2021年四川省成都七中自主招生英语试卷.docx

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1、2021年四川省成都七中自主招生英语试卷1. Brooke has just turned 12,with seven world records,is one of the best rock climbers in the worldBrooke comes from a climbing familyBoth her parents are just past climbing championsHer father stopped climbing some years ago,but her mother,Robyn,who won four world cup titles fou

2、r years in a row,is still climbingShe runs a club for young climbers in Colorado,USA and coaches Brooke and her teammatesSometimes its difficult for mother and daughter to work together so closely,but they really respect and trust each other and Brooke says her mum is a great coachBrooke says that h

3、er mother gives her a lot of good advice and it is a very important part of her climbing lifeRobyn can be strict,but she is also passionate about climbing,and she passes this passion on to her studentsRobyn says Brooke has very good strong wills and is very good at making herself want to practiceThi

4、s helps her when shes facing the challenges of this difficult sportShe is also very hardworkingSuccess in rock climbing issomething you have to work atTo be a worldclass athletes of any kind,you have to push yourself and train hard and thats what Brooke does,every day,at the club and at homeBrooke s

5、ays that climbing is always there in their livesThey even have a climbing wall in their house!Butclimbing isnt only hard workIts fun tooBrooke loves climbing and when shes on a high rock,she feels happyStrangely,she says that when she looks down,she isnt scaredAll she does is to think how cool it is

6、 to be small compared to the rock（1）Its_for Brooke and Robyn to work together so closelyA.difficultB.uneasyC.amazingD.annoying （2）To be a successful climber，one has to_A.practice climbing at a very young ageB.have a great mother coach who is very strictC.face any difficult things bravely and keep on

7、 training hardD.keep pushing himself and train hard at any time and any place （3）Whats the best title of this passage？_A.An Excellent ClimberB.A Climbing FamilyC.Climbing ChampionsD.How to Be Successful Rock Climbers （4）Which of the sentences can the author agree with？_A.Well begun is half doneB.No

8、pains，no gainsC.He who climbs high falls heavilyD.Doing is better than saying2. Papa, as a son of a dirtpoor farmer, left school early and went to work in a factory, for education was for the rich thenSo, the world became his school With great interest, he read everything he could lay his hands on,

9、listened to the town elders and learned about the world beyond his tiny hometown“Theres so much to learn”hed say“Though we re born stupid, only the stupid remain that way”He was determined that none of his children would be denied an educationThus, Papa insisted that we learn at least one new thing

10、each day Though, as children, we thought this was crazy, it would never have occurred to us to deny Papa a request And dinner time seemed perfect for sharing what we had learnedWe would talk about the news of the day; no matter how insignificant, it was never taken lightly Papa would listen carefull

11、y and was ready with some comment, always to the point Then came the momentthe time to share the days new learningPapa, at the head of the table, would push back his chair and pour a glass of red wine, ready to listen“Felice,”hed say,“tell me what you learned today”“I learned that the population of

12、Nepal is .”SilencePapawas thinking about what was said, as if the salvation of the world would depend upon it“The population of Nepal Hmm Well”hed say“Get the map, and lets see where Nepal is”And the whole family went on a search for NepalThissame experience was repeated until each family member had

13、 a turn Dinner ended only after we had a clear understanding of at least half a dozen such factsAschildren, we thought very little about these educational wonders Our family, however, was growing together,sharing experiences and participating in one anothers education And by looking at us, listening

14、 to us, respecting our input,affirming our value, giving us a sense of dignity, Papa was unquestionably our most influential teacherLater during my training as a future teacher,I studied with some of the most famous educators They were imparting what Papa had known all alongthe value of continual le

15、arning His technique has served me well all my life Not a single day has been wasted, though I can never tell when knowing the population of Nepal might prove useful （1）What do we know from the first paragraph？_A. The authors father was born in a workers familyB. Those born stupid could not change t

16、heir lifeC. The town elders wanted to learn about the worldD. The poor could hardly afford school education （2）It can be learned from the passage that the author_A. enjoyed talking about newsB. knew very well about NepalC. felt regretted about those wasted daysD. appreciated his fathers educational

17、technique （3）What is the greatest value of“dinner time”to the author？_A. Continual learningB. Showing talentsC. Family gettogetherD. Winning Papas approval （4）The authors father can be best described as_A. an educator expert at training future teachersB.a parent insistent on his childrens educationC

18、.a participant willing to share his knowledgeD.a teacher strict about everything his students did3. Someof the worlds most famous musicians recently gathered in Paris and New Orleans to celebrate the first annual International Jazz Day UNESCO（United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organ

19、ization） recently set April 30 as a day to raise awareness of jazz music, its significance, and its potential as a unifying voice across culturesDespite the celebrations, though, in the USthe jazz audience continues to shrink and grow older, and the music has failed to connect with younger generatio

20、nsItsJason Morans job to help change _ As the Kennedy Centers artistic adviser for jazz, Moran hopes to widen the audience for jazz, make the music more accessible, and preserve its history and culture“Jazz seems like its not really a part of the American appetite”Moran tells National Public Radios

21、reporter Neal ConanWhat Im hoping to accomplish is that my generation and younger start to reconsider and understand that jazz is not black and white anymore Its actually color, and its actually digitalMoran says one of the problems with jazz today is that the entertainment aspect of the music has b

22、een lost“The music cant be presented today the way it was in 1908 or 1958 It has to continue to move, because the way the world works is not the same,”says MoranLastyear, Moran worked on a project that arranged Fats Wallers music for a dance party,“just to kind of put it back in the mind that Waller

23、 is dance music as much as it is concert music,”says Moran“For me, its the recontextualizationIn music, where does the emotion lie? Are we, as humans, gaining any insight on how to talk about ourselves and how something as abstract as a Charlie Parker record gets us into a dialogue about our emotion

24、s and our thoughts? Sometimes we lose sight that the music has a wider context,”says Moran,“so I want to continue those dialogues Those are the things I want to foster” （1）Why did UNESCO set April 30 as International Jazz Day？_A. To protect cultural diversityB. To recognize the value of jazzC. To re

25、member the birth of jazzD. To encourage people to study music （2）What does the underlined word“that”in paragraph 3 refer to？_A. Jazz becoming more accessibleB. The jazz audience becoming largerC. The production of jazz growing fasterD. Jazz being less popular with the young （3）What can we infer abou

26、t Morans opinion on jazz？_A. It will disappear graduallyB. It remains black and whiteC. It should keep up with the timesD.It changes every 50 years （4）The best title might be_A.Celebrating the Jazz DayB.The Rise and Fall of JazzC.Exploring the Future of JazzD.The Story of a Jazz Musician4. Whatmakes

27、 us happy?There has long been a notion that money buys happinessHowever,although“we really,really tried that for a couple of generations,it didnt work,”said Francine Jay,author of The Joy ofLess,A Minimalist Living Guide:How to Declutter,Organize,and Simplify Your LifeThanks to a travelinspired reve

28、lation（启发）,Jay has been happily living a simpler life for 12 years“I always packed as lightly as possible,and found it exhilarating to get by with just a small carryon bag,”she told CNN“I thought if it feels this great to travel lightly,how amazing would it be to live this way?I wanted to have that

29、same feeling of freedom in my everyday life”Jaydecided to get rid of all her excess possessions and live with just the essentials“I wanted to spend my time and energy on experiences,rather than things”Jayis a follower of a movement called“minimalism（极简主义）”Growing numbers of people have been attracte

30、d to this lifestyle all over the worldThey share the same feeling of disappointment with modern life and a desire to live more simplyMinimalists are typically progressive and concerned about the environment,Leah Watkins,a lead researcher at Otago University in New Zealand,told Stuff magazine in Marc

31、hButmany simply experienced unhappiness caused by owning too many possessionsDepression with the materialism of our world isnt newEnglish romantic poet William Wordsworth summed up how dispiriting this was back in I802,at the beginning of the industrial age,when he wrote, “Getting and spending,we la

32、y waste our powers”His preference was to go back to natureCloser to our own times,the hippies（嬉皮士）of the 1960s also sought to“drop out”of modern lifeFormany minimalists,the key is to unloadWithout objects,they“believe people are forced more and more into the present moment and thats where life happe

33、ns,”wrote StuffButdoes simplicity ever feel like a sacrifice?“Its eliminating the excessunused items,unnecessary purchasesfrom your lifeWell,I may have fewer possessions,but I have more spaceMinimalism is making room for what matters most,”said JayAnd“the real questions”,according to Duane Elgin,a U

34、S social scientist,are“what do you care about?”and“what do you value?”Hetold CNN“Its important for people to realize minimalism isnt simply the amount of stuff we consumeIts about our families,our work,our connection with the larger world,our spiritual dimensionIts about how we touch the whole world

35、Its a way of life” （1）What was the authors main purpose in writing the text？_A.To report on the trend of minimalismB.To give tips on how to lead a happy lifeC.To argue whether money buys happinessD.To recommend one of Francine Jays books （2）What inspired Francine Jay to live a simple life？_A.A book

36、she readB.Her desire to keep up with modern lifeC.A follower of minimalism she met on a tripD.The pleasure she enjoyed from traveling lightly （3）The underlined word“eliminating”in Paragraph 9 probably means“_”A.removingB.distinguishingC.acceptingD.improving （4）Which of the following would Duane Elgi

37、n probably agree with？_A.Minimalism is a healthy lifestyle that is in conflict with modern lifeB.Minimalism limits peoples freedom to enjoy their lives to the fullestC.Minimalism enables people to reflect on what truly counts in their livesD.Minimalism means people have to sacrifice some pleasure to

38、 live simply5. Didyou know that people who live in different parts of China have different habits and preferences?Forexample,people from southern China prefer to eat vegetables,while people from northern China like to cat meatBut what causes these differences?According to a new study published in th

39、e journal Cell in October,gene variations（基因变异）might be responsible for these differences,Xinhua reportedInthe study,researchers from Chinese genomesequencing（基因组测序）firm BGI collected genetic informationfrom 141.431Chinese womenThe women came from 31 provinces and comprised 36 ethnic minority groups

40、Theresearchers found that there are six gene frequencies that are different among people from both northern and southern ChinaThey found that natural selection has played an important role in the ways that people living in different regions of China have evolved,affecting their food preferences,immu

41、nities（免疫性）to illness and physical traits（特点）,The New York Times reportedTheresearchers reported that a variation of the gene FADS2 is more commonly found in northern people than it is in southern peopleIt helps people metabolize（新陈代谢）fatty acids（脂肪酸）,which suggests a diet that is rich in meatAccord

42、ing to Xinhua,this is due to climate differencesNorthern China is at a higher latitude（纬度）,which means its cold and dry throughout the whole yearThis weather is difficult to grow vegetables inTherefore,northerners tend to eat more meatThestudy also found differences in the immune systems of both gro

43、upsMost people in southern China carry thegene CR1,which protects against malaria（疟疾）This is because malaria was once quite common in southern ChinaIn order to survive,the genes of people in the south evolved to fight against this diseaseHowever,people in the south are also more _ to certain bloodbo

44、rne illnesses,as they lack the genes to stop themGenes can also cause physical differences between northerners and southernersMost northerners have the ABCCl1gene,which causes dry earwax（耳屎）,less body odor and fewer sweat secretions（分泌）,The New York Times reportedThese physical differences are also

45、more beneficial to living in cold environmentsSoutherners are less likely to have this gene,as it did not evolve in their population （1）Whats the new study mainly about？_A.The genes of Chinese minority groupsB.Habits of people from different regions of ChinaC.Physical differences between northerners

46、 and southernersD.Differences in the genes of people from different parts of China （2）A variation of the gene FADS2 can help our body_A.store fatB.digest meatC.fight diseaseD.control body temperature （3）The underlined word“vulnerable”is closest in meaning to_A.unprotectedB.uninterestedC.generousD.responsible （4）Compared with people in southern China，most northerners_aare immune to malariabcatch bloodborne illnesses easilychave less body odordsweat less frequentlyA.abB.beC.bdD.cd第二节（每小题10分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的