广东省深圳市名校2023-2024学年高一下学期3月调研考试英语试题

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2023-2024学年高一年级3月调研考试

英语

本试卷共8页，满分100分。考试用时100分钟。

注意事项：

1. 答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号和座位号填写在答题卡上。用2B铅笔将试卷类型填涂在答题卡相应位置上。将条形码横贴在答题卡指定区域。

2. 作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑;如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。

3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上;如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新答案;不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。

4. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，留存试卷，交回答题卡。

第一部分 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。

A

Creative writing: telling your family story

Do you want to write up your own story or that of a family member? Do you want to produce a record for generations to come, or simply write for your own pleasure? Plan your story, make use of old photographs, and mine history to paint your own picture of the past.

This isn’t a course about researching family history. It is primarily a creative writing course where students use their own family histories as material (素材). Learn how to find information, what you can draw from it, and how you might shape it to produce your own story.

Schedule:

Orientation (培训) Week: 11-17 July

Teaching Weeks: 18 July-21 August

Feedback (反馈) Week: 22-28 August

This course is completed online. Each week of an online course is equal to 2-3 hours of classroom time.

While they have a specific start and end date and will follow a weekly schedule, our courses don’t require students to be online for a specific day of the week or time of the day.

Unless otherwise stated, all course materials will be posted on the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) so

that they can be referred to at any time throughout the duration of the course.

Entry requirements:

This course is open to everyone, and you don’t need any knowledge or experience of the subject to attend.

Our online courses are designed especially for adult learners who want to improve their personal or professional development. They are taught by teachers who are expert in both their subjects and in teaching students of all ages and experiences.

Please note that all teaching is in English. You should have near-native command (掌握) of the English language in order to get the most out of the course.

1. What will students learn on the course?

A. Drawing a family tree. B. Writing a family story.

C. Doing research on family history. D. Making old family pictures look new.

2. What do we know about the course?

A. It is offered online. B. It starts on July 17.

C. It lasts for two weeks. D. It is given in different languages.

3. What is a requirement for students to take the course?

A. They should be adult learners. B. They should be good at English.

C. They should have writing experience. D. They should have a knowledge of the subject.

B

People with high levels of niacin, also known as vitamin B3, in their blood may be more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than those with lower levels. Excessive amounts of the vitamin, which is routinely added to fortified food and can be taken as a supplement, may inflame blood vessels.

Heart attacks and stroke are leading causes of death worldwide. While researchers have made significant strides over the past few decades in discovering the risk factors for these conditions, they haven’t identified them all.

In an effort to fill these gaps, Stanley Hazen at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio and his colleagues collected blood samples from 2331 adults in the US and 832 adults in Europe who had elected to undergo cardiovascular screenings. The team analysed the samples for substances called metabolites, byproducts of metabolic processes such as digestion. The researchers then tracked incidents of cardiac events, such as heart attacks and strokes, among the participants over three years.

They found that people with elevated levels of a metabolite called 4PY, which only arises when the body breaks down excess niacin, were around 60 percent more likely, on average, to experience such an event than

those with lower levels. And it was found in further experiment that 4PY causes blood vessel inflammation, a major contributor to the development of heart disease, in rodents.

It isn’t uncommon for people to have high niacin levels, Hazen says. This is partially due to certain foods, such as cereals and flours, being routinely fortified with the vitamin in countries that include the UK and the US. Niacin supplements are also increasingly popular as evidence suggests they have anti-ageing benefits, says Hazen. Plus, it wasn’t until recently that doctors stopped prescribing high-dose niacin to people at risk of cardiovascular disease, as it was initially thought the vitamin protected people from these conditions by lowering cholesterol.

“I think this study really shows that sometimes, when it comes to vitamins, you can have too much of a good thing,” says Jenny Jia at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. However, this research was mainly conducted in people of European ancestry. It is therefore unclear if similar results would occur in people of different racial or ethnic backgrounds, says Jia.

4. What is presented in paragraph 3?

A. Theoretical models. B. Research procedures.

C. Practical examples. D. Historical findings.

5. What does the underlined phrase “such an event” in paragraph 4 refer to?

A. Increased 4PY. B. Extra niacin.

C. Blood vessel inflammation. D. Cardiovascular diseases.

6. What might not be the reason for people to have high niacin levels?

A. Having niacin supplement is fashionable. B. Food with niacin can rapid aging.

C. Certain vitamins are added to foods. D. Niacin was prescribed to people.

7. What attitude might Jia have to the study?

A. Neutral. B. Supportive. C. Indifferent. D. Doubtful.

C

Adding to the achievements of a remarkable year, Taylor Swift has been named Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2023.

Already a superstar before 2023, Swift’s career has reached new heights thanks to the beginning of her Eras Tour that brought her 3.5-hour performance to 66 shows in 23 cities across North America, Argentina and Brazil. Promoted by her tour, Swift has been named the most-streamed female artist in the history of Spotify and Apple Music. According to Billboard, the tour made about $900 million (about 6.4 billion yuan) in 2023. In addition, the tour’s movie Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour became the biggest concert movie of all time, taking more than $250 million globally.