一、語音知識（共5小題；每題1.5分，共7.5分）

在下列每組單詞中，有一個單詞的畫線部分與其他單詞的畫線部分的讀音不同，找出這個詞。

三、完形填空（共15小題；每題2分，共30分）

通讀下面的短文，掌握其大意。然后從每小題的四個選擇項中選出可填入相應空白處的最佳選項。

My passion for writing began after I graduated from senior high school a decade ago. I joined a writing platform on WhatsApp and have been a member for the past ten years. For eight to nine years， I wrote casually（漫不經(jīng)心地）until I landed a 21 job as a copywriter in May 2022.

I was 22 . It was a dream come true. At first， I 23 working for the company because it gave less experienced writers the opportunity to 24 . However， I had my 25 just like every other person.

Several months in， my supervisor（主管）26 me to ChatGPT. He wanted me to use ChatGPT to write essays based on the 27 that he assigned. For example， if I was assigned a topic， I would type：“Write an article using the following theme and keywords.”I 28 it once or twice， and I think it’s a（n）29 tool. But if I used ChatGPT for my work all the time， then I wouldn’t have 30 myself. It’s a good application and it can come in very handy， but I also strongly believe that AI tools cannot 31 human creativity， as they operate on 32 .

My supervisor felt that using AI would 33 my work， but I didn’t want to rely on the app all the time because if I did that， I was not going to learn anything for myself. 34I resigned（辭職）. My future plans will 35 to involve writing even if ChatGPT is looming（赫然出現(xiàn)）above my industry.

四、閱讀理解（共15小題；每題3分，共45分）

閱讀下列短文，然后根據(jù)短文的內容從每小題的四個選擇項中選出最佳的一項。

A

Suzhou in East China’s Jiangsu Province is famous for many wonderful classical-style gardens in China. Here are some greatest gardens worth visiting.

Humble Administrator’s Garden

It’s the largest and the most famous garden in Suzhou， perhaps the finest of its type in China. Throughout the centuries， the central part of the garden still contains its original flavor of the Ming Dynasty. Since it is such a large garden， with caves， forests， islands， bridges， paths， and all sorts of pavilions and halls， no simple word can be enough to describe the garden.

Lingering Garden

The 2.3-hectare Lingering Garden was first built in 1593. The garden has Chinese couplets（對聯(lián)）beside nearly every gate and door. These are two-line poems written in classical Chinese， their use in the garden is meant to set the tone for each section by describing or drawing attention to different features of the garden in a poetic way.

Lion Forest Garden

At a little more than one hectare in size， the Lion Forest Garden was first built in 1342. The garden gets its name because it is filled with strangely shaped rocks which are said to look like lions posing in various shapes. The garden’s many paths wind（蜿蜒向前）through countless caves and rocks， making it easy to get lost. Apart from being beautiful and interesting， the garden is perhaps the oldest rock garden of its kind， making it important-historically.

Yiyuan Garden

At 0.6 hectares， the Yiyuan Garden is one of the smallest of the important gardens in Suzhou. Centered in a pond， a huge rockery， 7.2 meters in height， was created by using nearly ever technique known in the art form. A winding path goes through and around the rockery， allowing it to be viewed from many directions—each direction gives a different idea of what the rocks represent.

36.What do we know about the Humble Administrator’s Garden？

A. It is famous for the forests.

B. It is a rather plain garden.

C. It dates from the Ming Dynasty.

D.It’s the finest garden in China.

37.Why are couplets posted in the Lingering Garden？

A. To display natural beauty.

B. To summarize each section’s characteristic.

C. To add pleasure to the garden tour.

D. To show the beauty of classical Chinese.

38.What scenery features the Lion Forest Garden and the Yiyuan Garden？

A. Bridges.B. Ponds.

C. Couplets.D. Rocks.

B

Christian Eijkman， a Dutch doctor， left the Netherlands for the island of Java. Many people on the island had a disease called beriberi. He was going there to try and find a cure.

At first， Eijkman thought some kind of germ（細菌）caused beriberi. He raised some chickens. He didn’t eat them， but made experiments on them. The local people were quite surprised at that. One day he noticed that his chickens became sick when they were fed the food most Javanese ate—refined white rice（精煉米）. When he fed them with unrefined rice， also known as brown rice， they recovered. Eijkman realized that he had made an important discovery—that some things in food could prevent disease. These things were named vitamins（維生素）. The Javanese were not getting enough vitamins because they had actually removed the part that contains vitamins. Later， other diseases were also found to be caused by the lack of vitamins in a person’s food.

Today many people know the importance of vitamins and they make sure they have enough vitamins from the food they eat. If they don’t， they can also take vitamin pills.

39. The underlined word“cure”in Paragraph 1 probably means.

A. a medical treatmentB. a kind of vitamin

C. a kind of germD. a kind of rice

40. Christian Eijkman went to the island of Java to.

A. spend his holiday

B. find ways to grow better crops

C. do some research about the island

D. help the Javanese with their illness

41. Why did Christian Eijkman raise some chickens？

A. To eat them.

B. To carry out his experiments.

C. To give the Javanese a surprise.

D. To make money by selling them.

42. We can learn from the passage that.

A. beriberi was caused by chickens

B. the Javanese didn’t like vitamins

C. Christian Eijkman’s experiment was successful

D. the Javanese’s disease was caused by a kind of germ

C

There was once a captain who loved money so much that he cheated his sailors at the end of every voyage and took their wages.

On the last day of one voyage， the ship was in a small port. It was winter time， and the sea was very cold， so the captain said to his sailors，“If one of you stays in the water during the whole night， I will give him my ship. But if he comes out before the sun appears， I shall get his wages.”

The sailors had heard about the captains’cheating， so they didn’t trust him. But then one of them， who thought that he was cleverer than the captain， said that he would do it. He got into the water， and， though it was very cold， he stayed in it. When it was nearly morning， some fishermen lit a fire on the shore about half a mile away.

“You are cheating，”the captain said to the sailor.“The fire’s warming you.”

“But it’s half a mile away！”said the sailor.

“A fire’s fire，”answered the captain.“I have won.”

The sailor came out of the water， and said，“Perhaps you think that you are clever because you have won my wages， but you can not cook a chicken.”

“I can，”answered the captain.

“If you cook this chicken，”said the sailor，“I shall work for you without wages for seven years， but if you can not， you will give me your ship.”

The captain agreed， took the chicken and said，“Where is the fire？”

“There it is，”answered the sailor.“On the shore.”

“But it is half a mile away，”said the captain angrily.

“A fire’s fire， you said，”answered the sailor.“If it is enough to warm me in the water， it is enough to cook your chicken.”

43. The captain got the sailors’wages.

A. to buy a chicken for himself

B. and kept the money for future use

C. by cheating him

D. and said he would return the money soon

44. Which of the following statements is TRUE？

A. All the sailors refused to get into the water because it was too cold.

B. The captain knew that the fire the fishermen made was enough to warm the sailor in the water.

C. The captain succeeded in cheating the sailor.

D. It was the sailor who was cleverer.

45. The captain insisted that the fire was warming the sailor because he.

A. didn’t want to lose the bet

B. didn’t believe the sailor’s success

C. wanted to keep his promise

D. wanted to show his cleverness

46. What is the title of the story？

A. How a Captain Cheated His Sailor

B. How a Sailor Got a Ship

C. A Brave Sailor

D. A Fire Is Fire

D

A Minnesota nursing home has begun using two Al-powered robots as care assistants for those with dementia（癡呆）. The Pepper and NAO robots， both built by Softbank， were customized（定做）by roboticists at the University of Minnesota Duluth（UMD）to interact and improve the independence of residents at The Estates at Roseville， followed by another seven nursing homes.

The four-foot-tall Pepper and two-foot-tall NAO are set to engage with patients through conversation and observation. The human-shaped robots can read facial expressions， body language， and vocal tones（聲調）while adjusting their own faces and voices to imitate human interaction. The robots are programmed to remind residents to exercise and eat， leading them to dance and tell jokes. They will watch for changing habits of residents and even use“cognitive therapy（認知療法）”to encourage mental agility.

UMD professor of computer science Arshia Khan and her graduate students customized Pepper and NAO for the nursing home， which is run by Monarch Healthcare Management. They’ve begun training the robots to learn the facility floor plans so that Pepper and NAO can travel independently while on duty.

Softbank began producing Pepper back in 2014， but paused last year， having only made 27， 000. This kind of use case might spark a revival， however. Using robots for healthcare is steadily growing in popularity. For instance， the cat-faced Mylo is designed to be a friendly， comforting image for people with Alzheimers to interact with on a daily basis. And the New York State Office for the Aging recently gave out free ElliQ robot companions to 800 older adults living independently.

“Humanoid robots helping the elderly is the way to move ahead in caring for our elderly，”Khan said.“The growth of the aging population， people affected with dementia， staff shortages and lack of people who can care for our elderly are problems that are growing rapidly. If we don’t look for novel approaches and think outside the box our elders will suffer.”

47. What is the main duty of Pepper and NAO in nursing homes？

A.To clean facilities.

B. To provide medical supplies.

C.To perform medical procedures.

D.To promote patient care and independence.

48. Why are the AI-powered robots trained to learn the facility floor plans？

A. To enable them to move independently while performing their tasks.

B. To test their mobility and flexibility in complex environments.

C. To ensure they avoid interacting with certain residents.

D. To draw an accurate map of the nursing home.

49. What does the underlined part“spark a revival”in paragraph 4 probably mean？

A. Encourage a discussion.

B. Generate a downfall.

C. Inspire a comeback.

D. Call for an end.

50. What is the last paragraph mainly about？

A.The necessity of employing more nursing workers.

B.The difficulty in achieving technological breakthroughs.

C.The concern for the rapid growth in the aging population.

D. The importance of using human-shaped robots in aged care.

五、補全對話（共5句；每句滿分為3分，共15分）

根據(jù)中文提示，把對話中缺少的內容寫在線上。這些句子必須符合英語表達習慣。打句號的地方，用陳述句；打問號的地方，用疑問句。

提示：羅斯和湯姆在討論如果住在火星上，生活會是什么樣子的。湯姆向羅斯介紹了一本名為《There Is Nothing to Do on Mars》的書，羅斯對書中的內容很感興趣，迫不及待想要讀它。

A： Hi， Rose.51？

B： Hi， Tom. I’m thinking about what the life would be like if we live on Mars.

A： That sounds very interesting！

B： Unluckily， people have known a little about Mars until now.

A： Oh， don’t worry. I have a new book named There Is Nothing to Do on Mars.

B： There Is Nothing to Do on Mars？52？

A： It tells a story about a boy named Martin. He has an experience on the red planet.

B： Really？53？

A： His family moved from their nice earth home to Mars. He moved around in his space shuttle to look for real Martians（火星人）with his robot dog.

B：54？

A： No， he didn’t. But he discovered some water under the ground.

B： Aha， he becomes a hero！55.

A： I agree with you. Here is the book.

B： I can’t wait to read it. Thanks a lot.

六、書面表達（滿分30分）

假定你是李華，你校將于下周五下午為洪災地區(qū)舉辦一場愛心捐贈活動。請你用英語給外教Peterson寫一封郵件，告知相關事宜。要點包括：

1.活動時間、地點和內容；

2.邀請他參加捐贈活動，奉獻愛心。

注意：

1.詞數(shù)100～120；

2.開頭和結尾已為你寫好。Dear Peterson，

I’m writing to tell you a meaningful event.

__________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes！

Yours，

Li Hua