山西省晋城市第一中学校(南岭)2023-2024学年高二上学期9月月考英语试题

晋城一中教育集团南岭爱物学校高二年级九月考试试题
英语
（考试时间：120分钟总分150分）
第I卷（选择题，共95分）
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

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。

1.Why is the woman growing sunflowers?
A. To eat the seeds.
B.To sell the seeds.
C. To enjoy the flowers.
2.Why will the woman go to the boxing match?
A. To watch it live.
B.To see her favorite singer.
C. To get the boxer's photo.
3.How does the woman find the movie?
A.Horrible.
B.Interesting.
C. Attractive.
4.When will the soccer game start?
A. At 1:00 pm.
B. At 2:00 pm.
C. At 3:00 pm.
5. Who dislikes dogs?
A.The man.
B.The woman.
C.The woman's husband.
第二节（共15题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

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，现在你有时间阅读下列小题。

听下面一段对话，回答第6至第7小题。

6.What does the woman think of the match?
A. Entertaining.
B.Discouraging.
C. Boring.
7.What do the speakers plan to do on Tuesday afternoon?
A.Watch a game.
B.Play tennis.
C.Go to the cinema.
听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10小题。

8.Wheredoes the conversation most probably take place?
A. Swimming pool.
B. Olympic Village.
C.Training center.
9.Who might the man be?
A.Coach.
B.An athlete.
C.An interviewer.
10.What did Anne do before training?
A.Have breakfast.
B.Do running.
C.Make preparations.
听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13小题。

11.How long did Zara's round-the-world flight take?
A. Two months.
B.Three months.
C. Five months.
12.Where did Zara start her trip?
A.In Britain.
B. In Belgium.
C. In Canada.
13. Why was Zara stuck in the Russian Far East?
A.Her visa needed to be renewed.
B. Her plane had a breakdown.
C.She ran into bad weather.
听下面一段对话，回答第14至第16小题。

14.Which classes will play against each other?
A.Class 5 and Class 6.
B. Class 4 and Class 5.
C.Class 3 and Class 4.
15.When will the football match be held?
A. This afternoon.
B.This Saturday.
C.Next Saturday.
16.What is the weather like now?
A.Rainy.
B.Fine.
C.Cloudy.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20小题。

17.What are the speakers talking about?
A. A weekend plan.
B.A concert.
C. Adance party.
18.What day is it today?
A.Saturday.
B.Friday.
C.Thursday.
19.Why won't the man go to the Cool Bar?
A.He dislikes the music.
B. It is always too crowded.
C.The food is too expensive.
20.What is the woman's problem?
A. She can't understand Latin.
B.She doesn't like Latin music.
C.She is not good at Laa."snce.
第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15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四个选项选出最佳选项。

A
What Is Your Pet Trying to Tell You
Animals want our attention, and sometimes they're quite obviously about asking for it. Unusual behaviors are often our pets' way of telling us to stop what we're doing and play with them. It’s why Fido constantly chases his tail and why Kitty keeps rolling around. A desperately bored pet may have “bad” behaviors to get a reaction-even a negative one！
Feed me.
Sure，your dog loves you，but that＇s not why he＇s licking（舔）your face. A puppy learns to lick his mother＇s mouth to get a little leftover food, so Spot isn't kissing you in our sense of the word; he just wants a snack.
I'm stressed.
Cat owners also misinterpret their furry friends' kisses. While a cat might lick you to show love, sometimes she'll do it to ease herself. One way to tell if her licking is stress-related is to see if it goes on for an extended period of time. Birds also overclean when they feel anxious. Some will even drag out their own feathers.
My tail tells all.
Dogs wag（摇）their tails to the right when they see something or someone they want to approach，and to the
left when they see something they want to avoid. When frightened, dogs curl their tails in, while cats wrap theirs around themselves. And if a cat's tail looks like a question mark, she's eager to play.
21. What does a dog show if it kisses its owner?
A. Hunger.
B.Love.
C. Fear.
D.Sadness.
22. How many kinds of pets are mentioned in the text?
A. Two.
B.Tbree.
C.Four.
D. Five.
23.What will happen if birds get anxious?
A.They will drag others' feathers.
B.They will approach someone they like.
C.They will clean their feathers more than necessary.
D.They will stare at their owners for a longer time.
B
Hundreds of years ago, life was harder than it is today. People didn't have modern machines.
Life today has brought new problems. One of the biggest problems is pollution. Water pollution has made our rivers and lakes dirty. It kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us talk louder and become angry more easily. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution to all living things in the world.
Cars, planes and factories all pollute our air every day. Sometimes the polluted air is so thick that it is like a quilt over a city. This kind of quilt is called smog.
Many countries are making rules to fight against pollution. Factories must now clean their water before it is thrown away, and they mustn't let dirty smoke go into the air.
We need to do many other things. We can put waste things in the dustbin and do not throw them on the ground. We can go to work by bus or with our friends in the same car. If there are fewer people driving, there will be less pollution.
Rules are not enough. Every person must help to fight against pollution.
24.Hundreds of years ago, life was much harder than it is today because
A.there were many problems
C.there were wars now and then
B. there were too many people
D.there were no modern machines
25.The most serious kind of pollution is
A.noise pollution
B. water pollution
C. air pollution
D.waste things
26.What does the underlined word “it" in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A.The air.
B.The city.
C.The quilt.
D..The smog.
27. To fight against the pollution, we must
A.throw the garbage on the ground
C.let dirty smoke go into the air
B. throw waste things in the dustbin
D. encourage more people to drive to work
C
Tsunami（海啸）is a natural disaster，which is a Japanese word that means ＂sea wave＂.A tsuriarni is a huge sea wave that forms mainly in the Pacific Ocean area. People die and property is destroyed when a tsunami hits land. What causes these dangerous sea waves? Sometimes, tsunamis are caused when earthquakes take place underwater. Then, water begins to move up and down from the top of the ocean right down to the bottom. Waves begin to form, and each wave is called a tsunami.
A tsunami is less than one meter high and can move at a speed of almost 800 kilometers per hour while it is far out in the ocean. But the tsunami rises much higher and moves more slowly as it comes closer to land.
The weather bureau（气象局）warns people over the radio and television when a tsunami is heading for land. These warnings have helped save many lives.
28.The Japanese word tsuriarni means
A.Earthquake
B.sea wave
C. ocean water
D. tornado
29. According to the passage, a tsunami can be caused by.
A.an underwater earthquake
B.heavy rains.
C..waves hirting land
D. tornado
30.As the tsunami moves toward land, it
A. picks up more speed
B.becomes far less dangerous
C. rises higher and higher
D. rises lower and lower
31. According to this passage,.
A. a tsunami can't cause lots of trouble
B. people can save their lives when a tsunami is coming
C.the warning from the weather bureau can help people save their lives.
D.no one can escape when a tsunami is coming
D
My wife isn't a cat person. So when our daughter Flora started asking for a cat several years ago, my wife politely refused her requests and we didn't give it a second thought. Flora, though, shares some of my wife's persistence, so she continued to ask for a cat repeatedly for several years.
Then a couple of things happened that made us take a closer look at things. When we went to. Flora's parent-teacher conferences, the teacher first handed us an essay about how my daughter wanted a cat, and then an imaginary story about her cat.
It was then that my wife and I came to the realization that our daughter wasn't just messing around here. And it was time for us to break down. But before we brought our new cat home, my wife sternly warned us that she was not going to be the one to take care of or clean up after the cat. Flora was going to take full responsibility. Fine; my daughter said.
We welcomed our mini family member into the house right around Christmas. We named her Goldy. When we got her, she peed everywhere? But other than that, she was perfect. My tough-talking wife gradually fell in love with Goldy. And Goldy fell in love with her. Of course, it's not just my wife who loves Goldy. We all do.
There are so many things about that cat that absolutely brighten our life, highlighted by how she nearly bursts with affection when we come home or wake up in the morning. From the moment Goldy came into our house, it seemed unreasonable that we didn't have a cat before then. We should have settled down to the decision much earlier.
32. What led the family to rethink about the idea of keeping a cat?
A.The author's promise.
B. The teacher's advice
C.The wife's expectation.
D.The daughter's effort.
33.What does the underlined word “sternly” mean in Paragraph 3?
A.Seriously.
B.Defensively.
C.Anxiously.
dly.
34. What kind of person is the author's wife?
A. Inspiring and patient.
B. Principled and kindhearted.
C.Ethical and traditional.
D. Positive and professional.
35.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A.A Cute Cat
C. Best Decision Ever
B. My Determined daughter
D.Family Means Everything
第二节（共5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。

Eating well and getting enough sleep is great for self-care. Self-care also means taking time to manage stress
and practice self-compassion.36
Breathe
Become mindful of your breathing. Take a few minutes each day to focus on your breathing. Start by taking a deep breath.37.As you continue, your breathing becomes deeper. As your breathing becomes much deeper, you will feel much more centered and calmer. You will feel you can manage whatever is happening right now.
Accept
Accept yourself, your feelings and the imperfection of life. The path to self-care starts with acceptance of your struggles.38-,our mind stops struggling and grows quiet. Rather than trying to change or control difficult emotions from the inside, allow them to be there, and your mind will rest.
Write
39Write down the situation you must accept and all that you are feeling. Write down the things in your life that are weighing on you. Write the things you need to do. Choose the easiest task on the list to complete. Say to yourself, “In the morning, I will do the easiest thing I can do from the list. Once I finish the easiest task, it is much easier to work on the second.”
Walk
An easy way to care for yourself is to take a walk. Walking can distract your mind and create space between you and the stress in your life. Walking can be a resource for healing. When you sit around thinking about upsetting things, it will not help you.40.Often you will relieve the stress within your body by walking.
A.When we accept them
B. If we wouldn't accept ourselves
C. Begin a simple writing exercise
D. Research shows that running benefits health
E. At first, your breathing is short and shallow
F.If you start walking, your physical energy changes
G.Here are four simple ways to quiet your mind and ease your stress
第三部分语言运用（共三节，满分45分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
The teacher blew the whistle and 30 girls started running. Every kid's goal was to reach the end of the field and then run back to the 41point. Those who got the top three 42would be given awards.
Kids' parents were present there,43them. When kids were running back from the end point, the parents' 44 got louder...
The race45.The kids who took first three places were46their hands happily to their parents. The kids who couldn't win were47
Little Emma finished fifth. She ran towards her father sadly. Her father said, “Well done, baby. Let’s go and eat the ice cream as a reward for 48the race."
“But Papa, I didn't_49_any place in the top three. I came in fifth," said Emma.
“I mean you beat the other 25 kids. This time, you didn't50the four kids ahead of you.”
“Why?” asked Emma.
Her father smiled and replied, “Because they had made more51than you. If you52 more, you will do better.”
“I'll practice even53and run faster. I'll beat ail girls," Emma said with54
Her father said, “great. But55,it's not about getting ahead of others but getting ahead of yourself."
41.A.finishing
42.A. places
43. A.-examining
44. A. cheers
45.A.stopped
46.A. raising
47. A. upset
48.A. watching
49.A.lose
50.A.believe in
51.A.choices
52.A.learn
53. A. harder
54.A. doubt
55.A.in general B.resting
B.lessons
B. comforting.
B.voice
B.ended
B.showing
B. amazed
B. winning
B. get
B. care about
B. promises
B. practice
B. less
B. disappointment
B. in brief
C.turning
C.rules
C. encouraging
C.noises
C. continued
C.shaking
C.proud
C.bosting
C.desire
C.look for
C. preparation
C.change
C. slower
C. surprise
C.in fact
D.starting
D.goals
D. preventing
ughter
D.slowed
D.waving
D.nervous
D. organizing
D.find
pete with
D. contribution
D.control
D.easier
D. determination
D. in turn
第二节（共10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。

I never thought I was very talented at anything to do with music, but my parents wanted me to learn to play the piano at the age of six. To be a good daughter, 1 agreed 56(learn) even though I wasn't interested 57it at all. Experienced in reading her students' minds, my piano teacher could tell after a couple of 58 (lesson) that my heart was not in it. However, after learning for about six months, I59(ask) to perform something at the year-end concert60was arranged by my teacher. Surprised and61(frighten) at the same time,1 could only agree. Considering my experience, I 62(choose) a fairly simple composition. In order to perform well, I practiced the same composition for an hour a day for63next two months. On the day of the concert, I was so nervous that I woke up with butterflies in my stomach. As it turned out, there was no need to be nervous because all my hard work paid off and I played 64(perfect).Encourage by this first 65(perform)and the positive reaction of the audience,1 have continued to play the piano and enjoy it more every day.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
假如你是班长李华，你们班举办了以“Protect Our Earth”为主题的班会活动，并邀请了王教授给同学们做了讲座，请你在活动结束后给王教授写一封信表示感谢。

内容包括：1．表达感谢：2．活动的反响和同学们的收获；3．再次表达感谢。

注意：1．词数80左右：2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Professor Wang.
Sincerely,
Li Hua 第二节（满分25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。

A Special Gift
I always believe that there are certain gifts sticking in our minds for a variety of reasons.
The gift given to me that I treasured most was a doll named Patsy. I met her in a gift shop when I was nine. On holding Patsy I immediately fell in love with her and couldn't even bear to part from her. At that time, my mother noticed it and at Christmas, as I received the gift from her, I was surprised to find my dream doll in the box. From then on Patsy became my baby and I loved her dearly.
A month later, I was on my way to the cinema when I glimpsed some lovely gifts in pretty boxes through the window of the gift shop. Seeing them reminded me that my mother's birthday was a few months away. Wouldn’t it be nice, I thought, if I could give her something really special, just like the gift she gave me? I stepped inside and caught sight of a beautiful dress hung on the coat stand, which I was sure my mother would like. So I asked the saleswoman its price.
The lady must have seen my disappointment when she told me how much it would cost. But she had a suggestion which immediately lifted my spirits. She took out a notebook from under the counter and wrote my name as well as the item I wanted to buy on it，and in return I paid her five cents（美分）from my six cents pocket money. It meant no candies that day but I didn’t care. At the age of nine，I made my very first installment（分期付款）and felt like a grown-up. From then on，every Saturday on my way to the cinema，I went to the shop and paid a few cents which the lady dutifully recorded on her notebook.
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。

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。

Paragraph 1:
The day before my mother's birthday, I paid the last two cents.
Paragraph 2:
The special day finally came.。