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东莞四中2023-2024高三第一学期英语月考试题（2023.10） 英 语 本试卷满分120分，考试用时120分钟。 注意事项： 1. 答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2. 选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；非选择题的作答：用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡的非答题区域均无效。 3. 考试结束后，请将答题卡上交。 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。 A Books are excellent gifts. Here are four of the year’s most talked-about titles. Ordinary Monsters | By J. M. Miro Miro has temporarily abandoned literary fiction in favour of a new series of historical fantasy novels. Ordinary Monsters is about a group of children with magical gifts who come together and pool their powers to escape the bad shape-shifting man that’s going after them. Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces | By Elamin Abdelmahmoud The soundtrack to The O. C., a drama series, and the strange beauty of Highway 401 were important factors in developing selfhood of Abdelmahmoud. This book describes his own experience of moving from Khartoum, Sudan, to Kingston, Canada, in the early 2000s at age 12. A Magic Steeped in Poison | By Judy I. Lin Harry Potter has his magic stick. And Ning, the heroine of Lin’s first novel, has tea, which in her world carries magical properties. Lin has created a pleasing Young Adult fantasy rich in Chinese mythology (神话). In this book, Ning enters a competition to find the most gifted tea master, Shennong. A Ballet of Lepers | By Leonard Cohen Unlike many other posthumous (死后出版的) works, you can count on Cohen’s to be worth your wait. Before his death, he said that the novel contained in the book, which was never published, was likely better than The Favourite Game, a novel he published during his lifetime. This book also includes a radio play script (剧本) and a handful of short stories. 1. Which book is a mirror of the author’s life story? A. Ordinary Monsters. B. Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces. C. A Magic Steeped in Poison. D. A Ballet of Lepers. 2. What do the first and third books have in common? A. They are about teamwork. B. They ar