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2024学年高二英语上学期第一次月考试题
第I卷（三部分，共70分）
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节 20小题；每小题2分，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, 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
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Brian Greene, a professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University, has created an online science education platform. He tries to “build a bridge” with things you know about, and then “bring you across that bridge to the strange place of modern physics”．
Recently I had a chance to ask Greene about wormholes (a hole which some scientists think might exist, connecting parts of space and time that are not usually connected), time travel and other mysteries of the universe. I asked him a million-dollar question: What if I went through a wormhole and prevented my parents from meeting? “Most of us believe that the universe makes sense，” Greene said. Although there are several interesting theories about time travel, he added, the laws of physics would probably prevent something so illogical from taking place. The good news is that the time paradox (悖论) is open for future physicists to solve.
When asked how physics could become more exciting for kids, Greene said that books by Stephen Weinberg, Leonard Susskind, and other physicists, “make it a great time for people who want to learn about big ideas but aren’t yet ready, perhaps, to learn math.”
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When I pointed out that some students still might find physics boring, Greene said that the key is to teach them about things that are strange. “The basic stuff is important，” Greene said. “But I think it’s really important to also describe the more modern ideas, things like black holes and the Big Bang. If kids have those ideas in mind, then at least some of them will be excited to learn all the details.”
Greene has followed Albert Einstein’s lead in trying to solve the mysteries of the universe. Now he wants kids to do the same. As Greene said, physics is “not just a matter of solving problems in an exam”. It’s about experimenting, showing an interest in strange phenomena (现象) — and having fun!
21．A million-dollar question is probably very ________. A．direct C．personal
B．long D．difficult
22．The books by Weinberg and Susskind ________. A．are popular science books B．are mainly about math C．are boring to read
D．are only popular among kids
23．According to Paragraph 4, which of the following does Greene agree with?
A．Modern physics is a boring subject.
B．It is not necessary to learn all about physics. C．Interest plays an important role in studying. D．It is easy to describe black holes and the Big Bang. 24．In the last paragraph, Greene hopes that ________. A．kids can find more strange things in life
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B．kids can do well in physics exams C．kids can have fun with experiments D．kids can love science and physics
B
Peter Huszcz once taught in an agricultural college. In the 1990s, he moved to Canada. Peter started out washing dishes in a restaurant in downtown Ottawa. When the manager asked him to help out rolling meatballs in the kitchen, he soon learned how to do the job very well. But it was boring and Peter suggested that the manager should buy a meatball-making machine. When the manager told him there was no such thing as a meatball maker, Peter was quick to notice that something was missing in the market. Putting his engineering knowledge to good use, he quickly came up with a simple method — the Magic Meatball Maker.
He was sure there was a market for his machine, but it took him ten years of hard work to find it. He had to take risks, but he believed in his idea, and he managed to persuade other people to believe in him too. A local manufacturer (制造商) offered to produce the first 1,000 units in return for a share in the profits (收益), local shops offered to keep his meatball makers and a friend’s daughter helped him out with his first sales.
But his lucky break came when he managed to persuade a TV shopping channel (频道) to help sell the Magic Meatball Maker. The channel broadcast a program about how the invention worked in the studio kitchen. Within minutes, they had sold more than 4,000 units.
This was just the start. Peter had been right. He had said his meatball maker would bring him great wealth, and it has: more than two million dollars so far and it’s till selling to thousands of American housewives all across the
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USA.
25．Working in the restaurant, Peter ________. A．was chosen to be the manager B．broke a meatball-making machine C．found a chance to make money D．was poor at making meatballs by hand
26．Which of the following helped Peter’s business take off? A．A local shop.
B．A friend’s daughter. C．A TV shopping channel. D．A local manufacturer.
27．What’s the right order to describe Peter’s life? A．Dish washer→teacher→inventor→businessman B．.Teacher→dish washer→inventor→businessman. C．Businessman→dish washer→inventor→teacher. D．Inventor→businessman→dish washer→teacher. 28．What can we learn from the story? A．Where there is a will, there is a way. B．A friend in need is a friend indeed. C．Better late than never.
D．In time of danger, one’s mind works fast.
C
Oil and gas have made Qatar (卡塔尔) the richest country in the world — rich enough to be ready to spend D|S200 billion for the 2024 World Cup.But has limitless wealth brought the country happiness?
“We have become urban，”says Dr Kaltham Al Ghanim, a professor at
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Qatar University. “Our social and economic life has changed — families have become separated; consumption culture has taken over.”
From desperate poverty less than a century ago, this, after all, has become the richest nation in the world. What’s less well understood is the influence of such rapid change on Qatari society itself. You can feel the pressure in Doha, the capital city of Qatar. The city is a building site, with whole districts either under construction or being destroyed for redevelopment. The local media report that 40% of Qatari marriages now end in divorce. More than two-thirds of Qataris, adults and children, are overweight.
Qataris benefit from free education, free healthcare, job guarantees, even free water and electricity, but abundance has created its own problems. “It’s confusing for graduates to be faced with 20 job offers，” one academic at an American university campus in Qatar says. “People feel huge pressure to make the right decision.”
In a society where Qataris are outnumbered roughly seven-to-one by foreigners, long-term residents (居民) speak of a growing frustration among graduates that the most satisfying jobs go to foreigners.
The sense is deepening that, in the rush for development, something important has been lost. Qatari family life is atomising. With children almost universally being raised by nannies (保姆) from the Philippines, Nepal or Indonesia, differences in culture and opinions are widening between the generations.
The 2024 football World Cup will be held in Qatar. Mariam Dahrouj, a journalism graduate, speaks of a sense of threat. “People in Qatar are afraid，” she says. “Suddenly all the world wants to see us. We are a closed community, and they want to come and bring their differences. How can we express our
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