莆田一中 2021-2022 学年度下学期期初学科素养能力竞赛考试 B. Her jeans have pieces sewn on them.
英语试题 C. Her mom gave her old clothes.7. What does Sally think of Rusty？
(时间:120分钟;满分:150分) A. He is helpful. B. He is too curious. C.He is a little behind the times.
注意事项： 听第 7段材料，回答第 8、9题。
1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、班级和考场填写在答题卡上。 8. How does Harriet know the time？
2. 2B A. From her iPhone. B. From her watch. C. From the sun.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂
9. What does Don think about Harriet’s explanation？
黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答 A. It’s wrong. B. It’s funny. C. It’s too scientific.
题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
听第 8段材料，回答第 10至 12题。
第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分 30分) 10. What is the conversation mainly about？
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答 A. HowAlexa treated her plants.
案转涂到答题卡上。 B. Where Alexa planted her plants.
第一节（共 5小题；每小题 1.5分，满分 7.5分） C. WhyAlexa kept her house green.
5 A B C 11. What did Alexa do with her yellow plant？听下面 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 、 、 三个选项中选出
10 A. She put it in the sunlight.最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每 B. She returned it to the shop.
段对话仅读一遍。 C. She gave it too much water.
例：How much is the shirt 12. What does the man suggest Alexa do？
A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15. A. Find out more about plants online.
答案是 C。 B. Move all her plants out of the sun.
1. What does the boy still need to do？ C. Throw all her plants away.
A. Hang up his clothes. B. Put away his toys. C. Sweep the floor. 听第 9段材料，回答第 13至 16题。
2. What is the girl doing？ 13. Why doesn’t Sue have the cake？
A. Making the bed. B. Fixing the chair. C. Driving to school. A. She dislikes it.
3. Why is the woman sad？ B. She’s trying to lose weight.
A. She lost her homework. C. She’s trying to avoid allergy (过敏).
B. The man deleted her essay. 14. Who brought the sandwiches？
C. She forgot to send some emails. A. Jill. B. Tom. C. Sharon.
4. What does the man want to know？ 15. What does Sue really want？
A. What time it is. A. A salad. B. Some seafood. C. Some hot soup.
B. When his train is supposed to leave. 16. What will Bill do in a few hours？
C. Where he can find the boarding hall. A. See a doctor. B. Go to a restaurant. C. Talk with the guests.
5. What does the woman suggest the man do？ 听第 10段材料，回答第 17至 20题。
A. Look at his cards. B. Use different cards. C. Put his cards down. 17. What is the big hall mainly used for？
第二节（共 15小题；每小题 1.5分，满分 22.5分） A. Parents’ meetings. B. Music lessons. C. Sports activities.
听下面 5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C三 18. When can children use the library on their own？
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，每小题 5秒钟； A. At any time of the day. B. Between lessons. C. After school.
19. Where is the speaker’s office？
听完后，各小题将给出 5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
6 6 7 A. Beside the reception desk. B. Opposite the library. C. Beside the water machine.听第 段材料，回答第 、 题。
6. Why does Rusty think the new student is poor 20. How often do children use the computer room？？
A. She’s not fashionable. A. At least twice a day. B. At least once a day. C. At least once a week.
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第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分 50分） To build up their child’s physical health and develop his personal qualities, Josh and Mary
第一节（共 15小题；每小题 2.5分，满分 37.5分） Sutton have been hiking with Harvey since he was two years old. They prepared him for hiking
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 the “AT” by starting out with lots of shorter walks and hikes.
A The “AT” is a 3,530-kilometer hiking trail that runs through the forests of the Appalachian
CELEBRATEACENTURYWITH SCIENCE NEWS Mountains, from Georgia to Maine, passing through 14 states in all. The amount of up and down
In 1921, newspaper king E.W. Scripps and biologist William E. Ritter founded (创办 ) on the trail is about the same as climbing up and down Mount Everest (the world’s tallest
Science News, a non-profit news service, to provide correct and interesting news of science for mountain) 16 times. So only one out of every 4 hikers completes all the sections of the trail. But
the public. A hundred years on, Science News remains true to that purpose. In celebration of our that didn’t stop Harvey and his family.
100 years of continuous independent coverage, we invite you to experience Science News in two It took Harvey and his family 209 days — about seven months — to complete the entire
exciting new ways: Century of Science and Science News now. AT. Every day the family would wake up around 5:30 in the morning. They would have
breakfast and pack up their tent and sleeping bags before setting off through the woods. In
CENTURYOF SCIENCE SCIENCE NEWS NOW general, the family hiked about 16 kilometers a day before stopping to set up camp again.
www.sciencenews.org/century Free Virtual Event, November 5, 2021 During his days on the AT, Harvey liked to use his imagination, which helped him walk
Deeply investigating major advances across Science News Now looks back at big more quickly and have fun. Harvey and his family made friends with other hikers on the trail.
the sciences, Century of Science connects moments in science’s history and meets Harvey didn’t seem to get tired and enjoyed the hard work of hiking. “My favorite part was the
present events to those of the past. With future challenges. The event features rock climbing,” he says, “because it was so fun and hard.”
news reporting and the best parts of the (以……为主题) Nobel Prize-winning Completing the AT taught Harvey and his parents how to work as a team and how to take
more than 80,000 articles in the Science physicist Andrea Ghez and other great on challenges together. “We’re closer than ever before because of the experience,” Harvey’s
News records, the website makes it easy to scientists in conversation with Science mom said. “If possible, I want to hike the AT again at some point in the future,” Harvey added.
explore more than a hundred scientific News reporters. Science News Now is an 24. For what purpose did the Suttons hike the “AT”
advances and discoveries across time and event you don’t want to miss. Learn
A. To see the fantastic natural scenery together.
scientific subjects. more at www.sciencenews. org/now.
B. To prepared Harvey to climb Mount Everest.
21. Why was Science News founded C. To make Harvey strong both in body and in mind.
A. To provide science news. B. To make more money. D. To celebrate Harvey’s 5th birthday in a special way.
C. To meet individual needs. D. To expand people’s world. 25. What do the numbers in paragraph 3 illustrate
22. How does Century of Science help the public explore science A. The main features of the AT. B. The difficulty of hiking the AT.
A. By offering books. B. Through a website. C. The popularity of climbing the AT. D. The significance of crossing the AT.
C. By discussing events. D. Through a science show. 26. What is the typical character of Harvey
23. What does Science News Now focus on A. Brave, curious and talkative. B. Honest, easy-going and creative.
A. Events held by Nobel Prize winners. B. Future challenges related to science. C. Challengeable, proud and humorous. D.Adventurous, positive and strong-willed.
C. Important moments in science history. D. Talks between scientists and reporters. 27. What does the last paragraph mainly tell us
B A. Harvey is going to hike the AT again.
Harvey Sutton spent nearly seven months hiking with his parents, walking the thousands of B. It’s important to meet challenges on one’s own.
miles that make up the complete Appalachian Trail (阿巴拉契亚山道), which is simply called C. The Suttons have benefited greatly from the hike.
the “AT”. Harvey was just 4 years old when he started, and celebrated his 5th birthday on the D. Hiking is sure to make family relationship stronger.
trail.
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C D
In a world on fire and underwater, scientists have announced some good news: Several Computers have become amazingly exact at translating spoken words to text messages and
important tuna (金枪鱼) species have stepped back from the edge of extinction. searching a large supply of valuable information for answers to difficult questions. At least, that
Two bluefin tuna species, a yellowfin, and an albacore are no longer seriously endangered is, so long as you speak English or other world’s main languages. But try talking to your phone
or have moved off the leading international list of endangered species entirely. in Yoruba, Igbo or any number of widely spoken African languages and you’ll find difficulty in
The unexpectedly fast recovery speaks to the success of efforts over the past decade to end accessing information, trade and other benefits of the global tech economy.
overfishing. But tuna are not the only species scientists are thinking carefully at the 2021 World American tech giants don’t have a long history of making their language technology work
Conservation Congress in Marseille, France, which is organized by the International Union for well outside the wealthiest markets, a problem that has also made it harder for them to discover
Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Researchers warn that many other sea species continued to be dangerous misinformation on their platforms. Google, for instance, upset members of the
imperiled. For example, more than a third of the world’s sharks are still threatened with
Yoruba community when its language app mistranslated a nice African god as a devil. Part of
extinction due to overfishing, habitat loss, and climate change.
“I think the good news is that sustainable ( ) fishing industry are possible,” says the reason is that there’s just not enough online data in those languages for the AI systems to可持续的
Beth Polidoro, a biologist at Arizona State University. “We can eat fish without reducing the effectively learn how to get better at understanding them.
population to the point where it is on the road to dying out or extinction.” At the same time, she “We are getting to the point where if a machine doesn’t understand your language, it will
warns that the recovery should not encourage us to catch as many fish as we want. “We need to be like it never existed,” said Vukosi Marivate, who has devoted some of his AI research to the
keep doing what’s working,” Polidoro adds. southern African languages of Xitsonga and Setswana. “Considering our history, some of the
The IUCN, which determines the world’s most endangered species on its Red List of bias (偏见) is intentional. The history of the African continent and in general in colonized (殖民
Threatened Species, also announced at the meeting that some animals are moving in the other 化的) countries, is that when language had to be translated, it was translated in a very narrow
direction, onto the Red List. Like the Komodo dragon, an lizard (蜥蜴), it is at particular risk way,” Marivate added.
from climate change. However, Google and Microsoft are among the companies that say they are trying to
Of course, the work of protection is never over, and it will require close and continuous improve technology for so-called “low-resource” languages that AI systems don’t have enough
attention to make sure neither tuna nor Komodo dragons return to the edge of dying out. But for data puter scientists at Meta announced a breakthrough on the path to a “universal
now, people can celebrate a few wins for the animal world. translator” that could translate multiple languages at once and work better with lower-resourced
languages. Meanwhile, Marivate and other researchers have founded a research project across
28. What is the good news about tuna
Africa. Increasingly, people are joining hands to develop a variety of language approaches.
A. They have been removed from the list of endangered species.
B. The fishing of tuna has been put to an end completely. 32. What can we learn from Paragraphs 1 and 2
C. The population of some tuna species has recovered. A. Yoruba and Igbo are widely spoken in the world.
D. The number of some tuna species increases slowly. B. English speakers fail to access online information.
29. What does the underlined word “imperiled” in paragraph 3 mean C. The online data of African languages is limited.
A. Dangerous. B. Sustainable. C. Disappointing. D.Endangered. D. Computers can translate all text messages exactly.
30. What can we learn from Beth Polidoro’s words 33. Why does the author mention “Google” in Paragraph 2
A. We can fish tuna as much as we want. B. Protecting tuna is a long way to go. A. To make a prediction. B. To draw a comparison.
C. We shouldn’t encourage tuna fishing. D. The population of tuna will reduce. C. To reach a conclusion. D. To give an example.
31. What is the writer’s attitude towards the recovery of the tuna species 34. What is Margate’s attitude towards “American tech giants”？
A. Positive. B. Concerned. C. Unclear. D. Doubtful. A. Friendly. B. Unconcerned. C. Dissatisfied. D. Proud.
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35. What can be a suitable title for the text 第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分 30分）
A. Joint Efforts to Improve AI in African Languages 第一节 完形填空（共 15小题；每小题 1分，满分 15分）
B. Computers Good at Translating Spoken Language 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
C. US Tech Giants Misunderstand African Languages 处的最佳选项。
D. African Researchers Exchange Ideas with Tech Giants When I was little, I spent much time at my grandfather’s house, watching him paint all day
long. What I remember most was how he 41 painting old ships.
第二节（共 5小题；每小题 2.5分，满分 12.5分） As I grew up, we hardly 42 . I noticed he didn’t really 43 much anymore. About
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 a year ago, he had a heart attack. In and out of the 44 for a while, he recovered but was
余选项。 still 45 , moving around his house in a wheelchair.
Everyone will grow up. You are no exception, which means you are probably going Then, I started 46 his house and we began to talk more. We discussed life and our
through a lot of changes, all at once. You may find your body is changing. It may even appear as interests. Every time I 47 . he wanted to talk a lot. I figured he was lonely and enjoyed the
though your entire self is changing. That can be confusing and even scary. 36 And it’s 48 . Wondering why he didn’t start painting again, I made it a point to casually (不经意地)
good. 49 it when I came over, telling him often that he should paint again.
Growing up means that you can do more, learn more, and start to make your mark on the It 50 ! He started sending me to buy paint and poster boards. He asked me about
world. In order for that to happen, your body produces chemicals called hormones (荷尔蒙) that colors and 51 me his paintings. I loved the way he painted the 52 ships. He looked
help both body and mind grow. Hormone levels change constantly, rising and falling. 37 happier. Painting seemed to have brought back some 53 part of him.
But it’s partly to blame for intense emotions, surprising reactions, and mood swings. Cleaning for my grandpa has brought us closer. Despite his seventy-five years of age, I
Because of the way your brain develops, it is somewhat ruled by emotion now and through 54 to discourage him from painting. Days like these are 55 and I enjoy the little
your teen years. As a result, growing up can seem like an emotional roller coaster (过山车)! moments.
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◆Take care of yourself. If you eat right, sleep enough, and get good exercise, your brain 41. A. missed B. loved C. avoided D. started
will be much more able to deal with the stress. 42. A. fought B. explored C. traveled D. spoke
◆ 39 When you feel your moods swinging or you’re upset, or confused, some quiet 43. A. paint B. laugh C. exercise D. care
time will allow you to gather your thoughts and get calmer. 44. A. office B. hospital C. ship D. city
◆Practice relaxing your body and deep breathing when you wake up and when you go to 45. A. positive B. busy C. calm D. weak
bed. 40 Plus, when stuff happens during the day, you’ll be able to calm yourself quickly 46. A. searching B. repairing C. cleaning D. sharing
with a deep breath or two before you react. Your body is changing. 47. A. set off B. turned up C. looked around D. called back
48. A. rest B. freedom C. challenge D. company
A. Take a time out. 49. A. drop B. answer C. mention D. request
B. Take your mood swings seriously. 50. A. worked B. continued C. happened D. appeared
C. But the truth is, it happens to every teen. 51. A. lent B. showed C. promised D. delivered
D. This changing is needed for your body’s development. 52. A. foreign B. broken C. empty D. ancient
E. It will help you fall asleep and start the morning right. 53. A. fun B. smart C. youthful D. secret
F. Here are a few things you can do to make the ride smoother. 54. A. refuse B. decide C. attempt D. fail
G. Usually, these feelings settle down when you realize what is going on. 55. A. specific B. ordinary C. valuable D. long
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第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分） 第二节（满分 25分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写一段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
As we know, the National Games 56 (take) place in the ancient capital Xi’an in Last week, my friend Bob and his grandmother, Abuela, decided to go skiing in the
Shaanxi Province in September, 2021. As the capital of 13 dynasties throughout Chinese history, mountains. They invited me to go with them.
the ancient city has never been far from sports. It 57 (hold) a lot of sports events since the Unluckily, it was bitterly cold. Abuela, probably the kindest person in the world, found me
Western Zhou Dynasty, of which cuju is one example. shaking with cold and offered me her scarf. It was the softest and warmest scarf that I had ever
Cuju, 58 ancient Chinese competitive game, involves kicking a ball through an worn. And more importantly, Abuela had knitted(编织) it herself.
opening into a net. As the ancestor of football, cuju 59 (original) appeared in the famous After a couple of hours of skiing, Abuela said, “I need a rest! You two just go ahead. I’ll be
Chinese historical work Zhan Guo Ce, 60 described cuju as a form of entertainment (娱乐) in the small house there, reading by the fire.”
among the general public. Bob and I took one more ride on the ski lift up the mountain. As we watched people skiing
Later, cuju was commonly played in the army during the Han Dynasty. Liu Che, Emperor down, I said, “This one piece of yarn (毛线) on the scarf keeps making my jaw uncomfortable.”
Wu, was crazy about cuju 61 would set up a cuju field wherever his army went. He used So I pulled on the end of the yarn, thinking it was just a loose piece that had separated from the
cuju as a way of training soldiers.
scarf. But the more I pulled, the longer the piece became. When I took off the scarf to see what
The 62 (early) record of women cuju players can also date back to the Han Dynasty.
We can see from some paintings females with their hair 63 (tie) waving their long sleeves was wrong, I was horrified, “Oh no! I just turned Abuela’s scarf into half a scarf and half a big
(衣袖) when playing cuju. Up to the Tang Dynasty, women players became popular at the court, pile of yarn!”
as emperors enjoyed watching football games. At that time, various skills were used in playing “Grandma will understand,” said Bob.
cuju, mainly 64 (serve) as entertainment purposes. I shook my head. “It was a one-of-a-kind thing that I’ll never be able to replace! What
As a way of national culture 65 (protect), cuju was listed into the first China’s should I do ”
intangible cultural heritages (非物质文化遗产) in 2006. “Um, you could throw it from this lift,” Bob suggested, “and say the strong wind had
blown it away.” His silly idea didn’t make me feel better.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分 40分） Right then, it was our turn to get off the lift. I put the poor scarf into my pocket and skied
第一节 （满分 15分） extra slowly down the mountain.
假定你是李华，2月 14 —16日你市将举办元宵节文化活动。你校外教 John对中国传
注意：
统文化很感兴趣，请用英语写一封信，邀请他一起参加活动，内容包括：
1. 续写词数为 100词左右；
1. 写信的目的；
2. 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。活动的时间和地点；
3. 活动的内容和意义。
注意： Along the way, conflicting (相互矛盾的) thoughts kept crossing my mind.
1. 写作词数应为 80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：元宵节 the Lantern Festival
Dear John,
Yours,
Li Hua
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