广东省执信中学2024-2025学年高一下学期3月月考英语试题

广东省执信中学2024-2025学年高一下学期3月月考英语试题

二、单项选择(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)

1. With too many revisions, she decided to ______ the letter and start over again.

A. throw up B. bring up C. tear up D. keep up

2. After the power ______, I spent the night reading by candlelight.

A. went through B. went up C. went out D. went by

3. As winter vacations ______, school-age children begin the mad scramble to fulfill their winter reading obligations.

A. keep at B. draw to a close C. come out D. pay off

4. He found he could no longer cope with his ______ job after a two-month rest.

A. inclusive B. underlying C. demanding D. possible

5. John made ______ few mistakes ______ he won the first place.

A. so; that B. too; to C. such; as D. such; that

6. He ______ as a waiter for five years, but now he is running his own restaurant.

A. has been served B. has served C. had served D. served

7. With his arms ______, George stood there silently and listened to what the reporter______ carefully.

A. folding; was saying B. folded; being said C. folding; being said D. folded; was saying

8. They had the machine ______ all day and all night to complete the task on time. However, they can do nothing but have the work ______ now because the machine broke down.

A. worked; interrupt B. working; interrupt C. working; interrupted D. worked; interrupted

9. It is necessary that measures ______ to solve the problems ______ by water pollution.

A. be taken; caused B. should be taken; are caused

C. should take; caused D. are taken; are caused

10. On no account ______ to anyone who works in the company.

A. should my name mentioned B. my name should mention

C. should my name be mentioned D. my name should be mentioned

11. In the reading room, we found her ______ at a desk, with her attention ______ on a novel named All is Well.

A. sitting; fixing B. seated; fixed C. seating; fixing D. to sit; fixed

12. Great changes ______ in my hometown and a lot of factories ______ in the past 20 years.

A. have taken place; have been set up B. have taken place; were set up

C. have been taken place; have been set up D. have been taken place; were set up

13. As time ______, Jan as well as her friends ______ the convenience of the Internet.

A. goes by; enjoy B. going by; enjoy C. going by; enjoys D. goes by; enjoys

14. In the past, there ______ large amounts of land ______ China.

A. was; belongs to B. were; belonging to

C. were; belongs to D. was; belonging to

15. The nursery, ______ Mrs. White, ______150 dollars a week.

A. in charge of; is charged B. in the charge of; is charged

C. in charge of; charges D. in the charge of; charges

三、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)

A

Connected to each other like never before, young people today are becoming agents of change, increasingly contributing to innovative solutions that improve people’s lives and the planet’s health.

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research is therefore delighted to launch the Young Leaders Online Training Programme, a four-week e-Learning course, to provide participants with the knowledge and skills to fully unfold their potential as global leaders.

◆CONTENT

◇Online Learning Modules

Module 1: The United Nations (3-9 June 2024)

Module 2: Conference Diplomacy (外交) (10-16 June 2024)

Module 3: Sustainable Development Goals  (17-23 June 2024)

Module 4: International Communication  (24-30 June 2024)

Each module will comprise about 30 pages of literature, external links, videos, and other relevant material, corresponding to a total workload of 40-45 hours during the four weeks.

◇Live Components

Each e-Learning module will go with a series of live meetings with UN experts. These will have varying lengths and formats, including e-workshops, mock (模拟的) interviews, etc.

◆COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS

Participants are qualified for a course certificate upon successful completion of the components below:

◇Reading the four modules’ content. You may wish to study the material through the interactive programme Articulate Storyline or simply download the PDF version of the content. They are identical in content and are meant to give participants flexibility in the way to study.

◇Participation in the discussion board forums (论坛). You are supposed to answer questions on every module in short texts. Your posts will be evaluated according to both quantity and quality.

◇Passing the multiple-choice assessments. Each module features an assessment quiz at its end. It contains 10 questions, and passing the module requires at least 8 out of 10 questions correctly answered.

16. What is the main aim of the course?

A. To improve the lives of young people. B. To connect the youth around the world.

C. To collect innovative ideas from young people. D. To build up the youth’s global leadership ability.

17. What will participants do in each module?

A. Read great works of literature. B. Spend 40-45 hours on learning.

C. Make videos for the United Nations. D. Have online meetings with UN experts.

18. To get a course certificate, a participant needs to ______.

A. take part in the discussions B. post questions on each module

C. copy the PDF version of the content D. answer all the test questions correctly

B

Norman Lear, a genius producer and screenwriter, passed away on Tuesday in Los Angeles at the age of 101. “Lear’s hit comedy shows changed television forever,” said Darnel Hunt, a leading artist on TV.

Lear grew up in an ordinary family in Connecticut, where an unexpected accident brought about his father’s business collapse. So he had to drop out of college and joined the army. In his late 20s, he moved to Los Angeles where he struggled hard for several years, selling furniture door to door. Later on, unsatisfied with his life, he eventually turned to writing for a nightclub comedy act.

By 1971, when he was almost 50, Lear had produced and directed some shows, among which was the hit show All in the Family. In the beginning, it didn’t get on the air smoothly. However, once it did, this show made it to the top 10 for eight of its nine seasons, promising Lear’s life was to change.

This successful show was just the beginning of Lear’s dominating position in comedy shows. Then came The Jeffersons, about a family on its way up. It ran for eleven seasons, one of the longest running comedy shows on television, becoming another successful story. When interviewed about the hit of his shows, Lear said, “Our team read two or three newspapers a day, paid a lot of attention to our families, and came in to talk about everything that