广东省东莞外国语学校2023-2024学年高三上学期11月月考英语试题

广东省东莞外国语学校2023-2024学年高三上学期11月月考
英语试题
学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
一、阅读理解
Your Garden Escape
Even in the big city you can find oases (绿洲) of calm and beauty. From a royal palace to a classical garden, we recommend great green spaces to escape the hustle and bustle(喧嚣繁忙) of London.
Horniman Gardens
Homiman Gardens cover 16 acres with breathtaking views of London. Visitors can enjoy the Sound Garden, Meadow Field, and even a Prehistoric Garden, which features a display of “living fossils”. The gardens are very popular with families, and dogs can be let off their leads in the Meadow Field.
Chiswick Garden
As a classical garden landscape in London, it was here that the English Landscape Movement was born with William Kent’s designs. Enjoy fresh bread, seasonal food, and natural wines in the award-winning cafe, while admiring the beauty of the natural scenery, spotted with impressive art and statues.
Buckingham Palace Garden
The 39-acre garden boasts more than 350 types of wildflowers, over 200 trees and a three-acre lake. The garden also provides a habitat for native birds rarely seen in London. A tour of the garden can be completed by having a cream tea in the cafe overlooking the Palace’s famous grassland and lake.
Kew Garden
The Royal Botanic Garden at Kew is one of the world’s most famous gardens and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Have a walk through the vast garden, spot local wildlife at the lake, or get your hands dirty by trying a gardening lesson. Be sure to visit the Temperate House, which contains some of the rarest and most threatened plants.
1．What can visitors do in both Homiman Gardens and Chiswick Garden?
A．Study living fossils.B．Enjoy fine views.
C．Appreciate impressive art.D．Taste delicious food.
2．Where should visitors go if they want to join in hands-on activities?
A．Homiman Gardens.B．Chiswick Garden.
C．Buckingham Palace Garden.D．Kew Garden.
3．What is the purpose of the text?
A．To stress the necessity of garden escape.
B．To entertain interested garden visitors.
C．To introduce famous gardens to visitors.
D．To show the benefits of touring gardens.
My childhood was a painted picture of sunny sky and rolling green fields stretching to the horizon. It tasted of sharp berries and smelt of sour grapes. My family lived in a cabin(小木屋) in the countryside but I lived in my mother’s arms. They were so delicate but strong, her red hair falling around me like a curtain separating me from the world.
Childhood was simple. The borders of my village were the furthest my troubles went and monsters only lived in the pages of books. Every day was a waking dream of running races and muddy knees. My village was archaic, dying cabins housing dying farmers with dying traditions. There weren’t many children but me and the other boys; boys of butchers and sellers formed our own group.
They called us wild. I suppose we were. Trees and mountains formed our playgrounds and fights broke out as easily as sudden laughter. Liberated from the restrictions of society, we would bound into the woods, deeper and deeper until we found a lake which, with a wild yell, we would jump into all at once.
My most vivid memories from boyhood center around that lake. Water shone brightly and the sounds of our screams broke into the outcry from birds. The shock of cold water against sweating skin would wake every nerve in my body and my bare feet would hit the sinking muddy bottom. As we submerged(淹没)，time would suspend，movements slowing as bubbles rose around us.
I was drowning. I was living. I was living. I was drowning.
For timelessness or a second (both felt the same), we would suspend, curl up, and then be forced back out into breathing air.
We should have known that it wouldn’t last forever. Yet, even under the best circumstances, there’s something so tragic about growing up: to have your perspective on the
people and life around you change;to always struggle to reach a mirror only to find yourself tall enough to see your reflection one day. And find, a different person staring back out at you.
4．What does the underlined word “archaic” mean in paragraph 2?
A．Borderless.
B．Valueless.
C．Old-fashioned.
D．Poverty-stricken.
5．Why did the author consider himself and other children wild?
A．They played in the woods crazily.
B．They tricked others purposefully.
C．They frequently broke social rules.
D．They firmly refused school education.
6．How does the author introduce his memories of the lake?
A．By sharing feelings.
B．By expressing ideas.
C．By making comparisons.
D．By describing characters.
7．What message does the author seem to convey in the last paragraph?
A．Loneliness and challenges make a man grow up.
B．The regret of growth is that you have never tried.
C．Growth is often accompanied by sad goodbyes to the past.
D．Growth begins when we begin to accept our own weakness.
Well, well, well. It looks like robots are now coming for our beloved furry friends. According to a new study, animal robots may be just as effective, if not better, at providing therapeutic(治疗的) benefits to children as real pets. As someone who has both interacted with real dogs and robots, I can tell you that this is quite a bold claim.
Sure, robots may have some benefits over real dogs. They can work for longer hours and won’t cause allergies(过敏) or pass on diseases. But can a robot give you that wet-nosed, slobber-filled experience that a real dog can? I think not.
Now, I’m not saying that robots don’t have their place in therapy. In fact, I can see how
an animal robot could be helpful in certain situations where a real dog might not be possible. But let’s not go replacing all the good boys and girls with robots just yet.
As for the study, it’s interesting to see that while the kids said they loved real-life dogs better, they actually spent more time interacting with the robot. I can only imagine that it was doing some pretty impressive tricks, some robots dance or robot jokes maybe, to hold the kids’ attention for that long.
In all seriousness, though, I do think it’s important to consider the welfare of therapy dogs. Visiting hospitals can be stressful and tiring for them.
So, while I may not be ready to trade in my furry friends for robots just yet, I am open to the idea of introducing animal robots into therapy programs. Who knows? Maybe one day we’ll all have our own personal robot pets that can provide us with just as much love and companionship as the real thing. But until then, I’ll stick with my trusty furry friends. 8．What is the text?
A．A response to a recent study.
B．A summary of a scientific study.
C．A news report of a new invention.
D．A review on a medical experiment.
9．What does the writer mean by saying “this is quite a bold claim” in paragraph 1?
A．The new study is quite a breakthrough.
B．His personal experience supports the study.
C．Robots have no therapeutic benefits to children.
D．Robots cannot replace real pets at present stage.
10．Which of the following is a finding of the new study?
A．The kids preferred robot pets to real dogs.
B．Robots kept the kids’ interest for a longer time.
C．The kids’ concentration was effectively improved.
D．Robots had more tricks to impress kids than real dogs.
11．Why is the author open to the idea of using robots in therapy?
A．They can share some of therapy pets’ work.
B．They can guarantee the welfare of therapy pets.
C．They provide us with just as much love as real pets.
D．They are better at releasing patients’ stress and tiredness.
According to the Solar Energy Industry Association, the number of solar panels installed(安装)has grown rapidly in the past decade, and it has to grow even faster to meet climate goals. But all of that growth will take up a lot of space, and though more and more people accept the concept of solar energy, few like large solar panels to be installed near them.
Solar developers want to put up panels as quickly and cheaply as possible, so they haven’t given much thought to what they put under them. Often, they’ll end up filling the area with small stones and using chemicals to control weeds. The result is that many communities, especially in farming regions, see solar farms as destroyers of the soil.
“Solar projects need to be good neighbors,” says Jordan Macknick, the head of the Innovative Site Preparation and Impact Reductions on the Environment(InSPIRE)project. “They need to be protectors of the land and contribute to the agricultural economy.” InSPIRE is investigating practical approaches to “low-impact” solar development, which focuses on establishing and operating solar farms in a way that is kinder to the land. One of the easiest low-impact solar strategies is providing habitat for pollinators(传粉昆虫).
Habitat loss, pesticide use, and climate change have caused dramatic declines in pollinator populations over the past couple of decades, which has damaged the U.S. agricultural economy. Over 28 states have passed laws related to pollinator habitat protection and pesticide use. Conservation organizations put out pollinator-friendliness guidelines for home gardens, businesses, schools, cities—and now there are guidelines for solar farms.
Over the past few years, many solar farm developers have transformed the space under their solar panels into a shelter for various kinds of pollinators, resulting in soil improvement and carbon reduction. “These pollinator-friendly solar farms can have a valuable impact on everything that’s going on in the landscape,” says Macknick.
12．What do solar developers often ignore?
A．The decline in the demand for solar energy.
B．The negative impact of installing solar panels.
C．The rising labor cost of building solar farms.
D．The most recent advances in solar technology.
13．What does InSPIRE aim to do?
A．Improve the productivity of local farms.
B．Invent new methods for controlling weeds.
C．Make solar projects environmentally friendly.
D．Promote the use of solar energy in rural areas.
14．What is the purpose of the laws mentioned in paragraph 4?
A．To conserve pollinators.B．To restrict solar development.
C．To diversify the economy.D．To ensure the supply of energy. 15．Which of the following is the best title for the text?
A．Pollinators: To Leave or to Stay B．Solar Energy: Hope for the Future
C．InSPIRE: A Leader in Agriculture D．Solar Farms: A New Development
二、七选五
Sending handwritten letters may have fallen out of fashion, but I’m a great believer in the power of letters. There’s something unique and special about handwritten things. You write a letter not because there’s something you need to know, but there’s something you want to say. 16
The letter is a powerful and memorable way to touch the ones you care about. When my granny died and I cleared her house, I found hundreds of letters she had kept. 17 There were letters from her mother, who died long before: I was born, but sitting reading them one rainy afternoon, her words stretched out across time and I felt I knew her.
18 It can enrich a relationship and allow it to grow. When I was 12, I faked a letter from a parent to the pet shop for a pet mouse. My mum punished me and made me write letters to some relatives. One of them was my uncle who I’d only met a few times before. I wrote a long letter detailing my life and listing my interests. My punishment-complete, I forgot about this until I suddenly got a reply from him. “How lovely to hear from you,” he said, and went on to tell me all about his life. He’d love to hear about what subjects at school I enjoyed. 19 I have grown close to him since then.
I often think about how that one naughty childhood behavior led to such an enriching communication that stretched on for many years. It encouraged me to write to lots of other people in fact. 20 So, I’d encourage you to put pen to paper and see where it leads. What have you got to lose?
A．That is the point of the letter.
B．They told the story of her relationships.
C．Receiving a letter is such a lovely surprise.
D．It’s also a way to make you more thoughtful.
E．And it’s something I keep up with to this day.
F．Then we started a communication that went on for years.
G．That’s why we would prefer handwritten letters to emails.
三、完形填空
The sun was beginning to sink as I set off into the Harenna Forest. I was on my way to
28．A．hives B．leaves C．rope D．honey 29．A．Finally B．Surprisingly C．Naturally D．Immediately 30．A．backed B．dived C．shouted D．inched 31．A．cut off B．gone up C．slid down D．held onto 32．A．high B．early C．fast D．close 33．A．hatching B．training C．sowing D．trading 34．A．curious B．hungry C．bored D．angry 35．A．moment B．equipment C．person D．order
四、用单词的适当形式完成短文
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。

For thousands of years, people have told fables (寓言) in 36 attempt to teach a lesson or to pass on wisdom. Fables were part of the oral tradition of many early cultures with the well-known Aesop’s fables 37 (date) to the sixth century, B．C．Yet, the form of the fable still has values today, as Rachel Carson says in “A Fable for Tomorrow.”
Carson uses a simple, direct style common to fable. In fact, her style, as well as tone (口吻), seemingly 38 (satisfy) the children. “There was once a town in the heart of America, where all life seemed 39 (enjoy) peaceful co-existence with is surroundings.” Her fable begins, with some familiar words 40 (adapt) from many age-old fables. Behind the simple style, however, is a serious message intended for everyone.
Different from traditional 41 (approach), Carson’s story ends with an accusation instead of a moral. She reminds people 42 the environmental dangers facing society, and she delivers the lesson 43 people must take responsibility for saving their environment.
The themes of traditional fables often deal with simple truths about everyday life. However, Cason’s theme is a more weighty warning about environmental destruction.
44 is likely that a simple lyric form that has been passed down through the ages can still be 45 (benefit) today to draw attention to important truths.
五、邀请信
46．假定你是李华，曾在你校工作的外教Peter得知你们最近搬迁到新校区学习，来信询问新校区的情况，请你给他回封邮件，内容包括：
1. 介绍新校区（地理位置，建筑布局，设施设备等）；
2. 邀请他闲时来访。

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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六、读后续写
47．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。

续写的词数应为150左右。

“I’m going to miss you so much, Poppy,” said the tall, thin teenager. He bent down to hug his old friend goodbye. He stood up, hugged his parents, and smiled, trying not to let his emotions(情绪) get the better of him.
His parents were not quite able to keep theirs under control. They had driven their son several hours out of town to the university where he would soon be living and studying. It was time to say goodbye for now at least. The family hugged and smiled through misty eyes and then laughed.
The boy lifted the last bag onto his shoulder, and flashed a bright smile. “I guess this is it,” he said. “I’ll see you back home in a month, okay?” His parents nodded, and they watched as he walked out of sight into the crowds of hundreds of students and parents. The boy’s mother turned to the dog, “Okay, Poppy, time to go back home.”
The house seemed quiet as a tomb without the boy living there. All that week, Poppy didn’t seem interested in her dinner, her favourite toy, or even in her daily walk. Her owners were sad too, but they knew their son would be back to visit. Poppy didn’t.
They offered the dog some of her favourite peanut butter treats. They even let her sit on the sofa, but the old girl just wasn’t her usual cheerful self. Her owners started to get worried.
“What should we do to cheer Poppy up?” asked Dad. “We’ve tried everything.”
“I have an idea, but it might be a little crazy,” smiled Mum. “Without anybody left in the house but us, this place could use a bit of fun. Let’s get a little dog for Poppy.”
It didn’t take long before they walked through the front door carrying a big box. Poppy welcomed them home as usual but when she saw the box, she stopped. She put her nose on it. Her tail began wagging(摆动) ever so slowly, then faster as she caught the smell. Paragraph 1:
Dad put the box on the ground and opened the top.
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Paragraph 2:
A few weeks later, the boy arrived home from university.
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