辽宁省锦州市锦州中学2023-2024学年高一上学期新生入学英语测试

辽宁省锦州市锦州中学2023-2024学年高一上学期新生入学
英语测试
学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
一、单项选择
1．—When can we see the films in our town?
—Not until the cinema ________ next year.
A．builds B．will build C．is built D．will be built 2．—Mike, where is your father?
—He ________ to New York on business. He ________ the airport at five in the morning.
A．has gone; has left for B．has been; has left for
C．has gone; left for D．has been; left for
3．Unless _______ , he kept silent all the time.
A．spoken B．being spoken to C．spoken to D．speaking to 4．If you put a stone in the way of an ant, it will go around, over, under or on top, without stopping, until it finds a way to get ______ it needs to be.
A．what B．how C．which D．where
5．He suggested that the problems ______ paid special attention to.
A．referred to being B．refer to being C．referred to be D．referring to be
news from around the world.
A．Were there B．Had there been
C．If there are D．If there have been
7．—____________ that he didn’t dare to move an inch.
—So____________, and so ____________ you, were you in the dark.
A．So frightened was he; was he; would B．He was so frightened; he was; were C．So frightened was he; he was; would D．So frightened he was; was he; were
二、阅读理解
While I was jumping rope, my smartphone took a fall to the floor which created cracks (裂缝) on my screen. However, the music kept playing. 30 minutes later, I could see only one-tenth of my screen while the rest was black. The next morning, I decided not to use it for
24 hours. I felt a sense of calm that day, which led to my not using it for one week. One week ended up becoming 60 days in total without my smartphone.
Here are some advantages I noticed in this challenge.
-You'll become “bored”
Without my phone, I became bored, but my mind went through all kinds of topics, Boredom (无聊) is a perfect way to create new ideas on a business or project. When you are bored, you allow your mind to relax to reach all possibilities.
-You'll be able to reduce your “work” hours
A survey found that adults checked their smartphones 85 times a day, or once every 10 minutes. As I learned in my challenge, by not having my smartphone, I fell into deep work more easily, so I completed my tasks in a shorter time.
-You’ll improve your mental health
Without my phone, I avoided reading negative news and comments. While that helped make a big improvement in my mental health, the biggest reason for it was truly communicating with people. It brought me more connections with humans in the real world. I went to more dinners with friends and asked more questions to strangers.
8．What happened to the writer’s smartphone?
A．It was lost.B．It had no sound.
C．Its music stopped playing.D．Its screen was mostly black.
9．How long did the writer stop using the phone in the end?
A．For 24 hours.B．For one week.C．For one month.D．For sixty days. 10．Boredom is a good way for the writer________.
A．to create new ideas B．to start a business
C．to set up a project D．to relax the body
11．Without the smartphone, the writer could finish the work________.
A．more terribly B．more quickly C．more carelessly D．more
comfortably
12．What can improve people’s mental health according to the passage?
A．Chatting on the phone.B．Reading negative news.
C．Communicating in the real world.D．Avoiding meeting friends and strangers.
“Children, tomorrow I shall expect all of you to write compositions,” said a teacher of
Love Lane School. “Then, on Friday those who have done the best may stand up and read their compositions to the school.” Some of the children were pleased, and some were not. “What shall we write about?” they asked.
Some of them thought that “Home” was a good subject. Others liked “School”. One little boy chose “The Horse”. A little girl said she would write about “Summer”. The next day, every pupil except Henry Longfellow had written a composition.
“Well, then,” said the teacher, “you may take your notebook and go out behind the schoolhouse for half an hour. Think of something to write about, and write the word on your notebook. Then try to tell what it is, what it is like, what it is good for, and what is done with it. That is the way to write a composition.”
Henry took his notebook and went out. Just behind the schoolhouse was Mr. Finney’s barn. Quite close to the barn was a garden. And in the garden, Henry saw a turnip (萝卜).
“Well, I know what that is,” he said to himself and he wrote the word turnip on his notebook. Then he tried to tell what it was like, what it was good for, and what was done with it.
Within half an hour, he had written a very neat composition on his notebook. He then went into the house, and waited while the teacher read it.
The teacher was surprised and pleased. He said, “Henry Longfellow, you have done very well. Today you may stand up before the school and read what you have written about the turnip.”
Many years after that, some funny little poems about Mr. Finney’s turnip were printed in a newspaper. Some people said that they were what Henry Longfellow wrote on his notebook that day at school.
13．Some students were not pleased probably because________.
A．the teacher would not read their compositions B．they did worse than other students at school
C．they didn’t know what to write about the composition D．they would have no time to enjoy themselves at all
14．The second paragraph is mainly to tell us that________.
A．Henry was a lazy boy B．students wrote compositions on different topics
C．other students was cleverer than Henry D．Henry would like to stand outside alone
15．Why did the teacher ask Henry to stand behind the schoolhouse?
A．To write a composition.B．To punish him seriously.
C．To have a good time.D．To help Mr. Finney.
16．Which of the following statements is TRUE of Henry’s composition?
A．No one liked it.B．Its topic was very strange to people.
C．Henry wrote it especially for a newspaper.D．It was better than other students’ compositions.
17．We can learn from Henry’s story that________.
A．actions speak louder than words B．good works come from discovery of life C．all things are difficult before they are easy D．a friend without mistakes is never found
The world is full of screens. They are on TVs, computers and smartphones. Screens are at school, at home, and just about everywhere in between. The time people spend every day looking at screens is known as “screen time.” Most families have rules about how much time children can spend with screens. Why do they have rules? Are there good reasons to limit screen time?
In many ways, screens are helpful for communication and connecting with other people. Social media and video calls allow people to be always in touch with one another. ________By sharing and commenting on videos, photos, games or music, people can meet others who have similar interests.
However, some adults are worried that young people spend too much time on screens and not enough time meeting people in real life. As a result, they may not properly understand feelings or develop strong relationships.
Many kinds of screen time may be good for students. Students may use screen time to develop their skills in creating music or videos. They may even learn skills such as coding(编程) computer programs. When students use their screen time to do research online, they may meet people who are different from them or ideas they have never thought about before.
However, some researchers think that screens change how the brain processes information. Some have linked(连接) screen time to lower test scores or less attention time.
In the future, scientists will continue studying the effects of screen time. Parents will likely continue to make rules limiting screen time. Plenty of good things can come from all
this screen time, but it's a good idea for people to pay attention to how much time in a day they spend looking at a screen. They should know how screen time influences their health, relationships, and learning.
18．Choose the best sentence to fill in the blank “ ________” in Paragraph 2.
A．People create videos and photos with their screen time.
B．People spend too much time sharing photos and videos.
C．Screen time can also help people build new relationships.
D．Screen time encourages people to meet friends in real life.
19．Which group of screen-time activities would “coding”belong to?
A．Social media.B．Learning Skills.
C．Playing Games D．Researching online.
20．What's the author's opinion on screen time?
A．It should be increased.B．It should not be limited
C．It should be made good use of.D．It should not be allowed at school. 21．Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?
A．B．C．
D．
22．What would be the best title for the passage?
A．What Is Screen Time?B．Screen Time and Learning.
C．Screen Time: Good or Bad?D．Screen Time and Social Life.
Scientists at Purdue University created the world’s whitest paint — a discovery that not only adds yet another choice to the“which white should we paint this wall” dilemma, but also might help the climate crisis.
The paint was developed by Purdue mechanical engineering professor Xiulin Ruan and his team. It works through a passive cooling technology that offers great promises to reduce space cooling cost and global warming. “When we started this project seven years ago, we
had saving energy and fighting climate change in mind,”Ruan said in a podeast (播客) episode of This Is Purdue. They wanted to create a paint that would reflect sunlight away from a building, dramatically decreasing the need for air conditioning.
Heating, cooling, and lighting account for 28 percent of the world’s total greenhouse gas emissions. And overusing air conditioning can overwhelm a city’s power grid and cause blackouts (停电). In a Queens blackout in 2006,175,000 people were left without power, which lead to 40 deaths. This paint could effectively be an alternative to air conditioners in some places.
The paint reflects 98.1%of solar radiation while also giving out infrared (红外线的) heat. Because the paint takes in less heat from the sun than it gives out, a surface coated with this paint is cooled below the surrounding temperature without using power. Covering a roof area of 1,000 square feet with the paint could create 10 kilowatts ofcooling power, the researchers found.“That’s more powerful than the air conditioners used by most houses,”Ruan told This Is Purdue.
You can’t buy the paint just yet, but researchers are partnering with a company to put the paint on the market. While individual action to fight elimate change can help save our planet, it’s important to note that the vast majority of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions can be traced back to 100companies. Maybe we can douse(浇) those companies with this white paint, too — it could be worth a shot.
23．What is known about the paint?
A．It has different colors.B．It doesn’t cost much.
C．It uses heating technology.D．It is climate-friendly.
24．What is the Queens blackout mentioned to show?
A．The poor management of power.B．The significance of the paint.
C．The importance of air conditioning.D．The result of global warming. 25．Which aspect of the paint is talked about in Paragraph 4?
A．Its application.B．Its function.
C．Its composition.D．Its disadvantage.
26．What can be learned from the last paragraph?
A．The quality of the paint needs improving.
B．The paint will bring profits to the 100 companies.
C．Researchers want to see the paint in commercial use.
D．Individual efforts matter in creating the whitest paint.
Tetraplegic paticnts (those who can’t move their upper or lower body) are prisoners of their own bodies. Now a robot arm is to help them interact with their world. This research was completed by researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL). Professor Aude Billard and Jose del R. Millan worked together to create a computer program that can control a robot using electrical signals from a patient’s brain.
First, the user wears an EEG cap to have their electrical signals inside their brain scanned(扫描)effectively, which are then interpreted by the machine-learning algorithm (算法).The computer then sends signals to the robot arm to determine how it moves. As the robot arm performs a motion,the algorithm is looking to get feedback from the user when it makes a mistake: perhaps it moved too fast, or too violently. The end goal is that the robot can learn the right movements for a task in a given context. For example, you might want the arm to use a bit of force to throw a paper ball, but you might want it to be gentler when putting glass bottles.
In the team’s research, they trained the robot arm to pick up a glass. The arm would move towards the glass and the user’s brain would decide if they felt it was too close or too far away. The process is repeated until the robot understands the optimal route for the individual’s preference - not too close to be a risk but not so far away to waste movement.
“Training an algorithm to read brain waves in a consistent fashion was the most challenging part, because the brain is not only focused on the hand but also processing many other things,” said Millan. “This means our algorithm will never be 100 % accurate.”
The researchers hope to eventually use their algorithm to control wheelchairs, which would allow people in wheelchairs to have greater control over their movements, speeds and general safety. However, this does require consistency over time to the algorithm. 27．Which paragraph mentions the working process?
A．Paragraph 1.B．Paragraph 2.C．Paragraph 3.D．Paragraph 4. 28．What does the underlined word “optimal” in paragraph 3 mean?
A．Indirect.B．Best.C．Regular.D．Alternative. 29．How can the accuracy of reading brain waves be improved?
A．By controlling people’s brain.B．By ensuring general safety.
C．By processing other information.D．By gaining data continuously.
30．What could be the best title of the text?
A．This robot arm can read your mind.
B．Robot arms control your movement.
C．Algorithm finds cure for the disabled.
D．Machine-learning algorithm can train robots.
Sitting in the garden for my friend’s birthday. I felt a buzz (振动) in my pocket. My heart raced when I saw the email sender’s name. The email started off: “Dear Mr Green, thank you for your interest” and “the review process took longer than expected.” It ended with “We are sorry to inform you…”and my vision blurred (模糊). The position—measuring soil quality in the Sahara Desert as part of an undergraduate research programme — had felt like the answer I had spent years looking for.
I had put so much time and emotional energy into applying, and I thought the rejection meant the end of the road for my science career.
So I was shocked when, not long after the email, Professor Mary Devon, who was running the programme, invited me to observe the work being done in her lab. I jumped at the chance, and a few weeks later I was equally shocked—and overjoyed—when she invited me to talk with her about potential projects I could pursue in her lab. What she proposed didn’t seem as exciting as the original project I had applied to, but I was going to give it my all.
I found myself working with a robotics professor on techniques for collecting data from the desert remotely. That project, which I could complete from my sofa instead of in the burning heat of the desert, not only survived the lockdown but worked where traditional methods didn’t. In the end, I had a new scientific interest to pursue.
When I applied to graduate school, I found three programmes promising to allow me to follow my desired research direction. And I applied with the same anxious excitement as before. When I was rejected from one that had seemed like a perfect fit, it was undoubtedly difficult. But this time I had the perspective (视角) to keep it from sending me into panic. It helped that in the end I was accepted into one of the other programmes I was also excited about.
Rather than setting plans in stone, I’ve learned that sometimes I need to take the opportunities that are offered, even if they don’t sound perfect at the time, and make the most of them.
31．How did the author feel upon seeing the email sender’s name?
A．Anxious.B．Angry.C．Surprised.D．Settled. 32．After talking with Professor Devon, the author decided to ________.
A．criticise the review process B．stay longer in the Sahara Desert
C．apply to the original project again D．put his heart and soul into the lab work 33．According to the author, the project with the robotics professor was ________.
A．demanding B．inspiring C．misleading D．amusing 34．What can we learn from this passage?
A．An invitation is a reputation.B．An innovation is a resolution.
C．A rejection can be a redirection.D．A reflection can be a restriction.
What is life? Like most great questions, this one is easy to ask but difficult to answer. The reason is simple: we know of just one type of life and it’s challenging to do science with a sample size of one. The field of artificial life-called ALife for short — is the systematic attempt to spell out life’s fundamental principles. Many of these practitioners, so-called ALifers, think that somehow making life is the surest way to really understand what life is.
So far no one has convincingly made artificial life. This track record makes ALife a ripe target for criticism, such as declarations of the field’s doubtful scientific value. Alan Smith, a complexity scientist, is tired of such complaints. Asking about “the point” of ALife might be, well, missing the point entirely, he says. “The existence of a living system is not about the use of anything.” Alan says. “Some people ask me, ‘So what’s the worth of artificial life?’ Do you ever think, ‘What is the worth of your grandmother?’”
As much as many ALifers hate emphasizing their research’s applications, the attempts to create artificial life could have practical payoffs. Artificial intelligence may be considered ALife’s cousin in that researchers in both fields are enamored by a concept called open-ended evolution (演化). This is the capacity for a system to create essentially endless complexity, to be a sort of “novelty generator”. The only system known to exhibit this is Earth’s biosphere. If the field of ALife manages to reproduce life’s endless “creativity” in some virtual model, those same principles could give rise to truly inventive machines.
Compared with the developments of Al, advances in ALife are harder to recognize. One reason is that ALife is a field in which the central concept — life itself — is undefined. The lack of agreement among ALifers doesn’t help either. The result is a diverse line of projects
that each advance along their unique paths. For better or worse, ALife mirrors the very subject it studies. Its muddled (混乱的) progression is a striking parallel (平行线) to the evolutionary struggles that have shaped Earth biosphere.
Undefined and uncontrolled, ALife drives its followers to repurpose old ideas and generated novelty. It may be, of course, that these characteristics aren’t in any way surprising or singular. They may apply universally to all acts of evolution. Ultimately ALife may be nothing special. But even this dismissal suggests something：perhaps, just like life itself throughout the universe, the rise of ALife will prove unavoidable.
35．Regarding Alan Smith’s defence of ALife, the author is .
A．supportive B．puzzled C．unconcerned D．doubtful 36．What does the word “enamored” underlined in Paragraph 3 most probably mean?
A．Shocked.B．Protected.C．Attracted.D．Challenged. 37．What can we learn from this passage?
A．ALife holds the key to human future.B．ALife and AI share a common feature.
C．AI mirrors the developments of ALife.D．AI speeds up the process of human
evolution.
38．Which would be the best title for the passage?
A．Life Is Undefined. Can AI Be a Way Out?
B．Life Evolves. Can AI Help ALife Evolve, Too?
C．Life Is Undefined. Can ALife Be Defined One Day?
D．Life Evolves. Can Attempts to Create ALife Evolve, Too?
三、完形填空
One day, a baby snail found that he had to carry a big and heavy
shell at any time. He didn’t 39 why it was, so he went up to his mother and asked, “Why was I born with a shell that grew so 40 and heavy?” His mother said, “Because we don’t have 41 to hold us up. We can only move slowly, so we need a shell to 42 us.”
The baby snail asked again, “The caterpillar (毛毛虫) has no bones, and she can’t move
quickly either. Why can she 43 without a shell?” The mother snail answered, “That’s because a caterpillar will become a butterfly. She can 44 high into the sky. The sky can protect her. ”
The baby snail had one more 45 , “But the earthworm moves like us. He has no bones and he won’t turn into a butterfly. Why doesn’t he carry a hard and heavy shell?” His mother said, “He can dig a hole and hide in the 46 , and then the earth can protect him.”
The baby snail then cried, “We are so 47 ! We have no protection from the sky or from the ground!” His mother smiled at him. “That’s why we have a shell. My dear, imagine that if we don’t have the shells, what will happen to you? Hot sun will dry out our bodies and we’ll have nowhere to sleep. What’s more, we’ll die in the heavy rain. How 48 it is! We don’t depend on the sky or the ground for protection. We should depend on ourselves.”
39．A．know B．expect C．think
40．A．tall B．hard C．fast
41．A．feet B．legs C．bones 42．A．protect B．attract C．guide
43．A．grow B．live C．breathe
44．A．fly B．jump C．circle 45．A．answer B．question C．requirement 46．A．sea B．sky C．ground 47．A．sleepy B．poor C．confident 48．A．amazing B．boring C．terrible
My father was raised in a fatherless home at a time when government assistance (帮助) was unheard of. The family of five struggled hard to 49 , which caused my father to be extremely mean with his money.
When we children—two older brothers and myself—asked him for some money, his face turned cold, saying “If you are old enough to ask, you are old enough to 50 ”. So when the need 51 , we tried to seek jobs in the neighborhood or sell produce from the garden.
His attitude didn’t soften as we grew into adulthood and went to jobs or college. Since none of us had a car, we had to ride the bus whenever we came home. Though the bus
stopped about two miles from home, father never 52 us, even in 53 weather. If someone 54 , he would say, "That’s what your legs are for!” For me, the walk didn’t bother me as much as the 55 of walking alone along the highway and country roads. I also felt that my father didn’t seem concerned about my safety. That feeling disappeared one spring evening.
It had been an extremely 56 week at college. Tests and long hours in labs had left me 57 . I longed for home and a soft bed. As other students were met at their stops, I gazed 58 out of the window. Finally, the bus stopped at my destination. I stepped off and walked home with my luggage.
A row of hedge (树篱笆) edged the driveway that climbed the hill to our house. Once I turned off (走下) the highway and saw the hedge, I was always 59 because it meant that I was almost home. On that particular evening, the hedge had just come into 60 when I saw a(an) 61 moving toward the house along the top of the hedge. Upon closer 62 , I realized it was my father. Then I knew each time I came home, he stood 63 the hedge, watching until he knew I had arrived safely. I swallowed hard against the tears. He did care, after all.
49．A．process B．transform C．survive D．exist 50．A．worry B．spend C．earn D．print 51．A．happened B．arose C．passed D．counted 52．A．met B．hugged C．welcomed D．greeted 53．A．pleasant B．bad C．mild D．agreeable 54．A．questioned B．complained C．hesitated D．suspected 55．A．boredom B．delight C．warmth D．fear 56．A．colorful B．stressful C．wonderful D．sorrowful 57．A．awkward B．embarrassed C．ashamed D．exhausted 58．A．eagerly B．happily C．curiously D．crazily 59．A．frightened B．inspired C．relieved D．astonished 60．A．effect B．life C．being D．view 61．A．figure B．statue C．sculpture D．character 62．A．examination B．observation C．inspection D．experience 63．A．before B．above C．behind D．off
四、用单词的适当形式完成短文
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。

The power of Chinese emperors rose and fell with their control of the Grand Canal. Today, this waterway is shorter than it was once, 64 it is still the longest man-made river in the world. 65 (important), the Grand Canal continues to provide a vital cultural and economic link for modern China.
The original Canal system began around the year 605, 66 China’s emperor Yang realized that he needed a better way to move food and feed his army, so the emperor ordered the construction of the first section of the Grand Canal, 67 (connect) those existing canals, lakes and rivers.
For more than a thousand years, goods 68 (transport) along the Grand Canal. Even today the country’s watery highway plays an important economic role in China. Boats continue to carry tons of coal, food and other goods 69 Hangzhou and Jining. However, local governments eager to increase 70 (tour) and city development have torn down almost all of the older canal-side buildings. In 2005 a group of citizens proposed that the historic Grand Canal be made 71 UNESCO world heritage site, hoping this status would protect both the waterway and the architecture around it. With UNESCO status officially 72 (grant) in 2014, the world’s greatest engineering accomplishments continue to link north and south China for 73 (century) to come.
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。

For me, nothing is more satisfying74 discovering hidden gems (珍宝) in 75 secondhand shop. 76 all, one person’s trash is another person’s treasure.
Two years ago, I came across a collection of dusty photos. I thought, if these were 77 (I), or my family’s, I’d want someone to return them to me, so I made it my goal to do so for others.
I’ve since visited secondhand shops 78 (week), and have accumulated more than 50, 000 of these items. I organize them in big boxes all over my house in New York. Photographs, home movies, undeveloped films, photo albums — you name it, I’ve collected it.
I’ve also set up a social media account to help reunite items with their owners or other
family members. The quickest we’ve been able to find an owner is within two minutes. Someone commented below a photo I posted, “I think that’s my child’s preschool teacher. ” The longest we’ve taken to find someone is four months, but I’m proud that we still made it. There are 79 (thousand) of photos that have yet to be reunited. 80 social media, this project would not be possible.
People are often quite emotional when we get in touch — most of these items are 81 (lose) after a house move or a family death. Sometimes people donate a camera to a charity shop and forget to take the memory card out.
We once 82 (manage) to reunite a family with pictures from 1943, which was special. I found a can containing two rolls of film at a shop. One of my followers found a family on a heritage site, and their old photographs looked similar to the ones I found. We contacted them, and they confirmed their ancestors were in the photographs. They were extremely grateful and said that a family member had recently moved out of New York, which is probably how the film ended up at a secondhand store.
I’d love to create a building to hold all these memories. I want every photo and video to be digitized so they can be preserved online. I’m bringing together a team to return the photos to their owners. 83 , I am still working on it though we are short of money. Maybe one day, I can realize my dream.
五、开放性作文
84．查理•卓别林成功背后除了天赋还有乐观的精神、顽强的意志力。

你认为成功的秘诀有哪些《中山日报》英文专刊以“成功的秘诀”为题向中学生开展征文活动，请你用英语写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：
①你认为什么是成功；
①举一个关于你自己或家人、朋友、名人等取得成功的事例；
①你认为获取成功的秘诀有哪些（至少两点）。

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不能照抄原文；不得在作文中出现学校的真实名称和考生的真实姓名。

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