重庆市第八中学校2024-2025学年高三上学期入学适应性训练英语试题一、阅读理解If your bookshelf is collecting dust, or you' re trying to start reading more, a book box that sits on your doorstep and waits for you to open can be a delightful way to solve your literary problems. Finding the right book subscription can be tricky, though, which is why we've gathered some of the best book subscription boxes for you to enjoy. Bionic Book Subscription, $36. 99 per month at MagshopThis personalized book subscription service will send you the books you love through a computational method that learns your taste preferences. You can enjoy a mix of new and recent releases across fiction and contemporary classics. Australian Magazine Subscription, $75 per six months at EtsyMagshop features all of the top- selling Australian magazine subscriptions in one place, making it easy for you to enjoy your favorites. 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The custom little bookmarks are cute too. I'd recommend this subscription in a heartbeat and can't wait to purchase a second round,” a five- star reviewer said.1．Which subscription is the cheapest for a year?A．Bionic Book Subscription.B．Australian Magazine Subscription.C．Mystery Book Subscription.D．Ultimate Mystery Book Subscription. 2．What is a feature of Bionic Book Subscription?A．It focuses on new authors.B．It can learn your favorites.C．It involves a digital bookstore.D．It provides perfectly- wrapped boxes. 3．What do the last two subscriptions have in common?A．They feature hardcovers.B．They can be bought as a gift.C．They offer monthly delivery.D．They contain hand- made items.Tired of the busy life in Las Vegas, Nevada for nearly ten years, my family and I decided to slow things down. We wanted to lead an environmentally- friendly life. None of us felt this could be accomplished where we were living and we all agreed that a move to the country would be great for everyone.Before long we set about looking for a home in Yucca, a very small town of less than 100 people, where it is normal to record temperatures above 46°C for days on end in summer and it is very wild with practically no snowfall in winter.When I called to inquire about the property, I was informed that there was no electricity available in the area. What? No electricity? I almost denied the idea immediately. But what better way is there to go green? After giving it a second thought, we decided to put in an offer and moved in on Thanksgiving Day.When we first moved to the property, we did some remodeling and stayed in our motor home. We were faced with real challenges at the time. But the frustrations just made us work harder. We slowly got things fixed and moved into the house after 38 days.While living here for the past four months has been a big adjustment, we benefit a lot from living off grid. I think one of the most educational lessons is teaching my kids the importance of conservation. They used to take power for granted. But now they realize the importance of power, together with water and gas. We start taking quicker showers, doing only full loads of laundry, turning off the water while brushing our teeth. And this has a chain effect. We are also trying to make other changes which include reducing the amount of trash we generate by recycling,growing our own organic vegetables and re-purposing things that we would have normally thrown.Overall, going without electricity has been great for our family. I hope that once my kids move out of the house, they will keep the habits that they have learned here.4．Why did the family move to the small town?A．To inspire the kids.B．To try a new lifestyle.C．To cut living expenses.D．To escape air pollution.5．What can be learned about the small town?A．It has an aging population.B．It lacks access to water.C．It has hot summer days.D．It lacks educational resources.6．What does the underlined phrase “living off grid” in Paragraph 5 probably mean?A．Dealing with poverty.B．Dealing with garbage.C．Living without pollution.D．Living without electricity.7．What is the text mainly about?A．A family switching to a simple life.B．A family helping the locals go green.C．A family traveling around the country.D．A family teaching the kids hands- on skills.Dogs are social animals and without proper training, they will behave like wild animals. They will soil your house, destroy your belongings, bar k excessively, fight other dogs and even bite you. Nearly all behavior problems are perfectly normal dog activities that occur at the wrong time or place or are directed at the wrong thing. To prevent or treat behavior problems, you are supposed to teach the dog to redirect its normal behavior to outlets that are acceptable in the domestic setting.One of the best things you can do for your dog and yourself is to obedience train it. Obedience training or training doesn't solve all behavior problems, but it is the foundation for solving just about any problem. Training pens up a line of communication between you and your dog. Effective communication is necessary to instruct your dog about what you want it to do.Training is also an easy way to establish the social rank order. When your dog obeys a simple request of “come here, sit,” it is showing obedience and respect for you. It is not necessary to establish yourself as top dog or leader of the pack by using extreme measure. You can teachyour dog its subordinate role by teaching it to show submission to you. Most dogs love performing tricks for you to pleasantly accept that you are in charge.Training should be fun and rewarding for you and your dog. It can enrich your relationship and make living together more enjoyable. A well-trained dog is more confident and can more safely be allowed a greater amount of freedom than an untrained animal.8．Which statement about dogs’ behavior problems is true?A．They result from training.B．They’re just part of nature.C．They’re wrong dog activities.D．They will be worse unless punished. 9．What is the purpose of dog training?A．To make dogs respect authority.B．To give dogs outlets for their behavior.C．To solve all their behavior problems.D．To teach dogs to perform clever tricks. 10．Why do pet dogs love performing tricks for their masters?A．To get respect from masters.B．To show their willingness to obey.C．To establish the social rank order.D．To show their affection for their masters. 11．What might a dog with effective obedience training get?A．More foods.B．More safety.C．More freedom.D．More love.Sign has become a scientific hot button. Only in the past 20 years have specialists in language study realized that sign languages are unique — a speech of the hand. They offer a new way to look into how the brain generates and understands language, and throw new light on an old scientific debate: whether language, complete with grammar, is something that we are born with, or whether it is a learned behavior. The current interest in sign language has roots in the pioneering work of one wise teacher Bill Stokoe at Gallaudet University in Washington, D．C．, the world’s only liberal arts university for deaf people.When Bill Stokoe went to Gallaudet to teach English, the school enrolled him in a course in signing. But Stokoe noticed something odd: among themselves, students signed differently from his classroom teacher.Stokoe had been taught a sort of gestural code, each movement of the hands representing a word in English. At the time, American Sign Language (ASL) was thought to be no more than a form of pidgin English (混杂英语). But Stokoe believed the “hand talk” his students used lookedricher. He wondered: Might deaf people actually have a genuine language? And could that language be unlike any other on Earth? It was 1955, when even deaf people dismissed their signing as “substandard”. No wonder that Stokoe’s idea was considered academically wrong then.It is 37 years later. Stokoe — now devoting his time to writing and editing books and journals and to producing video materials on ASL and the deaf culture — is having lunch at a cafe near the Gallaudet campus and explaining how he started a revolution. For decades, educators fought his idea that sign languages are natural languages like English, French and Japanese. They assumed language must be based on speech, the adaptation of sound. But sign language is based on the movement of hands, the adaptation of space. “ What I said, ” Stokoe explains, “ is that language is not mouth stuff — it’s brain stuff. ”12．What does sign language bring?A．An end of an old scientific debate.B．A new way to generate languages.C．A challenge to traditional views.D．A change of human languages.13．What inspired Stokoe to study sign language?A．His wish to help the deaf.B．His position as an English teacher.C．Students’ discrimination against ASL.D．Different signs between teachers and students. 14．Which statement did many educators agree to?A．Sign language is just for deaf people.B．Sign language is as natural as English.C．A language should be based on the adaptation of space.D．A language could only exist in the form of speech sounds.15．What is the best title of the passage?A．Sign Language: A Genuine Language B．A Hot Button in Sign LanguageC．Bill Stokoe: A Pioneer in Language D．Sign Language Not Mouth StuffWhy is a compliment so impactful? One of the most important things to humans is to feel valued and respected by others, says Vanessa Bohns, a social psychologist, who has researched compliments. According to her research, people feel “significantly better” after both giving and receiving a compliment. 16“You handled that situation so well.”Bohns recently used her favorite compliment when she saw a server address a difficult situation with a customer at the bar. “I like it so much because you use it in anxious moments where the other person is often unsure of whether they handled a situation OK,” she says. In situations that call for a compliment, don’t second-guess yourself. Give your compliments generously. 17 That concern is unfounded.“ 18 ”This compliment — one of Bohns’ favorites — works well among romantic partners and close family members. “It’s a beautiful way to highlight how their presence turns life into something meaningful, despite boring routines of our everyday lives,” she says. If you’re afraid that giving a compliment like this will feel strange, you’re not alone. 19 If it makes you personally feel like the bar is lowered for you to give a compliment if you write it down, or if you practice saying it out loud or giving your pet cat the compliment first, do that.“Hey, great dress!”Feel free to compliment strangers. In Bohns’ research, students on a college campus were told to approach a stranger of the same gender and compliment them-about, for example, their nice shirt. Before heading out, the study participants tended to underestimate their positive effect while overestimating how annoying it would be. Across all contexts, strangers are more likely to be pleased than confused. Plus, who knows? 20A．I love the way you bring out the best in people.B．Respect is essential when you deliver compliments.C．One way to overcome this fear is to do a practice run.D．You make even ordinary moments feel extraordinary.E．You might make a new friend in addition to making someone’s day.F．With that in mind, we asked her to share some of her favorite compliments.G．People sometimes worry that they’re going over and will start to sound insincere.二、完形填空It was time to go back to school. I was excited to see friends I hadn’t seen in a really long time. But, to be honest, I was also 21 about all the new stuff. That was why I 22 thatI was extra prepared.My plan was to wake up early, put on my carefully 23 clothes and eat my carefully chosen breakfast. I’d ride my carefully cleaned bike to school, 24 my brand-new classroom and feel calm, cool and collected for the rest of the day.I have to say, everything went according to plan — 25 , well, it didn’t.My new teacher, Mr. Jax, who seemed very serious, started out by going over the class rules. Then he asked each of us to say a quick something about our 26 . Most kids seemed pretty shy after being away from their 27 for a while and said only a few words. Soon it would be my turn.As Susan talked about her family’s road trip, I heard a 28 sound coming from under my desk. Was it the sound my mouse makes when he is shaking his tail? I unzipped my backpack, and very quickly zipped it back up again. I had no idea when, why, or how Mr. Nibbles had 29 into my backpack, but there he was!My heart raced. This was 30 not how my first day back at school was supposed to go! “Daniel, it’s your turn.” said Mr. Jax. Then he asked, “Are you all right?” Now everybody was looking at me! I sat still, awkward, but finally managed to make words come out of my mouth, 31 what was going on.To my 32 , Mr. Jax comforted softly, “Don’t worry, Mr. Nibbles. The first day of school can be challenging for all of us.” Then he asked the class if anyone wanted to 33 ideas to help Mr. Nibbles feel more comfortable. As we 34 , I noticed trying to figure out how to help Mr. Nibbles helped all of us feel less 35 .21．A．nervous B．disappointed C．certain D．particular 22．A．ensured B．predicted C．understood D．commented 23．A．laid- out B．wet- up C．sold- out D．taken- up 24．A．introduce B．enter C．measure D．paint 25．A．unless B．because C．once D．until 26．A．vacations B．pets C．teachers D．classes 27．A．families B．friends C．backpacks D．trips 28．A．convincing B．recorded C．familiar D．complex 29．A．slid B．looked C．reached D．knocked30．A．gradually B．definitely C．eventually D．luckily 31．A．explaining B．doubting C．supporting D．examining 32．A．knowledge B．satisfaction C．surprise D．taste 33．A．prove B．judge C．share D．correct 34．A．talked B．cleaned C．read D．celebrated 35．A．annoyed B．anxious C．tired D．lonely三、语法填空阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。
