4. — — Not bad. Life here is fun.

A.What are you doing these days?
B.How are you doing these days?
C.What are you thinking about these days?
D.What's the weather like?

4. B

【分析】
本题考查英语情景交际，需根据答语的含义匹配对应的问句。答语"Not bad. Life here is fun."是对近况的回应，因此要选择询问近况的选项。
【解析】
逐一分析选项：
A选项："What are you doing these days?"意为“你最近这些天在做什么？”，答语通常回答具体做的事情，不符合；
B选项："How are you doing these days?"意为“你最近这些天过得怎么样？”，答语常用"Not bad"等回应近况，符合语境；
C选项："What are you thinking about these days?"意为“你最近这些天在想什么？”，答语通常回答思考的内容，不符合；
D选项："What's the weather like?"意为“天气怎么样？”，答语应描述天气，不符合。
因此选B。
【答案】
B
【知识点】
情景交际；日常用语
【点评】
本题为基础情景对话题，考查日常问候用语的搭配，需掌握常用问候语的答语习惯，难度较低。
【难度系数】
0.9

五、根据汉语提示完成句子。
1. 中国古人将一年分成 24 个节气。 into 24 Solar Terms.
2. 他视力不好，和他躺在床上看书的习惯有关。 His poor eyesight his habit of reading in bed.
3. 当城市被雪覆盖时，很难在周围走动。 It's difficult when the city snow.
4. 如果你需要帮助，随时打电话给我们。(feel free to do sth.)

1. Ancient Chinese people divided a year 2. is related to 3. to get around; is covered with 4. If you need help, feel free to call us.

【分析】
要完成这些句子，需结合汉语提示，运用英语的固定短语、句型及正确时态：1. 第一题需用固定短语divide...into...（把...分成...），主语“中国古人”对应Ancient Chinese people，动作发生在过去用一般过去时；2. 第二题“和...有关”是固定短语be related to，结合主语单复数确定be动词形式；3. 第三题用到固定句型It's difficult to do sth.，以及“被...覆盖”的固定短语be covered with；4. 第四题要求用feel free to do sth.，结合汉语组织符合英语表达的句子。
【解析】
1. 第一空：根据divide...into...的固定搭配，主语Ancient Chinese people为复数，一般过去时，填Ancient Chinese people divided a year；
2. 第二空：be related to表“与...有关”，主语His poor eyesight是单数，一般现在时，填is related to；
3. 第三题第一空：It's difficult to do sth.是固定句型，“走动”对应get around，填to get around；第二空：be covered with表“被...覆盖”，主语the city是单数，一般现在时，填is covered with；
4. 第四题：结合要求用feel free to do sth.，组织为If you need help, feel free to call us.
【答案】
1. Ancient Chinese people divided a year
2. is related to
3. to get around; is covered with
4. If you need help, feel free to call us.
【知识点】
固定短语搭配；固定句型
【点评】
本题考查英语基础的固定短语、句型运用，属于常见基础题型，需学生熟练掌握相关短语含义与用法，结合语境准确运用，难度适中，适合巩固英语基础。
【难度系数】
0.7

六、阅读理解。
主题群:灾害防范 子主题:科技与自然 语篇类型:说明文 难度:★★★
According to a recent study, the Middle East is warming almost twice as fast as the rest of the world. Without doubt, high temperatures will have deep effects on the development of the area.
That shows the growing risk to humans caused by extreme(极端的) weather. With more and more extreme weather events, we must find better techniques to make predictions(预测) about them.
AI is a powerful tool. It can deal with information and provide advice to help us better understand and make predictions about the weather. Traditional weather models use information from satellites. But these models have their disadvantages: they are not very exact. They also fail to discover complex(复杂的) conditions of the air around the earth.
AI can overcome(克服) these disadvantages by using the technology of deep learning. It can learn from historical and real-time information and produce trustworthy predictions. AI can also deal with information from different places, such as satellite photos or online posts, to provide clearer pictures of the weather situation. A paper on the Pangu-Weather AI model has drawn a lot of attention. Pangu-Weather is the first AI prediction model that is more exact than traditional weather prediction methods. This model can increase the prediction speed by 10,000 times, making global weather prediction time drop to seconds.
In May 2023, Typhoon Mawar appeared in the Pacific Ocean. According to China Meteorological Administration, Pangu-Weather made exact predictions about the direction of Mawar five days before it changed its way in the eastern waters of Taiwan, China.
1. Which of the following is true?
A. High temperatures will have few influences on the area.
B. The Middle East is warming faster than the rest of the world.
C. Traditional weather models can discover complex conditions of the air around the earth.
D. Traditional weather models use information from satellites and are very exact.
2. How can AI overcome the disadvantages of traditional weather models?
A. By using information from satellites.
B. By only learning from real-time information.
C. By using the technology of deep learning.
D. By dealing with information from the same place.
3. Why is Typhoon Mawar mentioned?
A. To show how exact Pangu-Weather's predictions are.
B. To tell us about the risks of extreme weather.
C. To talk about how useless traditional weather models are.
D. To show that the problems of extreme weather have been solved completely.
4. What might be the best title for the text?
A. The Risks of Extreme Weather
B. The Pangu-Weather AI Model
C. The Climate Change in the Middle East
D. AI—the Powerful Tool of Weather Prediction

1. B 2. C
3. A 推理判断题。第五段提到台风玛娃的例子，是为了佐证前文“Pangu-Weather is the first AI prediction model that is more exact than traditional weather prediction methods.”，即证明该AI模型预测的准确性。
4. D 标题归纳题。全文围绕“AI在天气预报中的应用”展开，先提出极端天气需要更精准的预测手段，再介绍AI如何克服传统模型的缺点，最后用实例证明AI预测的优势。
方法归纳
阅读理解之标题归纳题
解题时要抓住文章主旨，重点关注首段、尾段及各段主题句。所选标题需覆盖全文内容、体现中心思想，同时简洁醒目。排除只涉及细节、范围过大或偏离主题的选项。

【分析】
做这几道阅读理解题时，需先通读原文把握主旨，再带着每个题目选项回到原文定位对应信息，逐一比对分析排除错误选项：第1题需定位关于中东变暖、高温影响、传统天气模型的内容；第2题定位AI克服传统模型缺点的方式；第3题定位台风玛娃例子的作用；第4题需梳理全文核心内容，归纳主旨确定标题。
【解析】
1. 细节理解题：根据原文第一段“the Middle East is warming almost twice as fast as the rest of the world”可知B选项正确；A选项与原文“high temperatures will have deep effects on the development of the area”不符；C选项与原文“they are not very exact. They also fail to discover complex conditions of the air around the earth”不符；D选项与原文“they are not very exact”不符，故选B。
2. 细节理解题：根据原文第四段“AI can overcome these disadvantages by using the technology of deep learning”可知C选项正确；A选项是传统模型的信息来源，不是AI克服缺点的方式；B选项与原文“learn from historical and real-time information”不符；D选项与原文“deal with information from different places”不符，故选C。
3. 推理判断题：第五段提到台风玛娃的例子，是为了佐证前文“Pangu-Weather is the first AI prediction model that is more exact than traditional weather prediction methods”，即证明该AI模型预测的准确性，故选A。
4. 标题归纳题：全文围绕“AI在天气预报中的应用”展开，先提出极端天气需要更精准的预测手段，再介绍AI如何克服传统模型的缺点，最后用实例证明AI预测的优势，D选项覆盖全文主旨；A选项仅涉及极端天气风险，B选项仅为文中例子，C选项仅涉及中东气候变化，均未体现核心，故选D。
【答案】
1. B 2. C 3. A 4. D
【知识点】
阅读理解之细节理解题；阅读理解之推理判断题；阅读理解之标题归纳题
【点评】
本文是一篇科技类说明文，围绕AI在天气预报领域的应用展开，题目设置涵盖细节查找、推理判断和主旨归纳，需学生准确回原文定位信息，把握文章核心逻辑，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.7