2022~2023学年度下学期高二年级第一次月考试题
英语
考生注意:
1.本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。满分120分，考试时间100分钟。
2.答题前,考生务必用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将密封线内项目填写清楚。
3.考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上。选择题每小题选出答案后,用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑;非选择题请用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。
4本卷命题范围:人教版选修6 Units 1~3.
第一部分阅读理解(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
Four Most Famous Paintings in the World
The Starry Night
Artist: Vincent Willem van Gogh
Where to see it: the Museum of Modern Art(New York, US)
Being treated for mental illness in hospital and inspired by the view from the window of his room, Van Gogh painted The Starry Night. The painting is famous for Van Gogh's creative use of thick brushstrokes (笔画)，The painting's striking blues and yellows and the dreamy atmosphere have attracted art lovers for decades.
The Scream
Artist: Edvard Munch
Where to see it: the National Museum and the Munch Museum(Oslo, Norway)
The Scream is not a single work of art. According to a British museum's blog, there are two paintings, two pastels(彩粉画) and a number of prints. The paintings are in the National Museum and the Munch Museum, and in 2012, one of the pastels was sold for almost $ 120 million,
Mona Lisa
Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Where to see it: the Louvre Museum(Paris, France)
It should come as no surprise that one of the most famous paintings in the world is a woman with a mysterious smile. It is the earliest known Italian painting to focus closely on the sitter in a half-length portrait(肖像)，according to the Louvre, where it was first exhibited
in 1804.
The Last Supper
Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Where to see it; Santa Maria delle Grazie Milan, Italy)
Leonardo is the only artist to appear on this list twice. The Last Supper is about the last time Jesus had dinner with his followers The painting is actually a huge wall painting ----4. 6 meters high and 8.8 meters wide, which makes for a memorable viewing experience.
1. Where is The Starry Night exhibited
A. In the Louvre Museum. B. In the Munch Museum,
C. In the Museum of Modern Art. D. In Santa Maria delle Grazie.
2. What is special about The Scream
A. It is exhibited in three museums. B. It includes a series of works of art.
C. It is famous for a smile in the painting. D. It was painted in a mental hospital.
3. Whet do Mona Lisa and The Last Supper have in common
A. They feature religious figures. B. They both belong to wall paintings,
C. They are exhibited in the National Museum. D. They were painted by Leonardo da Vinci.
B
Last year, Mia McCarthy and Chase Robbins, both college students in the Iovine and Young Academy of USC(University of Southern California), were sitting around at 11 pm when they started craving for candy. The pair immediately ordered from DoorDash (a takeaway app) to settle the sweet tooth. After carefully tracking the driver for 45 minutes,the driver cancelled(取消) the delivery. This moment made them realize there had to be a quicker way for customers to order snacks without driving to a grocery store.
McCarthy and Robbins then set up their app -Handle, a service that delivers snacks,drinks, ice cream and household necessities to the USC area within 15 minutes. They spent the summer of 2021 exploring the process of starting a business.“We were trying to push things forward so fast that we started to hate weekends because no one else was working so we couldn't contact suppliers, ”Robbins said.
The major difficulty they faced was to figure out what strategy made the most sense for ordering and customer convenience. They decided the best choice was to hire engineers to build a fully functional app.
Although they made a lot of preparations, the app crashed on the night of its official launch(发布) in late August, letting McCarthy and Robbins feel hopeless. Even so, they didn't give up. Robbins spent the following 10 days coding(编码) the app so that the team could ensure success for their second launch. Mia's artistic background, combined with Robbins' engineering background, allowed them to work well together. “It was really hard and emotionally challenging," McCarthy said.“I'm really glad that we were able to make it.”
The early days of the business were nothing but difficult. McCarthy and Robbins delivered orders, worked on marketing and spoke with suppliers to improve the products the store was selling. They now have an entire group of deliverers working from 4 pm to 1 am daily, delivering thousands of products to people in the surrounding campus community.
4. What do the underlined words“craving for”in paragraph 1 probably mean
A. Buying. B. Selling. C. Wanting to eat. D. Trying to make.
5. Why did Mia McCarthy and Chase Robbins set up Handle
A To deliver products more quickly. B. To make money to pay for their education
C.TO put their knowledge into practice. D. To solve the problem of unemployment.
6. What can be inferred from paragraph 4
A. The app Handle didn't come easy. B. Robbins is more capable than McCarthy.
C. McCarthy and Robbins often felt hopeless D. I's easy to give up when staring a business
7. Which of the following words best describe Mia McCarthy and Chase Robbins
A. Kind and curious. B. Determined and hard- working
C. Patient and helpful. D. Strict and independent.
C
Jason M. Allen was almost too nervous to enter his first art competition. Now, his award-winning image is stirring debates about whether art can be generated by a computer,and what, exactly, it means to be an artist.
In August 2022, Allen, a 39 year old game designer who lives in Pueblo West, Colorado,won first place in the "digital arts/digitally-operated photography" category at the Colorado State Fair Fine Arts Competition. His winning image, titled Theatre D'opera Spatial, was made with Midjourney -an artificial intelligence system that can produce detailed images when fed written prompts(提示).
Allen's winning image looks like a bright cross between a classic and modern painting.It's one of three such images he entered in the competition. Allen posted excitedly about his win on Midjourney's Discord server on August 25，along with pictures of his three entries; it spread quickly on Twitter days later, with many artists feeling angry about Allen's win because of his use of AI to create the image.“He just 'pressed a few buttons to make a digital art piece ,”one Twitter user wrote. “We're watching the death of art unfold before our eyes.”
However, to get the final three images he entered in the competition, Allen said, he took over 80 hours. First, he played around with phrasing that led Midjourney to generate images of women in nice dresses and space helmets. Over time, with slight adjustments to his written prompts, he created 900 repeating processes of what led to his final three images. He gave the final touch to those three images in Photoshop. Then he ran the images through another software program called Gigapixel AI that can improve resolution(分辨率) and had the images printed at a local print shop.
Allen is glad that the debate over whether AI can be used to make art is getting so much attention. "Rather than hating the technology or the people behind it, we need to recognize it's a powerful tool and use it for good so we can all move forward,”Allen said.
8. What do we know about Theatre D’opera Spatial
A. Its beauty is widely accepted. B. Its creation is an easy process.
C. It shows the death of traditional art. D. It has caused a lot of arguments.
9. What did Allen do to create his entries
A He searched for smart written prompts. B. He edited his final images in Photoshop.
C. He fed Midjourney with famous paintings. D. He developed the software named Gigapixel.
10, What is Allen's attitude to the debate over AI created art
A. Worried. B. Uncaring. C. Positive. D. Annoyed,
11. What might be the best title for the text
A. AI Beats Out Human Artists in the Art Field
B. AI Won an Art Contest and Artists Are Angry
C. An Artist Wins State Fair Art Contest and Laughs
D. The Artist From Pueblo West Is Defending His Work
D
It can be hard to convince homeowners to use less water on their lawns(草坪)，particularly during a hot and dry summer. But tell them it's a competition for the ugliest lawn, and suddenly they may be more willing to give up using the sprinkler(洒水器).
This clever strategy was employed by the government of Gotland, Sweden's largest island located in the Baltic Sea. Gotland sees its population double during the summer months as tourists arrive. This puts pressure on the island's already-limited water supply, which is projected to decrease by 13% between 2021 and 2050，as demand is expected to rise by 40%
by 2045.
The campaign, called “Gotland's Ugliest Lawn", urged homeowners to compete for the saddest, deadest and brownest yard. They were asked to avoid watering for an entire season, then post a photo of the lawn using a label that linked it to the campaign.
Mimmi Gibson, the acting marketing and brand manager at Region Gotland, said that "the ugliest lawn contest would remind the islanders not to waste water, and to talk about ways they can adapt their gardens to suit the existing conditions and the climate crisis”.
The winner for this year was announced in mid-August, and it's Marcus Norstrom, who did not water his lawn once throughout the entire summer. His photo shows a large brown space, with some sparse yellow grasses sticking out the kind of yard in which you would not want to walk barefoot(赤脚地) for risk of hurting your feet. The government must be feeling pleased; its strategy has worked.
It's an interesting strategy which attempts to normalize and even celebrate dead grass.It is reasonable to assume that the more people see it around their communities,the more acceptable it will become. They may also grow curious when they realize there are other ways to create and maintain an attractive looking yard, even without irrigation( 灌溉).
12. What's the aim of the competition for the ugliest lawn
A. To reduce the waste of water. B. To limit the growth of local lawns.
C. To strengthen citizens' friendship. D. To enhance citizens' health awareness.
13. What do the numbers in paragraph 2 show
A.Gotland is rich in water resources.
B. People will have no water to drink in 2050.
C. Gotland is faced with serious lack of water.
T. The population of Gotland grows faster and faster.
14. What's Mimmi Gibson's attitude towards the ugliest lawn contest
A. Unconcerned. B. Doubtful. C. Unclear. D. Positive.
15. What is the purpose of the last paragraph
A. To explain the success of the strategy.
B. To tell citizens the danger of the ugliest lawn.
C. To discuss why it's dangerous to waste water.
D. To show citizens what the ugliest lawn looks like.
第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
根据短文内容,从短文后的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。
Develop Positive Relationships
One of the most profound experiences we can have in our lives is the connection we have with other human beings. Positive and supportive relationships will help us to feel healthier, happier, and more satisfied with our lives. _16_
●Accept and celebrate differences.
_17_ Yet when we try to build relationships, we expect that people will think like we do. In this way, it is so much easier to create a friendly relationship. However, while we may find it initially(开始,最初) easier, the novelty of sameness soon would wear off. So accepting that we are all different is a great starting point.
●Listen effectively.
Listening is a crucial skill in boosting another person's self-esteem._ 18_ In active listening, we are also genuinely interested in understanding what the other person is thinking,feeling, wanting, or what the message means, and we are active in checking out our understanding before we respond with our own new message. This process is what distinguishes active listening
and makes it effective.
●_19_
Ina world where time is of the essence, we don't always have the time to give to our loved ones. Being present in the time you give to people is important. In other words, when you are with someone, you are truly with someone and not living in the past or worrying about the future. Devoting time, energy, and effort to building relationships is one of the most valuable life skills.
●Manage mobile technology.
By now. everyone has a mobile phone and many people have two or more. While they are a lifesaver in an emergency and an effective tool for communication, they also can be a complete distraction when people exhibit a lack of mobile phone etiquette(礼仪)._20_
A. Give people your time.
B. We can perceive the world variously.
C. Active listening is the most useful listening skill.
D. Take time to develop your communication skills.
E. So here are some tips to help you develop more positive relationships.
F. Pay attention to who you are with and answer the phone when necessary.
G. So mobile phones have somewhat weakened our ability to build a good relationship,.
第二部分语言知识运用(共三节，满分 55分)
第一节(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
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。
The grandmother from Shanghai has become a minor celebrity in recent months as her newfound and unlikely love for working out made national headlines.
According to Chen Jifang's trainer, who helped to manage the Douyin account, she_21_more than 400,000 followers within just a few months.
"The main group that 1 wanted to_22 _ Wa8 people at ages of 30 to 50,”says Chen. “I think they will be_ 23_to work out in the gym after seeing that a granny like me can. The_24_ I want to convey(传达) is that it is never too late to pursue good_25_.”
For Chen, her passion for_26_was born out of a need instead of a _27_to become famous. According to Chen, her health had been poor since she was a child. After becoming a gym goer in December 2018, Chen lost 14 kilos(30 pounds) in three months and many of her physical conditions are_28_.
Chen, who has a grandson aged 14，recalled the_ 29_looks she got the first time she walked through the gym door.
"They found it very _30_. They don't usually see people at such an old age who_31_their health so much," she says.
“If your muscles are_32_and powerful, they will protect your bones if you fall, The elderly are most afraid of_33_,”she said.
“In fact, I also fell once and fell_34_, hurting my forehead, hips, knees and toes.They_ 35_
an old lady with white hair lying on the_ 36_ and passersby started_37_an ambulance. I said‘Don't.’ and I got up. I said,‘I have been exercising, so I'm_38_.’ Then I left.”
She_ 39_， “At our age, it is not how much money you have, who you are, or how good your children are that matters. You just want a _40_ record as short as possible.”
21. A. admired B. attracted C. hired D. scared
22. A. tell B. owe C. encourage D. amuse
23. A. inspired B. reported C. anticipated D. allowed
24. A. impression B. message C. secret D. news
25. A. work B. luck C. education D. health
26. A. exercise B. media C. life D. attention
27. A. judgement B. restriction C. desire D. task
28. A. following B. increasing C. delaying D. improving
29. A. astonished B. excited C frightened D. annoyed
30. A. natural B. strange C. vital D. unbearable
31. A. break from B. depend on C. suffer from D. care about
32. A. suitable B. weak C. strong D. hard
33. A bleeding B. falling C. arguing D. walking
34. A. hurriedly B, gently C. regularly D. terribly
35. A. saw B. left C. heard D. prevented
36. A. knee B. bed C. ground D. ambulance
37. A. driving B. calling C. catching D. missing
38. A. desperate B. happy C. sad D. fine
39. A. replied B. announced C. added D. interrupted
40. A. medical B. sport C. grade D. travel
第二节(共 15小题:每小题1分,满分15分)
根据句意及中英文提示,用单词的正确形式填空。
41. You look (可笑的) in those tight jeans.
42. English is a (分支) of Germanic family of languages.
43. Some (年轻人) have got into the habit of taking drugs.
44. Generally speaking, pop songs (吸引) to young people.
45. List poems have a (灵活的) line length and repeated phrases which give both a
pattern and a rhythm to the poem.
46. Do not be (disappoint) if you have to try several times before you finally stop smoking
47. He was unwilling to make a (predict) for the coming year.
48. I have (decide) on buying a bike for my brother s birthday.
49. There are many art (gallery) in New York.
50. The keys are in the (possess) of the boss.
51. If you taste some seawater, you will find it (salt).
52. He was (shame) of his body so he decided to go on a diet and do more exercise.
53. The door opened (automatical) as we approached.
54. By (strengthen) the river banks, the city secured itself against flood.
55. Dirty water (run) out of the pipe every day.
第三节(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
下列句子中各有一处错误,请改正。
56. Exercising the body does the great deal to improve one's health.
57. On one hand I valued his friendship, but on the another hand I disliked his self-pride and selfishness.
58. He loves poems, on particular Tang poems.
59. I didn't feel like that sitting up all night.
60. I wonder if he has any plans or if he is just as desperately as I am.
61. Insects were made up of tens of thousands of proteins.
62. My friends were wearing two or three sweaters for extra warm.
63. He was going to take him easy when he got back.
64. The two girls sat in a corner exchanged confidences.
65. 1 would be the last attempt to answer the question.
第三部分写作(满分 25分)
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