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云南师范大学附属中学2023-2024学年高三上学期高考适应性月考卷（二）英语试题

一、短对话

1．Where does the man keep his clothes?

A．In the wardrobe. B．Behind the door. C．On the floor.

2．How does the woman sound?

A．Surprised. B．Thrilled. C．Depressed.

3．What does the woman want to know about the man?

A．His health condition. B．His family illnesses. C．His medication history.

4．What does the man think of life in London?

A．It’s colorful. B．It’s peaceful. C．It’s stressful.

5．What do we know about the man?

A．He is a manager now. B．He has lost his job. C．He can’t stand on his feet.

二、长对话

听下面一段长对话,

回答小题。

6．What will the man do tonight?

A．He will go to the cinema.

project.

7．What does the woman mean in the end?

A．The man may become boring without time off.

B．The man never spends time with his friends.

C．The man is always breaking his word.

听下面一段长对话,

回答小题。

8．How did the speakers get to know that restaurant?

A．They heard of it from their friends.

B．They once dined there before.

B．He will study for a test. C．He will work on a

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C．They read its advertisement in a newspaper.

9．What will the woman have for lunch?

A．Rice noodles with pickled fish.

B．Rice noodles with beef slices.

C．Leftovers in the fridge.

10．Where does this conversation probably take place?

A．In a restaurant.

听下面一段长对话,

回答小题。

11．What is the problem of the woman’s handbag?

A．It’s broken. B．It’s costly. C．It’s fake.

B．At a grocery store. C．At home.

12．What does the man suggest the woman do?

A．Repair the handbag. B．Claim a refund. C．Write a letter of complaint.

13．What will the man probably do next?

A．Gather the evidence of the seller’s dishonesty.

B．Give the online store bad comments.

C．Call the customer service.

听下面一段长对话，回答小题。

14．How does gardening make the man feel?

A．Frustrated. B．Delighted. C．Relaxed.

15．What is the woman’s attitude towards gardening?

A．Opposed. B．Neutral. C．Favorable.

16．What is the purpose of Dr. Lowry’s experiment?

A．To prove benefits of gardening.

B．To know living habits of mice.

C．To find good bacteria in soil.

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三、短文

听下面一段独白,

回答小题。

17．When was the building opened?

A．In 1869. B．In 1859. C．In 1865.

18．What was special about this building?

A．It was one of the first of its kind in the world.

B．It quickly controlled cholera outbreaks.

C．It was a house of worship.

19．What was the function of this building?

A．It produced ironwork for decoration.

B．It dealt with London’s waste water.

C．It presented engines of different eras.

20．What does the building serve as now?

A．A research center.

B．A museum. C．A church.

四、阅读理解

Enter Our 100-Word-Story Competition in 2022

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Reader’s Digest, we’re relaunching our much-loved 100-Word-Story

Competition with prizes of up to £1, 000. This is your chance to show the world your story-telling talents. Entries

are now open. We are unfortunately only able to consider UK-based entries.

The editorial team will pick a shortlist of three in each category and post them online on June 1st, 2022. You

can vote for your favorite, and the one with the most votes will scoop the top prize. Voting will close on June 30th,

2022 and winners will be published in our September issue.

Rules:

Please ensure that submissions are original, not previously published and exactly 100 words long (not

including title). Don’t forget to include your full name, address, email and phone number when filling in the form.

We may use entries in all print and electronic media.

There are three categories — one for adults and two categories for school students: one for children aged

12-18 and one for children under 12.

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In the adult category, the winner will receive £1, 000 and a Serious Readers High Definition Floor or Table

Light (value up to £399. 99) and the runner-up will receive £250.

In the 12-18 category, the winner will receive a £200 book voucher (代金券) or an 8GB Kindle Paperwhite

and a £100 book voucher for their school, and the runner-up will receive a £100 book voucher.

In the under 12 category, the winner will receive a £100 book voucher or an 8GB Kindle Paperwhite and a

£100 book voucher for their school, and the runner-up will receive a £50 book voucher.

Please submit your stories online by 5 pm on May 1st, 2022, or send an entry via post to Reader’s Digest.

(From Reader’s Digest published on January 17, 2022)

21．What is this competition about?

A．Word spelling. B．Book reading.

22．What is a requirement for this competition?

A．Participants should provide their personal information in detail.

B．Entries should be submitted before June 30th, 2022:

C．Participants should be subscribers of the magazine in the UK.

D．Entries should be 100 words including the title.

23．What will an 11-year-old girl get if she wins second place?

A．A £200 book voucher.

C．A Kindle Paperwhite.

What do you do when one of the few bookstores in your neighborhood shuts down?

If you were Latanya DeVaughn, you would make a new and improved one! The mom and writer, who lives in

the Bronx of New York City, had always dreamed of opening her own bookstore. Therefore, after watching the

bookstore in her community closed, she saw her chance and got creative. While Latanya said every neighborhood

deserved a bookstore, opening physical stores on every block simply wasn’t an option. So she decided to bring the

books to her neighbors by turning a bus into a bookmobile. “With the bus, every neighborhood in the Bronx can

have a bookstore even if it’s just for one day,” Latanya said.

With the help of her community, she raised the money for her dream and, at the end of 2021, it came to be.

Bronx Bound Books rolled out in style as a bus with orange cube bookshelves and wood floors. “People love the

way it smells, ” Latanya added, “One women says that the wood smell makes her feel like she is reading at home.”

Although the bookstore on wheels carries around 3,000 new and used books, it has more room than you might

B．A £50 book voucher.

D．A Table Light.

C．Article editing. D．Story writing.

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expect! Latanya also makes sure that she stocks books with various characters, so all readers can see themselves in

the pages.

Setting up a bookshop in a new place each day, Latanya is doing her part to make reading accessible to

everyone in the Bronx, and she’s just getting started. “I can’t open up a bookstore on every comer, but I can

probably pop up on a lot of different corners,” she said.

Thanks to Latanya and Bronx Bound Books, the Bronx is becoming a peaceful place for book lovers day by

day. We’re sure the little bookstore will continue to develop.

24．What is special about Latanya’s bookstore?

A．It can move freely around the neighborhood.

B．It has scents attracting female readers.

C．It is decorated with various model buses.

D．It sells books of different languages.

25．What does Latanya mean in Paragraph 5?

A．Reading books in a fixed place is boring.

B．There is a lack of bookstores in the Bronx.

C．It’s convenient to open a bookstore on every corner.

D．People access books easily due to the bookmobile.

26．Which of the following can best describe Latanya?

A．Responsible and honest.

C．Tough and knowledgeable.

B．Generous and outgoing.

D．Considerate and creative.

27．What is the author’s attitude towards the bookstore?

A．Doubtful.

When ice cream maker Adrienne Borlongan first experimented with a White Rabbit flavor, she thought it

tasted like “cheap vanilla (香草) ”. A few weeks after she added it to her Los Angeles shop, Wanderlust Creamery,

visitors showed little interest. But when Borlongan posted a photo of an ice cream cone wrapped in White

Rabbit-branded paper, word quickly spread on social media.

The candy, first produced in Shanghai in the 1940s, is known for its red-white-and-blue packaging and is

beloved by kids all over China. And when Chinese people began to live in other countries, their love for the white,

creamy candy went with them.

B．Ambiguous. C．Optimistic. D．Critical.

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Soon after Borlongan posted that photo, people were driving to Wanderlust from all over California. Since

then, White Rabbit has been the mainstay of Wanderlust’s ice cream lineup and is regularly sold out in their

webshop.

But the story of the ice cream is about way more than taste — it’s about the power of nostalgia (怀旧) and

eye-catching branding. . White Rabbit’s origins date back to a business called the ABC Company, founded in

Shanghai in 1943. It was later sold to the state-owned Guan Sheng Yuan Food Group, which owns it to this day.

The mix of colorful wrappers and the sweet milky taste proved a winner. Kids from Beijing to Hong Kong

grew up on the sweets, and it also became a national symbol of the country - most famously, US President Richard

Nixon was given some when he made his historic visit to China in 1972.

As for the flavor? The creamy consistency (黏稠度) actually comes from milk, and there’s a piece of rice

paper between the candy and the wrapper to prevent melting. Over the years, White Rabbit has tried out other

flavors, including red bean and peanut. But it’s the first version that has the most nostalgia connected to it.

28．What can we learn about the White Rabbit ice cream?

A．It used to be popular in China.

C．It is shaped like a white rabbit.

B．It is available online.

D．It was first produced in Shanghai.

29．What does the underlined word ”mainstay“ in Paragraph 3 mean?

A．Fanciest design.

C．Cheapest goods.

B．Newest brand.

D．Bestselling product.

30．Why is US President Nixon mentioned in Paragraph 5?

A．To look back on the historic visit.

B．To show Chinese people’s hospitality.

C．To prove White Rabbit’s popularity.

D．To indicate Nixon’s interest in White Rabbit.

31．What is the text mainly about?

A．The story behind the success of the White Rabbit ice cream.

B．Childhood memories carried with White Rabbit.

C．The international reputation of the ABC Company.

D．The history of the White Rabbit candy.

As much as it’s a time for growing and learning, childhood is also a time for joy. But the joys of playtime

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aren’t just reserved for human kids—animal offspring are just as likely to get into the act as well, and some of their

activities are similar to our own.

Scientists believe that for certain animal species, some fun is play for the sake of play, but like humans, other

forms of entertainment are preparing youngsters for adulthood. Play is essential to development because it

contributes to the cognitive, physical, social, and emotional well-being of children and youth. This holds true in the

animal kingdom as well.“Horses are known to engage in play almost as soon as they are born. Once they can walk,

they immediately start to gallop, frolic and buck, developing the motor skills they may need when they’re mature,”

notes BBC Earth.

But along with motor skills, play also teaches animals essential hunting and survival skills. Natural-born

predators, such as kestrels, use play to develop their hunting skills by practicing with targets that look like real prey

when they’re young. In the oceans, dolphins chase underwater air rings to fine-tune their sonar (声呐) skills. And

while it’s unclear why bear cubs are so playful, zoologists believe at least some of their funny behaviors have a

more serious purpose that aids in their survival as adults.

One of the most important teaching aspects of play is socialization. These days, for human kids, that usually

means the basics like learning to share, teamwork, and knowing boundaries. For animals, especially those that live

in packs, play gives an understanding of where each animal fits into the community hierarchy (等级). In ways that

are remarkably similar to the training which children of traditional tribal cultures receive, it is through the rules of

play that lion cubs, kangaroo joeys, and wolf pups discover and establish the roles they’ll be expected to perform as

adults.

So whether it’s chasing in the pasture or hanging from a tree, it seems that play will always be an inner and fun

part of both human and animal development.

32．What does BBC Earth say about horses?

A．Horses often play in different groups.

B．Newborn horses like to play with their parents.

C．Horses can gain some skills while playing.

D．Play is vital for baby horses’ social development.

33．Which may be an example of animals’ developing their survival skills?

A．Dolphins leap out of water.

C．Bear cubs play in a funny way.

B．Young kestrels follow their real prey.

D．Wolf pups stay with their human friends.

34．What do humans and animals have in common according to Paragraph 4?

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A．They have a strong desire to make friends.

B．They get socialized in a similar way.

C．They change their social roles through play.

D．They gain their social ranks through competition.

35．What is the best title for the text?

A．What Are the Benefits of Play?

C．How Do Animals Develop Skills?

B．Why Do Animals Play?

D．Why Are Humans and Animals So Similar?

五、七选五

Hosting the Olympics is costly in both infrastructure and money. The 2012 and 2014 Olympics cost upwards

of $16 billion. That was merely to create the various buildings needed for the games. 36 This costs the

host city much more in continuous maintenance and upkeep. Or the buildings are simply being left to decay into the

landscape.

Berlin is a perfect example. It hosted the Olympics in 1936. Afterwards, the Olympic Village was left to

crumble in the surrounding wilderness. Recently, funding has been approved to turn the former athlete residences

into new apartments. This could breathe new life into the 135-acre site. 37 That is, they continue to host

sporting events. Only occasionally do host cities get more creative. Here are three locations that took a different

approach. They repurposed their Olympic buildings for decidedly less sporty uses.

The Olympic Village in Lake Placid

Most people entering this place are in a lot of trouble. The complex, first built in 1980, no longer welcomes

athletes. Instead, it houses prisoners. It is the Federal Correctional Institution, Ray Brook. The facility originally

housed about 1, 800 athletes. 38

The Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles

This building used to host weightlifting as well as boxing and wrestling matches. It was first constructed in

1924. After the Games, it continued to host boxing and wrestling matches. 39 The building even served as

the film set for parts of Rocky.

The National Aquatics Center in Beijing

This building was built for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and is commonly referred to as the Water Cube.

40 Half of it is now Asia’s largest water park, called Happy Magic Water Cube. There are 13 water slides, a

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wave pool and a spa. The second floor of the building has an auditorium with 17, 000 seats. There’s a theater,

several restaurants, and also a museum of Olympic history.

A．The buildings that are reused usually continue to operate as first designed.

B．It also held other swimming events.

C．Now, it houses about 1, 000 prisoners.

D．The building was renovated after the Olympics.

E．In addition, it was home to roller derbies and concerts.

F．And in some countries, government funds are usually limited.

G．And in many cases, those buildings are often left empty afterward.

六、完形填空

A college professor had his sociology class go into the Baltimore slums (贫民窟) to get case histories of 200

young boys. They were asked to write a(n) 41 of each boy’s future. In every case the students wrote, “He

will probably not get a 42 .” Twenty-five years later, another sociology professor came across the 43

study. He had his students follow up on the project to 44 what had happened to these boys. With the 45

of 20 boys who had moved away or died, the students learned that 176 of the remaining 180 had 46 more

than ordinary success as lawyers, doctors and businessmen.

The professor was 47 and decided to pursue the matter further. 48 , all the men were in the area

and he was able to ask each one, “How do you 49 your success?” In each case the reply came with

50 , “There was a 51 .”

The teacher was still alive, so he 52 her out and asked the old but still alert lady what 53

formula she had used to pull these boys out of the slums into successful achievement. The teacher’s eyes 54

and her lips broke into a gentle smile. “It’s really very 55 ,” she said. “I loved those kids.”

41．A．evaluation

42．A．belief

43．A．final

44．A．investigate

45．A．expectation

46．A．dismissed

B．anecdote

B．chance

B．factual

B．consider

B．exception

B．pictured

C．biography

C．bonus

C．formal

C．predict

C．exploration

C．achieved

D．agenda

D．reward

D．former

D．assume

D．estimation

D．enhanced

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47．A．amused

48．A．Apparently

49．A．call up

50．A．gratitude

51．A．sponsor

52．A．helped

B．alarmed

B．Consistently

B．account for

B．caution

B．professor

B．pointed

C．annoyed

C．Fortunately

C．talk about

C．hesitation

C．leader

C．sought

C．logical

C．discolored

C．personal

D．astonished

D．Undoubtedly

D．rely on

D．sorrow

D．teacher

D．picked

D．magic

D．recovered

D．decent

53．A．conventional B．iconic

54．A．sparkled

55．A．accidental

B．rolled

B．simple

七、用单词的适当形式完成短文

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。

The Little Prince has arrived in Paris, nearly eight decades after it was written.

The well-known novel 56 (pen) by French author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in New York during World

War II, and now 30 pages of the manuscript (手稿) are 57 display at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris.

The manuscript sits alongside hundreds of other items that celebrate the author’s life and work. They include

watercolors, 58 (drawing), photographs, poems, newspapers and letters.

Born in the French city of Lyon in 1900, Saint-Exupéry was a writer, pilot and journalist 59 joined the

French air force. He finished writing the novel in the United States, which was published in New York in 1943 in

both English and French.

The simple tale, which 60 (sell) well worldwide, is about 61 child who travels the universe gaining

wisdom. 62 its publication, it has been translated into nearly 500 languages, making it one of the most

translated works in the world. Saint-Exupéry, however, did not live to see that reach. He went 63 (miss) while

flying a mission in 1944 and was reported dead in 1945.

Saint-Exupéry wrote and drew on 64 (extreme) thin paper, which made the task of transporting the pages

of the manuscript even more challenging. 65 (ensure) safe transportation, the pages were carefully framed

(镶框) by the Morgan Library and Museum in New York.

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八、其他应用文

66．假定你是李华，你校国际部所有交换生将开展主题为“野生动物保护”的交流会，

你将作为学生代表发言，请写一篇发言稿，内容包括：

1.

保护野生动物的重要性；2.

保护措施；3.

其他。

注意：

1.

写作词数应为80左右；

2.

可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear fellow students,

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Thank you for your attention!

九、读后续写

67．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。

What my father wore really embarrassed me. I wanted him to dress like a doctor or a lawyer, but on those

muggy mornings when he rose before dawn to fry eggs for my mother and me, he always dressed like my father.

We lived in South Texas, and my father worked as a repairman. He liked shirts that snapped more than those

that buttoned, and kept his pencils, cigars, glasses, wrenches and screwdrivers in his breast pocket. His boots were

those with steel toes that made them difficult to pull off his feet, which I sometimes helped him with when he

returned from repairing cars — his job that also shamed me.

I blamed the way he dressed for my social failures. When boys bullied me, I thought they’d seen my father

wearing his cowboy hat but no shirt while walking our dog. I felt that girls laughed at me because they’d glimpsed

him mowing the grass in cut-off jeans and black boots. The girls’ families paid men to beautify their lawns, while

their fathers travelled in the bay wearing lemon-yellow sweaters and expensive sandals.

My father only bought two suits in his life. He preferred clothes that allowed him the freedom to move under

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cars. But the day before my parents’ twentieth anniversary, he and I went to Sears, and he tried on suits all

afternoon. With each one, he stepped to the mirror, smiled and nodded, then asked about the price and reached for

another. He probably tried ten suits before we drove to a discount store and bought one that saved him the bother of

approaching a fitting room.

Later, he wore the same suit for my eighth-grade award banquet, but I wished he’d stayed home. After the

ceremony, he praised my award and my character while changing into a faded red sweatsuit. He was stepping into

the garage to wash a load of laundry when I asked what later struck me as cruel and wrong. “Why,” I asked, “don’t

you dress ‘nice’, like my friends fathers?”

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。

He held me with his sad, shocked eyes and searched for an answer.

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In the following days, my father proved to me that there are things more important than what one wears.

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