2023-2024学年高三上学期10月月考英语试题

四川省成都市第七中学2023-2024学年高三上学期10月月考英语试题学校:姓名班级考号

一、阅读理解Bringing goodsinto theUKYou areallowed tobring somegoods forpersonal usewithout payingtax or duty.Arrivals from EU countriesYou can bringgoods fromEU countries without beingcharged taxordutyif they are:・transported byyourself;•a giftor forpersonal use;•bought withtax andduty included.调Youcanbring alcoholand tobaccofromEU countrieswithoutrestriction butan inquiry查might berequired dependingon theamount ofyour goods.Arrivals from outside the EUYou willbe freeof duty or tax on certain amounts of goods broughtfromoutside theEU,aslong asthey arefor yourown use.Any goodsthat arebeyond yourallowance shouldbe declared.Alcohol amp;tobacco allowance:Type CigaC WinenotTob BS Alcohofgoods rettesigars sparkling wineacco eerpirits olicdrinks1Am525012004litres2litresount0grams6litres litreAllowancefor other goods:The maximumvalue ofothergoodsyou canbring is£

390.Any singleitem thatis worthmorethan theallowance willbe chargeddutyor taxonits fullvalue.The rateof dutyortaxon itemsabove theallowance is:・

2.5%for goodsworth upto£630;・decided bythe typeofgoodsworth above£630-check bycalling theVAT,Customs.Banned andrestricted goods

五、短文改错.假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下短文短文中51共有处错误，每句中最多有两处错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改增加在缺10词处加一个漏字符号

（八），并在此符号下面写出该加的词删除把多余的词用斜线（浅掉1J修改在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词注意.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

1.只允许修改处，多者（从第处起）不计分21011Last week,I quarrelwith myparents aboutspending toomuch timeon mycellphone.I feltexhaustingthat day,but becamevery angryeven thoughthey talkedto mein a friendly way.I nowfeelashamed andbegin toreflect onwhich Idid.There arepeople in the worldI valueon,such asteacherand friends.However,the mostprecious peopleto meis myparents.It is them whoraised meand gavemea happylife.I wantthem toknow thatIm deepsorry andwill tryto begood person and makethemproud.

六、开放性作文上周三，你和全校同学参加了学校在光明社区组织的以“劳动最光荣”为主题的志愿劳动

52.现请你为校英文报写一篇短文，介绍具体情况要点如下目的；

1.过程；

2.意义

3.注意词数左右；

1.100可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

2.标题已给出，不计入总词数

3.Working IsMost BeautifulGoodsbanned include:・illegal drugs;・offensive weapons;・endangered animaland plantspecies;・meat anddairy乳制的products frommost non-EUcountries.Food andplant productsrestricted include:・products containingpests anddiseases;•products grownoutside theEU;・products notfor yourown use.

1.Which of the followingproducts fromoutsidetheEU hasthe largestduty-free allowanceA.Beer.B.Wine notsparklingwine.C.Spirits.D.Alcoholic drinks.

2.How muchtax shallone comingfrom Chinapay for a ringbought inAmerica worth£500A.£

2.75B.£

12.5C.£110D.£

1303.Which of the followingitems shallbe bannedor restrictedA.A setof Russiandolls.B,A bottleof Frenchwine.C,A brickof Japanesecheese.D.A packageof Spanishcigarettes.The busscreamed toa stopin Nazareth,Israel.Five Australianbackpackers boardedandstruck upa conversationwith me.They askedtypical travelers,questions—where wasI goingandwhy wasI traveling alone Myplan was to travel with afriend of afriend,I explained,but whenIcalled herthat morning,she didntpick upand Ihad noother wayto reachher.My stomachwas inknots,but Idecided tohead outanyway,thinking Imight runinto herif Itraveled toTiberius,wherewe hadplanned togo together.“Why dontyou travelwith us”one of the backpackersoffered.They wereexperiencedadventurers whowould workfora few months,save,then travelfor aslong asthey could.Theircurrent planwas toexplore theMiddle Eastand Europein threemonths whileworking inLondon.It seemedrisky to travelwithstrangers,but myinstinct saidyes.For the next twoweeks,Iexplored Israel with the backpackers andlearned totrust myinstincts in all typesof newandinteresting situations.When theyhook aride,I tookthe bus,but whenthey wantedto stealinto theKingDavid Hotelsswimming pool,I ledthe way.The worldopened upto mebecause Ichose totravelalone.I joinedcomplete strangers,who becomeclose friends.Years later,one couplefromthe backpackinggroup evenflew fromSydney toPhoenix tobe inmy wedding.The tripwas suchaspecial experiencethat itgave meconfidence in all areasof mylife.Since then,Ive backpackedaloneacross SouthAfrica,sky-dived from12,000feet inNew Zealand and evenmoved acrosstheU.S.with nojob linedup.On mythird daywandering inIsraelwithmy newfriends,I bumpedinto thewoman I wassupposed tomeet.Though I was happyshe was all right,Iwasgrateful shehadnt picked up thephone.

4.By“My stomachwas inknots”in paragraph1,the authormost likelymeans thatshe wasA.sick ofriding ona bumpybus B.nervous ofmeeting strangersC.upset about the suddenchange D.sorry aboutthe impracticalplan

5.Which of the followingbest describesthe backpackersthe authormetA.Courageous butdisrespectful.B.Jobless andpoorly educated.C.Warmhearted andtrustworthy.D.Homeless butlighthearted.

6.The authorssixth sensetold herthat.A.she would get along with the backpackers B.it mightcause troubleto have a swimC.she oughtto stayaway from thebackpackersD.it couldadd excitementto geta freeride

7.What can be inferredfrom the passageA.Most of thebackpackersbecame theauthors lifelongfriends.B・The authorgathered thecourage tobe afulltime backpacktraveler.C.The womanmissed thephone callwith thepurpose oftravelingalone.D.The authorconsidered itthe bestdecision ofher lifetotravelon herown.标签Zoologists trackanimals usingglobal-positioning-systemGPStags which then return海洋的their datavia satellite.Marine biologistshave aharder timeof it,though,because radiosignalscant passthrough seawater.This makesit impossibleeither toreceive GPSsignals ortosend anydata collectedback tobase.That doesnot stoppeople taggingsea creatures.Data collectedand storedin atag canbe senttoa satellitein burstsif thespecies inquestion isone thatcomes to the surfacefrom timeto time.Atag mayalso berecovered ifthe animal carrying it is caughtby afishing boat.Fisherfolk aretypicallypaid afew hundreddollars pertag returnedto itshome laboratory.None of these methods,though,keeps accuratetrack ofwhere theanimalcarryingthe taghasbeen.For theseand otherreasons,it wouldtherefore beuseful to haveamarine equivalentof GPS.And oneis nowbeing employed.The Woods Hole OceanographicInstitution,in Massachusetts,（声波彳言标）hopes tofill the seas withsonic beaconsthat willplay therole ofGPS satellites.The seais dividedinto distinctlayers thathave differenttemperatures.During theSecondWorld War,American scientistsshowed thatsome ofthese layersact assonic waveguides.They（）called themsound fixingand ranging^^sofar channels.Sound sentout inone ofthese channels（回响）echoes betweenthe layersabove andbelow,thus stayingin thechannel.Thus constrained（被约束），a soundwave cantravel hundredsof kilometersbefore itbecomes tooweak todetect.The sofartransmitters fromWoodsHoleare usuallyat anappropriate depthfor thechannelconcerned.Every12hours theybroadcast a32-second-long locationsignal knownasa pong.Pongsare socalled becausethey aresimilar tosonar“pings”,but oflower frequency.Tn typicalconditionsapongcanbepickedup1,000km away.By listeningto thepongs fromseveral beaconsareceiver cancalculate itslocation.Existing receiversfor thetwo sofartransmitters arecurrentlycarried onfree-floating instrumentpacks.But theplan istohavetwo moretransmitters thisyear,and morein futureyears.

8.Which seacreatures canGPS tagsbe appliedtoA.Those feedingon othersea animals.B,Those followingfishing boatsconstantly.C・Those comingout oftheseasometimes.D.Those swimmingdeep underthe water.

9.Why dosofar channelsfunctionA.The echoesamong themare weak.B.The waterhas ahigh temperatureover there.C.The layersamong themare quitesimilar.D.The soundremains thereand staysstrong fora while.

10.What makespings differentfrom pongsA.Pings areof higherfrequency.B.Pings cantravel fasterthan pongs.C.Pings canbe received1,000km away.D.Pings arebroadcasted every32seconds.

11.What would be thebest titlefor thetextA.Tags forsea creaturesB.“GPS for the oceansC.Strange deepsea creaturesD.Data fromdistant satellitesConservationistsgo towar overwhether humansare themeasure ofnatures value.NewConservationists arguesuch trade-offs arenecessary inthis humandominated era.And theysupport“re-wilding”,a conceptoriginally proposedby Soulewhere peoplereduce economic growth andwithdrawfrom landscapes,whichthenreturn tonature.New Conservationistsbelieve thewithdrawal couldhappen togetherwith economicgrowth.The California-based BreakthroughInstitute believesinafuture wheremost peoplelive incitiesand relyless onnatural resourcesfor economicgrowth.They wouldget foodfrom industrialagriculture,including geneticallymodified foods,（水产养殖），desalination intensifiedmeat productionand aquacultureall ofwhich havea smallerlandfootprint.And theywouldgettheir energyfrom renewablesand natural gas.Driving theseprofound shiftswould begreater efficiencyof production,where moreproductscould bemanufactured fromfewer inputs.And someunsustainable commoditieswould bereplacedin themarket byother,greener ones-naturalgasfor coal,for instance,explained MichaelHeisenberg.,president ofthe BreakthroughInstitute.Nature would,in essence,be decoupledfromthe economy.And thenhe addeda warning:We arenot suggestingdecoupling asthe patternto savetheworld,or thatit solvesall theproblems.（悲观者）Cynics maysay allthis soundstoo utopian,but Breakthroughmaintains the worldis alreadyon thispath towarddecoupling.Nowhere isthis moreevident thanin theUnited Sates,according toIddo Wernick,a researchscholar at the RockefellerUniversity,who hasexamined thenationsuse of100main commodities.Wernick andhis colleagueslooked atdata carefullyfrom theU.S.Geological SurveyNationalMinerals InformationCenter,which keepsa recordof commoditiesused from1900through thepresent day.They foundthat theuse of36commodities sand,iron ore,cotton etc.inthe U.S.Economy hadpeaked.Another53commodities nitrogen,timber,beef,etc.are beingused moreefficiently perdollarvalue ofgross domesticproduct thaninthepre-1970s era.Their usewould peaksoon,Wernick said.Only11commodities industrialdiamond,indium,chicken,etc.are increasingin useGreenwire,Nov.6,and mostoftheseare employedby industriesin smallquantities toimprovesystems processes.Chicken useis risingbecause peopleare eatingless beef,a desirabledevelopmentsince poultrycultivation hasa smallerenvironmental footprint.The numbersshow theUnited Stateshas notintensified resourceconsumption sincethe1970seven whileincreasing itsGDP andpopulation,said JesseAusubel ofthe RockefellerUniversity.“It seemslike the20th-century expectationwe had,we werealways assumingthe futureinvolvedgreater consumptionof resources/9Ausubel said.But whatwe areseeing inthedeveloped countriesis,of course,peaks.他“

12.What doesthe underlinedword“trade-o referto inthe firstparagraphA.The difficultsituation ofeconomies growth.B,The profitabilityof importand exporttrade.C.The balancebetween humandevelopment andnatural ecology.D.The consumptionof naturalresources byindustrial development.

13.Which ofthe followingis trueoftheviews ofthe newenvironmentalistsA.They believethat mankindshould limiteconomicgrowth.B.They believethat mankindisthemaster ofthe wholeuniverse.C.They believethat mankindshould livein forestswith richvegetation.D.They believethat mankindwill needmore naturalresources inthe future.

14.What canwe inferfromthelast paragraphofthepassageA.Natural resourcescannot supporteconomic development.B.All resourceconsumption indeveloped countrieshas reacheda peak.C.More resourceconsumption willnot occurinacertain periodof time.D.Excessive resourceconsumption willnot affectthe ecologicalenvironment.

15..What isthepassagemainly aboutA.Urbanization andre-wildness.B.Human existenceand industrialdevelopment.C.Commodity tradingand rawmaterial development.D.Socioeconomic developmentand resourceconsumption.

二、七选五The Scienceof Risk-SeekingSometimes wedecide thata littleunnecessary dangeris worthit becausewhen weweigh theriskand thereward,the riskseems worthtaking.16Some of us enjoyactivities thatwould surpriseandscare therest ofus.Why Expertssay itmay have to do with howour brainsworkThe reasonwhy anyofustake anyrisks alall mighthavetodowithearly humans.Risk-takerswere betterat hunting,fighting,or exploring.17As thequality ofrisk-taking waspassed fromonegeneration tothenext,humans endedup witha senseof adventureandatolerance forrisk.So whyarent weall jumpingout ofairplanes thenWell,even200,000years ago,too muchrisk-taking couldget onekilled.A fewdaring survived,though,alongwithafewstay-in-the-cavetypes.As aresult,humans developeda rangeof charactertypes thatstill existstoday.So maybeyoulove carracing,or maybeyou hateit.18No matterwhere youare onthe risk-seeking range,scientists saythat yourwillingness totakerisks increasesduring yourteenage years.19To helpyou dothat,your brainincreases yourhungerfor newexperiences.New experiencesoften meantaking somerisks,so yourbrain raisesyourtolerance forrisk aswell.20For therisk-seekers a part ofthe brain related topleasure becomes active,while fortherest ofus,apart ofthebrainrelatedto fearbecomesactive.As expertscontinue tostudy thescience ofrisk-seeking,well continueto hitthe mountains,the wavesortheshallow end ofthepool.A.It alldepends onyour character.B・Those arethe risksyou shouldjump totake.C.Being betterat thosethings meanta greaterchance ofsurvival.D.Thus,these well-equipped peoplesurvived becausethey werethe fittest.E.This iswhen youstart tomove awayfrom yourfamily and into thebigger world.F.However,we arenot allusing thesame referencestandard toweigh risksand rewards.G.New brainresearch suggestsour brainswork differentlywhen weface anervous situation.

三、完形填空When ourgirls arebrave,theyarefree toexplore intheir learningandinlife.That explorationleadstothe21of theirtalents,passions andweaknesses.On Saturdaynight wesaw oneof ourstudentsact sobravely thatit tookmy22away.One ofthe leadcharacters ofour show,Blue Stockings,was playedby ascience teacher,BenWalker.23,Ben brokehis nosevery badlyplaying footballon Saturdayandconsequently couldnt

24.Ella Jones,a Year11student andpartofthe cast,who25to reston Saturday,was26to playBen*s role.Think aboutthat.She hadthree hours*27,playing a role ofa28she hadneverplayed before,in frontofapaying audience,and ifshe couldn*t29,she wouldreduce theimpactofthewhole play.Not theendoftheworld,but itwouldbe30for allconcerned.I wouldhave

31.But Ellarose tothe

32.She said,“I wasastonished；33,I figuredthe showmust goonandI wantedto34・Iwasnt scared35I arrivedatthetheatre andrealized how much therewasto36It wasn*t justabout（舞台表演技巧）lines,but itwas thestagecraft.Iwas37abouttheother actorsbecause Iknowhow38it isto performarolewith someonewho isn*t asinvested,especially ifitisan emotionalscene.”Asked howthe show39,Ella said,“It wasamazing,and theaudience seemedtolove themale characterI playedfbr thefirst time.She added,Just becauseyoure scared

21.A.discovery B・change C,growth D.control

22.A.pain B・breath C.faith D,concern

23.A.Secretly B.Hopefully C.Unsurprisingly D.Unfortunately.

24.A.coach B.perform C.survive D.retire

25.A.refused B,decided C,happened D.promised

26.A.asked B.forced C.trained D.remindeddoesn*t meanyou cantbe40,Anyway,I madeit.”

27.A.wait B.interval C・notice D.judgment

28.A.director B.woman C.man D.teacher

29.A.take itaway B.look itup C-make itout D.carry itoff

30.A.encouraging B.disappointing C.rewarding D.amusing

31.A.run B.agreed C,shared D.failed

32.A.power B.challenge C.danger D.threat

33.A.besides B.therefore C・however D.instead

34.A.win B.quit C.resist D.help

35.A.until B.unless C・so thatD.the moment

36.A.put awayB.hand inC・work outD.take over

37.A.doubtful B.confident C-curious D.worried

38.A.easy B.tough C.embarrassing D.interesting

39.A.sounded B.improved C・started D.went

40.A,brave B.proud C.calm D.shy

四、用单词的适当形式完成短文阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容个单词或括号内单词的正确形式1Children withstrong family connections areassociated with41high likelihoodof flourishinginlife,according toa newstudy.Researchers42surveyover37,000children in26countries andfoundadolescents havinga greatbond with their familyalso43successin life.The essenceof family connection ischildren feelingthat theyreaccepted andnurtured athome,which allowsthem44learnwhat theirstrengths andweaknesses areina45relativesafeenvironment.Children withthe greatestlevel of familyconnectionwere over49%46likelytoflourish comparedwith thosewiththelowest.The highestscoresin bothfamilyconnection47flourishing camefrom childrenwho livedwith parentsor neverhadtheir familyworrying aboutfinances.Researchers thencontrolled thedata forfamilies9poverty levelsto removethe effectthey mayhave48the numbers.After49controlthese factors,the strengthoffamilyconnections stillimpactedhowmuchchildren flourished.So itsvery importantto createa space50children feelseenand heard,researchers said.。