高考英语阅读表达专项训练

这是一份高考英语阅读表达专项训练，共50页。

阅读表达
阅读下面的短文和问题，根据短文内容，在相应题号后的横线上写下相关信息，完成对该问题的回答。答语要意思清楚，结构正确，书写工整。
Laughing Matters
Making people laugh connects us to one another. But what are laughing matters related to? For me, they are about personal life stories and experiences. Life will always change, and therefore laughing matters vary accordingly. While we may not have the same experiences, everyone can relate to observations on life, family, and the varieties of behavior we all encounter every day as we go about life.
Laughing matters are dedicated to making laughter a part of daily life and building a healthier and less stressful outlook. It can end tense situations. It always breaks the ice and brings people together. At home, it brings the family closer. A friend once told me how his dad collected jokes in a box and wrote them down on cards so he wouldn’t forget them and then told jokes at the dinner table. I could relate to that. My older brother used to bring home joke books and read them to me when I was 10 or 11 years old, which had a great impact on me.
Great comedians view life in different ways. Some of them can tell a relatable story about life and it will be funny, reminding the audience of similar situations and getting huge laughs. Others will look at a similar observation in life and tell a very different story from a very different angle with a very different delivery. The best of them keep working it out until they find the humor that suits them and strikes the right string and, hopefully, the laughter string of an audience.
People will always relate to the human story with all its challenges. One good thing about life is that it changes and develops. Life itself never gets old and is always feeding a laugh. As a result, comedians are constantly pushing the envelope because what the previous generation found funny becomes foreign to the new generation. As comedy adjusts to life changes, the edge keeps moving as well. That’s what time does to comedy. And now with a whole new generation the challenge is the same. Humorists must keep pushing that envelope, and we will.
1．For the author, what are laughing matters about? (不多于8个单词)
2．How can the best comedians make people laugh? (不多于11个单词)
3．Why does comedy need to change? (不多于13个单词)
4．Based on your personal experience, does humor help you in your life? Why or why not? （单词数不限）

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For many people, one of the best examples of creative genius was Albert Einstein, the physicist who came up with the Theory of Relativity (相对论). However, what they don’t know is that Einstein had specific techniques he used to develop his ability to think creatively and freely.
The main approach Einstein took was “possibility thinking”. It means getting away from our familiar thoughts and trying to imagine many other possible things, no matter how unbelievable they might seem. Einstein had a special technique to do this, and he called it “the thought experiment”, which is simply an experiment you do inside your own head. The most famous thought experiment is the one Einstein used to get himself on the path towards the Theory of Relativity. Einstein was interested in light and the speed of light and its relationship to time, and he often imagined himself riding on a line of sunlight. He said using his imagination like this allowed him to understand some of the relationships between light and time.
Basically, how we experience time depends on where we are and what we are doing. Einstein explained it as follows: “When you’re talking to a pretty girl, an hour seems like a minute. If you sit on a hot fire, a minute seems like an hour. That’s relativity.” But in order to make possibility thinking effective, we have to give ourselves opportunities to practice it. Many people say their “thinking time” is when they’re taking a bath, or when they’re on the bus to work or school. But Einstein believed it’s important to devote certain time every day to “creative thinking”: whatever problem or idea it is that interests you, set aside some time every day to thinking about it.
Einstein also believed in thinking about a problem for a long time and not giving up: as he once said, “I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.”
5．How did Einstein get himself on the path towards the Theory of Relativity?
6．According to this passage, what does “the relativity of time” mean?
7．What did Einstein believe in as being important for thinking?
8．What do you think of “creative thinking”? Explain why. (In about 40 words)

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We often hear about the negative aspects of anxiety, but could there be any advantages or benefits that come from living with anxiety? Anxiety is a feeling that is often characterized by intense fear and worry.
Many individuals with anxiety describe it as a feeling of nervousness and fear that can be distracting and all-consuming. It is typically experienced on many levels, affecting one’s emotions and leading to uncomfortable physical sensations, and negative thoughts. However, have you ever considered some of the possible positive effects that may come with having anxiety? Scientists have learned that some degree of stress or anxiety isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Good stress, something now referred to as eustress, keeps us motivated and excited about life. It appears that some degree of anxiety may have similar “silver linings”.
Anxiety may be just the warning sign you need to bring awareness to your current situation and make some necessary changes in your life. For example, you may find that you have a friendship that is no longer working, or perhaps your job is causing a great deal of stress. Your anxiety can be difficult to manage, but exploring and coping with your anxiety can be a real opportunity for self-growth.
Anxiety may help you feel more motivated and prepared when faced with challenges. Research has shown that students and athletes who experienced some anxiety actually performed better on tests or in competitive sports. For instance, perhaps your anxiety assists you in putting extra effort into work or personal tasks, making a good impression, or moving towards your goals.
People who have dealt with anxiety may be more sympathetic and understanding to the problems that others face. Having gone through personal struggles yourself, you may be more sensitive, loving, and accepting when friends and family members are dealing with personal challenges.
Even though there can be some potential benefits to experiencing anxiety, it is worthwhile to point that it can also become a real hindrance to many aspects of your life. If anxiety is preventing you from living the life you desire, then it may be time to get professional help.
9．What is anxiety according to the passage?
10．What can eustress do to us?
11．Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
Research has shown that students with some anxiety are sure to perform worse on tests.
12．How will you deal with anxiety in your life? (In about 40 words)

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While most spiders hunt alone, there are a few hundred species of social spiders that live in colonies. A．studiosus is one of them. Up to 50 individuals gather together to spin large collective webs, which catch larger prey than each spider could trap on its own.
All the colony members look the same, but they don’t all behave in the same way. The females can be aggressive or docile (温驯的). It’s surprisingly easy to realize their personalities—just put two of them in a small box overnight and check on them the next morning. If they’re both docile, they will have built a joint web in one corner of the box. If one of them is aggressive, the pair will be at opposite corners.
Colin Wright from the University of Pittsburgh has now found that these personality types do different jobs within the web, creating a natural division of labor. They’re a little like ants, where small workers clean and look for food, and big soldiers guard and defend. But unlike these insects, the social spiders don’t have castes (社会阶层) with different builds. Instead, their roles are defined by their personalities.
When Wright’s team first started studying A．studiosus, they couldn’t work out what the docile spiders did. They didn’t seem to repair webs, keep enemies away, or catch prey. But when the researchers checked the fates of colonies in the wild, they found that those with a mix of docile and aggressive members were more likely to survive than those with just a single type. The docile members were clearly doing something important.
It turns out that they act as the colony’s babysitters. They spend most of their time standing watching over the eggs, or directly feeding the youngsters by regurgitating (反刍) food—just like a mother bird might. Meanwhile, the aggressive spiders generally avoid these tasks; instead, they spend most of their time building the web, catching prey, and defending their colonies. Compared to the docile spiders, the aggressive ones are better at those tasks, because the docile females rarely respond to enemies—and when they do respond, they do so slowly.
For now, it’s not clear why the spiders naturally fall into their respective careers, or even what drives their different personalities in the first place. The team are now trying to answer these questions. In the meantime, Wright suggests that biologists should pay more attention to personality types, when trying to understand how animal societies work.
13．According to the passage, what are the two personality types of female A．studiosus?
14．What are the aggressive female spiders mainly responsible for?
15．Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
ØIn an A．studiosus colony, the division of labor is based on the different builds of the spiders.
16．Do you think personality traits influence human career choices? Why or why not? (In about 40 words)

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How AI Will Impact the Future of Work and Life
AI, or artificial intelligence, seems to be on the tip of everyone’s tongue these days. While I’ve been aware of this major trend in tech development for a while, I’ve noticed AI appearing more and more as one of the most in-demand areas of expertise for job seekers.
I’m sure that for many of us, the term “AI” conjures up sci-fi fantasies or fear about robots taking over the world. The depictions of AI in the media have run the gamut, and while no one can predict exactly how it will evolve in the future, the current trends and developments paint a much different picture of how AI will become part of our lives.
In reality, AI is already at work all around us, impacting everything from our search results, to our online dating prospects, to the way we shop. Data shows that the use of AI in many sectors of business has grown by 270% over the last four years.
But what will AI mean for the future of work? As computers and technology have evolved, this has been one of the most pressing questions. As with many technological developments throughout history, the advancement of artificial intelligence has created fears that human workers will become obsolete.
The reality is probably a lot less dire, but maybe even more complicated.
What is AI?
Before we do a deep dive on the ways in which AI will impact the future of work, it’s important to start simple: what is AI? A straightforward definition from Britannica states that artificial intelligence is “the ability of a digital computer or computer-controlled robot to perform tasks commonly associated with intelligent beings.”
“AI” has become a catchall term to describe any advancements in computing, systems and technology in which computer programs can perform tasks or solve problems that require the kind of reason we associate with human intelligence, even learning from past processes.
This ability to learn is a key component of AI. Algorithms, like the dreaded Facebook algorithm that replaced all our friends with sponsored content, are often associated with AI.
AI will probably not make human workers obsolete, at least not for a long time.
17．According to the passage, what is “AI”?
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18．How does AI affect our life?
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19．Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
No one can predict exactly how AI will develop in the future, and the key component of it has not been found.
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20．Will AI replace the jobs of humans in the future? Please give your reasons. (In about 40 words)
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One of the basic expectations the public have of doctors is honesty. But what would you think if I told you that research has shown that 70 percent of doctors admitted to lying to their patients? It is inexcusable, surely? Extremely unprofessional and uncaring; a clear break of the doctor-patient relationship. Some of the lies told included reassuring patients that their wives or husbands were still alive, when in fact they were dead. This seems unimaginable but, if I am honest, I have told exactly the same lie to several patients whose spouses had died. Mrs. Walton was in her eighties and desperate to see her husband. She’d been in hospital after a fall and was in pain. She called out for him frequently and couldn’t understand why he wasn’t there to comfort her. She was becoming more and more distressed and would try to get up to find him, despite being at risk of falling again.
“He’s on his way, don’t worry,” the nurses would say and this would calm her down. I confess I said the same thing to her. She’d smile and roll her eyes and say how he was always late for things and tell the same story about him being late for their wedding nearly 60 years ago. But he wasn’t on his way. It was a lie. He’d died two years ago. The truth, if I can use that word, is that it is a kindness to lie sometimes.
Part of the natural history of many of the dementias, in particular Alzheimer’s disease which is what Mrs. Walton had, is that the sufferer loses their short-term memory and the memory of recent events, but retains memories from the distant past. Sufferers are trapped forever in a bewildering past that many realise bares little connection to the present, but are at a loss to explain. It is very distressing and tormenting and many of the behavioural difficulties that I have encountered in those with dementia relate to them feeling upset, scared and confused that they are in a strange place, surrounded by strange people, even when they are in their own homes surrounded by their family, because they have returned back to decades ago.
They look at their adult children confused and wonder who they could be because they think their children are still toddlers. How does one deal with this? I have had countless families break down in tears in outpatient clinics or on wards, not knowing what to say or how to react as their loved one moves further and further away from them back into their distant past and they are left behind in the present. And how, as the doctor or nurse caring for these patients, does one manage the anger and outbursts of distress that comes with having no knowledge of your life for the past 10 or 20 years? The lies that doctors, nurses, carers and families tell these patients are not big, elaborate lies — they are brief reassurances intended to calm and allow the subject to be swiftly changed.
Colluding (串通) with them about this false reality they find themselves flung into is not heartless or unprofessional — it is, when done in the right way, kind and tender-hearted. That’s not to say that lying to patients with dementia unnecessarily is right or defensible or that there are not times when of course they have the right to know the truth. But what compassionate person would put another human being through the unimaginable pain of learning, for the first time again and again, repeatedly throughout the day, that their beloved one has died. It would be an unthinkable cruelness.
Sometimes, surely, honesty is simply not the best policy.
21．Write a title for this article.
22．Why do people with dementia feel upset, scared, and confused even when they are in their own homes surrounded by their family?
23．Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
The public expect doctors to be honest with their patients and the author also believes that it is heartless and unprofessional to lie to patients.
24．The author says sometimes, surely, honesty is simply not the best policy. Do you agree or disagree? Why? (In about 40 words)

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Some of the world’s most important scientists think the idea of people living on Mars will come true one day. Stephen Hawking believed humans must move into space to survive. “Once we spread out into space and establish independent colonies, our future should be safe.” he said. Robert Zubrin, a rocket scientist, agrees and thinks starting with Mars makes the most sense. He thinks sending people to Mars will allow us to learn a lot — for example, about the ability of humans to live in a very different environment.
However, scientists will need to terraform Mars for people to be able to live. Terraforming means changing the environment on a planet so that it is similar to Earth’s. One of the main goals of terraforming Mars is to warm it up because the average temperature there is about -60℃. One idea for warming Mars is to build factories there that produce greenhouse gases. This could take many centuries. However, it should lead to rainfall and the growth of plants, resulting in more air that people can breathe.
Another big concern for scientists is whether humans can move to Mars and still stay healthy in mind and body. As a test, six people lived in a Mars-like environment in Hawaii for a year before “returning to Earth” recently. It was a 1,200-square-foot room that was on the side of a volcano and used the sun for energy. Christiane Heinicke, one of the people who lived there, said that one of the biggest issues was feeling bored. So humans on Mars would always need to keep themselves busy with various activities.
One particular organisation based in Europe is planning to send the first humans to Mars before 2030. The organisation believes that its project is giving people worldwide the chance to be part of the first human crew ever to live on Mars for good. However, many experts think the project’s cost of USS6 billion is too low for it to be successful. The American space agency NASA believes that sending people to Mars would cost about USS100 billion, although this estimate is based on bringing them back to Earth, too. Regardless, it seems that humans living on Mars may well happen a lot sooner than most people believe.
25．What can we learn if we send humans to Mars according to Robert Zubrin?
26．What does “terraforming” mean?
27．Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
ØAccording to the test, in order to stay healthy in mind and body on Mars, it is necessary for humans on Mars to stay away from various activities.
28．What should we do now before humans can live on Mars? (In about 40 words)

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Be Aware of the Anti-climax
Many of us work tirelessly towards our goals, We may spend our lives dreaming of the day we are admitted to our dream university, publish our first book or purchase our first home. However, more than often, when we achieve these things, it doesn’t feel quite as expected. In fact, the achievement of these goals feels anti-climactic, or a bit of a letdown.
“An anti-climax can be an unexpected by-product of a milestone achievement. Usually, the more significant the milestone, the greater the anti-climax may be,” says Rachel Vora, psychotherapist and founder of CYP Wellbeing. “The journey to achieving a milestone can be exciting and all-consuming. Therefore, when this disappears overnight, we can often feel lost and confused.”
In psychology, the belief that we’ll be happier when we achieve our goals even has a fancy scientific name. Psychologists call it “arrival fallacy (悖论)” and it plays a big part in those feelings of emptiness that can follow achieving a goal. “The term describes how fulfilling our goals and achieving our ambitions doesn’t lead to a ‘happily ever after’”, states psychologist Lee Chambers.
If you find yourself currently working toward something big that you suspect may feel like a bit of a letdown, there are steps you can take to manage and even prevent the feeling of anti-climax.
Enjoy the journey
You’d better slow down a little and come to realize that joy comes from the doing, not the completing. So instead of rushing for it to be done, take a moment to enjoy the doing.
Foresee the comedown
If you are aware of a potential upcoming anti-climax, schedule an activity to look forward to soon after the event has finished. Consider planning some time with friends and family, or attending a concert or even a cooking class. This can act as a reminder that other aspects of life can be just as fulfilling.
Normalize the experience
The key is to normalize feelings of low mood, confusion, and self-doubt around anti-climaxes, which are something many people experience. Connecting with others may also be beneficial. It can help to engage with friends and influencers online who share similar experiences to feel less isolated (孤立的) with your own emotions.
29．According to the passage, how do people often feel after they make great achievements?
30．What does “arrival fallacy” refer to?
31．Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
To deal with your anti-climax, you’d better stay away from those who share similar experiences with you.
32．Suppose you have just been admitted to your dream university. What will you do to deal with the anti-climax? (In about 40 words)

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The Secret to Improving Your Memory
If you want to improve your memory, you need to know how your brain works. You might be surprised to hear that your lifestyle habits might be making it difficult for you to correctly record each piece of information, experience, or learning.
It would appear that the secret to improving your memory is really simple. It’s to take breaks. As a matter of fact, the brain has more limited energy resources than you probably think. Therefore, it tires quickly and its levels of attention begin to drop after about 30 to 45 minutes.
The hippocampus is the area of your brain that’s responsible for consolidating (巩固) your short-term memories in the long term. Furthermore, for this consolidation to be possible, there must be an connection with different regions of the cerebral cortex (大脑皮层). Currently, we know that, for best connectivity, we must rest. Therefore, factors such as tiredness, negative feelings, or stress make it difficult to connect one area to the other.
Michaela Dewar, a researcher at the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom, conducted a study with other experts to understand how to improve memory consolidation processes. What they found was that something as simple as taking breaks of between nine and 15 minutes improves memory, both in healthy people and in those with neurological damage.
However, there’s one small detail that’s important. The rest must be real rest. In other words, you should go to a quiet space and not have any distractions (分心的事) around you. This includes not having your cell phone nearby. The secret to improving your memory requires you to rest for between ten and 15 minutes leaving your mind completely empty. In fact, knowing how to rest is decisive for your cognitive function, balancing your emotions, and renewing your energy.
Your lifestyle plays an extremely important role in the way your memory functions. Rest isn’t wasting time. In fact, allowing yourself small breaks is investing in your health and well-being.
33．What is the secret to improve your memory?
34．What factors may influence the connection between different regions of cerebral cortex?
35．Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
Taking rests is important for your memory and spending about 15 minutes in playing with your phone will help improve it.
36．In addition to what is mentioned in the passage, what else can you do to improve your memory? (In about 40 words)

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A Reflection about Change
Change can be exciting and hard. It is also a fact of life in the world of education. I am a librarian at a high school. I have worked as a librarian for the past eleven years. This year my school is going through a tremendous transition. There is a new school building being constructed with a mid-year move planned. Additionally, due to some restructuring, I am working with a new teaching partner and two new grade levels. This is all incredibly exciting but also brings a level of uncertainty too. I could look at this in a negative way, but instead, I am going to focus on the upside to this transition. So here I share some ways I am embracing this change.
Working with teachers, that I have not had an opportunity to work with before, will allow me to gain new perspectives about the needs of the students in my school. The library program has been something I have worked hard to build over the past nine years. I am very close to it. It will be helpful for someone who has an outside perspective to ask questions about our practices. It will allow me to reflect on why we do certain things and will make the program better moving forward.
As I gain new perspectives from my colleagues, I also have an opportunity to share the mission of the library. It has given me a chance to highlight some of the great lessons and projects I have had the opportunity to be a part of in the past.
Is this a hill I want to die on? This is about recognizing the things that I can change and making those work rather than worrying about things that I have no control over. It is about not sweating the small stuff. If I ask myself this question and the answer is no, then I have to let it go and move on!
One of my wonderful colleagues, Cheri Dobbs, told me to give myself permission for things not to be perfect. Next year will be a year of growth. The library program will not be exactly like what we want it to be. That is OK! As long as we stay true to our goals and support students the best we can, then the rest will come together eventually.
37．What changes are happening to the author this year?
38．What will the author get from someone who has an outside perspective?
39．Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
To deal with change, we should work on the things that we can change and try our best to make the things we have no control over under control.
40．Besides the opinions mentioned in the passage, what are your thoughts on change? (In about 40 words)

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Doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possible cancer.
Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time. Some people express anger openly in a calm reasonable way. Others burst with anger, scream and yell. But other people keep their anger inside. They cannot or will not express it. This is called repressing anger.
For years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a person’s health than expressing it. They said that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same chemical. They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etc. In general, the person feels excited and ready to act.
Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous. They believe that those who express anger violently may be more likely to develop heart disease, and they believe that those who keep their anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure.
Doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger. They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. If it is, they say, “Do not express your anger while angry. Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.”
Doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. They said that laughter is much healthier than anger.
41．What’s the author’s purpose by writing this passage? (no more than 15 words)
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42．How will anger affect people if they don’t deal with it properly? (no more than 15 words)
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43．What’s the meaning of the underlined word “repressing” in Paragraph 2? (no more than 5 words)
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44．According to the passage, what are the common ways for people to express their anger? (no more than 20 words)
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45．What do you think is the best way to deal with anger? Please give your reasons. (no more than 20 words)
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CaoYuan proved he was special at age 14 when he was enrolled in the University of Science and Technology of China’s School of the Gifted Young, which is a special school to nurture (养) teenagers into world-class talents.
But Cao himself didn’t think he was special. He often stressed that he was just an ordinary kid who loved reading about science and doing experiments.
But there is other evidence that Cao is a bit different. On Dec. 19, the now 22-year-old doctoral candidate in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the US, was named one of the 10 people who mattered this year by the journal Nature. It was for discovering a “magic angle” in graphene sheets that he has opened up a new field of superconductor physics （超导体物理学）.
Graphene, first discovered in 2004 is a material made of a single layer of carbon atoms. It’s the thinnest and strongest material in the world. Cao’s work shows that when two layers of graphene are cooled to 1.7 C above absolute zero (-273oC) and rotated (旋转) to a “magic angle” of 1.1 degrees, the upper layer of graphene exhibits nonconducting behaviors.
However, Cao found that these electrons (电子) could flow in the graphene sandwich freely---as if they were travelling through a superconductor when small amounts of electrons were added to the structure.
The discovery is exciting. “One can imagine making a superconducting transistor out of graphene, which you can switch on and off, from superconducting to insulating,” Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, Cao’s professor at MIT, told Science Daily.
But why was Cao able to make the discovery? Both his high school physics teacher Huang Jiatang and Jarillo-Herrero attribute it to Cao’s capacity for independent learning and interest in doing experiments.
Huang said that he remembered that as a young kid Cao had a strong ability to study on his own, a love for hands-on experiments and was unafraid to challenge teachers and ask difficult questions.
Cao seems to be a highly inquisitive young man. Jarillo-Herrero told Nature that Cao’s hobbies include photographing the night sky using homemade cameras. “Every time I go in Cao’ office, it’s a huge mess, with computers taken apart and pieces of telescope all over his desk”, he said.
But even with such convincing proof, Cao still sees himself as an ordinary college student. “After all, we are all humans, with flaws and emotions,” he said.
46．List two factors that lead to Cao’s achievement.
47．Why was Cao Yuan listed “Person of the Year” by the journal Nature?
48．Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
Cao Yuan discovered graphene and opened up a new field of superconductor physics.
49．Do you think you have any talent? Why or why not? (about 40 words)

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Emoji and Workplace Communication
In Asia, messaging platforms are growing rapidly, with users in the hundreds of millions, both at work and play. The popularity of these platforms is spreading globally. It’s been reported that 76 percent of employees in some western countries are using emojis at work.
Written communications can often read as cold and dull. Using emojis can add humor and feeling, keeping intention clear. Messages with emojis feel more conversational, encouraging better and more frequent communication.
In any given office, employees can range from age 22 to 70 and beyond, and finding common ground in communication style can be a challenge. An easy way to bring all work generations together is with a chat platform. While the younger generations prefer to communicate visually, for those used to working with traditional tools like email, it may feel like a learning curve (曲线). The good news is that it’s simple to learn and can be worth the effort.
There is also the matter of tone (语气). Who hasn’t received an email so annoying that it ruined an entire day? Even a formal email can seem cold and unfriendly. Emoji can help communication feel friendlier, and even a serious note can be softened with an encouraging smile.
Studies show that friendlier communication leads to a happier workplace and emoji can contribute directly to that positive outcome. And when your employees begin adding smiling emojis to their business communication, you’ll know you have succeeded in improving your work culture.
50．According to the passage, what is the function of using emojis in communication?
51．Please paraphrase the underlined part in your own words.
52．Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
➢ An emoji in a formal business email can make it informal.
53．Think of an occasion where you use emojis and explain why. (about 40 words)

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One cool April 22 morning, people started the day as usual. Yet it was not a normal day. What’s so special about April 22? The answer is simple. It is Earth Day. People all over the world celebrate this important day. The idea of having a special day to celebrate Earth began in the 1960s. Life was very different then. Few people talked or even thought about the environment. Most people had no idea how dirty our air and water were.
On April 22, 1970, twenty million Americans joined the first Earth Day activities. They showed that people really did want to do something about the environment. Since then laws have been passed to protect the air, water, land and animals.
The vehicles such as cars and buses you ride in must pass tests to make sure they don’t cause too much pollution. Thanks to this law, cars today release about half as many bad chemicals as cars did back in 1970. As a result, the air we breathe is cleaner than it once was.
Rivers and lakes are also cleaner today than they were in the 1970s. It’s a good thing because they needed a lot of help. The Cuyahoga River in Ohio was so polluted that rubbish and oil on the river even caught fire! Today, the river is cleaner. It no longer burns. It’s healthy enough for birds, fish and other animals.
Now the celebration has spread to other countries. More than 175 countries take part each year.
In 2007, people in China paid much attention to a big problem. People were throwing away 27 million plastic bags a day! People had “Bye-Bye Throwaway Culture Week”. They wanted everyone to see how polluted it was to throw away so many plastic bags. In 2008, China passed new laws against them.
Every April 22, millions get together to clean and protect Earth. They also celebrate how far we have come. Our job is to put this knowledge to work. You can help keep our planet healthy too!
54．What is so special about April 22? (no more than 5 words)
55．When did twenty million Americans join the first Earth Day activities? (no more than 5 words)
56．What caught fire on the Cuyahoga River? (no more than 5 words)
57．How many countries take part in the celebration each year now? (no more than 3 words)
58．What can you do to celebrate Earth Day? (no more than 20 words)

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容用英语回答问题。
“What is the most enjoyable part of your senior high school life? ” when asked this question, many students replied that club activities interested them most in school life. They enjoyed being with the club members who shared the same hobby with them.
In most of the schools, students are free to choose the clubs they are particularly interested in. Some students join one club, and some join two or more. Only a very few do not take part at all. The students run all the clubs themselves without the help of teachers. There are a number of sports and arts clubs that students may join. Sports clubs include football, volleyball, basketball, handball, hockey, tennis, badminton, gymnastics, judo and kendo（剑道）. They take place in the school gym or the school playing fields. There are also arts activities such as the painting and calligraphy club, dance club, the school orchestra and the school choir（合唱团）. The clubs meet two to four times a week after school. Sports coaches and club leaders are often school graduates who come back to help.
Club activities after class play an important part in students' school life. Young people spend a lot of time together in club activities and they often become true friends. These friendships often last a long time after graduation. Some become life-long friends. There is a popular belief that true friends are people who have had similar life experiences. Many graduates say that their best memories of Senior High school life are the days they spent in the mountains during the summer vacation, practicing and training with other club members.
59．Who runs the school clubs?
60．Where do sports club activities take place?
61．How often do the members of the school clubs meet?
62．Why are the school clubs important?
63．Which club will you join? Give your reasons.

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For the past few years, Jennifer and Tim Hegseth of Northfield, Minnesota, wanted to correct the course of their family’s lifestyle, but they didn’t know how to change.
Jennifer, 46, is an airline pilot who is on the road three days a week. When she’s gone, her 47-year-old husband, Tim, who works full time, ferries their children, Sam, 11, and Ella, 7, to all their after-school activities including various sports.
In the past, Tim often grabbed fast-food meals or whipped up quick frozen dinners for himself and the kids. He has a sedentary(久坐的)job and rarely found time to exercise. Jennifer tried to go to the hotel gyms when she was away from home, but it wasn’t enough physical activity to keep her weight in check.
By late December, the couple felt out of shape and wanted to make some changes. “I want my family to get moving.” Jennifer said.
So the Hegseths volunteered to participate in this year’s Family Fitness Challenge. The ongoing project is being produced in partnership with USA Weekend and “The Doctors” TV show.
More than 400 families applied to take part in the challenge. Six families were chosen, and they were paired with a fitness expert from the American College of Sports Medicine and a registered dietitian from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The families have been working with their professionals since early January.
The Hegseths are now walking a couple miles at the local high school. “Sam and I go every Friday. We talk about his week at school. It’s a bonding time,” she said.
64．What are Paragraphs 2 and 3 mainly about? (no more than 5 words)
65．What does the underlined part “whipped up” in Paragraph 3 mean in English? (1 word)
66．Why did the Hegseths volunteer to participate in this year’s Family Fitness Challenge? (no more than 10 words)
67．Who provided help for the Hegseths and other chosen families in the challenge? (no more than 10 words)
68．What do you think of the Hegseths’ new lifestyle? (no more than 20 words)

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Today, technological advances are rapidly making it possible to automate much of the work currently carried out by humans. This applies to both blue-collar jobs, through robotics and the Internet of Things, and white-collar work, through artificial intelligence. The wide applicability of these technologies has led to broad concern about the destruction of jobs. Indeed, according to a 2014 Oxford study, 47% of jobs in the US could be replaced by automated processes in the next two decades.
Of course, as many have noted, while technology has always removed the need for some types of jobs, it also creates new ones. Technology is a set of tools that we use in different ways to increase efficiency. The Industrial Revolution destroyed some jobs but created many more. It also increased the total wealth of society and began to create a middle class who could enjoy health, education and other benefits that previously had been available only to the wealthiest. It can be challenging to predict the kinds of jobs that this new revolution will create and in what quantities, which makes the situation seem worse than it actually is. But nine of the top ten most in-demand jobs of 2012 did not exist in 2003, suggesting that this latest revolution is creating new employment opportunities.
For many, this picture is overly optimistic. The new jobs require a completely different skills set – you can’t turn an assembly plant worker into a data scientist overnight, if at all. Others are concerned that we are facing a permanent reduction in the need for human labour. Science fiction has long imagined a future where we no longer have to work and can spend our time on more noble pursuits. Could it be that we are reaching that inflection point in human history? If we are, neither our social norms nor our economic systems are ready for it. Today, self-worth is inherently tied up with jobs, professions, careers and trades.
69．How is white-collar work automated by technology?
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70．What is technology according to the passage?
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71．Please briefly present the benefits that technological advances bring to you. (about 40 words)
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Home alone: Are you ready?
Do you know that in the US almost half of all kids aged 6 to 13 are home alone for part of the day? The boys in the Home Alone movies certainly have fun, but the whole experience can be freaky sometimes. These days, even a lot of adults are scared to be alone in the house! It’s totally understandable if you or someone you know are nervous about being home alone.
Take Jessi and her brother Joey as an example. For over five years now, they’ve been taking care of themselves until their mum comes home from work. Jessi says that the worst thing about it is when she or her brother is locked out. Then they have to wait on the porch until the other gets home! Sometimes, both of them get locked out! Fortunately, they each have a cellphone so they can call their mum when that happens.
Your parents think you’re ready, but do you?
At first it sounds cool to be home alone, right? Think of the freedom you’d have around the house! There’s nobody to stop you from playing video games or watching your favourite TV show!
Joey admits that he likes being able to watch TV shows or listen to music he likes. “ It’s more freedom, ” he says, “ but it’s also more responsibility. ”
So there you are listening to that CD your parents hate. Then what’s that? You hear a noise outside. It sounds like it could be a person on the front doorstep, and there’s been a string of robberies in the area lately. Suddenly, your unsupervised (没人监管的) freedom doesn’t feel so safe anymore.
It’s a normal feeling and it doesn’t mean you’re a “baby”. There’s always stuff going on in the world to shake our feelings of security. You might feel totally fine about being alone when you’re 10. Then, two years later, something happens that makes you feel different about it. Every person and every home environment is unique.
If you have worries about being home alone, it’s really important to speak out about them, even though it may cost money to get a sitter or your parent has to rearrange his or her schedule.
72．What will Jessi and Joey do if both of them get locked out? ( no more than 6 words )
73．What’s the main idea of Paragraph 4? ( no more than 6 words )
74．Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
It is always cool to be home alone — freedom you’d have around the house! There’s nobody to stop you from playing games or watching your favourite TV show.
75．What will you do when you are alone at home? ( About 40 words. )

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Is it possible to improve your brain function? The answer is “yes”.
Information in your brain is collected, stored and recalled by neural pathways. These pathways are responsible for your abilities to solve problems, remember familiar faces and tasks, without paying a ton of efforts. Millions of these neural pathways begin developing from the time when you are growing into a baby. To keep our memory healthy, we need to create new pathways continually.
As we age, our lifestyles often change, stopping those pathways from being developed. Two frequent changes are a decrease in exercise and less attention to our diet, which have a negative effect on our brain and memory. Our brain requires consistent stimulation, regardless of our age, and looking for ways to excite the production of new pathways is critical. Just like your physical muscles need to be used in different ways to make them stronger, our brain needs change to help challenge its abilities.
One simple way to stimulate the production of new pathways is trying something new.
Challenge your brain with puzzles, a new language or learning how to play an instrument. Anything different and new can stimulate your brain and memory. The best activities are the ones outside of your comfort zone. They push you as you develop new neural pathways. The effort involved in learning and committing to memory a new skill, with new terms and language, is a great way to exercise your brain.
Another way to stimulate the production of new pathways is doing exercise. When you exercise your body, you are also working out your mind, because regular activity helps to improve the chemicals in your brain and to protect brain cells.
76．According to the passage, what can negatively affect our brain and memory?
77．Why are the best activities the ones outside of your comfort zone?
78．Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
The two ways mentioned in the passage to help create new pathways are trying something new and exercising your brain by challenging your brain with different tasks.
79．What else can you do to improve your brain function? (In about 40 words)

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It was the spring of 2016, and 17-year-old Beatrice De Lavalette was waiting for a flight when she got hit by the explosion at Brussels airport. Along with serious burns and a spinal cord (脊髓) injury, De Lavalette lost both legs below the knee.
The event destroyed her dream of dressage (花样骑术). She began riding at age 3 and by 12, she’d taken up dressage. Riding is a passion not only for De Lavalette but for her family as well.   
Unsurprisingly, De Laavlette was disappointed as she tried to come to terms (达成协议) with her injuries, She admitted to crying a lot in the hospital until an unexpected visitor turned things around for her. “My mom had figured out a way to get to the hospital parking lot. I went outside in the rain and as I got closer, DeeDee came towards me and put her head against my chest. That moment made me decide that I wasn’t going to give up life. The reason why I’ve gotten to this level of recovery is my horse,” De Lavalette said.
Getting back in the saddle (马鞍) was a tough thing considering her injuries. “I had no muscle, I was just skin and bones, so being back in the saddle with no sense of balance was really uncomfortable.” De Lavalette said. But she was determined to do so as soon as she was able to. It has taken continuous hard work for her to adjust to her body’s new normal.
As her efforts began to pay off, the Paralympics seemed the perfect way to show her hard-earned skills. After making her first appearance as part of the U.S. Para-Dressage team, De Lavalette appeared at the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo.
De Lavalette says, “I can’t change what happened, but I can succeed in being me. What’s important is that I’m alive and I feel that I will do something great with my life.”
80．What happened to De Lavalette when she waited at Brussels airport? (no more than 10 words)
81．Who played an important role in De Lavalette’s recovery? (no more than 5 words)
82．What does the underlined word in Paragraph 4 mean? (1 word)
83．What’s the main idea of Paragraph 5? (no more than 15 words)
84．What inspiration do you get from the story? Please explain. (no more than 25 words)



















参考答案：
1．Personal life stories and experiences.
2．By finding the humor that suits the audience.
3．Because comedy adjusts to life changes and the edge keeps moving as well.
4．Yes. Because humor helps me forget the troubles in my life and see the positive and positive things in my life, which gives me the strength to move on.

【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲的是值得笑的事情及笑的意义。
1．考查细节理解。根据第一段的“For me, they are about personal life stories and experiences.(对我来说，它们是关于个人生活的故事和经历)”可知，值得笑的事情是关于个人生活的故事和经历，故答案为Personal life stories and experiences.
2．考查细节理解。根据第二段的“The best of them keep working it out until they find the humor that suits them and strikes the right string and, hopefully, the laughter string of an audience.(他们中最优秀的人一直在努力，直到他们找到适合观众的幽默，并拨对了弦，希望是观众的笑弦)”可知，最好的喜剧演员通过找到适合观众的幽默来让人们笑，故答案为By finding the humor that suits the audience.
3．考查细节理解。根据最后一段的“As comedy adjusts to life changes, the edge keeps moving as well. That’s what time does to comedy.(随着喜剧适应生活的变化，边缘也在不断移动。这就是时间对喜剧的影响)”可知，喜剧需要改变是因为喜剧适应生活的变化，边缘也在不断移动，故答案为Because comedy adjusts to life changes and the edge keeps moving as well.
4．考查开放性试题。言之有理即可。例如：根据我的个人经验，幽默对我的生活是有帮助的，因为幽默帮助我忘记生活中的烦恼，看到生活中积极向上的事情，这给了我继续前进的力量。故答案为Yes. Because humor helps me forget the troubles in my life and see the positive and positive things in my life, which gives me the strength to move on.
5． Einstein got himself on the path towards the Theory of Relativity by “the thought experiment”

6． “the relativity of time” means how we experience time depends on where we are and what we are doing.
7．Thinking about a problem for a long time and not giving up
8．I think I think “creative thinking” is a long-term process.I agree with Einstein.It’s important to devote certain time every day to “creative thinking”: whatever problem or idea it is that interests you, set aside some time every day to thinking about it.

【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了爱因斯坦相对论的提出过程。
5．细节理解题。根据文章第二段“Einstein had a special technique to do this, and he called it “the thought experiment”, which is simply an experiment you do inside your own head. The most famous thought experiment is the one Einstein used to get himself on the path towards the Theory of Relativity.(爱因斯坦有一种特殊的技术来做这个，他称之为“思想实验”，这只是一个你在自己的头脑里做的实验。最著名的思想实验是爱因斯坦用来使自己走上相对论之路的实验。)”可知，爱因斯坦是通过“思想实验”走上相对论道路的。故答案为Einstein got himself on the path towards the Theory of Relativity by “the thought experiment”。
6．细节理解题。根据文章第三段“Basically, how we experience time depends on where we are and what we are doing. Einstein explained it as follows: “When you’re talking to a pretty girl, an hour seems like a minute. If you sit on a hot fire, a minute seems like an hour. That’s relativity.” (基本上，我们如何体验时间取决于我们在哪里以及我们在做什么。 爱因斯坦是这样解释的：“当你和一个漂亮的女孩说话时，一小时就像一分钟。 如果你坐在火炉上，一分钟就像一小时。 这就是相对论。” )”可知，“时间的相对性”是指我们如何体验时间取决于我们在哪里和我们在做什么。故答案为“the relativity of time” means how we experience time depends on where we are and what we are doing。
7．细节理解题。根据文章最后一段“Einstein also believed in thinking about a problem for a long time and not giving up: as he once said, “I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.”(爱因斯坦还相信要对一个问题进行长时间的思考，而不是放弃：正如他曾经说过的，“我想了几个月，甚至几年。九十九次，结论都是错的。这是我第一百次说对了。”)”可知，爱因斯坦认为“考虑一个问题很长时间，不放弃”对思考是重要的。故答案为Thinking about a problem for a long time and not giving up
8．开放性试题。文章第三段“But Einstein believed it’s important to devote certain time every day to “creative thinking”: whatever problem or idea it is that interests you, set aside some time every day to thinking about it.(但爱因斯坦认为，每天花一定的时间进行“创造性思考”是很重要的：无论你感兴趣的是什么问题或想法，每天都留出一些时间来思考。 )”提到了爱因斯坦的观点，可以参考此观点作答。故答案为I think I think “creative thinking” is a long-term process.I agree with Einstein.It’s important to devote certain time every day to “creative thinking”: whatever problem or idea it is that interests you, set aside some time every day to thinking about it.
9．Anxiety is a feeling that is often characterized by intense fear and worry.
10．Eustress keeps us motivated and excited about life.
11．Research has shown that students with some anxiety are sure to perform worse on tests. Because students and athletes who experienced some anxiety actually performed better on tests or in competitive sports.
12．In our daily life we can deal with high-pressure situations by accommodating more or removing the volume that was creating the most pressure. For example, when I feel stressed, I will go running to release the pressure in this way.

【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了焦虑的一些症状以及对人正反面的影响。
9．考查细节理解。根据第一段中“Anxiety is a feeling that is often characterized by intense fear and worry.(焦虑是一种以强烈的恐惧和担忧为特征的感觉)”可知，焦虑是一种以强烈的恐惧和担忧为特征的感觉。故答案为Anxiety is a feeling that is often characterized by intense fear and worry.
10．考查细节理解。根据第二段中“Good stress, something now referred to as eustress, keeps us motivated and excited about life. It appears that some degree of anxiety may have similar “silver linings”.(好的压力，现在被称为正面压力，让我们对生活充满动力和激情。某种程度的焦虑似乎也有类似的“一线希望”)”可知，正面压力让我们对生活充满动力和激情。故答案为Eustress keeps us motivated and excited about life.
11．考查推理判断。根据倒数第三段中“Anxiety may help you feel more motivated and prepared when faced with challenges. Research has shown that students and athletes who experienced some anxiety actually performed better on tests or in competitive sports.(在面对挑战时，焦虑会让你更有动力，更有准备。研究表明，经历某种焦虑的学生和运动员实际上在考试或竞技运动中表现得更好)”可知，错误部分为“students with some anxiety are sure to perform worse on tests”，因为经历过焦虑的学生实际上在测试中表现得更好。故答案为Research has shown that students with some anxiety are sure to perform worse on tests. Because students who experienced some anxiety actually performed better on tests.
12．开放性题目，言之有理即可。题干：你将如何处理生活中的焦虑？可回答：在我们的日常生活中，我们可以通过容纳更多或移除产生最大压力的体积来处理焦虑。例如，当我感到焦虑的时候，我会去跑步，用这种方式来释放压力。故答案为In our daily life we can deal with anxiety by accommodating more or removing the volume that was creating the most pressure. For example, when I feel anxious, I will go running to release the pressure in this way.
13．Aggressive and docile.
14．Building the web, catching prey, and defending their colonies.
15．In an A.studiosus colony, the division of labor is based on the different builds of the spiders.(According to the passage,) in an A.studiosus colony, the division of labor is based on the personalities of spiders.
16．略。

【导语】这是一篇说明文。主要介绍研究发现A.studiosus不同性格的蜘蛛会选择不同的分工。研究小组现在正试图回答这些问题。
13．考查细节理解。根据第二段中“The females can be aggressive or docile .”（雌性可能是好斗的，也可能是温顺的。）可知，A.studiosus雌性的两种性格类型是好斗又温顺。故答案为Aggressive and docile。
14．考查细节理解。根据第五段中“Meanwhile, the aggressive spiders generally avoid these tasks; instead, they spend most of their time building the web, catching prey, and defending their colonies.”（与此同时，攻击性强的蜘蛛通常会避开这些任务；相反，它们把大部分时间花在织网、捕捉猎物和保护它们的殖民地上。）可知，好斗的雌性蜘蛛主要负责织网，捕捉猎物，保卫自己的领地。故答案为Building the web, catching prey, and defending their colonies。
15．考查细节理解。根据第三度中“But unlike these insects, the social spiders don’t have castes with different builds. Instead, their roles are defined by their personalities.”（但与这些昆虫不同的是，群居蜘蛛没有不同体型的种姓。相反，他们的角色是由性格决定的。）可知，在A.studiosus群落中，劳动分工是基于蜘蛛的个性。故答案为In an A.studiosus colony, the division of labor is based on the different builds of the spiders.(According to the passage,) in an A.studiosus colony, the division of labor is based on the personalities of spiders。
16．考查主观判断。根据文章大意可知，不同性格的蜘蛛做不同的事。由此可判断同样对于人类来说也是一样。因为性格可以决定人们擅长和不擅长的事。故答案为I think personality will influence people’s career choice. According to the passage, spiders with different personalities do different things. The same is true for humans. Because personality can determine what people are good at and what they are not。
17．Artificial intelligence is “the ability of a digital computer or computer-controlled robot to perform tasks commonly associated with intelligent beings.”
18．AI is already at work all around us, impacting everything from our search results, to our online dating prospects, to the way we shop.
19．No one can predict exactly how AI will develop in the future, and the key component of it has not been found.According to the passage, the ability to learn is a key component of AI.
20．I don’t think that AI will replace the jobs of humans. For example, empathy is one of the pillars which make humans. AI doesn’t possess such emotions. So no matter how developed AI becomes, it’ll not replace jobs which require high empathy, intricate human understanding, and managing emotions.

【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了什么是人工智能以及人工智能将如何影响未来的工作和生活。
17．考查细节理解。根据倒数第四段中“A straightforward definition from Britannica states that artificial intelligence is “the ability of a digital computer or computer-controlled robot to perform tasks commonly associated with intelligent beings.”(《大英百科全书》对人工智能的一个直接定义是“数字计算机或计算机控制的机器人执行通常与智能生物有关的任务的能力”)”可知，人工智能是“数字计算机或计算机控制的机器人执行通常与智能生物有关的任务的能力”。故答案为Artificial intelligence is “the ability of a digital computer or computer-controlled robot to perform tasks commonly associated with intelligent beings.”
18．考查细节理解。根据第三段中“In reality, AI is already at work all around us, impacting everything from our search results, to our online dating prospects, to the way we shop.(事实上，人工智能已经在我们周围发挥作用，从搜索结果，到在线约会前景，再到我们的购物方式，影响着一切)”可知，人工智能已经在我们身边发挥作用，影响着从搜索结果到在线约会前景，再到购物方式的一切。故答案为AI is already at work all around us, impacting everything from our search results, to our online dating prospects, to the way we shop.
19．考查细节理解。根据倒数第二段“This ability to learn is a key component of AI. Algorithms, like the dreaded Facebook algorithm that replaced all our friends with sponsored content, are often associated with AI.(这种学习能力是人工智能的关键组成部分。算法，比如可怕的Facebook算法，用赞助内容取代我们所有的朋友，通常与人工智能有关)”可知，错误的部分是“the key component of it has not been found”，因为学习能力是人工智能的关键组成部分。故答案为No one can predict exactly how AI will develop in the future, and the key component of it has not been found. According to the passage, the ability to learn is a key component of AI.
20．开放性题目。题干：人工智能在未来会取代人类的工作吗？请给出你的理由。可回答：我不认为人工智能会取代人类的工作。例如，同理心是人类形成的支柱之一。人工智能不具备这样的情感。因此，无论人工智能发展到何种程度，它都无法取代那些需要高度共情、复杂的人类理解和情绪管理的工作。故答案为I don’t think that AI will replace the jobs of humans. For example, empathy is one of the pillars which make humans. AI doesn’t possess such emotions. So no matter how developed AI becomes, it’ll not replace jobs which require high empathy, intricate human understanding, and managing emotions.
21．White lies don’t hurt
22．Because people with dementia have returned back to decades ago, they think they are in a strange place, surrounded by strange people.
23．The public expect doctors to be honest with their patients and the author also believes that it is heartless and unprofessional to lie to patients.
Because lying to patients is kind and tender-hearted when done in the right way, not heartless or unprofessional.
24．Yes, I couldn’t agree more. Because sometimes being honest pays a price, the truth of which will hurt someone who can’t accept the reality.

【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章通过医生和护士对患有老年痴呆症的沃尔顿太太说谎的事例得出医生和护士喜欢说谎的原因。
21．考查主旨大意。由第一段中的“Some of the lies told included reassuring patients that their wives or husbands were still alive, when in fact they were dead. (一些谎言包括让患者放心，说他们的妻子或丈夫还活着，而事实上他们已经死了)”，第二段中的“The truth, if I can use that word, is that it is a kindness to lie sometimes. (事实上，如果我能用这个词的话，那就是有时候撒谎是一种善意)”和倒数第二段中的“The lies that doctors, nurses, carers and families tell these patients are not big, elaborate lies—they are brief reassurances intended to calm and allow the subject to be swiftly changed. (医生、护士、护理人员和家属对这些患者说的谎话并不是什么大谎话，它们只是简单的保证，旨在让患者平静下来，并让话题迅速改变)”可知，有时候说谎并不是为了欺骗，而是为了改变话题，让患者平静下来、放心，因此，从这篇文章，我们能学到“善意的谎言无伤大雅”。故答案为：White lies don’t hurt
22．考查细节理解。由第三段中的“It is very distressing and tormenting and many of the behavioural difficulties that I have encountered in those with dementia relate to them feeling upset, scared and confused that they are in a strange place, surrounded by strange people, even when they are in their own homes surrounded by their family, because they have returned back to decades ago. (这是非常痛苦和折磨的，我在痴呆症患者中遇到的许多行为困难都与他们感到不安、害怕和困惑有关，因为他们在一个陌生的地方，被陌生的人包围，甚至当他们在自己的家里，被家人包围时，因为他们回到了几十年前)”可知，痴呆症患者即使在自己的家里被家人包围，也会感到不安、害怕和困惑，是因为痴呆症患者回到了几十年前，他们认为自己身处一个陌生的地方，周围都是陌生的人。故答案为：Because people with dementia have returned back to decades ago, they think they are in a strange place, surrounded by strange people.
23．考查细节理解。由最后一段中的“Colluding (串通) with them about this false reality they find themselves flung into is not heartless or unprofessional — it is, when done in the right way, kind and tender-hearted. (就他们陷入的虚假现实与他们串通（即说谎）并不是无情的或不专业的——当以正确的方式进行时，它是善良和温柔的)”可知，当以正确的方式对患者撒谎时，它是善良和温柔的，而不是无情或不专业的，“heartless and unprofessional”错误。故答案为：The public expect doctors to be honest with their patients and the author also believes that it is heartless and unprofessional to lie to patients.
Because lying to patients is kind and tender-hearted when done in the right way, not heartless or unprofessional.
24．开放题，答案不唯一，言之有理即可。考生结合自身实际发表见解并说明原因。例如，考生同意“诚实并不是最好的政策”此观点，因为有时候诚实是要付出代价的，真相会伤害那些不能接受现实的人。故参考答案为：Yes, I couldn’t agree more. Because sometimes being honest pays a price, the truth of which will hurt someone who can’t accept the reality.
25．According to Robert Zubrin, sending people to Mars will allow us to learn a lot — for example, about the ability of humans to live in a very different environment.
26．Terraforming means make Mars more like Earth.

27．According to the test, in order to stay healthy in mind and body on Mars, it is necessary for humans on Mars to stay away from various activities.
According to Christiane Heinicke, one of the people who lived there, one of the biggest issues was feeling bored. So humans on Mars would always need to keep themselves busy with various activities.
28．First of all, we need to terraform Mars to warm it up so that people will be able to live there. Second, build factories there that produce greenhouse gases. Third, keep busy with various activities so that we won’t feel bored there.

【导语】这是一篇说明文。科学家们认为人类移居火星的想法很快就能实现，但要真正住在火星，首先需要改造火星，将火星的环境地球化，使之符合人类生存的条件；其次还要测试人类住在火星上是否能保持身体和精神上的健康；最后虽然往返火星的花费巨额，但无论如何，人类居住在火星的想法很快就能实现。
25．考查细节理解。根据文章第一段最后两句“Robert Zubrin, a rocket scientist, agrees and thinks starting with Mars makes the most sense. He thinks sending people to Mars will allow us to learn a lot—for example, about the ability of humans to live in a very different environment.(火箭科学家罗伯特·祖布林对此表示赞同，并认为从火星开始研究是最有意义的。他认为，将人类送上火星将让我们了解到很多东西，例如，人类在一个完全不同的环境中生活的能力。)”可知，将人类送上火星可以让我们了解到很多东西，如人类在一个完全不同的环境中生活的能力。故答案为According to Robert Zubrin, sending people to Mars will allow us to learn a lot — for example, about the ability of humans to live in a very different environment.
26．考查词义猜测。根据文章第二段“One of the main goals of terraforming Mars is to warm it up because the average temperature there is about -60℃. One idea for warming Mars is to build factories there that produce greenhouse gases. This could take many centuries. However, it should lead to rainfall and the growth of plants, resulting in more air that people can breathe.(火星terraforming的主要目标之一是使其升温，因为那里的平均温度约为-60度。使火星升温的一个想法是在那里建造制造温室气体的工厂。这可能需要几个世纪。然而，它应该会导致降雨和植物的生长，导致更多的空气，让人们可以呼吸)”可知，在火星上建制造温室气体的工厂是为了让火星升温，这样可以降雨，植物可以生长，进而产生让人呼吸的空气，所以可知，所做的这一切都是为了能够让火星和地球环境更相似，这样人类才可以在上面生存，所以terraforming的意思就是“让火星更像地球”。故答案为Terraforming means make Mars more like Earth.
27．考查细节理解。根据文章第三段最后两句话“Christiane Heinicke, one of the people who lived there, said that one of the biggest issues was feeling bored. So humans on Mars would always need to keep themselves busy with various activities.(住在那里的克里斯蒂安·海尼克说，最大的问题之一是感到无聊。所以火星上的人类总是需要让自己忙于各种活动。)”可知，在火星上的最大问题之一是无聊，因此，为了要保持身体和精神上的健康，人类需要让自己忙于各种活动，错误部分为to stay away from various activities。故答案为According to the test, in order to stay healthy in mind and body on Mars, it is necessary for humans on Mars to stay away from various activities. According to Christiane Heinicke, one of the people who lived there, one of the biggest issues was feeling bored. So humans on Mars would always need to keep themselves busy with various activities.
28．考查细节理解。根据文章第二段第一句话“However, scientists will need to terraform Mars for people to be able to live. Terraforming means changing the environment on a planet so that it is similar to Earth’s. One of the main goals of terraforming Mars is to warm it up because the average temperature there is about -60℃. One idea for warming Mars is to build factories there that produce greenhouse gases. This could take many centuries. However, it should lead to rainfall and the growth of plants, resulting in more air that people can breathe. (然而，科学家需要改造火星，使人们能够生活。地球化是指改变一个星球的环境，使其与地球环境相似。地球化火星的主要目标之一是使其升温，因为那里的平均温度约为-60℃。让火星变暖的一个想法是在那里建立工厂，生产温室气体。这可能需要几个世纪的时间。然而，它应该会导致降雨和植物的生长，导致人们可以呼吸更多的空气。)”可知，在人类能去火星居住前，需要改造火星的环境，使其升温，能让人类在火星上居住；还要在火星建立工厂，导致降雨和植物生长，产生空气；根据文章第三段“Another big concern for scientists is whether humans can move to Mars and still stay healthy in mind and body. As a test, six people lived in a Mars-like environment in Hawaii for a year before “returning to Earth” recently. It was a 1,200-square-foot room that was on the side of a volcano and used the sun for energy. Christiane Heinicke, one of the people who lived there, said that one of the biggest issues was feeling bored. So humans on Mars would always need to keep themselves busy with various activities.(科学家们担心的另一个大问题是，人类能否搬到火星上，同时仍然保持身心健康。作为一项测试，六个人在夏威夷的类火星环境中生活了一年，最近才“返回地球”。这是一个1200平方英尺的房间，位于一座火山的一侧，利用太阳能发电。住在那里的克里斯蒂安·海尼克说，最大的问题之一是感到无聊。所以火星上的人类总是需要让自己忙于各种活动。)”可知，在火星上会很无聊，所以为了保证身体和精神健康，人类需要忙于各种活动。故答案为First of all, we need to terraform Mars to warm it up so that people will be able to live there. Second, build factories there that produce greenhouse gases. Third, keep busy with various activities so that we won’t feel bored there.
29．People often feel lost and confused.
30．It refers to the belief that people will be happier when they achieve their goals.
31．To deal with your anti-climax, you’d better stay away from those who share similar experiences with you. You’d better engage/connect with those who share similar experiences with you.
32．I can schedule an activity to look forward to soon after I have just been admitted to my dream university,or I can consider planning some time with friends and family, or attending a concert or even a cooking class.

【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了我们生活中实现了自己不懈努力的目标后可能出现的“反高潮”现象，并且介绍了一些我们可以采取的措施来管理甚至防止反高潮的感觉。
29．考查细节理解。根据第二段“Therefore, when this disappears overnight, we can often feel lost and confused.(因此，当这一夜之间消失时，我们常常会感到迷茫和困惑)”，可知人们在取得巨大成就后通常会会感到迷茫和困惑。故答案为People often feel lost and confused.
30．考查细节理解。根据第三段“In psychology, the belief that we’ll be happier when we achieve our goals even has a fancy scientific name. Psychologists call it “arrival fallacy (悖论)” and it plays a big part in those feelings of emptiness that can follow achieving a goal.(在心理学中，当我们实现目标时我们会更快乐的信念甚至有一个奇特的学名。心理学家称之为“到达谬误”，它在实现目标后产生的空虚感中起着重要作用。)”，可知“到达谬论”指的是当我们实现目标时我们会更快乐的信念。故答案为It refers to the belief that people will be happier when they achieve their goals.
31．考查细节理解。根据文章最后一段“Connecting with others may also be beneficial. It can help to engage with friends and influencers online who share similar experiences to feel less isolated (孤立的) with your own emotions. (与他人联系也可能有益。这有助于与在线朋友和有影响力的人接触，他们有着相似的经历，从而减少与自己情绪的隔离感。)”，可知为了应对你的反高潮，你最好联系那些与你有相似经历的人。故答案为：To deal with your anti-climax, you’d better stay away from those who share similar experiences with you. You’d better engage/connect with those who share similar experiences with you..
32．开放试题。根据Foresee the comedown标题下的一段“If you are aware of a potential upcoming anti-climax, schedule an activity to look forward to soon after the event has finished. Consider planning some time with friends and family, or attending a concert or even a cooking class. This can act as a reminder that other aspects of life can be just as fulfilling. (如果你意识到一个潜在的反高潮即将到来，安排一个可以期待的在这件事结束不久的活动。考虑安排一些时间与朋友和家人在一起，或参加音乐会，甚至烹饪课。这可以提醒人们，生活的其他方面也同样令人满意。)”，可知假设我刚刚被你梦想中的大学录取。我可以安排一个可以期待的在大学录取后不久的活动，或是考虑安排一些时间与朋友和家人在一起，或参加音乐会，甚至烹饪课。故答案为：I can schedule an activity to look forward to soon after I have just been admitted to my dream university,or I can consider planning some time with friends and family, or attending a concert or even a cooking class.
33．Taking breaks.
34．Tiredness, negative feelings, and stress.
35．Taking rests is important for your memory and spending about 15 minutes in playing with your phone will help improve it.
Because when taking rests, you should go to a quiet space and not have any distractions around you. This includes not having your cell phone nearby. So you can't playing with your phone.
36．言之有理即可。例如：Firstly, when studying, I will focus my attention and don’t think about other things. Secondly, I try to understand what I are learning. By doing so, I can remember things for a long time. Thirdly, by going over what I have learned in time, I will not forget the things easily.

【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍提高记忆的方法——适当休息。
33．考查细节理解。由文章第二段“It would appear that the secret to improving your memory is really simple. It’s to take breaks.(看来，提高记忆力的秘诀其实很简单。这是休息。)”可知，提高记忆的秘诀就是休息。故答案为Taking breaks.
34．考查细节理解。由文章第三段“Currently, we know that, for best connectivity, we must rest. Therefore, factors such as tiredness, negative feelings, or stress make it difficult to connect one area to the other.(目前，我们知道，为了实现最佳连接，我们必须休息。因此，疲劳、消极情绪或压力等因素使我们很难将一个领域与另一个领域联系起来。)”可知，疲劳、消极情绪或压力等因素会影响大脑皮层不同区域之间的联系。故答案填Tiredness, negative feelings, and stress.
35．考查细节理解。由文章倒数第二段“However, there’s one small detail that’s important. The rest must be real rest. In other words, you should go to a quiet space and not have any distractions (分心的事) around you. This includes not having your cell phone nearby.(然而，有一个小细节很重要。休息必须是真正的休息。换句话说，你应该去一个安静的地方，周围没有任何干扰。这包括不要把手机放在附近。)”可知，休息的时候不应把手机放在身旁，它会干扰你，所以休息的时候不可以玩手机。故答案Taking rests is important for your memory and spending about 15 minutes in playing with your phone will help improve it. Because when taking rests, you should go to a quiet space and not have any distractions around you. This includes not having your cell phone nearby. So you can’t playing with your phone.
36．开放性试题。除了文中提到的内容外，你还能做些什么来提高记忆力？考生言之有理即可，注意词数。参考答案为：Firstly, when studying, I will focus my attention and don’t think about other things. Secondly, I try to understand what I are learning. By doing so, I can remember things for a long time. Thirdly, by going over what I have learned in time, I will not forget the things easily.
37．The author is working with a new teaching partner and two new grade levels.
38．The author will reflect on why he/she does certain things and will make the program better moving forward.
39．To deal with changes, we should work on the things that we can change and try our best to make the things we have no control over under control. Because there is no need to try our best to make the things that we have no control over and we’d better to do something within our control.
40．One possible version: Change is unavoidable. Accepting change is necessary and vital because only in this way can we make full use of change. Having a reasoning attitude towards change is also helpful. In that case, you can analyze it objectively and cope with it wisely.

【导语】这是一篇记叙文。主要描写作者关于变化的反思。
37．考查细节理解。根据第一段“Additionally, due to some restructuring, I am working with a new teaching partner and two new grade levels.”(此外，由于一些重组，我正在与一个新的教学伙伴一起工作，并且教两个新的年级。)可知，作者今年面临着新的工作调整，即正在与一个新的教学伙伴一起工作，教两个新的年级。故答案为The author is working with a new teaching partner and two new grade levels.
38．考查细节理解。根据第二段“It will allow me to reflect on why we do certain things and will make the program better moving forward.”(这将使我能够思考我们为什么要做某些事情，并将使该计划更好地向前推进。)可知，作者从这些人身上学到思考一些事情，更好地推进计划。故答案为The author will reflect on why he/she does certain things and will make the program better moving forward.
39．考查细节理解。根据倒数第二段“This is about recognizing the things that I can change and making those work rather than worrying about things that I have no control over.”(这是关于认识到我可以改变的事情并使其发挥作用，而不是担心我无法控制的事情。)可知，我们不应该去担心我们无法掌控的的事，故“try our best to make the things we have no control over under control”(尽最大努力使我们无法控制的事情得到控制。)部分有误。故答案为To deal with changes, we should work on the things that we can change and try our best to make the things we have no control over under control. Because there is no need to try our best to make the things that we have no control over and we’d better to do something within our control.
40．开放题，答案不唯一。题干问的是除了文章中提到的观点，你对改变有什么看法？答案言之有理即可，参考答案：改变是不可避免的，接受变化是必要和重要的，因为只有这样我们才能充分利用变化。对变化持理性态度也很有帮助。在这种情况下，你可以客观地分析并明智地应对。One possible version：Change is unavoidable. Accepting change is necessary and vital because only in this way can we make full use of change. Having a reasoning attitude towards change is also helpful. In that case, you can analyze it objectively and cope with it wisely.
41．To tell people anger is dangerous and how to deal with anger.
42．Anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possible cancer.
43．Holding back.
44．Some people express anger openly in a calm and reasonable way. Others burst with anger, scream and yell.
45．The best way is to find humor when you feel angry, because laughter is much healthier than anger.

【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了愤怒是一种危险的情绪和如何正确地应对愤怒。
41．考查推理判断。根据第一段关键句“Doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. (医生说，除非你学会如何应对愤怒，否则愤怒可能是一种极其有害的情绪。)”和最后一段关键句“Doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. (医生说，处理愤怒的一个好方法是在让你生气的情况下找到幽默。)”可知，作者写这篇文章主要是为了告诉我们愤怒是危险的和应该如何应对愤怒，并给出了医生的建议。故答案为To tell people anger is dangerous and how to deal with anger.
42．考查细节理解。根据第一段内容“Doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possible cancer. (医生说，除非你学会如何应对愤怒，否则愤怒可能是一种极其有害的情绪。他们警告说，愤怒会导致心脏病、胃病、头痛、情绪问题，甚至可能导致癌症。)”可知，如果人们不妥善处理愤怒，愤怒会导致心脏病、胃病、头痛、情绪问题，甚至可能导致癌症。故答案为Anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possible cancer.
43．考查词义猜测。根据画线单词上句“But other people keep their anger inside. They cannot or will not express it. (但其他人把愤怒藏在心里。他们不能也不会表达出来。)”可知，上文介绍了一些人把愤怒藏在心里，不能也不会表达出来，由此可知，他们在压抑愤怒，“hold back”意为“克制，抑制住”，能够表达画线单词在句中所要表达的意思。故答案为Holding back.
44．考查细节理解。根据第二段关键句“Some people express anger openly in a calm reasonable way. Others burst with anger, scream and yell. (有些人以平静合理的方式公开表达愤怒。其他人勃然大怒，大喊大叫。)”可知，人们表达愤怒的常见方式是有些人以平静合理的方式公开表达愤怒。其他人勃然大怒，大喊大叫。故答案为Some people express anger openly in a calm and reasonable way. Others burst with anger, scream and yell.
45．开放题，答案不唯一，言之有理即可。根据最后一段内容“Doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. They said that laughter is much healthier than anger. (医生说，处理愤怒的一个好方法是在让你生气的情况下找到幽默。他们说笑比愤怒健康得多。)”可知，处理愤怒的一个好方法是在让你生气的情况下找到幽默，因为笑比愤怒健康得多，答案符合文意即可，不唯一。故参考答案为The best way is to find humor when you feel angry, because laughter is much healthier than anger.
46．Independent learning and interest in doing experiments.
A love for hands-on experiments and was unafraid to challenge teachers.
He loves reading about science and doing experiments.
47．Because he discovered a “magic angle” in graphene sheets and he has opened up a new field of superconductor physics.
48．Cao Yuan discovered graphene and opened up a new field of superconductor physics.
According to the passage, it is true that Cao Yuan opened up a new field of superconductor physics, but graphene was first discovered by some people rather than Cao yuan in 2004.
49．参考答案：Yes，I think so.When I was studying in the normal school, I was reminded by my teacher of chinese that I was blessed with a gift of writing. I participated in many writing contests and won countless prizes.


【导语】这是一篇人物介绍。介绍了天才少年曹原的故事。
46．考查细节理解。根据第七段中“Both his high school physics teacher Huang Jiatang and Jarillo-Herrero attribute it to Cao’s capacity for independent learning and interest in doing experiments.”（他的高中物理老师黄家堂和Jarillo-Herrero都将其归功于曹文轩的自主学习能力和做实验的兴趣。）可知，曹原有超凡的独立学习的能力和做实验的浓厚兴趣，根据倒数第三段“Huang said that he remembered that as a young kid Cao had a strong ability to study on his own, a love for hands-on experiments and was unafraid to challenge teachers and ask difficult questions.”（黄说，他记得曹文轩小时候自学能力很强，喜欢动手做实验，不怕挑战老师，也不怕问难题。）可知，他热爱动手实验，不怕挑战老师。根据第二段“He often stressed that he was just an ordinary kid who loved reading about science and doing experiments.”（他经常强调自己只是一个普通的孩子，喜欢阅读科学书籍和做实验。）可知，他喜欢阅读科学书籍和做实验。故答案为Independent learning and interest in doing experiments./A love for hands-on experiments and was unafraid to challenge teachers./He loves reading about science and doing experiments。
47．考查细节理解。根据第三段中“It was for discovering a“magic angle”in graphene sheets that he has opened up a new field of superconductor physics（超导体物理学）”（正是因为在石墨烯薄片上发现了一个“魔角”，他开辟了超导体物理学的一个新领域）可知，曹原被评为年度人物是因为他发现了石墨烯中的“魔角”，开启了超导体物理学的新领域。故答案为Because he discovered a“magic angle”in graphene sheets that he has opened up a new field of superconductor physics。
48．考查细节理解。请判断以下陈述中哪一部分是错误的，然后划出它并解释原因。根据第四段中“Graphene, first discovered in 2004 is a material made of a single layer of carbon atoms. It’s the thinnest and strongest material in the world. Cao’s work shows that when two layers of graphene are cooled to 1.7 C above absolute zero (-273oC) and rotated (旋转) to a “magic angle” of 1.1 degrees, the upper layer of graphene exhibits nonconducting behaviors.”（石墨烯于2004年首次被发现，是一种由单层碳原子构成的材料。它是世界上最薄最坚固的材料。曹的工作表明，当两层石墨烯冷却到绝对零度以上1.7摄氏度(-273摄氏度)，并旋转到1.1度的“神奇角度”时，上层石墨烯表现出不导电行为。）”可知，根据文章的说法，曹原确实开辟了超导体物理学的一个新领域，但石墨烯是在2004年被一些人而不是曹原首先发现的。所以Cao Yuan discovered graphene是错误的。故答案为Cao Yuan discovered graphene and opened up a new field of superconductor physics.According to the passage, it is true that Cao Yuan opened up a new field of superconductor physics, but graphene was first discovered by some people rather than Cao yuan in 2004。
49．开放题。可以肯定回答也可以否定回答。肯定回答先回答Yes，I think so.并写出这样认为的原因和例子。故参考答案为Yes，I think so.When I was studying in the normal school, I was reminded by my teacher of chinese that I was blessed with a gift of writing. I participated in many writing contests and won countless prizes.
50．Using emojis can add humor and feeling, keeping the intention clear.
51．Finding an acceptable way of communication for everyone/all is not easy.
52．➢ An emoji in a formal business email can make it informal. Reason: An emoji in a formal business email will not make it informal, but it can make it friendlier and soften the email.
53．When I ask my teacher questions on Wechat, I often use emojis. And if I’d like to show my respect to the teacher, especially when she is helping me to solve my confusion, a big smiling thank you face will be sent.

【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了表情符号及其在职场沟通中所带来的优势。
50．考查细节理解。由第二段中的“Using emojis can add humor and feeling, keeping intention clear. (使用表情符号可以增加幽默感，保持意图清晰)”可知，在交流中使用表情符号的作用在于增加幽默感，保持意图清晰。故答案为：Using emojis can add humor and feeling, keeping the intention clear.
51．考查词句猜测。由第三段中的“In any given office, employees can range from age 22 to 70 and beyond, and finding common ground in communication style can be a challenge. (在任何一个特定的办公室，员工的年龄从22岁到70岁甚至更高，在沟通方式上找到共同点可能是一个挑战)”和“While the younger generations prefer to communicate visually, for those used to working with traditional tools like email, it may feel like a learning curve (曲线). (虽然年轻一代更喜欢视觉交流，但对于那些习惯于使用电子邮件等传统工具的人来说，这可能感觉像一条学习曲线)”可知，不同年龄段习惯的沟通方式是不同的，可得出很难找到大家都容易接受的交流方式，画线句可以转译为“为每个人（所有人）找到一种可接受的沟通方式并不容易”。故答案为：Finding an acceptable way of communication for everyone/all is not easy.
52．考查细节理解。由倒数第二段中的“Even a formal email can seem cold and unfriendly. Emoji can help communication feel friendlier, and even a serious note can be softened with an encouraging smile. (即使是一封正式的电子邮件也可能显得冷漠和不友好。表情符号有助于让交流变得更友好，甚至一个严肃的符号也可以用鼓励的微笑来软化)”可知，正式商务电子邮件中的表情符号可以使交流变得更友好和软化电子邮件，并不会使其变得非正式，“informal”错误。故答案为：➢ An emoji in a formal business email can make it informal. Reason: An emoji in a formal business email will not make it informal, but it can make it friendlier and soften the email.
53．考查开放答题。考生结合自身实际想象一个使用表情符号的场合，并解释原因，例如：当你在微信上问老师问题时，你经常使用表情符号。如果你想向老师表达敬意，尤其是当她帮助你解决困惑时，你会送上一张大大的微笑的感谢脸。故答案为：When I ask my teacher questions on Wechat, I often use emojis. And if I’d like to show my respect to the teacher, especially when she is helping me to solve my confusion, a big smiling thank you face will be sent.
54．It is Earth Day.
55．On April 22, 1970.
56．Rubbish and oil.
57．More than 175.
58．Open. / (One possible version:) We can take a reusable cloth bag, choose public transport and plant more trees.

【导语】本文为说明文。本文只要介绍了世界地球日的由来和意义，以及现在人们在这一天的活动。
54．考查细节理解。根据文章第一段“What’s so special about April 22? The answer is simple. It is Earth Day.(4月22日有什么特别的？答案很简单。它是地球日。)”可知，4月22日的特殊之处在于它是地球日。故答案为It is Earth Day。
55．考查细节理解。根据文章第二段“On April 22, 1970, twenty million Americans joined the first Earth Day activities. (1970年4月22日，两千万美国人参加了第一个地球日活动。)”可知，两千万美国人参加了第一个地球日活动是在1970年4月22日。故答案为On April 22, 1970。
56．考查细节理解。根据文章第四段“The Cuyahoga River in Ohio was so polluted that rubbish and oil on the river even caught fire! (俄亥俄州的Cuyahoga河污染严重，河上的垃圾和石油甚至着火！)”可知，Cuyahoga河上的垃圾和石油着火。故答案为Rubbish and oil。
57．考查细节理解。根据文章第五段“Now the celebration has spread to other countries. More than 175 countries take part each year.( 现在，庆祝活动已蔓延到其他国家。 每年有多余175个国家参加。)”可知，现在每年有多余175个国家参加庆祝。故答案为More than 175。
58．考查推理判断。根据文章最后一段“Every April 22, millions get together to clean and protect Earth. They also celebrate how far we have come. Our job is to put this knowledge to work. You can help keep our planet healthy too!(每年4月22日，数百万人聚集在一起清洁和保护地球。他们还庆祝我们取得的成就。我们的工作就是将这些知识付诸实践。你也可以帮助我们的星球保持健康！)”可知，此题为开放题，答案不唯一，只要是保持地球的清洁，保护地球的行为均可以为本题的答案。故答案可以为We can take a reusable cloth bag, choose public transport and plant more trees。
59．The students themselves .
60．In the school gym or the school playing fields.
61． Two to four times a week after school.
62．Because students feel the club activities are the most enjoyable place where they can form life-long friendship.
63．I would like to join the sports clubs ,for not only can I keep my body fit ,but also I will make new friends who have the same interests with me .

【导语】本文是一篇说明文。介绍了在高中阶段给人带来最多乐趣的各种各样的学校俱乐部。这些俱乐部不仅能够给学生们带来快乐，也能让学生们交到好朋友，甚至是终身友谊。
59．细节理解题。根据第二段中“The students run all the clubs themselves without the help of teachers.”（学生们在没有老师帮助的情况下自己管理所有的俱乐部。）可知，在学校学生自己运营和管理自己的俱乐部。故答案为The students themselves 。
60．细节理解题。根据第二段中“They take place in the school gym or the school playing fields.”（他们在学校的体育馆或操场上举行。）可知，运动俱乐部的活动通常在体育馆或者操场举办。故答案为In the school gym or the school playing fields。
61．细节理解题。根据第二段中“The clubs meet two to four times a week after school.”（这些俱乐部每周放学后聚会两到四次。）可知，俱乐部成员一般在每周放学后聚会两到四次。故答案为Two to four times a week after school。
62．细节理解题。根据第三段中“Young people spend a lot of time together in club activities and they often become true friends. These friendships often last a long time after graduation. Some become life-long friends. ”（年轻人在俱乐部活动中花很多时间在一起，他们经常成为真正的朋友。这些友谊通常会在毕业后持续很长时间。有些人会成为一生的朋友。）以及“Many graduates say that their best memories of Senior High school life are the days they spent in the mountains during the summer vacation, practicing and training with other club members.”（许多毕业生说，他们高中生活中最美好的回忆是暑假在山里度过的日子，和其他俱乐部成员一起练习和训练。）可知，校园俱乐部，让学生们不仅收获了友谊，而且还是他们高中生活最美好的回忆。故 答案为Because students feel the club activities are the most enjoyable place where they can form life-long friendship。
63．开放题。就个人角度来说，喜欢运动俱乐部的原因在于不仅能让我保持健康的体魄，也能让我结交到新朋友。故答案是I would like to join the sports clubs ,for not only can I keep my body fit ,but also I will make new friends who have the same interests with me 。
64．The family’s lifestyle of Hegseths’.
65．Made.
66．Because they felt unhealthy and wanted to make changes.
67．A fitness expert and a registered dietitian.
68．I think their new lifestyle is beneficial, because it improved their physical condition and promoted the relationship among family members.

【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一对夫妇因为不当的生活方式，身材发生变化，因此决心改变生活方式，开始参加家庭健身挑战赛，进行饮食调整和锻炼，由此改善了身体状况及家庭关系。
64．考查主旨大意。根据第二段“Jennifer, 46, is an airline pilot who is on the road three days a week. When she’s gone, her 47-year-old husband, Tim, who works full time, ferries their children, Sam, 11, and Ella, 7, to all their after-school activities including various sports.(46岁的詹妮弗是一名航空公司飞行员，每周有三天在路上。她不在时，她47岁的全职丈夫蒂姆会接送11岁的萨姆和7岁的艾拉参加各种课外活动，包括各种体育活动)”以及第三段“In the past, Tim often grabbed fast-food meals or whipped up quick frozen dinners for himself and the kids. He has a sedentary(久坐的)job and rarely found time to exercise. Jennifer tried to go to the hotel gyms when she was away from home, but it wasn’t enough physical activity to keep her weight in check.(过去，蒂姆经常给自己和孩子们吃快餐或速冻晚餐。他久坐不动的工作,几乎没有时间锻炼。詹妮弗离家的时候曾尝试去酒店的健身房锻炼，但这不足以控制她的体重)”可知，第二段，第三段主要讲述Hegseths一家的生活方式，故答案为：The family’s lifestyle of Hegseths’ .
65．考查词义猜测。根据划线单词前or可知，划线单词与“Tim often grabbed fast-food meals(Tim经常做快餐吃)”中的grabbed是近义并列关系，结合动词“whipped up”的宾语是“quick frozen dinners(速冻晚餐)”，由此可以推断划线单词的含义是“制作”速冻晚餐给自己及孩子们。故答案为：Made.
66．考查推理判断。根据第四段“By late December, the couple felt out of shape and wanted to make some changes. “I want my family to get moving.” Jennifer said.(到了12月底，这对夫妇觉得身材不太好，想做些改变。“我想让我的家人行动起来”詹妮弗说)”可知，这对夫妇参加家庭健身挑战赛的原因是，他们觉得身材不太好，想做些改变。故答案为：Because they felt unhealthy and wanted to make changes.
67．考查推理判断。根据倒数第二端“Six families were chosen, and they were paired with a fitness expert from the American College of Sports Medicine and a registered dietitian from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The families have been working with their professionals since early January.(研究人员选择了六个家庭，并将他们与美国运动医学学院的一名健身专家和营养与饮食学会的一名注册营养师配对。自1月初以来，这些家庭一直在与他们的专业人员合作)”可知，被选中的家庭，得到了美国运动医学学院的一名健身专家和营养与饮食学会的一名注册营养师的帮助。故答案为：A fitness expert and a registered dietitian.
68．开放性试题。根据第四段“By late December, the couple felt out of shape and wanted to make some changes. “I want my family to get moving.(到了12月底，这对夫妇觉得身材不太好，想做些改变。我想让我的家人行动起来)”以及最后一段“The Hegseths are now walking a couple miles at the local high school. “Sam and I go every Friday. We talk about his week at school. It’s a bonding time(Hegseths一家现在正在当地一所高中步行几英里。萨姆和我每个星期五都去。我们谈论他在学校的一周。这是增进感情的时刻)”可知，Hegseths夫妇之前的饮食，生活方式是不健康的，影响了身材和身体健康，因此做出新的改变，而这些新的生活方式帮助他们改善了身体，同时也增进了家庭成员之间的感情。所以，我认为Hegseths夫妇的新生活方式是很棒的，因为这能改善他们的身体状况，并能增进家人之前的感情。故答案为：I think their new lifestyle is beneficial, because it improved their physical condition and promoted the relationship among family members.
69．Through artificial intelligence.
70．Technology is a set of tools that we use in diferent ways to increase efficiency.
71．With the development of Internet, plenty of digital resources are available to me. Everything is at the touch of a fingertip, so I can easily and quickly access whatever I am interested in and expand my minds by immersing myself in high quality resources.

【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍技术的进步使实现自动化成为可能。技术的进步消除了对某些类型工作的需求，同时也创造了新的工作。
69．考查细节理解。根据文章第一段“Today, technological advances are rapidly making it possible to automate much of the work currently carried out by humans. This applies to both blue-collar jobs through robotics and the Internet of things, and whitecollar work through artificial itelligence. (今天，技术进步正迅速使目前由人类完成的大部分工作实现自动化成为可能。这既适用于通过机器人和物联网实现的蓝领工作,也适用于通过人工智能实现的白领工作)”可知，今天的科技是通过人工智能使白领工作实现自动化。故答案为Through artificial intelligence.
70．考查细节理解。根据文章第二段中“Technology is a set of tools that we use in dfferent ways to increase eficiency.(技术是一组我们以不同方式使用以提高效率的工具)”可知，科技是我们用不同的方法来提高效率的工具。故答案为Technology is a set of tols that we use in dfferent ways to increase eficiency.
71．本题为开放性试题，答案不唯一。题目要求简要介绍技术进步 带来的好处，可以介绍网络的发展给我们生活带来便利的方面，比如我们很容易就可以获得大量的数字资源。故答案为With the development of internet, plenty of digital resources are available to me.Everything is at the touch of a fingertip, so I can easily and quickly access whatever I are interested in and expand my minds by immersing myself in high quality resources.
72．They will call their mother.
73．It is always cool to be home alone.
74．It is always cool to be home alone — freedom you’d have around the house! There’s nobody to stop you from playing games or watching your favourite TV show. Because according to the passage, it sounds cool being home alone, and nobody stop you from playing games or watching TV, but you will feel freedom is unsafe when nobody is in charge of you.
75．If you have worries about being home alone, it’s really important to speak out about them, even though it may cost money to get a sitter or your parent has to rearrange his or her schedule.

【导语】本文是一 篇议论文。以Jessi和她的弟弟Joey为例，阐述独自在家的利弊。
72．考查细节理解。 They will call their mother.根据第二段的“Sometimes, both of them get locked out! Fotunately, they each have a cllphone so they can call their mum when that happens.( 有时候，他们俩都被锁在门外。幸运的是，他们都有一部手机，这样当这种情况发生时就可以打电话给妈妈。)”可知，当他们被锁在外面的时候，他们打电话给妈妈。故答案是They will call their mother。
73．考查主旨大意。根据第四段内容“At first it sounds cool to be home alone, right? Think of the freedom you’d have around the house! There’s nobody to stop you from playing video games or watching your favourite TV show!(一开始，独自在家听起来很酷，想想你在家里会有怎样的自由！没有人能阻止你玩电子游戏或看你最喜欢的电视节目)”可知，本段主要讲述独自在家很酷，你可以看你喜欢的电视，没有人阻止你玩游戏等。故答案为It’s cool to be home alone。
74．考查推理判断。根据第四段内容“At first it sounds cool to be home alone, right? Think of the freedom you’d have around the house! There’s nobody to stop you from playing video games or watching your favourite TV show!(一开始，独自在家听起来很酷，想想你在家里会有怎样的自由！没有人能阻止你玩电子游戏或看你最喜欢的电视节目)”和第五段的“Suddenly, your unsupervised (没人监管的) freedom doesn’t feel so safe anymore.(突然，你的没人监管的自由感觉不再那么安全了)”可知，独自在家听起来很酷，没有人能阻止你玩游戏或看电视，但当没有人来管理你时，你会觉得自由是不安全的。故答案为It is always cool to be home alone — freedom you’d have around the house! There’s nobody to stop you from playing games or watching your favourite TV show. Because according to the passage, it sounds cool being home
alone, and nobody stop you from playing games or watching TV, but you will feel freedom is unsafe when nobody is in charge of you。
75．考查推理判断。根据最后一段内容“If you have worries about being home alone, it’s really important to speak out about them, even though it may cost money to get a sitter or your parent has to rearrange his or her schedule.(如果你担心独自在家，谈论它们真的很重要，即使找个保姆可能会花钱或者你的父母不得不重新安排他或她的时间表。)”可知，如果你自己在家感到担心，你真的应该说出来，即使需要花钱找保姆或者父母需要重新安排他们的时间表。故答案为If you have worries about being home alone, it’s really important to speak out about them, even though it may cost money to get a sitter or your parent has to rearrange his or her schedule。
76．A decrease in exercise and less attention to the diet.
77．Because they can stimulate one’s brain and memory to develop new neutral pathways.
78．The two ways mentioned in the passage to help create new pathways are trying something new and exercising your brain by challenging your brain with different tasks. Because the other way mentioned in the passage to stimulate the production of new pathways is doing exercise。
79．To improve brain function, we should pay more attention to the diet. And we should get enough mental exercise like reading and doing math. In addition, mediation is a good way to improve memory and learning.

【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章指出大脑的功能是可以主动提升的，并介绍了两种促进神经通路形成、提升大脑功能的方法。
76．细节理解题。根据第三段第二句“Two frequent changes are a decrease in exercise and less attention to our diet, which have a negative effect on our brain and memory.(两种常见的改变有，体育锻炼的减少和对自身饮食的不加注意，它们对我们的大脑和记忆力都有着消极的影响)”可知，体育锻炼减少和不注意自身饮食会对大脑和记忆力产生负面影响。故答案为A decrease in exercise and less attention to the diet。
77．推理判断题。根据第五段中“The best activities are the ones outside of your comfort zone. They push you as you develop new neural pathways. The effort involved in learning and committing to memory a new skill, with new terms and language, is a great way to exercise your brain.(最好的活动是那些舒适区之外的活动。它们会促使你发展新的神经通路。那些用于学习和致力于记住一项新技能、新术语或是语言所付出的努力，是锻炼大脑的极佳方式)”可知，舒适区之外的活动，也就是新奇的活动和经历可以激励大脑和记忆力，使人发展出新的神经通路，因此是最好的活动。故答案为Because they can stimulate one’s brain and memory to develop new neutral pathways。
78．细节理解题。根据第四段“One simple way to stimulate the production of new pathways is trying something new.(一种简单的刺激新通路形成的方式是，尝试新鲜的事物)”和第七段中“Another way to stimulate the production of new pathways is doing exercise.(另一个刺激新通路形成的方式是体育锻炼)”可知，文中提到的两种促进新的神经通路形成的方式分别是尝试新鲜事物和增加体育锻炼，即所给句子中“exercising your brain by challenging your brain with different tasks”部分有误，应画线，故答案（所述理由）为The two ways mentioned in the passage to help create new pathways are trying something new and exercising your brain by challenging your brain with different tasks. Because the other way mentioned in the passage to stimulate the production of new pathways is doing exercise。
79．推理判断题。根据第三段第二句“Two frequent changes are a decrease in exercise and less attention to our diet, which have a negative effect on our brain and memory.( 两种常见的改变有，体育锻炼的减少和对自身饮食的不加注意，它们对我们的大脑和记忆力都有着消极的影响)”可知，不注意自身饮食会阻碍新的神经通路形成，因此要避免这种行为，此外根据文中已经提到的提高大脑功能的方法还可联想到，适当地进行一些头脑训练，比如阅读、做数学题、练习冥想等。故答案为To improve brain function, we should pay more attention to the diet. And we should get enough mental exercise like reading and doing math. In addition, mediation is a good way to improve memory and learning。
80．She got hit by the explosion and lost both legs./She met with the explosion and was injured seriously.
81．Her horse (DeeDee).
82．Difficult./Hard.
83．She took part in the Paralympics and her efforts paid off.
84．Attitude makes a difference. Because we can’t change what happened, but we can still achieve our dreams.

【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了Beatrice De Lavalette17岁时在爆炸中受伤，但在她心爱的马的陪伴下渐渐好转，后来通过自己的勇气与努力，她实现了自己花样骑术的梦想。
80．考查细节理解。根据文章第一段“It was the spring of 2016, and 17-year-old Beatrice De Lavalette was waiting for a flight when she got hit by the explosion at Brussels airport. Along with serious burns and a spinal cord injury, De Lavalette lost both legs below the knee.（那是2016年的春天，17岁的比阿特丽斯·德·拉瓦莱特在布鲁塞尔机场等待航班时被爆炸击中。由于严重烧伤和脊髓损伤，De Lavalette失去了膝盖以下的双腿。）”可知，De Lavalette被爆炸击中，因受伤严重而失去了双腿，故答案为She got hit by the explosion and lost both legs./She met with the explosion and was injured seriously.
81．考查细节理解。根据文章第三段““My mom had figured out a way to get to the hospital parking lot. I went outside in the rain and as I got closer, DeeDee came towards me and put her head against my chest. That moment made me decide that I wasn’t going to give up life. The reason why I’ve gotten to this level of recovery is my horse,” De Lavalette said.（“我妈妈找到了一条去医院停车场的路。我冒着雨走到外面，当我走近时，DeeDee向我走来，把头靠在我的胸口上。那一刻让我决定我不会放弃生命。我能恢复到这个水平的原因是我的马，”De Lavalette说。）”可知，在De Lavalette的康复过程中，她的马发挥了重要作用，故答案为Her horse (DeeDee).
82．考查词义猜测。根据文章第四段“Getting back in the saddle was a tough thing considering her injuries. “I had no muscle, I was just skin and bones, so being back in the saddle with no sense of balance was really uncomfortable.” De Lavalette said.（考虑到她的伤势，重新开始是件tough的事情。“我没有肌肉，瘦得皮包骨，所以回到马鞍上，没有平衡感，真的很不舒服。”De Lavalette说。）”以及“It has taken continuous hard work for her to adjust to her body’s new normal.（她经过不断的努力才适应身体的新常态。）”可知，De Lavalette因为受伤严重，所以身体状况还比较差，下文也提到她经过不断的努力才适应，说明重新回到马鞍上对她来说是困难的，所以tough表示“困难的”，故答案为Difficult/Hard.
83．考查主旨大意。根据文章第五段“As her efforts began to pay off, the Paralympics seemed the perfect way to show her hard-earned skills. After making her first appearance as part of the U.S. Para-Dressage team, De Lavalette appeared at the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo.（当她的努力开始有了回报时，残奥会似乎是她展示来之不易技能的完美方式。在作为美国残疾人盛装舞步队的一员首次亮相后，De Lavalette出现在了2020年东京残奥会上。）”可知，第五段主要介绍De Lavalette参加了残奥会，她的努力得到了回报，故答案为She took part in the Paralympics and her efforts paid off.
84．考查推理判断。根据文章最后一段“De Lavalette says, “I can’t change what happened, but I can succeed in being me. What’s important is that I’m alive and I feel that I will do something great with my life.”（De Lavalette说：“我不能改变已经发生的事情，但我可以成功地做我自己。重要的是我还活着，我觉得我这一生会做一些伟大的事情。”）”可知， De Lavalette说她虽然不能改变已经发生的事，但她仍然可以实现自己的梦想，从她的话中我们可以推断出：态度决定一切，这也是我们从故事中获得的启发，故答案为Attitude makes a difference. Because I think although we can’t change what happened, we can still achieve our dreams with positive attitude.