安徽六校教育研究会2023-2024学年高一上学期新生入学素质测试英语试题

—____.

—They are strict. But they always want the best for you.

—Well, it all ____ how you use it.

—He used to be shy, but his friends' support ____ his confidence.

—To get practical skills.

Beethoven was a great musician. One evening, young Beethoven was out for a walk. As he was passing a wooden house, he 1  someone inside practicing one piece of his music. He stopped to listen, and a girl said that she wished she could hear a real 2  play it.

Beethoven went into the house, 3 the young lady at the piano was blind. A young man stood beside her. Beethoven asked 4 , "Would you mind me playing for you?" 5 they didn't know who the stranger was, the lady and the man said yes happily. Beethoven sat at the piano and began to play. He played so well that all of them lost themselves in the beautiful music. Even when the lonely candle in the room 6 and the moon shone brightly through the window, he was 7 playing!

When Beethoven left the house, the moon seemed even 8 in the night sky. He was deeply 9 by the young lady's love for his music and was greatly encouraged by the beautiful night. He rushed back home 10 and spent the whole night writing down the music that he had played at the blind girl's house.

This is a story of "Moonlight Sonata", one of the classics in the history of music.

When you turn on the tap（水龙头）in your house, water comes out. This water has 1 a long way. This water comes from rain in the sky. The 2 that water arrives to the tap in your house is called the "water supply".

Most of the water on the earth is in the 3 . 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 4 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 5 . The water will fall down into rivers and lakes 6 rain and travel back to the sea. This is called the "water cycle". We use half of the rain water 7 falls over the earth.

There are parts of the world where there is 8  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 9  and the clean water is then taken off. This process（过程）is very 10 , but in some areas this is the only way to get clean drinking water.

Do you do team projects at school? I do a lot. I enjoy team projects because I like sharing ideas with other people. Of course, team activities aren't always easy. You need to know how to work well together. Here are some suggestions to make team work easier.

Try to be positive. Everything is easier when you're enjoying yourself in the team.

Prince Caspian's parents died. He lived with his uncle, Miraz, the King of Narnia and his aunt. Though he had wonderful toys, he liked best the last hour of the day when the toys had all been put away and Nurse would tell him stories.

He didn't care much for his uncle and aunt, but about twice a week his uncle would ask him to come and have a walk together.

One day, while they were doing this, the King said, "Well, boy, we must soon teach you to ride and use a sword（剑）. You know we have no children, so it looks as if you might have to be King when I'm gone. How shall you like that, eh?"

"I don't know, Uncle," said Caspian. "What do you wish?" asked the King. "I wish-I wish- I wish I could have lived in the Old Days," said Caspian.

Up till now the King had been talking in a tiresome way, which made it quite clear that he wasn't really interested in what they were saying, but he suddenly gave Caspian a sharp（锐利的）look.

"Eh? What's that?"he said."What old days?"

"Oh, don't you know, Uncle?" said Caspian."Once there was a White Witch（女巫）and she made herself Queen of the whole country. And she made it so that it was always winter. And then two boys and two girls came from somewhere, and they killed the Witch and were made Kings and Queens of Narnia. And so they ruled for a long time and everyone had a lovely time, and it was all because of Aslan."

"Who's she?" said the King. If Caspian had been a little older, the tone（语气）of his uncle's voice would have warned him it would be wiser to shut up. But he talked on...

The conflict（冲突）between Russia and Ukraine itself may be a questionable topic, yet it is the people who suffer the most. More than 4 million Ukrainians had fled from their homeland one month after it began. It was the biggest migration（移民）wave since World War Ⅱ.

I wanted to help by being a volunteer. However, it was difficult because I don't speak Russian or Ukrainian. Luckily, after searching on the internet, I was finally able to sign up to volunteer in a modern gallery called Svetova.

The gallery is owned by an overseas Chinese in Prague, Czech Republic, and had over 40 volunteers to provide help for the Ukrainian refugees（难民）. During a two-week intensive（集中的）aid program, the gallery provided a place to live and food for up to five people for free and also served as a safe and interesting space for children, where English classes, games and other fun activities were organized.

Because of my busy school and work timetable, I was only able to volunteer there twice. But, besides the owner and his family, I was the first Chinese volunteer. My role was to help the refugees fill out registration（登记）papers. Sometimes, it was difficult with the language barrier, but there were translators to help.

I was so impressed by one Ukrainian mother and her two kids, who still had such kind smiles and bright eyes, though they must have experienced all the awful things. Some other people may not be able to easily understand their feelings, but I really valued this chance to be with those people in need, doing what I could. Because we are all humans, we should come together in difficult times.

Do you often ask questions? Children are known for wanting answers to many questions because curiosity is part of human nature. Books and TV shows often depend on curiosity. People keep reading or watching because they want to find out what happens.

As we all know, curiosity provides many advantages. Many of history's greatest discoveries were made by curious people. People wondered how things worked and how work could be done more quickly. Thanks to their curiosity, people now know far more about the world and have useful technology to help them. Even if you don't plan to be an inventor or researcher, curiosity can still help you in the classroom. If you develop the curiosity of learning, classes will become more interesting. You will be good at them because you enjoy the process of learning. Even if you're no longer a student, curiosity will make you an able worker.

What will you do if you're not already curious? Luckily, curiosity is a skill that can be improved. Often, the more you learn about a topic, the more interesting it becomes. To improve your curiosity, get information from as many sources（来源）as possible when you learn about a topic. At the same time, read all kinds of books, watch or listen to speeches and ask questions. Don't always get information in the same way. Instead, learn to understand the facts that different people know.

Don't think you already know everything. Instead, search for other possibilities and opinions. Remember, everyone knows something that you don't know. Find out what it is, and ask about it. This lets you learn something and makes the other people happy by sharing their knowledge. Let's try to become people who are full of curiosity.

Long ago, there lived a group of pigeons（鸽子）in the forest. Among them was a wise old pigeon. Every pigeon looked up to the wise old pigeon.

One day, while searching for food, they saw rice spread on the ground. All pigeons, at once decided to fly down and eat the rice. But the wise pigeon thought, "How could so much rice be found in this thick forest?"He tried to stop all other pigeons but he failed.

When all pigeons finished cating the rice and tried to fly back, they were unable to move as their feet got stuck in a net. Soon, bird catcher saw pigeons trapped（陷入困境）. He shouted, "Ah! So many pigeons, I will put them in cages and sell them in the market."

Nothing could help pigeons to get free from the net. They all cried, "What should we do now?" They looked at the wise old pigeon and said, "Please save us."The wise pigeon advised, "Stop pulling the net in your own direction. Instead, try to fly up together and carry the net with you."All pigeons listened to him and started to pull together and in no time started to fly away together.

Then the wise old pigeon said, "Unity（团结一致）has great strength to protect you from harm. It's your act of unity that saved your lives today."

内容包括：1.你是怎么喜欢上这项运动的； 2.你开展这项运动的情况； 3.你从事这项运动的体会。

注意：1.词数80-100，开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数； 2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3.文中不得出现真实的校名和人名。

Dear Alice,

I am so delighted to receive your e-mail. 

Yours,

Li Hua