渭南市尚德中学2023-2024学年度高三上学期期中考试
英语试题
第一部分：听力(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共5小题，每小题1. 5分，满分7. 5分)
1. What will the woman do during the summer holiday
A. Do voluntary work. B. Take English courses. C. Go to a summer camp.
2. Which song of Madonna is the man’s favorite
A. Secret. B. Ray of Light. C. Papa Don’t Preach.
3. What musical instrument does the man play best
A. The piano. B. The violin. C. The guitar.
4. How does the man find seafood in the Germy Restaurant
A. Terrible. B. Nice. C. Expensive.
5. What are the speakers talking about
A. Henry’s work. B. Teenagers education. C. Their career plan.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1. 5分，满分22. 5分)
6. Why does Sophia read the book
A. She finds it amusing.
B. She’s interested in teens’ life.
C. She’s eager to become successful.
7. Where will the man get the book probably
A. From Sophia. B. From the library. C. From the bookstore.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. How did Jason use to learn French
A. He took an online course.
B. He entered a language school.
C. He learned it from his grandmother.
9. What is the shortcoming of the online language program
A. The courses are a bit expensive.
B. One can’t choose his own tutors.
C. It just provides recorded courses.
10. What kind of course is Jason taking
A. The 12-class one. B. The 6-class one. C. The 4-class one.
听第8段材料，回答第11至14题。
11. Why does Mr. Baluchi go running
A. To keep fit. B. To earn money. C. To help charities.
12. What is the function of the device
A. To keep a hamster.
B. To allow running on water.
C. To make running easier on land.
13. What caused Mr. Baluchi to cut his trip short
A. Feeling uncomfortable.
B. Losing some electronic devices.
C. Being demanded by the Coast Guard.
14. What is the woman
A. A radio hostess. B. A writer. C. A journalist.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15. How did the woman learn about the winners
A. She watched the event.
B. She read news about them.
C. She interviewed them in person.
16. Who is the youngest of the three winners
A. Momiji Nishiya. B. Rayssa Leal. C. Funa Nakayama.
17. What record did Marjorie Gestring hold in Olympics history
A. The youngest competitor. B. The youngest gold winner.
C. The winner of most medals.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. When will the visitors go to Heilongjiang Provincial Museum
A. On the first afternoon. B. On the second afternoon. C. On the last day.
19. What will the visitors see first on the second morning
A. Tigers. B. Red lanterns. C. Snow sculptures.
20. What is the speaker doing
A. Making an introduction to a city.
B. Informing some changes of a trip.
C. Advertising a family tour program.
第二部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)
A
Activities in November
Holiday Market and Bake Sale in Monkton
This festival holiday event should definitely not be missed! Head over to the Friends Methodist House, 78 Monkton Ridge anytime Saturday morning to shop for some crafts(手工艺品)that were made locally. Also enjoy homemade chocolate, cakes, and other snacks! For more information, call 802-453-2870. NOV. 20, 9 AM-2 PM.
“West Side Story” on Stage in Brandon
If you need an excuse to cry, watching “West Side Story“ live is a pretty good one. Otter Valley Union High School(OVUHS)will be hosting Walking Stick Theatre’s production of “West Side Story. ”Advanced tickets are $ 8 at the OVUHs Library. Tickets are $ 8 at the door for students and seniors, $ 10 for adults. NOV. 21, 7 PM-9 PM.
Lecture on Bali in Bristol
Join the community in hearing a lecture by Dr. Carla Osgood and Dr. David Osgood entitled “Bali: Consciousness, Culture and Community” at the Lawrence Memorial Library in Bristol. They have spent 20 years teaching in Bali, and are sure to provide an invaluable view. NOV. 21. 7 PM-8:30 PM.
Wolfing down and Digestion in Middlebury
Love listening to stories Attend the StoryMatters meeting on Tuesday at IIsley Library. The local group will share stories all on the topic of food. There will also be a teaching session after the stories during which trainers will help with the process of storytelling. For more information, email larl7g@ . NOV. 24, 10 AM-2 PM.
1. Where can handmade snacks be bought
A. In Monkton.
B. In Brandon.
C. In Bristol.
D. In Middlebury.
2. How can you get a ticket for “West Side Story“ in advance
A. By calling 802-453-2870 to book it.
B. By emailing lar17g@.
C. By buying it at the OVUHS Library.
D. By contacting Carla Osgood or David Osgood.
3. Which of the following should you attend if you want to improve your storytelling skills
A. Lecture on Bali.
B. “West Side Story” on Stage.
C. Wolfing down and Digestion.
D. Holiday Market and Bake Sale.
【答案】1. A 2. C 3. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章推荐了几个11月的休闲活动。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段“Holiday Market and Bake Sale in Monkton( Monkton的假日市场和烘焙义卖)”中第三句“ Also enjoy homemade chocolate, cakes, and other snacks!(也可以享受自制的巧克力、蛋糕和其他零食!)”可知，自制零食可以在Monkton买到。故选A项。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段““West Side Story” on Stage in Brandon(“西区故事”在Brandon的舞台上)”中第三句“Advanced tickets are $ 8 at the OVUHs Library.( 在OVUHs图书馆，预售票是8美元。)”可知，可以在OVUHs图书馆提前买到“西区故事”的票。故选C项。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据第四段“Wolfing down and Digestion in Middlebury(Middlebury的狼吞虎咽和消化)”中第三句“ There will also be a teaching session after the stories during which trainers will help with the process of storytelling.( 故事结束后还会有一个教学环节，在此过程中，培训师将帮助学生讲故事。)”可知，在Wolfing down and Digestion活动中可以学到讲故事的技能。故选C项。
B
With the young unable to afford to leave home and the old at risk of isolation(孤独), more families are choosing to live together.
The doorway to peace and quiet, for Nick Bright at least, leads straight to his mother-in-law, she lives on the ground floor, while he lives upstairs with his wife and their two daughters.
Four years ago they all moved into a three-storey Victorian house in Bristol - one of a growing number of multigenerational families in the UK living together under the same roof. They share a front door and a washing machine, but Rita Whitehead has her own kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and living room on the ground floor.
“We floated the idea to my mum of sharing at a house,” says Kathryn Whitehead. Rita cuts in: “We spoke more with Nick because I think it’s a big thing for Nick to live with his mother-in-law.”
And what does Nick think “From my standpoint, it all seems to work very well. Would I recommend it Yes, I think I would.”
It’s hard to tell exactly how many people agree with him, but research indicates that the numbers have been rising for some time. Official reports suggest that the number of households with three generations living together had risen from 325,000 in 2001to 419,000 in 2013.
Other varieties of multigenerational family are more common. Some people live with their elderly parents; many more adult children are returning to the family home, if they ever left. It is said that about 20% of 25-34-year-olds live with their parents, compared with 16% in 1991.The total number of all multigenerational households in Britain is thought to be about 1.8 million.
Stories like that are more common in parts of the world where multigenerational living is more firmly rooted. In India, particularly outside cities, young women are expected to move in with their husband’s family when they get married.
4. Who mainly uses the ground floor in the Victorian house in Bristol
A. Nick. B. Rita. C. Kathryn D. The daughters.
5. What is Nick’s attitude towards sharing the house with his mother-in -law
A. Positive. B. Carefree. C. Tolerant. D. Unwilling.
6. What is the author’s statement about multigenerational family based on
A. Family traditions. B. Financial reports. C. Published statistics. D. Public opinions.
7. What is the text mainly about
A. Lifestyles in different countries. B. Conflicts between generations.
C. A housing problem in Britain. D. A rising trend of living in the UK.
【答案】4. B 5. A 6. C 7. D
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇新闻报道。短文报道了在英国，由于年轻人负担不起离家的费用，而老年人又面临着被孤立的风险，越来越多的家庭选择住在一起，出现了多世同堂的现象。
【4题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段“ but Rita Whitehead has her own kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and living room on the ground floor.”可知，但Rita在一楼有自己的厨房、浴室、卧室和客厅。由此可知，Rita 在布里斯托尔的维多利亚式住宅中使用一楼。故选B项。
【5题详解】
推理判断题。根据第五段“And what does Nick think “From my standpoint, it all seems to work very well. Would I recommend it Yes, I think I would.”可知，尼克是怎么想的 “从我的角度来看，一切都很顺利。我推荐它吗 是的，我想我会推荐在一起居住的。”由此判断出，尼克对和和岳母合住房子的态度是积极的。故选A项。
【6题详解】
细节理解题。根据第六段“ Official reports suggest that the number of households with three generations living together had risen from 325,000 in 2002 to 419,000 in 2013.”官方报告显示，三代同堂的家庭数量从2002年的32.5万户增加到2013年的41.9万户。根据第七段“It is said that about 20% of 25-34-year-olds live with their parents, compared with 16% in 1991.The total number of all multigenerational households in Britain is thought to be about 1.8 million.”可知，据说，25-34岁的年轻人中有20%和父母住在一起，而1991年这一比例为16%。据估计，英国多代同堂的家庭总数约为180万。由此可知，作者关于多世同堂家庭的论述基于发布的统计数据。故选C项。
【7题详解】
主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其根据第一段“With the young unable to afford to leave home and the old at risk of isolation(孤独), more families are choosing to live together.”可知，由于年轻人负担不起离家的费用，而老年人又面临着被孤立的风险，越来越多的家庭选择住在一起。所以短文主要是关于英国生活方式的一种上升趋势。故选D项。
C
According to Dr. John Swaddle, a professor at the Institute for Integrative Conservation at William & Mary, hundreds of millions of birds die every year from window collisions(碰撞).
However, if you put decals(贴花纸) or colorful stickers outside of your windows, the birds are more likely to see the barrier and therefore avoid it. Remember: never inside your window; always outside of your window.
“Double-glazed(双层的) windows reflect a lot of light, especially when you view them from a slight angle, as a flying bird would do,” Swaddle told Salon. He is the corresponding author of a recent study which tries to figure out how this basic reality of physics impacts on a bird’s experience as it flies near a standard window. For their experiment, researchers had birds perform repeated and controlled flight trials near windows with film(薄膜) products, BirdShades film and Haverkamp film, respectively.
“In our collision avoidance trials, BirdShades increased window avoidance by 47% and the Haverkamp increased avoidance by 39%. But neither product was effective when the films were applied to the internal surface of windows,” the authors concluded.
When breaking down the problem of avoiding window collisions from a bird’s point of view, Swaddle explained, “The light and reflected imagery from the external surface of the glass is sufficient to obscure a film or decal that is stuck to the inner surface from being seen clearly.”
If you want to protect birds from easily avoidable deaths without buying window film products, there are other solutions. Swaddle recommended “pleasing fritted glass that could be used in new construction and which is also bird-friendly”. Besides, he notes that screens can be helpful as well, not only by limiting reflectiveness but by providing birds with a cushion if they make impact. It is also possible to use everyday household objects to signal to birds that there are barriers — netting, bits of string, colorful stickers, and paint. These can all be used to this effect.
8. Which of the following can work to reduce bird window collisions
A. Choosing double-glazed windows.
B. Avoiding opening windows at night.
C. Covering the inner windows with decals.
D. Sticking decals to the outer side of windows.
9. What did the researchers want to find in the experiment
A. The bird-friendly film products and glass.
B. The efficient measures of collision avoidance.
C. The bird behaviors when hitting the bright window.
D. The link between light reflection and bird window collisions.
10. What does the underlined word “obscure” in Paragraph 5 probably mean
A. Protect. B. Use. C. Shade. D. Find.
11. What is mainly talked about in the last paragraph
A. Solutions to reducing the window cost.
B. Other ways to avoid bird collisions.
C. Bird-friendly objects to attract birds.
D. Environmentally friendly glass products.
【答案】8. D 9. D 10. C 11. B
【解析】
【导语】本文是说明文。文章主要介绍了一项实验，实验表明在玻璃外面贴薄膜或者贴花纸可以避免鸟撞玻璃，同时还介绍了其他几种避免鸟撞上玻璃的方法。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段“However, if you put decals(贴花纸) or colorful stickers outside of your windows, the birds are more likely to see the barrier and therefore avoid it. (然而，如果你在窗外贴上贴纸或彩色贴纸，鸟类更有可能看到障碍物，从而避开障碍物。)”可知，在窗外贴上贴纸或彩色贴纸，鸟类更有可能看到障碍物，从而避开障碍物。故选D。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段“He is the corresponding author of a recent study which tries to figure out how this basic reality of physics impacts on a bird’s experience as it flies near a standard window. (他是最近一项研究的通讯作者，该研究试图弄清楚这一基本物理现实如何影响鸟类在标准窗口附近飞行时的体验。)”可知，实验的目的是弄清物理现象是如何影响鸟类在靠近标准窗户时的体验的，也就是光的反射和鸟类撞窗之间的联系。故选D。
【10题详解】
词句猜测题。根据第五段“When breaking down the problem of avoiding window collisions from a bird’s point of view, Swaddle explained, “The light and reflected imagery from the external surface of the glass is sufficient to obscure a film or decal that is stuck to the inner surface from being seen clearly.”(当从鸟的角度分析避免窗户碰撞的问题时，Swaddle解释道，“玻璃外表面的光线和反射图像足以obscure粘在内表面的薄膜或贴花，使其看不清。”)”可知，玻璃外表面的光线和反射图像使得看不清粘在内表面的薄膜或贴花了，所以应该是遮挡住了粘在内表面的薄膜或贴花，所以obscure的意思应该是“遮挡”，和选项C意思一致。故选C。
【11题详解】
主旨大意题。根据最后一段“If you want to protect birds from easily avoidable deaths without buying window film products, there are other solutions. Swaddle recommended “pleasing fritted glass that could be used in new construction and which is also bird-friendly”. Besides, he notes that screens can be helpful as well, not only by limiting reflectiveness but by providing birds with a cushion if they make impact. It is also possible to use everyday household objects to signal to birds that there are barriers — netting, bits of string, colorful stickers, and paint. These can all be used to this effect. (如果你想在不购买窗膜产品的情况下保护鸟类免受容易避免的死亡，还有其他解决方案。Swaddle推荐“令人愉悦的玻璃料，可以用于新建筑，也对鸟类友好”。此外，他指出，屏幕也很有帮助，不仅可以限制反射性，还可以在鸟类产生影响时为其提供缓冲。也可以用日常生活用品向鸟类发出有障碍物的信号——网、绳子、彩色贴纸和油漆。这些都可以用来达到这个效果。)”可知，最后一段中Swaddle推荐了避免鸟类撞窗死亡的其他几种有效方法，比如使用家里的日常物品向鸟发出信号等。故选B。
D
“Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all ” An old tale tells seemingly unbelievable story of a magic mirror, but now the magic is no longer unachievable.
In August 2018, news went viral (广为传播的) that the police had caught criminal suspects who attended Chinese singer Jacky Cheung’s concerts. How did the police pick out the suspects among thousands of screaming fans The helping hand is Al facial recognition technology. The low-key yet powerful tool is no longer far-fetched, but entering the world of China’s top investors and companies.
Facial recognition is a technology able to identify a person from digital image or a frame from a video source. Tang Wenbin, CTO of Face++, an Al computer vision technology company in China, vividly explained the workflow. According to him, facial recognition is the identification of our appearance, including knowing the sex, age and identity of a person. You may think it is like a brain or a neural network. You use data to train it, and then, it learns the pattern.
Facial recognition technology has been traditionally allied with the security work but today there is active expansion into other industries including mobile phones, marketing and finance.
Chinese start-ups have seen the potential of AI facial recognition for simplifying and speeding up tasks in multiple industries. And the market is now crowded and competitive.
China is starting the Al revolution and has made breakthroughs in facial recognition. “If applying AI to different industries is a marathon, the companies there probably have just got off the blocks.” said Tian Feng, director of Alibaba Cloud Research Center. He also thinks that in the future, everybody will be able to use AI as it will soon become a basic tool for work and life.
12. Why does the author mention mirrors in Paragraph 1
A. To imply that such magical mirror is achievable.
B. To lead to the topic that such magic has become reality.
C. To prove that old tales are based on true stories.
D. To describe the background of facial recognition.
13. Which of the following best explains“allied with”underlined in Paragraph 4
A. Content with. B. Compared with. C. Burdened with. D. Associated with.
14. What is Tian Feng’s attitude towards the future of AI
A. Favorable. B. Pessimistic. C. Indifferent. D. Objective.
15. What can be a suitable title for the text
A. Breakthroughs of Chinese Technology B. Effects of AI Technology
C. The Eye of AI in China D. Facial Recognition in Security
【答案】12. B 13. D 14. A 15. C
【解析】
【分析】本文为科技类说明文。文章主要介绍了人脸识别技术在中国的发展与前景。
【12题详解】
推理判断题。第一段中指出An old tale tells seemingly unbelievable story of a magic mirror, but now the magic is no longer unachievable.一个古老的传说讲述了一个看似难以置信的魔镜的故事，但现在魔法不再是无法实现的。下文就介绍了人脸识别技术的运用，所以用魔镜是为了引出文章讨论的主要内容——人脸识别技术，故选B。
【13题详解】
词义猜测题。由本句后半段but today there is active expansion into other industries including mobile phones, marketing and finance.可知：但是当今社会人脸识别技术在其他相关产业不断扩大使用，其中包括移动电话，市场销售及金融产业，根据语境和划线词语前的traditionally可推知原来只是涉及到安保工作，现在已经扩大了适用的相关范围。allied with与Associated with同义，意为“与......相联系”，故选D。
【14题详解】
推理判断题。通过最后一段He also thinks that in the future, everybody will be able to use AI as it will soon become a basic tool for work and life.得知阿里巴巴云研究中心主任田丰认为未来人人都能够使用人工智能，它将成为人们工作和生活的基本工具，由此可推知田丰对AI的未来充满希望，故选A。
【15题详解】
主旨大意题。本文开头用魔镜引出人脸识别技术，随后介绍了中国人工智能中人脸识别技术的应用与发展前景。A项“中国技术的突破”概括范围太大，B“人工智能技术的影响”、D“人脸识别在安全中的应用”两项概括不全面，C项“中国的人工智能之眼”概括了本文内容，其中eye与人脸识别的功能吻合，故为最佳标题。故选C。
第二节(共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)
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。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Tricks To Becoming A Patient Person
Here’s a riddle: What do traffic jams, long lines and waiting for a vacation to start all have in common There is one answer. ___16___.
In the Digital Age, we’re used to having what we need immediately and right at our fingertips. However, research suggests that if we practiced patience, we’d be a whole lot better off. Here are several tricks.
●Practice gratitude (感激)
Thankfulness has a lot of benefits: Research shows it makes us happier, less stressed and even more optimistic. ___17___. “Showing thankfulness can foster self-control,” said Ye Li, researcher at the University of California.
● Make yourself wait
Instant gratification (满足) may seem like the most “feel good” option at the time, but psychology research suggests waiting for things actually makes us happier in the long run. And the only way for us to get into the habit of waiting is to practice. ___18___. Put off watching your favorite show until the weekend or wait 10 extra minutes before going for that cake. You’ll soon find that the more patience you practice, the more you start to apply it to other, more annoying situations.
● ___19___.
So many of us have the belief that being comfortable is the only state we will tolerate and when we experience something outside of our comfort zone, we get impatient about the circumstances. You should learn to say to yourself, “___20___.” You’ll then gradually become more patient.
A. Find your causes
B. Start with small tasks
C. Accept the uncomfortable
D. All this adds up to a state of hurry
E. It can also help us practice more patience
F. This is merely uncomfortable, not intolerable
G. They’re all situations where we could use a little extra patience
【答案】16. G 17. E 18. B 19. C 20. F
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了变得耐心的一些方法。
【16题详解】
根据上文“Here’s a riddle: What do traffic jams, long lines and waiting for a vacation to start all have in common There’s one answer. (这里有一个谜语：交通堵塞、排长队和等待假期开始有什么共同之处？答案只有一个)”可知，本句说明上文谜语的答案，结合“交通堵塞、排长队和等待假期”这些情况可知都需要耐心。故G选项“在这些情况下，我们都需要一点额外的耐心”符合语境，故选G。
【17题详解】
根据上文“Thankfulness has a lot of benefits: Research shows it makes us happier, less stressed and even more optimistic.(感恩有很多好处：研究表明，感恩让我们更快乐，压力更小，甚至更乐观)”以及后文““Showing thankfulness can foster self-control,” said Ye Li, researcher at the University of California. (加州大学的研究员叶丽说：“表达感激可以培养自我控制能力。”)”可知，上文提到了感恩的诸多好处，可知本句继续说明感恩的好处：它还可以帮助我们练习更多的耐心。E选项中It指代上文Thankfulness。故E选项“它还可以帮助我们练习更多的耐心”符合语境，故选E。
【18题详解】
根据上文“And the only way for us to get into the habit of waiting is to practice. (我们养成等待习惯的唯一方法就是练习)”以及后文“Put off watching your favorite show until the weekend or wait 10 extra minutes before going for that cake. (把你最喜欢的节目推迟到周末再看，或者多等10分钟再去吃蛋糕)”可知，后文列举的事情都是日常的小事，说明要从小事开始练习等待，故B选项“从小任务开始”符合语境，故选B。
【19题详解】
根据本段内容“So many of us have the belief that being comfortable is the only state we will tolerate, and when we experience something outside of our comfort zone, we get impatient about the circumstances. (我们中的许多人都认为舒适是我们唯一能容忍的状态，当我们经历舒适区之外的事情时，我们会对环境失去耐心)”可知，本段提到了舒适是我们唯一能容忍的状态，结合前文的小标题都是祈使句可知，本段的主旨与接受不舒适相关，C选项中uncomfortable对应后文comfortable。故C选项“接受不舒服”符合语境，故选C。
【20题详解】
根据上文“You should learn to say to yourself (你应该学会对自己说……)”以及后文“You’ll then gradually become more patient. (然后你会逐渐变得更有耐心)”结合本段主要说明的是不舒服的状态，可知，本句为对自己所说的话与接受不舒服相关，故F选项“这仅仅是不舒服，而不是无法忍受”符合语境，故选F。
【点睛】
第三部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节 完形填空(共20小题，每小题1. 5分，满分30分)
Last year I decided to do some volunteer work. I began to____21____on the Internet and discovered Volunteer USA. Three months later I____22____myself on a plane to Phoenix, Arizona. I was____23____at the thought of living with loads of new people for three months. However, within fifteen minutes of____24____, my worries had gone. Everyone was so____25____and like-minded that it was very____26____to feel at home.
I was sent to the Coronado National Forest for my first 8-day____27____. We had to____28____everything we needed and walk three miles to where we worked. It may not seem like a____29____way but in 35℃ heat and with a heavy pack, my legs were on fire.
My job was to____30____a stairway out of rock. This____31____climbing up and down the side of a mountain inhabited (栖息) by mountain lions, although I should say they were only heard,never____32____.
Three days later, a beautiful stairway came into being. The____33____of knowing that my____34____will be on that mountainside for years to come is massive.
But on the last night we were____35____in a thunderstorm. I woke up at midnight to find a swimming pool in my tent. The temperature was close to____36____. I had to spend the rest of the night trembling in the only____37____part of my tent.
____38____ I suffered a lot. But I know whatever I have to face in my life I was there and I____39____. I think I am much____40____for having taken part in the project.
21. A. calculate B. negotiate C. advertise D. research
22. A. imagined B. introduced C. enjoyed D. found
23. A. annoyed B. surprised C. scared D. excited
24. A. arriving B. sleeping C. thinking D. walking
25. A. confident B. friendly C. energetic D. curious
26. A. funny B. good C. lucky D. easy
27. A. tour B. project C. campaign D. course
28. A. drop B. make C. carry D. buy
29. A. nice B. safe C. long D. quick
30. A. build B. test C. clean D. guard
31. A. helped B. ended C. allowed D. meant
32. A. hunted B. trained C. seen D. fed
33. A. satisfaction B. ambition C. expectation D. intention
34. A. work B. memory C. record D. story
35. A. left B. caught C. attacked D. separated
36. A. boiling B. average C. normal D. freezing
37. A. tidy B. dry C. new D. soft
38. A. By the way B. Regardless of that C. Needless to say D. In either case
39. A. survived B. resisted C. escaped D. recovered
40. A. smarter B. stronger C. happier D. busier
【答案】21. D 22. D 23. C 24. A 25. B 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. C 30. A 31. D 32. C 33. A 34. A 35. B 36. D 37. B 38. C 39. A 40. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章讲述了作者去年通过网上查询信息得到去科罗拉多国家森林当志愿者的机会，虽然期间作者经历了暴雨中帐篷漏水，为狮子上下山而搭建台阶的繁重工作等磨难，仍然感谢这个经历让自己变得更坚强。
【21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我开始在网上查询并且发现“美国志愿者”。A. calculate计算；B. negotiate协商；C. advertise登广告；D. research研究。根据前文的“Last year I decided to do some volunteer work.”可知，作者在网上研究有哪些可以做志愿者的信息。故选D项。
【22题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：三个月后，我发现自己在飞往亚利桑那州凤凰城的飞机上。A. imagined想象；B. introduced介绍；C. enjoyed喜欢；D. found发现。根据前文的“I began to___1___on the Internet…”可知，作者之前还在网上查阅，三个月后自己就动身了。故选D项。
【23题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：一想到我要和一群陌生人一起住三个月，我很害怕。A. annoyed烦恼的；B. surprised惊讶的；C. scared害怕的；D. excited兴奋的。根据后面的“my worries had gone.”可知，我一开始很担忧。故选C项。
【24题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：然而，到达15分钟里我的担忧就消失了。A. arriving到达；B. sleeping睡觉；C. thinking思考；D. walking行走。根据“feel at home”得知到达目的地不久，作者就不担心了。故选A项。
【25题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：每个人都如此友好和志趣相投以至于很容易有宾至如家的感觉。A. confident自信的；B. friendly友好的；C. energetic活力的；D. curious好奇的。根据后文“and like-minded”可推断，作者感觉大家都很友好。故选B项。
26题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：每个人都如此友好和志趣相投以至于很容易有宾至如家的感觉。A. funny搞笑的；B. good好的；C. lucky幸运的；D. easy容易的。根据“that like-minded”和“feel at home”得知大家都很友好并且志趣相投，感觉到家的温暖很容易。故选D项。
【27题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我被派往科罗拉多国家森林开始头8天的项目。A. tour游览；B. project项目；C. campaign活动；D. course课程。根据下文“for having taken part in the project”可知，这是在说当志愿者的项目，原词复现。故选B项。
【28题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们必须带上需要的东西走到三英里外我们工作的地方。A. drop掉下；B. make制作；C. carry携带；D. buy购买。根据下文“with a heavy pack”可知，作者他们要背负着必需品走。故选C项。
【29题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：可能看起来不远，但是在35度高温下，背着沉重的物品，我的腿像是着了火。A. nice好的；B. safe安全的；C. long长的；D. quick快的。根据前文“walk three miles”可知，作者他们走的路程不远。故选C项。
【30题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我的工作是用岩石建一个阶梯。A. build建造；B. test测试；C. clean清洁；D. guard保卫。根据下文“climbing up and down the side of a mountain.”可知，作者在狮子栖息地建一个阶梯供狮子攀爬。故选A项。
【31题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：这意味着狮子能在山上栖息地通过阶梯爬上爬下。A. helped帮助；B. ended结束；C. allowed允许；D. meant意味。根据“climbing up and down”可知，台阶修好了意味着狮子可以爬上爬下。故选D项。
【32题详解】
考查动词词义辨析句意：虽然我应该说他们只被听说过，从没被亲眼见过。A. hunted捕猎；B. trained训练；C. seen看到；D. fed喂养。根据前文“although I should say they were only heard”可知，作者以前没有见过。故选C项。
【33题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：知道我的作品将会在未来的几年里出现在那片山坡上，我的满足感是巨大的。A. satisfaction满意；B. ambition雄心；C. expectation期待；D. intention意图。根据上文的“a beautiful stairway came into being”可知，我修的台阶成型了，我很满意。故选A项。
【34题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：知道我的作品将会在未来的几年里出现在那片山坡上，我的满足感是巨大的。A. work工作，作品；B. memory回忆；C. record记录；D. story故事。根据上文的“My job was to”以及“a beautiful stairway came into being”可知，修台阶是我的工作。故选A项。
【35题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：但是在最后一晚，我们被困在雷雨中。A. left离开；B. caught捉住；C. attacked袭击；D. separated分离。根据下文“I woke up at midnight to find a swimming pool in my tent”可知，作者他们被困在雷雨中。故选B项。
36题详解】
考查形容词短语辨析。句意：温度接近零度。A. boiling煮沸的的；B. average平均的；C. normal正常的；D. freezing冰冻的。根据下文“trembling”得知温度很低。故选D项。
【37题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我不得不后半夜在帐篷干的那一块地方发抖。A. tidy干净的；B. dry干的；C. new新的；D. soft软的。根据上文的“thunderstorm”和后文的“part of my tent”可知，帐篷里进了水，作者蜷缩在帐篷干的地方。故选B项。
【38题详解】
考查介词短语词义辨析。句意：不用说我受了很多苦。A. By the way顺便问一下；B. Regardless of that尽管这样；C. Needless to say 不用说；D. In either case在这两种情况下。根据前文给狮子栖息地建造台阶和下雨天帐篷漏水可知，作者当志愿者时受了很多苦。故选C项。
【39题详解】
考查动词辨析。句意：但是我知道不论人生中面对什么，我都在这，我都活了下来。A. survived生存；B. resisted反抗；C. escaped逃离，抓牢；D. recovered恢复。根据上文“But I know whatever I have to face in my life I was there.”可知，作者认为再多苦都可以坚持下来，挺过去。故选A项。
【40题详解】
考查形容词比较级词义辨析。句意：我认为因为参加这个项目我更强壮了。A. smarter更聪明的；B. stronger更强壮的；C. happier更快乐的；D. busier更忙碌的。根据前文“But I know whatever I have to face in my life I was there.”可知，作者感觉经历让他更强壮。故选B项。
第二节 语法填空(共10小题，每小题1. 5分，满分15分)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Through continuous efforts of the Chinese government, Meng Wanzhou, the Chief Financial Officer of Huawei, arrived at Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport on Saturday on a flight ____41____ (organize) by the Chinese government.
According to a statement issued by one of the lawyers, ____42____ represented Meng, she has not pleaded guilty and Meng will not____43____ (charge) further in the United States and the case in Canada will be stopped.
It marks the end of Meng’s nearly three-year detention(拘押) in Canada. Meng was arrested by Canadian authorities____44____ the request of the US in December 2018. Meng and Huawei____45____ (repeat) denied the accusation. “My life has been turned upside down. It was a messy time for____46____ (I)”, Meng said. “I will never forget all the good____47____ (wish) I received from people around the world”, she____48____ (continue).On____49____ flight heading home, Meng expressed her thanks to the country. “Without a_____50_____ (power) nation, I would not be free as I am today,” said Meng from the airplane, which was to land in China in a few hours.
【答案】41. organized
42. who 43. be charged
44. at 45. repeatedly
46. me 47. whishes
48. continued
49. the 50. powerful
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章报道了孟晚舟女士被拘加拿大事件的始末。
【41题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：在中国政府的不懈努力下，华为首席财务官孟晚舟于6日乘坐中国政府组织的航班抵达深圳宝安国际机场。分析句子可知，提示作后置定语修饰名词flight，应非谓语动词，名词flight与organize之间为被动关系，所以用过去分词表被动。故填organized。
【42题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：根据代表孟的其中一名律师发表的声明，她没有认罪，孟也不会在美国进一步受到指控，加拿大的案件也将停止。空格后为非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词the lawyers，指人，在非限制性定语从句中充当主语，所以用关系代词who引导。故填who。
【43题详解】
考查时态与语态。句意：根据代表孟的其中一名律师发表的声明，她没有认罪，孟也不会在美国进一步受到指控，加拿大的案件也将停止。主语Meng与谓语动词charge之间是被动关系，情态动词will后be动词用原形。故填be charged。
【44题详解】
考查介词。句意：2018年12月，应美国要求，加拿大当局逮捕了孟。固定短语at the request of“在……的要求下”。故填at。
【45题详解】
考查副词。句意：孟和华为多次否认这一指控。动词denied前用副词repeatedly修饰，意为“重复地，再三地”。故填repeatedly。
【46题详解】
考查代词。句意：这对我来说是一段混乱的时期。介词for后用人称代词的宾格形式。故填me。
【47题详解】
考查名词的数。句意：她继续说道：“我永远不会忘记世界各地人们对我的美好祝福。”根据all可知，可数名词wish用复数形式。故填wishes。
【48题详解】
考查时态。句意：她继续说道:“我永远不会忘记世界各地人们对我的美好祝福。”陈述过去发生的事情，用一般过去时。故填continued。
【49题详解】
考查冠词。句意：在回家的航班上，孟表达了她对这个国家的感谢。这里航班指上文提到的“a flight 1 (organize) by the Chinese government.”，特指，用定冠词the限定。故填the。
【50题详解】
考查形容词。句意：“没有一个强大的国家，我就不会有今天的自由，”孟在飞机上说，飞机将在几个小时后抵达中国。形容词修饰名词nation。故填powerful。
第四部分：写作(共两节，满分35分)
第一节 短文改错(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分)
51. 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(人)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
My neighbor is a generously lady in her early sixties. Since she retired as a English teacher, and she has been delivering meals to senior citizen in town. During the COVID-19 outbreak, she wasn’t able to actually get access for their homes. She begun to attach lovely cards with warm messages to those meals. It really brightened up the lives of not only those I delivered the meals to, but also those noticed the meals. Inspired by her, people in my neighborhood are willing to helping each other and more and more people, included me, have started to do voluntary work.
【答案】1.generously→generous
2. a→an
3.去掉she前的and
4.citizen→citizens
5.for→to
6.begun→began
7.I→she
8.在those后加who
9.helping→help
10.included→including
【解析】
【导语】本文是记叙文。主要讲的是六十多岁的邻居老太太在疫情期间给城里的老年人送饭，而且还会附上写有温馨信息的可爱卡片，她的行为给很多人带去了希望，也让作者深受感动，并主动加入志愿者行列。
【详解】1.考查形容词。句意：我的邻居六十多岁，是个慷慨大方的老太太。根据句意可知，generously在句中作定语，修饰名词lady，应使用形容词形式generous，表示“慷慨大方的”。故将generously改为generous。
2.考查冠词。句意：她从英语教师的职位上退休后，一直在城里给老年人送饭。可数名词English teacher在句中表示“一名英语老师”，泛指，前面应使用不定冠词，又因English音标中的第一个单节是元音音素/ /，所以应使用不定冠词an。故将a改为an。
3.考查连词。句意：她从英语教师的职位上退休后，一直在城里给老年人送饭。分析句子可知，“Since she retired as a English teacher”是时间状语从句，所以不再需要并列连词and连接。故去掉she前的and。
4.考查名词。句意：句意：她从英语教师的职位上退休后，一直在城里给老年人送饭。citizen是可数名词，根据句意，此处表示不止一个老年人，用复数，故将citizen改为citizens。
5.考查介词。句意：在COVID-19爆发期间，她不能真正进入他们的屋子。get access to是固定短语，意为“可以进入”，故将for改为to。
6.考查时态。句意：她开始在每顿饭上贴上写有温馨信息的可爱卡片。根据通篇语境可知，句子描述过去的事情，时态用一般过去时，begun是过去分词，应改为过去式began，故将begun改为began。
7.考查代词。句意：这不仅让她送餐的对象的生活变得更加美好，也让那些注意到她送餐的人的生活变得更加美好。分析句子可知，“I delivered the meals to”是定语从句，再根据上文句意可知，送餐的人是我的邻居老太太，不是我，所以其主语应该是she。故将I改为she。
8.考查定语从句。句意：这不仅让她送餐的对象的生活变得更加美好，也让那些注意到她送餐的人的生活变得更加美好。“noticed the meals”是定语从句，从句中缺少主语，先行词those是人，因此用关系代词who引导定语从句，故在those后加who，也可以用noticed非谓语动词形式作后置定语，those与noticed是主动关系，用现在分词形式，故填noticed改为noticing。故在those后加who或者noticed改为noticing。
9.考查不定式。句意：在她的激励下，我社区里的人们都愿意互相帮助，越来越多的人，包括我，开始做志愿工作。be willing to do是固定短语，意为“愿意做某事”，故将helping改为help。
10.考查介词。句意：在她的激励下，我的邻居们都愿意互相帮助，越来越多的人，包括我，开始做志愿工作。根据句意，用介词including表示“包括”，故将included改为including。
第二节 书面表达(满分25分)
52. 为弘扬中国传统文化，你校学生会将举办一场以“经典咏流传(Everlasting Classics)”为主题的论语通读大赛(Recitation Contest for the Analects of Confucius )，假如你是校学生会主席李华，邀请全校师生前来观看。请你根据提示写一则通知，内容包括，
1. 大赛目的；
2. 大赛时间、地点 （2023年11月24日下午两点，学校报告厅）；
3. 大赛内容。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
NOTICE
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【答案】 NOTICE
With the New Year approaching, a New Year party is scheduled to be held by our school on January 1st, 2021 in the school music hall.
A wide variety of performances featuring traditional Chinese culture will be put on stage, including folk music, traditional Chinese operas, cross talk, lion dance and Chinese martial arts. Besides, an English drama based on British playwright Shakespeare’s masterpiece Hamlet will be performed.
All exchange students are highly welcome to attend. You can’t afford to miss it!
The Student Union
【解析】
【导语】本文是应用文。为弘扬中国传统文化，你校学生会将举办一场以“经典咏流传(Everlasting Classics)”为主题的论语通读大赛(Recitation Contest for the Analects of Confucius )，假如你是校学生会主席李华，邀请全校师生前来观看。请你根据提示写一则通知，内容包括，1. 大赛目的；2. 大赛时间、地点 （2023年11月24日下午两点，学校报告厅）；3. 大赛内容。
【详解】1.词汇积累
预计做某事：be scheduled to do sth.→plan to do sth.
举办：hold→host
各种各样的：A wide variety of→Various
此外：Besides→In addition
2.句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句：A wide variety of performances featuring traditional Chinese culture will be put on stage, including folk music, traditional Chinese operas, cross talk, lion dance and Chinese martial arts.
拓展句：A wide variety of performances featuring traditional Chinese culture will be put on stage, which include folk music, traditional Chinese operas, cross talk, lion dance and Chinese martial arts.
【点睛】【高分句型1】With the New Year approaching, a New Year party is scheduled to be held by our school on January 1st, 2021 in the school music hall.(运用了不定式的被动语态)
【高分句型2】Besides, an English drama based on British playwright Shakespeare’s masterpiece Hamlet will be performed.(运用了非谓语动词作后置定语)渭南市尚德中学2023-2024学年度高三上学期期中考试
英语试题
第一部分：听力(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共5小题，每小题1. 5分，满分7. 5分)
1. What will the woman do during the summer holiday
A. Do voluntary work. B. Take English courses. C. Go to a summer camp.
2. Which song of Madonna is the man’s favorite
A. Secret. B. Ray of Light. C. Papa Don’t Preach.
3. What musical instrument does the man play best
A. The piano. B. The violin. C. The guitar.
4. How does the man find seafood in the Germy Restaurant
A. Terrible. B. Nice. C. Expensive.
5. What are the speakers talking about
A. Henry’s work. B. Teenagers education. C. Their career plan.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1. 5分，满分22. 5分)
6. Why does Sophia read the book
A. She finds it amusing.
B. She’s interested in teens’ life.
C. She’s eager to become successful.
7. Where will the man get the book probably
A. From Sophia. B. From the library. C. From the bookstore.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. How did Jason use to learn French
A. He took an online course.
B. He entered a language school.
C. He learned it from his grandmother.
9. What is the shortcoming of the online language program
A. The courses are a bit expensive.
B. One can’t choose his own tutors.
C. It just provides recorded courses.
10. What kind of course is Jason taking
A. The 12-class one. B. The 6-class one. C. The 4-class one.
听第8段材料，回答第11至14题。
11. Why does Mr. Baluchi go running
A To keep fit. B. To earn money. C. To help charities.
12. What is the function of the device
A. To keep a hamster.
B. To allow running on water.
C. To make running easier on land.
13. What caused Mr. Baluchi to cut his trip short
A. Feeling uncomfortable.
B. Losing some electronic devices.
C. Being demanded by the Coast Guard.
14. What is the woman
A. A radio hostess. B. A writer. C. A journalist.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15. How did the woman learn about the winners
A. She watched the event.
B. She read news about them.
C. She interviewed them in person.
16. Who is the youngest of the three winners
A. Momiji Nishiya. B. Rayssa Leal. C. Funa Nakayama.
17. What record did Marjorie Gestring hold in Olympics history
A. The youngest competitor. B. The youngest gold winner.
C. The winner of most medals.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. When will the visitors go to Heilongjiang Provincial Museum
A. On the first afternoon. B. On the second afternoon. C. On the last day.
19. What will the visitors see first on the second morning
A. Tigers. B. Red lanterns. C. Snow sculptures.
20. What is the speaker doing
A. Making an introduction to a city.
B. Informing some changes of a trip.
C. Advertising a family tour program.
第二部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)
A
Activities in November
Holiday Market and Bake Sale in Monkton
This festival holiday event should definitely not be missed! Head over to the Friends Methodist House, 78 Monkton Ridge anytime Saturday morning to shop for some crafts(手工艺品)that were made locally. Also enjoy homemade chocolate, cakes, and other snacks! For more information, call 802-453-2870. NOV. 20, 9 AM-2 PM.
“West Side Story” on Stage in Brandon
If you need an excuse to cry, watching “West Side Story“ live is a pretty good one. Otter Valley Union High School(OVUHS)will be hosting Walking Stick Theatre’s production of “West Side Story. ”Advanced tickets are $ 8 at the OVUHs Library. Tickets are $ 8 at the door for students and seniors, $ 10 for adults. NOV. 21, 7 PM-9 PM.
Lecture on Bali in Bristol
Join the community in hearing a lecture by Dr. Carla Osgood and Dr. David Osgood entitled “Bali: Consciousness, Culture and Community” at the Lawrence Memorial Library in Bristol. They have spent 20 years teaching in Bali, and are sure to provide an invaluable view. NOV. 21. 7 PM-8:30 PM.
Wolfing down and Digestion in Middlebury
Love listening to stories Attend the StoryMatters meeting on Tuesday at IIsley Library. The local group will share stories all on the topic of food. There will also be a teaching session after the stories during which trainers will help with the process of storytelling. For more information, email larl7g@ . NOV. 24, 10 AM-2 PM.
1. Where can handmade snacks be bought
A. In Monkton.
B. In Brandon.
C. In Bristol.
D. In Middlebury.
2. How can you get a ticket for “West Side Story“ in advance
A. By calling 802-453-2870 to book it.
B. By emailing lar17g@.
C. By buying it at the OVUHS Library.
D. By contacting Carla Osgood or David Osgood.
3. Which of the following should you attend if you want to improve your storytelling skills
A. Lecture on Bali.
B. “West Side Story” on Stage.
C. Wolfing down and Digestion.
D. Holiday Market and Bake Sale.
B
With the young unable to afford to leave home and the old at risk of isolation(孤独), more families are choosing to live together.
The doorway to peace and quiet, for Nick Bright at least, leads straight to his mother-in-law, she lives on the ground floor, while he lives upstairs with his wife and their two daughters.
Four years ago they all moved into a three-storey Victorian house in Bristol - one of a growing number of multigenerational families in the UK living together under the same roof. They share a front door and a washing machine, but Rita Whitehead has her own kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and living room on the ground floor.
“We floated the idea to my mum of sharing at a house,” says Kathryn Whitehead. Rita cuts in: “We spoke more with Nick because I think it’s a big thing for Nick to live with his mother-in-law.”
And what does Nick think “From my standpoint, it all seems to work very well. Would I recommend it Yes, I think I would.”
It’s hard to tell exactly how many people agree with him, but research indicates that the numbers have been rising for some time. Official reports suggest that the number of households with three generations living together had risen from 325,000 in 2001to 419,000 in 2013.
Other varieties of multigenerational family are more common. Some people live with their elderly parents; many more adult children are returning to the family home, if they ever left. It is said that about 20% of 25-34-year-olds live with their parents, compared with 16% in 1991.The total number of all multigenerational households in Britain is thought to be about 1.8 million.
Stories like that are more common in parts of the world where multigenerational living is more firmly rooted. In India particularly outside cities, young women are expected to move in with their husband’s family when they get married.
4. Who mainly uses the ground floor in the Victorian house in Bristol
A. Nick. B. Rita. C. Kathryn D. The daughters.
5. What is Nick’s attitude towards sharing the house with his mother-in -law
A. Positive. B. Carefree. C. Tolerant. D. Unwilling.
6. What is the author’s statement about multigenerational family based on
A. Family traditions. B. Financial reports. C. Published statistics. D. Public opinions.
7. What is the text mainly about
A. Lifestyles in different countries. B. Conflicts between generations.
C. A housing problem in Britain. D. A rising trend of living in the UK.
C
According to Dr. John Swaddle, a professor at the Institute for Integrative Conservation at William & Mary, hundreds of millions of birds die every year from window collisions(碰撞).
However, if you put decals(贴花纸) or colorful stickers outside of your windows, the birds are more likely to see the barrier and therefore avoid it. Remember: never inside your window; always outside of your window.
“Double-glazed(双层的) windows reflect a lot of light, especially when you view them from a slight angle, as a flying bird would do,” Swaddle told Salon. He is the corresponding author of a recent study which tries to figure out how this basic reality of physics impacts on a bird’s experience as it flies near a standard window. For their experiment, researchers had birds perform repeated and controlled flight trials near windows with film(薄膜) products, BirdShades film and Haverkamp film, respectively.
“In our collision avoidance trials, BirdShades increased window avoidance by 47% and the Haverkamp increased avoidance by 39%. But neither product was effective when the films were applied to the internal surface of windows,” the authors concluded.
When breaking down the problem of avoiding window collisions from a bird’s point of view, Swaddle explained, “The light and reflected imagery from the external surface of the glass is sufficient to obscure a film or decal that is stuck to the inner surface from being seen clearly.”
If you want to protect birds from easily avoidable deaths without buying window film products, there are other solutions. Swaddle recommended “pleasing fritted glass that could be used in new construction and which is also bird-friendly”. Besides, he notes that screens can be helpful as well, not only by limiting reflectiveness but by providing birds with a cushion if they make impact. It is also possible to use everyday household objects to signal to birds that there are barriers — netting, bits of string, colorful stickers, and paint. These can all be used to this effect.
8. Which of the following can work to reduce bird window collisions
A. Choosing double-glazed windows.
B. Avoiding opening windows at night.
C. Covering the inner windows with decals.
D. Sticking decals to the outer side of windows.
9 What did the researchers want to find in the experiment
A. The bird-friendly film products and glass.
B. The efficient measures of collision avoidance.
C. The bird behaviors when hitting the bright window.
D. The link between light reflection and bird window collisions.
10. What does the underlined word “obscure” in Paragraph 5 probably mean
A. Protect. B. Use. C. Shade. D. Find.
11. What is mainly talked about in the last paragraph
A. Solutions to reducing the window cost.
B. Other ways to avoid bird collisions.
C. Bird-friendly objects to attract birds.
D. Environmentally friendly glass products.
D
“Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all ” An old tale tells seemingly unbelievable story of a magic mirror, but now the magic is no longer unachievable.
In August 2018, news went viral (广为传播的) that the police had caught criminal suspects who attended Chinese singer Jacky Cheung’s concerts. How did the police pick out the suspects among thousands of screaming fans The helping hand is Al facial recognition technology. The low-key yet powerful tool is no longer far-fetched, but entering the world of China’s top investors and companies.
Facial recognition is a technology able to identify a person from digital image or a frame from a video source. Tang Wenbin, CTO of Face++, an Al computer vision technology company in China, vividly explained the workflow. According to him, facial recognition is the identification of our appearance, including knowing the sex, age and identity of a person. You may think it is like a brain or a neural network. You use data to train it, and then, it learns the pattern.
Facial recognition technology has been traditionally allied with the security work but today there is active expansion into other industries including mobile phones, marketing and finance.
Chinese start-ups have seen the potential of AI facial recognition for simplifying and speeding up tasks in multiple industries. And the market is now crowded and competitive.
China is starting the Al revolution and has made breakthroughs in facial recognition. “If applying AI to different industries is a marathon, the companies there probably have just got off the blocks.” said Tian Feng, director of Alibaba Cloud Research Center. He also thinks that in the future, everybody will be able to use AI as it will soon become a basic tool for work and life.
12. Why does the author mention mirrors in Paragraph 1
A. To imply that such magical mirror is achievable.
B. To lead to the topic that such magic has become reality.
C. To prove that old tales are based on true stories.
D. To describe the background of facial recognition.
13. Which of the following best explains“allied with”underlined in Paragraph 4
A. Content with. B. Compared with. C. Burdened with. D. Associated with.
14. What is Tian Feng’s attitude towards the future of AI
A. Favorable. B. Pessimistic. C. Indifferent. D. Objective.
15. What can be a suitable title for the text
A. Breakthroughs of Chinese Technology B. Effects of AI Technology
C. The Eye of AI in China D. Facial Recognition in Security
第二节(共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)
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。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Tricks To Becoming A Patient Person
Here’s a riddle: What do traffic jams, long lines and waiting for a vacation to start all have in common There is one answer. ___16___.
In the Digital Age, we’re used to having what we need immediately and right at our fingertips. However, research suggests that if we practiced patience, we’d be a whole lot better off. Here are several tricks.
●Practice gratitude (感激)
Thankfulness has a lot of benefits: Research shows it makes us happier, less stressed and even more optimistic. ___17___. “Showing thankfulness can foster self-control,” said Ye Li, researcher at the University of California.
● Make yourself wait
Instant gratification (满足) may seem like the most “feel good” option at the time, but psychology research suggests waiting for things actually makes us happier in the long run. And the only way for us to get into the habit of waiting is to practice. ___18___. Put off watching your favorite show until the weekend or wait 10 extra minutes before going for that cake. You’ll soon find that the more patience you practice, the more you start to apply it to other, more annoying situations.
● ___19___.
So many of us have the belief that being comfortable is the only state we will tolerate, and when we experience something outside of our comfort zone, we get impatient about the circumstances. You should learn to say to yourself, “___20___.” You’ll then gradually become more patient.
A Find your causes
B. Start with small tasks
C. Accept the uncomfortable
D. All this adds up to a state of hurry
E. It can also help us practice more patience
F. This is merely uncomfortable, not intolerable
G. They’re all situations where we could use a little extra patience
第三部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节 完形填空(共20小题，每小题1. 5分，满分30分)
Last year I decided to do some volunteer work. I began to____21____on the Internet and discovered Volunteer USA. Three months later I____22____myself on a plane to Phoenix, Arizona. I was____23____at the thought of living with loads of new people for three months. However, within fifteen minutes of____24____, my worries had gone. Everyone was so____25____and like-minded that it was very____26____to feel at home.
I was sent to the Coronado National Forest for my first 8-day____27____. We had to____28____everything we needed and walk three miles to where we worked. It may not seem like a____29____way but in 35℃ heat and with a heavy pack, my legs were on fire.
My job was to____30____a stairway out of rock. This____31____climbing up and down the side of a mountain inhabited (栖息) by mountain lions, although I should say they were only heard,never____32____.
Three days later, a beautiful stairway came into being. The____33____of knowing that my____34____will be on that mountainside for years to come is massive.
But on the last night we were____35____in a thunderstorm. I woke up at midnight to find a swimming pool in my tent. The temperature was close to____36____. I had to spend the rest of the night trembling in the only____37____part of my tent.
____38____, I suffered a lot. But I know whatever I have to face in my life I was there and I____39____. I think I am much____40____for having taken part in the project.
21. A. calculate B. negotiate C. advertise D. research
22. A. imagined B. introduced C. enjoyed D. found
23. A. annoyed B. surprised C. scared D. excited
24. A. arriving B. sleeping C. thinking D. walking
25. A. confident B. friendly C. energetic D. curious
26. A. funny B. good C. lucky D. easy
27. A. tour B. project C. campaign D. course
28. A. drop B. make C. carry D. buy
29 A. nice B. safe C. long D. quick
30. A. build B. test C. clean D. guard
31. A. helped B. ended C. allowed D. meant
32. A. hunted B. trained C. seen D. fed
33. A. satisfaction B. ambition C. expectation D. intention
34. A. work B. memory C. record D. story
35. A. left B. caught C. attacked D. separated
36. A. boiling B. average C. normal D. freezing
37. A. tidy B. dry C. new D. soft
38. A. By the way B. Regardless of that C. Needless to say D. In either case
39. A. survived B. resisted C. escaped D. recovered
40. A. smarter B. stronger C. happier D. busier
第二节 语法填空(共10小题，每小题1. 5分，满分15分)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Through continuous efforts of the Chinese government, Meng Wanzhou, the Chief Financial Officer of Huawei, arrived at Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport on Saturday on a flight ____41____ (organize) by the Chinese government.
According to a statement issued by one of the lawyers, ____42____ represented Meng, she has not pleaded guilty and Meng will not____43____ (charge) further in the United States and the case in Canada will be stopped.
It marks the end of Meng’s nearly three-year detention(拘押) in Canada. Meng was arrested by Canadian authorities____44____ the request of the US in December 2018. Meng and Huawei____45____ (repeat) denied the accusation. “My life has been turned upside down. It was a messy time for____46____ (I)”, Meng said. “I will never forget all the good____47____ (wish) I received from people around the world”, she____48____ (continue).On____49____ flight heading home, Meng expressed her thanks to the country. “Without a_____50_____ (power) nation, I would not be free as I am today,” said Meng from the airplane, which was to land in China in a few hours.
第四部分：写作(共两节，满分35分)
第一节 短文改错(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分)
51. 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(人)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
My neighbor is a generously lady in her early sixties. Since she retired as a English teacher, and she has been delivering meals to senior citizen in town. During the COVID-19 outbreak, she wasn’t able to actually get access for their homes. She begun to attach lovely cards with warm messages to those meals. It really brightened up the lives of not only those I delivered the meals to, but also those noticed the meals. Inspired by her, people in my neighborhood are willing to helping each other and more and more people, included me, have started to do voluntary work.
第二节 书面表达(满分25分)
52. 为弘扬中国传统文化，你校学生会将举办一场以“经典咏流传(Everlasting Classics)”为主题的论语通读大赛(Recitation Contest for the Analects of Confucius )，假如你是校学生会主席李华，邀请全校师生前来观看。请你根据提示写一则通知，内容包括，
1. 大赛目的；
2. 大赛时间、地点 （2023年11月24日下午两点，学校报告厅）；
3. 大赛内容。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
NOTICE
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