冬学竞赛英语
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 (共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分)
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。
例：How much is the shirt? A. ￡19.15. B. ￡9.15. C. ￡9.18. 答案是B。 1. What will the man do first? A. Learn more about prices. B. Find a supplier. C. Do reports. 2. When will the meeting be held?
A. At 11:30. B. At 12:00. C. At 1:00. 3. Why is the woman leaving work early?
A. To take care of her mother. B. To post a package. C. To pick up a car. 4. What are the speakers talking about in general?
A. A trip. B. Food. C. The weather. 5. What relation is the man to the woman?
A. Her customer. B. Her co-worker. C. Her boss. 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。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5 秒钟；听完后，各小题给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。
6. What will the woman do on Saturday afternoon?
A. Do her homework. B. Enjoy a concert. C. Watch a game. 7. Where will the woman go on Sunday?
A. To a park. B. To a hospital. C. To the man’s house. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。
8. What is the woman’s opinion about the computer screen?
A. Big. B. Nice. C. Stylish. 9. What brings the man a bit of trouble?
A. The screen. B. The keyboard. C. The mouse. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。 10. What is the purpose of the call? A. To accept a position.
B. To advertise a job opening. C. To check on a job application.
11. For what day is the man’s appointment scheduled?
A. Tuesday. B. Thursday. C. Friday. 12. What does the woman ask the man to do? A. Call her later. B. Meet with Victoria Smith. C. Wait at the front desk.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。
13. Which city does the man book a shuttle bus for?
A. London. B. Milton. C. Toronto. 14. What is the woman doing? A. Taking the man’s information. B. Offering the flight timetable. C. Conducting an interview.
15. When will the man probably leave for Milton?
A. At 11:30. B. At 12:00. C. At 12:30. 16. What does the woman advise the man to do? A. Book his return ticket in advance. B. Collect his luggage first. C. Have some coffee.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17. Why did Fagin come to the speaker?
A. To rent her house. B. To buy her house. C. To decorate her house. 18. Why was the speaker hesitant about Fagin’s offer? A. She disliked him.
B. The money was not much.
C. They’d damage some of her belongings.
19. How long did it take to prepare the house for the film?
A. Four days. B. A month. C. Two months. 20. What did the speaker do when the crew left?
A. She watched a film. B. She visited her relatives. C. She repainted the living room.
第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
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Being stuck at home doesn't mean that learning stops. In fact, it's just the opposite. Here are some activities and resources to foster kids' imagination and build their curiosity at home. Let's Get Down to the Science
The science lab at school may be closed, but you can still put on goggles and a white lab coat and learn at home. This Test Tube Experiment Kit will make you feel like a genius in no time. Kids will get the chance to learn about basic chemistry, physics, and more by creating pop-resistant bubbles, bouncy balls, and other objects.
To Infinity(无穷)and Beyond
Earth is a part of the Milky Way galaxy, but did you know there are around 100 million galaxies in the universe? There are so many fun and fascinating things to learn about space that the possibilities truly go to infinity and beyond. A great way start your child's educational space adventure is with this Real Life Sticker and Activity Book. Take a Walk on the Wild Side
Biology class is in session! Here's your chance to get up close and personal with a great white shark without putting on a wetsuit. This 4D Great White Shark Anatomy Kit allows you to get an inside look at what makes these predators of the deep so powerful. And then take an even deeper dive into a shark's world with I Am Shark .
Take advantage of this time at home and find new ways to keep exploring the world around you.
21．What is common among these activities above? A．They are all performed outdoors. B．They are all associated with physics.
C．They are all carried out by the way of experimenting. D．They all recommend some resources for kids to study. 22．Which book favors children interested in stars?
A．This Test Tube Experiment Kit. B．Real Life Slicker and Activity Book. C．4D Great White Shark Anatomy Kit. D．I Am Shark . 23．The shared goal of the activities is to .
A．gain financial benefits B．save kids from boredom C．explore new technologies D．inspire kids to study at home
B
Compassion and love are concepts that are often thought to be felt by humans only. As the most intelligent creatures to ever walk the earth, we tend to assume that we are the only ones who can feel emotions. We forget that the speechless beings who live here with us—animals—also have the same capability.
During a cold night in Ontario, Canada, a passer-by spotted something on the side of the road that made her stop -a shaking dog curled up in the snow.
When she approached the pup, she discovered that she wasn't alone—she was cuddling five orphaned black kittens to keep them warm.
The dog surely could have found a safer place to stay for the night, but she chose instead to help not just herself but other stray animals as well.
The Good Samaritan called Pet and Wildlife Rescue and an animal control officer picked them up. When they got to the shelter, it was apparent that a close bond had already been formed between the dog and the orphaned kittens. The staff decided to name the kind dog Serenity in honor of her selfless act.
\truly heartwarming!\a shelter spokesperson told The Dodo. \had been a very cold night so these kittens would have had a very hard time surviving.\
Aside from requiring treatment for worm and flea infections, the orphaned kittens are now safe. Just like a proud and doting mother, Serenity insisted on checking on her babies regularly to oversee their progress.
The good news is that the kittens are now living with a foster family who will care for them
until they are old enough to be adopted. Serenity, on the other hand, is still looking for a family.
According to the shelter, she loves zooming around in the yard and is big on playing. She is also quite jumpy, so she would do best in a home without small children. 24．What did the passer-by see on the road? A．A dog curled up in the snow.
B．Five kittens were in the snow alone.
C．A dog was warming five kittens in the snow. D．A dog found a safe place to stay for the night.
25．What does the underlined word \A．The passer-by. B．The dog.
C．The kitten. D．The spokesperson. 26．Where is the dog Serenity now?
A．Living in the shelter. B．Being adopted by a family. C．Staying with the kittens. D．Playing with some children. 27．What can we draw from the story?
A．Animals and humans should live in harmony. B．A sad end can be turned into a positive one. C．Animals have the same capability with humans. D．Animals can feel compassion and love like humans.
C
For those who can stomach it working out before breakfast may be more beneficial for health than eating first, according to a study of meal timing and physical activity.
Athletes and scientists have long known that meal timing affects performance. However, far less has been known about how meal timing and exercise might affect general health.
To find out, British scientists conducted a study. They first found 10 overweight and inactive but otherwise healthy young men, whose lifestyles are, for better and worse, representative of those of most of us. They tested the men's fitness and resting metabolic (新陈代谢的) rates and took samples (样品) of their blood and fat tissue.
Then, on two separate morning visits to the scientists' lab, each man walked for an hour at an average speed that, in theory, should allow his body to rely mainly on fat for fuel. Before one of these workouts, the men skipped breakfast, meaning that they exercised on a completely empty stomach after a long overnight fast (禁食). On the other occasion, they ate a rich morning meal about two hours before they started walking.
Just before and an hour after each workout, the scientists took additional samples of the men's blood and fat tissue.
Then they compared the samples. There were considerable differences. Most obviously, the men displayed lower blood sugar levels at the start of their workouts when they had skipped breakfast than when they had eaten. As a result, they burned more fat during walks on an empty stomach than when they had eaten first. On the other hand, they burned slightly more calories (卡路里), on average, during the workout after breakfast than after fasting.
But it was the effects deep within the fat cells that may have been the most significant, the researchers found. Multiple genes behaved differently, depending on whether someone had eaten or not before walking. Many of these genes produce proteins (蛋白质) that can improve blood sugar regulation and insulin (胰岛素) levels throughout the body and so are associated with
improved metabolic health. These genes were much more active when the men had fasted before exercise than when they had breakfasted.
The implication of these results is that to gain the greatest health benefits from exercise, it may be wise to skip eating first.
28. The underlined expression \A. digest the meal easily B. manage without breakfast C. decide wisely what to eat D. eat whatever is offered 29. Why were the 10 people chosen for the experiment? A. Their lifestyles were typical of ordinary people. B. Their lack of exercise led to overweight. C They could walk at an average speed. D. They had slow metabolic rates.
30. What happened to those who ate breakfast before exercise?
A. They successfully lost weight. B. They consumed a bit more calories.
C. They burned more fat on average. D. They displayed higher insulin levels. 31. What could be learned from the research?
A. A workout after breakfast improves gene performances. B. Too much workout often slows metabolic rates. C. Lifestyle is not as important as morning exercise. D. Ph
ysical exercise before breakfast is better for health.
D
Hollywood's theory that machines with evil(邪恶) minds will drive armies of killer robots is just silly. The real problem relates to the possibility that artificial intelligence(AI) may become extremely good at achieving something other than what we really want. In 1960 a well-known mathematician Norbert Wiener, who founded the field of cybernetics(控制论), put it this way: \we use, to achieve our purposes, a mechanical agency with whose operation we cannot effectively interfere(干预), we had better be quite sure that the purpose put into the machine is the purpose which we really desire.\
A machine with a specific purpose has another quality, one that we usually associate with
living things: a wish to preserve its own existence. For the machine, this quality is not in-born, nor is it something introduced by humans; it is a logical consequence of the simple fact that the
machine cannot achieve its original purpose if it is dead. So if we send out a robot with the single instruction of fetching coffee, it will have a strong desire to secure success by disabling its own off switch or even killing anyone who might interfere with its task. If we are not careful, then, we could face a kind of global chess match against very determined, super intelligent machines whose objectives conflict with our own, with the real world as the chessboard.
The possibility of entering into and losing such a match should concentrate the minds of computer scientists. Some researchers argue that we can seal the machines inside a kind of
firewall, using them to answer difficult questions but never allowing them to affect the real world. Unfortunately, that plan seems unlikely to work: we have yet to invent a firewall that is secure against ordinary humans, let alone super intelligent machines.
Solving the safety problem well enough to move forward in AI seems to be possible but not easy. There are probably decades in which to plan for the arrival of super intelligent machines. But
山东省烟台市中英文学校2024届高三上学期冬学竞赛英语试卷Word版含答案
