江苏省扬州中学2023-2024学年高一上学期10月月考英语试题

江苏省扬州中学2023-2024学年第一学期质量检测

高一英语

（本试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟）      2023.10

选择题部分

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节：（共5小题：每一小题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题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1.What is the man's middle name?

A.Andy.

B.James.

C.Lee.

2.Who will play with Simon?

A.His sister.

B.His mother.

C.His father.

3.Where does the conversation take place?

A. In a holiday house in Spain.

B. In the speakers' new house.

C.At the home of the woman's parents.

4.What will the man do next?

A.Cook supper.

B.Meet with a buyer.

C.Return to his office.

5.When does the bank close on Saturdays?

A.At 1:00 p.m.

B.At 3:00 p.m.

C.At 4:00 p.m.

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.What day is it today?

A.Wednesday.

B.Thursday.

C.Friday.

7.What will Mark's father probably do tomorrow?

A. Fly to Singapore.

B.Perform in a concert.

C. Sing a song for the class.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. Why did the man continue to work as a foreign language teacher?

A.His parents asked him to.

B.His school persuaded him to.

C.He loves to experience different things.

9.Who will pay the man?

A.Two schools.

B.Only one school.

C.Neither of the two schools.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.Why did the woman leave Japan?

A.She decided to start a company of her own.

B.She had to come back to look after her parents.

C. She couldn't find a suitable job after the earthquake.

11.What does the woman want to work as now?

A.A secretary.

B.A designer.

C.A teacher.

12.What will the man do next?

A.Call the manager.

B.Read an application.

C.Look for a job.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.Where is Kanda from?

A.Thailand.

B.England.

C.Russia.

14.What is Mr.Sung mainly talking about?

A.The present problems in China.

B.The history of Chinese business.

C.The good things happening in his company.

15.How does Mr.Sung sound?

A.Optimistic.

B.Anxious.

C.Humorous.

16.What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A.Interviewer and interviewee.

B.Boss and worker.

C.Friends.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.What does the speaker want listeners to-do?

A.Study science.

B.Visit some attractions in London.

C.Learn about British culture.

18. Which place is fun for the whole family according to the speaker?

A.Big Ben.

B.The London Eye.

C.The London Science Museum.

19. What is the top 10 London attractions list based on?

A.The history of the attractions.

B.The size of the attractions.

C.The number of visitors.

20.What does the speaker ask listeners to do in the end?

A.Book online.

B.Wait in all queues patiently.

C.Visit during the low season.

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）

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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

A

It's time to play your part!

Our Connect Recover Thrive campaign will help to care for the National Park for the future. If you love the Peak District and want to give something back, please sign up today to give a small amount each month. It's not all about the money, we also need your time and expertise-could you commit today to giving a few hours a month to help us raise funds and support for the Peak District National Park?

Thank you for your support, there is so much more to do, and we need your help to do it.

Give a monthly donation

One of the easiest ways for you to help us to care for the Peak District Nation Park is to give a regular donation. Don't forget that if you are a UK taxpayer you can add gift aid and the government will add 25% to your donation at no cost to you.

Take on a fundraising challenge

We’re  looking for fundraising heroes to take on exciting challenges to raise money to care for the Peak District National Park. Could you do a sponsored walk, run, cycle, swim? Could you host an event in your community, could you break a world record?

Remember the Peak District after you've gone

Do you love the Peak District National Park and want to see it cared for after you've gone? Leaving a gift in your will is a really special way to help us to look after the Peak District National Park for future generations.

Support the Access Fund

The Access Fund is a restricted fund which helps our partners at the Peak District National Park Authority to add new access points, restore paths, enhance the accessibility of paths, replace gates, all to improve accessibility to access land. If you would like to help look after the National Park please consider a donation to the Access End here.

21.What will people do in the Connect Recover Thrive campaign?

A.Appreciate scenery around the park.

B.Give support in caring for the park

C. Solve technical problems of the park.

D.Encourage tax payers to volunteer.

22.How can you become a fundraising hero?

A. By giving a monthly donation.

C.By joining in a competitive sport.

B. By leaving a gift in your will.

D. By adding gift aid to your donation.

23.What is the Access Fund aimed-at?

A.Land reservation.

C.Accessibility improvement.

B.Accessibility restriction.

D.Paths replacement.

B

As an intense heat wave sweeps through China, residents are seeking relief in air raid shelters and swimming poots to stay cool, and dozens of cities, including Shanghai, Chongqing and Hangzhou, have issued their highest-level red alert warnings. Shanghai has issued three red alerts this year, with the temperature hitting 40.9 Celsius on July 13, matching the record set in 2017 since 1873.The fact that Shanghai has experienced only 16 days of 40°C-plus temperatures since the city began keeping records in 1873 should give us an idea about the seriousness of the

situation.

Medical experts say extreme heat could cause nausea （恶心）， fatigue， sunstroke and even death， with senior citizens and people with long-term illnesses particularly vulnerable to heat waves.'

Extreme heat events, which began a month ago, have affected the lives of more than 900 million people in China. Between June 1 and July 12, the average number of days with temperatures above 35°C was 5.3, up 2.4 days over normal years, breaking the national record set in 1961, according to the National Climate Center.

Parts of Europe are also in the grip of heat waves and experiencing extreme weather events after the western part of North America faced extreme heat waves last year. In response to the exceptionally high temperatures, the United Kingdom has declared a national emergency and issued the highest-level red alert warning for Monday and Tuesday for the first time. More alarmingly, the average global temperature in June this year was 0.4°C higher than normal years and the highest since 1979, with temperatures in countries such as Spain, France and Italy exceeding 40℃.

Unfortunately, extreme heat, which is directly related to climate change, will become more frequent and intense in the next 30 years, setting new records for high temperatures. As global warming intensifies, losses and devastation will increase, forcing natural and human systems to raise their adaptation limits.

24. What can we know about the heat waves this year?

A. It may cause more harm to the old and people with long-term illnesses.

B 'The number of days above 35°C in June breaks the national record.

C.Shanghai has experienced a higher temperature than that in 2017.

D.The whole Europe as well as America are suffering from the heat waves.

25. How does the author develop the text?

A.By analyzing and concluding.

C.By giving examples and quoting.

B.By explaining and contrasting.

D.By giving figures and comparing.

26.According to the writer, what is the trend of extreme heat?

A.Becoming more serious.

C.Staying unpredictable.

B.Remaining stable.

D.Getting controllable.

27.What is the text mainly about?

A.The solutions to the climate change.

B.The economic losses from heat waves.

C.The increase of severe heat waves.

D.The destructive effect of global warming.

C

Every year thousands of people come to the city of Pamplona, in north-eastern Spain, for the chance to run for their lives as six fighting bulls are released to charge through the town. There are injuries and deaths every year, but the event is of interest to many people. A paper just published in Science describes the insight the event offers into the psychology of panicked crowds.

That is a useful topic to explore. Arehitects, civil engineers and urban planners must try to work out how people will behave in the event of a disaster like a fire, a flood or a terrorist attack so they can design their creations to avoid potentially deadly collisions （碰撞）.Unfortunately， solid information is hard to come by. Daniel Parisi, the paper's lead author, realized that the Pamplona bull-runs offered the perfect natural experiment.

Dr Parisi and his team went to two different rooftop locations in Pamplona in July 2019, and filmed the runners as the animals were released. Later in the lab, they calculated the speed of the runners， the density（密度）of the crowd， the probability of a runner tripping and falling and the relationship between runner-group density and speed.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the researchers found that runners picked up speed when the bulls drew near. Liess expected was the finding that the speed of individual runners increased with the density of the crowd, which was contrary to a long-held assumption in architectural and urban-design circles that people will slow their pace as group density goes up, in order to lower the risk of a collision, which could lead to a fall and, perhaps, injury or death.

Yet it seems that, in the heat of the moment, people pay little attention to the danger of colliding with each other, and do not slow down. The responsibility therefore falls upon urban designers to work out how best to plan the construction of future tunnels, bridges and other passages that restrict flow. The only option may well be to make them wider.

28. What did Dr Parisi and his team do in Pamplona?

A.They proved his theory.

C.They watched a thrilling bull-fight.

B.They recorded a bull-run.

D.They designed a psychological experiment.

29. What was the unexpected finding in the study?

A. People slowed down in crowded areas.

B.Tripping posed a danger to bull-runners.

C. Bulls coming near made people running faster.

D.People tended to speed up in high-density crowds.

30.What is implied in the last paragraph?

A. People lose their mind in disasters.

B.Future tunnels and bridges may be wider.

C. Panicked crowds are aware of the danger of collision.

D.Restricting flow helps to prevent people colliding each other.

31,Which is the best title for the text?

A.How crowds react to panic

C.Dr Parisi's finding shocks the world

B.Bull-runs caught on in Spain

D. What architects can learn from bull-running

D

“There is one and only one social responsibility of business,” wrote Milton Friedman, a Nobel Prize-winning economist,  “that is, to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits.” But even if you accept Friedman's statement and regard corporate social

responsibility (CSR) policies as a waste of shareholders' money, things may not be absolutely clear-cut. New research suggests that CSR may create monetary value for companies at least when they are charged with corruption（腐败）.

The largest firms in America and Britain together spend more than $15 billion a year on CSR, according to an estimate by EPG, a consulting firm. This could add value to their businesses in three ways. First, consumers may take CSR spending as a “signal” that a company's products are of high quality. Second, customers may be willing to buy a company's products as an indirect way to donate to the good causes it helps. And third， through a more diffuse（分散的）“halo effect”  its good deeds earn it greater consideration from consumers and others.

Previous studies on CSR have had trouble distinguishing these effects because consumers can be affected by all three. A recent study attempts to separate them by looking at bribery prosecutions（起诉） under American＇s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act （FCPA）. It argues that since prosecutors do not consume a company's products as part of their investigations, they could be influenced only by the halo effect.

The study finds that, among prosecuted firms, those with the most comprehensive CSR programmes tend to get more lenient punishments. Their analysis rules out the possibility that it is the firm's political influence, rather than its CSR stance, that accounts for the leniency: Companies that contribute more to political campaigns do not receive lower fines.

In all, the study concludes that whereas prosecutors should only evaluate a case based on its merits, they do seem to be influenced by a company's record in CSR. “We estimate that either eliminating a substantial labor-rights concern, such as child labor, or increasing corporate giving by about 20% result in fines that generally are 40% lower than the typical punishment for bribing foreign officials.”  says one researcher.

Researchers admit that their study does not answer the question at how much businesses ought to spend on CSR. Nor does it reveal how much companies are relying on the halo effect, rather than the other possible benefits, when companies get into trouble with the law, evidence of good character can win them a less costly punishment.

32.The author views Milton Friedman's statement about CSR with_       

A.uncertainty

B.interest

C.approval

D.tolerance

33. According to Paragraph 2, CSR helps a company by_    

A.guarding it against malpractices

C.winning trust from consumers

B. protecting it from consumers

D. raising the quality of its products

34.The underlined expression “more lenient” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to_      

A.less debatable

B.more lasting

C.more effective

D.less severe

35. When prosecutors evaluate a case, a company's CSR record_       

A.comes across as reliable evidence

B. has an impact on their decision

C.is considered part of the investigation

D.increases the chance of being punished

第二节（共 5 小题；每 小 题 2.5分 ，满 分 12.5分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

There's a lot to cope with when you go off to university. 37 For most students, a completely new environment is waiting to be explored.

We recently drove our daughter Evie  150 miles to start life as a fresher. It was a struggle to find the car park, let alone explore the huge campus. Although we knew she had flat mates and phone apps to get her to fit in, the challenge ahead was clear-to find her way in an unfamiliar world.

In a recent study, volunteers walked around a virtual forest environment. Then some of them took the same walk again, while others explored a different forest. 38_According to the researchers， that was because exploring the new environment stimulated their dopamine（多巴胺） system-setting up their brains for memorizing things_ Thus, they scored higher.

So leaving home to study makes perfect sense. 39   But we may all be able to gain some of the benefits, even if it's just by stimulating our senses and challenging our thinking skills. Here are three things to try:

Go somewhere new to tackle an upcoming learning task--like memorizing a speech in the library, or revising for an exam in a park-and take an unfamiliar route to get there.

   40  To warm yourself up for learning, picture a city you know well, but imagine you're trapped in a part of it that you've never visited. Then try to visualize exactly how you’ll get out.

Play video games that get you moving through new landscapes. Then see whether it improves your success with other learning tasks, like practicing a dance or mastering phrases for a foreign trip.

A.Get lost in your imagination.

B Prepare yourself for a city tour.

But exploring places as such is beneficial to memory.

D. People prove to be more adaptable after new experience.

E.The latter group performed better in memory tests straight after.

F.There are new friends to meet and new responsibilities to accept.

G.Young minds seem to gain most from being in strange surroundings.

第三部分 语言运用（共四节，满分55分）

第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

It was a cold, rainy day, and I had no desire to drive up)the winding mountain road to my daughter Carolyn's house. But she_41_that I come to see something at the top of the mountain.

So here I was,_42  making the two-hour journey through thick fog. Nothing could be worth this, I thought as I_43              along the dangerous highway.

Turning down a narrow track, we_44_and got out. We walked along a path that was thick with old pine needles． Huge black-green evergreens（常青树）45              over us. Gradually, the peace and silence of the place began to_46_my mind.

Then we turned a corner and stopped at the top of the mountain and I was entirely held in_47_.There across fields and valleys were rivers of fully-opened yellow flowers from the light one to the most brilliant． It looked as though the sun had tipped over（绊倒了）and＿48 the mountainside in gold.

   49_occurred to my mind. Who created such beauty? How? When? As we approached the house that stood in the center of the property, we saw a_50_that read:“Answers to the Questions I Know You Are Asking.”  The first answer was:  “One Woman-Two Hands, Two Feet and Very Little Brain.” The second was:“_51_at a Time.” The third:  “Started in 1958.”

As we drove home, I was so moved by what we had seen that I could_52speak. “She changed the world," I finally said, “one small plant at a time. She started almost 40 years ago, probably just the _53_of an idea, but she kept at it.”

The wonder of it would not let me go. “Imagine,” I said, “if I'd had a dream and_54_it, just a little bit every day, what might I have accomplished?” Carolyn looked at me sideways, smiling. “Start tomorrow,” she said,“_55_yet,start today.”

非选择题部分

第三部分 语言运用（共三节，满分55分）

第二节 短文填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面材料，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。

Consisting of a bamboo frame and a 56 (delicate) painted paper surface, Chinese oil-paper umbrellas have long been viewed as a symbol of China's tradition of cultural craftsmanship and poetic beauty. Not just are they an instrument to keep off rain or sunlight, but also works of art＿57（possess） rich cultural significance and aesthetic（美的） value．

The first oil-paper umbrellas appeared during Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220).Later, they 58_(bring) overseas to  Japan and ancient Korea  during the Tang Dynasty (618-907),which is 59_they were known as “Tang umbrellas”.

It takes quite a lot of time and effort to make a traditional Chinese oil-paper umbrella 60 hand. For example, in Fenshui township in Luzhou, Sichuan Province, craftsmen must complete more than 90 steps and use over 100 different tools 61(create) a single handmade oil-paper umbrella.

Since the 62_(appear) of modern mechanical umbrellas, traditional oil-paper umbrellas 63 (suffer) from declining sales, while 64 number of craftsmen has been on the decrease. Fortunately, with the inclusion of Fenshui oil-paper umbrellas as one of China's national intangible cultural heritages in 2008, things have been improving. These great items appear in many fashion shows and media publications because of the positive publicity 65_they have received.

第三节 单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

根据句子的意思及首字母或中文提示，完成或写出相应的英语单词。每空一词。

66.Students should take r        or their own learning.

67.Mental i           means the person can measure the things and make decisions on their own.

68.The related departments are c       about the pollution and have taken many measures to address it.

69.Humour is wonderful in reducing t            

70.I'd like to take this o              to thank my colleagues for their support.

71．Business is often built on the          of personal relationship．（基础）

72.Job        is a big advantage of this kind of work.（灵活性）

73. The government has declared a state of        Tallowing the earthquake.（紧急情况）

74.Successful sports      can  earn a great deal more money than people working in other jobs.（专业人士）

75.We see the power of perseverance from the successful people who have           to their dreams for a long time.（坚持）

第四节 完成句子（共5题；每题2分，满分10分）

根据中文提示将句子补充完整。每空一词。

76．同样重要的还有良好的学习习惯、实用的技能以及积极的态度。。

                  are good study habits, useful skills and a positive attitude.

77．你们需要坚持不懈，努力去训练自己的头脑、培养自身的性格。

You need to                                        to train your mind and develop your character.

78．我相信你们有能力改变你们的家庭、改变你们的社区、改变我们的国家。

I              your ability to make a difference to your family, to your community and to our country.

79．你可能会感到焦虑，因为你发展的速度与你的朋友不同，你的身高在飙升，或者你被远远落在了后面。

You may feel anxious that you are developing at a different rate to your friends,                height or getting left far behind.

80．老师帮助我完成了零件组装。

The teacher helped me the parts                               

第四部分 书面表达（满分20分）

81．假如你是李华，现在伦敦某中学做交换生，该校要开设一个中国书房，现向中国留学生征集建议。请你给负责人Smith写一封建议信，内容包括：

1．设计风格；

2．书籍类型；

3．活动形式。

注意：1．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

2．开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Smith,

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua