精品解析：山西省朔州市怀仁市大地学校高中部2023-2024学年高二上学期12月月考英语试题

怀仁市大地学校2023-2024学年度上学期第四次月考 高二英语 （考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分） 注意事项： 1. 本试卷由三个部分组成。其中，第一和第二部分的第一节为选择题。第二部分的第二节和第三部分为非选择题。 2. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 3. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。 4. 考试结束后，将答题卡交回。 第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分) （略） 第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分60分) 第一节(共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分) A READER’S DIGEST DEREK BOWMAN Puzzles Designer. Wraipea “On Ice” Bowman regularly contributes crosswords and cryp-toquotes to Reader’ Digest and the Winnipeg Free Press. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The wall Street Journal and Games World of Puzzles magazine. He has also created puzzles for clients like McDonald’s Canada. Try to solve his latest crossword challenge on page 128. ANNE T. DONAHUE writer. Cambridge. Ont “The Harsh Truth About Santa” Donahue writes first-person pieces about pop culture for CBC Arts and The Globe and Mail. She published her first collection of personal essays, Nobody Cares in 2018. She also studies history at Wilfrid Laurier University, and is currently working on her second book，Small Tornadoes. Read about the day she found out the truth about Santa Claus on page 35. CORNELIA LI Illustrator. Toronto “The True Meaning of Christmas” Li’s artwork captures the complexity of human emotion by evoking different moods with colours and textures. She has collaborated with clients such as The New Yorker, the National Basketball Association, the Natonal Film Baard and others. Her illustrations can be found on the caver and in “The True Meaning of Christmas” on page 30. PETE RYAN Illustrator. nelsnrv B.C “Winning the War on Cancer” Ryan’s illustrations have been featured in advertisements, books and publications lsluding Time. The New Yorker and The Wall Street Journal. He creates graphic images that reimagine everyday clruitions in ways that offer the viewer something unexpected. He has been awarded a gold and silver medal from the Society of illustrators. See his contribution to this