2025泰州中学高二上学期11月期中考试英语含答案

这是一份2025泰州中学高二上学期11月期中考试英语含答案，共13页。试卷主要包含了5分，满分7等内容，欢迎下载使用。

（考试时间：120分钟；总分：150分）
命题人：范海蓉 审题人：袁翠萍
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. Why des the man prbably feel uncmfrtable?
A. He has an unpleasant c-wrker. B. He gets tired f wrk. C. He is starting t get sick.
2. What will Tara d tday?
A. Play a vide game.B. Visit a friend.C. Hld a party.
3. Why des the wman want the man’s seat?
A. T avid the crwds.B. T charge her laptp. C. T get clse t the dr.
4. What is the weather like nw?
A. Very clear.B. A bit cludy.C. Extremely rainy.
5. What is the wman prbably ding?
A. Playing a vide game. B. Listening t a new sng. C. Trying ut the headphnes.
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秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What did Jessica d tnight?
A. She perfrmed singing.B. She played the pian.C. She had a dance.
7. What was the man’s pinin f Jessica’s perfrmance?
A. It was her best ever.B. It was full f energy.C. It was slightly disappinting.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What are the speakers mainly talking abut?
A. A science fictin stry.B. An underwater discvery.C. A persnal diving experience.
9. When was the cause f the circle patterns identified?
A. In 1995.B. In 2012.C. In 2017.
10. What causes the circle patterns t appear?
A. Animal behavir.B. Human activities.C. Ocean mvements.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. Where des the cnversatin prbably take place?
A. In a museum.B. In a histry class.C. In a bedding stre.
12. Why were hard pillws preferred accrding t the wman?
A. They brught wealth.B. They imprved sleep.C. They were easy t keep clean.
13. What culd the sleeping tiger pillw als be used as in the past?
A. A hiding place.B. A ft warmer.C. An art bject.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. What is the wman’s jb?
A. An engineer.B. An ffice manager.C. An artist.
15. Where did the man draw his inspiratin?
A. Frm ld films.B. Frm fantasy bks.C. Frm AI technlgy.
16. What is the man trying t invent?
A. A time clck system.B. A time machine.C. A time tracker.
17. Hw will the man’s inventin wrk?
A. By nly pushing the buttns. B. By nly charging it regularly. C. By nly creating the wrksheets.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. Wh is Sarah?
A. The speaker’s wife.B. The speaker’s bss.C. The speaker’s ld friend.
19. Why did the speaker visit Liverpl?
A. His dctr was living there. B. The trip was a birthday surprise. C. He needed t change planes there.
20. Which experience in the U. K. did the speaker like best?
A. Visiting The Beatles Stry Museum.
B. Meeting his favrite band member.
C. Having a meal n a special street.
第二部分：阅读理解 （共两节，满分42.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Teacher Leticia Denya stands at the frnt f her classrm, at Natchaug Elementary Schl. Her first-graders sit n the reading blanket.
“Last week, we wrked with ur puppets （玩偶） and learned a new strategy called belly-breathing,” Denya says. “Tday, we’re gnna learn hw t shake ut the yuck.”
The children are quiet. They lve this part, when they get t watch a vide--with puppets. “Yuck is all thse heavy feelings. Like when I’m nervus r scared r bth, I imagine thse feelings are stuck all ver me,” ne puppet says. “And then I shake them ff, like this...” She playfully shakes her bdy like a wet dg. The kids can barely cntain their excitement. Denya invites them t shake it ut.
The five-minute vide Denya’s students watch is part f a series prduced thrugh a new pilt prgram called Feel Yur Best Self, r FYBS. Each vide is built arund a simple strategy t help kids recgnize and manage their feelings.
“It’s taking what we knw wrks,” says Emily Ivin, a trained schl psychlgist wh’s part f the FYBS team. What wrks, Ivin says, is smething called cgnitive behaviral therapy, which invlves varius practical skill-building, including learning t change negative thinking patterns, better understand thers’ mtivatins and face fears. Fr instance, in ne vide, called “Push The Cluds”, children are encuraged t visualize their sad feelings as dark strm cluds and t imagine pushing thse cluds away.
Fr this current prgram at Natchaug, Denya’s first-graders als get t make their wn puppets. Denya invites the children t slide their puppets nt their hands and asks hw the puppets are feeling. Many children exclaim （喊到）, “Excited!” One little girl--Navayah--raises her hand and tells Denya that, when she shwed up t schl this mrning, “I was sad and nervus.” It turns ut that this was Navayah’s first day at Natchaug. It’s a gd thing that it started with learning hw t shake ut the yuck. “I’m feeling better!” Navayah says. She’s made tw friends.
“Teaching students t manage their emtins can have a great influence,” says Denya. “This kind f harmny is shwing up schl-wide.”
21. What des the authr intend t illustrate by describing Denya’s class?
A. A cgnitive behaviral therapy.
B. An enjyable hbby shared by students.
C. A nvel teaching methd f managing emtins.
D. An effective way t catch students’ attentin in class.
22. What can we infer abut the FYBS prgram accrding t Ivin?
A. It is nature-inspired.B. It is science-backed.
C. It is puppet-fcused.D. It is technlgy-based.
23. Why des the authr mentin the example f Navayah?
A. T prve the psitive impact f the FYBS prgram.
B. T intrduce students’ respnses t the new technlgy.
C. T highlight the necessity f using puppets in teaching.
D. T shw the advantage f Natchaug Elementary Schl.
24. What may be the best title fr the text?
A. Instructive skill-building plansB. Scial-emtinal learning puppets
C. Cmpetent teacher Leticia DenyaD. A new strategy t prmte harmny
B
If yu’ve ever used bluetth, Wi-Fi r gtten driving directins frm Ggle Maps, take a mment t say thanks t Hedy Lamarr.
The Austrian-American actress, wh was nce called the “mst beautiful wman in the wrld”, was brn in Austria in 1914, and made her way t Hllywd in 1937, where she starred in sme highly acclaimed （受到赞扬的） films. Beynd being an actress, thugh, Lamarr was a pineering inventr. She was disinterested in partying and scializing with her wrkshp. Her inventins ranged frm a tablet that culd disslve in water and transfrm it int a sda drink, t an imprved design fr traffic lights.
By far, her mst significant inventin was sparked by her desire fr helping America win a terrible war. Lamarr was f Jewish descent, and she was hrrified by the news that was cming frm WWII. She desperately wanted t help the Aliied Frces defeat the Nazis. One f the Allied Frces’ biggest prblems was that their technlgy fr guiding trpedes （鱼雷） was ften influenced by the Nazis. German U-bats culd escape frm Allied trpedes by simply jamming the single radi frequency they used fr guidance. S, t deal with this issue, Lamarr came up with a creative slutin: frequency hpping.
The tricky part was that the shifting frequency had t take place in synchrnizatin （同步） with the radi transmitter guiding the trped. Otherwise, it wuld fail and the trped wuld g ff track. Hwever, Lamarr managed t vercme this challenge in 1942.
Lamarr’s inventin was never used by the US Navy during Wrld War II, but it laid the fundatin s fr a brad range f radi cmmunicatins technlgies that we use tday. Frequency hpping is nw used fr the bluetth technlgy that we find in cuntless devices, and was als used in early frms f Wi-Fi, and it laid the fundatin fr the GPS yu use n yur smart phne n a regular basis. The wrld wuldn’t be quite the same withut Lamarr’s inventive mind.
25. What can we learn abut Hedy Lamarr?
A. She was brn in America.
B. She started her acting career in 1914.
C. She didn’t enjy scializing with thers.
D. She was famus fr her inventins in many fields.
26. What’s mainly discussed in paragraph 3?
A. Hw Lamarr devised frequency hpping.
B. Why Lamarr invented frequency hpping.
C. Wh influenced Lamarr the mst in her career.
D. What challenges Lamarr met when imprving her inventin.
27. What’s the authr’s purpse in writing the text?
A. T stress the imprtance f inventin.
B. T help peple knw mre abut WWII.
C. T call fr peple t develp interest in science.
D. T praise Lamarr’s cntributin t mdern cmmunicatins.
28. In which clumn f a newspaper can we prbably find the text?
A. Health.B. Peple. C. Plitics.D. Art.
C
Victrian state schls have blcked students and staff frm ChatGPT while they assess the implicatins f the ppular AI technlgy.
The mve cmes amid fears frm educatrs that students will use ChatGPT t cheat n assignments, accidentally intrduce inaccuracies in their wrk, r write essays in a way that will keep them frm learning the material.
The Department f Educatin cnfirmed that access t the site at Victrian gvernment schls has been blcked frm Department servers and devices as a temprary measure due t ChatGPT’s terms f use specifying （明确规定） that users must be at least 18 years f age. “The department is undertaking further analysis f the implicatins f these emerging technlgies and is preparing advice fr schls,” a spkesman fr the department said.
Many internatinal educatin bdies have banned the AI system, fearing students will use it t generate written wrk, althugh a number f educatinal experts have argued it has ptential t help imprve the wrk f disadvantaged students.
University leaders frm acrss Australia have held emergency meetings n hw t deal with the new plagiarism （抄袭） threat. They are set t meet again fr further discussins. Andrew Dalgleish, president f the Victrian Principals’ Assciatin had nt brught in a blanket ban but was quick t assess the benefits fr teachers and children, but als the risks. “We want t see schls supprt the safe and apprpriate use f these tls,” Andrew Dalgleish said.
Australian Primary Principals Assciatin president Malclm Ellitt said it was“sensible” fr schls t blck access t ChatGPT. “We need t apprach this with ur eyes pen and think its negative implicatins as well. We have t understand this technlgy well and have very clear rules arund hw it’s used,” Mr Ellitt said. “Clearly, artificial intelligence is here t stay and we need t cme t grips with it because it will have an impact n all f ur sciety.”
29. What is the main reasn fr banning Victrian public schls frm ChatGPT?
A. ChatGPT sets an age limit n getting access t it.
B. ChatGPT may have a negative impact n learning.
C. The gvernment hasn’t put frward guiding prpsals.
D. Victrian public schls’ devices cannt supprt the system.
30. What is Andrew Dalgleish’s attitude twards ChatGPT?
A. Oppsed.B. Favrable. C. Cautius.D. Dubtful.
31. Which f the fllwing wuld Malclm Ellitt agree with?
A. The use f ChatGPT in schls shuld be regulated.
B. Students pr at writing shuld use ChatGPT wisely.
C. ChatGPT shuld be applied t educatin as sn as pssible.
D. ChatGPT will have a significant impact n educatinal refrms.
32. What des the underlined phrase “cme t grips with” in the last paragraph prbably mean?
A. Find fault with.B. Let g f. C. Make ntes f.D. Face up t.
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Resistance training, als knwn as strength training, uses weights r resistance t strengthen r increase ne’s muscles. While many peple assciate such resistance with lifting free weights like dumbbells （哑铃） r using machine-based exercises such as chest r leg presses, ther frms f resistance als qualify. 33
There are varius benefits f resistance training. Research shws that adding 30 minutes f strength training t yur wrkut rutine each week culd add years t yur life. 34 Strength training has als been shwn t strengthen jints and bnes affected by medical cnditins, and help with weight management gals since lifting weights imprves metablism （新陈代谢）.
35 Mnica Cilin, a dctr f physical therapy at Washingtn University Physicians, says it’s als been linked t prtectin against degeneratin f parts f the hippcampus （海马体） --a grain structure imprtant in learning and memry. “Additinally, strength training may be assciated with lwer rates f depressin and anxiety,” says Cilin.
Given s many advantages, why nt try strength training? 36 DJ McDnugh, a researcher at the University f Minnesta Schl f Public Health, says it’s best t chse the type f resistance training that appeals mst t yu: weights, r resistance bands, and then learn a few simple techniques.
Fr instance, yu can lift weights at yur lcal gym, r yu can buy several dumbbells r kettlebells t lift at hme. 37 “When yu are using weights, a gd rule f thumb is that yur muscles shuld be tired at the end f a set,” says McDnugh, thugh he stresses the imprtance f nt lifting t much, t sn. “S, start with lighter lads and increase weight and repetitins ver time.”
A. Hw can we get started?
B. What benefits can we get frm strength training?
C. Once yu get ging, yu may want t branch ut and add a barbell.
D. This is partly because it can significantly imprve yur heart health.
E. Mrever, strength training can imprve mental health in several ways.
F. Yu’d better d strength training with the help f a prfessinal trainer regularly.
G. Bdy weight exercises like push-ups r sit-ups are ther examples f resistance training.
第三部分：语言运用 （共三节，满分37.5分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Being hnest at wrk can be incredibly beneficial and allws ne t live life with a clear cnscience. This was the 38 that Ram Akawal Mandal, a wrker at AEON Alpha Angle stre in Kuala Lumpur, 39 when he fund a bag that cntained $3,868 in cash. The stre has put up a Facebk pst where they 40 the emplyee fr what he did after he fund the bag.
The pst 41 hw Mandal saw the bag in a trlley in the parking lt f the stre. It cntained a few persnal dcuments f the wner, in additin t a huge amunt f cash. The pst read, “After the bag was 42 t the custmer service cunter, it was safely returned t its wner when a wman came t 43 it, saying her bag was left in the trlley.” The wman shared that all the mney in the bag was intact （完整） and she was 44 with Mandal’s hnest attitude. The cmpany 45 t give him an award fr his wrk ethic.
The cmpany als 46 a fllw-up pst that detailed hw Mandal was given a celebratry lunch t 47 his“utstanding integrity”. They wrte, “Thank yu fr embdying （体现） the stere’s 48 and setting a shining example fr us all. We are 49 f yu. And keep up the excellent wrk!” Peple n the scial media site were very pleased t see this and shared their 50 in the cmments sectin. Crmac said, “Cngratulatins! Yu’re a (n) 51 man. Yur cmpany is very lucky t have yu.”
In this way, taking an hnest 52 is great in the wrkplace.
38. A. standardB. galC. qualityD. passin
39. A. emphasizedB. shwcasedC. rememberedD. appreciated
40. A. cnsultedB. thankedC. mtivatedD. praised
41. A. describedB. predictedC. imaginedD. questined
42. A. passed nB. handed verC. sld utD. linked up
43. A. claimB. makeC. pssessD. take
44. A. carefulB. satisfiedC. impressedD. assciated
45. A. refusedB. determinedC. attemptedD. hesitated
46. A. requestedB. reprtedC. mentinedD. shared
47. A. cverB. prmteC. reviewD. acknwledge
48. A. valuesB. trendsC. expectatinsD. achievements
49. A. wrthyB. criticalC. prudD. suspicius
50. A. striesB. thughtsC. prpsalsD. cnclusins
51. A. ambitiusB. persistentC. adaptableD. awesme
52. A. apprachB. suggestinC. pprtunityD. lifestyle
第二节 单词拼写 （共15小题；每小题0.5分，满分7.5分）
根据首字母提示或中文提示填写恰当的单词。请将答案的完整形式写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。
53. Wrk hard, and then yu dn’t have t be e________ f his success.
54. The bld samples are sent t the labratry fr further a________.
55. Perhaps he had slightly misled them, but it was quite u________; he meant n harm.
56. Yu have t d well a________ in middle schl t be admitted int a medical cllege.
57. We received a number f c________ frm custmers abut the lack f parking facilities.
58. The cmpany’s c________ t prviding quality at a reasnable price has been fundamental t its success.
59. We are faced with tw apparently c________ pinins: ne is fr the new technlgy and the ther is against it.
60. They annunced the ________ （撤退） f 12000 trps frm the area.
61. They questined the ________ （准确性） f the infrmatin in the file.
62. She is nt very ________ （一致） in the way she treats her children.
63. In my pinin, elderly peple are nt always ________ （抵制） t change.
64. I wuld like t express my ________ （感激） t everyne fr their hard wrk.
65. The Channel Tunnel has great ________ （象征） significance fr a united Eurpe.
66. Instead f being disappinted at where yu are, think ________ （乐观） abut where yu are ging.
67. Only by keeping dwn csts will America maintain its ________ （竞争） advantage ver ther cuntries.
第三节 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。请将答案的完整形式写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。
On the Yinxu archaelgical site （考古遗址） in Anyang city, the grand new building f the Yinxu Museum stands 68 (remarkable). This grand building, 69 (feature) numerus racle bne inscriptins （甲骨文）, has becme ne f the new cultural 70 (landmark) in China.
The exhibitin hall cvers an area f apprximately 22,000 square meters. There are nearly 4,000 sets f cultural relics, including brnze ware, pttery, jade, and racle bnes. The exhibitin shwcases China’s histry and archaelgical achievements, interpreting the glbal 71 (significant) f these things.
“Cultural relics that yu have seen in media reprts, heard f, r even never heard f 72 (display) in the new museum,” said Zha, deputy directr f the Yinxu Museum.
Yinxu is a capital site f the late Shang Dynasty in Chinese histry 73 (cnfirm) by racle bne inscriptins. These sites are ideal places t explre Shang culture, Xia culture, 74 the rigin f Chinese civilizatin.
Since 1928, archaelgists 75 (cntinue) t cnduct archaelgical research at the Yinxu site. With the pening f the new Yinxu Museum, the Yin ruins will cntinue t reveal the secrets f 76 makes China what it is.
Here, the Shang Dynasty, 77 arund 3,000 ancient Chinese characters, seems t have traveled thrugh time and space t meet mdern peple.
第四部分 写作 （共两节，满分40分）
第一节 应用文 （满分15分）
为弘扬中国文化，鼓励同学们多读好书，你校英语报计划举办一场主题为“My favurite Chinese nvel”的征文活动。请你写一篇短文，向校英文报投稿，内容包括：1. 介绍该作品及其作者；2. 说明喜欢的原因。
注意：1. 词数80词左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
第二节 读后续写 （每题5分，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。
William, my husband, passed away, leaving me in ur big huse in Virginia. I’ve been arund fra lng time, and I’ve had my heart brken by many things.
“Mm, please,” my sn, Mark, said n the phne. “I need yu t cnsider mving. Just cme and get clser t us--the kids will lve having yu here.”
Reluctantly （勉强地）, I had t give in. At seventy years ld, and althugh I felt abslutely fine and healthy, I didn’t knw if living by myself, s far away frm Mark, was a gd idea.
“Fine,” I said. “Yu can start lking fr a huse, and I’ll start srting things ut here.”
When William passed away, a part f me did, t. I appreciated that I might lse smething. The wrld was suddenly less energetic, and the days seemed lnger. I spent evenings in the kitchen, making fresh ckies—mre than I culd eat, prmpting me t send them ver t my neighbrs. We were all extremely clse, and William and I ften threw parties in ur backyard.
The truth was that William and I had been quite ppular in Virginia. Our barbecue restaurant was a beacn （灯塔） fr all enthusiasts frm acrss the state. We als had a range f spices which sld well in supermarkets. William always tested ur new prducts n ur neighbrs during ur dinners.
“Mm, I fund the perfect huse,” Mark said. “I’ve viewed it, and I think yu’ll lve it.”
The next thing I knew, I was packing up my life and heading t Califrnia fr a new adventure.
A few weeks int my new cmmunity, Califrnia presented a challenge I had nt anticipated. I knew I didn’t fit int the neighbrhd. While thse families were incredibly friendly t each ther, they seemed t cast me aside. My attempts at cnversatin were ften met with cld shulders. I watched everyne glance at my huse frm the sidewalk. Desperate and alne, I missed everything in Virginia. I thught mving here wuld get rid f my lneliness, but this was just lneliness in a different guise （形式）. “Maybe I need t d smething,” I whispered.
注意：
(1) 续写词数为150左右；
(2) 请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。
The next day, Mark came t see me, and I talked t him abut it.
Neighbrs arrived, drawn by the prmise f a meal.
2024~2025学年第一学期高二年级期中试卷
英语学科试卷答案
一、听力1-5 CBBCA 6-10ACBBA 11-15ABACA 16-20 CACBC
二、阅读理解21-24 CBAB 25-28CBDB 29-32BCAD
三、七选五33-37 GDEAC
四、完型填空38-42CBDAB 43-47ACBDD 48-52ACBDA
五、单词拼写
53. envius 54. analysis 55. unintentinal 56. academically
57. cmplaints 58. cmmitment 59. cntradictry 60. withdrawal
61. accuracy 62. cnsistent 63. resistant 64. gratitude
65. symblic 66. ptimistically 67. cmpetitive
六、语法填空
68. remarkably 69. featuring 70. landmarks 71. significance
72. are displayed 73. cnfirmed 74. and 75. have cntinued
76. what 77. with
七、应用文
Pssible versin:
The Jurney t the West is my belved Chinese nvel penned by Wu Chengen during the Ming Dynasty.
This epic tale tells the adventures f Xuanzang, a Buddhist mnk, and his cmpanins as they embark n a dangerus jurney. Filled with mythical creatures, imaginative legends and mral lessns, the tale deeply attracts me.
I appreciate the symblism and cultural significance embedded in it. It serves as a timeless reminder f the human quest fr wisdm and the triumph f perseverance. Wu Chengen’s masterpiece is a literary gem that cntinues t inspire generatins.
八、读后续写
Pssible versin:
The next day, Mark came t see me, and I talked t him abut it. I tld him I wuld like t hld a barbecue party and bring the neighbrs tgether fr a meal. Understanding dawned in Mark’s eyes. He tk me t the nearby supermarket, and we gt everything we needed—including ur spices. Over the next few days, with Mark and his family’s help, my backyard was transfrmed int a temprary barbecue restaurant. Then we sent ut invitatins dr-t-dr. As the first wisps f smke rse int the air, carrying with them the muthwatering scent f cking meats, curisity replaced the indifference I had grwn accustmed t.
Neighbrs arrived, drawn by the prmise f a meal. I greeted them as my guests arrived, their expressins a mix f surprise and excitement. As the day went n, my backyard filled with laughter. Mark, his wife and their children mved arund ur guests, serving, chatting, and breaking dwn the invisible barriers that had nce seemed impssible t vercme. “It can nly get better frm here, Mum.” Mark smiled. Gradually, I fund a sense f belnging in the new cmmunity, and the feeling f lneliness faded away. I discvered that as lng as I pened my heart and bravely embraced new challenges, life wuld still be filled with hpe and beauty.
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Text 1
W: Are yu kay, dear? Yu lk tired.
M: Hnestly, I think I’m cming dwn with smething. Sme f my c-wrkers have had this unpleasant cld that’s been ging arund. (1) But I culdn’t ask fr leave nw. I have s much wrk t d!
Text 2
M: Hi, Tara. Are yu still cming ver t my party later n?
W: Yes, Jhn! (2) I was thinking f playing a vide game, but it’s kay. I dn’t have any plans fr tmrrw, s I can play it then.
Text 3
W: Srry t bther yu, but wuld yu mind changing seats with me? My laptp battery is abut t die! (3)
M: Nt at all. I dn’t really like sitting this clse t the dr, anyway, but it was just really busy in here when I arrived!
Text 4
M: Lk at thse dark cluds. We can’t g anywhere if this weather cntinues this afternn.
W: Indeed, carrying arund an umbrella is quite incnvenient. At least, we need t wait until the big strm passes and the weather clears up. (4)
Text 5
M: Culd yu turn the sund ff, please?
W: Srry. I’ll put my headphnes n. Yu knw, the music n this actually wn a prize at this year’s Vide Game Awards. The game just desn’t feel the same withut it. (5)
Text 6
W: Ww, that was amazing! Particularly Jessica’s perfrmance. I had n idea she had such an amazing vice! (6) (7)
M: Yeah, she did really well tnight. Hwever, if I’m cmpletely hnest, it wasn’t her best. (7)
W: Really?
M: I mean, it was gd! But when she’s really n frm, ①Jessica has the ^ ability t be truly great. . . Tnight just wasn’t ne f thse nights. She just didn’t have that energy. (7)
W: Maybe she’s tired?
M: She has been wrking really hard, recently. But hnestly, I blame the pian player. He kept making mistakes, and I think that made Jessica nervus.
Text 7 （第8题为总结题）
W: What are yu reading?
M: Oh, it’s really cl! Back in 1995, a grup f divers nticed these beautiful circle patterns n the seaflr ff Japan. (9)
W: This isn’t sme made-up thing frm a science fictin stry, is it?
M: N! This is Natinal Gegraphic magazine!
W: Were thse patterns a result f human activities?
M: Nbdy knew until 17 years later, when an underwater phtgrapher discvered a white-sptted pufferfish （河豚） busily swimming arund making circles! (9) (10)
W: Ww! Why?
M: T attract a mate! The patterns take seven t nine days t cmplete, and the mving sea is always unding their hard wrk. But females make their chices based n the best designs. (10)
W: Ha! That makes sense.
Text 8 （第11题为推断题）
M: Excuse me. D yu wrk here?
W: Yes, sir. . . I’m a vluntary wrker here. Can I help?
M: Culd yu tell me abut this exhibit? It’s s interesting, but I’ve n idea what it is.
W: Oh, this mdel f a sleeping tiger is actually a traditinal Chinese pillw. (12) (13)
M: That desn’t sund very cmfrtable!
W: Such pillws were widely used frm the Tang perid nwards. Hard materials were preferred mainly fr their cling effect. A cl head and warm feet were thught t be best fr healthy sleep. (12)
M: Ww. . . Well, that’s gd advice. But I can’t imagine sleeping n a prcelain （瓷） pillw!
W: Ha-ha, yu and I prbably culdn’t affrd ne! This wuld have belnged t smene pretty wealthy. Ordinary peple wuld prbably have had bamb r wd pillws. Anther fun fact is that ancient Chinese peple ften hid their valuable bjects inside these hard pillws. (13)
M: That’s clever. This way, peple culd ensure the safety f their treasures and keep them clean.
Text 9
M: These are the plans fr my new inventin. (16) (17)
W: Ww, yu drew these?
M: I wish I were a painter just like yu, (14) but I’m just an engineer. S I used AI sftware. But it shuld lk pretty similar when it’s built.
W: It lks like smething frm a fantasy bk!
M: Well, that’s n accident! The design was heavily inspired by ld mvies like The Time Machine and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. (15)
W: What des it d?
M: It recrds hw lng yu wrk n a prject. (16) Besides the traditinal time clck system, ②cmpanies increasingly expect their emplyees t keep track f that stuff, s they knw hw much t charge their custmers.
W: Yeah, my cmpany des. But it’s hardly an riginal idea. There are already cuntless time-tracking apps ut there. (16)
M: But they’re s annying! Yu have t stp what yu’re ding, pen an app, fill ut a wrksheet, etc. What’s unique abut my machine is the way it wrks. Each buttn relates t a particular activity. When switching tasks, all yu need t d is hit a buttn and it’s recrded fr yu. (17)
W: Ww, that actually sunds like a lifesaver.
Text 10
Hi Sarah, thanks fr the lvely birthday message. It seems like nly yesterday that yu and I met in the university library! (18) But I must admit, being 50 has been pretty great, s far. As yu knw, I’m a huge Beatles fan, and I’ve always dreamed f visiting the U. K. t d a “Beatles tur”. Unfrtunately, we dctrs can’t affrd t take much time ff, s it’s just never happened. But. . . smehw, my wnderful wife and kids arranged everything with my bss and presented me with plane tickets n my birthday mrning! I was s excited. We culdn’t fly direct t Liverpl frm New Yrk, (19) ③s we changed planes in Dublin. But frm there, it’s abut an hur’s flight t Jhn Lennn Airprt, which is named after my favrite Beatles member! We visited The Beatles Stry Museum and watched a shw. But my favrite experience was eating fish and chips n Penny Lane, the street which inspired ne f the wrld’s greatest sngs! (20) Anyway, I’ll shw yu the pictures next weekend! Take care!
②本句中keep track之间存在“不完全爆破”现象：keep最后一个音为爆破音/p/, track第一个音为破擦音/ tr/, 两者遇到一起，前面的爆破音只做部分爆破，立即过渡到后面的破擦音上去。
③本句中changed planes之间存在“失去爆破”现象：changed最后一个音为爆破音/d/, planes第一个音为爆破音/p/, 两者遇到一起，前面的爆破音做出发音的准备，但并不发音。