2023年山东省潍坊市中考英语真题（原卷版）.docx

2023年潍坊市初中学业水平考试
英语试题
2023. 6
注意事项:
1. 本试题满分110分, 考试时间为90分钟;
2. 答卷前务必将试题密封线内及答题卡上面的项目填涂清楚。所有答案都必须涂、写在答题卡相应位置, 答在本试卷上一律无效。
一、阅读理解 (共15小题; 每小题2分, 满分30分)
阅读下列语篇, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Joel: You’re not going to believe this My dad is running in this!
Debbie: Your dad? The marathon? I didn’t know he liked doing sport.
Joel: Well, he doesn’t, really. He does a bit of running now and then, and he goes to the gym and that sort of thing. But there’s no way he could finish a marathon.

Three days later
Pete: So Joel, how did your dad do?
Joel: Hahahaha ... it took him 7 hours and 12 minutes.
Jess: So he finished it? That’s fantastic!
Joel: Yeah, but guess what? He was slower than any other runner in the race!

Pete: Still we’re talking about 26 miles here. That’s an awful lot of running. There’s no way I could do that!
Debbie: It would take me more than a month. And honestly, Joel, do you think you could do it?
Joel: That’s not the point. It took him more than 7 hours. So embarrassing!

Jess: So what? He set himself a goal (目标), and he did it. At the end of the day, that’s what matters.
Joel: Well, perhaps you’re right. I’ve never thought about it like that, I suppose.

1. In Picture 2, Joel is laughing because his father ________.
A. won the match B. couldn’t finish a marathon
C. did a bit of running D. was the last one in the race
2. What do Pete and Debbie think of the marathon?
A. Boring. B. Tiring. C. Exciting. D. Relaxing.
3. What’s Jess’s opinion?
A. Whatever you do, set a goal first. B. Give up if you can’t win a competition.
C. Make great efforts to achieve your goal. D. Never take part in difficult competitions.
B
On a cold January morning, a man sat at a subway station in Washington DC and started to play the violin. He played for about 45 minutes.
Three minutes went by, and a middle-aged man stopped for a few seconds, and then hurried up to take care of his own things.
A minute later, the violinist received his first tip: a woman threw some money without stopping, and walked away.
Only a 3-year-old boy took the music seriously, going over, sitting down and soon losing himself in the wonderful performance. His mother wished to hurry along, but the kid kept looking at the violinist.
When he finished playing, no one noticed it. No one applauded (鼓掌).
No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the most talented musicians in the world. He had just played one of the most beautiful pieces ever written, on a violin worth 3.5 million dollars. Joshua Bell played the same music with the same violin and the seats each cost 100 dollars at a theatre two days before.
Joshua Bell’s playing in the subway station was a social experiment. It asks questions: in a common environment at a wrong hour, do we enjoy beauty? Do we stop to make a response (反应) ? If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music. How many other things are we ignoring (忽视)?
4. What’s the man’s purpose of playing the violin at the subway station?
A. To make some money. B. To see people’s response.
C. To practice his skills. D. To teach a music lesson.
5. How many people stopped to listen to the music carefully?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three D. Four.
6. What does the writer suggest in the last paragraph?
A. Don’t be always in a hurry. B. Stop to enjoy street performance.
C. Enjoy beautiful music at a theatre. D. Don’t miss the wonderful moment in life.
7. What is the text mainly about?
A. A subway story. B. A music survey.
C. A social experiment. D. A talented musician.
C
Developed by US company OpenAI, ChatGPT has taken the internet by storm, winning 100 million users since it came out in November 2022. People can ask the robot to write stories and emails, create instructions for cooking a certain food, translate languages, and answer all kinds of questions. In its own words, it is “a language model trained in a large amount of internet text to help users get human-like text.”
Compared with Siri or other chatbots, ChatGPT uses a much bigger information center for training. It also uses stronger software (软件) and hardware to learn things by itself. For example, if it provides a wrong answer to your question, you can tell it the right one and it will correct itself. “It’s a totally different chatbot,” computer scientist Liu Xiaoguang from Nankai University told Tianjin Daily. “The knowledge level ChatGPT shows is the same as a university student. That’s why it shocked the world.”
But one big problem with ChatGPT is that it makes mistakes or even gives false information. When Rezza, a 28-year-old from Indonesia, used the robot to write an essay (论文), it “gave out many examples which other writers actually hadn’t mentioned at all”, he told The Guardian. Since the robot is trained using words from the internet, it can also pick up biases (偏见) about certain groups. These are all things that need to be dealt with.
8. Which can replace the underlined part in Paragraph 1?
A. Succeeded greatly online. B. Done harm to the internet.
C. Brought strong wind and heavy rain. D. Caused serious changes of the weather.
9. Why did ChatGPT shock the world?
A. It can find mistakes by itself.
B. It works differently from other chatbots.
C. Its information center is easier to control than Siri’s.
D. Its knowledge level is as high as a university student.
10. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. Anybody can make mistakes. B. Anybody may give false information.
C. ChatGPT needs improvement. D. ChatGPT can’t get on well with humans.
11. What might be the best title of the text?
A ChatGPT is Coming! B. ChatGPT is Catching the World’s Eyes!
C. Can ChatGPT Take the Place of Humans? D. Can ChatGPT Avoid Biases Properly?
D
Saying no is not easy, but it is necessary sometimes.
It’s not easy to say no bravely. ___12___ However sticking to your principles (原则) may not always make people like you, but will surely get you more respect. Have you ever bravely said no to someone?
Wang Shanshan, Beijing
When I was in primary school, two of my classmates always asked me to do many things for them, like buying breakfast or copying the materials, which put me under great anxiety. So I decided to refuse all their unreasonable requests. ___13___ From this experience, I learned to say no to unfair things bravely, because only in this way can I get respect.
Emily, London
My classmates used to laugh at me because of my weight. I cared too much about their opinions so I ate less and paid more attention to my appearance (外貌). ___14___ After realizing that everyone was unique, I refused to change myself. Now I have got back my confidence and don’t care about what others say. I think it is necessary to say no and stand up for myself.
Lucas, Rome
___15___ To help me, my classmates showed me their answers directly. However, I still couldn’t work out the problems during the next test. Then I realized that if I want to improve myself, I have to say no to their help. Since then, I refused my classmates’ help and improved math on my own.
根据短文内容，从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余选项。
A. Sometimes, we do things that we don’t want to do.
B. I used to have difficulty working out math problems.
C. As a result, they didn’t order me to do anything any more.
D. There is a big difference between pleasing people and helping people.
E. The more I cared about their comments (评论), the more worried I became.
二、语言知识运用 (共 20小题; 满分35分)
A
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When you turn on the tap in your house, water comes out. This water has ____16____ a long way. This water comes from rain in the sky. The ____17____ that water arrives to the tap in your house is called the “water supply”.
Most of the water on the earth is in the ____18____. This water has a lot of salt in it. We cannot drink this water. Salt water makes us ill. But when the sun shines, it ____19____ a part of the ocean. This water rises up to make clouds in the sky. The more water rises up, the heavier and larger the clouds become. The clouds will get so heavy and large that they will change colour from white to ____20____. The water will fall down into rivers and lakes ____21____ rain and travel back to the sea. This is called the “water cycle”. We use half of the rain water _22____ falls over the earth.
There are parts of the world where there is ____23____ fresh water. In the Arab countries, salt water can be made safe to drink. This is done by freezing or boiling it. The salt is left ____24____ and the clean water is then taken off. This process is very ____25___ but in some areas this is the only way to get clean drinking water.
16. A. pulled B. walked C. rushed D. travelled
17. A. way B. path C. method D. condition
18. A. stream B. ocean C. river D. lake
19. A. takes in B. gives off C. heats up D. cools down
20. A. purple B. grey C. blue D. pink
21. A. through B. with C. as D. by
22. A. it B. that C. this D. what
23. A. few B. much C. enough D. little
24. A. behind B. alone C. off D. out
25. A. rapid B. cheap C. simple D. expensive
B
阅读下面短文，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词。

“I suddenly understood,” Valeria said, “why Mario wanted to buy the farm. He and Pagani were busy ____26____ (work) together during this period, I’m sure. They must have burned the farm down, Roberto. They could have killed you!”
“I can’t believe it,” Roberto said. “My own uncle wouldn’t do that. It’s ____27____ (possible).”
“But it must be true, Roberto,” Valeria said. “It’s the only explanation.”
In the evening, Inspector (警官) Pavone telephoned and asked to speak to Roberto. “So far your uncle ____28____ (tell) us everything. He burned your farm down to make you ____29____ (sell) it. Pagani knew that land prices would go up when a big company moved to the town. Then he and your uncle made a project ____30____ (build) shops and houses on your land so that they could sell them for a profit. They would have become terribly wealthy!”
Roberto could not speak. His own uncle had lied to him and almost killed him.
“Your uncle and Pagani are both criminals (罪犯),” the inspector said. “Your uncle is a foolish and greedy man. He got himself into some ____31____ (danger) business. They must pay for their ____32____ (act).”
Roberto held the telephone ____33____ (quiet) with eyes full of tears.
The inspector was right. Mario and Pagani ____34____ (put) into prison soon. Roberto did not feel happy, sad or angry about them. He was too ____35____ (disappoint) to feel anything.
Some months passed. Roberto began to think about the future.
三、翻译句子 (共3小题; 每小题3分, 满分9分)
用括号内所给的单词或短语, 将下列句子翻译成英语。
36. 中国制造的电动汽车已经进入了欧洲市场。 (electric, enter) （汉译英）
_____
37. 尽管电子产品被广泛使用，人们仍然需要纸质书 (even though) （汉译英）
_____________________________________________
38. 对中国人而言，茶不仅是饮料，还是一门艺术和一种文化。 (not only ... but also ... ) （汉译英）
_____________________________________________
四、阅读表达 (共5小题, 满分16分; 其中第43小题4分, 其余每小题3分)
阅读下面短文，根据短文后的要求答题。
The Earth’s going on a trip once again! Whether you have watched The Wandering Earth (流浪地球) in 2019 or not, the name must be well-known to you. Since it was China’s first science fiction (科幻) film, the cinemas were soon so crowded when it was on. The Wandering Earth Ⅱ came out on the first day of the Lunar New Year in 2023. It has become the newest hit.
As a prequel (前篇) to The Wandering Earth in 2019, the new movie describes the fact that humans are in danger of dying out for some reasons. To survive, they make different plans. Finally, they decide to build tens of thousands of huge engines on the surface of the Earth. They plan to drive the Earth to the nearest solar system. The movie shows how humans fight against disasters (灾难). In order to save the Earth, a group of young people have to step forward to start a race against time for life and death.
“The creators of The Wandering Earth Ⅱ are very similar to the characters in the movie. Their great courage and creative spirit are the engine to push the ‘planet’ of science fiction into the future,” said Liu Cixin, writer of the story The Wandering Earth and the novel The Three-body Problem. “We all know that China’s science fiction still has a long way to go. Luckily, there are a group of people who are working very hard for it.”
From The Wandering Earth four years ago to this year’s prequel, director Guo Fan always hope people can remember the idea expressed in them. Because of the love for our homeland, we won’t escape from the Earth in a spaceship, but choose to wander with the planet at last.
根据短文内容回答下列问题
39. Why was The Wandering Earth in 2019 so popular?
_____________________________________________
40. What does The Wandering Earth Ⅱ show us?
____________________________________________
41. What are the creators and the characters of the movie like in Paragraph 3?
_____________________________________________
42 Please translate the underlined sentence into Chinese. (请将文中划线句子翻译成汉语)
_____________________________________________
43. In The Wandering Earth Ⅱ, humans are in danger of dying out for some reasons.
Please imagine and write out two reasons. (请展开想象并写出两条合理的原因)
(1) _____________________________________________
(2) _____________________________________________
五、写作 (满分20分)
44. Teens Around the World是一个国际青少年交流网站，近日有人发了一个关于电影的帖子。假设你是李华，请阅读原帖后，结合自己的观影经历、用英语跟帖。
注意：
1. 电影名字可用汉语拼音；
2. 禁止抄袭本试卷中所有语篇内容；
3. 不要出现考生本人信息；
4. 80词左右。
Teens Around the World
Subject: movies
Hey, guys! We have seen many movies. Good movies can teach us something and make us laugh or cry. Which movie do you like? What is it about? And why do you like it? Looking forward to your replies.
Eric,
Canada
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Li Hua,
China
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