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英语丨吉林省白城市通榆县第一中学2021届高三上学期第一次月考英语试卷及答案
高三上学期第一次月考英语试题（试卷总分∶150分考试时间∶120分钟）●注意事项∶1.答题时，务必将自己的学校、班级、姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。
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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，选择正确选项。
1. What does the woman mean?A. She will help the man.B. The man should try harder.C. She will go everywhere with the man.2. How many colors does this kind of T-shirtshave?A. Two.B. Three.C. Four.3. What will the woman do?A. She will go to work at once.B. She will go to eat with the man.C. She will telephone her family.4. How long will it take to wash the car?A. Thirty minutes.B. Forty-five minutes.C. One hour.5. What kind of person is Richard Green?A. A helpful person.B. A selfish person.C. A trouble-maker.第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
天津市和平区2024_2025学年高三英语上学期第一次月考试题
5.Speech________ enables them to understand what a person is saying, and natural language processing is used to work out a response.
—But it’s too early to________ now. There’s still much hope.
A.have second thoughtsB.throw in the towel
C.test the watersD.make ends meet
2.Many enterprising young people present their ideas________ getting investment and advice to start their own business.
Although she will not win in Beijing, she has already won some____20____. She had been given many reasons why she could not compete: she is too short, she did not start____21____at a young age, and she could not balance a(n)____22____job with competing in a sport. The biggest____23____simply might have been that Ireland did not have a luge organization. So, she____24____one herself; she had to self-fund.
湖南省邵阳市第二中学2022-2023学年高三上学期入学考试(第一次月考)英语试题
2020级高三第一次月考总分：150分时间：120分钟出题人：Ebony审题人：Stephanie第一部分听力（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）第一节听下面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。
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.How many kilos does the man weigh now?A.62.B.54.C.50.2.What does the man need to do?A.Look up a word.B.Borrow a dictionary.C.Deal with his email.3.Why does the woman need new sheets?A.The old ones were worn.B.The old ones were ugly.C.The old ones were too small.4.What are the speakers mainly talking about?A.Their futures.B.Their family.C.Their travel plans.5.What is the man mostly worried about?A.The noisy passengers.B.The safety of the airplane.C.The service of the flight attendant.第二节听下面5段对话或独白。
每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
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。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6.How many dogs do the speakers have?A.One.B.Two.C.Three.7.Why does the woman change her mind about the cat?A.She doesn’t want it to die.B.She wants more animals.C.She has enough money and room for it.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
辽宁省实验中学2024~2025学年高三上学期10月月考英语试题含答案
辽宁省实验中学25届高三上学期第一次月考英语科试卷考试时间：120分钟试卷满分：150分命题人：校对人：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。
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 will the speakers do with the phone?A. Have it updated.B. Have it charged.C. Have it checked.2. What kind of T-shirts does the woman prefer?A. Short.B. Loose.C. Tight.3. Who is the woman probably?A. A language teacherB. A writer.C. A musician4. What does the man have with his coffee?A. Low-fat milk.B. Goat’s milkC. Cream5. What are the speakers probably going to do next?A. Put up a tentB. Fish in the lakeC. Get food at a store.第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独白。
每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
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。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a library.B. At a print shop.C. In a classroom.7. What did the woman do last night?A. She worked on a presentation.B. She watched a show.C. She shared a story.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
2023-2024学年广东省广州市华南师范大学附属中学高三上学期第一次月考英语试题
2023-2024学年广东省广州市华南师范大学附属中学高三上学期第一次月考英语试题Inspired by his mentor Louis Sullivan, an influential figure in the world of modernist architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright coined the term “organic architecture” around 1908.Rather than imitating nature or organic elements within the natural world, organic architecture is more concerned with re-interpretation of nature and harmony between the organic and the built environment. It ensures that the individual elements within buildings are put together to reflect the order within nature. Here are four of the most striking examples.Casa MilàLocation: Barcelona, SpainYear of completion: 1910Architect: Antoni CaudiConsidered the greatest master of Catalan Modernism, Antoni Gaudi was devoted to nature and the Catholic religion. While he originally intended this organic building to have a religious purpose, it is now an apartment building. True to the organic style, it features honey shapes that seemingly emerge from the earth.Learning Hub at Nanyang Technological University (NTU)Location: SingaporeYear of completion: 2015Architect: Thomas HeatherwickEarning the nicknames “dim sum basket building” and “the Hive”, the Learning Hub consists of 12 eight-storey towers arranged around a public atrium (天井). The organic nature of the building extends to its interior with features like gardens that are intended to encourage social interactions and study among students.Falling WaterLocation: Mill Run, PennsylvaniaYear of completion:1939Architect: Frank Lloyd WrightA classic of modernism and organic architecture, Falling Water sits on top of a waterfall. Frank Lloyd Wright designed it for the Kaufmann family who—though they had originally hoped for a view of the waterfall-came to love the home.East Beach CaféLocation: Littlehampton, UKYear of completion: 2007Architect: Thomas HeatherwickLocated in a seaside area with an industrial history, East Beach Caféresembles a piece of driftwood. Forty meters long, seven meters wide and five meters high, it initially polarized locals, but has since been well-received by the whole community. It was the first building for Thomas Heatherwick who previously was better known as a sculptor.1. Which building was designed to serve a religious purpose?A．Casa Milà. B．Learning Hub at NTU.C．Falling Water. D．East Beach Cafe.2. What do we know about the four buildings in the text?A．They are architectural classics of modernism.B．They feature imitations of animals or elements in nature.C．East Beach Café was not welcomed by all the locals initially.D．The designer of Learning Hub at NTU invented’ the concept “organic architecture’’.3. Which of the following magazines is the text probably taken from?A．National Geographic . B．Architectural Digest .C．Organic Gardening . D．BBC History“Dana, how are you feeling today?” I ask, my eyes clocking her dirty uniform, and the dark circles under her eyes.“OK,” Dana mumbles (嘟囔).“Have you eaten today?”She nods. Another lie.“Can I get you anything?” But what could I possibly get her? A bedroom of her own? A family with love?“No, thanks.”Her repeated absence from school recently has worn out teachers’ patience. But I don’t want to send her back to class: What use is it knowing all the square numbers and all the grammatical rules when she has to work out how to wash, cook and decide between feeding herself or her younger sister?“A biscuit?” I offer. It works and Dana takes the biscuit I hand het.I remember the first time I met Dana, the day after she locked herself in the house when her mum abandoned the family, I remember thinking how young she was to have built such a high wall around herself and how on earth I could possibly break through. As a social worker, it is my job to knock down such walls no matter how.I know it would take more than a biscuit to ease out one of her bricks. But I will try.“How are you feeling?” I push slightly, hoping the biscuit might have softened her.“OK,” she shrugs. I’m ab out change topics when her eyes rest on my arm.“How does that feel, Mia?” Dana stares at me. The sleeve of my blouse has rolled up, evidence of how deep I had put it into the biscuit can. A deep scar along my arm is obvious against my fair skin.I roll my sleeve back down, “It’s from a fire. It hurt. But everything will be OK when you think it’s OK.”Dana pauses and picks up another biscuit. In that instant, I know something has changed in the room and we might actually be OK.4. Why is Dana often absent from school?A．Because she locks herself up. B．Because school lessons are useless.C．Because she is struggling with life. D．Because she is disliked by her teachers. 5. What do we know about Mia?A．She tries to reach out to Dana. B．She is sensitive about her scar.C．She is a demanding social worker. D．She works to improve parent-childrelationship.6. What does the ending of the text imply?A．Mia gains a better understanding of Dana. B．The atmosphere is happy and harmonious.C．Troubled teens require more care and support. D．A close bond is forming between Mia and Dana.7. What is a suitable title for the text?A．OK B．Biscuits C．A white lie D．A deep scar Strict-sounding teachers are worse at inspiring the classroom than their kind colleagues, research has revealed. A ground-breaking psychological study from The University of Essex showed “controlling sounding voices” didn’t gain cooperation from 10-16-year-olds.It discovered that youngsters faced with a strict teacher were more likely to resist, their well-being was affected, and they were less likely to reveal they were facing problems—like bullying. This is because students felt unable to express themselves when faced with a more controlling tone. Whereas a supportive-sounding voice inspired a connection to a teacher which increased their intention to cooperate.People often think about what teachers say to their students but rarely talk about how they say it. But the tone of voice teachers use really matters and the way we adjust our voice can have profound effects on listeners.The study published in the British Journal of Educational Psychology explored teachers’ tone of voice in children’s education. Pre-recorded teachers’ voices were played to 250 children who werethen asked to judge how’ the tone affected them. They were asked to rate how it would affect factors such as competence, emotions, trust and their intention to cooperate. Children reacted much better to supportive voices while controlling tones led to lower self-esteem and teachers’ sound samples were perceived to be less trustworthy.The research is hoped to influence teacher training and help boost classroom results. Future studies may head out of the lab and into schools to see where improvements can be made.Professor Weinstein, Head o f the Department of Psychology at Essex said: “Tone of voice is a powerful way to convey teachers’ caring, understanding, or openness. It’s easy to forget when we are stressed or tired, but teachers can provide a positive learning environment when they are thoughtful in how they use their tone of voice.”8. What seems to be the problem with strict-sounding teachers?A．They fail to control their voices.B．They never inspire their students.C．They are less likely to get cooperation.D．They don’t care about kids’ well-being.9. What is paragraph 4 mainly about?A．A doubt about the research methods.B．An explanation of the research process.C．Supporting evidence for the research results.D．Potential application of the research findings.10. What is the significance of the study?A．It improves teachers’ academic performance.B．It analyzes where improvements can be made.C．Future studies will be carried our in the schools.D．Its finding can be useful in training better teachers.11. What does Professor Weinstein suggest teachers do?A．They should carry on when they are stressed or tired.B．They should learn to use their tone of voice properly.C．They should improve the environment of the classroom.D．They should be thoughtful in how they convey emotions.Anyone can be late a handful of times, but to be the person who is always late—that’s an art, a frustrating art. Or, a side effect of your personality, scientists have found.So what is it that causes some people to constantly miss trains, make it to the wedding just after the bride’s shown up and regularly annoy their friends? And why is it so hard for us to fix it? “There are allsorts of punishments for being late, but we are still late even when those punishments and consequences exist.” said Jus tin Kruger, a social psychologist at New York University.One of the commonest reasons why people are frequently late is that-they fail to accurately judge how long a task will take—something known as the planning fallacy. Research has shown that people on average underestimate the tune to complete a task by a significant 40 percent. Besides, forever-late-comers are more likely to be multitaskers. A 2023 study found that out of181subway operators in New York City, those who preferred multitasking were more often late for their job. This is because multitasking makes it harder to have the awareness of what you’re doing. It’s also discovered there is a personality type that’s more likely to be late. While highly nervous, achievement-oriented Type A individuals arc more possible to be punctual, Type B individuals, however, who are calmer and more relaxed, have a higher chance to be late.Admittedly, knowing all of this doesn’t necessarily help fix the problem. But scientists are starting to work on strategies that can slowly improve our punctuality. For people who constantly underestimate tasks, breaking down an activity into detailed steps can help people estimate how long something will take more accurately. As for your personality type, unfortunately, there i sn’t much you can do to change that. But accepting that you need to struggle for it may just help. Acceptance, after all, is the first step to change.12. What does the underlined word “fallacy” mean in paragrqph3?A．A reasonable argument. B．A mistaken belief.C．A modest expectation. D．A realistic idea.13. Which of the following is a feature of forever- late-comers?A．They tackle more than one task at a time.B．They plan to spend longer time on a task.C．They suffer from concentration difficulties.D．They have high expectations for achic’vcments.14. What is a possible way to help those who are always late?A．Learning to accept who you are. B．Changing your personality type.C．Keeping to the timetable accurately. D．Divide a task into smaller ones.15. What is the main idea of the text?A．Late comers should be severely punished.B．Time management contributes to success.C．The habit of being late is related to character.D．Accepting your personality improves punctuality.Body image is a person’s opinions and feelings about his or her own body and physical appearance.16 You appreciate your body for its capabilities and accept ifs imperfections. So, what can you do to develop a positive body image? Here are some ideas.Recognize your strengths. Different body types are good for different things. What does your body do well? Maybe your speed, strength, or coordination makes you better than others at a certain sport. That may be basketball, table tennis, mountain biking, dancing, or even running. Or perhaps you have non-sports skills, like drawing, painting, singing, playing musical instrument, writing or acting.17Exercise regularly. Exercise can help you look good and feel good about yourself. Good physiques (体型) don’t ju st happen. 18 A healthy habit can be as simple as exercising 20 minutes to one hour three days a week. Working out can also lift your spirits.19 Practicing good habits—regular showering; taking care of your teeth, hair, and skin; wearing clean clothes, and so on—can help you build a positive body image.Be yourself. Your body is just one part of who you are. 20 So try not to let small imperfections take over.Shawn Cheshire rode across the country on her bicycle, depending on Jesse Crandall, a chemistry professor, to guide her every step of the way. Cheshire lost her ______ after an accident nine years ago and turned to ______ because she believed sports and physical challenges gave her “another opportunity at ______”. Through a friendship with Crandall, she has _______ bicycling to her activities, traveling across the country, meeting and inspiring people all along the way.To Crandall, teaching and guiding are about helping others through ______. “For many students, chemistry is something they have no experience with,” Crandall said. “So, when I’m teaching, it helps to think about my experiences ______ my blind friend Cheshire. Then I try talking about the lesson in a language that, ______, every body can understand.”Crandall and Cheshire have been skiing, climbing and bicycling together for the past decade. In 2018, the ______ faced the steep terrain(地形)of the Grand Canyon, completing a ______ hiking in just over twenty-four hours. As they walked forty-two miles through the night, Cheshire ______ warnings of dangers from Crandall, as well as the noise of the bell he wore, which ______as they advanced. In 2021, Cheshire ______ another world record by being the first disabled to ride her own bicycle from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean.While their next adventure remains uncertain, Crandall knows that there are no ______ with Cheshire. They have discussed skiing across Antarctica as a potential future endeavor. Their ______ and shared determination will continue to motivate others to overcome setbacks and ______ boundaries.21.A．hearing B．sight C．balance D．mind22.A．religion B．nature C．athletics D．art23.A．living B．struggling C．learning D．testing24.A．introduced B．adapted C．added D．applied25.A．disasters B．difficulties C．accidents D．injuries26.A．interviewing B．evaluating C．following D．coaching27.A．theoretically B．unexpectedly C．occasionally D．hopefully28.A．pair B．family C．community D．army29.A．refreshing B．relaxing C．challenging D．frustrating30.A．cared about B．listened for C．picked up D．replied to31.A．broke B．fell C．shone D．sounded32.A．set B．monitored C．kept D．issued33.A．secrets B．promises C．limits D．choices34.A．bond B．encouragement C．techniques D．preferences35.A．establish B．push C．respect D．maintain阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
黑龙江省哈尔滨市第一六二中学2022-2023学年高三上学期第一次月考英语试题及答案
哈162中学2022—2023第一学期高三月考试题（英语）第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节(共15题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
AThe Best Books of 2020On Monday, the American Library Association announced the top children’s books of 2020. Here are the winners.DevotionAuthor Clare Vanderpool took home the John Newbery Medal for outstanding contribution to children’s literature for Moon over Manifest. The book is about a young girl’s magical adventures in a small Kansas town, in 1936.Vanderpool said that she was shocked to learn that she had won. “You grow up reading legendary authors like Madeleine L’Engle, but I never expected to be put in a category with her,” Vanderpool told TFK. “It’s fabulous.”Picture ThisThe picture book A Sick Day for Amos McGee won the Randolph Caldecott Medal. The book was illustrated by Erin E. Stead and written by her husband, Philip C. Stead. It tells the story of an elderly zookeeper and the animals that visit him when he’s not well enough to go to work.“I love drawing animals and I love drawing people and I love drawing the emotional connection between animals and people,” said Stead.More Honored BooksThe Coretta Scott King award, given to an African-American author and illustrator of “outstanding books for children and young adults,” went to Rita Williams-Garcia for One Crazy Summer. Set in 1968, the novel follows three sisters from Brooklyn, New York, who visit their mother, a poet who ran away years ago and lives in California.The king prize for best-illustrated work went to Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave. The book, which was written by Laban Carrick Hill and illustrated by Bryan Collier, tells the story of a skilled potter who engraved his poems on the clay pots and jars that he made. The enslaved potter, known only as Dave, lived in South Carolina in the 1800s.1.How did Vanderpool feel when she heard the news that she won the medal?A. Astonished.B. Disappointed.C. Embarrassed.D. Depressed.2.Who illustrated the book Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave?A. Bryan Collier.B. Erin E. Stead.C. Laban Carrick Hill.D. Madeleine L’Engle.3.What can we infer from the passage?A. The book Moon over Manifest tells a story of a zookeeper and his animals.B. A Sick Day for Amos McGee shows us that animals can interact with humans.C. The book A Sick Day for Amos McGee is written by Erin, a famous woman writer.D. One Crazy Summer is about a mother with her three children having a holiday in California. BI travel a lot, and I find out different “styles” (风格)of directions every time I ask “How can I get to the post office?”Foreign tourists are often confused(困惑的)in Japan because most streets there don’t have names; in Japan, people use landmarks(地标)in their directions instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, “Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop. ”In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are not usually many landmarks. There are no mountains, so the land is very flat; in many places there are no towns or buildings within miles. Instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and distances. In Kansas or Iowa, for example, people will say, "Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another mile."People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on the map; they measure distance in time, not miles. “How far away is the post office?” you ask. “Oh,” they answer, “it’s about five minutes from here. ’’You say, “Yes, but how many miles away is it?”They don’t know.It’s true that a person doesn’t know the answer to your question sometimes. What happens in such a situation? A New Yorker might say, Sorry, I have no idea. But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers “I don't know." People in Yucatan believe that “I don't know" is impolite. They usually give an answer, often a wrong one. A tourist can get very, very lost in Yucatan!4.When a tourist asks the Japanese the way to a certain place, they usually .A. describe the place carefullyB. show him a map of the placeC. tell him the names of the streetsD. refer to recognizable buildings and places5.Which is the place where people measure distance in time?A. New York.B. Los Angeles.C. Kansas.D. Iowa.6.People in Yucatan may give a tourist a wrong answer_____.A. in order to save timeB. as a testC. so as to be politeD. for fun7.what can we infer from the text?A. It's important for travelers to understand cultural differences.B. It's useful for travelers to know how to ask the way properly.C. People have similar understandings of politeness.D. New Yorkers are generally friendly to visitors. CWith the largest population in the world, China has the most mouths to feed on the planet. Consequently, food waste is a great problem in China. It is reported that more than 6% — or 35 million kgs — of the country's total food production is lost before reaching consumers, in the household and warehouse storage, transport and processing sectors. With an ever-growing population, it's imperative to deal with food waste in China.Thankfully, policies covering food waste have been rapidly emerging in recent years. Since 2010, the Chinese government has selected 100 cities and encouraged them to explore alternative waste management systems. In 2016,China amended(修改) its Solid Waste Law to stop illegal dumping(倾倒) and promote recycling and reuse of waste, including food. Restaurants will soon be charged a fee for the amount of food waste they produce. And China is using a good food waste processing method called anaerobic digestion, a process that transforms organic waste into biogas, which can be used as energy, or turned into biofuel.Moving forward, policymakers should consider loss and waste reduction to be as important as increasing production. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, the current policy system of agricultural subsidisation(补贴) mainly includes price guarantees and subsidies for crops, production materials, seeds and agricultural machinery, which leads to local governments focusing on crop production while paying little attention to the wastage in the supply chain. There should also be increased investment in the construction of new warehouses and special funds for storage, transport, and processing technologies.If food waste were a country, it would be the third-largest emitting(排放) country in the world, generating about 8% of total greenhouse gas emissions. This issue is not location-specific, but an issue that affects every living thing on the planet and should therefore be seen as an essential area to take action in.8.What does the underlined word “imperative” in paragraph 1 mean?A. Impractical.B. Hopeful.C. Costly.D. Urgent9.What can we say about the anaerobic digestion method?A. It has been widely used in restaurants.B. It is required by the Solid Waste Law.C. It is eco-friendly to reuse food waste.D. It has proved effective in 100 cities.10.What is a result of the current agricultural subsidisation policy?A. Food waste in the supply chain is ignored.B. Prices of production materials go up.C. Investment in the supply chain increases.D. Food waste during crop production gets serious.11.What is the main purpose of the text?A. To promote the idea of recycling food waste.B. To call for action against food waste.C. To assess the consequences of food waste.D. To discuss the reasons behind food waste.DScientists have created a new app designed to identify dangerous mosquitoes based on sounds the insects make. The app, called Abuzz, is aimed at helping fight major diseases spread by mosquitoes.Haripriya Vaidehi Narayanan is one of the researchers who helped develop the app. Narayanan told VOA that anyone with a mobile phone could use the app to identify mosquitoes. "If they see a mosquito around, they just take out their phone, open up the app, point their phone towards the mosquito and hit the record button," she said. "Then, when the mosquito flaps its wings and starts flying around, it makes that noise, that annoying buzzing noise. That noise is what gets recorded by the Abuzz app." she added.Many diseases that mosquitoes carry do not have cures or vaccines(疫苗). So, targeting the flying insects is the best way to control them. "The most important step is to know where the mosquitoes are," Narayanan said.Traditional methods for hunting mosquitoes are costly and can take a very long time. The process also requires labor-intensive trapping as well as trained scientists to identify the insects.Manu Prakash is a professor of bioengineering at Stanford University and a lead investigator on the project. He says that out of about 3,500 different mosquito species, only about 40 are dangerous to humans. Prakash says the goal of the project was to find out whether the mosquitoes around a person's house are just an annoyance, or whether they are possibly dangerous.When mosquitoes move their wings up and down, they produce buzzing sounds. But each kind of mosquito makes a slightly different buzzing noise. The app records these sounds. Users of the app can get an answer by recording as little as one or two seconds of the buzzing sound. The app compares this recording to a collection of other recordings. It then predicts which species of mosquito it is most likely to be.By making use of mosquito information worldwide, the app can help build maps of where dangerous mosquitoes are. This can help scientists and health officials identify areas where disease is likely to break out and where to target mosquito control.12.Why is it important to locate mosquitoes?A. Because they are very small and hard to find.B. Because diseases carried by them are a big problem.C. Because mosquitoes flap their wings very quickly.D. Because the buzzing noise of mosquitoes is annoying.13.What will Abuzz do after it records the sound of a mosquito?A. Compare it to a database and identify its species.B. Make a somewhat different buzzing noise.C. Release some chemicals to kill the mosquito.D. Draw a map of the place where the mosquito was.14.In which way could Abuzz help people?A. It can help people control the number of mosquitoes.B. It can help people avoid some species of mosquitoes.C. It can help predict where mosquito-carried diseases are most likely to occur.D. It can help record the mosquito hiding places very quickly.15.What is the best title for the passage?A. The Different Species of Mosquitoes in the WorldB. New Ways to Fight Disease Caused by MosquitoesC. How to Identify Sounds Made by Different MosquitoesD. A New App That Can Identify Dangerous Mosquitoes第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
上海市七宝中学2024-2025学年高三上学期第一次月考英语试题
上海市七宝中学2024-2025学年高三上学期第一次月考英语试题一、语法填空Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.Most of the people who appear most often and most gloriously in the history books are great conquerors and generals and soliders, while the people 1 (help) civilization forward are often never mentioned at all. We do not know who first set a broken leg, or launched a seaworthy boat or calculated the length of the year, or manured (施肥) a field; but we know all about the killers and destroyers.People think a great deal of them, so much that on all the highest pillars (纪念柱) in the great cities of the world you will find the figure of a conqueror or a general or a solider. And I think most people believe that the greatest countries are 2 that have beaten in battle the greatest number of other countries and ruled over them as conquerors. It is just possible they are, but they are not 3 (civilized). Animals fight; so 4 savages (野蛮人); so to be good at fighting is to be good in the way in which an animal or a savage is good, but it is not to be civilized. Even being good at getting other people to fight for you and telling them how to do it most efficiently — this, after all, is 5 conquerors and generals have done — is not being civilized. People fight 6 (settle) quarrels. Fighting means killing, and civilized peoples ought to be able to find some ways of settling their disputes other than by seeing which side 7 kill off greater number of the other side, and then saying that the side which has killed most 8 (win). It means 9 (say) that power is right.This is what the story of mankind has on the whole been like. Even our own age has fought the two greatest wars,10 millions of people were killed or disabled. And while today it is true that people do not fight and kill each other in the streets while, that is to say, we have got to the stage of keeping the rules and behaving properly to each other in daily life-nations and countries have not learnt to do this yet, and still behave like savages.二、选词填空Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.Only two countries in the advanced world provide no guarantee for paid leave from work to care for a newborn child. Last spring one of the two, Australia, gave up the bad distinction by setting up paid family leave starting in 2011. I wasn’t surprised when this didn’t make the news here in the United States - we’re now the only wealthy country without such a policy.The United States does have one explicit family policy, the Family and Medical Leave Act, passed in 1993. It 11 workers to as much as 12 week’s unpaid leave for care of a newborn or dealing with a family medical problem. Despite the 12 of the benefit, the Chamber of Commerce and other business groups fought it bitterly, describing it as “government-run personnel management” and a “dangerous precedent (先例)”. In fact, every step of the way, as (usually) Democratic leaders have tried to introduce work-family balance measures into the law, business groups have been strongly 13 .As Yale law professor Anne Alstott, argues, 14 parental support depends on defining the family as a social good that, in some sense, society must pay for. Parents are 15 in many ways in their lives: there is “no exit” when it comes to children. Society expects parents to provide their children with continuity of care, meaning the 16 and intimate care that human beings need to develop their intellectual, emotional and moral capabilities. And society expects parents to persist in their roles for 18 years, or longer if needed.While most parents do this out of love, there are public punishments for not providing care. What parents do, in other words, is of deep 17 to the state, for the obvious reason that caring for children is not only 18 urgent but important to the future of society. The state recognizes this in the large body of family laws that govern children’s welfare, yet parents receive little help in meeting the life-changing obligations society 19 . To classify parenting as apersonal choice for which there is no collective responsibility is not merely to ignore the social benefits of good parenting, really, it is to steal those benefits because they accrue (累积) to the whole of society as today’s children become tomorrow’s citizens. In fact, by some 20 , the value of parental investments in children, investments of time and money, is equal to 20%-30% of GDP. If these investments bring huge social benefits-as they clearly do-the benefits of providing more social support for the family should be that much clearer.三、完形填空Before 1815 manufacturing in the United States had been done in homes or shops by skilled artisans. As master craft workers, they imparted the knowledge of their trades to apprentices (学徒) and journeymen (熟练工). 21 women often worked in their homes part-time, making finished articles from raw material supplied by merchant capitalists. After 1815 this older form of manufacturing began to 22 factories with machinery tended by unskilled or semiskilled laborers. 23 transportation networks, the rise of cities, and the availability of capital and credit all stimulated the shift to factory production.Apprentices were considered part of the family, and masters were responsible not only for teaching their apprentices a trade but also for providing them with some education and for 24 their moral behavior. Journeymen knew that if they 25 their skill, they could become respected master artisans with their own shops. Also, skilled artisans did not work by the clock.The factory changed that. Goods produced by factories were not as finished or elegant as those done by hand, and pride in craftsmanship gave way to the 26 to increase rates of productivity. The new methods of doing business involved a new and stricter sense of time. Absenteeism and lateness hurt productivity and, since work was specialized, 27 the regular factory routine. Industrialization not only produced a fundamental change in the way work was organized; it 28 the very nature of work.The first generation to experience these changes did not adopt the new attitudes easily. The factory clock became the symbol of the new work rules. One mill worker who finally 29 complained revealingly about “obedience to the ding-dong of the bell-just as though we are so many living machines.” With the 30 of personal freedom also came the loss of standingin the community. Unlike artisan workshops in which apprentices worked 31 with the masters supervising them, factories sharply separated workers from management. Few workers rose through the ranks to supervisory positions, and even well-paid workers sensed their 32 in status.In this newly emerging economic order, workers sometimes organized to protect their rights and traditional ways of life. The labor movement gathered some momentum (动力，势头) in the decade before the Panic of 1837, but in the depression that followed, labor’s strength 33 . During hard times, few workers were willing to strike or 34 collective action. And skilled craft workers, who led the union movement, did not feel a particularly strong bond with semiskilled factory workers and unskilled laborers. More than a decade of agitation (激烈争论) did finally bring a workday shortened to 10 hours to most industries by the 1850s’, and the courts also recognized workers’ right to strike, but these 35 had little immediate impact. 21．A．Otherwise B．Moreover C．However D．Therefore 22．A．give way to B．make up for C．get rid of D．end up with 23．A．Expensive B．Public C．Difficult D．Cheap 24．A．displaying B．supervising C．respecting D．predicting 25．A．shared B．assessed C．perfected D．applied 26．A．pressure B．hatred C．freedom D．disappointment 27．A．followed B．broke C．established D．fixed 28．A．ignored B．demanded C．guaranteed D．transformed 29．A．succeeded B．recovered C．quitted D．revenged 30．A．restoration B．change C．loss D．protection 31．A．closely B．efficiently C．independently D．diligently 32．A．stability B．independence C．decline D．security 33．A．maintained B．developed C．returned D．collapsed 34．A．protest against B．give up C．account for D．engage in 35．A．emphases B．limits C．evidences D．gains四、阅读理解The person who set the course of my life was a school teacher named Marjorie Hurd. When I stepped off a ship in New York Harbor in 1949, I was a nine-year-old war refugee, who had lost his mother and was coming to live with the father he did not know. My mother, Eleni Gatzoyiannis, had been imprisoned and shot for sending my sisters and me to freedom.I was thirteen years old when I entered Chandler Junior High. Shortly after I arrived, I was told to select a hobby to pursue during “club hours.” The idea of hobbies and clubs made no sense to my immigrant ears, but I decided to follow the prettiest girl in my class. She led me into the presence of Miss Hurd, the school newspaper adviser and English teacher.A tough woman with salt-and-pepper hair and determined eyes, Miss Hurd had no patience with lazy bones. She drilled us in grammar, assigned stories for us to read and discuss, and eventually taught us how to put out a newspaper. Her introduction to the literary wealth of Greece gave me a new perspective on my war-tom homeland, making me proud of my origins. Her efforts inspired me to understand the logic and structure of the English language. Owing to her inspiration, during my next twenty-five years, I became a journalist by profession.Miss Hurd retired at the age of 62. By then, she had taught for a total of 41 years. Even after her retirement, she continually made a project of unwilling students in whom she spied a spark of potential. The students were mainly from the most troubled homes, yet she alternately bullied and charmed them with her own special brand of tough love, until the spark caught fire.Miss Hurd was the one who directed my grief and pain into writing. But for Miss Hurd, I wouldn’t have become a reporter. She was the catalyst that sent me into journalism and indirectly caused all the good things that came after.36．Which of the following caused the author to think of his homeland differently?A．Stepping on the American soil for the first time.B．Her mother’s miserable deathC．Being exposed to Greek literary works.D．Following the prettiest girl in his class. 37．It can be inferred from Paragraph Four that ________.A．Miss Hurd’s contribution was recognized across the nation.B．Students from troubled homes preferred Miss Hurd’s teaching styleC．The students Miss Hurd taught were all finally firedD．Miss Hurd employed a unique way to handle these students38．The passage is mainly concerned with ________.A．how the author became a journalist B．the importance of inspiration in one’s life C．the teacher who shaped the author’s life D．factors contributing to a successful careerWhen you first arrive in Oxford，it may take a little while for you to find your way around. The university is a large organization that is fully integrated into the city and has been evolving for 800 years. Some of the first things our students do when they arrive include finding a bike ( most students in Oxford find cycling is the best way to go around), setting up a bank account , getting their computer and mobile phone working , finding their department, getting to know their college and working out the best places to socialize.One of the major events you will experience shortly after "coming up" to Oxford is matriculation. Matriculation is held at the University's Sheldonian Theatre and is the ceremony at which you are formally admitted to the university.International students are invited to an orientation day at the start of the academic year. Sessions run throughout the day that will give you practical information about living and studying in UK and introduce you to other graduate students from all over the world who are starting their studies at Oxford at the same time as you , as well as to current Oxford graduate students and staff who will be able to help and advise you . The day covers topics such as studying and learning in the Oxford system, University services, information on living in Britain and culture differences, as well as addressing practical issues such as employment, immigration and visas, health and safety. You can choose which talks to attend and at the end of the day there is a social hour so you can meet fellow student.Another good thing to experience early on is college dining. Most colleges have a tradition of regular formal hall dinners, which consist of three or four courses and the atmosphere of an evening out in a nice restaurant. On some of these occasions you can invite people around to your college for dinner and then they may return the favor. In this way you can get to know people studying your own and other subjects at the same time as visiting many often historical college grounds and dining halls.Further information on your first few weeks at Oxford is available via the Students Gateway on our website and you can get first-hand accounts of what life at Oxford is like bywatching videos of students talking about their experiences on our Wall of 100 Faces. 39．Which of the following is not the first thing for a newcomer to Oxford to do_______？A．to find a best place to socializeB．to set up a bank accountC．to go to the Sheldonian TheatreD．to get mobile phone working40．When do students feel they are truly admitted to Oxford University______？A．They arrived in Oxford and settled down on campus．B．They received the offer from the admission office．C．They met the staff and took some required courses．D．They experienced the matriculation in the university．41．Why is an orientation important for international students？A．It is a good chance to ask the staff for help．B．It offers practical information about living and studying．C．It helps get students' computers hooked to the Internet．D．It can help deal with the problem of culture differences．42．"Return the favor"in the passage probably means___．A．inviting you for dinnerB．visiting your historic college in returnC．sharing favorite videosD．providing you with some good advice．In the college-admissions wars, we parents are the true fighters. We’re pushing our kids to get good grades, take SAT preparatory courses and build resumes to they can get into the college of our first choice. I’ve twice been to the wars, and as I survey the battlefield, something different is happening. We see our kids’ college background as a prize demonstrating how well we’ve raised them. But we can’t acknowledge that our obsession is more about us than them. So we’ve come up with various justifications that turn out to be half-truths, prejudices or myths. It actually doesn’t matter much whether Aaron and Nicole go to Stanford.We have a full-blown prestige panic; we worry that there won’t be enough prizes to goaround. Fearful parents urge their children to apply to more schools than ever. Underlying the hysteria (歇斯底里) is the belief that scarce elite degrees must be highly valuable. Their graduates must enjoy more success because they get a better education and develop better contacts. All that is plausible--and mostly wrong. We haven’t found any convincing evidence that selectivity or prestige matters. Selective schools don’t systematically employ better instructional approaches than less selective schools, On two measures- professors’ feedback and the number of essay exams selective schools do slightly worse.By some studies, selective schools do enhance their graduates’ lifetime earnings. The gain is considered at 2-4% for every 100-point increase in a school’s average SAT scores. But even this advantage is probably a statistical fluke (偶然). A well-known study examined students who got into highly selective schools and then went elsewhere. They earned just as much as graduates from higher-status schools.Kids count more than their colleges. Getting into Yale may signify intelligence, talent and ambition. But it’s not the only indicator and its significance is declining. The reason: so many similar people go elsewhere. Getting into college is not life’s only competition. In the next competition--the job market and graduate school-the results may change. Old-boy networks are breaking down. Princeton economist Alan Krueger studied admissions to one top Ph.D．program. High scores on the GRE helped explain who got in; degrees of prestigious universities didn’t.So, parents, lighten up. The stakes (风险) have been vastly exaggerated. Up to a point, we can rationalize (合理化) our pushiness. America is a competitive society; our kids need to adjust to that. But too much pushiness can be destructive. The very ambition we impose on our children may get some into Harvard but may also set them up for disappointment. One study found that, other things being equal, graduates of highly selective schools experienced more job dissatisfaction. They may have been so conditioned to being on top that anything less disappoints. 43．Why does the author say that parents are the true fighters in the college-admissions wars?A．They have the final say in which university their children are to attend.B．They know best which universities are most suitable for their children.C．They care more about which college their children go to than the children themselves.D．They have to carry out intensive surveys of colleges before children make an application. 44．What does the author mean by “kids count more than their colleges” Line 1, para.4?A．Continuing education is more important to a person’s success.B．Kids’ actual abilities are more important than their college background.C．A person’s happiness should be valued more than their education.D．What kids learn at college cannot keep up with job market requirements.45．What does Krueger’s study tell us?A．Getting into Ph.D．programs may be more competitive than getting into college.B．Graduates from prestigious universities do not care much about their GRE scores.C．Connections built in prestigious universities may be sustained long after graduation.D．Degrees of prestigious universities do not guarantee entry to graduate programs. 46．According to the passage, one possible result of pushing children into elite universities is that ________.A．they experience more job dissatisfaction after graduationB．they earn less than their peers from other institutionsC．they turn out to be less competitive in the job marketD．they overemphasize their qualifications in job applicationDirections: Complete the following passage by using the sentences given below. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.In business, there is a speed difference: It’s the difference between how important firm leaders say speed is to their competitive strategy and how fast the company actually moves. The difference is important regardless of industry and company size. 47In our study of 343 businesses, the companies that choose to go, go, go to try to gain an edge ended up with lower sales and operating incomes than those that paused at key moments to make sure they were on the right track. What’s more, the firms that “slowed down to speed up “improved their top and bottom lines, averaging 40% higher sales and 52% higher operating incomes over a three-year period.48 They thought differently about what “slower” and “faster” mean. Firms sometimes fail to understand the difference between operation speed (moving quickly )and strategic speed (reducing the time it takes to deliver value ).Simply increasing the speed of production, for example ,may be one way to try to reduce the speed difference .But that oftenleads to reduced value over time, in the form of lower-quality products and services.In our study, higher-performing companies with strategic speed always made changes when necessary. They became more open to ideas and discussion. 49 And they allowed time to look back and learn. By contrast, performance suffered at firms that moved fast all the time, paid too much attention to improving efficiency, stuck to tested methods, didn’t develop team spirit among their employees, and had little time thinking about changes.Strategic speed serves as a kind of leadership. 50 That kind of strategy must come from the top.A．How did they disobey the laws of business physics, taking more time than competitors yet performing better?B．Teams that regularly take time to get things right, rather than plough ahead full bore, are more successful in meeting their business goals.C．More haste, less speed, which in the study proves wrong.D．Companies fearful of losing their competitive advantage spend much time and money looking for ways to pick up the speed.E．They valued efficiency rather than consideration.F．They encouraged new ways of thinking.五、书面表达51．Directions: Read the following three passages. Summarize the main idea and the main point (s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.It is found that American students spend less than 15% of their time in school. While there’s no doubt that school is important, a number of recent studies remind us that parents are even more so. A study published earlier this month by researchers at North Carolina State University, for example, finds that parental involvement-checking homework, attending school meetings and events, discussing school activities at home — has a more powerful influence on students’ academic performance than anything about the school the students attend.So parents matter. But it is also revealed in researches that parents, of all backgrounds, don’t need to buy expensive educational toys or digital devices for their kids in order to give theman advantage. What they need to do with their children is much simpler: talk.But not just any talk. Recent research has indicated exactly what kinds of talk at home encourage children’s success at school. For example, a study conducted by researchers at the UCLA School of Public Health found that two-way adult-child conversations were six times as potent in promoting language development as the ones in which the adult did all the talking.Engaging in this back-and-forth gives children a chance to try out language for themselves, and also gives them the sense that their thoughts and opinions matter.The content of parents’ conversations with kids matters, too. Children who hear talk about counting and numbers at home start school with much more extensive mathematical knowledge. While the conversations parents have with their children change as kids grow older, the effect of these exchanges on academic achievement remain strong. Research finds that parents play an important role in what is called “academic socialization” — setting expectations and making connections between current behavior and future goals. Engaging in these sorts of conversations has a greater impact on educational accomplishment._______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _六、翻译52．意识到犯了大错，我马上向在场所有的人表达了诚挚的歉意。
高三上学期第一次月考英语试题及答案
高三上学期第一次月考英语试题及答案选择题部分(共80分)第一部分英语知识运用(共两节，满分30分)第一节单项填空(共20小题;每小题0.5分，满分10分)1.—I’m sorry for breaking the cup. ---Oh, _____ —I’ve got plenty.A. forget itB. my pleasureC. help yourselfD. pardon me2. They chose Tom to be _____ captain of the team because they knew he was ___ smart leader.A. a ; theB. the ; theC. a ; aD. the ; a3. When the sports hero _____ at our party, he was welcomed with open arms.A. turned upB. left offC. moved onD. got away4. I’d appreciate ____ if you could let know in advance whether or not you will come.A. oneB. thisC. itD. you5. What we expect from you is working hard ______ hardly working.A. less thanB. rather thanC. as well asD. as much as6. Frank insisted that he was not asleep ______ I had great difficulty in waking him up.A. forB. whetherC. althoughD. so7. I’ll be out for some time. _____ anything important happens, call me up immediately.A. In caseB. As ifC. Even thoughD. Now that8. Anyway, we’re here now, so let’s ______ some serious work.A. come up withB. do away withC. get down toD. live up to9. You will never gain success ______ you are fully devoted to your work.A. whenB. unlessC. afterD. because10. _____ what you’re doing today important, because you’re trading a day of your life for it.A. MakeB. To makeC. MakingD. Made11. It’s not doing the things we like, but liking the things we have to do ____ makes life happy.A. whoB. whichC. whatD. that12. Clearly and thoughtfully _____, the book inspires confidence in students who wish to seek their own business.A. writingB. to writeC. being writtenD. written13. My parents always _____ great importance to my getting a good education .A. attachB. haveC. acceptD. pay14. English is a language shared by several diverse cultures, _____ uses it differently.A. all of whichB. all of themC. each of themD. each of which15. She drove so fast at the turn that the car almost went _____ the road.A. onB. alongC. offD. from16. Unless some extra money _____ , the theatre will close.A. was foundB. findsC. is foundD. found17. –Can I help you-- I appreciate your _____, but I can manage it myself.A. adviceB. offerC. questionD. idea18. People have always been _____ about exactly how life on earth began.A. excitedB. curiousC. anxiousD. careful19. According to a recent survey, young students’eyesight in China is dropping _____ because of poor learning conditions as well as heavy burden.A. automaticallyB. narrowlyC. sharplyD. roughly20. –Why not stay here a little longer--________, but I really have to go.A. I’d love toB. Never mindC. Pleased to meet youD. I can’t find any reason第二节完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分，共20分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出选项。
江苏省宿迁市沭阳梦溪中学沭阳国际学校高三英语上学期第一次月考试题
沭阳国际学校2015—2016学年度第一学期第一次月考高三英语试卷第一部分听力（共两大节，满分20分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。
录音结束后，你将有两分钟的工夫将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）听下方5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项当选出最好选项，并标在试卷的相应地位。
听完每段对话后你都有10秒钟的工夫来回答有关小题和浏览下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
1．What impressed the man about the new theater?A. The ticket price.B. The seats.C. The sound.2．What are the speakers going to do tonight?A. Listen to a lecture.B. Go out for pizza.C. Work in the garden.3．Why has the man been staying at home?A. He works at home.B. He is out of work.C. He’s been sick.4．How many students had planned to take the exam?A. 50.B. 25.C. 15.5．What does the man think of the cheese?A. It is delicious.B. It smells better than it tastes.C. It has gone bad.第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）听下方5段对话或独白。
每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项当选出最好选项，并标在试卷的相应地位。
听每段对话或独白前，你将有工夫浏览各个小题，每小题5秒钟。
听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答工夫。
2021-2022学年陕西省兴平市南郊高级中学高三上学期期第一次月考英语试题
2021-2022学年陕西省兴平市南郊高级中学高三上学期期第一次月考英语试题1. Rome can be pricey for travelers, which is why many choose to stay in a hostel (旅社). The hostels in Rome offer a bed in a dorm room for around $25 a night, and for that, you’ll often get to stay in a central location (位置) with security and comfort.Yellow HostelIf I had to make just one recommendation for where to stay in Rome, it would be Yellow Hostel. It’s one of the best-rated hostels in th e city, and for good reason. It’s affordable, and it’s got a fun atmosphere without being too noisy. As an added bonus, it’s close to the main train station.Hostel Alessandro PalaceIf you love social hostels, this is the best hostel for you in Rome. Hostel Alessandro Palace is fun. Staff members hold plenty of bar events for guests like free shots, bar crawls and karaoke. There’s also an area on the rooftop for hanging out with other travelers during the summer.Youth Station HostelIf you’re looking for cleanliness and a modern hostel, look no further than Youth Station. It offers beautiful furnishings and beds. There are plenty of other benefits, too; it doesn’t charge city tax; it has both air conditioning and a heater for the rooms; it also has free Wi-Fi in every room.Hotel and Hostel Des ArtistesHotel and Hostel Des Artistes is located just a 10-minute walk from the central city station and it’s close to all of the city’s main attractions. The staff is friendly and helpful, providing you with a map of the city when you arrive, and offering advice if you require some. However, you need to pay 2 euros a day for Wi-Fi.1. What is probably the major concern of travelers who choose to stay in a hostel?A．Comfort. B．Security.C．Price. D．Location.2. Which hotel best suits people who enjoy an active social life?A．Yellow Hostel. B．Hostel Alessandro Palace.C．Youth Station Hostel. D．Hotel and Hostel Des Artistes.3. What is the disadvantage of Hotel and Hostel Des Artistes?A．It gets noisy at night. B．Its staff is too talkative.C．It charges for Wi-Fi. D．It’s inconveniently located.2. The beach may seem like an inviting place to run on a cool summer morning, but is running on the sand good for your body? It can be, but it’s important to be aware of the challenges that some beach runners experience before you get ready.Running on the beach can be a good thing. It’s certainly different from running on a track or a pavement. For starters, sand can be a challenge because it has an uneven(不平坦的) surface. As you push off, you’re going to lose some of your push as the sand moves. So, you’re not going to be able to push yourself forward as you would on a track or a pavement. But this unevenness has an upside: It gives your body an extra workout, forcing you to exercise muscles that don’t get as much use during runs on firm surfaces. For example, your feet, ankles and lower back might feel sorer and more tired than usual after a beach run just because the surface is constantly moving and changing step to step.You also might feel sore afterward because beaches tend to slope (倾斜) down to the water. If you’re going for a long run on the beach, you might notice that one side of your body might feel sorer because you’re putting more pressure on it due to the slope.Some beach runners prefer to run barefoot-- not wearing anything on feet. However, if you’re not used to barefoot running, start slowly and don’t run long distances at first. That’s because running barefoot uses more different muscles than running with sh oes does, and it’s important to strengthen these muscles and adapt your feet. If you want to run barefoot and as long as you run carefully enough into it, go for it!Running on the sand can be a smart choice for you, because running on softer ground surfaces can reduce muscle damage.1. Why is it difficult to run on the beach for starters? ________A．The soft surface makes people fall over easily.B．It’s hard to keep one’s balance on its hard surface.C．People need to run carefully on its smooth surface.D．Running on its uneven surface takes much effort.2. Which of the following best explains “upside” underlined in Paragraph 2? ________A．Challenge. B．Advantage. C．Reason. D．Character.3. What’s the author’s attitude to barefoot running? ________A．Positive. B．Critical. C．Doubtful. D．Uncaring.4. The passage can probably be found in ________.A．a primary school textbook B．a tourist guideC．a sports magazine D．a scientific report3. Achieving a healthy work-life balance — an idea that has spread to countries around the world —has become one of the primary social goals today. This has resulted in an immediate need forcompanies to allow for a variety of workstyles such as working from home, while also providing a friendly work environment that can bring out the best in each employee.It all sounds very promising, but in reality, most offices today feature (以……为特色) the same boring designs. To make matters worse, air conditioning is often kept to a minimum to cut electricity costs, while windows are covered with blinds to prevent dizziness from longer exposure to natural light. Employees who work indoors are forced to spend most of their days in these unpleasantly warm environments. Since the choice is to build costly new offices that are brighter and more open, there is a real need for solutions that can create a sense of brightness and openness.This is where Mitsubishi Electric’s revolutionary new technology comes into play. It is a lighting solution to produce the exact deep blue color of a clear sky. Using this technology, offices can work in a way that was not possible with previous LED lights.The blue skies that are seen on a clear day are produced by what is known as Rayleigh scattering (散射). Because blue light waves are shorter than red light waves, they are scattered towards us more strongly — this is why the sky looks blue during the day.Mitsubishi Electric’s LED skylight uses the same phenomenon to artificially create the sky’s deep blue quality. It is made up of a slim sky blue panel (嵌板) and a four-sided frame. Of the four frames, only three are lit up at any given time, while the fourth remains dark as if the light were entering at an angle — an important detail that creates the false idea of actual sunlight pouring in through a skylight. Thanks to this technology, one can remain in a closed room and still enjoy the great excitement of looking up at a deep blue sky.1. What is a healthy work-life balance like according to the writer?A．It encourages employees to work indoors.B．It improves e mployees’ health conditions.C．It brings out the best of every employer.D．It includes different kinds of workstyles.2. What is the second paragraph mainly about?A．The costly choices of most old offices.B．The promising future of office workers.C．The work conditions in the offices today.D．The virtual solutions to improve productivity.3. How does Mitsubishi Electric’s LED skylight work?A．By letting actual sunlight pour in.B．By lighting three sides of the frames.C．By changing the previous LED light.D．By showing pictures the deep blue sky.4. Which of the following can best describe the effect of Mitsubishi Electric’s LED skylight?A．Colorful. B．Boring. C．Dizzy. D．Enjoyable.4. Since the first Earth Day in 1970, Americans have gotten a lot “greener” toward the environment. “We didn’t know at that time there even was an environment, let alone that there was a problem with it,” says Bruce Anderson, president of Earth Day USA.But what began as nothing important in public affairs has grown into a social movement .Business people, political leaders, university professors, and especially millions of grass-roots Americans are taking part in the movement. “The understanding has increased many，many times,” says Gaylord Nelson, the former governor from Wisconsin, who thought up the first. According to US government reports, emissions (排放)from cars and trucks have dropped from 10.3 million tons a year to 5.5 tons .The number of cities producing CO beyond the standard has been reduced from 40 to 9. Although serious problems still remain and need to be dealt with, the world is a safer and healthier place. A kind of “Green thinking” has become part of practices.Great improvement has been achieved. In 1988 there were only 600 recycling programs; today in 1995 there are about 6,600. Advanced lights, motors, and building designs have helped save a lot of energy and therefore prevented pollution.Twenty –five years ago, there were hardly any education programs for environment. Today, it’s hard to find a pu blic school, university, or law school that does not have such a kind of program. “Until we do that, nothing else will change!” says Bruce Anderson.1. According to Anderson, before 1970, Americans had little idea about ___.A．the social movement B．recycling techniquesC．environmental problems D．the importance of Earth Day2. Where does the support for environmental protection mainly come from?A．The grass –roots level. B．The business circle.C．Government officials. D．University professors.3. What have Americans achieved in environmental protection?A．They have cut car emissions to the lowest.B．They have settled their environmental problems.C．They have lowered their CO levels in forty cities.D．They have reduced pollution through effective measures.4. What is especially important for environmental protection according to the last paragraph?A．Education. B．PlanningC．Green living D．CO reduction5. People often want to simplify their lives. It is a lot of stress to have a complicated life, full of schedules, meetings, possessions, and so forth. Usually, a simpler life translates to less anxiety, stress and worry. 1 Follow the step-by-step process below to bare down your lifestyle piece by piece.First, get rid of all the possessions you haven't used in the last year. If you haven't put a thing to use in one year, it is probably not worth keeping. 2 Put anything you haven't used in one year in that bag. Next, manage your social media and electronics usage. We usually spend more time on our devices than we imagine. These days, people can spend the majority of their days on social media and electronic devices. These all-in-one devices are great tools. 3On a deeper level, we can simplify our thinking. Most of our thinking is not necessary. 4 If you do not want to go that far, try to ignore the thoughts that are not related to the present. A continuous stream of thoughts is not necessary. Sure, some planning should be done for the future, but there is no need to overthink.5 We can get rid of possession's that are non-essential, manage our social media and electronics usage, and also clean up our thinking so that we are more in the present and do not engage in unnecessary worry, or anxiety. All these things take energy and time, of which we have only have a limited amount.6. Just several days ago, a violent storm hit our community. I looked out of the window and witnessed a tree being abused by the ________wind. The branches bent, and swayed (摇摆) back and forth, thanks to their ________ to avoid breaking. The leaves desperately stuck to the branches because their life ________ the tree. The powerful trunk (树干) which held the tree upright bent slightly ________ from he force in the battle to ________its position.After the storm had passed, the tree gracefully returned to its ________ position standing tall among the chaos. It managed to ________ the storm. It didn’t look the same as leaves had fallen and thesoil had loosened, but what ________ is that the tree won the fight for its life.For a long time I couldn’t understand why this tree ________ my attention the way it did. As time passed, it became clear that it wasn’t just about the tree but about the ________ roots which are deepinto the soil providing ________ and nutrition. The roots allow the tree to be able to take a________ because they are there to support it.________ , the next time you catch your kids ________ , when the job is driving you crazy , when you are underpaid and the ________is tight, and when the storms of life are blowing, go back to your ________ .Life is full of storms. They will make you ________ , make you sway and even make you lose some leaves but the________ your roots, the stronger you stand. I challenge you to bend but don’t break. However hard the wind blows, don’t let life ________ you into an uncomfortable position. Your________ lies in your roots.1.A．fierce B．strange C．unusual D．gentle2.A．height B．flexibility C．outline D．weight3.A．depended on B．went through C．cared about D．dug out4.A．towards B．over C．backwards D．into5.A．achieve B．reach C．establish D．maintain6.A．current B．final C．original D．comfortable7.A．explore B．avoid C．overcome D．survive8.A．differs B．matters C．concerns D．reveals9.A．fixed B．paid C．caught D．escaped10.A．unseen B．dirty C．obvious D．new11.A．light B．surroundings C．sources D．water12.A．stand B．beating C．chance D．turning13.A．However B．Still C．Thus D．Besides14.A．misleading B．interpreting C．withdrawing D．misbehaving15.A．budget B．deadline C．hand D．living16.A．dream B．home C．roots D．trees17.A．win B．bend C．loosen D．stay18.A．deeper B．bigger C．more D．brighter19.A．trick B．force C．lead D．admit20.A．courage B．ambition C．value D．strength7. Lily is missing her parents since it is the first time that she ________(be) away from home for such a long time. （所给词的适当形式填空）8. Never before has our country been so ________(power) as it is today . (所给词的适当形式填空)9. The old man is said to have gone through varieties of________(suffer) during the war. （所给词的适当形式填空）10. The book ________ (base) on his own experience is a great success. （所给词的适当形式填空）11. Her family was ______ (extreme) poor and all she had was one pair of shoes. （用单词适当形式填空）12. The city has changed so much that it is beyond all ________ (recognize).(所给词的适当形式填空)13. When it comes________the season I like best, spring will always occur to me in no time. (用适当的词填空)14. The lady insisted she had done nothing wrong and that she ________ (treat)properly. （所给词的适当形式填空）15. John is very ____(rely)—if he promises to do something, he will do it. (所给词的适当形式填空)16. Even though the problem was difficult________(solve),I didn’t give up. （所给词的适当形式填空）17. 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。
新疆乌鲁木齐市第八中学2022-2023学年高三上学期第一次月考英语试题及答案
乌鲁木齐市第八中学2022-2023 学年第一学期高三年级第一阶段考试（答案在最后）英语问卷第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
AWhat is identity theft?Identity theft occurs when someone steals your personal information to take over your credit accounts, open new ones, access bank accounts, or commit many other crimes in your name and at your expense. When it strikes, the effects can be disastrous. What's more, because it frequently involves no physical theft, identity theft may not be noticed by its victims until significant damage has already been done-often several months and thousands of pounds later. It's estimated that more than 100,000 people are affected by identity theft in the UK each year, costing the British economy over £1.3 billion annually.How does it happen?These are some of the ways crooks get hold of your personal information:• Fake emailsYou may receive an email seemingly from, say，your bank requesting that you follow a link and key information into a website that looks very similar to your bank's own site but is in fact a fake.• Pretext p hone callsA crook pretending to be an official from, for example, your bank may phone up asking you to give personal or account details as a security check.• Dishones t peopleSometimes sales assistants, unbeknown (不知情的) to you, swipe your card through a machine which records its details. At the workplace, a fellow employee can use your personal details fraudulently.How can you protect yourself?Be careful who you give your personal details to, and tear up documents like credit-card slips before you throw them away. Don't make this serious crime easy for crooks!1.What do we know about identity theft according to the passage?A. It is a frequent physical theft.B. It is only committed by strangers.C. It is costly to individuals and society.D. It is easy to be noticed by victims.2.Identity theft may happen when _______.A. you receive an email from your bank.B. you give personal details to a fake websiteC. you are requested to pay in cash by sales assistantsD. you tear bank documents before throwing them away3. What is the text?A.A financial survey.B.A history paper.C.A book review.D.A security report.BReal financial security and freedom is not in our job but in our passion. It's easy to define and evaluate a man by his pursuit. Joseph Campbell once said, “Follow your dream and the universe will open doors where there are only walls."In life, we'll always be found doing any of these two things: either making a living or making a difference. Pensions （养老金）and salaries stop many from pursuing excellence while passion unlocks hidden potentials that equip us for challenges and opportunities. A job helps us make a living while passion enables us to make a difference.I want to sincerely help to adjust and clarify the misguided belief among workers that a job is a means of livelihood. Rather, it should be a means to fuel our passion. The earlier you realize thi s basic truth of life, the more clearly you’11 be able to position yourself in living a life of impact and value.The success of Kentucky Fried Chicken（KFC）shows how meaningful it is to pursue your passion instead of your pension. Its founder, Colonel Harland Sanders, didn't realize this until he was given his first social security check of 105 dollars. But he decided that there surely was something to do for himself and other people instead of living on that small pension. He was determined to engage himself in what brought him impact and value. Drawing inspiration from his mother's special recipe for fried chicken, he invented “finger-licking" seasoning with eleven spices and herbs. Despite much rejection, he managed to round up some investors and promote company's rapid expansion to more than 6,000 locations. Sanders’ life pointed towards two facts about making a difference: one, there is no age that is too old to make a difference; two, there is nothing too small or insignificant to make a difference with, as long as it is your passion.4.How does the author support his argument in paragraph 2?A.By listing examples.B.By including a quote.C.By showing contrast.D.By sharing his experience.5.How did Sanders probably feel when offered his first social security check?A. Deeply moved.B. Internally motivatedC. Greatly relieved.D. Pleasantly surprised6.What does the author intend to do ?A.Give career guidance.B.Advise us to pursue our passion.C.Persuade us to get a well-paid job.D.Secure our position.7.What is the best title for this text?A.Following Your DreamsB.Working for PensionC.To Work or not to Work?D.Passion or Pension?COn July 14, 2017, Maryam Mirzakhani, Stanford professor of mathematics and the first female winner of the Fields Medal in Mathematics, died at the age of 40.The news was especially hard-hitting for a generation of younger academics who have always held Maryam as a role model whose example is helping redefine women's status in science and especially mathematics. What was fun was that Maryam always tried to avoid the media's spotlight. Her modesty (谦虚) and simplicity despite being the first woman to gain such high status in the world of mathematics—winning what's often called the "Nobel Prize of math"—stood out to those who knew her.Maryam originally wanted to be a writer, a passion of hers that never faded away even during her postgraduate studies. However, she found an even greater joy in how rewarding it felt to solve mathematical problems. As a student, she was the first female member of Iran's national team to participate in the International Math Olympiad (IMO), and she won two gold medals in two years—still a record.She received her bachelor's degree in Iran and later studied at Harvard. In 2014, Maryam was recognized with the Fields Medal, the highest-ranking award in mathematics. Her work focused on curved surfaces like spheres (球体). Her achievements have applications in other scientific fields including engineering and material science. Unfortunately, at that time she was already tackling the breast cancer.Maryam's legend（传奇）may continue to grow after her early death. Still only 20 percent of full-time math teachers at U.S. universities are women. The example of a woman who rose to the top of this still very male field may help inspire math's next generation.In the same way people think of Marie Curie or Jane Goodall as scientific pioneers, Maryam Mirzakhani will go down in history as a trailblazer as well as a mathematical genius.8.What makes Maryam internationally recognized?A.Her unfading passion for writing.B.Fighting against sexual discrimination.ing under the media's spotlight frequently.D.Being the first female Fields Medal winner.9.What's Maryam's attitude towards fame?A. Resistant.B. Realistic.C. Enthusiastic.D. Doubtful.10.What can we know about Maryam?A.She got her bachelor's degree at Harvard.B.She won gold medals for Iran in IMO.C.She applied mathematics to material science.D.She instructed some female students to reach the top.11.What does the underlined word "trailblazer" mean in the last paragraph?A. Talent.B. Model.C. Pioneer.D. Follower.DIt has been known for some time that children are able to learn at breathtaking speed. But how does it work? That’s what researchers have now found out. Using an artificial intelligence tool and an eye-tracker that tracks the movements of a baby’s eye, scientists from the Thunders Research Institute for Brain, Cognition (认知) and Behavior investigated one of children’s greatest mysteries and came to a surprising conclusion.It may seem very different, but babies are certainly not lying around randomly. “Babies don’t explore the world by chance, with their eyes falling on it. Babies have a strategy if they want to understand the world. First, they look for those pieces of information that allow them to understand other information faster and more efficiently. On the contrary, if they see an object or event from which they can learn nothing further, they simply reject it. Only the information useful to them, they select,” says Dr Francesco Poli.That sounds easier, even for a baby, than done. Because how does a baby know what is important and what is not?“Let’s take a good example: learning to talk. What we see as always is that babies who are about to say their first word begin to investigate a few weeks before how to use their mouths to talk. Instead of looking at the eyes in faces, they study carefully for weeks the mouths of the people who talk to them. So they are in a constant state of maximum learning capacity!”“Babies build their knowledge. They are like little scientists who like to see their idea challenged. For example, they learn very quickly that objects fall down and don’t just disappear. And this is why they love bubbles (泡沫) so much: they do float up and then disappear!”12.What is the surprising conclusion about children?A.They are breathtakingly fast learners.B.They possess exceptional intelligence.C.They explore the world purposefully.D.They are attracted to all information.13.What does the underlined word “that” in Paragraph 3 refer to?A.Studying further.B.Observing the world.C.Learning strategically.D.Understanding information.14.Why can bubbles fascinate babies greatly?A.They challenge babies’ existing cognition.B.They prove what babies have just learned.C.They make little scientists’ life colorful.D.They float up quickly and don’t just disappear.15.Which word can best describe baby learners according to the author?A. Consistent and persistent.B. Observant and capable.C. Confident and optimistic.D. Dynamic and responsible.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
山东省藁城市第一中学 高三英语上学期第一次月考试题无答案-经典通用课件材料
山东省藁城市第一中学2019届高三英语上学期第一次月考试题（无答案）第I卷第一部分：听力（共两节，每小题1.5分,满分30分）第一节1. What does the man mean?A. Janet will graduate next week.B. Janet doesn’t like to work this week.C. Janet might not attend the ceremony.2. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a lab.B. In a phone shop.C. In Jenny’s house.3. What do you think the man will do?A. Take a travel.B. Buy some food.C. Visit a friend.4. What does the man want to do?A. Have a picnic.B. Have a barbecue.C. Have a sigh-seeing.5. How did the woman book the ticket?A. On online.B. By telephone.C. Going to the ticket office.第二节听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. Why does the man make the phone call?A. To discuss a website.B. To check an order.C. To change the delivery time.7. What day is it today?A. Monday.B. Thursday.C. Friday.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. What are the speakers doing?A. P reparing for a trip.B. Visiting the museum.C. Doing some shopping.9. What will the woman take?A. A guidebook.B. A coat.C. An umbrella.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
安徽省合肥市第七中学2024-2025学年高三上学期第一次月考英语试题
安徽省合肥市第七中学2024-2025学年高三上学期第一次月考英语试题一、听力选择题1．When is the art gallery closed?A．On Saturday.B．On Sunday.C．On Monday.2．What is Michael’s job?A．A lawyer.B．A teacher.C．An accountant.3．What does the man mean?A．He will contact Sally right now.B．The mail can be sent to Sally directly.C．The woman can ask Sally for the address.4．What are the speakers probably doing?A．Studying a photograph.B．Reading a picture book.C．Checking a TV set. 5．Where will the speakers meet?A．At the station.B．In front of the cinema.C．At the church.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
6．When will the soccer practice most probably start?A．At 3:00.B．At 3:30.C．At 5:00.7．What will the woman do first after lunch?A．Go to work.B．Have a class.C．Study in the library.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
8．What’s the probable relationship between the speakers?A．Waitress and customer.B．Mother and son.C．Doctor and patient. 9．What would the man like to eat?A．Some ice cream.B．Some peas.C．Some vegetables.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
广东省华南师范大学附属中学23届高三上学期第一次月考英语含答案
华南师大附中2023届高三年级第一次月考英语第一部分阅读（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）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
AThe Horizontal Oak: A life in NatureBy Poly Pullar,Growing up in a remote region of the Scottish Highlands, Polly Pullar’s childhood was pleasant, simple, and peaceful. But the wild beauty formed a backdrop to a series of major family tragedies. This is the story of how she rebuilt her life from the ground up, supported by the natural world around herWildlife WalksBy Charlotte Varela,Bloomsbury,￡16.99Take a walk through the Wildlife Trusts' nature reserves with this handy guide that showcases some of our nation’s best forests, moors, woodlands and coastal locations. Each walk includes a description of the site, instructions on how to get there, available facilities and the route’s walking time.Where the Seals SingBy Susan Richardson,William Collins, ￡20Having long been fascinated by seals, Susan Richardson sets out to follow their pupping season (繁殖季). As she journeys from Cornwall to Norfolk, she learns more about these mystical creatures, while sharing personal stories about the comforting role they have played during times of grief or anxiety in her own life.In the Name of PlantsBy Sandra Knapp,University of Chicago Press, ￡20Botanist Sandra Knapp digs into the stories behind plant names, exploring the people who have been immortalized (使永生), from Benjamin Franklin to Lady Gaga. The 30 plants inside are accompanied by botanical drawings from the Natural History Museum.1．Which of the books does not involve a story?A．The Horizontal Oak: A Life in Nature B．Wildlife WalksC．Where the Seals Sing D．In the Name of Plants2．What can be inferred from the text?A．There are probably plants named after Lady Gaga.B．Susan Richardson introduces seals’ life in her book.C．Polly Pullar offers readers a tourist guide of Scottish Highlands.D. You can read Charlotte Varela’s book if you want to visit nature reserves by car.3．Where can we most probably read the text？A．A geographic textbook. B．A travel brochure.C．A magazine on wildlife. D．A website about plants.BIt was June 14 and the last day of middle school had arrived.I had spent the past couple of months trashing and treasuring all the things that I hadaccumulated in my classroom over the past 19 years. Looking into my classroom, you can see about two dozen boxes and bins inside, piled nearly three-quarters high to the ceiling, all packed and ready for the big move. The 22-million-dollar restoration work was only days away from starting and we were instructed that everything must go.My parents Michael and Donna, wife Laura and newborn baby Summer had arrivedthat day. The students had heard so much about my daughter and were excited to meet her for the first time. My mother was there to help organize my classroom nearly 19 years ago and hadn’t seen it since. My father had visited on a few occasions, as had my wife. That day marked not only the end of an era for me, but the dawning of a new beginning.The day before, I had thrown a party for my students. The feelings were mixed, as Iknew that this would be the farewell (告别) party in my classroom of 19 years and the last time I would see all of these students together. I thought back to when they were all in middle school and would visit me in my classroom on my birthday. They made it an annual tradition. I will treasure these moments for the rest of my life.Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe (敌人), a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk. I’ve learned over the years in working with over 2, 000 children that looking atthings from an optimistic perspective and taking the time to foster relationships with people make the world a happier and safer place. No matter what a person’s life circumstances may be, you can be the change in their life that will bring them a sense of self-worth, which will ultimately provide them with the opportunity to become who they are meant to be. They might go on to change the world.4．Why did the author pack his things in the classroom?A．He was doing a cleaning.B．He would quit his job as a teacher.C．The classroom would soon be restored.D．His students were graduating from middle school.5．Why are the writer’s family members mentioned in paragraph 3? .A．To explain the family’s relations with his students. B．To demonstrate the family’s involvement in his job.C．To list the family’s contribution to the classroom.D．To show the family’s expectations for a new beginning.6．What does the writer intend to convey in the last paragraph?A．Think of the end in every beginning.B．Change happens for better or for worse.C．It is no good feeling attached to a place.D．A positive attitude brings forth good changes.7．What’s the tone of the writer in writing the article?A．Bittersweet. B．Sad. C．Excited. D．Unconcemed.COne of the many aspects of “normal” life that SARS-CoV-2 took away was the enjoyment of live musical performances. With the easing of lockdowns and restrictions in many parts of the world, performers can entertain audiences once again, but concerns about spreading the virus remain. Now, a research reported in ACS Environmental Au have studied aerosol (悬浮颗粒) production from playing wind instruments, singing and acting, allowing them to develop recommendations to minimize COVID transmission.Early in the pandemic, COVID-19 outbreaks from choir performances indicated that singing carries a potential infection risk, but less is known about the risks of airborne infection from wind instruments. To help keep performers, audiences and music studentssafe, Tehya Stockman, Shelly Miller and colleagues wanted to examine aerosol production and flow in the air from various musical activities, as well as test different solutions.The researchers examined the extent and speed of air circulation, or small drops of substances, coming from singers’ and actors’ mouths and from wind instruments, such as the flute, clarinet (单簧管), trumpet and saxophone. They also measured airborne aerosols and carbon dioxide levels exhaled from the performers. They found that aerosol concentrations coming from the bell of a clarinet were comparable to singing. Placing a surgical mask over a singer’s face or over the clarinet bell sharply reduced the extent and speed of air circulation and decreased aerosol concentrations in front of the masks. The team then used these measurements to model virus transmission in indoor and outdoor environments, finding that the lowest risk of airborne COVID-19 infection occurred at less than 30 minutes of exposure indoors and less than 60 minutes outdoors. These findings could help musical rehearsals and performances continue in a safer manner for musicians and audiences, the researchers say.8．What is the purpose of the research?A．To remove lockdowns and restrictions.B．To promote live musical performances.C．To find ways to reduce spread of the virus.D．To reduce aerosol production from instruments.9．What have the researchers done to keep people safe?A．They have increased air flow from various musical activities.B．They have indicated that singing carries a possible infection risk.C．They have tried to measure the risk of infection from instruments.D．They have found out approaches to preventing aerosol production. 10．What does the underlined word “exhale” mean in Paragraph 3?A．breath out B．give away C．take in D．test out 11．Which of the following is a finding of the research?A．Less than 30 minutes of exposure indoors avoids virus transmission.B．Using a surgical mask can reduce the risks of airborne virus infection.C．The manner of the musicians and audiences affects the risks of infection.D．Aerosol concentrations from a clarinet is much more obvious than singing.DCan you imagine there being a community where boys and girls growing up together can finally speak different 1anguages? In Ubang, Nigeria, it really happens. It’s not exactly clear what percentage of the words in the men’s and women’s languages are different, but there are enough examples to make sentences sound different when spoken by the opposite sex. For “clothing”, men use the word “nki”, while women say “ariga”; “kitchi” means tree for men, while women say “okweng”. These are not just some slight pronunciation differences, but totally different words. “It’s almost like two different lexicons (词汇集),” a language expert, Chi Chi Undie said. “There are a lot of words that men and women share in common, but there are others which are totally different depending on your sex. They don’t sound alike, and don’t have the same letters. They are completely different words.”Interestingly, both men and women are able to understand each other perfectly in Ubang, as both boys and girls grow up around their parents and get to learn both languages, but by the age of 10, boys are expected to speak in the male tongue. It seems that there is a stage the male will reach and he discovers he is not using the rightful language. When he starts speaking the men’s language, you know the maturity is coming into him.No one really knows how or why the double-language tradition of Ubang began. Chi Chi Undie believes the two languages are the result of a “double-sex culture” where men and women operate and live in separate worlds that rarely come together. However, she admits this is a weak theory, as the double-sex culture is present in many parts of Africa, where there are no different languages for men and women.Today, with English words constantly entering the lexicon of young Nigerians, Ubang’s two languages are in danger of being lost forever. Worse still, neither the male nor female language is written down, so they both rely on young people passing them down to the next generation.12．What do we know about languages in Ubang?A．A majority of words are different in the two languages.B．Men and women speak completely different languages.C．Men and women have different pronunciation for the same word.D．There are obvious differences in languages between the opposite sex. 13．Why can men and women understand each other despite the differences?A．Their vocabularies sound alike.B．Their parents teach them both languages.C．The men can speak two different languages.D．They are exposed to both languages in childhood.14．What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?A．The origin of “double-sex culture” B．The formation of the two languages.C. Further exploration of other areas.D. Doubt about the language tradition.15．Why are the two languages disappearing?A．Young people in Ugang use more English words.B．The two languages are too difficult for the young.C．Neither of the language is written down.D．The “double-sex culture” has changed.第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）阅读短文，从短文后选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
江苏省苏州中学校2023-2024学年高三上学期第一次月考英语试题
江苏省苏州中学校2023-2024学年高三上学期第一次月考英语试题学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________一、阅读理解The classic road trip is more popular than ever. Here are several places to hit the open(1) Colo-road TripsThe Colorado Tourism Office has made it easy for travelers to explore the state’s 24 Scenic Historic Byways. A new microsite includes an interactive map that enables travelers to explore options by region, interest or season. Visitors seeking inspiration can also access insider tips and side-trip suggestions within more than 150 Colo-road Trip itineraries (行程). The flexible itineraries offer suggestions for historic attractions, active adventures and highlight cultural opportunities.(2) The Bear-tooth HighwayVisitors who travel this extraordinary path experience the visual landscape of Montana, Wyoming and Yellowstone Park, home to Bear-tooth mountains. The windy, cliff-hugging 68-mile stretch introduces road explorers to one of the most diverse ecosystems accessible by auto. Amazingly beautiful, this All-American Road displays wide highlands, painted with(3) Seward Highway, AlaskaThe road that connects Anchorage to Seward is a 127-mile treasure, including natural beauty, wildlife and stories of endurance. Take a day or several to explore the region that has earned three-fold recognition as a Forest Service Scenic Byway, an Alaskan Scenic Byway and an All-American Road. The drive begins at the base of the Chugach Mountains, hugs the scenic shores of Turn-again Arm and winds through mining towns, national forests and fishing villages as you imagine what fur traders and gold prospectors (掘金者) might have experienced in the past.(4) The Lighthouse Trail, MaineTravel the 375 miles between Kittery and Calais, Maine, visit lighthouses along the way, and learn about the dangers that seagoing boats and their crew experienced along the rocky coast. Hear tales of the difficult and lonely life led by those who kept the lights burning brightly. If possible, visit the Maine Lighthouse Museum, where artifacts and hands-on exhibits for children provide an attractive break.1．What is special about each place mentioned above?A．Tourists of Colo-road Trips are offered adaptable trip plans.B．Visitors to the Bear-tooth Highway can enjoy the auto display.C．Drivers along Seward Highway can admire the treasure underground.D．The Lighthouse Trail offers chances to row seagoing boats on the sea.2．Which place may appeal to kids according to the passage?A．Colo-road Trips.B．The Bear-tooth Highway.C．Seward Highway, Alaska.D．The Lighthouse Trail, Maine.3．The best title for the passage is ____.A．Recognition for classic places B．American popular road tripsC．All-American highway journey D．Stories of adventure along road tripsAs a child, Liu Wenwen didn’t like the suona, a “loud” traditional Chinese musical instrument, also an ancestral treasure of her family that was to become her career.Liu says she felt ashamed. In the 1990s, people admired things that were modern and international. The suona was considered out of date. Her father’s family has performed with the suona for seven generations, while the tradition on her mother’s side of the family can be traced back to the early Qing Dynasty. Despite her unwillingness, she followed her parents to play the suona as early as 3 years old. Besides it, Liu has also learned traditional Chinese vocal music and dancing — skills that have improved her oral muscles and sense of rhyme, helping equip her to be a professional musician.It wasn’t until 2008 that she first found suona music beautiful. That was when she entered the Shanghai Conservatory of Music to learn the instrument more systematically from Liu Ying, a professor and top player. “The music played by the professor is just amazing, and different from what I had heard before,” she says.She loves exchanging ideas about suona playing techniques with her students. “It’s wonderful to see the younger generation carrying on this cultural tradition.” Liu Wenwen said she is pleased to see the suona regain popularity among young people, sometimes combined with jazz, opera and other art forms. This has stopped its decline in the 1990s. Her name, when mentioned on China’s social media platforms, often is followed by a video of her live performance at a concert in Sydney, Australia. Westerners were amazed by the loud, unfamiliar instrument and its colorful music. “I felt my hard work had paid off. I trained for over 20 years, probably just to win cheers and applause for traditional Chinese music on the international stage.”4．What urged Liu Wenwen to learn to play the suona?A．Career pressure.B．Social trend.C．Family tradition.D．Her professor’s performance.5．What has helped her become a professional musician?A．Her early passion for suona.B．Her exposure to vocal music and dance.C．Her learning knowledge of rhyme.D．Her performing experiences with family. 6．How did Liu begin to find suona music beautiful?A．By learning from the famous professor Liu.B．By visiting Shanghai Conservatory of Music.C．By combining suona with other music forms.D．By watching her family performing with suona.7．What is implied in the last paragraph?A．She is now working as a professor overseas.B．She appreciates the value of her performance.C．She has made a fortune after 20 years’ devotion.D．She has amazed Westerners with her hard work.Science is a process that builds upon existing theories and knowledge by continuously revising them. Every aspect of scientific knowledge can be questioned, including the general rules of thinking that appear to be most certain. So why is science trustworthy if it is always changing? If tomorrow we will no longer see the world as Newton or Einstein found it to be, why should we take seriously today’s scientific description of the world?The answer is simple: Because at any given moment of our history, this description of the world is the best we have. The fact that it can be made better can’t diminish (降低) the fact that it is a useful instrument for understanding the world.Consider a folk healer’s herbal medicine. Can we say this treatment is “scientific”? Yes, if it is proven to be effective, even if we have no idea why it works. In fact, quite a few common medications used today have their origin in folk treatments, and we are still not sure how they work. This does not imply that folk treatments are generally effective. To the contrary, many of them are not. What distinguishes scientific medicine is the readiness to seriously test a treatment and to be ready to change our minds if something is shown not to work. A research doctor in a modern hospital must be ready to change his theory if a more effective way of understanding illness, or treating it, becomes available.What makes modern science uniquely powerful is its refusal to believe that it already possesses ultimate truth. The reliability of science is based not on certainty but on a completeabsence of certainty. As John Stuart Mill wrote in “On Liberty” in 1859, “The beliefs which we have most warrant (依据) for, have no safeguard to rest on, but a standing invitation to the whole world to prove them unfounded.”8．Why does the author raise the two questions in paragraph 1?A．To add some fun.B．To express doubts.C．To introduce the topic.D．To provide background.9．What can we learn about today’s scientific description of the world?A．It can be timeless.B．It can be improved.C．It is of little value.D．It is the best at any moment. 10．What is the author’s attitude toward folk treatment?A．Dismissive.B．Objective.C．Pessimistic.D．Sympathetic. 11．What is the main idea of paragraph 4?A．It is unwise to believe in science.B．Too much uncertainty lies in science.C．The foundation of science is unfounded.D．The lack of certainty makes science credible.Though researchers have long known that adults build unconscious (无意识的) preferences over a lifetime of making choices between things that are essentially the same, the new finding that even babies engage in this phenomenon demonstrates that this way of justifying choice is intuitive (凭直觉的) and somehow fundamental to the human experience.“The act of making a choice changes how we feel about our options,” said Alex Silver, a Johns Hopkins researcher. “Even infants who are really just at the start of making choices for themselves have this preference.”The findings are published today in the journal Psychological Science. People assume they choose things that they like. But research suggests that’s sometimes backwards: we like things because we choose them. And, we dislike things that we don’t choose. “Adults make these inferences unconsciously,” said co-author Lisa Feigenson, a Johns Hopkins scientist in child development. “We justify our choice after the fact.”This makes sense for adults in a consumer culture who must make random choices every day, between everything from toothpaste brands to styles of jeans. The question was when exactly people start doing this. So they turned to babies, who don’t get many choices so, asFeigenson puts it, are “a perfect window into the origin of this tendency.”The team brought 10-to 20-month-old babies into the lab and gave them a choice of objects to play with; two equally bright and colorful soft blocks. They set them far apart, so the babies had to crawl to one or the other — a random choice. After the baby chose one of the toys, the researchers took it away and came back with a new option. The babies could then pick from the toy they didn’t play with the first time, or a brand new toy. Their choices showed they “dis-prefer the unchosen object.”To continue studying the evolution of choice in babies, the lab will next look at the idea of “choice overload.” For adults, choice is good, but too many choices can be a problem, so the lab will try to determine if that is also true for babies.12．What is people’s assumption about the act of making choices?A．They like what they choose.B．They choose what they like.C．They base choices on the fact.D．They make choices thoughtfully.13．Why were babies selected as subjects for the study?A．To help them make better choices.B．To guide them to perceive the world.C．To track the root of making random choices.D．To deepen the understanding of a consumer culture.14．What does the study on the babies show?A．They like novel objects.B．Their choices are mostly based on colors.C．Their random choices become preferences.D．They are unable to make choices for themselves.15．What will the following study focus on?A．The law of “choice overload”.B．The problem of adults’ many choices.C．Why too many choices can influence adults.D．Whether babies are troubled with many choices.二、七选五The best way to learn new skills has been widely debated. In 2008, Malcolm Gladwell published Outliers, which introduced the so-called “10,000 hours rule” that states it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert in a subject.16 Let’s break down what this involves.You’re willing to learn from people you don’t like.We tend to get annoyed with people who don’t share our view of the world. 17 That’s exactly why they offer opportunities to learn. You don’t need to buy into someone’s values about the world to learn from them and they can offer a new perspective.18Stick to one comfortable mode of learning is a bad idea. Master learners are willing to learn from lots of sources, including the following: technical dry books or manuals, YouTube or Instagram, calling or visiting people they don’t know, searching the internet and through friendships and social relationships.You can reflect on your work and think outside of the box.Master learners don’t just become good in their field. They think about what they learn in ways that aren’t focused on one topic. 19 They allow their minds to move in creative ways and connect seemingly diverse concepts and tools that other people don’t connect.You approach learning with your learning objectives in mind.I love learning about other people’s learning processes. I once watched a video made bya medical student who stopped going to lectures. She recognized that the lectures weren’t as efficient or effective as reading her own books.Master learners don’t follow someone else’s learning plan. For example, they don’t use one learning app for hundreds of lessons without exploring other options. 20 A．You’re willing to try out different thinking styles.B．You’re ready to learn through different modes and channels.C．People who are different from us will tend to approach problems differently.D．But from a psychological perspective, what makes someone a master learner?E．They develop their own learning plan based on their specific learning objectives.F．The smartest, most creative people don’t rely solely on focus for getting things done.G．To add to our learning, we’ll need to be willing to learn from people who we don’tpersonally like.三、完形填空When I was in middle school, I tried my best to be popular. However, one afternoon, I had a(n) 21 with my mother, which changed my mind eventually.We were sitting in the dining area of a local restaurant. I told her that I wanted to be 22 . She asked me why I felt that way. Surprisingly, I had never stopped to think about why I felt the need to fit in. I 23 did it.My mother told me a story. My grandmother made her several 24 sweater vests. Although those were hardly “in style”, my mother really 25 to wear them. It was surprising that many other female students at her school began wearing sweater vests after a few weeks. My mother had started a 26 because the other students saw the 27 with which she dressed.At that time, the information was too much for a thirteen-year-old girl to 28 . I didn’t believe her. I thought my mother was 29 . So I continued to wear the same clothes, seeking popularity as usual —I had not yet seen the light at the end of a dark tunnel then. However, our conversation that day 30 over and over in my mind.I thought long and carefully, and then I 31 that my mother’s words might have some32 . I began to check my wardrobe (衣柜) to find which items I’d bought because I truly like them. I also 33 my actions, trying to determine how many of them I wore to 34 the crowd. Gradually, I found myself caring less and less about what people thought about me. I was greatly 35 .The conversation I had with my mother was a valuable lesson for me. Sometimes swimming against the current can only make me stronger.21．A．appointment B．conversation C．celebration D．argument 22．A．popular B．generous C．cautious D．polite 23．A．merely B．suitably C．completely D．temporarily 24．A．expensive B．fashionable C．perfect D．comfortable 25．A．pretended B．loved C．refused D．afforded 26．A．trend B．campaign C．project D．fight 27．A．shock B．embarrassment C．charm D．benefit28．A．release B．mix C．deliver D．chew 29．A．mistaken B．right C．rude D．patient 30．A．rang B．shouted C．shook D．fled 31．A．remembered B．denied C．wondered D．realized 32．A．difficulty B．truth C．explanations D．limitation 33．A．got rid of B．fit in with C．looked back on D．put up with 34．A．upset B．please C．hurt D．honor 35．A．curious B．puzzled C．disappointed D．relieved四、用单词的适当形式完成短文阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词) 或括号内单词的正确形式。
江西省兴国县三中最新高三英语上学期第一次月考试题无答案
兴国三中2018—2019学年第一学期第一次月考高三班级英语试卷第一部分听力(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)听上面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项当选出最好选项，并标在试卷的相应地位。
听完每段对话后，你都有5秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和浏览下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What does the man mean?A. He doesn’t think it useful.B. He thinks well of it.C. He hopes to learn.2. Why are tens of thousands of Africans studying in China?A. To learn skills.B. To gain financial assistance.C. To learn Chinese cultures.3. How did Diana Nyad feel after receiving Order of Sporting Merit award?A. Amazed.B. Lucky.C. Delighted.4. What are they talking about?A. The losses of an earthquake.B. An earthquake.C. The injured.5. What was Richard Attenborough?A. An actor and writer.B. A director and reporter.C. An actor and director.第二节 (共5小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听上面5段对话或独白。
每段对话或独白后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项当选出最好选项，并标在试卷的相应地位。
听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间浏览各个小题每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。
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武安三中高三年级第一次月考英语试题第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 happened to Lily?A. She broke her legs last week.B. She broke her arm last week.C. She lost her alarm clock last week.2. How does the man arrive there?A. By bicycle.B. By bus.C. On foot.3. What does the woman mean?A. Mary is healthier than she seems.B. Mary is in good health.C. Mary is in poor health like her.4. Where will the man go for the summer vacation?A. Tokyo.B. LondonC. Kyoto5. What are the speakers talking about?A. Their neighbour’s dog.B. Their neighbour’s garden.C. Their neighbour’s character.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）请听下面5段对话或独白。
每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给出的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。
听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。
6. Why does Greener World develop educational programs for schools?A. To show children how the oceans are being polluted.B. To tell children why over-fishing can happen.C. To make a contribution to these schools.7. Where will a speech be delivered?A. In Greener World’s meeting hall.B. In the man’s school meeting hall.C. In the woman’s school meeting hall.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. Where will the woman move to?A. GuangzhouB. HangzhouC. Hanzhong.9. When was the woman born?A. On October 11, 1968.B. On October 21, 1968.C. On October 11, 1986.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What’s wrong with the man’s camera?A. Its battery runs out very quickly.B. Its button doesn’t work properly.C. Its screen always goes black.11. What’s the type of the man’s camera?A. IXUS210B. IXUS220C. IXUS31012. Where is the repair center?A. On the 17th floor, No. 1553 Palace Street.B. On the 7th floor, No. 1553 Palace Street.C. On the 7th floor, No. 1535 Palace Street.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What course should the ma n take in order to graduate this year?A. A science course.B. A medical course.C. An art course.14. What was the man poor at in high school?A. Physics.B. Chemistry.C. Math.15. Which course will the man probably choose at last?A. Biology.B. Geology.C. Astronomy.16. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The man can’t tolerate the smell in the lab.B. Dr. Cook taught the woman astronomy last term.C. The woman is taking a drama course right now.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What makes it possible for Nancy to fly anywhere in the world?A. Her high annual salary.B. Support of her flight company.C. Flexible schedule and cheap tickets.18. What do AAI volunteers do besides delivering donations?A. Help needy children with their studies.B. Plant gardens, dig wells, and build clinics.C. Dance and sing songs with needy children.19. What made Nancy have a strong desire to give and then create AAI?A. The loss of her father.B. Local people’s suffering from poverty.C. Her trips to modern cities.20. What do we know about AAI?A. Most of its volunteers work in local communities.B. It has a history of fifty-four years.C. It has more than 3000 volunteers now.第二部分阅读理解（共20 小题，每小题2分，满分40分)第一节（共15 小题，每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A, B, C和D)中，选出最佳选项.AMy father had returned from his business visit to London when I came in, rather late, to supper. I could tell at once that he and my mother had been discussing something. Inthat half-playful, half-serious way I knew so well, he said," How would you like to go to Eton?""You bet, "I cried quickly catching the joke. Everyone knew it was the most expensive, the most famous of schools. You had to be entered at birth, if not before. Besides, even at 12 or 13, I understood my father. He disliked any form of showing off. He always knew his proper station in life, which was in the middle of the middle class, our house was medium-sized; he had avoided joining Royal Liverpool Golf Club and went to a smaller one instead; though once he had got a second-hand Rolls-Royce at a remarkably low price, he felt embarrassed driving it, and quickly changed it for an Austin 1100.This could only be his delightful way of telling me that the whole boarding school idea was to be dropped. Alas! I should also have remembered that he had a liking for being different from everyone else, if it did not conflict（冲突）with his fear of drawing attention to himself. It seemed that he had happened to be talking to Graham Brown of the London office, a very nice fellow, and Graham had a friend who had just entered his boy at the school, and while he was in that part of the world he thought he might just as well phone them. I remember my eyes stinging（刺痛）and my hands shaking with the puzzlement of my feelings. There was excitement, at the heart of great sadness."Oh, he doesn't want to go away," said my mother, "You shouldn't go on like this.”"It's up to him," said my father. "He can make up his own mind.”21. His father sold his Roils-Royce because _______.A. it made him feel uneasyB. it was too old to work wellC. it was too expensive to possessD. it was too cheap22. What was the writer's reaction to the idea of going to Eton?A. He was very unhappy.B. He didn't believe it.C. He was delighted.D. He had mixed feelings.23. We can know from the passage that _______.A. Children who can go to Eton are very famousB. Children can go to Eton if they willC. It is very difficult for a child to get admitted by EtonD. Children don't have the right to decide whether they will go to EtonBAs many as 4 out of every 1,000 infants born today have permanent hearing loss. When parents learn that their child has hearing loss, they are faced with many difficult decisions. These decisions can include choosing therapies and schools, as well as finding financial help for hearing aids or cochlear implants (人工耳蜗).Help Me Hear Foundation is a public charity that gives the gift of hearing to deaf children from families existing on very low incomes around the world.Help Me Hear Fou ndation believes that a child’s first years of development are critical. Being able to hear is vital to human, and Help Me Hear Foundation seeks to provide a positive lasting impression on society through its programs.Recipients of Help Me Hear Foundatio n’s benefits receive state-of-the-art hearing devices that otherwise would cost thousands of dollars per child over the course of their lifetime. The Foundation raises money through donations for hearing aids and cochlear implants, which saves recipients and their families on average over $50,000 on related expenses.The Foundation tries to be a transparent charity, and wants to be a catalyst for allowing deaf and hearing-impaired children to develop in a typical fashion alongside their peers.Needy families can obtain information on specific services, and find out about deafness education by visiting the Help Me Hear Foundation’s website. The website offers helpful information on how hearing aids work, and how hearing aids ease many of the learning and language challenges that hearing-impaired children deal with on a daily basis.24. Help Me Hear Foundation was probably set up to _____.A. build schools for deaf childrenB. research deaf children’s behaviorC. protect deaf children from being ignoredD. offer real help to poor deaf children25. We learn from the text that _____.A. the local government is in charge of the foundationB. the work of the foundation depends on donationsC. even blind children can turn to the foundationD. poor deaf African children cannot get help from the foundation26. For whom is the text most probably written?A. Poor parents who have deaf children.B. Doctors who want to improveskills.C. Students who cannot see the blackboard clearly.D. Teachers who have deaf children in their class.27. The author writes the text mainly to _____.A. tell how to avoid permanent hearing lossB. explain how hard a life deaf children liveC. introduce Help Me Hear FoundationD. advise people to give money to Help Me Hear FoundationCWhat’s delicious to eat and comes in a variety of colors? Eggplant! And no, it has nothing to do with chickens! This strangely named vegetable is, however, as versatile as an egg．It can be steamed, fried, and baked．It can be eaten by itself or combined with meats and other vegetables．Eggplant was first grown in India in the 5th century BC. Its popularity soon spread to China and then throughout Asia．Finally, during the Middle Ages the vegetable made its way to Europe. At that time, eggplant was not the shiny purple vegetable most people know today．Instead, it resembled a white egg. Due to this egg–like appearance, eggplant got its name．In its early days, the vegetable was so bitter that people often called it a “mad ap ple.” This nickname started because people believed its bitterness was bad for one’ s health. People actually thought eggplant could cause insanity and cancer．Fortunately today people know that eggplant doesn’t cause insanity or cancer．In fact eggplant is so healthy that it may prevent cancer．In addition, the brain and the heart benefit from this super vegetable．Since it's high in fiber, eggplant can improve digestion．Italy, Turkey, Egypt, China and Japan are the leading growers of eggplant in the world today．Depending on its location, eggplant may be purple, green, orange or yellow–white．And it can be as small as a tomato or as large as a cucumber．Dish varieties range from simple to complex, with all of them being delicious．Today, thousands of people gather in Loomis, Calif, for the annual Loomis Eggplant Festival．The main activity at the festival is eating delicious eggplant dishes．There isplenty more to do and see, though．Recipe contests, arts and crafts, performers, races and children's activities all “egg–cite” festival–goers．Most people at the festival would agree—eggplant is an “egg–cellent” vegetable．28. Eggplant got its name because of its _____．A．color B．taste C．appearance D．value29. Which of the following does NOT belong to the qualities of eggplant?A．It can be cooked in various ways． B．It can prevent cancer．C．It is valuable and priceless．D．It is easy to digest．30. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A．Eggplant can be eaten to cure cancer．B．Eggplant used to taste bitter．C．India produce the most eggplant in the world today．D．Eggplant has a history of nearly 1,000 years．31. Most people come to the Loomis Eggplant Festival to_____．A. enjoy food with eggplantB. promote eggplantC. take part in recipe contestsD. see arts and craftsDWe know that cigarette smoking kills. So, producers made electronic cigarettes as a safer smoking choice - safer than tobacco．Although e-cigarettes contain the drug nicotine like cigarettes, they do not use tobacco and you do not light them．They are powered by battery （电池）．However, if e-cigarettes are so safe, why has the United States Center for Disease Control（CDC） seen an increase in telephone calls about e-cigarette poisonings?The answer is children．Most of the calls are from people worried about children who have played with the devices, In the period of one month this year, the Center said 215 people called the Center with e-cigarette concerns． More than half of these calls were for children aged five and younger． The devices had made them sick．Tim McAfee is director of the Center's Office on Smoking and Health, He says the problem is regulation．Meaning, the U．S．federal government does not control e-cigarettes eventhough they contain liquid nicotine．Mr.McAfee adds that liquid nicotine is a well-known danger．Mr．McAfee explains that nicotine poisoning happens when it gets into the skin, gets into the eyes or is swallowed．It can cause stomach pain or a sense of unbalance．And too much nicotine can kill,Tim McAfee says e-cigarettes do not create the level of risk to people that tobacco products do．He notes that almost 500,000 Americans die each year from cigarettes． "So, cigarettes are the winner in that contest．" E-cigarettes do not contain hundreds of harmful chemicals that are found in real cigarettes．So, the U．S．Surgeon General Boris D.Lushniak has suggested that e-cigarettes may be a useful tool for adults trying to end their tobacco use．But McAfee worries that teenagers may think electronic cigarettes are harmless． They could become addicted to the nicotine and then start smoking real cigarettes． In other words, he fears that for young people fake e-cigarettes could be a "gateway" to the real thing．32．What do the producers think of e-cigarettes?A． Dangerous． B． Expensive．C． Safer． D． Cheaper．33．Why did the CDC receive so many calls about e-cigarettes?A． Parents feared that their children might get poisoned,B． Parents found the device useless in quitting smoking．C． Children swallowed the liquid nicotine from the device．D． Children might get addicted to playing with the device．34．It can be inferred from the passage that ．A． the CDC wants to develop a better type of e-cigarettesB． the government is in favor of the use of e-cigarettesC． Surgeon General Boris D． Lushniak is a heavy smokerD． smokers most probably can't quit smoking using e-cigarettes35．What is Tim McAfee's opinion about smoking?A． Adults should use harmless e-cigarettes．B． Smoking e-cigarettes can make a person sick．C． He claims that regulations should be made to ban smoking．D． He is concerned about the teens using e-cigarettes．第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。