太原市第五中学校2022-2023学年高一下学期5月月考英语试卷（含答案）

太原市第五中学校2022-2023学年高一下学期5月月考英语试卷

学校：___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、阅读理解

An Introduction to Four Famous Paintings

Mona Lisa

Artist: Leonardo da Vinci

Estimated date: 1503 to 1519

Where to see it: Louvre Museum（Paris）

It should come as no surprise that a mysterious woman with a mysterious smile. Before the 20th century, Mona Lisa was little known outside art circles. But in 1911, an ex-Louvre employee stole the painting and hid it for two years. That helped strengthen the painting’s place in popular culture ever since.

Las Meninas

Artist: Diego Velázquez

Date: 1656

Where to see it: Museo del Prado（Madrid, Spain）

The complexity of the work has attracted art critics and the public for centuries. The painting serves as a group portrait（画像）of Spanish royalty, but it is also a self-portrait of Velázquez himself at work. Las Meninas was appointed by King Philip IV of Spain, who ruled from 1621 to 1665.

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Artist: Johannes Vermeer

Estimated date: 1665

Where to see it: Mauritshuis（The Hague, Netherlands）

The girl wearing a blue and gold turban（头巾）and an oversized pearl（珍珠）earring is the entire focus with only a dark backdrop behind her. It has gone on tour in the United States, Italy and Japan. It drew huge crowds, further supporting its status as one of the world’s most famous works of art.

The Starry Night

Artist: Vincent van Gogh

Date: 1889

Where to see it: Museum of Modern Art（New York City）

The painting’s striking blues and yellows and the dreamy atmosphere have attracted art lovers for decades. Van Gogh was being treated for mental illness in a hospital in Saint-Remy, France, when he painted The Starry Night. He was inspired by the view from the window of his room.

1、Which painting is the artist’s self-description?

A. Mona Lisa.  B. Las Meninas.

C. Girl with a Pearl Earring. D. The Starry Night.

2、Where can you see Johannes Vermeer’s work? 

A. Louvre Museum.  B. Museo del Prado.

C. Mauritshuis.  D. Museum of Modern Art.

3、What was The Starry Night based on?

A. Sights from the sickroom. B. A woman’ act of stealing.

C. The life of a royal family. D. The experience of being ill.

As AI art generators（生成器）take the world by storm, some people wonder if their works should count as art at all. The technology is still developing and has some wrinkles to iron out, which means there are indeed flaws to consider alongside the incredible artwork a good artificial intelligence can produce.

Art is classed as the product of imagination, skill, experience, and emotion, usually meant to represent something for the public to enjoy. Artists spent time and effort putting their inner worlds onto these works. Machine intelligence also puts a lot of work into sorting through tons of data, linking someone’s prompt to datasets, and trying to represent it as best as possible. The difference is that the AI is driven by commands instead of an emotional desire to express itself.

AI painters can produce over 1,000 original works of art with every tap of the enter key on a keyboard. But a mass-produced print of the Mona Lisa is worth less than the actual Leonardo da Vinci’s painting. Why? Scarcity — there’s only one of the original. Should anyone pay for these things? And if an artist puts AI masterpieces up for sale, what should the price be?

AI art involves a program mimicking（模仿）the work of existing artists to create a new piece according to the request of a human. But who made the artwork, the machine or its user? And can the original artists sue for copyright（版权）violation? Such questions complicate the merging of artificial intelligence and the art industry, while fueling arguments against recognizing AI-generated art as marketable artistic products.

Once we’ve answered those questions, we can tackle the really big one: When an AI-generated painting wins an award, who gets the prize?

4、What does the underlined word “flaws” in paragraph 1 probably mean?

A. Benefits. B. Advances. C. Weaknesses. D. Standards.

5、How is AI art different from human art? 

A. It is the product of experience.

B. It costs less money to produce.

C. It combines different styles of work.

D. It is not a mirror of humans’ emotions.

6、Why does the writer mention Mona Lisa in the third paragraph?

A. To prove the popularity of classic artworks.

B. To present the potential trouble with the value of AI art.

C. To show the advantages of AI painters over human artists.

D. To introduce a new way of preserving art masterpieces.

7、What can we infer from paragraph 4? 

A. AI art promotes the sale of artistic products.

B. AI art makes copyright issues more complicated.

C. Artists can create more works with the help of AI.

D. There will be fierce competition in the art industry.

Textile（纺织品）waste is a growing problem for our environment. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported the US throws away more than 11 million tons of clothing every year. That is why some small businesses spotting the problem are beginning to recycle in ways they haven’t before.

Create Good Company is a clothing company that tries to produce sustainable clothing and repurpose older clothing into updated fashionable items. Maggie Hendricks, the owner of Create Good Company, said, “If you can improve what you find, why wouldn’t you do that instead of buying new things? It’s a big issue not to create new waste. I would say we are 90% recycled materials.”

According to the EPA, the average consumer（消费者）throws away 81.5 pounds of clothes every year. “Anywhere between 10%-17% of the waste that’s going into landfills（废弃物填埋场）is made up of things like textiles and clothing,” said Danny Katz with the CoPIRG Foundation. “A lot of the clothing that we’re producing doesn’t even get worn, so it’s going right to the landfill or even being burned and contributing to pollution that way. It’s really worrying.”

This is why businesses like Create Good Company exist — to use outdated clothing and turn it into dresses or jackets. “There’s just so much waste and so many big companies that might not think about it,” Hendricks said. “Just standing with other like-minded people who are interested in sustainability is important.”

Another important element Hendricks has focused on is creating these items and selling them at an affordable price. “Sustainability sometimes is green washed in companies and they make things more expensive,” Hendricks said. “That’s not how we become a sustainable world. I think making products affordable is important to me. I want to buy things that are better for the environment without throwing my pocketbook in the fire.”

8、What makes Danny Katz worried?

A. The use of old clothing. B. The cost of textile pollution.

C. The effect of clothing waste. D. The future of the textile industry.

9、What does Hendricks care more about when it comes to a sustainable product?

A. Its price. B. Its sales. C. Its producer. D. Its quality.

10、What is the best title for the text?

A. The EPA’s measures to reduce textile waste.

B. Consumers being aware of the seriousness of textile waste.

C. Textile businesses’ social responsibility and their waste.

D. Small businesses working to prevent textile waste.

二、七选五

11、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。

Nearly half of us make New Year’s resolutions, but less than ten percent of us actually keep them. This can be due to lack of motivation or loss of interest, but it’s time for us to figure out ways to finish what we’ve started.①______

Lack of honesty

Are you truly devoted to running a marathon, losing weight, or whatever else you are promising to do? Be honest with yourself. We often find ourselves committing to things because we think we should.②______ You will only be disappointed in yourself. Make resolutions you actually want to achieve and are going to put a plan of action towards.

③______

While you may have the best intentions with your resolution, you could be putting unnecessary pressure on yourself. Rather than associating the New Year with resolutions or changes you need to make, consider it a time for reflection on things you wish to work on throughout the year. ④______

If your goal was to send out ten resumes (简历) for a new job and you only sent out five, don’t beat yourself up for it. Rather, congratulate and reward yourself for making the effort toward your goal. That will give you the energy to continue working towards your initial (最初的) goal.

Giving up too easily

Whether you get discouraged or simply lose interest, giving up too easily is a big resolution breaker. Many people make their resolutions believing they can accomplish them. ⑤______ To avoid this issue, try to set a standard for comparing throughout the year. By doing so, you can keep yourself on track throughout the year.

A. Wrong perspective (视角)

B. Narrow your resolution

C. Don’t waste your time on that.

D. But the excitement wears off and other priorities appear.

E. They thought they could stick to it because it’s what they want.

F. Here are reasons people don’t stick to their New Year’s resolutions.

G. Stop thinking about what you have not accomplished and focus on what you will accomplish instead.

三、完形填空（15空）

In the dead of last winter during the pandemic, the Berman family chose to foster a pack of puppies (小狗) and their mother, all   1   for shelter. Five dogs in all moved into their new home at the Canine Humane Network, a nonprofit rescue organization in Highland, Maryland, US.

The 4-week-old pups needed shelter until they could be   2  ; their mom had Lyme disease and too little mother’s milk. So, for a month, Teresa and Michael Berman and their two sons   3   the pups until   4   homes could be found.

“After dinner, we’d sit around and   5   the puppies play,” said Teresa Berman, 48. “It was better than watching TV. I joked that this was my plan to fight seasonal depression; the pups really did improve everyone’s   6   .”

The puppies tripled (增至三倍) in weight during their   7   and left in their wake more than 1,000 photos and videos of their antics (滑稽动作), all of which took the Bermans’   8   off COVID-19. Nationwide, the story is much   9  . In 2020, the coronavirus resulted in 15 percent   10   in pet fostering from the previous year, according to Shelter Animals Count, a nonprofit data group.

“I   11  their sibling rivalry (同胞之争). They would jump on each other, pull tails and play tug-of-war (拔河),” said Michael Berman. Like a   12   dad, he said, “I sent pictures of the puppies to my friends, and now get text messages from their   13   on how they’re doing.”

To date, the Bermans have   14   12 dogs from the Highland organization in the past year. The virus has   15   Michael’s skill sets. “During the pandemic, I’ve learned to do two things: make bagels and foster dogs.” he said.    

12、A. longing  B. concerned  C. grateful  D. ready

13、A. admitted  B. sold  C. adopted  D. guided

14、A. cleaned  B. nursed  C. handled  D. monitored

15、A. independent  B. decorated  C. effective  D. permanent

16、A. watch  B. make  C. help  D. hear

17、A. dream  B. opinion  C. mood  D. change

18、A. arrival  B. walk  C. sleep  D. stay

19、A. attitudes  B. minds  C. goals  D. diets

20、A. similar  B. complex  C. obvious  D. possible

21、A. assistance  B. rise  C. response  D. purchase

22、A. ignored  B. enjoyed  C. forgave  D. aided

23、A. proud  B. frank  C. careful  D. strange

24、A. partners  B. parents  C. owners  D. employers

25、A. adjusted to  B. contributed to  C. tended to  D. handed out

26、A. explained  B. removed  C. replaced  D. expanded

四、语法填空

27、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。

From 8 a. m to 10 a. m each morning, dozens of low-income families and cleaners in the Tangqiao neighborhood would line up in front of a food bank ①_____ (collect) free vegetables and fruits.

The food bank, ②_____ (create) by Shanghai Oasis Ecological Conservation and Communication Center in 2014, is the first of its kind in the country. The food bank collects donated products—③_____ (usual) food items close to their “best before” dates from supermarkets, producers or restaurants. After collecting enough food, the bank donates it ④_____ the needy. According to the Oasis, the ⑤_____ (establish) of such food banks is aimed not only at saving food that otherwise would be wasted, ⑥_____ at helping low-income people and protecting the environment.

Oasis has seen its food bank network extended (扩大……的范围) to at least 11 provincial-level ⑦_____ (region), including Beijing, Sichuan Province, the Xinjiang Uygur Region and Liaoning Province. Oasis said that 580 tons of food worth more than 31 million ⑧_____ (save) by the end of 2019.The food, ⑨_____ was produced by 202 food companies, was distributed (分发) to 760,000 individuals.

It was not until recently when the country started a nationwide campaign (活动) to avoid ⑩ _____ (necessary) food waste age that such banks have become better known.

五、书面表达

28、假定你是李华，你从网上得知你的英国好友Tom所在的城市爱丁堡遭到了洪水的袭击。请你给他发送一封邮件，内容包括：

1）得知洪水信息； 2）询问他及家人情况； 3）给予安慰。

注意：

1.词数60左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Tom,

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

六、读后续写

29、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。

Many of us want to be a star. You may have imagined yourself dressed up, standing on a stage. With the spotlight shining on you, you prepare to give an amazing performance in front of a large audience. At the sound of their applause (掌声), you feel like a superstar. I’ve had similar thoughts. However, my point of view completely changed after an English drama show.

Since I was a little girl, I dreamt of becoming a star and performing on stage. When I found out that our school would hold an English drama show at the end of April, I couldn’t have been more delighted. I firmly believed that it was my time to achieve my dream. 

But things seemed to go off track. After considering my skills and abilities, I was required to be a scriptwriter (编剧) instead of a performer. Hearing the news, I was so upset that it felt like my heart sank to the bottom of a dark lake filled with ice. But I eventually calmed down and accepted the position. 

Over the following month, my partners and I brainstormed (头脑风暴) every day and discussed the plot. Though it was a difficult task, we never gave up. We surfed the Internet and got inspiration from others’ scripts. Sometimes, we also asked for help from teachers who knew about the topic. With great effort, we finally completed our script. 

注意：

1.续写词数应为100字左右。

2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

When the big day finally came, I was full of mixed emotions.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What I learned was that you don’t have to be on the stage to be a star.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

参考答案

1、答案：B

2、答案：C

3、答案：A

4、答案：C

5、答案：D

6、答案：B

7、答案：B

8、答案：C

9、答案：A

10、答案：D

11、答案：①-⑤ FCAGD

12、答案：A

13、答案：C

14、答案：B

15、答案：D

16、答案：A

17、答案：C

18、答案：D

19、答案：B

20、答案：A

21、答案：B

22、答案：B

23、答案：A

24、答案：C

25、答案：C

26、答案：D

27、答案：①to collect②created③usually④to⑤establishment⑥but⑦regions⑧had been saved⑨which⑩unnecessary

解析：①考查非谓语动词。根据句意可知，此处应用动词不定式作目的状语。
②考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知，The food bank 和create之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，故用动词-ed形式。
③考查词形转换。分析句子结构可知，此处在句中作状语，应用副词形式。
④考查介词。donate...to...表示"向……捐赠……"，为固定搭配。
⑤考查词形转换。此处作主语，且根据空前的the和空后的of可知，应用名词形式。
⑥考查固定搭配。not only...but(also)...表示"不仅……而且……"，为固定搭配。
⑦考查名词复数。根据空前的11 provincial-level可知，此处应用复数形式。
⑧考查动词的时态和语态。根据句中的"by the end of 2019"可知，此处表示到过去某一时间点为止已经结束的动作，应用过去完成时，且580 tons of food和save之间是动宾关系，故填had been saved。
⑨考查定语从句。分析句子结构可知，空处引导非限制性定语从句，指代先行词The food且在从句中作主语，应用which。
⑩考查词形转换。分析句子结构可知，此处作定语，应用形容词，且根据句意可知，此处表示"不必要的"，故填unnecessary。

28、答案：Dear Tom,

How are you and your family doing? I feel really sad to learn the news from the Internet that a terrible flood struck your city and caused great damage.

It is reported that a large number of houses now lie in ruins. I am really concerned for everything with you and your family. Please let me know about your condition as soon as possible. And if you need any help, please don’t hesitate to turn to me. Don’t worry and I firmly believe that everything will be fine.

I’m looking forward to your early reply.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

29、答案：

When the big day finally came, I was full of mixed emotions. On one hand, as I saw the performers dressed in costumes performing on the stage, I couldn’t help but feel a bit down as I wasn’t given the opportunity to do the same. But on the other hand, when the performance finished and the audience clapped and cheered, I felt a great sense of pride. I knew that our script was a success and that our hard work had paid off. 

What I learned was that you don’t have to be on the stage to be a star. As it is said in Records of the Three Kingdoms, “a glimmer of light can make solar and lunar brighter.” It means that even the smallest elements can make a difference through determination, hard work or unity. As long as you try your best and contribute to the overall goal, you can shine every day.