宁夏回族自治区石嘴山市平罗中学2024-2025学年高三上学期11月月考英语试题

平罗中学2024-2025学年度第一学期第三次月考试题 高三英语 满分：150分 考试时长：120分钟 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节 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. Why did the man fail to see the film last Sunday? A. He wasn’t interested in it. B. He didn’t get a ticket. C. He worked overtime. 2. Where might the speakers be? A. In an office. B. In a bank. C. In a restaurant. 3. When was the first edition of the Handbook of the Belt and Road published? A. In 2010. B. In 2018. C. In 2023. 4. What does the man mean in the end? A. Going to the zoo can make him feel happy. B. He seldom went to the zoo in his childhood. C. It may be not good to keep animals in the zoo. 5. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. A rare flower. B. An exhibition. C. A garden. 第二节 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. Why does Grace decide to join the poetry club? A. She has a keen interest in poetry. B. She wants to win the competition. C. She needs to improve writing skills. 7. When does the conversation take place? A. At the end of the semester. B. In the middle of the semester. C. At the beginning of the semester. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. How does Kristin look to Terry? A. Tired. B. Anxious. C. Excited. 9. What attracts Kristin most about Hangzhou? A. Its rich history. B. Its delicious food. C. Its beautiful scenery. 10. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Colleagues. B. Waiter and customer. C. Tour guide and tourist. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11. What is the man doing? A. Telling traffic rules. B. Conducting an interview. C. Sharing his experience. 12. What did Polly say about her first ride? A. She felt worried at first. B. All the riders were adults. C. People crashed into each other. 13. What does the woman think of the “bike bus”? A. It’s inconvenient. B. It’s dangerous. C. It’s helpful. 听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。 14. On which day did the university host the concert in Beijing? A. October 20th. B. October 21st. C. October 26th. 15. What did the students do after the concerts? A. They participated in the discussion. B. They had a scientific experiment. C. They gave a performance. 16. What are the speakers? A. Middle school students. B. High school students. C. College students. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. Where did the mystery boxes originate from? A. Japan. B. China. C. England. 18. How can mystery boxes help suppliers? A. Raise the price. B. Keep costs down. C. Reduce waste. 19. What is the speaker’s attitude toward mystery boxes? A. Disapproving. B. Neutral. C. Favorable. 20. Why does the speaker give the talk? A. To introduce the history of gift giving. B. To recommend some good ways for shopping. C. To show the advantages and disadvantages of mystery boxes. 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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Weed Warrior Volunteer National Park Service—National Capital Parks-East Description What is a Weed Warrior? In National Capital Parks-East, the Weed Warriors assist in containing the spread of invasive (侵入的) species through various methods of control. This allows the native plants to grow and protects the overall natural beauty of the area. Eligibility (资格) Individuals must be at least 18 years of age. Individuals under the age of 18 can assist with invasive removals, but they need to do so with a parent or guardian. While their help is appreciated and valued, they are unable to become Weed Warriors. Training To become an official National Capital Parks-East Weed Warrior and obtain a permit, a few specific steps are required. 1. Complete the Weed Warrior Training, which is provided by park staff. This training operates in two parts. First, an online part. This is a 3-hour theory session, and is typically held on a Wednesday evening. The second part is in-person. This is a 3-hour field session held in the park on the first Saturday morning after the online training. This training is often held twice annually, although specifics may vary per year. 2. After the National Capital Parks-East training is complete, the Weed Warrior will select an area to adopt. Then, a plan of control will be designed. During the control plan meeting, the Weed Warrior will be given a plant identification quiz to ensure complete understanding and identification ability of the plants they are removing. 21. What are Weed Warriors expected to do? A. Maintain Park facilities. B. Remove non-native plants. C. Conduct environmental research. D. Organize educational programs. 22. How can volunteers under 18 contribute to the program? A. They’re prohibited from taking part. B. They can participate independently. C. They must be accompanied by an adult. D. They have to complete additional training. 23. What do we know about the National Capital Parks-East training? A. It’s an online-only course. B. It comprises online and field work. C. It’s a single-session event. D. It features online plant identification. B Georgia, who works for a popular fashion store in the UK named Bows Boutique, left her purse at a gas station after her company party in early December. She was heartbroken, but thinking someone must have taken it away, she gave up the idea of going back to look for it and didn’t phone the station to ask about it. But her tears quickly dried when an off-duty firefighter named Nyma showed up at her door. A Ring camera caught Georgia and Nyma’s exchange, and the owner of Bows Boutique posted the video on the store’s Instagram page. In it, Nyma rings her doorbell and Georgia answers it using a phone app. Nyma explained where he found the lost purse and said he decided to drive straight to her house, so she wouldn’t have to experience an extra moment of panic. Georgia was moved to tears and kept offering to send Nyma money for his good deed, but he refused. He simply asked her to pay it forward, and explained that it was no trouble for him though Georgia knew he needed to drive hours to her house. Because she wasn’t home at the time, he left the purse in an empty garbage bag and left. The owner and Georgia were so touched by the gesture, and they started a search for the mystery man so they could give him a proper “thank you”. Georgia uploaded the video. It didn’t take long to find him. They invited him to the store for an official meet--and he went. “He is such a kind man,” reads another post. “It was an absolute pleasure to meet him. Th video has got millions of views and we hope he will be a positive influence on many.” 24. How did Georgia respond when realizing she lost her purse? A. She did nothing to recover it. B. She made a phone call to the station. C. She planned to go back to look for it. D. She believed someone would send it to her. 25. Which can best describe Nyma? A. Devoted and generous. B. Energetic and independent. C. Honest and considerate. D. Responsible and hard-working. 26. What did Nyma advise Georgia to do? A. Pass on the kindness. B. Be more careful next time. C. Meet at the gas station for safety. D. Empty the garbage bag for her purse. 27. What can be the best title for the text? A. Two Strangers Meet for the First Time. B. An Unexpected Meet with a Firefighter. C. A Moving Journey Recorded on Social Media. D. A Firefighter Drives Hours to Return a Purse. C In our daily schedules and busy lives, there are moments when we tend to think about where we are heading in life. Can we say that we are living a successful life, or even heading toward one? How to achieve success in life actually depends on what success means to you. Most people think of success as getting a highly-paid job. But what they are forgetting is that a job is just a means to make your life easier. What is the point of earning a lot of money if you don’t get the time for people who are most important to you in life? After all, you are earning for them and yourself only, right? In addition, it is very difficult to keep a balance for those who are always looking for more and are never happy with themselves currently. It becomes, therefore, necessary to be thankful for all that you have achieved in life and be proud of yourself. Another key is to not only be confident but also respect what others say. A person who respects his elders and values their advice always becomes more successful in life compared to those with overconfidence. Most of us tend to focus on things that we don’t have. For example, you might be sad that you aren’t the manager of your company. However, you don’t understand the fact that there may be thousands of people who are dying to be in the place where you are right now. At times counting the coins in your hand is better than regretting that you didn’t get a gold mine. Obviously, life is to move forward. But then in the end, it is the experience you get from the journey of life that matters, not the destination you are heading toward. Success in life may be different for different people, but living happily each and every moment is the main key to becoming successful in life. So what are you doing now to live a successful life? 28. What does the author think of work and life? A. Work is as necessary as life. B. Earn to live and don’t live to earn. C. A highly-paid job means a successful life. D. It’s hard to keep a balance between work and life. 29. What does the fourth paragraph mainly talk about? A. The importance of keeping moving forward. B. The importance of making use of what you own. C. The importance of having confidence in yourself. D. The importance of being grateful for what you have. 30. What does the author suggest at the end of the text? A. Being proud of yourself. B. Living in the present happily. C. Being different from others in life. D. Determining the destination of your life. 31. What is the author’s purpose in writing the text? A. To give us some tips on being successful in life. B. To warn us not to just think about making money. C. To encourage us to be confident about the future life, D. To show us different views of different people on success. D In the last few decades, scientists have made enormous breakthroughs in understanding how our brains work by monitoring them in real time with fMRI and PET scanners. When people are hooked up to these machines, tasks, such as reading or doing math problems, each have corresponding areas of the brain where activities can be observed. But when researchers got the participants to listen to music, they saw fireworks. Some areas of their brains were lighting up at once, as they processed the sound, took it apart to understand elements like melody and rhythm, and then put it all back together into combined musical experience. Yet when scientists turned from observing the brains of music listeners to those of musicians, the little backyard fireworks became a massive celebration. It turns out that playing music is similar to a full-body workout. Playing a musical instrument engages practically every area of the brain at once, especially the visual, auditory, and motor cortices (大脑皮层). The most obvious difference between listening to music and playing it is that the latter requires fine motor skills, which are controlled in both hemispheres (半球) of the brain. It also combines the linguistic and mathematical accuracy, in which the left hemisphere is more involved, with the novel and creative content that the right excels in. Because making music also involves crafting and understanding its emotional content and message, musicians often have higher levels of executive function. And, indeed, musicians exhibit enhanced memory functions, creating, storing, and retrieving memories more quickly and efficiently. Studies have found that’s because musicians use their highly connected brains to attach each memory to multiple labels, such as a conceptual label, an emotional label, an audio label, and a contextual label, like a good Internet search engine. The recent research about the mental benefits of playing music has advanced our understanding of mental function, revealing the inner rhythms and complex interplay that make up the amazing orchestra of our brain. 32. What does “fireworks” underlined in paragraph 1 refer to? A. A grand celebration of sound. B. An act of playing instruments. C. A burst of activities in the brain. D. A visual effect in performances. 33. In what way is playing music different from listening to music? A. It rarely depends on motor skills. B. It awakens most of the brain areas. C. It uses both hemispheres of the brain. D. It connects novel and creative content. 34. Why do musicians perform better memory functions? A. They practise instruments frequently. B. They label memories as different types. C. They connect the key information efficiently. D. They focus on the emotional content of music. 35. What is the main idea of the text? A. Listening to music has various mental benefits. B. Art activities have positive impacts on the brain. C. Playing music activates the brain more than listening. D Those who play instruments are born more intelligent. 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。 In today’s digital world, people are willing to seek instant satisfaction. 36 But that’s where being patient comes in, even if you tend to go the other way. Some people are naturally more patient than others. However, it’s kind of like dancing, and everyone can improve with practice. Be more mindful. 37 That’s because mindfulness helps you live in the present moment. This allows you not to get stressed out about some future happening. If you find your mind wandering about the things you have to do while you are waiting for the dentist, take deep breaths to connect to your senses and do some relaxation exercises. 38 There are some things that you can control and things you cannot. While the things you can’t control are the ones that are out-of-your-hands, you can work on the ones that you can control. Set goals to change the things in your life that you can control, whether it is quitting smoking or spending more time with your partner. Actively listen. If you take the time to actively listen to what people are saying to you instead of thinking ahead about your response, you can stay in the present moment. 39 Become more empathetic(有同理心的). It is easy to lose patience with other people, especially if they are not doing what you expect them to, like when your child refuses to get dressed for school on a day when you are already running late. But rather than just thinking how this affects you, stop and consider that these actions aren’t about causing you problems. 40 Maybe your child was bullied(欺凌) in school. Being more empathetic will help you on your journey to be a more patient person. A. Focus on what you can control. B. Think about why the child refuses to dress. C. This will train you to be a more patient person. D. You may ask how to make yourself more mindful. E. Some children are naturally able to call upon patience better than others. F. Practicing mindfulness in your everyday life can help you become more patient. G. That might be why people are not used to having to wait or working on something anymore. 第3部分 语言知识运用（共三节，满分45分） 第一节 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。（共15小题； 每小题1分，满分15分） Sophie, who was diagnosed with severe aplastic anemia (再生障碍性贫血) in September 2022. There was only one option for a 41 : a bone marrow transplant. After searching for a match, the Cromer family’s prayers were 42 . Fuselier, who had 43 to be a donor three years prior, was found to be a 44 . Fuselier recalls the moment she 45 the news. “I’m so glad I said yes.” In January 2023, Sophie received her transplant, and after nearly two years of 46 , she’s finally able to enjoy the simple ____47____ of childhood again. Her mother, Candace Cromer, expressed her 48 for the life-saving procedure, noting that Sophie has even started her first dance class this fall—something she wasn’t able to do 49 due to her illness. A heartwarming reunion took place on Wednesday at Children’s Hospital, where 8-year-old Sophie Cromer finally 50 her bone marrow donor, Maycie Fuselier. The 51 moment left both in tears. The 52 shared a long-awaited embrace, a meeting that 53 not just the end of a life-saving journey but the beginning of a lasting bond. The reunion between Sophie and Fuselier was filled with emotion. Dr. Hilary Haines, Sophie’s physician, 54 the impact of moments like these: “These are the days that keep us going through the 55 parts.” 41. A. promotion B. permit C. cure D. reward 42. A. answered B. approved C. heard D. replaced 43. A. dressed up B. held up C. turned up D. signed up 44. A. follower B. match C. winner D. tool 45. A. reported B. spread C. watched D. received 46. A. research B. recovery C. cooperation D. exercise 47. A. joys B. sunshine C. delicacies D. friendship 48. A. sympathy B. pride C. anxiety D. gratitude 49. A. previously B. regularly C. recently D. occasionally 50. A. comforted B. saved C. met D. blamed 51. A. emotional B. sensitive C. urgent D. sensible 52. A. family B. crowd C. team D. pair 53. A. explained B. marked C. admitted D. changed 54. A. predicted B. summarized C. admired D. discussed 55. A. glorious B. violent C. rough D. lucky 第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 At the Main Media Centre of the Asian Games, the Exhibition Hall of Traditional Chinese Medicine Culture 56 (become) the favourite place for people to visit in their spare time. Since its opening, the exhibition hall has received over 2,000 visitors, some of ___57___ come to experience Tuina, ___58___ form of Chinese therapeutic massage. ___59___ (originate) in primitive society, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) encompasses thousands of years of experience in the battle against disease. It was ___60___ (gradual) formed and developed. By the time of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, a basic medical theoretical system already ___61___ (establish). TCM has matured and had a profound influence on the healthcare systems of countries and regions around the world. Zhu Wenpei, who studied Tuina during his undergraduate and postgraduate periods, said that the initial stage of study was quite 62 (pain). Zhu says that many people do not understand the difference ___63___ massage and Tuina. The former affects the skin and muscles, while Tuina can treat issues related to Qi, blood, internal organs and even some complex diseases, such as stunted (发育不足的) growth in children. Since massage therapy tends to show relatively quick effects in treating bodily ailments (疾病), those engaged in massage work experience a strong sense of 64 (achieve). Professional massage doctors also use TCM meridian theory as a guide to diagnose and treat different conditions, allowing people from around the world 65 (relieve) their exhaustion. 第4部分 写作 （满分25分） 第一节 （满分15分） 假定你是李华，是某国际学校的学生会主席。你校将于下周举办为期一周的体育节，你要在开幕式上发言。请你准备一份英文发言稿，号召同学们积极参加体育锻炼。 注意:词数 80 左右。 Good morning， everybody! 第二节（满分25分） 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 As a single mother, I’ve never doubted my daughter Jane’s dream to be a singer on the stage. At an early age, she was crazy about singing. Whenever she had a chance, she would sing to her heart’s content. Her sweet and charming voice tended to get people around attracted to her songs. Living in a small city, I took several odd jobs, determined to do everything in my power to support her. Soon after Jane attended school, her music teacher Mary noticed her talent by chance and volunteered to give her some guidance on how to sing. Jane practiced so hard that before long she made great progress in singing. Unfortunately, one noon a year later, Jane was crossing the street when a careless driver knocked her down. She was rushed to hospital. When I hurried there, the doctor told me that my daughter would probably not stand on her own feet. I froze with shock, feeling dark as if I had been thrown into a world. Weak and dizzy, I was about to fall to the ground when someone took hold of me. It was Mary who got the news and raced here. She comforted me, saying firmly, “Grace, Jane needs you. You must stay calm and strong.” I nodded. Having calmed down, I entered the ward with Mary. That night, Jane recovered her consciousness and opened her eyes. Holding her hand, I said, “My dear, everything would be fine.” Mary comforted her gently, “I know you are a strong girl, Jane. Don’t worry. We’ll be standing by you.” I was heartbroken to see tears streaming down Jane’s cheeks. After two months, we returned home from hospital. Her teachers and friends frequently visited her. Jane eventually accepted the fact that she would have to get around in a wheelchair. Never did she refer to the subject of singing again. I knew she was a nice and understanding girl, who was afraid that talking about her original dream would upset the two of us. 注意： 1. 续写词数应为150左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 One day, however, Mary came with good news. When the host announced it was Jane’s turn, she was wheeled onto the stage. 1 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$