它比你想象的更重要。描述一般事实用一般现在时，主语it是第三人称单数，谓语动词用单数，故填cares。
【3题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：上个月，法国研究员在《动物认知》杂志上发表的一项研究发现，猫不仅会对科学家所说的“猫导向语言”（类似我们如何与婴儿说话时常用的高音）做出反应，而且它们还会对说话人予以回应。分析句子可知，publish作定语，修饰study，二者之间是被动关系，故用过去分词形式，故填published。
【4题详解】
考查宾语从句。句意同上。空处引导宾语从句，作介词to的宾语，根据句意，此处用how作状语，修饰谓语动词talk，引导宾语从句，故填how。
【5题详解】
考查介词。句意：不像与狗有关的研究，分析猫的行为很困难，这也是人类对它们了解较少的部分原因。空后是名词，根据句意，用介词unlike“不像”，构成介宾短语作状语，故Unlike。
【6题详解】
考查状语从句。句意：猫待在实验室里通常会压力过大，结果有意义的行为研究成为不可能。根据句意，此处用so that引导结果状语从句，故填so that。
【7题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：别再想着让猫坐着不动，用核磁共振扫描来研究它的大脑功能了。get sb./sth. to do sth.“让某人/物做某事”，用不定式作宾语补足语，根据句意，故填to sit。
【8题详解】
考查时态语态。句意：一开始，de Mouzon博士和她的团队担心猫没有反应，但在对录像进行分析后，他们注意到了微妙的反应。分析句子可知，notice作谓语，与主语reactions是被动关系，用被动语态，描述过去发生的事情用一般过去时，主语是复数，故填were noticed。
【9题详解】
考查代词。句意：“这可能只是移动一只耳朵，或者把头转向说话者，甚至是停住它们正在做事情，” de Mouzon博士说。根据语境此处表示前文提到的cats，作主语用人称代词的主格，故填they。
【10题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：在这项研究中，有一些情况下，猫会靠近说话者并发出喵喵的声音。分析句子可知，空处引导定语从句，先行词case，从句中作抽象地点状语，故用关系副词where引导定语从句，故填where。
Section B
Directions: Fill in eat blank with a proper word chosen form the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. arrives B. observable C. boundless. D. contained. E. distancing. F. expansion G. lies H. parallel I. perceiving J. threads K. volume
What Comes After Space
Looking at a clear night sky you witness the vastness of space, which holds everything humans know to exist. To find out what ___11___ beyond a good place to start is to determine where the universe ends. However, the problem is that scientist are uncertain about where space ends or whether it ends at all.
The ___12___ universe
The furthest humans can see out into space,using all the technology currently available to us,is 46 billion light years (alight year is the distance that light can travel in one year,and is equivalent to about 9. 5 million million kilometres). The ___13___ of space that humans can see is called the visible universe. Beyond this, it remains a mystery whether it’s an expanse of more galaxies and stars or possibly the edge of the universe. Some think that the universe is ___14___, meaning space goes on forever in every direction. In this case,there is nothing after space,because space is everything.
Moving further away
Experts have captured images of the entire Earth from space,and some astronauts have personally witnessed its beauty from orbit. Perhaps ___15___ the limits of the universe would also be possible too, if only humans knew where to go to look for it.
Another challenge is the universe’s rapid ___16___. As galaxies move further away their light takes longer to reach us. Eventually, some galaxies may be so distant that their light never ___17___. This might imply that any edge— and whatever is on the other side — is increasingly ___18___ itself from us. Regardless of these uncertainties, scientists still spend a lot of time thinking about what comes after space.
Many universes
It’s possible that there isn’t just one universe, and that our universe is just one small part of a “multiverse”. Perhaps our universe is ___19___ within its own distinct region of space, separated from others by vast expanses of nothingness. Or maybe ____20____ universes exist pressed tightly against each other. Getting an idea of the universe’s true shape may help astronomers find out whether it has an edge. What comes after that could be an even great mystery.
【答案】11. G 12. B
13. K 14. C
15. I 16. F
17. A 18. E
19. D 20. H
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。看着晴朗的夜空，你会看到浩瀚的太空，它容纳了人类所知道的一切。太空之后是什么？作者分享了几个有关太空的谜团。
【11题详解】
考查动词。句意：找到一个好的起点之外的东西就是确定宇宙的终点。分析句子可知，空格处是what引导的宾语从句的谓语动词；根据句中is to determine where the universe ends 可知，此处应用一般现在时态。主语是单数，故谓语动词应用单数第三人称形式。根据句意，此处指“好的起点之外还有什么”，故选lies。故选G。
【12题详解】
考查形容词。句意：可观测的宇宙。此处是一个名词短语，空格处应填入形容词作定语。根据句意，此处指“可观测的宇宙”，故选observable。故选B。
【13题详解】
考查名词。句意：人类所能看到的空间体积被称为可见宇宙。分析句子可知，空格处应填入名词作主语。根据句意，此处指“体积”，故选volume。故选K。
【14题详解】
考查形容词。句意：有些人认为宇宙是无边际的，这意味着空间永远朝着各个方向发展。分析句子可知，空格处应填入形容词作表语。根据句意及句中“meaning space goes on forever in every direction”可知，此处指“无边际的”，故选 boundless。故选C。
【15题详解】
考查动名词。句意：如果人类知道去哪里寻找宇宙，也许感知宇宙的极限也是可能的。分析句子可知，空格处应填入动名词作主语。根据句意及句中“if only humans knew where to go to look for it”可知，此处指“感知”，故选perceiving 。故选I。
【16题详解】
考查名词。句意：另一个挑战是宇宙的快速扩张。分析句子可知，空格处应填入名词作表语。根据句意，此处指“扩张”，故选 expansion。故选F。
【17题详解】
考查动词。句意：最终，一些星系可能离我们太远，以至于它们的光永远不会到达。分析句子可知，空格处应填入谓语动词。根据上下文可知，此处应用一般现在时态，且主语 their light 是单数，故谓语动词应用第三人称单数形式。根据句意，此处指“到达”，故选arrives 。故选A。
【18题详解】
考查时态。句意：这可能意味着，任何边缘——以及另一边的边缘——都在与我们越来越疏远。根据空前is increasingly可知，空处应填入现在分词，构成现在进行时。根据句意，此处指“与……疏远”，故选distancing。故选E。
【19题详解】
考查时态语态。句意：也许我们的宇宙包含在它自己独特的空间区域内，与其他宇宙被浩瀚的虚无所分隔。根据空前is可知，空处应填入过去分词构成一般现在时的被动语态。根据句意，此处指“包含”，故选contained。故选D。
【20题详解】
考查形容词。句意：或者也许平行的宇宙紧紧地压在一起。分析句子可知，空格处应填入形容词作定语。根据句意，此处指“平行的”，故选 parallel。故选H。
II. Reading Comprehension
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Back in 1930,the economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that with technological change and improvements in-productivity, we’d only be working 15 hours a week by now. But while working hours have ___21___ by 26%. most of us still average 42.5 hours a week.
One of the things Keynes underestimated is the human desire to ___22___ with our peers — a drive that makes most of us work more than we need to. “We don’t measure productivity by how much we’ve harvested anymore,” says Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, visiting scholar at Stanford University. “Overworking has been part of Western society since the Industrial Revolution. When some predicted that automation would create an extra amount of ___23___ time, needless to say, that didn’t happen.
Thanks to computerization and globalization in the 1980s, managers could demand more of employees under the ___24___ that jobs could be given to someone else. So the ___25___ piled on. And we took it exhausted,but asking up the burden all the same. The psychologist Barbara Killnger writes in Workaholics: Te Respectable Addicts about how we ___26___ sacrifice our own well-being through overwork for “success”.
But far from delivering productivity, value, or personal fulfillment, overwork has been proven to lead to burnout, stress, greater risk of heart disease and even shorter lifespans. ___27___ we carried on — until COVID-19 came along.
Besides making us work longer hours from home,COVID-19 has also ___28___ the move towards the adoption of automated machine, especially tor jobs requiring much interpersonal contact-from Amazon developing delivery drones (无人机) to self-driving cars. By 2050, Michael Osborne, a professor of machine learning at the University of Oxford, predicts that at least 40% of current jobs will be lost to ___29___.
There are ____30____. Jobs that involve complex social interactions are beyond current robot skills: so teaching, social care, nursing and counselling are all likely to ____31____ the AI revolution. As are jobs that rely on creativity. The same also goes for ____32____ jobs, according to Osborne ,due to the large number of different objects cleaners encounter and the variety of ways those objects need to be dealt with. Interestingly, areas of the workplace traditionally dominated by women won’t be so easily adopted by AI. Robots are unlikely to ____33____ in the “work” of taking care of children, preparing lunchboxes and doing the laundry.
Those whose work falls outside the caring, cleaning or creative field will still work in future, just ____34____. In about 60%of occupations, it is estimated that a third of the tasks can be automated, meaning changes to the way we work. A large-scale study has predicted that over the next 20 years, although 7 million jobs will be taken over by AI. 7.2 million new ones will be ____35____ as a result. So we will work in future: we just don’t know what we’ll be doing yet.
21. A. declined B. increased C. continued D. kept
22. A. disagree B. compete C. cooperate D. identify
23. A. working B. tough C. leisure D. active
24. A. fantasy B. influence C. threat D. impression
25. A. joy B. cash C. ambition D. pressure
26. A. excitedly B. willingly C. dramatically D. hopefully
27. A. Otherwise B. Still C. Furthermore D. Therefore
28. A. speeded up B. followed up C. prepared for D. planned for
29. A. overwork B. labour C. automation D. science
30. A. dreams B. models C. expectations D. exceptions
31. A. cause B. cease C. survive D. undergo
32. A. caring B. cleaning C. curing D. coaching
33 A. assist B. exist C. believe D. understand
34. A. hardly B. differently C. unfortunately D. probably
35. A. lost B. recovered C. substituted D. created
【答案】21. A 22. B 23. C 24. C 25. D 26. B 27. B 28. A 29. C 30. D 31. C 32. B 33. A 34. B 35. D
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了人类工作时间的变化以及自动化对工作方式的影响。
【21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：但是，虽然工作时间减少了26%，我们大多数人每周平均工作时间仍然是42.5小时。A. declined下降；B. increased增加；C. continued继续；D. kept保持。根据上文“we’d only be working 15 hours a week by now.(我们现在每周只工作15个小时)”可知，虽然工作时间减少了26%，我们大多数人每周平均工作时间仍然是42.5小时，while引导让步状语从句，表转折，故选A。
【22题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：凯恩斯低估的一件事是人类与同伴竞争的欲望——这种欲望使我们大多数人工作得比我们需要的更多。A. disagree不同意；B. compete比赛；C. cooperate合作；D. identify识别。根据后文“a drive that makes most of us work more than we need to”可知，人类喜欢和同伴竞争，导致大多数人工作得比我们需要的更多。故选B。
【23题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当一些人预测自动化将创造更多的闲暇时间时，不用说，这并没有发生。A. working有工作的；B. tough艰难的；C. leisure闲暇的；D. active活跃的。根据上文“automation would create an extra amount of”可知，自动化应该带来更多的闲暇时间。故选C。
【24题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：由于20世纪80年代的计算机化和全球化，管理人员可以在工作可能被交给别人的威胁下对员工提出更多的要求。A. fantasy幻想；B. influence影响；C. threat威胁；D. impression印象。根据后文“that jobs could be given to someone else”可知，管理人员可以在工作可能被交给别人的威胁下对员工提出更多的要求。故选C。
【25题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：所以压力越来越大。A. joy玩笑；B. cash现金；C. ambition抱负；D. pressure压力。根据后文“And we took it exhausted, but asking up the burden all the same.(我们尽了力，仍要担重担)”可知，人类的压力越来越大了。故选D。
【26题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：心理学家芭芭拉 基尔格在《工作狂:受人尊敬的瘾君子》一书中写道，为了“成功”，我们是如何心甘情愿地牺牲自己的幸福的。A. excitedly激动地；B. willingly愿意地；C. dramatically戏剧性地；D. hopefully有希望地。根据后文“through overwork for “success””指人类为了成功，心甘情愿地牺牲自己的幸福。故选B。
【27题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：但我们还是坚持了下来，直到COVID-19出现。A. Otherwise否则；B. Still仍然；C. Furthermore此外；D. Therefore因此。根据上文“But far from delivering productivity, value, or personal fulfillment, overwork has been proven to lead to burnout, stress, greater risk of heart disease and even shorter lifespans.(但事实证明，过度工作不仅不会带来生产力、价值或个人成就感，还会导致倦怠、压力、更大的心脏病风险，甚至更短的寿命)”以及后文“we carried on”指过度工作虽然有很多坏处，但我们仍然坚持下来了。故选B。
【28题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：除了让我们在家工作更长时间外，COVID-19还加速了自动化机器的采用，特别是对于需要大量人际接触的工作——从亚马逊开发的送货无人机到自动驾驶汽车。A. speeded up加速；B. followed up跟上；C. prepared for准备；D. planned for制定计划。根据后文“the move towards the adoption of automated machine, especially tor jobs requiring much interpersonal contact-from Amazon developing delivery drones to self-driving cars.”可知，COVID-19加速了自动化机器的采用，特别是对于需要大量人际接触的工作——从亚马逊开发的送货无人机到自动驾驶汽车。故选A。
【29题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：牛津大学机器学习教授迈克尔 奥斯本预测，到2050年，目前至少40%的工作岗位将被自动化取代。A. overwork劳累过度；B. labour劳动；C. automation自动化；D. science科学。呼应上文“the move towards the adoption of automated machine”指到2050年，目前至少40%的工作岗位将被自动化取代。故选C。
【30题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：也有例外。A. dreams梦想；B. models模型；C. expectations期待；D. exceptions例外。根据后文“Jobs that involve complex social interactions are beyond current robot skills: so teaching, social care, nursing and counselling are all likely to survive the AI revolution.(涉及复杂社会互动的工作超出了当前机器人的技能范围：因此，教学、社会关怀、护理和咨询都有可能在人工智能革命中幸存下来)”可知，不是所有的工作都会被取代，有一些工作例外。故选D。
【31题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：涉及复杂社会互动的工作超出了当前机器人的技能范围：因此，教学、社会关怀、护理和咨询都有可能在人工智能革命中幸存下来。A. cause造成；B. cease终止；C. survive生存；D. undergo经历。根据上文“Jobs that involve complex social interactions are beyond current robot skills: so teaching, social care, nursing and counselling are all likely to”可知，涉及复杂社会互动的工作超出了当前机器人的技能范围：因此，教学、社会关怀、护理和咨询都有可能在人工智能革命中幸存下来。故选C。
【32题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：奥斯本表示，清洁工作也是如此，因为清洁工会遇到大量不同的物体，需要处理这些物体的方法也多种多样。A. caring关心；B. cleaning清理；C. curing治愈；D. coaching指导。根据后文“due to the large number of different objects cleaners encounter and the variety of ways those objects need to be dealt with”可知，此处指清洁工作。故选B。
【33题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：机器人不太可能协助照顾孩子、准备午餐盒和洗衣服等“工作”。A. assist帮助，协助；B. exist存在；C. believe相信；D. understand理解。根据后文“in the “work” of taking care of children, preparing lunchboxes and doing the laundry.”指机器人不太可能协助照顾孩子、准备午餐盒和洗衣服等“工作”。故选A。
【34题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：那些工作不在护理、清洁或创意领域的人将来仍然会工作，只是工作方式不同而已。A. hardly几乎不；B. differently不同地；C. unfortunately不幸地；D. probably可能。根据上文“Those whose work falls outside the caring, cleaning or creative field will still work in future, just”指辨析。句意：那些工作不在护理、清洁或创意领域的人将来仍然会工作，只是工作方式不同。故选B。
【35题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：因此，将会产生720万个新岗位。A. lost丢失；B. recovered恢复；C. substituted代替；D. created创造。根据后文“So we will work in future: we just don’t know what we’ll be doing yet.(所以我们会在未来工作：我们只是还不知道我们要做什么)”可知，人类将来仍然会工作。说明是产生720万个新岗位。故选D。
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
A
I was always a reader.
As a kid, I walked to the library several times a week and checked out so many books and returned them so quickly that the librarian once snapped,“Don’t take home so many books if you’re not going to read them all!”
“But I did read them all,” I said.
But I had stopped reading gradually. I joined book clubs that I never attended. I requested a library book everyone was reading, only to return it a week late, unread, with fines.
Then I met David. When I asked him about his last book, his face lit up and his fingers danced.
David read much more than I did, about a book or two a week. He preferred history and nonfiction, while I loved fiction writers.
On our seventh date, David and I visited the library.
“I have a game,” he said, pulling two pens and Post-its out of his bag. “Let’s find books we’ve read and leave reviews in them for the next person.”
“We wandered in the library for an hour. In the end, we sat on the floor among the poetry, and I read him some. He listened, then asked,“What is it you like about that one ”
That summer, as we picnicked outside, I said, “If I tell you something, will you not judge me ” David paused and raised his eyebrows.
“I’ve only read one book this year,” I said.
“But it’s June,” he said.
“I know.”
“Well, read a book!”
The next time I visited a bookstore, his charge to “read a book” echoed in my head. I picked up a book solely for its poetic title.
I had a hard time getting into it. The narrator was an old man. Whenever I was tempted to give up on it, I thought of David. I pushed through the first two chapters and discovered a new narrator in the third. I loved the alternating points of view. I carried the book to work. I read at lunch and on my walk home.
“How’s your day ” David texted.
“Good. A little tired,” I replied. “I stayed up late and finished my book.”
I tried to make it sound casual, but I was proud of myself. It was not a competition, but I felt him pushing me to be more of the person I used to be and more of who I wanted to be.
I asked David once what he liked about me.
He paused, then said. “I see the world as a more wonder-filled place with you.”
By the end of that year, David suggested we visit the library again. He asked if I remembered the game we played on our first visit.
“I remember,” I said.
He pulled a book from the shelf, dropped to one knee, and opened it. Inside, his Post-it read: “Karla, it has always been you. Will you marry me ”
His proposal had rested between the pages of The Rebel Princess for over a year.
“Yes,” I said.
36. The word “snapped” (paragraph 2) most probably means ________.
A. talked to someone voluntarily
B. spoke to someone impatiently
C. gave someone a suggestion
D. laughed at someone heartlessly
37. Which of the following may best illustrate the author’s reading habit when she first met David
A. Carrying books around without opening them.
B. Only reading the books everyone recommended.
C. Avoiding sharing books when going to book clubs.
D. Often forgetting to return the books already read
38. According to paragraph 19, why was the author proud of herself
A. She finished reading a book she didn’t like.
B. She had read more books than David did.
C. She did what she thought to be difficult.
D. She had kept to her taste in poetic titles.
39. What was the main change that David brought into the author’s life
A. He introduced a new library and a fun game to the author.
B. He encouraged the author to read more fiction and poetry.
C. He helped the author finish reading an entire book in a day.
D. He motivated the author to rediscover her love for reading.
【答案】36. B 37. A 38. C 39. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了作者Karla小时候非常喜欢读书，但在上大学后却读的少了。在大学时结识了同样爱好读书的David，在 David的影响下重拾读书这一爱好，更深入地理解了读书的真谛并成就了美好的姻缘。
【36题详解】
词句猜测题。由文章第2段“As a kid, I walked to the library several times a week and checked out so many books and returned them so quickly that the librarian once snapped,‘Don’t take home so many books if you’re not going to read them all!’(当我还是个孩子的时候，我每周都会去图书馆几次，借出这么多书，然后很快就归还了，以至于图书馆员有一次 ：‘如果你不打算把这么多书都读一遍，就不要带回家！’)”可知，这里图书馆员对作者态度应该不是很好，所以snap应表示“极其不耐烦的说”。故选B项。
【37题详解】
细节理解题。由文章第4段“But I had stopped reading gradually. I joined book clubs that I never attended. I requested a library book everyone was reading, only to return it a week late, unread, with fines.(但我已经逐渐停止阅读了。我参加了从未参加过的读书俱乐部。我要了一本每个人都在读的图书馆书，结果晚了一周还了，没有读，还要罚款。)”可知，作者借出书却并没有读。故选A项。
【38题详解】
推理判断题。由文章19段“I tried to make it sound casual, but I was proud of myself. It was not a competition, but I felt him pushing me to be more of the person I used to be and more of who I wanted to be.(我试着让它听起来很随意，但我为自己感到骄傲。这不是一场比赛，但我感觉到他在推动我做一个更像以前的人，更像我想做的人。)”可知，作者感到自豪是因为作者发现看书不再那么困难了，她又找回了以前那样爱看书的人。故选C项。
【39题详解】
推理判断题。由文章第16段“I had a hard time getting into it. The narrator was an old man. Whenever I was tempted to give up on it, I thought of David. I pushed through the first two chapters and discovered a new narrator in the third. I loved the alternating points of view. I carried the book to work. I read at lunch and on my walk home.(我很难理解它。叙述者是一位老人。每当我想放弃它时，我就会想起大卫。我读完了前两章，在第三章中发现了一个新的叙述者。我喜欢交替的观点。我带着书去上班。我在午餐和回家的路上读书。)”以及上下文可知，是David促使作者重新发现她对阅读的热爱。故选D项。
B
Can you stand on one leg for 10 seconds Balance could be a matter of life and death. The World Health Organization estimates that 684,000 fatal falls occur each year, making falling the second leading cause of unintentional injury death. Some of these falls are caused by more serious conditions -but many aren’t. According to George Locker, a long-term practitioner of tai chi, a loss of balance is a medical problem that can’t be treated with drugs or surgery, despite its effects. Increasingly,efforts are being made to remedy(补救) the balance problem among the groups already most affected by it. Tai chi,practiced by an estimated 50 million people in China,is an option. Studies have shown that as little as eight weeks of practice can improve older adults’scores on the Tinetti test —a commonly used measure of competence in basic tasks such as rising from a chair and walking—as well as reducing fear of falling. Longer periods of study show further benefits. Whatever activity you choose the lesson is to work on your balance before you need to. not after it becomes an issue. As Locker puts it everyone’s told to save money for their retirement and nobody’s taught to save their balance. But both are difficult to get back once they’re gone. Just 15 minutes a day of practice can be beneficial, but do more if you have time Starting earlier helps: try the exercises below on a hard, level surface.
Easy Level: Standing on one leg—with your hands resting on a work surface if you' re feeling unsteady — see how long you can maintain your balance. Do this one while you’re brushing your teeth.
Medium Level: For this movement, start from standing and take a big step forwards, bending your front leg until your trailing knee just brushes the floor. Then push off your front leg and return to a standing position.
Hard Level: Try step-ups on to a step or box: put one foot on to a box and push through that heel to step up so both feet end up together. To ensure you aren’t using your trailing leg to help ,keep your toes off the ground on that foot.
40. What does George Locker think of a lack of balance
A. It is costly to get treated with drugs and surgery.
B. It is a minor issue that doesn’t affect one’s overall health.
C. It is a problem without any medical solution.
D. It is a problem that can be easily fixed by exercising.
41. Which of the following best illustrates the Medium Level practice
A. B. C. D.
42. What is the lesson conveyed in the passage regarding balance and health
A. Balance is the top leading cause of sudden death from injuries.
B. It is essential for those affected by balance issues to seek help.
C. Taichi is the most effective way to improve one’s balance.
D. It is wiser to work on balance as early as possible.
【答案】40. C 41. B 42. D
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章介绍保持平衡对我们的益处以及一些锻炼平衡的方法。
【40题详解】
细节理解题。由文章左边第二段“ According to George Locker, a long-term practitioner of tai chi, a loss of balance is a medical problem that can’t be treated with drugs or surgery, despite its effects.(根据长期练习太极的乔治·洛克的说法，失去平衡是一个医学问题，尽管有影响，但不能用药物或手术来治疗。)”可知，乔治·洛克认为缺乏平衡是一个没有任何医学解决方案的问题。故选C项。
【41题详解】
细节理解题。由文章右边Medium Level段中“For this movement, start from standing and take a big step forwards, bending your front leg until your trailing knee just brushes the floor. Then push off your front leg and return to a standing position.(在这个动作中，从站立开始，向前迈出一大步，弯曲前腿，直到你的后膝刚好擦过地板。然后将前腿推开，回到站立姿势。)”可知，B项图片描述了上述的动作。故选B项。
【42题详解】
推理判断题。由文章左边最后一段“Whatever activity you choose the lesson is to work on your balance before you need to. not after it becomes an issue. (无论你选择什么活动，课程都是在你需要之前努力训练保持平衡，而不是在它成为一个问题之后再去锻炼。)”可知，尽早锻炼平衡能力是明智的选择。故选D项。
C
The concept of dynamic pricing is simple—and easy for businesses to implement. Whether it’ s a Friday-evening fight, a hotel during the holidays, or a taxi ride in a downpour, we have all been burned by higher-than-normal prices due to excess demand. Raising costs when businesses are busiest is the norm across the travel industry. Perhaps the most well-known example of this is within ride-share companies, which have used surge pricing for years to charge riders when demand for cars rockets relative to the number of drivers available.
Outside travel, online stores are increasingly using this dynamic pricing, too, says Vomberg. “On Amazon. com alone, millions of price changes occur within a day, corresponding to a price change of about every ten minutes for each product. ”While consumers might not always pick up on these variations in price, Vomberg says time-based dynamic pricing will likely become a competitive standard at least in online markets. “AI-enabled tools can suggest the best prices via machine learning algorithms(算法). They can also track and learn competitor and customer responses to price changes,” he says.
Now, surge pricing is happening in stores including bars and supermarkets as well. “Physical businesses are adopting electronic shelf labels that enable real time price adjustment depending on the time of day, stock levels and whether items are approaching their sell-by date,” says Sarwar Khawaja, chairman of the Oxford Education Group. He says this technology is likely to cause prices in bars that use these signs to increase during the rushes of dinner,weekends or holidays,or for supermarkets to adjust prices throughout the day or week,depending on volume of shoppers.
The current economic climate is also driving the need for these pricing technologies. While creating competitive prices is always key to healthy profit margins, Khawaia says dynamic pricing enables businesses to optimise their pricing depending on the financial situations of their customer base. “Businesses can offer discounts during downturns while increasing prices in better off areas,” he says.
The changes, however, may not sit well with consumers. “Dynamic and surge pricing will likely expand to more industries and more companies in the long term, but just because a product may be popular does not mean that customers are willing to turn a blind eye to being charged more,” says Khawaja. He adds surge pricing can cause customers to lose faith in a company if they believe they are being overcharged. “Perhaps dynamic pricing of a drink in your favourite pub might be a step too far for loyal customers.”
43. Which of the following best explains “dynamic pricing” in paragraph 1
A. A system of deciding what the prices should be.
B. A means for companies to find target customers.
C. A method that helps promote sharing economy
D. A strategy of offering discounts to attract clients.
44. It can be inferred from Arnd Vomberg’s comments that online stores ________.
A. offer the most competitive prices
B. make profits by changing prices in real time
C. confuse customers by changing prices
D. rely too much on machine learning algorithms
45. According to the passage, why do physical businesses adopt dynamic pricing
A. To match supply and demand during peak hours.
B. To lift customer experience and encourage loyalty.
C. To maintain consistent pricing across all products.
D. To compete with online stores and businesses.
46. Which of the following best predicts how customers may react to the expansion of dynamic pricing
A. Turn to whatever offers the lowest prices.
B. Protest against it for being too annoying.
C. Refuse to give in and are likely to resist.
D. Take it for granted and accept it altogether.
【答案】43. A 44. B 45. A 46. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。本文主要介绍了什么是“动态定价”，并分析了动态定价产生的原因及其影响。
【43题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“The concept of dynamic pricing is simple—and easy for businesses to implement. Whether it’ s a Friday-evening fight, a hotel during the holidays, or a taxi ride in a downpour, we have all been burned by higher-than-normal prices due to excess demand. (动态定价的概念很简单，企业也很容易实现。无论是周五晚上的打架，假期里的酒店，还是倾盆大雨中的出租车，由于需求过剩，我们都被高于正常水平的价格所折磨。)”可知，“动态定价”的核心是决定价格。A项“A system of deciding what the prices should be. (决定价格的体系。)”最能解释“动态定价”。故选A。
【44题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段““On Amazon. com alone, millions of price changes occur within a day, corresponding to a price change of about every ten minutes for each product. ” (“仅在亚马逊网站上，一天内就会发生数百万次价格变化，相当于每种产品大约每十分钟就会发生一次价格变化。”)”可知，网店通过实时改变价格获利。故选B。
【45题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段““Physical businesses are adopting electronic shelf labels that enable real time price adjustment depending on the time of day, stock levels and whether items are approaching their sell-by date,” says Sarwar Khawaja, chairman of the Oxford Education Group. (牛津教育集团主席Sarwar Khawaja表示：“实体企业正在采用电子货架标签，可以根据一天中的时间、库存水平以及商品是否接近保质期进行实时价格调整。”)”可知，实体企业采用动态定价是为了满足高峰时段的供应和需求。故选A。
【46题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段“The changes, however, may not sit well with consumers. “Dynamic and surge pricing will likely expand to more industries and more companies in the long term, but just because a product may be popular does not mean that customers are willing to turn a blind eye to being charged more,” says Khawaja. (然而，这些变化可能不会让消费者满意。Khawaja说：“从长远来看，动态和激增的定价可能会扩展到更多的行业和公司，但仅仅因为一种产品可能很受欢迎并不意味着客户愿意对收取更多费用视而不见。”)”可知，顾客可能会不满意动态定价，很可能会反抗。故选C。
Section C
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.
Why Do You Find It So Hard to Not Multitask
Most of us do multitasking almost daily. But it’s time to change that. Your attention is already being pulled in millions of directions daily, so you really don’t need to add multitasking to the list. Let’s take the smartphone for example. On average you check your phone 110 times a day — that means you’re spending 23 days every year glued to your smartphone! How productive do you think that makes you ___47___.
But it’s hard to let go of these habits because you’ve conditioned your brain to send misleading signals to your body. Research has shown that when you multitask “successfully”, you activate the reward mechanism in your brain that releases dopamine, the happy hormone. ___48___. This rush can also make you overly optimistic, which means you are less careful about the work you do and more likely to make mistakes. Multitaskers basically get addicted to this rush which leads them to believe they are being effective when in fact they’re not.
You can find healthier, more balanced dopamine releases through ticking things on your to-do list through mono-, or single-tasking too. Since our brains can only effectively focus on one thing at a time, this is the way for you to accomplish more in less time. Research has suggested you’re 50% quicker on average to accomplish a task if you monotask, and you’re also 50% less like to make errors. ___49___. You’ll also be able to appreciate things on a deeper level and get more enjoyment from them when you’re focused. If you’re chatting to a friend over coffee while checking your phone, you’re not making the most out of your time with your friend!
Now you’re probably desperate to find out how to get rid of this multiasking habit so you can find real productivity. There is no easy answer. You simply have to commit to it and have the self-discipline to stick to one task at a time. Just say to yourself: When I walk, I walk. When I talk to someone, I talk to someone.
When I read I read. It’s as simple as that. ___50___. And like that, you’ve mastered monotasking.
A. Focus on the one thing you are doing.
B. Habits like these which encourage you to multitask make you mentally exhausted and unproductive.
C. Make sure that you also take breaks in your monotasking, because that' s what helps your brain to stay focused.
D. So it’s a win-win for everyone!
E. The little information we do take in when we' re multitasking is more difficult to remember at a later stage.
F. You feel so good that you believe you’re being effective and further encourages your multitasking habit.
【答案】47. B 48. F 49. D 50. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是说明文。文章解释了为什么不能放弃多任务处理的原因和多任务处理的弊端，并分析了单任务处理的优点，建议读者一次仅做一件事。
【47题详解】
前文“Most of us do multitasking almost daily. But it’s time to change that. Your attention is already being pulled in millions of directions daily, so you really don’t need to add multitasking to the list. (我们大多数人几乎每天都要同时处理多项任务。但现在是时候改变这种状况了。你的注意力已经被每天数以百万计的方向所吸引，所以你真的不需要在列表中添加多任务处理。)”以及下文的举例可知，此处讲述了我们不应该同时处理多项任务，这样不会有效率，B项“像这样的习惯会让你一心多用，使你精神疲惫，效率低下。”符合本段主题，多任务让你疲惫，效率不高，我们应该改变这种状况，故选B。
【48题详解】
前文“Research has shown that when you multitask “successfully”, you activate the reward mechanism in your brain that releases dopamine, the happy hormone.(研究表明，当你“成功地”完成多项任务时，你会激活大脑中的奖励机制，释放多巴胺，一种快乐激素。)”表明研究表明如果多任务处理成功，大脑就会释放快乐多巴胺，让你感到快乐，F项“你感觉很好，你相信自己很有效率，并进一步鼓励了你一心多用的习惯。”承接上文，说明大脑释放的快乐多巴胺让你感觉很好，认为自己很有效率，鼓励这种一心多用的习惯。故选F。
【49题详解】
前文“Research has suggested you’re 50% quicker on average to accomplish a task if you monotask, and you’re also 50%less like to make errors.(研究表明，如果你只做一件事，你完成任务的速度平均会快50%，出错的几率也会降低50%。)”表明一次只做一件事，速度快且出错率低，下文“You’ll also be able to appreciate things on a deeper level and get more enjoyment from them when you’re focused.(当你专注的时候，你也能在更深的层次上欣赏事物，并从中获得更多的乐趣。)”表明专注于一件事，能更深层次的欣赏事物，获得更多乐趣，因此推断这是一件双赢的事情，故D项“所以这对每个人来说都是双赢的！”符合语境，承上启下。故选D。
【50题详解】
前文“When I read, I read. It’s as simple as that.(当我读书的时候，我就读书。就是这么简单。)”建议一次只做一件事，下文“And like that, you’ve mastered monotasking.(就这样，你已经掌握了单任务处理。)”也建议读者要单任务处理，A项“专注于你正在做的一件事。”符合语境，也是建议要一次做一件事，故选A。
IV. Summary Writing
51. Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
Will Plant-based Protein Continue to be an Appetizer in Food World
A good vegan milk needs to look like milk and taste like milk, whether it’s a fatty version, preferred by bakers, or a skimmed one, favored by the health-conscious. For years, manufacturers of plant-based protein have had trouble hacking this delicate imitation game and it seems that they are winning back a bit. The global revenues (收益) from alternative proteins could reach $290 billion by 2035 and that is a cautious estimate. However, can it last
Unlike those early products, which were neither terribly tasty nor particularly nutritious, cleaver (剁肉刀) processing improves textures, additives boost taste and a pinch of specially engineered peas and beans adds nutrient in the latest products. Still, ultra-processed substitutes seldom match animal proteins in nutritional value. Animal products, including milk, are better for children’s bone development, though lab- grown versions of meat or dairy are becoming more nutritious. Meanwhile, green-minded consumers are realizing that plant-based does not necessarily mean sustainable in that it still takes a lot to obtain raw materials. Farming almonds (杏仁) to make a milk-like drink, for example, uses huge quantities of water.
Plant-based proteins are also a tough sell in giant markets like India, where diets are already rich in plants and vegetables, or Nigera, where meat-eating is a sign of wealth. That limits their global appeal.
All these suggests that alternative proteins have far to go to replace the animal kind. The limitations may be weighing on the firms involved. Oatly’s market value has fallen by about 80% since its listing, partly because of production difficulties. That of Beyond Meat, whose burgers feature in McDonald’s latest menu, is down by 90% from its peak. Plant-based foods may no longer be only an appetizer in diets, but their maker remain one in food business.
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【答案】
The booming plant-based protein industry faces challenges. Plant-based meat can never be as nutritious as animal-produced protein. Besides, its manufacturing process is not that sustainable, for cultivating plants is resource consuming. Its sale may also meet setbacks in some countries due to their dietary habits. This uncertainty is reflected in the declining market values of relevant enterprises.
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。植物蛋白质作为替代动物蛋白质的产品在近年来逐渐受到关注，但其在营养价值、口感等方面仍有待提高。尽管在一些市场上取得了成功，但在像印度和尼日利亚这样的市场中，对植物蛋白质的需求相对较低，限制了其全球市场的扩展。因此，植物蛋白质虽然已经不再只是餐饮市场的一个附属，但其生产商仍需要在食品行业中努力摆脱小众地位。
【详解】1 要点摘录
①For years, manufacturers of plant-based protein have had trouble hacking this delicate imitation game and it seems that they are winning back a bit.
②Still, ultra-processed substitutes seldom match animal proteins in nutritional value.
③Meanwhile, green-minded consumers are realizing that plant-based does not necessarily mean sustainable in that it still takes a lot to obtain raw materials.
④Plant-based proteins are also a tough sell in giant markets like India, where diets are already rich in plants and vegetables, or Nigera, where meat-eating is a sign of wealth. That limits their global appeal.
⑤The limitations may be weighing on the firms involved. Oatly’s market value has fallen by about 80% since its listing, partly because of production difficulties. That of Beyond Meat, whose burgers feature in McDonald’s latest menu, is down by 90% from its peak.
2.缜密构思
将第1、5两个要点进行重组，将第2、3、4三个要点进行整合。
3.遣词造句
The booming plant protein industry is facing challenges.
Plant-based meat can never have the same nutritional value as animal-produced protein.
In addition, its manufacturing process is not sustainable because growing plants consumes resources.
Sales may also encounter setbacks due to the dietary habits of some countries.
This uncertainty is reflected in the declining market value of related companies.
【点睛】[高分句型1] Its sale may also meet setbacks in some countries due to their dietary habits. 句中包含介词短语作状语的结构，表达高级。
[高分句型2] This uncertainty is reflected in the declining market values of relevant enterprises.句中包含一般现在时被动语态结构以及介词短语作状语的结构，表达非常高级。
V. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English,using the words given in the brackets.
52. 我听说你的表弟是个不折不扣的“社牛”，是吗 (hear) (汉译英)
【答案】I’ve heard that your cousin is quite sociable/outgoing/is really good at socializing, isn’t he
【解析】
【详解】考查时态和短语。表示“我听说”应用I hear that，此处为现在完成时；从句主语为your cousin；表示“是个不折不扣的“社牛””可知翻译为be quite sociable/outgoing/be really good at socializing，此处为反意疑问句，为一般现在时。故翻译为I’ve heard that your cousin is quite sociable/outgoing/is really good at socializing, isn’t he
53. 长颈鹿皮肤上橙棕色的斑点使它们可以在野外隐藏自己。(…it…) (汉译英)
【答案】The orange brown spots on the skin of giraffes make it possible for them to hide themselves in the wild.
【解析】
【详解】考查名词、动词和it作形式宾语。分析句子可知，这里时态应用一般现在时，描述客观事实。表示“长颈鹿皮肤上橙棕色的斑点”应用The orange brown spots on the skin of giraffes，在本句中作主语；表示“使...可以”可用make it possible，其中it为形式宾语，possible为宾补；表示“它们在野外隐藏自己”应用for them to hide themselves in the wild，为逻辑宾语。故翻译为The orange brown spots on the skin of giraffes make it possible for them to hide themselves in the wild.
54. 和普通巴士不同，这款智能巴士可以自动规划路线，避让行人和车辆，将乘客送达目的地。(avoid) (汉译英)
【答案】Unlike regular buses, this smart bus can automatically plan routes, avoid pedestrians and vehicles, and deliver passengers to their destinations.
【解析】
【详解】考查介词、动词、副词以及时态。表示“和……不同”应用介词unlike；“普通巴士”翻译为regular buses；“这款智能巴士”翻译为this smart bus；表示“自动”应用副词automatically；“规划路线”翻译为plan routes；表示“避让”应用动词avoid；“行人和车辆”翻译为pedestrians and vehicles；表示“送”应用动词deliver；“乘客”用名词passengers表示；表示“目的地”应用名词destination。根据句意可知，本句应用一般现在时态说明该车的特性。故翻译为：Unlike regular buses, this smart bus can automatically plan routes, avoid pedestrians and vehicles, and deliver passengers to their destinations.
55. 今年参展的不少中国品牌产品通过对东方文化的深度挖掘，将传统与时尚融合，赢得了年轻一族的青睐。(integrate) (汉译英)
【答案】Many Chinese brand products exhibited this year have won the favor of the younger generation by deeply exploring Eastern culture and integrating tradition with fashion.
【解析】
【详解】考查动词、过去分词以及时态。主语Many Chinese brand products“许多中国品牌”，表示“展览”应用动词exhibit；表示“今年参展的”应用exhibited this year，过去分词作后置定语；谓语动词“赢得了年轻一族的青睐”应用win the favor of...；根据句意可知，本句应用现在完成时态，表示“通过……”应用by doing sth.，表示“挖掘”应用动词explore；表示“东方文化”应用Eastern culture；故“通过对东方文化的深度挖掘”译为by deeply exploring Eastern culture 表示“将传统与时尚融合”应用integrate tradition with fashion，与 deeply exploring Eastern culture 并列作介词by的宾语。故翻译为：Many Chinese brand products exhibited this year have won the favor of the younger generation by deeply exploring Eastern culture and integrating tradition with fashion.
VI. Guided Writing
56. Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
假设你是明启中学高三学生赵磊，你们班最近与国际伙伴校的同学们共同开展了一个团队项目，但目前的合作效果并不理想。项目负责人 Mr. Johnson 请你负责在中方同学的范围内调查原因。你发现有些同学对团队中的角色分配不满意，有些同学觉得团队沟通存在问题。请给 Mr. Johnson 写一封邮件，内容必须包括：
1. 简述同学们的反馈；
2. 向 Mr. Johnson 提出改进建议并说明理由。
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【答案】
Dear Mr. Johnson,
I have investigated the reasons behind the lack of effectiveness in our team project with our international partner school, as requested. Feedback from my Chinese classmates suggests two main issues.
Firstly, some students are dissatisfied with the role allocation within the team. They feel that roles were not assigned based on individual strengths and abilities, leading to reduced motivation and productivity.
Secondly, there are communication problems within the team. Language barriers and cultural differences make it challenging to express ideas and understand each other’s perspectives.
To improve the situation, I recommend two actions. Firstly, conduct a thorough evaluation to reallocate roles based on each student’s expertise and skills. This will ensure that everyone feels valued and can contribute effectively. Secondly, organize team-building activities and workshops on cross-cultural communication to enhance understanding among team members.
Implementing these suggestions should address the current challenges we face. Thank you for considering my recommendations. I look forward to your guidance on how to proceed.
Sincerely,
Zhao Lei
【解析】
【导语】本篇是应用文写作。你们班最近与国际伙伴校的同学们共同开展了一个团队项目，但目前的合作效果并不理想。项目负责人Mr. Johnson请你负责在中方同学的范围内调查原因，要求考生给Mr. Johnson写一封邮件汇报调查结果和提出改进建议。
【详解】1. 词汇激活
表明：suggest→show
首先：firstly→to begin with
改进：improve→promote
确保：ensure→make sure
2. 句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句：Secondly, organize team-building activities and workshops on cross-cultural communication to enhance understanding among team members.
拓展句：Secondly, organize team-building activities and workshops on cross-cultural communication, which can enhance understanding among team members.
【点睛】[高分句型1]They feel that roles were not assigned based on individual strengths and abilities, leading to reduced motivation and productivity.(that引导的宾语从句)
[高分句型2]This will ensure that everyone feels valued and can contribute effectively.(that引导的宾语从句)
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