2023年湖南省株洲市第八中学自主招生考试英语试题

株洲市八中2023年自主招生考试 英语试题 1. 试卷分试题卷和答题卷两部分。满分为100分，考试时间为90分钟。 2. 请在答题卡上写好姓名、初中毕业学校。 3. 选择题部分请按题号用2B 铅笔填涂方框，修改时用橡皮擦干净，不留痕迹。 4. 非选择题部分请按题号用0. 5毫米黑色墨水签字笔书写，否则作答无效。 5. 所有答案都必须填写在答题卡相应的位置上。 6. 请勿折叠答题卡。保持字体工整、笔迹清晰、卡面清洁。 祝你成功！ 试题卷 第一部分：阅读理解（共10小题，满分30分） 第一节（共10小题，满分20分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Boston is an excellent place for a family vacation. There are many different fun and educational activities that are sure to interest visitors of all ages. Explore the New England Aquarium (水族馆) Located on the waterfront on the north end of the city, the New England Aquarium attracts visitors from around the northeast. This aquarium gives visitors the unique opportunity to pet sharks. The aquarium is home to many kinds of sea life, including dolphins, penguins and seals. With ticket prices at $24. 95 for adults and $17. 95 for children over the age of three, a visit to the aquarium is an affordable addition to any Boston family vacation. Visit Fenway Park Whether or not you are a Red Sox fan, a visit to Fenway Park is an absolute must for any Boston family vacation. Baseball is the great American amusement, so if the Red Sox are playing while you are in the city, then you and your family might want to consider getting tickets, buying some hot dogs, and watching one of the best sports displays in the world. Play at the Boston Children’s Museum If you have young children in your family, then a Boston family vacation wouldn’t be complete without an afternoon at the Boston Children’s Museum. It is one of the best children’s museums in the nation. It features many different themed rooms, including bubble rooms, construction rooms, a climbing area, and play spaces for little ones who are not yet walking. Dine at Quincy Market Quincy Market has long been thought of as the social center of the city of Boston. In fact, Quincy Market was the first public market in the entire Boston. At this marketplace you can shop in more than 100 stores and find the perfect souvenirs. It is also a great place to grab a quick and cheap lunch, dinner or snack. 1. What can you do at the New England Aquarium? A. Buy souvenirs. B. Play with sharks. C. See polar bears. D. Watch cartoons. 2. Which place will you go to if you go in for sports? A. Fenway Park. B. New England Aquarium. C. Quincy Market. D. Boston Children’s Museum. 3. What is the text aimed at? A. Encouraging people to visit Boston for vacation. B. Comparing some famous attractions in Boston. C. Telling people what they can do in some places. D. Advising people to relax in Boston. B One Thursday afternoon, when I was in Grade 9, a new boy came into my classroom. He was short and thin. He walked up to the teacher and told her, very seriously, that he was new. His name was Christian. He sat down, took a look at me, and then looked away. I didn’t think he was very nice and I was sure he wasn’t the type I would like to make friends with. During that year, I didn’t talk to him much, but he smiled at me when our eyes met, always shyly. He never ate lunch with anybody, and he never talked to anybody but me. But one day I joined those unkind kids who were making fun of him. We made fun of him though I thought it was wrong. “Haven’t you got any friends?” a kid asked Christian, who had walked past us alone, with his head down. “No he hasn’t got any friends. He’s too stupid and shy” I said. Then Christian looked up at me with the saddest dog eyes I had ever seen. I felt very sorry at that moment. That night, I couldn’t sleep because I couldn’t get Christian’s face out of my mind. In the weeks that followed, he never met my eyes in class and never smiled at me. It was really hard for me to decide to write him a note asking him to forgive (原谅) me. But I thought I should. The next day in class, I wrote him a note telling him how sorry I felt. About five minutes later, I turned and saw tears in his eyes. “You will never realize what your apology (道歉) has meant to me, Jimmy” he said to me. “I hope we can become friends.” We had lunch together that noon and we had the best talk I had ever had. Over the years at high school, we were close friends. When I think back, I realize that if I had not apologized, I would never have known what a lovely person Christian was. Apologies can really change your life, so never miss the chance to tell somebody you are sorry. 4. From the passage, we know Christian was ________ boy. A tall and fat B. short and shy C. short and active D. lovely and fat 5. Jimmy didn’t talk to Christian much at first because ________. A. he didn’t think Christian was the type he wanted to make friends with B. Christian wasn’t nice to people around him after he came to the new class C. Christian made friends with others D. Christian had the saddest dog eyes 6. Jimmy felt ________ after he made fun of Christian with other unkind kids. A. happy B. interested C. sorry D. bored 7. This article tells us that ________. A. we should make an apology when we hurt others B. Jimmy’s apology was unimportant to Christian C. Christian wasn’t lovely in fact D. it is impossible to say sorry to others C Lots of animals play. But the behavior is best known in mammals (哺乳动物) and birds … Now the scientists at London’s Queen Mary University report that bumblebees (大黄蜂) know the same thing. But before this, there were no reports of insects playing. Dr. Lars Chittka began to wonder if bumblebees played during an earlier test. In that test, Chittka guided bumblebees to move balls into a goal for food. He noticed that some bees were rolling (滚动) balls even when they weren’t given food. He wondered if they were playing. To test the idea, the scientists at his lab set up a new test. First, they numbered 45 young bumblebees between one and 23 days old. The numbers let them follow bumblebees’ behavior. Then, they set up a clear pathway from the bumblebees’ home to a feeding area. On either side of the open pathway, the researchers placed small colored wooden balls. On one side of the path, the balls couldn’t move. On the other side, the balls could roll around. For three hours a day, over 18 days, the scientists opened the pathway between the home and the feeding area. The bumblebees never had to leave the pathway to find food, but they left anyway. They weren’t interested in the side where the balls didn’t move, but they made lots of visits to the side with the rolling balls. Catching the balls with their legs, the bees would move their wings to pull on the balls, causing them to roll. The 45 numbered bumblebees did this 910 times during the test. Though some only did it once, others did it a lot. The younger ones liked to spend more time rolling balls while the older ones showed less interest in it. One bee was recorded rolling balls 44 times in a single day. One was seen rolling balls 117 times over the whole test. The test raises important questions about how the insects’ minds work and whether they have feelings. 8. What did Chittka want to do about bumblebees in the earlier test? A. Discover if they played. B. Train them to move balls. C. Make them learn to relax. D. Find out if they’d share food. 9. What did the scientists do to bumblebees before the new test? A. They named each of them. B. They let them interested in balls. C. They had all of them go hungry. D. They marked them one by one. 10. What’s the best title for the text? A. Bumblebees Are First Insects Known to Play B. Two Tests Prove Bumblebees Expect to Play C. Bumblebees Are the World’s Smartest Insects D. Scientists Make Bumblebees Work for Them 第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中两项为多余选项。 I have been on the journey of self-development and self-improvement for some time now. I have learned the most important lessons that can only be learned better if experienced. ___11___ Whatever is happening, whether good or bad, trust your life. It is not that we should blindly trust everything. We should work out what’s in our control. ___12___ People who can’t trust the process of their lives cannot expect to excel in their lives. Be patient in your life Things will come around if you’re patient. Patience is the key to success. People who cannot afford to wait should not expect better results. Greatness takes time. Just remember it takes 13 hours to build a Toyota but 6 months to build a Rolls-Royce. ___13___ Be optimistic but not overly optimistic We must be optimistic in our lives. ___14___ However, being optimistic doesn’t mean that we should be overconfident. Optimism is good, but overoptimism isn’t because that can easily ruin the chances of getting successful. It should be like “I can do it.” and not “Oh, it is so easy; obviously I will do it.” Be kind and humble One of the most common traits (特质) in people who succeeded is that they are all kind and humble. ___15___ No matter what the trend becomes, nothing can beat the power of kindness. Kindness is the essence of our existence and if we sustain it, we can make huge impacts on the lives of other people. A. Trust the process. B. Have faith in everything. C So do the work and take your time. D. Overconfidence may bring about failure. E. If we can’t work out what isn’t, then leave it. F. Optimism can turn any situation into an achievable one. G. Nowadays, many people don’t believe in these moral values. 第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 It was a sunny day yesterday. After a whole day’s work in my office I walked home. On the busy street, I saw a young man ___16___ some small toys around the corner. Usually, I would hurry past such sellers and never buy anything. But when I noticed he was ___17___, I decided to stand there for some time. I wanted to see ___18___ he sold his toys. Soon, a little girl came with her mother and wanted a toy that could ___19___ a noise: Kids liked such toys because the noise sounded really funny. The toy was 18 yuan. The mother ___20___ out a 20-yuan note. She told the young man how much she was giving him and wanted the change (找零) ___21___. I was wondering what he was going to do next. He told the mother to put the money in his bag and get the change ___22___. Then she did so. What the young man did ___23___ me. He chose to trust people even if he couldn’t see. He let me know believing in people is a ___24___ thing. It brings us warmth and love. I was so ____25____ that I made a decision to buy a toy although I didn’t need it at all. He said it ____26____ 18 yuan and I told him that I had only one 20-yuan note. Again he told me to do the same thing as the mother. I put my 20 yuan in his bag, but I didn’t take any ____27____. As I walked down the street, I saw another little girl with her father and gave her the toy I bought. She looked at me in surprise and then thanked me ____28____. I was happy to see the smile on her face. The young man was a good ____29____ to us all. On my way home, I kept thinking the world would be a better place if we all could learn to trust people more, just like the young blind ____30____. 16. A. using B. buying C. selling D. washing 17. A. fat B. deaf C. short D. blind 18. A. how B. why C. what D. when 19. A. hear B. make C. avoid D. mind 20. A. cut B. kept C. took D. worked 21. A. up B. out C. off D. back 22. A. itself B. herself C. myself D. yourself 23. A. angry B. shocked C. proud D. guilty 24. A. beautiful B. bad C. silly D. direct 25. A. caught B. experienced C. touched D. prepared 26. A. paid B. bought C. cost D. sold 27. A. change B. food C. equipment D. furniture 28. A. politely B. unluckily C. simply D. angrily 29. A. teacher B. boss C. keeper D. example 30. A. girl B. father C. boy D. man 第二节 语法填空（共10小题，每小题1. 5分，满分15分） 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（不超过三个单词）。有可能填写介词、代词、助动词、连词或冠词，有可能改变括号内单词的时态，词性等。如： 例1. In 1969, it was (be) unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up. 例2. Just be relaxed. (relax) 例3. It took years of hard work to reduce (reduce) the industrial pollution and clean the water. 例4. In the old days, people used to train dogs to protect themselves against the attacks and other beasts. When I was in France I tried to practise my language skills. However, my ____31____ (break) French was so poor that sometimes I couldn’t make ____32____ (I) understood and so it ended in complete communication breakdown. I did my best to pronounce words clearly but of course I’m not a native ____33____ (speak) or anywhere speaker approaching that level, so people often misunderstood me. The other day, I met someone from another part of the country ____34____ had such a strong accent that at times I found him virtually incomprehensible. ____35____ was hard to believe that we shared the same language, to be honest. And it wasn’t just the accent—as ____36____ matter of fact, he was speaking a different dialect and using slang (俚语), making it difficult for me ____37____ (follow) him. We had to get someone to interpret for us! When you travel, there’s sometimes a language barrier that makes ____38____ (communicate) difficult. But I’ve found that body language, while not ____39____ (exact) the same around the world, is sufficiently universal (广泛适用的), which ____40____ (mean) that we can “talk” to other people. Gestures and facial expressions allow us to show people that we don’t understand, that we want a particular thing, or whatever. 第三部分 写作（共两节，满分25分） 第一节 应用文写作（10分） 41. 假定你是李华，你所在的学校社团将举行一场交流分享会，主题是“如何准备PETS 考试” (How to Prepare for PETS)。请你用英文写一篇广播稿，告诉同学们具体的时间、地点和主题，并建议大家做一些准备。 注意： 1. 词数80左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear fellow students, ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 第二节 读后续写（15分） 42. 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整故事。故事结尾的首句已给出。 During a vacation one year, my mom and I left our home. We went to the countryside where my mother had grown up. I was excited because I couldn’t wait to see my grandparents. I also wished to go sightseeing, ride elephants, and do many more things there. They must be very wonderful. With great wishes, we arrived at my grandparents’ house in the countryside. During the first several days, I stayed in their house for fun. But soon, I got bored. One morning I said to my mom, “I really want to go outside to play.” My mom replied, “Stephanie, today we’re going to a school. The children there are studying in poor conditions. I decided to use some of my own money to buy something for them.” Hearing that, I was a little unhappy. “We can go out and play another day. Today we need to spend a little time helping these poor children,” Mom added. I had no choice but to agree. A few minutes later, my mom drove me to the school. On the way, she said, “We’d first visit the school to know what kind of things these children want most. Then we’ll try to buy them.” I thought to myself: what a vacation I am having! I come here to go sightseeing, not do charity (慈善) work. When we reached the school, I just couldn’t believe my eyes. There was only one small building, which looked as if it were a hundred years old. There was no playground, no parking lot. It was so small; my school was a million times bigger. How unlucky the children here were! We met a teacher in the school, and my mom told him the purpose of our visit. The teacher was very glad and thanked us. Then the teacher guided us into a classroom. The classroom was so small, about thirty children sitting in it, making it very crowded. I found most of the students wearing worn-out clothes and having no school supplies except some old books and pencils. Immediately, I felt sympathy (同情) for them. After the teacher introduced us to them, all the children were wild with joy and told us the things they had wanted for long. My mom made a list of them. Holding the shopping list, my mom and I headed for a store. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 株洲市八中2023年自主招生考试 英语试题 1. 试卷分试题卷和答题卷两部分。满分为100分，考试时间为90分钟。 2. 请在答题卡上写好姓名、初中毕业学校。 3. 选择题部分请按题号用2B 铅笔填涂方框，修改时用橡皮擦干净，不留痕迹。 4. 非选择题部分请按题号用0. 5毫米黑色墨水签字笔书写，否则作答无效。 5. 所有答案都必须填写在答题卡相应的位置上。 6. 请勿折叠答题卡。保持字体工整、笔迹清晰、卡面清洁。 祝你成功！ 试题卷 第一部分：阅读理解（共10小题，满分30分） 第一节（共10小题，满分20分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A 【1~3题答案】 【答案】1. B 2. A 3. A B 【4~7题答案】 【答案】4. B 5. A 6. C 7. A C 【8~10题答案】 【答案】8. B 9. D 10. A 第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分） 【11~15题答案】 【答案】11. A 12. E 13. C 14. F 15. G 第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 【16~30题答案】 【答案】16. C 17. D 18. A 19. B 20. C 21. D 22. B 23. B 24. A 25. C 26. C 27. A 28. A 29. D 30. D 第二节 语法填空（共10小题，每小题1. 5分，满分15分） 【31~40题答案】 【答案】31. broken 32. myself 33. speaker 34. who##that 35. It 36. a 37. to follow 38. communication 39. exactly 40. means 第三部分 写作（共两节，满分25分） 第一节 应用文写作（10分） 【41题答案】 【答案】例文 Dear fellow students, I’m excited to announce that our school club will hold a sharing meeting on the topic “How to Prepare for PETS”. The meeting will take place next Friday from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the school auditorium. We will discuss various strategies for preparing for the PETS exam, including effective study techniques and practice methods. I suggest you bring a notebook to take notes and prepare any questions you might have. This is a great opportunity to enhance your exam preparation. Looking forward to seeing you there! Yours, Li Hua 第二节 读后续写（15分） 【42题答案】 【答案】例文 Holding the shopping list, my mom and I headed for a store.There I helped my mom pick up the things on the list. To my mother’s surprise, I decided to buy something for the children using my own pocket money, for which my mom praised me a lot. I also added some candies to our supplies. These children were so grateful that they thanked us again and again when receiving the gifts. Some of them started reading the picture books and sharing the candies right away. Seeing their smiling face, I learned doing something meaningful for others could also be a wonderful thing. 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$