厦门一中2024级高一入学考试
英语
（满分:100分，考试时间:60分钟）
请用2B铅笔将1-45小题答案填涂到答题卡上，用黑色水笔将46-55题答案填写在答题卡相应位置上。
I.单项选择(共15题；每小题1分，满分15分)从下列各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
1. Which of the underlined letters has a different sound?
A. seat B. neat C. great
2. The telescope is ________ useful device for seeing far away objects clearly.
A. the B. a C. an
3. We usually go on vacation ________ July.
A. in B. on C. at
4. — I’ve lost my pencil case.
— Don’t worry. You can borrow ________. I have an extra one.
A. me B. mine C. myself
5. She spends an hour every day ________ her homework.
A. doing B. do C. to do
6. — ________ do you go jogging in the morning?
— Three times a week.
A. How much B. How often C. How long
7. — Would you like to come to my party tonight?
— I’d love to ________ I have a lot of work to do.
A. but B. so C. and
8. — This book is really expensive! You ________ be kidding!
— No, it’s a special edition.
A. must B. need C. can
9. — Can you tell me which ________ is better, the red dress or the blue one?
— It depends on your personal preference.
A. color B. size C. design
10. — Shall we have a picnic tomorrow?
— But we don’t know if it ________.
A. will rain B. rains C. is raining
11. It’s important to handle problems ________ when they arise.
A. wisely B. slowly C. widely
12. — Even though I failed again, I’ll give it a ________ try.
— Never give up! I’m sure you’ll succeed.
A. fourth B. third C. second
13. — Our new schedule ________ less time than the old one.
—That’s great!
A. takes up B. makes up C. puts up
14. A new shopping mall ________ in our city next year.
A. is built B. will be built C. builds
15. —I’ve heard the term “ChatGPT” a lot recently. Do you know ________?
—Yes, it’s an AI that can help answer questions and generate text.
A. what it does B. what is it C. what it is
II.阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
 Welcome to Top Discovery Space (TDS)!
This is a good place for you and your kids to have fun through different kinds of hands-on activities, including experiencing 3D-printing, doing chemistry games, growing vegetables and exploring the secrets of space. All these activities need close parent-child cooperation. It is what we value most. We organize many activities for parents and children to do together. To make sure every visitor enjoys their time at TDS, we have to remind you to follow these rules:
Opening time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. every day Price: 50 dollars for one ticket Please note: One ticket covers one adult and one child. Please buy one more ticket for another adult or child |
Parents should stay with their children during the visit. For children’s safety, parents must go through the instructions for the activities carefully.
All visitors are required to wear socks (no shoes allowed) within indoor areas. You may ask our workers at the front desk for a pair.
Visitors are not supposed to take photos here. Our teachers will catch your unforgettable moments during your visit. Your photos will be sent to you by email if you need them.
Eating and drinking is only allowed in the picnic area.16. What can visitors do at TDS?
A. Watch 3D movies. B. Take chemistry tests.
C. Learn about space. D. Make vegetable salads.
17. How many tickets do you need if you go to TDS with your parents?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.
18. What kind of text is this passage?
A. A story. B. A diary. C. A notice. D. A report.
B
People know animals do have feelings, but they are not sure if these feelings are correctly understood. In recent years, scientists have done research about the feelings of cows, frogs and pandas. A new study adds chickens to the list. It says that humans can tell whether a chicken is happy or sad by listening to its calls.
The researchers put a bowl behind a door. Inside the bowl, sometimes, there was something chickens love to eat, such as rice or insects. Sometimes, there was nothing. When the chickens saw food behind the door, they seemed happy and produced fast and loud sounds, known as food calls. When there wasn’t food, the chickens made low and long noises to express disappointment. The researchers recorded all these sounds and studied their waves.
Then the researchers chose 16 recordings of such chicken noises. Half were from the chickens seeing the food and half were from the chickens finding no food. The recordings were played to 194 volunteers. Sixty-nine percent of the volunteers correctly understood whether the chickens were feeling happy or not, and some of them even had no experience of taking care of chickens.
The result shows that humans have the natural ability to understand the feelings of chickens. Hopefully, this finding can bring about new technology to help with chicken-raising, a big industry in many countries. Some scientists are already working on a smart computer program that can identify chickens’ feelings. This is good news for farmers who want to make the birds happier and healthier.
19. Which is most probably the sound wave of a happy call by a chicken?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
20. How did the volunteers help with the research?
A. By listening to the chicken calls. B. By taking care of the chickens.
C. By finding food for the chickens. D. By making the chickens happy.
21. What does the underlined word “identify” mean in Paragraph 4?
A. Control. B. Hide. C. Recognize. D. Hurt.
22. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Chickens’ Food Calls B. Happy Chickens, Sad Chickens
C. Farmers’ Best Choice D. Smart Farmers, Healthy Farmers
C
When you’re bored, what do you do? The answer is a no-brainer: you reach for your phone. Five minutes of doggy pictures can seem like the perfect break. But a new unpublished study has bad news. Reaching for your phone is likely to leave you feeling more bored.
To figure out the relationship between phones and boredom, the research team set up an app on the phones of 83 volunteers to keep an eye on how often they used their devices. They also asked these volunteers to keep detailed diaries at work, recording their level of tiredness and boredom.
The researchers’ first discovery was no shocker. We’re on our phones a lot. Phone breaks were very frequent: in the 20 minutes following each questionnaire, volunteers picked up their phone 52 percent of the time, spending an average of around 90 seconds on it each time. Equally unsurprising was the second finding: the more tired we are, the more likely we are to reach for our phones. The real kicker was the final finding. While we look to our phones to relieve our tiredness and boredom, screen time actually seemed to increase feelings of boredom.
The research team thought about the different reasons why this might be so. Shifting from work to your phone and back again may end up being more tiring in mind than it is stimulating (提神的). In other words, that baby goat video was nice, but not worth the cost to your brain in effort and concentration. Besides, picking up your phone might just serve as a reminder of all the fun and interesting things out there you could be doing if you didn’t have to fill out paperwork.
This one small study can’t clearly say if either of these explanations is right, but the basic takeaway is pretty clear: A quick look at your phone is going to make your brain feel even more fried. If so, what to do instead?
23. Why did the research team set up an app on the volunteers’ phones?
A. To ensure their rest time. B. To remove their boredom.
C To track their phone usage. D. To record their tiredness.
24. What do the underlined words “the real kicker” in paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. The most unexpected. B. The most advanced.
C. The most frequent. D. The most relieving.
25. The baby goat video is mentioned in paragraph 4 to show ________.
A. phones can be tiring B. phones can be inspiring
C. phones can function as a reminder D. phones can benefit our paperwork
26. What might the author continue talking about?
A. Why screen time is harmful. B. How to take a better break.
C. Recommended online activities. D. Studies on phone addiction.
D
For long, Preifer Fall Trail (路线) was a most popular attraction in Big Sur. Annually, thousands of people hiked the trail. Unfortunately, the trail, along with stairs, signs, railings, an observation station and wooden bridges, was destroyed in the 2008 Basin Complex Fire. But now a new trail has risen from the burned land.
With its amazing rocky coastline and mountains, Big Sur, the writer Henry Miller once said, is “the face of the earth as the creator intended it to look.” But the landscape always suffers natural disasters. There have been three major wildfires in Big Sur in the past years. “You can still see the impacts there,” said John Hiles, a state parks repair team leader, pointing to black marks 30 feet up a huge redwood.
Parks planners designed a new track, moving the trail out of the river to reduce its impact on the environment. People from the California protection group, state parks department and the nonprofit organization put in 66,000 hours of work over the past four years. They built 160 redwood stairs and dragged hundreds of 16-foot-long redwood sticks by hand to build railings. They removed 4,150 square feet of old building stuff, enough to cover a basketball court. They used iron cables and pulleys (缆线和滑轮) to build a 70-foot long wooden bridge over the hills. “Nature is probably the best place to learn,” Hiles said. “More than any college or school, you learn so many life lessons out here.”
However, the huge Soberanes Fire s wept through the area in 2016, putting a stop to the work. When they began again in 2017, great river storms flooded the area and damaged part of Highway 1. Everybody gathered around this project. They saw the loss. They missed it. They wanted it to come back. They kept combining efforts. It’s been a long journey, but worth the wait.
27. What can we learn about Preifer Fall Trail?
A. It is an attraction rebuilt in 2008. B. It met with many natural disasters.
C. It features man-made landscape. D. It is an addition to a previous track.
28. How did the people reduce the impact of the trail on the environment?
A. By moving the trail off watercourse. B. By using huge redwood sticks.
C. By recycling the old building stuff. D. By applying iron cables and pulleys.
29. What can best describe the people’s work?
A. Limiting and typical. B. Adventurous but smooth.
C. Mysterious and attractive. D. Tough but rewarding.
30. What is the text mainly about?
A. The rise and fall of a hiking trail. B. California protection projects.
C. The recovery of a lost attraction. D. Journeys into wilderness.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。选项中有两项为多余选项。
I once gave a lesson to a group of primary school students for a TV program.
I suggested that we create small gardens.
First, I asked the students to look for their favorite place in the school. ___31___ Then I had each of them describe their experiences of nature in a small garden.
In a box of about one and a half by two feet they were free to organize—soil, stones, leaves and grass. Even as an active garden designer, I was impressed with their imagination. ___32___
One child created “water” that flowed into a “lake”; another child put grass in a way to represent “wind”; and yet another child tried hard to create shade… ___33___ That was why they took great interest when they created their small gardens. They spent a wonderful time together with nature.
___34___ If you notice a stone lying on the ground, pick it up and hold it. When you see beautiful flowers by the side of the road, stop and enjoy the pleasant smell.
Then, inside your mind, create a small garden of your own. ___35___
A. It will relax you.
B. Flowers like these are all around you.
C. The gardens were built many years ago.
D. Try spending time with nature yourself.
E. The gardens they made were really creative.
F. Once there, I let them try hard to empty their minds.
G. These children were often busy doing their schoolwork.
III.完形填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The China International Search and Rescue Team (CISAR) was formed in 2001. It ____36____ help and hope to those whose lives are changed by a storm, an earthquake, or any other natural disaster (灾难).
After long and ____37____ training, the Chinese team went on its first international rescue (救援) tasks in 2003. That year, the team helped save lives after earthquakes in Algeria and Iran. It was the first time that the CISAR had worked outside China, and the team ____38____ high praise for their bravery and skill. Since then, the CISAR has completed lots of rescue ____39____ — they braved terrible conditions to rescue people in Indonesia, Haiti and Pakistan.
Rescue workers are trained to find people, treat injuries (伤痛), and ____40____ food, water, and other things. They have to be able to do difficult work when it is very ____41____. For example, there is usually no electricity or water after a disaster, and there may be illnesses and accidents. Rescue workers get to save lives, but they must also deal with the dead. That means they have to be ____42____ in both body and mind. Rescue workers must have big ____43____, too. It takes lots of love and courage to risk (冒险) their own lives to ____44____ someone else’s. The members of the CISAR are always ready to go wherever help is needed.
Rescue workers leave their homes and families for a job that offers little pay and less sleep. We can’t imagine how much they have sacrificed (牺牲) selflessly. We don’t even know most of their names. They are really ____45____ heroes!
36. A. closes B. sells C. brings
37. A. careful B. poor C. useless
38. A. gave B. won C. missed
39. A. tasks B. mistakes C. excuses
40. A. give up B. hand out C. cut down
41. A. comfortable B. safe C. dangerous
42. A. weak B. strong C. slow
43. A. hearts B. mouths C. eyes
44. A. waste B. enjoy C. save
45 A. unskilled B. unsung C. untrained
IV．语法填空（共10题；每题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Chinese New Year is a great celebration. It ____46____ (mark) the end of the winter season and the beginning of spring. According to tradition, people like to give flowers and fruits ____47____ each other during Chinese New Year, because they carry many special ____48____ (meaning). They represent (象征) the earth coming back to life and best wishes for new beginnings.
Orchids (兰花) come in many colors, but many people like purple and red ones for Chinese New Year. They are believed ____49____ (represent) love and beauty. Orchids say, “Wish you to be ____50____ (luck), successful and happy.” During the holiday period, this plant is a must.
Peonies (牡丹) are like soft clouds in pink, red and white. They are beautiful and can brighten up someone’s day. Red peonies ____51____ (give) to people to show love and care. Peonies say, “You are special to me.” They are also a symbol of wealth and ____52____ (rich).
Kumquats (金橘), with ____53____ (they) golden color, are a symbol of wealth and luck. The Chinese word for “kumquat” sounds like “gold orange”, which connects kumquats with richness. This small fruit tree is often presented in pairs.
The apple, with its bright colors ____54____ round shape, represents peace and harmony (和谐). In fact, the word for “apple” in Chinese sounds like “peace”. ____55____ (certain), apples make great gifts.
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