广东省广州市华南师范大学附属中学2022-2023学年高三上学期第一次月考英语试题.docx

华南师大附中2023届高三年级第一次月考
英 语

第一部分 阅读（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。
A
The Horizontal Oak: A life in Nature
By Poly Pullar,
Growing up in a remote region of the Scottish Highlands, Polly Pullar’s childhood was pleasant, simple, and peaceful. But the wild beauty formed a backdrop to a series of major family tragedies. This is the story of how she rebuilt her life from the ground up, supported by the natural world around her
Wildlife Walks
By Charlotte Varela,
Bloomsbury, ￡16.99
Take a walk through the Wildlife Trusts' nature reserves with this handy guide that showcases some of our nation’s best forests, moors, woodlands and coastal locations. Each walk includes a description of the site, instructions on how to get there, available facilities and the route’s walking time.
Where the Seals Sing
By Susan Richardson,
William Collins, ￡20
Having long been fascinated by seals, Susan Richardson sets out to follow their pupping season (繁殖季). As she journeys from Cornwall to Norfolk, she learns more about these mystical creatures, while sharing personal stories about the comforting role they have played during times of grief or anxiety in her own life.
In the Name of Plants
By Sandra Knapp,
University of Chicago Press, ￡20
Botanist Sandra Knapp digs into the stories behind plant names, exploring the people who have been immortalized (使永生), from Benjamin Franklin to Lady Gaga. The 30 plants inside are accompanied by botanical drawings from the Natural History Museum.
1．Which of the books does not involve a story?
A．The Horizontal Oak: A Life in Nature B．Wildlife Walks
C．Where the Seals Sing D．In the Name of Plants
2．What can be inferred from the text?
A．There are probably plants named after Lady Gaga.
B．Susan Richardson introduces seals’ life in her book.
C．Polly Pullar offers readers a tourist guide of Scottish Highlands.
D. You can read Charlotte Varela’s book if you want to visit nature reserves by car.
3．Where can we most probably read the text？
A．A geographic textbook. B．A travel brochure.
C．A magazine on wildlife. D．A website about plants.
B
It was June 14 and the last day of middle school had arrived.
I had spent the past couple of months trashing and treasuring all the things that I had
accumulated in my classroom over the past 19 years. Looking into my classroom, you can see about two dozen boxes and bins inside, piled nearly three-quarters high to the ceiling, all packed and ready for the big move. The 22- million-dollar restoration work was only days away from starting and we were instructed that everything must go.
My parents Michael and Donna, wife Laura and newborn baby Summer had arrived
that day. The students had heard so much about my daughter and were excited to meet her for the first time. My mother was there to help organize my classroom nearly 19 years ago and hadn’t seen it since. My father had visited on a few occasions, as had my wife. That day marked not only the end of an era for me, but the dawning of a new beginning.
The day before, I had thrown a party for my students. The feelings were mixed, as I
knew that this would be the farewell (告别) party in my classroom of 19 years and the last time I would see all of these students together. I thought back to when they were all in middle school and would visit me in my classroom on my birthday. They made it an annual tradition. I will treasure these moments for the rest of my life.
Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe (敌人), a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk. I’ve learned over the years in working with over 2, 000 children that looking at
things from an optimistic perspective and taking the time to foster relationships with people make the world a happier and safer place. No matter what a person’s life circumstances may be, you can be the change in their life that will bring them a sense of self-worth, which will ultimately provide them with the opportunity to become who they are meant to be. They might go on to change the world.
4．Why did the author pack his things in the classroom?
A．He was doing a cleaning.
B．He would quit his job as a teacher.
C．The classroom would soon be restored.
D．His students were graduating from middle school.
5．Why are the writer’s family members mentioned in paragraph 3? .
A．To explain the family’s relations with his students.
B．To demonstrate the family’s involvement in his job.
C．To list the family’s contribution to the classroom.
D．To show the family’s expectations for a new beginning.
6．What does the writer intend to convey in the last paragraph?
A．Think of the end in every beginning.
B．Change happens for better or for worse.
C．It is no good feeling attached to a place.
D．A positive attitude brings forth good changes.
7．What’s the tone of the writer in writing the article?
A．Bittersweet. B．Sad. C．Excited. D．Unconcemed.
C
One of the many aspects of “normal” life that SARS-CoV-2 took away was the enjoyment of live musical performances. With the easing of lockdowns and restrictions in many parts of the world, performers can entertain audiences once again, but concerns about spreading the virus remain. Now, a research reported in ACS Environmental Au have studied aerosol (悬浮颗粒) production from playing wind instruments, singing and acting, allowing them to develop recommendations to minimize COVID transmission.
Early in the pandemic, COVID-19 outbreaks from choir performances indicated that singing carries a potential infection risk, but less is known about the risks of airborne infection from wind instruments. To help keep performers, audiences and music students
safe, Tehya Stockman, Shelly Miller and colleagues wanted to examine aerosol production and flow in the air from various musical activities, as well as test different solutions.
The researchers examined the extent and speed of air circulation, or small drops of substances, coming from singers’ and actors’ mouths and from wind instruments, such as the flute, clarinet (单簧管), trumpet and saxophone. They also measured airborne aerosols and carbon dioxide levels exhaled from the performers. They found that aerosol concentrations coming from the bell of a clarinet were comparable to singing. Placing a surgical mask over a singer’s face or over the clarinet bell sharply reduced the extent and speed of air circulation and decreased aerosol concentrations in front of the masks. The team then used these measurements to model virus transmission in indoor and outdoor environments, finding that the lowest risk of airborne COVID-19 infection occurred at less than 30 minutes of exposure indoors and less than 60 minutes outdoors. These findings could help musical rehearsals and performances continue in a safer manner for musicians and audiences, the researchers say.
8．What is the purpose of the research?
A．To remove lockdowns and restrictions.
B．To promote live musical performances.
C．To find ways to reduce spread of the virus.
D．To reduce aerosol production from instruments.
9．What have the researchers done to keep people safe?
A．They have increased air flow from various musical activities.
B．They have indicated that singing carries a possible infection risk.
C．They have tried to measure the risk of infection from instruments.
D．They have found out approaches to preventing aerosol production.
10．What does the underlined word “exhale” mean in Paragraph 3?
A．breath out B．give away C．take in D．test out
11．Which of the following is a finding of the research?
A．Less than 30 minutes of exposure indoors avoids virus transmission.
B．Using a surgical mask can reduce the risks of airborne virus infection.
C．The manner of the musicians and audiences affects the risks of infection.
D．Aerosol concentrations from a clarinet is much more obvious than singing.
D
Can you imagine there being a community where boys and girls growing up together can finally speak different 1anguages? In Ubang, Nigeria, it really happens. It’s not exactly clear what percentage of the words in the men’s and women’s languages are different, but there are enough examples to make sentences sound different when spoken by the opposite sex. For “clothing”, men use the word “nki”, while women say “ariga”; “kitchi” means tree for men, while women say “okweng”. These are not just some slight pronunciation differences, but totally different words. “It’s almost like two different lexicons (词汇集),” a language expert, Chi Chi Undie said. “There are a lot of words that men and women share in common, but there are others which are totally different depending on your sex. They don’t sound alike, and don’t have the same letters. They are completely different words.”
Interestingly, both men and women are able to understand each other perfectly in Ubang, as both boys and girls grow up around their parents and get to learn both languages, but by the age of 10, boys are expected to speak in the male tongue. It seems that there is a stage the male will reach and he discovers he is not using the rightful language. When he starts speaking the men’s language, you know the maturity is coming into him.
No one really knows how or why the double-language tradition of Ubang began. Chi Chi Undie believes the two languages are the result of a “double-sex culture” where men and women operate and live in separate worlds that rarely come together. However, she admits this is a weak theory, as the double-sex culture is present in many parts of Africa, where there are no different languages for men and women.
Today, with English words constantly entering the lexicon of young Nigerians, Ubang’s two languages are in danger of being lost forever. Worse still, neither the male nor female language is written down, so they both rely on young people passing them down to the next generation.
12．What do we know about languages in Ubang?
A．A majority of words are different in the two languages.
B．Men and women speak completely different languages.
C．Men and women have different pronunciation for the same word.
D．There are obvious differences in languages between the opposite sex.
13．Why can men and women understand each other despite the differences?
A．Their vocabularies sound alike.
B．Their parents teach them both languages.
C．The men can speak two different languages.
D．They are exposed to both languages in childhood.
14．What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?
A．The origin of “double-sex culture” B．The formation of the two languages.
C. Further exploration of other areas. D. Doubt about the language tradition
15．Why are the two languages disappearing?
A．Young people in Ugang use more English words.
B．The two languages are too difficult for the young.
C．Neither of the language is written down.
D．The “double-sex culture” has changed.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
阅读短文，从短文后选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。有两项为多余选项。
As much as 80 percent of premature heart disease is preventable by making specific
lifestyle choices. Some strategies, such as exercising and managing weight, are well known. 16 “A small change in your everyday routine can potentially have a big impact in the 1ong run,” says preventive cardiologist (心脏病学家) Dr. Beth Abramson, a spokesperson for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.
Get eight hours of sleep. “When you’re not rested, everything that happens in your life is a lot more stressful,” says Dr.Arya Sharma, founder of the Canadian Obesity Network. If we’re short of sleep, our bodies also have more difficulty controlling blood pressure, inflammation (炎症) and blood sugar levels. 17
Engage in volunteer work. 18 Research published in Psychosomatic Medicine in 2016 showed that a feeling of purpose in 1ife is linked to a lower likelihood of heart attack and stroke. “We know that loneliness is a risk factor for heart health,” adds Sharma. “Volunteering gets you out of the house and creates a social network."
19 A recent study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology found that healthy people who skipped breakfast were almost three times more likely to have heart disease six years later than those who had a substantial morning meal. One possible reason: “If you’re eating a proper breakfast, you’re less likely to be hungry later and make poor food choices,” says Abramson. “We need to eat a balanced diet as part of a healthy lifestyle.” 20
A．Eat breakfast.
B．But others may not have crossed your mind.
C．Volunteering might even increase your physical activity.
D．These factors can all have an impact on heart and blood health.
E．Choose whole-grain, low-fat breakfast foods and include fruit.
F．Eat healthy food rich in protein and fiber but low in fat and sugar
G．Doing good for others helps your self-esteem and relieves stress.

第二部分 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）
阅读短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Amy Jandrisevits knows the value of a good doll. “Dolls have a 21 we don’t completely understand,” she said It’s a 22 she came to while working as a social worker using dolls to help her young clients 23 their changing medical situations. Many of the kids saw themselves in those dolls. But for the kids who had 24 a leg or lost their hair, there were 25 they could relate to.
So, seven years ago, when a friend revealed that her child had facial deformities (缺陷), Jandrisevits knew what might help the youth through the 26 period. “It’s hard to tell a kid, ‘You are perfect the way you are,’ and to build 27 that way, but never offer them anything that 28 like them,” she says.
Jandrisevits crafted a doll by hand－using fabric, sewing, and markers－that looked similar to her friend’s child and 29 the gift. After the friend posted a photo online of the 30 child and doll, Jandrisevits was asked to make dolls for 31 with scars, birthmarks, tracheotomies（气管切开术）－ in short, a doll like them. She quit her job and started a nonprofit to 32 her services.
At home, it takes her roughly seven hours to craft each doll based on photos sent by 33 or caregivers. She has made over 400 dolls, and the waiting list is long, but Jandrisevits is 34 . As she explains, “Every kid, regardless of age, ethnicity 35 issue, or body type, should look into the sweet face of a doll and see their own.”
21．A．character B．strength C．power D．secret
22．A．decision B．conclusion C．agreement D．situation
23．A．go against B．look back C．adapt to D．carry on
24．A．broken B．missed C．hurt D．cured
25．A．many B．ones C．some D．none
26．A．final B．challenging C．ugly D．long
27．A．self-esteem B．self-discipline C．self-care D．self-service
28．A．acts B．feels C．looks