湖南省衡阳县2023-2024学年九年级上学期四科联赛英语试题

 What will the speakers do tonight?

What's the probable relationship between the speakers?

 Why did the man go to China?

 Who will the man go travelling with?

 How does the woman sound?

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 阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

A school in Sarajevo is making headlines. The 1 began in September last year. Susan requested the primary school in her neighborhood to2 her six-year-old son, Jack, who has a 3 disability. The teacher, Sanela Ljumanovic, accepted almost 4 ，but on the first day of school, she noticed Jack sitting all by himself, can't 5 with anyone.

Sanela, determined to find a(n) 6 ，tried developing a few tricks and signs. But a parent of another child 7  a better idea — getting the whole class to 8  sign language along with Jack. They 9  a sign language teacher, and three months later, Jack was happily able to communicate with all his classmates about 10  things like homework and games. 

The other kids in the class are quite happy as well. "I 11 to learn sign language so I can talk to Jack and other deaf people，" said one of his classmates. Now, sign language is getting quite12 at the primary school, with kids from other classes 13 to learn as well. It is hoped that it can be 14 as a part of the official course.

"Sign language is great because it 15 communication and also helps children become more 16 to people with disabilities，"said Sanela.

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Welcome to the State Park, where fun, fitness, and education come together!

Don't miss our new summer classes, which are available during May 23—Aug 5!

● Swimming lessons: Age 4 - adult. Cost: $5 per class or $15 for one month. 

● Hiking: Have a park keeper hike with you through our paths and teach you about the park's wildlife and plants. The park is a perfect spot for hiking.

● Soccer: Our youth soccer program is unusual and non-competitive. Different teams are formed every day. The focus is on each player learning to work as a team, not on one team winning it at all. 

● Boating: These classes are only for 20-year-olds and above. Fishing is only allowed with a permit. 

● Bicycling: We have special paths built for bicyclists. Signs are posted for self-guided tours of our park. 

Group cycling is also available with a park guide. Paths range from easy to challenging. 

A message from the director:

Hiking paths! Sports fields! Playgrounds! Campgrounds! Fun activities! The State Park offers something for everyone. We have a number of plants and animals, which are in danger of dying out, being protected in our park. Sign up for one of our new summer community classes, or take a camping trip with your friends or family. All the facilities here are set up with modern systems, so you don't have to suffer while enjoying yourself—unless you want to!

Glen Harwood, Park Director

Experience being a park keeper:

Are you 13-17 years old? Ever wonder what it would be like to be a park keeper? It's a competitive field, but you can get ahead by volunteering with our Teen Keeper Program. Depending on your age and responsibilities, you can even earn college credits for certain universities!

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It is not unusual at all for teens to answer their parents with one-word answers. "Where are you going?" "Places. " "When will you be back?" "Sometime. " "Who will you be with?" "People. "

That means that the days of your children bounding in the front door with the details of their day are over. They are breaking away from you so that they'll be able to stand on their own as a young adult.

Some parents feel sad about this loss of their children's closeness. Of course you miss those conversations and friendly talks. Once your children move out after high school and establish themselves confidently as a young adult, they'll come back for easy conversations and even ask for advice. But in order to determine who they are right now they need to separate from you.

Your job, however, is to keep them safe and that requires knowing where they are and who they are with. Let them know clearly that it's not because you want to dominate their life and control them; it's because it's a safety issue for family members to keep track of one another.

When they're home and sit down to eat a meal, sit down with them. You need to open up to them about your life. Tell them of an interesting incident at the office, let them in on a bit of family gossip (闲谈), discuss a piece of news with them. They are glad that you see them as old enough to be in on a few experiences of your life. By letting a teen in on your life, they just may let you in of theirs.

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Asking for help is a sign of strength rather than weakness. In American culture, the independent individual is seen as perfect. As the University of Missouri at St. Louis states on its website under the heading Key American Values, "Americans have been trained since very early in their lives to consider themselves as separate individuals who are responsible for their own situations in life and their own destinies（命运）. " The value also makes them think they can do everything themselves, and makes them feel badly about asking for help when they need it.

And when it comes to work situations, when they think about asking for help there, sometimes they fear that a request for help would make them look incompetent(无能的). While this has always been true for men, many women in the workplace have felt the need to try twice as hard as their male colleagues and do twice as much to get just as far and to prove their worth. Sometimes when we think about asking for help, our inner voices tell us, "See, if you admit you can't do this on your own, they'll see you for the imposter (骗子) you really are. "

But the fact is, even though individualism is on the rise, we can't do everything by ourselves and we shouldn't try. 

Apple founder Steve Jobs once told the Santa Clara Valley Historical Association about the power of asking for help, and how he "never found anybody who didn't want to help me when I asked them for help". He said, at the age of 12, he called Bill Hewlett, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, on the phone after getting his number from the phone book and asking him for spare parts so he could build a frequency counter (计频器). And Hewlett agreed and offered young Jobs a summer job assembling frequency counters.

"If you're afraid of failing, you won't get very far，" Jobs said.

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Dogs feel their way through the world with their noses. Researchers have started imitating（模仿） this super skill with an artificial-intelligence-based detective tool. In a study published in February in PLOS ONE，a multinational team reported an AI-powered system that is as accurate as trained dogs in correctly recognizing cases of prostate (前列腺) cancer from urine (尿) samples. Andreas Mershin，a research scientist from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, wants to finally integrate the technology into smartphones：There would be a small sensor in the phone with AI software running in the cloud. 

Prostate cancer，the second most deadly cancer in men worldwide，is difficult to detect. The most widely used test can miss 15 percent of cancers. Trained dogs, on the other hand, were able to recognize patients with prostate cancer from urine samples more than 96 percent of the time. Yet dogs can get bored and tired, so researchers want to develop an AI system that works more consistently. 

Living cells produce chemicals that come out from the skin，blood，urine and breath. Artificial noses，including the "Nano Nose" that Mershin and one of his colleagues developed，can already detect those chemicals at the same parts-per-billion concentration as dogs. The team added the chemical sensing to an artificial neural (神经的) network—a type of AI algorithm that can learn from looking at examples how to recognize faces，for instance.

As the 2015 Journal of Urology study showed，dogs can be trained to reach more than 96 percent accuracy，and the AI can be trained to reach that same rate. Mershin plans to train the AI algorithm using data from the "Nano Nose"，which is now one third the size of an iPhone 10 and could be further shrunk to be integrated into smartphones.

 阅读下面短文，从短文后的5个选项选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

With the weather warming up, the desire to kick-start a new fitness（健身）routine is very real. But after being locked indoors for months, you may feel as though you lack(缺乏) exercise. So how do you get motivated to get active once more？Exercising with your partner can be a great way to strengthen inspiration. Here are our top tips for an exercise routine that's built to last. 

Pick something you both love.

If you love Pilates but your partner is all about lifting heavy weights, working out together might seem like an impossible task. While you can both stick to the activities you love，. Pick an activity you both love, or work towards a fitness goal together, like completing a fun run or half marathon(马拉松). 

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Getting sweaty doesn't sound like the most comfortable when you're doing activities, but there are things you can do to make it as happy as possible. Buy active wear that not only feels good but looks good, too. Dressing in sports wear that you're excited about can make a difference on days when the motivation might be lacking. 

Sunscreen，too, is a must-have when you choose to exercise together on the beach. It is good for wearing during sport or heavy-duty outdoor activities. It's sweat-resistant, with a dry-touch formula, while still offering UVA and UVB coverage. 

Be supportive and have fun.

Trying a new outdoor fitness route, or running in front of strangers along the sand, can be a little uncomfortable, even if you're doing it with the one you love，. Motivate each other to get out of bed on days and remind each other that you're not working out just for looks. Getting your body moving has long-term benefits that far outweigh what can be seen from the outside. 

And remember to have fun: trying something new is difficult but finding something you both love and enjoy means you'll have a healthy habit for life. 

A. Feel good with fitness preparation

B. Dress comfortably and properly to feel good

C. choose some exercises that require very little equipment

D. so remind your partner that you're in it together and stay supportive

E. make time to start something new together or work towards a common goal

 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式

For the sixth year in a row, a building designer in Finland has made a very large work of art on a frozen lake. On Lake Pitkajarvi, north of Helsinki, Pasi Widgren（create） a picture of a fox that measures 90 meters from head to tail last year. He said he hoped the artwork would "make people happy" and move them to go for a walk in what he called "（beauty）nature".

 ( live ) near the city of Lahti, which is about a 90- minute drive northeast of the lake , Widgren has a strong （prefer）for creating artworks on ice with a shovel. Widgren made his first ice picture in winter of 2016. On December 4, 2021, he visited Lake Pitkajarvi. As soon as he arrived, he tested the thickness of the ice to make surewas strong enough to walk and work on. After four hours of working, Widgren was done. He then walked up a hillside about 150 meters above the lake(get) a good look at his large artwork. 

Several days later the picture was much(hard) to see because of the snowy weather. But its lack of permanence isn't a problem bothers its creator. " It's also very important to me that making this kind of art doesn't have any influencenature. " Widgren said.

假如你是高中生李华，你的美国笔友 Jack 热爱中国传统文化，最近打算来中国工作生活一段时间，但是不确定应该去往哪个城市，写信向你咨询。请你给他写一封回信，内容包括：
1.你推荐的城市；
2.推荐的理由（不少于两条）；
3.美好祝愿。
注意：
1）词数80左右；
2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
 

Dear Jack, 

Yours sincerely, 

Li Hua