襄阳四中 2024 级高二下学期三月月考
英 语 试 题
本试卷共8页，67题。全卷满分150分。考试用时120分钟。
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂
到答题卡上。
第一节 （共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段录音。每段录音后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选
项。听完每段录音后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段录音播放
两遍。
1.Where are the speakers?
A. In a hotel. B. In a tailor's. C. In a clothes shop.
2.What time is it now?
A. About 8:00. B. About 9:00. C. About 10:00.
3.What does the woman mean?
A. The man is old. B. The man is lying. C. The man is lazy.
4. What is the talk exactly about this time?
A. Rivers. B. Flowers. C. Rainforest.
5. What are the speakers talking about?
A. Some songs.B. A car race.C. A video game.
第二节 （共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段录音。每段录音后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
听每段录音前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题都有5秒钟的作
答时间。每段录音播放两遍。
听第6段录音，回答第6、7题。
6.What happened when the woman went to the restaurant?
A. The microwave didn't work.
B. The waiter apologized to her.
C. The food wasn't freshly cooked.
7.What does the man think of the restaurant?
A. Its service is fast. B. Its price is reasonable. C. Its waiters are friendly.
听第7段录音，回答第8至9题。
8. What will cause a delay?
A. The change of the battery.
B. The replacement of the band.
C. The repairs of the watch.9.When will the watch finally be ready?
A. On Thursday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Tuesday.
听第8段录音，回答第10至12题。
10.What does the woman say about her car?
A. It is very old. B. It often can't start. C. It often becomes too hot.
11.What is very bad according to the woman?
A. The bus service. B. The expressway. C. The English class.
12.Why is the man happy about the woman's coming over?
A. She will help him study English.
B. She will help him finish his homework.
C. They can finish their homework together.
听第9段录音，回答第13至16题。
13.What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Classmates. B. Brother and sister. C. Husband and wife.
14.What kind of apartment does the woman want?
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A One near public transportation. B. One equipped with furniture.
C. One in the center of the city.
15.How will the speakers get the apartment information?
A. From a friend. B. From the newspaper. C. From the Internet.
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16What do we know about the speakers?
A. They like doing exercise.
B. They can't afford to buy a house.
C. They want to live in a big apartment.
听第10段录音，回答第17至20题。
17.What did Tonya initially plan to do with the bottle?
A. Send it to a museum. B. Put it on her bookcase.
C. Throw it into the garbage.
18.Where had the ship been sailing?
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A Near Australia. B. In the Indian Ocean. C. Close to Germany.
19.Why was the bottle thrown overboard?
A. To ask for help. B. To contact a nearby ship.
C. To research on ocean currents.
20.Where will the bottle be kept?
A. In Perth. B. In Cardiff. C. In Hamburg.
第二部分 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。
AParticipating in art competitions is essential for students to gain formal recognition and impress college
admission officers. Today, we have a list of art competitions on regional, national, and international scales.
EarthX Eco-Art Competition
It invites young artists aged 5-22 to create 2-D or 3-D art that illustrates the theme: Protectors for the Planet.
The theme can be interpreted in various ways, including individuals taking action towards a more sustainable
planet, or highlighting the efforts of environmental leaders working to sustain ecosystems.
Deadline: March 8, 2024
The Children’s Drawing Contest
Sponsored by International Certification Organization Network, the contest, whose theme this year is “Passing
on Our Precious Earth to The Future”, invites children aged 7-15 worldwide to draw the kind of natural
environment they would like to live in. 48 winners will receive special memorabilia. All entrants will receive a
participation prize. Medium: Drawings with any type of paint, pastel, etc.
Deadline: May 31, 2024
Science without Borders Challenge
The competition is open to children and young people under the age of 16. We welcome entries from both
groups and individuals to create art to promote public awareness of the need to preserve, protect, and restore nature.
The theme is “The Sixth Extinction” and you can focus on the protection of endangered species. Acceptable media
include paint, pencil, marker, crayon, ink, felt, and oil pastel.
Deadline: March 4, 2024
The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, the longest-running literary and art competition in the US, provides
opportunities and academic awards for creative young people to express their talent. The theme this year is “Tell
Your Climate Story”. Students in the 9th to 12th grades can submit poetry, fiction and nonfiction to show their
understanding of environmental issues.
Deadline: June 10, 2024
1. On which date can participants send their entries to EarthX Eco-Art Competition?
A. May 6, 2024. B. March 15, 2024. C. April 28, 2024. D. February 9, 2024.
2. Which competition best suits teenagers good at writing poems?
A. EarthX Eco-Art Competition. B. The Children’s Drawing Contest.
C. Science without Borders Challenge. D. The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.
3. What do the four competitions have in common?
A. They target students under the age of 20. B. They are about environmental protection.C. They require participants to write a story. D. They only accept entries from individuals.
B
Last year, my husband and I decided to make our 12-storey building more of a community. We live in a small
rented apartment in Park Merced, a large housing development. I would call us lower-middle-class. A lot of nurses,
bus drivers, and tradesmen live here, many of them 1st or 2nd generation immigrants.
We’re all renters. Renters come and go and tend not to see the buildings they live in as their home. But it can be
done. We started with a monthly two-hour social in the building lobby (门厅) on the second Friday of each month.
Some people came, between 15-30 each time. The events lasted two hours, but there wasn’t much to do besides
talking, eating snacks and drinking juice. The socials were nice, but most residents gave them a miss.
Then one day I was on the nearby campus of San Francisco State University. A young man from a social club
for students had a big sign about “Building Community”. I asked, “How do you do that?” He said they tried to get
people to share something about themselves with at least one other person. That made much sense to me.
I bought a large world map. At the social, I taped it on the lobby wall with signs saying “Where We’re From.
Put a green sticker where you were born and yellow stickers where your grandparents were born.” People put up their
stickers and looked where other people came from. We left the map up overnight, and the next day, Saturday, more
people played. I planned to leave the map and stickers up for a month or more. They certainly made the lobby more
interesting than the housing project look it usually has.
I see there will be challenges, but I also know a strong community will help us live good lives. I have the time and
energy to do this work.
4. What trouble did the author have building a community?
A. The community was rather poor. B. She was lacking in enough money.
C. Her neighbors were all immigrants. D. Renters had no sense of belonging.
5. How did the author find her earlier events?
A. Fruitful. B. Messy. C. Uninteresting. D. Inspiring.
6. What did the author do in order to change the socials?
A. Sharing friendly stickers. B. Adding foods and drinks.
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C Asking neighbors for help. D. Adopting a sharing game.
7. Which of the following best describes the author?
A. Responsible and particular. B. Insightful and determined.
C. Demanding and sympathetic. D. Knowledgeable and modest.
C
From Scotland to Cornwall, an organic, regenerative collective of the UK farmers is looking to pair up withsustainable businesses that need access to land and tools. Pitch Up! was founded in 2021 by Tim May, of
Kingsclere Estates (庄园) farm in Hampshire. It offers land, resources and expertise to businesses with big ideas for
sustainable projects. The idea is to copy nature’s “closed loop” system, with waste being reused to create a booming
circular (循环的) farming community.
“Our goal is to have a diverse mix of enterprises (企业) all operating off the land — using each other’s
byproducts or waste, and sharing knowledge, equipment and experience,” says May. “Nature thrives (兴盛) on
diversity; it also fuels economic resilience (韧性), helps create a closed-loop system, and builds stronger rural
communities. As farmers, we have an abundance of land and natural resources, and we want to share those
resources and bring more people on to the land.”
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Pitch Up! has already helped to launch a handful of businesses. Balcaskie Estate covers 2 000 hectares of land
in Fife, Scotland, and has hosted markets, a butchery, and pop ups by Scotland The Bread, an organization that
works to get more people eating better bread.
Rosie Jack, Balcaskie’s business development manager, says, “We know that there’s a real demand for rural
land so our message is, ‘We have land, come and use it!’ We really do welcome approaches from businesses of all
shapes and sizes.”
This year, the Pitch Up! farming collective is keen to hear from more cooperative enterprisers. “We are
looking for sustainable businesses at all stages of the business life cycle, but particularly those that have an idea of
how they can fit into the circular systems in place at a Pitch Up! farm,” says May, “It might be a cheese maker for
example, who can add value by using the organic milk from the mobile dairy business here.”
8. What does Pitch Up! offer to sustainable businesses?
A. Organic food. B. Farming resources.
C. Money and staff. D. Tools and workers.
9. What’s May’s vision for Pitch Up!?
A. A single big company. B. More land for farming.
C. Only eco-friendly farms. D. Various businesses cooperating.
10. Why was Balcaskie Estate mentioned in the text?
A. For selling land. B. Due to program failure.
C. For bread promotion. D. As a successful case of Pitch Up!
11. What does May want to convey in the last paragraph?
A. Expectation of cooperation. B. Value of Pitch Up!
C. Demand for a cheese maker. D. Importance of circular systems.
DThe field of anti-ageing medicine has exploded in recent years due to discoveries about the fundamental biology
of ageing, which are translated into experimental therapies (疗法). The latest fountain of youth comes in the form of
vaccines (疫苗) against age-related conditions — cancer, heart disease, dementia and more. The first of these could
be available by the end of the decade. All-purpose anti-ageing injections are also in development.
The upsides of such vaccines are clear. Anything, limiting the impact of age-related conditions on people who
live into old age and the loved ones who often end up caring for them, has to be welcomed. They also promise to
lessen the effect on the increasingly societal and economic costs of these diseases.
But as with all anti-ageing interventions, there are potential downsides too. If millions of people live significantly
longer, we risk a population explosion on a planet with overstretched resources. If the vaccines merely delay the
beginning of age-related conditions, they will only postpone the burden on people and society. And as Nobel
prizewinner Venki Ramakrishnan told us earlier, a long-lived society is likely to become less dynamic. These are
familiar fears. The common response is to focus on increasing health span, which means people living for longer,
free from the diseases of old age, then suddenly declining and dying.
We won’t know the outcome until the therapies have been widely used, at which point it might be too late to
put the genie back in the bottle. But there is really no turning back anyway. If vaccines and other anti-ageing therapies
work and are affordable, they will be used. Besides, nobody would argue that innovations like antibiotics, vaccines
and advanced diagnostics were a bad idea even if they marked the beginning of our era of age-related diseases.
Similarly, we shouldn’t fear life-saving medical advances on the basis of unintended consequences. If we can make
lives longer and less painful, the downsides are a price worth paying.
12. Why is the field of anti-ageing medicine growing rapidly?
A. The biology of ageing is better applied.
B. The trend of healthy lifestyle is growing.
C. The demand for longer life is increasing.
D. The number of elderly is rising globally.
13. How do anti-ageing vaccines benefit society?
A. By increasing the workforce. B. By reducing healthcare expense.
C. By curing people of diseases. D. By boosting economic growth.
14. What does the underlined phrase “put the genie back in the bottle” mean?
A. To stop the process of ageing totally.
B. To create a new medical breakthrough.
C. To remove the impact of the therapies.
D. To delay the development of technology.15. What is the best title for this article?
A. Can Anti-Ageing Medicine Really Work?
B. What Is the Risk of Anti-Ageing Medicine?
C. Is It Worthwhile Using Anti-Ageing Medicine?
D. How to Stay Young with Anti-Ageing Medicine?
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选
项。
I hated writing as I grew up. But I couldn’t avoid it: learning English was a must in high school. For hours, I
stared at blank pages, trying to turn my disorganized thoughts into fluent sentences. I tried my best but my teachers
would return my papers littered with red. I was frustrated to no end. ____16____ And that was OK. I didn’t have to be
good at everything.
____17____ I liked it when objective truth could be found if I searched properly. In college, I joined a scientific
research lab. However, the joy was short-lived as I had to write a research paper about our findings.
I knew that if I wanted to become an academic, I would need to spend time penning papers. But with my awful
track record with writing, I was scared of failing. In a panic, I asked a graduate student in my lab for help. We defined a
goal for the paper, and I carefully wrote an outline. But when I asked him for feedback, I soon found the paper covered
in red marks. ____18____
Before I could give up in defeat, though, the graduate student explained those red marks didn’t mean I was a
bad writer. ____19____ It requires revising your work, often several times. I kept improving the outline of my paper,
eventually turning it into sentences and paragraphs. My initial draft wasn’t perfect. I had buried a few key takeaways,
and the introduction was missing important context. But with help, I finally made it.
From then on, writing became one of my favorite parts of research. ____20____ But I came around. All it took
was some trial and error.
A. I should view it in a positive way.
B. “Never again,” I screamed inside.
C. Writing isn’t a one-and-done thing.
D. I soon realized writing was my strength.
E. Maybe I just wasn’t meant to be a writer.
F. I switched to the world of math and science.
G. I had never imagined it in my wildest dreams.
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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
JongMay Urbonya is an American lady full of ____21____: she is fluent in Mandarin, fond of hanfu and Chinese
dance. She was born in China and lived there until the age of six. It was in those years that the seeds of love for
Chinese culture were ____22____.
Even after moving back to the U.S., Urbonya’s parents used Chinese TV dramas to ____23____ her Chinese
language abilities. The seeds of passion ____24____ her back to China in 2011, studying Chinese dance in Beijing
Normal University.
“When I was a kid, I had a ‘princess dream’. I often cover my shoulder with a blanket, ____25____ I was an
ancient Chinese princess,” she said. A chance to ____26____ that dream occurred in 2020, when a TV show had
Urbonya visit a hanfu festival. “Hanfu has wide ____27____ and is winning recognition in the world. I got the full
hanfu experience and I ____28____ then that hanfu culture is a new-found way to bring Chinese ____29____ to
the present,” she said.
She ____30____ that 10 years ago when she was in college, wearing hanfu was a(n) ____31____ sight and
she could only buy custom-made hanfu. “If I had worn hanfu walking down the street, people would probably ask
____32____ in their hearts, ‘Why is this foreigner wearing an ancient outfit on the street?’” Now, she has ____33____
hanfu in her everyday wear and is able to purchase different ____34____ of hanfu online. “I’m really happy to be a hanfu
culture enthusiast, and I hope to make it more ____35____ to those outside of China,” she said.
21. A. mysteries B. virtues C. surprises D. contradictions
22. A. spread B. sowed C. collected D. blossomed
23. A. keep up B. hold up C. take up D. wrap up
24. A. delivered B. forced C. brought D. flashed
25. A. celebrating B. forgetting C. guaranteeing D. pretending
26. A. achieve B. appreciate C. imagine D. establish
27. A. tolerance B. appeal C. stimulation D. devotion
28. A. proposed B. indicated C. realized D. proved
29. A. faith B. history C. values D. relics
30. A. memorized B. declared C. reminded D. recalled
31. A. rare B. popular C. desirable D. crucial
32. A. ridiculously B. seriously C. casually D. curiously
33. A. folded B. included C. replaced D. created
34. A. ranges B. models C. styles D. sizes
35. A. valuable B. responsible C. comparable D. accessible
第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
A “3D rendering (渲染) competition” is a contest ____36____ participants engage in the process of creating
three-dimensional animations by means of computer programs. Through such techniques ____37____ adding
textures, lighting effects and colors, competitors are expected to display their ____38____ (create) freely based on
a pre-provided video. However, they are not allowed to change the structure of the original video or the position of
the main character.
The 9th World Rendering Competition, themed “kinetic rush”, ____39____ (challenge) participants to create
unique animations, based on the ____40____ (give) video. It attracted thousands of 3D artists from around the
world, receiving a diverse collection of imaginative ____41____ (entry) masterfully created.
Among these, the work of Karaok, a 3D artist from Chengdu China, stood out and ____42____ (award) the
runner-up. Inspired by an Egyptian Paralympic table tennis player, his animation tells the story of an armless boy
who ____43____ (enthusiastic) pursues his dream of playing ping-pong despite his disabilities. Karaok’s work
successfully made it to ____44____ top competition, showcasing extraordinary technical competence as well as
emotional descriptions. The judges highly praised his piece, ____45____ (refer) to it as “a work where every pixel
(像素) is perfectly completed, without a single flaw.”
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
46. 假定你是李华，上周五艺术俱乐部组织了主题为“Campus Beauty in Your Eyes”的写生活动（sketching
event）。请你给英国朋友Jim写一封邮件分享这次经历，内容包括：(1)你画了什么；(2)你的感想和收获。
注意：(1)写作词数80左右；
(2)可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。注意：
Dear Jim,
How is everything going?
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Yours,Li Hua
第二节 （满分25分）
47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Maria and Peter lived in a coastal city. The greatest pleasure in summer for them was to swim at their local
beach after school. But one day they started to lose their enthusiasm for swimming in the waters. More often than
not, they would find plastic bags thrown on the beach. Worse sill, as they swam in the water, some plastic bags
would float around them and even stick to their legs when they walked to the shore.
They were upset and decided something needed to be done to stop the beautiful sea becoming consumed by
waste.One weekend,Maria and Peter brought a big bag to the beach and determined to clean it up. Sweat streamed
down from their forehead while they bent down and picked up the plastic bags. To their disappointment, after a
day’s hard work, there were still many plastic bags lying on the beach or floating in the water. Going home with
aching legs and arms, Maria and Peter were almost defeated by a strong sense of failure.
That night over dinner with their parents, the pair ate silently. Noticing their low spirits, Mother asked gently,
“You two looked so down. What happened?”Exchanging glances with Peter, Maria replied in a low voice,“It’s
those annoying plastic bags. We tried to clean up but it was just impossible.”Understanding the pair’s
disappointment, their father patted them on the back and comforted,”Well, it’s really hard for just two of you to fix
such a big problem.”“Just two of us.”complained Maria and Peter, looking at each other.Suddenly, an idea lashed
through their minds, their eyes shining with excitement.“Yes,that’s the point! We should make more people aware
of the problem and encourage them to take action!” the pair said in chorus.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Quickly finishing their dinner, the pair went upstairs and started planning.
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Excited and nervous, they posted the video and article on WeChat.
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