2024年5月10日发(作者：宛自怡)
山西大学附属中学2023~2024学年高三上学期12月月考（总
第七次）英语试题
学校
:___________
姓名：
___________
班级：
___________
考号：
___________
一、短对话
1
．
What is the best part of Mike’s homcwork?
A
．
The grammar. B
．
The handwriting. C
．
The story
2
．
Who probably picked the woman’s peaches?
A
．
Her son. B
．
The man. C
．
Her neighbor.
3
．
Why does Jim refuse to go camping?
A
．
He prefers to stay at home.
B
．
He has a project to finish.
C
．
He necds to prepare potatoes.
4
．
What is the relationship between the speakers?
A
．
Boss and secretary. B
．
Receptionist and patient. C
．
Doctor and nurse.
5
．
What did the woman do today?
A
．
She went shopping. B
．
She took a bus home. C
．
She had her yoga class.
二、长对话
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
6
．
Where does the woman want to go?
A
．
The bus station. B
．
The city center. C
．
The City Bank.
7
．
How will the woman get to her final destination?
A
．
On foot.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
8
．
Where does the convcrsation take place?
A
．
On the phone
9
．
Who might be the woman?
A
．
A police officer
10
．
What happened exactly?
A
．
There was a car accident in the moming.
B
．
The man didn’t have cash with him.
试卷第1页，共13页
B
．
A nurse. C
．
A cheat
B
．
In the bank C
．
At the hospital
B
．
By train. C
．
By taxi.
C
．
The woman called a wrong number.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
11
．
What are they talking about?
A
．
A new movie.
adventure.
12
．
What does the woman like best?
A
．
The visual effect. B
．
The plot. C
．
The cast.
B
．
A famous actor. C
．
A treasure hunt
13
．
Why does the man decide to see the movie?
A
．
Because of Tom Johnson.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
14
．
What did the woman think lacked freshness?
A
．
The fish. B
．
The rolls. C
．
The miso soup.
B
．
Because of the woman.
C
．
Because of Michael Wilson.
15
．
What was the problem with the tofu sushi?
A
．
It was not fresh. B
．
It had a weird taste. C
．
It tasted like water.
16
．
What are the speakers going to do later?
A
．
Go back to the company.
B
．
Go to their usual sushi place.
C
．
Have some dessert to makeup:
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
17
．
Where can you buy tickets for Universal Studios Beijing?
A
．
From a dining outlet.
B
．
From the Fast Pass systems.
C
．
From the official website.
18
．
What is necessary for you to bring if you visit Universal Studios?
A
．
A pair of sneakcrs. B
．
Sunglasses. C
．
The park’s regulations
19
．
What is forbidden in the park?
A
．
Outside drinks. B
．
Smoking. C
．
Snacks.
20
．
What can help save some time in queues?
试卷第2页，共13页
A
．
Buying tickets online.
B
．
Wearing appropriate footwear.
C
．
Making use of fast passes.
三、阅读理解
A SydneyPass gives you unlimited and flexible travel on the Explore Buses: the “red”
Sydney Explorer shows you around our exciting city sights while the “blue” Bondi Explorer
visits Sydney Harbour bays and famous beaches. Take to the water on one of three
magnificent daily harbor cruises. You can also travel free on regular Sydney Buses, Sydney
Ferries or City Rail services (limited area), so you can go to every corner of this beautiful
city.
Imagine browsing at Darling Harbour, tasting the famous seafood at Watsons Bay or
enjoying the city lights on an evening ferry cruise. The possibilities and plans are endless
with a Sydney Pass. Wherever you decide to go,remember that bookings are not required on
any of our services so tickets are treated on a first in,first seated basis.
Sydney Passes are available for 3, 5 or 7 days for use over a 7-calendar-day period. With
a 3 or 5-day pass you choose on which days out of the 7 you want to use it. All Sydney Passes
include a free Airport Express inward trip before starting your 3, 5 or 7 days, and the return
trip is valid for 2 months from the first day your ticket was used.
Sydney Pass Fares
A
dult
$
90
$
120
$
60
45
*
Child
$
5
$
0
$
**F
amily
$223-day
ticket
5-day
ticket
7-day
$30
$35
试卷第3页，共13页
ticket 140 70 0
*A child is defined as anyone from the ages of 4 years to under 16 years. Children under
4 years travel free.
**A family is defined as 3 adults and any number of children (from 4 to 16 ) from the
same family.
21
．
A Sydney Pass doesn’t offer unlimited rides on ________.
A
．
the Explorer Buses
C
．
regular Sydney Buses
B
．
the harbor cruises
D
．
City Rail services
22
．
With a Sydney Pass,a traveler can ________.
A
．
save fares from and to the airport
C
．
enjoy the famous seafood for free
B
．
take the Sydney Explorer to beaches
D
．
reserve seats easily in a restaurant
23
．
If 5-day tickets were to be recommended to a mother who travelled with her colleague
and her children, aged 3, 6 and 10, what would the lowest cost be?
A
．
$225
I arrived home from work, my mind racing. I was scheduled to perform an experiment
using a pricey piece of equipment, but I had spent the whole day worrying about the
experiment which was on the top of my agenda (
日程
), and I amazingly longed to shut off my
anxious thoughts. So after dinner, I made a cup of hot chocolate, stretched myself on my sofa,
and opened a page. Almost instantly, my mind left behind the details of experimental design
and stepped into a land of monsters, magic dust, and man-like bears comprising a wonderful
world distinct (
不同的
) from my daily life. It was exactly what I needed.
Growing up, I was virtually never a big fan of novels. My classmates would be crazy
about the latest Harry Potter book, while my copy sat collecting dust on a shelf. Instead, I
would choose to read through the reference books related to my academic fields for better
grades. After I started graduate school, extracurricular reading didn’t appeal to me at all but I
spent most of my time on campus digesting research papers and textbooks and my mind
couldn’t handle processing fact-filled nonfiction books at home, too. So I knew that I needed
to find a way to enjoy reading again.
To help me stick with it, I made a New Year’s resolution: I would read two fiction books
per month for the entire year. The result was an almost instant appreciation of fiction, along
B
．
$300 C
．
$360 D
．
$420
试卷第4页，共13页
with many unexpected results including ones that have benefited my schoolwork.
What surprised me the most was how much I learned. Some of the best books I read
were historical fictional stories happening in a realistic historical setting. I learned about life
in different countries, as well as struggles people there faced during difficult periods in their
histories. The books have helped me build sympathy and understanding, with an unexpected
benefit: I’ve started to think more deeply about the diversity of issues in the scientific
community and could serve it, heart and soul.
24
．
What did the author do to wipe out the anxiety?
A
．
He drowned it in chocolate.
C
．
He slept on the sofa leisurely.
B
．
He conducted an experiment.
D
．
He escaped into a fantasy world.
25
．
What does the author mean by the underlined part in paragraph 2?
A
．
Reading novels was a waste of time.
B
．
Reading a good book was time well spent.
C
．
He was too busy to take good care of his books.
D
．
The Harry Potter book wasn’t as good as expected.
26
．
How did the New Year’s resolution benefit the author?
A
．
More sympathy went out to him.
B
．
His moral values were strengthened.
C
．
He learned much about religious diversity.
D
．
He gained new insight into his academic fields.
27
．
What’s the best title of the text?
A
．
Reading: A Lifelong Hobby
C
．
Novels: Love at Second Sight
How did nearsighted people manage in the pre-glasses past? Have you ever thought
about this? Aristotle may have written the first observations of myopia around 350
B
．
C
．
Because their eyeballs are too long, people with this condition can see objects that are
close by, but distant objects tend to look blurry.
Neil Handley, a museum curator, said not much is known about how people dealt with
myopia before the first lenses for nearsighted people were invented in the 15th century in
Europe. And he noted that “even in the history of the invention of spectacles, that is a late
development.”
试卷第5页，共13页
B
．
The Power of Research Papers
D
．
The Benefits of History Reading
There are 13th-century European examples of handheld convex lenses that were used to
treat age-related vision loss known as presbyopia. But the technology wasn’t applied to treat
nearsightedness for another 200 years.
“Because of the way that lens is held, you can see through it, and the artist has captured
the effect that the glass has,” Handley said. Myopia could be something of a modern
condition. Rates of myopia have risen sharply in recent decades, and researchers have
projected that half the world will be myopic by 2050.
Doctors are still trying to figure out the cause behind this trend. Some have blamed
genetic causes or an increase in studying and screen time.
It’s likely that myopia didn’t affect as many people in the past as it does now. Handley
said the late creation of nearsighted glasses suggests that treating the small number of people
with myopia wasn’t regarded as a priority and that people could have gotten by with this
condition by making some adaptations in their lifestyle. Or, maybe there was more of an
emphasis on putting people in jobs that were suited to their ability to see, he said.
For example, people with myopia were historically valued in artisan contexts, such as
medieval European monasteries, where illuminating manuscripts and painting required
making tiny, precise skills.
28
．
What can be learned about the first myopia glasses?
A
．
They came into people’s view around 350 B
．
C
．
B
．
They could help shorten people’s eyeballs.
C
．
They didn’t come out until the 15th century.
D
．
They were initially designed for old people.
29
．
What does the underlined word “projected” in paragraph 4 mean?
A
．
Noticed. B
．
Predicted. C
．
Doubted. D
．
Conducted.
30
．
What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?
A
．
People in the past didn’t develop myopia.
B
．
My opia could be cured by changing one’s lifestyle.
C
．
People with myopia could also lead a normal life.
D
．
Most art-related jobs favored near sighted people.
31
．
What does the passage mainly tell us?
A
．
Glasses for nearsighted people have developed a lot.
B
．
Nearsightedness is increasing at an alarming rate.
试卷第6页，共13页
C
．
Various reasons contribute to modern myopia.
D
．
Myopia was not so disturbing in the past.
Is it true that our brain alone is responsible for human cognition (
认知
)? What about our
body? Is it possible for thought and behaviour to originate from somewhere other than our
brain? Psychologists who study Embodied Cognition (EC) ask similar questions. The EC
theory suggests our body is also responsible for thinking or problem-solving. More precisely,
the mind shapes the body and the body shapes the mind in equal measure.
If you think about it for a moment, it makes total sense. When you smell something good
or hear amusing sounds, certain emotions are awakened. Think about how newborns use their
senses to understand the world around them. They don’t have emotions so much as needs —
they don’t feel sad, they’re just hungry and need food. Even unborn babies can feel their
mothers’ heartbeats and this has a calming effect. In the real world, they cry when they’re
cold and then get hugged. That way, they start to associate being warm with being loved.
Understandably, theorists have been arguing for years and still disagree on whether the
brain is the nerve centre that operates the rest of the body. Older Western philosophers and
mainstream language researchers believe this is fact, while EC theorises that the brain and
body are working together as an organic supercomputer, processing everything and forming
your reactions.
Further studies have backed up the mind-body interaction. In one experiment, test
subjects were asked to judge people after being handed a hot or a cold drink. They all made
warm evaluations when their fingertips perceived warmth rather than coolness. And it works
the other way too. In another study, subjects’ fingertip temperatures were measured after
being “included” in or “rejected” from a group task. Those who were included felt physically
warmer.
For further proof, we can look at the metaphors (
比喻
) that we use without even thinking.
A kind and sympathetic person is frequently referred to as one with a soft heart and someone
who is very strong and calm in difficult situations is often described as solid as a rock. And
this kind of metaphorical use is common across languages.
Now that you have the knowledge of mind-body interaction, why not use it? If you’re
having a bad day, a warm cup of tea will give you a flash of pleasure. If you know you’re
physically cold, warm up before making any interpersonal decisions.
试卷第7页，共13页
2024年5月10日发(作者：宛自怡)
山西大学附属中学2023~2024学年高三上学期12月月考（总
第七次）英语试题
学校
:___________
姓名：
___________
班级：
___________
考号：
___________
一、短对话
1
．
What is the best part of Mike’s homcwork?
A
．
The grammar. B
．
The handwriting. C
．
The story
2
．
Who probably picked the woman’s peaches?
A
．
Her son. B
．
The man. C
．
Her neighbor.
3
．
Why does Jim refuse to go camping?
A
．
He prefers to stay at home.
B
．
He has a project to finish.
C
．
He necds to prepare potatoes.
4
．
What is the relationship between the speakers?
A
．
Boss and secretary. B
．
Receptionist and patient. C
．
Doctor and nurse.
5
．
What did the woman do today?
A
．
She went shopping. B
．
She took a bus home. C
．
She had her yoga class.
二、长对话
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
6
．
Where does the woman want to go?
A
．
The bus station. B
．
The city center. C
．
The City Bank.
7
．
How will the woman get to her final destination?
A
．
On foot.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
8
．
Where does the convcrsation take place?
A
．
On the phone
9
．
Who might be the woman?
A
．
A police officer
10
．
What happened exactly?
A
．
There was a car accident in the moming.
B
．
The man didn’t have cash with him.
试卷第1页，共13页
B
．
A nurse. C
．
A cheat
B
．
In the bank C
．
At the hospital
B
．
By train. C
．
By taxi.
C
．
The woman called a wrong number.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
11
．
What are they talking about?
A
．
A new movie.
adventure.
12
．
What does the woman like best?
A
．
The visual effect. B
．
The plot. C
．
The cast.
B
．
A famous actor. C
．
A treasure hunt
13
．
Why does the man decide to see the movie?
A
．
Because of Tom Johnson.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
14
．
What did the woman think lacked freshness?
A
．
The fish. B
．
The rolls. C
．
The miso soup.
B
．
Because of the woman.
C
．
Because of Michael Wilson.
15
．
What was the problem with the tofu sushi?
A
．
It was not fresh. B
．
It had a weird taste. C
．
It tasted like water.
16
．
What are the speakers going to do later?
A
．
Go back to the company.
B
．
Go to their usual sushi place.
C
．
Have some dessert to makeup:
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
17
．
Where can you buy tickets for Universal Studios Beijing?
A
．
From a dining outlet.
B
．
From the Fast Pass systems.
C
．
From the official website.
18
．
What is necessary for you to bring if you visit Universal Studios?
A
．
A pair of sneakcrs. B
．
Sunglasses. C
．
The park’s regulations
19
．
What is forbidden in the park?
A
．
Outside drinks. B
．
Smoking. C
．
Snacks.
20
．
What can help save some time in queues?
试卷第2页，共13页
A
．
Buying tickets online.
B
．
Wearing appropriate footwear.
C
．
Making use of fast passes.
三、阅读理解
A SydneyPass gives you unlimited and flexible travel on the Explore Buses: the “red”
Sydney Explorer shows you around our exciting city sights while the “blue” Bondi Explorer
visits Sydney Harbour bays and famous beaches. Take to the water on one of three
magnificent daily harbor cruises. You can also travel free on regular Sydney Buses, Sydney
Ferries or City Rail services (limited area), so you can go to every corner of this beautiful
city.
Imagine browsing at Darling Harbour, tasting the famous seafood at Watsons Bay or
enjoying the city lights on an evening ferry cruise. The possibilities and plans are endless
with a Sydney Pass. Wherever you decide to go,remember that bookings are not required on
any of our services so tickets are treated on a first in,first seated basis.
Sydney Passes are available for 3, 5 or 7 days for use over a 7-calendar-day period. With
a 3 or 5-day pass you choose on which days out of the 7 you want to use it. All Sydney Passes
include a free Airport Express inward trip before starting your 3, 5 or 7 days, and the return
trip is valid for 2 months from the first day your ticket was used.
Sydney Pass Fares
A
dult
$
90
$
120
$
60
45
*
Child
$
5
$
0
$
**F
amily
$223-day
ticket
5-day
ticket
7-day
$30
$35
试卷第3页，共13页
ticket 140 70 0
*A child is defined as anyone from the ages of 4 years to under 16 years. Children under
4 years travel free.
**A family is defined as 3 adults and any number of children (from 4 to 16 ) from the
same family.
21
．
A Sydney Pass doesn’t offer unlimited rides on ________.
A
．
the Explorer Buses
C
．
regular Sydney Buses
B
．
the harbor cruises
D
．
City Rail services
22
．
With a Sydney Pass,a traveler can ________.
A
．
save fares from and to the airport
C
．
enjoy the famous seafood for free
B
．
take the Sydney Explorer to beaches
D
．
reserve seats easily in a restaurant
23
．
If 5-day tickets were to be recommended to a mother who travelled with her colleague
and her children, aged 3, 6 and 10, what would the lowest cost be?
A
．
$225
I arrived home from work, my mind racing. I was scheduled to perform an experiment
using a pricey piece of equipment, but I had spent the whole day worrying about the
experiment which was on the top of my agenda (
日程
), and I amazingly longed to shut off my
anxious thoughts. So after dinner, I made a cup of hot chocolate, stretched myself on my sofa,
and opened a page. Almost instantly, my mind left behind the details of experimental design
and stepped into a land of monsters, magic dust, and man-like bears comprising a wonderful
world distinct (
不同的
) from my daily life. It was exactly what I needed.
Growing up, I was virtually never a big fan of novels. My classmates would be crazy
about the latest Harry Potter book, while my copy sat collecting dust on a shelf. Instead, I
would choose to read through the reference books related to my academic fields for better
grades. After I started graduate school, extracurricular reading didn’t appeal to me at all but I
spent most of my time on campus digesting research papers and textbooks and my mind
couldn’t handle processing fact-filled nonfiction books at home, too. So I knew that I needed
to find a way to enjoy reading again.
To help me stick with it, I made a New Year’s resolution: I would read two fiction books
per month for the entire year. The result was an almost instant appreciation of fiction, along
B
．
$300 C
．
$360 D
．
$420
试卷第4页，共13页
with many unexpected results including ones that have benefited my schoolwork.
What surprised me the most was how much I learned. Some of the best books I read
were historical fictional stories happening in a realistic historical setting. I learned about life
in different countries, as well as struggles people there faced during difficult periods in their
histories. The books have helped me build sympathy and understanding, with an unexpected
benefit: I’ve started to think more deeply about the diversity of issues in the scientific
community and could serve it, heart and soul.
24
．
What did the author do to wipe out the anxiety?
A
．
He drowned it in chocolate.
C
．
He slept on the sofa leisurely.
B
．
He conducted an experiment.
D
．
He escaped into a fantasy world.
25
．
What does the author mean by the underlined part in paragraph 2?
A
．
Reading novels was a waste of time.
B
．
Reading a good book was time well spent.
C
．
He was too busy to take good care of his books.
D
．
The Harry Potter book wasn’t as good as expected.
26
．
How did the New Year’s resolution benefit the author?
A
．
More sympathy went out to him.
B
．
His moral values were strengthened.
C
．
He learned much about religious diversity.
D
．
He gained new insight into his academic fields.
27
．
What’s the best title of the text?
A
．
Reading: A Lifelong Hobby
C
．
Novels: Love at Second Sight
How did nearsighted people manage in the pre-glasses past? Have you ever thought
about this? Aristotle may have written the first observations of myopia around 350
B
．
C
．
Because their eyeballs are too long, people with this condition can see objects that are
close by, but distant objects tend to look blurry.
Neil Handley, a museum curator, said not much is known about how people dealt with
myopia before the first lenses for nearsighted people were invented in the 15th century in
Europe. And he noted that “even in the history of the invention of spectacles, that is a late
development.”
试卷第5页，共13页
B
．
The Power of Research Papers
D
．
The Benefits of History Reading
There are 13th-century European examples of handheld convex lenses that were used to
treat age-related vision loss known as presbyopia. But the technology wasn’t applied to treat
nearsightedness for another 200 years.
“Because of the way that lens is held, you can see through it, and the artist has captured
the effect that the glass has,” Handley said. Myopia could be something of a modern
condition. Rates of myopia have risen sharply in recent decades, and researchers have
projected that half the world will be myopic by 2050.
Doctors are still trying to figure out the cause behind this trend. Some have blamed
genetic causes or an increase in studying and screen time.
It’s likely that myopia didn’t affect as many people in the past as it does now. Handley
said the late creation of nearsighted glasses suggests that treating the small number of people
with myopia wasn’t regarded as a priority and that people could have gotten by with this
condition by making some adaptations in their lifestyle. Or, maybe there was more of an
emphasis on putting people in jobs that were suited to their ability to see, he said.
For example, people with myopia were historically valued in artisan contexts, such as
medieval European monasteries, where illuminating manuscripts and painting required
making tiny, precise skills.
28
．
What can be learned about the first myopia glasses?
A
．
They came into people’s view around 350 B
．
C
．
B
．
They could help shorten people’s eyeballs.
C
．
They didn’t come out until the 15th century.
D
．
They were initially designed for old people.
29
．
What does the underlined word “projected” in paragraph 4 mean?
A
．
Noticed. B
．
Predicted. C
．
Doubted. D
．
Conducted.
30
．
What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?
A
．
People in the past didn’t develop myopia.
B
．
My opia could be cured by changing one’s lifestyle.
C
．
People with myopia could also lead a normal life.
D
．
Most art-related jobs favored near sighted people.
31
．
What does the passage mainly tell us?
A
．
Glasses for nearsighted people have developed a lot.
B
．
Nearsightedness is increasing at an alarming rate.
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C
．
Various reasons contribute to modern myopia.
D
．
Myopia was not so disturbing in the past.
Is it true that our brain alone is responsible for human cognition (
认知
)? What about our
body? Is it possible for thought and behaviour to originate from somewhere other than our
brain? Psychologists who study Embodied Cognition (EC) ask similar questions. The EC
theory suggests our body is also responsible for thinking or problem-solving. More precisely,
the mind shapes the body and the body shapes the mind in equal measure.
If you think about it for a moment, it makes total sense. When you smell something good
or hear amusing sounds, certain emotions are awakened. Think about how newborns use their
senses to understand the world around them. They don’t have emotions so much as needs —
they don’t feel sad, they’re just hungry and need food. Even unborn babies can feel their
mothers’ heartbeats and this has a calming effect. In the real world, they cry when they’re
cold and then get hugged. That way, they start to associate being warm with being loved.
Understandably, theorists have been arguing for years and still disagree on whether the
brain is the nerve centre that operates the rest of the body. Older Western philosophers and
mainstream language researchers believe this is fact, while EC theorises that the brain and
body are working together as an organic supercomputer, processing everything and forming
your reactions.
Further studies have backed up the mind-body interaction. In one experiment, test
subjects were asked to judge people after being handed a hot or a cold drink. They all made
warm evaluations when their fingertips perceived warmth rather than coolness. And it works
the other way too. In another study, subjects’ fingertip temperatures were measured after
being “included” in or “rejected” from a group task. Those who were included felt physically
warmer.
For further proof, we can look at the metaphors (
比喻
) that we use without even thinking.
A kind and sympathetic person is frequently referred to as one with a soft heart and someone
who is very strong and calm in difficult situations is often described as solid as a rock. And
this kind of metaphorical use is common across languages.
Now that you have the knowledge of mind-body interaction, why not use it? If you’re
having a bad day, a warm cup of tea will give you a flash of pleasure. If you know you’re
physically cold, warm up before making any interpersonal decisions.
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