江苏省扬州市2024-2025学年高中学业水平合格性模拟考试英语试题（含答案）

2025年扬州市普通高中学业水平合格性模拟考试 英语试卷 第一部分 选择题（共两节，满分70分） 第一节 阅读理解（20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Imagine picking up a nice juicy apple—but instead of biting into it, you keep the seeds and throw the rest away. That’s what chocolate producers have traditionally done with the cocoa fruit — used the beans and threw away the rest. Traditional chocolate production, using only the beans, involves leaving the rest of the cocoa fruit — the size of a pumpkin and full of nutritious value—to rot in the fields. But now food scientists in Switzerland have come up with a way to make chocolate using the entire cocoa fruit and without using sugar. The chocolate, developed by scientist Kim Mishra and his team, includes the cocoa fruit, the juice, and the shell. The key to the new chocolate lies in the very sweet juice, which tastes a bit like pineapple. This juice, which is 14% sugar, is made to form a highly concentrated syrup (高浓度糖浆). Roger Wehrli, director of the association of Swiss chocolate producers, sees the new chocolate as “very promising... If you use the whole cocoa fruit, you can get better prices. So it’s economically interesting for the farmers.” Food production involves letting out significant greenhouse gas, so reducing food waste could also help to deal with climate change. Chocolate, may not by itself be a huge factor, but it could be a start. In Switzerland, some of the bigger producers are starting to use the cocoa fruit as well as the beans, but none, so far, has taken the step of not using extra sugar completely. “We have to find brave chocolate producers who want to test the market,” says Mr. Mishra. 1. Which of the following is the new way of dealing with cocoa A. Only using the seeds. B. Only using the leaves. C. Using the entire plant. D. Using the entire fruit. 2. Where does the sugar of the new chocolate comes from A. apple B. pineapple C. the juice D. the shell 3. In the opinion of Roger, who will be most satisfied with the new chocolate A. the farmers B. the scientists C. the producers D. the buyers 4. In which aspect will the new chocolate lead the way in food production A. Getting better price. B. Protecting the environment. C. Testing the market. D. Adding some extra sugar. B “Get out of your comfort zone.” “Take no for an answer.” “Do something every day that makes you feel uncomfortable.” If you’ve spent any time on social media you’ll be used to seeing these motivational ideas. And you might have been seeing more recently thanks to the “rejection therapy (拒绝疗法)” trend. The most basic version involves pushing yourself to make a silly request or ask a question that’s almost certain to get turned down. Do it enough times, the theory goes, and you’ll be made less sensitive to rejection and improve your confidence. Others take it further, performing funny, harmless tricks that will attract atten ... ...