2022-2023学年上海市建平中学高一下学期期中英语试卷含解析

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 上海市建平中学2022学年第二学期期中考试
高一英语试题
说明：(1)本场考试时间为90分钟，总分100分;
(2)请认真答卷，并用规范文字书写
Ⅰ. Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions: In Section A. you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which e is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1. A. A journalist. B. An astronaut. C. A writer. D. A worker.
2. A. In a restaurant. B. On a train. C. On a plane. D. In a cigarette shop
3. A. She’s dependable. B. She’s time-conscious
C. She’s frequently late. D. She’s good at sports.
4. A. She will help the man pay for the opera tickets.
B. She would like to go with the man to the opera.
C. There is no time left to order opera tickets.
D. Going to the opera is time-consuming
5. A. Go out to eat when the museum closes. B. Check if the museum cafeteria is open.
C. Meet each other later in the day D. Leave the museum temporarily.
6. A. The man will find a job if he perseveres.
B. The man should keep his current job.
C. The man can get a job where the woman works.
D. The man should look for a job in a different field.
7. A. She will get her money back from the shop
B. She will have to talk to the manager about it.
C. She can exchange the T-shirt for a larger one.
D. She can complain to the after-sale service department.
8. A. It is a hot and smoggy day B. There is a traffic jam on King Street.
C. A vehicle is polluting the air. D. The man is reading a report online.
9. A. The price for rent is beyond them. B. The neighborhood is not near enough.
C. They can rent it as soon as possible. D. They don’t need a new apartment.
10. A. They are its regular customers. B. They like the Italian food best.
C. They prefer the new chef there. D. They are disappointed at its changes.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of them. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. There is not enough parking space. B. Parking on the street is not allowed.
C. New drivers may not find the museums. D. It is not environmental-friendly to drive.
12. A. 8:30 B. 9:00 C. 9:30 D. 10:00
13. A. By attending school. B. By using the Internet
C. By conducting studies. D. By arranging activities.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. Coffee beans. B. Unique coffee drinks.
C. Excellent service. D. A comfortable atmosphere.
15. A. Offering high quality coffee to customers.
B Introducing European brands to America.
C. Giving customers a complete satisfying experience.
D. Selling expensive coffee to make the brand unique.
16. A. The current worth of Starbucks. B. The development of Starbucks.
C. The co-founder of Starbucks. D. The first branch of Starbucks.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following longer conversation.
17. A. Because he needs a luxury car to show off. B. Because his own car doesn’t work
C. Because the meeting place is far away. D. Because he cannot drive a manual car.
18. A. 3, 600yuan. B. 4, 000 yuan.
C. 7, 600 yuan. D. 10, 000yuan.
19. A. Refill the tank of the gas. B. Present a valid credit card.
C. Mail the key to the rental company. D. Drive the car back to where he rents it.
20. A. Driving skills. B. Car rental.
C. Insurance policy. D. Car brands
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the two passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
The Russian class
I started teaching in 1997 at Syracuse University. For the last twenty years, I____1____ (teach) a class on the nineteenth-century Russian short story in translation. My students are some of the best young writers in America. (We pick six new students a year from ____2____ applicant pool of between six and seven hundred. ) They arrive already wonderful. What I try to do over the next three years is help them achieve their “iconic space” —the place ____3____ they will write the stories only they could write, using what makes them uniquely themselves-their strengths, weaknesses, obsessions, peculiarities, the whole deal. The goal is ____4____ (help) them acquire the technical means to become joyfully themselves.
In the Russian class, ____5____ (hope) to understand the physics of the form (“How does this thing work, anyway?”), we turn to a handful of great Russian writers to see how they did it. I sometimes joke that we’re reading to see what we____6____ “steal”.
A few years back, after class, I had the realization that some of the best moments of my life, the moments during which I’ve really felt myself____7____ (offer) something of value to the world, have been spent teaching that class. The stories I teach in the____8____ (class) are constantly with me as I work, the high bar against which I measure my own. I want my stories____9____ (move) and change someone as much as these Russian stories have moved and changed me. So I decided to write this book, to put some of what my students and I have discovered together over the years down on paper, offering a modest version of that class to you. It is written____10____ anyone who is interested in how fiction works and why it’s more relevant than ever in these hard times.
【答案】1. have been teaching
2. the 3. where
4. to help 5. hoping
6. can 7. offering
8. classes 9. to move
10. for
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲的是作者回忆自己教学的经历和感想。
【1题详解】
考查时态和主谓一致。句意：在过去的二十年里，我一直在教授一门关于19世纪俄罗斯短篇小说翻译的课程。由For the last twenty years可知，句子用现在完成进行时，表示一个从过去持续到现在，且有可能继续下去的动作，主语是I，因此空格处是have been teaching，故填have been teaching。
【2题详解】
考查定冠词。句意：我们每年从600到700名申请者中挑选6名新生。空格处用定冠词the特指“申请人群”，故填the。
【3题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：在接下来的三年里，我要做的就是帮助他们获得自己的“标志性空间”——在那里，他们将写出只有他们才能写出的故事，利用让他们与众不同的东西——他们的优点、缺点、痴迷、特点，等等。空格处引导的是定语从句，从句中不缺主语或宾语，先行词place是地方，因此空格处用关系副词where，故填where。
【4题详解】
考查不定式。句意：目标是帮助他们获得技术手段，成为快乐的自己。空处表目的和将来，用不定式作表语，故填to help。
【5题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：在俄语课上，我们希望理解这种形式的物理原理（“这东西到底是怎么工作的？”），于是我们求助于几位伟大的俄罗斯作家，看看他们是如何做到的。turn是谓语，空格处用非谓语动词，we和hope之间是主谓关系，因此空格处用现在分词表主动，故填hoping。
【6题详解】
考查情态动词。句意：我有时开玩笑说，我们读书是为了看看我们能“偷”到什么。steal是原形，空格处用情态动词，根据语境可知，句子表示“我们读书是为了看看我们能“偷”到什么”，空格处意为“能够”，用can，故填can。
【7题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：几年前，下课后，我意识到我生命中一些最美好的时刻，那些我真正感到自己为世界做出贡献的时刻，都花在了教这门课上。felt是谓语，空格处用非谓语动词，myself和offer之间是主谓关系，因此用现在分词offering表主动，故填offering。
【8题详解】
考查名词的复数。句意：我在课堂上讲授的故事一直伴随着我的工作，这是我衡量自己的高标准。class“课”是可数名词，不止一节课，因此空格处用复数，故填classes。
【9题详解】
考查不定式。句意：我希望我的故事能感动和改变别人，就像这些俄罗斯故事感动和改变了我一样。want sb./sth. to do是固定短语，意为“想要某人/某事做某事”，因此空格处是不定式，故填to move。
【10题详解】
考查介词。句意：这本书是写给任何对小说如何运作感兴趣的人的，以及为什么在这个困难时期，小说比以往任何时候都更有意义。根据语境可知，句子表示“这本书是写给任何对小说如何运作感兴趣的人的”，空格处意为“为了”，用介词for，故填for。
Section B
Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. affect B. challenge C. controlled D. change E. evolved F. extinction
G. happening H. key I. measure J. minimize K. warning
The Antarctic: Key to Planet Earth
The first people to reach the South Pole—in modem times, anyway—were Roald Amundsen and the Norwegian Antarctic expedition, in December 1911. Explorers had been trying to reach the Antarctic for over a hundred years because it represented the serious ___11___ : the coldest and windiest continent in the world.
Nowadays, scientists from over 27 countries work in the Antarctic all year round and there is even a small amount of tourism in the summer months. Since the 1960s, people have come to realize that the Antarctic holds the ___12___ to the history of our planet.
Antarctica has preserved valuable evidence of the natural history of our planet. Evidence from fossils shows how life ___13___ during geological time. The Antarctic has a crucial role to play in helping us understand global ___14___ .
The Antarctic provides valuable information about what is currently ___15___ to the ozone layer and about global warming. Scientists are also discovering that the ice sheet may contribute to changes in sea level. What happens in Antarctica will ___16___ the world’s climate and the world’s oceans. This is why the Antarctic is now one of the most ___17___ regions of the world, in terms of regulations concerning pollution.
Up until the 1960s, some species of whale and seal were driven almost to ___18___ by human activities in Antarctica. However, due to greater environmental awareness, all plants and animals in Antarctica are now protected by regulation. Commercial fishing is strictly limited and severe measures aim to ___19___ illegal fishing. There are also strict measures to control marine pollution.
Antarctica provides information on the past, present and future of our planet, and controls major issues in the rest of the world. In this sense, Antarctica is a(n) ____20____ because it tells us what we have done wrong. It is also a lesson because the regulations in force there show us what can be done and what must be done for the environment. It is up to us to listen and act, before it is too lat.
【答案】11. B 12. H
13. E 14. D
15. G 16. A
17. C 18. F
19. J 20. K
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍的是自人类到达南极洲以来，南极洲成了探险家的目的地，同时南极洲提供了地球的过去、现在和未来的信息，我们人类有责任保护南极洲。
【11题详解】
考查名词。句意：一百多年来，探险家们一直试图到达南极，因为它代表了一个严峻的挑战:世界上最冷、风最大的大陆。分析句子结构可知，此处应为名词作宾语，结合句意可知，此处表示“挑战”应为challenge。故选B项。
【12题详解】
考查名词。句意：自20世纪60年代以来，人们开始意识到南极掌握着我们星球历史的关键。分析句子结构可知，此处应为名词作宾语，结合句意可知，此处表示“关键”应为key，且此处指的是“南极是掌握这个星球的关键”，表示单数概念。故选H项。
【13题详解】
考查动词。句意：来自化石的证据显示了生命在地质时期是如何进化的。分析句子结构可知，此处应为谓语动词，结合句意可知，此处表示“进化”应为evolve，根据时间状语“during geological time”可知，此处应使用一般过去时，且与主语之间为主动关系，所以使用evolved。故选E项。
【14题详解】
考查名词。句意：南极在帮助我们了解全球变化方面发挥着至关重要的作用。分析句子结构可知，此处应为名词作宾语，结合句意可知，此处表示“变化”应为change。故选D项。
【15题详解】
考查动词。句意：南极提供了有关目前臭氧层变化和全球变暖的宝贵信息。分析句子结构可知，此处应为非谓语动词与is构成句子的谓语，结合句意可知，此处表示“发生”应为happen，且表示动作正在进行，所以使用现在分词形式。故选G项。
【16题详解】
考查动词。句意：南极洲发生的事情将影响世界的气候和海洋。分析句子结构可知，此处应为动词原形，结合句意可知，此处表示“影响”为affect，且与主语之间为主动关系。故选A项。
【17题详解】
考查动词。句意：这就是为什么在有关污染的法规方面，南极现在是世界上最受控制的地区之一。分析句子结构可知，此处应为非谓语动词作定语，结合句意可知，此处表示“控制”应为control，且与所修饰词regions之间为被动关系，所以使用过去分词形式controlled。故选C项。
【18题详解】
考查名词。句意：直到20世纪60年代，人类在南极洲的活动导致一些鲸鱼和海豹几乎灭绝。分析句子结构可知，此处应为名词作宾语，结合句意可知，此处表示“灭绝”因为extinction。故选F项。
【19题详解】
考查动词。句意：商业捕鱼受到严格限制，严厉的措施旨在减少非法捕鱼。分析句子结构可知，此处位于不定式符号to后面应为动词原形，结合句意可知，此处表示“使降到最少”应为minimize，且表示主动意义。故选J项。
【20题详解】
考查名词。句意：从这个意义上说，南极洲是一个警告，因为它告诉我们我们做错了什么。分析句子结构可知，此处应为名词作表语，结合句意可知，此处表示“警告”应为warning，空前有不定关系a，所以使用名词单数。故选K项。
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Pope (罗马教皇) Francis wearing a massive, loose and white puffer coat. Elon Musk walking hand-in-hand with rival GM CEO Mary Barra. None of these things actually happened, but such AI-generated ___21___ did go viral online over the past week.
The situation demonstrates a new online reality: the ___22___ of a new crop of artificial intelligence tools has made it cheaper and easier than ever to create realistic images, as well as audio and videos. And these images are likely to pop up with increasing frequency on social media.
While these AI tools may enable new means of expressing creativity, the spread of computer-generated media also threatens to further ___23___ the information ecosystem. That risks ___24___ the challenges for users, news organizations and social media platforms to tell what’s real. There are also concerns that Al-generated images could be misused.
Images, compared to the Al-generated text, can be ___25___ powerful in provoking emotions when people view them, said Claire Leibowicz, head of AI and media integrity at the Partnership on AI. That can make it harder for people to slow down and ___26___ whether what they’re looking at is real or fake. ___27___, bad guys could eventually attempt to create fake content in quantity in order to confuse Internet users and provoke certain behaviors.
Computer-generated image technology has improved rapidly in recent years, from the photoshopped image of a shark swimming through a flooded highway to the websites that four years ago began mass producing mostly ___28___ photos of people. But in most cases, the creators of the recent hot images don’t appear to have been ill-intended.
There are ___29___ by platforms, AI technology companies and industry groups to improve the transparency when a piece of content is generated by a computer. Platforms including Meta’s Facebook and Instagram, Twitter and YouTube have policies restricting or even ____30____ the sharing of media that could mislead users. But as use of AI-generated technologies grows, even such policies could threaten to ____31____ user trust. If, for example, a fake image accidentally slipped through a platform’s detection system, it could give people false confidence. Although there’s a detection system that says it’s real, it’s actually not.
Work is also underway on technical solutions that would, ____32____, watermark an AI-generated image or include a transparent label in an image’s metadata, so anyone viewing it across the Internet would know it was created by a computer. “All these institutions are ____33____ disclosure and transparency,” Leibowicz said.
A group of tech leaders, including Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, this week wrote an open letter ____34____ artificial intelligence labs to stop the training of the most powerful AI systems for at least six months, citing “profound risks to society and humanity.” ____35____, it’s not clear whether any labs will take such a step. And as the technology rapidly improves and becomes accessible beyond a relatively small group of corporations doing responsible practices, lawmakers may need to get involved.
21. A. images B. dream C. article D. imagination
22. A. rise B. emphasis C. innovation D. population
23. A. rob B. pollute C. fire D. reverse
24. A. getting rid of B. coming up with C. adding to D. accounting for
25. A. equally B. necessarily C. especially D. nearly
26. A. underestimate B. overstate C. refer D. evaluate
27. A. As you know B. What’s more C. On the other hand D. To put it short
28. A. unachievable B. unbiased C. unconvincing D. uncomfortable
29. A. efforts B. cases C. demands D. resources
30. A. hacking B. urging C. publicizing D. prohibiting
31. A. ruin B. cease C. rebuild D. replace
32. A. in fact B. for example C. above all D. in short
33. A. committed to B. credited to C. mixed about D. worried about
34. A. counting on B. waiting on C. arranging for D. calling for
35. A. Namely B. Oddly C. Still D. Therefore
【答案】21. A 22. A 23. B 24. C 25. C 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. C 30. D 31. A 32. B 33. A 34. D 35. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章就目前热议的人工智能生成技术展开了报导，指出人工智能生成技术日渐兴起，其生成的图像等内容破坏着信息生态系统，增加了人们识别真假的难度，并可能会造成误用，而相关的机构正在采取措施规避这一风险，也许立法者有必要介入。
【21题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：这些事情实际上都没有发生，但这种人工智能生成的图像确实在过去一周在网上疯传。A. images图像；B. dream梦想；C. article文章；D. imagination想象。根据上文“Pope (罗马教皇) Francis wearing a massive, loose and white puffer coat. Elon Musk walking hand-in-hand with rival GM CEO Mary Barra.”以及下文反复提及的images可知，网络上传播的是这些人工智能生成的图像。故选A。
【22题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：这种情况表明了一种新的网络现实：新一代人工智能工具的兴起，使得制作逼真的图像、音频和视频比以往任何时候都更便宜、更容易。A. rise兴起；B. emphasis重点；C. innovation创新；D. population人口。根据句中“made it cheaper and easier than ever to create realistic images”可推知，制作逼真的图像变得更便宜、更容易的前提条件是工具和技术的兴起。故选A。
【23题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：虽然这些人工智能工具可能使表达创造力的新手段成为可能，但基于计算机生成的传媒也可能进一步污染信息生态系统。A. rob抢劫；B. pollute污染；C. fire射击；D. reverse逆转。根据下文“the challenges for users, news organizations and social media platforms to tell what’s real”和“There are also concerns that Al-generated images could be misused.”可知，这种人工智能工具会涉及多方辨别真实情况的挑战，而且生成的图像有可能会被误用，所以应该是会污染信息生态系统。故选B。
【24题详解】
考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：这会增加用户、新闻机构和社交媒体平台辨别真实情况的挑战。A. getting rid of摆脱；B. coming up with想起；C. adding to增加；D. accounting for导致。根据句中“to tell what’s real”并结合常识可推知，人工智能生成的图片可以以假乱真，所以会增加识别真假的挑战。故选C。
【25题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：人工智能伙伴关系组织的人工智能和媒体完整性主管Claire Leibowicz表示，与人工智能生成的文本相比，图像在激发人们的情绪方面尤其强大。A. equally同样地；B. necessarily必要地；C. especially尤其；D. nearly几乎。根据下文“That can make it harder for people to slow down”可知，人工智能生成的图像让人们更难停下来，所以这里在强调它对人们情绪的影响尤其强大。故选C。
【26题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：这可能会让人们更难放慢脚步，评估他们看到的是真的还是假的。A. underestimate低估；B. overstate夸大；C. refer提到；D. evaluate评估。根据上文“for users, news organizations and social media platforms to tell what’s real”可知，人们评估图像真假的难度加大了。故选D。
【27题详解】
考查固定短语辨析。句意：更重要的是，坏人最终可能会试图制造大量虚假内容，以迷惑互联网用户并引发某些行为。A. As you know正如你所知；B. What’s more更重要的是；C. On the other hand另一方面；D. To put it short简而言之。根据句中“bad guys could eventually attempt to create fake content in quantity in order to confuse Internet users and provoke certain behaviors”可知，这里是对人工智能生成图像技术的负面影响的进一步说明，比上一句的影响更严重，所以B项What’s more符合语境。故选B。
【28题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：计算机生成的图像技术近年来发展迅速，从PS出来的一条鲨鱼在被水淹没的高速公路上游泳的图像，到四年前开始大量制作大多数令人难以置信的人物照片的网站。A. unachievable不可实现的；B. unbiased公正的；C. unconvincing令人难以信服的；D. uncomfortable令人不舒服的。根据上文“Pope (罗马教皇) Francis wearing a massive, loose and white puffer coat. Elon Musk walking hand-in-hand with rival GM CEO Mary Barra. None of these things actually happened”可知，这些图像往往是突破现实情况，令人难以置信的。故选C。
【29题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：平台、人工智能技术公司和行业团体都要求提高计算机生成内容时的透明度。A. efforts努力；B. cases案例；C. demands要求；D. resources资源。根据句中“to improve the transparency when a piece of content is generated by a computer”可知，这些相关机构都对人工智能生成的内容的透明性设置了要求。故选C。
【30题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：包括Meta的Facebook和Instagram、Twitter和YouTube在内的平台都有限制甚至禁止分享可能误导用户的媒体的政策。A. hacking非法侵入；B. urging敦促；C. publicizing宣传；D. prohibiting阻止。根据空前“restricting or even”可知，空处的行为更进一步地严格管理人工智能生成的内容的分享，所以D项prohibiting符合语境。故选D。
【31题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：但随着人工智能技术的使用增多，即使是这样的政策也可能会破坏用户的信任。A. ruin破坏；B. cease终止；C. rebuild重建；D. replace替代。根据下文“If, for example, a fake image accidentally slipped through a platform’s detection system, it could give people false confidence.”可知，假的图像有可能会逃过平台的检测系统，骗取用户的信任，所以这些政策并不能完全规避这样的风险，仍有可能会破坏用户的信任。故选A。
【32题详解】
考查固定短语辨析。句意：技术解决方案的工作也在进行中，例如，在人工智能生成的图像上加水印，或者在图像的元数据中包含透明标签，这样任何在互联网上观看它的人都能知道它是由计算机创造的。A. in fact事实上；B. for example例如；C. above all首先；D. in short总之。根据下文“watermark an AI-generated image or include a transparent label in an image’s metadata”可知，加水印、加透明性标签都是技术解决方案的具体事例，所以是在举例子说明。故选B。
【33题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：Leibowicz说：“所有这些机构都致力于信息披露和透明度。”A. committed to致力于；B. credited to归功于；C. mixed about混淆；D. worried about担忧。根据上文“Work is also underway on technical solutions”可知，所有相关的机构都在努力解决这一问题，所以是致力于保证人工智能生成的内容的信息披露和透明度。故选A。
【34题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：包括Musk和苹果联合创始人Steve Wozniak在内的一群科技领袖本周写了一封公开信，呼吁人工智能实验室至少在六个月内停止训练最强大的人工智能系统，理由是“对社会和人类构成严重风险”。A. counting on依赖；B. waiting on焦急地等待；C. arranging for安排；D. calling for呼吁。根据句中“to stop the training of the most powerful AI systems”和常识可知，科技领袖写公开信是利用自己的影响力呼吁放缓人工智能系统的训练进度。故选D。
【35题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：尽管如此，目前尚不清楚是否有实验室会采取这样的措施。A. Namely也就是；B. Oddly奇怪地；C. Still尽管如此；D. Therefore因此。根据句中“it’s not clear whether any labs will take such a step”可知，虽然科技领袖写了公开信进行呼吁，但相关实验室是否会切实执行我们不得而知，前后是转折关系。故选C。
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
Scrolling through Hudson Valley Craigslist one night, I come across a sprawling — but cozy — oak-floored Victorian house that’s perfectly isolated despite being two hundred years old. I buy it for a hundred and fifty thousand dollars, without having to borrow any money from my parents.
Moving is a breeze. Even at the end of the brisk drive upstate, I’m in a sea of B. L. M. signs and rainbow flags, and nobody wants to shoot me for my political beliefs. In fact, I receive several compliments on my electric pickup truck, and everyone calls me Chief.
Upon my arrival, the family of mice living in my house pack up and leave, but not before thoughtfully scrubbing the oven of their waste.
I chop so much wood for the natural-stone fireplace that my hands become calloused (长了老茧) (hotly) and I put on twenty pounds of muscle. Every day I wake up at 5 A. M. to volunteer at a nearby animal sanctuary, because the valley’s grand sunrises have transformed me, overnight, into a morning person.
A seemingly rude but bighearted neighbor, Meeks, shovels the snow from my driveway and tends to the yard, unprompted. When I offer to pay him for his work, Meeks says, “Please. I’m a huge fan of your writing—the art you put into the world is payment enough.”
At my favorite local dive, I play in a weekly poker game with a cast of colorful townies, like in “Nobody’s Fool.” We drink boilermakers all night but always make it home safely because the sparkling-clean Main Street trolley runs twenty-four hours a day.
Though I’m undoubtedly rich, and the value of my house has skyrocketed, my presence doesn’t interfere with the area’s cost of living, which remains low thanks to policies enacted by President Ocasio-Cortez.
My dad, a retired fighter pilot who’s always respected me, buys a small Cessna so he and my mom can fly up to visit once a month. Whenever he’s in town, my dad makes improvements to the house without being asked. When I offer to pay him, he says, “Please. Just seeing you this happy, successful, and physically powerful is payment enough.”
I don’t miss going to concerts, comedy shows. or the doctor. Most nights I’m content to sit by the fire with Meeks, sipping on applejack and playing cribbage, a simple game that I intuitively grasp.
I make frequent trips into Manhattan to see my friends, who’ve collectively decided not to have kids so we can hang more. They chuckle as I complain about the city prices, their envy subtle but detectable. Stirred by my glow, one by one they buy (slightly less impressive) houses down the road from mine.
A few years later, I adapt a novel into a critically acclaimed HBO mini-series, which I co-create with my pal and professional equal, John Oliver.
On my ninetieth birthday, I pass away in my sleep, calloused hands folded (hotly) on my barrel chest. The whole valley turns up for my Viking funeral, where the mayor puts the key to the city or township or whatever around my tree-trunk neck.
When my next of kin offers to pay for the funeral service, the mayor says, “Please. His time here, upstate, was payment enough.”
36. From the description of his early settlement into this part of the countryside, we can infer that the author ________.
A. likes to do things on his own B. is reluctant to make the changes
C. pursues his political beliefs strongly D. is critical of the environment where he lives
37. Which of the following statements about the author is TRUE according to the passage?
A. He enjoys watching comedies in the neighbourhood.
B. His depiction of the present life attracts his friends.
C. He gains some weight because he eats more than he did.
D. His parents are quite concerned what kind of life he is leading.
38. All the statements of others’ comment on the author contain the expression “payment enough” which is to illustrate ________.
A. he is tolerant of others’ payment B. he has paid enough for what he wants
C. he has done enough that deserves rewards D. he is willing to pay enough for what others do for him
39. What might be the best title of this passage?
A. My routine as a writer B. My fantasy in upstate
C. My pursuit of happiness D. My work in the countryside
【答案】36. A 37. B 38. C 39. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文中作者主要描述了自己在北州生活的幻想情形。
【36题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段“I chop so much wood for the natural-stone fireplace that my hands become calloused (长了老茧) (hotly) and I put on twenty pounds of muscle. Every day I wake up at 5 A. M. to volunteer at a nearby animal sanctuary, because the valley’s grand sunrises have transformed me, overnight, into a morning person.(我为天然石砌的壁炉砍了太多的木头，以至于我的手都长了老茧（热得），我的肌肉也长了二十磅。我每天早上5点起床。我去附近的动物保护区做志愿者，因为山谷里壮观的日出一夜之间把我变成了一个早起的人)”可推知，从他早期乡村定居的描述中，我们可以推断作者喜欢自己做事情，故选A。
【37题详解】
细节理解题。根据倒数第四段“Stirred by my glow, one by one they buy (slightly less impressive) houses down the road from mine.(在我的光芒的鼓舞下，他们一个接一个地在我家附近买了房子（稍微没那么令人印象深刻）)”可知，B选项“他对当前生活的描述吸引了他的朋友”正确。故选B。
【38题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段“Every day I wake up at 5 A. M. to volunteer at a nearby animal sanctuary, because the valley’s grand sunrises have transformed me, overnight, into a morning person.(我去附近的动物保护区做志愿者，因为山谷里壮观的日出一夜之间把我变成了一个早起的人)”；倒数第六段“My dad, a retired fighter pilot who’s always respected me, buys a small Cessna so he and my mom can fly up to visit once a month. Whenever he’s in town, my dad makes improvements to the house without being asked. When I offer to pay him, he says, “Please. Just seeing you this happy, successful, and physically powerful is payment enough.”(我的父亲是一位退休的战斗机飞行员，他一直很尊重我，他买了一架小型塞斯纳飞机，这样他和我妈妈就可以每月飞过来看我一次。只要我爸爸在城里，他就会不请自来地把房子装修一下。当我提出付钱给他时，他说:“拜托。看到你这么快乐，这么成功，这么强壮，就足够了。”)”以及最后一段“When my next of kin offers to pay for the funeral service, the mayor says, “Please. His time here, upstate, was payment enough.”(当我的近亲提出支付葬礼费用时，市长说:“拜托了。他在纽约州北部待了一段时间，这是他应得的报酬。”)”可推知，所有其他人对作者的评论都包含了“支付足够”的表达，这是为了说明他做得够多了，应该得到奖励。故选C。
【39题详解】
主旨大意题。根据倒数第二段“On my ninetieth birthday, I pass away in my sleep, calloused hands folded (hotly) on my barrel chest.(在我九十岁生日那天，我在睡梦中死去，长满老茧的双手交叠在我的肌肉发达的胸膛上)”以及最后一段“When my next of kin offers to pay for the funeral service, the mayor says, “Please. His time here, upstate, was payment enough.”(当我的近亲提出支付葬礼费用时，市长说:“拜托了。他在纽约州北部待了一段时间，这是他应得的报酬。”)”结合文中作者主要描述了自己在北州生活的幻想情形。可知，B选项“我在北州的幻想”最符合文章标题。故选B。
(B)
Once in a while, a very savvy and smart kid makes a difference and changes the course of history. Here are some people who left their mark at a young age.
Mary Shelley
Though she didn’t publish it until she was 21, Mary Shelley, an English Romantic novelist, wrote Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus when she was 18. She wrote several other well-regarded novels throughout her career, including Valperga(1823). The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck (1830), Lodore (1835), and Falkner (1837), but Frankenstein became her best known and remains a classic, showing the dreadful consequences that arise after a scientist has artificially created a human being. The man-made monster in this novel inspired a similar creature in numerous American horror films.

Louis Braille
The Braille language for the blind was developed by Louis Braille in 1824 when he was just 15 years old. He polished it and expanded it after that. Despite being blinded at the age of 3, he was inspired at a young age to conceive of a way to read and write. Braille consists of a code of 63 characters, each made up of one to six raised dots arranged in a six-position matrix or cell. The dots are embossed on paper and are read by using one’s fingers. He published the first Braille book. a three-volume history book, in 1837. He also became a notable musician and excelled as an organist. Upon receiving a scholarship, he went in 1819 to Paris to attend the National Institute for Blind Children, and from 1826 he taught there.

Bobby Fischer
In 1958, at age 15, Bobby Fischer became the youngest chess player in history to be named grandmaster, the highest title possible. He had begun to attract international attention two years earlier when he was victorious in what became known as the “Game of the Century” between him and Donald Byme. His brilliant playing drew the attention of the American public to the game of chess, particularly when he won the world championship in 1972. His precocious skills inspired the Academy Award-nominated movie, Searching for Bobby Fischer(1993).

Malala Yousafzai
In 2014, at age 17, Malala Yousafzai became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. The young activist from Pakistan had become famous for speaking out against the Taliban and encouraging young girls like herself to pursue an education. She made her first public speech touting the cause when she was only 11 years old. She attracted international attention when she survived an attempt on her life at age 15. She recovered, staying with her family in Birmingham, UK, where she returned to her studies and to activism. Her life was examined in the documentary He Named Me Malala (2015), whose title referenced the fact that Yousafzai had been named for the Afghan heroine Malala, who allegedly led her people to victory against the British in the 1880 Battle of Maiwand.


40. _______ got a world-wide reputation at the youngest age.
A. Mary Shelley B. Louis Braille
C. Bobby Fischer D. Malala Yousafzai
41. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley was nominated the best American horror film ever.
B. Bobby Fischer’s remarkable talents aroused a debate about playing chess in the US.
C Yousafzai returned to her studies and career in the UK after the attempted murder.
D. Louis Braille had taught music and biology for the blind students in Paris since 1826.
42. To make a speech entitled “It’s not easy to attain success”, you may read _______’s life stories for reference.
A. Mary Shelley and Louis Braille
B. Bobby Fischer and Malala Yousafzai
C. Mary Shelley and Bobby Fischer
D. Louis Braille and Malala Yousafzai
【答案】40. D 41. C 42. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要介绍的是四位年轻时就出名的人物。
【40题详解】
细节理解题。根据Mary Shelley部分的“Though she didn’t publish it until she was 21, Mary Shelley, an English Romantic novelist, wrote Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus when she was 18.(尽管英国浪漫主义小说家Mary Shelley直到21岁才出版了这本书，但她在18岁时就写了Frankenstein，又名The Modern Prometheus。)”，Louis Braille部分的“The Braille language for the blind was developed by Louis Braille in 1824, when he was just 15 years old.(盲文是由Louis Braille在1824年发明的，当时他只有15岁。)”，Bobby Fischer部分的“In 1958, at age 15, Bobby Fischer became the youngest chess player in history to be named grandmaster, the highest title possible. He had begun to attract international attention two years earlier when he was victorious in what became known as the “Game of the Century” between him and Donald Byme.(1958年，15岁的Bobby Fischer成为历史上最年轻的国际象棋大师，这是可能获得的最高头衔。两年前，他在与Donald Byme的“世纪之战”中获胜，开始引起国际关注。)”和Malala Yousafzai部分的“She made her first public speech touting the cause when she was only 11 years old.(当她只有11岁的时候，她第一次发表了公开演讲来宣传这一事业。)”可知，获得了世界声誉时最年轻的是Malala Yousafzai，故选D。
【41题详解】
细节理解题。根据Malala Yousafzai部分的“She recovered, staying with her family in Birmingham, UK, where she returned to her studies and to activism.(她康复了，和家人住在英国伯明翰，在那里她重新开始学习和活动。)”可知，被谋杀未遂后，Yousafzai回到英国继续学业和工作。故选C。
【42题详解】
细节理解题。根据Louis Braille部分的“The Braille language for the blind was developed by Louis Braille in 1824, when he was just 15 years old. He polished it and expanded it after that. Despite being blinded at the age of 3, he was inspired at a young age to conceive of a way to read and write.(盲文是由Louis Braille在1824年发明的，当时他只有15岁。之后他对它进行了润色和扩展。尽管在3岁时失明，但他在很小的时候就受到启发，想出了一种阅读和写作的方法。)”和Malala Yousafzai部分的“She attracted international attention when she survived an attempt on her life at age 15. She recovered, staying with her family in Birmingham, UK, where she returned to her studies and to activism.(15岁时，她在一次暗杀中幸存下来，引起了国际社会的关注。她康复了，和家人住在英国伯明翰，在那里她重新开始学习和活动。)”可知，这两个人获得成功都不容易，所以要做一个题为“获得成功并不容易”的演讲，你可以阅读这两位的故事，故选D。
(C)
Surveillance is nothing new. The dark Satanic mill of 18th-century Britain had supevisros to crack the whip. Shops have long used CCTV to monitor customers and staff, and some factory workers have had to face the humiliation of timed toilet breaks. Still, if you enjoy the comfort of a white-collar job, you may be astonished to learn just how much you are being watched.
Calls and emails are monitored using ever more advanced software. Artificial intelligence is taking the monitoring to new levels, tracking everything from Zoom-call rictus and twitchy keyboard strokes to the consistent note of irritation in your voice, in an attempt to assess your productivity and judge your state of mind.
Surveillance is rising because work-from-home policies mean that employers are keen to keep tabs on their remote workforce. Before the pandemic, around one in ten of the large businesses had spying software. Within three years it expects the share to each 70 %.
Bosses also have ever-expanding amounts of data at their disposal, enlarging the digital footprint that can be monitored. Widely used software such as Google Workspace, Microsoft Teams or Slack can tell managers what time you clock in or how many calls you join on their platforms. Employee badges fitted with motion sensors and microphones can alert bosses if someone is loafing about. The blurring boundaries between work and home mean that video surveillance and other intrusive tools are barging into workers’ personal lives, social-media accounts and private devices at all times of the day.
The law is scrambling to adjust. In the state of New York, employees subject to electronic monitoring must be told in advance, under a new law introduced on May 7th. Connecticut and Delaware require similar disclosures. California is considering new laws to strengthen privacy protections for workers, including a ban on digital monitoring without prior notice. The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation establishes some basic rights for staff. Yet it is still early days and the technology is advancing fast. As a result, most firms are only just getting their heads around how much remote work is likely to remain permanent. A clear boundary between embracing new technologies on the one hand, and protecting workers on the other, has still to be drawn.
There are perfectly legitimate reasons for surveillance at work. Many jobs require monitoring for safety, security and compliance. Investment banks’ traders are tracked to prevent insider dealing, and the decisions of social-media moderators (仲裁人) are traced and recorded to ensure consistency and accountability. In the same way that companies collect data on customers’ behaviour in order to improve their products, so professional employers are using monitoring tools to measure the productivity and engagement of their most important resource: their people. In the future such tools could help spot bad posture, root out bullying, and identify and share best practice among staff.
43. The passage is mainly about ________.
A. the phenomenon of workplace monitoring
B. the history of surveillance in different industries
C. the new norm of employees after the pandemic
D. the benefits and drawbacks of remote work policies
44. According to paragraph 3, employers are more interested in keeping an eye on staff because ________.
A spying software are much more popularized than ever before
B. more and more new employees are coming from remote areas
C. they share the way to manage employees during the epidemic
D. they want to ensure the productivity of employees working from home
45. The underlined sentence in paragraph 4 is used to ________.
A. point out how intense the competition is for Google
B. show the wide range of office software on the market
C. compare the performance of different spying software
D. list employers’ one possible access to staff’s working data
46. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the author?
A. Monitoring at workplace is reasonable in some walks of life
B. Artificial Intelligence can forward employees’ email to their bosses.
C. Most workers in California are currently free from digital monitoring
D. Bosses can balance embracing new technology and protecting privacy.
【答案】43. A 44. D 45. D 46. A
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了工作场所存在的员工被监控的现象，电话和电子邮件被越来越先进的软件监控，老板们也有越来越多的数据可供他们使用，扩大了可以监控的数字足迹。为此相关的法律被制定出，加强对员工的隐私保护。
【43题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第一段“Surveillance is nothing new. The dark Satanic mill of 18th-century Britain had supevisros to crack the whip. Shops have long used CCTV to monitor customers and staff, and some factory workers have had to face the humiliation of timed toilet breaks. Still, if you enjoy the comfort of a white-collar job, you may be astonished to learn just how much you are being watched.(监视并不是什么新鲜事。18世纪英国黑暗的撒旦工厂有监督者来鞭策。商店长期以来一直使用闭路电视监控顾客和员工，一些工厂工人不得不面临定时上厕所的羞辱。不过，如果你享受白领工作的舒适，你可能会惊讶地发现自己被监视得如此之多)”结合文章主要说明了工作场所存在的员工被监控的现象，电话和电子邮件被越来越先进的软件监控，老板们也有越来越多的数据可供他们使用，扩大了可以监控的数字足迹。为此相关的法律被制定出，加强对员工的隐私保护。由此可知，这篇文章主要是关于工作场所监控现象。故选A。
【44题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段“Surveillance is rising because work-from-home policies mean that employers are keen to keep tabs on their remote workforce. Before the pandemic, around one in ten of the large businesses had spying software. Within three years it expects the share to each 70 %.(监控正在增加，因为在家工作的政策意味着雇主们热衷于密切关注他们的远程员工。在流感大流行之前，大约十分之一的大型企业拥有间谍软件。预计在三年内，这一比例将分别达到70%)”可知，雇主对关注员工更感兴趣，因为他们想确保员工在家工作的效率。故选D。
【45题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段内容“Bosses also have ever-expanding amounts of data at their disposal, enlarging the digital footprint that can be monitored. Widely used software such as Google Workspace, Microsoft Teams or Slack can tell managers what time you clock in or how many calls you join on their platforms. Employee badges fitted with motion sensors and microphones can alert bosses if someone is loafing about. The blurring boundaries between work and home mean that video surveillance and other intrusive tools are barging into workers’ personal lives, social-media accounts and private devices at all times of the day.(老板们也有越来越多的数据可供他们使用，扩大了可以监控的数字足迹。谷歌Workspace、Microsoft Teams或Slack等广泛使用的软件可以告诉经理你的打卡时间，或者你在他们的平台上打了多少个电话。员工徽章上装有运动传感器和麦克风，如果有人在闲逛，可以提醒老板。工作和家庭之间模糊的界限意味着，视频监控和其他侵入性工具正在每时每刻闯入员工的个人生活、社交媒体账户和私人设备)”可知，第4段中划线的句子是为了列出雇主获取员工工作数据的可能途径。故选D。
【46题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段“There are perfectly legitimate reasons for surveillance at work. Many jobs require monitoring for safety, security and compliance. Investment banks’ traders are tracked to prevent insider dealing, and the decisions of social-media moderators (仲裁人) are traced and recorded to ensure consistency and accountability.(在工作中进行监控是有完全合理的理由的。许多工作需要监控安全性、安全性和合规性。投资银行的交易员被跟踪以防止内幕交易，社交媒体主持人的决定被追踪和记录，以确保一致性和问责制)”可知，B选项“在某些行业，在工作场所进行监控是合理的”正确。故选A。
Section C
Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given below. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.
The Power of the Press
In modern countries any efforts to restrict the freedom of the press are rightly condemned. However, this freedom can easily be abused. ___47___ Though we may enjoy reading about the lives of others, it is extremely doubtful whether we would equally enjoy reading about ourselves. Acting on the contention that facts are sacred, reporters can cause untold suffering to individuals by publishing details about their private lives. Newspapers exert such tremendous influence that they can not only bring about major changes to the lives of ordinary people but can even overthrow a government.
The story of a poor family that acquired fame and fortune overnight, dramatically illustrates the power of the press. The family lived in Aberdeen, a small town of 23, 000 inhabitants in South Dakota. ___48___ They were expecting their sixth child and were faced with even more pressing economic problems. If they had only had one more child, the fact would have passed unnoticed. They would have continued to struggle against economic odds and would have lived in obscurity. But they suddenly became the parents of quintuplets, four girls and a boy, an event which radically changed their lives. The day after the birth of the five children, an aeroplane arrived in Aberdeen bringing sixty reporters and photographers.
The rise to fame was swift. ___49___ Newspapers and magazines offered the family huge sums for the exclusive rights to publish stories and photographs. Gifts poured in not only from unknown people, but from baby food and soap manufactures who wished to advertise their products. The old farmhouse the family lived in was to be replaced by a new $ 500, 000 home. Reporters kept pressing for interviews so lawyers had to be employed to act as spokesmen for the family at press conferences. While the five babies were still quietly sleeping in oxygen tents in a hospital nursery, their parents were paying the price for fame. ___50___ They had become the victims of commercialization, for their names had acquired a market value. Instead of being five new family members, these children had immediately become a commodity.
A. Television cameras and newspapers carried the news to everyone in the country.
B. Stories about people often attract far more public attention than imagined.
C. It is hard not to read news about the miserable things happening in the world.
D They were more than happy to make full use of their names.
E. It would never again be possible for them to lead normal lives.
F. As the parents had five children, life was an endless struggle against poverty.
【答案】47. B 48. F 49. A 50. E
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章用例子说明了媒体的力量很大，不仅能够给老百姓的生活带来重大的变化，甚至能够推翻一个政府。
【47题详解】
下文“Though we may enjoy reading about the lives of others, it is extremely doubtful whether we would equally enjoy reading about ourselves. (尽管我们可能喜欢阅读别人的生活，但是我们是否也同样喜欢阅读自己的生活，这是非常值得怀疑的。)”提出尽管我们可能喜欢阅读别人的生活，但是我们是否也同样喜欢阅读自己的生活，这是非常值得怀疑的，由此可知，空处引起下文，提出我们喜欢关注别人的生活，B项“关于人们的故事往往比想象中吸引更多的公众注意力。”符合，其中“Stories about people”呼应下文“the lives of others”，故选B。
【48题详解】
上文“The family lived in Aberdeen, a small town of 23, 000 inhabitants in South Dakota. (这家人住在南达科他州一个有23000居民的小镇阿伯丁。 )”描述了这家人住在小镇里，下文“They were expecting their sixth child and were faced with even more pressing economic problems. (他们即将迎来第六个孩子，面临着更加紧迫的经济问题。)”描述了家里即将有第六个孩子，家庭更加贫穷，空处应该是在描述家里有五个孩子很贫穷的境况，F项“由于父母有五个孩子，生活就是与贫困进行无休止的斗争。”符合，且“five children”和下文“their sixth child”相照应，故选F。

【49题详解】
上文“The rise to fame was swift. (名声迅速崛起。)”可知，这家人很快就有名了，空处应该承接上文，指出这家人如何在大众媒体的帮助下变得有名的，A项“电视摄像机和报纸把这个消息传给了全国的每一个人。”符合，故选A。
【50题详解】
上文“While the five babies were still quietly sleeping in oxygen tents in a hospital nursery, their parents were paying the price for fame.(当这五个婴儿仍然安静地睡在医院托儿所的氧气帐篷里时，他们的父母正在为出名付出代价。)”指出这家人出名后，他们的父母为此付出了代价，下文“They had become the victims of commercialization, for their names had acquired a market value. Instead of being five new family members, these children had immediately become a commodity. (他们已经成为商业化的受害者，因为他们的名字已经获得了市场价值。这些孩子不再是五个新的家庭成员，而是立刻变成了一种商品。)”具体指出这家人为出名付出了什么代价，空处应该也是描述这家人为出名付出的代价，E项“他们再也不可能过上正常的生活了。”符合，故选E。
V. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
51. 学校规定学生要按时上交作业。(turn)(汉译英)
【答案】Schools require students to turn in their assignments on time.
【解析】
【详解】考查固定搭配，时态。“学校”译为school，用复数表示一类事物；“要求某人做某事”译为固定用法require sb. to do sth.，照应主语且根据句意，应为复数，为一般现在时；“学生”译为student，应为复数；“上交”译为固定搭配turn in；“作业”译为their assignments；“按时”译为固定搭配on time。故翻译为Schools require students to turn in their assignments on time.
52. 中午，大多数学生坐在教室，目不转睛地看着平板电脑。(with)(汉译英)
【答案】At noon, most students sit in the classroom, with their eyes staring at their tablets.

【解析】
【详解】考查时态，with复合结构。“中午”译为at noon；“大多数学生”译为most students，应为复数；“坐”译为sit，根据句意，为客观描述，应为一般现在时；“在教室”译为in the classroom。“他们的眼睛”译为their eyes；“盯着”译为固定搭配stare at；“平板电脑”译为at their tablets。照应题干要求，应为“with+n.+doing”，故“目不转睛地看着平板电脑”译为with their eyes staring at their tablets，宾语和宾补之间为主谓关系，故用doing形式作宾补。故翻译为At noon, most students sit in the classroom, with their eyes staring at their tablets.
53. 正是他能够紧跟时事并且发现值得报道的故事才使他成为出色的记者。(It)(汉译英)
【答案】It was his ability to keep up with current events and find stories worth reporting that made him such a good reporter.
【解析】
【详解】考查强调句、固定短语和时态。此处为强调句“it was/is+被强调部分+that”；表示“能够紧跟时事”短语为keep up with current events；表示“发现值得报道的故事”翻译为find stories worth reporting，此处用不定式作后置定语修饰名词ability；表示“使他成为出色的记者”翻译为make him such a good reporter。为一般过去时。故翻译为It was his ability to keep up with current events and find stories worth reporting that made him such a good reporter.
54. 当这首歌在今年艺术节上首发时，因为它风格诙谐而引发轰动，然而这只是昙花一现。(hit)(汉译英)
【答案】When this song was first released in this year’s art festival, it made a hit with its witty style, but this was just in a flash.
【解析】
【详解】考查时间状语从句，时态，名词。“当……时”译为when，引导时间状语从句；“这首歌”译为this song；“发行”译为release，照应主语以及句意，应为单数，被动语态，一般过去时；“首次”译为first；“在今年艺术节上”译为in this year’s art festival；“它引发轰动”译为it make a hit，照应时态，应为一般过去时；“因为风格诙谐”译为介词短语作原因状语with its witty style；“然而”译为转折连词but；“昙花一现”译为be in a flash，照应时态，应为一般过去时。故翻译为When this song was first released in this year’s art festival, it made a hit with its witty style, but this was just in a flash.