2024年4月7日发(作者：)

广东省信宜市2023-2024学年高三上学期开学摸底考试英语

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一、阅读理解

Oyster is pleased to offer sea conservation volunteers the opportunity to take part in a

3-day diving course in South Africa.

What qualification will I receive?

●Upon successful completion of the e-learning and the practical course, you will receive

a NAUI (National Association of Underwater Instructors) diving qualification.

What are the requirements?

●You will need to be staying for a minimum period of 2 weeks on the shark volunteering

project. (It’s highly recommended that you join for 4 weeks, so that you can throw yourself

into the volunteer project and allow for bad weather.)

●Completion of a medical evaluation form before taking part in the course.

How does it work?

●Before arrival in South Africa, you will start an e-learning course.

●The e-learning course takes about 14 hours to complete.

●Once in South Africa, you will receive 17 hours of practical instruction, of which 10

hours are spent in the water.

●You will not have a set date for your diving course before departure, as this is

dependent on weather.

How much does it cost?

Learning to dive in South Africa as part of the sea conservation volunteering project will

cost just $350. Payment must be made in advance to secure your place.

How do I book?

In person: The Volunteer Office is open on weekdays between and

By telephone: Dial (323) 641-7416 to reserve. The line is available from to 6

p.m..

By post: Complete the application and return it to the Volunteer Office before Oct. 14th.

Through website: Visit our website .

1

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Which is necessary for a course-taker?

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A

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Organizing a shark volunteering project.

B

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Being equipped with weather knowledge.

C

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Taking an e-learning course in South Africa.

D

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Presenting a clinical assessment of health status.

2

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What is the total hours of the complete course?

A

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14. B

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17. C

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27. D

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31.

3

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How can one book the course?

A

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By visiting the official site of Oyster.

B

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By mailing the application in December.

C

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By going to the Volunteer Office on Sunday.

D

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By telephoning (323) 641-7416 in the morning.

I am Fionn Ferreira, an Irish teenager. I am very delighted to have won $50,000 for my

project. My project came about as I was constantly hearing about plastic pollution on the

news. And I also see the real effects on our beaches every day. I discovered, to my shock, that

at present no filtration (

过滤

) for microplastics takes place in any European wastewater

treatment centers, so I started looking for a solution.

Seeing that there was none, I decided to investigate further, finally finding a way to use

the feerofluid (

铁磁流体

), a liquid which sticks to the plastic allowing it to be removed using

magnets(

磁铁

). After over 1,000 tests I have proved that my method would remove 87% or

higher of microplastics.

I grew up in West Cork, Ireland. My hometown is surrounded by untouched nature. This

has been my primary inspiration about how nature works. I soon discovered that science

really was in everything. The fact that I lived in such a remote place meant that I had to build

my own equipment and lab to conduct tests and experiments.

Inspired by scientists such as Ben Feringa and his work with organic chemistry and

nanotechnology (

纳米技术

), I would like to study chemistry or chemical engineering when

finishing my last year of secondary school. Both of these subjects will be suited to me as I

really enjoy problem-solving and experiments.

One of the most valuable rewards from the science fair for me is the opportunity to

present my work to a group of professional judges. Winning the prize is a great honour to me

as this is an acknowledgement of my project and ideas.

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Also, winning the prize will give my project more attention. There is nothing I would

like to see more than my project to be used in addressing microplastics in our oceans

worldwide.

4

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What do we know about Fionn?

A

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He lives by the sea.

C

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He works for a science fair.

5

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Fionn set up the project to________.

A

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Clean the beaches.

C

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Remove microplastics from water.

6

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Which word can best describe Fionn?

A

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Humorous. B

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Honest. C

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Competitive. D

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Creative.

B

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Investigate the feerofluid.

D

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Collect plastic wastes.

B

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He discovered plastic pollution.

D

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He was born in America.

7

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What is Fionn looking forward to most?

A

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Getting tests and experiments conducted.

B

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Having his project acknowledged by the judges.

C

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Attracting more attention to his project.

D

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Seeing his project applied widely in real life.

Knowledge might be power, but it’s much more powerful when it’s shared! If only one

person knows how to do something, that prevents others from developing and can prevent

your organization’s progress. Plus, what happens if they hoard (

储藏

)knowledge and decide

to leave your company? When you manage knowledge properly and give people a platform to

share and access it, you’re opening the door to a whole host of benefits!

It’s important to clarify the difference between knowledge and information before diving

into the benefits of knowledge sharing. Information is really just the data or details of

something, but knowledge taps into the experience and context of somebody who’s

understood and used that data. Imagine you’re making a cocktail and you’ve got the

ingredient list in front of you, you’d be able to attempt some shaking and pouring. But,

without a recipe or guidance from somebody who’s trialed, errored and perfected, you

wouldn’t know the order, the timings and the techniques needed. Knowledge sharing makes

sure your employees are less shaken and more inspired.

If knowledge isn’t shared, people take it with them when they leave-and no company has

time to relearn the things they once knew. But if your experts are sharing knowledge with

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peers, they’re gaining relevant, company-specific information-which allows you to build

collective intelligence. The act of sharing knowledge alone is great for building relationships,

where people get that warm feeling from either sharing their wisdom or picking up on the

wisdom of others. But it’s more than that-developing a knowledge-sharing culture allows you

to tap into experts! Across the business, people will have built skills and best practices that

are specific to your product and customer. When they share those experiences, they allow

others to skip the trial period and get right to productivity.

The more you encourage that behavior, the more an organic learning culture builds

throughout the team! This means all the benefits we’ll dive into are happening day in and day

out.

8

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What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A

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Knowledge. B

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Power. C

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An organization. D

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A company.

9

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How does the author clarify the difference between knowledge and information?

A

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By quoting a remark.

C

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By offering an example.

10

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What does Paragraph 3 mainly focus on?

A

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How the trial period can be skipped.

B

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Why knowledge sharing is important.

C

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What skills should be acquired at work.

D

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Who will learn knowledge more quickly.

11

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Who is the text specially targeted at?

A

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Officials.

One of the most common beliefs among researchers is that humans first arrived in North

America 16,000 years ago. According to a recent fossil discovery, that might not be true. The

new finding suggests that humans might have arrived in North America far earlier.

In 2013, a damaged mammoth (

猛犸象

) skull and other bones that looked “deliberately

broken” were found. The damage to the bones suggested that humans were the ones who

caused it to make tools. Carbon- dating analysis suggested the pieces are roughly 37 ,000

years old. This discovery could shift our understanding of humans ‘earliest existence in North

America. These fossils suggest humans killed animals in the area much earlier than 16, 000

years ago.

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B

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Teachers. C

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Parents. D

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Bosses.

B

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By analyzing a result.

D

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By referring to previous studies.

Previous research led scientists to believe the first humans that settled in North America

belonged to the Clovis culture. This was a group of people who left behind carefully made

tools 16,000 years ago. However, carbon-dating analysis of the mammoth bones indicates that

the site is around 36, 250 to 38, 900 years old. That means it’s the oldest known site left

behind by ancient humans in North America.

“That’s not the only interesting thing about the discovery,” said Timothy Rowe, a

professor at the University of Texas. “The similar findings supporting an earlier date for

human arrival have been mostly ignored. This is because they have contradicted previous

research.”

Now, however, he thinks there’s a good chance that researchers will find evidence of

humans farther back in time.

The early humans shaped bones into sharp blades, which were used to take apart animals’

remains, according to Rowe. There are also signs that they cooked the animal bones over a

fire to melt off the fat. “The real evidence that we have has to do with the breakage patterns,

and how thorough they are. They must have used rocks or hammer stones to bust the skeleton

These people would use whatever they could,” Rowe told USA Today.

12

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What can be learnt about the earliest humans in North America?

A

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They arrived there 16,000 years ago.

C

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They belonged to the Clovis culture.

B

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They caused mammoth to disappear.

D

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They could make tools with bones.

13

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Why are the findings similar to the new one ignored?

A

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They lack a good chance.

C

．

They disagree with earlier research.

14

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How does Rowe find the new discovery?

A

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Inspiring. B

．

Annoying. C

．

Puzzling. D

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Embarrassing.

B

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They fail to draw attention.

D

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They aren’t studied scientifically.

15

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What can be a suitable title for the text?

A

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The Earliest Humans’ Settling in North America

B

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Evidence of Earlier Humans’ Arrival in North America

C

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The Earliest Tool Makers in North America

D

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Research on Mammoths in North America

二、七选五

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