2023重庆市巴蜀中学高二下学期第一次月考试题英语含解析

2024届高二(下)学月考试

英语试卷

第一部分听力(共两节，满分20分)

第一节(共5小题;每小题1分，满分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 will the man do next?

A. Finish his drink. B. Prepare for the party. C. Talk with the woman.

2. Where is Mr. Davies now?

A. On his way to office. B. In his office. C. At home.

3. What does the man think of the woman’s worry?

A. It’s reasonable. B. It’s unnecessary. C. It’s unthinkable.

4. Where does the conversation most probably take place?

A. In a bookstore. B. In a classroom. C. In a library.

5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. High labor costs in America.

B. A way of life in America.

C. Living conditions in America.

第二节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15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。

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

6. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Neighbors. B. Strangers. C. Colleagues.

7. How much money can the woman give the man?

A. £1.20. B. £1 C. £0.20.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

8. Why does the man like traveling by train?

A. He thinks it is safe.

B. He can meet different people.

C. He can enjoy the scene outside.

9. What does the woman dislike about traveling by train?

A. The speed. B. The noise. C. The platform.

10. Why is the man upset?

A. He has lost a long e-mail for his friend.

B He has lost an E-mail from his friend.

C. He has quarreled with his friend.

11. What happened to Jack last month?

A. He lost his mother’s necklace.

B. He lost 200 dollars when shopping online.

C. He was cheated by a seller online.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

12. Whom was Jack asked to get help from?

A. The express company clerk. B. The seller. C. The policeman.

13. How did the woman get the news?

A. From a doctor. B. From a biology teacher. C. From a newspaper article.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

14. How should one react when facing a lion?

A. Stand still. B. Run fast. C. Climb on a tree.

15. Why didn’t anyone help the British student?

A. The lions had already run away.

B. The attack happened too suddenly.

C. No one heard him call for help.

16. How does the company avoid paying compensation if a lion attack happens?

A. They take their clients to court.

B. They hire professional trip guides.

C. They ask their clients to sign legal papers.

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。   

17. How did the speaker go to the Waterside Shopping Center last week?

A. By train. B. By coach. C. By car.

18. What can people do on the third level?

A. Choose shoes. B. Have meals. C. Withdraw money.

19. What advice does the speaker give to people who will go to the center?

A. Collect money before going there.

B. Arrive there earlier on weekends.

C. Ask for a map at the information desk.

20. What is one of the disadvantages of the Waterside Shopping Center?

A. There are few rubbish boxes.

B. The lunch in the cafe is awful.

C. The salespeople there are unfriendly.

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

What is spring break?

Between tests and after-school activities, we all deserve a much-needed pause from school to relax and regroup. Entering spring break, a glorious week set aside in the middle of the semester for students to take time off and unwind.

When is spring break 2023?

The dates of spring break 2023 vary from school to school, but most take place in March or April. You can check your school’s calendar to see when spring break 2023 is scheduled.

How long is spring break?

Again, the length of spring breaks differ across the country. A majority are just one week, but some spring breaks (mostly among colleges and universities) are two weeks long.

What should I do over spring break 2023?

Spring break 2023 will be here before you know it, but that means you should start planning if you want to travel. Looking to escape the cold? Booking a trip somewhere beachside or poolside, taking advantage of spring skiing, snowboarding, or other late-winter activities. There are many, many options. Staycations are also perfect for connecting with fam and friends, binge-watching a new series on Netflix, planning a local museum trip, picking up a new hobby, going for a hike, or finally making a dent in your TBR list. Super scholars might take this time to prepare and get ahead on their studies. If college year is fast-approaching, you could even plan some college tours and arrange in-person visits to some of the campuses on your list.

Happy spring break!

1. What date is most possible in spring break of 2023?

A. February 12. B. May 15.

C. January 25. D. April 8.

2. What does the article advise a soon-to-graduate high school student to do?

A. To try many leisure options to unwind.

B. To do the assignment and review the lesson.

C. To pay a visit to the future colleges in person.

D. To have a perfect staycation with family and friends.

3. Where can you probably see this passage?

A. An instructive website. B. A school’s calendar.

C. A financial magazine. D. A travel brochure.

B

People tend to loathe pigeons for the way they mess up parked cars or flock to food wastes on the sidewalk. But the truth is that more than 300 species of wild pigeons have been found on the earth, many of which are quite impressive.

“Pigeons are biological marvels,” says Rosemary Mosco, author of A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching. “They make milk for their young. They can take off almost vertically. They see colors we can’t, hear sounds we can’t, and find their way across hundreds of miles using mechanisms we don’t fully understand,” she says. “They’re the world’s most overlooked birds.”

Interestingly, both pigeons and doves are members of the Columbidae family, and while the term ‘pigeon’ tends to be applied to larger species and ‘dove’ to smaller ones, Mosco notes in her illustrated field guide that there is barely scientific or evolutionary distinction to either group.

There’s also evidence wild pigeons were a staple food source for Neanderthals, and later humans, beginning at least 67,000 years ago. What is more well known is the pigeon’s invaluable service of long-distance communication for many different civilizations, from the ancient Romans to Genghis Khan.

“For much of their history, they signified wealth and power,” says Mosco. “They were flying Ferraris.” In some parts of the world, the fastest pigeons still fetch mind-boggling sums. In 2020, a single racing pigeon named New Kim was sold for around $1.9 million in a Belgian auction (拍卖).

With pigeons everywhere we look in urban life, it may be difficult to imagine a world without pigeons. But even these adaptable birds are not immune to extinction.

4. Which word can replace “loathe” in paragraph 1?

A. Hate. B. Chase.

C. Observe. D. Analyze.

5. Why are pigeons called “biological marvels”?

A. They can only take off in a vertical way.

B. They can make milk for young children.

C. They have abilities beyond human’s imagination.

D. They have a tendency to be overlooked by humans.

6. What do we know about pigeons and doves?

A. Pigeons and doves have distinct origins.

B. Pigeons are used to carry large sums of money.

C. Scientifically speaking, little difference exists between them.

D. Pigeon’s service of long-distance communication isn’t valuable.

7. What might be illustrated about pigeons in the following paragraphs?

A. Pigeons in urban areas around the world.

B. Examples of how adaptable pigeons can be.

C. Basic facts about pigeons’ immune system.

D. Pigeons becoming an endangered species.

C

Microsoft is reportedly delighted with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, a natural-language artificial-intelligence program capable of generating text that reads as if a human wrote it. Taking advantage of easy access to finance over the past decade, companies and venture-capital funds invested billions in an AI arms race, resulting in a technology that can now be used to replace humans across a wider range of tasks. This could be a disaster not only for workers, but also for consumers and even investors.

The problem for workers is obvious: there will be fewer jobs requiring strong communication skills, and thus fewer positions that pay well. Cleaners, drivers, and some other manual workers will keep their jobs, but everyone else should be afraid. Consider customer service. Instead of hiring people to interact with customers, companies will increasingly rely on generative AIs like ChatGPT to comfort angry callers with clever and soothing words. Fewer entry-level jobs will mean fewer opportunities to start a career.

Consumers, too, will suffer. Chatbots may be fine for handling entirely routine questions, but it is not routine questions that generally lead people to call customer service. When there is a real issue – like an airline coming to a standstill or a pipe bursting in your basement – you want to talk to a well-qualified, empathetic professional with the ability to tackle problems. You do not want to be put on hold for eight hours, but nor do you want to speak immediately to a talkative but ultimately useless chatbot.

Today, the predictive power of algorithms (算法) should be used to help people, rather than to replace them. If AIs can offer recommendations for human consideration, the ability to use such recommendations wisely will be recognized as a valuable human skill. Unfortunately, these opportunities are being neglected. Everyone is focused on using AI to cut labor costs, with little concern not only for the immediate customer experience but also for the future of American consumption power.

8. What kind of employees are most likely to lose their jobs?

A. City cleaners. B. Taxi drivers.

C. Delivery men. D. Telephone operators.

9. What’s disadvantage of a chatbot?

A It can’t handle realistic problems.

B. It needs real persons to operate on it.

C. It doesn’t have ability to comfort customers.

D. It can’t cope with routine questions well enough.

10. What is author’s attitude towards AI-based products?

A. Delighted but suspicious.

B. Concerned and negative.

C. Supportive but cautious.

D. Neutral and indifferent.

11. Which is the best title for the story?

A. What’s Wrong with ChatGPT?

B. Dangerous ChatGPT:Troublemaker.

C. What’s ChatGPT?

D. Future of AI Has Come.

D

Now, the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) has approved two drugs that may slow the cognitive decline destroying the lives of millions of Alzheimer’s patients.

But both approvals are highly controversial. They were only based on the drugs’ ability to remove plaques (斑块), which were thought to be the underlying cause of the disease. Also, the drugs are expensive, can cause adverse side effects, and may have modest benefits. Some experts argue that the treatment benefits don’t clearly outweigh the risks.

For years, getting rid of plaques has been the primary focus of researches and drug development. But the approvals have aroused a debate over whether this is the best way to attack the disease. Many scientists note that the result so far is just two drugs with limited efficiency, and they have called for far more funding to look for other theories.

The drug the FDA approved last week, known as Lecanemab, is the first to show evidence of slowing cognitive decline in clinical trials. The other drug, known as Aducanumab, was shown to remove plaques, but was not proven to arrest the loss of cognitive ability. But Lecanemab’s promise has been clouded by the death of three patients in an extension of the study.

Matthew Schrag, a neurologist, thinks that the benefits are modest at best. The researchers used an 18-point clinical dementia rating scale to assess a patient’s memory and problem solving skills among other aspects of cognitive and functional performance; the higher the score, the worse the dementia. Those on Lecanemab scored 1.21 whereas those taking the placebo(安慰剂) averaged 1.66, which shows that those taking the drug experienced 27 percent less cognitive decline.

“The question is whether the average patient in a clinic would notice that benefit,” Schrag says. “I don’t think they would.” More importantly, it’s the drug’s safety that concerns him. “I think we’re just beginning to see the tip of the iceberg with the risks.” Schrag and others are not convinced they are central to delaying or arresting disease progression.

12. What can make the approvals controversial?

A. The drugs’ low price.

B. The drugs’ benefits of improving cognition.

C The drugs’ effects.

D. The drugs’ ability to cause plaques.

13. What can be inferred from paragraph 3 and paragraph 4?

A. Lecanemab’s future is promising.

B. The two drugs are beneficial to Alzheimer.

C. Few money are needed to seek alternative theories.

D. Aducanumab can arrest the loss of cognitive ability.

14. Which of the following statements may Matthew Schrag agree with?

A. A large quantity of risks is waiting for us to explore.

B. Average patients can notice the benefits unquestionably.

C. Scientists are central to delaying the disease progression.

D. Patients receiving Lecanemab lost 27 percent of their cognitive ability.

15. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. The limited efficiency of two new drugs.

B. Researches conducted to test two new drugs.

C. The potential dangers Alzheimer’s patients face.

D. Matthew Schrag’s distinctive insight of the Alzheimer.

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。

For some travelers, a catamaran (双体船) sail off Oahu, Hawaii, or a camel ride through the desert in Morocco isn’t an enviable vacation experience. It’s an encounter with nausea, dizziness, and cold sweats. Motion sickness like this can happen to almost anyone, including children and dogs._____16_____

The easiest way to overcome motion sickness is to prevent it from happening in the first place._____17_____You can either open a window in the car, turn on the air vent above you on the plane, or head to the deck on a cruise ship.

“And be careful what you eat when you travel,” says Bubka. Anything that upsets your stomach on dry land—eating too much (or too little), drinking excessive amounts of alcohol or caffeine—could be amplified by motion.

“Do everything you can to be sure your view isn’t blocked,” says Natascha Tuznik, a doctor who specializes in travel medicine at the University of California Davis.

“_____18_____Sitting in the front seat of the car where you can see the road can be also helpful.” Closely watching what’s coming helps your eyes and inner ears cooperate more quickly with other bodily functions. .

_____19_____The Puma Method, developed by a flight surgeon to serve airsick pilots, uses yoga-like stretches and angular movements to build up anti-nausea conditioning. A 2020 study at England’s University of Warwick found that, after doing 15-minute visual and spatial training exercises (finding hidden objects in puzzles, folding paper), many subjects didn’t get sick when taken for car rides.

“_____20_____” says Cherchi. “The disadvantage is that they can lead to considerable discomfort, at least initially.”

A. Breathtaking view can make you less sick.

B. Here’s what travelers can do to prevent it.

C. You can look at the horizon if you’re out to sea.

D. Keeping fresh air flowing while traveling is advisable.

E. The advantage is that these approaches don’t require medication.

F. Yoga is recommended if someone wants to overcome motion sickness.

G. Physical or mental exercises can also help train humans to be less motion sick.

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。

As physician Michael Shannon drove, a semitruck had suddenly pulled onto the road in front of him. The physician had no time to_____21_____. “I can remember the sound of breaking glass, and then everything stopped.” he recalls. After that, he knew he had to get out fast. But he was_____22_____.

Help arrived almost instantly. Paramedic (急救护理人员) Chris Trokey could immediately see how urgent it was. The whole front end of the car was_____23_____under the body of the semi.

After 20 minutes’ tense_____24_____, Trokey sat with him in the back of an ambulance._____25_____, the paramedic began to_____26_____the crash victim’s name: Michael Shannon. He wondered whether this could be the same man who had_____27_____his own life 30 years ago, when he was a preemie (早产儿) and arrived at the very same_____28_____they were headed to with a life-threatening high temperature; the doctor who slept by Trokey’s side in the hospital until he was_____29_____enough to go home. At this moment, the feeling of______30______grew stronger.

Shannon recognized Chris’s name at once, too. Although he has______31______more children than he can remember, it’s the ones who need him most who______32______in his mind. Both men are amazed at the______33______. They say this feeling—of having someone enter your life at a (an) ______34______time and watch over you until you are well, of giving a gift______35______expectations and then getting it back when you need it most—has given them faith in a higher power.

21. A. prepare B. think C. react D. wonder

22. A. pinned B. stopped C. interrupted D. lost

23. A. fixed B. folded C. tied D. spread

24. A. separation B. observation C. transport D. rescue

25. A. Besides B. However C. Therefore D. Meanwhile

26. A. reflect on B. look for C. track down D. turn up

27. A. cherished B. risked C. valued D. saved

28. A. home B. hospital C. office D. clinic

29. A. well B. relieved C. relaxed D. fortunate

30. A. belonging B. recognition C. loss D. responsibility

31. A. transformed B. owned C. educated D. treated

32. A. fail B. stick C. leave D. appear

33. A. relationship B. friendship C. connection D. satisfaction

34. A. dangerous B. bright C. sensible D. critical

35. A. beyond B. with C. without D. in

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个适当单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

In 432 B.C., as the cities of Athens and Sparta_____36_____(battle) in a war, a deadly illness swept through Athens,_____37_____(strike) fear and panic into her citizens. The disease reached Athens via the port city of Piraeus and spread throughout Greece and the eastern Mediterranean, killing almost a third of its population, even the great leader then, 66-year-old Pericles_____38_____(include). It seemed the only thing for the citizens to do was_____39_____they had to wait to die.

_____40_____(protect) the people of Athens, when the pandemic just broke out, Pericles ordered the Athenians to move within the city’s newly built ‘long walls’, but it was when the real nightmare began. This gave the disease the perfect conditions_____41_____the pandemic could more quickly infect more of the Athenian population.

In the history Of Greece, the ancient Greek historian Thucydides, who fell victim to the disease and survived, wrote that “people in good health were attacked_____42_____(severe) all of a sudden by violent heats in the head, and redness and inflammation in the eyes, the inward parts, such as the throat or tongue, becoming bloody and emitted an unnatural and fetid breath”. Despite_____43_____(write) evidence of the disease, its cause is still unknown. Possibilities might be_____44_____we call typhoid fever and Ebola nowadays.

Months later, the disease finally became less intense and for a brief period the Athenians were relieved, but it would strike twice more, forcing Athens to yield to Sparta in 404 BCE and ending Athens’ rule in ancient Greece. The history of mankind_____45_____ (consist) of plenty of battles of fighting against epidemics, which can change history itself in turn.

第四部分写作(共三节，满分50分)

第一节单词拼写(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)

根据首字母或中文意思，填入一个教材选择性必修一Unit 5与选择性必修二Unit 1中的恰当的单词，每空限填一个词，注意所填单词的正确形式。

46. Their statements are apparently_________(矛盾的), which made us feel confused.(根据汉语提示单词拼写)

47. We all may envision beautiful things but beauty itself is_________ (抽象的). (根据汉语提示单词拼写)

48. The moment I heard their offer, my_________ (最初的) reaction was to decline it. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)

49. After discussion, we put forward a_________ (具体的) and practical strategy. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)

50. We need fearless courage and calmness to tackle diverse_________ (危机) in life. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)

51. You should allow a little time after a meal for the food to d_________.(根据首字母单词拼写)

52. I am a man with a strong family concept, who was born and raised in a c_________ family. (根据首字母单词拼写)

53. Turning off domestic appliances before going to sleep can reduce energy c_________.(根据首字母单词拼写)

54. In my ideal world there will be no p_________ and disease, and everyone will lead a rich and healthy life. (根据首字母单词拼写)

55. The two consecutive earthquakes of magnitude 7.8 in Turkey g_________ a large amount of energy release, which were equivalent to the explosion of 1000 atomic bombs. (根据首字母单词拼写)

第二节(满分15分)

56. 假定你是李华，你观赏了今年重庆除夕夜的烟火表演(firework display)。请给你英国的网友Jim写一封信，分享这次烟花秀。信的内容必须包括：

1.你的感受；

2.希望烟火秀能每年办下去及你理由。

注意：

1.词数80 左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Jim,

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Yours,

Li Hua

第三节(满分25分)

57. 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。

It is not a new thing to be told to ‘adopt pets don’t shop’ since this concept is gradually becoming more well known. Yet, equally important is that owners should think thoroughly before they even adopt one.

I adopted a street cat a couple of months ago. It was a one-year-old cat in a cat shelter that really had my empathy. He was named SingCi — a ginger patched tabby cat. My mom and I almost fell in love with him at the first sight. He was a good looking, healthy boy who was found on the street along with his cage and all his toys in front of a flower shop. According to the flower shop owner, the poor cat was docile and calm for the first day of his abandonment. Random pedestrians who walked past were able to pet him. However, days after he realized his owner would never come and pick him up, he became so stressed that he turned super aggressive.

It was a tough period living with him. Nobody could approach him. Not even when it’s feeding time. He was constantly angry and would attack whoever opened his cage. I had to wear protective gloves even when I was just giving him his meals. He would rather wait until everyone distanced themselves before he began feasting. Even when he did, he growled and hissed while eating, watching out at the same time for anyone who might come close.

One day, I decided to open the cage and feed him outside. He growled again and without any warning, he scratched me on the back of my right hand and drew blood. Despaired and furious, I threw him back into the cage hard, screaming, “You, son of Devil! Get back to the street!” I picked up the cage and intended to head out.

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。

“Are you truly ready for him? You need some strategies.” Mom stopped me.

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Months later, SingCi eventually got used to having people around him.

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