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湖北省武汉市 2024 届高中毕业生四月调研考试英语试卷
武汉市教育科学研究院命制 2024.4.25
本试题卷共 12 页,67 题。全卷满分 150 分。考试用时 120 分钟。大祝考试顺利大
注意事项:
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第一部分听力(共两节,满分30分)
做题时,先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
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、BC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。
价:How much is the shirt?
A. £ 19.15. B. £ 9.18. C. £ 9.15.
答案是 C。
1.What is the man busy with?
A.A visit. B. A project. C.A video.
2. What do the speakers plan to do tomorrow?
A. Go camping. B. Do some shopping C. Find a blanket.
3. Where are the speakers going to?
A. A station. B. Another country.
C. Their hometown.
4.What does the woman think of Jimmy?
A. Silent. B. Caring. C. Hard-working.
5.What are the speakers talking about?
A. The new laws. B. A healthy lifestyle. C. Profitable industries.
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,各小题将给出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 is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Mother and son. B. Brother and sister. C. Husband and wife.
7. Why does the man apologize?
A. For missing a chance. B. For being late. C. For doing Lisa a damage.
听第7 段材料,回答第8、9题。
8.WWho is the woman expressing thanks to?
A. The man. B. The fans. C. The sponsor.
9.What is probably the woman?
A. An online celebrity. B. A travel enthusiast. C.A magazine editor.
听第8 段材料,回答第 10 至 13 题。
10.What does the man want to do?
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11. Where will the space rocket be launched?
A. In Texas. B. In Florida. C. In Nevada.
12.What does the speakers plan to do on Sunday?
A. Set off early. B. Rest in a hotel. C. See the launch.
13. How does the girl probably feel about the trip?
A. Excited. B. Bored. C. Confused.
听第9 段材料,回答第 14 至 17 题。
14.When did the man come to the UK?
A.3 years ago. B.4 years ago. C.5 years ago.
15. How does the man run his business at its beginning?
A. By hiring many staff. B. By serving the tables. C. By working with his wife.
16. Where does the man advertise his business?
A. On TV. B. In shopping centers. C. On radio and newspapers
17.What contributes to the man's success?
A. The food price. B. The dining atmosphere. C. The restaurant location,
听第 10 段材料,回答第 18 至 20 题。
18.What is the Geocaching?
A. A treasure hunt. B. A GPS device. C. A fitness coach
19. What do we know about the boxes?
A. They are controlled remotely. B. They contain varieties of goods. C. They are placed in the neighborhood
20. How does Geocaching benefit the kids?
A. It develops their social skills. B. It exposes them to traditions. C. It makes them willing to walk
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、BC、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Must-read New Fiction Books
We all have a few tried-and-true fiction favorites, but there's something special about a brand-new, hot-of-the-press
novel. Whether it's your favorite author's new release or a new writer's first work, great fiction books make the perfect
escape from ordinary life. That's why we've rounded up a list of the best new books released in February.
Age of Gold by Jerry Lapoor
Jerry Lapoor's latest action-packed novel unfolds like a crazy movie. This thriller begins when a wealthy man's car gets
out of control. But when the dust settles, the rich man is nowhere to be found. How and to where does he disappear? With
an exciting plot that will carry you from old-money houses to small agricultural villages, Age of Gold will take you on an
unforgettable ride across a vast land.
City Under One Sky by Rachel Young
In the book, Young presents a crime story set in a small town. Detective Sara Kennedy has been sent to investigate a
case. But soon after arrival, Sara gets snowed in with the 205townsfolk living in the same apartment building. Who is hiding
the key to the crime? And is there anyone she can truly trust? The appealing story, strange but distinctive characters and
unexpected plot are just a few of the reasons why City Under One Sky gains its popularity.
Lady by Jess George
Lady is an irresistible fiction from Jess George. The story of Mary's fresh start at adulthood is shot through with
themes of family, race and discrimination, womanhood and the immigrant reality of feeling torn between cultures. Though
struggling with life in London as an African, Mary jumps at every chance to stand on her own feet.
21. What will impress the readers in Age of Gold?
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22. What happens to Sara Kennedy in City Under One Sky?
A. She is trapped in the snow. B. She is to investigate a case abroad.
C. She hides the key evidence. D. She has trouble discovering the truth
23. Which is likely to be the main theme of Lady?
A. Self-reliance. B. Gender equality. C. Domestic violence. D. Cross-cultural communication.
B
By the late 1960s, abstract painter Harold Cohen had represented Britain at important festivals with his oil paintings
and was seeking a new challenge. “Maybe there are more interesting things going on outside my studio than inside it," he
thought. Cohen turned from the canvas(画布)to the screen, using computers to find new ways of creating art. In the
late1960s, he created a program that he named Aaron. It was the first artificial intelligence software in the world of fine art,
and Cohen first presented Aaron in 1974 at the University of California Berkeley. Aaron's work has since graced museums
from the Tate Gallery in London to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Now, with Al dominating the headlines, a new exhibition at New York's Whitney Museum of American Art, “Harold
Cohen: Aaron,” running through June 2024, draws attention to Cohen's pioneering work, The Whitney is offering something
deeper than most previous Aaron exhibits: a real-time experience, in which visitors can watch the software produce art.
Cohen seeded Aaron with all sorts of knowledge: about basic objects, physics, and fundamental techniques of drawing.
Aaron uses this knowledge to follow instructions, complete tasks , and make decisions like human beings-a very different
approach from today's generative AI art programs, which don't draw from scratch(从头开始) but rather rely on databases of
images. Versions of Aaron still generate output, but anything done after Cohen's death in 2016is not considered genuine.
The Whitney is showcasing two versions of Cohen's software, along with the art that each produced before Cohen died.
The 2001 version, Aaron KCAT, generates images of figures and plants and projects them onto a wall more than ten feet
high, while the 2007 version produces jungle-like scenes. The software will also create art physically, on paper, for the first
time since the 1990s. “It is absolutely thrilling," said Christiane Paul, the museum's director of digital art, “to have one of
those remarkable treasures of digital art in the collection.
24. What was Aaron born out of?
A. Harold's curiosity. B. The museum's donation. C. Cohen's imagination. D. The university's support.
25.What makes Aaron different from modern AI art programs?
A. Its ability to assign tasks. B. Its use of modern techniques.
C. Its capability to make choices. D. Its dependence on existing database.
26. What can visitors do in the “Harold Cohen: Aaron” exhibition?
A. See the original 1960s version of Aaron. B. Generate images with the help of Aaron.
C. Learn about the physical rules in art. D. Observe Aaron creating art on the spot.
27. What is the text mainly about?
A. The masterpieces of digital art. B. A new show of the art world's first Al.
C. The latest technologies in the Whitney. D. Harold Cohen's impact on generative Al.
C
Peru is prepared to approve new laws that would make it easier to investigate and punish researchers who engage in
academic cheating, including paying to have their names added to a paper.
The move comes as Peru's national science agency seeks to crack down on authorship buying and other dishonest
practices. It recently removed two scientists accused of dishonest publications from a national registry that is key to
receiving government sponsor, job promotions, and salary bonuses. And officials are investigating more than 170 other
researchers that a Peruvian media report claimed were involved in academic misconduct, including 72 listed on the national
registry who work at 14 universities in Peru.
The new laws will empower universities and government officials to punish such behavior Dishonest publishing
practices “transcend mere moral misbehavior" because they enable researchers to obtain government and private funding
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lawmakers are expected to finalize early this year. “These individuals are operating academic cheating. Peru's academic
community has been struggling with a rising tide of false authorship and related problems. One cause, some researchers say,
is a 2014 law that aimed to stimulate research by rewarding researchers who boost their publishing output. For example,
under a scoring system used by universities, researchers can earn five points for authorship in a high impact journal, and
two points when the journal is lower impact. A massing points can bring bonus payments and career promotion.
Signs of dishonest publishing can be obvious, notes Nahuel Monteblanco, president of Cientificos. pe, a Peruvian
group that investigates misconduct. Many of the papers cited by Punto Final have numerous co-authors from different
nations with few prior publications on the same subject. “If your colleague consistently publishes 20 articles a year with co-
authors from other countries, that's highly suspect," Monteblanco says.
28.What action did Peru take recently to address academic cheating?
A. Fining 72 offenders for academic dishonesty. B. Disqualifying 2 scientists from a national registry.
C. Punishing 170 researchers for academic misconduct. D. Withdrawing government fund from 14 universities.
29. Which of the following is closest in meaning to “transcend" in paragraph 3?
A. Change. B. Strengthen. C. Go beyond. D. Approve of.
30. What do we know about the 2014 law in Peru?
A. It advocated a fair scoring system. B. It applied to high-impact journals.
C. It led to an increase in false authorship D. It aimed to punish dishonest publishing.
31.The most suspicion might be given to a productive researcher with .
A. career promotion B. consistent research focus C. few citations by Punto Final D. co-authors from various countries
D
Evolution (进化) can perform extraordinary makeovers: today's airborne songbirds evolved from the wingless,
earthbound dinosaurs that wandered millions of years ago. But some organisms seem to be unchanged-in other words,
escape natural selection. The coelacanth, a modern-day fish, is nearly identical to its 410-million-year-old fossils.
Scientists have long wondered how these species do so. It has been assumed that natural selection keeps some species
unchanged by selecting for moderate or average qualities (stabilizing selection) rather than selecting for more extreme
qualities that would cause a species to change (directional selection).
But a study published in the National Academy of Sciences USA contradicts this idea, showing that evolution
constantly favors different qualities in seemingly unchanging animals to improve short-term survival. In the long term,
though, “all that evolution cancels out and leads to no change,” says the study's lead author, James Stroud.
Stroud and his colleagues studied four lizard (蜥蜴)species, all relatively unchanged for20 million years. The
researchers caught members of these populations every six months for three years. They measured each lizard's head size,
leg length, mass and height, as well as the size of its sticky toes (脚趾头) , noting which individuals survived. Stroud
expected to observe stabilizing selection at work preserving moderate qualities. Instead he saw clearer evidence of
directional selection: some lizards with unique characteristics, such as stickier toes, survived better.
The study offers “a good explanation for why we see what we think is stabilizing selection,” says Tadashi Fukami, an
ecologist studying evolution at Stanford University. Many new qualities are evolving in the short term, but they don't
provide a crucial advantage over the long term. In other words, species staying unchanged may simply have found the best
possible combination of qualities for lasting success in their environment. So what happens when the lizards' environment
changes more dramatically? To help answer this bigger question, Stroud is still making trips to visit the lizards
32.Why does the author mention the “coelacanth fish” in paragraph 1?
A. To demonstrate the power of evolution. B. To add evidence to natural selection.
C. To give an example of unchanged species. D. To prove species' extraordinary makeovers.
33. What's the focus of paragraph 2?
A. Unsolved mysteries. B. A common belief. C.A sharp contrast. D. Unique Characteristics.
34. How did Stroud conduct his research?
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C. By illustrating stabilizing selection. D. By categorizing qualities of lizards
35.What will Stroud probably do in the future?
A. Make trips to visit lizard experts. B. Summarize average features of lizards,
C. Reveal the best combinations of qualities, D. Examine lizards under extreme conditions.
第二节 (共5小题;每小题2.5分,满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
How to charge an electric vehicle (EV)is one of the biggest concerns people have when working out whether going
electric is right for them, It is true that sometimes gaining access to reliable charging can seem a bit tricky. 36 .
First, download an app with a comprehensive map of the public charging points showing their locations, how powerful
they are, and whether they're working. All this is vital information because, even if you have public charging points nearby,
you will need alternatives in case they are in use. 37 .
A growing number of property owners are renting out their charging points and driveways toother local EV drivers
when they're not using them.38. Thus, your car gets charged, the owners make money, and emissions are reduced.
39 . For example, when your car is running out of juice, you'd just pull up to a battery change station from your
car brand and sit in the car while a fully charged unit is changed in, The Chinese EV brand Nio does this, but isn't available
in the UK as yet.
For now, if charging access remains difficult for you, it's still possible to go electric-in part. 40 .Many hybrid(混
合的)cars are now good for 50 miles of electric running before you need to use the engine. So, if most of your driving is
local, you might only need to find a charger once or twice a week, while you have the backup of a fuel engine for long
journeys.
A. But it may be easier than you think
B. It actually worked out much cheaper
C. There are also other innovative ways to get your EV going
D. A plug-in EV combines a petrol engine with a smaller battery
E. A “fast” charger usually takes eight hours to fully charge an EV
F. So you need to get a good feel for where your nearest points are
G. You can find a map of homeowners whose charging points are available
第三部分 语言运用(共两节,满分30 分)
第一节 (共15 小题;每小题1分,满分 15 分)
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项。
My father, Paul Andrew Figura, was a die-hard fisherman. In my 41 , we went out fishing in all kinds of weather,
catching and missing nearly every fish in countless waterways.
Whenever we 42 , Mom would ask: “What time will you be back?” “When we can't see the 43 ,” Dad would
respond. He often 44 it. Sometimes Dad would ask me to 45 some food and water and we'd fish the entire day. I
observed firsthand his insistent, rapid-ire casting technique, to which he credited as a 46 factor behind his success. It
was one 47 after another after another.
The greatest life lesson that Dad taught me involved dealing with those times when the fish weren't 48 Days when
the weather was awful, when the mosquitoes were biting, when my hands were cold. Times when I just wanted to 49 and
go home. Dad's 50 ? “Son, you're not going to catch any fish unless you 51 your line. Keep casting,” he'd say.
I learned early the importance of 52 and willingness to keep trying different fish food if you wanted to catch them.
Sooner or later they'd 53 I took that same attitude into my school work. 54 , I got many awards at college. I applied it
55 t o whatever job I had as an adult and it made me the person that I am today.
41. A. dream B: career C. childhood D. adulthood
42. A. got up B. reached out C. stepped back D. set off
43. A. camps B. lines C. tracks D. cottages
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45. A. make B. pack C. heat D. freeze
46. A. cultural B. random C. major D. external
47. A. cast B. step C. strike D. risk
48. A. swimming B. dancing C. gathering D. biting
49. A. wander B. play C. quit D. sleep
50. A. response B. intention C. evaluation D. situation
51. A. abandon B. monitor C. fetch D. wet
52. A. kindness B. insistence C. confidence D. business
53. A. cooperate B. progress C. resist D. integrate
54. A. In surprise B. As a result C. Ahead of time D. In particular
55. A. intentionally B. casually C. hesitantly D. temporarily
第二节(共10小题;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。
Wearing Hanfu and sitting in front of a Chinese zither (筝),Peng Jingxuan, a young Chinese student, moves her fingers
gently along the strings on a street in Paris, France.
Peng has shared more than 200 56 (origin) videos online, with the most popular one featuring the theme song of
the movie A Chinese Ghost Story viewed over 16. 61 million times, “I love how she's representing her culture in a 57
(set) where people are not familiar with it. You can tell she's proud of her background and her music,” one of her fans
commented.
Chinese zither(筝),or guzheng, is an ancient musical instrument with 21-26 strings and a length of 1.63 meters, Peng
58 (fall) in love with it when young and has been practicing it for years. Hardly finding Chinese instruments 59
(play) on the streets in Paris, she took along her guzheng 60 began her street performances to sharpen her skills. The more
she performed, the more she felt a greater sense of responsibility 61 (spread)Chinese music and culture.
Considering her audience's 62 (unfamiliar)with Chinese songs, Peng made adaptations, for 63 she received
positive responses. She also performed Western pop songs that local people could relate 64 , entertaining them with
beautiful melodies in a 65 (refresh)style.
第四部分写作(共两节,满分40分)
第一节(满分 15 分)
假定你是李华,英语老师安排你今天做课前演讲,你打算谈谈上周班内英语辩论赛内容包括:
1.你的观感;
2.你的建议。
注意:
1.写作词数应为 80个左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
第二节 (满分 25 分)
阅读下面材料,根据其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
Most people think that procrastination(拖延症) is a negative habit. But people like me who routinely put off doing
assignments, are likely to defend our “slower” approach to getting tasks done.
I'm the only procrastinator in my family. My parents and sister were all born with the “do it right now” gift. They are
always in a rush, as if closely rushed by an invisible deadline. Personally, I prefer a more relaxed pace. When my parents
voiced their concern about my tendencies, saying “Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today,” “No way!” I
responded, confidently presenting my research as a defense. It said people procrastinated when they need to solve a problem
or commit to a topic or project. In these cases, delaying a decision can be beneficia. This was because our minds continue to
reflect on problems even when we were not actively thinking about them, which could lead to more creative solutions. My
findings filled me with satisfaction and pride. My method of getting things done was just as good as my sister's…or so I
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At school we'd been talking about architecture and design. As part of the final assessment my teacher Mr. Smith
announced an exciting project that each student would have a month to complete. We were expected to choose our
materials, construct a small building and make use of things we had learned in class. Not only would the winners receive
extra credit, but the winning constructions would be proudly displayed in the cafeteria. “I have no clue how I could get it
done,” my friend Nate sighed in despair. I didn't say anything. Not because I shared his anxiety-but because I was not
nervous at all. I loved hands-on projects! Picturing my brilliant! work exhibited in the cafeteria, I was fully convinced that I
would definitely produce something that could impress everyone. So relaxed was I that I didn't give it a second thought for
weeks
注意:
1.续写词数应为 150 左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答
Before I knew it, I had only one day left for the project.
That taught me a great lesson.
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