河北省沧州市泊头市第一中学2023-2024学年高一下学期5月月考英语试题（无答案，无听力原文，无音频）

高一下学期第四次月考英语试卷
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1. 5分，满分7. 5分）
1. What are the speakers talking about
A. A travel plan. B. An exam result. C. A sports game.
2. Why does the man refuse to eat the chocolate cake
A. He is on a diet. B. He has a bad tooth. C. He dislikes chocolate.
3. Where will the woman go
A. To the shop. B. To the country. C. To Alice's home.
4. Why does the man like monkeys
A. They are cute. B. They are clever. C. They are naughty.
5. What is John now
A. A teacher. B. A lawyer. C. A writer.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1. 5分，满分22. 5分）
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. Where does the conversation take place
A. At a gift shop. B. At a post office. C. At a printing store.
7. What should the man do first
A. Weigh the objects. B. Place an order. C. Choose an order.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. Where does the conversation most probably take place
A. In the man's house. B. In the museum. C. In the woman's house.
9. What do we know about the woman
A. She is opposed to killing animals.
B. She wants more tiger skins.
C. She is in favour of her great-grandfather.
10. What does the woman keep in the house
A. Her great-grandfather's photo. B. Pictures of Siberian tigers. C. The skin of a Siberian tiger.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. School friends. B. Teacher and student. C. Relatives.
12. Why does Jim suggest Mary buy the book
A. It's sold at a discount. B. It's important for her study. C. It's written by Professor Lee.
13. What will Jim do for Mary
A. Share his book with her. B. Lend her some money. C. Ask Henry for help.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. How long is Faisal going to stay
A. A month. B. Until the end of term. C. One year.
15. What does Dennis dislike about Faisal
A. His taste in music. B. His sense of humor. C. His untidiness.
16. Where is Dennis going tonight
A. To a cafe. B. To a cinema. C. To a concert.
17. What does Dennis do before breakfast
A. Do some reading. B. Go for a run. C. Give a lecture.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. How did Jim feel about England
A. Surprised. B. Nervous. C. Sad.
19. What was the main job of Shakespeare's father
A. He was a writer. B. He was a tour guide. C. He was a glove maker.
20. Why did Shakespeare write unusual plays
A. He got a free education. B. He never went university. C. He traveled around the world.
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题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。
A
The best festivals in August
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the largest arts festival in the world. In 2018, the festival lasted 25 days, including 55, 000 performances of 3, 548 shows in 317 places. The festival started in 1947. For around three weeks in August, the city of Edinburgh welcomes a large number of artists and performers around the globe. Anyone can join in with the performance of their choice.
Wilderness Festival
Wilderness Festival takes place in one of the oldest woods in England. Taking place four days in nature, people will experience music, comedy, theatre, and dance from Sadler's Wells. All the campsites (野营地) are made to order for different needs, including family camping.
Notting Hill Carnival
Notting Hill Carnival takes place on the streets of Notting Hill in London, England in each August lasting over two days. Attracting around one million people each year, it's one of the biggest street festivals in the world. Happening since 1966, Notting Hill Carnival is an essential cultural experience in London.
La Tomatina
Each year, the Valencian town of Bunol gets changed into a red mess as locals and tourists take to the streets and throw tomatoes at each other, all for fun. This tomato festival has been happening since 1945 and is held on the last Wednesday of August each year.
21. Which festival lasts the longest
A. Wilderness Festival. B. Notting Hill Carnival.
C. La Tomatina. D. Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
22. What can people do during the Wilderness Festival
A. Buy. handmade tents. B. Dance with famous stars.
C. Experience wilderness adventures. D. Choose specially offered campsites.
23. What is special about La Tomatina
A. It is held for tourists. B. It is a food fight festival.
C. It takes place on the streets. D. It limits the color of clothes.
B
In Phoenix, Arizona, about one in five children is identified with dyslexia (阅读障碍) . That means about four students in a classroom of twenty have the problem.
Christine Alm, who has the virtue of being ready to help others, is the co-founder of Dyslexia Road and the mother of four children with dyslexia. According to Alm, each diagnosis (诊断) is unique. That can make it difficult to understand a child's learning needs. Alm has recently co-founded Dyslexia Road with three other moms whose children also have dyslexia. The nonprofit organization provides learning resources for children who have the learning disability, Dyslexia means a person has trouble processing written words due to the difficulty of identifying speech sounds.
Alm explains that people with dyslexia need more assistance in training their brain to read. But she adds that many people with dyslexia are extremely creative and smart. Whoopi Goldberg, Dav Pilkey and Steven Spielberg are among the famous Americans who have dyslexia.
For Alm, the biggest challenge dealing with dyslexia with her own children is the stigma surrounding the topic. She believes that it's helpful to have open and honest discussions. “Dyslexia is nothing good or bad,” she says. “So children don't need to feel shameful and embarrassed.”
Alm and the other co-founders of Dyslexia Road host community events to share resources about dyslexia. On March 2, the organization celebrated its launch with a community gathering. Many people turned up, suggesting to Alm the “power of community”. Dyslexia Road will also host three additional events to connect families with learning experts.
Guests will discuss the available educational options, how to get a diagnostic evaluation and more. Additionally, the Dyslexia Road website offers resources like books.
“We're excited to get out there and start pushing forward so that people can come together and figure out how to direct this journey,” Alm says.
24. What do the co-founders of Dyslexia Road have in common
A. Their kids are unique and perfect. B. Their kids have the same problem.
C. They suffer from learning disability. D. They ignore children's learning needs.
25. What does Alm suggest doing for people with dyslexia
A. Helping them do more brain exercises. B. Making them realise they lack creativity.
C. Creating special reading materials for them. D. Encouraging them to turn to their own families.
26. What does the underlined word “stigma” in paragraph 4 mean
A. Shame. B. Selection. C. Principle D. Origin.
27. What's the purpose of hosting the three additional events
A. To find out kids with dyslexia. B. To provide the professional services
C. To sell books about mental disability. D. To introduce great people with dyslexia.
C
High-resolution (高分辨率) satellite imagery has been used to map every single tree in Africa, showing a technique that could help improve the monitoring of deforestation (森林砍伐) across the world. Florian Reiner at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and his colleagues used images from satellites to map canopy (树冠) across the entire African continent.
Modern satellites usually catch tree canopies at a resolution of 30 meters-fine for measuring the size of forests, but less good at mapping individual trees. The satellite data Reiner and his colleagues used had a resolution of 3 meters, enabling the study to map all trees, including those not part of a forest.
The results suggest that 30 percent of all trees in Africa aren't in a forest and instead are across farmland, savannah and urban areas. “Many countries in Africa lack thick forests, but have a lot of trees.” says Reiner. “These trees are extremely important to the local ecosystems, the people and the economy. By tracking every single tree, researchers can start to monitor how these trees are coping with climate change or whether they are sensitive to deforestation.” It could also improve the monitoring of reforestation efforts, which are growing in popularity as a way of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
“At a local level, being able to consistently monitor when and where trees are disappearing or reappearing can lead to more actionable insights,” says John Francis at the Alan Turing Institute in London.
“The study is a proof of concept rather than a map ready for immediate commercial use,” says Reiner. “It's research work. It's showing what could be done,” he says. But he is already working with colleagues to scale up the tracking approach to cover the entire global canopy: “We're hoping that this will be seen as a way forward in monitoring tree resources.”
28. Why is high-resolution satellite imagery used to map every single tree
A. To know the exact height of the tree. B. To have a clear picture of the canopy.
C. To help monitor the deforestation. D. To improve the satellite technology.
29. What is John Francis' attitude towards the map
A. Doubtful. B. Disapproving. C. Indifferent. D. Favorable.
30. What do Reiner and his colleagues expect to do
A. Protect the trees only in Africa. B. Put the map into commercial use.
C. Track the entire global canopy. D. Improve the imagery technology.
31. What is probably the best title
A. Ways to Measure the Size of Forests in Africa
B. Coping with Climate Change by Tracking Every Single Tree
C. A Map from the Satellite Ready for Immediate Commercial Use
D. High-resolution Satellite Imagery Used in Monitoring Deforestation
D
Since Neolithic (新石器时代的) times, sculpture has been considered the privilege of men as it was assumed that women were not suited for the hard manual labor required in sculpting stone, carving wood, or working in metal. It has been only during the twentieth-century that women sculptors have been recognized as major artists, and it has been in the United States that women sculptors have shown the greatest originality and creative power. By far the most outstanding of these women is Louis Nevelson, who in the eyes of many critics is the most original female artist alive today. One famous and influential critic Hilton Kramer, said of her work, “For myself, I think Ms. Nevelson succeeds where the painters often fail.”
Her works have been, compared to the Cubist (立体主义的) constructions of Picasso, the surrealistic (超现实主义的) objects of Miro and the Merzhau of Schwitters. And she would be the first to admit that she has been influenced by all of these, as well as by African sculpture, and by Native American and pre-Columbian art. Nevelson says, “I have always wanted to show the world that art is everywhere, except that it has to pass through a creative mind.”
Using mostly thrown-away wooden objects like packing crates, broken pieces of furniture, and abandoned architectural ornaments, she makes architectural constructions of great beauty and power. Creating very freely, she glues and nails objects together, paints them black, or more rarely white or gold, and places them in boxes. These collections, walls, even entire environments create a mysterious, almost awe-inspiring atmosphere. Although she has refused to admit any symbolic or religious intention in her works, their three-dimensional grandeur (宏伟) and even their titles, such as Sky Cathedral and Night Cathedral, suggest such meanings.
32. The passage mainly focuses on ________.
A. a general tendency in twentieth-century art B. the artistic influences on women sculptors
C. the work of a particular woman artist D. critical responses to twentieth-century sculpture
33. What can be inferred from Hilton Kramer's comment on Louis Nevelson
A. She has the ability to combine sculpture and painting.
B. Her creativity and originality make her work unique.
C. Her work is so expressive that no painters can compete with her.
D. People turned their interest to sculpture instead of painting due to her talents.
34. About Nevelson's sculptures, the author believes ________.
A. they are uniquely American in style and sensibility
B. they show the influence of twentieth-century architecture
C. they do not have qualities characteristic of sculpture
D. they suggest religious and symbolic meanings
35. What might Nevelson's sculptures be like according to the last paragraph
A. They are sometimes very large. B. They are often painted in several colors.
C. They are meant for display outdoors. D. They are built around a central wooden object.
第二节（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。
If you could have any job in the world, what would it be Children have been asked this question for generations, but it seems their answer are changing. 36
Twenty-five years ago, the most common ambition of American children was to be a teacher, followed by working in banking and finance, and then medicine. Today's younger generation most commonly say they want to be a sport star, a pop star or an actor. 37 Others feel that this trend will ultimately lead to dissatisfaction as more and more people are unable to reach their goals.
According to a survey, children desire these jobs largely because of the wealth associated with them. 38 If people link happiness to wealth and status, they are more likely to work hard to achieve them. But the satisfaction is short-lived. This then creates a pressure for the person to keep pushing to achieve more targets, which places the individual under greater stress.
39 Many careers in the spotlight are short-lived. For example, many athletes' physical peak only lasts a few years and singers can have a very limited career.
Despite the drawbacks of being rich and famous, there is greater ambition than ever among young people to attain that status. 40 People unrealistically believe that a celebrity (名人) lifestyle is easily attainable. Unfortunately, it takes talent, skill, and hard work to be good at a sport or at singing. As a result, many won't fulfill their childhood dreams, and this could have a negative effect on their happiness.
A. As a result, they have a feeling of worthlessness.
B. This has been caused by today's celebrity culture.
C. Many agree that people should set the goals at an early age.
D. However, such ambitions may put pressure on the individual.
E. A recently study has highlighted a dramatic shift in children's ambitions.
F. Some people would argue that there is nothing wrong with such ambitions.
G. Moreover, fame and fortune do not always have a positive impact on an individual's life.
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I was nervous when entering Wellesley's campus this past June. I had never been away from 41 for over three straight days, not to mention a month. But my dad 42 me that it would be “the best summer of my life” and advised me to enjoy it. 43 my doubts, I decided to blindly follow his 44 and spend four weeks in a strange place. Looking back, I realized my dad was right—it 45 was.
One of my favorite souvenirs is a photo of the Lake Waban sunset—mainly because I took it by myself. In this seemingly unimportant accomplishment, I discovered that 46 I was 700 miles away from my hometown, I could still accomplish and 47 something. However, over four weeks at Wellesley, I didn't just learn to 48 myself; I also learned to open up to others, which resulted in meaningful 49 with so many different people. One in particular: Keeva!
On the first day, I walked out of my dorm with my dad and a girl passed who was alone and looked a little lost.
Habitually, I lowered my head, 50 eye contact, and kept walking until my dad signaled me to ask her if she needed 51 on the direction. She introduced herself as Keeva and it turned out that we were heading towards the same place, so I gathered some 52 and asked her to join us. Flash forward to a few weeks, Keeva and I had numerous shared meals, sunset viewings and other 53 which were exciting. I found the friendship which I would 54 forever. Sitting at the lake, I felt so 55 that I listened to my dad's advice and came to Wellesley, the place where I met one of my best friends, and finally, where I found myself.
41. A. home B. school C. work D. duty
42. A. reminded B. approved C. waned D. promised
43. A. Taking over B. Leaving out C. Putting aside D. Carrying out
44. A. permission B. comment C. expectation D. recommendation
45. A. naturally B. definitely C. typically D. originally
46. A. although B. only if C. as D. unless
47. A. maintain B. create. C. access D. contribute
48. A. bring up B. adapt to C. go through D. rely on
49. A. leaderships B. relationships C. partnerships D. ownerships
50. A. rejected B. made C. disguised D. avoided
51. A. guidance B. judgment C. arrangement D. defence
52. A. despair B. curiosity C. courage D. passion
53. A. discoveries B. moments C. struggles D. attempts
54. A. value B. protest C. attach D. pursue
55. A. regretful B. energetic C. grateful D. determined
第二节（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1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The Hezhen is one of the smallest minorities in China. Early Hezhen people developed methods 56 producing clothes, bedding and thread out of fish skin. But over time, there has been a loss of Hezhen culture, including 57 (make) clothing from the skin of fish. Besides, few young Hezhen wanted to learn the skill. Fish-skin clothing is also not 58 Hezhen people wear today.
Knowing this, You Wenfeng, a now 68-year-old woman, started to share her knowledge with local. Han Chinese women in the 1990s. Her followers also learn the Yimakan, 59 kind of storytelling that uses both speeches and songs in the Hezhen language. They also memorize songs sung by the Hezhen people. For environmental 60 (protect) , You Wenfeng has decided to buy fish from the market and use a special sewing tool and cotton thread. The first step is to remove the fish's skin 61 (cautious) and dry it. The skin is then repeatedly passed through wooden “teeth” to soften it. The process takes a month, and sewing it then requires about twenty 62 (many) days.
So far, fish leather 63 (inspire) some high-end clothing design houses, including Dior and Prada, to use it in their clothes. But the material 64 (be) still not common. In 2006, Hezhen fish skin clothing was listed by China as intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) , which means a special effort is made 65 (preserve) the tradition.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
66. 学校英文报就“The best ways of spending a vacation”展开了一项调查，请根据下图调查结果写一篇短文投稿。
内容包括：
1. 度假方式；
2. 你的观点。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
The best ways of spending a vacation
Last week, the school English newspaper interviewed 200 students to find out their ways of spending a vacation. ____________________________________________________________________________________
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第二节（满分25分）
67. 阅读下面材料，根据内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Richie and her husband, Pooh, decided on visiting Cape Cod, a beautiful sea town, which is about three hours drive from the city of Boston. Their daughter who then lived in Salem close to Boston insisted that she would pick them up. But they were confident of their sense of direction and not wanting to trouble her, so they refused her offer. They decided to take their journey in their own car and started early in the morning.
After a three-hour drive, they arrived in Cape Cod and started their new discovery with a road map of the town and its suburbs. Since there were many places to see, it took them the whole day to finish their sightseeing.
Now, they were visiting a suburb with shops selling handmade items. Richie was most interested in shopping, while Pooh warned her to finish before it started getting dark. They were so absorbed in their shopping that they forgot about the time until the shops began to close.
They took the same route back. Pooh had a very good memory and a keen sense of direction and so Richie just blindly followed him, without knowing where they were heading to. Soon they found themselves just going round in a maze, realizing they got lost on the way.
They had to stop the car, referred to their map, and started again. After some time, they realized it was no use trying and finding their way back. Their mobile phones had been dead for hours, and it was impossible to contact their daughter. Having no other option, they decided to ask someone for help, but being a Sunday, the roads were empty, with no people walking around or cars passing by. They were getting worried and terrified with each passing minute. The darkness and panic filled Richie's head with horrible thoughts “Would they be robbed or attacked ” After hours of waiting silently in the darkness, they decided to try again.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:
Pooh turned the key and tried to start the car, but it wouldn't move. __________________________________
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Paragraph 2:
On the edge of despair, they heard the whistle of a car. ____________________________________________
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