重庆市巴蜀中学2023-2024学年高三下学期4月适应性月考卷（八）英语试题含答案.pdf

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1、英语试卷英语试卷注意事项：注意事项：1答题前，考生务必用黑色碳素笔将自己的姓名、准考证号、考场号、座位号在答题卡上填写清楚。答题前，考生务必用黑色碳素笔将自己的姓名、准考证号、考场号、座位号在答题卡上填写清楚。2每小题选出答案后，用每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。在试题卷上作答无效。铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。在试题卷上作答无效。3考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。满分考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。满分 150 分，考试用时分，考试用时 120

2、 分钟。第一部分分钟。第一部分 听力（共两节，满分听力（共两节，满分 30 分）分）注意，听力部分答题时，请先将答案标在试卷上。听力部分结束前，你将有两分钟的时间将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、B、C 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。1 When did the woman move to the city?A A week ago.B One year ago.C Three years ago.2 Wh

3、ere are the speakers?A At home.B At a bus stop.C At the airport.3 What is the woman?A A manager.B A receptionist.C A customer.4 What does the man ask the woman to do?A Form a new team.B Change her attitude.C Encourage her partners.5 How does the woman sound?A Eager.B Confused.C Nervous.第二节（共 15 小题；每

4、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。听下面一段对话，回答第 6 和第 7 两个小题。6 What are the speakers talking about?A Moving into a new house.B Going out for sightseeing.C Having guests this weekend.7 What will the man d

5、o tomorrow?A Clean his garden.B Have a barbecue.C Do some shopping.重庆市巴蜀中学2023-2024学年高三下学期4月适应性月考卷（八）英语试题含答案.pdf听下面一段对话，回答第 8 至第 10 三个小题。8 What does the boy ask the woman to do?A Check his readers card.B Help find something to read.C Look for his student ID card.9 On which floor can the boy find mus

6、ic books?A The 2nd one.B The 3rd one.C The 6th one.10 How long can the boy keep magazines and newspapers at most?A For about two weeks.B For about two months.C For about one month.听下面一段对话，回答第 11 至第 13 三个小题。11 What does the watch look like?A Its face is black.B Its face is square.C It has a leather w

7、hite band.12 Why is the watch special to Helen?A It tells the right time.B It is worth a lot of money.C It reminds her of her grandfather.13 What will Helen do with the watch?A Sell it.B Continue to keep it.C Give it to her father.听下面一段对话，回答第 14 至第 16 三个小题。14 How does the man react to his daughters

8、smoking?A He doesnt know what to do.B He doesnt care about it at all.C He does his best to stop her smoking.15 Why does the mans daughter smoke?A To achieve a slim figure.B To become a model or an actress.C To get more attention from her parents 16 What is the womans opinion on teenagerssmoking?A Sm

9、oking advertisements should be banned.B Discipline related to smoking should be established.C Teenagers should refuse to see the movies about smoking.听下面一段独白，回答第 17 至第 20 四个小题。17 How many people died in a landslide in 2003?A About two hundred.B Over one thousand.C About two thousand.18 What do we kn

10、ow about the recent landslide?A It happened near a pool.B It buried several villages.C Its cause is still under debate.19 What has Philippines banned for several years?A Cutting down trees.B Using land for farming.C Commercial uses of forests.20 What does the speaker advise to protect our environmen

11、t?A Growing more forests.B Chopping down the old forests.C Getting busy in protecting our country.第二部分第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分阅读（共两节，满分 50 分）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。AWhat is China?China is very diverse.It not only has skyscrapers in Beijing，Shanghai，Guangzhou and Sh

12、enzhen，but also has vast rural fields and the rural society.In September 2017，we started a social enterprise，Beyond the City，which connects urban and rural areas：hoping to help urban children expand their rural horizons and help rural children learn more about career possibilities.We created the Rur

13、al Filed Study Project and brought 1000 children from more than 30 cities to the Tibetan area of Ganzi plateau,the terraces of the Red River in Yunnan,as well as the ancient hunting tribe of Aoluguya.Instead of traveling of teaching as volunteers,we lived in the locals homes and took courses in soci

14、al research,opera performances,architectural design,etc.Also,we initiated the City Career Planning Project and brought more than 100 rural children from deep within the mountains of Liangshan to Shanghai to study courses about career planning and development.so as to help them to understand all walk

15、s of life and get to know a real city life.We try our best to help them avoid the fate of dropping out when they still have the chance to choose.Additionally,we established the Career Connection Workshop,attempting to bring quality education and career courses in first-tier cities to children in tow

16、ns and small cities,connecting textbook knowledge with future careers and offline classes with online resources.Evolving from this platform,we are now embarking on the path to launch the Digital Skills Exchange Workshops within the next two years.Beyond the City is committed to build mutual trust an

17、d connection between urban and rural areas,addressing inequalities and laying the foundations for a more equal world.21 What did the city children do in the Rural Filed Study Project?A They learned hunting.B They travelled in Yunnan.C They volunteered to teach.D They took various courses.22 Which of

18、 the following helps a rural child explore a real urban life?A The Rural Filed Study Project.B The City Career Planning Project.C The Career Connection Workshop.D The Digital Skills Exchange Workshops.23 What is the primary goal of Beyond the City?A To observe inequalities in education.B To offer ch

19、ildren more job opportunities.C To expose children to their local cultures.D To bridge the gap between cities and villages.BWhats the truth of joy?I was obsessed with this question when I was young.However，ever since I started my own family,this quest has been buried under my workloads and daily cho

20、res.In 2008,Memorial Day weekend promised to deliver beautiful weathernot always the case at that time of year,so I decided to spend that Saturday shopping and do one big cleaning,starting with the garage.Our two-car garage,as always,was full of stuff.Boxes piled one on top of another,bikes crossed

21、together.A garden hose（软水管）sat in a corner.We had to turn sideways when getting in and out.I planned to pull everything out on the driveway,hose down the entire garage,and after it was dry,put everything back more organized.With the morning moving along,the possibility to finish the cleaning within

22、the day began to look less and less likely.I recalled how I had been feeling discontented lately while taking care of our stuff.Here was yet another time！Then my neighbor June,who was working in her yard,heard my sigh and said jokingly,“The joy of home ownership,huh?Thats why my daughter keeps telli

23、ng me I dont need to own all this stuff.”I dont need to own all this stuff.As I turned to look at the fruits of my morning labor,I began to recognize the source of my feelings for the first time.It was piled up in my driveway.As I surveyed the pile I made,the answer to the obsolete（被遗忘的）question cam

24、e to light：There is more joy to be found in possessing less than we can ever find possessing more.I ran inside the house and found my wife upstairs cleaning the bathtub.Still trying to catch my breath,tI said,“Kim,youll never guess what just happened.June said we dont need to own all this stuff！”And

25、 in that moment,a minimalist family was born.24 Which of the following best describes the to-be-cleaned garage?A Spacious and well-lit.B Neatly labeled and sorted.C Disordered and jam-packed.D Narrow and weather-beaten.25 What can we infer about the authors recent experience with stuff cleaning?A He

26、 went through unaccountable frustration.B He figured out his disinterest in cleaning.C He initiated it and enjoyed the process.D He lost patience and rushed to the end.26 What did June imply by saying“The joy of home ownership,huh”?A The pleasure of possessing a home.B The significance of owning a f

27、amily.C The convenience of having a garage.D The demands of maintaining a house.27 Why did the author start a minimalist family?A He favored living with a handful of people.B He wanted to quit being a slave of stuff.C He considered cleaning a waste of time.D He figured out the joy of ownership.CIn 1

28、835,William Talbot finally succeeded in producing a photograph of his country house.He declared that his was the first house ever known to have drawn its own picture.The drawing was formed“by the action of light upon sensitive paper.”Photography offered nature a“pencil”to paint herself through optic

29、al（光学的）and chemical means alone.By the mid-nineteenth century,people no longer needed to hire a draftsman to draw detailed images because the process could be completed instantly with a camera.Advocates for the technology stated that not only was it more precise than the human hand-it was faster and

30、 cheaper.The removal of human fallibility in the creating process was one of photographys biggest selling points,but this also started debates about the new mediums implications for visual culture.Could images made largely by a machine be considered art?If so，where did human creativity fit in this p

31、rocess?As the twenty-first century becomes increasingly automated（自动化的），more and more people attempt to identify where human agency exists in the technologically driven world.Images generated with artificial intelligence by companies like OpenAI are stimulating questions like those that emerged with

32、 the coming of the photograph.By typing a sentence,users can generate“new”images composed from images collected across the internet.The result has been a flood of AI-generated images in places that are previously unique to human authors.Painting competitions,commercial graphic design and the fashion

33、 of portraiture（肖像）have all since collided with the technology in troubling ways.The fine arts were thought to be a final hold-out of human creativity,but the surprisingly high quality of AI-generated images is producing deeper questions about the nature of originality.If the history of photography

34、tells us anything,its that the debate wont be settled quickly,straightforwardly or by the institutions we typically associate with cultural gatekeeping.28 Why did Talbot declare that his house had drawn its own picture?A To downplay human factors in the creation.B To investigate a supernatural pheno

35、menon.C To show his advanced knowledge in science.D To demonstrate the beauty of his country house.29 What does the word“it”underlined in paragraph 2 refer to?A The photo of Talbots house.B The image by a draftsman.C The technology of a camera.D The paper sensitive to light.30 What do OpenAI and cam

36、eras have in common?A They improve the taste of beauty.B They advocate fashion designs.C They challenge human agency.D They produce original images.31 What did the author indicate by referring to the history of photography?A Cultural gatekeepers will solve the issue as they did.B AI-generated images

37、 will go through a similar debate.C The nature of originality will be held in human hands.D The fine arts will include photography and AI images.DIn order to meet growing food production and energy needs in low-and middle-income countries,solar-powered groundwater irrigation（灌溉）is rapidly gaining gr

38、ound.More than 500，000 solar pumps（泵）have been set up in south Asia over the last few years and a major expansion is planned across sub-Saharan Africa.Dustin Garrick,professor in the School of Environment,Resources and Sustainability,along with an international team,examined the trend toward solar p

39、umps as a clear opportunity for boosting agricultural yields and reducing poverty,but the opportunity comes with risks.While replacing electric or gas pumps with solar-powered irrigation holds the promise of reducing carbon emissions（排放）,it is not guaranteed.Farmers who have access to these pumps ma

40、y expand production of crops or diversify into other activities,which are not emissions neutral.Solar pumps will increase groundwater pumping efficiency,which may be desirable in regions that support such increases,but this could worsen groundwater lessening in regions that are already stressed.The

41、cheap clean energy of solar pumps may lead to increased groundwater development,without necessarily decreasing overall emissions.Despite these challenges,the clean-energy boost can serve as a stimulus for positive change in water and energy management but will require enhanced regulation and plannin

42、g in both low-and high-income settings.Garrick and his team advocate for improved data collection initiatives,with a shift from separated to integrated approaches.They suggest using technology to measure water pumping and collecting remotely sensed data to monitor land use changes.As well，regulatory

43、 improvements are crucial,with mounting limits for carbon emissions and groundwater lessening established at various levels.With groundwater management already a difficult challenge,we must act fast to understand the implications of the clean energy boost and poverty reduction acts to avoid these ga

44、ins being won away by wells running dry.The rapid adoption of solar irrigation intensifies the urgency,demanding adaptation from governments and institutions to sail through these complexities.32 According to paragraph 3,there is a conflict between _ A poor farmers and solar-powered irrigationB huma

45、n consumption and clean energy limitsC crop diversity and crop production expansionD pumping efficiency and groundwater exhaustion33 What did Garrick and his team suggest for a positive change?A Integrating data collection and regulation.B Improving carbon emission monitoring.C Separating data for l

46、and use changesD Establishing groundwater levels 34 What does the author propose the readers do?A Perform as the authorities suggest.B Act based on further understanding.C Quicken the adoption of solar irrigation.D Challenge the groundwater management.35 Which of the following is the best title for

47、the text?A The Complexities of Adopting Solar PumpsB Solar-Powered Irrigation：FarmersNew FutureC The Promise and Risks of Solar-Powered IrrigationD Balancing Clean Energy Boost and Poverty Reduction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入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Self-discipline can be diffic

48、ult to develop,but it is worth the effort.It makes life easier and more enjoyable by helping you achieve your goals and manage stress.For enhanced self-discipline,try these tips.Practice delayed satisfaction.Delayed satisfaction is the ability to choose to do something that will benefit you in the l

49、ong term,even if it means giving up something more immediate.This is a great way to improve your self-discipline.36 .Focus on one thing at a time.When you have multiple things on your plate,it can be hard to stay focused.To build up self-discipline,you must resist the urge to do everything at once.3

50、7 This will help you stay on track and complete your tasks without feeling overpressured.Repetition and consistency are key.38 The more you use it,the more effective it becomes.When you are trying to develop self-discipline in one area of your life,start slowly and gradually increase your efforts ov