江苏省太湖重点中学2023-2024学年高一上学期12月月考英语试题(无答案)

江苏省太湖高级中学2023-2024学年度第一学期月考
高一英语试卷 2023.12
(试卷满分: 150分, 考试时间: 120分钟)
第一部分 听力(共两节，每题1.5分，满分30分)
第一节(共5小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有 10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1．What causes the man’s sleeping problem
A．The season. B．The roommates. C．The temperature.
2．What is the woman doing
A．Taking a photo.
B．Choosing a camera.
C．Doing some sightseeing.
3．What does the man think about paying by phone
A．It is easy. B．It is secure. C．It is comfortable.
4．Where does the man go for Christmas
A．To the holiday ceremony.
B．To the restaurant.
C．To the family party.
5．At what time will the plane land
A．8: 55 pm. B．9: 00 pm. C．9: 30 pm.
第二节(共 15 小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6．What does the man want to do with the coin on the ground
A．Buy a small gift.
B．Keep it for himself.
C．Leave it for someone else.
7．What does the woman want to give the homeless man
A．Money. B．Food. C．Drink.
听第7段材料, 回答第 8 至 10题。
8．How does the boy feel recently
A．Regretful. B．Sick. C．Stressed.
9．What is bothering the boy
A．That his schoolwork is heavy.
B．That his grade is unsatisfactory.
C．That his school year is almost over.
10．What does the girl offer to do for the boy
A．Help schedule his time.
B．Give him time off from work.
C．Bring his lunch to the library.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11．What does the young man just get from the woman
A．A truck. B．A boat. C．A motorcycle.
12．Why does the woman buy the present for the young man
A．He will go to college soon.
B．He recently graduated.
C．He got a new job.
13．What does the woman offer to pay for
A．Insurance. B．Gas. C．Repairs.
听第9段材料， 回答第14 至 16题。
14．Who is the woman
A．A doctor. B．A receptionist. C．A nurse.
15．Where are the speakers
A．In the consulting room.
B．In the X-ray department.
C．In the examination room.
16．How many departments are being modernized according to the woman
A．One. B．Two. C．Three.
听第10段材料, 回答第 17 至 20题。
17．How many people did the group have when it began
A．Two. B．Four. C．Ten.
18．What is the goal of John’s group
A．To plant trees for materials.
B．To repair damaged forests.
C．To attract more animals.
19．What does “The Knowing Tree” focus on
A．Educating children.
B．Gathering donations.
C．Attracting more volunteers.
20．What is the main topic of the talk
A．Traveling for school projects.
B．Protecting the environment.
C．Starting a business.
第二部分 阅读 (共两节，满分50分)
第一节 阅读理解(共 15 小题; 每题2.5分, 满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
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Starting to write short stories: An online workshop with Stuart Evers
It is a common misconception that writing a short story is easier than crafting(构思) a longer form piece of fiction. Though they have fewer words, as a writer you have less time and space on the page to both capture the imagination of your readers and craft a journey for your characters that has a beginning, middle and end.
In this highly practical workshop with award-winning writer Stuart Evers, you will know about the fundamentals of the short story writing—from building tension to creating a current of events that invites interest—for constructing a story that has the emotional he ft of a novel, as well as breathing life into characters that are authentic and full.
Regardless of your skillset or experience, under Stuart’s expert guidance, you will take the first crucial steps in short storytelling so that you will have a newfound confidence in your ability to continue crafting short stories, far beyond the course.
Course content
What makes a short story
How to generate ideas for short stories
How to turn something from a situation into a story
Writing techniques that can be put into practice instantly
Post-class learning material that includes short story reading list
Course Details
Tuesday,28 February 2023,6p.m.9 p. m. GMT
80 plus 4．25 booking fee
A catch-up recording will be shared after the class and will be available for two weeks.
This masterclass is available globally. If you are joining us from outside the United Kingdom, you will be sent a link to the workshop 24 hours and 30 minutes before the start time.
21．What does the workshop with Stuart Evers focus on
A．Adding more words in a limited time and space.
B．Developing essential short story writing skills.
C．Planning a complete journey with the readers.
D．Distinguishing between a short story and a novel.
22．What is said about Stuart’s masterclass
A．It is demanding but rewarding.
B．It will be replayed in two months.
C．It will be free to foreigners online.
D．It is practical and confidence-building.
23．Where is the text probably taken from
A．A short story.
B．An academic article.
C．A livestream website.
D．An examination paper.
B
Rick Guidotti put aside his career as a fashion photographer to turn his lens to people living with genetic, physical and behavioral differences.
He says what changed his perception of beauty was a chance encounter with an albino(患白化病的) girl. “I was just tired of people telling me who was beautiful. Every season that face would change but I was always told who was beautiful. As an artist, I don’t see beauty just on covers of magazines. I see it everywhere. So that was my original intention—that opened my eyes a little wider and wider.”
Guidotti has created Positive Exposure’ a not-for-profit organization that uses photography and video to transform public perceptions and promote a world where differences are celebrated. Guidotti and Positive Exposure are featured in a new documentary called On Beauty.
One of the women featured in the film is Jayne Waithera. “I never thought I was beautiful because nobody said that to me, but meeting him was my profound moment. I remember that particular day. He took my picture and I felt so good like I felt there’s somebody who, like, really loves me and sees me for who I am and who sees me more than my condition.”
Guidotti is traveling from city to city to promote On Beauty. He says his tour is not about money; it’s about the message. “As I travel from community to community, I’m taking photographs and I’m empowering individuals with a positive-sense of who-they are. They’re seeing beauty in their reflection but I’m also empowering their families and they in turn are empowering their communities as well. All is based on the philosophy of change—how you see, how you change.”
24．Why did Guidotti change his career
A．Because he wanted to create his own company.
B．Because the beauty on covers of magazines is not beautiful.
C．Because he couldn’t earn enough money from his former career.
D．Because his comprehension of beauty changed owing to an al bino girl.
25．What can we know about Positive Exposure
A．It makes the public more beautiful.
B．It brings a lot of money for Guidotti.
C．It welcomes differences in the world.
D．It makes photography more popular.
26．What does the author want to tell us by mentioning Jayne in Paragraph 4
A．Jayne was beautiful indeed.
B．Jayne’s picture was more beautiful than herself.
C．It was unfair that nobody discovered Jayne’s beauty.
D．Photographs gave Jayne a positive sense of who she was.
27．What does the author mainly intend to tell us in the last paragraph
A．We should travel frequently.
B．Communities have a great influence on everyone.
C．We should make contributions to our community.
D．Your attitude to seeing the world decides your behavior.
C
Scientists researching climate change in Antarctica are studying penguins in an effort jo better understand the area’s environmental health. The scientists are measuring the growth and development of the penguin population on the eastern side of the Antarctic Peninsula. “We are counting penguin nests to understand how many penguins are in a colony, producing young every year, and whether that number is going up or down with the environmental conditions,” said Alex Borowicz. He is an ecology researcher at New York’s Stony Brook University.
The work is not easy for climate researchers in the icy, faraway reaches of Antarctica. But penguins are easier to follow than some other kinds of animals because they nest on land. Their black bodies and waste droppings can also be identified against the area’s white background.
Michael Wethington, another researcher from Stony Brook, told Reuters the penguin population can represent overall climate conditions and the health of the area’s whole ecosystem. The researchers say counts of individual penguins can be combined with data from satellite images to get a more complete picture of how the animals are progressing.
Gentoo penguins—with bright orange beaks and white markings on their heads—prefer open water without broken pieces of ice floating around. So when temperatures on the Antarctic Peninsula began rising during the latter half of the 20th century, Gentoo populations moved south. Gentoo penguins don’t like sea ice. They mostly forage(觅食) over the continental shelf and don’t go far out to sea. As sea ice has decreased along the western side of the peninsula, Gentoos seem to have gotten used to the changed conditions. But those same conditions have been worse for the Adelie penguin species. This is because the Adelies depend on sea ice for feeding and reproduction.
“When we find Adelie penguins, we typically know that sea ice is nearby,” Stony Brook’s Wethington said. He added that whenever researchers see sea ice decreasing or disappearing, they also see Adelie penguin populations plunge. Even though Adelie penguins are increasing in number overall, some populations have fallen by more than 65 percent, researchers say.
28．Why do scientists studying climate change in Antarctica study penguins
A．To offer them better protection.
B．To find out about the penguin population.
C．To have a clearer idea of their living habits.
D．To learn more about the conditions of Antarctica.
29．What makes penguins easier to follow than other kinds of animals
A．Their various kinds of species. B．Their unique eating habits.
C．Their nesting habit and body color. D．Their unusual hunting ways.
30．What can be inferred about Gentoo penguins from paragraph 4
A．They are quite adaptive. B．They are in great danger.
C．They tend to hunt far out to sea. D．They have a preference for sea ice.
31．What can we learn from the last paragraph
A．Adelie penguin has been affected by climate change.
B．Adelie penguin has got used to the changing environment.
C．Adelie penguin population has fallen by more than 65 percent.
D．Adelie pepenguin population represents the area’s whole ecosystem.
D
Virtual reality is quickly becoming the new technological frontier. Tech companies everywhere seem to be racing to get their foot in the VR door. However, Virtual reality has a set of challenges and hurdles that it must overcome in order to work well. It should be noted that VR is heavily dependent on being very fast, very accurate and very good-looking. If it isn’t, the view er will feel motion sick or disconnected from the world that VR is trying to create.
Now that we can actually build VR headsets that begin to meet these requirements, we are seeing a rising interest in VR. As it rises, so does the interest in creating new media to be experienced in using virtual reality. Journalism is a medium built on relevance. Journalists should always be finding new ways to tell stories and deliver content. It is a goldmine for storytelling. What better ways to tell a story to someone than to put them right in the center of it
Virtual reality is a powerful tool for journalists. The consumer isn’t just reading or watching something play out; they’re experiencing it. The immersive nature of VR allows for people to connect with the subject matter on a much deeper level than just reading about it The experience is emotional, speaking more to our instinct than our intellect. The possibilities for storytelling here are legion, and any storyteller wanting to do something more interesting than their peers should surely be considering the sheer power of VR.
The question of virtual reality, though, is not how powerful it is. That is immediately apparent. The question of VR is one of viability and availability. Telling stories must be easy to do, and access to those stories must be readily available. This is the biggest challenge that VR faces. If the tools to tell a story with VR, aren’t easy to pick up and learn, VR will fail. If VR technology isn’t both top-of-the-line and affordable, VR will fail.
Accessibility was one concern for Thomas Hallaq, assistant professor of journalism and mass communications, who said that current VR technology, is pretty exclusive right now. Despite that, he said he doesn’t think the exclusivity of this technology will be a problem in the long run.
“I think it’s very promising,” Hallaq said. “We’re seeing more technology become accessible, and more people having access to that technology. Just look at smartphones.” Like radio, TV and the Internet before it, virtual reality will change the way we tell stories.
32．Why is VR considered a powerful tool for journalism
A．Because it is an exclusively new tool.
B．Because it is very powerful and popular.
C．Because people can experience the story in person.
D．Because it is very fast, accurate and good-looking.
33．According to the passage, what is the biggest challenge VR is facing
A．How powerful and interesting it can be.
B．Whether people will have easy access to it.
C．Whether qualified VR headsets can be built.
D．What new ways people will find to deliver content.
34．What’s the author’s attitude towards the future of VR technology
A．Optimistic. B．Neutral. C．Pessimistic. D．Concerned.
35．Which of the following is the best title for the passage
A．The Wide Popularity of Virtual Reality
B．The Future Development of Virtual Reality
C．Challenges and Hurdles of Virtual Reality
D．Virtual Reality is the Future of Storytelling
第二节 七选五阅读(共5 小题； 每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中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。
People have tried everything to get more sleep. But unlike almost every other area of life. effort is not rewarded 36 . The more you try, the less you are likely to succeed. Here are some ways to improve your sleep that might just work.
37 There is nothing you can do between now and bedtime to guarantee that you will sleep tonight. There is, however, plenty you can start doing to improve your chances of sleeping well next month. So instead of worrying about the night ahead, make sleeping well a long-term goal and expect to see progress in a few weeks rather than tomorrow.
Have a late night. Adults need to be awake for at least 16 hours to generate enough sleep-drive to sleep for eight hours at night. Having an early night can mean you won’t be sleepy enough to fall asleep quickly and easily. Don’t pay too much attention to the exact times or the hours of sleep you are getting—the details don’t matter. And don’t take naps(小睡) in the day. 38
Smile more. Smiling can reduce tension and promote relaxation. As you turn the light out at night, try to think of something funny and smile to yourself in the dark 39 Even a fake smile is enough to send a message to the brain to change your mood and retrain the brain to be comfortable with being awake, thus reducing tension and allowing sleep to follow.
Stop reading articles about sleep. None of the researching, monitoring or analyzing actually leads to better sleep. In fact, constantly looking for a solution is undoubtedly making things worse 40 Make this the last article you read on the subject, then go and find something more interesting to think about.
A．Try to stay awake at night.
B．In fact, it is actively punished.
C．Give up trying to sleep tonight.
D．So give sleep less of your attention.
E．They take the edge off your appetite for sleep.
F．It doesn’t have to be a genuine, heartfelt smile.
G．You have to do things differently to get a different outcome.
第三部分 语言运用(共四节，满分45分)
第一节 (共15小题； 每小题1分，满分15分)
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 I was 12, I went on a 720-mile cycling trip with my brother and father. Before the trip, we 41 for the journey by having smaller rides. We were all 42 cyclists. When setting out, I 43 for an adventure and wanted to see beautiful sights. But what I hadn’t expected was that trouble was 44 the corner.
One night, we were getting to a campsite and cycling down a large hill with 45 to take a rest from 46 up a mountain with aching legs. Suddenly, my brother’s front tyre slipped and he 47 into the middle of the road. My father and I stopped, asking if he was okay. Obviously, he was not hurt too much, but his leg was 48 the bike frame. From the top of the hill, we saw a light coming. Realizing a car was speeding, my father and I were in 49 .
Instinctively, I rushed out in front of my brother in the middle of the road, and 50 my hands wildly. The car rushed forward, but suddenly turned 51 , bypassing my brother and me. My brother was saved from being run over by the car.
My father said I was 52 brave then, but for some reason, I didn’t think I was 53 my life because it seemed like the only thing to do. And I believe that in times of danger we should do what we know is right rather than consider 54 carefully. If I had thought about what I was doing that night, my brother might have been 55 from this world
41．A．accounted B．prepared C．searched D．answered
42．A．enthusiastic B．courageous C．professional D．committed
43．A．paid B．cared C．looked D．longed
44．A．in B．around C．on D．beyond
45．A．eagerness B．anxiety C．surprise D．relief
46．A．hiking B．climbing C．wandering D．cycling
47．A．sank B．slid C．rolled D．raced
48．A．attached to B．buried in C．loaded with D．stock in
49．A．danger B．trouble C．shock D．vain
50．A．clapped B．waved C．raised D．rubbed
51．A．around B．back C．ahead D．aside
52．A．potentially B．slightly C．unbelievably D．generously
53．A．risking B．losing C．saving D．changing
54．A．suggestions B．preferences C．wishes D．dilemmas
55．A．removed B．released C．robbed D．freed
第二节 语法填空 (共10 小题； 每小题1．5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
2022 witnesses the 350th anniversary of Rong Bao Zhai. The badge(徽章) for Rong BaoZhai uses the Chinese 56 (character) of “three”, “five” and “zero”. The character “three” is shaped like a book, 57 represents the long historical tradition of Rong BaoZhai. “Five” represents the interweaving of yin and yang, and the circle of “zero” means eternity and hope in the future.
Rong Bao Zhai 58 (locate) in Beijing. Its wood block printing skill was listed in the first batch of national level intangible(非物质的) 59 (culture) heritage by State Council. The technique is 60 collection of painting, engraving and printing as a whole. It can be used 61 (create) artworks and 62 (realistic) reproduce all kinds of Chinese calligraphy and paintings. Among the famous prints is “Han Xizai Evening Banquet”. The production took 8 years, using over 1, 600 woodblocks and over 6, 000 times of overprinting, 63 (mark) the development of the peak of wood block printing
Rong Bao Zhai pays special attention to collecting and protecting. It has collected thousands of Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasty works, and is honored 64 “tiny Palace Museum”. Over the years, the brand has also held various 65 (exhibit) and international art exchanges, becoming a window of Chinese traditional culture to the world.
第三节 单词拼写(共10 小题，每小题1分，满分 10分)
根据下列句子的意思，用所给词的适当形式填空。
66．One reason for her ______ (prefer) for city life is that she can have easy access to places like shops and restaurants.
67．______(equip) with an intelligen t computer brain, a robot can give us information with seconds.
68．Unfortunately, he suffered serious ______(injure) to the head and legs in the traffic accident.
69．He gave me a ______(hesitate) smile when asked whether to sign up for the English contest.
70．When arriving in a foreign country, you’d better ______(familiar) yourself with the local situation at first.
71．It is important for the figures ______(update) regularly
72．I would like to send congratulations to you on your ______(admit) to Peking University.
73．I look back on my time in the UK with great ______(satisfy)
74．They went about their business ______(system)
75．Our school will take on a new look as many rules and regulations ______(revise) at present.
第四节 句子翻译 (共5 小题，每小题2分，满分10分)
根据要求翻译下列句子。
76．有证据表明经常锻炼的人往往免疫系统会更好，患病的风险更低。 (tend)
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77．他的小说已经被改编成一部卡通片，这被普遍认为是一个经典之作。 (adapt，regard)
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78．我们认为很重要的项目正在讨论中。 (attach/ 定语从句)
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79．尽管我们为她的安全担忧，结果一切很顺利。 (desplte)
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80．为了满足公众的喜好，我们的有氧运动课已被一些有趣的课程所取代。 (response，replace)
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第四部分 写作(满分20分)
假定你是李华，你校将于下周举行“40 公里徒步活动”。请你代表学生会写一封电子邮件给你校外籍教师Peter，邀请他参加本次徒步活动。内容包括：
1．向他发出邀请；
2．介绍本次徒步活动；
3．注意事项。
注意：
1．词数 100 左右; 2．开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数
参考词汇: 40公里徒步活动a 40-km hiking trip
Dear Peter,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua