湖南省先知高考2023-2024学年高三上学期第二次联考英语试题

这是一份湖南省先知高考2023-2024学年高三上学期第二次联考英语试题，共15页。
高三第二次联考英语(含听力)
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第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
第一节 (共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What is the woman's wish?
A.That the man drives carefully.
B. That the man isn't worried.
C.That the man won't buy the motorcycle.
2.What are the speakers doing?
A. Having a meeting. B. Talking about wars. C. Having a history class.
3. What is the woman doing?
A. Talking to Bob. B. Getting lo the clerks. C. Complaining lo the man.
4.Why does the man change the skint?
A.Because of the colour. B. Because of the size. C. Because of the slyle.
5. When will the film end?
A. At 9:45. B.At 9:30. C. At 9:15.
第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的做答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答第6、7题。
6. What are the speakers probably doing now?
A. Training for a play. B. Arguing about the lines. C. Talking about the play.
7.What do we know about the man?
A. He enjoys the performance.
B. He tries to avoid practising.
C. His father comes to pick him up.
听下面一段对话，回答第8、9题。
8.Where does the conversation take place?
A.In a newspaper office. B. In Brian's shop. C. In a basketball stadium.
9.What are the speakers going to do?
A.Watch a game. B. Drive Barbara home. C. Look at an album.
听下面一段对话，回答第10至12题。
10. What do the speakers think of writing papers?
A. Very easy. B.Normal. C. Very hard.
11.When will the woman apply for financial aid?
A.Pretty soon. B. In a few months. C.In spring.
12.Who will the woman get recommendations from?
A.Her teacher and boss. B.Her senior school teacher. C. Her boss at work.
听下面一段对话，回答第13至16题。
13. What's the probable relationship between the speakers?
A.Teacher and student. B. Fellow students. C. Mother and son.
14. How does the woman feel about the classroom?
A.Relaxing. B.Uncomfortable. C.Too large.
15. Why does the woman dislike the desks?
A.They are large. B. They are small. C.They are uncomfortable.
16. What does the man dislike about the classroom?
A.The desks. B.The blackboard. C. The chairs.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至20题。
17.Who can get better tables in the restaurants mentioned in the passage?
A. Beautiful people. B. Ordinary people. C.Ugly people.
18.Where are the non-good-looking customers usually seated?
A. In good places. B. Near the window. C.In the corners.
19.Why do the owners make such a policy?
A.To make sure the restaurants have a good image.
B.To make the restaurants popular.
C.To attract the regular customers.
20.When can the customers be seated?
A. After they book by telephone.
B. After they come to the restaurants.
C. After they become regular customers.
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Whatever your interests, Hong Kong has a museum to suit your tastes.
Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
The Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum is the city's first museum only dedicated to biodiversity. Aside from promoting environmental education and the appreciation of biodiversity, it also supports scientific research on threatened species, providing a platform for the public to learn more about the preservation and importance of biodiversity and ecosystems in our natural heritage.
Location:Pok Fu Lam Road
Open:Wed 2pm-8.45pm; Sat-Sun 10.30am-5.15pm
Hong Kong Science Museum
Occupying an exhibition area of 6,500 square meters, the Museum houses over 500 exhibits, suitable for visitors of all ages. On top of its permanent exhibitions, the Museum regularly brings in temporary and interactive exhibitions related to science and modern technology.
Location: 2 Science Museum Road
Open:Mon-Wed and Fri: 10am - 7pm,Sat-Sun and public holidays: 10am- 9pm
Fireboat Alexander Grantham Exhibition Gallery
Learn all about the history of Hong Kong's sea rescue services,and check out unique fire-fighting artifacts that are on display.
Location:Quarry Bay
Open:Mon,Wed to Sun 10am-6pm
Lei Cheng UK Han Tomb Museum
Discovered in 1955 during construction works, the declared monument is believed to be a tomb built in the Eastern Han dynasty (AD 25-220). Pop over the exhibition hall next door to see pottery and bronze wares digger from the tomb, and learn more about the history behind the monument.
Location:41 Tonkin St, Sham Shui Po
Open:Mon-Wed, Fri to Sun 10am-6pm(closed on Thursdays except public holidays)
21.Where should visitors go if they prefer doing something themselves practically?
A.Pok Fu Lam Road. B.2 Science Museum Road.
C.Quarry Bay. D.41 Tonkin St, Sham Shui Po.
22.Which museum will you visit if you are available at 12 am on Thursday?
A.Hong Kong Science Museum.
B. Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum.
C. Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum.
D. Fire-boat Alexander Grant-ham Exhibition Gallery.
23.What do the last two museums have in common?
A. They both provide guided visits.
B. They present amusing survival stories.
C.They offer the shows related to history.
D. They update visitors on the latest development.
B
When Aly Stosz was in kindergarten, she easily lowered head-and-shoulders over the rest of her class. As she continued through elementary school, her growth never slowed. When she was in high school,she began to grow slowly. Years later in 2013, Aly reached 6 feet 9 inches tall with a women's 16 shoe size.
Normal activities like shopping for clothes and shoes can be stressful for Aly because she struggles to find anything that fits properly on her. Most items that are sold as dresses end up be-coming shirts for her, and it's a miracle if a store ever has a pair of pants long enough for her legs. But, through all of these struggles, Aly has learned to embrace the body she's been given and to walk with confidence.
Loving her height wasn't always an easy thing to do. As a young girl.Aly was teased for her height and called"monster". This caused a lot of pain and struggle as she grew up and wrestled with how different she was from everyone around her. Ultimately,she realized that most people were searching for ways to stand out and be different, and here she was born with her own unique look!
These days Aly is strong and confident. She focuses on holding her head up high. She also made sure to surround herself with people who celebrate her strength and beauty. Aly's boyfriend,Sean Webb, is 6 feet 4 inches tall and says that they definitely get a lot of attention when they go out together,but it's all good attention.
Many women struggle for years to own the body they've been given and walk with the confidence. Watching this interview of Aly is inspiring and encouraging. There should be nothing standing in the way of allowing yourself to feel beautiful each and every day.
24. What was special about Aly in kindergarten?
A.She was overweight. B.She looked like a tower.
C.She wore too large shoes. D. She was taller than her classmates.
25.Why does Aly feel stressed when shopping for clothes?
A.The clothes are too expensive for her.
B. It's difficult to find clothes fit for her.
C. The items sold are too strange for her.
D. Others always watches her in a strange eye.
26. How did Aly become self-confident?
A. She accepted who she was. B. She wrestled with herself.
D. She made a tall boyfriend. C. She got on well with others.
27.What may be Aly's purpose of giving the interview?
A.To spread powerful messages of self-love.
B.To find an ideal job in the fierce competition.
C.To share how to overcome childhood bullying.
D.To express her feeling of struggling for difference.
C
Virtual reality is already widespread in entertainment and is starting to spread to fields ranging from education to health care. But while vision and hearing interfaces are extremely advanced,and touch is improving, one key sense has been missing from the virtual world: smell.
That may be about to change. Engineer Xinge Yu of the City University of Hong Kong and his colleagues have developed a lightweight, flexible and wireless olfactory(嗅觉的)interface that can precisely deliver smells such as lavender, pineapple or green tea to VR users and more fully involve them in virtual worlds with pleasant smell."Bringing smell into VR expands it into another dimension,"Yu says."We wanted to develop something in a wearable,skin-integrated format that people can go anywhere with and use anytime."
The team's design was described in a paper published on Tuesday in Nature Communications. A key advantage is that it can control smell intensity. One demonstration in the study involved in-creasing the intensity of the smell generated as a woman in a four-dimensional movie brought arose up to her nose.
The study includes demonstrations of possible applications beyond just increasing VR, including communicating messages by smell and evoking(引起)emotions. The researchers suggest the devices could even be used to lessen depressed mood or promote recall in people with age-related cognitive decline."The pleasant smell is directly connected to the emotional and memory parts of the brain, so there are a lot of applications related to well-being and health," a researcher says.
The researchers have already started shrinking things down further. They have a system that's two to three times smaller now, and they aim to shrink it to something five to 10 times smaller in the future."That's the next step,"Yu says.
28.Which sense develops slowly in the virtual world?
A.Hearing. B. Feeling. C.Sight. D. Smell.
29.What is the main strength of the new design?
A. It is light in weight. B. It is flexible and wireless.
C. It is easy to wear. D. It can command the smell concentration.
30.What's the main idea of paragraph 4?
A.To show the definition of the virtual world.
B. To describe the key content of the new research.
C.To introduce the potential uses of new technology.
D.To explain the main function of the application.
31.What will the researchers do about the device next?
A. To reduce its size. B.To change its shape.
C. To strengthen its flexibility. D. To decrease its weight.
D
Constructed from delicate,flexible and lifelike materials, soft robots have the potential to improve on their heavy and awkward,metal-bodied robots.Now a new generation of soft robots is growing and self-repairing its way to meeting researchers' high expectations.
Shepherd and his team designed a soft robot that not only heals damage but doesn't need to be told when to do so. Using fiber-optic(光纤)sensors,the robot can detect when its material has been punctured. Then it uses a hyper-elastic(超弹性的)material to quickly heal the wound. The robot is also programmed to move in a new direction after damage.Later work could expand these repairs to bigger missing parts and holes.
Another team created a soft robot that "grows" like a plant or fungus. But to grow,soft robots typically have to drag material behind them and use it to 3-D-print new structures. This can hinder(妨碍)a robot's work like dragging around a garden hose(软管)would for a person, says study co-author Chris Ellison, a University of Minnesota engineer and materials scientist.
Building soft robots that can work, heal and grow independently could change many areas of human life. Swift robots could fit into factory settings more easily if they had human like hands that could use the same tools we do, notes ETH Zurich robotics Robert Katzschmann, who was not involved in the above studies.
Soft robots could also find a place in hospitals. Working alongside nurses and doctors, a robot could help softly and safely hold organs in place during surgery."Helping hands could make medicine a bit less costly,”Katzschmann says.
"I think soft robots are an avenue to endurance and flexibility not seen before in artificial machines,"Shepherd says."With heightened sensing and motion skills,strong compositions, and newfound independence,these soft machines' future looks solid."
32.What does the underlined word"punctured" in paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Made a hole. B. Made a mistake.
C. Caused by a sharp object. D. Designed and produced.
33.Compared with traditional robots, what is special about soft robots?
A.They can walk freely like people.
B. They are self-repairing and more flexible.
C. They can operate on patients independently.
D.They use human like hands to repair machines.
34.What's Robert Katzschmann's attitude towards soft robots?
A. Supportive. B. Skeptical. C. Indifferent. D. Neutral.
35.What's the best title of the passage?
A.Old Robots Have Many Disadvantages.
B. Soft Robots Are Changing Human Life
C.New-style Robots Are Around the Comer.
D. Soft Robots Take Steps toward Independence
第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Friendships can enrich your life in many ways.Good friends teach you about yourself and challenge you to be better. 36.So how do friendships contribute to your well-being?
●Friends encourage healthy behaviors
One possible explanation for those health benefits is that friendships can help you make lifestyle changes that can have a direct impact on your well-being. For example, your friends can help you set and maintain goals to eat better and exercise more.
●__37__
If you find yourself going through a hard time, having a friend to help you through can make the transition(转变)easier.
Research also shows that happiness is contagious(有感染力的)among friends. One study of high school students found that those who were depressed were twice as likely to recover if they had happy friends. __38__.
●Friends help build your confidence
__39__.But supportive friends can help you feel more confident by offering praise when you're feeling unsure. They'll shine a light on just how amazing you are and how much you have to offer others.
●Friends push you to be your best
Great friends have the power to mold(塑造)you into the best version of yourself.40.They encourage you and push you to do better and be the person you want to be—your"ideal self".
A.Friends help you beat stress
B. Friends give you emotional support
C.They also have a positive impact on your health
D.They see you and love you for who you truly are
E. Friends can also help you cope with stressful situations
F. Everyone has self-doubts and insecurities every now and then
G.Likewise, kids were half as likely to develop depression if their friends had a "healthy mood"
第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节 完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Arsh Pal,12,started painting when he was just 8 years old. Arsh's__41__in painting began with a gift of paints and canvas(画布)that he__42__from his parents,Divya and Sanjeev Pal.
Divya's work at a local nursing home helped inspire Arsh to__43__the community. While visiting the place, he observed how__44__the residents appeared. One day,he had the idea toup lift their spirits by__45__them how to paint. His lessons became so__46__that word spread and other nursing homes began requesting Arsh as a teacher for their own residents.
He said he loved bringing__47__to others,and he wanted to do more. He decided to __48__ some of his paintings to help sick children. He reached his initial goal of__49__ $ 1,000for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital in about nine months.
He went on to sell more than $15,000 worth of__50__to support St. Jude's and other nonprofit organizations like Make-a-Wish, Compass to Care and the River view Center.
Arsh's __51__mission has got attention and praise. He enjoys painting in __52__ themes,from abstract paintings to landscapes to animal portraits. He said he receives inspiration from family trips and now wants to __53__the joy of painting to children by providing them with free art __54__.He believes that art can offer powerful healing to kids who 55with anxiety and emotional issues.
41. A. route
42. A. recovered
43.A.keep away from
44. A. lonely
45. A. passing
46. A. crucial
47. A. joy
48. A. donate
49. A. saving
50. A. artwork
51. A. repetitive
52. A. insignificant
53. A. contribute
54. A.lessons
55. A.communicate
B. trust
B. borrowed
B. give back to
B.mental
B.asking
B.ridiculous
B.fame
B. sell
B.lending
B.copies
B.selfless
B. moral
B.return
B. regulars
B.struggle
C.progress
C. received
C. make up for
C. reliable
C.teaching
C.smooth
C.luck
C.finish
C.raising
C. goods
C. risky
C. peaceful
C. spread
C. works
C. cope
D.interest
D.expected
D. try out for
D. excited
D. showing
D. popular
D. wealth
D.change
D. bringing
D.labor
D. technical
D. various
D. give
D. clerks
D. share

第二节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Mahmood, the 23-year-old British national, was one of the dozens of foreign__56__ (film-maker) who participated in a documentary-making activity held by Southwest University recently.What Mahmood focused __57__ during the trip to Chongqing is "Ren",a key idea in the thoughts of Confucius.
After taking a few hours by bus, Mahmood and his film shooting partner arrived at their final destination -- Pianyan ancient town. __58__(hide)in deep mountains, the town __59__ (bear) a history of over 300 years.Pianyan is known for its intangible cultural heritage, Tangmen Caizha,__60__dates back to the Qing Dynasty(1644-1911).
Tang Qiantai,80, is a fourth-generation inheritor(继承人)of the old craft. The senior master now volunteers__61__(teach)children in order to better preserve and revive the craft.Thanks to Tang's efforts, the Tangmen Caizha __62__(draw)more attention over recent years,becoming a major attraction for visitors to the ancient town.
Deeply touched by Tang's spirit, Mahmood speaks __63__(high) of Tang and considers the master's efforts as a vivid image of "Ren" culture.
"The spirit of 'Ren' is not only the insistence on heritage in Master Tang, 64the spirit of selflessness and dedication of Tang and__ 65__(friendly)of all the people in the town,"said the man.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 应用文写作(满分15分)
将在大熊猫基地举办的国际交流活动正在招募志愿者。假定你是李华，请你给组委会的李女土写一封电子邮件，内容包括：
1.自我介绍并提出申请：
2.个人优势；
3.表达希望
注意：
1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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第二节 读后续写(满分25分)
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
On a cold November morning,William is up a little early. He packs his own lunch in a crowded kitchen while mom and dad get breakfast on the table for the family,pack lunches for the little ones and share out instructions for after-school chores. William drops a sandwich into his backpack, says goodbye and runs into the cold, dark morning.
School is only a mile away, but William's route is almost two miles. He pulls his jacket around him, too light for the weather just like his mother warned, and heads away from the school for a few blocks. He hurries up a walkway. The lights inside the house are on, and he knows John will be waiting, that the front door will fly open just before he gets there, that he doesn't really need to walk all the way up to the porch. But he does. The door bursts open,and John runs out without a coat. William tells John to go back inside and get a coat on. John's mother says the same and holds the door open.
"Hi,William," she says, smiling. William returns the Hi,and John bounds out into the cold as if it is a summer morning. The two of them start their walk to school.
"John is a chromosome(染色体)off,just one,"his mother likes to say."But everything else about him is beautiful." John walks excitedly toward school with his best friend William.
They won't see each other much in school. John will spend most of the day in special education classes,and William will be in college-prep classes and working with the photography club after school. John will wait for him, sometimes helping move equipment. John's mother knows that high school is a short time, that William will go on to college and that John will take a very different path.
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。
Paragraph 1:
William knows this, too, but doesn't think much about the future when he's with John.
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Paragraph 2:
Having a friend can be the most important possession in life when you are in high school._____________________________________________________________________
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高三第二次联考英语(含听力)答案
附听力原文：
(Text 1)
M:I'm thinking about getting a motorcycle.
W:Are you crazy? Motorcycles are dangerous. I would be worried all the time.
M: Ill be careful.
W: I really wish you would not get one.
(Text 2)
M:So last week, we looked at some of the causes of the First World War. This week we're going to look at some of the ways the war affected Europe. Now, when did the war start, Maria?
W:In 1914.
M:Thank you, Maria. Remember, dates are really important.You have to memorize them,OK?
(Text 3)
W: May I speak with the store manager, please? One of your sales clerks was very rude to me.
M:I am very sorry to hear that. Could you please tell me which clerk?
W:His name is Bob. He works in the mornings.
M:I will talk to Bob as soon as possible.
(Text 4)
W: What can I do for you, sir?
M:You see, I bought this skirt here for my daughter. She likes the colour and style, but it's too large for her. Can I change it for a smaller one?
W:Sure. Wait a moment, please. I'll get one for you.
(Text 5)
W:I have never seen a more boring film than this. I wonder why the hero died 15 minutes just after the film began. By the way, what's the time by your watch?
M: It's 9:15.It's said that the film will be over in half an hour.
(Text 6)
M:Let's take a break.
W:What? Take a break? You haven't even learned your lines by heart yet. We should practice at least for another hour before we take a break.
M:Well, then. Excuse me. I am sorry to say this, but I can't practice any longer. My father wants me to come home early.W:You can't go. You've got to stay. No excuses. Who can play your part? It's too late to find another one to take your place.
M:Okay. Let's get down to business."The story goes like this.…."
W:I can't even hear your voice. Speak louder and clearer.
(Text 7)
W:Come on,Brain. It's time to go.
M:Just a minute. I just have to close the shop.
W:OK. But we have to hurry. Rush hours begin early on Fri-days, you know.
M:I know that. By the way, Carol,can we give my sister a ride home tonight?
W:Sure. You mean she's going to the basketball game, too?
M:Yeah. She wants to take some pictures.
W:I didn't know Barbara was interested in photography.
M:Yeah. She'd like to work for a newspaper someday.
W:But I think it might be difficult for her to succeed. There are
a lot of photographers out there.
M:My parents share your point of view. But, I think, she has a gift for that. If you look at her album, you'll know how she will make it.
(Text 8)
M:Don't you have to write papers, too?
W:Yes, those are hard. I'm not really sure what to write about.
M:I'm glad I'm not registering until the spring.
W:Yeah, my applications are due pretty soon.
M:Are you applying for financial aid?
W:Yes, but I don't have to do that until a few months from now.
M:What else do you have to do?
W:I have to get recommendations from two people.
M:Oh,really? Who will you ask?
W:I think Ill ask my senior school teacher and my boss at work.
M:Awesome! Good luck!
W:Thanks!
(Text 9)
W:Hey, do you like our classroom?
M:Yeah, it's small, clean, and new. I also like our classmates and our teacher.
W:I agree, but I would like to have more than one teacher be-cause I learn better that way.
M:So do I. I don't like having assigned seats,either.
W:I agree! I don't think the teacher should assign seats to students because I like to sit with my friends.
M: Me too. I do like our classroom, though.W:Yeah, it's small and pretty relaxing.
M:I like classrooms with fewer student because I feel like I can learn better.
W:Me too. So, what bothers you about the classroom?
M:Well, sometimes it is too hot.
(Text 10)
M:Two trendy restaurants in Paris give beautiful people better tables than ordinary people. Staff who used to work there talked to a Paris newspaper about the restaurants. They said,"The good-looking customers are led to the good places where they can be easily seen; the non-good-looking ones must be seated in the corners of the room."The rule for celebrity diners is different--whether they are pretty or ugly, old or young, they get the good tables. The waiters and waitresses also have to look good. An ex-employee said,"Anyone short, without a model's slim figure or over 30 need not apply."The owners want to make sure the restaurants have a good image so they put attractive guests in easy-to-see places. One owner visits regularly to check on his"beauty policy".If he sees a"non-attractive"person at a good table, he will tell the staff,"There are good-looking people, and you put them here; there are bad-looking people,and you put them there.”Furthermore,staff can't give a table to customers who make telephone bookings, just in case they are not beautiful. Staff decide where to seat them after they come to the restaurant according to their faces.

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21.B细节理解题。根据Hong Kong Science Museum部分中的"the Museum regularly brings in temporary and interactive exhibitions related to science and modern technology."可知，香港科学博物馆提供与科学和现代技术有关的互动展览。故选B。
22.D细节理解题。根据Fire boat Alexander Grantham Exhibition Gallery部分中的"Open:Mon,Wed to Sun 10am -6pm”可知，亚历山大·格兰瑟姆灭火轮展览馆的开放时
间为：星期一、周三至星期日上午10时至下午6时，所以周四的12点是开放的。故选D。
23.C推理判断题。根据Fire boat Alexander Grantham Exhibition Gallery部分中的"Learn all about the history of Hong Kong's sea rescue services"和Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum部分中的".and learn more about the history behind the monument"可知，这两个博物馆所展示的都是与历史有关的。故选C。
24.D推理判断题。根据第一段中的"When Aly Stosz was in kindergarten, she easily towered head-and-shoulders over the rest of her class."可知，当艾丽在学前班时，她比她的班级同学高出一头多。故选D。
25.B细节理解题。根据第二段中的"Normal activities like shopping for clothes and shoes can be stressful for Aly because she struggles to find anything that fits properly on her."可知，艾丽感觉购买衣服有压力是因为她很难找到适合她的衣服。故选B。
26.A推理判断题。根据第二段中的“But,through all of these struggles, Aly has learned to embrace the body she's been given and to walk with confidence."可知，她学会了接受自己的身体；又根据第三段中的"Ultimately,she realized that most people were searching for ways to stand out and be different, and here she was born with her own unique look!"可知，她接受了自己的样子。故选A。
27.A推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Many women struggle for years to own the body they've been given and walk with the confidence. Watching this interview of Aly is inspiring and encouraging."可知，艾丽接受采访的可能目的是传播自爱的有力信息。故选A。
28.D细节理解题。根据第一段中的“But while vision and hearing interfaces are extremely advanced, and touch is improving, one key sense has been missing from the virtual world:smell."可知，在虚拟世界中嗅觉研发是最慢的。
故选D。
29.D细节理解题。根据第三段中的"A key advantage is that it can control smell intensity."可知，新设计的关键的优点就是它能控制气味的浓度。故选D。
30.C主旨大意题。根据第四段中的"The study includes demonstrations of possible applications beyond just increasing VR…"可知，这项研究包括演示可能的应用。又根据
该段中的"The researchers suggest the devices could even be used to lessen depressed mood or promote recall….”可知，本段主要介绍的是技术的潜在用途。故选C。
31.A细节理解题。根据最后一段中的"The researchers have already started shrinking things down further..……and they aim to shrink it to something five to 10 times smaller in the future."可知，研究者们接下来会进一步减小它的大小。故选A。
32.A词义猜测题。根据下文的"Then it uses a hyperelastic(超弹性的)material to quickly heal the wound... after damage. Later work could expand these repairs to bigger missing parts and holes.”可知，治疗伤口，受伤，扩大这些修复到更大的缺失部分和洞。由此推断出该词意为“刺破，破洞”。故选A。
33.B推理判断题。根据第一段中的"Constructed from delicate, flexible and lifelike materials, soft robots …."可知，软体机器人更加灵活；又根据"Now a new generation of soft robots is growing and self-repairing its way..."以及第二段中的"Shepherd and his team designed a soft robot that not only heals damage but doesn't need to be told when to do so."可知，软体机器人与传统机器人相比，更加灵活并且能进行自我修复。第二段中也提及了软体机器人的自我修复能力。故选B。
34.A观点态度题。根据第四段中的“Building soft robots that can work, heal and grow independently could change many areas of human life. Swift robots could fit into factory set-tings more easily if they had human like hands that could use the same tools we do..."可知，Robert认为制造能够独立工作、治愈和成长的软体机器人可能会改变人类生活的许多领域。由此可知Robert对待软机器人的态度是拥护的，支持的。故选A。
35.D主旨大意题。根据第一段中的"Now a new generation of soft robots is growing and self-repairing its way to meeting researchers' high expectations."可知，新一代的软体机器人正在成长和自我修复，以满足研究人员的高期望值。又根据最后一段中的"With heightened sensing and motions kills, strong compositions, and newfound independence,these soft machines' future looks solid."可知，本文主要介绍的是软体机器人有更高的感知和运动技能、能自我修复以及新发现的的独立性，所以D项正确。
36.C根据上文的"Good friends teach you about yourself and challenge you to be better."可知，此处谈论好朋友对你的帮助，C项"它们对你的健康也有积极的影响",其中的also与上文形成递进关系，该项与下文的"So how do friendships contribute to your well-being?"衔接自然。
37.B根据下文的"having a friend to help you through can make the transition(转变)easier."和"Research also shows that happiness is contagious(有感染力的)among friends."可知，好朋友对于人们的情绪转变是有帮助的，因为happiness是属于"情绪"范畴的。B项"朋友给你情感上的支持”符合语境。
38.G根据上文的"One study of high school students found that those who were depressed were twice as likely to recover if they had happy friends."可知，对高中生的研究发现快乐
的朋友帮助抑郁的人康复的机率增大。G项“同样，如果他们的朋友有“健康的情绪”,孩子患抑郁症的可能性会降低一半。”与上文衔接，尤其是信息提示词Likewise起到关键的提示作用。
39.F根据本段的标题“Friends help build your confidence”可知该段介绍的是朋友帮助你建立自信。又根据空后的"But supportive friends can help you feel more confident by offering praise when you're feeling unsure."可知，支持的朋友能帮你感觉更加自信，与上文形成转折关系。F项“每个人都会时不时地自我怀疑和缺乏安全感”符合要求。
40.D根据“Friends push you to be your best”可知，本段主要介绍的是朋友们帮助你成为最好的自己。又根据空后的"They encourage you and push you to do better and be the person you want to be—your“ideal self"."可知，朋友们会鼓励你成为你想要成为的那个人，与D项"他们看到并爱着真实的你”与上下文构成衔接关系，而且They指代上文的"Good friends",
41.D根据上文的"Arsh Pal,12, started painting when he was just 8 years old."可知，Arsh在八岁时就开始绘画了。又根据下文的"..in painting began with a gift of paints and canvas"可知，Arsh绘画的兴趣开始于颜料和画布的礼物。故选D。
42.C根据上文的“a gift"以及下文的"from his parents”可知，这份礼物是他从父母那里收到的。故选C。
43.B根据上文的"Divya's work at a local nursing home helped inspire Arsh.."可知，Arsh的母亲在当地的养老院工作，帮助激励Arsh回馈社区。短语keep away from远离；give back to回馈；make up for弥补；try out for竞争，参加选拔。下文Arsh帮助养老院的人，也表明该题答案为B。
44.A根据下文的"One day, he had the idea to uplift their spirits.."可知，他提升养老院的居住者的精神状态，表明他们是孤独的。故选A。
45.C根据下文的"His lessons"以及".began requesting Arsh as a teacher for their own residents"可知，Arsh通过教他们如何绘画来提升他们的精神状态。故选C。
46.D根据下文的"word spread and other nursing homes began requesting Arsh as a teacher for their own residents”可知，消息传开了，其他养老院开始邀请Arsh为他们自己的居民当老师。故上文指的是Arsh的课是如此地受欢迎。故选D。
47.A上文提及Arsh通过教他们如何绘画来提升他们的精神状态。由此可知，Arsh喜欢给其他人带来快乐。故选A。
48.B根据下文的"He reached his initial goal of ...$1,000for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital in about nine months."可知，他在大约九个月里实现了他最初的目标，为圣裘德儿童研究医院筹资了$1,000。又根据下一段中的"He went on to sell…"可推知，他决定卖一些他的画来帮助患病的孩子们。故选B。
49.C根据上文的“..to help sick children”可知，帮助患病的孩子是卖画集资。raise意为"筹钱",符合语境。故选C。
50.A根据上文的"He decided to.some of his paintings to help sick children."以及"He went on to sell…."可知，此处指的是他继续卖画。故选A。
51.B上文提及Arsh卖自己的画帮助那些患病的儿童，并教养老院的人绘画。这些都是无私的任务。故选B。
52.D根据下文的"from abstract paintings to landscapes to animal portraits."可知，从抽象画、风景画至动物的画像，这表明他喜欢画各种各样的主题。故选D。
53.C根据上文的"He said he receives inspiration from family trips"以及下文的"by providing them with free art.."可知，他从家庭旅游中获得灵感，并想通过提供孩子们免费的艺术课来传播绘画的快乐。故选C。
54.A根据第二段中的"One day,he had the idea to uplift their spirits by .. them how to paint. His lessons…"可知，此处指的是提供免费的艺术课。故选A。
55.B根据上文的"offer powerful healing"与下文的“with anxiety and emotional issues"可知，此处指的是他认为艺术为那些与焦虑和情绪问题斗争的孩子们提供强有力的治疗。故选B。
56. filmmakers考查名词复数。one of后接可数名词的复数形式位于形容词foreign后，其前的dozens of后也接可数名词的复数。故填filmmakers。
57.on 考查介词。固定短语focus on意为“集中于”,故填on。
58.Hidden 考查非谓语动词。分析句子可知，该句主语为
the town,与动词hide之间为被动关系，故用过去分词作状语，因位于句首，首字母应大写。故选Hidden。
59.bears考查动词时态。该句意为：隐藏于深山之中，这个城镇经受了300多年的历史。该句陈述的是客观事实，所以用一般现在时态，因主语为单数名词the town,所以谓语动词为第三人称单数形式。故填bears。
60.which 考查关系代词。分析句子可知，is known for为该主句的谓语动词，所以该句为非限制性定语从句，dates back to前缺少主语，指代上文的表事物的名词短语Tangmen Caizha,故用which引导该从句。
61. to teach考查非谓语动词。动词volunteer后接不定式作宾语，故填to teach。
62. has drawn考查动词时态和主谓一致。根据该句的时间状语over recent years可知，该句应使用现在完成时态，主语the Tangmen Caizha为单数名词短语并与动词draw之间为主动关系，故填has drawn。
63.highly 考查副词。位于动词speak后应为副词修饰。固定短语speak highly of意为“高度赞扬”。故填highly。
64.but 考查连词。固定短语not only.but(also)..意为“不但……而且……”,连接并列的表语。故填but。
65.friendliness 考查词性转换。根据上文的"the spirit of selflessness and dedication of Tang and.."以及下文的“of all the people in the town"可知，该空应填名词形式friendliness,意为"友好"。
第四部分写作
第一节
One possible version:
Dear Miss Li,
I am Li Hua, an 18-year-old girl. I'm writing to apply to become a volunteer in International exchange activities to beheld at the Giant panda base.
I do believe I'm an ideal candidate. With an outgoing and cheerful personality, I can get along very well with people.What's more, with a good command of English, I can communicate freely with foreigners. Most importantly, I know a lot about pandas because my father work as a zookeeper who looks after pandas. I'm eager to appeal to all the people loving pandas.
I sincerely hope I will be given such a good chance.Loo-king forward to your reply.
Best regards,
Li Hua
第二节
One possible version:
William knows this, too, but doesn't think much about the future when he's with John. He takes him to the basketball games to shoot photos for the yearbook. John makes sure the equipment is safe, and he has no problem asking schoolmates to pause for photos.Everybody loves John, but few take the time to actually be his friend except William.You'll always see them walking to and from school together. It's their ritual(习惯), the one John enjoys the most.
Having a friend can be the most important possession in life when you are in high school. It means a lot more good days than bad. When the weather turns even colder, and snow floats magically out of the dark morning sky, William says “no thanks”to people who offer him a ride to school. Walking with John,chasing snowflakes and walking off smiley faces in front yards, is worth the cold. It's worth the time being with someone who is a little bit different, in a good way.