《2025年天星教育金考卷一轮复习单元滚动双测卷英语》

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[2025广东韶关期末]When Gary Yau entered university, he launched a social media page called Road Research Society to share interesting facts about roads and city planning. His first post explored the use of English font(字体) on Hong Kong's road signs. “That post surprisingly received many likes and shares, so it got me thinking about expanding my audience,” he recalled.
In 2016, the enthusiast collected and outlined 50 Chinese characters from Hong Kong's road signs and uploaded the image to his account. A friend suggested turning this collection into a font. Yau saw it as a means to preserve a cherished aspect of Hong Kong's history. About twenty years ago, many of the city's signs featured handcrafted characters made by prisoners. However, as design technology advances, these traditional signs are gradually being replaced.
Following visits to the remaining traditional road signs in the city, Yau's team had outlined approximately 500 characters. Yet, this fell short of the 7,000 Chinese characters required for practical use by those who use Chinese daily. Since the team had exhausted the city's traditional road signs, they had to create new characters by mixing and matching existing components, adjusting line thickness, and modifying radicals(部首). For instance, when they couldn't locate the Chinese character for “prison” on any existing signs, they designed one from scratch. This process involved extensive trial and error.
Yau found motivation in the constant enthusiasm of his followers. “They've been eagerly anticipating this project for as long as I've been working on it,” he remarked. “One even expressed that he had been waiting for this font since his first year of secondary school. Now, as a sixth grader, his wait is finally over.”
After six years of dedicated effort, Yau is thrilled to witness how his followers will use this digital font. “I cannot own a road sign, but what I can do is digitize it,” Yau said. “I did not want to just document it but develop it into something we can use in daily life. This is a way to preserve Hong Kong's visual cultural memory.”
24. What inspired Yau to design a font?
A. His interest in road signs.
B. His popularity with his fans.
C. His desire to restore history.
D. His passion for city planning.
25. Why did Yau's team create new characters?
A. To combine the components.
B. To meet the need of daily use.
C. To set limitation to the characters.
D. To replace the traditional road signs.
26. Why did the writer mention Yau's followers?
A. To highlight their dedicated effort.
B. To show their support to the project.
C. To explain their role in digitizing the font.
D. To indicate their passion to share his posts.
27. Which of the following can best describe Yau?
A. Practical and efficient.
B. Confident and resourceful.
C. Determined and innovative.
D. Ambitious and competitive.

答案： 24.C　细节理解题。根据第二段的“A friend suggested...Yau saw it as a means to preserve a cherished aspect of Hong Kong's history...replaced”可知,一位朋友建议把路标中的汉字变成一种字体。Yau认为这是保存香港珍贵历史的一种方式。现在这些传统的标识正在逐渐被取代。由此可知，他的灵感来源于对历史的恢复和保护。
25.B　细节理解题。根据第三段的“Yau’s team had outlined...create new characters”可知，Yau的团队从路标中获取了大约500个汉字。然而，对于那些日常使用中文的人来说，这还达不到实际使用所需的7000个汉字。由于团队已经耗尽了城市传统的路标，为了满足日常使用的需要，他们必须创造新的汉字。
26.B　推理判断题。根据第四段内容可知，自从他参与这个项目以来，粉丝就一直热切期待着这个项目。有人甚至表示，他从中学一年级开始就一直在等待这个字体。现在，作为一名六年级学生，他的等待终于结束了。Yau从粉丝们的热情中找到了动力，这表明作者提到Yau的粉丝是为了展示他们对这个项目的支持。
27.C　推理判断题。根据第三段的“This process involved extensive trial and error”和最后一段的“After six years of dedicated effort”可知，这个项目Yau做了六年，过程需要不断摸索，说明他是坚定的;再根据第三段的“they had to create new characters...modifying radicals(部首)”可知，面对汉字不够的问题，他和团队开始通过混合和匹配现有组件，调整线条粗细和修改偏旁来创造新的字，说明他是有创新能力的。