2024届内蒙古鄂尔多斯市第一中学高三10月月考
英语试题
注意事项:
1. 本试卷分笔试和听力两个部分。考生先作答笔试部分(21小题开始),然后作答听力部分(1-20小题)。答卷前。考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、座位号、试卷类型(A或B)涂写到答题卡上。本试卷满分150分。
2. 考生将笔试部分答案写在英语不是答题卡上(打卡),听力部分答案写在英语听力答题卡上(小卡上)。写在本试卷上无效。
3. 考试结束后,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
笔试部分
一、阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
A
Apple Seeds
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Product Description: Apple Seeds is an award winning magazine filled with stories for kids aged from 7 to 9. The cover is very soft, providing durability(耐用性) that allows each issue to be enjoyed for many years to come. Besides, there is a big surprise for you --- it's being sold at a more favorable discount than usual.
Better Life
Circulation: 1 Year, 12 Issues Cover Price: $44.55 Price For You: $15.00
Product Description: Designed for those who have a strong interest in personal lifestyle, Better Life is America's complete home and family service magazine. It offers help with food, recipes, decorating, building, gardening, family health, money management, and education.
Humor Times
Circulation: 1 Year, 12 Issues Cover Price: $36.00 Price For You: $11.95
Product Description: Humor Times Magazine is for those who love to laugh! Full of cartoons and humor columns, it shows up in your mailbox once a month and keeps you smiling all year round! In today's world, you need a reason to laugh. So let's find it in Humor Times.
News China
Circulation: 1 Year, 12 Issues Cover Price: $47.88 Price For You: $19.99
Product Description: News China Magazine is the English edition of China Newsweek. The magazine covers the latest Chinese domestic news in politics, business, society, environment, culture, sports and travels, etc. It is the first comprehensive news magazine for readers interested in China.
1. What do we know about Apple Seeds?
A.You can receive it every month if you buy it. B.The soft cover enables it to be read and kept long. C.It offers the biggest discount among all the magazines. D.The magazine is going to surprise you for many years. 2. What kind of people may buy News China?
A.People who have an interest in personal lifestyle of the Chinese. B.People who have a strong sense of humor and love to laugh. C.People who want to learn about China’s politics, business and culture. D.People who are interested in news around the world.
3. Which magazine may best help relax yourself after a day of hard work?
A.Apple Seeds B.News China C.Better Life D.Humor Times
B
When the company was small, Google cared a lot about getting kids from Harvard, Stanford, and MIT. But Laszlo Bock, Google’s former Senior Vice President of People Operations, said it was the \places, from state schools in California to those in New York. \
from places like these are just as good if not better as anybody you can get from any Ivy League school,\
So what else does Google not care about:
Grades: Google’s data shows that grades predict performance for the first two years of a career, but do not matter after that.
Brain-teasers: Gone are interview questions such as: Why are manhole covers (井盖) round? How many golf balls can fit in a school bus? \time,\
Here’s what Google does care about:
Problem solvers: Your cognitive (认知的) ability, or how well you solve problems.
Leaders: The idea is not whether you were president of the student body or vice president of a bank, but rather \\you willing to let somebody else take over, and make room for somebody else? Are you willing to give up power?\
Googleyness: That’ s what Google calls its cultural fit. It’s not \\
\wrong, and care about the environment around them ...because we want people who think like owners not employees,\4.What does Bock mean in Paragraph 1? A. People from state schools can be as good. B. Google prefers kids from Ivy League schools. C. Hiring is a hard job for Google.
D. State schools are worse than Ivy League ones. 5. Which question belongs to a brain-teaser? A. What are your grades like?
B. What is the significance of the \C. How would you improve a Google product? D. How would you solve homelessness in Seattle? 6. Who is a qualified leader according to Google? A. One eager for power.
B. One solving problems well.
C. One willing to step aside. D. One operating an organization. 7. What is Googleyness?
A. Being unique B. Being diverse C. Being qualified D. Being loyal
C
When he was 22, Rob Stewart traveled the world for four years. He wanted to call attention to the mistreatment of sharks. His 2007 film, Sharkwater, documents the cruel practice of removing sharks' fins (鳍) for money and leaving the animals to die. In his latest documentary, Revolution, Stewart takes on an even bigger challenge: climate change.
The Canadian filmmaker says that climate change has harmed people and places everywhere: “It is stronger than any government or organization. If we educate people, they will make better decisions” about protecting natural resources.
According to a recent report on climate change, “The atmosphere and ocean have warmed, the amounts of snow and ice have reduced, and sea levels have risen.” These developments are endangering crops, wildlife, fish, and even people.
Stewart says that the consequences of climate change will be irreversible unless people take action, especially young people.“It's up to kids to be the moral compass (道德指南) of society,” he believes, “and say, ’Guys, this is not right.'”
Many kids took action after seeing Sharkwater. Elementary school students in the Northern Mariana Islands, for example, got their local government to ban the sale of shark fins.
Felix Finkbeiner, 17, of Germany is also part of the “revolution” to save the planet. In 2007, Felix started a youth group called Plant-for-the-Planet, whose motto is “Stop Talking. Start Planting.” The group raises money to plant trees. So far, Plant-for-the-Planet has planted nearly 200 trees around the world. “Future generations are the ones who will be suffering the most from inaction (无作为),” Felix says. His goal is to plant millions of additional trees.
“When we started four years ago,” Felix tells Stewart in Revolution, “we thought we had to save the polar bear. We thought we had to save the environment. But soon after, we found out that it's about our future, that we have to save our own future.” 8. What can we learn about Rob Stewart?
A. He spends most of his time traveling. B. He likes taking challenging jobs. C. He cares about the environment. D. He made his first film four years ago.
9. What does the underlined word “irreversible” in Paragraph 4 mean? A. Easy to accept. B. Hard to notice.
C. Unnecessary to worry about. D. Impossible to change.
10. Which of the following can best describe Felix Finkbeiner? A.Far-sighted. B. Peace-loving. C. Easy-going D. Self-centered. 11. What would be the best title for the text? A. The best way to help B. Helping a planet in trouble C. Tips on saving our future D. A famous filmmaker
D
Thanks to this new hands- free suitcase, carrying around heavy luggage may soon become a thing of the past. Designed by Israeli company NUA Robotics, this “smart” suitcase can follow you everywhere you go.
The carry-on suitcase, now a prototype(雏形), connects to a smartphone app via bluetooth. It has a built-in camera sensor that can “see” you and follow you around on flat floors. It comes with an anti-theft alarm to prevent someone carrying it away when you’re not looking.“It can follow and carry things for people around while communicating with their smartphone, and avoiding bumping into other objects,” explained Alex Libman, founder of NUA Robotics.“We’re combining sensor network, computer vision, and robotics. So if you download our app(应用), press the ‘follow me’ button, the luggage recognizes its user and knows to follow and communicate.”
NUA is still testing the products and trying to improve features like speed and customization(客户订制), but they hope to make the suitcase available to customers in a year’s time. If it proves successful, they want to use the bluetooth pairing technology to automate(自动化操作)