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2024-2025-2天津一中高一英语阶段性测验 Book 2 Unit 3-4 I. 单项选择 (共15小题，每题1分，满分15分) 1. His failure at ________ first attempt didn’t disappoint him. Instead, he gathered his courage and tried ________ second time. A. the; the B. the; a C. a; the D. a; a 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】考查冠词。句意：他第一次尝试失败并没有让他失望。相反，他鼓起勇气又试了一次。第一空修饰序数词first，表示“第一次”，用定冠词the，构成固定短语at the first attempt (初次尝试)。“a/an+序数词”表示“又一，再一”，second是以辅音音素开头的单词，所以第二空用不定冠词a。故选B。 2. — Let’s take a coffee break. — ________ We’ve been working for hours. A. Why bother? B. What for? C. You can’t be serious. D. You said it. 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】考查情景交际。句意：——我们休息一下喝杯咖啡吧。——你说得对。我们已经工作好几个小时了。A. Why bother?何必呢？；B. What for?为什么？；C. You can’t be serious.你不会是认真的吧？；D. You said it.你说得对。根据We’ve been working for hours.可知，同意对方提出的休息喝咖啡的提议，觉得对方说得对，所以用You said it。故选D。 3. The water supply has been cut off temporarily because the workers ________ one of the main pipes. A. had repaired B. have repaired C. repaired D. are repairing 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】考查时态。句意：水供应被暂时切断是因为工人们正在修主水管。由句意可知，用现在进行时（现在进行时表说话时或目前一段时间内正在进行的活动），是因为正在修主水管，水供应才被暂时切断。故选D项。 4. To British people，Canadians may sound American; to Americans，they may sound British. Canadians themselves insist on not being identified with . A. either B. both C. any D. neither 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】考查代词词义辨析。句意：对于应该人来说，加拿大听起来像美国人，对于美国人来说，加拿大人听起来像英国人，加拿大人自己坚持，不属于任何一方。A. either一般使用“either...or...”表示两者中有一个，要么……要么……；B. both一般使用“both...and...”，表示两者都……；C. any表示“任何”，一般只有在疑问句或者否定句中；D. neither一般是使用“neither ... nor...”既不……也不……，是两者都不的意思。根据句意可知，此处是指两者中的任何一个，用either符合题意。故选A。 5. It will be some years before some foreign doctors change the impression they have ________ Chinese medicine, ________, in their opinion, is nothing but raw herbs and not effective at all in treating diseases. A. for; which B. on; what C. to; that D. of; which 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】考查固定搭配和定语从句。句意：一些外国医生要过几年才能改变他们对中医的印象，在他们看来，中医只不过是生草药，对治疗疾病根本没有效果。第一空考查impression的固定搭配，impression of sth/sb（对某物/某人的印象）是固定搭配，因此第一空填of。第二空考查非限制性定语从句，逗号后的部分是对 Chinese medicine的补充说明，需用非限制性定语从句，先行词为Chinese medicine，指物，在从句中作主语，因此需使用关系代词which。故选D。 6. —I want to see Mr. White. We have an appointment. —I'm sorry, but he is not ________ at the moment, for the meeting hasn't ended. A. concerned B. convenient C. accessible D. available 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】考查形容词词义辨析。 句意：——我想见怀特先生，我们有预约。——抱歉，他现在没有时间，因为会议还没结束。A. concerned担心的；B. convenient方便的；C. accessible可进入的；D. available有空的。根据“for the meeting hasn't ended.”可知，他现在没有时间，因为会议还没结束。故选D项。 7. I have told you the truth. ________ I keep repeating it? A. Must B. Can C. May D. Will 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】试题分析：考查情态动词。句意：我已经告诉你实话了。你非要我再重复一遍吗？must必须，一定，很可能，must还可用于问句中，意为“非得，偏偏”，这时，常含有生气、责备的语气。故选A。 考点：考查情态动词 8. I was still sleeping when the big fire ________, and then it spread quickly. A. came out B. put out C. broke out D. gave out 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】考查动词短语辨析。句意：大火爆发时我还睡觉，然后火势迅速蔓延。A. came out出版、出现；B. put out扑灭；C. broke out(战争、火灾、疾病等)爆发；D. gave out分发、发出(光、热等)、精疲力竭。根据“the big fire”以及“it spread quickly”可推知，这里指大火突然爆发，用动词短语broke out作从句谓语，符合语境。故选C项。 9. ________ the cultural differences, the film's advertising materials should have explained, in brief, the moral behind Ne Zha's story to make it more attractive to foreign audiences. A. Considered B. Supposed C. Given D. Provided 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】考查介词及动词词义辨析。句意：考虑到文化差异，为了吸引外国观众，这部电影的广告材料应该简单解释一下《哪吒》背后的寓意。A. Considered认为；B. Supposed假设；C. Given考虑到；D. Provided提供。根据空后the cultural differences可知，此处表示“考虑到文化差异” ，应用介词given，相当于considering。故选C项。 10. That is the only way we can think of _________ the overuse of water in students' bathroom. A. reducing B. to reduce C. reduced D. being reduced 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：这是我们能想到的减少学生浴室用水过度的唯一方法。“we can think of”是“the only way”的省略that的定语从句，所以真正的结构是the way to do sth，做某事的方式，所以选项B是符合语法的。故选B项。 11. The limits of a person’s intelligence, generally speaking, are fixed at birth, but ______ he reaches these limits will depend on his environment. A. whether B. where C. that D. why 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】考查主语从句。句意：一般来说，一个人的智力极限在出生时是固定的，但他是否达到这些极限将取决于他所处的环境。A. whether是否；B. where引导名词性从句时，做地点状语；C. that引导名词性从句时，只起连接作用、无实意；D. why引导名词性从句时，做原因状语。通过分析可知，此处是主语从句，且引导词在从句中不作任何成分，但有实际意义，表示“是否”，应该用whether。故选A。 12. Nothing but some ancient Chinese coins _____ in the sunken ship since they began the exploration in the Zambezi River. A. were found B. has been found C. was found D. have been found 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】考查时态语态和主谓一致。句意：自从他们开始探索the Zambezi River开始，在沉没的船里，只发现了一些中国古代的钱币。当“A but B”结构作主语的时候，谓语动词要和A保持一致，所以本句要和nothing保持一致，要使用单数形式。本句的时间状语从句是由since引导的，从句使用一般过去时，主句要使用现在完成时，表示过去发生的事情对现在造成的影响或结果。本句主语Nothing but some ancient Chinese coins与动词find构成被动关系，所以使用现在完成时的被动语态。故B项正确。 13. ________ you make peace with who you are, you’ll never be happy with what you have. A. If B. Since C. When D. Until 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】考查时间状语从句。句意：直到你能和自己和解，否则你永远不会对自己所拥有的感到快乐。A. If如果；B. Since自从，因为；C. When当……时候；D. Until直到……为止。本空引导时间状语从句，意为“直到……为止”，用Until。故选D。 14. Japan is facing an aging population, with the population ________ from the current 127 million to 90million. A. expecting to decrease B. expected to decrease C. expecting to have decreased D. expected to have decreased 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：日本正面临人口老龄化问题，预计人口将从目前的1.27亿减少到9000万。本句中已有谓语动词is facing，此处为非谓语动词。此处为with的复合结构，且population“人口”与 expect“预计”之间是被动关系，所以要用过去分词形式expected，作宾补，因此排除选项A和C。decrease“减少”。be expected to do sth.表示“被预计做某事”，这里是预计人口未来会减少，用动词不定式的一般式to decrease，而to have decreased是动词不定式的完成式，表示动作在谓语动词之前已经完成，不符合语境。故选B。 15. —Thanks a lot for your book. I found it very interesting. —________. I'm glad you enjoyed it. A. All the best B. It is nothing C. No thanks D. Very well 【答案】B 【解析】 【分析】 【详解】考查交际用语。句意：——非常感谢你的书，我发现它非常有趣。——不用谢，我很高兴你喜欢。根据后半句“我发现它非常有趣”，在答语的前半句应选择一个表示不用谢的词语。A选项“All the best”为祝酒或送行时的用语，意思是“万事吉利，一路平安”；B选项“It is nothing”，意为“这没什么”，符合上下文要求；C选项“No thanks”，为中国式英语，不合语境；D选项“Very well”，意为“好的”，与文意不符，故答案选B。 Ⅱ. 完形填空 (共20小题，每题1. 5分，满分30分) Tom is a sixth grader at Mark Henry Middle School in Louisiana. He has been ___16___ since birth. Though a hearing aid allows him to hear a little, he ___17___ depends on American Sign Language (ASL 美国手势语言) to ___18___. He even had a translator who ___19___ him throughout the school day. But that isn’t ___20___ for the students at Mark Henry, who, in an effort to better communicate with Tom, ___21___ an ASL Club. They spend their lunchtime and rest time once a week learning sign language. Tom is ___22___ that his classmates started the club because they want to be like him. His classmates want to learn his ___23___ style because they think sign language is cool. So far, Tammy Arvin, Tom’s translator and the instructor for the school’s ASL Club, has taught the students ___24___ conversations and words for items at school, food and clothing. Thanks to the ASL Club, Tom’s been able to communicate with his classmates ___25___. Now, Tom has gained ___26___. What’s more, he has learnt to ___27___ himself more willingly, which makes it easier for the other students to ___28___ him. More natural communication with others has made him feel less ___29___ in the school. Since the ___30___ was set up, there has been no need for Tom to have himself followed by a translator around all day long. Not only has the club helped Tom, but it has ___31___ the students as well. The students feel ___32___ when learning the language. They might not have ___33___ they are learning about deaf culture by joining this club. It really gives them a chance to learn a culture that they weren’t ___34___ aware of, which makes them ___35___ more about the world around them. 16. A. blind B. deaf C. foolish D. clever 17. A. ever B. finally C. first D. mainly 18. A. understand B. think C. speak D. survive 19. A. accompanied B. led C. watched D. protected 20. A. proper B. hard C. enough D. strange 21. A. put forward B. brought up C. set up D. appealed to 22. A. worried B. excited C. annoyed D. ashamed 23. A. communicating B. living C. writing D. learning 24. A. new B. hard C. good D. basic 25. A. quickly B. easily C. loudly D. naturally 26. A. confidence B. control C. support D. freedom 27. A. excuse B. behave C. express D. introduce 28. A. help B. approach C. trust D. discover 29. A. unlucky B. guilty C. friendly D. lonely 30. A. business B. meeting C. club D. reaction 31. A. alarmed B. benefited C. encouraged D. comforted 32. A. nervous B. happy C. puzzled D. bored 33. A. admitted B. remembered C. liked D. realized 34. A. rarely B. regularly C. previously D. hardly 35. A. talk B. change C. know D. read 【答案】16. B 17. D 18. C 19. A 20. C 21. C 22. B 23. A 24. D 25. B 26. A 27. C 28. B 29. D 30. C 31. B 32. B 33. D 34. C 35. C 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了路易斯安那州马克亨利中学的六年级学生汤姆从出生起就失聪，他的同学为了更好和他交流，于是一起学习手语，让汤姆可以轻松地与同学交流。 【16题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他从出生起就耳聋。A. blind失明的，瞎的，盲目的；B. deaf失聪的，聋的；C. foolish愚蠢的；D. clever聪明的。根据下文 “Though a hearing aid allows him to hear a little”可知，他从出生就“失聪”了。故选B。 【17题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：虽然助听器能让他听到一点声音，但他主要依靠美国手语交谈。A. ever曾经；B. finally最后；C. first首先；D. mainly主要地。根据后文“depends on American Sign Language”以及“He even had a translator who ______ him throughout the school day”可知，他主要依靠美国手语交流。故选D。 【18题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：虽然助听器能让他听到一点声音，但他主要依靠美国手语交谈。A. understand理解；B. think思考；C. speak说话，交谈；D. survive幸存。根据上文“depends on American Sign Language to”以及后文“He even had a translator”可知，他主要依靠美国手语说话、交谈，故选C。 【19题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：他甚至有一个翻译在整个上学日陪伴他。A. accompanied陪伴；B. led带领；C. watched观看；D. protected保护。根据后文“him throughout the school day”可知，翻译陪同他上学，故选A。 【20题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但这对马克·亨利的学生来说还不够，为了更好地与汤姆交流，他们成立了一个美国手语俱乐部。A. proper合适的；B. hard努力的；C. enough足够的；D. strange奇怪的。根据上文“in an effort to better communicate with Tom”以及后文“_____ an ASL Club. They spend their lunchtime and rest time once a week learning sign language.”可知，为了更好地与Tom交流，学生们成立了美国手语俱乐部，利用午饭和休息时间学手语，由此可知，此处指对于这所学校的学生来说仅仅有翻译陪着Tom、帮他翻译手语还不够。故选C。 【21题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：但这对马克·亨利的学生来说还不够，为了更好地与汤姆交流，他们成立了一个美国手语俱乐部。A. put forward提出；B. brought up抚养；C. set up建立；D. appealed to呼吁。根据后文“his classmates started the club”以及“Since the ____15____ was set up”可知此处指成立了一个美国手语俱乐部。故选C。 【22题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：汤姆很兴奋，因为他的同学们都想和他一样，并因此创办了这个俱乐部。A. worried担心的；B. excited激动的；C. annoyed恼怒的；D. ashamed羞愧的。根据后文“his classmates started the club because they want to be like him”可知，汤姆的同学想要和他一样，因此创办美国手语俱乐部，为此汤姆感到兴奋。故选B。 【23题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：他的同学想学习他的交流方式，因为他们认为手语很酷。A. communicating交流；B. living居住；C. writing写；D. learning学习。根据上文“depends on American Sign Language”可知，他用手语交流，此处指他的同学想学习他的交流方式。故选A。 【24题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：到目前为止，汤姆的翻译和学校美国手语俱乐部的讲师塔米·阿尔文已经教了学生们基本的对话和学校物品、食物和衣服的单词。A. new新的；B. hard努力的；C. good好的；D. basic基本的。根据后文“conversations and words for items at school, food and clothing”可知，此处指教学生们基本的对话和学校物品、食物和衣服的单词。故选D。 【25题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：多亏了美国手语俱乐部，汤姆可以轻松地与同学交流。A. quickly快速地；B. easily轻松地，容易地；C. loudly大声地；D. naturally自然地。根据上文“Thanks to the ASL Club, Tom’s been able to communicate with his classmates”可知，由于手语俱乐部，同学们学习了手语，汤姆可以轻松地与同学交流。故选B。 【26题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：现在，汤姆获得了信心。A. confidence自信；B. control控制；C. support支持；D. freedom自由。根据后文“himself more willingly”以及“More natural communication with others has made him feel less”可知，汤姆更愿意表达自己，和同学更自然地交流，由此说明他获得了信心。故选A。 【27题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：更重要的是，他学会了更愿意表达自己，这使得其他学生更容易接近他。A. excuse原谅；B. behave行为，表现；C. express表达；D. introduce介绍。根据后文“himself more willingly”以及“More natural communication with others”可知，此处指愿意表达自己，愿意和他人交流。故选C。 【28题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：更重要的是，他学会了更愿意表达自己，这使得其他学生更容易接近他。A. help帮助；B. approach靠近；C. trust信任；D. discover发现。根据后文“More natural communication with others”可知，他学会了更愿意表达自己、这使得其他学生更容易接近他，有了更多自然的交流。故选B。 【29题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：与他人更自然的交流使他在学校里感到不那么孤独。A. unlucky不幸的；B. guilty内疚的；C. friendly友好的；D. lonely孤独的。根据上文“More natural communication with others has made him feel less”可知，同学学会了手语，可以和汤姆更多的交流，所以他感到没那么孤独了。故选D。 【30题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：自从俱乐部成立以来，汤姆就没有必要整天让翻译跟着他了。A. business生意；B. meeting遇见；C. club俱乐部；D. reaction反应。指上文“Thanks to the ASL Club”可知，此处特指手语俱乐部的成立。故选C。 【31题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：这个俱乐部不仅帮助了汤姆，而且也使学生们受益。A. alarmed报警；B. benefited受益；C. encouraged鼓励；D. comforted安慰。根据后文“It really gives them a chance to learn a culture that they weren’t ___19___ aware of, which makes them ___20___ more about the world around them.”可知，手语俱乐部不仅帮助了汤姆，而且也使学生们受益，学习手语让学生们更多地了解他们周围的世界。故选B。 【32题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：学生们在学习手语时感到快乐。A. nervous紧张的；B. happy快乐的；C. puzzled困惑的；D. bored厌倦的。根据上文“because they think sign language is cool”以及“It really gives them a chance to learn a culture that they weren’t ___19___ aware of, which makes them ___20___ more about the world around them.”可知，学生们认为手语很酷，且手语让学生更加了解周围的世界，由此推测学习手语让学生感到快乐。故选B。 【33题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：他们可能没有意识到通过加入这个俱乐部他们正在学习聋人文化。A. admitted承认；B. remembered记得；C. liked喜爱；D. realized意识到。根据后文“they are learning about deaf culture by joining this club”以及上文“because they think sign language is cool”可知，学生想要学习是因为觉得手语很酷，他们可能还没有意识到通过加入这个俱乐部他们正在学习聋人文化。故选D。 【34题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：这真的给了他们一个机会去学习一种他们以前没有意识到的文化，这让他们更多地了解他们周围的世界。A. rarely几乎不；B. regularly定期地；C. previously以前地；D. hardly几乎不。根据上文“It really gives them a chance to learn a culture that they weren’t”可知，学习手语是学生后来才从事的活动，所以是指以前没有意识到的文化，故选C。 35题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：这真的给了他们一个机会去学习一种他们以前没有意识到的文化，这让他们更多地了解他们周围的世界。A. talk谈话；B. change改变；C. know了解，知道；D. read阅读。根据后文“more about the world around them”可知，此处指学习手语让学生了解周围的世界，用动词know。故选C。 Ⅲ. 阅读理解 (共12小题，每题2. 5分，满分30分) A Innovation (创新) needs failure! Museum of Failure is a collection of failed products and services from around the world. The majority of all innovation projects fail and the museum showcases these failures to provide visitors a fascinating learning experience. The museum aims to stimulate productive discussion about failure and inspire us to take meaningful risks. Every item provides unique insight into the risky business of innovation. The museum is organized by Dr. Samuel West, licensed psychologist, PhD in Organizational Psychology. The following are two examples of those products. (for more info, pls click HERE) New Coke The competition between Coca-Cola and Pepsi became more intense in 1975with “The Pepsi Challenge”, where consumers in blind taste tests preferred Pepsi over Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola responded by doing extensive market research that confirmed that consumers preferred a sweeter version of the original recipe. Coca-Cola changed its classic recipe in 1985 and launched what was called New Coke. Coca-Cola consumers were very furious that the recipe had been changed. The original formula was rapidly re-introduced and rebranded as Coca-Cola Classic. Back to the failure The DeLorean, with its strange gull-wing doors, was one of the most spectacular innovation failures in history. The first prototype was built in 1976, when there were not many competitors for this type of futuristic car. The DeLorean was marketed as a luxury sports car, but with a severely under-powered engine the car was painfully slow. It was also difficult to keep clean and the stainless steel panel required constant polishing. The design was unusual and special, but otherwise the car was a disaster—a nightmare on wheels. The DeLorean Motor Company went bankrupt, but the car will always be remembered as the famous time machine from the movie series Back to the Future. 36. What is the theme of Museum of Failure? A. Change is the parent of success. B. It's no use challenging traditions. C. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. D. Where there is a will, there is a way. 37. What does the underlined word “furious” in New Coke probably mean? A. Surprised. B. Annoyed . C. Excited. D. Delighted. 38. What do these two products have in common? A. They were inaccessible to ordinary consumers. B. They were launched with wrong market strategies. C They were too advanced for the markets back then. D. They had issues that led to their failure despite initial innovation. 39. Where is the text probably taken from? A. A science fiction. B. A travel brochure. C. A museum website. D. A movie application. 【答案】36. A 37. B 38. D 39. C 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文，文章介绍了失败博物馆以及两种产品示例。 【36题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段中“The majority of all innovation projects fail and the museum showcases these failures to provide visitors a fascinating learning experience. The museum aims to stimulate productive discussion about failure and inspire us to take meaningful risks. Every item provides unique insight into the risky business of innovation.(大多数创新项目都失败了，博物馆展示了这些失败，为游客提供了一个迷人的学习体验。该博物馆旨在激发关于失败的富有成效的讨论，并激励我们承担有意义的风险。每一个项目都提供了独特的洞察创新的风险业务)”可知，失败博物馆展示失败的创新项目，旨在激发关于失败的富有成效的讨论，并激励我们承担有意义的风险，故该博物馆的主题是“改变是成功之母”。故选A。 【37题详解】 词句猜测题。根据划线句下文“The original formula was rapidly re-introduced and rebranded as Coca-Cola Classic.（最初的配方很快被重新引入，并重新命名为经典可口可乐。）”可知，可口可乐配方被改让消费者不满，所以划线词意思与Annoyed “愤怒的”一致。故选B。 【38题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一个产品描述中“Coca-Cola changed its classic recipe in 1985 and launched what was called New Coke. Coca-Cola consumers were furious that the recipe had been changed.(可口可乐在1985年改变了它的经典配方，推出了所谓的新可乐。可口可乐的消费者对配方被改变感到愤怒)”和第二个产品描述中“The DeLorean was marketed as a luxury sports car, but with a severely under-powered engine the car was painfully slow. It was also difficult to keep clean and the stainless steel panel required constant polishing. The design was unusual and special, but otherwise the car was a disaster — a nightmare on wheels.(DeLorean作为一款豪华跑车在市场上销售，但由于发动机动力严重不足，这辆车的速度慢得令人痛苦。它也很难保持清洁，不锈钢钣金需要不断抛光。它的设计与众不同，但除此之外，它简直就是一场灾难——车轮上的噩梦)”可知，这两款产品的共同点是尽管它们富含创新，但是本身的问题导致了它们的失败，故选D。 【39题详解】 推理判断题。根据全文内容，结合第一段中“Museum of Failure is a collection of failed products and services from around the world.(失败博物馆收集了来自世界各地的失败产品和服务)”和第二段中“for more info, pls click HERE(欲知详情，请点击此处)”可知，文章出自一个博物馆的网站，故选C。 B Escape to a New Life — Everyone's Dream? A TV series in Wales has become a heated issue by becoming the number one choice for teenagers to watch. The main character is a young farmer and the series is about country life, making the popularity of the series all the more surprising. The series is calm and relaxing and absolutely opposite to city life. It describers the Welsh countryside as a beautiful and peaceful place and its people as very caring and happy. The series's director believes that this is what young people want today. She says the success of the series is because teenagers want a happier and healthier life away from the pressures of deadlines and exams. She figures this series offers a form of escape from their fast and stressful lives. Despite this, many parents and teachers are worried about the effect it is having on young people. Parents report that their children are just watching this series and neglecting everything else, using Escape to a New Life as an excuse for not completing homework, or refusing to revise for exams, citing a need for a happier and less stressful life. One father, Paul McGregor, said his daughter Charlotte had changed a lot. He said, “She used to be in the school athletics team and love the javelin, but now she only wants to watch the TV series and has been dropped from the team. She no longer completes her homework, saying it doesn't matter as she just wants to ‘escape to a new life’. ” Paediatrician (儿科医生) , Dr. Elisa Carhart who specialises in child mental health, says that TV can influence young people's decisions in life, but believes that if a young person reacts as strongly as Charlotte, it's likely that there are other reasons for the change in his or her behaviour. 40. What is the TV series Escape to a New Life mainly about? A. How people escape from city life. B. How a Welsh farmer lives his life. C How teenagers balance work with life. D. How the young live a relaxing life. 41 Why do young people watch Escape to a New Life and neglect everything else according to parents? A. They just find a way of not doing routine work. B. They need to escape from their stressful lives. C. They only love watching TV series. D. They want a happier and healthier life. 42. What is probably Paul McGregor's attitude towards the TV series? A. Unfavorable. B. Supportive. C. Unclear. D. Forgiving. 43. What can we learn from Dr. Elisa Carhart's words? A. One should not jump in with both feet. B. One man's meat is another man's poison. C. We'd better be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud. D. We should not throw the baby out with the bathwater. 【答案】40. B 41. A 42. A 43. D 【解析】 【导语】本文为一篇说明文。文章介绍了《逃向新生活》这部电视剧的评价和对人们的影响。 【40题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段“The main character is a young farmer and the series is about country life, making the popularity of the series all the more surprising. (主人公是一个年轻的农民，而该系列是关于乡村生活的，这使得该系列的受欢迎程度更加令人惊讶)”可知，电视剧《逃向新生活》主要讲的是一位农民的乡村生活。故选B。 【41题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段“Despite this, many parents and teachers are worried about the effect it is having on young people. Parents report that their children are just watching this series and neglecting everything else, using Escape to a New Life as an excuse for not completing homework, or refusing to revise for exams, citing a need for a happier and less stressful life.(尽管如此，许多家长和老师都担心它对年轻人的影响。家长们报告说，他们的孩子只是看这部剧，而忽略了其他一切，以Escape to a New Life为借口不完成作业，或者拒绝复习考试，理由是需要更快乐、压力更小的生活)”可知，父母认为，年轻人喜欢看《逃离新生活》，而忽略了其他一切是因为他们只是找到了一种不做常规任务的方法。故选A。 【42题详解】 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“One father, Paul McGregor, said his daughter Charlotte had changed a lot. He said, “She used to be in the school athletics team and love the javelin, but now she only wants to watch the TV series and has been dropped from the team. She no longer completes her homework, saying it doesn't matter as she just wants to ‘escape to a new life’. ” (一位名叫保罗·麦格雷戈的父亲说，他的女儿夏洛特改变了很多。他说：“她以前是校田径队的，喜欢标枪，但现在她只想看电视剧，已经被队里除名了。她不再完成家庭作业，她说这无关紧要，因为她只想‘逃避到新生活中去’”)”可知，她的女儿只看电视剧，被田径队开除，不写作业。由此推知，保罗·麦格雷戈对这部电视剧持反对的态度。故选A。 【43题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“Paediatrician (儿科医生), Dr. Elisa Carhart who specialises in child mental health, says that TV can influence young people's decisions in life, but believes that if a young person reacts as strongly as Charlotte, it's likely that there are other reasons for the change in his or her behaviour.(专门研究儿童心理健康的儿科医生艾丽莎·卡哈特博士说，电视会影响年轻人的生活决定，但她认为，如果一个年轻人的反应像夏洛特那样强烈，很可能是其他原因导致了她的行为改变)”可知，艾丽莎·卡哈特博士认为电视影响着年轻人的决定，但是如果决定过于偏激可能有其他因素影响，所以我们不能一概的说电视剧的坏处，而忽视了其中的宝贵的部分。由此推知，选项D. We should not throw the baby out with the bathwater.(我们不应该把婴儿连同洗澡水一起倒掉)比喻的是不要因为想舍弃某物不好的地方而丢掉了宝贵的部分，符合题意。故选D。 C ChatGPT is a new AI system that sounds so human in conversations that it could host its own radio programs. Reading between its instantly generated, perfectly grammatical lines, people see different visions of the future. Without doubt, ChatGPT is impressive. Some compare the emergence of ChatGPT to the impact of the iPhone, but that doesn’t do it justice. ChatGPT, as well as the generative AI that will follow and outsmart it, is more disruptive. And yet, that doesn’t necessarily mean the end of the world is upon us. On the contrary, ChatGPT, I would argue, might serve to make us more aware of our irreplaceable human qualities. Take the creative act, writing in particular, as an example. If you want it to, the AI-powered chatbot always produces something because it has the whole world of online data to draw from. But unlike us, it lacks the consciousness. Thinking is hard, critical thinking even harder, and ChatGPT isn’t good at either. It just restates what has already been said; it is one big recycling machine. There is another obvious limitation of ChatGPT. Philosopher Harry Frankfurt once claimed: the difference between a bullshitter (胡说八道的人) and a liar is that the liar knows what the truth is but decides to take the opposite direction; a bullshitter, however, has no regard for the truth at all. The AI scholar Gary Marcus applies this distinction to ChatGPT. He believes that we have reached a critical point when “the price of bullshit reaches zero and people who want to spread misinformation, either politically or just to make a profit, start doing that plentifully”. Unfortunately, ChatGPT will reproduce misinformation from any of its input sources — it is not an intelligent system that tries to balance or weight different perspectives. In this sense, everything that ChatGPT writes is bullshit. This is why the so-called AIQ is critical. It is actually an extension and a measurement of our human IQ: our overall knowledge of AI tools, our mastery of clues, and our ethical awareness. ChatGPT is going to change everything and nothing. Creativity, imagination and ethics — these will all remain unique human domains. It is the AI’s very limitations that will make us appreciate our own. 44. What can we learn about ChatGPT? A. It helps generate an artificial voice. B. It provides instructions on writing skills. C. It generates natural language responses. D. It offers a service for language learning. 45. What does the underlined word “disruptive” in Paragraph 2 probably mean? A. Evil. B. Comparable. C. Profitable. D. Revolutionary. 46. Why does the author consider ChatGPT as a bullshit generator? A. It makes up lies constantly. B. It can’t tell right from wrong. C. It often makes unfair judgement. D. It always takes a neutral standpoint. 47. Which can be a suitable title for the text? A. ChatGPT Makes Us Human B. ChatGPT Is Causing Panic Now C. ChatGPT: Treat It Like a Toy, Not a Tool D. ChatGPT: Why It Is Bound to Generate Bullshit 【答案】44. C 45. D 46. B 47. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇议论文。文章主要论述了ChatGPT作为一种新型人工智能系统，虽然它有令人印象深刻的优点，但它缺少人类不可替代的品质，正是人工智能的这些局限性才让我们欣赏自我。 【44题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段中的“ChatGPT is a new AI system that sounds so human in conversations that it could host its own radio programs.(ChatGPT是一个新的人工智能系统，在对话中听起来很像人，它可以主持自己的广播节目)”可知，ChatGPT在对话中听起来很像人。由此推知，它能够用非常自然的语言进行回答。故选C。 【45题详解】 词句猜测题。根据划线词前面一句“Some compare the emergence of ChatGPT to the impact of the iPhone, but that doesn’t do it justice.(有人将ChatGPT的出现比作iPhone的影响，但这并不公正)”和划线词后面的“And yet, that doesn’t necessarily mean the end of the world is upon us. On the contrary, ChatGPT, I would argue, might serve to make us more aware of our irreplaceable human qualities.(然而，这并不一定意味着世界末日即将来临。相反，我认为，ChatGPT可能会让我们更加意识到我们不可替代的人类品质)”可知，ChatGPT的出现所带来的影响比iPhone更大，它更加disruptive，这并不意味着世界毁灭，而是会让人类意识到自身不可替代的品质。由此推知，这里是说ChatGPT更具革命性，与revolutionary意思最接近。故选D。 【46题详解】 推理判断题。根据第四段中的“Unfortunately, ChatGPT will reproduce misinformation from any of its input sources — it is not an intelligent system that tries to balance or weight different perspectives. In this sense, everything that ChatGPT writes is bullshit.(不幸的是，ChatGPT将从其任何输入来源复制错误信息——它不是一个试图平衡或权衡不同观点的智能系统。从这个意义上说，ChatGPT所写的一切都是胡说八道)”可知，ChatGPT只是复制各种来源的错误信息，而不会思考其中观点的正误，所以它是一个胡说八道生成器。由此推知，ChatGPT不能辨别是非。故选B。 【47题详解】 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，第二段中的最后一句“On the contrary, ChatGPT, I would argue, might serve to make us more aware of our irreplaceable human qualities.(相反，我认为，ChatGPT可能会让我们更加意识到我们不可替代的人类品质)”承上启下，引出接下来作者谈论的ChatGPT所具有的局限性，并根据最后一段中的“It is the AI’s very limitations that will make us appreciate our own.(正是人工智能的局限性让我们欣赏自己)”可知，这里对上文进行总结，讲述了人工智能的局限性让我们能够更好地意识到我们所具有的人性特点。由此可知，本文主要的论点是：ChatGPT让我们意识到我们人类身上不可替代的人性特点，A项“ChatGPT让我们彰显人性”最适合作本文标题。故选A。 IV. 单词拼写 (共15小题，每题1分，满分15分) 【根据所提供的中文或首字母，用单词的适当形式填空，每空一词。】 48. The c_________ between the two countries finally caused a war. (根据首字母单词拼写) 【答案】conflict##onflict 【解析】 【详解】考查名词。 句意：两国之间的冲突最终引发了一场战。根据句意和首字母可知，空处填名词conflict作主语。故填conflict。 49. Diets are most effective when c_________ (使结合) with sports in losing weight. (根据中英文提示单词拼写) 【答案】combined##ombined 【解析】 【详解】考查省略句。句意：在减肥方面，饮食与运动相结合时是最有效的。根据首字母c及汉语提示“使结合”可知，此处应用动词combine。when引导的时间状语从句中省略了主语Diets和be动词are，且combine与主语 Diets之间是被动关系，所以本空用过去分词形式combined，与are构成一般现在时的被动语态。故填combined。 50. Make sure to have a good sleep at night in order to keep e_________ the next day. (根据首字母单词拼写) 【答案】energetic##nergetic 【解析】 【详解】考查形容词。句意：晚上确保睡个好觉，以便第二天保持精力充沛。根据句意和首字母可知，此处使用形容词energetic“精力充沛的”，作表语。故填energetic。 51. Our behavioural response to anger is different from our response to other e_________ (情绪) . (根据中英文提示单词拼写) 【答案】emotions##motions 【解析】 【详解】考查名词。句意：我们对愤怒的行为反应与对其他情绪的反应不同。根据首字母e及汉语提示“情绪”可知，此处应用名词emotion。由other修饰，应用复数形式emotions，作介词to的宾语。故填emotions。 52. If you aren’t satisfied with these a_________, let us know and we can make a change. (根据首字母单词拼写) 【答案】arrangements##rrangements 【解析】 【详解】考查名词。句意：如果您对这些安排不满意，请告诉我们，我们可以做出改变。根据首字母a可知，此处用名词arrangement“安排”，由these修饰，应用复数形式arrangements，作with的宾语。故填arrangements。 53. The poet bought a new chair whose height is a_________ (可调整的) , which makes him comfortable to sit in. (根据中英文提示单词拼写) 【答案】adjustable##djustable 【解析】 【详解】考查形容词。句意：这位诗人买了一把新椅子，它的高度是可调整的，这让他坐起来很舒服。“可调整的”作定语从句中表语，结合首字母提示，用形容词adjustable，表明椅子高度的特性。故填adjustable。 54. Kate sits on the sofa, totally a_________ in the book about youth and dreams. (根据首字母单词拼写) 【答案】absorbed##bsorbed 【解析】 【详解】考查形容词。句意：凯特坐在沙发上，完全沉浸在那本关于青春和梦想的书中。根据单词首字母a可知，此处应用形容词absorbed，absorbed in为固定短语，意为“专心于，全神贯注于”，在句中作状语。故填absorbed。 55. The newly-developed software is able to m_________ (监视) all activities of criminals in prison. (根据中英文提示单词拼写) 【答案】monitor##onitor 【解析】 【详解】考查动词。句意：新开发的软件能够监视监狱中罪犯的所有活动。根据首字母m及汉语提示“监视”可知，此处应填动词monitor。位于不定式符号to后，用动词原形monitor。故填monitor。 56. We don’t have to live in the past, but we can d_________ do better by learning from it. (根据首字母单词拼写) 【答案】definitely##efinitely 【解析】 【详解】考查副词。句意：我们不必活在过去，但我们肯定可以通过从中学习做得更好。根据句意和首字母可知，空处填副词definitely作状语修饰动词。故填definitely。 57. Through watching many d_________ (纪录片), people learn how environmental organizations protect animals. (根据中英文提示单词拼写) 【答案】documentaries##ocumentaries 【解析】 【详解】考查名词。句意：通过观看许多纪录片，人们了解到环保组织是如何保护动物的。根据首字母d及汉语提示“纪录片”可知，本空用名词documentary，根据many可知，用复数形式documentaries，作watching的宾语。故填documentaries。 58. As it turned out, Douglas did exactly what she needed to do to become the Olympic c_________ when she defeated other athletes. (根据首字母单词拼写) 【答案】champion##hampion 【解析】 【详解】考查名词。句意：事实证明，当道格拉斯击败其他运动员时，她所做的正是成为奥运会冠军所需要做的。根据首字母提示及语境“when she defeated other athletes.”可知，此处应填表示“冠军”的单词champion，作表语。故填champion。 59. It is believed that the basketball star is a great player with excellent t_________ (技巧) . (根据中英文提示单词拼写) 【答案】techniques##echniques 【解析】 【详解】考查名词。句意：人们认为这位篮球明星是一位有着出色技巧的优秀球员。根据首字母t及汉语提示“技巧”可知，此处应填名词technique。技巧不止一个，用复数形式techniques，作with的宾语。故填techniques。 60. I’m so g_________ to our teacher for giving me the opportunity to make a speech. (根据首字母单词拼写) 【答案】grateful##rateful 【解析】 【详解】考查形容词。句意：我非常感激老师给我这次演讲的机会。此处需要使用形容词做表语，句子表达“对老师给予演讲机会的感激”，需填入表示“感激的”形容词，英语可使用“grateful ”。be grateful to sb. for sth. 是固定搭配，意为“因某事感激某人”，符合逻辑。故填grateful。 61. The audience laughed and c_________ (鼓掌) warmly when the famous actor stepped on stage. (根据中英文提示单词拼写) 【答案】clapped##lapped 【解析】 【详解】考查动词。句意：当这位著名演员登上舞台时，观众们大笑起来并热烈鼓掌。根据首字母c及汉语提示“鼓掌”可知，此处用动词clap，结合前文的laughed可知，本句描述过去的动作和状态，故时态用一般过去时，谓语用过去式。故填clapped。 62. Nowadays, people are encouraged not to use p_________ bags when doing shopping. (根据首字母单词拼写) 【答案】plastic##lastic 【解析】 【详解】考查形容词。句意：如今，人们被鼓励在购物时不要使用塑料袋。根据句意“塑料的”和首字母提示可知，此处为形容词plastic，作定语，修饰名词bags。故填plastic。 V. 短语填空 (共10小题，每题！分，满分10分) 【用方框内短语的正确形式填空，有两个短语是多余的】 die out, date back to sth, transform sth into sth, result in, break down, put on, put down, get sth across to sb, in turn, live up to sth, persuade sb to do sth, on the edge of one’s seat 63. They were disappointed to find the bookstore __________________ a hotel. 64. His sudden headache __________________ his not being able to attend the party. 65. One night in the pouring rain, Tony’s car __________________ on the road. 66. When making a speech, your ideas should be __________________ your listeners. 67. She listened to the teacher carefully while she was __________________ the key information in her book. 68. Regardless of the warning that they might fall ill, the two sisters took care of their sick mother __________________ 69. The custom, __________________ ancient times, is still observed by the community. 70. To our sadness, many good traditions are gradually __________________. 71. Finally, he __________________ buy a lot of useless things by the shop assistant. 72. In short, I hope all of you could __________________ the expectations of the school. 【答案】63. transformed into 64. resulted in 65. broke down 66. got across to 67. putting down 68. in turn 69. dating back to 70. dying out 71. was persuaded to 72. live up to 【解析】 【63题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：他们失望地发现书店被改造成了一家酒店。此处需要使用非谓语动词作宾补，根据句意，书店被改造成了酒店，transform sth into sth（将某物转变为某物）符合语境，宾语bookstore与transform into是被动关系，因此需要使用过去分词形式。故填transformed into。 【64题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：他突然的头痛导致他无法参加派对。结合句意，头痛导致无法参加聚会，result in（导致）表示因果关系，本句描述过去发生的事，谓语使用一般过去时。故填resulted in。 【65题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：一个雨夜，托尼的车在路上抛锚了。此处需要使用动词作谓语，句子描述过去的事实，因此谓语为一般过去时，车在雨中抛锚，break down（机器故障）符合语境。故填broke down。 【66题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：演讲时，你的观点应传达给听众。此处需要使用动词与should搭配作谓语，结合句意演讲时需让听众理解你的观点，get sth across to sb（传达给某人）符合语境，此处主语ideas与get sth across to是被动关系，因此需使用过去分词形式。故填got across to。 【67题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：她认真听讲的同时，在书上记下关键信息。此处需要使用动词与was搭配构成过去进行时，充当while引导的时间状语从句的谓语，表示动作正在发生，结合语境，边听讲边记下重点，put down（写下）符合动作描述。故填putting down。 【68题详解】 考查介词短语。句意：尽管可能生病，两姐妹仍轮流照顾病重的母亲。此处需要使用介词短语作状语，结合语境，两姐妹轮流照顾母亲，in turn（轮流）符合句意。故填in turn。 【69题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：这一习俗可追溯至古代，至今仍被社区遵循。此处需要使用非谓语动词作状语，结合句意，习俗追溯到古代，date back to（追溯到）用于历史渊源。date back to 无被动语态，因此需要使用现在分词。故填dating back to。 【70题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：令人难过的是，许多优秀传统正逐渐消亡。此处需要使用动词短语的现在分词形式，与are搭配构成谓语表达当下正在发生的情况，结合句意，传统逐渐消失，die out（灭绝/消失）符合趋势描述。故填dying out。 【71题详解】 考查被动语态。句意：最终，他被店员说服买了很多无用的东西。此处需要使用动词作谓语，描述过去的事情，所以使用一般过去时，结合语境，他被店员说服购买无用商品，persuade sb to do sth（说服某人做某事）符合语境，主语he与persuade是被动关系，需用被动语态。故填was persuaded to。 【72题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：总之，我希望你们都能达到学校的期望。此处需要使用动词短语与could搭配构成谓语，结合语境，希望学生达到学校期望，live up to sth（达到标准）为固定搭配，符合语境。故填live up to。 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 2024-2025-2天津一中高一英语阶段性测验 Book 2 Unit 3-4 I. 单项选择 (共15小题，每题1分，满分15分) 1. His failure at ________ first attempt didn’t disappoint him. Instead, he gathered his courage and tried ________ second time. A. the; the B. the; a C. a; the D. a; a 2. — Let’s take a coffee break. — ________ We’ve been working for hours. A. Why bother? B. What for? C. You can’t be serious. D. You said it. 3. The water supply has been cut off temporarily because the workers ________ one of the main pipes. A. had repaired B. have repaired C. repaired D. are repairing 4. To British people，Canadians may sound American; to Americans，they may sound British. Canadians themselves insist on not being identified with . A. either B. both C. any D. neither 5. It will be some years before some foreign doctors change the impression they have ________ Chinese medicine, ________, in their opinion, is nothing but raw herbs and not effective at all in treating diseases. A. for; which B. on; what C. to; that D. of; which 6. —I want to see Mr. White. We have an appointment. —I'm sorry, but he is not ________ at the moment, for the meeting hasn't ended. A. concerned B. convenient C. accessible D. available 7. I have told you the truth. ________ I keep repeating it? A. Must B. Can C. May D. Will 8. I was still sleeping when the big fire ________, and then it spread quickly. A. came out B. put out C. broke out D. gave out 9. ________ the cultural differences, the film's advertising materials should have explained, in brief, the moral behind Ne Zha's story to make it more attractive to foreign audiences. A. Considered B. Supposed C. Given D. Provided 10. That is the only way we can think of _________ the overuse of water in students' bathroom. A. reducing B. to reduce C. reduced D. being reduced 11. The limits of a person’s intelligence, generally speaking, are fixed at birth, but ______ he reaches these limits will depend on his environment. A. whether B. where C. that D. why 12. Nothing but some ancient Chinese coins _____ in the sunken ship since they began the exploration in the Zambezi River. A. were found B. has been found C. was found D. have been found 13. ________ you make peace with who you are, you’ll never be happy with what you have. A. If B. Since C. When D. Until 14. Japan is facing an aging population, with the population ________ from the current 127 million to 90million. A. expecting to decrease B. expected to decrease C. expecting to have decreased D. expected to have decreased 15. —Thanks a lot for your book. I found it very interesting. —________. I'm glad you enjoyed it. A. All the best B. It is nothing C. No thanks D. Very well Ⅱ. 完形填空 (共20小题，每题1. 5分，满分30分) Tom is a sixth grader at Mark Henry Middle School in Louisiana. He has been ___16___ since birth. Though a hearing aid allows him to hear a little, he ___17___ depends on American Sign Language (ASL 美国手势语言) to ___18___. He even had a translator who ___19___ him throughout the school day. But that isn’t ___20___ for the students at Mark Henry, who, in an effort to better communicate with Tom, ___21___ an ASL Club. They spend their lunchtime and rest time once a week learning sign language. Tom is ___22___ that his classmates started the club because they want to be like him. His classmates want to learn his ___23___ style because they think sign language is cool. So far, Tammy Arvin, Tom’s translator and the instructor for the school’s ASL Club, has taught the students ___24___ conversations and words for items at school, food and clothing. Thanks to the ASL Club, Tom’s been able to communicate with his classmates ___25___. Now, Tom has gained ___26___. What’s more, he has learnt to ___27___ himself more willingly, which makes it easier for the other students to ___28___ him. More natural communication with others has made him feel less ___29___ in the school. Since the ___30___ was set up, there has been no need for Tom to have himself followed by a translator around all day long. Not only has the club helped Tom, but it has ___31___ the students as well. The students feel ___32___ when learning the language. They might not have ___33___ they are learning about deaf culture by joining this club. It really gives them a chance to learn a culture that they weren’t ___34___ aware of, which makes them ___35___ more about the world around them. 16. A. blind B. deaf C. foolish D. clever 17. A. ever B. finally C. first D. mainly 18. A. understand B. think C. speak D. survive 19. A. accompanied B. led C. watched D. protected 20. A. proper B. hard C. enough D. strange 21. A. put forward B. brought up C. set up D. appealed to 22. A. worried B. excited C. annoyed D. ashamed 23. A. communicating B. living C. writing D. learning 24. A. new B. hard C. good D. basic 25. A. quickly B. easily C. loudly D. naturally 26. A. confidence B. control C. support D. freedom 27. A. excuse B. behave C. express D. introduce 28. A. help B. approach C. trust D. discover 29. A. unlucky B. guilty C. friendly D. lonely 30. A. business B. meeting C. club D. reaction 31. A. alarmed B. benefited C. encouraged D. comforted 32. A. nervous B. happy C. puzzled D. bored 33. A. admitted B. remembered C. liked D. realized 34. A. rarely B. regularly C. previously D. hardly 35. A. talk B. change C. know D. read Ⅲ. 阅读理解 (共12小题，每题2. 5分，满分30分) A Innovation (创新) needs failure! Museum of Failure is a collection of failed products and services from around the world. The majority of all innovation projects fail and the museum showcases these failures to provide visitors a fascinating learning experience. The museum aims to stimulate productive discussion about failure and inspire us to take meaningful risks. Every item provides unique insight into the risky business of innovation. The museum is organized by Dr. Samuel West, licensed psychologist, PhD in Organizational Psychology. The following are two examples of those products. (for more info, pls click HERE) New Coke The competition between Coca-Cola and Pepsi became more intense in 1975with “The Pepsi Challenge”, where consumers in blind taste tests preferred Pepsi over Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola responded by doing extensive market research that confirmed that consumers preferred a sweeter version of the original recipe. Coca-Cola changed its classic recipe in 1985 and launched what was called New Coke. Coca-Cola consumers were very furious that the recipe had been changed. The original formula was rapidly re-introduced and rebranded as Coca-Cola Classic. Back to the failure The DeLorean, with its strange gull-wing doors, was one of the most spectacular innovation failures in history. The first prototype was built in 1976, when there were not many competitors for this type of futuristic car. The DeLorean was marketed as a luxury sports car, but with a severely under-powered engine the car was painfully slow. It was also difficult to keep clean and the stainless steel panel required constant polishing. The design was unusual and special, but otherwise the car was a disaster—a nightmare on wheels. The DeLorean Motor Company went bankrupt, but the car will always be remembered as the famous time machine from the movie series Back to the Future. 36. What is the theme of Museum of Failure? A. Change is the parent of success. B. It's no use challenging traditions. C. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. D. Where there is a will, there is a way. 37 What does the underlined word “furious” in New Coke probably mean? A. Surprised. B. Annoyed . C. Excited. D. Delighted. 38 What do these two products have in common? A. They were inaccessible to ordinary consumers. B. They were launched with wrong market strategies. C. They were too advanced for the markets back then. D. They had issues that led to their failure despite initial innovation. 39. Where is the text probably taken from? A. A science fiction. B. A travel brochure. C. A museum website. D. A movie application. B Escape to a New Life — Everyone's Dream? A TV series in Wales has become a heated issue by becoming the number one choice for teenagers to watch. The main character is a young farmer and the series is about country life, making the popularity of the series all the more surprising. The series is calm and relaxing and absolutely opposite to city life. It describers the Welsh countryside as a beautiful and peaceful place and its people as very caring and happy. The series's director believes that this is what young people want today She says the success of the series is because teenagers want a happier and healthier life away from the pressures of deadlines and exams. She figures this series offers a form of escape from their fast and stressful lives. Despite this, many parents and teachers are worried about the effect it is having on young people. Parents report that their children are just watching this series and neglecting everything else, using Escape to a New Life as an excuse for not completing homework, or refusing to revise for exams, citing a need for a happier and less stressful life. One father, Paul McGregor, said his daughter Charlotte had changed a lot. He said, “She used to be in the school athletics team and love the javelin, but now she only wants to watch the TV series and has been dropped from the team. She no longer completes her homework, saying it doesn't matter as she just wants to ‘escape to a new life’. ” Paediatrician (儿科医生) , Dr. Elisa Carhart who specialises in child mental health, says that TV can influence young people's decisions in life, but believes that if a young person reacts as strongly as Charlotte, it's likely that there are other reasons for the change in his or her behaviour. 40. What is the TV series Escape to a New Life mainly about? A. How people escape from city life. B. How a Welsh farmer lives his life. C. How teenagers balance work with life. D. How the young live a relaxing life. 41. Why do young people watch Escape to a New Life and neglect everything else according to parents? A. They just find a way of not doing routine work. B. They need to escape from their stressful lives. C. They only love watching TV series. D. They want a happier and healthier life. 42. What is probably Paul McGregor's attitude towards the TV series? A. Unfavorable. B. Supportive. C. Unclear. D. Forgiving. 43. What can we learn from Dr. Elisa Carhart's words? A. One should not jump in with both feet. B. One man's meat is another man's poison. C. We'd better be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud. D. We should not throw the baby out with the bathwater. C ChatGPT is a new AI system that sounds so human in conversations that it could host its own radio programs. Reading between its instantly generated, perfectly grammatical lines, people see different visions of the future. Without doubt, ChatGPT is impressive. Some compare the emergence of ChatGPT to the impact of the iPhone, but that doesn’t do it justice. ChatGPT, as well as the generative AI that will follow and outsmart it, is more disruptive. And yet, that doesn’t necessarily mean the end of the world is upon us. On the contrary, ChatGPT, I would argue, might serve to make us more aware of our irreplaceable human qualities. Take the creative act, writing in particular, as an example. If you want it to, the AI-powered chatbot always produces something because it has the whole world of online data to draw from. But unlike us, it lacks the consciousness. Thinking is hard, critical thinking even harder, and ChatGPT isn’t good at either. It just restates what has already been said; it is one big recycling machine. There is another obvious limitation of ChatGPT. Philosopher Harry Frankfurt once claimed: the difference between a bullshitter (胡说八道的人) and a liar is that the liar knows what the truth is but decides to take the opposite direction; a bullshitter, however, has no regard for the truth at all. The AI scholar Gary Marcus applies this distinction to ChatGPT. He believes that we have reached a critical point when “the price of bullshit reaches zero and people who want to spread misinformation, either politically or just to make a profit, start doing that plentifully”. Unfortunately, ChatGPT will reproduce misinformation from any of its input sources — it is not an intelligent system that tries to balance or weight different perspectives. In this sense, everything that ChatGPT writes is bullshit. This is why the so-called AIQ is critical. It is actually an extension and a measurement of our human IQ: our overall knowledge of AI tools, our mastery of clues, and our ethical awareness. ChatGPT is going to change everything and nothing. Creativity, imagination and ethics — these will all remain unique human domains. It is the AI’s very limitations that will make us appreciate our own. 44. What can we learn about ChatGPT? A. It helps generate an artificial voice. B. It provides instructions on writing skills. C. It generates natural language responses. D. It offers a service for language learning. 45. What does the underlined word “disruptive” in Paragraph 2 probably mean? A. Evil. B. Comparable. C. Profitable. D. Revolutionary. 46. Why does the author consider ChatGPT as a bullshit generator? A. It makes up lies constantly. B It can’t tell right from wrong. C. It often makes unfair judgement. D. It always takes a neutral standpoint. 47. Which can be a suitable title for the text? A. ChatGPT Makes Us Human B. ChatGPT Is Causing Panic Now C. ChatGPT: Treat It Like a Toy, Not a Tool D. ChatGPT: Why It Is Bound to Generate Bullshit IV. 单词拼写 (共15小题，每题1分，满分15分) 【根据所提供的中文或首字母，用单词的适当形式填空，每空一词。】 48. The c_________ between the two countries finally caused a war. (根据首字母单词拼写) 49. Diets are most effective when c_________ (使结合) with sports in losing weight. (根据中英文提示单词拼写) 50. Make sure to have a good sleep at night in order to keep e_________ the next day. (根据首字母单词拼写) 51. Our behavioural response to anger is different from our response to other e_________ (情绪) . (根据中英文提示单词拼写) 52. If you aren’t satisfied with these a_________, let us know and we can make a change. (根据首字母单词拼写) 53. The poet bought a new chair whose height is a_________ (可调整的) , which makes him comfortable to sit in. (根据中英文提示单词拼写) 54. Kate sits on the sofa, totally a_________ in the book about youth and dreams. (根据首字母单词拼写) 55. The newly-developed software is able to m_________ (监视) all activities of criminals in prison. (根据中英文提示单词拼写) 56. We don’t have to live in the past, but we can d_________ do better by learning from it. (根据首字母单词拼写) 57. Through watching many d_________ (纪录片), people learn how environmental organizations protect animals. (根据中英文提示单词拼写) 58. As it turned out, Douglas did exactly what she needed to do to become the Olympic c_________ when she defeated other athletes. (根据首字母单词拼写) 59. It is believed that the basketball star is a great player with excellent t_________ (技巧) . (根据中英文提示单词拼写) 60. I’m so g_________ to our teacher for giving me the opportunity to make a speech. (根据首字母单词拼写) 61. The audience laughed and c_________ (鼓掌) warmly when the famous actor stepped on stage. (根据中英文提示单词拼写) 62. Nowadays, people are encouraged not to use p_________ bags when doing shopping. (根据首字母单词拼写) V. 短语填空 (共10小题，每题！分，满分10分) 【用方框内短语的正确形式填空，有两个短语是多余的】 die out, date back to sth, transform sth into sth, result in, break down, put on, put down, get sth across to sb in turn, live up to sth, persuade sb to do sth, on the edge of one’s seat 63. They were disappointed to find the bookstore __________________ a hotel. 64. His sudden headache __________________ his not being able to attend the party. 65. One night in the pouring rain, Tony’s car __________________ on the road. 66. When making a speech, your ideas should be __________________ your listeners. 67. She listened to the teacher carefully while she was __________________ the key information in her book. 68. Regardless of the warning that they might fall ill, the two sisters took care of their sick mother __________________ 69. The custom, __________________ ancient times, is still observed by the community. 70. To our sadness, many good traditions are gradually __________________. 71. Finally, he __________________ buy a lot of useless things by the shop assistant. 72. In short, I hope all of you could __________________ the expectations of the school. 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $