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2024 年高考英语临考押题卷 02（北京卷）
英 语
（考试时间：90分钟 试卷满分：100分）
第一部分 知识运用（共两节，30分）
第一节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，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。
Gardening changed how I see myself as a disabled woman. When I started gardening in 2018, I didn’t know
anything about plants, let alone how to grow things we can eat. I thought gardening required a lot of 1
tasks. As I have a genetic (遗传的) condition that causes my bones to 2 easily, I didn’t believe I could
complete them. The thought of taking care of plants in a wheelchair every day made me feel 3 . But just
like how I gradually learnt everything else as a disabled person, I had to 4 how to garden my way.
That first season, I visited my garden as much as I could. Noticing my interest in gardening, my neighbors in
the community 5 offered me advice and support. Under their careful 6 , I managed to pull up the
weeds and watered my plants on my own. Finally, I was so proud to eat the tomatoes I grew and even shared some
with neighbors. They tasted like summertime.
Gardening has 7 how I see other parts of my life. As a disabled woman, I fear being seen as a 8
and struggle to ask for the things I need. Gardening helped me normalize the fact that I have needs. I don’t think my
plant is a heavy load because it needs more nutrition. I don’t 9 it for getting insects and not being able to
fight against them. Gardening also helped me expand my social circle and grow close to people in our community.
Over the years, gardening has made me feel more confident in every aspect of my life. I’m planting what I want to
grow, and I have gained a lot of 1 0 from that.
1. A. simple B. physical C. pleasant D. urgent
2. A. change B. rest C. break D. move
3. A. anxious B. expectant C. motivated D. bored
4. A. look over B. show off C. bring back D. figure out
5. A. suddenly B. readily C. hesitantly D. casually
6. A. observation B. check C. discussion D. guidance
7. A. impacted B. ruined C. controlled D. recorded8. A. support B. comfort C. burden D. threat
9. A. appreciate B. fault C. challenge D. forgive
10. A. justice B. access C. weight D. power
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）
A
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的
空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
Growing up in a musical family, Samara Joy tried different music ____11____ (style) when she was a
teenager. But ____12____ attracted her most was jazz because of its authenticity (真实性). She told that her songs
____13____ (inspire) by the old jazz songs she liked but with a modern explanation. She was determined to
continue seeking to encourage the younger generation to get excited about jazz.
B
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的
空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
Pillar coral (柱状珊瑚), ____14____ (find) throughout the Caribbean, is critically endangered now. Its
population____15____ (decline) by more than 80 percent since 1990. ____16____(rise) ocean temperatures and
pollution make corals more easily get certain deadly diseases. And the pillar coral is really just the tip of the iceberg
____17____ it comes to the difficulty of corals.
C
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的
空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
Detecting drugs used to be a special job for dogs, ____18____ now a drug detection team is welcoming some
newcomers — squirrels (松鼠). Squirrels have a sharp sense of smell as they can smell food ____19____ about 30
centimeters of snow. Being so small and swift, they are able to search for drugs in areas ____20____ dogs may not
be able to arrive. Squirrels have been trained to make noises to catch their handlers’ attention if they detect drugs.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，38分）
第一节（共14小题；每小题2分，共28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
New Restaurants to Try
It’s hardly surprising that the world’s largest continent has an astonishing variety of places to eat. Here aresome restaurants bound to increase your appetite when you travel to the Asia- Pacific region.
Koral
The signature dish here ranges from seafood to dessert served in multiple ways to meet taste of visitors from
different countries. What makes it unusual is that it’s the tropical island’ s only underwater dining place where eyes
are mostly drawn to the glass-roofed tunnel.
Lot 4. .J I. Raya Nusa Dua Selatan, Indonesia
Mott 32
Mott 32 is one of the most renowned contemporary Cantonese restaurants, famous for its apple wood smoked
roast Peking duck. Other signature dishes include barbecue Spanish pork and creative dim sum. Having set up
branches in other overseas destinations, the one in Singapore is bound to be popular.
2 Bayfroni Avenue, Singapore
Kinu by Takagi
It is the first restaurant in Thailand with two-Michelin-starred Japanese chef Takagi Kazuo whose specialty is
cuisine from home, prepared as 10-course seasonal menus. Dinner served here is accompanied by a traditional
drink and ends with a traditional Japanese to a ceremony. Recently, it pushes out a localized menu, with Thai flavor
added,
48 Oriental Avenue. Thailand
ZAZA TA Bar and Kitchen
ZA ZA TA Bar and Kitchen serves up dishes from the Middle East and Mediterranean and the newly-designed
unusual setting features a typical local Queenslander house with particular designs including furniture and art.
Executive chef Roy Ner channels the brilliant food and serves up creative dishes like homemade lamb bacon.
1000 Am Street, Australia
21. What makes dining experience in Koral unique?
A. Its multiple dishes. B. It convenient location.
C. Its unusual cooking skills D. Its underwater dining setting.
22. Where can diners go to enjoy Chinese dishes?
A. 1000 Ann Street B. 2 Bayfront Avenue
C. 48 Oriental Avenue D. Lot 4,JI.Raya Nuxu Dua Selatan
23. What do the listed restaurants have in common according to the text?
A. They are newly-designed. B. They have seasonal menus.
C. They serve up diverse flavored cuisines. D. They have chefs from all over the world.B
Nongfu Spring CEO Zhong Shanshan tops Hurun China Rich List for third time
A total of 1,241 entrepreneurs with personal wealth of 5 billion yuan ($684.3 million) or above made to the
China Rich List 2023, conducted by the Hurun Research Institute in association with baijiu brand Hengchang
Shaofang, with Nongfu Spring CEO Zhong Shanshan topping the list for the third time with a personal wealth of
450 billion yuan.
Pony Ma Huateng, CEO of Chinese internet giant Tencent, ranked the second on the list with a personal
wealth reaching 280 billion yuan, an increase of 65 billion yuan in 2022.
Colin Huang Zheng made it to the top three for the first time with a personal wealth of 270 billion yuan, an
increase of 100 billion yuan compared with last year and the highest growth on the list. His jump banked on
Pinduoduo.com's rapid growth and overseas expansion as its e-commerce platform Temu became one of the most
downloaded apps in the US.
China meanwhile still remains the home for the world's most billionaires with 895 entrepreneurs with personal
wealth exceeding $1 billion, followed by the US and India.
Despite a year-on-year decline of 5 percent or 64 people in the total number of listed entrepreneurs, the figure
is still more than 40 percent higher than the figure before the COVID-19 epidemic, while 80 percent of listed
entrepreneurs are new compared with a decade ago. The total wealth for listed entrepreneurs declined 4 percent
year-on-year or one trillion yuan to 23.5 trillion yuan.
Listed entrepreneurs for 2023 come from a total of 144 Chinese cities, an increase of 12 percent compared
with 129 five years ago, as many cities in China have been trying to develop local economy catering with
specialties while stepping up supportive efforts for local entrepreneurship and innovation.
The report noted that entrepreneurs with more wealth growth over the past year came mainly from sectors
such as online gaming, semiconductors, software services, and food and beverage. Entrepreneurs experiencing
more wealth declines were largely from industries such as real estate, the photovoltaic industry and steel industry.
China has been rapping up efforts to boost economic development. Supportive measures have been
implemented to help key sectors such as the private economy and the property sector.
Chinese first-tier megacities led a wave of home price recovery in September, with new home prices of
China's four first-tier cities, namely Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, staying flat month-on-month in
September, reversing a month-on-month decline of 0.2 percent in August, according to official data.
24.How many entrepreneurs were included in the China Rich List 2023?A. 1,241 B. 895
C. 144 D. 280
25.Who topped the China Rich List 2023?
A. Zhong Shanshan B. Pony Ma Huateng
C. Colin Huang Zheng D. Nongfu Spring CEO
26.What contributed to Colin Huang Zheng's significant increase in personal wealth?
A. Real estate investments. B. Overseas expansion of Pinduoduo.com.
C. Investments in the photovoltaic industry. D. Growth in the steel industry.
27.What sectors saw more wealth growth among entrepreneurs in China?
A. Real estate and steel industry. B. Online gaming and semiconductors.
C. Food and beverage. D. Software services.
C
Chinese auto industry hits milestones in 2023, in vivid show of high-quality development
China's vehicle industry reached milestones in 2023, with record production and sales, according to industry
data released on Thursday, paving the way for the country to potentially become the world's largest car exporter.
The momentous development of China's auto industry is a vivid display of not only the success of China's industrial
upgrading, but also the country's vast potential for high-quality development, experts noted. It also offered a
powerful rebuttal to narratives of "China economy collapsing" or "China peaking," which are prevalent in the
Western world, they said.
China's car output exceeded 30.16 million units in 2023, up 11.6 percent year-on-year, and sales exceeded
30.09 million units, up 12 percent, according to data released by the China Association of Automobile
Manufacturers (CAAM). Both output and sales set new records, according to the CAAM. Cui Dongshu, secretary-
general of the China Passenger Car Association, said that the record numbers were a milestone for the Chinese auto
industry, but more importantly, underscored vast potential. "The total output and sales figures set new records and
also represented the new space for development, which has increased our expectations for market growth and the
potential for promoting consumption," Cui told the Global Times on Thursday.
Also crucially, China's auto exports hit 4.91 million, up a whopping 58 percent year-on-year, the CAAM data
showed. With such robust figures, China is expected to become the world's biggest car exporter. "It took China 55
years to increase the number of automobile exports from one to 1 million. In 2021, they exceeded 2 million, and in2023, they reached 4.91 million, approaching 5 million," Fu Bingfeng, executive vice president and secretary-
general of the CAAM, was quoted by China Media Group as saying.
Since its start in 1953, China's auto industry has achieved one milestone after another. In 1956, China's first
domestically made Jiefang truck rolled off the production line, ending the long history of China being unable to
make cars. In 2009, output and sales both exceeded 10 million for the first time, surpassing the US to be the world's
biggest car producer and seller, a title China has held for 15 years.
Before 2023, Japan was the world's biggest auto exporter, but data during the year showed that China had
overtaken Japan to become the world's top car exporter. With an impressive number of 4.91 million in car exports
for the full year, many believe that China surpassed Japan in 2023. Li Yong, a senior research fellow at the China
Association of International Trade, said that the record production and sales figures also represented a milestone for
China's entire manufacturing industry. "The development of the auto industry is a crucial indicator of a country's
manufacturing capabilities and its overall strength," Li told the Global Times on Thursday, noting that the rise of
China's auto industry is a microcosm of the rise of China's advanced manufacturing industry and its overall national
strength. More than just record production and sales numbers, China's auto industry is steadily rising to the top in
terms of technologies, particularly in the new-energy vehicle (NEV) industry, experts noted.
In 2023, China exported 1.203 million NEVs, up 77.6 percent year-on-year, according to the CAAM. China
became the world's largest source for patents in the area of electric vehicle powertrain batteries in the second
quarter of 2023, according to GlobalData, an industry data provider. In September, Chinese NEV makers dominated
an auto show in Munich, Germany, drawing global headlines. In the fourth quarter of 2023, Chinese carmaker BYD
Co overtook US-based Tesla Inc to become the world's biggest electric carmaker. The rise of the NEV industry is a
microcosm of the achievements made in China's upgrade of its vast manufacturing industry, export sector and
domestic market - all crucial to China's high-quality development, experts said.
Li said that China's robust NEV sector also propelled the country's pursuit of renewable energies and green
development, and supported the upgrade of China's export industry. "NEVs became one of the top 'new three items'
of China's exports, with the other two being batteries and solar panels. It also highlighted China's booming digital
economy and high-quality development," Li said.
28.What milestones did China's vehicle industry achieve in 2023, according to the industry data released on
Thursday?
A. Record production and sales.
B. Becoming the world's largest car producer.C. Overtaking the US as the world's biggest car exporter.
D. Achieving breakthroughs in electric vehicle technologies.
29.What is the significance of China's auto industry reaching milestones in 2023, according to experts?
A. It indicates China's decline in industrial upgrading.
B. It suggests China's potential for high-quality development.
C. It highlights China's struggle with economic collapse.
D. It confirms China's decline in the global car market.
30.What area of China's auto industry showed significant progress in 2023, and how is it considered a microcosm
of China's overall achievements?
A. Traditional car production; it reflects China's advanced manufacturing industry.
B. New-energy vehicle (NEV) industry; it mirrors China's upgrade of its manufacturing industry.
C. Car exports; it represents China's booming digital economy.
D. Battery manufacturing; it indicates China's high-quality development.
D
WATER BATTERIES
The machines that turn Tennessee’s Raccoon Mountain into one of the world’s largest energy storage devices
—in effect, a battery that can power a medium-size city—are hidden in a cathedral-size cavern deep inside the
mountain. But what enables the mountain to store all that energy is plain in an aerial photo. The summit plateau is
occupied by a large lake that hangs high above the Tennessee River, so close it looks like it might fall in.
Almost half a century ago, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the region’s federally owned electric utility,
built the lake and blasted out the cavern as well as a 329-meter-tall shaft that links the two. “It was quite an effort to
drill down into this mountain, because of the amount of rock that’s here,” senior manager Holli Hess says dryly.
The cavern holds a candy-colored powerhouse, filled with cherry-red electrical ducts and vents and beams in a pale
grape. Four giant cylinders, painted bright green and yellow, are the key machines: Each one houses a turbine that
becomes a pump when it spins the other way, and a generator that is also an electric motor.
At night, when demand for electricity is low but TVA’s nuclear reactors are still humming, TVA banks the
excess, storing it as gravitational potential energy in the summit lake. The pumps draw water from the Tennessee
and shoot it straight up the 10-meter-wide shaft at a rate that would fill an Olympic pool in less than 6 seconds.
During the day, when demand for electricity peaks, water drains back down the shaft and spins the turbines,
generating 1700 megawatts of electricity—the output of a large power plant, enough to power 1 million homes. Thelake stores enough water and thus enough energy to do that for 20 hours.
Pumped storage hydropower, as this technology is called, is not new. Some 40 U.S. plants and hundreds
around the world are in operation. Most, like Raccoon Mountain, have been pumping for decades.
But the climate crisis is sparking a fresh surge of interest. Shifting the electric grid away from coal and gas
will require not only a lot more solar panels and wind turbines, but also a lot more capacity to store their
intermittent output—to keep electricity reliable when the Sun doesn’t shine and winds are calm. Giant versions of
the lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles are also being deployed on the grid, but they’re too expensive to do the
job alone. Dozens of new technologies, including different battery designs, are at various points on the road from
lab bench to commercialization.
Pumped storage, however, has already arrived; it supplies more than 90% of existing grid storage. China, the
world leader in renewable energy, also leads in pumped storage, with 66 new plants under construction, according
to Global Energy Monitor. When the giant Fengning plant near Beijing switches on its final two turbines this year,
it will become the world’s largest, both in terms of power, with 12 turbines that can generate 3600 megawatts, and
energy storage, with nearly 40,000 megawatt-hours in its upper reservoir.
31.What is the primary purpose of the machines hidden in Raccoon Mountain?
A. To generate electricity. B. To extract minerals.
C. To pump water into the lake. D. To create a large cavern.
32.What is the function of the large lake on the summit plateau of Raccoon Mountain?
A. To provide water for the Tennessee River. B. To cool the machinery inside the mountain.
C. To serve as an Olympic-size swimming pool. D. To store gravitational potential energy.
33.What sets pumped storage hydropower apart from giant lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles for grid
storage?
A. Pumped storage is more expensive.
B. Pumped storage uses turbines and generators.
C. Lithium-ion batteries are not suitable for grid storage.
D. Lithium-ion batteries are more environmentally friendly.
34.What is the main purpose of the pumps mentioned in the article in relation to Raccoon Mountain's energy
storage process?
A. To drain water from the Tennessee River.
B. To fill the lake with water during the day.
C. To generate electricity during the night.D. To propel water up the shaft for energy storage.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中
有两项为多余选项。
Once upon a time, we were all question-asking experts. We started asking our parents numerous questions as
kids. By preschool, our inquiries even reached the depths of science, philosophy, and the social order. Where does
the sun go at night? Why doesn’t that man have a home like we do? Why do rocks sink but ice floats? 35
Why does the child’s urge to ask questions grow inactive in so many adults? An important factor is how the
social environments surrounding us change as we age. Schools transform from a place for asking questions to one
funded by our ability to answer them. 36 And we recognize that society rewards the people who propose
to have the answers.
37 We can be braver about asking questions in public and encouraging others to pursue their curiosity,
too. In that encouragement, we help create an environment where those around us feel safe to ask questions.
When it comes to how we phrase questions, we are advised to open with less sensitive questions, favor follow-
up questions, and keep questions open-ended. We can also practice asking questions of and for ourselves by
keeping a running list of questions in a journal. 38 Finally, we could set aside time to ask absurd
questions like “How would you accomplish a week’s work in two hours?” This type of questions forces us to break
the boundaries of our comfort zone.
In the world that does not look much as it did years ago, we must ask questions. 39 Great questions
can open up our capacity to change because they allow us to draw people in, opening them up to sharing
knowledge, ideas, and opinions. And they are also our primary means of learning about the world. In short, asking
questions is the best way to deepen our understanding of the things that matter to our life. As any child could
probably tell us if we asked.
A．Then, at some point, our inquiring desires disappear.
B．It is a high-payoff behavior especially in times of change.
C．The questions we ask depend on our attitudes as well as the situations.
D．But as we grow up, asking questions fills us with worry and self-doubt.
E．As such, one way to renew our inquiring spirit is to change the atmosphere.
F．We learn to sell ourselves on the job market by what we know, not what we don’t.
G．It not only removes the publicity from question asking, but offers us a place to experiment.第三部分 书面表达（共两节，32分）
第一节（共4小题；第40、41题各2分，第42题3分，第43题5分，共12分）
阅读下面短文，根据题目要求用英文回答问题。
Upgrade your problems
In 2017, I spent all my money buying my first flat—which meant I had no money to fix my first homeowner's
problem. I was sleeping on an air mattress because I couldn't afford furniture. Then I noticed a leaky pipe under the
bath, which created a wet puddle (水坑). I couldn't afford a plumber (水管工) but I didn't want to introduce myself
to the neighbour by crashing through their wet ceiling.
The only option left for me was that I had to solve the problem on my own. I took the bus to a nearby store and
talked with the nice guy behind the counter. He explained how to fix it and sold me a pipe cutter and a bit of
pipework. I went back home, pushed my head under the bath, and got the job done.
It taught me a lesson that has since become a bit of motto for me: Upgrade your problems.
Having a wet bathroom floor is a problem—and the day before I bought the place, I would have had a landlord
to call. But once the place was mine, this became my problem. I saw this as progress: You must own your own
property to take care of this sort of situation.
Years later, when I founded my professional services company with my business partner, Adam, this motto
became core to how we approach the business. There have been many problems, and there will continue to be new
ones. However, we remember the reason we have these problems—it's because we run our own business! A late-
paying customer is a problem, but it's one we encounter only if we have paying customers.
That is why I still keep the pipe cutter on my desk today. It reminds me that, no matter my level of frustration
(挫败), I am fortunate to face the problems I do. The more I solve them, the more I upgrade to even better ones.
40. What did the author notice in his first flat?
41. How did the author solve his problem with the bath?
42. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
The author still keeps the pipe cutter on his desk today because it reminds him of his success in business.
43. What else would you do when you encounter problems in life? (In about 40 words)第二节（20分）
假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。你校即将举办“中医药文化”主题活动，你打算邀请交换生Jim参
加。请你用英文给他写一封电子邮件，内容包括：
1.介绍活动；
2.邀请参加。
提示词：Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM)中医药
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim，
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Yours,
Li Hua
