广东广州市黄埔区广州市玉岩中学2025-2026学年第二学期高一年级月考（一）英语试卷

广州市玉岩中学2025学年第二学期高一年级月考（一） 高一英语 说明：本试卷分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷。第Ⅰ卷为选择题，共35题共65分，第Ⅱ卷为非选择题，共65分，全卷共130分。考试时间为120分钟 第Ⅰ卷（选择题） 注意事项： 1．答第Ⅰ卷前，考生务必用2B铅笔将姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上，并用2B铅笔在答题卡上规定位置涂黑自己的试卷类型、考试证号和考试科目。 2．每小题选出答案后，用铅笔涂黑答题卡上对应题目的答案标号。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。（答案写在试题卷上无效） 第一部分 阅读（共两节；满分50分） 第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分） 阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Ancient Chinese people enjoyed special summer treats similar to modern ice cream and fruit dishes. Here are three popular ones from history. Su Shan (Crumbled Ice Dessert) Su Shan was a dish made of crushed (碎的) ice mixed with milk and butter. Poet Wang Lingran from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) described its preparation in his poem Ode to Su Shan: sugar was added, and the dessert was shaped into various forms, sometimes decorated with flowers and leaves. The texture (口感) was unique — “neither hard nor watery, melting at once on the tongue”. Many scholars believe this was an early form of ice cream. Ice and Iced Drinks Though refrigerators didn’t exist, iceboxes for storing ice became common in wealthy Tang Dynasty families. People drank iced water or ate crushed ice. By the Song Dynasty (960-1279), iced drinks were widely sold on streets. Some rich people even offered free iced water and medicinal drinks, with little green beans or a sweet-taste root, on streets as community service to prevent sickness from the heat. Cherries with Cheese and Sugar Syrup (糖浆) During the Wei, Jin, and Southern-Northern Dynasties (220-581), dairy products like cheese became more common. In the Tang Dynasty, warmer climates in the Yellow River region led to widespread cherry growing. Cherries, ripe in early summer, were often paired with cheese and sugar syrup. Song Dynasty poet Lu You noted, “Eat cherries, peaches, and cheese together.” These treats — added with a little extra from green beans to cherries — show how ancient Chinese people creatively cooled off in summer with flavors and textures to make them more tasty, which were very much like modern favorites. 1. What was the unique texture of Su Shan according to Wang Lingran’s poem? A. It was hard and required chewing. B. It felt thick and creamy like yogurt. C. It remained hard for hours after serving. D. It softened soon when touching the tongue. 2. Why did wealthy people offer free iced water publicly in the Song Dynasty? A. To honor a traditional festival event. B. To attract customers to their ice shops. C. To introduce some new medicinal drinks. D. To help people avoid heat-related illness. 3. What do all three treats have in common? A. They were all for wealthy families. B. They included tasty extra additions. C. They included expensive food fillings. D. They were cold desserts with medicine. B In 2013, Deegan was trying to take control of her life after winning the fight against drinking. She did quit, but she was having difficulty reconnecting with people. Even looking someone in the eyes proved to be difficult. “I was sort of like a shell of a person and just didn’t really have many life skills or self-confidence,” Deegan said. However, baking was something that always brought her joy as a child. One day while helping out in the neighborhood, Deegan picked up a handheld mixer and started baking. “My life was just out of control, but baking is such a controlled thing, where if you take the right steps and follow the directions, you’ll get a pretty exact result,” she said. Deegan started bringing her homemade baked cookies to people’s homes, which helped her reconnect with people. “Feeding people is such a universal love language,” she said. However, she was still trying to figure out how to find a career at 27 years old. She had no real work experience and she couldn’t put ‘quit drinking’” on her resume. Deegan’s life shifted in 2015. Encouraged by her friends, she challenged herself to see if she could sell just one pie. She sold dozens! She began baking out of her tiny apartment and eventually launched an official business in 2017. She spent four years developing a pie crust cookie recipe, which has since become the bread and butter of her business. “People have been walking, running and lining up to get cookies, and it’s just been so magical seeing that,” she said. When she needs more help, Deegan says she looks for anyone who is just excited to work, even if they don’t have any experience. After her own struggle, she realized that the desire to work was better than having a certain skill set. And she became a second-chance employer, hiring women out of prison or the shelter system. “You just have to walk through the door and be ready, willing and able and excited to show up and work and you’ve got a job,” Deegan told the reporter. 4. What was Deegan mainly struggling with in 2013? A. Emotion management. B. Interpersonal relationship. C. Work-life balance. D. Alcohol addiction. 5. What prepared Deegan for her bakery business? A. Working previously in the baking industry. B. Seeing people running to get cookies. C. Wanting desperately to gain total control. D. Offering baked food out of goodwill. 6. According to paragraph 4 and 5, what is special about Deegan and her business? A. She achieved success through baking. B. She was ambitious about her business. C. She has an open-door employment policy. D. She only hired inexperienced workers. 7. Which of the following best describes Deegan? A. Creative and smart. B. Persistent and receptive. C. Honest and optimistic. D. Kind and easy-going. C Tearing up, sweating, nose running and other bodily functions are all signs when you’re eating spicy foods. Yet, millions of people worldwide actively seek out this burning feeling. The explanation lies not in our sense of taste, but in our complex nervous system and psychology. The heat we perceive from chili peppers originates from capsaicin (辣椒素), a compound that acts as the plant’s chemical defense. It specifically targets TRPV1, a receptor present on nociceptors (疼痛感受器) — the special nerve cells that detect potentially harmful factors, such as heat above 42℃. When activated, these cells trigger an instant alarm response, causing the body to react as if it’s been burned. This begs the question: why would we enjoy a feeling signaling potential danger? The enjoyment of spicy food is learned through adaptation of the neural system. Initially, the brain misinterprets the capsaicin-caused heat as a potential threat, triggering an alarm-like response. Through repeated exposure, however, it receives consistent feedback indicating no actual tissue damage occurs. The feeling is gradually reassessed as non-threatening and manageable, transforming the initial pain into a form of “benign masochism”. The perceived danger, once subjected to our control, becomes an integral part of the pleasure. Individual tolerance varies. Genetics can influence how sensitive one’s TRPV1 receptors are to capsaicin. More importantly, people can gradually build up a tolerance, essentially training their bodies and brains to handle higher levels of spiciness. The receptors themselves become less responsive over time, and the brain’s predictive system becomes more accurate. So, what can you do if the spice becomes overwhelming? Since capsaicin is fat-soluble, water is ineffective because it only spreads the compound. Dairy products like milk or yogurt are far better solutions — the fat and protein in them combine with the capsaicin and carry it away. 8. What is the main idea of para.2? A. The origin of what we perceive from peppers. B. The role of capsaicin as a plant’s defense mechanism. C. The mechanism of how capsaicin triggers a pain alarm. D. The reasons why we enjoy the feeling of potential danger. 9. What can be inferred about the enjoyment of spicy food? A. A false alarm is triggered upon encountering spiciness. B. Pleasure arises as a consequence of neural response. C. “Benign masochism” contributes to manageable pain. D. The pleasure brings about controllable damage. 10. Which experience is most similar to enjoying spicy food? A. Smoking cigarettes. B. Exploring the wild area. C. Watching a horror movie. D. Drinking a cup of black coffee. 11. What can be a suitable title for the text? A. Capsaicin’s Secret: A Harmless Fire Alarm. B. The Chili Lover’s Dilemma: Pleasure in Pain. C. The Science Behind the Spice: Love for the Burn. D. From Burn to Pleasure: Building Spice Tolerance. D Poet and Harvard Professor Henry Wadsworth Longfellow famously said, “Music is the universal language of mankind.” A new Harvard study suggests he may have been right. The study conducted by a research team found that people around the world could identify lullabies (摇篮曲), dance songs, and comforting songs — regardless of the songs’ cultural origin — after hearing just a 14-second clip (片段). The finding suggests that not only is music deeply rooted in human nature, but that some types of songs break cultural boundaries. The findings are based on a wide-reaching experiment in which 750 online participants in 60 countries listened to brief clips of songs collected from nearly 90 small societies around the world, including hunter-gatherers and some special farmers. Participants then answered six questions, rating each clip according to whether they believed the song was used for dancing, calming a baby, treating illness, or expressing love. Two additional uses — mourning (哀悼) the dead and telling a story — were included as controls. The data showed that despite participants’ unfamiliarity with the cultures, the random sampling of each song, and the short duration of the samples, people were able to reliably infer the songs’ functions, and that their ratings were consistent across the world. The findings ran counter to expert expectations. The team had also asked professionals, including performers, composers, psychologists, and scientists about whether they believed people would be able to identify the song types. Their answer was no. And not only that, but they predicted that people’s responses will be inconsistent with one another. “That’s not what we found,” the researchers said. The researchers also wanted to know whether listeners were recognizing certain non-musical characteristics of the songs. To test that, the team conducted a second study. This time, they asked listeners about a number of contextual and musical features, ranging from the gender of the singers to the rhythm of the song. When data from the two studies were combined, the results showed that songs of the same function shared similar characteristics — lullabies, for example, tended to be slower and simpler than dance music — suggesting that something about musical characteristics crosses cultural boundaries. 12. What did the participants do in the first study? A. They distinguished functions of the songs. B. They identified the cultural origins of the songs. C. They recognized the non-musical characteristics of the songs. D. They sorted the songs according to the gender of the singers. 13. What does the underlined part “ran counter to” in paragraph 5 probably mean? A. were equal to. B. were similar to. C. were superior to. D. were opposite to. 14. Why did the researchers carry out the second study? A. To test the musical knowledge of a wider audience. B. To collect more diverse songs from various cultures. C. To confirm the surprising results from the first one. D. To explore the underlying reasons behind the findings. 15. What can we learn from the two studies? A. Listeners recognize music by its rhythm. B. Something about music might be universal. C. Dance music is usually slower and simpler. D. Cultural similarities lead to similar musical features. 第二节 阅读七选五（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的7个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 As a radio presenter I noticed that individuals often prefer music from their teens or early twenties. 16 Firstly, we tend to have a different good memory between the ages of about ten and thirty. 17 The second reason is that music is a powerful trigger for our emotions, which in turn sparks our memories. The music in our teen years is likely to have lots of emotions to understand, so even a very small part of a particular song can bring powerful feelings and memories flooding back. 18 It can have a calming effect, putting you in a relaxed mood, ready to remember. Rhythms and rhymes are great memory aids. And when we love a song, we tend to repeat it over and over again. Singing or playing something can even activate “muscle memory”, and there are many cases of people with severe memory loss still being able to perform music they learned decades ago. So the next time you hear a familiar song, put it to good use, to explore and exercise your memory. Think about the places and people it reminds you of and the emotions it brings. 19 Remember a particular time in your life, think about the music you listened to then and let it take you back, following the connections as you piece together the past. You can also use music when you’re learning. 20 If you’re dealing with several topics, play different styles of music while learning different things. Experiment to see what works for you. Songs can have a powerful impact on memory, and that should be music to everyone’s ears! A. There are two very good reasons for that. B. The following practical suggestions are just for you. C. There are further ways in which music boosts recall. D. Find recordings that energize your thinking in your study. E. Some people use music to make themselves fall asleep faster. F. You may feel as if you rediscover the richest details of your past. G. Most of us have more novel and exciting memorable experiences then. 第二部分 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 My brother and I were driving home together and we were deep in conversation. Because of his 21 , my brother took a wrong turn, taking us towards a 22 and we had no way to turn back. 23 , my brother paid the bridge fee and drove on. He was clearly frustrated by the mistake and the 24 waste of $4. We eventually reached an exit slipway and, as we took it, my brother 25 a beat-up black car parked by the side of the road. A young guy was standing nearby 26 someone. I was busy trying to figure out which 27 we went next but my brother 28 and asked the guy if he needed any help. And he did. He had a(n) 29 tire and needed a tool to get it off. My brother gave it to him, then proceeded to help him 30 the tire. After we had finished the job he thanked us again and again, pulled out $20 and tried to give it to us. “No,” my brother said. “We were never 31 to even get on that bridge. We took a 32 turn. But now we know why we did. It was to help you. Thank you for turning our mistake into a(n) 33 to serve.” What I loved most was watching my brother throughout this 34 . He was able to see a chance to help even in an otherwise 35 situation, which can only come from a calm mind and an open heart. 21. A. happiness B. carelessness C. selfishness D. weakness 22. A. bridge B. corner C. track D. house 23. A. Nervously B. Immediately C. Unwillingly D. Unfortunately 24. A. unusual B. hateful C. hopeless D. needless 25. A. repaired B. noticed C. struck D. helped 26. A. phoning B. reminding C. greeting D. recalling 27. A. restaurant B. gas station C. hotel D. way 28. A. pulled together B. pulled away C. pulled over D. pulled through 29. A. flat B. empty C. old D. dirty 30. A. clean B. change C. fill D. choose 31. A. supposed B. forced C. allowed D. required 32. A. different B. opposite C. wrong D. distant 33. A. wish B. ability C. belief D. opportunity 34. A. progress B. arrangement C. process D. mistake 35. A. dangerous B. destructive C. expensive D. negative 第Ⅱ卷（非选择题） 第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） An over 600-year-old Ming Dynasty banknote — among the earliest printed currency (货币) in China — was found 36 (hide) inside a 14th-century wooden Buddhist sculpture. Specialists believe a person may 37 (place) the banknote inside while arranging repairs, an estimated 40 or 50 years after the sculpture was first made. The banknote was made during China’s Ming Dynasty, 38 spanned from 1368 to 1644. The period under the Hongwu Emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang — the 39 (found) of the Ming Dynasty — was a prosperous era fueled by strong international trade and a growing population. During this time, China replaced its traditional silver and gold currency 40 paper money. The “one guan” banknote was the 41 (high) denomination (面额) available at the time, and was equal to “one liang” of silver — a face value of about 660 RMB or roughly $100. If sold alone, its market value today is estimated 42 (be) between $2,000 and $4,000. Aside from its inside value, the banknote lends additional insight into the era. At that time, bills in China 43 (create) carefully and skillfully from handmade mulberry bark paper and printed with a carved woodblock, a technology that has played 44 important role throughout Chinese history. 45 (date) back to 868 A. D. this printing method enabled the spread of information, art and literature. 第三部分 写作（共三节，满分50分） 第一节 单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 根据所给的中文提示，填写适当的单词。将每一题的答案写在答题卷相应的横线上。 46. Please take your _______________ (物品) with you when you get off the bus. 47. Some of their great _______________ (成就；成绩；达到) included building towns and roads. 48. Judy and I had our car parked in an underground car park near Trafalgar square, where we could get our car battery _______________ (收费；指控；充电). 49. The young people were attracted by the legend of Loch Ness. They watched over the lake with their cameras and binoculars, which were _______________ (位置；姿态；职位；放置于) on the hill. 50. I was so _______________ (热切的；渴望的) to know how it was written so well. 51. Carl and his friends stayed with a _______________ (慷慨的；大方的；丰富的) family who offered them bread with butter and honey that was home-made. 52. It has _______________ (证明) to be a positive influence on the lives of many people. 53. A virtual choir_______________ (使能够) them to add their voices to those of other individuals and become part of the global community. 54. It is __________ (假设；以为) that you are interested in achieving greater self-awareness. 55. The single most important factor that separates __________ (普通的；平凡的) photographs from good photographs is the lighting. 第二节 句子翻译（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分） 根据括号里的要求，把下列汉语翻译成英语。将每一题的答案写在答题卷相应的横线上。 56. 音乐是岩石，让我倚靠，变得坚强，度过那些艰难的日子。 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 57. 当我听音乐的时候，音乐让我的心情放飞，像风中的风筝。 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 58. 他被这段音乐打动了，他说：“那种（兴奋）的感觉就如同第一次看见色彩一样。” ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 59. 在英国，历史与现实文化交融，新旧传统并存，引人入胜。 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 60. 英国的历史文化引人入胜，可学之处比比皆是。 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 第三节 书面表达（满分25分） 假如你是晨光中学高一学生李华。你校将举办以“Sports: The Bridge to a Better Self”为主题的英语演讲比赛。请你写一篇演讲稿参赛，内容包括： 1．你与运动相关的经历 2．收获或影响 3．倡议 注意：1．写作词数应为100左右； 2．请在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Sports: The Bridge to a Better Self ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $