西南大学附属中学校2024-2025学年高二上学期期中考试英语试卷(含答案)

这是一份西南大学附属中学校2024-2025学年高二上学期期中考试英语试卷(含答案)，共20页。试卷主要包含了阅读理解，七选五，完形填空，短文填空，书面表达等内容，欢迎下载使用。

一、阅读理解
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1．What can a vlunteer get thrugh the UNV prgram?
A. Imprved netwrk skills.
B. First- hand practical experience.
C. Financial benefits.
D. A handwritten certificate.
2．Which is a requirement fr the applicants?
A. Being n less than 18 years ld.
B. Wrking mre than 20 hurs a week.
C. Finishing at least 25 nline assignments.
D. Having sme previus experience.
3．Where is the text prbably taken frm?
A. A vlunteer brchure.B. A website.
C. A culture magazine.D. An encyclpedia.
I was in my mid-20s when I fell int ne f the mst pisnus relatinships f my life. I remember buying my first self-help bk, which prmised I culd be healed f anything. I culdn’t put it dwn in days. Over the next 15 years, I bught hundreds f self-help bks, curses and apps, and tracked dwn every self-styled persnal imprvement expert in the hpe that they culd teach me hw t becme happier, mre cnfident and mre lvable.
Grwing up in an envirnment f addictin and family cnflict made me desperate fr self-imprvement. I believed self-help authrs culd be the instructrs I had never fund. My dependency became strng after my father died in 2022. I managed t spend an enrmus amunt f time reading abut hw t grieve (哀痛) well instead f ding the right things: sitting with my feelings, allwing myself t cry and prcessing the lss.
My dependency n self-help had becme pisnus, and smething had t give. It started t dawn n me that instead f helping me, the advice was making me feel wrse. It tk a deep cnversatin with a lved ne t recgnise that in trying t change my life, I was trying t change things that were ut f my cntrl. Instead f fcusing n wh I wanted t becme, I had t quit self-help t learn and accept wh I really was. Spending time alne, ften walking, and listening t my thughts withut trying t silence r change them helped.
Since I quit my self-help walking stick, I’ve realized that fcusing all my energy n imprving myself can really take the jy ut f life. It makes happiness cnditinal: nly when I lk that way can I be lved. It can als stp me frm uncnditinally accepting my imperfectly perfect self. After a lng time, I am finally cming rund t the idea that perhaps I never needed fixing at all.
4． Why did the authr becme dependent n self-help materials?
A. T build gd relatinships.
B. T test a bk’s prmise.
C. T find guides t better herself.
D. T heal frm her father’s lss.
5． What can we learn abut the authr frm paragraph 2?
A. She became addicted t drugs in childhd.
B. She fund a prper way t hnur her father.
C. Lng time f reading helped her ut f feeling bad.
D. Her upbringing envirnment greatly influenced her.
6． What drve the authr t stp self-imprvement at last?
A. An in-depth talk with a belved.
B. Her awareness f pisnus relatinships.
C. The suggestin frm an instructr.
D. Cnstant self-imprvement learning.
7． What des the authr want t cnvey in the passage?
A. Accepting wh yu are.B. Becming a better self.
C. Learning t lk lvable.D. Lking at the bright side.
Fantasy authr Gerge Martin has spent 12 years wrking n The Winds f Winter, the lng-awaited sixth part in the series that excited the bk fans. With n publishing date in sight, ne fan decided t write the stry himself, r rather, he asked ChatGPT t write it fr him. Surprisingly, the AI quickly prduced a 683,276-wrd wrk f high quality. But this raises an imprtant questin whether AI prgrams like ChatGPT really prduce the kind f writing that mves us and speaks t ur suls.
“There is a misunderstanding that large language mdels are nt gd at writing in an artistic style,” an authr Sean Michaels tells BBC. “In fact, they can d it easily and quite well, just like all the image-generating (生成) sftware can make phts in the styles f Wes Andersn r David Lynch.”
Fr his nvel D Yu Remember Being Brn, in which a pet is apprached by a tech cmpany t cauthr a cllectin f pems with their AI, Michaels created a special type f ChatGPT he called “Mrebt”, which thrugh training learned t write in the style f real-wrld pet Marianne Mre, further making the distinctin (区分) between human and machine unclear.
Althugh sme writers ppse the rise f AI ut f cncern fr their jbs, thers have put the debate in an lder, brader dialgue n the meaning and purpse f art. The Oscar-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman has penly expressed his dislike f machine learning. Lking beynd the standard definitin f creativity — creating smething new and riginal — Kaufman describes art as any frm f expressin that establishes an emtinal cnnectin between peple.
Even if AI were capable f writing smething emtinal, which Michaels claimed it can, Kaufman wuld refuse t recgnise this as art. “If I read a pem,” he recently said in a statement n AI, “and that pem mves me. I am in lve with the persn wh wrte it. I can’t be in lve with a cmputer prgram. I can’t, because it isn’t anything.”
8． Why is the stry f the bk fan tld?
A. T shw the ppularity f the series.
B. T intrduce an imprtant questin n AI.
C. T aruse cncern abut human writers.
D. T prve the writing efficiency f ChatGPT.
9． What are paragraph 2 and 3 mainly abut?
A. The way that AI writing wrks.
B. A misunderstanding f ChatGPT.
C. An example in favur f AI creatin.
D. The writing methds f Michael’s nvel.
10． Which can be cnsidered as art accrding t Charlie Kaufman?
A. A prgram-generated nvel.
B. A perfect cpy f Wes Andersn’s.
C. An emtinal pem by ChatGPT.
D. A girl’s drawing t her mum.
11． What can be the best title f the text?
A. Can AI Create True Art?
B. ChatGPT: Greatest Writer Ever?
C. The Rise and Fall f AI Prgrams.
D. Can Hi-Tech Have a Prmising Future?
“Shall I cmpare thee t a summer’s day?” S begins ne f the mst famus pems in all f English literature. Shakespeare’s “Snnet XVIII” is als ne f the mst frequently cited in usage bks as supprt fr the view that “cmpare t” means t express a likeness, whereas “cmpare with” is used fr cntrasts.
But the picture is nt simple. Shakespeare ges n t say that the wman he is addressing is “mre lvely” and that she, unlike a summer’s day, will never fade. Sme cmmentatrs say, then, that the questin is meant t be answered with a “n”, because f the differences he then stresses. In that case, thugh, what fllws is a textbk example f cmparing her “with”, nt “t”, a summer’s day.
Merriam-Webster’s Dictinary f English Usage examined many literary examples f “cmpare” fllwed by “with” and “t”. Its editrs fund that after the active frm (cmpare) the distinctin is ften kept. After the past participle (cmpared) the variatin is in effect randm (随机地).
Usage experts understand that drawing up neat rules can be tugh. Yet careful writers knw that sme distinctins are imprtant, and that underestimating these invites cnfusin. It is clear enugh why peple mix up “flut” (藐视) and “flaunt” (炫耀), including sensible writers wh are in a hurry. But if yu flut the distinctin, yu risk appearing t flaunt yur ignrance.
Relaxed bservers smetimes nte that language changes, as thugh nthing can be dne abut that, and, since the prcess is natural, nthing shuld be attempted. But tw different wrds cllapsing int ne really can make language lse its subtleties. Using “strategy” fr ‘tactics” — ne refers t the lng-term plan t win a war, the ther the shrt-term methds used t win a battle — shuld unsettle nt nly military experts but als individuals utside the military. Sme peple are gd tacticians and terrible strategists.
Which are which can be hard t tell. But if yu can take the time t distinguish “cmpare t” frm “cmpare with”, understanding thse rules wrth fighting fr is surely wrth the effrt t.
12． What des the authr intend t shw in the first tw paragraphs?
A. The status f Snnet XVIII.
B. The imprtance f crrect usage.
C. The language skill f Shakespeare.
D. The cmplexity f wrd chice.
13． What might the editrs discver abut “cmpare t” and “cmpare with”?
A. They may mean differently in different frms.
B. They are used with equal frequency.
C. They are always interchangeable.
D. They can be tld apart easily.
14． What may the underlined wrd “subtleties” mean in paragraph 5?
A. Literary charms.B. Imprtant details.
C. Similar meanings.D. Military functins.
15． What des the authr think f language rules?
A. We have t take it as they change.
B. They cause cnfusin in writing.
C. We shuld learn thse valuable.
D. They are t difficult t fllw.
二、七选五
16．When I was asked t take part in a frest bathing, I packed a swimsuit, assuming it must invlve a refreshing swim in the water. ①_______
I met Frest Therapy (治疗) guide Melanic Chukas- Bradley and several ther wmen wh’d cme alng fr the adventure at an urban frest. Here, I began t get it. Frest bathing isn’t a bath. We sat n the banks f the river, but we did nt get in the water. ②_______ We did walk the frest tracks, but we wandered with n destinatin in mind.
The aim f frest bathing, Chukas-Bradley explained, is t slw dwn and becme fully bathed in the natural envirnment. She helped us tune in t the frest’s smells, tastes and sights. ③_______ As we passed thrugh the trees, we tuched their trunks, feeling the rughness beneath ur fingers. We smelled the flwers, each breath being a celebratin f nature’s beauty.
There’s a grwing bdy f evidence that shws frest bathing can help bst md and reduce stress. ④_______ A 2011 study cmparing city walks t frest walks fund the frest envirnment led t greater reductins in bld pressure, despite bth activities requiring equal physical effrt.
⑤_______ Mst f human histry was spent in envirnments that lack buildings and walls, and ur bdies have adapted t living in the natural wrld. But tday mst f us spend much f ur life indrs. Perhaps the new frest bathing trend is a recgnitin that many f us need a little nudge t get back ut there.
A. It’s nt a hike, either.
B. It turns ut that my interpretatin was literal.
C. The benefits f nature can be accessed simply.
D. Frest bathing frees us frm wrldly engagements.
E. The idea that spending time in nature is gd is nt new.
F. Indeed, medical researchers have demnstrated its benefits.
G. We tk in the peaceful surrundings by using all ur senses.
三、完形填空（15空）
When the three wmen sptted an abandned prperty used as a dumping grund in Prvidence, USA, they agreed this neglected and 1 parcel f land actually held prmise. It was where their dream f a 2 farm came true.
Hlland and her cfunders, Dggett and Purviance, 3 the 2.7-acre prperty, cleaned up the pllutin and then created an inner-city asis (绿洲). Its name? What Cheer Flwer Farm. Its missin? T 4 all the flwers they grw t peple in need. “We ffer prducts t peple wh deserve flwers but dn’t have 5 ,” explains Purviance. “Flwers are nt just fr the select few wh can affrd them. They are a 6 symbl f hpe. Receiving flwers energizes everyne.”
Althugh the three gt ff t a 7 start in the first grwing seasn—planting started in May rather than in Spring—they wrked arund the clck and 8 t dnate rughly 10,000 flwers altgether in the end. “We want t 9 the state with flwers in the future, and we are very 10 t make it wrk,” said Dggett.
Nw the farm regularly brings 11 t peple at lcal hspitals, senir centers and mre. Hlland 12 remembers the first buquet (花束) she delivered t a hme-bund elderly wman. “Her face just 13 . It was as if a beacn (灯塔) f light was cming frm the tp f Federal Hill.” Anther wman wh was brke 14 them afterwards. “In the tugh times f my life, even ne flwer culd lift me up.” And that is the true 15 f a flwer.
17． A. cnservedB. develpedC. pllutedD. cultivated
18． A. dairyB. fruitC. vegetableD. flwer
19． A. purchasedB. advertisedC. abandnedD. inherited
20． A. give inB. give upC. give awayD. give ff
21． A. timeB. accessC. interestD. passin
22． A. lcalB. reginalC. prvincialD. universal
23． A. earlyB. lateC. freshD. smth
24． A. managedB. attemptedC. happenedD. hesitated
25． A. rewardB. surrundC. greetD. cver
26． A. surprisedB. amazedC. terrifiedD. determined
27． A. trustB. jyC. prideD. hnur
28． A. vividlyB. faintlyC. eventuallyD. hardly
29． A. hardenedB. sftenedC. brightenedD. reddened
30． A. thankedB. sughtC. persuadedD. pursued
31． A. pltB. pwerC. mysteryD. secret
四、短文填空
32．A tea culture saln may be the best way t experience China’s tea culture verseas. “Tea fr Harmny” cultural saln in Bath, England n Friday was aimed ①_______ bth celebrating Internatinal Tea Day, which falls n May 21, and ②_______ (ffer) participants an pprtunity t experience teas and culture frm China’s Hubei prvince.
The delegatin (代表团) frm Hubei Tea Assciatin brught three ③_______ (variety) f tea t be enjyed at the saln: Enshi Yulu, Yihng Black Tea, and Qingzhuan Tea. The histry f the teas n ffer ④_______ (date) back mre than 1,000 years, and the crafting techniques f Enshi Yulu and Qingzhuan Tea have becme natinal intangible cultural heritages. Each tea was presented with its ⑤_______ (represent) tea ceremny, where a tea master intrduced its area f rigin and characteristics, and demnstrated the particular way the tea ⑥_______ (prepare) and appreciated in general.
Wang Yun, a Chinese embassy fficial, made it clear at the pening f the event ⑦_______ the saln was intended t share gd teas and t deepen the friendship between Chinese and British. “Tea is als such ⑧_______ imprtant part f British culture that we have an entire meal ⑨_______ (create) during which we take pleasure in sipping ur afternn tea, and Bath is the mst elegant afternn tea destinatin,” said Davis, directr f Visit West. “Fine tea is mre expressive than fine wine, and that experience f tea is smething ⑩_______ (true) fascinating.”
五、书面表达
33．假定你是校英文报编辑李华，下一期的新栏目“Literary Treasures”拟刊登经典英文剧本的推介短文，请你代表校英文报给英国外教William写一封邮件约稿，内容包括：
1. 栏目简介；
2. 稿件要求；
3. 交稿要求。
注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可适当添加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear William,
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yurs sincerely,
Li Hua
参考答案
1．答案：B
解析：细节理解题。根据文章第一段:通过它,你可以从世界上任何地方的任何设备与联合国机构、政府、公共机构和民间社会组织联系。在扩展你的网络的同时,你也可以获得第一手的实践经验。可知,志愿者通过联合国志愿人员计划获得第一手的实践经验。故选B。
2．答案：A
解析：细节理解题。根据Requirements中:注册统一志愿服务平台并申请在线志愿者任务,你必须年满18周岁。可知,申请人年龄不得低于18周岁。故选A。
3．答案：B
解析：推理判断题。根据文章最后一段:双果你想了解更多信息,请点击此处,可知,本文可能来自于网站。故选B。
4．答案：C
解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中“Over the next 15 years, I bught hundreds f self-help bks, curses and apps, and tracked dwn every self-styled persnal imprvement expert in the hpe that they culd teach me hw t becme happier, mre cnfident and mre lvable. (在接下来的15年里，我买了数百本自助书籍、课程和应用程序，并追踪了每一位自称为个人进步专家的人，希望他们能教我如何变得更快乐、更自信、更可爱。)”可知，作者热衷于自助材料是为了寻找能让自己变得更好的指导，故选C。
5．答案：D
解析：推理判断题。根据第二段中“Grwing up in an envirnment f addictin and family cnflict made me desperate fr self-imprvement. (在吸毒成瘾和家庭矛盾的环境中长大，让我渴望自我提升。)”可知，作者的成长环境对她影响极大。故选D。
6．答案：A
解析：细节理解题。由文章第四段中“It tk a deep cnversatin with a lved ne t recgnise that in trying t change my life, I was trying t change things that were ut f my cntrl. Instead f fcusing n wh I wanted t becme, I had t quit self-help t learn and accept wh I really was. Spending time alne, ften walking, and listening t my thughts withut trying t silence r change them helped. (经过与一位亲人的深入交谈，我认识到，试图改变生活的同时，我也在试图改变那些无法控制的事情。与其专注于我想成为的人，不如停止依赖自助书籍，去了解并接受真正的自己。独自一人时，常常散步，倾听内心的声音，而不试图压抑或改变它们，这对我有很大帮助。)”可知，是与亲人的深入对话让作者改变。故选A。
7．答案：A
解析：推理判断题。通读全文，尤其是由文章最后一段“Since I quit my self-help walking stick, I’ve realized that fcusing all my energy n imprving myself can really take the jy ut f life. It makes happiness cnditinal: nly when I lk that way can I be lved. It can als stp me frm uncnditinally accepting my imperfectly perfect self. After a lng time, I am finally cming rund t the idea that perhaps I never needed fixing at all. (自从我不再依赖自助书籍这根拐杖，我意识到将所有精力集中在自我提升上，真的会让生活失去乐趣。这种做法使幸福变得有条件：只有当我达到某种标准时，才能被爱。它也会阻止我无条件地接受那个不算完美却也完美的自己。经过很长一段时间，我终于开始接受这样一个观点：也许我根本不需要任何修正。)”可知，作者想在文章中传达要学会接受自己。故选A。
8．答案：B
解析：推理判断题。根据文章第一段“Fantasy authr Gerge Martin has spent 12 years wrking n The Winds f Winter, the lng-awaited sixth part in the series that excited the bk fans. With n publishing date in sight, ne fan decided t write the stry himself, r rather, he asked ChatGPT t write it fr him. Surprisingly, the AI quickly prduced a 683,276-wrd wrk f high quality. But this raises an imprtant questin whether AI prgrams like ChatGPT really prduce the kind f writing that mves us and speaks t ur suls.(奇幻小说作家Gerge Martin花了12年时间创作《凛冬的狂风》，这是书迷们翘首以盼的系列小说的第六部。由于出版日期遥遥无期，一位书迷决定亲自撰写这个故事，或者更准确地说，他让ChatGPT为他撰写。令人惊讶的是，这个AI迅速产出了一部683,276字的高质量作品。但这引发了一个重要问题：像ChatGPT这样的AI程序真的能创作出触动我们心灵、与我们灵魂对话的作品吗？)”可知，文章作者讲述这位书迷的故事是为了引出关于AI写作是否能触动人心的重要问题。故选B。
9．答案：C
解析：主旨大意题。根据文章第二段“There is a misunderstanding that large language mdels are nt gd at writing in an artistic style,” an authr Sean Michaels tells BBC. “In fact, they can d it easily and quite well, just like all the image-generating (生成) sftware can make phts in the styles f Wes Andersn r David Lynch.”(“有一种误解，认为大型语言模型不擅长艺术风格的写作，”作家Sean Michaels告诉BBC。“事实上，它们可以很容易地做到这一点，而且做得相当好，就像所有图像生成软件都能制作出Wes Andersn或David Lynch风格的照片一样。”)以及第三段Fr his nvel D Yu Remember Being Brn, in which a pet is apprached by a tech cmpany t cauthr a cllectin f pems with their AI, Michaels created a special type f ChatGPT he called “Mrebt”, which thrugh training learned t write in the style f real-wrld pet Marianne Mre, further making the distinctin (区分) between human and machine unclear.(在创作他的小说《你还记得出生吗？》时，一位诗人被一家科技公司邀请，与他们的AI合作创作一系列诗歌。Michaels为此创造了一种特殊的ChatGPT，他称之为“摩尔机器人”。通过训练，“摩尔机器人”学会了以现实世界中诗人Marianne Mre的风格写作，进一步模糊了人与机器之间的界限。)可知，这两段都是围绕AI创作的能力展开论述的，都是在举例证明AI可以进行艺术创作。故选C。
10．答案：D
解析：推理判断题。根据文章第四段“The Oscar-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman has penly expressed his dislike f machine learning. Lking beynd the standard definitin f creativity — creating smething new and riginal — Kaufman describes art as any frm f expressin that establishes an emtinal cnnectin between peple.(奥斯卡获奖编剧Charlie Kaufman公开表达了他对机器学习 厌恶。在超越创造力的标准定义——即创造新颖且原创的东西——之外， Kaufman将艺术描述为任何能在人与人之间建立情感联系的表达形式。)”可知，Charlie Kaufman认为艺术的本质不是复制已有的东西，而是表达人类的情感、与他人建立联系以及阐明人类状况，因此他对艺术的定义并不是基于是否由AI创作或作品的完美程度，而是基于作品是否能够表达新的想法和情感，选项D“A girl’s drawing t her mum.(一个女孩给她妈妈的画)”最有可能包含独特的个人情感和意图，因此最有可能被Charlie Kaufman视为艺术。故选D。
11．答案：A
解析：主旨大意题。根据文章内容可知，文章第一段讲述了一位书迷使用ChatGPT创作了一本高质量的小说，从而引发了一个重要问题：像ChatGPT这样的AI程序真的能创作出触动我们心灵、与我们灵魂对话的作品吗，接着第二段和第三段通过反驳对ChatGPT的误解和举例论证了AI创作的能力，第四段和第五段通过引用电影制作人Charlie Kaufman的观点，进一步探讨了AI创作是否可以被视为艺术的问题，整篇文章都是围绕AI是否能创造真正的艺术这一问题展开的，因此选项A：Can AI Create True Art?AI能创造真正的艺术吗？能够准确概括文章的主旨，适合作为文章标题。故选A。
12．答案：D
解析：推理判断题。根据第一段中“Shakespeare’s ‘Snnet XVIII’ is als ne f the mst frequently cited in usage bks as supprt fr the view that ‘cmpare t’ means t express a likeness, whereas ‘cmpare with’ is used fr cntrasts.(莎士比亚的《十四行诗》第十八首也是用法书中最常引用的诗歌之一，用以支持‘cmpare t’表示相似，而‘cmpare with’用于对比的观点)”和第二段中“But the picture is nt simple.(但情况并非如此简单)”可知，作者在前两段通过莎士比亚的诗歌引出“cmpare t”和“cmpare with”的用法，并指出实际情况并非那么简单，意在展示词汇选择的复杂性。故选D项。
13．答案：A
解析：细节理解题。根据第三段“Merriam-Webster’s Dictinary f English Usage examined many literary examples f ‘cmpare’ fllwed by ‘with’ and ‘t’. Its editrs fund that after the active frm (cmpare) the distinctin is ften kept. After the past participle (cmpared) the variatin is in effect randm (随机地).(《韦氏英语用法词典》研究了许多“cmpare”后接“with”和“t”的文学例子。编辑们发现，在主动形式(cmpare)之后，这种区别通常保持不变。在过去分词(cmpared)之后，这种变化实际上是随机的)”可知，编辑们发现“cmpare t”和“cmpare with”在不同形式下可能意义不同。故选A项。
14．答案：B
解析：词句猜测题。根据画线词所在句“But tw different wrds cllapsing int ne really can make language lse its subtleties.(但两个不同的词合并成一个真的会让语言失去其_____)”以及后文“Using ‘strategy’ fr ‘tactics’ — ne refers t the lng-term plan t win a war, the ther the shrt-term methds used t win a battle — shuld unsettle nt nly military experts but als individuals utside the military.(用“strategy”代替“tactics”一个指赢得战争的长期计划，另一个指赢得战斗的短期方法——这不仅会让军事专家感到不安，也会让军事以外的人感到不安)”可知，此处通过“strategy”和“tactics”这两个词虽然意思相近但不能互换使用的例子，来说明两个不同的词合并成一个会让语言失去其重要的细节或微妙之处。故画线词subtleties意思是“重要的细节”，与imprtant details同义。故选B项。
15．答案：C
解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段中“But if yu can take the time t distinguish ‘cmpare t’ frm ‘cmpare with’, understanding thse rules wrth fighting fr is surely wrth the effrt t.(但如果你能花时间区分‘cmpare t’和‘cmpare with’，那么理解那些值得为之奋斗的规则也一定值得付出努力)”可知，作者认为如果我们能花时间区分一些容易混淆的词汇，那么理解那些值得为之奋斗的语言规则也是值得的，由此可推知，作者认为我们应该学习那些有价值的语言规则。故选C项。
16．答案：BAGFE
解析：①根据上文“When I was asked t take part in a frest bathing, I packed a swimsuit, assuming it must invlve a refreshing swim in the water.(当我被邀请参加森林浴时，我带上了泳衣，以为一定是在水里游个痛快)”可知，上文提到作者以为森林浴就是去游泳，即从字面上理解了这个概念。故B选项“原来我理解的是字面意思”符合语境，故选B。
②根据上文“We sat n the banks f the river, but we did nt get in the water.(我们坐在河岸上，但没有下水)”以及后文“We did walk the frest tracks, but we wandered with n destinatin in mind.(我们确实沿着森林小径走了，但我们漫无目的地徘徊)”可知，本句主要是在介绍森林浴的特点，不是下水游泳，只是漫无目的地徘徊，说明是无目的的散步，不是有目的地徒步旅行。故A选项“也不是徒步旅行”符合语境，故选A。
③根据后文“As we passed thrugh the trees, we tuched their trunks, feeling the rughness beneath ur fingers. We smelled the flwers, each breath being a celebratin f nature’s beauty.(当我们穿过树林时，我们触摸着树干，感受着手指下的粗糙。我们闻着花香，每一次呼吸都是对大自然之美的赞美)”可知，提到了触摸、感受、闻着、呼吸，都是在强调感官体验。故G选项“我们运用一切感官感受这宁静的环境”符合语境，故选G。
④根据上文“There’s a grwing bdy f evidence that shws frest bathing can help bst md and reduce stress.(越来越多的证据表明，森林浴可以帮助改善情绪，减轻压力)”以及后文“A 2011 study cmparing city walks t frest walks fund the frest envirnment led t greater reductins in bld pressure, despite bth activities requiring equal physical effrt.(2011年的一项研究比较了城市散步和森林散步，发现森林环境更能降低血压，尽管这两种活动都需要同样的体力)”可知，本句为过渡句，指出有研究证明了森林浴可以帮助改善情绪，减轻压力，同时引出后文的研究内容。故F选项“事实上，医学研究人员已经证明了它的好处”符合语境，故选F。
⑤根据后文“Mst f human histry was spent in envirnments that lack buildings and walls, and ur bdies have adapted t living in the natural wrld. But tday mst f us spend much f ur life indrs. Perhaps the new frest bathing trend is a recgnitin that many f us need a little nudge t get back ut there.(人类历史的大部分时间都是在没有建筑和墙壁的环境中度过的，我们的身体已经适应了在自然界的生活。但是今天，我们大多数人的大部分时间都在室内度过。也许新的森林浴潮流是一种认识，即我们中的许多人需要一点推动才能回到那里)”可知，后文提到人类的身体已经适应了在自然界的生活，且需要推动回到大自然，说明是在建议花时间亲近大自然。故E选项“花时间在大自然中是件好事的想法并不新鲜”符合语境，故选E。
17．答案：C
解析：考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当这三名妇女在美国普罗维登斯发现一处被用作垃圾场的废弃土地时，她们一致认为这片被忽视和污染的土地实际上是有希望的。
18．答案：D
解析：考查名词词义辨析。句意：在那里，他们的花卉农场梦想成真了。
19．答案：A
解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意：Hlland和她的联合创始人Dggett和Purviance买下了这片2.7英亩的土地，清理了污染，创造了一个市中心的绿洲。
20．答案：C
解析：考查动词短语辨析。句意：把她们种的所有花都送给有需要的人。
21．答案：B
解析：考查名词词义辨析。句意：Purviance解释说：“我们为那些值得鲜花但无法获得鲜花的人提供产品。”
22．答案：D
解析：考查形容词词义辨析。句意：鲜花是希望的普遍象征。
23．答案：B
解析：考查形容词词义辨析。句意：尽管这三个人在第一个生长季节起步较晚--种植是在五月而不是春天开始的--但她们夜以继日地工作，最终总共捐赠了大约1万朵花。
24．答案：A
解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意：尽管这三个人在第一个生长季节起步较晚——种植是在五月而不是春天开始的——但她们夜以继日地工作，最终总共捐赠了大约1万朵花。
25．答案：D
解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意：Dggett说：“我们希望在未来用鲜花覆盖整个州，我们非常决心让它发挥作用。”
26．答案：D
解析：考查形容词词义辨析。句意：Dggett说：“我们希望在未来用鲜花覆盖整个州，我们非常决心让它发挥作用。”
27．答案：B
解析：考查名词词义辨析。句意：现在，农场经常为当地医院、老年中心等地的人们带来欢乐。
28．答案：A
解析：考查副词词义辨析。句意：Hlland清楚地记得她送给一位在家的老妇人的第一束花。
29．答案：C
解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意：她突然面露喜色。
30．答案：A
解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意：另一位没钱的妇女事后向她们表示感谢。
31．答案：B
解析：考查名词词义辨析。句意：这就是一朵花的真正力量。
32．答案：①at②ffering③varieties④dates⑤representative⑥shuld be prepared⑦that⑧an⑨created⑩truly
解析：①考查固定短语。句意：周五，在英国巴斯市举办的“以茶会友”文化沙龙旨在庆祝5月21日的国际茶日，同时也为参与者提供机会品尝来自中国湖北省的茶品和文化。分析句子成分可知，空处考查固定搭配：be aimed at，意为“旨在……”，符合句意。故填at。
②考查非谓语动词。句意：周五，在英国巴斯市举办的“以茶会友”文化沙龙旨在庆祝5月21日的国际茶日，同时也为参与者提供机会品尝来自中国湖北省的茶品和文化。分析句子成分可知，空处为介词at的宾语，所以用动名词形式。故填ffering。
③考查名词的数。句意：湖北省茶业协会的代表团带来了三种茶供沙龙品尝：恩施玉露、宜红红茶和青砖茶。分析句子成分可知，空处考查名词形式；再根据空前的“three”可知，空处为可数名词variety的复数形式。故填varieties。
④考查时态。句意：这些茶的历史可追溯至1000多年前，而恩施玉露和青砖茶的制茶技艺已成为国家级非物质文化遗产。分析句子成分可知，空处考查谓语动词，date back (追溯到)无被动形式；本句是客观事实，时态为一般现在时；主语为“the histry”，单数，谓语单数形式。故填dates。
⑤考查形容词。句意：每种茶都配以相应的茶艺展示，茶艺师介绍了茶叶的产地和特性，并展示了通常应该如何泡茶和品茶方法。分析句子成分可知，形容词representative作定语，修饰名词短语tea ceremny。故填representative。
⑥考查情态动词的被动语态。句意：每种茶都配以相应的茶艺展示，茶艺师介绍了茶叶的产地和特性，并展示了通常应该如何泡茶和品茶方法。分析句子成分可知，空处考查从句的谓语动词，从句主语为“the tea”，单数，和谓语动词“prepare”之间为被动关系，根据句意可知，用情态动词shuld (应该)的被动语态。故填shuld be prepared。
⑦考查宾语从句。句意：中国大使馆官员王云在活动开幕时明确表示，此次沙龙旨在分享好茶，并加深中英两国之间的友谊。分析句子成分可知，空处考查宾语从句的连接词，宾语从句不缺少成分和意义，用只起连接作用的that引导。故填that。
⑧考查冠词。句意：Visit West的总监Davis说：“茶也是英国文化的重要组成部分，我们创造了一顿完整的餐点，其中享用下午茶是我们的乐趣所在，而巴斯是最优雅的下午茶目的地。好茶比好酒更能表达情感，品茶的体验真正令人着迷。” 分析句子成分可知，空处考查修饰名词单数，表示泛指，用不定冠词；空后单词“imprtant”为元音音素开头，用an。故填an。
⑨考查非谓语动词。句意：Visit West的总监Davis说：“茶也是英国文化的重要组成部分，我们创造了一顿完整的餐点，其中享用下午茶是我们的乐趣所在，而巴斯是最优雅的下午茶目的地。好茶比好酒更能表达情感，品茶的体验真正令人着迷。” 分析句子成分可知，空处考查非谓语动词担当宾语补足语，宾语“an entire meal”和动词“create”之间为被动关系，用过去分词形式。故填created。
⑩考查副词。句意：Visit West的总监Davis说：“茶也是英国文化的重要组成部分，我们创造了一顿完整的餐点，其中享用下午茶是我们的乐趣所在，而巴斯是最优雅的下午茶目的地。好茶比好酒更能表达情感，品茶的体验真正令人着迷。” 分析句子成分可知，副词truly作状语修饰形容词“fascinating”。故填truly。
33．答案：
Dear William,
I’m Li Hua, an editr f ur schl English newspaper.
We’re launching a new clumn named “Literary Treasures”. It’s designed t intrduce classic English plays t ur students, bradening their literary hrizns. Fr the manuscript, we expect yu t pick a well-knwn English play. The cntent shuld cver its basic infrmatin, plt highlights, and the cultural significance within 300 wrds. It is advisable that yu shuld als share yur persnal views.
Please send yur article t ur newspaper ffice email befre Nvember 20th Thank yu!
Yurs sincerely,
Li Hua
解析：1.词汇积累
期待：expect→anticipate
挑选：pick→select
应该：shuld→be suppsed t
观点：view→pinin
2.句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句：We’re launching a new clumn named “Literary Treasures”.
拓展句：We’re launching a new clumn which is named “Literary Treasures”.