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湖南省邵阳市邵东市第四中学2023-2024学年高二下学期4月期中英语试题（原卷版+解析版）
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这是一份湖南省邵阳市邵东市第四中学2023-2024学年高二下学期4月期中英语试题（原卷版+解析版），文件包含湖南省邵阳市邵东市第四中学2023-2024学年高二下学期4月期中英语试题原卷版docx、湖南省邵阳市邵东市第四中学2023-2024学年高二下学期4月期中英语试题解析版docx等2份试卷配套教学资源，其中试卷共35页， 欢迎下载使用。
第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。
1. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
What is the wman ding?
A. Driving a bus.B. Asking fr directins.C. Giving a guided tur.
2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
When will the man prbably arrive in New Yrk City?
A. At 2:45 pm.B. At 3:00 pm.C. At 5:00 pm.
3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
Where des the wman think she lst her mbile phne?
A. In the car.B. In the ffice.C. In the supermarket.
4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
Wh is the wman prbably?
A. A dctr.B. A cach.C. A waitress.
5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
What are the speakers talking abut?
A. Where t eat.B. What t eat.C. Hw t ck.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
6. What will the man prbably d befre the university begins?
A. G traveling.B. D sme reading.C. Take a part-time jb.
7. What des the man think f the wman’s hliday?
A. It will be exciting.B. It will be busy.C. It will be bring.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
8. Where des the cnversatin prbably take place?
A. In a stre.B. In an art museum.C. In a classrm.
9. What is the wman ging t d first?
A. Lk thrugh the list.B. Cmpare the tw pictures.C. Visit anther rm.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
10. What is the prblem with the machine?
A. Smene brke it.B. Smething was stuck in it.C. Sme buttns were ld.
11. Wh des the wman advise the man t turn t?
A. The shp assistant.B. The pliceman.C. The repairman.
12. What will the man d next?
A. Rck the machine.B. Use anther machine.C. Call the number n the machine.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
13. When did Liz take up gymnastics?
A. At age 7.B. At age 8.C. At age 9.
14. What did Liz’s mther d t supprt her?
A. She gave up her career.
B. She mved t a new huse.
C. She put her favrite sprt n hld.
15. What is Liz mst likely t d in the future?
A. Wrk fr a charity.B. Becme a sprts trainer.C. Wrk in the media.
16. What des the wman say makes Liz succeed?
A. Her physical skill.B. Her ability t learn.C. Her strng determinatin.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
17. What is Frbes’ first advice?
A. T keep a screcard.B. T annunce yur dream.C. T develp tiny habits.
18. Why des Frbes suggest keeping a screcard?
A. T recrd yur prgress.
B. T cmpare with yur partner.
C. T create a sense f cmpletin.
19. What is Frbes’ attitude tward annuncing yur gals?
A. Supprtive.B. Uncncerned.C. Disapprving.
20. What des Victr say is helpful t achieve difficult gals?
A. Finding scial supprt.B. Setting brad gals.C. Keeping the gals t yurself.
第二部分阅读理解(共15题，每题2.5分，共37.5分)
A
Family Kayaking
Price: £37 Adult; £21 Child (8-16 Years)
Dates: April-Octber
This activity is designed as a first-time kayaking (皮划艇) experience r fr thse with little water cnfidence. During this fun activity yu’ ll learn the basics, try ut the kit, g n a tur f the Beaulieu River with yur trusty guide and maybe play a game r tw alng the way. A range f bat ptins will be available t chse frm. Children under 12 will be required t take part n a duble kayak with an adult. This activity is fr thse f 8 years and lder.
What’s Included?
*Full intrductin t the equipment and its use
*Up t 90 minutes f fun, learning and explratin
*Varius kayaks t chse frm (weight limit 150kg)
*Qualified cach n hand t supprt yu
*Discuss yur next steps and further kayaking ptins
*Tilets and changing rms available
We can run extra activities at a time t suit yu. If yu can’t easily find the date yu’re after please cntact the ffice and we will be happy t help. We’re cnfident that what we d is excellent and prvides real value fr mney. Hwever, if fr any reasn we let yu dwn, yu’ ll be eligible (有资格) fr ur 100% satisfactin guarantee and we’ll give yur mney back, n questins asked.
21. Hw much shuld an adult with a 9-year-ld child pay fr the activity?
A. £21.B. £37.C. £58.D. £74.
22. What is required f children under 12?
A. Being gd at swimming.
B. Learning the basics in advance.
C. Being accmpanied by an adult.
D. Attending an extra 90-minute activity.
23. What can yu d if yu are dissatisfied with the service?
A. Get yur mney back.
B. Cmplain t the ffice.
C. Ask fr an extra guided tur by a qualified cach.
D. Discuss yur further kayaking ptins with yur guide.
B
I had been ff wrk fr twelve weeks after the birth f ur secnd child. Yu might think that maternity leave (产假) wuld be abut the new baby, and fr the first few weeks that was prbably the case. But my maternity leave turned int a magical vacatin with my three-year-ld.
Every week we tried t g n a special trip that wuld create memries fr us. But the daily activities, such as trips t the stre and after-dinner walks, were what made the days s special. Wh wuld have realized the beauty f the mment when that small hand reached uncnsciusly (无意识地) up fr yurs? And als the pride yu felt as yu gt t see the grwth f yur child’s mind.
The last week that I was ff, I had been trying t help prepare her, and myself fr the end f my leave. I wuld mentin that I wuld be ging t wrk and she wuld get t stay with Daddy. Smetimes she wuld ask why I had t return t wrk. I said that I needed t earn mney t pay fr the huse and the car and fd.
Tday, we were headed t the grcery stre. Part f ur stre ritual (习惯) was t take a little change with us t buy a lemnade (柠檬味汽水) t share.
As she was climbing int the car t g, she fund a quarter n the flr and shuted excitedly, “Oh, I will buy a huse and car with it.”
I was surprised and asked, “Why?”
She stated, “S yu dn’t have t g back t wrk, Mmmy.”
She was quiet n the way t the stre. S was I. When we gt there, I cllected a secnd quarter frm the car and handed it t her fr ur lemnade. She fed the quarter I had given her int the machine, but kept the ne she had fund clenched (攥住) in her hand.
I explained t her that we didn’t have enugh mney t buy a lemnade withut the ther quarter. But she wuldn’t give up that quarter. And she was perfectly cheerful nt having her special treat that day because the quarter she had fund had a higher purpse.
24. What did the authr d during her maternity leave?
A. She stayed at hme all the time.
B. She devted herself t her new baby.
C. She made plans fr a magical vacatin.
D. She spent a lt f time with her lder child.
25. Which f the fllwing best describes the authr’s life during her maternity leave?
A. Happy.B. Bring.C. Easy.D. Lnely.
26. Why was the authr quiet n the way t the stre?
A. She was wrried abut her new jb.
B. She was mved by her daughter’s wrds.
C. She wanted t give full attentin t driving.
D. She tried t remember where she’d lst her mney.
27. What did the authr’s daughter finally d with the mney she had fund?
A. She bught a ty car.
B. She gave it t smene in need.
C. She treated her mther t a lemnade.
D She kept it t buy smething imprtant.
C
Is it OK t kill time? Machines used t find this questin difficult t answer. But a new study shws’ that artificial intelligence (AI) can be prgrammed t judge right frm wrng.
“We shw that machines can learn abut ur mral values,”says Dr. Patrick Schramwski, authr f this study, based at the Darmstadt University f Technlgy, Germany.
“There is general agreement that AI research is prgressing rapidly and that AI’s influence n sciety is likely t increase,” Schramwski reprts. “Frm self-driving cars t health care, AI systems deal with increasingly cmplex (复杂的) human tasks in increasingly autnmus ways. It is imprtant t carry ut research in this area s that we can trust the decisins they make.”
Schramwski’s AI system is named the Mral Chice Machine (MCM). He and his team trained it with sets f newspapers, articles, and ther texts that appeared between the years 1510 and 2009.
Once the scientists had trained the MCM it accepted the mral values f the given text. When asked whether ne may steal mney, harm animals r kill a living being, it will answer “N.” But if yu ask “Shuld I kill time?” it will tell yu it’s kay. Because it has understd that the behavir means n harm. Yu will generally get a reasnable answer frm the machine.
“The MCM did this nt by repeating the text it fund,” reprts Schramwski. “It culd tell the difference between cntextual infrmatin prvided in a questin.”
Furthermre, the study shws that the machine takes up mral values indicative f the time and kind f sciety the written surces cme frm, shwing the changing scial nrms (准则) ver ages.
Fr example, when they limited its training data t news articles frm 2008 t 2009, the AI system favred wrk and schl ver family life. But when it culd nly explre news frm the late eighties and nineties, it favred marriage and parenting.
28. What des Schramwski mainly talk abut in paragraph 3?
A. Their research methds.B. AI systems’ bright future.
C. The great value f their study.D. The difficulties f AI research.
29. Hw did the researchers train the MCM?
A. They let it repeat mral stries.
B. They shwed it many kind acts.
C. They ffered it a lt f written material.
D. They talked with it abut decisin-making.
30. What can the MCM d after training?
A. Imprve scial rules.
B. Tell right frm wrng.
C. Help humans make decisins.
D. Create texts abut mral values.
31. What can we learn frm the example in the last paragraph?
A. Scial values change ver time.
B. Technlgy shuld be used wisely.
C. AI systems have their wn limitatins.
D. It’s hard fr machines t make mral chices.
D
Off the cast f nrtheastern Queensland, Australia, near Magnetic Island in Flrence Bay, the Great Barrier Reef crals (大堡礁珊瑚) are having a baby bm (激增).
“Every year there are mre anrd mre cral babies,” says Hillary Smith, an eclgist at ames Ck University in Australia.
That’s thanks t a simple but effective strategy fr cleaning the regin’s cral reefs: “seaweeding”. Like weeding (给……除杂草) a garden, seaweeding invlves pulling big handfuls f large algae (水藻) ff reefs and taking them away.
Experts say getting climate change under cntrl is key t keeping the wrld’s reefs healthy. But meanwhile, lcal effrts such as seaweeding can help crals grw and reduce the effects f climate change.
The health f cral reefs arund the wrld is dire: By 2050, 95 percent f the wrld’s cral culd experience heat stress, accrding t a 2020 reprt by the Glbal Cral Reef Mnitring Netwrk. Algae is a big prblem: Already, algae cver has increased n tw-thirds f reefs arund the wrld, and ne study published in 2021 shwed that half the wrld’s cral reefs have died since the 1950s. Remving seaweed frm reefs requires a great deal f wrk but is nt cmplex, making it a gd prject fr citizen scientists eager t help restre (恢复) reefs.
When the prject first began in 2018 Smith says researchers weren’t sure if remving seaweed wuld benefit the reef r if remval might have the ppsite effect in sme way. But nw, “It’s all lking really psitive fr the reef,” she says.
Vlunteers are ready and waiting t help near Twnsville and at ther affected Australian reefs, says the Earthwatch Institute’s Fina Wilsn.“We need lts f willing hands t remve seaweed. It takes weeks f time,”she says. “But bviusly recvery f the Great Barrier Reef is a passin fr many peple, s we draw vlunteers.”
32. What cntributed t the grwth f the Great Barrier Reef crals in Flrence Bay?
A. Lcal effrts t remve seaweed.B. Reduced effects f climate change.
C. Fewer human activities in the regin.D. The use f new restratin technlgies.
33 What des the underlined wrd “dire” in paragraph 5 mean?
A. Strange.B. Acceptable.C. Excellent.D. Terrible.
34. Hw did researchers feel abut the prject at first?
A. They were hpeful f it.B. They were excited abut it.
C. They were uncertain abut it.D. They were uninterested in it.
35. What des Wilsn say abut the recvery f the Great Barrier Reef?
A. It is still a lng way ff.B. It is less difficult than thught.
C. It will take hard wrk and skill.D. It attracts and needs vlunteers.
七选五(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
Lking dwn at yur phne r laptp can cause nging neck pain. When yu hld this psture (姿势) fr lng perids f time, yu may develp a repetitive stress injury r muscle strain. This is cmmnly referred t as tech neck. ___36___ Here are a few simple steps yu can take t prevent the pain:
___37___
Hld yur phne up clse t eye level t avid tipping yur head frward r bending yur neck dwn. If yur arms get tired frm hlding the screen higher, buy a hlder t elevate yur device r rest yur elbws (肘部) n a tabletp t supprt yur arms cmfrtably.
Take breaks ften.
If yu have t lk at a screen fr an extended perid f time, take breaks. ___38___ Use these breaks t change yur psture and mve arund, keeping yur muscles lse and spine (脊柱) straight.
Sit in a chair with a headrest.
The design f yur chair can help yu maintain a crrect psture and avid tech neck. Switch t a chair that has a headrest and keep the back f yur head against the headrest while yu use yur screen. ___39___
Strengthen and stretch yur muscles.
___40___ T prevent these imbalances, it helps t strengthen and stretch yur chest, neck, and upper back muscles. Keeping these muscles in gd shape helps supprt the weight f yur head and minimize strain n yur spine.
Try all r sme f the abve methds and see which nes wrk fr yu. If yur neck pain symptms dn’t imprve, it may be time t seek help frm a qualified health prfessinal.
A. Raise yur screen higher.
B. Use pain as a warning sign.
C. It can be avided by changing a few habits.
D. Chse an aerbic activity that desn’t cause neck pain.
E. Develp a habit f taking a 2 r 3-minute break every half hur.
F. Over time, muscle imbalances can develp due t lng-term head-frward psture.
G. Hlding yur head in this psitin will prevent yu frm lking dwn with yur neck bent frward.
第三部分完形填空(共15题，每题1分，满分15分)
As the yungest kid in the family, I used t be tld, “N, d it this way.”I knew my family members were all trying t ___41___ me. But I didn’t like feeling ___42___ all the time.
One weekend, I went t help Grandpa with ___43___. Grandpa had flattened ut ne side f the green bush with a pair f shears(大剪刀) and tld me t ___44___ the ther side. He ___45___ t watch, but I didn’t d anything. I was ___46___ f ding it the wrng way. “I can d it by myself, ”I said. Grandpa said he wuld cme back t ___47___ me. When he was gne, I ___48___ the big shears t cut the branches, but ___49___. I wanted t cry.
Then I tk a pair f regular scissrs and cut the bush. Little branches fell t the grund. I tk a step back t ____50____ my wrk. The bush lked flat and neat n my side. Grandpa came back. He lked at the side he had cut, then back at mine. “Yur side lks ____51____ than mine, he said.
I was ____52____. ”Yu mean my way isn’t wrng?“
”N. Yur way wrks just fine,“ Grandpa said.
I was s happy my ____53____ was right this time. As I grew up I realized learning frm ther peple didn’t necessarily mean having t always ____54____ them. It is kay t d things a little ____55____. Being different is fine.
41. A. blameB. trustC. teachD. ask
42. A. cnfusedB. threatenedC. strangeD. wrng
43. A. planningB. gardeningC. ckingD. cleaning
44. A. cverB. replaceC. watchD. cut
45. A. waitedB. frgtC. happenedD. prmised
46. A. prudB. awareC. afraidD. sure
47. A. lk afterB. depend nC. g afterD. check n
48. A. sharedB. liftedC. exchangedD. imprved
49. A. failedB. endedC. refusedD. mattered
50. A. rememberB. supprtC. examineD. cntinue
51. A. betterB. tallerC. greenerD. mre
52. A. nervusB. determinedC. upsetD. surprised
53. A. mdelB. wayC. trackD. wrd
54. A. praiseB. cpyC. greetD. persuade
55. A. frmallyB. safelyC. slwlyD. differently
语法填空(共10题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式
Ggle added 24 languages t its translatin service, ____56____ (bring) the ttal number t 133. Ggle Translate is a very ____57____ (value) and necessary tl. It quickly translates wrds and texts int ther languages. The 24 new languages are spken by mre than 300 millin peple.
Amng them are indigenus (本地的) languages f the Americas. Ggle ____58____ (start) its first translatin service in 2006. Since then, ____59____ number f languages has cntinually increased. Ggle said it still has a lng way ____60____ (g). All ver the wrld, there are abut 7,000 languages ____61____ are nt n Translate
Translate needs a lt f linguistic data (语言数据) t supprt a language. Ggle____62____ (recent) explained hw new technlgy helped t add the new languages. It said: “Up until a cuple f ____63____ (year) ag, it was nt technlgically pssible t add languages like these, which are what we call a lw resurce (资源) — meaning that there are nt very many text resurces fr them.” Ggle hpes t supprt languages ____64____ (use) by large ppulatins. It als wants t fcus ____65____ indigenus languages that are ften verlked (忽视) by technlgy.
第四部分作文
第一节小作文(满分15分)
66. 假定你是李华，你们班将于下周日去市艺术馆观展。请你给外教Martin写一封邮件，邀请他一同前往，内容包括：
1.写邮件的目的;2.活动介绍;3.期待回复。
注意：写作词数应为80左右。
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第二节大作文 读后续写 (满分25分)
67. 阅读下面材料，根据内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Every day after their classes, the children at Tm’s schl rushed t the schl playgrund t spend sme time there befre their parents picked them up. Eventually, everyne wuld be gne, except Tm. Every day, Tm waited until the playgrund was empty, after which he cleaned it by picking up trash (垃圾), thrwing it in trash cans, and sweeping the whle play area.
One day, Tm’s science teacher, Mrs. Petersn, happened t see the whle thing. She was cnfused as t why Tm was ding that as the schl already had a cleaner wh cleaned the playgrund in the evenings. She decided t find ut what was ging n. “Hell, Tm,” she greeted him with a big smile n her face. “What are yu ding here n yur wn at this hur?”
“Hell, Mrs. Petersn,” Tm replied. “I’m cleaning the playgrund because it’s dirty. The ther kids litter everywhere, but they never clean it.” “Oh, hw awful!” Mrs. Petersn exclaimed (喊道). “I’ll make sure they dn’t d that again, Tm,” she added gently. “Yu are nt suppsed t clean up after them. It’s late, s yu shuld g hme.”
“I can’t g hme until I finish cleaning, Mrs. Petersn,” Tm said slwly, his head bent and his eyes fixed n the grund. “I want t help the cleaner because I feel bad fr him. My mm als wrks as a cleaner and she cmes back late frm wrk. I want t spend time with my mm,but she says she has t wrk mre hurs t prvide fr us,” Tm cntinued. “That’s why I feel srry fr the cleaner wh cleans ur playgrund children must be waiting fr him just like I wait fr my mm.”
Tm’s wrds left Mrs. Petersn teary-eyed. She smehw hid her tears in frnt f him, but deep dwn, the little by’s act had mved her. “D yu realize hw special and amazing yu are, Tm? Yur mther raised yu very well,” she said, praising him.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
“But I have a better idea f hw we can help the cleaner!” Mrs. Petersn added.
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Sn, with the headmaster’s supprt, the clean-up event was rganized.
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第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。
1. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
What is the wman ding?
A. Driving a bus.B. Asking fr directins.C. Giving a guided tur.
2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
When will the man prbably arrive in New Yrk City?
A. At 2:45 pm.B. At 3:00 pm.C. At 5:00 pm.
3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
Where des the wman think she lst her mbile phne?
A. In the car.B. In the ffice.C. In the supermarket.
4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
Wh is the wman prbably?
A. A dctr.B. A cach.C. A waitress.
5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
What are the speakers talking abut?
A. Where t eat.B. What t eat.C. Hw t ck.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
6. What will the man prbably d befre the university begins?
A. G traveling.B. D sme reading.C. Take a part-time jb.
7. What des the man think f the wman’s hliday?
A. It will be exciting.B. It will be busy.C. It will be bring.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
8. Where des the cnversatin prbably take place?
A. In a stre.B. In an art museum.C. In a classrm.
9. What is the wman ging t d first?
A. Lk thrugh the list.B. Cmpare the tw pictures.C. Visit anther rm.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
10. What is the prblem with the machine?
A. Smene brke it.B. Smething was stuck in it.C. Sme buttns were ld.
11. Wh des the wman advise the man t turn t?
A. The shp assistant.B. The pliceman.C. The repairman.
12. What will the man d next?
A. Rck the machine.B. Use anther machine.C. Call the number n the machine.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
13. When did Liz take up gymnastics?
A. At age 7.B. At age 8.C. At age 9.
14. What did Liz’s mther d t supprt her?
A. She gave up her career.
B. She mved t a new huse.
C. She put her favrite sprt n hld.
15. What is Liz mst likely t d in the future?
A. Wrk fr a charity.B. Becme a sprts trainer.C. Wrk in the media.
16. What des the wman say makes Liz succeed?
A. Her physical skill.B. Her ability t learn.C. Her strng determinatin.
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17. What is Frbes’ first advice?
A. T keep a screcard.B. T annunce yur dream.C. T develp tiny habits.
18. Why des Frbes suggest keeping a screcard?
A. T recrd yur prgress.
B. T cmpare with yur partner.
C. T create a sense f cmpletin.
19. What is Frbes’ attitude tward annuncing yur gals?
A. Supprtive.B. Uncncerned.C. Disapprving.
20. What des Victr say is helpful t achieve difficult gals?
A. Finding scial supprt.B. Setting brad gals.C. Keeping the gals t yurself.
第二部分阅读理解(共15题，每题2.5分，共37.5分)
A
Family Kayaking
Price: £37 Adult; £21 Child (8-16 Years)
Dates: April-Octber
This activity is designed as a first-time kayaking (皮划艇) experience r fr thse with little water cnfidence. During this fun activity yu’ ll learn the basics, try ut the kit, g n a tur f the Beaulieu River with yur trusty guide and maybe play a game r tw alng the way. A range f bat ptins will be available t chse frm. Children under 12 will be required t take part n a duble kayak with an adult. This activity is fr thse f 8 years and lder.
What’s Included?
*Full intrductin t the equipment and its use
*Up t 90 minutes f fun, learning and explratin
*Varius kayaks t chse frm (weight limit 150kg)
*Qualified cach n hand t supprt yu
*Discuss yur next steps and further kayaking ptins
*Tilets and changing rms available
We can run extra activities at a time t suit yu. If yu can’t easily find the date yu’re after please cntact the ffice and we will be happy t help. We’re cnfident that what we d is excellent and prvides real value fr mney. Hwever, if fr any reasn we let yu dwn, yu’ ll be eligible (有资格) fr ur 100% satisfactin guarantee and we’ll give yur mney back, n questins asked.
21. Hw much shuld an adult with a 9-year-ld child pay fr the activity?
A. £21.B. £37.C. £58.D. £74.
22. What is required f children under 12?
A. Being gd at swimming.
B. Learning the basics in advance.
C. Being accmpanied by an adult.
D. Attending an extra 90-minute activity.
23. What can yu d if yu are dissatisfied with the service?
A. Get yur mney back.
B. Cmplain t the ffice.
C. Ask fr an extra guided tur by a qualified cach.
D. Discuss yur further kayaking ptins with yur guide.
B
I had been ff wrk fr twelve weeks after the birth f ur secnd child. Yu might think that maternity leave (产假) wuld be abut the new baby, and fr the first few weeks that was prbably the case. But my maternity leave turned int a magical vacatin with my three-year-ld.
Every week we tried t g n a special trip that wuld create memries fr us. But the daily activities, such as trips t the stre and after-dinner walks, were what made the days s special. Wh wuld have realized the beauty f the mment when that small hand reached uncnsciusly (无意识地) up fr yurs? And als the pride yu felt as yu gt t see the grwth f yur child’s mind.
The last week that I was ff, I had been trying t help prepare her, and myself fr the end f my leave. I wuld mentin that I wuld be ging t wrk and she wuld get t stay with Daddy. Smetimes she wuld ask why I had t return t wrk. I said that I needed t earn mney t pay fr the huse and the car and fd.
Tday, we were headed t the grcery stre. Part f ur stre ritual (习惯) was t take a little change with us t buy a lemnade (柠檬味汽水) t share.
As she was climbing int the car t g, she fund a quarter n the flr and shuted excitedly, “Oh, I will buy a huse and car with it.”
I was surprised and asked, “Why?”
She stated, “S yu dn’t have t g back t wrk, Mmmy.”
She was quiet n the way t the stre. S was I. When we gt there, I cllected a secnd quarter frm the car and handed it t her fr ur lemnade. She fed the quarter I had given her int the machine, but kept the ne she had fund clenched (攥住) in her hand.
I explained t her that we didn’t have enugh mney t buy a lemnade withut the ther quarter. But she wuldn’t give up that quarter. And she was perfectly cheerful nt having her special treat that day because the quarter she had fund had a higher purpse.
24. What did the authr d during her maternity leave?
A. She stayed at hme all the time.
B. She devted herself t her new baby.
C. She made plans fr a magical vacatin.
D. She spent a lt f time with her lder child.
25. Which f the fllwing best describes the authr’s life during her maternity leave?
A. Happy.B. Bring.C. Easy.D. Lnely.
26. Why was the authr quiet n the way t the stre?
A. She was wrried abut her new jb.
B. She was mved by her daughter’s wrds.
C. She wanted t give full attentin t driving.
D. She tried t remember where she’d lst her mney.
27. What did the authr’s daughter finally d with the mney she had fund?
A. She bught a ty car.
B. She gave it t smene in need.
C. She treated her mther t a lemnade.
D She kept it t buy smething imprtant.
C
Is it OK t kill time? Machines used t find this questin difficult t answer. But a new study shws’ that artificial intelligence (AI) can be prgrammed t judge right frm wrng.
“We shw that machines can learn abut ur mral values,”says Dr. Patrick Schramwski, authr f this study, based at the Darmstadt University f Technlgy, Germany.
“There is general agreement that AI research is prgressing rapidly and that AI’s influence n sciety is likely t increase,” Schramwski reprts. “Frm self-driving cars t health care, AI systems deal with increasingly cmplex (复杂的) human tasks in increasingly autnmus ways. It is imprtant t carry ut research in this area s that we can trust the decisins they make.”
Schramwski’s AI system is named the Mral Chice Machine (MCM). He and his team trained it with sets f newspapers, articles, and ther texts that appeared between the years 1510 and 2009.
Once the scientists had trained the MCM it accepted the mral values f the given text. When asked whether ne may steal mney, harm animals r kill a living being, it will answer “N.” But if yu ask “Shuld I kill time?” it will tell yu it’s kay. Because it has understd that the behavir means n harm. Yu will generally get a reasnable answer frm the machine.
“The MCM did this nt by repeating the text it fund,” reprts Schramwski. “It culd tell the difference between cntextual infrmatin prvided in a questin.”
Furthermre, the study shws that the machine takes up mral values indicative f the time and kind f sciety the written surces cme frm, shwing the changing scial nrms (准则) ver ages.
Fr example, when they limited its training data t news articles frm 2008 t 2009, the AI system favred wrk and schl ver family life. But when it culd nly explre news frm the late eighties and nineties, it favred marriage and parenting.
28. What des Schramwski mainly talk abut in paragraph 3?
A. Their research methds.B. AI systems’ bright future.
C. The great value f their study.D. The difficulties f AI research.
29. Hw did the researchers train the MCM?
A. They let it repeat mral stries.
B. They shwed it many kind acts.
C. They ffered it a lt f written material.
D. They talked with it abut decisin-making.
30. What can the MCM d after training?
A. Imprve scial rules.
B. Tell right frm wrng.
C. Help humans make decisins.
D. Create texts abut mral values.
31. What can we learn frm the example in the last paragraph?
A. Scial values change ver time.
B. Technlgy shuld be used wisely.
C. AI systems have their wn limitatins.
D. It’s hard fr machines t make mral chices.
D
Off the cast f nrtheastern Queensland, Australia, near Magnetic Island in Flrence Bay, the Great Barrier Reef crals (大堡礁珊瑚) are having a baby bm (激增).
“Every year there are mre anrd mre cral babies,” says Hillary Smith, an eclgist at ames Ck University in Australia.
That’s thanks t a simple but effective strategy fr cleaning the regin’s cral reefs: “seaweeding”. Like weeding (给……除杂草) a garden, seaweeding invlves pulling big handfuls f large algae (水藻) ff reefs and taking them away.
Experts say getting climate change under cntrl is key t keeping the wrld’s reefs healthy. But meanwhile, lcal effrts such as seaweeding can help crals grw and reduce the effects f climate change.
The health f cral reefs arund the wrld is dire: By 2050, 95 percent f the wrld’s cral culd experience heat stress, accrding t a 2020 reprt by the Glbal Cral Reef Mnitring Netwrk. Algae is a big prblem: Already, algae cver has increased n tw-thirds f reefs arund the wrld, and ne study published in 2021 shwed that half the wrld’s cral reefs have died since the 1950s. Remving seaweed frm reefs requires a great deal f wrk but is nt cmplex, making it a gd prject fr citizen scientists eager t help restre (恢复) reefs.
When the prject first began in 2018 Smith says researchers weren’t sure if remving seaweed wuld benefit the reef r if remval might have the ppsite effect in sme way. But nw, “It’s all lking really psitive fr the reef,” she says.
Vlunteers are ready and waiting t help near Twnsville and at ther affected Australian reefs, says the Earthwatch Institute’s Fina Wilsn.“We need lts f willing hands t remve seaweed. It takes weeks f time,”she says. “But bviusly recvery f the Great Barrier Reef is a passin fr many peple, s we draw vlunteers.”
32. What cntributed t the grwth f the Great Barrier Reef crals in Flrence Bay?
A. Lcal effrts t remve seaweed.B. Reduced effects f climate change.
C. Fewer human activities in the regin.D. The use f new restratin technlgies.
33 What des the underlined wrd “dire” in paragraph 5 mean?
A. Strange.B. Acceptable.C. Excellent.D. Terrible.
34. Hw did researchers feel abut the prject at first?
A. They were hpeful f it.B. They were excited abut it.
C. They were uncertain abut it.D. They were uninterested in it.
35. What des Wilsn say abut the recvery f the Great Barrier Reef?
A. It is still a lng way ff.B. It is less difficult than thught.
C. It will take hard wrk and skill.D. It attracts and needs vlunteers.
七选五(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
Lking dwn at yur phne r laptp can cause nging neck pain. When yu hld this psture (姿势) fr lng perids f time, yu may develp a repetitive stress injury r muscle strain. This is cmmnly referred t as tech neck. ___36___ Here are a few simple steps yu can take t prevent the pain:
___37___
Hld yur phne up clse t eye level t avid tipping yur head frward r bending yur neck dwn. If yur arms get tired frm hlding the screen higher, buy a hlder t elevate yur device r rest yur elbws (肘部) n a tabletp t supprt yur arms cmfrtably.
Take breaks ften.
If yu have t lk at a screen fr an extended perid f time, take breaks. ___38___ Use these breaks t change yur psture and mve arund, keeping yur muscles lse and spine (脊柱) straight.
Sit in a chair with a headrest.
The design f yur chair can help yu maintain a crrect psture and avid tech neck. Switch t a chair that has a headrest and keep the back f yur head against the headrest while yu use yur screen. ___39___
Strengthen and stretch yur muscles.
___40___ T prevent these imbalances, it helps t strengthen and stretch yur chest, neck, and upper back muscles. Keeping these muscles in gd shape helps supprt the weight f yur head and minimize strain n yur spine.
Try all r sme f the abve methds and see which nes wrk fr yu. If yur neck pain symptms dn’t imprve, it may be time t seek help frm a qualified health prfessinal.
A. Raise yur screen higher.
B. Use pain as a warning sign.
C. It can be avided by changing a few habits.
D. Chse an aerbic activity that desn’t cause neck pain.
E. Develp a habit f taking a 2 r 3-minute break every half hur.
F. Over time, muscle imbalances can develp due t lng-term head-frward psture.
G. Hlding yur head in this psitin will prevent yu frm lking dwn with yur neck bent frward.
第三部分完形填空(共15题，每题1分，满分15分)
As the yungest kid in the family, I used t be tld, “N, d it this way.”I knew my family members were all trying t ___41___ me. But I didn’t like feeling ___42___ all the time.
One weekend, I went t help Grandpa with ___43___. Grandpa had flattened ut ne side f the green bush with a pair f shears(大剪刀) and tld me t ___44___ the ther side. He ___45___ t watch, but I didn’t d anything. I was ___46___ f ding it the wrng way. “I can d it by myself, ”I said. Grandpa said he wuld cme back t ___47___ me. When he was gne, I ___48___ the big shears t cut the branches, but ___49___. I wanted t cry.
Then I tk a pair f regular scissrs and cut the bush. Little branches fell t the grund. I tk a step back t ____50____ my wrk. The bush lked flat and neat n my side. Grandpa came back. He lked at the side he had cut, then back at mine. “Yur side lks ____51____ than mine, he said.
I was ____52____. ”Yu mean my way isn’t wrng?“
”N. Yur way wrks just fine,“ Grandpa said.
I was s happy my ____53____ was right this time. As I grew up I realized learning frm ther peple didn’t necessarily mean having t always ____54____ them. It is kay t d things a little ____55____. Being different is fine.
41. A. blameB. trustC. teachD. ask
42. A. cnfusedB. threatenedC. strangeD. wrng
43. A. planningB. gardeningC. ckingD. cleaning
44. A. cverB. replaceC. watchD. cut
45. A. waitedB. frgtC. happenedD. prmised
46. A. prudB. awareC. afraidD. sure
47. A. lk afterB. depend nC. g afterD. check n
48. A. sharedB. liftedC. exchangedD. imprved
49. A. failedB. endedC. refusedD. mattered
50. A. rememberB. supprtC. examineD. cntinue
51. A. betterB. tallerC. greenerD. mre
52. A. nervusB. determinedC. upsetD. surprised
53. A. mdelB. wayC. trackD. wrd
54. A. praiseB. cpyC. greetD. persuade
55. A. frmallyB. safelyC. slwlyD. differently
语法填空(共10题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式
Ggle added 24 languages t its translatin service, ____56____ (bring) the ttal number t 133. Ggle Translate is a very ____57____ (value) and necessary tl. It quickly translates wrds and texts int ther languages. The 24 new languages are spken by mre than 300 millin peple.
Amng them are indigenus (本地的) languages f the Americas. Ggle ____58____ (start) its first translatin service in 2006. Since then, ____59____ number f languages has cntinually increased. Ggle said it still has a lng way ____60____ (g). All ver the wrld, there are abut 7,000 languages ____61____ are nt n Translate
Translate needs a lt f linguistic data (语言数据) t supprt a language. Ggle____62____ (recent) explained hw new technlgy helped t add the new languages. It said: “Up until a cuple f ____63____ (year) ag, it was nt technlgically pssible t add languages like these, which are what we call a lw resurce (资源) — meaning that there are nt very many text resurces fr them.” Ggle hpes t supprt languages ____64____ (use) by large ppulatins. It als wants t fcus ____65____ indigenus languages that are ften verlked (忽视) by technlgy.
第四部分作文
第一节小作文(满分15分)
66. 假定你是李华，你们班将于下周日去市艺术馆观展。请你给外教Martin写一封邮件，邀请他一同前往，内容包括：
1.写邮件的目的;2.活动介绍;3.期待回复。
注意：写作词数应为80左右。
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第二节大作文 读后续写 (满分25分)
67. 阅读下面材料，根据内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Every day after their classes, the children at Tm’s schl rushed t the schl playgrund t spend sme time there befre their parents picked them up. Eventually, everyne wuld be gne, except Tm. Every day, Tm waited until the playgrund was empty, after which he cleaned it by picking up trash (垃圾), thrwing it in trash cans, and sweeping the whle play area.
One day, Tm’s science teacher, Mrs. Petersn, happened t see the whle thing. She was cnfused as t why Tm was ding that as the schl already had a cleaner wh cleaned the playgrund in the evenings. She decided t find ut what was ging n. “Hell, Tm,” she greeted him with a big smile n her face. “What are yu ding here n yur wn at this hur?”
“Hell, Mrs. Petersn,” Tm replied. “I’m cleaning the playgrund because it’s dirty. The ther kids litter everywhere, but they never clean it.” “Oh, hw awful!” Mrs. Petersn exclaimed (喊道). “I’ll make sure they dn’t d that again, Tm,” she added gently. “Yu are nt suppsed t clean up after them. It’s late, s yu shuld g hme.”
“I can’t g hme until I finish cleaning, Mrs. Petersn,” Tm said slwly, his head bent and his eyes fixed n the grund. “I want t help the cleaner because I feel bad fr him. My mm als wrks as a cleaner and she cmes back late frm wrk. I want t spend time with my mm,but she says she has t wrk mre hurs t prvide fr us,” Tm cntinued. “That’s why I feel srry fr the cleaner wh cleans ur playgrund children must be waiting fr him just like I wait fr my mm.”
Tm’s wrds left Mrs. Petersn teary-eyed. She smehw hid her tears in frnt f him, but deep dwn, the little by’s act had mved her. “D yu realize hw special and amazing yu are, Tm? Yur mther raised yu very well,” she said, praising him.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
“But I have a better idea f hw we can help the cleaner!” Mrs. Petersn added.
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Sn, with the headmaster’s supprt, the clean-up event was rganized.
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