2023-2024学年福建省厦门第二中学高三上学期12月月考英语试题含答案

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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。
例: Hw much is the shirt?
A. &19. 15. B. &9. 18. C. &9. 15.
答案是C。
1. What are the speakers ging t d n Saturday?
A. Enjy a cncert. B. G t the cinema. C. Play cmputer games.
2. When will the train prbably leave?
A. At 10: 00. B. At 10: 30. C. At 10: 45.
3. Hw des the man prbably feel?
A. Excited B. Unhappy. C. Surprised.
4. Why des the wman cngratulate the man?
A He’s getting married. B. He becmes a dctr. C. He’s just becme a father.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking abut?
A. A saying B. A game. C. A heart disease.
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。
听下面一段对话, 回答以下小题。
6. Where are the speakers?
A. In a library. B. In the wman’s study. C. In a secnd-hand bkstre.
7. When will the speakers g n vacatin?
A. In three days. B. In five days. C. In ten days.
听下面一段对话, 回答以下小题。
8. What did Sarah d almst every day during her trip?
A. She played the pian. B. She went swimming. C. She did her hmewrk.
9. What is the prbable relatinship between the speakers?
A. Schlmates. B. Guide and turist. C. Teacher and student.
听下面一段对话, 回答以下小题。
10. Wh des the man want t talk t?
A. Peter Griffin. B. Jane Slmn. C. Maria Fernandez.
11. What des the man need?
A. A phne number. B. After-sales service. C. Prject infrmatin.
12. What des the man d in the end?
A. Have lunch with the wman.
B. Give the wman his email address.
C Arrange a meeting with the wman.
听下面一段对话, 回答以下小题。
13. What des the man prbably teach?
A. Math. B. Histry. C. Physics.
14. What des the man think f the girl’s questin?
A. It’s silly. B. It’s difficult. C. It’s wrth asking.
15. What can we learn abut Fibnacci?
A. He was the best mathematician ever.
B. He had pr health thrughut his life.
C. He put frward a new number sequence.
16. What is the fifth number in the number sequence?
A. 2. B. 3. C.5.
听下面一段独白, 回答以下小题。
17. What d we knw abut the weather last week?
A. It was dry. B. It was strmy. C. It was cld.
18. What des the speaker suggest ding?
A. Driving slwly. B. Aviding ging ut. C. Preparing enugh fd.
19. What can peple expect next mnth?
A. Heavy rainfall B. Extreme cld. C. Strng winds.
20. Wh is prbably Dan?
A. A weatherman. B. A sprts jurnalist. C. A finance news hst.
第二部分 阅读 (共两节, 满分50分)
(共15 小题: 每小题2.5分, 满分37.5分)
A
Cnfessins f an annying Msquit
If yu’re reading my cnfessins (自白), cngratulatins! Yu’ll have a safe and healthy summer.
We lve when yu wrk up a sweat. It’s really the carbn dixide yu breathe ut that makes us beeline t ward yu, nt the fragrance f yur “sweet bld.”
Lve beer? S d sme f us. They can tell when yu’ve been drinking because yur skin chemistry changes, and it attracts them
Pregnant? Yum. If yu’re having a baby, yu emit mre carbn dixide and yur belly has a higher temperature, drawing sme f us right t yu. Srry, baby.
Hate getting bitten up? Blame the ladies. Males d nt eat human bld: They get all their nutritin frm plants. After we have a bld meal, we can lay anywhere frm 100 t 400 eggs
Smelly feet are simply delicius. Scientists have shwn we find yur tes ten times mre inviting than Limburger cheese.
If yur hme’s landscaping is well tended, we wn’t like it as much. We like t hang ut in thick, vergrwn vegetatin. The darker and mre damp, the better. And puddles (水沟) f smelly water is where we like t lay ur eggs.
Gt thse CO2-emitting traps in yur yard? Great! Yu may think yu’re utsmarting us with these devices, which emit carbn dixide t lure (引诱) us int a trap. But they may attract mre f us than they are able t trap, increasing ur presence in yur yard.
When it cmes t West Nile, end-f-summer bites may d mre harm. It’s simple lgic: We bite birds with West Nile virus; then we bite humans and spread it. By summer’s end, we’ve had mre chances t bite infected birds.
1. What can we knw frm the cnfessins?
A. Msquites lve smelly tes mst.
B. All the msquites suck drinking peple.
C. The msquit making the cnfessins is female.
D. Msquit bites in early summer are mre harmful.
2. Which f the fllwing is least likely t attract “WE” accrding t the text?
A. A wman wh is expecting.B. A yard with traps emitting xygen.
C. A man wh has just finished jgging.D. A huse surrunded with smelly puddles.
3. What is the tne f the text?
A. Amusing.B. Serius.C. Sad.D. Prud.
B
I live in Xizhu in Yunnan Prvince, n the histric Tea Hrse Rad. I have t admit that when I first heard that Paul Salpek was ging t walk the entire glbe n his wn tw feet, I was blwn away. I culdn’t imagine that there culd be such an unusual persn in the wrld.
Last May, I met Paul. He tld me that it was his first time in China. He talked t me with great excitement abut the histry, migratins, and discveries in my regin f China. He spke f the Shu-Yandu Da (the Suthern Silk Rad), the travels f the 17th-century Chinese explrer Xu Xiake, the Tea Hrse Rad and the early 20th-century American btanist Jseph Rck. He als talked f Xuanzang. Paul cnsidered many f them heres and in a sense Chinese pineers f slw jurnalism.
I decided t accmpany Paul n his walk tward Yunnan. On September 28, 2021, we set ut. Our days were simple: walk, eat, sleep, and repeat. We wke up at sunrise, set ff in high spirits, and rested at sunset, dragging urselves int exhausted sleep.
We met many peple n the rad. Sme were curius, surrunding us and watching us; sme gave us directins; sme invited us int their hme t take a rest; sme spke f the charm f their hmetwn. We met many beautiful suls, simple suls and warm suls. We were walking with ur minds.
Tgether, we were impressed by the bidiversity f the Galigng Muntains. As I walked n ancient paths thrugh muntains, I seemed t hear the antique vices f past travelers urging me t be careful n the rad.
Lking back n the mre than 200 miles I walked with Paul, I came t a realizatin. Walking fr its wn sake, while healthy and admirable, is nly a small part f the benefit f mving with ur feet. A deeper reward is rediscvering the wrld arund us, shrtening the distance between each ther, and sharing each ther’s cultures.
4. Hw did the writer first respnd t Paul’s travel plan?
A. Scared.B. Puzzled.
C. Disappinted.D. Surprised.
5. What can we learn abut Paul Salpek frm paragraph 2?
A. He was a western jurnalist.B. He had a knwledge f China.
C. He came t China several times.D. He was Jseph Rck’s acquaintance.
6. What des paragraph 4 tell us abut the writer and Paul?
A. They hnred the ancestrs.B. They set ff in high spirits.
C. They satisfied the lcals’ curisity.D. They built bnds with peple.
7. What is the main purpse f the writer’s writing the text?
A. T share and reflect n a jurney.B. T suggest a new way f travel.
C. T advcate prtectin f bidiversity.D. T intrduce and prmte Chinese culture.
C
As a by in the 1960s, David Wagner wuld run arund his family’s farm with a jar held in his hand, catching shining fireflies ut f the sky. But that’s all gne; the family farm is nw paved ver with new hmes and lawns. And Wagner’s belved fireflies have largely disappeared.
In late 2017, a German study shwed the ttal lcal flying insects had fallen by 80% in three decades. The New Yrk Times published a masterful feature n the decline f insect life in late 2018. The Guardian wrte that “insects culd disappear within a century”.
“Nt ging t happen,” says Elsa frm Nrth Carlina State University. “They’re the mst diverse grup f rganisms n the planet. Sme f them will make it.” Indeed, insects f sme srt are likely t be the last nes standing. Any event sufficiently catastrphic t destry the wrld f insects wuld als endanger ther animal life. “If it happened, humans wuld n lnger be n the planet,” says Crrie Mreau frm Crnell University.
Accrding t the studies, the majr cause f the decline in insects is habitat lss. Next up is pllutin frm the pesticides and fertilisers. Parasites (寄生虫) and diseases are als playing a rle. Fr instance, the spread f the varra mite (大蜂螨) is cntributing t the decline f hneybees. Finally cmes climate change. Insects in trpical regins may be already suffering declines as a result f glbal heating.
But insects play a critical rle in ecsystems. Insects serve as the base f the fd web, eaten by everything frm birds t small mammals t fish. If they decline, everything else will as well. They als prvide invaluable “services” t humanity, including plant pllinatin (传粉). Abut three-furths f flwering plants are pllinated by insects, as well as the crps that prduce ver ne-third f the wrld’s fd supply. Anther service: Waste dispsal and nutrient cycling. Withut insects like dung beetles (屎壳郎) breaking dwn and remving animal and plant waste, “the result s wuld be unpleasant”.
8. What’s the bad news fr David Wagner nw?
A. He is unable t catch the fireflies.
B. He has mved away frm his family farm.
C. His favrite insects have disappeared largely.
D. His family farm has been cvered by new huses.
9. What des the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 mean?
A. Sme kinds f insects will survive.
B. Sme kinds f insects will becme strnger.
C. Sme kinds f insects will be the mst diverse grup.
D. Sme kinds f insects will n lnger be n the planet.
10. Why is the varra mite mentined in paragraph 4?
A. T explain why insects disappear.
B. T illustrate hw insect habitat is lst.
C. T describe a fact that diseases cause the decline.
D. T supprt the idea that parasites cause the decline.
11. What may be talked abut in the fllwing paragraph?
A. What the unpleasant results are.B. Why the ecsystems are critical.
C. What we shuld d t prtect insects.D. What the future wrld will be like.
D
Scientists have slved a puzzle abut mdern humans, after research shwed that a famus skull f a human ancestr fund in Suth Africa is a millin years lder than experts thught. This discvery has changed what we knw f human histry.
The skull, which scientists have named “Mrs Ples”, is frm an ape-like human relative frm a species called Australpithecus africanus (南方古猿). It was fund near Jhannesburg in 1947 and, based n evidence frm its surrundings, was thught t be between 2. 1 and 2. 6 millin years ld. This puzzled scientists, because althugh Mrs Ples lks like a pssible early ancestr f early humans, the first true humans had already evlved by the time she apparently lived. Fr this reasn, scientists had decided that Australpithecus afarensis, a similar species frm East Africa that lived abut 3.5 millin years ag, was ur mst likely ancestr instead.
T get a mre accurate age fr Mrs Ples, a team led by Prfessr Darryl Granger f Purdue University in Indiana, US, used a new methd t date the sandy rcks where the skull lay. They measured the amunt f certain chemicals in rcks, which frm at a steady rate when they are expsed t csmic rays (宇宙射线) n Earth’s surface. Once rcks are buried, these chemicals stp frming and slwly disappear;the surviving amunt reveals hw much time has passed since the rck (r bnes) were n the surface.
The new study shws that Mrs Ples and ther australpithecine bnes nearby are between 3.4 and 3.7 millin years ld. This means they lived at the same time as their East African relatives, s that either grup culd have given rise t mdern humans. Hwever, team member Dr Laurent Bruxelles pinted ut that ver millins f years, at nly 2,500 miles away, these grups had plenty f time t travel and t breed with each ther. In ther wrds, the grups culd quite easily have met, had children tgether and bth been part f the histry f mdern humans.
12. What can we learn abut Mrs Ples frm the first tw paragraphs?
A. It is a skull fund in East Africa.
B. It is the mst pssible ancestr f humans.
C. It is a millin years lder than scientists expected.
D. It is prved t live between 2.1 and 2.6 millin years ag.
13 Hw did scientists get the accurate age f “Mrs Ples”?
A. By studying the effect f csmic rays.
B. By calculating the frming rate f chemicals.
C. By lcating the sandy rcks where the skull lay.
D. By measuring the surviving amunt f chemicals.
14. What can we infer frm the new study?
A. Mdern humans came int being in East Africa.
B. Mrs Ples travelled and had children with East African relatives.
C. The histry f mdern humans might begin 3.5 millin years ag.
D. Ape-like species frm Africa culd have interacted with each ther.
15. Which f the fllwing can be the best title f the passage?
A. Histrical Puzzle UnslvedB. Ancestr Mystery Slved
C. Mrs Ples: The Earliest Human BeingD. Mrs Ples: A Famus Skull
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。
A March 2023 reprt frm Gldman Sachs estimated that AI culd d a quarter f all the wrk currently dne by humans. ___16___ It wuld nt just happen t individuals, but it culd be pretty systemic.
___17___ There are still things AI isn’t capable f. There are generally three categries that are prbably ging t be relatively secure in the freseeable future. ___18___ That means yu’re nt ding frmulaic wrk, but generating new ideas. Fr example, in science, medicine and law, where yur jb is cming up with a new legal strategy r business strategy, there’s ging t cntinue t be a place fr human beings.
The secnd categry is jbs that require cmplicated interpersnal relatinships like nurses, business cnsultants and investigative jurnalists. These are jbs where yu need a very deep understanding f peple. ___19___
The third safe zne are jbs that really require lts f mbility and prblem-slving ability in unpredictable envirnments. Electricians, plumbers, and the like all fall under this umbrella, where yu’re dealing with a new situatin all the time. They are prbably the hardest f anything t autmate.
It’s imprtant t nte that an advanced educatin is nt a defence against AI takever. In many cases, mre educated wrkers are ging t be mre threatened than then even the least educated wrkers. ___20___ It’s really hard t autmate that jb.
In shrt, seeking rles in dynamic, shifting envirnments that include unpredictable tasks is gd way t avid jb lss t AI.
A. And that culd be terrible.
B. Thankfully, it’s nt all bad news.
C. The rbts really are cming fr sme jbs.
D. The first wuld be jbs that are genuinely creative.
E. Think f the persn that wrks cleaning htel rms.
F. That desn’t necessarily mean all jbs that are cnsidered ”creative” are safe.
G. It’ll be a lng time befre AI has the ability t really build relatinships and interact.
第三部分 英语知识运用 (共两节, 满分30分)
第一节完形填空 (共15 小题: 每小题1 分, 满分15 分)
I lve and enjy playing the pian. S when the recital (音乐演奏会) was ___21___, I was disappinted. I had expected it fr lng and already ___22___ my best sngs.
Hwever, Mm turned this ___23___ int smething wrthwhile. “Yu shuld ___24___ at Carriage Huse Manr. I’m sure the ___25___ there wuld really appreciate the music.” T me, this was a win-win situatin because nt nly wuld I play mre sngs, but I have the chance t ___26___ the residents, sme f whm tragically didn’t have families.
The much-anticipated day ___27___ arrived. Stepping int the dining area, I saw several gray-haired peple seemingly enjying a dinner and the ___28___. Despite n-ging cnversatins at tables, ___29___ still hung like a dark clud in the rm. After intrductins, I sat dwn in frnt f the pian, butterflies in my stmach. But my ___30___ melted away as I played n.
The dinner hur flew by. One wman gt up and began t cheerfully ___31___ abut the rm t the beat f the ___32___ while thers snapped their fingers (打响指). I was ___33___ t see hw music brught big smiles t their faces.
Calling ff the recital was a blessing because it led t us ___34___ the gift f music with thse wh needed it mst. G spread ___35___ whenever pssible.
21.
A. cancelledB. spnsredC. rganizedD. pstpned
22.
A. recrdedB. preparedC. cmpsedD. sung
23.
A. burnutB. letdwnC. getawayD. turnarund
24.
A. relaxB. investigateC. perfrmD. wait
25.
A. senirsB. nursesC. guardsD. musicians
26.
A. cheer upB. settle dwnC. cmment nD. hunt fr
27.
A. simplyB. accidentallyC. finallyD. nearly
28.
A. freedmB. vacatinC. cmpanyD. privilege
29.
A. silenceB. hrrrC. cnfusinD. lneliness
30.
A. desperatinB. nervusnessC. frustratinD. embarrassment
31.
A. spinB. wanderC. danceD. glance
32.
A. drumsB. heartC. wrdsD. music
33.
A. determinedB. upsetC. curiusD. amazed
34.
A. carryingB. exchangingC. discussingD. sharing
35.
A. faithB. kindnessC. messageD. awareness
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 term Xuan paper first appeared in On Famus Paintings thrugh the Ages, a bk ____36____ (write) by Tang Dynasty (618—907) schlar Zhang Yanyuan, ____37____ he described Xuan paper as an ideal carrier fr calligraphy and painting. Handmade Xuan paper frm Jingxian cunty, East China’s Anhui prvince, ____38____ (list) as a tribute (贡品) t the imperial curt fr its supreme quality during the perid.
The traditinal craft f making Xuan paper is ____39____ (extreme) demanding. Sandalwd bark, a plant native ____40____ suthern China, ges thrugh 108 prcedures tgether with rice straw ver the curse f three years befre it can transfrm fine Xuan paper. The entire prcedure is s cmplex that even the mst skilled craftsman can nly master ____41____ (limit) number f steps.
The flw f ink, bth guided and resisted by water, determines ____42____ utput f Chinese art, and Xuan paper utshines thers with its excellent ability ____43____ (give) full play t ink. Xuan paper ____44____ (accmpany) the passinate brushstrkes (笔画) f the Chinese literati (文人) fr thusands f years. Unlike ther frms f paper, it is very resistant t damage brught by time. It is this durability that has made the _____45_____ (preserve) f many valuable wrks frm ancient China pssible.
第四部分 书面表达 (共三节: 满分40分)
第一节 单句语法填空 (满分5分)
46. The gvernment turned ______ the UN fr help and established a cmmittee t prevent the ______ (lse) f cultural heritage.（用所给词的适当形式填空）
47. The fur cuntries ______ (belng) t the UK use the same currency and military ______ (defend). （用所给词的适当形式填空）
48. The earthquake left peple in shck and ______ (destry) many twns and a great number f peple suffered ______ the disaster. （用所给词适当形式填空）
49. The teacher tld her that she shuld be aware ______ schl life cnsists f nt nly sunshine but als hard times and that educatin shuldn’t ______ (measure) nly by examinatin results. (用所给词的适当形式填空)
50. It ______ (recgnize) that the Terractta Army is an amazing sight and its stry is almst unbelievable. I’m planning t g t Xi’an ______ (admire) the view f the Terractta Army. （用所给词的适当形式填空）
第二节 应用文 (满分15分)
51. 假定你是校英文报English Sky的编辑李华，近期“文化古迹之旅”专栏向全校同学征集稿件。请你写一封征稿启事，内容包括：
1. 稿件要求；
2. 投稿方式(Englishsky@126.cm)；
3. 截止期限。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇： relic古迹
Cntributins Wanted
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读后续写 (满分20分)
52. 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 was arund eight ’clck, just past the frenzy (疯狂) f the New Yrk rush hur when a subway train rattled dwn the track int 14th Street statin. Emma, a senir high schl student, was late fr dinner with her friend Pete.
As Emma was hurrying ut f the statin smething caught her eye. Smething like a dll was lying n the flr. She was puzzled. Why wuld a child leave a dll n the grund? But she cntinued up the stairs t the exit. She glanced back ne mre time astnished t find its legs mved.
She ran back dwn the stairs and realized that the dll was in fact a puppy, wrapped in a dark sweatshirt, with its tiny paws sticking ut. It seemed like it was a newbrn, maybe several days r s ld. Emma culd hardly believe what she was seeing. She culdn’t understand hw a baby dg had been left n the flr, r wh culd have left it. The little puppy was very quiet with big and wide eyes.
Emma yelled ut, “Whse dg is it?” but almst everyne ignred her. She did get the attentin f ne wman, but she didn’t speak English. The wman didn’t really understand what Emma was saying, even when she was trying t pint t the puppy. “She prbably thught I may have been a little crazy,” Emma murmured.
This was the time when nt everyne had a mbile phne and Emma was afraid t pick up the puppy in case it was hurt. S Emma ran up the stairs t the street t a payphne and called 911.
“I fund a puppy,” she blurted ut (脱口而出). Then she tld the plice where she was lcated and ran back t check if the puppy was still OK. She waited fr what seemed like ages. She thught they’re prbably nt believing her, s she needed smene else t help. That’s when she thught f Pete. Pulling ut a quarter frm her pcket, she ran back t the payphne t call him.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Once again, she blurted ut, “I fund a puppy!”
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“Maybe we can adpt this puppy,” said Emma.
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