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　　2024年高考沖刺卷（8）（四川卷）

　　英語試卷

　　注意事項：

　　1．本試卷分第Ⅰ卷（選擇題）和第Ⅱ卷（非選擇題）兩部分。滿分150分，考試時間120分鐘。

　　2．答題前考生務必用0.5毫米黑色墨水簽字筆填寫好自己的姓名、班級、考號等信息。

　　3．考試作答時，請將答案正確地填寫在答題卡上。第I卷每小題選出答案后，用2B鉛筆把答題卡上對應題目的答案標號涂黑；第Ⅱ卷請用直徑0.5毫米的黑色墨水簽字筆在答題卡上各題的答題區域內作答，超出答題區域書寫的答案無效，在試題卷、草稿紙上作答無效。

　　第I卷

　　第一部分

　　聽力（共兩節，滿分30分）

　　做題時，先將答案標在試卷上。錄音內容結束后，你將有兩分鐘的時間將試卷上的答案轉涂到答題卡上。

　　第一節（共5個小題；每小題1.5分，滿分7.5分）

　　聽下面5段對話。每段對話后有一個小題，從每題所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標在試卷的相應位置。聽完每段對話后，你都有10秒鐘的時間來回答有關小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對話僅讀一遍。

　　例：How much is the shirt?

　　A. ￡19.15.

　　B. ￡9.18.

　　C. ￡9.15.

　　答案是C。

　　1. What does the woman like collecting best?

　　A. Stamps.

　　B. Coins.

　　C. Train tickets.

　　2. Which country found lovely music is good for people’s hearts?

　　A. America.

　　B. Australia.

　　C. Russia.

　　3. What is the woman eager to buy?

　　A. Ice creams.

　　B. Candy.

　　C. Drinks.

　　4. Where are the two speakers?

　　A. In the bank.

　　B. In the classroom.

　　C. In the supermarket.

　　5. What prevented the woman calling the man yesterday?

　　A. She lost her cell phone.

　　B. Her cell phone was power off.

　　C. Her teacher took her cell phone away.

　　第二節

　　(共15小題；每小題1.5分，滿分22.5分)

　　聽下面5段對話或獨白。每段對話或獨白后有幾個小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標在試卷的相應位置。聽每段對話或獨白前，你將有時間閱讀各個小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時間。每段對話或獨白讀兩遍。

　　聽第6段材料，回答第6、7題。

　　6. What is the woman looking for?

　　A. A casual dress.

　　B. A business suit.

　　C. An evening dress.

　　7. What will the woman do next?

　　A. Try on the clothes.

　　B. Bargain with the man.

　　C. Pay for the clothes in cash.

　　聽第7段材料，回答第8、9題。

　　8. How old is the woman's grandfather?

　　A. 78.

　　B. 79.

　　C. 80.

　　9. What did the woman's grandfather do last winter?

　　A. He went in the hospital.

　　B. He went on a cycling holiday.

　　C. He attended a skiing contest.

　　聽第8段材料，回答第10至12題。

　　10. What are the speakers arguing about?

　　A. Who to blame.

　　B. Which way to go.

　　C. What transport to take.

　　11. Why did the policeman stop the speakers?

　　A. They took the wrong shortcut.

　　B. They drove beyond the speed limit.

　　C. They went through the red light.

　　12. What was the initial reason for what happened to the speakers?

　　A. The woman didn’t prefer to travel by train.

　　B. The man failed to ask the way.

　　C. The man forgot to book tickets earlier.

　　聽第9段材料，回答第13至16題。

　　13. What is the basic purpose of the IQ tests?

　　A. To test who is brighter.

　　B. To test language and numerical ability.

　　C. To judge an individual talents.

　　14. What makes so many unhappy parents in the world?

　　A. Their children being stupid.

　　B. Their children’s failing in the exams.

　　C. Their children’s abilities not being developed.

　　15. Why do some children do badly in school exams?

　　A. They are not good with words and numbers.

　　B. They do not study hard enough.

　　C. They are looked down upon by others in school.

　　16. How can a person be happy?

　　A. Putting your skills to good use.

　　B. Having a higher IQ.

　　C. Doing well in the exams.

　　聽第10段材料，回答第17至20題。

　　17. What is the conductor like?

　　A. Anxious.

　　B. Absent-minded.

　　C. Kind-hearted.

　　18. What should Mr. Mora do in Princeton?

　　A. Give a lecture.

　　B. Meet an old friend.

　　C. Visit a university.

　　19. Why must Mr. Mora find the ticket?

　　A. He might be fined.

　　B. He forgot the destination.

　　C. He wrote something important on it.

　　20. What kind of person is Mr. Mora?

　　A. Forgetful.

　　B. Careful.

　　C. Bad-tempered.

　　第二部分 閱讀理解（共兩節，滿分40分）

　　第一節（共15小題：每小題2分，滿分30分）

　　閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

　　A

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　　21. From the text，we know that “Granny Look” is

　　.

　　A.a person who guides you to make your yearly celebration a real success

　　B.a magazine that helps the family to prepare for special occasions

　　C.a company that sells all sorts of products on the Internet

　　D.a website that helps you to prepare for special occasions

　　22. The purpose of the text is

　　.

　　A.to make children have a memorable holiday

　　B.to show you how to shop on the Internet

　　C.to give you some information about Granny Look

　　D.to introduce some goods

　　23. You will fail to find any information at Christmas when you need

　　.

　　A. Christmas cards

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　　C. Christmas gifts

　　D. tickets for theatres

　　B

　　Of course, she wasn’t really my aunt and, out of fear, I never called her that to her face. I only referred to her as “My Aunt Fannie” because the name always made my father laugh quietly and gave my mother cause to look strictly at both of us—at me for being disrespectful of my elder and at my father for encouraging my bad behavior. I enjoyed both reactions so I looked for every opportunity to work the name into as many conversations as possible.

　　As a young woman, my mother had worked in the kitchen of a large Victorian farmhouse. During those years my mother helped Aunt Fanny make the best blueberry jam (藍莓醬) ever tasted by anyone in Glenfield. She was well-known for her jam and for never sharing the recipe with others. Even though my mother knew the recipe by heart, as long as Aunt Fannie was alive, she never made the jam without Aunt Fannie in our kitchen to direct the process and preserve the secret.

　　Each August, my mother would prepare me for Aunt Fannie’s visit. One year, after I had helped with the jam process Aunt Fannie gave me a coin and then made me promise that I would never spend it. “Hold onto this coin,” she said, “and someday you will be rich. I still have my very first coin, given to me by my grandmother.” So I kept the coin in a small box and waited to become rich.

　　I now have the blueberry jam recipe and the coin from Aunt Fannie. In people’s eyes Aunt Fannie's success resulted from that secret recipe. But to me, it was just a common recipe. Neither have significantly made me become a rich person, but I keep them as reminders to hold onto the valuable things in life. Money can make you feel rich for a while, but it is the relationships and the memories of time spent with friends and family that truly leave you wealthy. And that is a fortune that anyone can build.

　　24. Why did the author always use the name “My Aunt Fannie” in conversations?

　　A. She was frightened of Aunt Fannie.

　　B. She liked Aunt Fannie’s recipe.

　　C. She enjoyed her parents’ reactions.

　　D. She greatly respected “Aunt Fannie”.

　　25. The underlined word “she” in Paragraph 2 refers to ______.

　　A. Aunt Fannie

　　B. the author’s grandmother

　　C. the author’s mother

　　D. Aunt Fannie’s grandmother

　　26. In the last paragraph, the author encourages readers to______.

　　A. hold onto the first coin in life

　　B. make as many friends as possible

　　C. make money with their own hands

　　D. spend more time with family and friends

　　27. What could be the best title for this passage?

　　A. The Key to Success

　　B. Blueberry Jam Recipe

　　C. A Fortune Built from a Coin

　　D. A Relationship of Trust

　　C

　　Earlier this year, the social media website Facebook announced that it would work with several news organizations — including The New York Times, The Guardian, and the BBC — to place news stories directly into users’ personal Facebook webpage.

　　Stories published using Facebook Instant will load more quickly and keep the style of the original publisher, who will keep all the advertising income the stories earn — at least for now. The deal shows how important social media has become to news organizations, and is a clear sign of how the world of news is changing — and has been for a while.

　　When Google News began in 2002, many saw it as the death of the newspaper. It had no human editor. Instead Google used, and still uses, a secret computer program that selects and displays news stories according to the reader’s personal interests. More recently, Associated Press and Yahoo! have been publishing computer-written articles. Both use special software to automatically produce stories about company financial results and sports reports — areas where the quality of writing is felt to be of secondary importance to the accuracy of the data.

　　Should we be worried about such developments? I think we should. One concern is that facebook, Google and other social media websites see journalism as a sideline, a way of putting people in front of advertisements. It isn’t their primary function — so if it stops making them lots of money, they're likely to stop doing it.

　　There’s also a concern that computer-written articles are not actually journalism at all, because what a human news team produces is actually quite complex. A well-written news story puts information in context, offers a voice to each side of an argument and brings the public new knowledge.

　　Though economics and speed of delivery mean readers will probably choose a computer-written story over a carefully shaped article — at least for daily news — I don't think the computers will be writing any in-depth articles for a while yet.

　　28. What is the main purpose of the article?

　　A. To report on a new computer service offered by Facebook..

　　B. To advise readers against reading computer-written news.

　　C. To express concern about recent trends in online news.

　　D. To describe the process of online news reporting.

　　29. Computer-written news reports have so far focused on sports and finance because ________.

　　A. these are the most popular topics for online readers

　　B. there are fewer journalists specializing in these areas

　　C. information on these topics is more easily available

　　D. writing style is less important than accuracy in these areas

　　30. What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

　　A. Journalism.

　　B. Advertising.

　　C. Facebook.

　　D. Business.

　　31. In Paragraph 4, which of the following is mentioned as a characteristic of a well-written news article?

　　A. The information presented is up-to-date.

　　B. The author's opinion is clear.

　　C. Different views on the topic are presented.

　　D. The language used is vivid.

　　D

　　Siri is an artificial intelligence (AI) that you can carry around in the pocket, where it waits patiently to be told what to do. In the week we spent together, my AI assistant has performed admirably in finding me restaurants, or the location of the nearest coffee shop.

　　A typical command might be: “Reserve a table for two at a good French restaurant in San Francisco.” Siri responds by presenting a list of top-rated restaurants that can be booked on OpenTable.com. If you say which time you want, it can book you a table without your lifting a finger. In some ways Siri is just a fancy front-end (前端程序) to the 35 sites it can connect to, from taxi booking sites to movie review databases. But what’s new is the way it can analyze the intentions of its master or mistress and use those sites to put them into action.