重庆市第十一中学校2023-2024学年高三上学期12月月考英语试题

重庆市第十一中学校2023-2024学年高三上学期12月月考英
语试题
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一、阅读理解
Undersea Adventures
This unique activity is a must-do and you don’t even need to know how to swim. Walk on the seabed using underwater helmets (头盔) or ride along under the waves on scooters (轻便小车). Children from 1.2 metres tall can walk on the seabed using helmets and the minimum height for the scooters is 1.4 metres tall. It is a unique experience that the whole family can do together. Just book with a deposit (订金) and pay the rest on the day of the activity.
What is included
Pick-up from your hotel in the Ayia Napa/Protaras areas;
All equipment;
Professional instruction, safety briefing and dive guidance;
2.5 hours’ experience including 30 minutes’ diving.
What is not included
Photos of the dive (available to purchase if you’d like);
Snacks and refreshments.
Before you go
You may be required to complete a health questionnaire before you dive;
Minimum age/height requirements: Helmets—width of shoulders 32 cm and height 120 cm, minimum age 6 years old; Scooters—height 140 cm and minimum age 13;
Diving is in small groups of up to 6 people with helmets and up to 4 people on the scooters;
No previous experience is necessary;
Available every morning and afternoon from May to October, weather permitting. Please book at least 48 hours in advance.
Tickets
Scooters cost €57 and include a deposit of €12;
Helmets cost €47 and include a deposit of €12 (For adults);
Helmets cost €37 and include a deposit of €7 (For children);
No paper tickets are required for this tour;
Emergency-contact number will be sent with your confirmation email.
1．What can be learned about the activity?
A．It demands full payment in advance.B．It is suitable for children of all ages.
C．It enables tourists to walk or ride underwater.D．It provides free photography
services for tourists.
2．What is required of tourists?
A．To spend at most 2 hours underwater.B．To book at least two days ahead.
C．To take their own food and drink.D．To have rich experience of diving. 3．How much should a young couple and their kid pay for helmets?
A．€36.B．€121.C．€131.D．€151.
Wendell Berry was almost 30 when he packed up his life as a writer in New York and moved to Port Royal, a tiny community in Kentucky where generations of his forebears (祖先) had farmed the land. His friends thought he was mad. But he felt it was his inner calling to record the history of the place.
Since moving to Port Royal in 1964, he has lived as if he were in the 19th century, writing by hand and ploughing (耕) his fields with horses. His eight novels and more than 50 short stories are usually set in Port William, a stand-in (替身) for Port Royal. Nick Offerman, an actor, wanted to adapt his work for the screen. However, the actor was refused.
In Mr Berry’s opinion, humans must take care of the earth that grants them life. “The soil is the greatest connector of lives,” he has written. “Without proper care for it, we can have no community.” This philosophy dominates his writings. In The Unsettling of America, published in 1977, Mr Berry criticized the natural damage caused by large agribusinesses. He thinks capitalism has separated farming from culture and disconnected people from nature.
Mr Berry’s fiction explores the decline of sociable values by following Port William’s interconnected clans (家族) as they enter the modern age. In Dismemberment, a short story, Andy Catlett loses a hand to a harvesting machine and becomes a loner. He sees his withdrawal is mistaken and reconnects with the town, finding “the wealth of the family history in his ancestral place (祖籍)”. In Hannah Coulter, Mr Berry’s seventh novel, the main character Hannah Coulter grows old after a sad life and anticipates loneliness when her
children leave to find work in the city. Instead, her hope is restored when her grandson returns to run the farm.
These stories offer insightful advice for readers living through ecological disaster. Though few can return to farming basics, Mr Berry’s messages of building communities, being a good neighbour and resisting the invitation of modern life are still valuable. Besides, his mission to find the “peace of wild things” is easily completed by spending a few hours in Port William.
4．Why did Mr Berry’s friends regard him as mad?
A．He moved to live in the countryside.B．He turned down Offerman’s request.
C．He wrote most of his novels by hand.D．He gave up his career as a writer. 5．What do Mr Berry’s writings often imply?
A．The challenges of farming in old days.B．The harmony between man and nature.
C．The real benefits of large agri-businesses.D．The hard lives of his forebears in
Kentucky.
6．What do Catlett and Coulter have in common?
A．Both admire harvesting machines.B．Both are from the same novel.
C．Both reconnect with the city.D．Both find sociable values again. 7．What would be the best title for the text?
A．Wendell Berry: adaptation to new environments B．Wendell Berry: a strong voice for modern farming
C．Wendell Berry: journey to his shining rural tales D．Wendell Berry: a young
productive writer
Zoologists track animals using global-positioning-system(GPS)tags(标签) which then return their data via satellite. Marine(海洋的)biologists have a harder time of it, though, because radio signals can’t pass through seawater. This makes it impossible either to receive GPS signals or to send any data collected back to base.
That does not stop people tagging sea creatures. Data collected and stored in a tag can be sent to a satellite in bursts if the species in question is one that comes to the surface from time to time. A tag may also be recovered if the animal carrying it is caught by a fishing boat. Fisherfolk are typically paid a few hundred dollars per tag returned to its home laboratory.
None of these methods, though, keeps accurate track of where the animal carrying the
tag has been. For these and other reasons, it would therefore be useful to have a marine equivalent of GPS. And one is now being employed. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, in Massachusetts, hopes to fill the seas with sonic beacons(声波信标) that will play the role of GPS satellites.
The sea is divided into distinct layers that have different temperatures. During the Second World War, American scientists showed that some of these layers act as sonic waveguides. They called them “sound fixing and ranging” (sofar) channels. Sound sent out in one of these channels echoes(回响) between the layers above and below, thus staying in the channel. Thus constrained(被约束)，a sound wave can travel hundreds of kilometers before it becomes too weak to detect.
The sofar transmitters from Woods Hole are usually at an appropriate depth for the channel concerned. Every 12 hours they broadcast a 32-second-long location signal known as a pong. Pongs are so called because they are similar to sonar “pings”, but of lower frequency. In typical conditions a pong can be picked up 1,000 km away. By listening to the pongs from several beacons a receiver can calculate its location. Existing receivers for the two sofar transmitters are currently carried on free-floating instrument packs. But the plan is to have two more transmitters this year, and more in future years.
8．Which sea creatures can GPS tags be applied to?
A．Those feeding on other sea animals.
B．Those following fishing boats constantly.
C．Those coming out of the sea sometimes.
D．Those swimming deep under the water.
9．Why do sofar channels function?
A．The echoes among them are weak.
B．The water has a high temperature over there.
C．The layers among them are quite similar.
D．The sound remains there and stays strong for a while.
10．What makes pings different from pongs?
A．Pings are of higher frequency.
B．Pings can travel faster than pongs.
C．Pings can be received 1,000 km away.
D．Pings are broadcasted every 32 seconds.
11．What would be the best title for the text?
A．Tags for sea creatures
B．“GPS” for the oceans
C．Strange deep sea creatures
D．Data from distant satellites
“This is the next revolution in flying,” says Mark Henning, European managing director of AutoFlight, a Chinese firm. Mr Henning is not alone in betting that electric vertical (垂直的) take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft have a bright future. The idea is that, being simpler, cheaper, greener and quieter than traditional helicopters (直升机), eVTOLs will be well suited to operate short-range passenger services across large urban areas, such as flying people between airports and city centres.
Now, Mr Henning is setting up an operation at Augsburg Airport in Germany to further the development of Prosperity I, the company’s air taxi. Prosperity I can seat three passengers and a pilot. It is a hybrid between a helicopter and a fixed-wing plane. It takes off and lands vertically, using multiple rotors (旋翼), but these are switched off when it is in full flight. At that point a “pusher” propeller (螺旋桨) at the back takes over, to provide forward drive, and thus lift via the wings. This arrangement makes better use of the aircraft’s battery, giving Prosperity I a range of some 250 km.
A model will be test-flown in Germany in order to obtain what is known as a type certificate from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). This signifies the airworthiness of a new aircraft. Although AutoFlight is also seeking certification in China, the company thinks the addition of European approval will help speed the machine’s entry into service in other markets, too. It hopes to complete the approval process by 2025.
There is uncertainty about how the rules will differ from place to place. Nonetheless, enough regulatory progress has been made. In America, Joby Aviation hopes next year to become the first to obtain a type certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). In Europe, Volocopter, a German firm, hopes to provide air-taxi services for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
It is not only new firms which are getting into the business. Airbus is developing ideas for eVTOLs. So is Boeing. With so much effort and money going into this new form of air travel, some of these birds will surely be flying soon.
12．Which of the following can replace the underline word “hybrid” in Paragraph 2?
A．Symbol.B．Mixture.C．Concept.D．Application. 13．What is special about Prosperity I?
A．It has no wings or rotors.
B．It can hold three people at most.
C．It is energy-efficient during its flight.
D．It has a top speed of 250 km per hour on land.
14．What is AutoFlight trying to do for Prosperity I?
A．Obtain a type certificate from the FAA．
B．Have it tested across the sky of America.
C．Tailor a set of rules as soon as possible.
D．Get it approved by European authorities.
15．What is the author’s attitude towards eVTOLs?
A．Optimistic.B．Concerned.C．Uncertain.D．Tolerant.
Have you ever heard of underwater football? Underwater football has been called one of
and can be played under both indoor and outdoor water surfaces. Underwater football shares some common rules and play elements with other underwater sports like underwater hockey. As with those games, it is played in the deep end of a swimming pool with snorkeling(浮潜)equipment.
The goal of the game is to score a point by placing a ball on the opponents’ side of the pool. The ball can only be possessed by players who completely stay underwater holding their breath. 17
Just like on land, underwater football is a game of control and possession. 18 . When opposing players are in your space, you need to be able to recognize it quickly and take appropriate action.
19 . Each team tries to get their ball into one end zone by either passing or running through underwater obstacles. The first team to reach the endpoint wins! Just five players are on the court at one time, despite each team having 13 players.
To win the ball back or keep it away from your opponents, you must use all your strength and abilities underwater. 20 .
A．To play it you need snorkeling equipment.
B．Underwater football involves two teams of five players.
C．The equipment necessary for underwater football isn’t very complex.
D．The ball must be passed or dropped when players go to the surface for air.
E．It is a sport that combines the fundamentals of football with the excitement of diving.
F．To play well, you need to master the basics of spacial awareness and decision-making.
G．All these skills require practice if you want to become an expert at this exciting sport.
二、完形填空
You witness a man uses abusive (辱骂的) language towards his mother in a grocery
22．A．Hopefully B．Thankfully C．Undoubtedly D．Unfortunately 23．A．knocked B．faced C．suffered D．blocked 24．A．at risk B．in anger C．at a loss D．in a hurry 25．A．all B．either C．both D．neither 26．A．talent B．gift C．ability D．habit 27．A．adopting B．adapting C．replacing D．rebuilding 28．A．artificial B．beneficial C．impossible D．improper 29．A．firmly B．indirectly C．severely D．confidently 30．A．topic B．conversation C．atmosphere D．worry 31．A．cause B．option C．reality D．effect 32．A．blame B．fund C．inform D．post 33．A．help B．confirm C．escape D．delay 34．A．tip B．trick C．cheat D．warning 35．A．careful B．nervous C．scared D．worried
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。

Have you ever wondered 36 we say maidongxi (买东西) instead of mainanbei, and shangcesuo (上厕所) rather than xiacesuo? Many Chinese words have directions in them, and there is lots of history and culture 37 (hide) behind.
The origin of maidongxi 38 (date) back to the Tang Dynasty, when two markets gained 39 (popular) in capital Chang’an. One was called the East Market while the other was called the West Market. When shopping, people usually went to the East Market first, 40 then the West Market. This practice gave rise to the term of maidongxi.
Another case is yijian xiangzuo (意见相左). 41 great many Chinese are right-handed, and they may feel 42 (convenient) if they use their left hand to write or use chopsticks. Therefore, in ancient Chinese, “left” was easily linked to being different, such as yijian xiangzuo. Likewise, if people don’t accept common 43 (belief), we may say they are following pangmen zuodao.
Then came the story of shangcesuo and xiachufang. In ancient times, houses were laid out in a certain way, 44 gate would face south with a bathroom in the northeastern top
and the kitchen in the southeastern bottom. In Chinese, we talk about “the north” as shang and “the south” as xia. So people would say they were going “up” to the bathroom and “down” to the kitchen. Shang and xia also reflect social status. For example, the emperor 45 (call) huangshang and dianxia usually means the prince.
四、书信写作
46．假设你是李华，你上周没能参加Jim老师的英语写作课考试，请你写一封信，向老师陈述情况，内容包括：
1.表达歉意；
2.无法参加考试的原因；
3.提出补救办法。

注意：1.词数100左右，可适当增加细节;
2.开头和结尾的称呼已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Jim,
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Yours,
Li Hua
五、书面表达
47．阅读下面材料，根据内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的故事。

When I looked closely at the face of my 23-year-old son, Brian, in the doorway, we were saying goodbye. In a few hours he would be flying to France. It was a transitional (过渡的) time in Brian’s life, a passage from college into the adult world. I wanted to leave him some words that would have some meaning, some significance beyond the moment. But nothing came from my lips.
No sound broke the stillness of my beachside home. I stood frozen and quiet, looking into the searching eyes of my son, which I knew was not the first time I had let such a moment pass.
When Brian was five, I took him to the school bus stop on his first day of kindergarten. I felt the tension in his hand holding mine as the bus turned the corner. I saw color flush (发红) his cheeks as the bus pulled up. He looked at me—as he did now. “What is it going to be like, Dad? Can I do it? Will I be OK?” Then he walked up the bus steps and disappeared inside. The bus drove away, and I said nothing.
A decade later, a similar scene played itself out. I drove him to college in Virginia. As I started to make the trip home, I tried to think of something to say to give him courage and confidence as he started this new phase of life. I left, only mumbling (咕哝) “Hope you feel better, Brian.”
I once told Brian about my great regret that I didn’t take a year off to travel. Brian thought about this. After graduation, he worked as a waiter, a bike messenger and a painter. Now he had enough money for Paris. The night before he left, I tossed and turned (辗转难眠) in bed. I was trying to figure out something to say. Nothing came. Maybe it wasn’t necessary to say anything.
How many times have we all let such moments pass? What does it matter over the course of a lifetime if a father never tells a son what he really thinks of him?
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。

But as I stood before Brian, I knew that it does matter.
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Hearing this, Brian came toward me and threw his arms around me.
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