长春市新解放学校2023-2024学年上学期第一次月考
高二英语
全卷满分150分。考试用时120分钟。
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。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．Where does the conversation take place
A．In a hotel. B．In a bank. C．In a supermarket.
2．What will the whether be like tomorrow
A．Rainy. B．Sunny. C．Windy.
3．What does James plan to do this afternoon
A．Go shopping. B．Attend a party. C．Do some decorations.
4．How many languages are there in Google Translate
A．133. B．157. C．300.
5．What are the speakers talking about
A．Their neighbors. B．Their holiday plans. C．Their favorite part-time jobs.
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儿个小题，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 is Steve going to do in an hour
A．Watch a TV show. B．Go to the park. C．Have dinner with his parents.
7．Where will the speakers meet tomorrow
A．At Mia’s apartment. B．At the concert hall. C．At a restaurant.
听第7段材料、回答第8至10题。
8．Why did Wendy sleep badly last night
A．She worked too late.
B．She had too much coffee.
C．She suffered from work pressure.
9．What does the man advise Wendy to do before bedtime
A．Take sleeping pills.
B．Do some exercise.
C．Drink hot milk.
10．What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A．Fellow workers. B．Husband and wife. C．Neighbors.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11．What is the man
A．A driver. B．A teacher. C．A mechanic.
12．What will Meg do on Sunday
A．Go to the post office.
B．Finish some paperwork.
C．Leave for another country.
13．When will the man meet Meg
A．At 11:00 am. B．At 2:00 pm. C．At 3:00 pm.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14．Who is the man’s favorite player
A．Messi. B．Neymar. C．Cristiano Ronaldo.
15．What does the man explain about the 2022 World Cup
A．The influence. B．The time change. C．The best players.
16．Which country has won the most World Cups
A．Italy. B．Brazil. C．Germany.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17．How long did the two men spend at sea
A．One week. B．About 20 days. C．About one month.
18．What was the two men’s attitude toward their adventure
A．Positive. B．Ambiguous. C．Negative.
19．What did the two men eat to survive
A．Fish. B．Seabirds. C．Oranges.
20．Who saved the two men
A．A fisherman
B．The local government.
C．A search and rescue team.
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
My Favourite Books
Jo Usmar is a writer for Cosmopolitan and co-author of the This Book Will series(系列) of lifestyle books. Here she picks her top reads.
Matilda
Roald Dahl
I once wrote a paper on the influence of fairy tales on Roald Dahl’s writing and it gave me a new appreciation for his strange and delightful words. Matilda’s battles with her cruel parents and the bossy headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, are equally funny and frightening, but they’re also aspirational.
After Dark
Haruki Murakami
It’s about two sisters—Eri, a model who either won’t or can’t stop sleeping, and Mari, a young student. In trying to connect to her sister, Mari starts changing her life and discovers a world of diverse “night people” who are hiding secrets.
Gone Girl
Gillian Fynn
There was a bit of me that didn’t want to love this when everyone else on the planet did, but the horror story is brilliant. There’s tension and anxiety from the beginning as Nick and Amy battle for your trust. It’s a real whodunit and the frustration when you realise what’s going on is horribly enjoyable.
The Stand
Stephen King
This is an excellent fantasy novel from one of the best storytellers around. After a serious flu outbreak wipes out 99.4% of the world’s population, a battle unfolds between good and evil among those left. Randall Flagg is one of the scariest characters ever.
21．Who does “I” refer to in the text
A．Stephen King. B．Gillian Flynn.
C．Jo Usmar. D．Roald Dahl.
22．Which of the following tells about Mari and Eri
A．Cosmopolitan. B．Matilda.
C．After Dark. D．The Stand.
23．What kind of book is Gone Girl
A．A folk tale. B．A biography.
C．A love story. D．A horror story.
B
About 20 years ago, while on the way to a student’s house, Zhang Guimei, then a rural teacher in Huaping county, Lijiang, Yunnan province, noticed a girl sitting on the hillside. The girl, 13, told Zhang she was about to get married though she wanted to go to school. It was arranged by her parents.
Zhang went to her house and tried to persuade her parents to let the girl return to school and promised to pay for her tuition herself. However, they didn’t agree. Zhang felt sorry for not being able to help. “We always say that each child should stand on the same starting line, but these girls didn’t even have a chance to get on the track,” Zhang said.
It persuaded Zhang to build a free high school for girls with the objective of helping break the cycle that saw women drop out of education, marry early and spend their whole life in the remote mountain. Zhang had spent years trying to raise funds, and in 2008, Huaping High School for Girls, a free public high school, was founded, where Zhang is the principal. Over the decades, Zhang has walked thousands of kilometers, visiting students’ families in the deep mountain, talking to villagers, and persuading girls to go back to school. It has been worth it. More than 1,800 graduates have been admitted to college. It is regarded as a “miracle” in the remote area, as most students didn’t perform well in academic study before the school was established.
Though lacking full health, Zhang insists on a daily routine—get up around 5 a.m. to call students to get up with a loudspeaker, accompany students to classes and sleep after senior students’ study ends at midnight. Zhang’s husband died in the 1990s. She doesn’t have children or a house, so she lives at the student dormitory. Besides girls in her school, Zhang also donates all her income to help rural education and poor people.
In early December, she was given the honor of the country’s “role model for teachers” and “outstanding woman”. Her commitment to her education career inspires thousands of people.
24．Why did Zhang feel sorry when the girl’s parents refused to let the girl return to school
A．The girl’s family was too poor to pay for her tuition fees.
B．The girl had to marry a man who was much older than her.
C．The girl didn’t even have the chance to complete her education.
D．The girl was unable to find a high school nearby to continue her education.
25．What is probably the biggest challenge for Zhang to build the free school for girls
A．Not many girls want to attend this school.
B．Few parents support their girls’ going to school.
C．The local government didn’t offer the land for the school.
D．It was not easy for Zhang to get enough money to build the school.
26．What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 3 refer to
A．Most students didn’t study well before Huaping High School for Girls was founded.
B．Huaping High School for Girls was founded.
C．Many girls can go to Huaping High School for Girls for free.
D．Many girls from Huaping High School for Girls have gone to college.
27．What is the main idea of this passage
A．A teacher shows girls how to reach the top.
B．Let girls stand on the same starting line.
C．Inspiring stories of girls’ education.
D．Huaping High School for Girls.
C
Do you still remember the scene in the famous movie Titanic, directed by Cameron, where Jack was frozen to death in the icy cold water so that Rose could survive on the floating door alone It broke many people’s hearts. Two decades later, people are still asking the question, “wasn’t there enough room on the door for both of them ” Cameron once responded by saying it wasn’t a question of room, but buoyancy（浮力）— if both of them had tried to stay on the door, he argued, the whole thing would sink.
But several guys from “Mythbusters”, an Australian-American science entertainment television program, decided to put the theory to the test themselves. They discovered that if Rose had took off her life jacket to the bottom of the door, there would have been enough buoyancy to keep both of them afloat.
“It was an artistic choice, the thing was just big enough to hold her, and not big enough to hold him,” Cameron said. “I think it’s all kind of silly, really, that we’re having this discussion 20 years later. But it does show that the film was effective in making Jack so attractive to the audience that it hurts them to see him die. The film is about death and separation; he had to die.”
Since Jack was doomed to die, Cameron said, it could have happened in a variety of different ways. It’s not about the door not being big enough: that’s just a practical method for his death. “Whether it was that, or whether a chimney（烟囱）fell on him, he was going down,” Cameron said. “It’s called art: things happen for artistic reasons, not for physics reasons.”
28．According to Cameron, why can’t audience accept Jack’s death
A．They are artistic people. B．They like the movie.
C．They love Jack. D．They are eager for truth.
29．What can we learn from the last paragraph
A．Jack died by accident. B．Jack’s death was unavoidable.
C．The chimney fell on Jack. D．The door could make a difference.
30．Which of the following can be the best title for the text
A．Jack Had to Die B．A Door of Life and Death
C．Audience Knew Better D．Science Behind Movie
31．Where can you probably find this article
A．A popular magazine. B．A movie poster.
C．A government report. D．A notice board.
D
Space tourism is the term used to describe space travel for recreational or leisure purposes. What was once only a dream, as described in A Space Odyssey by Arthur C．Clarke, is now becoming a reality.
Futurologists attempt to make predictions of what life will be like in the future. After the first man landed on the moon, they thought that hotels would be built on the moon by the year 2000. They also considered the possibility that, in the 21st century, families might go for a holiday on the moon. Neither of these predictions have come true yet-but the rapid development of technology may mean these predictions are possible in the years to come.
Space Adventures is currently the only company to have succeeded in sending paying passengers into space. It worked with the Federal Space Agency of Russia and Rocket and Space Corporation Energia to provide flights for the world’s first private space explorers. Each paid over $20 million for their 10-day trip to the International Space Station.
Following successful explorations into space, other companies are now considering the possibility of enabling tourists to visit space. To make it affordable, suborbital space travel is being considered by some companies, like Virgin Galactic. Passengers would be transported to a height of between 100 and 160 km above earth, experience 3 — 6 minutes of weightlessness and a view of the stars before back to earth. This is expected to cost around $200, 000 per person.
Whilst it could be an enriching experience, there are some disadvantages. Many critics say that a huge growth in the spaceflight industry could drastically speed up the process of global warming. The ozone layer would be damaged further and the polar regions would suffer. In addition, space travel is only really affordable for the super-rich, though Virgin Galactic claims to be ‘opening space to the rest of us’.
32．What do you know about space tourism
A．It is nothing but a dream. B．It’s only in some fairy tales.
C．It’s a sightseeing tour in space. D．It’s a scientific expedition.
33．What is Paragraph 2 mainly about
A．The future life on the moon. B．Landing on the moon in 1969.
C．Predictions about trips to the moon. D．The history of the moon exploration.
34．Why is suborbital space travel considered possible
A．It’s cheaper. B．It’s safer. C．It’s greener. D．It’s convenient.
35．What is some critics’ major concern about space tourism
A．Its safety. B．Environmental effect.
C．Social equality. D．Its expense.
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。
“Why is life worth living ” If you ask this question, you will get different answers. 36 But we have put together a few reasons from different people as to why life is worth living.
Learning. This is the reason we heard from school and college-going kids. 37 Right from studies to games, the eagerness to do better and learn more makes their lives worth living.
38 When we speak to a few office workers and professionals, this is the reason they give. The ability to create things seemed to make life worthwhile for many.
New Opportunities. This is another reason that is put forth by people in different professions. Both professionally and personally, these people look forward to moving ahead and getting appreciation. They like to catch the new opportunities life throws at them which can make their lives worth living.
Exploring. 39 Touring around the world, learning about the world history and visiting the most famous places do make life worth for many people.
Love. Well, this reason is an evergreen one. Life is worth living for the loved ones around, be it a wife/husband, children or friends. 40 Being able to love someone and being loved back can certainly make life worth living.
A．Creating.
B．There is no clear or right answer in this case.
C．Such relationships make life worth everything.
D．Get together and share special moments.
E．Getting wiser makes life worth living for many people.
F．Some people just like to say that they want to explore more and discover new horizons.
G．People all look forward to knowing, learning and finding out more about everything.
第三部分 语言运用 (共四节，满分50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人空白处的最佳选项。
When Matthew Shifrin turned 13, he got a life-changing birthday present from his friend, Lilya Finkel.
It was an 843-piece Middle Easten 41 palace. And with it were instructions that Finkel made 42 for it. Finkel invented a unique name for every piece in the palace set. Then she spent countless hours typing building 43 in Braille (盲文) that spelled out how to 44 them all together.
His mind was 45 . As a blind person, he had never before been able to complete a Lego set on his own, Shifrin knew immediately that he had to help other blind children find the same 46 .
Shifrin says, “For blind people, Lego sets act as small 3D 47 for real-life buildings instead of two-dimensional photographs. Lego bricks allow me to see things that are 48 to explore by touch.”
For years after that incredible Lego experience, he created similar instructions for about 45 other Lego sets, together with Finkel, all published on a website they created, “Lego for the 49 ”.
Shifrin began 50 to Lego several years ago to discuss his work, 51 it was in 2017, when Finkel died of cancer, that he finally connected with the right person.
His years-long devotion 52 when the Lego company released its first audio and Braille building instructions. The project is a high-tech version of what Shifrin and Finkel did for their 53 .
It couldn’t have been completed without Shifrin’s 54 or without his determination.
He just wished Finkel had been here to see it. “I think she’d be very glad that we came this 55 ,” Shifrin said.
41．A．wood B．paper C．puzzle D．Lego
42．A．directly B．cautiously C．especially D．regularly
43．A．regulations B．requirements C．instructions D．competence
44．A．gather B．fit C．fix D．mix
45．A．shocked B．challenged C．troubled D．eased
46．A．independence B．connection C．truth D．balance
47．A．designs B．patterns C．replacements D．arrangements
48．A．natural B．impractical C．easy D．normal
49．A．Young B．Inventive C．Curious D．Blind
50．A．reaching out B．hiring out C．catching on D．looking up
51．A．so B．but C．and D．though
52．A．took off B．brought out C．got through D．paid off
53．A．website B．friends C．company D．school
54．A．involvement B．preparation C．encouragement D. recommendation
55．A．deep B．long C．far D．fast
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 first Chinese film to expose the inner workings of overseas online fraud (诈骗), No More Bets, has become 56 major hit, taking the lead in terms of screen share and box office.
57 (base) on tens of thousands of actual fraud cases in China, No More Bets was produced by famed director Ning Hao and his studio and directed by Shen Ao. The movie 58 (follow) characters like programmer Pan Sheng and model Anna who are tricked overseas by high-paid job offers, only 59 (find) themselves falling into the trap of an overseas fraud factory.
Shen shared the 60 (origin) intention behind making the film at the premiere ceremony (首映式) in Shanghai on August 2, stating that 61 smartphones have made our lives more convenient, they have “also 62 (accidental) opened the door to online fraud.” He hopes the film will raise the awareness of online safety 63 moviegoers.
The film’s release matched with a recent official announcement, 64 government plans were revealed to crack down on (严厉打击) overseas telecom fraud according to the law, in a move to safeguard the 65 (interest) of the public.
第三节 (共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分)
从下表中选出合适的单词并用其适当的形式填空。
spot definite available combine argument
property disappoint evaluate patient finance
His company is in difficulties.
Da Ming had decided that he wanted to continue working with his classmates in this firm .
There was a look on her face when she saw the result.
There are heated__________ about whether students should use e-dictionaries when doing translation exercises.
I finally my friend in the crowd at the airport.
Her endless made her the best nurse in the hospital.
Her team examined over 2, 000 old medical texts, and evaluated 280. 000 plants for their medical .
In some countries, students’ performance mostly is by the results of the exams.
A ____________ of internal and external factors caused the company to close down.
In the ancient time, electricity was to people in the United States.
第四节 (用提示短语的正确形式填空。共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分)
76. I felt trapped in such a small town. So as soon as I turned 18, I packed up my belongings and in New York City. (寻找成功致富之路)
77. They have come to the North Africa searching for treasure. (怀着……的希望)
78． evidence we conclude that he is guilty.(在某事的基础上)
79. He has committed himself to her regularly.(与…保持联系)
80. It’s no use arguing with Bill because he always his idea and will never change his mind. (坚决要求)
第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分20分)
第一节 翻译句子（5分）
81. 一些年轻人，其中大多数受到良好教育，选择在大学毕业后创业。
Some young people, were well-educated, chose to start up in business after graduation from university.
我的妈妈总是告诉我没什么需要担心的。
My mother always tell me there is nothing
这就是为什么我申请这份工作的原因
I applied for this job.
父母对孩子的控制会被认为是一根无形的绳子。
Sometimes parents’ control of young kids will _______ _______ _______ ________ such an invisible rope .
一些人认为电气汽车是一种新的交通方式，可以减少部分温室气体的排放。
_______ _______ _______ ________ electric vehicles (EVs电动车) are a new form of transport that could cut down part of greenhouse gases.
第二节（满分15分）
在庆祝中华人民共和国成立70周年之际，习近平主席签署主席令，授予屠呦呦、袁隆平等8人“共和国勋章” (Medal of the Republic)，这是国家授予个人的最高荣誉。学校英文广播电视台举办题为“Yuan Longping, a Pride of China”的英语演讲比赛，号召大家向袁隆平学习。请你就此写一篇英语演讲稿。
要点：
(1)袁隆平简介；
(2)个人成就；
(3)你对他的评价。
注意：
(1)词数100左右；
(2)可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Yuan Longping, a Pride of China
高二英语月考参考答案：
听力： 1-5 ABCAC 6-10 CACBA
11-15 BBAAB 16-20 BCACB
阅读： A篇 21-23 CCD B篇 24-27 CBDB
C篇 28-31 CBAA D篇 32-35 CCAB
七选五： 36-40 BGAFC
完型： 41-45 DCCBA 45-50 ACBDA 51-55 BDAAC
语法填空 56 a 57 Based 58 follows 59 to find 60 original 61although/though/while 62 accidentally 63 among/amongst
64 where 65 interests
选词填空 66financial 67definitely 68disappointed 69arguments 70spotted 71 patience 72properies 73evaluated 74 combination
75 unavailable
短语填空
76 sought my fortune 77 in the hope of 78 On the basis of
79 keeping in touch with 80 insists on
翻译句子
81most of whom 82 to worry about 83 That’s why
84 be thought to be 85 Some people argue that
作文
Yuan Longping, a Pride of Chinese
Good morning everyone! It’s my great honor to deliver a speech. Today, I’d like to introduce Yuan Longping to you.
Yuan Longping, known as the “father of hybrid rice”, is a great agricultural scientist in China. He was awarded Medal of the Republic on the occasion of celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Born in Beijing on September 7th in 1930, he graduated from Southwest Agricultural University in 1953 and was elected as an academician of the CAE Member in 1995. He devoted all his life to fighting against poverty at home and abroad, and was a pioneer and leader of China’s hybrid rice industry.
Because of his contribution to the world, Yuan Longping won honor and love from many countries. He is a person of whom we Chinese all feel proud and we should learn from him.
