考试英语试题
学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
一、阅读理解
Westminster Chamber Music Camp
Director: Galina Prilutskaya Grades: 9-12
Dates: October 17-21, 2022 (10:00 am-4:00 pm) Maximum enrollment (登记人数)：32
Celebrating its 18th season, Westminster Conservatory of Music welcomes pianists, strings, and invites students to join us for an exciting week of music and fun. The camp will conclude with a show on the last day in one of Westminster Choir College’s halls where the students’ accomplishments will be celebrated in a formal concert. Requirements
All participants in this camp must be skillful at reading music, and be able to learn music quickly and with some independence. In an effort to determine their readiness, the students to our camp are asked to submit a brief video to **********************. These videos should include the students performing a piece that they have been working on and may demonstrate their playing ability. Because of the popularity of our camp from year to year, it is of vital importance for participants to register early and submit their video before the cut-off date of October 1, 2022. Location
Westminster Chamber Music Camp will be held on the Westminster Conservatory Princeton campus. Prices
Regular fees: $575 (September 19-25)
Early bird discount: $560 (Register by September 18) Late fees: $50 (September 26-October 1)
Late fees will be added for registrations accepted after September 25. Camp fees include lunch and a Westminster Conservatory T-shirt. A non-refundable deposit (订金) of $75 is due with the application. The balance of the fee is due by October 1. Registrations received after
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September 26 must pay in full. Cancellations after October 1 will receive a refund (less deposit, above) only if another student can be placed from a waiting list. 1．What do we know about the camp? A．There will be a performance on October 21. B．There will be 32 pianists at the camp. C．It will take place off campus. D．It will last for a whole month. 2．What is required of the participants? A．They should be 6-12 graders. B．They have to bring their own lunch. C．They must be good at singing and dancing. D．They need to send a video before October 1.
3．How much should a student pay if he or she registers on October 1? A．$50.
It was February 20, 2008. Down the escalator (自动扶梯) at the airport in Atlanta, I looked back to ensure my wheeled suitcase was secure on its own moving step. Only then did I notice the man traveling behind it, who wore a square-patterned cotton shirt. The design was strikingly beautiful. “Did you purchase your shirt in Africa?” I asked. “Yes,” he replied. “I am from Ethiopia.”
We both got off the escalator and waited to board the train to the hall for our respective flights. I have traveled to Africa but never to Ethiopia. Yet, the name of the country jogged my memory. I thought of two phrases from my general fund of information: Addis Ababa and Haile Selassie. By this time, we had boarded the train and continued our conversation.
“Isn’t Addis Ababa the capital of your country?” I inquired. “That’s right. If you like to travel, now would be a good time to visit. We are celebrating our bicentennial (二百周年),” he added with pride. I remembered the bicentennial in the United States in 1976, so I could relate to his feelings. “We are also celebrating the beginning of the second millennium (千禧年),” he added. This statement perplexed me. I remembered the festivities in 2000. Hadn’t those been for the millennium?
“Is Ethiopia in the northwest of Africa?” I asked hesitantly. “No, in the middle of Africa near the east coast.” he explained gently. I would have liked to have learned more about his
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B．$560.
C．$575
D．$625.
country. However, we had to part. He was taking a flight west; I was flying east. It was a brief encounter: a few facts and new information. It has inspired me to brush up my knowledge of different countries on earth. Once I learn where each African country is again, I plan to continue with the map of central Asia and get my “stans” straight: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. 4．What happened at the airport? A．A man caught the author’s eye. B．The author boarded the wrong flight. C．The author came across a friend of years. D．A traveler purchased the same shirt as the author.
5．What does the underlined word “perplexed” in paragraph 3 mean? A．Worried.
B．Confused.
C．Amused.
D．Encouraged.
6．What will the author probably do next? A．Explore Africa and central Asia on a map. B．Figure out the meaning of “stans”. C．Go on a trip to Uzbekistan. D．Take a flight west.
7．What can be a suitable title for the text? A．Ethiopia: a land of my dreams B．An unforgettable business trip C．An unexpected geography lesson D．Africa: a continent to be developed
When driving, Clara-Marina Martinez makes a note of any unusual behaviour she sees on the road. She then feeds these into machine learning algorithms (算法), a form of AI, which she is helping develop for Porsche Engineering.
Those algorithms are intended to produce a system reliable enough for a car to drive itself. Such a fully autonomous car known in the industry as Level 5, should be able to complete an entire journey without any intervention from the driver, and deal with all situations on the road. But this is proving hard to achieve, and many attempts to do so are being abandoned. Last year, for instance, Uber sold off its unit developing self-driving cars.
Autonomous vehicles are said to be not just convenient but potentially safer. However,
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just as people take time to learn how to drive safely, so do machines. And machines are not quick learners. The RAND Corporation calculates that to develop a system 20% safer than a human driver, 100 self-driving cars would have to operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Carmakers such as Porsche therefore speed up the development process using simulators (模拟器). These teach software about dangers rarely encountered in reality. Dr Martinez and her colleagues employ “game engines” to do this. These are used to create virtual worlds through which the software can drive. Objects in these virtual worlds are assigned their physical characteristics (ie, buildings are hard. people are soft) so that the sensors in vehicles respond in the appropriate way. Once the software has been trained, it is tested in real autonomous vehicles by re-creating those situations on a test track.
How quickly all this will translate into reality remains to be seen. Both regulators and customers will need to overcome the doubt that a software drive really can be safer than a human being.
From Porsche’s point of view, though, there is another question. Given that much of the reason for owning a sports car is for owners to show off their driving skills, just how big a market will there be for a version where software takes those bragging rights (炫耀的权利) away?
8．What does Clara-Marina Martinez intend to do? A．Market Porsche cars.
C．Enjoy riding in a self-driving car. 9．What is the problem with self-driving cars? A．They learn as slowly as human beings. drivers.
C．They need a long time to reach a certain safety level. D．They can operate for a very short period of time.
10．What are Dr Martinez and her colleagues doing?
A．Enabling software to identify road dangers. B．Fixing sensors in autonomous vehicles. C．Re-creating road situations on a test track. world.
11．What worries Porsche according to the last paragraph? A．The reliability of car software. C．The quality of self-driving cars.
B．The future of its sports car market. D．The driving skills of human beings. D．Separating the real world from the virtual B．They have to be monitored by human B．Learn to be a responsible driver. D．Improve the AI technology.
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Peppered moth caterpillars (桦尺蠖毛虫)live north of the equator. But if you’ve never seen one, don’t feel bad: They’re experts at blending in (融为一体). Each caterpillar looks like the branch it stays on, straightening its body into a stick-like shape. It also changes its color to match the branch’s color, whether white, green or brown.
According to a paper published in Communications Biology, the caterpillars sense the color of their surroundings not only with their eyes but also with their skin.
Ilik Saccheri, an author of the paper, normally studies the adult moth. This requires keeping a lot of caterpillars around. Years of observation awakened his curiosity about their color-changing abilities. Each caterpillar hatches tiny and black, and in its early days is blown around by the wind. Once it falls on a plant, it must disguise itself to avoid being spotted by birds.
“I was a bit disbelieving that they could change that only using their eyes,” Dr. Saccheri said.
Amy Eacock, a graduate student in Dr. Saccheri’s lab decided to investigate. First, she tested the caterpillars’ eyes for light-sensitive proteins called opsins (视蛋白). “We did the skin as kind of a negative control,” said Dr. Eacock. “But then we found they were expressed in the skin as highly as they were in the head.”
That’s when she suggested blindfolding the caterpillars. The researchers could cover their eyes, place them on different-colored dowels (木钉) , and see if they still changed to match.
“I thought it was kind of a crazy idea,” Dr. Saccheri said. The blindfolding itself was a difficult task, involving black paint, a tiny paintbrush, a microscope and lots of patience, Dr. Eacock said. Caterpillars molt (蜕皮) several times over their lives, which required that they be blindfolded again frequently.
But Dr. Eacock persisted, eventually testing more than 300 caterpillars. Over and over again, the blindfolded caterpillars successfully changed color to blend in.
Many questions remain, but the behavior alone impressed the researchers. Dr. Eacock said, “I remember turning to Ilik one day and saying, ‘You know what? The caterpillars are cooler than the moths.’” “Yes. They’re pretty amazing,” Dr. Saccheri agreed. 12．What can we learn about peppered moth caterpillars? A．They feed on fresh tree branches.
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B．They can be found easily across the world. C．They can adapt to different environments.
D．They change their body color to match living conditions.
13．Which of the following inspired Dr. Eacock to cover the caterpillars’ eyes? A．Caterpillars have a fear of height. B．There are opsins in caterpillars’ skin. C．Caterpillars molt several times in their life. D．There is something strange in caterpillars’ eyes. 14．What did Dr. Saccheri think of Dr. Eacock’s study? A．It was hard to operate. B．It was well designed.
C．It was inspiring but the evidence was unreliable. D．It was a failure but the methods deserved praise. 15．What is the author’s main purpose in writing this text? A．To solve a mystery. C．To present a scientific study.
B．To introduce a new species. D．To awaken readers’ curiosity.
二、七选五
Over the past years, countless studies conducted have shown the positive effects that laughing has on one’s physical and mental health. Are you ready to laugh more? Below you’ll find five ways to bring more laughter into your life.
Smile more. Smiling is not laughing. ____16____ When you smile, happy changes begin to take place naturally, both internally and externally. In addition, you can think of smiling as a warm-up for laughing.
Learn to laugh at yourself. Most of us take ourselves too seriously. ____17____ Learning to laugh at yourself takes some of the pressure off. You can look for the funny side of things. When you’re upset about something, ask yourself “How is this situation funny?” Humor can even turn a negative into a positive.
Share stories from the past. Do you remember one time in high school that you and your best friend wore false hair and matching clothes around your neighborhood? Or, how about when your best friend sat on a painted bench by accident? ____18____
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Take up something new. When you try something new — whether it’s to draw or learn to roller skate — your original attempts will likely be clumsy (笨拙的) and even ridiculous (荒谬的). ____19____ So taking up something new is likely to result in laughs.
____20____ We are heavily influenced by the people we are with, so by hanging out with funny people, we can add more laughter into our days. That positive and silly energy will immediately rub off on (感染) us and it can cause us to want to feel happier and sillier throughout our days. A．That is funny. B．It has a lot of benefits. C．Follow funny people on Twitter. D．Surround yourself with funny people.
E．These reminders can make us feel silly and childlike. F．For better results, think of a funny moment from the past.
G．So our ability to find the humor in difficult situations can be limited.
三、完形填空
One day Bella, a future psychiatrist (精神病医生), visited a clinic with her teacher. While the teacher was ___21___ his business, Bella was invited to wait for him in the art room. Walking in, Bella looked with ___22___ at everything around her. Suddenly a young man ___23___, talking loudly to himself. He threw a quick look at Bella and ___24___ the piano in the corner. Stopping at the window, he ___25___ to speak. Bella assumed he was a patient because she found clear signs of ___26___ in his voice and the waving of his arms. After a while the young man ___27___ the piano and started pressing the keys randomly. Bella thought the young man might break it.
Bella found herself facing a ___28___ patient when one orderly (护工) appeared. The orderly asked if there was much work to do with the piano. The young man replied that he had already ___29___ it up. Then Bella noticed a headset sticking out of the man’s ear and she was terribly ____30____. He was a piano tuner. At this point, the young man ____31____ asked the orderly whether it was normal to leave a patient ____32____ at the clinic. “I’m a visitor, not a patient!” Bella protested. Bella was terribly ____33____. Not only was she a future doctor, unable to tell the ____34____ between a healthy person and a patient, but she 试卷第7页，共11页
herself was considered crazy!
Hasty (草率的) conclusions too often turn out to be ____35____ and put one in a foolish position. Avoid them. 21．A．concerned about
22．A．regret 23．A．entered 24．A．took up 25．A．hesitated 26．A．madness 27．A．left 28．A．violent 29．A．picked 30．A．unsatisfied 31．A．frequently
D．occupied with B．gratitude B．escaped B．cleaned up B．waited B．happiness B．opened B．quiet B．held B．excited B．anxiously
C．interest C．joked C．struggled for C．prepared C．sadness C．played C．lovely C．set C．embarrassed C．formally C．unnamed C．absorbed C．differences C．similar
D．anger D．whispered D．headed for D．continued D．calmness D．moved D．positive D．given D．impatient D．normally D．untouched D．annoyed D．relationships D．fruitless
B．disappointed at
C．ashamed of
32．A．unannounced B．unattended 33．A．addicted 34．A．gaps 35．A．false
B．amused B．arguments B．obvious
四、用单词的适当形式完成短文
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Despite strict laws and heavy fines, traffic in Greece still remains dangerous. This is particularly the case in large cities ____36____ traffic is greatly affected by many factors. Here is some advice for drivers in Greece.
Road planning is ____37____ (enormous) complex (复杂的) in large Greek cities. There are many dangerous junctions (交叉路口). Athens is known ____38____ the most difficult city for drivers. It is hard to find the right way, so new drivers may easily get ____39____ (confuse) there.
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down.
Crossroads ____41____ (equip) with traffic lights are another dangerous place. Do not start moving immediately after the green light appears.
Parking space should be selected with ____42____ (careful). Drivers should also consider that parking ____43____ (prevent) in the central part of some large cities.
Roads in the country are the most terrible roads for foreign drivers. In spite of the speed limit of 80 km/h, local drivers rarely move at ____44____ speed below 120 km/h.
While moving, drivers are not allowed _____45_____ (speak) on the phone as they need to monitor traffic and other drivers.
五、邀请信
46．假定你是李华，你校无人机社团将于下周六举办无人机展览。请根据以下提示，给留学生朋友 Chris 写一封电子邮件，邀请他来一起观看，内容包括： 1.时间、地点：
2.展览介绍：亲自操作无人机、夜空无人机表演等; 3.期待回复。
注意：写作词数应为80左右。 参考词汇：无人机 drone
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六、读后续写
47．阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
Kelsey was grateful for everything her mother had done for her. In spite of being raised
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by her mother alone, Kelsey received a good education, and now held a leading position in a large company.
Recently the company was making corporate brochures in which achievers would share their success and thank their parents as well. For this, the achievers would have to take photos of themselves with their parents.
Kelsey didn’t really want that because her mother had put on a lot of weight due to a sedentary (久坐的) lifestyle. Kelsey managed to contact one of the best photographers and made a reservation in advance. When she and her mother came to the photographer’s studio, Kelsey took the man aside and said, “Please make sure my mom looks thinner in the photo.” But the photographer said what her mother really needed was a diet or exercise, not a photographer.
Kelsey insisted that he shouldn’t make her mother look like a slim dancer. She just expected him to do his best to make her mother look a bit thinner. The photographer finally agreed and took measures to hide some details, setting the right light and choosing better angles for shots. But it was not easy to fool the camera.
Kelsey’s mother noticed how the photographer was having a hard time and how her daughter was shaking her head. She smiled and said that she just wanted photos with Kelsey no matter whether she looked heavy or not.
The next day, Kelsey came to pick up the photos with her mother. The photographer printed out several photos, copied the rest on a flash drive (闪存盘) and handed them to Kelsey. Kelsey was disappointed and complained. How she wished her mother could look much thinner! The photographer shrugged (耸肩) helplessly and said nothing. Kelsey’s mother, however, said that the photographer did a good job and she was who she was. Then she told Kelsey to accept the fact that her mother was not “the tiny girl Thumbelina in the fairy tale.”
注意：1.续写词数应为150左右; 2.请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
Finishing her words, Kelsey’s mother turned and went out of the studio.
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Kelsey felt so ashamed that she came near to tears.
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