赤峰市第四中学分校2023-2024学年高二下学期4月月考英语试卷(不含音频,无答案)

2023-2024 学年下学期第一次月考高二英语
本试卷共150分，120分钟
第Ⅰ卷
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
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，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. What is the woman good at?
A. Singing.
B. Playing the piano.
C. Playing the drums.
2. Why is the man late?
A. Because of the heavy traffic.
B. Because of the bad weather.
C. Because of the basketball match.
3. What will the woman probably do?
A. Charge her phone.
B. Leave the house.
C. Call her mother.
4. What are the two speakers talking about?
A. A souvenir.
B. A place.
C. A piece of cloth.
5. How much will the woman pay to rent the car?
A.200 dollars.
B.210 dollars.
C.240 dollars.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

6. What does the man want to do?
A. Pay taxes.
B. Get information.
C. Answer questions.
7. What does the woman advise the man to do?
A. Call back later.
B. Send an email.
C. Speak to someone else.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

8. What is the weather probably like now?
A. Rainy.
B. Cloudy.
C. Sunny.
9. What happened last year at the get-together?
A. No one wanted to play any games.
B. People ran out of food and drinks.
C. People just wanted to stay warm.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

10. How many nights will the woman stay at the hotel?
A. Two.
B. Three.
C. Five.
11. When did the woman reserve the room?
A. On the 11th.
B. On the 12th.
C. On the 13th.
12. What does the woman request be sent to her room?
A. Breakfast.
B. A newspaper.
C. A guest book.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

13. Where will the two speakers have the party?
A. In a garden.
B. In a hotel.
C. In their house.
14·What food will the man prepare for the party?
A. Pizzas.
B. Salad.
C. A birthday cake.
15. What kind of birthday present will the woman get for Grandpa?
A. A scarf.
B. Abook.
C. A hat.
16. When will the party be held?
A. On Thursday.
B. On Friday.
C. On Saturday.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

17. How long is the lecture about ants?
A. 60 minutes.
B. 45 minutes.
C. 30 minutes.
18. Where will the film The Great Migration be shown?
A. In Theater A.
B. In Thieater B.
C. In Theater C.
19. Who will host the event Encouraging Garden Wildlife?
A. David Crocker.
B. Monica Chaddha.
C. Jane Smith.
20. When will the listeners leave the Exhibition Room?
A. At 2:00 p. m.
B. At 2:30 p. m.
C. At 3:00 p. m.
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2. 5分，满分37. 5分）
A
Four Unmissable Cultural Attractions in Cambridge
Set on the east bank of the River Cam, Cambridge is surely one of England's most traditional and famous cities, where there is a world-famous university and great writers, thinkers and scholars. It comes as no surprise that this age-old centre of learning is home to a variety of splendid museums.
Fitzwilliam Museum
The Fitzwilliam, a museum at the University of Cambridge, houses about half a million artworks worldwide. Highlights include masterpieces by Titian and Canaletto, Anglo-Saxon jewelry（珠宝）, and a wide range of priceless china, to name just a few. The museum is closed on Mondays.
Polar Museum
This small museum is based in the university's Scott Polar Research Institute, set up by a surviving member of Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition（探险）to Antarctica. It's packed with all manner of objects relating to polar exploration; sleeping bags, Inuit artworks and expedition diaries. The museum is open from Wednesdays to
Saturdays; check the latest times before visiting.
Museum of Zoology
Celebrate the diversity of animal life at this university museum, which has some of the best natural history collections in the world. It's home to a variety of impressive exhibits, from an almost-70-foot fin whale to an African elephant. The specimens（标本）on display cover the whole animal kingdom. It is open from Tuesdays to Sundays.
Centre for Computing History
With a focus on the social and cultural impact of technology, this museum explores the incredible advances made in computing over the past few decades, as well as during the earlier days of the Information Age. It's a great day out with children, with mobile phones, calculators, game players and old-fashioned computers all on show. The museum is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.
21. What will you enjoy in Fitzwilliam Museum?
A. Valuable artworks.
B. Expedition diaries.
C. Animal specimens.
D. Old-fashioned computers.
22. When can you visit Polar Museum?
A. On Monday.
B. On Tuesday.
C. On Friday.
D. On Sunday.
23. Which museum should you go to if you are interested in mobile phones?
A. Polar Museum.
B. Museum of Zoology.
C. Fitzwilliam Museum.
D. Centre for Computing History.
B.
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo has long worked to make her city less dependent on cars. She wanted to see more people using bicycles to get around. Over a number of years, the city government set limits on cars and increased the amount of. bike paths from 200 kilometers to over 1,000 kilometers.
This year, Parisians are not complaining about too much automobile traffic. Instead, they say there are too many bikes. "Now, it's really like a bike traffic jam（阻塞）," Thibault Quere, a spokesperson for France's Federation of Bicycle Users, said. "It's kind of a good difficulty to have, especially when we think about what Paris used to be."
Some famous roads , along the River Seine are completely closed to cars. Now you see people riding bikes, running and walking with their families along the river. In another part of Paris, a bike path on Sebastopol Boulevard is one of the busiest in Europe, after opening in 2019. In one week in early September, it reached a record high of 124,000 riders.
The city will host the Summer Olympics in 2024 and plans to add more bike paths by then. Paris wants to reduce its pollution by half during the games, even as visitors from around the world will be , in the city for the event. Organizers say all of the competition sites will be reachable by bike through a 60-kilometer network of bike paths.
The change it: Paris, however, has not been easy. With more people using bikes , more people are making mistakes. Some of them are new to cycling and disobey traffic rules. But the environment may be improving.
Cycling is good exercise and helps reduce pollution, which is still a problem for the large city The French government blames atmospheric/pollution for 48,000 early deaths in the country each year.
Hidalgo was re-elected in 2020 and plans to keep making what she calls a "Paris" that "breathes". Her newest five-year bike plan includes over $250 million for more bike paths and-bike parking. The new budget is an increase of over $100 million, from her first five-year plan.
24. What can be learned from the second paragraph?
A. Hidalgo's effort has paid off.
B. Parisians preferito travel by car.
C. Parisians find it difficult to ride bikes.
D. Quere disagrees with Hidalgo.
25. Why does the author mention the data in paragraph 3?
A. To compare the famous roads in France;
B. To praise people enjoying riding bicycles.02
C. To stress the importance of France in Europe.
D. To show how busy a cycle path is in Paris.
26. What do the organizers probably wish visitors to do during the Summer Olympics in 2024?
A. Tour local bike shops.
B. Ride to competition sites.
C. Promote the sights in France.
D. Support the athletes around the world.
27. Which word can best describe Anne Hidalgo?
A. Friendly.
B. Helpful.
C. Determined.
D. Honest. C
C
If you've ever watched a dog nap, you've probably wondered if animals dream. It's a complicated question. We still don't know exactly why humans dream. Studying animal dreams is even harder; dogs can't tell us what made them whine（哀鸣）during a nap. However, a recent study suggests spiders may experience REM-like（类快速眼动）sleep and even visual dreams. It sounds unusual, but it may be true.
Rats recall maze memories
After rats run a maze（迷宫）during the day. they can rerun the same course while asleep, research has shown. When awake, a rat's hippocampus, a part of the brain responsible for making and storing memories; remembers the neuron（神经元）pattern of navigating the maze. Later when asleep, the brain reproduces the identical pattern, suggesting the rat remembers the maze.
This 2001 finding was one of the first to suggest that animals had complex dreams. Those rat brain studies show that when maze memories occur during sleep , the visual imagery that went along with them is also reactivated, meaning the sleeping rats saw what they had seen in the maze while awake. The same has been found for auditory（听，觉）and even emotional areas that reactivate when the rat reruns the maze during REM sleep.
Zebra finches remember songs
Despite being known for their lyrical songs, zebra finches aren't born singers. The birds must learn by listening, practicing, and, perhaps, by dreaming.
In 2000 researchers learned that neurons in the birds' forebrains fire with a distinct . pattern while they sing a song. While the birds sleep, their brains reproduce this same pattern, replicating the song they heard and sang that
day, suggesting the birds remember and practice songs in their sleep.
Do dreaming birds, relive their , waking experiences? Or are singing dreams more like algorithms（算法）. running without. conscious . awareness? Scientists may be getting closer to finding out.
Researcher Mourrain says, "I would not be surprised if actual dreams were found in animals, and I think eventually we'll be able to show that scientifically. You did something in the daytime, and your brain will replay it, integrate it, and mix it with other experiences. We're not the only species capable of remembering and learning."
28. Why is it more difficult to study animal dreams?
A. Animals rarely dream.
B. Animals do not speak.
C. Animals seldom shooze.
D. Animals do not experience REM.
29. What can we say about hippocampus?
A. It makes and stores memories.
B. It remembers the pattern of the maze.
C. It enables rats to have complex dreams.
D. It helps sleeping rats to see the maze clearly.
30. Which of the following would Mourrain most probably agree with?
A. What we found' m animals now are not actual dreams.
B. The science today is unable to prove that animals do dream.
C. The. fact that animals dream will soonier or later be confirmed.
D. All animals in the world have the ability to remember and learn.
31. What might be the reasor that scientists conduct this kind of research?
A. They want to find out the relationship between sleep and memory.
B. They hope to prove that humans are the only species that dream.
C. They try to understand animals "dreams" and their influence on memory.
D. They attempt to improve the learning ability of these animals.
D
The sweet art of painting with caramelized sugar（焦糖）can be witnessed in China's Sichuan province. This ancient craft still manages to amaze tourists lucky enough to stumble upon a skilled street artist.
According to experts, this type of Chinese folk art originated from the Ming Dynasty when sugar animals and figures were created as part of ceremonies for sacrifice. During the Qing Dynasty, it gained even more popularity and the techniques were upgraded, which resulted in an increased number of patterns, most of them inspired by nature, wildlife and religion. In the beginning, people used molds（模具）to shape the caramelized sugar, but they were gradually replaced with a sinaft Bronze（青铜的）spoon that had to be used by talented artists who were experts at the art of normaf painting as well.
"Painting" artistic pieces from melted sugar is. very different from regular painting. Because the hot sugar cools down very quickly, the painter has to work swiftly, making sure he follows the correct order of strokes（一画，笔画）;to get every shape just right. In order to get familiar with the process and the technique, it's recommended that artists practice normal painting first.
Masters of this centuries-old craft use brown or white sugar as the main material. A bronze spoon and a small spade as tools, and a slab（厚块）of marble as the canvas. The sugar is melted over a fiery pot and spread over the
canvas with the spoon. Once the shape is completed, the spade is used to glue a wooden stick to the art work and to separate it from the marble slab. Then you can have your very own caramelized sugar dragon or tiger and a unique souvenir.
The art is gaining support from both the general public and the government, who had it listed as a Provincial Non-Material Culture Heritage.
32. What does the underlined phrase probably mean in this passage?
A. Employ.
B. Attract.
C. Become.
D. Encounter.
33. What can we know about the caramelized sugar painting in Qing Dynasty?
A. It played a more important role in ceremonies.
B. The themes of the paintings were various.
C. The molds were completely replaced by spootts.
D. More people were attracted to study paintings.
34. What makes sugar , painting different from regular painting?
A. The order of strokes.
B. The number of the patterns.
C. The drawing materials.
D. The topics of the paintings:
35. What does the fourth paragraph mainly talk about?
A. The history of making sugar paintings.
B. The process of creating sugar paintings.
C. The variety of different sugar paintings.
D. The pleasure of. enjoying sugar paintings.
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。

Minor Cold: A sugary feast to get through the freezing winter
Minor Cold, ar "Xiaohan" in Chinese. is the 23rd of the 24. solar terms in the Chinese luhar calendar 36 We've outlined below how people deal with the Minor Cold and its significance in Chinese culture.
Why do people eat eight treasures rice pudding?
Eight treasures rice pudding or "babaofan" in Mandarin, is a special sweet rice dish enjoyed during Minor Cold and Chinese New Year dinner. In Chinese, the number eight is pronounced as "ba". which is similar to another Chinese word "fa" . 37 . Because of its pronunciation, this traditional Chinese dim sum is regarded as a symbol of wealth and health.
What else do people eat?
38 . Different regions in China have different eating habits. People in Namjing and Shanghai usually cook vegetable rice while in Guangzhou, it is a tradition to eat sticky rice on the morning of Minor Cold.
Nationwide: Preparing for the Spring Festival
For Chinese people, this time of year also sees preparation for the most important festival of the year: the Spring Festival. 39 In the old days, Chinese families would usually start to purchase the necessities for the Spring Festival, write couplets and make paper cuts by themselves.
Forecasts from animals
The ancient Chinese noticed the slight changes in seasons by observing the movements of the birds. Wild
geese would usually start to fly back to the north while the magpies（喜鹊）make their nests. These animals remind people of the beginning of the suitable farming and life for Minor Cold. 40 . Therefore, more attention should be paid to domestic animals'. warmth.
A. It means getting rich or booming in business.
B. However, "babaofan" is not the only traditional food for Minor Cold.
C. For most areas of China, Minor Cold is the beginning of the coldest period.
D. Even though temperatures drop suddenly at this time, spring is not far away.
E The last lunar month, known as "Layue", usually begins around Minor Cold.
F. Cabbage is easy to preserve in the winter and tastes better after being preserved.
G. With each solar term, there comes a set of customs that are related to the time of a year.
第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Faisal is a fifth-grade student at an Islamic School &. Academy in Ramtha, Jordan. He was born without a right hand and only two fingers on his left, as well as a tongue-tie for which he had to 41 surgery at a very young age. These physical disabilities made Faisal feel 42 and isolated（隔绝）from his peers. as he could not 43 seeing the looks of pity they would give him.
Books were Faisal's 44 shelter, where he could explore new worlds and lose himself in stories that made him feel alive. 45 , he struggled to find a way to develop his passion for 46 until his teacher introduced him to the Arab Reading Challenge.
Faisal 47 the Challenge's fifth edition qualifying at both the school and district levels. He was _48_ when his school district's director recognized him for his district qualification. He then went on to 49 at the country level. Thanks to his success in the Challenge, Faisal 50 felt comfortable with opening up and
51 with his classmates. who now look at him with 52 rather than sympathy.
Faisal is now preparing for the sixth Arab Reading Challenge and is 53 to reach the finals. The child who once 54 to interact with others is now filled with hope and a 55 for life. His constant smiles . and laughs fill the room as he talks to friends he met through the Arab Reading Challenge.
41. A. perform B. undergo C. consider D. interrupt.
42. A. nervous B. bored C. shy D. crazy
43. A. bear B. resist C. help D. deny
44. A. simple B. normal C. rough D. safe
45. A. Therefore B. However C. Otherwise D. Additionally
46. A. teaching B. writing C. reading D. dancing
47. A. participated in B. prepared for C. approve of D. subscribed to
48. A. curious B. embarrassed C. sensitive D. overjoyed
49. A. recall B. cease C. qualify D. lose
50. A. eventually B. suddenly C. frequently D. genuinely
51. A. competing B. interacting C. reasoning D. experimenting
52. A. hesitation B. loyalty C. confusion D. admiration
53. A. satisfied B. worried C. determined D. ashamed
54. A. refused B. afforded C. managed D. expected
55. A. preference B. passion C. potential D. prediction
第二节.语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，共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。

Waters may be flowing on the surface of an enormous planet that lies about 120 light-years from Earth, according to new evidence 56. ________ uncover) by the James Webb Space Telescope.
The investigation with the space-based observatory, one of the most advanced astronomy instruments in operation,57. ________(reveal) that the exoplanet （外星球）K2-18b may have some key features of a planet 58. ________ could support bodies of water — and life. Closely orbiting the cool dwarf star K2-18, the exoplanet lies within the star's habitable, or Goldilocks, zone and is 8.6 times 59.________big as Earth. An 60. ________(analyse) of Webb's observations found the planet has huge quantities of methane（甲烷）and carbon dioxide in its atmosphere.
The Webb telescope, which can detect infrared（红外）light invisible to the human eye, searched for exactly 61.________elements are featured in the planet's atmosphere. And 62. ________ latest observations of the planet also hint that a very special substance, called dimethyl sulfide（二甲亚砜）, could be 63 ________ presence) op K2-18b. On Earth, dimethyl sulfide "is only produced by life," according to NASA. Researchers are not directly suggesting that K2-18b is crawling with alien life. Further research is needed 64.________confirm) the presence of dimethyl sulfide.
And even if scientists confirm the chemical compound's presence, that doesn't guarantee life-forms exist there. But this new evidence does expand scientists' understanding of exoplanets similar 65:________K2-18b.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
66.假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Tom写信询问你的一次难忘的旅游经历。

请你用英语给他回一封邮件，谈谈你某次去外地旅游的经历。

内容包括：1.旅游行程的简介：2.你此次旅游的收获和感受。

注意：1.词数80左右；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Tom,
____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely.
Li Hua 第二节（满分25分）
67.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。

I found the kitten sitting on the front step of our house. He was black and white and looked quite weak. Where
did he come from? I noticed he had no collar around his neck. Who would be so irresponsible?
I went inside and opened a can of fish. After I placed the can in the doorway, the kitten hungrily lapped it up and then walked right inside the house. Later, after jumping onto a bunch of pillows on the couch, he began to groom his hair.
I bet his last owners didn't love him at all! I thought. If someone can't take care of their kitten, they deserve to lose him! Our family never owned pets, but I had always wanted one. It's a good thing I found that kitten and took him in. Thank goodness he found me!
The kitten kept meowing quite a lot. And then it started trying to bite my hand. "Hey, kitten! I'm not food!" I said. But the kitten tried again to bite my finger. I knew I had to get him some proper cat food. "You stay put, kitten!" I told him. "I'm going to get you food!" Then I grabbed my keys and headed out to the pet store nearest to our house.
On my way to the store, I spotted a sign on the telephone pole:
LOST KITTEN-Black and White, very friendly. If you find him, please call us.
"If you were so worried about your kitten," I thought, "maybe you should have taken better care of him!"
When I walked into the pet store, I found that the place was packed with kids handing out flyers about the same cat to customers inside. In the back of the store, I saw a boy under 10 years old, crying in his wheel chair. "I can't believe I lost my kitten!" he said to his parents.
注意：续写词数应为150 左右。

I looked at the flyers on the wall carefully this time — it was definitely the cat I had back at home!
____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ The little boy began to cry with laughter. _______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________。