广东省四会中学、广信中学2023-2024学年高一下学期第一次月考试题 英语 含解析

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2023--2024 学年高一第二学期
四会、广信中学英语科第一次联考
第一部分 阅读（共两节；满分 37.5 分）
第一节 阅读理解（共 10 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 25 分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选
项。
A
Enter Our Short Story Competition 2024
Welcome to our Short Story Competition 2024 to show the world your
storytelling talents! Note that there are some changes to last year’s competition rules.
If you have any questions or concerns, ask us before submitting your story.
Rules
Please ensure that your submissions are completely new and not previously
published. Your story must have uplifting elements and be limited between 250 and
300 words in length.
Please include your name, preferred email address or postal address for possible
awards in the body of the email with the story attached. Don’t put your personal
information anywhere in your story.
Prizes
There are three categories—one for adults and two categories for schools: one for
children aged 12-18 and one for children under 12.
In the adults category, the winner will receive £1, 000 and the runner-up will
receive £250.
In the children aged 12-18 category, the winner will receive a £200 book voucher
(代金券) or a branded tablet and a £100 book voucher, and the runner-up will receive
a £100 book voucher.
In the children under 12 category, the winner will receive a £100 of book voucher
or a branded tablet and a £100 book voucher, and the runner-up will receive a £50
book voucher.
Other Items
Please submit your stories by June 31, 2024 either online or by posting offline.
The judge team consisting of our editors and some professional writers will pick a
shortlist ( 入围名单) of entries, and the three best stories in each category will be
posted online at on our website on August 1, 2024.
You can vote for your favourite, and the one with the most votes will win the top
prize. Voting will close on November 30, 2024 and the winning entries will be
published on December 31, 2024.
1．What is a qualifying story according to the rules?
A．A story with personal information. B．A story that has won some awards.
C．A story of over 300 words. D．A story which is original.
2．What prize can a boy aged 17 win if he takes second place?
A．As much as £250. B．A branded tablet.
C．A £100 book voucher. D．A £200 book voucher.
3．Who will finally determine the winners?
A．Editors B．Voters C．The judge team D．Professional writers
B
Rob Kenney’s dad left him when he was little. At a time when he was on the path
to young adulthood, he had no father to guide him on the way. He had a painful
experience as a young boy, but learned, with the help of his marriage, to forgive his
dad just before his dad died in his 80s. Now, with a wife of 29 years and two
successful adult children — Kristine, 27, who works with kids, and Kyle, a software
engineer — Kenney wants to pay it forward.
“My goal in life was to raise good adults, not good children,” he explains. The
fact that his kids have both grown up and left the house left him thinking how he
might help others. And the quarantine (隔离期) was actually the perfect time for him
to finally share some key life skills with other kids who might be growing up in
difficult situations — maybe they’ve lost a parent or have parents who are absent.
So the dad set up a heart-warming YouTube program called Dad, How Do I?, a
program that shares instructional videos like how to cook a meal and tie a perfect tie.
His practical tips have really touched the viewers, which are growing in number day
by day. Rob Kenney is just what the Internet needs — a caring dad who wants to
share his skills. It’s no wonder that he has gotten as many as 1.9 million fans in return.
The unbelievable success of Rob Kenney’s videos suggests the need for a good
father figure in a child’s life. From teaching basic life skills to encouraging them to be
kind, a father figure helps kids develop into active members of society. He especially
instructs them in good manners, being honest, and being grateful.
4．What do we know about Kenney?
A．He learnt life skills from his wife. B．He recognised his failing as a father.
C．He once hated his father so much. D．He learnt a lot from his dad.
5．Why did Kenney start the program?
A．To encourage people to lead a healthy life.
B．To prepare his own children for the adulthood.
C．To teach life skills to kids with absent parents.
D．To offer tips on how to deal with loneliness.
6．What does the author want to show in the last paragraph?
A．Best qualities of a good father figure.
B．A father figure’s role in child development.
C．Lessons learnt from Kenney’s success.
D．Kenney’s achievements as a father figure.
C
While most musicians work with other artists when creating their music, Holly
Herndon, an American musician and sound artist who is now based in Berlin, takes a
different way, working with the machine learning software called Spawn. The
software uses artificial neural networks modeled after the structure of the human
brain. These networks learn patterns from datasets during the training process. Based
on the data, the networks create new material that includes Herndon’s own voice.
When producing her album, PROTO, Holly trained datasets to write new music.
The process requires the input data of music written by people or by artificial
intelligence (AI). The neural networks then produce variations of that music.
“Computers surprise you in a way that an instrument doesn’t,” Holly said. So what
does music sound like when composed by what is essentially a robot? It sounds like
music from the future!
But Holly Herndon isn’t the only one exploring AI in composition. Machines
have played an increasingly important role in music over the last century. The
godfather of computer science, Alan Turing, developed the first computer generated
music in 1951. Then in 1980. David Cope from the University of California, Santa
Cruz developed EMI — Experiments in Musical Intelligence, a system that analyzes
existing music and produces new pieces based on it.
AI might not take over the job of the “pop star” anytime soon, or will it? Miquela
Sousa is a computer-generated artist with over one million followers on Instagram.
“I’m a model and singer. And I’m a robot,” Miquela said. This then raises the
question: Can we reproduce creativity using a computer?
Though those questions are not easy to answer, I believe the next frontier of
music lies somewhere in between. I can see the path forward with a new dawn of
creativity that combines human inventiveness with AI. And the next chapter of music
will certainly become wonderful as music and AI become even more closely
connected.
7．What plays an important role in producing PROTO?
A．Holly’s special voice. B．Holly’s rich knowledge.
C．The input of existing music. D．The use of an instrument.
8．Why does the author mention the example of Miquela Sousa?
A．To make comparisons between human and robotic artists.
B．To explain the tasks of computer-generated artists.
C．To show the popularity of smart robots.
D．To promote deep thinking on AI musicians.
9．What is the author’s attitude towards music co- created by AI and humans?
A．Doubtful B．Confident C．Confused D．Surprised
10．What does the text mainly talk about?
A．The combination of AI and musical composition.
B．The increasing diversity of AI music.
C．The development of musical composition.
D．The history of computer-generated music.
第二节 七选五（共 5 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中
有两项为多余选项。
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