2023-2024学年度第一学期期中质量检测（笔答题）
A.The Top Young Scientist
B.A Girl's Medical Dream
C.Inventions Are Everywhere
D.Enjoying Success When Young
初四英语
3.Which of the following is true about Yuan Hao
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A.He has realized his dream.
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B.He won many equestrian competitions.
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.C.He had some difficulties in training Dandan.
位夏上，
D.He hasn't made much progress in training Dandan
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B
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The Sound of a Foreign Word Caused Debate()on US Campus
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Last August,The University of Southern California,known as USC,became involved in
5.写在议卷上和答题卡指定区域外的答素无效。
a debate over language that appeared widely in U.S.and Chinese news stories.
第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）
It started with a white communications professor talking about small words or sounds
第-节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
that people use while speaking to signal pauses.
A
Because of the coronavirus(冠状病毒)health problems,,Gregory Patton was teaching
the class online in a video conference.This fact may have added to the problem.
Children's Writer
Yesterday,the much-loved children's writer Beverly Cleary passed
Patton advised his business school students that they should keep the pauses,but should
avoid these“filler'”sounds..
away at age 104.When she was a child,she had trouble learning to read.
"Um"and"er"are examples of these sounds in English.
When she grew up,she set out to write books for children in her late twenties.
In the Chinese language,Patton said,the word people often use to fill space between
Cleary kept writing until she was 83,creating over 40 books in all.
thoughts is"that".The word is pronounced"ne-ga",which sounds like an English word that is
offensive(冒a犯的)to Black people.It is known as“heN-word”and is used to make Black
people feel less than human.
Sarah Park has known about the influence of music on the brain since a
Many students were surprised to hear the sound come from a professor.
young age,.Now,she hopes to use music to help people with mental(心a理上
Some Black students were upset and sent a letter to the school expressing their
)health problems.Her invention,Spark Care+,made her became the top
displeasure.They said the professor should have wamned them that he was about to say a word
young scientist.Spark Care+can deal with the information and choose the
that sounded like a bad word in English.
proper music to help lift the patients'spirits.
Patton,however,said he had used the example
The Dream of a Horse Trainer
in classes before without complaint,so he did not
Yuan Hao is a horse trainer.He has a horse named Dandan.It is Yuan's
think about warning students.
dream to bring Dandan to equestrian (competitions.Training with
The complaints led to Patton being removed
from the class for the rest of the term.Patton.
Dandan is not easy work.Yuan once fell from Dandan five times during
however,was not dismissed (by the school.He
training.Dandan has been trained for more than six months,and it is getting
is still teaching at the university today.
better at following instructions.Yuan feels he is one step closer to his dream.
Bartlett said one of the main problems to come out of the event was Patton's strong wish
1.Which of the following is false about Beverly Cleary
to protect his reputation().He wanted to be sure the school would support him.
A.She lived a very long life.
Bartlett said a group of Chinese students wrote a letter supporting Patton.
B.Many people love her very much.
Since the class was online,it was recorded.When people saw the video of the class,they
C.She kept writing for more than half a century.
were not sure why the professor's class became a problem.
D.She started writing books when she was a very young girl.
4.Why was Gregory Patton teaching the class online in a video conference
A.Because of the bad weather.
2.What would be the best heading for the second news
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