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南充高中 2024—2025 学年度下学期第二次月考 9. Where does the woman think she lost her cell phone?
高 2023 级英语试卷 A. In the supermarket. B. In the park. C. In the taxi.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
（考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分 命审题：刘春芳 陈燚）
10. What is the man looking for?
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） A. A chair. B. A house. C. A table.
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 11. How old is the woman now?
A. 49 years old. B. 50 years old. C. 51 years old.
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
12. What color does Jenny dislike?
项。听完每段对话后，你都有十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。
A. Black. B. White. C. Red.
1. What is the man doing?
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
A. Giving advice. B. Asking for permission. C. Making an invitation.
13. When is the woman’s birthday?
2. What will the speakers do next?
A. This Friday. B. This Saturday. C. This Sunday.
A. Stay where they are. B. Go out for a walk. C. Go to a coffee shop.
14. Who is bringing some drinks?
3. Which sport will the man do this weekend?
A. Lisa. B. Carl. C. Rosie.
A. Diving. B. Swimming. C. Water skiing.
15. What will the man bring?
4. What does the woman want with her coffee?
A. Some biscuits. B. Some burgers. C. Some pizza.
A. Cream. B. Milk . C. Sugar.
16. What does the woman want Mike to do?
5. When should the woman meet with Mr. Jackson?
A. Meet her in the Math class. B. Buy some paper plates. C. Bring some CDs.
A. At 2: 20 pm. B. At 2: 30 pm. C. At 2: 40 pm.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
17. What will be the first lesson today?
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
A. English. B. History. C. Art.
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
18. Where will the students have their science lesson?
将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
A.In Room 103. B. In Room 303. C. In Room 313.
听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。
19. Which group will meet on Friday?
6. What are the speakers talking about?
A. The volleyball group. B. The music group. C. The reading group.
A. A weekend plan. B. An after-work activity. C. A night class.
20. When is George on duty probably?
7. How does the woman advise getting to their destination? A. On October 10th. B. On October 12th. C. On October 22nd.
A. By boat. B. By bus. C. By car. 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。 第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
8. What is the man probably?
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该
项涂黑。
A. A policeman. B. A taxi driver. C. A hotel clerk.
高2023级英语试卷 第11页 共510页 高2023级英语试卷 第12页 共510页A professional art life and introduced me to oil painting when I was ten.
At Cambridge, rather than choosing a hall of residence or dormitory, you live in a Cambridge College. As I grew older, I studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art, deepening my exposure to painting from life.
There are 29 undergraduate Colleges. Each College has its own services, facilities and community. At the Maryland Institute College of Art, I majored in illustration, even though I had never worked as an
Applying for accommodation illustrator. My artistic style, “Loose Realism”, developed organically over time. After graduating, I encountered
You don't need to apply for accommodation separately. If you're offered a place to study, you will a “quarter-life crisis”. At that time, the traditional gallery system was still dominant and social media hadn’t
automatically get a room in College accommodation for your first year. yet emerged. I’d received training at school, but I didn’t know how to translate that into a professional job
Accommodation is guaranteed for 3 or 4 years for international students. This accommodation will and even whether to choose it in the real world.
So, I got a series of random jobs, moved to Oregon, and realized I hadn’t painted within seven years. I
be in College-owned property. Typically, you won't have to pay 12 months of rent per year. Our
attempted to create some occasionally during these years, but failed, as I believed that excellent art creations
accommodation contracts are around 27 to 39 weeks.
had to be big and figurative. I’d prepared large canvases (画布) but they became too precious to paint on,
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keeping me away from painting for too long. Actually, that was not the case.
Accommodation costs vary from College to College. They also usually depend on the size of your
Then, I discovered the daily painting movement and started with still life, realizing its possibilities. I
room and whether it’s en-suite.Your accommodation costs will usually cover:
started teaching in 2013, after local shows led people to ask why I didn't teach. My students introduced me
water, electricity and heating
to fresh viewpoints and challenged me to think critically about every color choice. Their attitudes and
cleaning
problems transformed my approach to painting, shifting it from a mechanical routine to a more mindful
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and intentional way. Teaching, both in person and online, has been satisfying. If I had changed my art
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journey, I would have focused earlier on what brought me joy.
Where you will live
24. How did the private teacher influence the author?
During term time, you will need to live within a 3-mile radius (半径) of the Cambridge city center.
A. By requiring her to create artworks. B. By enabling her to enter an art school.
You can live outside of this area if you get permission from your College or if you're studying abroad as
C. By leading her to a specialized art path. D. By motivating her to become a teacher.
part of your course. If you think you’ll need to live outside of the 3-mile radius, you should contact a
25. What problem did the author run into after graduation?
College to talk about your options before you apply.
A. She was disappointed at the job. B. She was unused to social media.
College student life and support
C. She was regretful about learning art. D. She was unsure of the future career.
Your College is where you do a lot of your studying and socializing. Register and click to find out
26. Why did the author stop painting for seven years?
about College facilities and student life on the College pages. A. She tried to avoid failure. B. She lost interest in painting.
21. What is an advantage of Cambridge College accommodation? C. She misunderstood great art. D. She had much work to handle.
A. It is economical. B. It is permanent. C. It is eco-friendly. D. It is space-efficient. 27. What did the students inspire the author to do?
22. A student can live outside of the required area during term time if he/she . A. Focus on joyful things. B. Teaching in various ways.
A. plans to travel abroad B. prefers more privacy C. Stick to painting every day. D. Turn to thoughtful practice.
C. takes an optional course D. gains College’s approval C
23. Where is the text probably taken from? “Turn off, tune out and drop in.” That’s the message to customers at a Dutch digital detox cafe who are
A. A college guidebook. B. A university website. paying for the privilege of leaving their phones at the door. The Offline Club, which began life in Amsterdam,
C. An admission letter. D. A property rental ad. offers an oasis (乐土) of calm and pause from the constant digital busyness of life lived through the black
B glass of a smartphone. It creates moments of quiet reflection, and encourages conversations with strangers
My father is a professional musician, showing me art can be a career. My parents always supported my
instead of endless keyboard arguments hammered out 280 characters at a time.
interest, buying me art supplies and finding me a private teacher when I was eight, who exposed me to
高2023级英语试卷 第21页 共510页 高2023级英语试卷 第22页 共510页With board games, a piano and books on hand, the idea is to swap recharging your device for refilling the pupil widens to let in more light, with a surface enhancing the cat’s vision by reflecting visible light back.
your soul, even for just a few hours. Aided by words spreading on social media, the club has already branched Similarly, the new system includes a slit-like opening design that helps block out unnecessary light and single
out to multiple cities across the Netherlands, and is now ready for an international launch. out key objects in bright conditions, and then uses a surface similar to that of cats’eyes to improve visibility in
“People love it: they tell us this is exactly what they’ve been waiting for; they can’t believe it didn’t low-light conditions.
exist already,” says co-founder Ilya Kneppelhout. “A girl called Belinda who struggled with stress and anxiety Robotic cameras often have difficulty in spotting objects in busy or complex backgrounds, especially
told us she hadn’t felt so at peace with herself in a year and a half.” with changing lighting. The new design successfully makes background objects blurred. It allows robots to
Customers switch between time to themselves and time to connect. “People don’t just pay to get rid of ignore unnecessary details and focus on targets. Scientists also use a brain-like learning network to help the
system better identify important objects. The vision system is more energy efficient as it relies on a specialized
their phones — they’re also paying to meet others,” says Kneppelhout. “We live in quite an isolated world
instrument rather than substantial computer processing.
where we’re more connected online, but in the physical world, it’s hard to meet people.”
This groundbreaking technology unlocks exciting possibilities for real-world applications, transforming
He’s already had a group of digital downtime followers in the UK, where Georgina Sturmer, who has
robotic vision and letting autonomous systems skillfully navigate complex environments and undertake tasks
worked with clients experiencing over-dependence on phones, points out another benefit of a switched-off
with great accuracy. From search and rescue operations to industrial monitoring, these cutting-edge robotic
society. “We are constantly at risk of having every word or image captured and shared,” she says. “This sense
eyes stand ready to complement or even replace human efforts in a variety of critical scenes.
of being endlessly photographed is something that has come with these devices being in our lives so much.
32. What can be known about autonomous systems in paragraph 1?
Wouldn’t it be great to feel safe knowing it doesn’t matter if we’re having a bad hair day, or don't really like
A. Their sensor plays the most vital part. B. They perform poorly in bad conditions.
our outfit?”
C. They keep changing based on nature. D. Their efficiency needs improvement.
28. What can we know about the Dutch digital detox cafe?
33. How does the new system enhance visibility at night?
A. It is the first cafe in Amsterdam. B. Interaction among people is advocated.
A. By adopting a reflective device. B. By absorbing surrounding light.
C. Only black smartphones are allowed there. D. Customers have to type 280 characters nonstop.
C. By narrowing the slit-like opening. D. By integrating computer processing.
29. How did the cafe become more and more popular?
34. What does the underlined word "blurred" in paragraph 3 mean?
A. By media’s advertising. B. By netizens’ commenting online.
A. Distinct. B. Regular C. Unclear. D. Colorless.
C. By employees’ handing out leaflets. D. By customers’ word-of-mouth promoting.
35. Which can be the best title for the text?
30. Why is Belinda mentioned in the third paragraph?
A. New discovery about secrets of cats’ eyes B. Nature-based technology for nighttime use
A. To show the effect of the cafe. B. To explain the cause of her anxiety.
C. Sensor breakthrough in autonomous systems D. Cat-inspired solution to robot vision problem
C. To stress the seriousness of her situation. D. To introduce the problem of modern people.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
31. What is Georgina Sturmer’s attitude towards the cafe?
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
A. Ambiguous. B. worried. C. Supportive. D. Doubtful.
Find your passion
D
Is there something you love doing more than anything else? Discovering you have a passion for a sport
Autonomous systems like self-driving cars and robots are becoming more common, and their integration
or hobby not only brings you joy — 36 .
promises to transform industries by increasing efficiency and safety. However, they often fail to see and work
What is passion?
well in different environments — like rainy dogs, low light, or complex backgrounds, because in these cases
Passion describes the strong feeling you have when doing something you love. This could be anything
their sensors are affected. Interestingly, nature may have already shown how to deal with that.
from listening to music, playing sports, drawing, doing puzzles or getting lost in a book. Following your
Now, scientists have designed a new vision system for robots, enhancing object detection and recognition.
passion doesn’t mean trying to be the best at something or doing it because other people want you to.
The cat’s eye caught their attention due to cats’ excellent vision in both light and darkness. During the day, a
37 . It can be something that touches your heart and mind.
cat’s pupil（瞳孔） is a vertical slit-like shape that reduces bright unpleasant lights to help focus. At night,
高2023级英语试卷 第31页 共510页 高2023级英语试卷 第32页 共510页Find your flow. friend for his learning disability, I nervously stepped up and 48 that I shared one too. 49 , rather than
When you're doing something you’re passionate about, you feel less stressed because you can forget mocking me, they became curious, likely because they’d always considered me a “ 50 ’’student, for I
your worries. You can go into a “flow state”, when your mind and body are completely absorbed by what excelled in subjects that rarely 51 skills impacted by my disability.
you’re doing. When this happens, difficult thoughts and feelings melt away and all that matters is what’s in That experience made me realize people simply 52 learning disabilities. I decided to 53 , share
front of you. If your passion involves learning a new skill or sport, 38 . This can build your challenges my story and change conditions of those with learning disabilities. Now, I’m pursuing my Master’s degree.
while doing something you love. The most rewarding aspect of my journey isn’t awards or graduation, but 54 students like me. One person
Discover your passion. can make a difference and I am a great 55 of that.
39 . However, passion often begins with a spark of curiosity and grows from there. This spark 41. A. replaced B. confused C. compared D. associated
42. A. struggle B. expression C. progress D. pressure
could be lit by anything, like an inspiring lesson or an exciting goal in a football match. Following this spark
43. A. explained B. accepted C. mistaken D. labeled
can turn it into something meaningful that lifts your heart.
44. A. continued B. expected C. agreed D. asked
40 .
45. A. hidden B. organized C. manageable D. positive
You can discover passion by trying new activities. Then make time for it. Passion can also be catching. So
46. A. changes B. excuses C. decisions D. objections
share interests with your friends and help them find their passion too.
47. A. chance B. step C. turn D. stand
A. Pick your passion
48. A. ensured B. admitted C. pretended D. denied
B. Explore different things
49. A. Absolutely B. Naturally C. Surprisingly D. Discouragingly
C. it can help you to discover your strengths
50. A. common B. sympathetic C. popular D. smart
D. Passion is not always waiting to be discovered
51. A. polished B. enhanced C. required D. displayed
E. It’s vital that you can get some lessons by doing so
52. A. uncovered B. devalued C. disregarded D. misinterpreted
F. it can also boost your self-cognition and self-confidence
53. A. speak out B. drop out C. calm down D. settle down
G. What matters is that you're drawn to an activity because of your feelings
54. A. encountering B. supporting C. cheating D. understanding
第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
55. A. gainer B. symbol C. instructor D. example
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空的最佳答
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。
案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Du Fu is to Chinese literature what Shakespeare is to English literary tradition, and the great poet who
When I was young, my mom noticed something different in me. I had trouble telling my right from left
wrote in the 56 (eight) century during the Tang dynasty is quoted widely in China today. Unlike
and often 41 the front yard with the back yard. By 3rd grade, my teacher, recognizing my 42 in class,
English literature of that period — think Beowulf, 57 is not understood and read by readers of
suggested I be tested for learning disabilities. At that age, being 43 as “slow” or “ stupid”, like children
modern English, Du Fu’s poetry remains a classic easy to understand for modern Chinese readers.
attending the resource room, was unbearable. So it took my mom days of persuasion before I
However, no complete translation of his work was 58 (access) to foreigners until Stephen
44 to get tested.
Owen, a Harvard professor, completed the six-volume, 3,000-page translation of The Poetry of Du Fu in
The result revealed I was indeed learning disabled, and initially I kept it 45 . From 3rd to 6th grade, I
2016, 59 challenging task which took him 10 years to finish. In order to preserve 60
attended the resource room, putting efforts into making 46 to avoid explaining the truth to my classmates.
(vary）in the collection’s poetic voices, Owen thought of himself translating a great play with many
In 7th and 8th grade, I got better at cover-ups.
characters. Doing it all himself 61 (allow) him to notice literary allusions across centuries, linking
However, things took a 47 in high school. One day, while some students were mocking（嘲弄）a
each text back to earlier works. Those references can easily be lost, and this is 62 happens when
高2023级英语试卷 第41页 共510页 高2023级英语试卷 第42页 共510页a scholar-translator only works on a single volume. noticed me. I froze, my face flushing with shame as I was caught red-handed. He stared at me, from whose
Usually 63 (consider) one of the most challenging works to translate, Du Fu’s collection of eyes I could feel the judgement. I wanted to disappear, but there was no escape. With a shaky voice, I admitted
poetry features breadth in many aspects, whether in the choice of the subject, the way he conveys different stealing the book, and promised to make things right. As I walked out, the sign seemed to scold me. It was a
registers 64 the use of layered meanings. Owen’s critical translation faces the original texts, reminder that the world I entered by a wrong path was disheartening.
65 (bring) a scholarly aid for the first time to English-speaking readers ready to engage with China’s I walked home slowly, each step filled with fear. When I saw my mom, I burst into tears and told her
literary lion. the truth. She looked disappointed, but there was a glimmer of relief in her eyes that I was honest. She hugged
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） me and said softly, “You made a mistake, but you had the courage to face it. Remember, there are always
第一节（满分15分）
right ways to get what you want.” I nodded. After a moment of silence, my mom said,“Let’s make things
假如你是李华，是学校英语协会的负责人。最近，你校准备邀请英国心理专家Curry Smith 就
right.”
学习减压举行一个讲座，请你用英语写一则通知。内容包括：
注意：（1）续写词数应为150个左右；
1. 讲座时间、地点；
（2）请按如下格式作答。
2. 讲座专家、内容；
As we walked back into the store , my heart was so heavy.
3. 注意事项。
注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
When I finished my summer job in the bookstore, the owner handed me the book with a smile.
Notice
School English Association
第二节（满分25分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
On a summer vacation morning, I went to a bookstore with my mom. As we stepped through the
entrance, a large sign immediately captured my attention. It read,“Books: Open Doors to New Worlds.
Discover, Dream, Delight.” These words seemed to dance in the sunlight, leading me to explore all the
wonders they promised.
When we made our way between the shelves, I spotted a beautiful book with a cover that was a
masterpiece of colors and images. Unconsciously, my hand reached out to trace the outlines of the illustrations.
I turned to my mom, my eyes begging for this book, but she shook her head with a sad expression. Our family
was going through a tough time financially, and there was no room for such an expensive purchase.
Disappointed, I dragged my feet and left.
The next day, unable to resist the temptation, I found myself back at the store. I slipped the book into
my bag, my hands trembling with a mix of excitement and guilt. Just as I was about to leave, the store owner
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