吉林省长春市长春外国语学校2023-2024学年高二上学期9月月考英语试题

 

     长春外国语学校2023-2024学年上第一次月考考试

高二年级英语试卷

出题人：王 曦        审题人：许欣宁

第Ⅰ卷

第一部分：听力（共20小题，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 woman do this Saturday?

A. Go to see her sister.   

B. Go to the concert.   

C. Look after her brother’s son.

2. How many pills should the woman take at a time?

   A. 5.        B. 3.        C. 2.

3. What does Laura need at the moment?

   A. Blame.      B. Encouragement.  C. Help with her chemistry.

4. What does the man want to do?

A. Buy a light.     

B. Get to the nearest light.   

C. Go to the supermarket.

5. What is the man’s suggestion about serious pollution?

   A. Don’t breathe the poisonous air.

   B. The government should take action.

   C. The government should arouse people’s attention.

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，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、7题。

6. Where is the man’s mother now?

A. At home.     B. In the office.    C. In the hospital.

7. How long does the man need before going back to work?

A. A week.     B. A few weeks.    C. A few days.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Employer and employee.  B. Husband and wife.   C. Neighbors.

9. Why does the man feel nervous?

A. He wants to breathe in some fresh air.

B. He has heard his neighbor’s phone.

C. He’s been waiting so long for a phone.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Where does the conversation take place?

    A. In an office.      B. In a restaurant.    C. In a hotel.

11. What kind of steak will the man have?

    A. Rare.        B. Well-done.    C. Medium.

12. What does the man start his meal with?

A. A cream and onion soup.

B. Some baked potatoes.

C. An iced tea with a lemon.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What does the man want to do?

    A. To reserve a car.     B. To reserve a room.  C. To rent a car.

14. What size of the car does the man intend to hire?

    A. Large.       B. Middle.     C. Small.

15. How much need the man pay for the rented car for the weekend?

    A. $80.        B. $89.      C. $120.

16. Where can the man find his rented car?

    A. In the Hotel.      B. On Peter Street.   C. In the parking lot.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What happened to the Cuyahoga River in 1969?

A. It was cleaned up.

B. It was seriously polluted.

C. It became the most outstanding river.

18. How long did it take for the river to become clean?

    A. A few months.      B. Several years.    C. A few days.

19. What can make the river clean according to the speaker?

    A. Hard work.

    B. Something imaginable.

    C. The control of using your credit card. 

20. What shall we do when facing an impossible situation?

    A. Wait for something to change.

    B. Imagine something outstanding.

    C. Just be patient and do something.

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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

Time has always been of great interest to scientist…

Theory 1: According to Caltech cosmologist (宇宙学家) Dr Sean Carroll, the flow of time from past to future may be the symptom of our Universe having emerged from another universe that existed before the Big Bang and then gave birth to our own. Theory 2: In 1967, two American theorists came up with an equation describing the quantum (量子) state of the whole Universe. Known as the Wheeler-DeWitt equation, it includes many key features of the universe, such as its size. But one aspect is absent: time. Some theorists believe this implies that time only exists in our minds. Theory 3: According to theorist Prof Lee Smolin at the Perimeter Institute, Canada, the existence of life in the Universe is the result of the laws of physics evolving to their current state over an unlimited number of previous universes. If true, this means that our very existence is proof that time does exist. Theory 4: In 2009, physicists at the universities of Bristol and Cambridge showed that the passing of time revealed by, say, the cooling of a cup of tea, may be due to quantum effect called ‘entanglement’. This involves the particles (粒子) in the team interacting with their surroundings, being bound together and becoming harder to distinguish from each other—a one-way process that requires the forward progression of time to occur. Theory 5: Dark energy, the mysterious anti-gravitational force that drives the expansion of the Universe, may be linked to the existence of the arrow of time. Last year, two cosmologists at the Yerevan Physics Institute showed that dark energy leads to the growth of entropy, a measure of disorder, in the Universe.

21. All the five theories imply that         .

A. time is flexible      B. time is constant

C. time does go forth and back   D. time does exist in some way

22. Which theory doesn’t include time?

A. Theory 1.  B. Theory 2.  C. Theory 3.  D. Theory 4.

23. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true of dark energy?

A. It leads to the existence of multi-universities.

B. It is what keeps the universe in order.

C. It is what makes the universe get bigger.

D. It increases in strength with gravity.

B

 An experimental cleanup device called RemoveDEBRIS has successfully cast a net around a dummy satellite in space, imitating a technique that could one day collect spaceborne garbage.

The test, which was carried out this week, is widely believed to be the first successful demonstration of space cleanup technology, experts told CNN. And it symbolizes an early step toward solving what has already been a critical issue: junk in space.

Millions of pieces of junk are turning around in orbit, the result of 50 years of space travel and few regulations to keep space clean. At orbital speeds, even a small bit of paint crashing with a satellite can cause critical damage.

Various companies have plans to send thousands of new satellites into low-Earth orbit, already the most crowded area.

The RemoveDEBRIS experiment is run by a company and researchers led by the U. K.’s Surrey Space Center and includes Airbus, Airbus-owned Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. and France’s ArianeGroup.

Guglielmo Aglietti, the director of Surrey Space Center, said that an operational version of the RemoveDEBRlS technology would cast a net that remains fastened to the main satellite so the debris(残渣；废弃物) can be dragged out of orbit. It could target large pieces of junk, including dead satellites up to 10 meters long.

The RemoveDEBRIS satellite will conduct a few more experiments in the coming months, including testing navigation features that could help guide the satellite to a specific piece of debris.

There are still enormous barriers to clear before operational cleanup tasks are underway, he said, and the most discouraging is figuring out how to fund such projects.

Aglietti, the Surrey professor who helped lead the RemoveDEBRIS project, said “The challenge will lie in persuading the relevant authorities to sponsor these tasks.” Aglietti said he hopes RemoveDEBRIS will conduct a few cleanup tasks per year, targeting the largest pieces of junk in the most crowded orbits.

24. What is the use of the RemoveDEBRIS satellite?

A. Collecting space wastes.

B. Demonstrating space technology.

C. Imitating a developing technique.

D. Solving serious junk problems.

25. How does the RemoveDEBRlS satellite work?

A. By throwing a net to take the junk from orbit.

B. By fastening it to the main satellite tightly.

C. By dragging satellites up to 10 meters long.

D. By targeting large pieces of junk carefully.

26. What does the underlined word “sponsor” in the last paragraph probably mean?

A. Accomplish.   B. Support.   C. Oppose.   D. Provide.

27. What’s the best title for the text?

A. A Critical Issue: Junk in Space

B. How RemoveDEBRIS Is Developed

C. Why the RemoveDEBRIS Satellite Is Invented

D. Satellite Collects Space Junk for the First Time

C

    Saying farewell to someone you love, even for a night, can be difficult, much less saying goodbye for a lifetime or forever in death. Juliet bid Romeo adieu (再见) for the evening with the words, “Parting is such sweet sorrow.” Sweet sorrow is an oxymoron(矛盾修辞法). But this seeming contradiction is true in the context of relationships.

Relationships are based on feelings, emotions, and passion. Deep friendships and loving relationships are measured by the level of emotional attachment. Emotions intensify over time. People spend time with the people they like. The more one person likes another person, the closer the relationship becomes. Each person in the relationship receives an emotional benefit from knowing the other person.

Saying goodbye means separating from the people who make up a significant part of your emotional identity. Separation, even a temporary absence, from the people you have a deep emotional connection with can cause sorrow because you will no longer be able to enjoy their company.

The sweet side of saying goodbye is the emotional fulfillment of being in a close relationship. The time spent together is emotionally rewarding, especially if that person is seen as a soulmate. Humans are social beings. We seek the love and comfort of other people. Loneliness devastates the human condition and leads to sadness. Sad people will do anything they can to find fulfilling relationships. Likewise, happy people will do anything they can to maintain or enhance relationships. Herein lies the essential point of the emotional problem.

The more intense relationships become, the more devastating the emotional loss that is felt upon separation. The exhilaration(欢欣) of relationships cannot be truly measured without experiencing the overwhelming loss of a deep emotional connection.

Enjoy the company of the person you are with as long as you can; knowing the pain you will feel at the end of the relationship is the true measure of the relationship. If it doesn’t hurt to say goodbye, perhaps it wasn’t worth saying hello.

28. Which of the word group can create the same effect as “sweet sorrow”?

A. icy cold        B. clicking sound  

C. deafening silence      D. endless speech

29. What can we learn from paragraph 3?

A. Saying goodbye is unavoidable in our daily life.

B. The companion of close friends can lessen sorrow.

C. A person’s identity is connected with relationship.

D. Separation is the sorrowful part of saying goodbye.

30. What gives a person emotional satisfaction in social life?

A. Making more communication with others.

B. Building deep emotional connections with others.

C. Comforting friends with love and intense feelings.

D. Being a thoughtful person by standing in others’ shoes.

31. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Sweet sorrow is very common in close relationships.

B. The pain of separation is the measure of relationships.

C. Human beings are eager to get emotional fulfillment.

D. Happiness is meaningless without sadness to compare it.

D

    On Wednesday, two things happened. In Syria, 80 people were killed by government airstrikes. Meanwhile, in Florida, Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully launched and fired a sports car into space. Guess which story has dominated mainstream news sites?

The launch of Musk’s Falcon Heavy rocket, the most powerful ever launched by a private company, went off successfully. Musk sent his cherry-red Tesla roadster running toward Mars, launching “a new space age”. The event attracted phenomenal publicity and made the rocket launch a masterstroke of advertising for Tesla.

Meanwhile, in Syria, where hundreds of thousands of refugees (难民) may be forced to return to unsafe homes, a UN human rights coordinator for Syria said despondently (沮丧地) that he was no longer sure why he bothers to videotape the effects of bombing, since nobody ever pays attention. He wondered what level of violence it would take to make the world care.

There is, perhaps, no better way to appreciate the tragedy of 21st-century global inequality than by watching a billionaire spend $90m launching a $100,000 car into space.

Musk said he wanted to participate in a space race because “races are exciting” and that while strapping his car to a rocket may be “silly and fun … silly and fun things are