江苏省南通市如皋市2023-2024学年高一上学期12月月考英语试题

江苏省南通市如皋市2023-2024学年高一上学期12月月考英
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一、阅读理解
Sri Lanka is an ideal place for wildlife lovers. Here’s what you’ll find in some of its national parks.
Horton Plains National Park
Drive time from Colombo: Five hours
Towering up in the central highlands, Horton Plains is the highest plateau (高原) of Sri Lanka. The cloud forests here are rich in plants and animals that have been used to to the cooler climates. Birds such as the Sri Lankan whistling thrush and Sri Lankan bush warbler are best seen here.
Minneriya National Park
Drive time from Colombo: Five-and-a-half hours
Thick jungle surrounds lakes and contains many animals, but game viewing is generally poor — except for the wonderful seasonal gathering of elephants. The gathering takes place in Minneriya during September and October.
Yala National Park
Drive time from Colombo: Six hours
Yala is located in the southeast of Sri Lanka. It is famous for the Sri Lankan leopard (豹). In June and July sloth bears (懒熊) are often seen. The beautiful areas also have a lot of birds. Enthusiastic birdwatchers should also visit Bundala National Park (an hour away) or the Palatupana Salt Pans (ten minutes away). Visitors can also go surfing in Arugam Bay (three hours away)
Wilpattu National Park
Drive time from Colombo: Four hours
Wilpattu, Sri Lanka’s largest park, is situated in the dry lowlands of the country’s northwest and has many lakes. The park reopened in 2003 after nearly 15 years of closure. Wilpatu was famous for its leopards. Now visitors also have a chance of seeing barking deer. 1．How long does it take to drive from Colombo to see seasonal elephants?
A．4hours B．5 hours.C．5.5 hours.D．6 hours.
2．Which of the following is closest to Yala National Park?
A．Colombo B．Arugam Bay.
C．Bundala National Park.D．The Palatupana Salt Pans.
3．What do we know about Wilpattu National Park?
A．It is home to the largest lake.
B．It used to be known for its leopards.
C．It lies on the highest plateau in Sri Lanka.
D．It welcomes deer as new animals living there.
Walking along her usual running way through Central Park and the Upper West Side in New York, Barbara Anderson, a teacher, felt the city had become worse. It was June, 2020. Many local shops had closed down and office workers stayed home. On Columbus Avenue, “there were at least two empty stores every block,” recalls Anderson.
Anderson decided to change these closed shops into art galleries (画廊). With the help of her daughter, a teacher and member of a local arts council, Anderson set up a non-profit organization, Art on the Ave, which aimed to exhibit and sell art to passersby. By November 2020, several stores on Columbus Avenue were filled with works by 41 artists.
Her project provides a chance for artists whose works aren’t shown in famous galleries. “Your typical art collector tends not to think about buying art in the street but there are many common people there, and they’re buying,” Anderson says.
So far the organization has worked with 130 artists in around 50 empty spaces across the city. Andrson sys that it has brought about $235,000 for 47 artists (an average of $5,000 each).
In expensive cities around the world, many artists are struggling to pay for studio space, find an agent (代理人) or get support from a gallery that will market and sell their work. Art on the Ave is one of several projects that have appeared to support creative artists with these challenges. Silver Art Projects, a non-profit organization, arranges art residencies in empty offices across New York. Art on the Underground, a public art program in London, has been asking leading artists to create works for the Tube since 2000.
Art on the Ave has headed underground to. Inside the Fulton Center, a shopping center and subway station in Manhattan, a former bakery has been turned into a studio for artists. “Bringing us into these spaces makes people’s life more colorful,” say Amir Diop, who
recently exhibited his paintings there. “People are appreciating our art when waiting for their train instead of seeing a blank storefront with nothing in it,” he explains.
4．What inspired Anderson to set up Art on the Ave?
A．Her art dream.B．Office workers’ problem.
C．Empty shops.D．Local artists’ works.
5．What can we learn about Art on the Ave?
A．It has worked with an increasing number of artists.
B．It has made a great fortune for the local shops.
C．It has attracted a lot of typical art collectors.
D．It has introduced many artists to art agents.
6．Why is Silver Art Projects mentioned?
A．To invite more artists to join them.
B．To explain their way to get support.
C．To prove artists are struggling to survive.
D．To show the support to those struggling artists.
7．What does Diop think of his art?
A．It can enrich people’s life.B．It is beyond ordinary people.
C．It indirectly changes Manhattan.D．It should be shown underground.
Did you watch the popular TV series Meet Yourself (《去有风的地方》) during your vacation? In the TV series, the heroine Xu Hongdou travels to a village in Yunnan provinces and volunteers at a local cafe. She gets free meals in return. As the show find a growing audience, volunteer travel — an old-yet-modern form of travel similar to Xu’s type of work — has attracted more attention.
V olunteer travel refers to taking a trip where all or part of the purpose of the trip is to participate in an arranged service opportunity to help others, according to Wise our, an online provider of tourist information.
During the trip, volunteer travelers often provide services like teaching, cooking, animal caring, and cultural activities. In exchange for their help, the volunteers may get free or discounted accommodation (住宿), meals and laundry (洗衣服务), activities, or classes.
It seems as if these long journeys could only be made possible in recent years by modern transportation. Nevertheless, volunteer ravel dates back to the 1960s, when Ale Dickson and
his wife Mora from the UK founded V oluntary Service Overseas (VSO), an international volunteer organization.
Traditionally, the volunteer activities take place in a foreign country. However, just as what Meet Yourself shows, more volunteer trips have taken place within the same countries or places in recent years. Sanlian Lifeweek magazine said that volunteer projects in rural (农村的) areas are now attracting more city visitors as a break from the fast and stressful pace of city living. Yang Yan, a founder of a volunteer platform, told the magazine that it has indeed been a growing trend (趋势) for city workers to volunteer in rural areas.
By working voluntarily while traveling, city workers can get a taste of rural life. For those who are sick of city pressure but can’t make up their minds whether to move forever to the countryside, volunteer travel can be a solution. In this way, as Yang says, travelers can catch some relaxation from their busy lives, while rural communities also benefit by receiving more customers for local tourism industries.
8．What’s the function of the first paragraph?
A．To introduce a new way of travel.
B．To lead to the topic of volunteer travel.
C．To show the popularity of this TV series.
D．To raise readers’ interest in the TV series.
9．What can we learn about volunteer travel?
A．It requires travelers to be highly educated.
B．It can date back to the 19th century in the UK.
C．It helps travelers earn money on their volunteer trips.
D．It combines travel with meaningful work to help others.
10．What is the second-to-last paragraph mainly about?
A．A new trend of volunteer trips.B．The importance of volunteer trips.
C．Different views on volunteer trips.D．The development of volunteer trips. 11．Why are more city workers attracted by volunteer projects?
A．To get into shape.B．To give back to society.
C．To get away from city life.D．To support the rural tourism.
Mosquitoes (蚊子) carry malaria (疟疾), which kills thousands of people each year. Now some researchers are trying to use genetic engineering (基因工程) to make them into partners
in the fight against the disease.
For years, public health officials have tried to limit the disease by controlling mosquito populations. “But that approach is short-term,” says Anthony James, a professor of biology and genetics at the University of California, Irvine, “because mosquitoes are very tough little insects, and their populations can quickly increase.”
Therefore, James and his colleagues want to try a different approach: making mosquitoes themselves into malaria-fighting warriors (勇士), which is completely different from traditional ways of controlling malaria.
To understand how it works, it helps to understand the life cycle of malaria. The malaria pathogen (病原体) is a parasite (寄生虫) that grow inside humans. It’s passed via mosquitoes that move from person to person, sucking blood. “If we can make the mosquitoes difficult for the pathogens to survive, we can wipe out the disease,” he says. But making mosquitoes uninviting to malaria is a Herculean task.
To solve the problem, the team used a gene-editing technique called CRISPR. They stated with genes from mice, whose immune systems (免疫系统) do fight human malaria, engineered those genes, and then gave them to the mosquitoes.
It turned out the gene-edited mosquitoes worked very well. They reduced the number of parasites in the mosquito before they were passed to a human host.
James’ team are now working on planning a field trial, which he hopes could be done on an island or in another isolated location.
But genetically changing wild animals does not sit well with environmentalists. “There’s no need to engineer a mosquito,” says Dana Perls, senior program manager for the emerging technology program at the non-profit Friends of the Earth. Perls points out that natural ways to reduce malaria appear to be showing promise, as does a new vaccine (疫苗) against the disease. “Why take unnecessary risks and use mosquitoes that can’t be controlled once sent into the wild?” she asks.
12．What can we know from the second and third paragraphs?
A．Mosquitoes can reproduce quickly.
B．Mosquitoes can be easily controlled.
C．Mosquitoes have killed thousands of people.
D．Mosquitoes have been used to fight against malaria.
13．What does the underlined phrase “a Herculean task” in Para. 4 mean?
A．A great comfort.B．A tough job.C．A narrow escape.
D．A key factor.
14．What is environmentalists’ attitude towards this new approach?
A．Unconcerned B．Supporting.C．Negative.D．Positive 15．What is the best title for the text?
A．Preventing Malaria with a New Vaccine
B．Curing Malaria with Gene-edited Mosquitoes
C．Limiting Malaria by Controlling Mosquito Populations
D．Controlling Malaria by Engineering Mosquitoes’ Genes
二、七选五
Silence provides our mind and body with much-needed rest. It is also beneficial to the brain. If you want to know how to ad the power of silence to your daily life, here are three ways.
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From smartphones to laptops and music systems, we spend most of our time online. Although technology has become an important part of our lives, the noise our smart devices cause can be harmful to our wellbeing.
17 You can start with 10-15 minutes each day and increase it depending on your needs.
Go out into nature
Spending time in nature can help you get in touch with your inner self, reduce stress and comfort a troubled mind. 18 Go to the nearest park or forest and spend time in nature. You can spend at least 15-30 minutes every day surrounding yourself with green spaces.
You can either do this early in the morning before starting your daily routine or in the evening after finishing your day. Don’t look at your smartphones while spending time in nature. Just be with yourself, and listen to the comforting sounds of birds. 19 Talk less and listen more
We spend a lot of time talking every day. 20 But how can we stay silent and just listen? You can do that by being mindful of your thoughts. Do not speak for speaking, but
because your speech has some value to ad to a conversation. Allow yourself to listen carefully to others and respond.
A．Practice it for a happy life.
B．Spend some time offline every day.
C．A good way is to set aside daily offline time.
D．And in this way, you can enjoy the beauty of nature.
E．You do not necessarily have to go to faraway places.
F．Often we speak without carefully considering our thoughts.
G．That’s why it’s important to find a place where you can study.
三、完形填空
It was the early hours of the day. I had been sleeping, that is until I heard my bedroom
22．A．actually B．entirely C．fortunately D．immediately 23．A．Assuming B．Ignoring C．Expecting D．Commanding 24．A．certainly B．quietly C．finally D．slightly 25．A．gave up B．picked up C．checked out D．showed off 26．A．heart B．pressure C．memory D．strength 27．A．greeted B．helped C．saw D．moved 28．A．formal B．real C．new D．popular 29．A．confident B．anxious C．surprised D．hopeless 30．A．heard B．spoke C．shouted D．smiled 31．A．taking in B．sticking with C．brightening up D．waking up 32．A．lay B．rest C．show D．ease 33．A．caught B．followed C．located D．prevented 34．A．kindness B．talent C．bravery D．justice 35．A．cheerful B．safe C．exciting D．creative
四、用单词的适当形式完成句子
worse about themselves.(所给词的适当形式填空)
37．CGI has been (frequent) used in film-making as a special effects technology. (所给词的适当形式填空)
38．Practising tai chi has inspired me (explore) the Chinese culture behind it. (所给词的适当形式填空)
39．With these requirements of tai chi in mind, I found to my (satisfy) that my balance and flexibility slowly improved. (所给词的适当形式填空)
40．Usually, the football coach as well as his team members (interview) for their performance shortly after the match. (所给词的适当形式填空)
41．I was so caught up in the party fever I hardly noticed five hours fly by.(用适当的词填空)
42．an IQ of 75, Forrest Gump lives a truly amazing life. (用适当的词填空) 43．The film you see is the product of a huge amount of hard work, most of takes place behind the scenes. (用适当的词填空)
44．Although they have made some improvement, so far no basketball court
(build). (所给词的适当形式填空)
45．Like cars that run on petrol, your body (burn) carbohydrates for energy. (所给词的适当形式填空)
五、汉译英（整句）
46．现在，许多年轻人非常关注自己的外表，这让我想到了很多。

在我看来，真正的美丽和完美的外表无关(has nothing to do with)，唯有内在美(inner beauty)才能让人耀眼。

人们可以通过科技让他们的外表完美，但是内在美却是无法通过科技得到的。

内在美是最宝贵的东西，美丽的外表会随着时间而消逝(fade away)，但是内在美却不会。

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47．上周，我受邀参加了一个传统的中国婚礼，在那儿我目睹(witness)了“接亲”这一过程(Jieqin process)。

一大早，穿着正装的新郎便来到了新娘家。

与此同时，新娘穿着传统的秀和服(traditional Xiuhe clothing)坐在床上，等待新郎的到来。

在整个接亲过程中，新郎通过了一系列的挑战和考验来展示他的爱和真诚(sincerity)，才最终成功地把新娘带回家。

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六、其他应用文
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