湖南省长沙市第一中学2023-2024学年高三下学期月考（八）英语试卷（无答案，无听力原文及音频）

长沙市一中2024届高三月考试卷（八）
英语
注意事项：
1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号、座位号填写在答题卡上
2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
3. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
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。
例： How much is the shirt
A. 19. 15. B. 9. 18. C. 9. 15.
答案是C。
1. When will the woman meet the staff manager.
A. At 9: 30. B. At 11:00. C. At 12:40.
2. Why hasn’t the woman seen the man for a long time
A. He went to Glasgow. B. He moved abroad. C. He was ill.
3. Where docs the conversation take place
A. At a restaurant. B. At a supermarket. C. At home.
4. How does the man feel now
A. Excited. B. Regretful. C. Refreshed.
5. What is the man doing
A. Offering a favor. B. Serving a customer. C. Showing the way.
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。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 are the speakers mainly talking about
A. An outing plan. B. A scheduled activity. C. A car repair.
7. What does the woman ask the man to do
A. Cancel his plan to meet Frank. B. Invite Frank to join them. C. Ignore their guests,
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What is the woman shopping for
A. Envelopes. B. A camera. C. Art supplies.
9. What additional service does the man mention
A. Photo printing. B. Online purchasing. C. In-store mailing.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What does Grace need Jack to do
A. Fix the copy machine. B. Attend a staff meeting. C. Print some documents.
11. What do we know about the copy machine
A. It is under repair.
B. It is in poor condition.
C. It has broken down three times.
12. Where is Jack heading next
A. A branch office. B. A copy shop. C. A repair shop.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What is the job about
A. Guest reception. B. Hotel decoration. C. Building construction.
14. How long will it take to finish the job
A. Five days. B. Four days. C. Three days.
15. Who will tell the client about the update
A. Richard. B. The man. C. The woman.
16. Why does the woman want the job to go smoothly
A. To attract more workers.
B. To get more job opportunities.
C. To shorten the working period.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. When did Britt want to build a website originally
A. After university. B. At university. C. At high school.
18. Why did Britt change the name of her website
A. The original name wasn't suitable.
B. She wanted to include other games.
C. The website wasn't successful at first.
19. What can we learn about the content of the website
A. It's wide-ranging. B. It's old-fashioned. C. It's student-targeted.
20. What is the main focus of the website
A. Make-up. B. Computer games. C. Team sports.
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 more you meditate and achieve mindfulness, the better you'll feel. There are many free meditation apps. that offer guided sessions and calming playlists.
The Mindfulness
Meditation beginners and experts alike will find lots of options with The Mindfulness. A 5-day guided practice and introduction to mindfulness can help you get started, and silent meditations from 3 to 30 minutes can suit a busy lifestyle. The app also offers personalized meditation options, reminders to keep you mindful throughout the day, and. statistics to track in your meditation journal. This app offers free contents. Premium access （高级会员） costs about $10 per month or $ 60 per year.
Insight Timer
The app offers a multitude （众多） of meditation bells and calming musical notes during self-guided meditations. Featuring a variety of professional instructors and courses, Insight Timer also offers more contents for free users than other apps. Although the free option is extensive, the premium version offers courses, downloadable meditations, night mode, and daily insights.
Smiling Mind
It is an evidence-based, not-for-profit mindfulness app with over 300 totally free meditations and mindfulness programs for both adults and children. Its mission is simple: "To provide accessible, life-long tools to support healthy minds" in schools, at home, and in the workplace. Smiling Mind is extremely beginner-friendly, and you can start from scratch, learning about what mindfulness means, how it works, the research behind it, and primer meditation sessions.
Breethe: Meditation Sleep
A nice feature about Breethe is the calming background music that plays while the app is open. even without opening a meditation or music. Breethe offers a lot of sleep contents. including visualizations and bedtime stories. The app does offer a few 7-day courses for free, but the majority（1. 000-plus meditations） is locked behind the paywall.
21. Which app is completely free of charge
A. The Mindfulness B. Insight Timer.
C. Smiling Mind. D. Breethe: Meditation Sleep.
22. What is special about The Mindfulness
A. It provides courses for beginners. B. It provides calming music.
C. It has a special section intended for kids. D. It keeps records of your meditation practice.
23. What do Insight Timer and Breethe: Meditation Sleep have in common
A. They have a night mode set.
B. They provide contents on sleep.
C. They have calming background music.
D. They offer free contents for advanced learners.
B
"Hello, boys; make lots of toys, " said A. C. Gilbert in magazine ads for the erector set （立体拼装玩具）. The building set, using tiny, metal girders （大梁）， was popular for many years.
As a small boy, Gilbert couldn't sit still for long. When he was 12, he started a sports club for his friends and got their school to have a field day. After watching pole vault （撑杆 跳）， Gilbert took a cedar rail from a farmer's fence, shaped it, and began to practice.
Gilbert won a gold medal in pole vault at the Olympic Games in 1908. By that time, he had a diploma in physical education and had nearly finished medical studies. However, he later started his first business: making and selling magic kits, with which Gilbert had amused friends and earned college money.
One day. Gilbert saw workers using steel girders to build towers for power lines. That gave him the idea for the erector set.
In 1917, the Council of National Defense thought no toys should be sold for Christmas because the country was fighting in World War I. Gilbert, with other men from the Toy Manufacturers, went to Washington, D. C. with about 40 different toys. and they were given 15 minutes to speak.
This meeting was at the end of a long, hard day. Gilbert exclaimed how toys helped children learn while his helpers brought out the toys. Soon, tired government men were on the floor, playing with building sets, models of navy ships, and other toys. The time limit was forgotten; so was the Christmas toy ban.
Gilbert spent the rest of his life improving erector sets. When he died in 1961, he had 150 patents for his many inventions. But his chief joy was in helping children learn and have fun at the same time. He once said, "I have never worked on anything to make money unless it was fun too. As a matter of fact, the fun always came first.
24. What do we know about Gilbert according to paragraphs 2-3
A. He was unwilling to sit down as a small kid.
B. He convinced his school to establish a sports club.
C. He absorbed himself in coming up with new ideas.
D He demonstrated his interest and gift in various fields.
25. What inspired Gilbert to make the creator set
A. Asking workers for assistance. B. Observing a construction work.
C. Designing towers for power lines. D. Selling magic kits in previous years
26. The officials cancelled the plan to ban Christmas toys because ______.
A. they were impressed by Gilbert's words
B. they forgot the time limit arranged earlier
C. they were exhausted after playing on the floor
D. they experienced the pleasure of playing toys
27. Which words can best describe Gilbert's personality
A. Talented and committed. B. Friendly and considerate.
C. Brilliant and cold-hearted. D. Generous and strong-willed.
C
To the human ears a field of flowers is silent, save the noise of birds and insects. To certain animal ears, however, a field of flowers is full of conversation.
It has long been known that plants communicate when stressed. You need only observe a houseplant to realize that a plant wilts （枯萎） when it needs water, or turns yellow at the edges when it has been watered too much. Some plants may also emit a bitter taste to deter insects from capitalizing on their stressed state; while others may emit organic compounds to alarm other plants in the area.
Now, a new study, conducted by researchers at Tel Aviv University. shows that not only do plants express themselves in the above ways when stressed, they also emit sounds.
According to the study, plants emit sounds at frequencies between 40 to 80 kilohertz- beyond the range of human ears—but within the range of some animals. “While imperceptible to the human ears, the sounds emitted by plants can probably be heard by such animals as bats, mice, and insects, "explained Dr. Lilach Hadany, a Professor at Tel Aviv University and a co-author of the study.
One of the primary breakthroughs of Hadany's study is that the researchers have managed to understand and classify the sounds that plants generate for the first time. Plants that are not stressed produce about one noise per hour, but plants that are stressed, dehydrated, or injured many hundreds of sounds per hour, and each of these sounds seems to be specific to the type of stress the plant is under.
This type of information could be vital for agriculture. Knowing what sounds their plants are making could help farmers determine whether their crops are in danger or drought or disease and allow them to make the necessary changes to let their plants to thrive.
Amazingly enough, the researchers are not actually sure how the plants make sounds, though it may have something to do with cavitation （空穴现象）, which is when the water tension in the plants becomes too high and the water turns to gas, making an ultrasonic popping noise.
Whatever the case, this is still a game-changer for plant science, and potentially for the future of agriculture. One day soon your plants may be-able to tell you if they are hungry, thirsty, or just feeling lonely.
28. What does the underlined word "deter" mean in paragraph 2
A. Identify. B. Ignore. C. Prevent. D. Preserve.
29. What can we know about the new study according to the passage
A. The sounds emitted by plants always remain the same.
B. All animals are not able to hear the sounds produced by plants.
C. Previous experiments suggested similar findings to the new study.
D. Researchers have made sense of how plants exactly make sounds.
30. What is paragraph 6 mainly about
A. The new study's benefits to farmers.
B. The new study's limitations in agriculture.
C. The new study's impact on further studies.
D. The new study's insight into relevant research.
31. What is the author's attitude towards the scientific value of the new study
A. Indifferent. B. Skeptical. C. Ambiguous. D. Favorable.
D
Imagine getting ready for bed, brushing your teeth, setting your alarm and then putting a device on your head that allows you to control your dreams. It might sound like something out of a Christopher Nolan movie, but it's also the real-life promise of a new futuristic-looking headband called Halo, currently in development by US tech start-up Prophetic.
Planned for release in 2025, Halo aims to allow you to have more lucid dreams-dreams where you are aware that you're dreaming. In some cases, you might also exert （施加） a degree of control over what happens in these dreams, perhaps in ways that benefit your waking life, such as solving work problems, visiting faraway lands, practising guitar and much more.
The state-of-the-art approach taken by the team behind the Halo device involves two stages. First, they are using EEG （脑电图） and fMRI （功能性磁共振成像） to collect vast amounts of brain data from volunteers experiencing lucid dreams. This information will be key for the second main area of investigation, which involves using TUS （超声） to manipulate brain activity in a way that will induce （诱导）， sustain and influence lucid dreams by employing high-frequency sounds.
So, is there any reason not to be excited about the Halo headset One issue is that TUS is a relatively new approach to brain stimulation and it's not entirely clear what the long-term consequences of zapping your brain with high-frequency sounds might be. A second Issue is that some sleep scientists believe dreams have basic functions. One potential concern is that by using a device to alter（更改） the nature of your dreams, you risk interfering with the usual purpose of your dreams: A-final consideration is that. there are already several established techniques for inducing lucid dreams that. do not involve cutting-edge technology, such as training by repeatedly pairing a sound with deliberate thoughts of self-awareness, which are cheaper than the Halo headset.
With all these issues taken into consideration, the journey ahead is not without obstacles, and only time will reveal the future path of Halo.
32. How does Halo aim to impact users' dreams
A. By keeping a clear track of dreams. B. By enabling more conscious dreams.
C. By producing more frequent dreams. D. By increasing the duration of dreams.
33. Which of the following is mentioned as an issue with Halo
A. Too much control over dream content.
B. Known long-term impacts on the brain.
C Privacy concerns about collecting brain data.
D. Interference with the basic functions of dreams.
34. What can be -inferred from paragraph 4
A. Dreams altered by Halo would lose all usual functions.
B. Other. established techniques are less effective than Halo.
C. Halo is the most advanced device for lucid dreams so far.
D. High-frequency sounds cause permanent damage to the brain.
35. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage
A. The Basic Functions of Lucid Dreams
B. The Promising Future of Halo Headband
C. The Pros and Cons of Dream Controlling
D. Halo Headband: a Device for Lucid Dreams
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。
What prevents certain individuals from acknowledging their mistakes, regardless of the situation Why do they struggle to apologize, even when it's clear they're at fault For them, the act of admitting wrongdoing and apologizing poses a significant psychological threat. 36 .
People who cannot apologize often have deep feelings of. low self-worth. When their delicate ego （自我） cannot absorb the blow of admitting they were wrong, 37 they may place blame on others and even argue about basic facts to prevent the threat of having to lower themselves by offering an apology.
Unfortunately, many of us mistakenly interpret these people's defensiveness as a sign of psychological strength. 38 . But this doesn't show that they're strong-it shows that they're weak.
39 . In order to take responsibility and apologize, our self-worth needs to be strong enough to absorb that discomfort. Indeed, if our self-worth is. higher and more stable, we can tolerate the temporary discomfort without the walls around our ego falling down.
The mistake we often make when faced with someone who's habitually incapable of apologizing is to become angry and try to win our argument with them. 40 . In these situations, the best we can do is make our points as calmly and convincingly as we can and then disengage from the argument when it becomes unproductive-like when they disagree with the facts, come up with silly excuses or turn to mean remarks.
A. their defense mechanisms kick in
B. But the sad reality is that we can never win
C. There can be various obstacles in our way of doing what is right
D. taking responsibility for their mistakes can actually be seen as a sign of strength
E. That's because outwardly they appear to be tough individuals who refuse to back down
F. Admitting that we're wrong is emotionally uncomfortable and painful to our sense of self
G. It means acknowledging they've hurt someone, potentially triggering feelings of shame after all
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。
Every weekend in the summer, my father would take us to one of the splendid lakes. One 41 that I would never forget was a visit to Oneida Lake. After arriving. there, we 42 the car of our picnic supplies and located the perfect picnic spot. Then my dad, sister and I ran into the splashing waves, leaving my mother behind to 43 the picnic.
My sister loved synchronized swimming （花样游泳） and started. 44 skills. My father, being an athlete himself, was 45 In her show. With no one 46 me, I became bored and decided to swim by myself in deeper water. The waves were getting 47 , but I didn't care. As I took a. breath to try a dive, a huge wave 48 me. I choked and then a huge undercurrent swept me deeper beneath the waves. With the very thought of dying, a great sense of 49 flooded over me. I kicked my legs 50 but in vain, losing any hope for a breath. Suddenly, I felt a firm 51 on my arm and a pull to safety. It was my dad! He hugged me tightly and carried me back to the 52 where I could stand.
There was no 53 , just a big smile because he knew I was all right. It turned out that my father had never taken his eye off me, 54 as he had the other eye on my sister! 55 his watching over me, protecting mc and loving me, I would not become the strong woman I am today.
41. A. trip B. hike C. voyage D. adventure
42. A. loaded B. cleaned C. repaired D. emptied
43. A. put off B. plan for C. prepare for D. contribute to
44. A. learning B. acquiring C. practicing D. mastering
45. A. talented B. absorbed C. specialized D. experienced
46. A. knowing B. watching C. bothering D. recognizing
47. A. softer B. colder C. warmer D. stronger
48. A. caught B. soaked C. refreshed D. swallowed
49. A. panic B. upset C. anger D. sorrow
50. A. gently B. slowly C. wildly D. steadily
51. A. touch B. press C. grasp D. strike
52. A. shore B. coast C. field D. border
53. A. scolding B. response C. evaluation D. explanation
54. A. then B. only C. still D. even
55. A. Despite B. Without C. Because of D. Instead of
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。
Literally translated as the "Songs of Heroes" dance, Yingge Dance is 300-year-old folk dance that originated from the Chaoshan area of South China's Guangdong Province. 56 （dress）in colorful costumes, performers wave wooden sticks in their hands 57 dancing in orderly formations to the music. Based on the stories of the 108 Heroes of Liangshan Mountain from the classic novel Outlaws of the Marsh, it is a folk art combining a variety of forms, 58 martial arts and Chinese operas to dance.
In recent years, Chaoshan Yingge Dance has 59 （gradual）come into the public eye through transformations in performance form, style optimization, and opening up of information channels. In the Spring Festival of the Dragon Year, Yingge Dance once again 60 （dominate）the screens, 61 （it） dazzling and fiery wave of popularity continuing throughout the holiday, even sparking 62 brilliant cultural passion overseas.
On the first and second days of the Lunar New Year, the Nanshan Yingge Team from Guangdong's Puning made appearances at 63 （icon）British landmarks-the Burlington Arcade and Trafalgar Square-- 64 （bring）New Year greetings from Guangdong to overseas Chinese and foreign friends alike. The performances attracted over seven hundred thousand spectators and received 65 （cover）from over a hundred media outlets.
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，你的英国笔友Alice进入了新学校学习，因难以适应新环境而感到苦恼，发邮件来向你求助。请给她回一封信，内容包括：
1. 表示安慰；
2. 提出建议；
3. 祝愿顺利。
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 Alice,
Yours
Li Hua
第二节（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。
Jeff, my best friend in college, and I had many conversations during the year but I will always remember the time he told me about his family. His father, a successful physician, was cold and strict in Jeff's words. His father had even paved the way for Jeff to attend the same college from which he had graduated.
However, Jeff had a strong passion for skiing. When he graduated from high school, he decided to decline his father's offer and, instead, to work with a ski patrol （滑雪巡逻队）. With pain in his eyes, Jeff told me he still remembered the day when he told his father he was going to give up college and take a job at a ski resort.
As Jeff recalled, upon hearing Jeff's decision, his father looked off into the distance. Then came the words that still echoed in Jeff's mind: "You lazy kid. No son of mine is going to work with a ski patrol and does not attend college. I should have known you'd never amount to anything!" The two had not spoken since that conversation.
At the age of twenty seven, Jeff became a successful business planner at a company, but without a degree. To further his career, he decided to come back to the area near where he grew up to attend college, but he certainly did not want his father to know what he was doing. He said he was doing this for himself, not for his father. He said it over and over again.
Jeff's sister had always remained supportive of Jeff's decisions. She stayed in contact with their father, but Jeff had made her promise that she would not share any information about his life with him.
The day when the graduation ceremony came, I, as the president of Students' Union, took charge of seating the guests before it started. Suddenly. I noticed a man with a confused expression.
"Excuse me, he said as he. politely approached me. "What is happening here today "
"It's graduation day, "I replied, smiling. "Well, that's odd, " he said, "my daughter asked me to meet her at this address. His eyes sparkled and he smiled. "Maybe she completed her associate's degree and wanted to surprise me!" I helped him find a seat.
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。
As I left him, he said, "Thank you. By the way, I'm Dr. Holstrom. "
Afterwards, the principal invited the graduates to step onto the stage to receive their diplomas.