1、河南省新乡市原阳县实验高级中学2023-2024学年高一下学期3月月考英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、阅读理解Check out our top 5 weather apps for your smart phones, which will keep you one step ahead of nature.Tornado Warning and Alert AppThis app from the American Red Cross tracks a tornado as it approaches with step-by-step advice about what to
2、 do before the storm hits. A siren warning is built into the app and goes off when the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issues a tornado warning in your area.The Weather Channel AppThis app includes weekly weather forecasts from more than 200 meteorologists and lets you check what kin
3、d of weather lays ahead, complete with storm prediction maps. The Weather Channel App also alerts users to storm warning in the area.Lightening FinderIf the goal is to get to the storm, rather than avoid it, this app is here to help. The Lightening Finder color codes the age of the lightening bolt,
4、and estimates a safe distance from which to watch it.NOAA Weather Radio HDThis app broadcasts radio reports from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and gives you around-the-clock updates on the latest weather warnings, watches, advisories, and forecasts. Push notifications alert yo
5、u to serious storm warnings in your area even when you are not currently using the application. The app also gives detailed four-day forecasts based on your GPS coordinates, or a chosen location.Dark SkyStay dry with Dark Sky, which offers weather reports, including minute-by-minute rain forecasts f
6、or your exact location. To keep its predictions as accurate as possible, this app forecasts only one hour into the future.1If you want to keep track of daily weather changes, you may choose _.ALightening FinderBThe Weather Channel AppCTornado Warning and Alert AppDNOAA Weather Radio HD2Which of the
7、following is TRUE about Dark Sky?AIt is especially suitable to predict wet days.BIt provides more services than the others.CIt only offers accurate prediction for your area.DIt keeps you aware of the weather days ahead.3The main differences of the five apps lie in _.Ausers phonesBusers locationsCthe
8、ir imagesDtheir functionsBy day, Robert Titterton is a lawyer. In his spare time though he goes on stage beside pianist Maria Raspopova not as a musician but as her page turner. “Im not a trained musician, but Ive learnt to read music so I can help Maria in her performance.”Mr Titterton is chairman
9、of the Omega Ensemble but has been the groups official page turner for the past four years. His job is to sit besidethe pianist and turn the pages of the score so the musician doesnt have to break the flow of sound by doing it themselves. He said he became just as nervous as those playing instrument
10、s on stage.“A lot of skills are needed for the job. You have to make sure you dont turn two pages at once and make sure you find the repeats in the musicwhen you have to go back to the right spot.” Mr Titterton explained.Being a page turner requires plenty of practice. Some pieces of music can go fo
11、r 40 minutes and require up to 50 page turns, including back turns for repeat passages. Silent onstage communication is key, and each pianist has their own style of “nodding” to indicate a page turn which they need to practise with their page turner.But like all performances, there are moments when
12、things go wrong. “I was turning the page to get ready for the next page, but the draft wind from the turn caused the spare pages to fall off the stand,” Mr Titterton said, “Luckily I was able to catch them and put them back.”Most page turners are piano students or up-and-coming concert pianists, alt
13、hough Ms Raspopova has once asked her husband tohelp her out on stage.“My husband is the worst page turner,” she laughed. “Hes interested in the music, feeling every note, and I have to say: Turn, turn! Robert is the best page turner Ive had in my entire life.”4What should Titterton be able to do to
14、 be a page turner?ARead music.BPlay the piano.CSing songs.DFix the instruments.5Which of the following best describes Tittertons job on stage?ABoring.BWell-paid.CDemanding.DDangerous.6What does Titterton need to practise?ACounting the pages.BRecognizing the “nodding”.CCatching falling objects.DPerfo
15、rming in his own style.7Why is Ms Raspopovas husband “the worst page turner”?AHe has very poor eyesight.BHe ignores the audience.CHe has no interest in music.DHe forgets to do his job.In 1957, the first spaceship was sent up to travel around the earth, and it started the time of Space Age. Years lat
16、er, astronaut s traveled around the earth and men walked on the moon. Today, space exploration continues, and governments try hard to make new discoveries. However, there has been one big change: private companies are entering the field of space travel.Space X has been triumphant in space travel. Th
17、ey made the spaceship to work for the International Space Station(ISS). Elon Musk, the boss, wants to do more. He hopes that Space X will be able to send people to Mars by 2025.Another fan of space travel is Sir Richard Branson. His company is called Virgin Galactic. He wants to open space travel to
18、 everyone. The company has sold almost 700 future trips to space at a high price. The tourists come from countries all over the world and are of different ages.These private companies are lucky. They dont have to wait for money from the government. However, they also have problems and accidents happ
19、en sometimes. In 2014,a Virgin spaceship fell down during a test flight. The 39-year-old pilot was killed. In 2016, another Space X spaceship exploded. No one was hurt, but important parts of it were lost.The exploration of the space continues. Some companies want to take people to the moon and back
20、 someday. Others want to take people to Mars. The possibilities are endless. Maybe in our lifetime, those dreams will come true.8What does the underlined word “triumphant” in Paragraph 2 mean?ASuccessful.BExpensive.CNew.DBusy.9What can we learn about space travel from the text?AAstronaut s first tra
21、veled around the earth in 1957.BPrivate companies do better than the government.CVirgin Galactic hopes to send people to Mars by 2025.DSpace X is a name of a company owned by Elon Musk.10Whats the writers attitude to space travel?ADisappointed.BSupportive.CSatisfied.DUncaring.11In which section of t
22、he newspaper can we read the passage?ALanguage learning.BEconomy development.CSpace exploration.DSports & Health.People in Japan tend to live longer and stay healthier in their later years, with an increasing number of old people living alone. Japan is on a fast track to “ultra-age” with people
23、aged 65 or above accounting for 28 percent of its total population in 2019；it was 26.7 percent in 2017. On the other hand, the number of births in 2019 fell to its lowest (about 941,000) since records began in 1899.Demand for care services for elderly people has increased. A shrinking (缩小) working p
24、opulation means fewer able-bodied adults are available to look after the elderly. State-provided facilities for the elderly are not enough, which causes elderly people to turn to private ones but they are expensive.The country will be short of 380,000 of health nurses by 2025. The government has to
25、turn to advanced robots to meet the shortage. A study found that using robots encouraged one third of the people to become more active and independent. Yet there is no robot that can provide the emotional support to the elderly.Japan provides a case study for China, which is also faced with a fast a
26、ging population. 17.23 million babies were born in China in 2019, about 630,000 fewer than in 2018. People aged 60 accounted for 17.3 of Chinas population in 2019. With a shortage of elderly care facilities and unbalanced supply, China may find it hard to deal with the rapidly increasing number of s
27、enior citizens.To meet the challenge, the Chinese government should make policy changes, which Japan is unwilling or unable to do or even consider. China should pay attention to the signals its aging population is sending and take proper and timely action.12What do we learn about the old Japanese?AM
28、ore and more old Japanese prefer to live on their own.BA lot of old Japanese have to continue working at old age.CSome old Japanese remain active with the help of robots.DJapanese aged 65 or above make up one third of its population.13What can we know about state-provided care facilities for the eld
29、erly in Japan?AThey are expensive.BThey are inconvenient.CThey are affordable.DThey are fashionable.14What do the Japanese do to deal with the shortage of health nurses?AThey hire foreign health nurses.BThey employ advanced robots.CThey set up more nursing schools.DThey train the elderly to tend the
30、mselves.15What is the main idea of the last two paragraph?AJapan has to take action to deal with the aging population.BRobots cant provide emotional support to the elderly.CChina is now faced with a fast aging population.DJapans aging population issue is a timely lesson for China.The 24 solar terms
31、are part of the traditional Chinese calendar. The Chinese people divided a year in-to 24 segments (片段) based on the suns position in the zodiac (黄道十二宫). 16 They reflect the changes of the seasons, climate and phenology (生物气候学). The Yellow River Basin in north-ern China is believed to be the cradle (
32、摇篮) of the solar terms system.Solar terms were instructions for agricultural production and peoples daily lives. They mark things like seasons, temperature, precipitation(降水), growth of the crops and weather conditions. 17 Most of the solar terms bear with them rich social and cultural meanings. For
33、 instance, during the “Start of Winter”, people eat dumplings. 18 , when people pay respect to those they have lost.The ancient calendar remains relevant to this day. 19 , and we must protect it. The cultural legacy reflects the Chinese peoples respect for nature and tradition, their unique understa
34、nding of the universe, their wisdom to live in harmony with nature and the worlds cultural diversity, said Zhang Ling, an official with the Ministry of Culture in 2017. 20 . Their creativity and consciousness can bring new life to ancient culture. Many young people have already been contributing the
35、ir energy and strength to this feat. In fact, they have been living up to this challenge through rather artistic means. Many photos, essays and paintings have centered around the theme of the 24 solar terms and expressed the vitality and rich tradition of Chinese history.AEach segment is called a so
36、lar termBThe “Pure Brightness” is also referred to as Tomb-Sweeping DayCThe suns positions bring about many things related to human lifeDTheir wisdom for life and nature made the traditional festival popular todayEIt is the youth of China who can best help carry on this significant part of our cultu
37、reFMany farmers still rely on the solar terms to work in the fieldsGThis has long been a central element of life in China二、完形填空Every year on my birthday, a white gardenia (栀子花) was 21 to my house. But no card or note came with it. Calls to the flower shop were always 22 it was a cash purchase. After
38、 a while I stopped trying to discover the senders identity and just 23 in the beauty and sweet scent of that one magical, perfect white flower lying in soft pink paper.But I never stopped 24 who the giver might be. My mother 25 to these imaginations. She asked me if there was someone for whom I had
39、done a special kindness who might be showing 26 . I had more 27 imagining that it might be a boy I fell in love with or one who had a crush on me even though I didnt know him.One month before my high-school graduation, my father died. My feelings 28 from sorrow(悲伤) to fear and anger: my dad was 29 s
40、ome of the most important events in my life. I became completely 30 in my coming graduation, the senior-class play and the ball(舞会). But my mother would not hear of my losing any of those things. Mother and I had gone shopping and found an impressive dress, but it was the 31 size. When my father die
41、d, I forgot about the dress.The day before my ball, I found that dress in the right size hanging over the living room sofa. It was 32 to me so lovingly. I didnt 33 if I had a new dress or not. But my mother did. She wanted her children to feel 34 , filled with a sense that there was a beauty even in
42、 the face of 35 .My mother died ten days after I was married. The following year the gardenia stopped coming.21AgivenBdeliveredCtakenDbrought22AusefulBhelpfulCin vainDin hope23AdelightedBimaginedCenjoyedDsatisfied24AconsideringBrememberingCimaginingDrecalling25AreferredBledCpreferredDcontributed26Aa
43、ppreciationBhonorCkindnessDrespect27AtimeBchancesCfunDproblem28AvariedBdifferedCsufferedDjudged29AignoringBattendingCabandoningDmissing30AunsurprisedBuninterestedCexhaustedDpleased31AwrongBfalseCproperDright32AprovidedBpresentedCintroducedDawarded33AdoubtBwonderCdesireDcare34AlovingBlovedCrelaxingDr
44、elaxed35AtroubleBconfusionCboredomDsorrow三、语法填空阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Being nearsighted is far more common than it once was. The case rate of myopia (近视) in Americans 36 (increase) by 66 percent since the early 1970s, according to a study by the National Eye Institute; in China and other Ea
45、st Asian countries, more than half of recent high school graduates are thought 37 (be) the persons who suffer myopia. Myopia results when eyeballs are 38 (long) than normal, changing the angle at which light enters the eye and the ability to focus 39 distant objects. The disorder 40 (usual) begins b
46、efore adolescence, when the eye is growing, but it can worsen in early adulthood. Some experts connect the myopia to the many hours young people spend in staring at 41 (computer) and other screens. But a recent study published in JAMA Ophthalmology suggests that a greater factor may be a side effect
47、 of all that screen-watching its 42 (keep) children inside. This new study shows that a lack of direct sunlight may damage vision. Strong correlations(关联) were found between current eyesight and 43 (people) lifetime exposure to sunlight. Those 44 had gotten the most sun, particularly between the ages of 14 and 19, were about 25 percent less likely to have developed myopia by middle age. Exposure to sunli
