1、四川省合江县马街中学校2024-2025学年高三上学期9月月考英语试题一、听力选择题1Why does Jim refuse to go camping?AHe prefers to stay at home.BHe has a project to finish.CHe needs to prepare potatoes.2What does the woman suggest the man do?ATry some different medicine.BAsk the doctor for help.CTake a rest.3What is the woman worried abo
2、ut?AHer colleagues injury.BNo invitation to the trip.CThe plan for next Sunday.4Why did Mr. Green knock the girl down?AHe was driving fast.BHe was drunk.CHe didnt see the girl.5What can we learn from the conversation?AJohn wont come to the meeting.BJohn is going to give a speech.CThe woman doubts wh
3、ether John will come.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。6What is the woman going to do?APaint the room herself.BMove to the Mission Inn Hotel.CAsk her son to stay in another hotel.7Whats the relationship between the two speakers?AHouse owner and renter.BMother and son.CReceptionist and customer.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。8Wher
4、e does the woman want to go?AThe bus stationBThe city center.CThe City Bank.9How will the woman get to her final destination?AOn foot.BBy train.CBy taxi.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。10Where is the woman going on holiday?ATo a house next to a lake.BTo a house in the woods.CTo a hotel near the mountains.11What is
5、 the woman looking forward to most?ASailing.BGoing for a run.CCatching up on sleep.12How long has the woman and John been together?AMore than four years.BMore than five years.CMore than six years.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。13What keeps the group going?AThe love for creating artworks.BThe pleasure of helping o
6、thers.CThe wish to improve the community.14How has the local government helped the group?ABy renting a room.BBy providing money.CBy building a website.15Where can people buy the bottles now?AFrom the town hall.BIn the shops.COn the Internet.16How many members does the group have at present?AThree.BF
7、ive.CEight.听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。17Why did the leaders of old Japan use umbrellas?ATo start an activity.BTo make them seem powerful.CTo go along with riding elephants.18When were umbrellas used to protect against rain?ABy the 1600s.BIn 1826.CIn 1852.19How does the speaker feel about todays umbrellas?AHeavy
8、.BConvenient.CSmall.20What does the speaker mainly talk about?AThe development of umbrellas.BThe function of umbrellas.CThe material of umbrellas.二、阅读理解This years hiking events have kicked off and we are introducing some walking festivals in the following.Crickhowell Walking Festival (9-17 March)One
9、 of the earliest of the years festivals, the walking festival offers 81 different walks this year, ranging from 2 to 17 miles. All are graded in terms of effort and difficulty, from an easy walk along the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal, to anew for 2024hike through the western Fans.Isle of Wight W
10、alking Festival (11-19 May and 5-13 October)The Isle of Wight Walking Festival laces (系) up its boots in spring and autumn, on the 500 miles of footpaths on the island. There are walks focusing on every aspect of the islands history. Walks are graded according to pace and difficulty.Moray Walking an
11、d Outdoor Festival (14-24 June)A great choice for those looking for other activities to enjoy besides walking, this 10-day celebration includes everything from boating to bird-watching. The walks range from gentle seaside wanders to endurance(耐力) hikes through the Cairngorms, with five different gra
12、des of difficulty.Saltmarsh Coast Walking Festival (27 September-6 October)Choose from self-guided or expert-led walks along a 75-mile stretch of the Saltmarsh coast, picking up the regions maritime (海洋的) history, or learning about the rich variety of bird species. The festival features guided walks
13、 taking in vineyards (葡萄园), nature reserves and vast skies along the shoreline.21Which walking festival is held in two seasons this year?ACrickhowell Walking Festival.BIsle of Wight Walking Festival.CMoray Walking and Outdoor Festival.DSaltmarsh Coast Walking Festival.22What can festival goers do du
14、ring Moray Walking and Outdoor Festival?AMake samples of rare species.BVolunteer in nature reserves.CObserve birds and go boating.DAttend a class on marine science.23What is special about Saltmarsh Coast Walking Festival?AIt has the longest path.BIt provides graded walks.CIt offers guide choices.DIt
15、 serves as history tour.Omar Vazquez grew up in poverty on Mexicos Yucatan peninsula. He watched his single mother struggle to put food on the table, and today the memory inspires him to help those in need. When an invasive (入侵的) seaweed called sargassum showed up on Mexicos Caribbean beaches, Omar
16、looked past the matter of it all and saw an opportunity to help others.Sargassum is not dangerous, but it has an unpleasant smell and can become so thick that it keeps people from entering the water. Mexico has experienced record-setting amounts of the seaweed in recent years, and it has made its wa
17、y to Floridas beaches as well. Experts say there could be as much as 100 tons of sargassum blocking Mexican shorelines in 2023. With tourism dollars at risk, officials and locals alike were eager to remove the seaweed, but only Omar saw its true potential. The professional gardener organized a beach
18、 cleanup that provided jobs for about 300 local families, but he knew there was more to do. Since peoples attitude towards the seaweed reminded him of his own life experiences, he decided to become an agent (推动者) for change.When sargassum started arriving, everyone was complaining. “I wanted to make
19、 something good out of something everyone saw as bad,” Omar explained.In 2018, Omar found a way to turn sargassum into building blocks that he calls Sargablock. He creates these blocks by mixing 40% sargassum with other materials like clay, then putting them in a block-forming machine and baking the
20、m in the sun for days. The end result is an organic, sustainable, and ecologically friendly building material that experts say could last for 120 years.To date, Omars company, Bluegreen Mexico, has used 700 tons of sargassum to build low-income housing for those in need. Omar said he would take on m
21、ore projects, and donate more houses to single mothers like his own mom.24What can be learned from paragraph 1?AOmars family often assisted people in need.BSargassum originated on the Caribbean beaches.COmars experience in childhood has influenced him much.DOmar has met a lot of generous people sinc
22、e he was young.25How did most people react to the increasing sargassum?AThey didnt take it seriously.BThey were anxious to clear it up.CThey viewed it as new materials.DThey were excited to see a grand scene.26Which words can best describe Omar?AHonest and ambitious.BStrong-willed and confident.CQui
23、ck-thinking and humorous.DSympathetic and innovative.27What does the author mainly want to tell us through Omars success?AIts never too old to learn.BLove shines every dark corner.CSolutions can be obtained from problems.DHeroes arise from humble beginnings.When Chui-Lian Lee and Valentina Gomez sta
24、rted on their academic journeys as textile (织物) developing and marketing majors at the Fashion Institute of Technology, they were eager to learn more about the clothing industry. Some of the things they ended up learning shocked them. They found out that roughly 11 million tons of textile waste end
25、up in landfill each year, and the chemicals and gases that emerge during decomposition pollute the earth.Every single class that they joined, theyd go through the impacts and itd be like, “Okay, cotton has this large of a water footprint and people are turning to organic cotton, but thats not really
26、 a solution because of these reasons.” Or “People are looking at recycled polyester (涤纶) but thats not great because it still releases microplastics.” As every solution they learned about came with drawbacks, they both wound up feeling really frustrated.It wasnt until the two joined a class on the a
27、pplication of biotechnology to the manufacturing of clothing that they realized there could be a more environmentally friendly option for the fashion industry. Lee and Gomez learned that they could use specially engineered proteins to create a fiber that avoids plastics and degrades (分解) naturally,
28、and then the idea for Werewool was born. “By changing how we are creating the fibers that make up our clothing, we can change the entire life cycle of our clothing and their end-of-life impacts on the environment, avoiding pollution from plastics,” Lee explains.The early-stage biotech company focusi
29、ng on developing biodegradable fibers for the textile industry initially started as a research project that involved many sleepless nights in the lab. After winning the H&M Global Change Award in 2020, the project launched into a company. Over four years and 4.5 million dollars in funding later,
30、 Werewool now has 12 employees and has begun working with brands to develop clothing out of their protein-based fibers, with the hope of launching products in 2025. By 2030, 125,000 tons of fiber is expected to enter the market, which is about 390 million shirts.“Our goal has always been to make the
31、 fashion industry friendly to nature,” says Lee.28What surprised Lee and Gomez when they learned about the clothing industry?AA wide range of textiles are produced every year.BThere are many poisonous chemicals in clothing.CClothing industry brings harm to the environment.DThe textile waste is quite
32、 difficult to break down.29Why are organic cotton and recycled polyester mentioned?ATo present features of organic clothing.BTo introduce methods of recycling textile waste.CTo show theyre not good options for sustainability.DTo explain it is essential to reduce the water footprint.30What can we lea
33、rn about Werewool according to the passage?AIt has a bright prospect.BIt funds research on textile waste.CIt proves to be highly profitable.DIt pioneers in plastics decomposition.31Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?AWerewool Makes Fashion GreenBBreakthroughs in Applied Biotechn
34、ologyCLee and Gomezs Academic JourneysDNew Protein-based Fibers Hit the MarketJuly was the hottest month on record globally. High temperatures and serious wildfires have swept across the Northern Hemisphere. Oceanic heat waves are damaging the worlds third-largest coral reef off Florida. And as the
35、levels of greenhouse gases continue to increase, it means many even hotter summers lie ahead.Last week, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres coined a new term. The time of “global warming” has ended, he announced, and the time of “global boiling” has arrived.But critics have strongl
36、y disagreed with the phrase. At one level, “global boiling” is clearly an overstatement, but “global warming” is now far too weak a description. Many climate scientists have pushed for the term “global heating” to be used in preference. Similarly, phrases such as “climate crisis” havent received eno
37、ugh attention. Thats because many of us still feel we havent seen this crisis with our own eyes.But that is changing. In the past few years, extreme weather and relevant events have struck many countries. Australias Black Summer brought wildfires that burned an area the size of the United Kingdom. G
38、ermany suffered serious flooding in 2021. The 2022 flood in Pakistan flooded large parts of the country. China has seen both droughts and floods. Terrible droughts have hit the Horn of Africa for many years. India has stopped rice exports due to damage from heavy rain.Critics of climate action often
39、 complain about what they see as the overuse of “crisis talk”. If everything is a crisis, nothing is a crisis.When Guterres uses deeply impactful phrases, hes not inviting us to imagine a Hollywood-style disaster. What hes hoping is to make people listen and act now we can see what climate change lo
40、oks like.Are there better phrases to describe this? Possibly. Take the challenge yourself: can you think up a brief, correct phrase to cover worsening local-and-regional-scale droughts, fires, typhoons and floods; damage to crops and food safety; water shortages; existential threats to coral reefs a
41、nd low-lying communities? You can see how hard it is.32What does the underlined word “coined” in paragraph 2 mean?AExplained.BInvented.CValued.DAccepted.33What do critics think of the term “global boiling”?AIt is overused.BIt is exaggerated.CIt is lacking in enough attention.DIt is too weak to descr
42、ibe the problem.34What can we infer from paragraph 4?AClimate crises are worsening.BSeveral crises will be solved.CPeople will face food shortages.DPeople are taking effective measures.35What is Guterress hope in using deeply impactful phrases?ATo scare people into taking immediate action.BTo entert
43、ain readers with Hollywood-style stories.CTo provide a more accurate description of global warming.DTo make people aware of the severity of the climate crisis.How to Become a Morning PersonEveryone knows that early to bed and early to rise is good for health. 36 Here are some ways you can focus on t
44、hat can help you become a better morning person. Shift your bedtime. 37 Most people should aim for at least seven hours a night so youll probably need to inch your bedtime forward as you transition (过渡) to a new schedule. You could fall straight into getting up at your desired time every day, knowin
45、g that youll feel tired during the transition but will naturally start falling asleep earlier within a few weeks. Relax before bed. Dont watch TV or fiddle around (摆弄) with laptops right before you go to bed because they are shining light into your eyes and maybe even tricking your brain into thinki
46、ng that its earlier than it really is. 38 Try not to do anything too stimulating before bed, and instead focus on relaxing activities like taking a bath or listening to comfortable music. 39 The secret to becoming a morning person is exposure to bright light. Thats because light suppresses (抑制) mela
47、tonin, a hormone (激素) that plays an important role in circadian (昼夜) rhythm. Natural light is the best, so get outside or open your bedroom window. Make mornings more pleasant. Try to schedule something to look forward to in the morning so that getting up feels like less hard. Perhaps a hot cup of coffee, sipped in silence, and the daily crossword puzzle. 40 ALighten up.BWork up a sweat.CIts important to make sure youre getting enough sleep.DBut many people have great difficulty in getting up early.EIts hard to stop surfing the internet late at night if youre a ni
