普集高中2023—2024学年度第二学期高 二 年级第 3 次月考
（ 英语 ）试题（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）
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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 is the woman doing
A. Preparing for a class. B. Studying French. C. Listening to music.
2. Why is the man still in the office
A. He’s locking the door. B. He’s waiting for a friend. C. He’s picking someone up.
3. What’s the most probable relationship between the speakers
A. Teacher and student. B. Neighbors. C. Classmates.
4. What does the man think the woman should do
A. Try to relax more. B. Move to a new place. C. Spend time exercising.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. An interesting book. B. The man’s trip. C. A coming flight.
第二节 听下面5段对话或独白。从所给的A、B、C选项中选出最佳选项。每段读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7小题。
6. What did the woman like in that country
A. Food. B. Air. C. Traffic.
7. How did the woman find her trip in that country
A. Very pleasant. B. Costly. C. A little disappointing.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9小题。
8. What does the man want to do
A. Change his hair color. B. Get his hair cut. C. Have his hair dried.
9. Where are the speakers
A. On the street. B. In the school. C. At a hair salon.
听第8段材料，回答第10-12小题。
10. Where does the man come from
A. America. B. Canada. C. China.
11. How does the woman usually celebrate the holiday
A. By making food for her family.
B. By holding a party with her friends.
C. By having a feast for her family.
12. With whom will the man celebrate the coming Thanksgiving Day most probably
A. His parents. B. The woman’s family. C. His classmates.
听第9段材料，回答第13-16小题。
13. What is the man reading
A. One school paper. B. Some news on the Internet. C. A newspaper.
14. What kind of news does the man like reading best
A. Local news. B. International news. C. National news.
15. What does the woman like doing
A. Collecting newspaper. B. Planting trees. C. Reading news online.
16. When will the woman go out for dinner
A. At 5: 30 pm. B. At 6: 30 pm. C. At 6: 00 pm.
听第10段材料，回答第17-20小题。
17. How many children are there in the man’s family
A. 2. B. 4 C. 3. .
18. What do we know about the man’s mother
A. She works in the field. B. She hardly stays at home. C. She is a housewife.
19. What’s outside the family’s house
A. A yard. B. A pool. C. A big tree.
20. Where does the family get milk
A. From the supermarket. B. From their own cows. C. From their neighbors.
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
If you think about World Heritage Sites, you probably think of places associated with ancient art and culture and historical buildings. And of course, many of these are on the World Heritage List (WHL). These include remains of ancient cultures like Cuzco in Peru or the rock city of Petra in Jordan as well as old city centers such as Rome in Italy. Also common are places of artistic or cultural significance, like the Stonehenge stone circle in England. But the WHL contains a lot of sites that are not so obvious. Let’s look at a few of the more unusual sites on the WHL and why it is important to preserve them.
Citadel of Haiti
These monuments were built at the end of the 19th century when Haiti became independent and the many thousands of black slaves in Haiti were free for the first time. These ex-slaves built the monuments, which the WHL describes as “a universal symbol of liberty”.
Borders of France and Spain
This is an area of great natural beauty and the mountains have many interesting geological formations.
But it is also an area of small farms. The WHL has listed the site because it shows us about past European society through its landscape of villages, farms, fields, up land pastures and mountain roads.
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
This railway in India was opened in 1881 and is still operating today. It crosses a difficult area of mountain landscape and it is a great example of railway engineering. The WHL says that it is “the first, and still the most outstanding, example of a hill passenger railway.”
The city of Brasilia
Brasilia is a capital city that was created from nothing in 1956. The WHL calls it “a land mark in the history of town planning”. The different areas of the city and the buildings themselves were all designed at the same time so that they would harmonize with each other.
21．What’s the function of the examples of World Heritage Sites in paragraph 1
A．To draw readers’ attention to more unique sites on the WHL.
B．To highlight the importance of WHL.
C．To exemplify sites of artistic and cultural value.
D．To compare the differences between various sites.
22．Who built Citadel of Haiti
A．Haiti government. B．Citizens in Haiti.
C．Active revolutionaries. D．Former slaves.
23．Which site will attract a town planner most
A．Citadel of Haiti. B．The city of Brasilia.
C．Borders of France and Spain. D．The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.
B
When I was a little boy growing up, my Mom, Dad, brothers and I lived in my Nana’s old house. It was surrounded by four huge vegetable gardens. And around the house so many flowers were planted. It was so beautiful there in the spring and summer. That wasn’t all, though. On the back porch Nana had dozens of potted plants hanging on hooks. She watered them, talked to them and nurtured them. And in the winter she would carry them all inside and set them on shelves near the windows of our enclosed front porch. There with a little water and a lot of love she kept them alive, green, and growing even during the coldest, darkest months.
As a boy I was puzzled by all the effort she put into them. I understood the vegetable gardens. They helped to feed the family all winter long. I even understood the flowers around the house. They were pretty and smelled so sweet in the summer months. The reason she put so much effort into caring for those potted plants, however, eluded me. They didn’t give us any food and they rarely had any flowers on them. They remained a mystery to my child’s mind.
Now as I’ve grown older I am beginning to understand why my Nana had those potted plants. It is the same reason I have so many pictures of sunrises and forests hanging in my home. They remind me during the dark, cold, winter months full of bare trees and yellow grass that light, love, and growth still exist. They remind me that Spring will come again. They remind me that God loves us and is still with us even when the earth doesn’t show it.
Today I see Nana’s potted plants in a new light. They are worth every bit of the love and care she put into them. But what tells me most about light and love is Nana herself. She is light to my soul even in my darkest times. And her love lives on in my heart even if she is in Heaven. May we all learn to love as she loved, shine as she shined, and live as she lived.
24．Which of the following is close in meaning to the underlined word “eluded” in paragraph 2
A．Confused. B．Misguided. C．Upset. D．Distracted.
25．Why was Nana fond of potted plants
A．They resembled sunrise and forests. B．They were a sign of hope.
C．They constantly kept Nana company. D．They were portable and easy to nurture.
26．What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage
A．To sing the praise of Nana’s spirit and love. B．To advocate growing potted plants.
C．To stress the benefits of a positive lifestyle. D．To recall beautiful memories spent with Nana.
27．What’s the type of the passage
A．An agricultural leaflet. B．A book review.
C．A non-fiction. D．A celebrity biography.
C
It seems we can't get off the planet fast enough. Two thirds of NASA's money is spent on manned space exploration, and that number will grow with the USA's decision to send a man to Mars in 2037. We've seen all that is to see on Earth, right Wrong. The final place is here, under the surface of the sea.
Heading down into the ocean, human limits are quickly reached. At 200 metres, the water is as black as a moonless night. Most nuclear submarines would implode (内爆) before they reach 1 km down. At 3 km—still less than the average depth of the ocean—there's a good chance that you'll discover a new species. The deepest-diving whales go no further. At the very bottom, about 11 km down, lies the Challenger Deep, the deepest part of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean. Eighteen humans have walked on the Moon, but only three have seen the deep with their own eyes.
Yet things live down there. Big things. A very loud sound was once heard and scientists suggested that it was produced by an animal bigger than a blue whale, the largest creature known on the planet.
In the late 1990s, a deep-water submarine was dropped in the Southern Ocean, and passing 4,000 metres, it discovered something huge passing under it. Surprised Don't be. The ocean covers 70% of the planet's surface and we've studied less than 5% of it. We know more about the dark side of the Moon than about the bottom of the sea.
One reason why we explore space is to find evidence of other life forms. The search for life outside of Earth is important, but robots can look under the dry rocks of Mars better than humans. They're absolutely important for doing ocean research too, but they can't look under the sea. The cost of exploration is rising, but the results would benefit all our lives. Understanding the oceans will help us find new sources of food, drugs and energy.
Perhaps now it's time to begin a new period of sea exploration. Manned space exploration is science fiction. The adventure of the deep sea is science fact.
28.What do the examples in Paragraph 2 suggest
A.Nuclear submarines need to be improved.
B.The ocean is far deeper than people expected.
C.The condition under the sea is similar to that on the Moon.
D.Sea exploration is no easy task.
29.What do we know about the Challenger Deep
A.Blue whales live there.
B.It is the deepest known location of the Mariana Trench.
C.No one has ever been there.
D.People are terrified by the sight of it.
30.What does the author think of the discovery in the Southern Ocean
A.It's surprising. B.It's worrying. C.It's no success. D.It's no wonder.
31.What does the author want to tell us
A.The ocean is the place where we should make our efforts.
B.Space exploration is of little value.
C.We spend too much money on space travel.
D.Humans' success lies in how much they explore the sea.
D
Nowadays, countries are eager to get more electric cars on the road because moving away from gas-powered vehicles is vital to fighting climate change. China says that most new vehicles sold by 2035 will be electric. The United Kingdom will ban new gas-powered cars in 2030. One of the world’s major automakers, General Motors (GM), announced that it would stop selling gas-powered cars by 2035.
The key to an electric future is batteries. Automakers are racing to pack the most energy into the smallest one. The lithium-ion battery is what powers our mobile devices, which can be recharged again and again. Making these batteries has an environmental cost. Lithium is taken from the earth, like the oil used to make gasoline. But the long-term cost is much smaller. “Once you burn gasoline, you can’t recycle it,” says Jessika Trancik, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “But when you use up a battery, you can still recycle the material.”
It’s up to governments to make electric cars accessible to everyone. National policies can help. In the United States, an electric Chevy Volt costs about $35, 000. Trancik says charging stations must also be made widely available. As part of an effort to fight climate change, America plans to build half a million of them in the US by 2030. She hopes enough charging stations will be built soon. “It’s important to put chargers where many different people can have access to them,” she says, “not just wealthier people.”
Last year, almost 5% of approximately 67 million new cars sold world widewere electric. For Venkat Viswanathan, a professor of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, green electricity is part of the solution to climate change, and electric cars are just the beginning. He sees a future of solar powered homes and electric flying cars. “Soon, a plug in vehicle might be as cheap as a gas-powered car. It is now abundantly clear that electric is the future,” he says. “It will be a totally new world.”
32．Why are countries eager to promote electric cars
A．To deal with climate change. B．To reduce the cost of vehicles. C．To increase the availability of charging stations.D．To promote solar-powered homes.
33．Which word best describes Trancik’s attitude to the lithium-ion battery
A．Skeptical. B．Conservative. C．Disapproving. D．Positive.
34．What does Trancik indicate about charging stations in Paragraph 3
A．They should come down in price. B．Enough of them have been built. C．They favor more ordinary people. D．They may be unfairly laid out.
35．What can be inferred from Viswanathan’s words
A．Gas-powered cars will be cheaper. B．Green electricity will be widely used.
C．The price of batteries will drop sharply. D．Electric vehicles will beat climate change.
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能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Science fiction short stories are a genre of short stories with a plot that deals with science and the latest technology. This type of story is suitable for young people who are excited about learning and exploring new things. 36
Expand your English vocabulary.
As you read a sci-fi story, you will come across words that you don’t understand. Every time you come across a difficult word, you should look it up in the dictionary and find out its meaning. 37
Improve your imagination.
Another benefit is that it can improve your imagination and help you become more creative. There are times when you find your imagination is not creative enough and you get stuck when you are trying to come up with some ideas for a creative project. 38 By improving your imagination, you will be able to create better games, create more creative arts and write better stories of your own.
Spend your free time meaningfully.
39 When you read a sci-fi story, you are learning something instead of wasting time doing things that will not benefit you. Every second of time counts and you don’t want to let it slip away without doing something useful to improve yourself.
40
If you read a lot of sci-fi stories, you will have things to talk to people in conversations. If you have nothing to talk about in conversations, people will find you boring. If you know a lot of stories, you can mention them to a person you have met and this can spark up (激起) an interesting conversation.
A. Give you something to talk about.
B. Develop a good reading habit.
C. Making full use of your time can help you to develop a disciplined lifestyle.
D. Regularly reading sci-fi stories allows you to spend your spare time meaningfully.
E. The following are benefits of reading short stories in the science fiction genre.
F. As you read through a story’s plots, you will be able to imagine the plots in your mind vividly.
G. The more science fiction stories you read, the wider your vocabulary will become.
第三部分 语言运用（共二节, 满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分, 共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。
The arrival of spring always means a trip to the bamboo forest for Kaitlyn Hennacy and her family, followed by an afternoon making bamboo buns (包子). This 41 started when Hennacy’s mother and grandmother discovered 42 bamboo growing near the University of Maryland, where her mom was studying in the early 1990s. Hennacy said her grandmother immigrated to the U.S. from Zhejiang, China, where she 43 cooking with bamboo often.
The trip to 44 bamboo usually happens in late April. Each person in the group has their own bag to 45 as they get each bamboo shoot out of the ground. However, no one picks more bamboo than Grandma. The entire 46 of picking the bamboo and making the buns reminds Hennacy of how 47 her grandma is — and it 48 her own work ethic. “She turned 80 this year and still hikes up a hill,” Hennacy said.
To make buns, the bamboo has to be cut into small pieces and 49 with other fillings. Hennacy learned how to make the buns by 50 her grandma, but she had to work to measure everything and write it down because her grandmother cooks from 51 .
Hennacy said she and her family are 52 to have Grandma living with them. She 53 everyone’s favorite foods and routinely 54 healthy meals. “That’s how 55 a person she is.”
Hennacy said. “She shows her love through cooking.”
41．A．season B．journey C．Gathering D．tradition
42．A．Dried B．wild C．cheap D．tough
43．A．dropped out B．came back C．grew up D．moved on
44．A．eat B．buy C．collect D．choose
45．A．fill B．grab C．carry D．clean
46．A．life B．group C．Advantage D．process
47．A．nature-loving B．quick-thinking C．hard-working D．food-enjoying
48．A．honors B．Inspires C．displays D．highlights
49．A．Covered B．mixed C．paired D．compared
50．A．calling B．visiting C．Watching D．serving
51．A．Memory B．interest C．practice D．imagination
52．A．Fortunate B．ready C．hopeful D．eager
53．A．Accepts B．knows C．appreciates D．respects
54．A．wants B．stores C．fixes D．orders
55．A．Daring B．caring C．demanding D．promising
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
In the Ming Dynasty, a Chinese man Wan Hu made the world’s first rocket(火箭), but ____56_____(lucky) he lost his life with it. It was not until April 24, 1970 57 China launched(发射) its first man-made satellite Dongfanghong-1 successfully. _____58______(celebrate) the first big success in the country’s space 59 ( develop), we now make April 24 China’s Space Day.
China also announces new plans to make a space station and go to Mars and further space. The space station will be finished ____60______ (build) around 2022. According to China’s top space scientist Zhou Jianping, ____61____that time, becoming an astronaut will be ____62____normal job. More astronauts are needed than ever before. They need to be able to finish difficult tasks.
By now, China______63_______ (choose)astronauts mainly from pilots like Yang Liwei. In the future, ______64______(astronaut) will be picked from engineers, doctors and space technology experts. Another plan is about Mars. In order to explore Mars, China sent a spacecraft(航天器), named Tianwen-1, to Mars on July 23, 2020,____65_____ will land on Mars and even bring back things from Mars.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
假定你是李华。你的美国朋友Selena发来电子邮件，说暑期要来中国旅游，让你推荐一个地方。请用英语给她写一封回复邮件，内容包括：
推荐的地方;
简要介绍;
推荐理由。
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。
Dear Selena,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
读后续写（满分 25 分）
阅读下面材料，根据其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。
When I was nine years old my six-year-old cousin, Elizabeth, got sick. My brother and I
were in the family room watching television when my mom came in to tell us the bad news. I
wasn’t really sure what a heart operation meant, but I could tell it wasn’t a good thing. Elizabeth’s family was on a tight budget, so was mine. My parents’ faces were full of worry and tears, and that was enough to make me cry, too.
When we went to see Elizabeth in the hospital, she was lying in bed, and she had tubes and other things hooked to her. It was confusing and scary.
The treatments continued, but Elizabeth was weaker and weaker. Every time I visited her, it was hard for me to believe her change. She seemed to lose all her strength and her lovely face turned pale. She lost a lot of weight even though she had proper food. As a child, I really couldn’t understand what the doctors were doing to her — it seemed like they were making her feel worse not better.
Seeing my cousin in so much pain made me feel like my own heart was aching. Something needed to be done. I knew I wanted to help her get better faster, but at nine years old, I wasn’t sure how I could make a difference — I just knew I had to do something to help her.
One night after we visited Elizabeth, all the way home I couldn’t stop thinking about her. A hospital can be a very scary, cold place. I imagined how lonely Elizabeth must have felt lying there during the night.
When we got home, I sat down at our kitchen table. I always liked writing stories and drawing pictures, and I started working at it like I had done so many other nights. But this night was different — I was thinking about Elizabeth. I thought, “Elizabeth is going to receive rehabilitation training （康复训练）but money is tight. What if I can sell my drawings Then I
can raise money to help her get well faster.”
注意：
1. 续写词数为 150 词左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:
When I told my parents, they thought it was a wonderful idea, but then we came up with an even better one.__________________________________________________________________________
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Soon, we made enough money to pay for Elizabeth’s rehabilitation training. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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21-23. ADB
24-27. ABAC
28-31. DBDA
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36-40. EGFDA
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63.has been choosing 64.astronauts 65.which
写作参考范文：
作文一.
Dear Selena,
How is everything going I am glad to hear that you are planning to travel around China during the summer vacation. I’d like to invite you to my hometown Fujian for a visit.
Fujian lies in the southeast of China with Fuzhou as its capital city. It has a population of over 38 million. Because of the nice environment, it’s known as Refreshing Fujian. It attracts millions of tourists from home and abroad. If you come, you can enjoy fresh air, blue sky as well as beautiful mountains and clear rivers. Many famous places of interest like Mount Wuyi and Gulang Island are well worth visiting. Besides, you can taste various kinds of delicious food.
I’m looking forward to meeting you!
Yours,
Li Hua
作文二.
When I told my parents, they thought it was a wonderful idea, but then we came up with an even better one.We would make a cookbook.The very next day, I asked all of our family and friends to send me their favorite food and ways to cook it. To my surprise, everyone jumped at the chance to help. Mom helped to put everything together. Grandma typed while I drew the pictures for it. My idea for a small cookbook quickly grew to over one hundred pages. The local skating club paid for the first printing.We sold almost 300 books in our first week. I couldn't believe it.
Soon, we made enough money to pay for Elizabeth's rehabilitation training.Whenever I went to the hospital, Elizabeth thanked me with a smile. Not only did she thank me in words, but also she made a great effort, carrying out the instructions of her doctor and keeping doing light exercise every day. Soon she regained her strength and recovered. Our stories were shared among other patients. I was really proud that I had tried to make a difference and I made it!
