2024年辽宁省大连市第八中学中考一模英语试题
辽宁
九年级
一模
2024-04-22
675次
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The best places to go in my home town this summer.
| Winning Voices More than 20 bands will play their best songs in a competition to win a great prize: a place in the national final and the chance to record a CD. Stratford Student Centre, 6 p.m. Ticket: £8 for adults and £4 for children | Streetlife Dance Group Come and see the amazing “SDG”at the Atlas Centre. Twenty-four dancers aged between 11 and 18 will show off their skills in street dancing for you. Start: 7 p.m. Ticket: £5 |
| The Art of the Camera Beautiful exhibition from some of the best young photographers will be held. Many amazing pictures will be shown. Stamford Hall, June 20th—30th Free | Young Vic Theatre The final performance (演出) of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is tonight. This is your last chance to see this wonderful play this year. Don’t miss it. Start: 8 p.m., June 24th. Ticket: £3 |
1. If you are a music lover, which place should you go to enjoy yourself?
| A．Stratford Student Centre. | B．The Atlas Centre. |
| C．Stamford Hall. | D．Young Vic Theatre. |
| A．£16. | B．£13. | C．£12. | D．₤10. |
| A．Over 20 bands will play their songs in the national final. |
| B．There will be 24 teenagers to show off their skills in street. |
| C．Many experienced photographers will come to the exhibition. |
| D．Romeo and Juliet won’t be shown in latter half of the year. |
| A．Advertisement. | B．Art. | C．Life. | D．History. |
A man went to buy fruits and asked the shopkeeper about the price of the fruits. The shopkeeper replied that the banana was ¥8 and the apple was ¥10 per kilo. At the same time, a woman came into the shop and asked the same question. The shopkeeper answered, “The banana is ¥4 and the apple is ¥6 per kilo.” Hearing this, the man couldn’t believe his ears and looked at the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper noticed this immediately and let him wait for a while. The woman took the fruits, paid for them and left cheerfully.
After the woman left, the shopkeeper looked toward the man and said, “I didn’t mean to cheat you.” He continued after a stop, “The woman lives in my neighborhood. She is a poor mother of four. I have tried many times to help her but she refuses to take any help from anyone in our neighborhood. Then I think of this way to help her. Whenever she comes, I sell her fruits at the minimum price. This way, she won’t feel that she is being helped or depending on others. This is the only way I can offer my help. And whenever this lady comes, my sales increase.”
After the man learned the story, tears showed up in his eyes. He hugged the shopkeep er and bought fruits without hesitation (犹豫). More importantly, he left with a lesson learned that if you want to help, you will always find a way and your own bless (福气) will come along.
5. How did the man feel when he heard the shopkeeper’s reply to the woman?| A．Angry. | B．Sad. | C．Disappointed. | D．Surprised. |
| A．talk with the woman first | B．pick up some fruits for the man |
| C．check the price of the fruits | D．stop the woman knowing the real price |
| A．lowest | B．highest | C．fairest | D．clearest |
| A．he was touched by the shopkeeper’s kindness |
| B．he knew he was cheated by the shopkeeper |
| C．he had to buy those fruits without hesitation |
| D．he felt really sorry for the women’s sufferings |
Electric vehicles (电动汽车) or EVs recently have become more and more popular. Technological improvements, especially batteries, make EVs rather than gas cars become more people’s first choice.
Mueller, an expert in studying cars, explains why they are the future of cars. He writes, “I think EVs are the future. They have better torque (扭转力), acceleration (加速) and better control.”
Best of all, you never have to visit a gas station. Every morning your car is charged (充电) and ready to go. And if you are worried about miles they can cover, that’s not necessary. Almost all trips can be done in an EV with a proper battery. And fast chargers (充电器) along the way make it possible to do longer road trips if necessary.
Besides, it’s clean technology: a traditional gas car causes more than twice as carbon (碳) pollution as an EV. Even in places that get almost all of their electricity from burning coal (煤), an EV still pollutes less than a typical traditional gas car. Supposing a 10-year service life, a traditional car will let out 66,000 pounds more carbon pollution than an electric vehicle.
Human science technology is always moving forward. However, some challenges still remain about EVs. According to the present situation of EVs, scientists and researchers still have a long way to go.
9. EVs have become more popular than gas cars thanks to ________.| A．technological improvements | B．social development |
| C．lower prices | D．beautiful appearance |
| A．better torque | B．acceleration | C．better control | D．fast chargers |
| A．EVs are always cleaner than gas cars. |
| B．Electricity is from burning coal in China. |
| C．A gas car causes less pollution than an EV. |
| D．A traditional car lets out 6,600 pounds of carbon a year. |
| A．The Future of EVs in China | B．EVs and Environmental Protection |
| C．EVs Makes Our Life Better | D．EVs: The Future of Cars |
ChatGPT is back! OpenAI, the company behind the popular chatbot, has now introduced a powerful new language model: GPT-4.
On March 14, GPT-4 showed the world how smarter it is than the GPT-3.5. One of its best new features is that it can understand pictures. For example, if you show a picture of a phone using the wrong charger (充电器), GPT-4 can tell why the picture looks strange.
But GPT-4’s developments don’t stop there. The new language model can code (用代码编写) classic games in a few minutes, and produce the code and layout (布局) for a website based on a hand-made drawing. GPT-4 is much better than the older GPT at passing tests. According to CNN, GPT-4 did really well on a law school test, with a score in the top 10 percent of test takers. ButGPT-3.5 only got a score in the bottom 10 percent.
GPT-4 will also power other apps and services. For example, the language learning app Duolingo plans to use GPT-4 in their coming products. Users can learn languages by talking with AI. Another app, Be My Eyes, will have a digital assistant (数字助手) to help blind people better understand the world around them. The government of Iceland also plans to use GPT-4 to protect the Icelandic language.
There are still problems with the new language model, however. GPT-4 still tries hard to get completely correct answers. And it will sometimes insist that wrong information is true.
13. What does the underlined word “it” refer to?| A．OpenAI. | B．GPT-3.5. | C．GPT-4. | D．A chatbot. |
| A．Because GPT-4 is much new er than GPT-3.5. |
| B．Because GPT-4 can spend less time coding games. |
| C．Because GPT-4 got better scores than GPT-3.5 at tests. |
| D．Because GPT-4 powers other apps and services. |
| A．let users learn language by talking with AI |
| B．help blind people understand the world better |
| C．give support to the Icelandic language |
| D．earn much money by selling services |
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