2019年四川省成都某中学自主招生英语试卷

2019年四川省成都七中自主招生英语试卷第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共5小题；每小题8分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A．B．C和D中，选出最佳选项

1.

Brookehasjustturned12,

withsevenworldrecords,

isoneofthebestrockclimbersintheworld．Brookecomesfromaclimbingfamily．Bothherparentsarejustpastclimbingchampions．Herfatherstoppedclimbingsomeyearsago,

buthermother,

Robyn,

whowonfourworldcuptitlesfouryearsinarow,

isstillclimbing．SherunsaclubforyoungclimbersinColorado,

USAandcoachesBrookeandherteammates．Sometimesit’sdifficultformotheranddaughtertoworktogethersoclosely,

buttheyreallyrespectandtrusteachotherandBrookesayshermumisagreatcoach．Brookesaysthathermothergivesheralotofgoodadviceanditisaveryimportantpartofherclimbinglife．Robyncanbestrict,

butsheisalsopassionateaboutclimbing,

andshepassesthispassionontoherstudents．

RobynsaysBrookehasverygoodstrongwillsandisverygoodatmakingherselfwanttopractice．Thishelpsherwhenshe’sfacingthechallengesofthisdifficultsport．Sheisalsoveryhard﹣working．Successinrockclimbingissomethingyouhavetoworkat．Tobeaworld﹣classathletesofanykind,

youhavetopushyourselfandtrainhardandthat’swhatBrookedoes,

everyday,

attheclubandathome．Brookesaysthatclimbingisalwaysthereintheirlives．Theyevenhaveaclimbingwallintheirhouse!

But

climbingisn’tonlyhardwork．It’sfuntoo．Brookelovesclimbingandwhenshe’sonahighrock,

shefeelshappy．Strangely,

shesaysthatwhenshelooksdown,

sheisn’tscared．Allshedoesistothinkhowcoolitistobesmallcomparedtotherock．

（1）It’s________forBrookeandRobyntoworktogethersoclosely．A.difficultB.uneasyC.amazingD.annoying．（2）Tobeasuccessfulclimber，onehasto________．A.practiceclimbingataveryyoungageB.haveagreatmothercoachwhoisverystrictC.faceanydifficultthingsbravelyandkeepontraininghardD.keeppushinghimselfandtrainhardatanytimeandanyplace．（3）What’sthebesttitleofthispassage？________A.AnExcellentClimberB.AClimbingFamilyC.ClimbingChampionsD.HowtoBeSuccessfulRockClimbers．（4）Whichofthesentencescantheauthoragreewith？________A.Wellbegunishalfdone．B.Nopains，nogains．C.Hewhoclimbshighfallsheavily．D.Doingisbetterthansaying．

2.

Papa,

asasonofadirt﹣poorfarmer,

leftschoolearlyandwenttoworkinafactory,

foreducationwasfortherichthen．So,

theworldbecamehisschool．Withgreatinterest,

hereadeverythinghecouldlayhishandson,

listenedtothetowneldersandlearnedabouttheworldbeyondhistinyhometown．“There’ssomuchtolearn．”he’dsay．“Thoughwe’rebornstupid,

onlythestupidremainthatway．”Hewasdeterminedthatnoneofhischildrenwouldbedeniedaneducation．

Thus,

Papainsistedthatwelearnatleastonenewthingeachday．Though,

aschildren,

wethoughtthiswascrazy,

itwouldneverhaveoccurredtoustodenyPapaarequest．Anddinnertimeseemedperfectforsharingwhatwehadlearned．Wewouldtalkaboutthenewsoftheday;

nomatterhowinsignificant,

itwasnevertakenlightly．Papawouldlistencarefullyandwasreadywithsomecomment,

alwaystothepoint．Thencamethemoment﹣thetimetosharetheday’snewlearning．

Papa,

attheheadofthetable,

wouldpushbackhischairandpouraglassofredwine,

readytolisten．“Felice,

”he’dsay,

“tellmewhatyoulearnedtoday”．“IlearnedthatthepopulationofNepalis..”Silence．

Papa

wasthinkingaboutwhatwassaid,

asifthesalvationoftheworldwoulddependuponit．“ThepopulationofNepal．Hmm．Well…”he’dsay．“Getthemap,

andlet’sseewhereNepalis．”AndthewholefamilywentonasearchforNepal．

This

sameexperiencewasrepeateduntileachfamilymemberhadaturn．Dinnerendedonlyafterwehadaclearunderstandingofatleasthalfadozensuchfacts．

As

children,

wethoughtverylittleabouttheseeducationalwonders．Ourfamily,

however,

wasgrowingtogether,

sharingexperiencesandparticipatinginoneanother’seducation．Andbylookingatus,

listeningtous,

respectingourinput,

affirmingourvalue,

givingusasenseofdignity,

Papawasunquestionablyourmostinfluentialteacher．

Laterduringmytrainingasafutureteacher,

Istudiedwithsomeofthemostfamouseducators．TheywereimpartingwhatPapahadknownallalong﹣thevalueofcontinuallearning．Histechniquehasservedmewellallmylife．Notasingledayhasbeenwasted,

thoughIcannevertellwhenknowingthepopulationofNepalmightproveuseful．

（1）Whatdoweknowfromthefirstparagraph？________A.Theauthor’sfatherwasborninaworker’sfamily．B.Thosebornstupidcouldnotchangetheirlife．C.Thetownelderswantedtolearnabouttheworld．D.Thepoorcouldhardlyaffordschooleducation．．（2）Itcanbelearnedfromthepassagethattheauthor________．A.enjoyedtalkingaboutnewsB.knewverywellaboutNepalC.feltregrettedaboutthosewasteddaysD.appreciatedhisfather’seducationaltechnique．（3）Whatisthegreatestvalueof“dinnertime”totheauthor？________A.Continuallearning．B.Showingtalents．C.Familyget﹣together．D.WinningPapa’sapproval．．（4）Theauthor’sfathercanbebestdescribedas________．A.aneducatorexpertattrainingfutureteachersB.aparentinsistentonhischildren’seducationC.aparticipantwillingtosharehisknowledgeD.ateacherstrictabouteverythinghisstudentsdid．

3.

Some

oftheworld’smostfamousmusiciansrecentlygatheredinParisandNewOrleanstocelebratethefirstannualInternationalJazzDay．UNESCO（UnitedNationsEducational,

ScientificandCulturalOrganization）recentlysetApril30asadaytoraiseawarenessofjazzmusic,

itssignificance,

anditspotentialasaunifyingvoiceacrosscultures．

Despitethecelebrations,

though,

intheU．S．thejazzaudiencecontinuestoshrinkandgrowolder,

andthemusichasfailedtoconnectwithyoungergenerations．

It’s

JasonMoran’sjobtohelpchange________AstheKennedyCenter’sartisticadviserforjazz,

Moranhopestowidentheaudienceforjazz,

makethemusicmoreaccessible,

andpreserveitshistoryandculture．

“Jazzseemslikeit’snotreallyapartoftheAmericanappetite．”MorantellsNationalPublicRadio’sreporterNealConan．"WhatI’mhopingtoaccomplishisthatmygenerationandyoungerstarttoreconsiderandunderstandthatjazzisnotblackandwhiteanymore．It’sactuallycolor,

andit’sactuallydigital．

Moransaysoneoftheproblemswithjazztodayisthattheentertainmentaspectofthemusichasbeenlost．“Themusiccan’tbepresentedtodaythewayitwasin1908or1958．Ithastocontinuetomove,

becausethewaytheworldworksisnotthesame,

”saysMoran．

Last

year,

MoranworkedonaprojectthatarrangedFatsWaller’smusicforadanceparty,

“justtokindofputitbackinthemindthatWallerisdancemusicasmuchasitisconcertmusic,

”saysMoran．“Forme,

it’sthere﹣contextualization．Inmusic,

wheredoestheemotionlie?

Arewe,

ashumans,

gaininganyinsightonhowtotalkaboutourselvesandhowsomethingasabstractasaCharlieParkerrecordgetsusintoadialogueaboutouremotionsandourthoughts?

Sometimeswelosesightthatthemusichasawidercontext,

”saysMoran,

“soIwanttocontinuethosedialogues．ThosearethethingsIwanttofoster．”

（1）WhydidUNESCOsetApril30asInternationalJazzDay？________A.Toprotectculturaldiversity．B.Torecognizethevalueofjazz．C.Torememberthebirthofjazz．D.Toencouragepeopletostudymusic．．（2）Whatdoestheunderlinedword“that”inparagraph3referto？________A.Jazzbecomingmoreaccessible．B.Thejazzaudiencebecominglarger．C.Theproductionofjazzgrowingfaster．D.Jazzbeinglesspopularwiththeyoung．．（3）WhatcanweinferaboutMoran’sopiniononjazz？________A.Itwilldisappeargradually．B.Itremainsblackandwhite．C.Itshouldkeepupwiththetimes．D.Itchangesevery50years．．（4）Thebesttitlemightbe________．A.CelebratingtheJazzDayB.TheRiseandFallofJazzC.ExploringtheFutureofJazzD.TheStoryofaJazzMusician．

4.

What

makesushappy?

Therehaslongbeenanotionthatmoneybuyshappiness．However,

although“wereally,

reallytriedthatforacoupleofgenerations,

itdidn’twork,

”saidFrancineJay,

authorofTheJoyofLess,

AMinimalistLivingGuide:

HowtoDeclutter,

Organize,

andSimplifyYourLife．

Thankstoatravel﹣inspiredrevelation（启发）,

Jayhasbeenhappilylivingasimplerlifefor12years．“Ialwayspackedaslightlyaspossible,

andfounditexhilaratingtogetbywithjustasmallcarry﹣onbag,

”shetoldCNN．“Ithoughtifitfeelsthisgreattotravellightly,

howamazingwoulditbetolivethisway?

Iwantedtohavethatsamefeelingoffreedominmyeverydaylife．”

Jay

decidedtogetridofallherexcesspossessionsandlivewithjusttheessentials．“Iwantedtospendmytimeandenergyonexperiences,

ratherthanthings．”

Jay

isafollowerofamovementcalled“minimalism（极简主义）”．Growingnumbersofpeoplehavebeenattractedtothislifestyleallovertheworld．Theysharethesamefeelingofdisappointmentwithmodernlifeandadesiretolivemoresimply．Minimalistsaretypicallyprogressiveandconcernedabouttheenvironment,

LeahWatkins,

aleadresearcheratOtagoUniversityinNewZealand,

toldStuffmagazineinMarch．

But

manysimplyexperiencedunhappinesscausedbyowningtoomanypossessions．Depressionwiththematerialismofourworldisn’tnew．EnglishromanticpoetWilliamWordsworthsummeduphowdispiritingthiswasbackinI802,

atthebeginningoftheindustrialage,

whenhewrote,

“Gettingandspending,

welaywasteourpowers．”Hispreferencewastogobacktonature．Closertoourowntimes,

thehippies（嬉皮士）ofthe1960salsosoughtto“dropout”ofmodernlife．

For

manyminimalists,

thekeyistounload．Withoutobjects,

they“believepeopleareforcedmoreandmoreintothepresentmomentandthat’swherelifehappens,

”wroteStuff．

But

doessimplicityeverfeellikeasacrifice?

“It’seliminatingtheexcess﹣unuseditems,

unnecessarypurchases﹣fromyourlife．Well,

Imayhavefewerpossessions,

butIhavemorespace…Minimalismismakingroomforwhatmattersmost,

”saidJay．

And“therealquestions”,

accordingtoDuaneElgin,

aUSsocialscientist,

are“whatdoyoucareabout?

”and“whatdoyouvalue?

”

He

toldCNN．“It’simportantforpeopletorealizeminimalismisn’tsimplytheamountofstuffweconsume．It’saboutourfamilies,

ourwork,

ourconnectionwiththelargerworld,

ourspiritualdimension．It’sabouthowwetouchthewholeworld．It’sawayoflife．”

（1）Whatwastheauthor’smainpurposeinwritingthetext？________A.Toreportonthetrendofminimalism．B.Togivetipsonhowtoleadahappylife．C.Toarguewhethermoneybuyshappiness．D.TorecommendoneofFrancineJay’sbooks．．（2）WhatinspiredFrancineJaytoliveasimplelife？________A.Abooksheread．B.Herdesiretokeepupwithmodernlife．C.Afollowerofminimalismshemetonatrip．D.Thepleasuresheenjoyedfromtravelinglightly．．（3）Theunderlinedword“eliminating”inParagraph9probablymeans“________”A.removingB.distinguishingC.acceptingD.improving．（4）WhichofthefollowingwouldDuaneElginprobablyagreewith？________A.Minimalismisahealthylifestylethatisinconflictwithmodernlife．B.Minimalismlimitspeople’sfreedomtoenjoytheirlivestothefullest．C.Minimalismenablespeopletoreflectonwhattrulycountsintheirlives．D.Minimalismmeanspeoplehavetosacrificesomepleasuretolivesimply．

5.

Did

youknowthatpeoplewholiveindifferentpartsofChinahavedifferenthabitsandpreferences?

For

example,

peoplefromsouthernChinaprefertoeatvegetables,

whilepeoplefromnorthernChinaliketocatmeat．Butwhatcausesthesedifferences?

AccordingtoanewstudypublishedinthejournalCellinOctober,

genevariations（基因变异）mightberesponsibleforthesedifferences,

Xinhuareported．

In

thestudy,

researchersfromChinesegenome﹣sequencing（基因组测序）firmBGIcollectedgeneticinformationfrom141.431Chinesewomen．Thewomencamefrom31provincesandcomprised36ethnicminoritygroups．

The

researchersfoundthattherearesixgenefrequenciesthataredifferentamongpeoplefrombothnorthernandsouthernChina．TheyfoundthatnaturalselectionhasplayedanimportantroleinthewaysthatpeoplelivingindifferentregionsofChinahaveevolved,

affectingtheirfoodpreferences,

immunities（免疫性）toillnessandphysicaltraits（特点）,

TheNewYorkTimesreported．

The

researchersreportedthatavariationofthegeneFADS2ismorecommonlyfoundinnorthernpeoplethanitisinsouthernpeople．Ithelpspeoplemetabolize（新陈代谢）fattyacids（脂肪酸）,

whichsuggestsadietthatisrichinmeat．AccordingtoXinhua,

thisisduetoclimatedifferences．NorthernChinaisatahigherlatitude（纬度）,

whichmeansit’scoldanddrythroughoutthewholeyear．Thisweatherisdifficulttogrowvegetablesin．Therefore,

northernerstendtoeatmoremeat．

The

studyalsofounddifferencesintheimmunesystemsofbothgroups．MostpeopleinsouthernChinacarrythegeneCR1,

whichprotectsagainstmalaria（疟疾）．ThisisbecausemalariawasoncequitecommoninsouthernChina．Inordertosurvive,

thegenesofpeopleinthesouthevolvedtofightagainstthisdisease．However,

peopleinthesoutharealsomore________tocertainblood﹣borneillnesses,

astheylackthegenestostopthem．

Genescanalsocausephysicaldifferencesbetweennorthernersandsoutherners．MostnorthernershavetheABCCl1gene,

whichcausesdryearwax（耳屎）,

lessbodyodorandfewersweatsecretions（分泌）,

TheNewYorkTimesreported．Thesephysicaldifferencesarealsomorebeneficialtolivingincoldenvironments．Southernersarelesslikelytohavethisgene,

asitdidnotevolveintheirpopulation．

（1）What’sthenewstudymainlyabout？________A.ThegenesofChineseminoritygroups．B.HabitsofpeoplefromdifferentregionsofChina．C.Physicaldifferencesbetweennorthernersandsoutherners．D.DifferencesinthegenesofpeoplefromdifferentpartsofChina．．（2）AvariationofthegeneFADS2canhelpourbody________．A.storefatB.digestmeatC.fightdiseaseD.controlbodytemperature．（3）Theunderlinedword“vulnerable”isclosestinmeaningto________．A.unprotectedB.uninterestedC.generousD.responsible．（4）ComparedwithpeopleinsouthernChina，mostnortherners________．a．areimmunetomalaria

b．catchblood﹣borneillnesseseasily

c．havelessbodyodor

d．sweatlessfrequently

A.abB.beC.bdD.cd．第二节（每小题10分，满分10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．

1.PublicSpeakingTraining

Getacoach

（1）_______，sogethelp．Sincethereareaboutabillioncompaniesoutthereallreadytoofferyoupublicspeakingtrainingandcourses，herearesomethingstolookforwhendecidingthetrainingthat’srightforyou．

Focusonpositives

Anytrainingyoudotobecomemoreeffectiveatpublicspeakingshouldalwaysfocusonthepositiveaspectsofwhatyoualreadydowell．Nothingcanhurtconfidencemorethanbeingtoldthatyouaren’tdoingwell．（2）_______．sogoodpublicspeakingtrainingshoulddevelopthoseinsteadoftellingyouwhatyoushouldn’tdo．

（3）_______

Ifyoufindapublicspeakingcoursethatlooksasthoughit’sgoingtogiveyoulotsofdosanddon’ts，walkaway！Yourbrainissofullofwhatyou’regoingtobetalkingabout．（4）_______．Asfaraswe’reconcerned，therearebasicallynohardandfastrulesaboutpublicspeaking．Youraudiencecanbeyourfriends．

Youareaspecialpersonnotaclone

Mostimportantly，goodpublicspeakingtrainingshouldtreatyouasaspecialone，withyourownpersonalhabits．（5）_______．Yourtrainingcourseshouldhelpyoubringoutyourpersonality，nottrytoturnyouintosomeoneyou’renot．A．Youaren’tlikeanybodyelse

B．Youalreadydolotsofthingswell

C．Turnyourbackontoomanyrules

D．Checktherulesaboutdosanddon’ts

E．Whateverthepresentation，publicspeakingistough

F．Theonethingyoudon’twantisforthemtofallasleep

G．Sotryingtoforceawholesetofrulesintoitwilljustmakethingsworse第二部分英语知识运用完形填空（共1题；每小题30分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A．B．C和D），选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1.

As

a

generalrule,

thefirstimpressionsofyouhavebeenformedbypeoplethroughthatlittledeviceonyourdesk．Andthey’veneveractually（1）_______you．Everythingtheyknowaboutyou（2）_______throughthisdevice,

sometimesfromhundredsofmilesaway．（3）_______theyfeeltheycanknowyou（4）_______fromthesoundofyourvoice．That’showpowerfulthe（5）_______is．

Powerful,

yes,

butnotalways（6）_______．ForyearsIdealtwithmytravelagentonlybyphone．Rani,

myfacelessagentwhomI’dnevermet（7）_______,

gotmerock﹣bottompricesonairfares,

cars,

andhotels．Buthercoldvoicereally（8）_______me．Isometimeswishedto（9）_______anotheragent．

One

morning,

Ihadto（10）_______animmediateflighthomeforafamilyemergency．IranintoRani’soffice（11）_______．Thewomansitingatthedesk,

（12）_______mymadness,

sympatheticallyjumpedup．Shegavemea（13）_______smile,

noddedwhilelisteningpatiently,

andthenprintedoutthe（14）_______immediately．“Whatawonderfullady!

”Ithought．

Rushingout（15）_______Icalledoutovermyshoulder,

“Bytheway,

what’syourname?

”“I’mRani,

”shesaid．Iturnedaroundandsawa（16）_______womanwithabigsmileonherfacewavingtowishmeasafetrip．Iwas（17）_______!

Whyhadlthoughtshewascold?

Raniwas,

well,

so（18）_______．

Sittingbackinthecaronthewaytotheairport,

Ifigureditallout．Rani’s（19）_______﹣﹣﹣herwarmsmile,

hernods,

her“I’mhereforyou”（20）_______﹣﹣wereallsilentsignalsthatdidn’ttravelthroughwires．

（1）A.acceptedB.noticedC.heardD.met（2）A.comesB.movesC.runsD.develops（3）A.ThusB.YetC.ThenD.Indeed（4）A.ratherB.alsoC.justD.already（5）A.telephoneB.voiceC.connectionD.impression（6）A.directB.usefulC.easyD.accurate（7）A.inpersonB.bymyselfC.inpublicD.onpurpose（8）A.annoyedB.interestedC.discouragedD.confused（9）A.promoteB.trainC.findD.know（10）A.arrangeB.postponeC.confirmD.book（11）A.forthefirsttimeB.atanytimeC.fromtimetotimeD.ingoodtime（12）A.expectingB.sccingC.testingD.avoiding（13）A.shyB.comfortingC.familiarD.forced（14）A.billB.formC.ticketD.list（15）A.hopefullyB.disappointedlyC.gratefullyD.regretfully（16）A.carefulB.seriousC.nervousD.pleasant（17）A.amusedB.worriedC.，helplessD.speechless（18）A.calmB.niceC.proudD.clever（19）A.forgivenessB.cagernessC.fricndlinessD.skillfulness（20）A.explanationB.atitudeC.conceptD.behavior第一节（共1小题,每小题10分，满分10分）选词填空用下面方框中单词的适当形式填入短文空格内，使短文意思正确、通顺（每词限用一次，其中有两个多余词汇）．badcomefreezegoodIleave

loseprepareprovideringsitsomeoneIhadbeenplayinghockeyforabout10years．Iwasalwaystheonesittingattheendofthebench，andseldomgotintoagame．Iwenttoallthepracticesandshowedupevenwhenitwassocoldthatyourbreath（1）________andwhentheotherplayershaddecidedtostayhome．IfeltIhadsufferedenoughandthoughtofquiting．

IfinalydecidedtotellthenewstomymomthatI（2）________theteam．Mymommayhavelookedlikeatinyandquietladybutonhearingmywords，shesaid，"Remember，‘Aquitterneverwinsandawinnerneverquits．’Yourmotherdidn’traise（3）________，sothinkaboutyourselfinapositivewayandseeyourselfasawinner！"SoIworkedharderthaneveratgettingin（4）________shape，improvingmyshotskillsandchangingmyattitude．

Onceinamatch，welostourfirstgame（5）________．What’sworse，oneofourbestplayersgothurt．I（6）________atmyusualplace，attheendofthebench，whenthecoachcameoverandtoldmeIwasgoingin．Iwasnervous，excitedandterrifiedallatthesametime．

ThecompetingteamwasfastandIhadtoadmitIwasalittlenervous．Butmymom’swords（7）________outinmyheadlikeachurchbell．Insteadofbeingafraid，Iwas“pumped（打气）”andIveryquicklyfoundthatallmyextraworkwaspa