江苏省扬州市广陵区扬州中学2023-2024学年高一下学期5月月考英语试题

江苏省扬州市广陵区扬州中学学年高一下学期月2023-20245月考英语试题

一、阅读理解People withfixed mindsetsbelieve that:e Skill,People withgrowth mindsetsbelieveintelligence andtalents arenatural.that:e You have thecapacity to learn andgrow•Failure isshameful andshould beavoided.your skills.•Some peopleare naturallygood atthings while•Failure isa valuablelesson.others not.•People whoare good at somethingare good•You arenot in control of your abilities.because theybuild thatability.•You areincontrolofyourabilities.have adesire tolook smart,so tend一have adesire tolearn,so tendto:Embrace一to:Avoid challenges.challenges.—Give upeasily.一Persist in the faceof setbacks.——See effortas fruitlessor worse.一See effortas thepath tomastery.一Ignore usefulnegative feedback.—Learn fromcriticism.一Feel threatenedby thesuccess ofothers.一Find lessonsand inspirationin thesuccess ofAs a result,they maystay atthe samelevel others.early andachieve lessthan their full potential.Asaresult,they reachever-higher levelsofachievement.Helen wasdetermined to become alawyer andher persistence许多医学发现都是经过反复试验得出的

61.Many medicaldiscoveries weremade_______________________________.我们认为知识进展迅速是理所当然的

62.We may______________________________that knowledgeadvances rapidly.美国人已经开始缩减开支，不只是缩减诸如旅游，娱乐或新车

63.Americans havespending,and not just forthings liketravel andentertainment,or newcars.在一定程度上，提高工资意味著增加购买力

64.,to raisewages meansincreasing purchasingpower..你没有紧扣眼前所发生的事，而是只提出了一些过去的类似事例65Instead ofstaying inthe hereand now,youve justsimilar instancesfrom thepast.

六、书信写作假定你是李华，你校举办了学生合唱比赛作为校英文报记者，请

66.a choruscompetition你写一篇报道内容包括活动时间、地点及参加人员；

1.活动过程前期准备排练、比赛情况；

2.rehearse v.活动反响

3.注意1写作词数应为80左右；2请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答Chorus CompetitionGoes offwith aBang!Change canbe tough,but Ivenever heardanyone sayit wasntworth itDid changingto agrowthmindset solveall myproblems No.But Iknow thatI havea differentlife because of it—a richerone.

1.The bookmindsef isintended to.A.tell readersthat twodifferent mindsetslead todifferent resultsB.illustrate thatpeople withdifferent mindsetshold differentbeliefsC.help readersbelieve peopleact differentlywhen facingchallengesD.persuade peopletolearnto changeso asto enjoya morefruitful life

2.Generally speaking,people withfixed mindsetsare mostly.A.successful B.straightforwardC.intelligent D.narrow-minded

3.A personwith agrowth mindsetis likelyto say.A.If Iwin,Til besomebody;if Ilose,Til benobody.B.To begoodatsports,you needtobenaturally gifted.”C.”Learn techniquesand skills and practicethem regularly,and youwill alwaysimprove.”D.Youhavea certainlevel of ability insports andyou cannotreally domuch tochange it.”The year2023marks the102th anniversaryof Noethersring theory,a branchof theoreticalmathematicsthat isstill fascinatingand challengingnumerous mathematicianstoday.Neother wasborn in1882in Germany,whose fatherwas amath professor,but itmust haveseemedunlikely to a youngNeother thatshe wouldfollow inhis footstepsbecause womenwere bannedfrom academia andfew tookclasses atuniversities.After Neothergraduated from a highschool forgirls,Erlangen Universitystarted tolet womenenroll.She signedup andearned herdoctorate in mathematics,which shouldhave beenthe endof her mathematical journey.Teaching ata universityfor womenwasstill outof thequestion.But Neotherstuck withmathematics anyway,staying inErlangen andunofficiallyguiding doctoralstudents withoutpay.In1915,she appliedfor aposition atthe Universityof Gottingen.Bill Nicholl,the deanat theuniversity,also amathematician,was infavor ofhiring Neother,although hisargument wasfar fromfeminist（女权主义）.“The femalebrain isunsuitable formathematical production/9he wrote,“but Neotherstood outas one of therare exceptions.”Unfortunately forNeother,the Ministryof Educationwould notgive theuniversity permissiontohave awoman astheir teacher.Neother stayedin Gottingenand taughtcourses listedunder thename of amale facultyteacher.During thoseyears,she keptdoing researchand madeimportant contributionstotheoretical physicsand Einsteins theory of relativity.The universityfinally grantedher lecturerstatus.Two yearslater,Neother publishedrevolutionary discoveriesin ringtheory,which is the studyofmathematical objectscalled rings.Neotherian ringsshow up all thetime in modern mathematics.Mathematicians stilluse Neother^map today,notjustin ringtheory,but inother areasuch asnumbertheory andalgebraic geometry.

4.What dowe learnabout Neotherfrom paragraph2A.She taughtat universityas ateacher.B.She earneda degreein mathematics.C.She wastaught byher fatherat homeD.She quithermathematicaljourney early.

5..What canwe inferfrom BillNicholPs wordsA.He wasstruggling forfeminist.B.Femalesbrains differedfrom males.C.Neother wasa giantinmathematics.D.Women mathematicianswere superb.

6.What dowe knowabout Noethersring theoryA.It isstill usedby mathematicianstoday.B.It opensupanew fieldinmodernphysics.C.It isbased onEinsteinstheoryofrelativity.D.It laysthe foundationfor modernmathematics.

7.Which of the followingcan bestdescribe NoetherA.Gifted andgenerous.B.Sensitive anddetermined.C.Committed andcreative.D.Hardworking andhonest.For wantofa chip,the factorywas lost.On May18th Toyotabecame thelatest carmakerforced tocutproduction ina globalshortage ofmicrochips,announcing itwould stopwork attwo ofits plantsinJapan.Other carmakers havealso hadto sendworkers home.The painis notlimited to the carindustry,for theshortage spansall sortsof chips,from theexpensive,high-tech devicesthat powersmartphones anddata-centers to the simplesensors and（商品）.micro-controllers thathave becomea vitalcommodity Thischip droughtis theresult of thecovid-19pandemic interactingwith anindustry thatis subjectto cyclesof boomand bust.“The mostimportant thing”,says MalcolmPenn,who runsachip-industry consultancy,is that』shortages area naturalpart of the industryChipmaking isa goodexample ofa pork-cycle”business,named for the regularswings betweenunder-and over-supply inpork markets.As withpigs,the supplyofchips cannotquickly reactto changesin demand.Capacity wastight evenbefore the pandemic,saysMr Penn,pointing outthat investmentby chipmakersin factoryequipment hasbeen belowits long-termaverage formany years.The pandemicarrived atthe worstpossible time.After anearly crash,demand inseveral fieldsboomed.Locked-down consumersbought laptopsand otherdevices.Cloud-computing operatorsaddedservers todeal withthe waveof home-workers.The carindustry wasparticularly badlyhit bya decisiontocut ordersearly inthepandemic-demand forcars hassince recovered.But thecomplexities oftheproduction processmean ittakes timeto recover.I cancancel myorders inan afternoon,“says Mr.Penn.If Iwant tostart themup again,that takesmonths—and thatcapacity isnow busyserving othercustomers.But thepork cycleis turningonce again.Taiwan SemiconductorManufacturing Company,theworlds biggestchipmaker,plans tospend$30bn onnew capacitythis year.Two othergiants,have alsodecidedon furtherinvestment.That willbring reliefto thewider economy,but notimmediately.The bossofIBM saidhe thoughtthe shortagesmight lastfor twoyears.And,says MrPenn,when thedroughteventually ends,chipmakers mayfind theyface afamiliar problemon abigger scale:a capacity（过乘）investment inresponse toserious shortagestoday couldwell meana sizeablesurplus Utomorrow.

8.How doesthe authorillustrate thecyclical natureof chipmakingin paragraph3A.By referringto aquotation.B.By makinga comparison.C.By drawinga conclusion.D.By presentingan argument.

9.What maythe investmentmentioned in paragraph5eventually lead toA.Improved supplychain stability.B.Timely assistancetothebusiness.C.Economic growthin relatedsectors.D.Possible futureoversupply ofchips.

10.What canwe learnfrom thepassageA.Production capacitywould recoversoon.B・A combinationof reasonsled tochip shortage.C.An investmentof S30bn wasenough forthe problem.D.Toyota wasthe firstcarmaker tosuspend production.

11.What mightbe thebest titleforthepassageA.Loading,please waitB.Dying,please actC.Calling,please respondD.Over-supplying,please stopInhis1936work Howto WinFriends andInfluence People.Dale Carnegiewrote:I havecome totheconclusion thatthere isonly oneway toget thebest ofan argument-and thatis to avoid it.Thisdistaste fbrarguments iscommon,but itdepends on a mistakenview ofarguments thatcauses problemsforour personaland sociallives-and inmany waysmisses thepoint ofarguing inthe firstplace.Carnegie wouldbe rightif arguments were fights,which ishow weoften thinkof them.Like（言语的）physical fights,verbal fightscan leaveboth sidesbloodied.Even whenyou win,you endupno betteroff.You wouldbe feelingalmost asbad ifargumentswereeven justcompetitions—like,say,tennis tournaments.Pairs ofopponents hitthe ballback andforth untilone winnercomes outfrom allwhoentered.Everybody elseloses.This kindof thinkingexplains whyso many people try to avoidarguments.However,there areways towin an argument everytime.When youstate yourposition,formulate（阐述）an argumentfor whatyou claimand honestlyask yourselfwhether yourargument isany good.When youtalk withsomeone whotakes astand,ask themto giveyou areason fortheir viewand spell out（异议）their argumentfully.Assess itsstrength andweakness.Raise objectionsand listencarefully totheirreplies.This methodwill requireeffort,but practicewill makeyou betterat it.These toolscan helpyou winevery argument-not inthe unhelpfulsense ofbeating youropponentsbut inthe bettersense oflearning aboutwhat dividespeople,learning whythey disagreewithus andlearning totalk andwork togetherwith them.If wereadjust ourview ofarguments-fromaverbalfight ortennis gametoareasoned exchangethrough whichwe allgain respectand understandingfromeach other-then wechange thevery natureof whatit meansto“win”anargument.

12.What isthe authorsattitude towardCarnegies understandingof argumentA.Critical.B.Supportive.C.Tolerant.D.Uncertain.

13.Why domanypeopletrytoavoid argumentsA.They lackdebating skills.B.They mayfeel badeven ifthey win.C.They fearbeing ignored.D.They arenot confidentin themselves.

14.What doesthe underlinedphrase“spellout“inparagraph3probably meanA.Defend.B.Explain.C.Conclude.D.Repeat.

15.What isthe keyto“winning anargument according totheauthorA.Sense oflogic.B.Solid supportingevidence.C.Proper manners.D.Understanding fromboth sides.Can WeStop FoodLonging ThroughImaginary EatingAreyou fightingan urgeto reachfor chocolateThen,let itmelt inyour mind,not inyour mouth.According tothe recentresearch,imagining eatinga specificfood reducesyour interestin thatfood,soyou eatless ofit.This reactionto repeatedexposure tofood-being lessinterested insomething becauseyouveexperienced ittoo much——is calledhabituation.16The researchisthefirst toshow thathabituation canoccur throughthe powerofthemind.“If youjustthink aboutthe fooditself-how ittastes andsmells—that willincrease yourappetite/9said CareyMorewedge,a well-known psychologist.It mightbe betterto forceyourself to repeatedly thinkaboutchewing andswallowing thefood inorder toreduce yourlonging.17Visualizing yourselfeatingchocolate wouldntprevent youfrom eatinglots ofcheese Jhe added.Morewedge conductedan interestingexperiment.51subjects weredivided intothree groups.Onegroup was asked to imagine putting30coins intoa laundrymachine and then eatingthree chocolates.18Another groupwasaskedtoimagineputting threecoins intoa laundrymachine andthen eating30chocolates.Lastly,a controlgroup imaginedjust putting33coins into the machine—with nochocolates.19When theysaid theyhad finished,these weretaken awayand weighed.The resultsshowed thegroupthat hadimagined eating30chocolates eachate fewerofthechocolates than the othergroups.20Physical signals-that fullstomach feeling-are onlypart ofwhat tellsus wevefinished ameal.The researchsuggests thatpsychological effects,such ashabituation,also influencehow muchaperson eats.It mayleadtonew behavioraltechniques forpeople lookingto eat more healthily,or havecontrolover otherhabits.A.Whats more,this onlyworks withthe specificfood youveimagined.B,People wereadvised totry differentmethods toperform theexperiment.C.For example,a tenthbite isdesired lessthanthefirst bite,accordingtothe study.D.All ofthem thenate freelyfrom bowlscontaining the same amountof chocolateeach.E.It meantthose whorepeatedly imaginedeating wouldconcern aboutsome specificfood.F.This requiresthesamemotor skillsas eatingsmall chocolatesfromapacket,the studysays.G.This studyis partoftheresearch lookinginto whatmakes useatmorethan weactually need.

二、完形填空Along thecoastline innortheastern Australia,many flying foxes areinfected witha21disease.Thats wherePam Tullycomes in.Many22flying foxesfall fromthe treesand die.Pam walksmiles inthe rainforest,23babies still（依偎）clinging totheir dyingmothers.Its very24work.Pam reliesona few volunteersto helprescuethe flyingfoxes duringthe migrationseason.Canace camefrom Americato lenda hand to heraunt Pam,andto25some kindof purposein lifeafter hermother passedaway.Pam taughtCanace to26the babyflyingfoxes,keep themwrapped innappies,nurse them back tohealthand takethem backinto the27to rejointheir families.Day afterday,Pam ledCanace28the rainforest,collecting babiesand bringingthembackto theshedwhere theywere29by ananimal doctor,fed everytwo hoursby bottleand eventaught tofly.Eachflying foxreleased backintothewild wasa

30.Andeach timeone31away,the lossCanace feltseemed just a little bit less.We never32get overthe lossofaloved one,but whenwe takecare ofa33creature,or34tosomebody elsewho ishurting,the wound35justalittlebit,andthehurt becomesa memoryof beingloved.

21.A.common B.rare C.deadly D.slight

22.A.mother B.father C.baby D.fellow

23.A.curing B.collecting C.searching D.delivering

24.A.tiring B.horrible C.interesting D.thrilling

25.A.mourn forB.long forC-send forD.look for

26.A.inspect B.feed C-train D.raise

27.A.yard B.Zoo C.shelter D.wilderness

28.A.outside B.beyond C.through D.over

29.A.treated B.accompanied C.amused D.served

30.A.desire B.victory C-credit D.fight

31.A.fled B.jumped C.climbed D.winged

32.A.hardly B,merely C.really D.generally

33.A.weak B・strong C.strange D.wild

34.A.figure outB.hand outC.watch outD.reach out

35.A.deepens B.freezes C.heals D.shallows

三、语法填空阅读下面短文，在空白处填入个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式1The time-consuming processof carvinga stone,while keepingits naturaland uniquebeauty,canbe compared36an educationthat helpseach individualpupil achievetheirfullpotential.As theplace37the fourtreasures ofthe study”,namely-the brush,ink stick,paper andink stone-originated,Anhui hashada traditionof pushingeducation tothe forefrontsince ancienttimes.The ink stones38produce inAnhuis Shexiancounty arewell-known fortheir abilityto keeptheink wetfor along timeand their39amazing detailedpatterns.Making aquality ink stone requirescloseattention todetail,great skilland passionfor traditionalculture.These areall characteristicsthat Hu雕亥师Qiusheng,40inkstonecarver andengraver Uin Shexian,41pursue andpassed downin hisfamilyall thetime.变形42four decadesof handworkhas deformedhis fingers,Hu haswon manyawards inthefield ofcrafts andfine arts.His owncompany,oneofthe countrys43lead inkstone producers,has alsosponsored44competition thatencourage younger（）generations ofinkstonemakers45display theirskillsandfurther developthe craft.（）

46.Even thebest writerssometimes findthemselves losefor words.（）（所给词

47.He isthought actfoolishly.Now hehas noone buthimself toblame forlosing thejob.的适当形式填空）（）（用所给词的适当

48.At last,we hada narrowescape,fortunately escapinghurt bythe polarbear.形式填空）（）（所给词的适当

49.experience quiteafewearthquakes inHawaii already,I didnttake muchnotice.形式填空）（）（所给词的适当形式填空）

50.The youngman leftthat city,never hearfrom again.

四、单词拼写（根据首字母单词拼写）

51.More andmore peopleare usingmobile devicestoathe Internet.（根据首字母单词拼写）

52.Many workersare qbecause ofpoor pay..（不艮据首字母单词拼写）

53.The baseballgame wasp untilnext weekbecauseofthe badweather（根据首字母单词拼写）

54.Smoking isnot pinthebuilding.（根据首字母单词拼写）

55.I tooka pilltormy headache.

五、完成句子整个事件很不光彩，亟须彻查

56.This isa disgracefulstate ofaffairs anda thoroughinvestigation.然而，这种牺牲将达不到目的

57.However,this sacrificewould failto.他不会让情绪妨碍自己的工作

58.He wouldntallow emotionsto_______________________________of himdoing hisjob.没有提到受害人的姓名

59.The victimswere notby name.海伦决心要当个律师，她的坚持得到了回报

60.。