2024北京九中高一(下)开学考
英语
2024.02
第一部分:词汇(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
单词释义
1. 请选出与单词“competence”匹配的释义。
A. 紧张 B. 能力 C. 竞赛 D. 自信
2. 请选出与单词“quality”匹配的释义。
A. 质量 B. 降低 C. 范围 D. 移走
3. 请选出与单词“suffer”匹配的释义。
A. 冲浪 B. 遭受 C. 职位 D. 员工
4. 请选出与单词“desire”匹配的释义。
A. 渴望 B. 决定 C. 力量 D. 赢得
5. 请选出与单词“relief”匹配的释义。
A. 原则 B. 细节 C. 点击 D. 减轻
6. 请选出与单词“occasion”匹配的释义。
A. 场合 B. 发生 C. 布置 D. 即刻
7. 请选出与单词“obviously” 匹配的释义。
A. 特殊地 B. 显而易见地 C. 及时地 D. 当然地
8. 请选出与单词“cheat”匹配的释义。
A. 实验 B. 颂唱 C. 聊天 D. 欺骗
9. 请选出与释义“恢复健康”匹配的单词。
A. recover B. reduce C. revise D. relieve
10. 请选出与释义“预防”匹配的单词。
A. prohibit B. previous C. principle D. prevent
单词释义
11. 请选出与释义“奖章”匹配的单词。
A. medal B. media C. memory D. moment
12. 请选出与释义“力量”匹配的单词。
A position B. power C. plus D. particular
13. 请选出与释义“距离”匹配的单词。
A. defeat B. defence C. distance D. disease
14. 请选出与释义“专注”匹配的单词。
A. contribution B. contact C. company D. concentrate
15. 请选出与释义“即刻,马上”匹配的单词。
A. immediately B. independently C. absolutely D. regularly
16. 请选出与释义“账号”匹配的单词。
A. account B. addict C. amount D. announcement
17. 请选出与释义“to agree that something is true” 匹配的单词。
A. adapt B. admit C. ahead D. annual
18. 请选出与释义“to make sure that something happens”匹配的单词。
A. brief B. ensure C. creative D. attach
19. 请选出与释义“a thing that you do to help people”匹配的单词。
A. favour B. feature C. frank D. formal
20. 请选出与释义“to make something continue at the same level”匹配的单词。
A moment B. maintain C. muddy D. merry
第二部分:知识运用(共两节,40分)
第一节 完形填空(共10小题;每小2分,共20分)
A few weeks ago, I received a package containing seeds from my friend. When I asked her what they would ___21___ into, a smile crossed her face. “Just plant them and be patient. You’ll see for yourself ___22___!” she said.
I sowed the seeds in a flowerpot. In the first few days, I was very excited to search for the slightest signs, but ___23___ happened. With heavy loads of homework, I began to feel sad and ___24___. How much I longed for the color in my fast-paced life.
I watered the plants in dry periods. On the eighth day, to my great ___25___, a few light green sprouts (新芽) appeared. Bending down and studying the plants, I could almost hear them growing. More days passed, and the flowerpot soon became ___26___ with coriander (香菜) plants. Now they are taller than the edge of the pot, constantly shaking their leaves in the gentle wind, as if they were merrily singing a song of ___27___.
I am certain that after a few more days, my plants will be ready for___28___. These plants have played an important part in ___29___ up my everyday life. They may not be a main dish on our table, but using some will surely make our dishes delicious.
Let us all slow our pace down and be patient. So long as we take steps to set our hearts free, time and patience will ____30____ us with the pure pleasure of being alive in this lovely world.
21. A. grow B. run C. look D. break
22. A. immediately B. finally C. quickly D. regularly
23. A. anything B. everything C. something D. nothing
24. A. shocked B. disappointed C. embarrassed D. scared
25. A. surprise B. pity C. shame D. anxiety
26. A. packed B. lined C. crowded D. piled
27. A. courage B. freedom C. interest D. relief
28. A. harvest B. loss C. sights D. rest
29. A. picking B. ending C. brightening D. taking
30. A. impress B. assist C. surround D. reward
第二节 语法填空(共10小题;每小题2分,共20分)
A
语法填空
Known as the “Eastern Moscow”, Harbin has always been regarded as ___31___unique and exotic city, which is hosting its 30th International Ice and Snow Festival. The city____32____ (offer) special winter experiences like nowhere else in China: an ice and snow world, snow sculpture park, ice lantern fair, ____33____ dog sledding. Dozens of snow sculptures are attracting hundreds of thousands of ____34____ (visit) to Harbin.
B
语法填空
Wong Kar-wai’s Blossoms Shanghai TV show has been airing since December 27, 2023. The 30-episode period drama, ____35____has been six years in the making, is adapted from a 2012 novel of the same name by Jin Yucheng, which won the _____36_____ (nine) Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2015 and ____37____ (write) in Shanghainese.
C
语法填空
The "Subject Three” dance ___38___ (originate)from lively wedding celebrations in southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. The tradition evolved into a _____39_____ (culture) phenomenon, suggesting that in a Guangxi native’s life, there are three essential ____40____ (experience), or ‘subjects’: singing folk songs, slurping rice noodles, and dancing.
第三部分:阅读理解(共15小题; 每小题2分,满分30分)
A
If you don’t know what to watch in the coming holiday, here are the top movie search engines on the web. Some require little or no input before they give you titles, while others want to find out exactly what your interests are.
Rotten Tomatoes
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IMDb
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Jinni
Whether you want to search for films based on your mood, time available, or reviews, the site has it all. But Jinni’s most amazing feature is its semantic search. You can enter words like “films that show Chris Farley yelling” and the site will return films that match your question. Go to use Jinni. You won’t regret it!
Criticker
Instead of just allowing you to rate films, Criticker compares your ratings to those of other users and see how closely your tastes match those of other users. Once the service finds matches, you can view these users’ lists and see which movies they bining community and functionality, Criticker is a unique, yet worthwhile service to check out.
41. You can search for a movie based on your mood on ________.
A. Rotten Tomatoes and Jinni B. IMDb and Criticker
C. Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb D. Jinni and Criticker
42. IMDb is especially suitable for people who ________.
A. are too busy to watch films
B. clearly know their favorite films
C. don’t want to spend time rating films
D. like sharing their comments on films
43. What makes Criticker special
A Commenting on others’ film lists. B. Rating your favourite films.
C. Offering different standards. D. Comparing users’ ratings.
44. What is the purpose of this passage
A. To recommend the best online films.
B. To show how to use movie search engines.
C. To introduce several movie search engines.
D. To explain how to find the best online films.
B
A Houseplant Is Helping Me Survive
My wife Hannah and I usually don’t keep houseplants. Anything in pots gets either overwatered or underwatered. After my diagnosis (诊断) with brain cancer, I loved the idea of having something new and green and alive around us.
When my friend Mitch gave me what he said was a lucky bamboo plant, we placed it in the living room window where I spent much of each day. I told Hannah I wanted to look after the plant myself. When it didn’t immediately turn yellow or brown or lose all of its leaves, I was pleasantly surprised.
As a doctor, I was used to being the one who provided care, not the one who received it. Since my diagnosis, it seemed, I had to rely on help from other people. Taking care of the plant gave me the feeling of being happy and satisfied when I felt useless. Watering the plant, as small an act as it was, connected me to a central part of my old identity and taught me I could still be a caregiver.
Over the next few months, I recovered from surgery (手术). Even after I returned to work, I continued to care for the plant. Soon, it had nearly doubled in height and its leaves were shiny. Both the tree and I became healthier.
Then, without any reason, it began to show signs of stress. Its leaves kept browning and dropping to the floor. “I can’t even care for a simple plant!” I yelled. “If my lucky bamboo dies, I might die too!” I couldn’t shake the feeling that the plant had become a symbol (象征) of my health. Now that the plant was struggling, I grew increasingly depressed and fearful.
However, recalling what I’d experienced, I learnt that I had wrongly connected my care for the plant — something over which I had at least some control — with my own survival — something over which I had no control. As I realized the fact, my anxiety was actually eased. I searched online to figure out how to take care of my plant. When it was back in the sunny window, we both became healthier again.
Now, whenever I look at the plant, I would think of Mitch and the other people who have cared for and supported me.
45. The author decided to keep the bamboo because________.
A. he loved to keep houseplants
B. he believed it helped to clean the air
C. he thought it was a good way to get relaxed
D. he wanted to be surrounded by something cheerful
46. How did the author feel about looking after the bamboo at first
A. It made him feel hopeless.
B. It put an end to his suffering.
C. It gave him a sense of achievement.
D. It reminded him of his poor health condition.
47. Why did the author become fearful when the bamboo showed signs of stress
A. Because he couldn’t bear failures.
B. Because he didn’t know why it was dying
C. Because he didn’t want to disappoint Mitch.
D. Because he related his own health to the plant’s.
48. How did the author finally relieve his tension
A. By believing in his recovery in the end
B. By accepting things beyond his control.
C. By thinking of those who supported him.
D. By searching for plant knowledge online.
C
Hibernation is not just sleep. While we sleep, our brains fire up and become highly active; in hibernation, on the contrary, brain activity completely slows down. The body temperature of hibernating animals also drops, in some cases close to the freezing point. Cells (细胞) stop dividing and heart rate decreases to two beats per minute. Yet, once it’s time to wake up, hibernating animals come back to life without any significant side effects like freezing, muscle loss, or loss of bone density during the long winter months. The same, however, can’t be said about people who wake up from long-term medical comas (昏迷), or even those who have to stay in bed for long periods of time. Such people, just like astronauts in microgravity, would suffer from a wide range of side effects that come from not actively using their bodies.
Scientists are therefore looking into hibernation research with the aim of developing ways to cause hibernation in future space astronauts. Recently, Kelly Drew, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has been rewarded for his research.
The idea is that rather than having astronauts sit for months in a tiny Mars-bound capsule, consuming food, water and air, and gradually wasting away from not doing much in microgravity, a part of the crew members could be placed into hibernation. The hibernating astronauts wouldn’t need any food or water and could manage with much less air — yet they would wake up with their bones and muscles in a much better condition than those of their awake counterparts.
“This research could be used to help future missions, from the extreme of medically caused hibernation for long term space missions, protecting astronauts from cabin fever, radiation, and much more,” he said. “It could also prove effective in preventing muscle and bone loss in zero gravity.”
The state of hibernation could also help in the medical setting to help protect patients suffering from life-threatening conditions such as heart attacks and strokes.
“This could mean that patients who have suffered from a stroke or heart attack could be placed in medically caused hibernation until they can be transported to a hospital to receive care, which could significantly improve medical outcomes,” the scientist said.
49. What is mainly talked about in Paragraph 1
A. The working principles of hibernation. B. The unique features of hibernation.
C. The major reasons for hibernation. D. The side effects of hibernation.
50. What does the underlined word “counterparts” in Paragraph 3 refer to
A. Bones and muscles. B. Brains. C. Astronauts. D. Patients.
51. What will scientists probably do in the future research
A. Study hibernating animals in space missions. B. Find ways to put people into hibernation.
C Improve medical treatments for patients. D. Seek cures for life-threatening diseases.
D
Will chatbots that can generate fascinating articles destroy education as we know it
New York City’s Department of Education recently banned (禁止) the use of ChatGPT. “While the tool may be able to provide quick and easy answers to questions,” says the official statement, “it does not build critical-thinking skills, which are necessary for academic and lifelong success.”
Banning such use of technology from the classroom is a nearsighted response. Instead, we must find a way forward in which such technologies combine well with, rather than replace, student thinking.
Banning ChatGPT is impossible in practice. Students will find ways around the ban which will cause a further defensive response from teachers and administrators, and so on. It’s hard to believe that a close race between those digital natives and their educators will end in a decisive victory for the latter. In fact, chatbots may well speed up a trend (趋向) toward valuing critical thinking. In a world where computers can fluently answer any question, students need to get much better at deciding what questions to ask and how to fact-check the answers the program generates.
So how do we encourage young people to use their minds when real thinking is so hard to tell apart from its simulacrum (假象) Teachers, of course, will still want to watch students taking old-fashioned, in-person, no-chatbot-allowed exams to check that they do not cheat.
But we must also figure out how to do something new: how to use tools like GPT to inspire deeper thinking. GPT often generates text that is fluent and “reasonable” — but wrong. So using it requires the same mental heavy lifting that writing does: forming an opinion, creating an outline, picking which points to explain and which to drop, and looking for supporting facts. GPT can help with those tasks, but it can’t put them all together. Writing a good essay still requires lots of human thought and work. Indeed, writing is thinking, and good writing is good thinking.
One approach is to focus on the process as much as the result. For instance, teachers might require four drafts of an essay. After all, as John McPhee, the famous writer, said, “the central nature of the process is revision.” Each draft gets feedback from the teacher, from peers or even from a chatbot. Then the students produce the next draft, and so on.
Will AI one day outperform human beings in thinking Maybe, but for now, we must think for ourselves. Like any tool, GPT is an enemy of thinking only if we fail to find ways to make it our partner.
52. How does the author feel about the ban
A. Understandable. B. Irresponsible. C. Unwise. D. Necessary.
53. Why is it impossible to ban ChatGPT in practice
A. Because students are digitally fluent. B. Because schools will defend the ban.
C. Because ChatGPT will keep developing. D. Because people treasure critical thinking.
54. How does the author explain his idea in Paragraph 6
A. By quoting others. B. By presenting facts. C. By giving examples. D. By showing similarities.
55. What is the passage mainly about
A. Is GPT a process or a result B. Will GPT outperform students
C. Why Chatbots become a new trend D. How can Chatbots serve education 2024北京九中高一(下)开学考
英语
2024.02
第一部分:词汇(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
单词释义
1. 请选出与单词“competence”匹配的释义。
A. 紧张 B. 能力 C. 竞赛 D. 自信
2. 请选出与单词“quality”匹配的释义。
A. 质量 B. 降低 C. 范围 D. 移走
3. 请选出与单词“suffer”匹配的释义。
A. 冲浪 B. 遭受 C. 职位 D. 员工
4. 请选出与单词“desire”匹配的释义。
A. 渴望 B. 决定 C. 力量 D. 赢得
5. 请选出与单词“relief”匹配的释义。
A. 原则 B. 细节 C. 点击 D. 减轻
6. 请选出与单词“occasion”匹配的释义。
A. 场合 B. 发生 C. 布置 D. 即刻
7. 请选出与单词“obviously” 匹配的释义。
A. 特殊地 B. 显而易见地 C. 及时地 D. 当然地
8. 请选出与单词“cheat”匹配的释义。
A. 实验 B. 颂唱 C. 聊天 D. 欺骗
9. 请选出与释义“恢复健康”匹配的单词。
A. recover B. reduce C. revise D. relieve
10. 请选出与释义“预防”匹配的单词。
A. prohibit B. previous C. principle D. prevent
【答案】1. B 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. D 6. A 7. B 8. D 9. A 10. D
【解析】
【1题详解】
考查单词释义。名词competence能力,故选B项。
【2题详解】
考查单词释义。名词quality质量,故选A项。
【3题详解】
考查单词释义。动词suffer遭受,故选B项。
【4题详解】
考查单词释义。名词或动词desire渴望,故选A项。
【5题详解】
考查单词释义。名词relief减轻,故选D项。
【6题详解】
考查单词释义。名词occasion场合,故选A项。
【7题详解】
考查单词释义。副词obviously显而易见地,故选B项。
【8题详解】
考查单词释义。动词cheat欺骗,故选D项。
【9题详解】
考查单词释义。恢复健康,英文表达是动词recover,A. recover康复;B. reduce减少;C. revise修改;D. relieve减轻。故选A项。
【10题详解】
考查单词释义。预防,英文表达是动词prevent,A. prohibit防止;B. previous之前的;C. principle原则;D. prevent预防。故选D项。
单词释义
11. 请选出与释义“奖章”匹配的单词。
A. medal B. media C. memory D. moment
12. 请选出与释义“力量”匹配的单词。
A. position B. power C. plus D. particular
13. 请选出与释义“距离”匹配的单词。
A. defeat B. defence C. distance D. disease
14. 请选出与释义“专注”匹配的单词。
A. contribution B. contact C. company D. concentrate
15. 请选出与释义“即刻,马上”匹配的单词。
A. immediately B. independently C. absolutely D. regularly
16. 请选出与释义“账号”匹配的单词。
A. account B. addict C. amount D. announcement
17. 请选出与释义“to agree that something is true” 匹配的单词。
A. adapt B. admit C. ahead D. annual
18. 请选出与释义“to make sure that something happens”匹配的单词。
A. brief B. ensure C. creative D. attach
19. 请选出与释义“a thing that you do to help people”匹配的单词。
A. favour B. feature C. frank D. formal
20. 请选出与释义“to make something continue at the same level”匹配的单词。
A. moment B. maintain C. muddy D. merry
【答案】11. A 12. B 13. C 14. D 15. A 16. A 17. B 18. B 19. A 20. B
【解析】
【11题详解】
奖章,英文表达为medal。A.medal奖章;B.media媒体;C.memory记忆;D.moment时刻。A项medal“奖章”符合题干释义。故选A项。
【12题详解】
力量,英文表达为power。A.position位置;B.power力量;C.plus加;D.particular特别的。B项power“力量”符合题干释义。故选B项。
【13题详解】
距离,英文表达为distance。A.defeat打败;B.defence防御;C.distance距离;D.disease疾病。C项distance“距离”符合题干释义。故选C项。
【14题详解】
专注,英文表达为concentrate。A.contribution贡献;B.contact联系;C.company公司;D.concentrate专注。D项concentrate“专注”符合题干释义。故选D项。
【15题详解】
即刻、马上,英文表达为immediately。A.immediately即刻、马上;B.independently独立地;C.absolutely完全地;D.regularly定期的。A项immediately“即刻、马上”符合题干释义。故选A项。
【16题详解】
账号,英文表达为account。A.account账号;B.addict上瘾;C.amount数量;D.announcement宣布。A项account“账号”符合题干释义。故选A项。
【17题详解】
to agree that something is true,意为“同意某事是真的”,A.adapt适应;B.admit承认;C.ahead前方;D.annual每年的。B项admit“承认”符合题干释义。故选B项。
【18题详解】
to make sure that something happens,意为“确保某事发生”。A.brief简要的;B.ensure确保;C.creative有创造力的;D.attach附着。B项ensure“确保”符合题干释义。故选B项。
【19题详解】
a thing that you do to help people,意为“一件帮助别人的事”。A.favour帮忙;B.feature特点;C.frank坦白的;D.formal正式的。A项favour“帮忙”符合题干释义。故选A项。
【20题详解】
to make something continue at the same level,意为“使某物在相同水平上持续”。A.moment时刻;B.maintain保持;C.muddy泥泞的;D.merry快乐的。B项maintain“保持”符合题干释义。故选B项。
第二部分:知识运用(共两节,40分)
第一节 完形填空(共10小题;每小2分,共20分)
A few weeks ago, I received a package containing seeds from my friend. When I asked her what they would ___21___ into, a smile crossed her face. “Just plant them and be patient. You’ll see for yourself ___22___!” she said.
I sowed the seeds in a flowerpot. In the first few days, I was very excited to search for the slightest signs, but ___23___ happened. With heavy loads of homework, I began to feel sad and ___24___. How much I longed for the color in my fast-paced life.
I watered the plants in dry periods. On the eighth day, to my great ___25___, a few light green sprouts (新芽) appeared. Bending down and studying the plants, I could almost hear them growing. More days passed, and the flowerpot soon became ___26___ with coriander (香菜) plants. Now they are taller than the edge of the pot, constantly shaking their leaves in the gentle wind, as if they were merrily singing a song of ___27___.
I am certain that after a few more days, my plants will be ready for___28___. These plants have played an important part in ___29___ up my everyday life. They may not be a main dish on our table, but using some will surely make our dishes delicious.
Let us all slow our pace down and be patient. So long as we take steps to set our hearts free, time and patience will ____30____ us with the pure pleasure of being alive in this lovely world.
21. A. grow B. run C. look D. break
22. A. immediately B. finally C. quickly D. regularly
23. A. anything B. everything C. something D. nothing
24. A. shocked B. disappointed C. embarrassed D. scared
25. A. surprise B. pity C. shame D. anxiety
26. A. packed B. lined C. crowded D. piled
27. A. courage B. freedom C. interest D. relief
28. A. harvest B. loss C. sights D. rest
29. A. picking B. ending C. brightening D. taking
30. A. impress B. assist C. surround D. reward
【答案】21. A 22. B 23. D 24. B 25. A 26. C 27. B 28. A 29. C 30. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文,主要讲的是作者将香菜种子种在花盆里,后来种子发芽,长成了香菜,点亮了作者的生活,这让作者意识到只要我们采取措施让我们的心灵自由,时间和耐心会给我们带来快乐。
【21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:当我问她它们长大后会变成什么样子时,她脸上掠过一丝笑容。A. grow生长;B. run跑;C. look看;D. break打破。由后文的“Just plant them and be patient. You’ll see for yourself”可知,作者朋友叫作者把种子种下去耐心等待,说明作者问的是种子长大后会变成什么,故选A。
【22题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意:你最终会亲眼看到的!A. immediately立刻;B. finally最后;C. quickly快速地;D. regularly有规律地。but表转折,由上文的“I asked her what they would ___1___ into”可知,作者想知道种子长大会变成什么,那应该要到最后才能看到,故选B。
【23题详解】
考查代词词义辨析。句意:在最初的几天里,我非常兴奋地寻找最轻微的迹象,但什么也没有发生。A. anything任何东西;B. everything所有东西;C. something某些东西;D. nothing没有任何东西。由上文的“I was very excited to search for the slightest signs”和but表转折可知,作者找种子发芽的迹象,但是却什么也没有发现,空格处是“没有任何东西”,故选D。
【24题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:沉重的家庭作业,我开始感到悲伤和失望。A. shocked震惊的;B. disappointed失望的;C. embarrassed尴尬的;D. scared害怕的。由“With heavy loads of homework, I began to feel sad”和后面的“How much I longed for the color in my fast-paced life”可知,家庭作业太多,种子没有发芽,而作者又需要色彩,作者觉得伤心和失望,故选B。
【25题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:第八天,让我大吃一惊的是,出现了几颗嫩绿的芽。A. surprise惊讶;B. pity同情;C. shame羞耻;D. anxiety焦虑。由后文的“a few light green sprouts (新芽) appeared”可知,种子发芽了,作者应该觉得惊讶,to one’s surprise意为“让某人惊讶的是”,故选A。
【26题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:几天过去了,花盆里很快摆满了香菜。A. packed打包;B. lined沿……形成行(或列、排);C. crowded聚集;D. piled堆放。由第二段的“I sowed the seeds in a flowerpot”和后文的“with coriander (香菜) plants”可知,作者先前把种子种在花盆里,现在花盆里应该挤满了香菜,be crowded with意为“挤满”,故选C。
【27题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:现在它们比盆边还高了,它们的叶子在和风里不停地晃动着,好像在欢快地唱着一首自由的歌。A. courage勇气;B. freedom自由;C. interest兴趣;D. relief缓解。由上文的“constantly shaking their leaves in the gentle wind”可知,叶子在和风里不停地晃动着,给人感觉它们很自由,因此句子表示“好像在欢快地唱着一首自由的歌”,故选B。
【28题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:我相信再过几天,我的植物就可以收获了。A. harvest收获;B. loss损失;C. sights视野;D. rest休息。由上文的“after a few more days”可知,再过几天香菜应该是可以收获了,故选A。
【29题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:这些植物在点亮我的日常生活中起着重要的作用。A. picking挑选;B. ending结束;C. brightening照亮;D. taking拿走。由后文的“using some will surely make our dishes delicious”可知,香菜使菜肴更美味,因此是点亮了作者的生活,故选C。
【30题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:只要我们采取措施让我们的心灵自由,时间和耐心会回报我们生活在这个可爱的世界的纯粹的快乐。A. impress使留下深刻印象;B. assist帮助;C. surround围绕;D. reward奖励。由上文的“So long as we take steps to set our hearts free, time and patience”和“with the pure pleasure of being alive in this lovely world”可知,句子表示“只要我们采取措施让我们的心灵自由,时间和耐心会回报我们生活在这个可爱的世界的纯粹的快乐”,因此空格处是“回报”,故选D。
第二节 语法填空(共10小题;每小题2分,共20分)
A
语法填空
Known as the “Eastern Moscow”, Harbin has always been regarded as ___31___unique and exotic city, which is hosting its 30th International Ice and Snow Festival. The city____32____ (offer) special winter experiences like nowhere else in China: an ice and snow world, snow sculpture park, ice lantern fair, ____33____ dog sledding. Dozens of snow sculptures are attracting hundreds of thousands of ____34____ (visit) to Harbin.
【答案】31. a 32. offers
33. and 34. visitors
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。主要介绍了哈尔滨第 30 届国际冰雪节,为游客提供中国独一无二的冬季体验。
【31题详解】
考查冠词。句意:素有“东方莫斯科”之称的哈尔滨一直被认为是一座独具异国情调的城市,正在举办第 30 届国际冰雪节。分析句子可知,这里表示泛指一座独具异国情调的城市,因此使用不定冠词,且unique是以辅音音素开头的单词,故填a。
【32题详解】
考查动词时态。句意:哈尔滨为游客提供中国独一无二的冬季体验:冰雪大世界、雪雕公园、冰灯会和狗拉雪橇。分析句子可知,前后句为一般现在时,此句也应为一般现在时,且主语为第三人称,因此谓语动词使用第三人称单数形式。故填offers。
【33题详解】
考查连词。句意:哈尔滨为游客提供中国独一无二的冬季体验:冰雪大世界、雪雕公园、冰灯会和狗拉雪橇。分析句子可知,这里表示an ice and snow world、snow sculpture park、ice lantern fair与dog sledding为并列成分,因此使用并列连词and。故填and。
34题详解】
考查名词的数。句意:数十座雪雕吸引了数十万游客来到哈尔滨。分析句子可知,数十万的游客,应使用名词visitor的复数形式visitors做of的宾语。故填visitors。
【点睛】
B
语法填空
Wong Kar-wai’s Blossoms Shanghai TV show has been airing since December 27, 2023. The 30-episode period drama, ____35____has been six years in the making, is adapted from a 2012 novel of the same name by Jin Yucheng, which won the _____36_____ (nine) Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2015 and ____37____ (write) in Shanghainese.
【答案】35. which
36. ninth##9th
37. was written
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了王家卫执导的电视剧《花开上海》。
【35题详解】
考查定语从句。句意:这部30集的年代剧历时6年,改编自金宇澄2012年创作的同名小说,该小说于2015年获得第九届茅盾文学奖,用上海话创作。分析句子可知,这是一个非限定性定语从句,先行词为The 30-episode period drama,关系词替代先行词在从句中做主语,因此使用关系代词which引导定语从句。故填which。
【36题详解】
考查序数词。句意;这部30集的年代剧历时6年,改编自金宇澄2012年创作的同名小说,该小说于2015年获得第九届茅盾文学奖,用上海话创作。分析句子可知,此处需填形容词性成分做Mao Dun Literature Prize的定语,结合句意可知,这里表示第九届茅盾文学奖,因此使用序数词作定语。故填ninth或9th。
【37题详解】
考查动词语态及主谓一致。句意:这部30集的年代剧历时6年,改编自金宇澄2012年创作的同名小说,该小说于2015年获得第九届茅盾文学奖,用上海话创作。分析句子可知,and前后连接两个句子,后句省略主语a 2012 novel,结合前句时态判断可知,这里使用一般过去时,主语是novel与write之间为被动关系,因此使用一般过去时的被动语态,且主语是单数,be动词使用was。故填was written。
C
语法填空
The "Subject Three” dance ___38___ (originate)from lively wedding celebrations in southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. The tradition evolved into a _____39_____ (culture) phenomenon, suggesting that in a Guangxi native’s life, there are three essential ____40____ (experience), or ‘subjects’: singing folk songs, slurping rice noodles, and dancing.
【答案】38. originated
39. cultural
40. experiences
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。主要介绍了“科目三”舞蹈的起源和现在的发展。
【38题详解】
考查动词时态。句意:“科目三”舞蹈起源于中国南方广西壮族自治区热闹的婚庆活动。分析句子可知,句中缺少谓语动词,根据后句一般过去时可知,此处使用一般过去时。故填originated。
【39题详解】
考查形容词。句意:这一传统逐渐演变成一种文化现象,寓意广西人的生活中有三种必不可少的经历,即“科目”:唱民歌、吃米粉和跳舞。分析句子可知,这里使用形容词性成分作定语修饰名词phenomenon,因此使用culture的形容词形式cultural。故填cultural。
【40题详解】
考查名词的数。句意:这一传统逐渐演变成一种文化现象,寓意广西人的生活中有三种必不可少的体验,即“科目”:唱民歌、吃米粉和跳舞。分析句子可知,这里表示三种体验,因此使用experience的复数形式experiences。故填experiences。
【点睛】
第三部分:阅读理解(共15小题; 每小题2分,满分30分)
A
If you don’t know what to watch in the coming holiday, here are the top movie search engines on the web. Some require little or no input before they give you titles, while others want to find out exactly what your interests are.
Rotten Tomatoes
Instead of telling Rotten Tomatoes which films you like, you can tell it what kind of films you enjoy, which actors you want to see, and other aspects to help it find the best movie for you. The quality of Rotten Tomatoes recommendations is changeable but it’s also a nice way to find the right film for any mood.
IMDb
IMDb automatically recommends similar films to the movie you search for instead of asking you to input ratings (评分) or to tell it what movies you like. At the bottom of the page, a “Recommendations” section will show you a variety of other films being displayed, based on information gathered from its database, which examines films to find similarities and differences.
Jinni
Whether you want to search for films based on your mood, time available, or reviews, the site has it all. But Jinni’s most amazing feature is its semantic search. You can enter words like “films that show Chris Farley yelling” and the site will return films that match your question. Go to use Jinni. You won’t regret it!
Criticker
Instead of just allowing you to rate films, Criticker compares your ratings to those of other users and see how closely your tastes match those of other users. Once the service finds matches, you can view these users’ lists and see which movies they bining community and functionality, Criticker is a unique, yet worthwhile service to check out.
41. You can search for a movie based on your mood on ________.
A. Rotten Tomatoes and Jinni B. IMDb and Criticker
C. Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb D. Jinni and Criticker
42. IMDb is especially suitable for people who ________.
A. are too busy to watch films
B. clearly know their favorite films
C. don’t want to spend time rating films
D. like sharing their comments on films
43. What makes Criticker special
A. Commenting on others’ film lists. B. Rating your favourite films.
C. Offering different standards. D. Comparing users’ ratings.
44. What is the purpose of this passage
A To recommend the best online films.
B. To show how to use movie search engines.
C. To introduce several movie search engines.
D. To explain how to find the best online films.
【答案】41. A 42. C 43. D 44. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章简要介绍了几个电影搜索引擎。
【41题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段“Instead of telling Rotten Tomatoes which films you like, you can tell it what kind of films you enjoy, which actors you want to see, and other aspects to help it find the best movie for you(与其告诉烂番茄你喜欢哪部电影,不如告诉它你喜欢什么样的电影,你想看哪些演员,以及其他方面,帮助它找到最适合你的电影)”以及倒数第二段“Whether you want to search for films based on your mood, time available, or reviews, the site has it all.( 无论你是想根据你的心情、可用时间还是评论来搜索电影,该网站都应有尽有)”可知,Rotten Tomatoes 和 Jinni这两个搜索引擎基于你的情绪,故选A项。
【42题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段“IMDb automatically recommends similar films to the movie you search for instead of asking you to input ratings (评分) or to tell it what movies you like.( IMDb会自动向你搜索的电影推荐类似的电影,而不是要求你输入评分或告诉它你喜欢什么电影)”可知,IMDb比较适合那些不愿意花时间评分的人,故选C项。
43题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段“Instead of just allowing you to rate films, Criticker compares your ratings to those of other users and see how closely your tastes match those of other users.( Criticker不只是允许你对电影进行评分,而是将你的评分与其他用户的评分进行比较,看看你的品味与其他用户有多接近)”可知,Criticker的特别之处是能比较用户的评分,故选D项。
【44题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“If you don’t know what to watch in the coming holiday, here are the top movie search engines on the web.( 如果你不知道在即将到来的假期里该看什么,下面是网络上最热门的电影搜索引擎)”、“Rotten Tomatoes(烂番茄)”、“IMDb(互联网电影资料库)”、“Jinni”以及“Criticker”可知,本文的主要目的是介绍几个电影搜索引擎,故选C项。
B
A Houseplant Is Helping Me Survive
My wife Hannah and I usually don’t keep houseplants. Anything in pots gets either overwatered or underwatered. After my diagnosis (诊断) with brain cancer, I loved the idea of having something new and green and alive around us.
When my friend Mitch gave me what he said was a lucky bamboo plant, we placed it in the living room window where I spent much of each day. I told Hannah I wanted to look after the plant myself. When it didn’t immediately turn yellow or brown or lose all of its leaves, I was pleasantly surprised.
As a doctor, I was used to being the one who provided care, not the one who received it. Since my diagnosis, it seemed, I had to rely on help from other people. Taking care of the plant gave me the feeling of being happy and satisfied when I felt useless. Watering the plant, as small an act as it was, connected me to a central part of my old identity and taught me I could still be a caregiver.
Over the next few months, I recovered from surgery (手术). Even after I returned to work, I continued to care for the plant. Soon, it had nearly doubled in height and its leaves were shiny. Both the tree and I became healthier.
Then, without any reason, it began to show signs of stress. Its leaves kept browning and dropping to the floor. “I can’t even care for a simple plant!” I yelled. “If my lucky bamboo dies, I might die too!” I couldn’t shake the feeling that the plant had become a symbol (象征) of my health. Now that the plant was struggling, I grew increasingly depressed and fearful.
However, recalling what I’d experienced, I learnt that I had wrongly connected my care for the plant — something over which I had at least some control — with my own survival — something over which I had no control. As I realized the fact, my anxiety was actually eased. I searched online to figure out how to take care of my plant. When it was back in the sunny window, we both became healthier again.
Now whenever I look at the plant, I would think of Mitch and the other people who have cared for and supported me.
45. The author decided to keep the bamboo because________.
A. he loved to keep houseplants
B. he believed it helped to clean the air
C. he thought it was a good way to get relaxed
D. he wanted to be surrounded by something cheerful
46. How did the author feel about looking after the bamboo at first
A. It made him feel hopeless.
B. It put an end to his suffering.
C. It gave him a sense of achievement.
D. It reminded him of his poor health condition.
47. Why did the author become fearful when the bamboo showed signs of stress
A. Because he couldn’t bear failures.
B. Because he didn’t know why it was dying
C. Because he didn’t want to disappoint Mitch.
D. Because he related his own health to the plant’s.
48. How did the author finally relieve his tension
A. By believing in his recovery in the end
B. By accepting things beyond his control.
C. By thinking of those who supported him.
D. By searching for plant knowledge online.
【答案】45. D 46. C 47. D 48. B
【解析】
【导语】本文是记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者在患脑癌之后,作者喜欢周围有一些新的,绿色的,活生生的东西。在朋友送给作者一盆竹子后,作者悉心照料,刚开始竹子在作者的悉心照料下长得很好,然后,没有任何原因,它开始显示出不好的迹象。作者感到很害怕,他把自己的健康和植物的健康联系在一起,认为自己将会死去,最终作者通过接受他无法控制的事情来缓解了自己的这种焦虑。
【45题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段中“After my diagnosis (诊断) with brain cancer, I loved the idea of having something new and green and alive around us.(在我被诊断为脑癌之后,我喜欢有一些新的、绿色的、活生生的东西在我们身边的想法。)”和第二段中“When my friend Mitch gave me what he said was a lucky bamboo plant, we placed it in the living room window where I spent much of each day.(我的朋友米奇给了我一株他说是幸运竹的植物,我们把它放在客厅的窗户上,我每天大部分时间都在那里度过。)”可知,作者决定保留这些竹子,是因为他想被一些令人愉快的东西包围着,故选D。
【46题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中“Taking care of the plant gave me the feeling of being happy and satisfied when I felt useless. (当我觉得自己一无是处的时候,照顾这棵植物给了我快乐和满足的感觉。)”可知,最初,照顾竹子给了作者成就感,故选C。
【47题详解】
细节理解题。根据倒数第三段中“Then, without any reason, it began to show signs of stress. Its leaves kept browning and dropping to the floor. “I can’t even care for a simple plant!” I yelled. “If my lucky bamboo dies, I might die too!” I couldn’t shake the feeling that the plant had become a symbol (象征) of my health. (然后,没有任何原因,它开始显示出不好的迹象。它的叶子不断变黄,掉到地板上。“我连一株简单的植物都照顾不了!”我大喊。“如果我的幸运竹死了,我可能也会死!”我无法摆脱这种感觉,这种植物已经成为我健康的象征。)”可知,当竹子显示出不好的迹象时,作者会感到害怕,这是因为他把自己的健康和植物的健康联系在一起。故选D。
【48题详解】
细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中“However, recalling what I’d experienced, I learnt that I had wrongly connected my care for the plant — something over which I had at least some control — with my own survival — something over which I had no control. As I realized the fact, my anxiety was actually eased. (然而,回想起自己的经历,我意识到自己错误地把对植物的关心(我至少可以控制的事情)与自己的生存联系在一起(自己无法控制的东西)。当我意识到这个事实时,我的焦虑反而减轻了。)”可知,作者通过接受他无法控制的事情来缓解了自己的焦虑,故选B。
C
Hibernation is not just sleep. While we sleep, our brains fire up and become highly active; in hibernation, on the contrary, brain activity completely slows down. The body temperature of hibernating animals also drops, in some cases close to the freezing point. Cells (细胞) stop dividing and heart rate decreases to two beats per minute. Yet, once it’s time to wake up, hibernating animals come back to life without any significant side effects like freezing, muscle loss, or loss of bone density during the long winter months. The same, however, can’t be said about people who wake up from long-term medical comas (昏迷), or even those who have to stay in bed for long periods of time. Such people, just like astronauts in microgravity, would suffer from a wide range of side effects that come from not actively using their bodies.
Scientists are therefore looking into hibernation research with the aim of developing ways to cause hibernation in future space astronauts. Recently Kelly Drew, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has been rewarded for his research.
The idea is that rather than having astronauts sit for months in a tiny Mars-bound capsule, consuming food, water and air, and gradually wasting away from not doing much in microgravity, a part of the crew members could be placed into hibernation. The hibernating astronauts wouldn’t need any food or water and could manage with much less air — yet they would wake up with their bones and muscles in a much better condition than those of their awake counterparts.
“This research could be used to help future missions, from the extreme of medically caused hibernation for long term space missions, protecting astronauts from cabin fever, radiation, and much more,” he said. “It could also prove effective in preventing muscle and bone loss in zero gravity.”
The state of hibernation could also help in the medical setting to help protect patients suffering from life-threatening conditions such as heart attacks and strokes.
“This could mean that patients who have suffered from a stroke or heart attack could be placed in medically caused hibernation until they can be transported to a hospital to receive care, which could significantly improve medical outcomes,” the scientist said.
49. What is mainly talked about in Paragraph 1
A. The working principles of hibernation. B. The unique features of hibernation.
C. The major reasons for hibernation. D. The side effects of hibernation.
50. What does the underlined word “counterparts” in Paragraph 3 refer to
A. Bones and muscles. B. Brains. C. Astronauts. D. Patients.
51. What will scientists probably do in the future research
A. Study hibernating animals in space missions. B. Find ways to put people into hibernation.
C. Improve medical treatments for patients. D. Seek cures for life-threatening diseases.
【答案】49. B 50. C 51. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。与睡觉不同,冬眠的动物在醒来时就会恢复活力,没有任何明显的副作用,因此,科学家们正在进行冬眠研究,目的是找到让未来的太空宇航员冬眠的方法,并且,在医疗环境中,冬眠状态也可以帮助保护那些患有心脏病和中风等危及生命的疾病的病人。
【49题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第一段前五句“Hibernation is not just sleep. While we sleep, our brains fire up and become highly active; in hibernation, on the contrary, brain activity completely slows down. The body temperature of hibernating animals also drops, in some cases close to the freezing point. Cells (细胞) stop dividing and heart rate decreases to two beats per minute. Yet, once it’s time to wake up, hibernating animals come back to life without any significant side effects like freezing, muscle loss, or loss of bone density during the long winter months.(冬眠不仅仅是睡觉。当我们睡觉时,我们的大脑兴奋起来,变得高度活跃;相反,在冬眠中,大脑活动完全减慢。冬眠动物的体温也会下降,在某些情况下接近冰点。细胞停止分裂,心率下降到每分钟两次。然而,一旦醒来,冬眠的动物就会恢复活力,没有任何明显的副作用,比如在漫长的冬季里冻死、肌肉损失或骨密度损失)”可知,第一段主要是讲冬眠的独特特点。故选B。
【50题详解】
词句猜测题。根据第三段最后一句中的“yet they would wake up with their bones and muscles in a much better condition than(然而,当他们醒来时,他们的骨骼和肌肉状况要比……好得多)”和awake(醒着的)可知,此处是指进入冬眠状态的宇航员在醒来时会比他们醒着的同伴的骨骼和肌肉状况好得多,所以counterparts是指“宇航员”。故选C。
【51题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段第一句“Scientists are therefore looking into hibernation research with the aim of developing ways to cause hibernation in future space astronauts.(因此,科学家们正在进行冬眠研究,目的是找到让未来的太空宇航员冬眠的方法)”和倒第二段“The state of hibernation could also help in the medical setting to help protect patients suffering from life-threatening conditions such as heart attacks and strokes.(在医疗环境中,冬眠状态也可以帮助保护那些患有心脏病和中风等危及生命的疾病的病人)”可推知,在未来的研究中,科学家可能会想办法让人们进入冬眠状态。故选B。
D
Will chatbots that can generate fascinating articles destroy education as we know it
New York City’s Department of Education recently banned (禁止) the use of ChatGPT. “While the tool may be able to provide quick and easy answers to questions,” says the official statement, “it does not build critical-thinking skills, which are necessary for academic and lifelong success.”
Banning such use of technology from the classroom is a nearsighted response. Instead, we must find a way forward in which such technologies combine well with, rather than replace, student thinking.
Banning ChatGPT is impossible in practice. Students will find ways around the ban, which will cause a further defensive response from teachers and administrators, and so on. It’s hard to believe that a close race between those digital natives and their educators will end in a decisive victory for the latter. In fact, chatbots may well speed up a trend (趋向) toward valuing critical thinking. In a world where computers can fluently answer any question, students need to get much better at deciding what questions to ask and how to fact-check the answers the program generates.
So how do we encourage young people to use their minds when real thinking is so hard to tell apart from its simulacrum (假象) Teachers, of course, will still want to watch students taking old-fashioned, in-person, no-chatbot-allowed exams to check that they do not cheat.
But we must also figure out how to do something new: how to use tools like GPT to inspire deeper thinking. GPT often generates text that is fluent and “reasonable” — but wrong. So using it requires the same mental heavy lifting that writing does: forming an opinion, creating an outline, picking which points to explain and which to drop, and looking for supporting facts. GPT can help with those tasks, but it can’t put them all together. Writing a good essay still requires lots of human thought and work. Indeed, writing is thinking, and good writing is good thinking.
One approach is to focus on the process as much as the result. For instance, teachers might require four drafts of an essay. After all, as John McPhee, the famous writer, said, “the central nature of the process is revision.” Each draft gets feedback from the teacher, from peers or even from a chatbot. Then the students produce the next draft, and so on.
Will AI one day outperform human beings in thinking Maybe, but for now, we must think for ourselves. Like any tool, GPT is an enemy of thinking only if we fail to find ways to make it our partner.
52. How does the author feel about the ban
A. Understandable. B. Irresponsible. C. Unwise. D. Necessary.
53. Why is it impossible to ban ChatGPT in practice
A. Because students are digitally fluent. B. Because schools will defend the ban.
C. Because ChatGPT will keep developing. D. Because people treasure critical thinking.
54. How does the author explain his idea in Paragraph 6
A. By quoting others. B. By presenting facts. C. By giving examples. D. By showing similarities.
55. What is the passage mainly about
A. Is GPT a process or a result B. Will GPT outperform students
C. Why Chatbots become a new trend D. How can Chatbots serve education
【答案】52. C 53. A 54. B 55. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇议论文。针对纽约市教育部门最近禁止使用ChatGPT的事件,作者进行了分析和讨论,并认为禁止在课堂上使用这种技术是一种目光短浅的反应,使用ChatGPT依然需要人类进行理性思维和判断,甚至对人类的批判思考能力有更高的要求,我们应该学会很好地利用这种技术而不是禁止它。
【52题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段“Banning such use of technology from the classroom is a nearsighted response. Instead, we must find a way forward in which such technologies combine well with, rather than replace, student thinking.(禁止在课堂上使用这种技术是一种目光短浅的反应。相反,我们必须找到一条前进的道路,让这些技术与学生的思维很好地结合在一起,而不是取代学生的思维。)”可知,作者认为这一禁令很不明智。故选C。
【53题详解】
细节理解题。根据第四段第二句“Students will find ways around the ban, which will cause a further defensive response from teachers and administrators, and so on.(学生们会找到绕开禁令的方法,这将引起教师和管理人员进一步的防御性反应,等等。)”可知,不可能在实践中禁止ChatGPT是因为学生们对数字技术很精通。故选A。
【54题详解】
推理判断题。根据第六段最后五句“GPT often generates text that is fluent and “reasonable” — but wrong. So using it requires the same mental heavy lifting that writing does: forming an opinion, creating an outline, picking which points to explain and which to drop, and looking for supporting facts. GPT can help with those tasks, but it can’t put them all together. Writing a good essay still requires lots of human thought and work. Indeed, writing is thinking, and good writing is good thinking.(GPT通常生成流畅且“合理”的文本,但却是错误的。因此,使用它需要和写作一样的脑力劳动:形成观点,创建大纲,选择要解释哪些要点,哪些要点要放弃,寻找支持事实。GPT可以帮助完成这些任务,但它不能把它们放在一起。写一篇好文章仍然需要很多人的思考和工作。的确,写作就是思考,好的写作就是好的思考。)”可知,作者通过陈述事实来解释他的观点。故选B。
【55题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第一段“Will chatbots that can generate fascinating articles destroy education as we know it (聊天机器人是否会像我们所知道的那样摧毁教育?)”和最后一段“Will AI one day outperform human beings in thinking Maybe, but for now, we must think for ourselves. Like any tool, GPT is an enemy of thinking only if we fail to find ways to make it our partner.(人工智能有一天会超越人类的思维能力吗?也许吧,但现在,我们必须为自己考虑。像任何工具一样,只有当我们找不到方法让它成为我们的伙伴时,GPT才是思考的敌人。)”可知,文章主要是讲人工智能是否有一天会超越人类的思维能力从而摧毁教育。故选B。