精品解析：广东省广州执信中学（天河校区）2023-2024学年高一上学期10月月考英语试题

2023~2024学年度第一学期 高一级英语科10月月考试题 本试卷试分选择题和非选择题两部分，共12页，满分为150分。考试用时120分钟。 一．听力理解（略） 二．单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分） 1. — ______ he doesn’t show up at the conference? — Then I’m afraid we’ll have to start without him. A. How about B. What if C. How come D. So what 2. _____is known to all, China will be an _____and powerful country in 20 or 30 years or so. A. That; advancing B. This; advanced C. As; advanced D. It; advancing 3. Professor Li preferred lectures to his students to to meetings on scientific developments. A. to give; invite B. to give; be invited C. giving; inviting D. giving; being invited 4. Some say the meaning of Mona Lisa’s smile is________ clouded by da Vinci who used perspective and shadows to create a________ expression. A. purposefully; confused B. dramatically; confused C. purposefully; confusing D. dramatically; confusing 5. He can’t make himself _______. His spoken English really needs ________. A. understand, improving B. understood, improving C. understand, to improve D. understood, to improve 6. —What do you think of the science fiction, The Three-Body Problem, written by Liu Cixin? —Oh, it’s really ________ wonderful book, which is worth reading________ second time. A. the, a B. a, the C. a, a D. the, the 7. Which do you enjoy ________ your spare time, playing cards at home or taking a walk in the park? A. spending B. to spend C. having spent D. to have spent 8. Peter is the only one of the brightest students who _____ his degree? A. have received B. has received C. had received D. receiving 9. – Have you finished that long article written by the famous scientists? – No, I used up my ________. It’s too long and I only stopped halfway. A. determination B. trust C. patience D. strength 10. Having been ________ to see her son for a long time, the mother became ________. A. eager; eager B. anxious; anxious C. eager; anxious D. anxious; eager 11. Lionel Messi ______ one of the best football players in the Qatar World Cup. A. is