2023-2024學(xué)年張店六中第二學(xué)期初四英語開學(xué)測試02.27一.完形填空（共10分）Filmsprovidemorethanjustfun.Formanypate...todeveloptheirlanguageskills.（1）_____someminittwintwithdifficultieswhenwatchingafilm.Ifyouareoneofthem,I'dliketogiveyouson.（2）_____tohelpyougetthemostfunoutofwatchingafilminEnglish.Chooseafilmthatyou（3）_____.Ifyoulikeactionfilms,watchanactionfilm,forexampleStarWars.Ifyoulikecomedies,watchacomedy-anythingwithHughGrant（aBritishactor）inalwaysprovidesa（n）（4）_____!It'ssimpleenough.Choosesomethingthatyouarefamiliar（熟悉的）with.It'sbestto（5）_______withsomethingsimple.Inthisway,youcanunderstandthefilmmore（6）_____.DisneyfilmssuchasTheLionKingandTangledareclassicexamples.OthercartoonssuchasUpandTheLegoMoviearealsoenjoyable.Askfriends（7）_____advice.PerhapsyourfriendshavealreadyseensomeEnglishfilms.Ifso,（8）______maybeabletotellyouwhatfilmsareinteresting.Ifyouneedto,usethesubtitles（字幕）.Forbeginners,subtitesarevery（9）_______.ItsOKtousesubtitalesinyourownlanguage.Butforstrongerlearners,whynot（10）_____usingEnglishsubtitles?Inthisway,youcanconnectthemwiththewordsspokenonthescreen,anditcanhelpyoudevelopyourlanguagefurther.（1）A.IfB.ButC.BecauseD.So（2）A.signsB.adviseC.adviceD.pressure（3）A.noticeB.playC.enjoyD.mark（4）A.laughB.serviceC.answerD.hope（5）A.shareB.checkC.talkD.start（6）A.fairlyB.patientlyC.luckilyD.easily（7）A.forB.inC.fromD.on（8）A.weB.theyC.heD.she（9）A.hardB.usefulC.naturalD.useless（10）A.imagineB.discussC.considerD.allow.二.閱讀理解（共18分）AScientiststrainAItoreadhumanthoughtsScientistshavecreatedanewtoolthatcanturnpeople'sthoughtsintowords.ItworksbyusinganAIprogramcalledGPT-1totranslatebrainactivitywords.Inordertoachievethis,scientistsdidalot.First,scientistsgoteverythingreadybeforethetests.Theyinvitedsomevolunteers.Eachspentsixteenhourslisteningtostoriesinascanner（掃描儀）.Theyimaginedthestoriesastheyhcardthem,andthescannerrecordedtheirbrainactivity.GPT-1madeconnectionsbetweentheideasinthestoriesandtherecordingsofthelisteners'brainactivity.Thencamethetests.Thescientistsdidtheminthreedifferentways.Test1Theresearchersplayedanewstory.GPT-.Iwasonlygivenrecordingsofthevolunteers'brainactivity.ButthewordsthatGPT-Ipredicted（預(yù)測）wereverysimilartothewordsinthestorythattheywerelisteningto.Thewordsweren'texactlythesame,buttheyoftencarriedthesamemeaning.Forexample,whenavolunteerwaslisteningtoastoryaboutawomanwhodidnthaveadriver'slicense（駕照）,theprogramcameupwiththis:"Shehasn'tevenstartedtolearntodriveyet."Test2Thescientistsalsocarriedoutthetestwhenvolunteersimaginedtheirownstories."Itreallyworksatthelevelofideas.Theideasarethesamebutexpressedindifferentwords,"saysAlexanderHuth,oneofthescientistsbehindthestudy.Test3Therescarchersshowedthevolunteerssilentmovies,withnospokenwordsatall.GPT-1couldstillfigureout（算出）thebasicideas.Afterthetests,thescientistssaythatGPT-1isthefirstAIprogramtoturnwhatpeoplearethinkingintowordswithoutbrainsurgery（外科手術(shù)）.Thetoolisn'tsomethingthatcanbeeasilyusedtoday,mainlybecauseofthesizeandthecostofthescanner.Inthefuture,theybelieve,asimilarbutcheapertoolcouldhelppeoplewhohavelosttheabilitytospeakbecauseofaninjuryOrdiscase.Thescientistssaytheirtoolcan'tbeusedto"rcadpeople'sminds"withoutpermission（允許）.Thetoolonlyworksifthepersonwantstosharetheirthoughts.（11）Whatwasthescannerusedtodo?A.Recordbrainactivity.B.Readthevolunteers'ideas.C.Catchtheideasofstories.D.Workouttheideas.（12）WhatwasGPT-1usedtodo?A.Receivesounds.B.Testthescanner.C.Producesilentmovies.D.Turnrecordingsofbrainactivityintowords.（13）Inwhichwaywasinformationputintovolunteers'braininTest3?A.Listening.B.Imagining.C.Watching.D.Reading.（14）Whydidscientistsdothetests?A.Toshowhowthetoolworks.B.Toprovethatthetoolworkswell.C.Totestinwhichfieldsthetoolcanbeused.D.Tostudywhosemindcanberead.（15）Whocouldthetoolhelpaccordingtothepassage?A.Peoplewhocan'tspeak.B.Peoplewhocan'thear.C.Peoplewhocan'tread.D.Peoplewhocan'tdrive.BTherearemanydifferenthousesintheworld.Theycanbedifferentbecausepeoplearedifferent.Thehousescanalsobedifferentbecauseofwheretheyare.Housescanbemadeinmanyshapes.ThedomehouseSomepeopleliveinwindyplaces.Bigwindslikehurricanes,canblowhousesdown.Inoneplace,ahousewasmadeintheshapeofadome.Whenabighurricanecame,itdidn'tblowdown.However,alltheotherhousesarounditdid.Adomehouseismadeoftriangleshapes.Theshapeofthedomehouseletsthewindgoaroundit.Ahousewithaflatwallisnotassafeinastrongwind.Adomehousedoesn'thavearooftoblowoff.Thereisnowindinadomehouse,soitissaferinafire.Itissafefromtermites（白蟻）,too.Thereisnowoodforthemtocat!

Aball-shapedhouseSomehouseshavebeenmadeinashapelikeaball.Thewalls,ceiling（天花板）andfloorarealloneinahousewiththisshape.Thewindmovesaround-theoutsideofthehouse.Ball-shapedhousescanbehungfromthingsorfloatonwater▲______Ahouseonthegroundcantakeupalotofspace.Ahouseinatreedoesn'tuseanyspaceonthegroundatall.Notreeshavetobechoppeddowntomakeroomforthesehouses.Andthetreehousedcanbebuiltintheshapeofbeenest（巢）.Suchahousedoesn'ttakeverylongtomovetoanewplace.Soitishelpfulduringthenaturaldisasters.AwalkinghouseSomepeoplehavemadeahousethatcanwalk.Itistheshapeofalonghexagon（六邊形）.Thehousehassixlegs.Itcanwalkoveranyground.Itcanevenwalkoverbumpyground.Whenitwalks,threelegsarealwaysontheground.Awalkinghousewouldbeverygoodiftherewasaficodorafire.Differentshapesofhousearesousefulthatdifferentpeoplecanchoosewhatevertheyneed.Whichonedoyouprefer?Probablyyoucancreateanotherdifferentshapeofhouseoneday!（16）Howmanyshapesofhouseareintroducedinthearticle?_____A.Four.B.Five.C.Six.D.Seven.（17）Whatadvantagcdoesadomehousehave?_____A.Ittakesuplittlespace.B.Itcanprotectfromthestrongwind.C.Itcanwalkoveranyground.D.Ithasmorebeautifulshapcs.（18）Whichonecouldbeputinthe▲?_____A.AhouseinatreeB.AhouseinspaceC.ArunninghouseD.Aflyinghouse（19）Howisthepassageorganized?_____三.語法填空（共10分）閱讀下面短文,在空白處填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)脑~,或填入括號中所給單詞的正確形式.Amangotlostinadesert.Hewalkedfortwo（20）_______（day）buthestillcouldn'tfindhiswayout.Dyingforwater,hefound（21）______emptyhouseinthedesert,Therewasawaterpump（泵）inthehouse!Themanwassohappy（22）______herantodrawwater（汲水）.Butnomatterhowhardhetried,nowatercameout.He（23）______（sit）sadlyonthegroundwhenhesawalittlebottlewithacork（軟木塞）init.Onthebottle,therewasanoldnotesaying:Youmustaddthewaterintothepumpbeforeyoucandrawwater!Don'tforget（24）_________（fill）itwithwateragainbeforeyouleave!Themantookthecorkoutand（25）_________（happy）foundthebottlewasfullofwater!"IfI'mselfish,aslongasIdrinkthewater,Icangoout（26）______thisroomalive,"hethought,"IffIdoasthenotesaid,Imightdieofthirst.ShouldItaketherisk（冒險(xiǎn)）ornot?"Atlast,hedecidedtodoasthenotesaid（27）______begantodrawwater.Lotsofwaterstartedcomingoutfromthepump!（28）_______abigsurprise!Afterhe（29）________（drink）enough,hefilledthebottlewithwaterandaddedhiswordsafterthenote."Believeme,doasthenotetellsyou!"hewrote.四.選詞填空（共10分）meat-eatingdinosaur（恐龍）,and（30）______liamewasSinosauropteryxprima（中華龍鳥）.Itwas（31）_________thanthesizcofacommonchickenwhichlivedabout120millionyearsago.Itwasthe（32）________limetofindfossilsofdinosaursinLiaoning,anditwastheearliestonewithfeathers（羽毛）.So,scientistssaidthatSinosauropteryxprimamighthavehadtinyfeathers,whichissimilartothechicken.Theyhavesomethingincommon!Itmaysoundcrazy（33）________infactnot.Mostscientiststhinktoday'sbirdsanddinosaursarerelatives.However,noteveryonebelievesit.Manyscientistswonder（34）_______somedinosaurshadfeat