参考答案及试题解析
选择题
单项选择
1．C
【详解】句意：别担心。就照我说的那样去做。
考查副词辨析。widely广泛地；badly严重地；exactly完全；nearly几乎。根据“Don’t worry.”可知，此处应指别担心，就照我说的那样做就好。故选C。
2．D
【详解】句意：——妈妈，我不知道该选哪所高中。——别担心。无论你做出什么决定，你爸爸和我都会一直支持你。
考查情景交际。Of course当然；No problem没问题；Well done做得好；Don’t worry别担心。根据“Whatever you decide, your dad and I are behind you all the way.”可知，此处是安慰对方不要担心，无论做出什么决定父母都会支持，故选D 。
3．B
【详解】句意：学生总是能够克服挑战，并在团队游戏中建立友谊。
考查动词词义辨析。change改变；build建立；pass传递。根据句意，团队游戏中更强调“建立”友谊，符合语境。故选B。
4．D
【详解】句意：——我弟弟从自行车上摔下来，伤了腿。——听到这个消息我很难过。
考查情景交际。That’s too bad那太糟糕了；He may be too careless他可能太粗心了；He should be careful他应该小心点；Sorry to hear that听到这个消息我很难过。根据“My brother fell off this bike and hurt his leg.”可知，听到别人受伤，应该表示关心和同情。故选D。
5．B
【详解】句意：——今天早上除了你没有人上学迟到。——对不起，我正要去上学，突然下起大雨来了，所以我错过了校车。
考查连词。because因为；when当……时；until直到。根据“I was going to school ... it began to rain heavily.”可知，当我正要去学校，天下起了雨。故选B。
6．B
【详解】句意：——吴燕妮在100米短跑比赛中抢跑，所以她的成绩被取消了。——太可惜了！她本可以赢得金牌。
考查情景交际。No doubt!毫无疑问！What a pity!太可惜了！Guess what 你猜怎么着？Are you joking 你在开玩笑吗？根据“so her performance was cancelled”及“She could have won the gold medal.”可知，此处对成绩取消表示遗憾。故选B。
7．B
【详解】句意：——我们星期二下午到了这里。——真的吗？你为什么没早点给我们打电话？
考查情景交际。Good luck祝你好运；Really真的吗；It’s no surprise这并不奇怪；Go ahead继续。根据“Why didn’t you call us earlier ”可知此处是询问真的吗。故选B。
8．D
【详解】句意：——我不知道这是一条单行道。——抱歉，但是没有借口。
考查情景交际。That’s all night没关系；I don’t believe you我不相信你；How dare you say that你竟敢这样说；Sorry, but there’s no excuse抱歉，但没有借口。根据“I don’t know this is a one-way street.”可知，对方违反了交通规则，所以此处应指这不是借口。故选D。
9．B
【详解】句意：睡前花太多时间上网会让我们的大脑保持清醒，让我们很难快速入睡。
考查形容词辨析。alone独自的；awake醒着的；asleep睡着的；afraid害怕的。根据“makes it difficult for us to fall asleep quickly.”可知，此处指大脑是清醒的，很难快速入睡。故选B。
10．A
【详解】句意：每个人在面对危险或麻烦时都应该学会如何明智地行动。
考查副词辨析。wisely明智地；simply仅仅，只；widely普遍地，广泛地；badly严重地。根据“Everyone should learn how to act…in the face of danger or in trouble.”可知，面对危险和麻烦时，要学会明智地行动。故选A。
11．B
【详解】句意：——熊猫受到全世界人民的喜爱。——你说对了！熊猫已经成为中国的象征。
考查名词辨析。mark记号；symbol象征；tradition传统；notice通知。根据“Pandas are well received by people all over the world”可知，此处是说熊猫已经成为中国的象征，所以应该用symbol。故选B。
12．D
【详解】句意：——抱歉，辛迪，我没有先打电话就来了。——没关系。请随意。
考查情景交际用语。Have a good dream做个好梦；Good luck to you祝你好运；Don’t be afraid不要害怕；Make yourself at home请随意。根据“Sorry for dropping by without calling first, Cindy”及“It doesn’t matter”可知，此处是在回应对方的歉意，表示没关系，让对方随意，所以应该用Make yourself at home。故选D。
13．D
【详解】句意：——新年聚会的一切都准备好了吗？——我想不是。今天早上我遇见亨利和汉斯时，他们正在装饰房间。
考查过去进行时。根据“Henry and Hans…the room when I met them this morning.”可知此处是描述亨利和汉斯早上正在做的事情，应用过去进行时，结构为“was/were+现在分词”。故选D。
14．D
【详解】句意：——我昨天弄丢了我最喜欢的书。——太可惜了。我们去书店买一本新的吧。
考查情景交际。Thank goodness谢天谢地；Good luck祝你好运；Congratulations祝贺；What a shame真可惜。根据“I lost my favourite book yesterday.”可知，对方丢失了自己最喜欢的书，应对此表示遗憾。故选D。
15．A
【详解】句意：——恐怕我不能准时参加音乐会了。现在是七点半。——慢慢来。音乐会将在八点半开始。你可以乘出租车到那里，只要15分钟。
考查情景交际。Take your time.慢慢来；I’m sorry to hear that.听到这个消息我很难过；What a pity!真可惜；That’s right.那是对的。根据“The concert will start at 8:30. You can take a taxi and it will only take 15 minutes to get there.”可知，用“Take your time”符合语境，表示还来得及，不用着急。故选A。
二、完型填空
16．B 17．A 18．D 19．B 20．C 21．C 22．A 23．C 24．A 25．D 26．A 27．B 28．B 29．C 30．C
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了紫色是现在最流行的颜色之一，但是在过去，紫色是非常昂贵和不同寻常的颜色，文中详细介绍了紫色的历史。
16．句意：紫色是当今最流行的颜色之一。
peaceful和平的；popular流行的；exciting令人兴奋的；serious严肃的。根据“There are purple clothes, purple handbags, purple bicycles, purple furniture, even purple computers!”可知，紫色在当今非常流行。故选B。
17．句意：让我们来看看紫色的丰富历史。
history历史；style风格；research研究；product产品。根据后文可知，是对紫色历史的描述，此处应填入history“历史”。故选A。
18．句意：一些科学家认为，5亿多年前地球上最早出现的植物可能看起来是紫色的，而不是绿色的。
gradually逐渐地；especially尤其；exactly确切地；probably可能。根据“Some scientists believe”可知，这是一种推测，因此填入“可能”。故选D。
19．句意：今天的植物是绿色的，因为它们使用绿色叶绿素来产生能量。
when当……时；because因为；until直到；if如果。此处表示因果关系，解释植物是绿色的原因。故选B。
20．句意：但这些早期植物可能使用了一种叫做视黄醛的物质，它是深紫色的。
ugly丑陋的；huge巨大的；early早期的；tall高的。根据上文“the first plants”可知，这些植物是早期的。故选C。
21．句意：在罗马帝国时期，制造紫色染料非常困难。
dangerous危险的；common常见的；difficult困难的；strange奇怪的。根据后文“10,000 dead sea snails…”可知，制造紫色染料非常困难。故选C。
22．句意：10,000只死海螺只给你带来一克紫色染料。
got得到；passed通过；wasted浪费；cost花费。根据“you just one gram (克) of purple dye”可知，此处表示“得到”一克染料。故选A。
23．句意：这种特殊的紫色染料被称为泰尔紫，它是皇帝们偏爱的颜色。
basic基本的；harmful有害的；special特殊的；perfect完美的。根据上文染料的获取过程可知，这种染料是特殊的。故选C。
24．句意：这种特殊的紫色染料被称为泰尔紫，它是皇帝们偏爱的颜色。
color颜色；smell气味；plant植物；animal动物。根据“purple dye”可知，此处应填入“颜色”。故选A。
25．句意：在16世纪的英格兰，紫色只供国王的家庭成员使用。
even甚至；never从不；seldom很少；only只。根据“ordinary people were not allowed”可知，紫色仅供国王家庭成员使用。故选D。
26．句意：伊丽莎白一世女王的衣服是紫色的，但是普通人不被允许穿紫色。
to wear穿；wear穿；wearing穿；wears穿。be allowed to do“被允许做某事”，此处应填入“to wear”。故选A。
27．句意：1856年，18岁的科学学生威廉·珀金在做实验时注意到一些奇怪的现象。
geography地理；science科学；art艺术；math数学。根据“experiment”和“chemicals”可知，珀金是科学学生。故选B。
28．句意：他用来清洗仪器的化学物质与实验中使用的化学物质混合，产生了明亮的紫色。
compared比较；mixed混合；collected收集；kept保持。 根据“with the chemicals”可知，化学物质混合在一起。故选B。
29．句意：这一发现促使珀金成立了一家公司，用这种化学混合物制造紫色染料。
survey调查；suggestion建议；discovery发现；exam考试。根据“noticed something strange”可知，这是一个发现。故选C。
30．句意：这种染料比海螺染料便宜得多。
healthier更健康的；thicker更厚的；cheaper更便宜的；darker更深的。根据“now anyone can afford to wear purple clothes”可知，这种染料更便宜。故选C。
三、阅读单选
（A）、31．C 32．B 33．B 34．A 35．B
【导语】本文主要讲述了快乐和享受的区别。
31．细节理解题。根据“Most people believe happiness comes from pleasure, like good food, jobs and all the nice things money can buy.”可知，文章中提到了美食、工作和好东西，但没有提到健康。故选C。
32．细节理解题。根据“These kinds of things are enjoyable, like playing a tennis game that improves our skills, reading a book that shows new sides of things, or having a conversation that leads us to express ideas, which we didn’t know we had.”可知，阅读一本书可以带来享受。故选B。
33．细节理解题。根据“To improve the quality of our experience, we need to learn how to build enjoyment into our daily life.”可知，通过将享受融入日常生活可以改善生活体验。故选B。
34．词句猜测题。根据“Life can be pleasant without enjoyment, but it leans on luck and the outside factors.”可知，此处句意发生了转折，指没有享受的生活也可以是愉快的，但它依赖于运气和外部因素，所以划线部分的含义是“依赖于”。故选A。
35．最佳标题题。通读全文可知，文章主要讨论了快乐与享受的区别，B项“快乐和享受”符合文章最佳标题。故选B。
（B）、36．A 37．C 38．A 39．D 40．D
【导语】本文围绕动物迁徙展开，介绍了多种动物迁徙的原因。
36．细节理解题。根据“Some, like the manatee and the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, migrate to stay warm in the winter.”可知，红玉喉北蜂鸟迁徙是为了在冬天保持温暖，故选A。
37．词句猜测题。根据“Caribous move south each winter to evergreen forests. The forests protect them from the cold winds and provide a better food supply.”可知，“them”指代前面提到的“Caribous（驯鹿）”，故选C。
38．细节理解题。根据“Other animals, like the Emperor Penguins, migrate for their children.”可知，为孩子而迁徙的动物是帝企鹅，故选A。
39．词句猜测题。根据“They do not have a map, compass or GPS to guide them.”，map和GPS都是与方向指引相关的，所以推测“compass”是用于确定方向的工具，即“An instrument for finding direction”，故选D。
40．主旨大意题。根据“Animals migrate for different reasons.” 以及后文对各种动物迁徙原因的描述可知，文章主要讲不同动物迁徙原因各异，故选D。
（C）、41．D 42．C 43．C 44．A 45．B
【导语】本文主要讲述了瑞士的一项实验表明，给予他人可以让人更慷慨、更快乐。
41．细节理解题。根据“Then they had to decide how much money…they wanted to give away.”可知，志愿者在实验室需要决定“要捐出多少钱”，故选D。
42．词句猜测题。根据“In the experiment, the volunteers were asked to give money away. But would you like to do this in your daily life ”可知，前文提到了“志愿者被要求捐钱”，因此this指代的是“把钱捐出去”，故选C。
43．细节理解题。根据“While the volunteers thought about this, the researchers studied their brain activity using an MRI machine.”可知，文中明确提到研究人员用MRI来观察志愿者的大脑活动，故选C。
44．推理判断题。通读全文，尤其根据“Money can’t buy you happiness. Well, what if it could Not by making it or spending it, but by giving it away.”可知，文章先通过实验说明“给他人花钱会更幸福”，随后又在第五、六段给出在日常生活中如何做到“少消费，多给予”的建议，可见作者的写作意图是“为让我们变得更幸福而提供一些可行的做法或建议”，故选A。
45．篇章结构题。通读全文，文章结构为：第一段引出观点；第二段至第四段展开实验过程与结果；第五段和第六段提出具体做法和总结。故选B。
非选择题
四、词汇应用
46．passing
【详解】句意：他想一定是国王的乐师经过。根据“must be”可知表示一种推测或可能性，must be+动词的现在分词，表示对正在发生的事情的推测，句子的主语是“the king’s musicians”，而“pass”是描述他们正在进行的动作，因此“pass”变为“passing”，表示“国王的音乐家们正在经过”。故填passing。
47．were climbing
【详解】句意：昨天开始下雨时，我们正在爬山。根据“when it began to rain yesterday.”可知，此处表示过去某一时间正在做某事，时态为过去进行时，其构成为主语+was/were+doing，主语为We，复数，故此处用were，climb的现在分词为climbing。故填were climbing。
48．badly
【详解】句意：布莱克女士病得很重，她的女儿非常担心她。此处修饰形容词用副词badly“严重地”。故填badly。
49．As
【详解】句意：随着时间的推移，你会认识家庭的重要性。as time goes by“随着时间的推移”，as引导时间状语从句。故填As。
50．was cooking
【详解】句意：当我儿子房间突然起火时，我正在厨房做饭。这是一个由when引导的时间状语从句，从句“a fire suddenly broke out in my son’s room”使用一般过去时，描述过去发生的一个短暂性动作。主句强调在这个短暂动作发生的那一刻，另一个动作正在进行，所以要用过去进行时，其结构为“was/were+现在分词”。句子主语是“I”，be动词用was，cook的现在分词是cooking，故填was cooking。
51．were preparing
【详解】句意：当老师进来时，所有的学生都在为即将到来的考试做准备。prepare意为“准备”，是个动词。根据“when the teacher came in”可知，老师进来时，学生们正在为考试做准备；句子时态为过去进行时，结构为：was/were doing；主语All the students是复数，be动词用were，prepare的现在分词为preparing。故填were preparing。
52．chatting with
【详解】句意：当我走进教室时，他正在和他的朋友聊天。分析句子可知，此处描述的是过去某一时刻发生的动作，时态用过去进行时，谓语动词构成是was+现在分词，chat with意为“与……聊天”，故动词chat应用现在分词形式。故填chatting；with。
53．was shining
【详解】句意：当我们学校旅行的时候，阳光灿烂。由所给的汉语提示可知，“照耀”译成：shine；when引导的时间状语从句，从句是一般过去时，主句应用过去进行时，shine的现在分词为shining，主语是The sun，单数形式，be动词用was。故填was shining。
54．earthquake
【详解】句意：2024年4月3日，台湾省发生了一场可怕的地震。根据“A terrible…”可知，此处应用名词单数形式作主语，earthquake“地震”，名词。故填earthquake。
55．missing
【详解】句意：现在我们可以用人工智能技术帮助失踪儿童回家。修饰名词“children”应用形容词；结合所给词可知，missing“失踪的”，符合题意。故填missing。
五、完成句子
56．alive
【详解】对照中英文，设空处缺“活着”，alive“活着的”，作表语。故填alive。
57．because of the recent natural disasters
【详解】根据中英文对照可知，空格处为“由于最近的自然灾害”。“由于”because of，后接单词或短语；“最近的”recent；“自然灾害”natural disasters，此处用复数表泛指。故填because of the recent natural disasters。
58．was thinking
【详解】英文中while引导的时间状语从句“While she was falling”为过去进行时，描述过去正在发生的动作，主句也要用过去进行时来表示在从句动作发生期间同时进行的动作。过去进行时的结构是“was/were + 现在分词”，主语she是第三人称单数，所以be动词用was，“想”的英文think的现在分词是thinking。故填was；thinking。
59．difficult it is to record their thoughts in the form of diaries
【详解】根据中英文对照可知，本句为感叹句，具体句型：How+difficult+it is+for sb+to do sth“对某人来说做某事多么困难啊”，it是形式主语，动词不定式短语是真正主语；record their thoughts in the form of diaries“用日记的形式记录他们的想法”。故填difficult it is；to record their thoughts in the form of diaries。
60．looking through
【详解】根据中英文对照可知，空处缺“浏览”的英文look through，固定搭配。根据“was...”可知，空处时态为过去进行时，其结构为was/were+doing，动词look的现在分词为looking。故填looking；through。
六、短文首字母填空
61．(i)magine 62．(l)ike 63．(w)hite 64．(k)eep 65．(b)ored 66．(b)ecause 67．(s)eriously 68．(f)aster 69．(l)nguage 70．(d)aily
【导语】本文主要讲述了研究表明猫虽然不能说话，但是它能够听懂人的话。
61．句意：当我们和猫说话时，它们可能不会回答，但它们可能比我们想象的更仔细地倾听。根据“Cats might not answer when we talk to them, but they could be listening more carefully than we…”及首字母提示可知，此处表达“比我们想象的更仔细地倾听”，imagine“想象”，动词；句子为一般现在时，主语为we，谓语动词应用原形。故填(i)magine。
62．句意：他们播放猫的主人所说的话的录音，如“parumo”或“keraru”。根据“They played recordings of the cats’ owners words…‘parumo’ or ‘keraru.’”及首字母提示可知，此处是列举猫的主人的录音，应用介词like“像”。故填(l)ike。
63．句意：在听的时候，这些猫会在屏幕上看到一些图片，比如一轮红日或者一匹白马。根据“While listening, the cats saw pictures on a screen, such as a red sun or a…horse.”及首字母提示可知，此处表达看到白色的马，空处应用形容词作定语，修饰名词horse。故填(w)hite。
64．句意：图片变大变小，以保持猫的兴趣。根据“The pictures became bigger and smaller to…the cats interested.”及首字母提示可知，此处应表达“保持猫的兴趣”，keep“保持”，动词；空前为不定式符号to，其后接动词原形。故填(k)eep。
65．句意：在几次展示相同的单词图片后，这些猫变得无聊并走开了。根据“After showing the same word-picture pairs several times, the cats became…and went away.”及首字母提示可知，此处表达看到相同的照片后，猫觉得无聊然后离开，空处应用形容词作表语，应用bored“无聊的”。故填(b)ored。
66．句意：这表明他们感到困惑，因为他们没有听到他们以前听到的单词。根据“This showed that they were confused…they didn’t hear the word they used to hear.”及首字母提示可知，空处表明猫困惑的原因，应用连词because“因为”。故填(b)ecause。
67．句意：高木说：“看到这些猫如此认真地参与实验，真的很可爱。”根据“It was really cute to see how…the cats took part in the experiment.”及首字母提示可知，此处表达猫认真地参与实验很可爱，空处应用副词修饰“took part in”，应用seriously“认真地”。故填(s)eriously。
68．句意：这比人类婴儿在类似实验中的学习速度要快。根据“This is…than how human babies learn in similar experiments.”及首字母提示可知，此处表达猫比婴儿在类似的实验中学习速度快，than“比”，空处应用形容词的比较级，应用faster“更快的”。故填(f)aster。
69．句意：这项研究是关于猫理解语言能力的更多研究的一部分。根据“This study is part of more research about cats’ ability to understand…”及首字母提示可知，此处指“猫理解语言能力的研究一部分”，应用名词language“语言”。故填(l)nguage。
70．句意：高木说：“猫在日常生活中听我们说的话，并试图理解我们，比我们想象的还要多。”根据“Cats listen to what we say in our…life and try to understand us more than we think.”及首字母提示可知，in our daily life“在日常生活中”，介词短语。故填(d)aily。
七、材料作文
71．例文
My name is Daming. In my city, there was a snowstorm yesterday evening. My mother was cooking dinner in the kitchen when it started. My father was watching TV, and my little sister was playing with her toys. I was doing my homework in my room. Suddenly, the wind howled loudly, and the snow fell heavily. We were all scared because it was so loud and unexpected. Luckily, the storm didn’t last long. After it ended, we checked everything and felt relieved that we were all safe and sound. Remember to stay indoors during bad weather.
【详解】[总体分析]
①题材：本文是一篇记叙文，为材料作文；
②时态：时态为“一般过去时”；
③提示：根据所给提示完成写作，不能遗漏信息，以第一和第三人称为主。
[写作步骤]
第一步，承接开头，首先描述暴风雪的时间及场景——昨天晚上暴风雪开始时家人的活动；
第二步，然后表达暴风雪时感到惊吓的心情；
第三步，最后总结暴风雪不久就结束了，大家都安然无恙，体现幸运的结局。
[亮点词汇]
①Suddenly突然
②Luckily幸运地
③remember to do sth记得做某事
[高分句型]
①My mother was cooking dinner in the kitchen when it started.（时间状语从句）
②We were all scared because it was so loud and unexpected.（原因状语从句）2024 - 2025学年九年级下册英语沪教牛津版Unit 4 Natural disasters
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注意事项
1. 全卷满分100分。考试时间90分钟。试题包含选择题和非选择题。考生答题全部答在答题卡上，答在本试卷上无效。
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第一部分 选择题（满分：45分）
一、单项选择（本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）
( )1．Don’t worry. Just do ________ as I tell you.
A．widely B．badly C．exactly D．nearly
( )2．—Mom, I don’t know which high school to choose.
—________. Whatever you decide, your dad and I are behind you all the way.
A．Of course B．No problem C．Well done D．Don’t worry
( )3．Students can always overcome challenges and ______ friendship in a team game.
A．change B．build C．pass
( )4．— My brother fell off this bike and hurt his leg.
— ________.
A．That’s too bad B．He may be too careless C．He should be careful D．Sorry to hear that
( )5．—Nobody but you was late for school this morning.
—Sorry, I was going to school ______ it began to rain heavily. So I missed the school bus.
A．because B．when C．until
( )6．—Wu Yanni jumped the gun in the 100-meter dash, so her performance was cancelled.
—________ She could have won the gold medal.
A．No doubt! B．What a pity! C．Guess what D．Are you joking
( )7．—We got here Tuesday afternoon.
—________ Why didn’t you call us earlier
A．Good luck. B．Really C．It’s no surprise. D．Go ahead.
( )8．—I don’t know this is a one-way street.
—________.
A．That’s all right B．I don’t believe you
C．How dare you say that D．Sorry, but there’s no excuse
( )9．Too much time on the Internet before sleep keeps our brain ______ and makes it difficult for us to fall asleep quickly.
A．alone B．awake C．asleep D．afraid
( )10．Everyone should learn how to act ______ in the face of danger or in trouble.
A．wisely B．simply C．widely D．badly
( )11．—Pandas are well received by people all over the world
—You said it! Panda has become a________ of China.
A．mark B．symbol C．tradition D．notice
( )12．—Sorry for dropping by without calling first, Cindy.
—It doesn’t matter. ________.
A．Have a good dream B．Good luck to you
C．Don’t be afraid D．Make yourself at home
( )13．—Is everything ready for the New Year Party
—I guess not. Henry and Hans ______ the room when I met them this morning.
A．decorate B．decorated C．are decorating D．were decorating
( )14．—I lost my favourite book yesterday.
—______. Let’s go to the bookshop to buy a new one.
A．Thank goodness B．Good luck C．Congratulations D．What a shame
( )15．—I’m afraid that I can’t attend the concert on time. It’s 7:30 now.
—________ The concert will start at 8:30. You can take a taxi and it will only take 15 minutes to get there.
A．Take your time. B．I’m sorry to hear that. C．What a pity! D．That’s right.
二、完型填空（本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）
There are purple clothes, purple handbags, purple bicycles, purple furniture, even purple computers! So purple is one of the most 16 colors today. But in the past, purple was a very expensive and unusual color. Let’s take a look at the rich 17 of the color purple.
Some scientists believe that the first plants to appear on Earth over 500 million years ago 18 looked purple, not green. Plants today are green 19 they use green chlorophyll (叶绿素) to produce energy. But these 20 plants probably used something called retinal, which is a dark purple color.
During the time of the Roman Empire (37 BC-476 AD), it was very 21 to make purple dye (染料). The dye came from sea snails (海螺). But 10,000 dead sea snails 22 you just one gram (克) of purple dye... as well as a very bad smell! This 23 purple dye was called Tyrian purple, and it was the preferred 24 of emperors.
In 16th century England, purple was 25 for the kings’ family members. Queen Elizabeth I’s clothes were purple, but ordinary people were not allowed 26 the color.
In 1856, William Perkin, an 18-year-old 27 student, noticed something strange while doing an experiment (实验). The chemicals (化学药品) he used to clean his instruments 28 with the chemicals he used in his experiment and produced a bright purple color. This 29 led Perkin to start a company using this chemical mixture to make purple dye. The dye was much 30 than sea snail dye. Thanks to Perkin, now anyone can afford to wear purple clothes.
( )16．A．peaceful B．popular C．exciting D．serious
( )17．A．history B．style C．research D．product
( )18．A．gradually B．especially C．exactly D．probably
( )19．A．when B．because C．until D．if
( )20．A．ugly B．huge C．early D．tall
( )21．A．dangerous B．common C．difficult D．strange
( )22．A．got B．passed C．wasted D．cost
( )23．A．basic B．harmful C．special D．perfect
( )24．A．color B．smell C．plant D．animal
( )25．A．even B．never C．seldom D．only
( )26．A．to wear B．wear C．wearing D．wears
( )27．A．geography B．science C．art D．math
( )28．A．compared B．mixed C．collected D．kept
( )29．A．survey B．suggestion C．discovery D．exam
( )30．A．healthier B．thicker C．cheaper D．darker
三、阅读单选（本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）
（A）
Most people believe happiness comes from pleasure, like good food, jobs and all the nice things money can buy.
Pleasure is an important part of the quality of life, but it doesn’t bring happiness by itself. When people think deeper about what makes a worthy life, they start to look past just happy memories beyond pleasure. These events and experiences share some similarities with pleasure, but they belong to a different word called “enjoyment”.
Enjoyment takes place when we not only meet expectations but also achieve something unexpected. It involves curiosity and a sense of achievement. These kinds of things are enjoyable, like playing a tennis game that improves our skills, reading a book that shows new sides of things, or having a conversation that leads us to express ideas, which we didn’t know we had. These experiences may not be pleasurable at the moment, but when we think back on them afterwards, we find them fun and wish they would happen again. After these enjoyable events, we know that we have changed and grown.
Pleasure and enjoyment are different. Pleasure is easy to experience, like eating delicious food without much effort. People can feel pleasure without any effort. But enjoyment happens only as a result of full attention. So it’s impossible to enjoy a tennis game or a book without paying full attention. Pleasure doesn’t make us grow. Growth needs full attention to goals that are new and relatively challenging.
Life can be pleasant without enjoyment, but it leans on luck and the outside factors. To improve the quality of our experience, we need to learn how to build enjoyment into our daily life.
( )31．Which is NOT mentioned about pleasure
A．Good food. B．Good jobs. C．Good health. D．Nice things.
( )32．What can bring enjoyment according to the examples in the passage
A．Eating food. B．Reading a book.
C．Buying things. D．Watching TV.
( )33．How can we improve our life experience
A．By being lucky. B．By building enjoyment.
C．By eating delicious food. D．By avoiding goals.
( )34．What does the underlined word “leans on” probably mean in the passage
A．Depends on. B．Gives in. C．Turns down. D．Gets over.
( )35．What is the best title of the passage
A．The Secret of Happiness B．Pleasure and Enjoyment
C．How to Achieve Enjoyment D．The Importance of Pleasure
（B）
Have you ever noticed that we only see certain animals in certain seasons Many animals move from one area to another at different times during the year. This movement is called migration (迁徙)。
Animals migrate for different reasons. Some, like the manatee and the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, migrate to stay warm in the winter.
Some animals migrate for food, water, and protection. Caribous move south each winter to evergreen forests. The forests protect them from the cold winds and provide a better food supply.
Other animals, like the Emperor Penguins, migrate for their children. These penguins choose the coldest time of year and the coldest place on the planet—Antarctica—to raise their young. They migrate inland, away from the sea, so they are far away from predators (掠食者) when their eggs hatch (孵化). These journeys are often thousands of miles. It’s amazing that so many animals are able to find their way back to the very same places in the world year after year.
Loggerhead Turtles travel thousands of miles to lay their eggs on the very same beach where they were hatched themselves.
Monarch butterflies often end up migrating thousands of miles to the very same tree that their ancestors (祖先) lived in generations before.
California Gray Whales have the longest migration journey of any mammal (哺乳动物). They travel 10,000-14,000 miles round trip each year.
We know the many reasons why animals migrate, but no one really knows how they find their way. They do not have a map, compass or GPS to guide them. Maybe you will become the famous scientist that solves the mystery of animal migration.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
( )36．Why do the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird migrate
A．To stay in the warm place. B．To stay away from the sea.
C．To lay their eggs on the beach. D．To get the food and protection.
( )37．What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 3 refer to
A．Animals. B．Forests. C．Caribous. D．Predators.
( )38．What animals migrate for their children
A．the Emperor Penguins. B．Loggerhead Turtles.
C．California Gray Whales. D．Monarch butterflies.
( )39．What does the underlined word “compass” in the last paragraph mean
A．An instrument for telling time.
B．An instrument for telling weather.
C．An instrument for finding pictures.
D．An instrument for finding direction.
( )40．What is the main idea of the text
A．There are different animals in the world.
B．It’s amazing to know the animals’ mystery.
C．Animals can travel very far away in winter.
D．Different animals migrate for different reasons.
（C）
①Money can’t buy you happiness. Well, what if it could Not by making it or spending it, but by giving it away.
②In an experiment in Switzerland, researchers gave each of the 50 volunteers 20 every week for four weeks. Half of the volunteers were asked to spend the money on themselves and make a note of how they spent the money. But the researchers asked the other half to spend the money on another person.
③After that, all 50 volunteers did the same task in a laboratory. They were asked to think of a person who they would like to give money to. Then they had to decide how much money, from 3 to 20, they wanted to give away. While the volunteers thought about this, the researchers studied their brain activity using an MRI machine.
④The results showed two things. First, the 25 volunteers who gave their money away during the four weeks were more generous (慷慨的) and chose to give more money away in the laboratory task. Second, those same people were much happier than the people who once spent the money on themselves.
⑤In the experiment, the volunteers were asked to give money away. But would you like to do this in your daily life Can you really make yourself happy by giving The answer is yes, but remember to start small. You can start by giving 1 to a homeless person. Gradually, you can try to change your habits so that you can save money to give away. For example, stop buying lunch every day and take a packed lunch to work or school. You can then save some money and give it to people in need.
⑥Learning to give money away is all about changing the way you behave. It’s about living with less and being more generous. And this will make you happy.
( )41．What did the researchers ask the volunteers to decide in the laboratory
Who needed their money most.
How they wanted to spend their money.
Whether they wanted to join in the experiment.
How much money they would like to give away.
( )42．What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 5 refer to
A．Being a volunteer. B．Changing your habits.
C．Giving money away. D．Doing the experiment.
( )43．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage
A．20 volunteers took part in the research.
B．The experiment took place in Swiss.
C．To study volunteers’ brain activity, the researchers used an MRI machine.
D．Learning to give money away is not about changing the way we behave.
( )44．What’s the writer’s purpose according to the passage
A．To provide advice on how to make us happy.
B．To realize the importance of giving money away.
C．To show how to do the experiment if we’re unhappy.
D．To explain the reasons why giving money away makes us happy.
( )45．Which of the following shows the structure of the passage
B． C． D．
第二部分 非选择题（满分：55分）
四、词汇应用（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
46．He thought it must be the king’s musicians (pass) by.
47．We (climb) the hill when it began to rain yesterday.
48．Ms Black was (bad) ill and her daughter was very worried about her.
49． (随着) time goes by, you will get to know the importance of family.
50．I (cook) in my kitchen when a fire suddenly broke out in my son’s room.
51．All the students (prepare) for the coming exam when the teacher came in.
52．When I came into the classroom, he was (聊天) his friends.
53．The sun (照耀) brightly when we had a school trip.
54．A terrible (地震) happened in Taiwan Province on April 3, 2024.
55．Now we can use AI technology to help the (miss) children return home.
五、完成句子（本大题共5小题，每小题2分，共10分）
56．我告诉自己要冷静，因为我还活着。
I told myself to calm down since I was still .
57．由于最近的自然灾害，很多人失去了家园。
Many people lost their homes .
58．当往下掉的时候，她在想她的猫。
While she was falling, she about her cat.
59．对青少年而言，每天用日记的形式记录他们的想法，多么困难啊！
How for the teenagers every day!
60．你给我打电话时，我正在浏览一本有趣的小说。
I was an interesting novel when you called me.
六、短文首字母填空（本大题共10小题，每小题1.5分，共15分）
Cats might not answer when we talk to them, but they could be listening more carefully than we i 61 . A new study suggests that cats can learn to connect spoken words with pictures.
Researchers from Azabu University in Japan, led by Saho Takagi, did an experiment (实验) with 31 cats. They played recordings of the cats’ owners words l 62 “parumo” or “keraru”. While listening, the cats saw pictures on a screen, such as a red sun or a w 63 horse. The pictures became bigger and smaller to k 64 the cats interested. After showing the same word-picture pairs several times, the cats became b 65 and went away.
In the next part of the study, the researchers showed one of the pictures to the cats again. But for half of the cats, they changed the word that match the picture. The cats that heard the “wrong” word looked at the picture for a longer time. This showed that they were confused (困惑的) b 66 they didn’t hear the word they used to hear. Some cats’ eyes got bigger as they looked at the screen. That was another sign that they were confused by what they saw and heard. Takagi said, “It was really cute to see how s 67 the cats took part in the experiment.”
Most cats connected the word to the picture after just two short training periods, each lasting 9 seconds. This is f 68 than how human babies learn in similar experiments.
This study is part of more research about cats’ ability to understand l 69 . Before, studies found that cats can recognize (识别) their own names, and also the names of the people and other cats in their “family.” Takagi said, “Cats listen to what we say in our d 70 life and try to understand us more than we think.”
七、材料作文（本大题共20分）
71．Daming所在的城市昨天晚上发生了一场暴风雪。很幸运，暴风雪时间并不长，他们全家安然无恙。假如你是Daming请描述一下暴风雪发生时家里人的活动情景。
写作要点：
1.写明暴风雪的时间：yesterday evening
2.暴风雪时全家人都在做什么：My mother was...
3.暴风雪时的心情：scared...
4.暴风雪的后果：all safe
提示词：luckily... Remember to...
写作要求：
1. 不得使用真实的姓名和学校名；
2. 可适当加入细节，使内容充实，行文连贯；
3. 字迹工整、语言精练、表达准确、条理清晰。80词左右(开头已给出，不计入总词数)。
My name is Daming. In my city, there was
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