2023-2024学年湖南省炎德名校高三上学期第二次月考英语试题含答案

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时量：120分钟 满分：150分
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）略
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
Nttingham Trent University (NTU) Fundatin Curses fr Internatinal Students
Are yu an internatinal student needing a preparatin curse fr undergraduate study at NTU? View NTU Fundatin curses ffered thrugh Nttingham Trent Internatinal Cllege (NTIC) n ur Nttingham City Campus.
Fundatin curses
Thrugh Nttingham Trent Internatinal Cllege, we ffer fundatin curses t prgress t the first year f undergraduate curses.
We ffer these in the fllwing subject areas:
art and design
business, law and scial sciences
cmputing
media and cmmunicatins
science and engineering
Internatinal Year One curses
We als ffer Internatinal Year One curses t prgress t the secnd year f undergraduate curses. If yu’ve cmpleted high schl with gd grades, yu culd chse an Internatinal Year One curse.
We ffer these in the fllwing subject areas:
business
cmputing
Entry requirements
Fr the fundatin curses typical entry requirements are at least 11 years f educatin and UKVI IELTS 5.0.
Fr Internatinal Year One curses, typical entry requirements are at least 12 years f educatin and UKVI 5.0.
If yu d nt meet the English language entry level but have at least UKVI IELTS 4.0 in all skills, yu can d a curse that includes extended English and skills (EES).
Hw t apply
If yu’re interested in applying fr a fundatin curse please cntact NTIC.
If yu wuld like t arrange a visit t NTIC and the University please cntact NTIC student services.
1. Whm are the curses intended fr?
A. Cllege students in Britain.B. High schl students in Britain.
C. Cllege students frm arund the wrld.D. High schl students frm arund the wrld.
2. Hw are Internatinal Year One curses different frm fundatin curses?
A. They are easier.B. They are mre advanced.
C. They take lnger time.D. They ffer mre subjects.
3. What des UKVI IELTS 5.0 prbably shw?
A. Yur English level.B. Yur educatinal level.
C. The curse yu chse.D. The start date fr the curse.
B
The captain hadn’t even turned ff the “fasten yur seat belt” light and Matthew Bahani was already having a rugh time.
Matthew, a 9-year-ld with autism(自闭症), was grwing increasingly anxius even as his parents hugged and kissed him.
“He gets nervus and he can’t cntrl himself. He gets lud. He makes nise. It isn’t easy,” said his father, Sam Bahani, 48. “Yu can’t imagine what he ges thrugh. He can’t express himself.”
The Bahanis were amng the ten families wh participated in a prgram at Newark Liberty Internatinal Airprt intended t help familiarize autistic children with air travel — a cnfusing, cmplex prcess that, with lud nises, unifrmed screening agents and lines f passengers they dn’t knw, can be frightening t them.
The “Autism Explres” prgram — which takes participants thrugh all aspects f the flying experience withut leaving the grund — als helps parents, wh ften find themselves in the psitin f dealing with a difficult child, as well as with scare frm ther adults wh may have n idea f the child’s particular difficulty.
“When yu’re in a public situatin and that happens, peple are nt always kind,” said Matthew’s mther, Jennifer Bahani, 42, wh avids even the shpping mall with Matthew.
Each aspect f the prgram, frm check-in t baggage claim, related t the flying experience, except fr the actual flying. While the pilt and ther flight crew made the usual annuncements abut flying cnditins r the weather n the grund, the plane never actually pulled back frm the gate.
“It’s a beautiful day fr flying. Sit back and enjy the flight,” annunced the pilt, Geff Bender, whse 13-year-ld daughter, Teresa, is als autistic.
“Nrmalizing activities like flying fr children with autism is imprtant in making sure they will lead as full and independent a life as pssible,” he said.
4. Hw did Matthew feel n the plane?
A. Terrible.B. Bred.C. Puzzled.D. Uninterested.
5. What was the main purpse f the prgram fr children with autism?
A. T help them get used t air travel.
B. T make them interested in air travel.
C. T encurage them t travel independently.
D. T let them experience air travel with their parents.
6. What des the underlined “that” in paragraph 6 refer t?
A. Peple scaring the child.B. Peple being unkind t the child.
C. Peple dealing with a difficult child.D. Peple nt knwing the child is autistic.
7. What d we knw abut the plane?
A. It had just taken ff.B. It was n the grund.
C. It was waiting fr passengers.D. It wuld sn land at the airprt.
C
At Sh Farm in nrthern Vermnt, farmers Melissa Hffman and Shawn Smith wrk hand in hand with the land and its inhabitants, and amng them are hundreds f ducks. The ducks at Sh Farm are nt being raised t be killed fr fd. Rather, they are naturally invlved in farming peratins, helping t manage pests and add fertilizer (肥料) t the sil.
In the beginning, Hffman, wh has a backgrund in rganic farming and eclgy actin, wrked with eclgists and bilgists t survey the plants and wildlife all arund the area. This was “t understand wh was living here, s that everything we did was in relatinship t the life already here,” he says.
S, at Sh Farm, fcus is placed n living harmniusly alngside ther life and wrking with traditinal eclgical knwledge. Fd is seen nt as a cmmdity (商品) but as a relatinship with land and life.
The methds f fd prductin at Sh Farm, as well as the farmers’ philsphy f wrking with rather than against nature, are in sharp cntrast t mst mdern agricultural systems. And that’s the pint. “We’ve been talking a lt abut the brken fd system and the cnsequences f it t the envirnment, t wildlife, t the animals in animal agriculture and t human health,” says Hffman, adding that it’s nt just the fd system that’s brken. “It’s the relatinship between humans, nn-human animals, land and nature.”
The ducks play a vital, integrated rle n the farm, explains Hffman, by naturally prviding pest cntrl, fertilizer and (fuel-free) land maintenance (维护), just as by-prducts f their existence. “We nticed where we summered grups f ducks and parts f the fd system that were nt ding very well. The fllwing year, the fd system was efficiently imprved,” he says.
It’s a symbitic relatinship that wrks well. “Animals dn’t have t be part f a farm in a cmmdity sense. They can be part f the farm as a partner,” Hffman says. “They are wnderful partners.”
8. Why did Hffman d a survey in the beginning?
A. T get familiar with the surrundings.
B. T have a gd relatinship with ther peple.
C. T live in harmny with ther life n the farm.
D. T have a gd understanding f rganic farming.
9. What des the authr intend t explain in paragraph 4?
A. The causes f the brken fd system.
B. The reasns fr Hffman’s farming methds.
C. The changes in mdern agricultural systems.
D. The prcess f fd prductin at Sh Farm.
10. What des “a symbitic relatinship” in the last paragraph imply?
A. Animals are treated well at Sh Farm.
B. Animals are nt t be sld fr mney.
C. Peple and animals play the same rle in rganic farming.
D. Peple and animals wrk tgether and benefit each ther.
11. Which f the fllwing best describes the farming at Sh Farm?
A. Efficient.B. Mdern.C. Natural.D. Ecnmical.
D
Scial scientists have lng understd that when peple are smart and skilled, they’re likely t gain trust. T appear mre capable — and therefre mre trustwrthy — many peple tend t bast (吹嘘), accrding t anther lngstanding thery that researchers call impressin management. But a new paper suggests that the cmmn methd peple use t gain trust culd have the ppsite effect.
“If yu cnsider yurself a highly capable individual, have a gd educatin, are successful in life, then dn’t talk t prudly abut it when presenting yurself t thers r managing impressins abut what yu can d,” said Martin Reimann, the paper’s lead authr. “It can backfire, and peple might becme distrusting.”
“Since impressin management is s widespread, we wndered hw it impacts the well-knwn effect f ability n trust,” Reimann said.
T answer the questin, the researchers designed seven nline experiments cncerning participants’ trust. In ne experiment, fr example, participants shpped fr a TV in an nline marketplace, similar t Amazn, with third-party vendrs (销售商). Custmer reviews with star ratings tld participants hw capable r cmpetent vendrs were, and each vendr’s ad either did r did nt include a bastful statement f self-prmtin.
Designing seven studies, Reimann said, allwed the researchers t reach mre peple and explre a range f variables that might affect smene’s willingness t trust. There were mre than 106,000 participants acrss all seven studies.
The experiments shwed that participants were mre likely, unsurprisingly, t trust peple r cmpanies that appeared mre capable. But every study als shwed that highly capable peple r cmpanies were viewed as less trustwrthy if they als bastfully prmted themselves.
“We see trust as a central cncept that hlds tgether sciety,” Reimann added. “If we dn’t trust each ther, then a lt f prcesses culd cme t a standstill. It’s imprtant t understand what it is in the first place that leads peple t trust each ther, and hw we can encurage that at different levels f sciety. That’s what we want t further uncver.”
12. Accrding t the text, what d many peple d by impressin management?
A. Make themselves seem mre imprtant.B. Remind thers that basting will lse trust.
C. Shw what their impressin f smene is.D. Prve that they have becme mre capable.
13. Which f the fllwing in the experiment was cnnected with basting?
A. A TV.B. Participants.C. Vendrs.D. Custmer reviews.
14. What will the researchers’ future study fcus n?
A. The bad effects f basting.B. Peple’s views n basting.
C. Prmtin f trust amng peple.D. Different levels f trust in sciety.
15. What is the main idea f the text?
A Peple need t be able t trust each ther.B. Basting culd make peple trust yu less.
C. Peple’s trust depends n hw hnest yu are.D. Being gd at yur jb helps yu t gain trust.
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。
Writing is enjyable and rewarding and it can be a hbby, a field f study, and even a career. ______16______ All it takes is a little creativity, sme strng ideas, a cmmand f yur written language, and an understanding f hw literature is typically structured. Fllw the tips belw, and sn yu’ll be ready t put yur wrk ut there fr the wrld t see.
______17______ Reading helps yu develp a firm grasp n hw stries are structured. When yu read a bk, yu shuld split yur attentin between the actual events in the bk and the way the authr cmpsed that piece f literature. By reading, yu’re als studying hw published authrs use language in creative and inspiring ways and hw a skilled writer handles a certain subject.
Jurnals are a writer’s best friend. ______18______ When yu’re ut in a bar, r riding public transprtatin, yu will witness all kinds f fascinating displays f humanity. If yu keep a detailed jurnal, it’s much easier t jump int writing during yur writing time. Yu’ll have ideas, cnversatins yu’ve verheard, r thughts that struck yu, and yu may be able t turn thse items int stries r pems.
If readers recgnize the cnnectin between yur stry and smething frm everyday life, they will be mre likely t appreciate yur stry. ______19______ Newspapers, news magazines, r news websites can prvide yu with a steady stream f stry ideas in the frm f news events.
If yu’ve been writing fr a while, chances are gd that yu keep getting drawn back t a particular style r tpic. Practicing a favrite type f writing is a great way t keep yurself mtivated, but make an effrt t vary yur writing exercises nce in a while. If yur writing prjects all sund similar, try a different style, r think f a tpic that culd never fit int yur usual writing prject. ______20______
A. Gd writers are actually gd readers.
B. N dubt anyne can be a creative writer.
C. They can help yu better express yurself.
D. S always pay clse attentin t current events.
E. As yu knw, writing is different frm reading.
F. Yu can use them as a place t gather yur thughts.
G. Taking n new challenges is vital fr imprvement in any field.
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。
Yu might say I fund marathning, step by step. Or perhaps it fund me. I was ______21______ an athlete grwing up. In fact, I have a hard time ______22______ that term t myself even tday.
It started when I jined a grup f wmen in my neighbrhd fr a daily three-mile walk. At first it was ______23______. But sn, my bdy adjusted and I wanted ______24______. Befre lng, I was running 5 miles. Then I set a gal t run a half marathn. And I did cmplete the Cvered Bridges Half Marathn. I thught, “Nw what?” I started t ______25______ a marathn.
It s happened that I ______26______ a meeting ne night and listened t the speaker and cach, Rick Muhr, and was s ______27______ by his wrds. I tld him that I had signed up fr the Ocean State Marathn, just a week away, and that I really didn’t believe I culd ______28______. Rick lcked eyes with me and said, “Trish, yu’ve dne enugh training. Yu’ll finish!”
I never had smene ______29______ me like that, let alne a real, live cach. He gave me the ________30________ I needed. I set ut t run my ________31________ marathn and cmpleted it in 4:25:00. Little did I knw that this wuld be the beginning f nearly a decade f marathn and distance running.
Running a marathn isn’t fr everybdy. But it is fr anybdy, anybdy wh wants t ________32________ the unreachable and t take that ________33________ int the rest f their life. When yu crss the finish line yu may never have a ________34________ picture f what yu are made f and capable f accmplishing. Yur ________35________ f the wrld and, mre imprtantly, f yurself will frever be changed!
21. A. alwaysB. rarelyC. neverD. nearly
22. A. pintingB. applyingC. turningD. spreading
23. A. hardB. relaxingC. unfamiliarD. exciting
24. A. smeB. bthC. mreD. nne
25. A. reprtB. recrdC. recallD. cnsider
26. A. heldB. missedC. attendedD. mentined
27. A. inspiredB. disturbedC. embarrassedD. amused
28. A. participateB. finishC. winD. run
29. A. agree withB. rely nC. care frD. believe in
30. A. cnfidenceB. pleasureC. satisfactinD. mtivatin
31. A. lastB. firstC. nlyD. secnd
32. A. testB. identifyC. imagineD. reach
33. A. knwledgeB. requestC. principleD. experience
34. A. biggerB. brighterC. clearerD. nicer
35. A. viewB. lveC. descriptinD. memry
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。
Pssibly the mst helpful and jy-bringing app I’ve added t my phne lately is Merlin, a free bird identificatin prgram ____36____ (create) by the Crnell University Lab f Ornithlgy.
There are many features the app ffers, and my favrite is the birdsng listening feature, ____37____ yu can turn n yur phne’s micrphne and hear recrded diverse birdsngs.
Hearing birdsng is a _____38_____ (remind) that we’re nt alne in the great utdrs — r in life. Taking a walk utdrs, I never cease t be ____39____ (pleasant) surprised t encunter far mre birds than I thught. I als enjy hearing different calls shw up as ____40____ same species, evidence that the birds are cmmunicating with each ther.
The sense f calm, well-being and pleasure that I feel when I’m hearing birdsng ____41____ (supprt) by research. One study lked at 26,000 individuals in 26 Eurpean cuntries and fund remarkably ____42____ (high) life-satisfactin amng thse wh lived near diverse bird habitats. A fascinating finding was that ____43____ (see) 10 percent mre bird species generated similar satisfactin t cmparable increase in incme.
S, when yu take a walk utdrs r g fr a hike, _____44_____ (listen) fr the birds that share yur space. Perhaps yu can be inspired by this Chinese prverb(谚语): “Keep a green tree in yur heart, _____45_____ perhaps a singing bird will cme.”
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
46. 假定你是李华，你市将有一场为外国留学生举办的有关中国文化的讲座。Susan是你的留学生朋友，请给她写一封邮件，告知该讲座的有关信息。内容包括：
1. 讲座的时间和地点；
2. 讲座的内容；
3. 建议她来听讲座并给出理由。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡相应位置作答。
Dear Susan,
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Yurs
Li Hua
第二节（满分25分）
47. 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。
Passing Kindness On
Mrs. Brwn was in the stre with her little by Jack, having just cme frm Urgent Care Center t get him sme medicine fr a virus. While Jack lked arund in the stre, she culdn’t wait t get him hme t warm sup and a warm bed.
“Mmmy lk!” Jack said when they gt clse t the register. He pinted at a rw f ty cars fr sale. “Can I have ne? Please?”
“N, Jack. Yu have plenty f cars,” said Mrs. Brwn. “Besides, it’s very clse t Christmas. Wh knws what Santa will bring yu?” Jack accepted his mther’s decisin, but it didn’t help his md. Nw he was tired and disappinted.
When they gt up t the cunter, the lady at the register handed Jack ne f the ty cars. “The wman in frnt f yu in line bught this fr yu,” she said. “I chse the yellw ne, but yu can have any ne yu want.”
Jack lked s happy because it was the very thing he wanted. Mrs. Brwn lked arund fr the mysterius (神秘的) benefactr, but she was lng gne. “That was very nice f that lady,” she said. “Maybe we can als give an annymus (匿名的) gift t smene else tday.”
“Yes, we shuld!” Jack agreed. The unexpected kindness made him feel better than any medicine culd. Immediately he thught f the little girl wh was badly ill in Urgent Care Center. “Mmmy, why nt give the girl we saw in Urgent Care Center smething nice t cmfrt her?” he suggested.
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。
“That sunds like a gd idea,” said Mrs. Brwn.
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When she wke up, the girl fund the dll(玩具娃娃) beside her.
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