河南省濮阳市重点中学2023-2024学年高二上学期9月月考英语试题.docx

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1、濮阳市一高2022级高二上学期第一次质量检测英语试题（时间：120分钟 满分：150分）第二部分阅读理解（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）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AFour Best Language Exchange AppsHelloTalkHelioTalk is a language exchange application that allows you to talk with others from around the world for free. You can write a brief su

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7、om students.21. Whafs special about HelloTalk?A. It is the best application to learn grammar.B. Users errors can be corrected in the message.C. HelloTalk offers quality lessons at a low price.D. Users can choose language partners by gender.22. Which offers professional guidance to a language learner

8、?A. HelloTalk.B. Lext Talk.C. Doongle.D. italki.23. What can be inferred from the text?A. Doongle doesnt have a map feature.B. HelloTalk doesnt offer a text chat feature.C. Lext Talk is not suitable for Android users.D. italki doesnt offer much detail of teachers.Frederick Phiri is the junk-art king

9、 of Zambia: at just 22, he started to earn an international reputation for being able to make complex and elegant sculptures from scrap （废弃的）metal found in his community.Phiris father died when he was starting primary school. Then his mother abandoned him and he had to stay with his grandfather. His

10、 grandfather paid for his schooling through primary school but when he entered secondary school, he had to get various jobs to pay for his fees. Yet even in school, he was always drawing and making things in class.After graduating, he did what he could to support himself by making animal sculptures

11、from wires and sold them to tourists. His work was so popular that it caught the eye of Karen Beattie, director of Project Luangwa, a nonprofit organization dedicated to education and economic development in central Africa.“I introduced him to a local welder （焊工）Beattie told Newsweek.In 2017, Phiri

12、worked with welder Moses Mbewe during the rainy season, helping to make a complex set of doors fbr Project Luangwa. The piece sparked an idea in Beatties mind: I handed him a bunch of scrap metal and said, Make something with this. And he did. It was wonderful.Today, Phiri continues his art, using p

13、ieces of junk people bring him keys, broken bike chains, old metal plugs and whatever scrap metal is lying around. He then turns the junk into abstract animals一elephants, cranes, giraffes, chameleonsand sells them at Project Luangwa headquarters. The community has recognized his talents.“My dream is

14、 to earn enough to study art at the Evelyn Hone College in Lusaka and be able to make a living from it,“ Phiri said, “and then to make very large sculptures?924. What is Phiri known for?A. Serving his community.B. Collecting works of art.C. Being the king of Zambia.D. Turning trash into treasure.25.

15、 What can we learn about Phiri from paragraph 2?A. He had an unhappy childhood.C. He had to support his grandfather.26. How does Phiri feel about his future?A. Uncertain.B. Confident.27. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. A Successful Path of ArtC. A Young Mans Wildest DreamB. He paid for

16、his primary schooling.D. He missed school to do part-time jobs.C. Depressed.D. Satisfied.B. The Junk-art King of ZambiaD. The Modern Junk Works of ArtCWhom should you marry? Where should you live? How should you spend your time? For centuries, people have relied on their gut instincts （直觉）to figure

17、out the answers to these life-changing questions. Now, though, there is a better way. We are living through a data explosion, as vast amounts of information about all aspects of human behavior have become more and more accessible. We can use this big data to help determine the best course to chart.T

18、here has long been overwhelming and often surprising evidence that algorithms （算法）can be much better than people at making difficult decisions. Researchers have collected data on various kinds of choices people make, the information they base those choices on, and how things turn out. They have foun

19、d, for example, that a simpledata-driven algorithm would have been better than judges at deciding whether a defendant should stay in jail （监狱）or be released; better than doctors at deciding whether a patient should get a procedure; and better than school principals at deciding which teachers should

20、be promoted.The power of data analysis has been proved in the sports and business worlds, too. As made famous by the book and movie Moneyball, baseball teams found that algorithms were better than scouts （物色优秀运动员的人）at picking players, and better than managers at picking strategies. In finance, the h

21、edge fund （避险基金）Renaissance Technologies dramatically defeated competitors by seeking out patterns in stock market data and using them to inform its investment strategy. Tech firms in Silicon Valley have found that data from experiments provides better insights into how to design their websites than

22、 designers could.These are the early days of the data revolution in decision-making. I am not claiming that we can completely outsource （夕卜包）our lifestyle choices to algorithms, though we might get to that point in the future. I am claiming instead that we can all dramatically improve our decision-m

23、aking by consulting evidence mined from thousands or millions of people who faced dilemmas similar to ours. And we can do that now.28. What makes people better at finding answers to life-changing questions?A. Peoples better gut instincts.B. Changed human behavior.C. The modern information era.D. Var

24、ious courses accessible.29. According to paragraph 2, algorithms might NOT defeat people in.A. court rulingsB. job promotions C. operative estimations D. teaching practices30. What can we learn from paragraph 3?A. The plot of the movie Moneyball is related to successful data analysis.B. Scouts and m

25、anagers are not needed in successful baseball teams.C. The hedge fund Renaissance Technologies had some financial problems.D. Tech firms in Silicon Valley mainly relied on data to design websites.31. Which of the following will the author most probably agree with?A. The modern information era is mat

26、ure enough to take advantage of.B. People should outsource all the lifestyle choices to algorithms.C. With big data people can learn from countless similar examples.D. Face-to-face consultation will be the major trend in the future.DGardeners who use pesticides are contributing to the decline of Bri

27、tish songbirds, a study suggests. Scientists have urged people to stop “spraying their gardens with poisons in order to haltbird decline and adopt instead wildlife-friendly practices. The results of the University of Sussex study, which researchers call the first of its kind, were published in the j

28、ournal Science of the Total Environment.The experiment, which surveyed 615 gardens in Britain, found 25% fewer house sparrows when glyphosate （草 甘瞬）was used regularly. This is an ingredient found in commonly used herbicide （除草剂）brands such as Roundup or Gallup. Slug pellets （鼻涕虫杀虫剂）also seemed to ha

29、ve an impact on bird sightings; in gardens where Slug pellets were used, house sparrow numbers were down by almost 40%.Prof. Dave Goulson, of the school of life sciences at the University of Sussex, said, “The UK has 22 million gardens, which collectively could be a fantastic refuge for wildlife, bu

30、t not if they are overly tidy and sprayed with poisons. We just dont need pesticides in our gardens. Many towns around the world are now pesticide free. We should simply ban the use of these poisons in urban areas, following the example of France. The Royal Horticultural Society, the UKs leading gar

31、dening charity, said the use of pesticides and herbicides should be avoided if possible and they should only be used, if ever, in small and targeted applications.The research also found that those who adopted wildlife-friendly practices such as planting native shrubs and flowers, or digging a wildli

32、fe pond, saw more birds than those who did not. Cannelle Tassin de Montaigu, a PhD researcher within the school of life sciences and an author of the study, said, Its encouraging to find that simple measures, such as planting native shrubs and trees and creating a pond, together with avoiding the us

33、e of pesticides, really make a measurable difference to the number of birds you will see in your garden/932. What does the underlined word halt in paragraph 1 most probably mean?A. Stop.B. Attract.C. Note.D. Witness.33. Why are the statistics mentioned in paragraph 2?A. To reveal the severe influenc

34、e of pesticides on birds.B. To compare the effects of two kinds of pesticides.C. To convince readers of the importance of house sparrows.D. To help gardeners choose the proper pesticides.34. What can be inferred from Prof. Dave Goulson9s words?A. The ideal places for wildlife in the UK are extremely

35、 tidy gardens.B. The gardens in the UK are so tidy that pesticides are not needed.C. Pesticides should be prohibited from use throughout the UK.D. Some countries like France have made urban areas pesticide free.35. What is the last paragraph mainly about?A. Alternative methods to keep gardens tidy.B

36、. Assistant ways to increase the number of birds.C. Gardeners9 attitudes towards the experiment.D. Other researchers9 interest in the experiment.第二节（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。Watching wildlife safely is the responsibility of all park visitors. When you visit some

37、national parks, you are entering animals habitat. 36 If not, wildlife may face the following serious risks when you get close enough to interact with them.Consequences of Physical Contact with PeopleSome animals, from bison to birds, may be rejected by their parents if they have contact with humans.

38、 37 In addition, wildlife can get injured when they try to escape people who have gotten too close, especially if they are near human structures or roads.Fatal Diseases from People and PetsOur domestic pets can also pose real dangers to the wildlife within parks. Both pets and people may have diseas

39、es that they can give to wildlife. Sadly, there are many examples of wildlife in parks dying from diseases given to them by pets and humans. For example, heartworm from cats can kill wildlife such as foxes, coyotes, bobcats, and mountain lions. Black-footed ferrets die from the flu if humans are sic

40、k and get too close. 38 So keeping your pets vaccinated can keep them and wildlife safe.Dangers of Eating Human Food and/or Trash （垃圾）When visitors intentionally or unintentionally feed wildlife, it has negative effects on the wildlife. Some of the dangers to wildlife include shorter lives. The best

41、 way for wildlife to have a healthy diet and live healthy lives is to search for food as they would naturally. Relying on human food or trash left out puts wildlife at risk.39 Animals becoming used to and attracted to human food will actively seek out human food. This in the worst cases can make the

42、m dangerous. Ground squirrels can bite, deer have sharp antlers （鹿角），and bears can get into cars or tents in search of food. 40 It means they may be killed by park managers for safety reasons.Its important to understand how your actions may affect the wildlife in parks. When you respect wildlife, yo

43、u help protect park animals and yourself.A. These animals must be removed.B. You need to behave like a polite guest.C. Wolves can be infected by virus from dogs.D. So its best to resist the urge to pet and hold them.E. Actually, some of them may behave in a strange way.F. Observing wildlife in their

44、 native habitat can be an educational and fun experience.G. Learning to eat human food can also change the way that wildlife interact with people. 第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。My parents, siblings and I took our first camping trip to the Lake Hous

45、ton Wilderness Park recently.We had finished putting up the 41 when it suddenly started to rain. Luckily we had 42 our tent on a high flat ground where water could not pour in. Mom got some snacks and drinks ready for us while we played games and 43 about our daily life, which made wet-weather campi

46、ng fun. How 44 it was camping under the sound of the rain! We were gathered around in the center of 45 and it was a nice feeling. Even with the rain, I had never been so 46 .The rain died down before dark and the sky turned clear. Soon, Mom 47 a big meal over the fire for the family. I sensed that a

47、 hot meal and good 48 would warm us right up. While we ate together, Dad 49 at the stars and told us about his childhood. As we laughed and 50 on our days, the stars shone like diamonds at night.The following day, we had a good time 51 the rocky trails around our campsite. 52 hiking in the forest, w

48、e had a lovely late afternoon boating. It was amazing to see the 53 changing rays of the sunset behind the pine trees. That evening we packed up our 54 and headed home.I am very grateful for this camping trip, which has left us unforgettable 55 .41. A.roofB. shelfC.fenceD.tent42. A.positionedB. attachedC.approachedD.checked43. A.feltB. chattedC.arguedD.complained44. A. strange45. A. culture46. A. happy47. A. desired48. A. impression49. A. yelled50. A. set out51. A. paving52. A. Due to53. A. dramatically54. A. goods55. A. encountersB. powerfulC. uniqueD. beneficia