福建师范大学附属中学2023-2024学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题(无答案)
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福建师大附中2023-2024学年上学期期末考试
高一英语试卷
时间：120分钟 满分：150分
第Ⅰ卷 （共69分）
第一部分 听力（共20小题；每小题1分，共20分）
第一节 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. Where does the conversation probably take place
A. On a playground. B. At an office. C. In a hospital.
2. What does the woman say about Culture Express
A. It is funny. B. It is her favorite. C. She often misses it.
3. What does the woman imply
A. Alice often surprises everyone.
B. Alice doesn’t study very hard.
C. Alice often gets the best grade.
4. How high do the ceilings today usually measure
A. 2.3 meters. B. 2.7 meters. C. 3.0 meters.
5. What does the man mean
A. He can make it on Saturday.
B. Movies are not his cup of tea.
C. He has music lessons in the evening.
第二节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有2至4个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题：听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
6. What did the man do last Saturday
A. Studied a lot. B. Joined a club. C. Camped out.
7. Why do people join “Flash Play”
A. To take a course. B. To make friends. C. To earn money.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
8. Why does the man feel surprised
A. The woman has found a new job.
B. The woman disagrees with him.
C. The woman doesn’t feel like leaving.
9. What does the woman say about her department
A. There is a lack of trust.
B. There are some problems.
C. There’s too much pressure.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
10. What is the relationship between the speakers
A. Boss and secretary.
B. Employer and job applicant.
C. Job hunter and job agent.
11. What is greatly valued in the company
A. Employees’qualities.
B. Employees’appearance.
C. Employees’physical condition.
12. What does the man care about the job
A. Whether he has to work on time.
B. Whether he can get medical insurance.
C. Whether he has to work on weekends.
13. What do we know about Globe Insurance
A. It doesn’t listen to employees’concerns.
B. It often asks the staff to work on weekends.
C. Its new employees need a medical examination.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
14. What is the woman worried about
A. How to get to the students’ union.
B. How to live the university life.
C. How to find a map of the university.
15. How long are the computer rooms open on weekdays
A.8 hours. B.9 hours. C. 11 hours.
16. Where is the students’ union
A. Beside the Lab B.
B. Opposite the Chernistry labs.
C. On the right of the Science Blocks.
17. What does the man advise the woman to do
A. Get familiar with the university.
B. Have an appointment with him on Thursday.
C. Write her telephone number down on the form.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
18. How many people were badly injured in the storm
A. Seven. B. Nine. C. Ten.
19. What do we know about the farmer
A. His house was destroyed.
B. His wife was missing.
C. One of his children was killed.
20. What did the woman do when she saw her house shaking
A. She tried to take something out.
B. She rushed out with her children.
C. She told her husband not to leave.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，共34分）
第一节 （共12小题；每小题2分，共24分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Working with a stressed mind is like swimming with a jacket on, while a mind free from work stress is light like the wind and it can help you accomplish your daily tasks easily. To relieve（缓解） stress and lighten your mind, you must first understand the nature of stress and the reasons why it builds up. Then you can easily beat stress.
Talk it out
Talking to others helps relieve work stress especially when you and the person you talk to are in the same boat and under the same work stress. Your worries will be divided! If you are your own boss, you need some good advisers around you, who know your trouble and talk sense. If there is no such persons at your workplace, let there be one at home, who is a friend,a family member or a guide that you can talk to.
Let music calm your mind
Music has the power to take you into a new world, away from your worries. Taking a break to listen to some favorite music is also a great way to relieve stress.
Take a walk
If there is a park around, go and have a walk there. You can eat some snacks sitting on the grass. Move around, look at the world around you and forget your work for a while. Let your body get some exercise. A walk works as it also clears your thoughts. You can listen to music while going on a walk.
Have a life beyond the workplace
If you keep thinking about nothing other than work all the time, there is bound to be stress. So, throw away your thoughts about work after you leave your office and get a life beyond it. Have a life beyond the workplace, and you can relax after work.
21. We, can learn from the first paragraph that to relieve stress, we should ______.
A. know what causes stress first B. swim a lot when we are free
C. find a good adviser to talk to D. pay more attention to work
22. To relieve work stress, you’d better talk to those who ______.
A. are free of job stress B. have enough time to talk to you
C. have the same sufferings D. can change your job
23. Listening to some music can ______.
A. help you improve your taste of music B. improve your relationship with others
C. make you feel more tired of your job D. let you relax and forget work stress
24. The author of this passage may be ______.
A. a researcher who studies music B. tired of working under pressure
C. a person who is trying to find a job D. expert in dealing with work stress
B
Just being intelligent（聪明的） doesn’t mean someone will be successful. And just because someone is less intelligent doesn’t mean that person will fail. That’s one take-home message from the work of people like Angela Duckworth, who works at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Like many other scientists, Duckworth wondered what makes one person more successful than another. When digging deeper, Duckworth found that the people who performed best shared a quality independent of intelligence. They had what she now calls grit. Duckworth developed a set of questions to test it. She calls it her “grit scale.”
In one study of people 25 and older, she found that as people age, they become more likely to stick with a project. She also found that grit increases with education. People who finished college scored higher on the grit scale than people who quit before graduation. People who went to graduate school after college scored even higher.
She then did another study with college students. Duckworth wanted to see how intelligence and grit influenced performance in school. So she compared scores on college-entrance exams, which measure IQ, to school grades and scores on the grit scale. Students with higher grades tended to have more grit. That’s not surprising. Getting good grades takes both smarts and hard work.
But some people counter that this grit means success. Among those people is Marcus Crede, a professor at Iowa State University in Ames. He recently pooled the results of 88 studies on grit. Together, those studies tested nearly 67, 000 people. And grit did not predict success, Crede found.
However, he thinks grit is very similar to someone’s ability to set goals, work toward them and think things through before acting.
“Study habits and skills, test anxiety and class attendance are far more strongly connected to school grades than grit,” Crede says. “We can teach students how to study well. We can help them with their test anxiety,” he adds. “I’m not sure we can do that with grit.”
25. What can we know from the first two paragraphs
A. Intelligence determines success. B. Not all smart people will succeed.
C. Duckworth redesigned a grit scale. D. Grit decides how intelligent one might be.
26. What might influence a person’s grit according to Angela Duckworth’s findings
A. Lifestyle. B. Family. C. Personality. D. Education.
27. What does the underlined word “counter” in paragraph 5 mean
A. Comment. B. Disagree. C. Recognize. D. Warn.
28. What can be inferred from the last paragraph
A. Grit can hardly be taught. B. Grit can be improved easily.
C. Grit is strongly related to test anxiety. D. Grit has nothing to do with school grades.
C
Beth Shapiro will lead the scientific efforts to resurrect（复活） the do do at Colossal Biosciences, founded by tech entrepreneur Ben Lamm. Scientists hope to recover the do do if they gather enough DNA to create a clone to implant in the eggs of closely related modern pigeon.
Dodo, an odd-looking flightless bird lived on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean until the late 17th century. The arrival of sailors brought with them invasive species like rats and practices like hunting. They doomed the dodo, which showed no fear of humans, to extinction in the space of just a few decades.
Now, a team of scientists wants to bring back the dodo. They hope the project will open up new techniques for bird conservation.
“It’s our responsibility to bring stories and to bring excitement to people in the way that motivates them to think about the extinction crisis that’s going on right now,” said Beth Shapiro.
Shapiro said that she had already completed a key first step in the project based on genetic material taken out from do do remains in Denmark. The next step was to compare the genetic information with the dodo’s closest bird relatives in the pigeon family.
The following work that’s needed to resurrect the animal - programming cells from a living relative of the do do with the lost bird’s DNA - will be significantly more difficult. Shapiro said she hopes to adapt an existing technique that has already been used to create a chicken fathered by a duck.
However, Shapiro said that perfecting these synthetic（合成的） biology tools will have wider effects for bird conservation. The techniques could allow scientists to move specific genetic qualities between bird species to help protect them as habitats are lost and the climate warms. Shapiro thought the technology which works in chickens would be amazing to get this to work in lots of different birds across the bird tree of life because that will be hugely influential for bird conservation.
Whether or not Colossal and its team of scientists are eventually successful in their attempt to bring back the dodo and the technological breakthroughs they may make, they have investors excited. Colossal also announced Tuesday that it has raised an additional US$150 million, bringing the total amount of funding raised since the company launched in 2021 to US$225 million.
29. What does the underlined word “doomed” in Paragraph 2 probably mean
A. Destroyed. B. Rescued. C. Hunted. D. Fed.
30. Which is the most challenging in resurrecting the dodo
A. Taking out genetic material from dodo remains.
B. Comparing genetic information with the dodo’s relatives.
C. Programming its living relative’s cells with dodo’s DNA.
D. Adapting an existing technique to create a chicken.
31. What can we learn from the passage
A. Scientists can change a duck into a chicken.
B. Synthetic biology tools will reduce bird habitats.
C. Protection of birds will benefit from the technology.
D. The project will bring back the dodo soon.
32. Why are the numbers mentioned in the last paragraph
A. To show the project is promising. B. To evidence the technology is predictable.
C. To imply the funding is not enough. D. To prove the breakthrough is admirable.
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，共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。
A March 2023 report from Goldman Sachs estimated that Al could do a quarter of all the work currently done by humans. 33 It would not just happen to individuals, but it could be pretty systemic.
34 There are still things AI isn’t capable of. There are generally three categories that are probably going to be relatively secure in the foreseeable future. 35 That means you’re not doing unvarying work, but generating new ideas. For example, in science, medicine and law, where your job is coming up with a new legal strategy or business strategy, there’s going to continue to be a place for human beings.
The second category is jobs that require complicated interpersonal relationships like nurses, business consultants and investigative journalists. These are jobs where you need a very deep understanding of people. 36
The third safe zone are jobs that really require lots of mobility and problem-solving ability in unpredictable environments. Electricians, plumbers, and the like all fall under this umbrella, where you’re dealing with a new situation all the time. They are probably the hardest of anything to automate.
It’s important to note that an advanced education is net a defence against AI takeover. In many cases, more educated workers are going to be more threatened than then even the least educated workers. 37 It’s really hard to automate that job.
In short, seeking roles in dynamic, shifting environments that include unpredictable tasks is good way to avoid job loss to AI.
A. And that could be terrible.
B. Thankfully, it’s not all bad news.
C. The robots really are coming for some jobs.
D. The first would be jobs that are truly creative.
E. Think of the person that works cleaning hotel rooms.
F. That doesn’t necessarily mean all jobs that are considered “creative” are safe.
G. It’ll be a long time before AI has the ability to really build relationships and interact.
第三部分 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was the most destructive wildfire in California history. It started in Paradise（天堂镇） and caused $16.5 billion in 1 , destroying nearly 19,000 buildings and killing 85 in all. The beauty of this 2 named place was gone.
Grammer, working in Los Angeles, grew up there. When his friend Edwards posted pictures of his white chimney — the only part of his house to survive — he felt 3 . And then he had an idea.
“I’ve got to 4 that chimney,” he says, “I’m not trying to say anything. I’m an artist. It was an opportunity for me to 5 .”
Grammer spent three hours painting an image of a woman on the 6 — a reminder of the chimney, of the beauty of life, or even just of 7 itself.
Grammer posted the image on Instagram. Those who were affected by the fire, 8 . could not calm down. Someone 9 , “You bring beauty and hope.”
Greatly inspired, Grammer returned eight times. Outside one house, he found a photo of a girl, Eleanor. He painted a picture of her on the wall of her home left 10 . It was a stamp that life was here and that life can 11 to be here. The painting has 12 meaning for the homeowner. Eleanor’s father, recalls how she used to play just feet away. Eleanor herself returned once to 13 the painting.
Ironically（讽刺的是） that first painting, on the chimney in Paradise, 14 only a few months — the bulldozer（推土机） is a cruel art critic. However, Grammer couldn’t be more delighted. It means that the 15 of Paradise is rising again.
1. A. damage B. collection C. debt D. reserve
2. A. basically B. generally C. beautifully D. seriously
3. A. disappointed B. interested C. helpless D. fearless
4. A. beauty B. paint C. build D. repair
5. A. succeed B. improve C. practice D. express
6. A. chimney B. wall C. window D. door
7. A. art B. life C. nature D. beauty
8. A. on average B. in general C. on earth D. in particular
9. A. argued B. insisted C. posted D. suggested
10. A. standing B. existing C. fallen D. destroyed
11. A. pretend B. afford C. continue D. decide
12. A. new B. special C. practical D. real
13. A. copy B. handle C. donate D. admire
14. A. flashed B. suffered C. survived D. waited
15. A. spirit B. size C. fame D. power
第Ⅱ卷 （共81分）
（请将你的答案填写在答案卷上）
I.根据所给首字母写出正确的单词来完成句子或单句语法填空。（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）注意：将首字母一起填写到答题卷上，即答案卷上要写出完整的单词。
1. With competition in the job market, even some adults are determined to seek f______ education in hopes of salary increases.
2. On the card for Laura, I wrote a note stressing some of her q______ I admired, such as her ambitious spirit, creativity, and strong inner drive.
3. The primary f______ of a house is to provide warmth and shelter but not to earn a profit.
4. The authorities took effective m______ to reduce crimes, which benefited residents greatly.
5. Just with several clicks on the online shopping platform, we can ______（convenience） buy the products and get them delivered.
6. With professional and successful treatment in the hospital, he is now r______ from a heart attack.
7. The boy burst into tears, begging her to f______ him and promising to pay back everything he had stolen.
8. The a______ of the three numbers 7, 12 and 20 is 13, because the total of 7, 12 and 20 is 39, and 39 divided by 3 is 13.
9. The Louvre Museum broke its attendance record in 2018 with a total of 10.2million visitors, an increase of 25 percent in ______（compare） with 2017.
10. Deeply ______（concern） about the children of Africa who are dying of hunger, groups of volunteers headed for the desert.
11. In the past three months, several floods ______（sweep） away homes, schools and hospitals, leaving one third of the country under water.
12. We’ll have reporters there for you all week long to keep you ______ （update） on the storm.
13. In order to be a completely car-free city, almost half of the street-level parking spaces ______（remove） at present.
14. The traditional clothing of the Han people is called Hanfu, ______ beauty is being appreciated by younger generations.
15. All the people invited to the meeting held last week commented ______ the new bus app.
II.根据句意从方框中选出适当的动词短语并用其适当形式完成句子。（每题1.5分，共12分）
adapt to, flood into, keep in mind, give way to, contribute to, stir up, keep company with, be stuck in
1. Britain had a hard time ______ the effect of climate change and it called for urgent action plan to decrease the effects of a warming planet.
2. After ______ the trap for hours, the Asian elephant was finally rescued.
3. Eating too much fat is considered as one of the factors ______ heart disease and high blood pressure.
4. With mountains ______ green plains dotted with cozy-looking houses, beautiful flowers and deep blue lakes, the train slowly moved forward.
5. Recently, the significant weight loss of the actress Jia Ling for a role in her new film ______ some attention.
6. As the life of senior high school came to an end, many bittersweet memories ______ my mind.
7. No one wants ______ someone who always looks upset.
8. ______ that being online is no excuse for being rude, and you don’t want to become a target for a troll or cyberbully.
III.课文背诵填空。（每小题1分，共8分）
1. Economic development is necessary if we want to improve society.... and it is not possible to preserve everything from our past as we move towards the future. Finding and keeping the right（1） ______ and the protection of cultural sites can be a big challenge.
2. When the project ended in 1980, it（2） ______. Not only had the countries found a path to the future that did not run over the relics of the past, but they had also learnt that it was possible for countries to work together to build a better tomorrow.
3. The air is thin and we have to rest several times on the short hike from camp. To our left, snow-covered mountains（3） ______ that seem almost close enough to touch. On the plain in front of us, we can just（4） ______ graceful animals.
4. The antclope population has … and in June 2015, the Tibetan antelope （5）______. The government, however, does not intend to stop the protection programmes, since （6）______ the Tibetan antelope have not yet disappeared.
5. Much has been written about the wonders of the World Wide Web. There are countless articles telling us how the Internet （7）______.
6. First of all, there’s the （8）______: If you sec or read something that makes you feel uncomfortable, leave the site immediately.
IV.根据中文意思和提示要求完成句子。（每题2分，共16分）
1. It is not the first time that the new diseases ______（被证实） in the country, and preparations are underway to carry out an experimental treatment.
2. 请运用倒装句
______（不仅购物被改变） since the invention of the Internet, but also social communication has been taken over by the Internet.
3. Some people think it ______（值得去跟踪） their spending throughout the year and they will know exactly where their money has gone.
4. The writer says that we must change our way of life and learn ______（与自然和谐共存） in order to save our planet.
5. Soldiers never gave in ______（不论敌人多么强大）.
6. 风俗和传统随文化而异。（vary）
Customs and traditions ______.
7. Some students don’t know ______ 如何平衡学习与玩耍）.
8. The doctor proposed that the medicine ______（避光保存）.
V. 语法填空。（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Researchers and wetland protectors in Wuhan, Hubei Province, are stepping up efforts to allow more wildlife to survive in their natural habitat. 1 treasured species of ducks is one of the animals benefiting from the growing focus 2 the environment.
In 2012, Baer’s pochard, the blue-headed ducks, 3 （list） as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature after its numbers declined due to a bad habitat. The ducks were rarely seen in Wuhan until bird-watchers observed 4 （they） living in the city in 2014. Despite that, no proof showed that, so far, the ducks 5 （turn） from migratory birds to resident birds in the city because researchers would not attach tracers to the animals 6 （prevent） humans disturbing them.
In 2019, the Wuhan Bird Watching Society started researching and rescuing the habitats of the duck. They found that the ducks feed on 7 （plant）, shrimp and snails. The birds also like to rest in the shallow water 8 food is more than enough. 9 （base） on the results, the team will create an area toward the restoration of the habitat in the city’s Qijiawan for the blue-headed duck, first 10 （discover） in the area.
VI.书面表达。（共15分）
假定你是李华，12月29日下午，学校在校园内举行了各式各样的活动欢迎2024新年的到来。请你就本次活动给校园英语报写一篇报道（100词）。内容包括：
1.活动时间和地点；2.活动内容；3.活动的反响和意义。
高一英语试卷
时间：120分钟 满分：150分
第Ⅰ卷 （共69分）
第一部分 听力（共20小题；每小题1分，共20分）
第一节 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. Where does the conversation probably take place
A. On a playground. B. At an office. C. In a hospital.
2. What does the woman say about Culture Express
A. It is funny. B. It is her favorite. C. She often misses it.
3. What does the woman imply
A. Alice often surprises everyone.
B. Alice doesn’t study very hard.
C. Alice often gets the best grade.
4. How high do the ceilings today usually measure
A. 2.3 meters. B. 2.7 meters. C. 3.0 meters.
5. What does the man mean
A. He can make it on Saturday.
B. Movies are not his cup of tea.
C. He has music lessons in the evening.
第二节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有2至4个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题：听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
6. What did the man do last Saturday
A. Studied a lot. B. Joined a club. C. Camped out.
7. Why do people join “Flash Play”
A. To take a course. B. To make friends. C. To earn money.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
8. Why does the man feel surprised
A. The woman has found a new job.
B. The woman disagrees with him.
C. The woman doesn’t feel like leaving.
9. What does the woman say about her department
A. There is a lack of trust.
B. There are some problems.
C. There’s too much pressure.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
10. What is the relationship between the speakers
A. Boss and secretary.
B. Employer and job applicant.
C. Job hunter and job agent.
11. What is greatly valued in the company
A. Employees’qualities.
B. Employees’appearance.
C. Employees’physical condition.
12. What does the man care about the job
A. Whether he has to work on time.
B. Whether he can get medical insurance.
C. Whether he has to work on weekends.
13. What do we know about Globe Insurance
A. It doesn’t listen to employees’concerns.
B. It often asks the staff to work on weekends.
C. Its new employees need a medical examination.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
14. What is the woman worried about
A. How to get to the students’ union.
B. How to live the university life.
C. How to find a map of the university.
15. How long are the computer rooms open on weekdays
A.8 hours. B.9 hours. C. 11 hours.
16. Where is the students’ union
A. Beside the Lab B.
B. Opposite the Chernistry labs.
C. On the right of the Science Blocks.
17. What does the man advise the woman to do
A. Get familiar with the university.
B. Have an appointment with him on Thursday.
C. Write her telephone number down on the form.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
18. How many people were badly injured in the storm
A. Seven. B. Nine. C. Ten.
19. What do we know about the farmer
A. His house was destroyed.
B. His wife was missing.
C. One of his children was killed.
20. What did the woman do when she saw her house shaking
A. She tried to take something out.
B. She rushed out with her children.
C. She told her husband not to leave.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，共34分）
第一节 （共12小题；每小题2分，共24分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Working with a stressed mind is like swimming with a jacket on, while a mind free from work stress is light like the wind and it can help you accomplish your daily tasks easily. To relieve（缓解） stress and lighten your mind, you must first understand the nature of stress and the reasons why it builds up. Then you can easily beat stress.
Talk it out
Talking to others helps relieve work stress especially when you and the person you talk to are in the same boat and under the same work stress. Your worries will be divided! If you are your own boss, you need some good advisers around you, who know your trouble and talk sense. If there is no such persons at your workplace, let there be one at home, who is a friend,a family member or a guide that you can talk to.
Let music calm your mind
Music has the power to take you into a new world, away from your worries. Taking a break to listen to some favorite music is also a great way to relieve stress.
Take a walk
If there is a park around, go and have a walk there. You can eat some snacks sitting on the grass. Move around, look at the world around you and forget your work for a while. Let your body get some exercise. A walk works as it also clears your thoughts. You can listen to music while going on a walk.
Have a life beyond the workplace
If you keep thinking about nothing other than work all the time, there is bound to be stress. So, throw away your thoughts about work after you leave your office and get a life beyond it. Have a life beyond the workplace, and you can relax after work.
21. We, can learn from the first paragraph that to relieve stress, we should ______.
A. know what causes stress first B. swim a lot when we are free
C. find a good adviser to talk to D. pay more attention to work
22. To relieve work stress, you’d better talk to those who ______.
A. are free of job stress B. have enough time to talk to you
C. have the same sufferings D. can change your job
23. Listening to some music can ______.
A. help you improve your taste of music B. improve your relationship with others
C. make you feel more tired of your job D. let you relax and forget work stress
24. The author of this passage may be ______.
A. a researcher who studies music B. tired of working under pressure
C. a person who is trying to find a job D. expert in dealing with work stress
B
Just being intelligent（聪明的） doesn’t mean someone will be successful. And just because someone is less intelligent doesn’t mean that person will fail. That’s one take-home message from the work of people like Angela Duckworth, who works at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Like many other scientists, Duckworth wondered what makes one person more successful than another. When digging deeper, Duckworth found that the people who performed best shared a quality independent of intelligence. They had what she now calls grit. Duckworth developed a set of questions to test it. She calls it her “grit scale.”
In one study of people 25 and older, she found that as people age, they become more likely to stick with a project. She also found that grit increases with education. People who finished college scored higher on the grit scale than people who quit before graduation. People who went to graduate school after college scored even higher.
She then did another study with college students. Duckworth wanted to see how intelligence and grit influenced performance in school. So she compared scores on college-entrance exams, which measure IQ, to school grades and scores on the grit scale. Students with higher grades tended to have more grit. That’s not surprising. Getting good grades takes both smarts and hard work.
But some people counter that this grit means success. Among those people is Marcus Crede, a professor at Iowa State University in Ames. He recently pooled the results of 88 studies on grit. Together, those studies tested nearly 67, 000 people. And grit did not predict success, Crede found.
However, he thinks grit is very similar to someone’s ability to set goals, work toward them and think things through before acting.
“Study habits and skills, test anxiety and class attendance are far more strongly connected to school grades than grit,” Crede says. “We can teach students how to study well. We can help them with their test anxiety,” he adds. “I’m not sure we can do that with grit.”
25. What can we know from the first two paragraphs
A. Intelligence determines success. B. Not all smart people will succeed.
C. Duckworth redesigned a grit scale. D. Grit decides how intelligent one might be.
26. What might influence a person’s grit according to Angela Duckworth’s findings
A. Lifestyle. B. Family. C. Personality. D. Education.
27. What does the underlined word “counter” in paragraph 5 mean
A. Comment. B. Disagree. C. Recognize. D. Warn.
28. What can be inferred from the last paragraph
A. Grit can hardly be taught. B. Grit can be improved easily.
C. Grit is strongly related to test anxiety. D. Grit has nothing to do with school grades.
C
Beth Shapiro will lead the scientific efforts to resurrect（复活） the do do at Colossal Biosciences, founded by tech entrepreneur Ben Lamm. Scientists hope to recover the do do if they gather enough DNA to create a clone to implant in the eggs of closely related modern pigeon.
Dodo, an odd-looking flightless bird lived on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean until the late 17th century. The arrival of sailors brought with them invasive species like rats and practices like hunting. They doomed the dodo, which showed no fear of humans, to extinction in the space of just a few decades.
Now, a team of scientists wants to bring back the dodo. They hope the project will open up new techniques for bird conservation.
“It’s our responsibility to bring stories and to bring excitement to people in the way that motivates them to think about the extinction crisis that’s going on right now,” said Beth Shapiro.
Shapiro said that she had already completed a key first step in the project based on genetic material taken out from do do remains in Denmark. The next step was to compare the genetic information with the dodo’s closest bird relatives in the pigeon family.
The following work that’s needed to resurrect the animal - programming cells from a living relative of the do do with the lost bird’s DNA - will be significantly more difficult. Shapiro said she hopes to adapt an existing technique that has already been used to create a chicken fathered by a duck.
However, Shapiro said that perfecting these synthetic（合成的） biology tools will have wider effects for bird conservation. The techniques could allow scientists to move specific genetic qualities between bird species to help protect them as habitats are lost and the climate warms. Shapiro thought the technology which works in chickens would be amazing to get this to work in lots of different birds across the bird tree of life because that will be hugely influential for bird conservation.
Whether or not Colossal and its team of scientists are eventually successful in their attempt to bring back the dodo and the technological breakthroughs they may make, they have investors excited. Colossal also announced Tuesday that it has raised an additional US$150 million, bringing the total amount of funding raised since the company launched in 2021 to US$225 million.
29. What does the underlined word “doomed” in Paragraph 2 probably mean
A. Destroyed. B. Rescued. C. Hunted. D. Fed.
30. Which is the most challenging in resurrecting the dodo
A. Taking out genetic material from dodo remains.
B. Comparing genetic information with the dodo’s relatives.
C. Programming its living relative’s cells with dodo’s DNA.
D. Adapting an existing technique to create a chicken.
31. What can we learn from the passage
A. Scientists can change a duck into a chicken.
B. Synthetic biology tools will reduce bird habitats.
C. Protection of birds will benefit from the technology.
D. The project will bring back the dodo soon.
32. Why are the numbers mentioned in the last paragraph
A. To show the project is promising. B. To evidence the technology is predictable.
C. To imply the funding is not enough. D. To prove the breakthrough is admirable.
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，共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。
A March 2023 report from Goldman Sachs estimated that Al could do a quarter of all the work currently done by humans. 33 It would not just happen to individuals, but it could be pretty systemic.
34 There are still things AI isn’t capable of. There are generally three categories that are probably going to be relatively secure in the foreseeable future. 35 That means you’re not doing unvarying work, but generating new ideas. For example, in science, medicine and law, where your job is coming up with a new legal strategy or business strategy, there’s going to continue to be a place for human beings.
The second category is jobs that require complicated interpersonal relationships like nurses, business consultants and investigative journalists. These are jobs where you need a very deep understanding of people. 36
The third safe zone are jobs that really require lots of mobility and problem-solving ability in unpredictable environments. Electricians, plumbers, and the like all fall under this umbrella, where you’re dealing with a new situation all the time. They are probably the hardest of anything to automate.
It’s important to note that an advanced education is net a defence against AI takeover. In many cases, more educated workers are going to be more threatened than then even the least educated workers. 37 It’s really hard to automate that job.
In short, seeking roles in dynamic, shifting environments that include unpredictable tasks is good way to avoid job loss to AI.
A. And that could be terrible.
B. Thankfully, it’s not all bad news.
C. The robots really are coming for some jobs.
D. The first would be jobs that are truly creative.
E. Think of the person that works cleaning hotel rooms.
F. That doesn’t necessarily mean all jobs that are considered “creative” are safe.
G. It’ll be a long time before AI has the ability to really build relationships and interact.
第三部分 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was the most destructive wildfire in California history. It started in Paradise（天堂镇） and caused $16.5 billion in 1 , destroying nearly 19,000 buildings and killing 85 in all. The beauty of this 2 named place was gone.
Grammer, working in Los Angeles, grew up there. When his friend Edwards posted pictures of his white chimney — the only part of his house to survive — he felt 3 . And then he had an idea.
“I’ve got to 4 that chimney,” he says, “I’m not trying to say anything. I’m an artist. It was an opportunity for me to 5 .”
Grammer spent three hours painting an image of a woman on the 6 — a reminder of the chimney, of the beauty of life, or even just of 7 itself.
Grammer posted the image on Instagram. Those who were affected by the fire, 8 . could not calm down. Someone 9 , “You bring beauty and hope.”
Greatly inspired, Grammer returned eight times. Outside one house, he found a photo of a girl, Eleanor. He painted a picture of her on the wall of her home left 10 . It was a stamp that life was here and that life can 11 to be here. The painting has 12 meaning for the homeowner. Eleanor’s father, recalls how she used to play just feet away. Eleanor herself returned once to 13 the painting.
Ironically（讽刺的是） that first painting, on the chimney in Paradise, 14 only a few months — the bulldozer（推土机） is a cruel art critic. However, Grammer couldn’t be more delighted. It means that the 15 of Paradise is rising again.
1. A. damage B. collection C. debt D. reserve
2. A. basically B. generally C. beautifully D. seriously
3. A. disappointed B. interested C. helpless D. fearless
4. A. beauty B. paint C. build D. repair
5. A. succeed B. improve C. practice D. express
6. A. chimney B. wall C. window D. door
7. A. art B. life C. nature D. beauty
8. A. on average B. in general C. on earth D. in particular
9. A. argued B. insisted C. posted D. suggested
10. A. standing B. existing C. fallen D. destroyed
11. A. pretend B. afford C. continue D. decide
12. A. new B. special C. practical D. real
13. A. copy B. handle C. donate D. admire
14. A. flashed B. suffered C. survived D. waited
15. A. spirit B. size C. fame D. power
第Ⅱ卷 （共81分）
（请将你的答案填写在答案卷上）
I.根据所给首字母写出正确的单词来完成句子或单句语法填空。（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）注意：将首字母一起填写到答题卷上，即答案卷上要写出完整的单词。
1. With competition in the job market, even some adults are determined to seek f______ education in hopes of salary increases.
2. On the card for Laura, I wrote a note stressing some of her q______ I admired, such as her ambitious spirit, creativity, and strong inner drive.
3. The primary f______ of a house is to provide warmth and shelter but not to earn a profit.
4. The authorities took effective m______ to reduce crimes, which benefited residents greatly.
5. Just with several clicks on the online shopping platform, we can ______（convenience） buy the products and get them delivered.
6. With professional and successful treatment in the hospital, he is now r______ from a heart attack.
7. The boy burst into tears, begging her to f______ him and promising to pay back everything he had stolen.
8. The a______ of the three numbers 7, 12 and 20 is 13, because the total of 7, 12 and 20 is 39, and 39 divided by 3 is 13.
9. The Louvre Museum broke its attendance record in 2018 with a total of 10.2million visitors, an increase of 25 percent in ______（compare） with 2017.
10. Deeply ______（concern） about the children of Africa who are dying of hunger, groups of volunteers headed for the desert.
11. In the past three months, several floods ______（sweep） away homes, schools and hospitals, leaving one third of the country under water.
12. We’ll have reporters there for you all week long to keep you ______ （update） on the storm.
13. In order to be a completely car-free city, almost half of the street-level parking spaces ______（remove） at present.
14. The traditional clothing of the Han people is called Hanfu, ______ beauty is being appreciated by younger generations.
15. All the people invited to the meeting held last week commented ______ the new bus app.
II.根据句意从方框中选出适当的动词短语并用其适当形式完成句子。（每题1.5分，共12分）
adapt to, flood into, keep in mind, give way to, contribute to, stir up, keep company with, be stuck in
1. Britain had a hard time ______ the effect of climate change and it called for urgent action plan to decrease the effects of a warming planet.
2. After ______ the trap for hours, the Asian elephant was finally rescued.
3. Eating too much fat is considered as one of the factors ______ heart disease and high blood pressure.
4. With mountains ______ green plains dotted with cozy-looking houses, beautiful flowers and deep blue lakes, the train slowly moved forward.
5. Recently, the significant weight loss of the actress Jia Ling for a role in her new film ______ some attention.
6. As the life of senior high school came to an end, many bittersweet memories ______ my mind.
7. No one wants ______ someone who always looks upset.
8. ______ that being online is no excuse for being rude, and you don’t want to become a target for a troll or cyberbully.
III.课文背诵填空。（每小题1分，共8分）
1. Economic development is necessary if we want to improve society.... and it is not possible to preserve everything from our past as we move towards the future. Finding and keeping the right（1） ______ and the protection of cultural sites can be a big challenge.
2. When the project ended in 1980, it（2） ______. Not only had the countries found a path to the future that did not run over the relics of the past, but they had also learnt that it was possible for countries to work together to build a better tomorrow.
3. The air is thin and we have to rest several times on the short hike from camp. To our left, snow-covered mountains（3） ______ that seem almost close enough to touch. On the plain in front of us, we can just（4） ______ graceful animals.
4. The antclope population has … and in June 2015, the Tibetan antelope （5）______. The government, however, does not intend to stop the protection programmes, since （6）______ the Tibetan antelope have not yet disappeared.
5. Much has been written about the wonders of the World Wide Web. There are countless articles telling us how the Internet （7）______.
6. First of all, there’s the （8）______: If you sec or read something that makes you feel uncomfortable, leave the site immediately.
IV.根据中文意思和提示要求完成句子。（每题2分，共16分）
1. It is not the first time that the new diseases ______（被证实） in the country, and preparations are underway to carry out an experimental treatment.
2. 请运用倒装句
______（不仅购物被改变） since the invention of the Internet, but also social communication has been taken over by the Internet.
3. Some people think it ______（值得去跟踪） their spending throughout the year and they will know exactly where their money has gone.
4. The writer says that we must change our way of life and learn ______（与自然和谐共存） in order to save our planet.
5. Soldiers never gave in ______（不论敌人多么强大）.
6. 风俗和传统随文化而异。（vary）
Customs and traditions ______.
7. Some students don’t know ______ 如何平衡学习与玩耍）.
8. The doctor proposed that the medicine ______（避光保存）.
V. 语法填空。（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Researchers and wetland protectors in Wuhan, Hubei Province, are stepping up efforts to allow more wildlife to survive in their natural habitat. 1 treasured species of ducks is one of the animals benefiting from the growing focus 2 the environment.
In 2012, Baer’s pochard, the blue-headed ducks, 3 （list） as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature after its numbers declined due to a bad habitat. The ducks were rarely seen in Wuhan until bird-watchers observed 4 （they） living in the city in 2014. Despite that, no proof showed that, so far, the ducks 5 （turn） from migratory birds to resident birds in the city because researchers would not attach tracers to the animals 6 （prevent） humans disturbing them.
In 2019, the Wuhan Bird Watching Society started researching and rescuing the habitats of the duck. They found that the ducks feed on 7 （plant）, shrimp and snails. The birds also like to rest in the shallow water 8 food is more than enough. 9 （base） on the results, the team will create an area toward the restoration of the habitat in the city’s Qijiawan for the blue-headed duck, first 10 （discover） in the area.
VI.书面表达。（共15分）
假定你是李华，12月29日下午，学校在校园内举行了各式各样的活动欢迎2024新年的到来。请你就本次活动给校园英语报写一篇报道（100词）。内容包括：
1.活动时间和地点；2.活动内容；3.活动的反响和意义。
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