1、辽宁省丹东市五校协作体2024-2025学年高三上学期12月月考英语试题一、听力选择题1What is the woman looking for?AA yard.BA bike.CA lamp.2Where are the speakers now?AOn the second floor.BOn the third floor.COn the fourth floor.3What does the man say about the article?AIts actually great.BIts totally annoyingCIts very controversial.4What
2、does the woman probably do?AA school librarian.BA bookstore owner.CA history teacher.5Where does the conversation probably take place?AIna classroom.BIn a hospital.COn the phone.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。6What are the speakers discussing?AA concert.BAn animal.CA TV programme.7What does the woman think of the
3、 job as a cameraman?ADifficult.BFrightening.CInteresting.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。8Why is the woman trying to find a library?ATo study there.BTo borrow a book.CTo find some information.9How long is the National Library open on weekends?A10 hours.B12 hours.C14 hours.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。10What do the mans parent
4、s do every evening?AThey go for a walk.BThey swim.CThey telephone the man.11What does the woman wish to do in Miami?AVisit the mans parents.BRelax on the beach.CSwim in the indoor pool.12What is the weather like in Miami?AIt seldom rains.BIts always cloudy.CIts not always bright.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。13W
5、hat present did the woman give to her husband last Christmas?AA sweater.BA coat.CA tie.14What does the woman say about his husband?AHis birthday is around Christmas.BHe is picky about gifts.CHe dislikes a coat as a gift.15What do we know about the wallets?AThey have just arrived from Italy.BThey are
6、 popular with famous people.CThey are specifically made for men.16What does the woman finally decide to give to her husband?AA wallet.BA shirt.CTrousers.听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。17How long should the story be?A1,300 to 1,800 words.B1,800 to 3,000 words.C3,000 to 10,000 words.18Who is the short story writer?AA
7、lan Dobson.BBob Johnson.CJenny Paige.19What will happen to the first prize winners?AThey will have a chance to travel.BA $2,000 prize will be given to them.CTheir stories will be seen in a magazine.20When should competitors turn in their stories?ABy l September.BBy 25 September.CBy 1 October.二、阅读理解I
8、f you would like to volunteer abroad, youve come to the right place. Here are a variety of volunteering opportunities, including medical, sports, and wildlife conservation in Africa, which can help gain hands-on international work experience and learn things youll never get out of a textbook. Medica
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10、ave an interest and would like to assist in this field then you can also help in many project areas. Sports Coaching ProjectsOur sports volunteer projects involve children of different ages and abilities, or sometimes adults as well. Therefore, anyone with sports coaching skills will be put to very
11、good use, trying to bring on the African sports stars of the future. Youll be able to help organize sporting activities, teach new sports to the children, coach them in their sports sessions and even play football against the local team-dont expect to win!Wildlife and Conservation ProjectsWildlife c
12、onservation volunteering in Africa can be hard work at times as you have to deal with the human-wildlife conflicts and ensure local communities benefit from conservation. However, there are some major positives, generally based in some of the most amazing natural areas. They get you behind the scene
13、s of places that tourists will often pay large amounts of money to visit on holiday. If you have relevant conservation experience or qualifications, or as part of your studies, then please get in touch.21In Wildlife and Conservation Projects, you will _.Apay for the holiday visitsBorganize community
14、 activitiesCprovide medical servicesDhandle the human-wildlife conflicts22What benefits can you get from the three projects?AProfessional trainings.BQualification promotion.CWork experience.DHistorical adventures.23The passage is intended to _.Adescribe life in AfricaBshare traveling memoriesCintrod
15、uce volunteering projectsDexplain the importance of working abroadMark Brown, 57, had been making films for 30 years, but he found himself feeling tired of it. “I thought, things can only go downhill.” Brown knew he needed to do something else but what? A few years earlier, he had bought his childho
16、od house and moved in. While Brown wondered about a second care er in gardening, he heard a different internal voice. “That child who used to love drawing whispered to me down the years,” he said. Some unacknowledged longing in him was brought out.There was a great oak tree near his home. It had sto
17、od out to his young self as a “fantastical giant a treasure home to birds, insects and animals. There was a cave inside. We used to squeeze in through this hole.” He decided to lock himself away for two months to draw it in all its glorious detail.“While I was drawing,” he said, “there came moments
18、when it was as though the tree was drawing itself. I had spent so much time playing in it. I could feel it. It was deep inside me.” His finished oak held “a real power”, he said. “As you walk towards it, it just grows.” Brown became a tree portraitist.Over the next few years, he travelled across Bri
19、tain and spent days with the trees selected with the help of the Ancient Tree Forum, the Tree Council and the Woodland Trust. Brown has started work on a 20-drawing series of Britains most important ash trees. “These beautiful old ash trees are going to be lost to us,” he says. “They are 350 years o
20、ld and they are dying because of a disease that weve spread.”Drawing is not only an act of care and a demand for preservation, but it “gives me that interface between my passion for the natural world and my creativity,” Brown says. It has also given him a different perspective on the passage of time
21、. “Im an old man yet Im only 71, and some of the trees Ive drawn are 1,000 years old. When Im with them and when I draw them, I think about the end of my life and the brief nature of human life that passes momentarily beneath them.”24At the age of 57, Brown _.Amoved into his old houseBawakened a chi
22、ldhood interestCreached the peak of his lifeDdeveloped a passion for gardening25What can we learn about the oak tree and Brown?AIt helped him start a new career.BIt linked him with the world.CHe built a tree house in it.DHe studied creatures in it.26What is Brown working on?ASetting up tree organiza
23、tions.BLooking for cures for tree diseases.CDrawing to call for protection for trees.DTravelling to select important trees in Britain.27When Brown is with trees, he feels that _.Atime is endlessBhuman life is temporaryCnature is dynamicDlife-long learning is crucialSuy credits his interest in photog
24、raphy to a French journalist he met in 2000. Since 2012. he has used his love of photography for a good cause: protecting wildlife. As more and more animal species began to disappeer from Kandal Province, he grew worried. So he created a photo project which he hoped would bring more attention to the
25、 loss of natural habitats in Cambodia.He hopes to educate Cambodians about the importance of bird species and the effect they have on nature. He said, “The biggest issue is the damage to habitats and poaching.Besides that, it is due to the demand from the rich who desire wild meat and who consider w
26、ild meat chemical-free.His photography work has shown “how lack of education and law enforcemen” makes the problem worse. Hunting is at the root of Cambodian culture.“Education is very limited,” he said. “And in terms of legal enforcement, only one organization is standing out, and that is the Wildl
27、ife Alliance.” He noted that the group had carried out a number of successful crackdowns against hunting. But there were few major campaigns on wildlife hunting.as a whole.Protected areas within forests have disappeared at the same rate as forests in other parts of the country Poaching and hunting h
28、ave led to the loss of animal and plant species in Cambodia.To Chantha Nasak, a wildlife expert, the damage to wildlife habitats is the main reason for the decrease in the number of wild animals.He says the destruction of forests and the use of land for agricultural and other purposes are the bigges
29、t threats, as well as the climate change.However. there are already agreements between some NGOs and the Cambodian government to help wild species. Also. Chantha Nasak says some communities are working together to protect wildlife around the country.“All Cambodian citizens should join hands in the p
30、rotection of wildlife, not just the NGOs and the government,” he said. “It should be everyone.”28What problem did Suy meet in his photography work?ACambodians have a poor knowledge of protecting wildlifeBCambodians are lacking their culture of huntingCCambodians like major campaigns on hunting wildl
31、ifeDCambodians have limited education about hunting.29Why do the rich find wild meat in Cambodia?AIt contains high nutrition.BIt is free of chemieals.CIt tastes delicious and fresh.DIt is a symbol of social positions.30What is the main factor in leading to the decrease in wild animalsChantha thinks?
32、Athe climate changeBthe wild meat tradeCthe damage to wildlife habitatsDthe still-not-prohibited hunting31What is the main idea of the text?AA Cambodian is teaching the hunting culture.BA photographer has a good knowledge of wildlife.CA photographer is struggling with poachersDA Cambodian photograph
33、er urges to protect wildlife“I like pigs,” Winston Churchill supposedly once said. “Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” Whether Churchills contemporary George Orwell also liked pigs is less clear. But he, too, surely saw something in them that was lacking in many dome
34、stic (驯养的) animals, for it was they who ended up running the show in his novel, Animal Farm. Pigs, then, are intelligent social creatures.And, like all animals, they sometimes fight. Some pigs tend to be attackers; others tend to be victims. Who is what depends largely on weight. Among pigs, pounds
35、mean power. The attacker might bite, kick or push the victim. Most conflicts end in seconds, but some last a minute or two.In most animal species fights would be like that. However, many of the conflicts among pigs Dr Norscia, a biologist, observed had interested parties beyond the fighters. He ther
36、efore wanted to understand the role of these bystanders in solving conflictsand what this says about pigs cognitive (认知的) abilities.Since there was usually not enough time for a bystander pig to become involved in the heat of a conflict, though this did occur, Dr Norscia looked at what happened in t
37、he three minutes immediately following a fight. Sometimes, he found, the fighters reconciled with each other on their own. The more distantly related the fighters were, the more frequently this happened. Dr Norscia guessed that relations between close relatives are more secure to start with, so rebu
38、ilding friendly relations rapidly is less necessary for them.On other occasions, however, a third pig stepped in. Sometimes this bystander interacted with the attacker, which reduced the number of attacks coming after. Sometimes, the bystander interacted with the victim. This appeared to calm the vi
39、ctim down, for it reduced anxiety-related behavior.Social intelligence need not, though, be entirely selfless. Pigs are more likely to step in after a conflict if they are closely related to either the attacker or the victim. This is probably an example of kin selection (亲属选择), which favors the deve
40、lopment of behavior.32Why are Churchill and Orwell mentioned at the beginning?ATo show their preference for pigs.BTo add some related backgrounds.CTo introduce the topic of the text.DTo present their attitude to animals.33What is special about pigs fights?AThey aim to show power.BThey have audiences
41、.CThey last a little bit longer.DThey happen more often.34What does the underlined word “reconciled” probably mean in paragraph 4?ACaught up.BKept in touch.CMade up.DChanged in tune.35Which of the following reflects pigs social intelligence?AOffering comfort to victim pigs.BForming special bonds wit
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44、g water with nontoxic additives that copy the odor and flavor of rotten vegetables, damp soil, metal or moldy compost (发霉的堆肥). 37 38 You might also think about buying an under-the-sink water filter. Weve found that the under-the-sink filters in Consumer Reports tests improve waters taste and odor sl
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