福建省南安市侨光中学2024-2025学年高一上学期10月月考英语试题

福建省南安市侨光中学2024-2025学年高一上学期10月月考英
语试题
一、阅读理解
Online Courses
Frontier Physics
Further your understanding of modern physics and discover how we can solve social problems by developing future technologies. On this course from the University of Washington, you’ll explore areas of the latest physics research. You’ll also look at some real-world physics applications (应用) to build your skills.
Period: three weeks
Weekly study: four hours
Successful Communication
Build practical communication skills and learn how to use and apply these skills to your life. On this seven-week course from the University of Michigan, you’ll discover and practice the four steps to successful communication, and learn strategies to do it better.
Period: seven weeks
Weekly study: two hours
Quality Improvement in Healthcare
Why is quality improvement in health and social care systems so difficult? Why is it so challenging to bring in new and better ways of organizing health and social care services?
Many reasons have been put forward. This course from the University of Chicago explores new and better ways of organizing health and social care services to improve quality.
Period: six weeks
Weekly study: three hours
How to Create Videos for Online Courses
On this two-week course from the University of Edinburgh, you’ll learn how to use your mobile phone to create online course videos.
Period: two weeks
Weekly study: two hours
1．How long does Frontier Physics last?
A．Two weeks.B．Three weeks.C．Six weeks.D．Seven weeks. 2．Which course will you choose if you want to know how to make polite conversation?
A．Frontier Physics.
B．Successful Communication.
C．Quality Improvement in Healthcare.
D．How to Create Videos for Online Courses.
3．What will you do on the course from the University of Edinburgh?
A．Take care of some patients.
B．Explore the latest physics technologies.
C．Make videos on your mobile phone.
D．Find solutions to poor social care services.
In 1867, Caroline Shawk Brooks and her husband, Samuel, had a farm in Arkansas. Life on the farm was not easy. From sunrise to sunset, Caroline and Samuel milked cows, gardened, and picked cotton. This left Caroline no time for her dream of becoming an artist.
Time was not the only problem. Money was a worry too. The cotton crops were failing. What could Caroline and Samuel do?
Caroline decided to make butter (黄油) from their cows’milk and sell it at market. But other farms also made and sold butter. How would Caroline set her butter apart from the rest? This is where Caroline’s artistic talent came in. To draw attention to her butter, she began making small butter sculptures (雕塑). She used many different tools, such as butter paddles (搅拌器的浆叶), broom straws, and tree sticks. She also put the butter in a shallow tin pan, which sat in a larger tin pan filled with ice to stop the butter sculpture from melting.
Caroline’s butter sculptures were a hit. Before long, she was displaying them at fairs and exhibitions. One of her largest butter sculptures was a life-size statue called A Study in Butter. It was transported all the way to Paris for the 1878 world’s fair.
Caroline also made sculptures using marble (大理石). She eventually opened a studio in New York City where she created many marble sculptures, some of which were shown at the 1893
world’s fair in Chicago.
But Caroline never stopped making butter art. She considered butter a superior material to work with. At the 1893 fair, she also displayed her butter techniques with a sculpture of Christopher Columbus.
Caroline Shawk Brooks died in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1913. She is remembered as the first known American butter sculptor.
4．Why did Caroline make butter sculptures?
A．To realize her dream.B．To make her butter stand out.
C．To make her farm famous.D．To display her sculptures at the fair. 5．What do we know about Caroline and her sculptures?
A．Caroline made her art works all by machine.
B．The sculptures were all made from cow's milk.
C．Ice was used to keep the butter sculptures in shape.
D．Caroline stopped making sculptures after being world-famous.
6．Which words best describe Caroline?
A．Talented and successful.B．Confident and caring.
C．Creative and rich.D．Brave and famous.
7．What can be the best title for the text?
A．A Farming Pioneer.B．A Great Sculptor.
C．The Butter Sculptures.D．The Butter Artist.
Some students get so nervous before a test. They do poorly even if they know the material. Sian Beilock, a professor at the University of Chicago in Illinois, has studied these highly anxious test-takers. The students start worrying about the results. And when they worry, it actually uses up attention and memory resources (资源).
Professor Beilock and another researcher, Gerardo Ramirez, have developed a possible solution. Just before an exam, highly anxious test-takers spend ten minutes writing about their worries about the test.
The researchers tested the idea on a group of twenty anxious college students. They gave them two short maths tests. After the first one, they asked the students to either sit quietly or write
about their feelings about the upcoming second test.
Professor Beilock says those who sat quietly scored an average of 12% worse on the second test. But the students who had written about their fears improved their performance by an average of 5%. Next, the researchers used younger students in a biology class. They told them before final exams either to write about their feelings or to think about things unrelated to the test. Professor Beilock says highly anxious students who did the writing got an average grade of B+, compared to a B- for those who did not.
“What we showed is that for students who are highly test-anxious, who’d done our writing intervention (干预), all of a sudden there was no relationship between test anxiety and performance. They were performing just as well as their classmates who don’t normally get nervous in these tests.”
But what if students do not have a chance to write about their fears immediately before an exam? Professor Beilock says students can try it themselves at home or in the library and still improve their performance.
8．What may the students start worrying about before an exam?
A．Whether they can pass the exams.
B．What other students do during the test.
C．Whether they have remembered the materials.
D．What kind of problems they will meet on the test paper.
9．What is the solution developed by the two researchers?
A．Asking the students to think nothing of the test.
B．Asking the students to focus on the test.
C．Asking the students to sit quietly before the test.
D．Asking the students to write about their worries before the test.
10．According to Professor Beilock, those who thought about things unrelated to the test_____.
A．became less nervous before the test.
B．were better at controlling their feelings.
C．did worse than those who wrote about their feelings.
D．did better than those who took two tests.
11．What can be learned from the last paragraph?
A．Writing about worries before an exam can work a bit.
B．Studying in the library can improve students’ performance.
C．Students can only write about worries right before an exam.
D．It doesn’t matter where to write about worries before an exam.
A young Dutch inventor is widening his effort to cleanup floating (浮动的) plastic from the Pacific Ocean. He has developed a floating device (设备) to trap plastic waste moving into rivers before it reaches the oceans.
Boyan Slat was just 18 years old when he invented a system for catching waste in the ocean. He also founded an environmental group called “The Ocean Cleanup”. Its purpose is to develop the system. Last year, Slat showed the next step: a floating device which is called Interceptor. It removes plastic out of rivers. The device is powered by energy from the sun. “The 1,000 rivers are responsible for about 80% of plastic going into the world’s oceans,” said Slat. Three of the machines have already been used. Each machine costs about $775, 660, but the cost might drop as production increases.
Since they were used, the machines have been doing very well, collecting the plastic bottles and all the rubbish in the rivers. According to Slat, it is necessary to close “the tap”, which means preventing more plastic from reaching the ocean in the first place. He wanted to clean them all in the next five years. “This is not going to be easy, but if we do get this done, we could truly make our oceans again, ”said Slat.
The device is designed to be safe in rivers. Its nose is shaped to change directions to keep it away from larger floating things. It works by guiding plastic waste into an opening in the front of the device. The waste is then carried inside the machine where it is dropped into containers. The devices ends a text message to local operators that can come and empty it when it is full. 12．What do we know about Interceptor?
A．It needs solar power to work.B．It is mainly used in the oceans.
C．It is being under test.D．It can help sort waste.
13．What does “the tap” refer to in Paragraph 3?
A．The waste.B．The oceans.
C．The machines.D．The rivers.
14．What’s the function of the device’s nose?
A．To ensure the device’s safety.B．To send operators text messages.
C．To empty the waste.D．To serve as containers.
15．Where is the text most likely from?
A．A novel.B．A magazine.
C．A diary.D．A guidebook.
For many high school students it seems that there is never enough time. There are several steps you can take to organize your time better.
First, make a to-do list every day. It makes it easy to plan any of the activities or meetings you may have in addition to homework. Be sure to set priorities (优先事项). 16 Use spare time wisely. Do you have study hall (自习时间)? Instead of wasting that time, read a book or do your homework. 17 If a friend asks you to do something and you have homework to do, realize which is more important and see your friend later.
Decide on the time that is good for you to do certain things. If you are more of a morning person, try getting up an hour earlier and do your schoolwork before school. Review your notes every day. 18 If you spend a few minutes at the end of every day going over what you learnt, it will mean less study time when it is time for the exam.
19 Studies have shown that getting enough rest helps your memory. When you are tired, everything seems more difficult. It is best to stay on a regular sleeping cycle as much as possible.
Tell your friends and family about your work timetable. Explain that you will be working at certain times and ask them not to disturb you. 20 You can call your friends later.
A．Set goals for yourself.
B．Get a good night’s sleep.
C．Do the most important tasks first.
D．Also, do not be afraid to say “no”.
E．You should finish your task on time.
F．Don’t take phone calls during the time you set aside for work.
G．Don’t wait until just before a test to try to remember everything.
二、完形填空
Once upon a time, there was a man who worked very hard just to keep food on the table for his family. A few days before Christmas, he 21 his five year-old daughter after 22 that she had used up the family’s only roll of expensive gold wrapping paper.
As money was tight, he became even angrier when on Christmas Eve he saw that she had used all of the gold paper to 23 one shoebox. He was also concerned about where she had gotten 24 to buy what was in the shoebox.
The next morning the little girl, 25 excitement, brought the gift box to her father and said, “This is for you, Daddy!” Holding the box, the father was embarrassed by his earlier behavior, 26 what he had done to her.
But when he 27 the shoebox, he found there was nothing. “Don’t you know, young lady,” he said 28 , “when you give someone a 29 , there’s supposed to be something inside the package!”
The little girl 30 him with sad tears rolling from her eyes and whispered, “Daddy, it’s not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was 31 .” He fell on his knees and put his arms around the girl and begged her to 32 him for his unnecessary anger.
An accident took the girl’s life only a short time later. It is said that the father 33 this little gold box by his bed for all his life. Whenever he was 34 or faced difficult problems, he would open the box, take out an imaginary kiss, and 35 his daughter’s love.
21．A．praised B．encouraged C．thanked D．punished 22．A．promising B．learning C．admitting D．agreeing 23．A．decorate B．draw C．buy D．measure 24．A．time B．advice C．space D．money 25．A．filled with B．ready for C．different from D．related to 26．A．thinking B．forgetting C．ensuring D．regretting 27．A．closed B．opened C．accepted D．found 28．A．happily B．anxiously C．angrily D．shyly
29．A．hand B．lecture C．solution D．present 30．A．looked up at B．caught up with C．lived up to D．made up for 31．A．empty B．broken C．full D．colorful 32．A．love B．hate C．forgive D．defend 33．A．kept B．observed C．used D．searched 34．A．interested B．discouraged C．surprised D．terrified 35．A．share B．refuse C．remember D．remove
三、语法填空
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。

Born in Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu Province, the 28-year-old Fang Rui works as a 36 (design) in the city after studying overseas.
In May, Fang 37 (organize) a free city walk for around 50 people 38 came from all over the country to experience a deeper connection with Nanjing. The city-walk is now attracting a growing number of 39 (follower) in China, with many young people 40 (take) part.
For tourists as well as locals not 41 (full) familiar with a city’s history and culture, the organized walks are an amazing experience. Walk organizers provide the information and care 42 a city’s cultural heritage (遗产). They also have a better and 43 (deep) understanding of their city. City walks allow people 44 (enjoy) the surroundings.
Fang’s organized walk in May renewed her connection with the city and helped the tour participants better understand its cultural heritage in 45 interesting way.
四、单词拼写
46．If you need further assistance, please feel free to (联系) me at any time. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
47．Reducing the gap between rich and poor is one of main (挑战) facing the government. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
48．As teenagers, we should be (负责的) for our behaviours in society. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
49．(不幸地), Dr. Naismith did not live to see basketball become the worldwide game as it is today. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
50．The number of cities producing CO₂ beyond the standard has been (减少) from forty to nine. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
51．I’m writing to apply for the p of chief editor you advertised China Daily. (根据首字母单词拼写)
52．I want to know if it is c for you to attend my birthday party on Saturday. (根据首字母单词拼写)
53．Everyone burst into l when the clown appeared in the funny hat. (根据首字母单词拼写)
54．The truth is that we all have to leave our parents and live i one day. (根据首字母单词拼写)
55．I admire Thomas Edison a lot, who made a great c to the world. (根据首字母单词拼写)
五、完成句子
56．(根据) the school regulations, all students should wear school uniforms. (根据汉语提示完成句子)
57．They asked him to leave, , he was fired.(换句话说) (根据汉语提示完成句子) 58．After (从……毕业) college, he took some time off to go traveling. (根据汉语提示完成句子)
59．To our delight, the sufferer has decided to (放弃) smoking. (根据汉语提示完成句子)
六、单词拼写
60．The company (遭受痛苦) great loss in the financial crisis last year. （根据汉语提示单词拼写）
七、书信写作
61．假设你是李华，你的英国好友Peter来信向你询问你的高中生活，请根据以下要点给他写封电子邮件，内容包括：
1. 介绍高中新生活；
2. 你所遇到的问题：
3. 你对未来的期望。

注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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