广东省惠州市华罗庚中学2023-2024学年高二上学期12月月考英语试题

这是一份广东省惠州市华罗庚中学2023-2024学年高二上学期12月月考英语试题，共9页。

试卷分数:130分 考试时间:120分钟
第一部分 阅读(共两节，满分60分)
第一节(共15小题：每小题3分，满分45分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Tired f traditinal sightseeing tur? Plan a literary tur f Britain t visit the places that shaped yur favrite authrs' lives and inspired their stries. It's a new way t get ff the usual turist rutine.
Jane Austen
Thugh Bath prudly claims Jane Austen as a favrite resident due t its Gergian charm, Jane fund true happiness in Chawtn Cttage, where she published ne f her mst famus nvels, Pride and Prejudice. Turists can explre this histric cttage with guided turs.
William Wrdswrth
If, like the 19th-century Rmantic pet William Wrdswrth, the sight f a field f glden daffdils (水仙花) has ever cheered yur lnely hurs, visit Dve Cttage in Grasmere. The well-knwn pem, Lnely as a Clud, was penned when having a walk with Drthy in the Lake District. The mdest cttage, nw wned by the Wrdswrth Trust (信托基金), ffers guided turs.
Agatha Christie
The UK's “Queen f Crime"', Agatha Christie, was brn in Trquay. Every year, the twn celebrates the creatr f Hercule Pirt and Miss Marple with a festival that features talks, music shws and plays.When yu visit the huse, yu can immerse yurself in the Christie mystery by explring her cllectins and even bking a rm n the tp flr.
Charles Dickens
Brn in Prtsmuth, Dickens spent part f his childhd living near the Chatham Dckyards in Kent. Despite his time in Lndn, Kent is the cunty mst assciated with the authr f Oliver Twist and dzens f ther familiar stries. He spent his final 14 years at Gads Hill Place in Gravesend, nw a private schl that can be visited in grups, by arrangement.
1. Which f the fllwing wrks was written by William Wrdswrth?
A. Pride and Prejudice. B. Lnely as a Clud.
C. Hercule Pirt and Miss Marple. D. Oliver Twist.
2.What is special abut Agatha Christie's huse?
A. It's wned and managed by a trust in Trquay.
B. It's in a twn that can be visited with guided turs.
C. Activities are held in recgnitin f Agatha Christie.
D. Turists have special ffer if they stay ver fr a night.
3. What d these abve-mentined places have in cmmn?
A. They are similar t traditinal ways f sightseeing.
B. They are mst likely t attract literature enthusiasts.
C. They are the wrld's mst visited turist attractins.
D. They are the best places t write great literature wrks.
B
Turning sil, pulling weeds, and harvesting cabbage sund like tugh wrk fr middle and high schl kids. And at first it is, says Abby Jaramill, wh with anther teacher initiated(发起) Urban Spruts, a schl garden prgram at fur lw-incme schls. The prgram aims t help students develp science skills, envirnmental awareness, and healthy lifestyles.
Jaramill's students live in neighbrhds where fresh fd and green space are nt easy t find and fast fd restaurants utnumber grcery stres. "The kids literally cme t schl with bags f snacks and large bttles f sft drinks," she says. "They cme t us thinking vegetables are awful, dirt is awful, insects are awful." Thugh sme are initially scared f the insects and turned ff by the dirt, mst are eager t try smething new.
Urban Spruts' classes, at tw middle schls and tw high schls, include hands-n experiments such as sil testing, flwer-and-seed dissectin, tastings f fresh r dried prduce, and wrk in the garden. Several times a year，students ck the vegetables they grw, and they ccasinally make salads fr their entire schls.
Prgram evaluatins shw that kids eat mre vegetables as a result f the classes. We have students wh say they went hme and talked t their parents and nw they're eating differently," Jaramill says.
She adds that the prgram's benefits g beynd nutritin. Sme students get s interested in gardening that they bring hme seeds t start their wn vegetable gardens. Besides, wrking in the garden seems t have a calming effect n Jaramill's special educatin students, many f whm have emtinal cntrl issues. "They get utside," she says, "and they feel successful."
4. What d we knw abut Abby Jaramill?
A. She used t be a health wrker. B.She grew up in a lw-incme family.
C. She wns a fast fd restaurant. D.She is an initiatr f Urban Spruts.
5. What was a prblem facing Jaramill at the start f the prgram?
A.The kids'parents distrusted her. B.Students had little time fr her classes.
C.Sme kids disliked garden wrk. D. There was n space fr schl gardens.
6. Which f the fllwing best describes the impact f the prgram?
A.Far-reaching. B. Predictable. C. Shrt-lived. D. Unclear
7.What can be a suitable title fr the text?
A.Rescuing Schl Gardens B.Grwing Vegetable Lvers
C. Experiencing Cuntry Life D. Changing Lcal Landscape
C
Many peple cnfuse hard-wrking peple with wrkahlics(工作狂). Hw culd a persn tell that he/ she is a wrkahlic? A wrkahlic wrks lng hurs, at the expense f persnal relatinships and health. When nt wrking, they're thinking abut wrk. Wrk influences their md: When wrk is ging well, they're up; when wrk is ging less well, they're dwn.
Wrking, r simply being busy, can be a hard habit t break. When wrkahlics aren't busy wrking—r ding smething t prmte their wrk—they feel anxius and guilty. They hang nt jbs fr dear life and d everything they can t make sure they're essential.
There is a link between health prblems and wrkahlism. Just because wrk itself is a respectable pursuit desn't mean that an addictin t it is any less damaging than ther srts f addictins. A number f studies shw that wrkahlism has been assciated with a wide range f health prblems, such as anxiety and heart disease.
Besides health prblems, being a wrkahlic brings ther negative effects as well. A study published in the American Jurnal f Family Therapy fund that wrking t much negatively influenced an emplyee's marriage. This isn't surprising,since if yu're married t yur wrk it can be difficult t be married t anything r anyne else. There have als been studies lking at their influence f wrkahlic parents n their children and the news isn't gd. Adult children f wrkahlic fathers experienced mre depressin(抑郁) and anxiety and a weaker sense f self.
Hwever, there are als many psitive aspects t wrking hard and t an increasing devtin t career. Hard wrk can bring great rewards. Fr many,it's hw they develp feelings f self-wrth, cnfidence and purpse. If yu have a wrkahlic in yur life yu might pint ut the things he r she is missing ut n while at wrk, whether it's a child's sccer game, a gd bk, r a yga class. Seek t understand why the persn feels the need t wrk s much and supprt them in finding a slutin.
8.What can we infer abut wrkahlics frm paragraph 1?
A. They usually have a life utside wrk. B.They put wrk in the first place.
C. They win respect frm their wrkmates. D. They are under pressure frm wrk.
9.What are paragraphs 3 and 4 mainly abut?
A. Bad results f wrkahlism. B.Reasns fr being wrkahlics.
C. Hw peple deal with their addictins. D. Hw hard-wrking peple differ frm wrkahlics.
10. What can we d t help wrkahlics in life?
A.Reward them fr their hard wrk. B. Frce them t jin family activities.
C. Help them find self-wrth and cnfidence. D.Try t understand and supprt them.
11. What is the authr's attitude tward wrking hard?
A. Curius. B.Negative. C. Dubtful. D. Objective.
D
Next time yu raise an eyebrw(眉毛) at the views f yur friend, brther, sister r clleague, remember they culd be helping t make yu smarter. New research shws that intelligence is nt fixed but can be imprved thrughut adulthd by family members, bright mates and intellectually challenging careers. The study challenges the cmmnly held belief that intelligence is fixed by the age f abut 18.
Scientific cnsensus(共识) suggests intelligence is cntrlled by genes,with envirnmental factrs such as schling and nutritin playing a part up t this age.After this pint, IQ scres becme steady. But James Flynn, prfessr at the University f Otag in New Zealand, argues that peple can “upgrade” their intelligence thrughut their lives. He believes intellectual stimulatin(刺激) frm ther peple is imprtant as the"brain seems t be rather like a muscle-the mre yu use it, the strnger it gets". Hwever, the ppsite is als true-s peple wh share a hme r wrkplace with their intellectually challenged risk seeing their IO level nsedive as a result.
Prfessr Flynn analysed US intelligence tests frm the last 65 years and created new IQ “age tables". He fund a bright ten-year-ld with brthers and sisters f average intelligence will suffer a five t ten pint IQ disadvantage cmpared t a similar child with equality bright brthers and sisters. Hwever, children with a lw IQ culd get six t eight pints by having brighter brthers and sisters and special educatinal treatment t help pull them up.
Prfessr Flynn cncluded that althugh genetics and early life experiences determine abut 80% f intelligence, the remaining 20% is linked t lifestyle. This means peple can raise their IQ,r allw it t fall, by ten pints r mre.He suggests the best way t imprve IQ levels is t scialise with bright friends, and find an intellectually challenging jb.
12.Accrding t the text, it is cmmnly believed that
A.peple's IQ level falls as they age B.it is wise t share family members' views
C.adults cannt imprve their intelligence D. ding smething challenging is gd fr ne's intelligence
13. What des the underlined wrd “nsedive" in paragraph 2 mst prbably mean?
A.Differ. B. Develp. C. Change. D.Fall.
14. Which f the fllwing can help imprve ne's intelligence accrding t Prfessr Plynn?
A. Making many friends. B. Staying with smart peple.
C. Ding exercise every day. D. Learning frm brthers r sisters.
15. What is the best title fr the text?
A. Bright Peple Make Yu Smarter B.Genes Determines Intelligence
C. Brain Is Like Muscle D. Many Factrs Influence Intelligence
第二节 (共5小题; 每小题3分，满分15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。
We all have childhd best friends and we ften assume that these,persns wuld still be ur friends when we are all grwn-ups and even until the day we die. ____16_____. Hwever, mst peple just grw apart and sadly, sme childhd best friends just becme peple wh used t knw each ther.
____17_____.There are many reasns why a best friend frm childhd can be fr gtten.One f the mst cmmn reasns wuld be distance.Mving away and grwing apart frm each ther can have the biggest effect n friendships.
Anther reasn why we may frget ur best friend is that we meet new best friends.The friends we made when we were yung may nt share the same interests that we have when we reach the teenage years. ____18_____. We find new peple wh share ur new interests and leave behind peple wh n lnger have things in cmmn with us.
____19_____. We make new best friends in high schl and sme in cllege. These friendships are ften the nes that last the lngest.
If we are lucky enugh t have the gift f friendship, we must make sure that we d nt lse it. ____20_____. If we want t keep ur friends in ur lives, we must d mre than lk back upn the past and make an active effrt t maintain ur relatinship with ur friends.It culd be a call, a text, r even an e-mail.
A.S there is a natural falling apart.
B.What are the factrs that affect friendship?
C.What d we have t d t make new friends?
D.Sme peple are lucky t keep their childhd best friends.
E.Like all relatinships，friendships need t be wrked n t.
F.As we grw lder，we meet new peple and build new friendships.
G.It may nt be that difficult t keep friends if we never stp being ne.
第二部分 语言运用 (共五节，满分80分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给A、B、C、D的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Thrughut histry, female scientists,engineers and mathematicians have changed the wrld.But while their__21__have been remarkable, their names and their stries have__22__received a lt f attentin. Physicist Jess Wade wanted t__23__the stries f great scientific pineers wh may be ignred and she__24__a unique way t d that: writing Wikipedia pages.
Wade tld CBS News that while the__25__f wmen in science is small in cmparisn t that f men, she has always had__26__in the field. When she was a graduate student, Wade__27__an inspiring wman in science, Kim Cbb, wh is a climate scientist at Brwn University.
"S when I met her I thught she is a(n)__28__persn and I need t learn mre abut her. When I did a little search, I culdn't__29__any infrmatin abut her. What I__30__was a Wikipedia page but it wasn't there."
That's hw Wade gt the__31___—t start writing Wikipedia pages fr diverse peple in science wh dn't yet have them.
In her free time, Wade searches the Internet t__32___infrmatin, and then she gets t wrk writing Wikipedia pages. She's written mre than 1,700 s far.
Wade is nw making a___33___fr herself in science and she knws she wuldn't be here withut thse wh came befre her."We all have a rle t__34___in making science a mre diverse and__35___place," she said.
第二节 语法填空1(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。
After graduating in 1953, Yuan Lngping wrked as a researcher. He realised that larger fields were nt the slutin. Instead, farmers needed____36____(bst) yields in the fields they had. Hw this culd be dne was a ____37____(challenge) questin at the time. Yuan was cnvinced that the answer culd____38____(find) in the creatin f hybrid rice. A hybrid is____39____crss between tw r mre varieties f a species. One characteristic f hybrids is that they usually attain a higher yield than cnventinal____40____(crp). Hwever, whether it was pssible t develp a hybrid f self-pllinating, plants, such as rice____41____(be) a matter f great debate. The cmmn____42____(assume) then was that it culd nt be dne. ____43____intense effrt, Yuan vercame enrmus technical difficulties t develp the first hybrid rice____44____culd be used fr farming in 1974. This hybrid enabled farmers t expand their utput____45____(great).
第三节单句语法填空(每空1分,共5分)
46.As fr_____________(chemistry) fertilisers, crps grwn with them usually grw t fast t be rich in nutritin.
47. His actins are_____________(cntradict) t his wrds.
48.His_____________(devte) t his cuntry was expressed in his saying, “My career is in China, my success is in China and my destinatin is in China!”.
49.A healthy diet shuld help yur bdy resist_____________(infect).
50._____________wrries mst peple is that these fertilisers may cause pllutin.
第四节 选短语，并用其正确的形式填空（每空1分，共5分)
devte be cmprised f in turn break ut subscribe t
51.A large fire_____________(爆发)when he was asleep at night.
52.There were cheers fr each f the wmen as they spke_____________(依次).
53.The prfessr_____________all his life(把..奉献于...)_____________researching the treatment f AIDS.
54.He______________(同意)the view that men and wmen are equal.
55.The curse_____________(由...组成)readings,discussins, and grup design sessins.
第三部分 写作（共两节、满分30分)
第一节(满分15分)
假如你是李华，在暑假期间的家宴或朋友聚会中，你发现很多人沉迷于智能手机，不与他人交流沟通。请你向英文报社的编辑写封信，反映该情况。
要点包括:
1.你遇到的情况;
2．智能手机的利与弊;
3．你的看法和倡议。
注意:
1.词数80左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Editr,
I’m writing t tell yu smething I fund during the summer vacatin.________________________________
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Yurs sincerely,
Li Hua
第二节（满分15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。其中第一段已经给出,只需续写第二段。
It was the Easter hlidays, and schl was clsed fr tw weeks.Fr me, the Easter hlidays were s bring that it was impssible t find smething fun t d. My mm had suggested that I d sme studies since the prmtin test was cming up. Hwever, I didn't fllw my mther's suggestin. Instead, I went utside t seek ut my friends t play with. When I had successfully cntacted sme f my friends, nne f them seemed t be much in a playful md, but ne friend Jimmy agreed t play with me. He suggested we g dwn t the river and just relax there. The river was nt far frm my hme, and we arrived there quickly.
Just relaxing n the river bank with nthing but sme waste lgs(木头) , it wasn't fun fr us at first. Clearly what was n ur minds was t jump int the river and just take a swim in the clear cl water. S we tk ff ur clthes dwn t ur underwear and walked int the shallw part f the water. The water was truly cl and refreshing and we were starting t have fun then, playing and laughing, as we splashed the cl water nt each ther's faces. Then we started t chase each ther arund n the river bank and then we ran straight int the river. We were having s much fun that we didn't ntice danger was arund the crner.
Befre Jimmy culd knw it, and befre he culd d anything t keep his balance, he lst his fting n a tree branch, which was in the shallw part f the water, and slipped, bringing his whle entire bdy int the deep water. He tried t resurface frm the water but fund it extremely hard t keep his head abve the water.
注意:
1.续写词数应为80词左右。
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
I was scared t see him struggling in the water but I knew I must rescue him. I tk a deep breath t keep calm. Lking arund, I fund a waste lg, s I threw it t him immediately and asked him t hld it. At the same time I yelled fr help, hping smene culd cme t ur rescue. Luckily, my mm heard my cries, rushed ut f the huse and raced twards us. She jumped int the water withut hesitatin and reached ut her hands t pull him. Several neighbrs als quickly jined the rescue.
Finally, Jimmy was pulled ut f water by my mm and the neighbrs.____________________________
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参考答案
1-3：BCA 4-7：DCAB 8-11：BADD 12-15：CDBA 16-20：DBAFE
21-25：ADCCD 26-30：BCDDA 31-35：BACAB
36.t bst 37.challenging 38.be fund 39.a 40.crps 41.was 42.assumptin
43.Thrugh 44.that 45.greatly
46.chemical 47.cntradictry 48.devtin 49.infectin 50.What
51.brke ut 51.in turn 53.devtes t 54.subscribed t 55.is cmprmised f21. A.achievements
B. ptentials
C. ambitins
D. demands
22.A. naturally
B. regularly
C.permanently
D.hardly
23.A. read
B.chse
C. share
D. appreciate
24.A. thught little f
B. passed dwn
C. came up with
D. left ut
25.A. gal
B. prgress
C. respnsibility
D. number
B.mdels
C. rules
D. fllwers
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B.turned dwn
C.came acrss
D. tk in
28.A. patient
B.rdinary
C. serius
D. amazing
29.A. remember
B. identify
C.ffer
D. find
30.A. wanted
B.accepted
C.recmmended
D. acknwledged
B.idea
C.belief
D. rder
B.pst
C. manage
D.crrect
23.A. suggestin
B. will
C. name
D. request
B. make
C.select
D.decide
35.A. safer
B.fairer
C. quieter
D. wider