2024年3月16日发(作者：)

吉林省长春市朝阳区长春市第十七中学2022-2023学年高三

下学期开学英语试题

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一、阅读理解

Books are excellent gifts. Here are four of the year’s most talked-about titles.

Ordinary Monsters | By J. M. Miro

Miro has temporarily abandoned literary fiction in favour of a new series of historical

fantasy novels. Ordinary Monsters is about a group of children with magical gifts who come

together and pool their powers to escape the bad shape-shifting man that’s going after them.

Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces | By Elamin Abdelmahmoud

The soundtrack to The O. C

．

, a drama series, and the strange beauty of Highway 401

were important factors in developing selfhood of Abdelmahmoud. This book describes his

own experience of moving from Khartoum, Sudan, to Kingston, Canada, in the early 2000s at

age 12.

A Magic Steeped in Poison | By Judy I. Lin

Harry Potter has his magic stick. And Ning, the heroine of Lin’s first novel, has tea,

which in her world carries magical properties. Lin has created a pleasing Young Adult fantasy

rich in Chinese mythology (

神话

). In this book, Ning enters a competition to find the most

gifted tea master, Shennong.

A Ballet of Lepers | By Leonard Cohen

Unlike many other posthumous (

死后出版的

) works, you can count on Cohen’s to be

worth your wait. Before his death, he said that the novel contained in the book, which was

never published, was likely better than The Favourite Game, a novel he published during his

lifetime. This book also includes a radio play script (

剧本

) and a handful of short stories.

1

．

Which book is a mirror of the author’s life story?

A

．

Ordinary Monsters.

C

．

A Magic Steeped in Poison.

B

．

Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces.

D

．

A Ballet of Lepers.

2

．

What do the first and third books have in common?

A

．

They are about teamwork.

B

．

They are based on an imaginary world.

C

．

They both involve Chinese characters.

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D

．

They draw inspiration from other novels.

3

．

What can be inferred about A Ballet of Lepers?

A

．

It is a collection.

C

．

It is a fantasy novel.

For over a decade, Zubin Kanga, a pianist, composer and technologist, has changed the

limits of the forms of musical performances. He has both organized and performed shows that

have pushed barriers, with motion sensors, artificial intelligence (AI), live-generated 3D

visuals and virtual reality among the technological advancements used to unlock new

possibilities of music and performances.

Kanga’s approach to employing cutting-edge technology was first informed by the

relative limitations of his chosen instrument. “The piano is a very accurate technology,” he

says. “From the early 20th century till now it hasn’t really changed at all. It’s an amazing

instrument, but it does have certain limitations in terms of the types of sound you can create.”

One of the early works is Steel on Bone, composed by Kanga himself. He performs the

piece using MiMU multi-sensor gloves. “I can put up one finger, and that’ll produce a

particular sound,” Kanga explains. “And then I can control that sound just by moving my

wrist through the air — I can do that with lots of different gestures.”

“For Steel on Bone, I’m actually playing inside the piano with these steel knitting (

编织

)

needles, and getting all these interesting effects on the strings. Then I’m using samples of

them. Sometimes I’m using live delays and operating them. The sound can change depending

on how my hands are moving. It allows me to make a very theatrical piece, and people can

see this immediate connection between how I’m moving — these very big, almost

conductor-like gestures through the air — and the way the sound is changing,” said Kanga.

This is just the start, and Kanga goes on to be enthused with the use of motion sensors to

make music, the possibilities that AI offers composers as a tool, and how virtual reality could

transform performances and more.

4

．

What do technological advancements do for music and performances?

A

．

Remove music barriers.

B

．

Bring new performance forms.

C

．

Popularize musical performances.

D

．

Make performances professional.

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B

．

It is Cohen’s best novel.

D

．

It is adapted from a play.

5

．

Why does Kanga talk about the piano in paragraph 2?

A

．

To indicate its stability.

B

．

To prove its rare accuracy.

C

．

To show it has a long history.

D

．

To clarify why he uses technology.

6

．

How does Kanga perform Steel on Bone?

A

．

By moving his hands in the air.

C

．

By beating the steel knitting needles.

7

．

Which can be the best title for the text?

A

．

Technology: When It Replaces Music

B

．

Virtual Reality: Future of Performances

C

．

Zubin Kanga: When Music Meets Technology

D

．

AI Music: From Composing to Performing

Turning on the air conditioning can bring sweet relief from the heat. But your resulting

energy bill? Not so much. What if your home could stay cool all on its own? That’s the

premise (

前提

) of Zheng Yi’s new invention. The associate professor at Northeastern

University in Boston has created a sustainable material that can be used to make buildings or

other objects able to keep cool without relying on conventional cooling systems.

Zheng imagines this material covering the roofs of houses or other buildings. The

material, which Zheng has named “cooling paper”, has light colors and internal

microstructure with many small holes. It reflects those warm solar rays away from the

building, and it also absorbs heat inside—heat that is from electronics, cooking and human

bodies.

Cooling paper is, in fact, made of paper. One day, Zheng saw a container full of used

printing paper. He thought to himself, “How could we simply transform that waste material

into some functional energy material?” So, with the help of a high-speed blender (

搅拌机

)

from his kitchen, Zheng made a pulp (

浆状物

) out of it and the material that makes up Teflon,

a type of plastic. He then made it into waterproof “cooing paper” that could coat homes. Then,

he and his team tested its ability to keep cool: it can reduce temperatures by as much as 6℃.

He selected materials that would reduce the cost of using the new technology to cool homes.

The cooling paper isn’t just green in its ability to reduce your energy footprint. The

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B

．

By pressing the piano keys.

D

．

By making very small gestures.

material can be used, exposed to solar radiation and varying temperatures, and then reduced

to a pulp (again) and remade without losing any of its cooling properties. “That is incredible!”

Zheng says. “We thought there would be maybe 10 to 20 percent of loss, but no. It’s just as

well as the original.”

8

．

On what basis is Zheng’s new invention created?

A

．

Relieving the discomforts of the heat.

C

．

Cooling the air without electricity.

B

．

Improving traditional cooling systems.

D

．

Reducing electricity use and costs.

9

．

What does the author say about the material in paragraph 2?

A

．

It works in two ways.

C

．

It has limited applications.

B

．

It’s complexly structured.

D

．

It’s available in dark colors.

10

．

Where did Zheng get inspiration for the cooling paper?

A

．

From Teflon. B

．

From a pulp.

wastepaper.

11

．

Which aspect of the cooling paper is mainly stressed in the last paragraph?

A

．

Its practicality. B

．

Its recyclability.

user-friendliness.

Parks are the beating hearts of cities, providing crucial environments for wildlife of

many sizes as well as areas of rest and recreation for local citizens. Accessible via public

transport, and located near a university, a stadium and the National Library, Warsaw’s Pole

Mokotowskie Park provides green space for many people.

One of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s five pathways to

transformative change for water management is to restore species population, ecosystems and

the benefits that nature provides to people by using each city’s advantage. As more urban

centres seek new ways to unite greenery into the built environment, projects of all sizes and

stages add to essential corridors and stopping points for a range of wildlife.

Tasked with improving Warsaw’s Pole Mokotowskie Park’s natural sustainability,

architecture company WXCA looked at ways of enhancing the elements that were already in

place to better support wildlife. One of the most visible means was the removal of thousands

of square metres of concrete (

混凝土

). Removing concrete in and around ponds and other

waterways allows the city’s features to shape themselves naturally, in reaction to both the

surrounding environment and the weather. Doing so can support biodiversity by removing

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C

．

Its heat resistance. D

．

Its

C

．

From the blender. D

．

From the

artificial constraints and flows. More than 13,000 square metres of concrete has already been

removed, with more removal planned over the next year.

For the human users of the park, the designers created education, activity, and art spaces.

The Grand Salon, a grassland surrounded by trees, is for large public gatherings, and a

handful of pavilions (

亭

) spread throughout the space provide visible means of monitoring

the quality of the air and water. They also contribute to the park’s ecosystem through

rainwater harvesting. As the temperature consistently rises, city planners are using the leaves

and branches of the plants and mixed use designs to reduce heat islands, improve air quality

and prevent urban runoff.

12

．

What do we know about Warsaw’s Pole Mokotowskie Park?

A

．

It creates a new way to the city center.

B

．

It serves different community groups.

C

．

It reminds the public to protect the environment.

D

．

It shows the locals are living happily.

13

．

What are the projects in paragraph 2 intended for?

A

．

Providing stages to show off creativity. B

．

Taking advantage of the city’s resources.

C

．

Encouraging people to get close to nature.

more room.

14

．

What does the underlined word “constraints” in paragraph 3 mean?

A

．

Limits. B

．

Factors. C

．

Methods. D

．

Damages.

D

．

Supplying various wildlife with

15

．

How do the pavilions help the ecosystem?

A

．

By offering some shelters.

C

．

By monitoring the air quality.

B

．

By collecting rainwater.

D

．

By reducing high temperature.

二、七选五

Patience is something that many of us struggle with. I know that I am certainly one who

has a hard time dealing with delays. After all, we live in a world of instant satisfaction and

overnight shipping. We can have anything that we want delivered to our doorstep right away.

We can pick from a variety of entertainment options at any given moment. 16

The truth of the matter is, however, that anything good rarely happens quickly. 17

You have to develop your patience over time by taking real action. This applies to a number

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