2023-2024學(xué)年湖南省長(zhǎng)沙麓山國(guó)際實(shí)驗(yàn)學(xué)校高三（上）入學(xué)英語(yǔ)試卷

閱讀（共兩節(jié)，滿(mǎn)分50.0分）

• 1．
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  （1）What service can Parsley Box offer you？

  
  A．To put your meals in the microwave.
  B．To deliver meals direct to your door.
  C．To cook meals for you in your kitchen.
  D．To place the meals in your cupboard.
  （2）Which one of the following is the reason for quality meals？

  
  A．Carefully selected vegetable.
  B．Use no sauces to cook the meat.
  C．Cook the meats slowly with sauces.
  D．Mix two portions of potato and wine.
  （3）What is the purpose of the passage？

  
  A．To teach people to cook delicious meals.
  B．To encourage people to order meals.
  C．To allow people to enjoy meals free of charge.
  D．To inspire people to make an advertisement.
  組卷：2引用：3難度：0.5

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• 2．Restaurants，cafes and the like are for eating and drinking，right？
     That's a no-brainer，you say？That's your natural reaction，I'd say.Now，think.Rewind your mind.What do you recall？Aren't restaurants and cafes the new temples of learning？
     For youngsters，trendy cafes are the new meeting points，joint-study centers.What you witness is small groups reading-writing，eating-sipping，browsing-downloading，copying-pasting，banding-bonding.Youngsters are at it day after day，as if there's no tomorrow，as if they are in a race against time to upload as much knowledge as possible into their brains.It wasn't like this before.Previous generations of students would visit cafes for coffee，tea，soft drinks or snacks，maybe share a bit of good-natured jokes with their "gang" members.
     For exam-related study，there were quiet areas in city libraries or the college library.
     Back in my hometown during the late '80s and the early '90s，a handful of my classmates and I would gather at our homes，taking turns，in the run-up to key exams.During such "night-outs"，we would study，exchange notes，share insights，brainstorm to solve tricky problems，anticipate test questions，and prepare accordingly.Not infrequently，we would discuss sports events，movies，film stars and，of course，girls.
     Digital-age kids do it differently now.Why？I can only guess.The foremost reason is free Wi-Fi and all that it offers.The environment at institutional libraries may not be to millennials'（千禧一代的）liking.Or，is it big pocket money or salary earned from part-time jobs？Maybe，just a generational thing，a lifestyle trend，or the result of the single-child system.
     One of my younger colleagues，a business journalist，last month married her childhood sweetheart，a heart surgeon，and，she told me，it all started back at school.So，the restaurants and bars promote real-life interactions，so important when addiction to online social media is seen making youth unsociable.
  
  （1）What fact does the author emphasize concerning trendy cafes？

  
  A．They are digitally powered.
  B．They replace college libraries.
  C．They are specifically designed.
  D．They become teenage hangouts.
  （2）What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 6 refer to？

  
  A．Exam-related study.
  B．The use of computers.
  C．Movie-themed discussion.
  D．Social communication.
  （3）Which of the following best describes restaurants and bars in the last paragraph？

  
  A．Old-fashioned in style.
  B．Helpful for social interactions.
  C．Luxurious in decoration.
  D．Convenient for use.
  （4）What is a suitable title for the text？

  
  A．Restaurants and Cafes in the Digital Times
  B．How Millennials Are Changing Restaurants
  C．Eat，Study，Bond at Wi-Fi-Enabled "Temples"
  D．Best Cafes with Free Wi-Fi for Work or Study
  組卷：3引用：2難度：0.5

  解析

• 3．Anthill Plastics Group，in Clearwater，F(xiàn)lorida，recently welcomed a new team member.On his first day routine he performed the repetitive tasks required of him with flexibility，cooperating comfortably alongside employees.Sawyer is one of the fleet of robots now laboring in the world's factories.Some earlier industrial robots have been created to displace people.Instead，Sawyer is a collaborative robot，also known as a "co-bot".
     Direct interaction between robots and humans at work is changing the face of manufacturing.Such interaction also means that roboticists need to design effective teammates as well as efficient workers.Co-bots operate in a field where human thoughts，human modes of communication and human safety are paramount （首要的）.Rethink Robotics，a firm in Boston，had this in mind when it developed Sawyer，a one-armed co-bot，and his two-armed colleague，Baxter，with cameras and touch sensors.And their most noticeable feature is a screen that displays cartoonlike human facial elements.Such faces are not meant to please workers （though they do）.They are，rather，in-tended to promote communication between humans and machines.
     Then there is a basic precaution.If the robot detects force topping a safe level，it stops moving instantly，to ensure there is no risk of injury to anyone.Too much of this stop-start can，however，lower efficiency.Researchers of Rethink Robotics have found，by tracking in detail human movements such as the relationship between shoulders and elbows，or the swing of the body，that they can predict where a robot should avoid being next，if it is to avoid human contact.
     Rethink Robotics are also looking at safety-in their case by creating robots with softer top layers.Softer materials not only provide greater flexibility for the co-bots when grasping，but also lessen the risk of injury when incidental contact is made between humans and robots.How long，if ever，it will be before such robots truly match the marketing slogan of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation，a fictional firm in Douglas Adams's creation， "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"，remains to be seen.But even if not actually fun to be with，your plastic pal will become increasingly effective.
  
  （1）Why was Sawyer invented according to paragraph 1？

  
  A．To work with human workers.
  B．To deal with the repetitive tasks.
  C．To enable workers to work flexibly.
  D．To replace the longtime employees.
  （2）What can be inferred from paragraph 2？

  
  A．Baxter is an updated co-bot.
  B．Robots have cartoonlike human faces.
  C．Co-bots are designed for efficient workers.
  D．Human-centered needs are co-bots' priority.
  （3）Which of the following will result in decreasing co-bots' efficiency？

  
  A．Tracking human movements.
  B．Predicting a lower risk nearby.
  C．Constantly stop to avoid potential risks.
  D．Frequently physical contact with humans.
  （4）What is the author's attitude towards co-bots？

  
  A．Tolerant.
  B．Ambiguous.
  C．Appreciative.
  D．Disapproving.
  組卷：3引用：3難度：0.5

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寫(xiě)作（共兩節(jié)，滿(mǎn)分40分）

• 8．你校英文報(bào)Youth正在慶祝創(chuàng)刊十周年。請(qǐng)你寫(xiě)一篇短文投稿，內(nèi)容包括：
  （1）讀報(bào)的經(jīng)歷；
  （2）喜愛(ài)的欄目；
  （3）期望和祝福。
  注意：
  （1）寫(xiě)作詞數(shù)應(yīng)為80左右；
  （2）請(qǐng)按如下格式在答題卡的相應(yīng)位置作答。
  
  Youth and Me__________
  組卷：472引用：10難度：0.5

  解析

• 9．閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開(kāi)頭語(yǔ)續(xù)寫(xiě)兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。
      An anxious call came into Jimmy Gilleece's bar.A newly-married woman，who had spent the afternoon at the beach dive bar in Wrightsville Beach，Noth Carolina，couldn't find her wallet.She didn't care about her ID，credit cards，or ﹩150 in cash — but her wedding ring was inside.
      Gilleece，42，the boss of the bar，didn't like the idea that a theft could have occurred in his place.So he set out to find the wallet.He spent hours looking through security-camera videos，watching the woman's every step in the bar until she went to sit on a chair outside and left when her ride arrived.Within minutes，young man approached the bench，slipped something into his pocket，and walked off.Gilleece posted a clip on the bar's Facebook page. "I didn't want to punish him，" he said. "I just asked if anybody knew who the guy was."
      Within hours，Gilleece got a text from 15-year-old Prather，who admitted having taken the wallet and told Gilleece he'd done it because he hadn't eaten for two days.He said he saw the ring but thought it was fake，so he took the money and threw the wallet off the dock（碼頭） into the ocean.Then he bought a sandwich.
      Gilleece，unsure whether he believed Prather，told the teenager to meet him at the dock，where they got to talking，and Prather revealed that he wasn't getting along with his family and had been living in the woods for a week.Gilleece，a father of two，took a stock（審視） of Prather.Judging from Prather's small body and flushing cheeks，Gilleece saw him as more of a kid than a criminal.
      However，the police were already on the case.Because of the missing ring and his theft，Prather could be facing a charge. "He would be going to juvenile jail（青少年監(jiān)獄）.I have to help him somehow." Gilleece thought.
  注意：
  （1）續(xù)寫(xiě)詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150左右；
  （2）請(qǐng)按如下格式在答題卡的相應(yīng)位置作答。
      Gilleece paid two divers to search the water where Prather had thrown the wallet.
  ________
      Then suddenly a diver came up to the surface of the water.
  ________
  組卷：4引用：1難度：0.2

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