乌鲁木齐市实验学校2023-2024 学年高三上学期1 月月考
英语试题
总分 120分 考试时间 120分钟
一、阅读理解（共40分）
EUROPE is home to a variety of cultural treasures. Lonely Planet, the world’s
largest travel guide publisher, has offered pairs of cities for culture-hungry but
time poor travelers.
London and Paris
It takes you about two hours to travel from London to Paris by Eurostar, a
high-speed railway service. The two capital cities have been competing in
fashion, art and nightlife for decades — but each secretly looks up to the other.
No one can doubt the grand and impressive beauty of Paris’ Louvre Museum, but
if you want to save money, you cannot skip the British Museum free to visit.
Compared with London, Paris has more outdoor attractions, such as the beautiful
green walkway La Promenade Plantee.
In Paris, you’ll see diners linger(逗留) over red wine. While in London, you can
try some afternoon tea, eat fish and chips or salted cake.
Vienna and Bratislava
Austrian capital Vienna and Slovakia city Bratislava are an hour apart by train.
But since they are linked by the Danube River, the best way to travel is by ship. A
tour of the two cities is the perfect way to experience everything from 17th
century’s Habsburg dynast splendor to sci-fi restaurants.
Vienna is famous for Mozart and imperial palaces. You can appreciate the perfect
blending(融合) of architecture and nature in the grand Scholoss Schonbrunn
Palace, and reward yourself with a cup of Vienna coffee, which has made its way
to the world’s cultural heritage.
Bratislava is best known for its fine dining—the remarkable UFO restaurant. You
can enjoy a meat-filled dinner here in an amazing setting.
1．What’s the relationship between London and Paris according to the text?
A．They help each other. B．They attack each other.
C．They admire each other. D．They don’t like each other.
2．What are the advantages of Paris mentioned in the article?
a. Louvre Museum b. Free access to museums
c. More outdoor attractions d. Better wines and perfumes
A．ac B．cd C．acd D．bcd
3．Lonely Planet recommends these two pairs of cities because _________.
A．they are not expensive to visit
B．they are best known to the world
C．they are always enemies between each other
D．they are close but different in many aspects
“The first domestic geese may have lived about 7,000 years ago in what is
now China. That may make them the earliest bird to be domesticated, ” says
Masaki Eda at the Hokkaido University Museum in Sapporo, Japan. Eda is part of
a team that has unearthed an archaeological (考古的)site in Eastern China called
Tianluoshan, which was a Stone Age village between about 7, 000 and 5, 500
years ago. “Its resident lived basically by killing wild animals and looking for
plants that can be eaten, ”says Eda, “but they also grew rice. ”
The team has now identified 232 goose bones at Tianluoshan, four of which
belonged to immature geese that were less than 16 weeks old, with the youngest
probably less than 8 weeks old. This implies they must have hatched at
Tianluoshan, because they were too young to have flown in from elsewhere.
Some of the adult geese also seem to have been locally bred(饲养), based on the
chemical make-up of their bones, which reflects the water they drank. These
locally bred birds were all almost the same size, indicating captive breeding( 圈
养 ) . Finally, the team carbon-dated the bones and found that the locally bred
geese lived about 7, 000 years ago.
“The main thing that stood out for me is the fact they actually did radiocarbon
dating on the bird bones, ” says Julia Best at Cardiff University in the UK. This
makes the dating much more reliable than if the team had simply dated the
surrounding materials. ”If geese were domesticated 7, 000 years ago, that would
make them the first bird to be domesticated, ”says Eda. The other candidate is the
chicken, but there has been an argument over when and where this first
appeared, A study published in 2014 reported that chickens were domesticated
in Northern China as early as 10, 000 years ago, based on DNA from bones.
However, the bones weren’t directly dated and “a lot of the things they claimed
were chickens were pheasants(野鸡)”, says Best.
“Domestic chickens only appeared around 5,500 years ago. With the firm
evidence we currently have, I think it is true, ”she says, but adds that the
domestication of chickens is understudied, so the story could well change as more
evidence emerges.
4．What can we say about Tianluoshan?
A．It appeared at least 10, 000 years ago.
B．It was a Stone Age village in Northern China.
C．Its residents grew rice and kept geese as pets.
D．Its residents were essentially hunter-gatherers.
5．What is stressed in the second paragraph?
A．The main characteristics of geese
B．The proof of goose domestication
C．The challenges for immature geese
D．The chemical make-up of goose bones
6．What does Julia Best currently tend to believe?
A．Geese were domesticated before chickens.
B．Radiocarbon dating on goose bones was unreliable.
C．Domestic chickens were first spotted in Eastern China.
D．The analysis of DNA from chicken bones was dependable.
7．What is the main purpose of this text?
A．To advertise. B．To persuade. C．To report. D．To instruct.
Sometimes one plus one does equal three, as was the case when McNee, a
basketball coach, met Mandekic. When Mandekic, a math teacher, told McNee
how hard it was to get students excited about math at a gathering, he suggested,
“Why not throw in something they enjoy, like sports?” “You are kidding!”
Mandekic dismissed his idea at the moment.
The idea of mixing basketball and mathematics got its first shot two years
later, when Mandekic and McNee, the now colleagues - who had launched a
tutoring non-profit - were invited to run a summer-school program for kids who’d
failed Grade 9 math at Vanier School.
When the students showed up for their first day, they weren’t exactly thrilled.
Over the next few hours, Mandekic and McNee gave the kids techniques to
improve their shooting while also helping them calculate their field-goal
percentage - which, in turn, taught them math knowledge. At the end of the game,
the winning team was determined based on which group had the highest total
percentage and had done the most efficient math. “When the bell rang, they were
so focused on collecting their data and figuring out which team won that they
didn’t leave,” says Mandekic. The classes, later named BallMatics, soon spread to
other schools.
Later, McNee and Mandekic established a private school called Uchenna. At
the school, kids with excellent basketball skills study all subjects, train at their
sport and work part-time helping out with the BallMatics after-school programs.
For the school’s first graduates, the value of BallMatics is clear: all of the 16 boys
landed university scholarships for their performance in the classroom, not on the
court. “The school’s commitment to academics is the key reason for our success.
The coaches would bench students who didn’t keep up in class.” Abbott, one of
them, says, “At Uchenna, we were student athletes, after all, not athlete students.”
8．How did McNee’s suggestion sound to Mandekic at first?
A．Confusing. B．Absurd. C．Practical. D．Professional.
9．Why did other schools welcome the classes?
A．They enhanced students’ concentration.
B．They improved students’ shooting techniques.
C．They helped students learn math unknowingly.
D．They guaranteed students’ show-up percentage.
10．What can be inferred from Abbott’s words?
A．Students got balanced development.
B．The coaches cared little about students.
C．Uchenna attracted more and more students.
D．He doubted the education idea of the school.
11．What is the best title for the text?
A．Big Win B．Math Struggling
C．Numbers Game D．Athlete Training
School had just started in August when Conner began throwing up for no
reason. It wasn’t long before the boy also began suffering terrible headaches. In
February a 1.7-inch tumor was found in his brain and Conner was set to begin to
receive radiation (放射疗法) treatments. Before treatments start, technicians make
a white plastic mask ( 面罩) to keep patients immoveable and protect unaffected
parts of the brain while radiation is directed at the tumor.
It’s an unpleasant experience and a frightening time. The doctor Cook
decided that the masks could at least be made to look like something fun—maybe
Batman or Mickey Mouse. “I started thinking these masks are white and not fun
at all for kids,” she told The Greenville News. “I felt like if we could make them a
little more fun for them, they might be a little more excited about coming in for
the treatment. Because the kids are afraid. While the treatment itself isn’t
physically painful, it can cause a lot of anxiety ( 焦 虑 ). And the treatment is
required daily for up to six weeks.”
And the masks really make a difference. “The kids really like them,” Cook
said. “It makes what is, let’s face it, a terrible experience, a nice experience
because they get to choose something themselves.”
When new children come in for the treatment, Cook finds out what their
favorite movies or cartoon characters are. Then she sets about creating the mask
by drawing the image she wants onto paper, sticking it with glue, and once it’s
dry, she applies the colors using paints. Each child can take the mask home once
the treatment ends.
“Coming to the doctor always means fear and pain. I wanted to make it fun,”
she said. “The kids really love it. It’s something they enjoy and can relate to. And
it fills an interest I have. I get great pleasure from it.”
12．Why is the plastic mask used according to paragraph 1?
A．To protect the brain. B．To speed the treatment.
C．To reduce the headache. D．To help with a health check.
13．What can we know about the radiation treatment?
A．It can be received at home. B．It will cause huge physical pain.
C．It may make the patients feel worried. D．It needs to be completed in a
month.
14．What does Cook do to help the children being treated?
A．Show them their favorite movies.
B．Offer them some free masks as gifts.
C．Dress them up as cartoon characters.
D．Make the masks more interesting to kids.
15．What does the author want to show by telling this story?
A．Love can treat the terrible sickness.B．Kindness can bring warmth and
joy.
C．Health matters to everyone. D．Creativity leads to success.
二、七选五（共10分）
How parents can help with cyberbullying（网络欺凌）?
43% of kids have been bullied online. One in four has had it happen more
than once.70% of students reported seeing frequent bullying online. Many studies
suggest that cyberbullying has become a serious problem worldwide and makes
many kids suffer. 16 .
Let teachers know about the situation. Many schools have protocols（协议）
for responding to cyberbullying. Before reporting the problem, let your children
know what you want to do so that you can make a plan that makes you both feel
comfortable.
Encourage your children not to respond to cyberbullying, because doing so
just fuels the fire and makes the situation worse. 17 . Instead, you should
keep the threatening messages, pictures, and texts, which can be used as evidence
for the bully’s parents, schools, or even the police.
Limit your kids’ access to the Internet. Though hurtful, many kids who are
bullied can’t resist the temptation（诱惑）to check websites or phones to see if
there are new messages. 18 . Many websites and smartphones include
parental control options that allow parents to control kids’ online life.
19 . Follow your children on social media sites, but do not make
comments or post anything on your children’s whereabouts online. 20 .
And also tell them why it’s a bad idea to share it online.
A．Know your kids’ online world.
B．But that doesn’t mean you can do nothing.
C．Remind your kids of the seriousness of cyberbullying.
D．Make sure your kids figure out what to do about it.
E．Talk to them about the importance of private information.
F．So if you know how to deal with it, things will get much better.
G ． Keep the computer in a public place and set limits on the use of cell
phones.
三、完形填空（共15分）
Hearing my name called, I stepped up on stage to give my first public speech.
Steadying my trembling hands, I 21 the sea of people and wanted to
22 . Then a question flashed into my mind, “Do you still remember 23
it took to get here?”
It all started with a(n) 24 I had written in reply to a radio host’s
slanderous (诋毁的) comments about 25 rights. I had stayed up for days
26 information to oppose his point. Content with my final essay, I submitted
it to my 27 for publication. Later, I received a text stating that he 28
not to publish it because the subject matter was “too controversial”. Hurt, I
29 with my two weeks’ work.
I tried to submit my essay to others, believing someone would be 30
to get it out while the subject was still topical.However, after days of “thanks, but
no thanks” replies, I felt 31 . No one was interested in a no-name writer
with a 32 opinion that was against that of a celebrity.Had my boss
been right?
33 , I received a “YES” from a small, yet powerful online blog that
34 women.
My essay had thousands of 35 and I rose to fame overnight. In
less than a day, my world changed and people started to 36 . Then one
day, I received a call asking me to give a(n) 37 in Washing D．C． .
My eyes teared up in 38 . Me? A middle-aged single mother with only
high school education?
Taking a deep breath, I dived into the speech I had 39 many times,
nervous but 40 to make my voice heard.
21．A．cheered for B．looked at C．pointed to D．relied on
22．A．sing B．bow C．escape D．continue
23．A．any B．little C．some D．all
24．A．sentence B．song C．essay D．book
25．A．women’s B．workers’ C．children’s D．animals’
26．A．deleting B．changing C．researching D．providing
27．A．assistant B．boss C．editor D．colleague
28．A．chose B．agreed C．struggled D．promised
29．A．interrupted B．resigned C．possessed D．violated
30．A．foolish B．responsible C．careful D．willing
31．A．discouragedB．confident C．terrified D．optimistic
32．A．common B．strong C．subjective D．low
33．A．Therefore B．Instantly C．Obviously D．Finally
34．A．learned from B．dealt with C．focused on
D．apologized to
35．A．views B．explanations C．endings D．translations
36．A．shudder B．listen C．scold D．distribute
37．A．order B．instruction C．performance D．speech
38．A．sadness B．disbelief C．anger D．relief
39．A．delivered B．attended C．ended D．practiced
40．A．determined B．amazed C．satisfied D．amused
四、用单词的适当形式完成短文（共15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The Aral Sea, 41 ( locate ) between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan , was
once the world’s fourth-largest inland waterbody. It has shrunk( 缩 小 ) 42
( remarkable ) since 1960, with 43 ( it ) surface area reducing from
67,000 square kilometers in 1960 to just 6,000 square kilometers in 2020.
Most findings considered farmland 44 ( expand ) as the main cause
behind the reduction of the Aral Sea， 45 the farmland in the Aral Sea
basin 46 ( stop ) expanding since 2000. The latest research showed that
rising temperatures , a lack of water-saving technology in farmlands , and wetland
extension had all speeded up the reduction of the Aral Sea in the past two
decades. The dried shores produce salt dust , 47 ( pose ) a serious threat to
the local ecological environment and people’s health.