湖北省十堰市部分重点中学2022-2023学年高二下学期5月联考英语试卷（含答案）

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湖北省十堰市部分重点中学2022-2023学年高二下学期5月联考英语试卷
学校：___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、听力题
1、Which seat will the man take?
A. A window seat. B. A middle seat. C. A front seat.
2、What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Husband and wife.
B. Boss and employee.
C. Teacher and student.
3、How does Jenny feel now?
A. Annoyed. B. Delighted. C. Disappointed.
4、What's the man's problem?
A. No enough money.
B. No cars around.
C. No proper Apps.
5、Where is the breakfast served?
A. In the man's room.
B. At the pool.
C. On the first floor.
6、听下面一段材料, 回答以下小题。
1.How much did the woman pay for the shoes?
A. 100 dollars. B. 25 dollars. C. 75 dollars.
2.What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. Women's shoes. B. Online shopping. C. Shopping discount.
7、听下面一段材料, 回答以下小题。
1.What is the furniture like in the living room?
A. Cold-colored. B. Unique. C. Modern.
2.What do the speakers want to buy?
A. Pillows. B. Quilts. C. Curtains.
8、听下面一段材料, 回答以下小题。
1.Why does Jerry hesitate at first?
A. For his tight schedule.
B. For his poor singing.
C. For his bad memory.
2.Which kind of music- will Jerry choose?
A. Pop. B. Rock. C. Classic.
3.When will Jerry go to the karaoke?
A. In the evening. B. At noon. C. In the morning.
9、听下面一段材料, 回答以下小题。
1.What does the woman want the man to do?
A. Reduce the rent.
B. Fix the shower and toilet.
C. Buy a new air conditioner.
2.Who will solve the mice problem?
A. The man.
B. The man's brother.
C. The woman.
3.What does the woman complain about at last?
A. Her untidy kitchen.
B. Her dirty surroundings.
C. Her neighbor's noise.
4.What do we know about the man's brother?
A. He replaced the toilet.
B. He cleaned the house.
C. He made the noise.
10、听下面一段材料, 回答以下小题。
1.What is Pantone?
A. A company. B. A color. C. An animal.
2.What color did Pantone choose this year?
A. Red. B. Coral. C. White.
3.Why was the color of the year chosen?
It is a natural, energetic but cold color.
It is very popular among common people.
It makes people feel happy and comfortable.
4.Who is Lisa?
A. An art teacher. B. A radio host. C. A sales manager.
二、阅读理解
What Is ChatGPT?
ChatGPT is a large language model chatbot developed by OpenAI based on GPT=3.5 (Click to learn more). It has a remarkable ability to interact in a conversational dialogue form and provide responses that can appear surprisingly human. Large language models perform the task of predicting the next word in a series of words.
Is ChatGPT Free To Use?
The use of ChatGPT is currently free during the “research preview” time. The chatbot is currently open for users to try out and provide feedback on the responses so that the AI can become better at answering questions and to learn from its mistakes. However, ChatGPT is envisioned as a tool that the public will eventually have to pay to use.
How Can ChatGPT Be Used?
ChatGPT can write code, poems, songs, and even short stories in the style of a specific author. The expertise in following directions elevates ChatGPT from an information source to a tool that can be asked to accomplish a task. This makes it useful for writing an essay on virtually any topic. ChatGPT can function as a tool for generating outlines for articles or even entire novels. It will provide a response for virtually any task that can be answered with written text.
Limitations
●ChatGPT sometimes writes plausible-sounding but incorrect or nonsensical answers. Fixing this issue is challenging, as: (1) during RL training, there’s currently no source of truth; (2) training the model to be more cautious causes it to decline questions that it can answer correctly; and (3) supervised training misleads the model because the ideal answer depends on what the model knows, rather than what the human demonstrator knows.
●ChatGPT is sensitive to tweaks (微调) to the input phrasing or attempting the same prompt multiple times. For example, given one phrasing of a question, the model can claim to not know the answer, but given a slight rephrase (重新措辞), it can answer correctly.
●While we’ve made efforts to make the model refuse inappropriate requests, it will sometimes respond to harmful instructions or exhibit biased behavior. We’re using the Moderation API to warn or block certain types of unsafe content, but we expect it to have some false negatives and positives for now. We’re eager to collect user feedback to aid our ongoing work to improve this system.
11、Which of the following tasks can NOT be performed by ChatGPT?
A. Writing a poem. B. Drawing a painting.
C. Writing a song. D. Creating a short story in O. Henry’s style.
12、What can we know about ChatGPT?
A. It only gives true answers.
B. It is free of charge at the moment.
C. Its limitations are easy to overcome.
D. It can respond to harmful questions sometimes.
13、Where is the text probably taken from?
A. A website. B. A brochure. C. A leaflet. D. A novel.
Over the course of the pandemic, the landscape of education has greatly changed, but that hasn’t kept one brilliant girl whose dreams have never been earthbound from reaching for the stars.
While most pre-teens are facing the challenges of middle school, at age 12, Alena Analeigh has already earned her high school diploma and is set to attend Arizona State University via remote learning.
With a planned double major in astronomical science and chemistry, Alena’s goal is to become a NASA engineer by the time she’s 16, where she hopes to employ her extraordinary skills to build rovers (火星车) like the ones sent to Mars on missions.
“I’ll be driving one of those future space mobiles by the time I graduate from college,” she told ABC News. A distant goal, perhaps. But according to Alena’s mother, Daphne, her daughter had already set her sights on a career with the space agency when she was a little girl. “She would always say, ‘Mom, I’m going to work for NASA,’” Daphne told ABC News. “Then she would start saying, ‘I’m going to be the youngest black girl to ever work for NASA.’”
Alena’s space journey began with her early interest in Lego building toys, from which she built complex models of everything from the Taj Mahal and the Disney castle to the Apollo II rover and a NASA rocket. While building Lego toys, she learned to bring her imaginations to completion. That is mainly what enables this talent to get closer and closer to her life goal, and her smart scientific mind has led Alena to be a sharp observer in other fields of life as well.
Alena sees different opportunities in STEM (short for science, technology, engineering and math) for women and people of color. She hopes to serve as an example to other girls—they shouldn’t let the opinions of others keep them from going after their own dreams. “It doesn’t matter what your age is or what you’re planning to do,” she told ABC News. “Go for it; dream and then achieve it.”
14、How is Alena different from most pre-teens?
A. She attends high school via remote learning.
B. She is already qualified for higher education.
C. She has got the chance to set foot on Mars.
D. She teaches her friends to build rover models.
15、What does Alena’s mother say about Alena’s career goal?
A. It took root very early. B. It sounds unrealistic.
C. It was once destroyed. D. It proves challenging.
16、What can we learn about Alena from paragraph 5?
A. She has designed best-selling toys. B. Her enthusiasm for Lego toys fades.
C. She likes traveling around the world. D. Her interest prepares her for her life goal.
17、What message does the story seem to convey?
A. Fame is a great thirst of the young. B. Success means seizing opportunities.
C. Interest and ambition urge one forward. D. Experience helps to promote excellence.
Dolphins are social and intelligent animals. And, like the way humans maintain relationships by hugging or giving a handshake, dolphins breathe together at the same time when they come up from the water for air. This shared act is important for creating social connections. But sharing the same air and area is also spreading an infectious and deadly disease among the dolphins.
Janet Mann and other scientists are trying to understand the virus. They discovered it in the water off the American states of Virginia and Maryland. It is now spreading to other Atlantic coast dolphins.
Mann explains that the dolphin virus is in the lungs. “When dolphins breathe together at the surface, they’re sharing tiny droplets just like we do when we’re talking with each other,” she said.
During her 35 years of studying dolphins, Janet Mann has noticed that even though dolphins have close friends, they visit other dolphins and leave the groups often. Following the social lives of dolphins in the Chesapeake Bay has permitted researchers to identify over 2,000 dolphin individuals. They can remember them by their special shapes and markings on their back fins.
Two researchers, Melissa Collier and Ann-Marie Jacoby, saw two dolphins. A third dolphin joined his friends. All three dolphins came to the surface of the water and breathed together. “This is typical, male behavior. The males stay pretty coordinated (协调) with each other. The females sync (同步), but not as regularly. They syne mostly with their offspring (幼崽).” Mann says. This behavior pattern might explain why more male dolphins have died in the most recent outbreak of the virus.
Viruses are naturally occurring in the wild, but human activities in the ocean can make the virus worse by wakening environments and populations even more. Pollution from carbon and plastics, limited food sources, along with ocean warming from climate change, harm the animals. These factors weaken the dolphins’ immune systems. “So, they are extremely vulnerable （脆弱的, 易受伤的）to virus outbreaks.” Mann says.
18、What are Mann and other scientists trying to do?
A. Record the dolphins’ social habits.
B. Increase the population of dolphins.
C. Compare the viruses among dolphins.
D. Study the spread of the virus among dolphins.
19、What does the underlined word “them” in paragraph 4 refer to?
A. Researchers. B. Close friends.
C. The social lives of dolphins D. Over 2,000 dolphin individuals.
20、Why did more male dolphins die in the recent outbreak of the virus?
A. They absorbed more air than females.
B. They did more social activities together.
C. They came to the surface of the water more
D. They were more vulnerable to viruses.
21、Which is a cause of the decline in dolphins’ immune system?
A. Ocean warming. B. Dolphins breathing together.
C. Researchers studying dolphins. D. The growing population of dolphins.
Technology usually distracts us from nature. But now technology is “offering us an opportunity to listen to nonhumans in powerful ways, reviving our connection to the natural world,” wrote professor Karen Bakker in her new book, The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals.
All around the animal kingdom, there are sounds that we struggle to pick up and understand. Elephants, for example, communicate with each other using infrasound (次声波), a sound frequency far below our human hearing range. Coral (珊瑚) in the ocean also communicates with each other through sound waves, with one purpose being to attract baby coral to areas where it can successfully grow. This is a shocking fact as coral doesn’t have any ears! Scientists have placed listening devices in these environments to pick up sounds humans are normally unable to detect.
After the sounds are recorded, AI is then able to determine their meaning, according to the news website Vox. There are now whole databases of whale songs and honeybee dances. Bakker wrote that one day this information could be turned into “a zoological version of Google Translate”. One animal language Bakker wrote about is that of the elephant. She explained how elephants “have a different signal for honeybee, which is a threat, and a different signal for human,” in an interview with Vox. “Moreover, they distinguish between threatening humans and non-threatening humans,” she said.
Technology can not only understand the animals, but also communicate back to them. For example, bees use dances to communicate to their peers where to go in search of nectar(花蜜), A research team in Germany, therefore, plugged the bee language AI database system into a robot bee, allowing the robot to create a dance routine that can tell the bees which direction to move, Vox reported. Whereas in the past language creation had been limited to mainly apes(类人猿), with there being many examples of chimpanzees(黑猩猩) having been taught sign language to communicate with humans, this new technology now allows humans to socialize with different animals throughout the animal kingdoms.
22、What can we know about coral from paragraph 2?
A. They communicate through infrasound.
B. They have no ears and cannot pick up sound.
C. Their sounds are within our range of hearing.
D. Sound waves help baby coral choose their home.
23、Which of the following animals have different reactions for different objects?
A. Elephants. B. Coral. C. Whales. D. Honeybees.
24、What did researchers create the robot bee for?
A. collecting more bee dances B. showing direction to bees
C. learning the language of bees. D. helping bees search for their friends.
25、Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. Animals interact with each other through technology
B. Technology always distracts people from nature
C. Communicating with animals via AI
D. Humans socialize with chimpanzees
三、七选五
26、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。
Every single time you step outside your comfort zone, you attract abundance to you. ①______. Here are a few ways to help you step outside your comfort zone and into your vast power:
1. Be clear on your why
Before stepping outside your comfort zone, be clear on why you want to do so. ②______. The “why” is what will keep you focused and connected to your vision and keep you motivated if you are met with any challenges or obstacles.
2. Remove excuses
Excuses are nothing more than a form of self-sabotage.（自我懈怠） ③______. But we must expose our excuses for what they really are: an expression of our fear and doubt. They come out to hold us back from moving forward and stepping into our power when we subconsciously feel that we are not yet ready for greatness. The way to remove excuses is to question every aspect of them. By questioning them, we take away their power.
3. ④______
When we step outside our comfort zone, everything will be new, which means that inevitably we will be faced with some obstacles to overcome.
Challenges are an unavoidable part of life and, rather than seeing them as limitations, I urge you to begin to see them as gifts and opportunities. Challenges give us the chance to show up for ourselves, to learn something new, to build strength, knowledge, and adaptability. ⑤______. Make a choice, right now, to be guided by challenges that you may face instead of being put off by them. In doing so, you send a message to the universe that says, “I am stronger than the challenge I am faced with,” and then the universe will reward your self-belief with abundance.
A. Get rid of challenges
B. They give us an “out”
C. Don’t give up when faced with challenges
D. You will be required to step outside your comfort zone
E. The “why” is what will drive you through the discomfort
F. This is because magic happens outside your comfort zone
G. Challenges push us in new directions and give us new perspectives
四、完形填空（15空）
Actor Anthony Anderson has realized a dream 30years in the making. The 51-year-old 1 a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Howard University last week. “It was all a dream!” Words fail to 2 the feeling I’m having right now,” Anderson wrote on a social media platform. “My proudest moment is a sense of 3 —finishing what I started many years ago.”
Anderson finished his junior year at Howard 30 years ago. 4 some financial difficulties, he had to ask for a 5 from school. He worked hard to make a 6 . Later he started a family and his career 7 . He played the starring roles in many films and became a 8 . The following years he was occupied in his work and didn’t return to school. It was something he always felt 9 about— until his son, Nathan, gained 10 to Howard four years ago. That inspired his longing for university study, so he was 11 to go back and finish his degree. “This spring I was 12 able to finish the work to graduate from Howard University,” Anderson said. He marked it as a 13 by calling it “a full-circle moment” and 14 his fans,” It’s never too late. Things happen when they’re supposed to happen!” Anderson, now a father of two, plans to 15 his education and go to graduate school for a master’s degree.
27、A. received B. took C. deserved D. held
28、A. cause B. give C. describe D. hide
29、A. wonder B. identity C. completion D. belonging
30、A. in terms of B. with regard to
C. by comparison with D. on account of
31、A. reward B. favor C. job D. break
32、A. priority B. living C. promotion D. reputation
33、A. took off B. started over C. slowed down D. pulled up
34、A. hit B. leader C. singer D. director
35、A. confused B. upset C. anxious D. regretful
36、A. assistance B. admission C. invitation D. permission
37、A. willing B. cautious C. determined D. satisfied
38、A. eventually B. gradually C. obviously D. temporarily
39、A. bonus B. milestone C. dreamland D. affection
40、A. warned B. taught C. commanded D. reminded
41、A. record B. acquire C. further D. finish
五、短文填空
42、阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
15th Guizhou Tea Industry Expo kicks off in Zunyi
The 15th Guizhou Tea Industry Expo ①_____ (hold) in Zunyi, Southwest China's Guizhou province, from April 15 to 17 this year.
Since its launch in 2009, the Guizhou Tea Industry Expo ②_____ (become) a well-known exhibition in the area, attracting government officials, experts, purchasers, and dealers from both inside ③_____ outside the province.
The expo has greatly promoted Guizhou's tea industry, improving its brand awareness, reputation, and influence.
This year's expo was held both online and onsite ④_____ (promote) the tea industrial chain, tea tourism, and tea culture in Guizhou. This approach is expected to ⑤_____ (far) expand the influence of the expo.
More than 400 companies from all over the country participated in the expo onsite. Various ⑥_____ (type) of teas and specialty agricultural products were displayed, allowing guests and merchants to taste and purchase tea products from different regions of Zunyi.
The expo also featured an intangible cultural heritage exhibition area ⑦_____ showcased the culture of Guizhou tea. At the expo, intangible cultural heritage practitioners demonstrated the tea-roasting process while promoting and explaining the heritage culture, ⑧_____ (attract) many people eager for a taste of Guizhou tea.
As a major part of Guizhou's culture, tea culture continues to play ⑨_____ essential role in promoting the tea industry. Events such as the tea expo help preserve and promote tea culture, ⑩_____ (enhance) the brand awareness and reputation of Guizhou tea.
六、书面表达
43、上周末, 你和班级同学去红星社区参加了一次捡垃圾志愿活动, 受到了社区居民的称赞。请你为校英文报写一篇短文, 介绍这次活动。内容包括：
1.时间、地点；2.活动过程；3.个人感受。
注意：1、词数80左右；2、可适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。
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七、读后续写
44、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。
Once in a school, about 50 students from different junior high schools formed a new high school class. The class was made up of active and outstanding young students but the problem was that they wouldn’t share information to solve learning problems with each other and it was a headache. For instance, each of them wanted to achieve good results, but they did not want to let others know their learning progress and their own advantages, nor did they want to expose their weaknesses.
So one day, Michelle, headmaster of the class, invited them to an event. In this event, there were several fun activities organized for everyone.
For one of the activities, Michelle brought the class into a classroom which had 50 desks and envelopes of the same quantity with names on them. The students found their own envelopes and made them in the corresponding positions. Everyone was excited and was wondering what kind of activity it would be.
Michelle took a few minutes to say, “Each of you picks up the envelope in front of you and solves the problems in it by yourself. Let me divide the class into several groups, and the list is shown on the blackboard. The group that solves all the problems first wins. ”
Everyone immediately picked up a pen and began to work on the problem. All of them were absorbed because they were competitive. Solving difficult problems is an attractive thing for those who love learning. However, even after 20 minutes only a few scattered (分散的) students were able to finish the problems. They didn’t give up and were thinking long and hard to solve the problems. Michelle came and told them that this round was over and everyone should go for next round of activity.
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。
For next round, Michelle told them to change their way of solving difficult problems.
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At the end of this round, Michelle came and saw the students talking and laughing happily.
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参考答案
1、答案：B
解析：M: Here's my passport. My flight is CA982 to Beijing. Could I get a window seat?
W: I'm sorry, but we only have middle seats now.
2、答案：A
解析：W: Sweet heart, I'm at the door, but I left my keys at the office. I thought I had taken them with me.
M: Oh, it doesn't matter. Don't worry. Just wait there. I'll be home in 30 minutes.
3、答案：B
解析：M: Hi, Jenny, welcome to the company. I'm Mike, your manager.
W: Hi, it's nice to meet you. I'm excited to get started!
M: Here's your desk. If you have any questions, you can ask me.
4、答案：A
解析：W: It's raining really hard, but I don't see any taxis around.
M: Let's use an app to call for a car. OK, the driver is 5 minutes away. But there is no balance in my WeChat account now and I don't have any cash.
5、答案：C
解析：M: I'd like a twin room with Wi-Fi. Does the room come with breakfast?
W: OK. The breakfast is served in the dining room on the first floor from 7 to 10 am. There's also a pool and gym that you can use on the second floor.
6、答案：1-2 CA
解析：W: Hey Daniel, look at my shoes! I got them online. They were 25% off. The original price is 100 dollars. I think you should buy one pair for your wife, too. It's a real bargain.
M: Good idea. The shoes are pretty nice indeed. I should buy one pair online. It is much cheaper and shopping online is very convenient. Oh, they send everything swiftly too.
7、答案：1-2 CC
解析：W: Do you have any ideas about how to decorate the bedroom, Jason?
M: Similar to the living room: modern furniture and warm colors.
W: Okay, I can live with that. So what do we need to buy?
M: We already have pillows and quilts, so we'll need some blankets.
W: We should get new curtains and a lamp too.
M: I'll make a list.
8、答案：1-3 BAA
解析：W: Hey, Jerry, all of us are going to karaoke this weekend. Want to join?
M: Um ...I'm not really a good singer.
W: Who cares? None of us are good at singing. We just want to have fun!
M: I'm worried that I won't know any of the songs.
W: They have all kinds of music. You can select pop, rock, whatever you want.
M: I like pop very much, but I can't sing a complete song.
W: Never mind. Many people will sing only a part of a song.
M: Really?
W: Of course. Don't be shy. Come on!
M: Okay, I'll join you guys. Should we get some food first?
W: No need. We booked a private room and can order food there.
M: Cool. When will you get started?
W: From 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
M: Alright. I've got a few things to do in the afternoon, but I'll join you guys after.
W: Great. You will look so cool with a microphone.
9、答案：1-4 BBCC
解析：W: Hi, Rob! Did I catch you at a bad time?
M: Not at all, Kelly. What can I do for you?
W: Well, both the shower and the toilet started leaking this week.
M: Okay, I'll ask my brother to go to take a look.
W: Thank you. Also the air conditioner is broken again. It is the third time this month.
M: Are you sure you're using it correctly?
W: I'm sure! But I'm not sure that it can be repaired. You might need to replace it. I can't stand the heat.
M: Right, I'll ask my brother to take a look.
W: Okay. Also I discovered some mice in the kitchen. It frightened me last night.
M: Maybe you're just not keeping it neat and tidy.
W: I assure you, I am! Can you come to solve them? I'm really scared.
M: Well, then I'll send my brother over with some chemicals.
W: Great. By the way, I want to make a noise complaint about the neighbors. I can't sleep well at night. Would you ask your brother to talk to them?
M: That might be a little difficult.
W: Why's that?
M: Because my brother is your neighbor.
10、答案：1-4 ABCB
解析：W: Hey guys! Welcome back to our channel. It's Lisa here. Do you guys miss me? Today I'm going to talk about color. What I'm gonna talk about is not a common color like white, red, etc. It's a very special one. Every year a company called Pantone picks a new trendy color. This year's color is coral! It's not a very easy word to say, so let's practice. First say [kɔr] like "core" and then say [əl], "coral". Coral is an orangey-pink. So, it's a little orange and a little pink. Corals are beautiful sea animals. There are many different colored corals, but the orangey-pink ones are the most popular. Pantone picked it because it's a very warm and natural color. It makes people feel comfortable. Coral is also a happy and energetic color. Pantone wants to bring coral into your daily life. Some coral cushions on the sofa may work. Or perhaps you can buy a coral lipstick. If you want to get together with your friends, a coral dress will be a smart choice. Would you like to have coral in your life？Or, maybe you're not a fan of coral. What's your favorite color？Let us know in the comments. Thanks for listening！Catch you again next time.
11、答案：B
解析：细节理解题。根据"ChatGPT can write code, poems, songs, and even short stories in the style of a specific author."使用排除法可得出答案。
12、答案：B
解析：细节理解题。根据The use of ChatGPT is currently free during the "research preview" time.可得出答案。
13、答案：A
解析：考查文章出处 ChatGPT is a large language model chatbot developed by OpenAI based on GPT=3.5(Click to learn more).可得出答案。click"点击"。
14、答案：B
解析：细节理解题。 根据第二段“While most pre-teens are facing the challenges of middle school, at age 12,Alena Analeigh has already earned her high school diploma and is set to attend Arizona State University via remote learning in May.(当大多数十几岁的孩子都在面临初中的挑战时，12岁的阿丽娜·阿娜莉已经获得了高中文凭，并将在5月份通过远程学习进入亚利桑那州立大学）”可知，和大多数十几岁的孩子不同，12岁的Alena已经获得高中文凭并拥有了上大学的资格。故选B项。
15、答案：A
解析：细节理解题。 根据第四段“But according to Alena's mother, Daphne, her daughter had already set her sights on a career with the space agency when she was a little girl.(但据阿菜娜的母亲达芙妮所说，她的女儿还是个小女孩的时候就已经把目光投向了航天局）”可知，Alena很早之前就有了自己的职业目标。故选A项。
16、答案：D
解析：推理判断题。根据第五段“Alena's space journey began with her early interest in Lego building toys. from which she built complex models of everything from the Taj Mahal and the Disney castle to the Apollo 11 rover and a NASA rocket. While building Lego toys, she learned to bring her imaginations to completion. That is mainly what enables this talent to get closer and closer to her life goal,(问菜娜的太空之旅始于她早期对乐高积木玩具的兴趣，她用乐高积木建造了各种复杂的模型，从泰姬陵、迪士尼城堡到阿波罗11号火星车和美国宇航局的火箭。在制作乐高玩具时，她学会了将自己的想象力发挥到极致。那是主要的让这个天赋越来越接近她的人生目标的原因）”可推知，Alena的兴趣爱好让她为自己的人生目标作好了准备。故选D项。
17、答案：C
解析：推理判断题， 根据第三段“...Alena's goal is to become a NASA engineer by the time she's 16...(阿菜娜的目标是在16岁时成为美国宇航局的一名工程师)”可知，Alena是一个有抱负，有雄心壮志(ambitious)的青年；根据最后一段“She hopes to serve as an example to other girls — they shouldn't let the opinions of others keep them from going after their own dreams. 'It doesn't matter what your age is or what you're planning to do.' she told ABC News. 'Go for it, dream and then achieve it'(她希望为其他女孩树立一个榜样—她们不应该让别人的意见阻碍她们追求自己的梦想。她告诉ABC新闻：“这与你的年龄或你打算做什么无关。大胆去做，梦想，然后实现它。”）”可推断，Alena是鼓舞人心的，有激励作用的（inspiring)人。故选C项。
18、答案：D
解析：细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句和第二段第一句可知，共享相同的空气和区域也在海豚中传播一种可传染性的致命的疾病。珍妮特·曼恩和其他科学家正试图了解这种病毒。
19、答案：D
解析：猜测词义题。根据前一句可得出答案。
20、答案：B
解析：推理判断题。根据第五段可知雄性海豚更爱交朋友的行为模式导致了在最近的病毒爆发中有更多的雄性海豚死亡。
21、答案：A
解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段"Pollution from carbon and plastics, limited food sources, along with ocean warming from climate change, harm the animals. "可采用排除法得出选项A。
22、答案：D
解析：细节理解题。直接定位到第二段Coral(珊瑚)in the ocean also communicates with each other through sound waves 可知D正确。
23、答案：A
解析：细节理解题。根据 She explained how elephants "have a different signal for honeybee, which is a threat, and a different signal for human," in an interview with Vox.大象根据不同的对象发出不同的信号。所以答案是A。
24、答案：B
解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段A research team in Germany, therefore, plugged the bee language AI database system into a robot bee, allowing the robot to create a dance routine that can tell the bees which direction to move, Vox reported.可知，创造robot bee是为了给蜜蜂指明方向。所以选B。
25、答案：C
解析：主旨大意题。根据第一段 But now technology is "offering us an opportunity to listen to nonhumans in powerful ways, reviving our connection to the natural world," wrote professor Karen Bakker in her new book, The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals.可知，文章主要讲的是人们通过科技跟大自然交流。所以选C。
26、答案：①-⑤ FEBCG
解析：①根据第一句Every single time you step outside your comfort zone, you attract abundance to you可知，每一次你踏出舒适区，你都会收获很大。F解释了原因。即奇迹会发生在你的舒适区外。
②根据小标题1.Be clear on your why 可知，这一段讲的是为什么要这样做。所以选E。
③根据第三段第一句Excuses are nothing more than a form of self-sabotage.（自我懈怠）可知,借口只不过是自我懈怠。B选项的they指代的就是excuses,他们就是来阻碍我们前进的。
④小标题。祈使句，这一段是让我们直面挑战，而不是去除挑战。When we step outside our comfort zone, everything will be new, which means that inevitably we will be faced with some obstacles to overcome.所以选C。
⑤此空仍然在讲挑战的好处，所以G符合。
27、答案：A
解析：根据下文中的"able to finish the work to graduate from Howard University"可知,此处表示51岁的安东尼.安德森于上周拿到了（received)霍华德大学美术学位。deserve"值得"。
28、答案：C
解析：根据语境可知，安德森拿到学位后心里的激动无法用语言描述。describe"描述，形容"。
29、答案：C
解析：根据空后的"finishing what I started many years ago"可知，安德森因完成了很多年前开始的学业有了圆满感。completion"完满；完成；结束"，复合语境。a sense of wonder"惊奇感，好奇感"；a sense of identity"认同感"；a sense of belonging"归属感"。
30、答案：D
解析：由于经济上的困难，安德森不得不请求休学。in terms of"谈及；就……而言"；with regard to"关于；至于"；by/in comparison with"与……相比较"；on account of"由于；因为"。
31、答案：D
解析：参见上题解析。reward"奖励；回报；报酬"；favor"帮助"；break"中断，暂停"。

32、答案：B
解析：安德森努力工作以谋生。living"生计，谋生"符合语境。priority"优先权；当务之急；优先考虑的事"；promotion"提升；晋升"；reputation"名声；名誉"。
33、答案：A
解析：根据下文中的"He played the starring roles in many films"可知，他的事业取得了成功。take off"（产品；活动；事业等）腾飞，突然成功"，符合语境。start over"重新开始"；slow down"放慢；减速"；pull up"(使)停下(住)"。
34、答案：A
解析：根据空前的"He played the starring roles in many films and became a"可知,安德森很受欢迎。hit"很受欢迎的人（或事物）"，符合语境。
35、答案：D
解析：安德森一直为没能返回学校感到遗憾。regretful"遗憾的"，符合语境。confused"困惑的；感到迷惑的"；upset"不安的；心烦意乱的"；anxious"焦虑的；急切的"。
36、答案：B
解析：根据语境可知，四年前，安德森的儿子Nathan被霍德华大学录取(admission)。assistance"帮助；援助"；invitation"邀请，受邀"；permission"准许；许可"。
37、答案：C
解析：安德森决定重回校园完成学业。determined"决心，决定"。
38、答案：A
解析：根据语境可知，今年春天安德森终于(eventually）完成学业从霍德华大学毕业。gradually"逐渐地；逐步地"；obviously"显然；明显地"；temporarily"短暂地；暂时地；临时地"。
39、答案：B
解析：安德森称这里是一个里程碑。milestone"重要事件，重要阶段；里程碑"。bonus"奖金；津贴：红利"；affection"喜爱；喜欢"。
40、答案：D
解析：根据语境可知，安德森提醒他的仰慕者说："（学习）永远不晚"。remind"提醒"。warn"提醒；警告"；command"命令；指挥"。
41、答案：C
解析：根据下文中的"go to graduate school for a master's degree"可知，安德森计划继续深造。further"促进，增进"。
42、答案：was held； has become；and；to promote；further；types；that/which；attracting；an；enhancing
解析：①考察动词被动语态。
②考察动词时态。
③考察连词。
④考查非谓语动词中的不定式做目的状语。
⑤考查比较级。
⑥考查名词复数形式。
⑦考查定语从句。
⑧考查非谓语动词。
⑨考查冠词。
⑩考查非谓语动词。
43、答案：
Last weekend witnessed our active participation in the community service.
As scheduled, we gathered at the school gate on Sunday morning and set out at eight for Hongxing Community, where we were to pick up litter. Upon arrival, we were divided into small groups and each was responsible for a separate area. Wearing protective gloves and masks, we began to collect the visible litter. Although hot and tired, seeing the neighborhood neat and clean, we were more than delighted.
We were praised by people in the community. We also learnt how to sort out different types of waste. It was a rewarding experience.
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44、答案：
For next round, Michelle told them to change their way of solving difficult problems. He required everyone to find their own group members to discuss and solve the problems together. Initially, they felt reluctant to do so. Then, one group took the lead and began to debate heatedly. Gradually, other groups followed suit. Each member aired their own opinion and they made every effort to figure out the most suitable solutions to the problems, thus completing the task much more quickly than expected. Delightedly, they all had a sense of achievement.
At the end of this round, Michelle came and saw the students talking and laughing happily. He felt satisfied with what they did. He said, "We can now understand that we are much more efficient when willing to share our views with other students. We are better problem solvers by working together, not individually." Meanwhile, the students were touched and inspired, for they had been isolating themselves from other students. If it had not been for this event, they wouldn't have realized that they should cooperate and cultivate team spirit to achieve their goals.
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