满分：150分 考试时间：120分钟
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你有10秒钟时间作答并阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What are the speakers talking about?
A. A mirror. B. Their personal preference. C. Their favorite food.
2. What else do the speakers need?
A. A mirror. B. A chair. C. A lamp.
3. What does the man mean?
A. He is a little picky. B. He wants a new computer. C. He can accept an old computer.
4. What will the woman do?
A. Place an order. B. Tidy up the desk. C. Fix the copy machine.
5. What does the man offer to do for the woman?
A. Give her a ride. B. Pick up her client. C. Repair her alarm clock.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题
6. What does Adam think of the game?
A. It's informal. B. It's encouraging. C. It's disappointing.
7. What does the woman advise Adam to do?
A. Be more careful. B. Focus on his study. C. Practice more.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题
8. Who is Susan talking to?
A. Her former schoolmate. B. Her co-worker. C. Her previous neighbor.
9. Why did Tom go to Seattle?
A. For sightseeing. B. For work. C. For study.
10. What does Tom intend to do this evening?
A. See a film. B. Hold a party. C. Do some shopping.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题
11. What troubles the man?
A. The network runs slowly. B. He can't connect to the Internet. C. He can't pay the network fee online.
12. What does the woman promise to do?
A. Send an email. B. Check a bill. C. Arrange for a repairman.
13. How does the man sound in the end?
A. Puzzled. B. Satisfied. C. Annoyed.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题
14. What is the man doing?
A. Buying a painting. B. Visiting an exhibition. C. Conducting an interview.
15. Why will the woman give away some artworks?
A. To attract media attention. B. To thank her supporters. C. To decorate a public space.
16. What is the relationship between the woman and David?
A. Business partners. B. Brother and sister. C. Husband and wife.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题
17. What is the speaker doing?
A. Introducing a course. B. Promoting a product. C. Collecting information.
18. How long does each class last?
A. 60 minutes. B. 90 minutes. C. 120 minutes.
19. Where is the speaker's office?
A. In the main building. B. In the teaching building. C. In the language building.
20. What does the speaker remind the listeners to do in the end?
A. Arrive on time. B. Get a textbook. C. Write down her number.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Green Buildings: A Solution for Cities
Cities consume energy and produce a vast amount of emissions and waste, putting a burden on both humans and ecology. But our buildings themselves may hold a solution. High-density urban areas—especially those built using green methods in design and construction—can be more energy-efficient and pollute less. New research is revealing that green buildings can actually be good for our health too.
The Building Blocks of Cities
- Cities cover 2% of the world’s land area.
- But they account for 70% of greenhouse gas emissions, 30% of those are generated by buildings.
- But that could change. Compared to traditional construction, green buildings in the U.S. have reduced CO₂ emissions by 34%.
- Nearly 70% of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050, up from 55% today.
What Makes a Green Building?
Though standards for green buildings vary, they’re generally designed to use less energy and water and improve indoor air quality. The most widely used certification is LEED, with key features like solar panels, green roofs and eco-friendly materials.
Health Benefits of Green Buildings
Efforts focus on outdoor air, even though people spend most of their time indoors, where air quality and other aspects can impact both physical health and mental functioning. Thankfully, green buildings are designed to address these indoor environmental challenges effectively.
- Noise Reduction
Productivity is improved in offices using materials to reduce noise.
- Enhanced Productivity
In one study, brain function doubled with enhanced ventilation. Better air quality also leads to faster, clearer decision-making at work.
- Maximize Natural Light
Workers who sit near windows get more light and sleep an extra 46 minutes at night.
- Fewer Air Pollutants
Green buildings can reduce illness caused by air quality issues, helping to reduce related illnesses.
21. What is the aim of green buildings in cities?
A. To lower construction costs. B. To make cities sustainable.
C. To save eco-friendly materials. D. To modernize buildings.
22. By what percentage will the urban population increase from today to 2050?
A. 15%. B. 30%. C. 34%. D. 55%.
23. Which of the following is a benefit of green buildings?
A. Enhanced artificial light. B. Monitored sleep patterns.
C. Reduced airflow. D. Sharpened thinking skills.
B
As a mother raising five children and trying to make ends meet, there were times I felt overwhelmed. There were days I’d hold my head, worried about how I was going to feed and clothe my children. I’d sit staring at nothing, wondering what to do, “Why is everything so expensive and how are others coping when I can’t?”
Then, I’d stop myself going down the path of despair. I’d lift my head out from my palm and say, “Listen! No room for panic. Worrying about it won’t feed the kids. Now get your creative flow going and learn to adapt!”
I remember the mornings when I didn’t have bread, so I made pancakes in the shape of my children’s initials. The kids loved them. I learned how thinly I could slice a banana on sandwiches. Fruit-topped jelly, arranged in delicate layers, made for a clever yet beloved dessert. And it’s amazing what you can do with potatoes when you put your mind to it.
In my role as a Community Development Officer, I encountered many stories of struggle. Some were similar to mine, while others were about teenagers overcoming smoking addiction, seniors who faced deep loneliness, and people who’d lost their jobs. Listening to others, I realized that struggle wasn’t just my story; it was a shared human experience.
It inspired me to turn my challenges into an opportunity to share coping strategies with other families in the community. I got busy writing So Life’s Not Going to Plan—helping people to see that tough times aren’t a life sentence, but a call to become more inventive and adaptable.
Now, my children are all grown up. We can see life as a maze, with its twists and turns, ins and outs, ups and downs. Let your attitude and creativity lead the way. This journey, tough as it is, is your path to a stronger, more hopeful future.
24. What made the author feel stressed when she raised her children?
A. The struggle with finance. B. The pressure of comparisons.
C. The gap with the children. D. The misbehavior of her kids.
25. How did the author deal with the food problem?
A. By changing her kids’ tastes. B. By consuming cheaper food.
C. By cooking in unusual ways. D. By cutting down food waste.
26. What did the author gain from her job as a Community Development Officer?
A. Stable salary. B. Deep insight. C. Official recognition. D. Permanent friendship.
27. What does the author’s experience show?
A. Kindness lightens burdens. B. Creativity helps handle hardships.
C. Practice makes perfect. D. Confidence helps overcome fears.
C
For many of us, focusing too much on how much sleep we get is a favorite pastime. Largely, that’s thanks to the emergence of the sleep industry, offering everything from wearable trackers to assess sleep quality to medicines that help us sleep better—but are we looking at this all wrong?
The following saying has long been regarded as a “golden rule”: we try hard to get eight-hour uninterrupted sleep, or we could be on the highway to physical and mental diseases. The acceptance of such belief can become detrimental. It leads to unnecessary worries and even brings more pressure to us. Indeed, it seems that some of us develop “insomnia identities” when we aren’t, in fact, insomniacs—at least a third of those who self-assign the label actually sleep well.
The latest research suggests that our mindset around how much sleep we’re getting is crucial: in cognitive tests, it’s a subject’s belief about how well they’ve slept, not the objective truth, that predicts how well they perform. The eight-hour sleep standard, too, is shakier than you might think. Evidence for the much-reported harm of having less sleep than that is lacking, provided you’re getting over six hours. Sleeping for seven hours is linked with living longer, but extra hours don’t help gain extra benefits. Underlying all of this is the reality that becoming stressed about sleep is contrary to getting it.
Changing the current situation is possible. The sleep industry, for one, could refocus itself on helping some people—like those who mistakenly believe they’re insomniacs—understand that they’re getting more and better sleep than they realize, with wearable devices sharing this information. The sleep goals put forward by health bodies and medical professionals could become more realistic, and it could be made clear that short-term sleep shortage is something we’re able to deal with. On an individual level, we can take heart, knowing that the often-impossible ideals enforced are less concrete than we might believe. Our over-worrying about sleep might have become a favorite pastime, but perhaps it’s time for a new hobby.
28. What does the underlined word “detrimental” in paragraph 2 mean?
A. Puzzling. B. Typical. C. Harmful. D. Unavoidable.
29. What determines the subjects’ cognitive performance according to the research?
A. Their sleep quality. B. Their length of rest time.
C. Their physical state. D. Their perception of sleep.
30. What is one of the author’s suggestions to change the current situation?
A. Easing sleep anxiety. B. Advancing sleep-tracking devices.
C. Extending sleep time. D. Making long-term sleep strategies.
31. What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A. To predict health trends. B. To present various viewpoints.
C. To introduce a practical theory. D. To contradict a common belief.
D
Mars, our nearest planetary neighbor, has long been the focus of global space exploration, especially in the ongoing search for signs of past life. It is often seen as a cold, dry desert world today, but a new study has found that it may have been far wetter and more climatically stable in ancient times.
Led by Adam Losekoot, a PhD student at the Open University, UK, a research team has discovered over 15,000 kilometers of ancient riverbeds across Noachis Terra, a less-explored region in Mars’ southern highlands. These ancient river remains, known as “inverted channels”, were formed when sediment left by rivers hardened over millions of years. As the softer surrounding rock and soil wore away, these hardened riverbed substances were left as raised ridges across the landscape. Unlike the valley networks that scientists have long studied as signs of ancient water, these inverted channels show that flowing water existed on Mars for a long, stable period, not just in short, sudden warming events.
The team used data from three advanced orbital instruments on NASA’s ongoing Mars missions, including high-resolution cameras and laser altimeters, to map and study these ridges. They found that the channels spread widely across the region, with some stretching for hundreds of kilometers, winding across the highlands just like common rivers on Earth. The broad distribution and consistent shape of these features suggest that the water came from regular rainfall, not just occasional water from ice sheets.
“Noachis Terra is like a perfect time capsule,” said Losekoot. “It has remained largely unchanged for 3.7 billion years, so it can tell us things about Mars’ ancient climate that we can’t learn from Earth. The active geological movement on earth, like the shifting of rock layers and frequent volcanic eruptions, has erased most of its early history from over 3 billion years ago.” The findings challenge the widely-held belief that ancient Mars was mostly cold and dry, suggesting instead that it had long periods of warm, wet conditions that could have provided a suitable environment for life to form.
32. What can we infer about Noachis Terra from the text?
A. It is mainly comprised of rock and soil.
B. It is not the main focus of most previous studies on Mars.
C. It has more valley networks than any other region on Mars.
D. It is the only region on Mars with signs of ancient flowing water.
33. What conclusion can we draw from the new study’s findings?
A. Mars was once more geologically active than Earth.
B. Ancient Mars’ water mainly came from ice sheet meltwater.
C. The traditional view of ancient Mars’ climate may be incorrect.
D. The inverted channels on Mars formed during short sudden events.
34. What does the last paragraph mainly talk about?
A. The significance of the discovery.
B. The damage of geological movement.
C. The secret to the unchanging Mars’ climate.
D. The different climates between Earth and Mars.
35. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. A Perfect Time-Capsule on Mars
B. NASA’s New Exploration Mission on Mars
C. The Long History of Climate Change on Mars
D. A New Discovery of Ancient River Systems on Mars
第二节 七选五（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
You can see drones send medicines, carry out agricultural practices, or aid during disasters. 36 ____
Vehicles like drones in just a few years have gone from being an attractive promise to a reality. And this type of use has also been environmentally important.
Following the idea of some investigators who proposed using drones to preserve tropical forests, the start-up BioCarbon Engineering has intended to use these vehicles to carry out reforestation. 37 ____
In order to replant and rehabilitate the affected areas, the company plans to use drones with which they will repopulate a billion trees at a time.
38 ____ But it’s necessary in regions where forests need to be restored following disasters such as fires. The company believes that drones make these jobs easier, smoother, and cheaper. In particular, it proposes that automated technology will improve mapping and especially the planting of new trees.
With regards to planting, BioCarbon Engineering has opted for introducing platforms with algorithms which enable a more precise reforestation. The use of these vehicles doesn’t mean that they’ll take over human jobs, as Lauren Fletcher, CEO of the company and ex NASA engineer, explained. 39 ____
Recently, the company was recognized as one of the 14 winning start-ups at the Solutions Summit in New York, for having taken it upon themselves to solve one of the 70 global issues set out by the United Nations. 40 ____ They help support the work carried out to improve and look after our planet.
A. These are some of the surprising uses for drones.
B. Deforestation can’t threaten ecological balance largely.
C. He added that drones have more functions than we imagined.
D. Its drones are taking on a significant environmental challenge.
E. Reforestation tasks are usually complex and extremely expensive.
F. As noted on its website, 26 billion trees are destroyed on Earth yearly.
G. It just means these jobs can be conducted more effectively with these tools.
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
My mother isn’t perfect. However, her generosity is something I’ve always 41 ____.
My parents divorced when I was just two. My once-stay-at-home mom was forced into the working world, sometimes even working two jobs to 42 ____ her three children. We didn’t have everything we wanted, but we always had what we were in 43 ____ of. Mom always reminded us that no matter how bad we thought our life was, there were others who were less 44 ____. We were struggling, but she was still 45 ____ to share what we had with others.
My earliest 46 ____ of her generosity is from my elementary school years. Once I informed her that a friend’s parents were going through a difficult time and that I didn’t 47 ____ my friend would be getting much for Christmas. The next afternoon my mom 48 ____ a bag of toys outside that girl’s house. My friend was never 49 ____ that the gifts came from my mom. In middle school, we were having a class trip and my best friend Tom couldn’t afford to go. When my mom found out, she offered him 50 ____ right away. It was around this time that I began to 51 ____ the many other things my mother did for those around her. 52 ____, most of my mother’s generosity was anonymous.
Her 53 ____ is her legacy, which has been passed on for generations. My sister, brother and I have copied her generosity. 54 ____ of our time, goods, money, gifts, assistance, or even just a listening ear are all things rooted in the seeds my mother planted years ago. As we are all now parents, we are seeing this legacy 55 ____ in our own children.
41. A. ignored B. doubted C. approved D. admired
42. A. contact with B. provide for C. depend on D. refer to
43. A. need B. defense C. charge D. search
44. A. healthy B. content C. fortunate D. popular
45. A. patient B. confident C. courageous D. willing
46. A. memory B. record C. intention D. expectation
47. A. know B. think C. admit D. realize
48. A. designed B. collected C. discovered D. placed
49. A. afraid B. ashamed C. aware D. confused
50. A. assistance B. advice C. encouragement D. comfort
51. A. repeat B. clarify C. notice D. acknowledge
52. A. Consequently B. Regretfully C. Unluckily D. Additionally
53. A. dream B. example C. answer D. ability
54. A. Donations B. Orders C. Demands D. Arrangements
55. A. pause B. recover C. continue D. change
第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
China concluded its Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics chapter with five gold, four silver and six bronze medals, surpassing the 5-2-4 record that it created in Vancouver in 2010.
This accomplishment is proof of 56 ____ growing strength, maturity and determination of Chinese athletes on the global stage. Chinese athletes have learned to handle setbacks with grace, taking each experience 57 ____ a stepping stone toward future successes. This resilience and the ability to remain unshaken in the face of initial failures 58 ____ (base) on a deep-rooted belief in their capability and unshakable 59 ____ (commit) to excellence.
“To dare to challenge is already my gold medal,” remarked one athlete after failing 60 ____ (defend) an Olympic Big Air title. True courage lies not in winning glory, but in keeping faith with one’s original love for the sport. The effort athletes put in is not just for 61 ____ (satisfy) results. It’s more important to showcase the charm of snowboarding to the world, inspire more people, 62 ____ share the “love” among riders and between nations.
63 ____ (clear), Chinese athletes have moved on from a “gold medal only” mindset. They understand that while medals are significant, 64 ____ truly matters is the invaluable lessons learned and personal growth. This clarity also 65 ____ (prepare) them for future challenges with greater assurance.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）
假定你是李华，你校上周举办了个人旧物故事分享会（Personal Old Items Story Sharing Session）。你的英国朋友Caroline对此很感兴趣，请给她写封邮件，内容包括：
1. 你分享的旧物；
2. 你的感想。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按规范邮件格式写作。
第二节 读后续写（满分25分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。词数150左右。
In a freezing cold midwinter, there was a pregnant dog walking through the night, seeking shelter in a village. She needed a home where the new life growing inside her might rest safely for the night. She hated living without complaint, her way made heavier and heavier as she inched forward. She needed a warm and dry place safe from the bitter wind and snow. She might need to give birth before long, but she couldn’t do it right here on the roadside.
Gus, a wildlife officer who worked closely with a local animal shelter, was driving home from work when he spotted the dog in the flash of his headlights. It was snowing so hard and it was difficult to see, but he could tell the dog was wearing a collar with a tag. Gus parked his truck and approached the dog slowly. He stretched out his hands to the poor dog and read her tag with his flashlight. She was a pregnant dog named Pepper, with the owner’s phone number written on the tag. He fished out his phone from his pocket to call the number listed, but it was broken so that his phone’s screen was blurred by the snow.
Gus put the dog in his truck, and cleared the snow off the screen. Then he called the number he had written on the dog’s tag inside the truck. A man answered immediately but grew defensive when asked why he was being called. The man said that he had given the dog away. When Gus told him he had given the dog back, the man became impatient, just replying that he didn’t know the names of the people. Then Gus asked if he might know where the dog had gone, the man said he wouldn’t take care of her and hung up.
续写开头：
Gus put down the phone and looked at Pepper with a soft heart.
A week later, Gus received a sweet call from the local animal shelter.
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