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湖北省部分重点中学2023-2024学年高三上学期11月月考英

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一、阅读理解

Of Special Interest to Freshman

Freshman Seminars

Freshman Seminars are small classes just for freshmen, with some of York’s most

distinguished teachers. Some seminars provide an introduction to a particular field of study;

others take an interdisciplinary(

跨学科的

) approach to a variety of topics. All seminars

provided a friendly environment for developing relationships with teachers and other

students.

STARS

STARS (Science, Technology, and Research Scholars) provides undergraduates of every

year with an opportunity to combine research and course-based study. The program offers

research opportunities and support to students historically disadvantaged in the fields of

natural science and quantitative reasoning, such as racial and ethnic minorities, women, and

the physically challenged. More than 100 students each year participate in STARS, during the

academic year or over the summer months.

Academic Advising

Academic Advising is a collective effort by the residential colleges, academic

departments and various offices connected to York University Dean(

院长

)’s office. Students’

primary academic advisors are their residential college deans, to whom they may always turn

for academic and personal advice. The deans live in residential colleges and supervise the

advising networks in the college. Each academic department has a director of undergraduate

studies (DUS) who can discuss with students the department’s course offerings and

requirements for majors.

Perspectives on Science and Engineering

Perspectives on Science and Engineering is a lecture and discussion course for about 75

selected freshmen who have exceptionally strong backgrounds in science or mathematics.

The yearlong course explores abroad range of topics. exposes students to questions at the

frontiers of science, and connects the first-year students to York’s Scientific community.

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1

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An African female freshman seeking opportunities of research is most likely to choose .

A

．

Freshman Seminars

C

．

Academic Advising

B

．

STARS

D

．

Perspectives on Science and Engineering

2

．

Which freshman may have priority to attend Perspectives on Science and Engineering?

A

．

The one who has already got a novel published.

B

．

A medalist of the International Mathematical Olympiad.

C

．

The one who has designed an original engineering project.

D

．

An applicant for York’s Scientific Community.

3

．

Which of the following is TRUE about the residential colleges?

A

．

Deans of most academic departments live with students there.

B

．

Directors of undergraduate studies of most majors work together there.

C

．

The college deans serve as the central figures in an advising network.

D

．

The college deans engage in scientific research with selected freshmen.

Moving to a new city and state was difficult for me, especially in winter. Little did I

know that a Colorado snowstorm would greet me after I had been in my new home for only a

week.

I just missed home. But more than the old house and the beach, I missed Stacey, my best

friend. And I missed our lovely tea. Going to a sweet little tearoom, we had discovered a

special treat for us. The place was a Victorian dream, with delicate teacups and tablecloths

with flower prints. The hat shelf near the front door swept us back to childhood. Stacey and I

became little girls, trying on different hats until we found the perfect one for our dress-up tea

party. We would then choose a lovely table and order our tea. That was a precious time, filled

with laughter between scones (

煎饼

) and sharing our lives between tiny cucumber

sandwiches.

Springtime descended upon Denver, and the sun lightened my heart. But I still fought

loneliness almost every day. I decided to explore the Denver area. While my husband went to

the office, I took time to see what our new area had to offer.

One day, I was walking along the street when suddenly the words “Tea Leaves” caught

my eye. A tea room? Here, in the land of loneliness and pain?

I walked through the doors, and tears came to my eyes. It was a beautiful room, not

Victorian, but simple and lovely. I sat down and ordered a pot of tea, a cucumber sandwich,

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and some scones. It felt silly and wonderful—and it felt like home. For the first time since

moving, I felt as if this new city and state could be, would eventually be, my home. I would

come back here and bring new friends. When Stacey visited, we would come here.

I lifted my cup and made a silent toast. I toasted Stacey, whom I missed, and I toasted

the sweet little tearoom that lessened my pain.

4

．

The underlined word “treat” in Paragraph 2 probably means .

A

．

delicious food

C

．

something pleasant

B

．

service

D

．

a kind of tea party

5

．

Which of the following about “Tea Leaves” is true?

A

．

It touched the author.

B

．

It looks silly and wonderful.

C

．

Cucumber sandwiches and scones are its specialties.

D

．

It made the author recall her childhood.

6

．

We can infer from the text that the author would probably .

A

．

open her own teahouse

B

．

ask the owner of the teahouse to decorate it like a home

C

．

go back to her hometown to visit Stacey

D

．

want to actively adapt to the new environment

7

．

What would be the best title for the passage?

A

．

East and West, Home Is the Best

C

．

A Difficult Settlement

Imagine that an alien species landed on Earth and, through their mere presence, those

aliens caused our art to fade, our music to standardize, and our technological know-how to

disappear. Actually, that is what humans have been doing to our closest relatives — chimps

(

大猩猩

).

Back in 1999, a team of scientists led by Andrew Whiten showed that chimps from

different parts of Africa be have very differently from one another. Some groups would get

each other’s attention by tapping branches with their knuckles (

指关节

), while others did it

by loudly tearing leaves with their teeth. The team identified 39 of these traditions that are

practiced by some communities but not others — a pattern that, at the time, hadn’t been seen

in any animal except humans. It was evident, the team said, that chimps have their own

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B

．

A Cup of Comfort

D

．

A Friend in Need Is A Friend Indeed

cultures.

It took a long time to convince unbelievers that such cultures exist, but now we have

plenty of examples of animals learning local traditions from one another. However, when

many scientists have come to accept the existence of animal cultures, many of those cultures

might disappear. Ammie Kalan and her colleagues have shown, through years of intensive

field work, that the very presence of humans has gradually reduced the diversity of chimp

behavior. Where we grow, their cultures weaken. It is a bitterly ironic thing to learn on the

20th anniversary of Whiten’s classic study.

“It’s amazing to think that just 60 years ago, we knew next to nothing of the behavior of

our sister species in the wild,” Whiten says. “But now, just as we are truly getting to know our

primate (

灵长类

) cousins, the actions of humans are closing the window on all we have

discovered.”

No one knows whether the destruction of chimp culture is getting worse. Obviously,

conservationists need to think about saving species in a completely new way — by preserving

animal traditions as well as bodies and genes. “Instead of focusing only on the conservation

of genetically based beings like species, we now need to also consider culturally based ones,”

says Andrew Whiten.

8

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What does the author say we humans have been doing to chimps?

A

．

Ruining their culture.

C

．

Treating them as alien species.

B

．

Accelerating their extinction.

D

．

Standardizing their living habits.

9

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What is the finding of Andrew Whiten’s team?

A

．

Chimps demonstrate highly developed skills of communication.

B

．

Chimps rely heavily upon their body language to communicate.

C

．

Chimps behave in ways quite similar to those of human beings.

D

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Different chimp groups differ in their way of communication.

10

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What did Ammie Kalan and her colleagues find through their intensive fieldwork?

A

．

Whiten’s classic study has little impact on the diversity of chimp behavior.

B

．

Chimp behavior becomes less varied with the increase of human activity.

C

．

Chimps transform their culture to quickly adapt to the changed environment.

D

．

It might already be too late to prevent animal cultures from extinction.

11

．

What does the author suggest conservationists do?

A

．

Focus entirely on culturally-based beings rather than genetically-based ones.

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B

．

Place more stress on animal traditions than on their physical conservation.

C

．

Conserve animal species in a novel and all-round way.

D

．

Explore the cultures of species before they disappear.

You can’t see it, smell it, or hear it, and people disagree on how precisely to define it, or

where exactly it comes from. It isn’t a school subject or an academic discipline, but it can be

learned. It is a quality that is required of artists, but it is also present in the lives of scientists

and entrepreneurs. All of us benefit from it and we succeed mentally and spiritually when we

are able to handle it. It is a delicate thing, easily wiped out; in fact, it blossoms most fully

when people are playful and childlike. Meanwhile, it works best in meeting with deep

knowledge and expertise.

This mysterious—but teachable—quality is creativity, the subject of a recently-published

report by Durham Commission on Creativity and Education. The report concludes that

creativity should not exist in the school curriculum only as it relates to drama, music, art and

other obviously creative subjects, but that creative thinking ought to run through all of school

life, infusing (

充满

) the way humanities and natural sciences are learned.

Nevertheless, it is arts subjects through which creativity can most obviously be

promoted. The value placed on them by the independent education is clear. One only has to

look at the remarkable arts facilities at Britain’ stop private schools to understand this. But in

the state education the extreme focus on English, maths and science threatens to destroy arts

subjects; meanwhile, reduced school budgets mean decreasing extracurricular activities.

This difference between state and private education is a matter of social justice. It is

simply wrong and unfair that most children have a small part of the access to choirs, art

studios and drama that their more privileged peers enjoy. As lives are affected by any number

of threatening challenges—climate crisis, automation in the workplace—humans are going to

need creative thinking more than ever. For all of our sakes, creativity in education, and for all,

must become a priority.

12

．

What is the primary function of the first paragraph in the passage?

A

．

It offers a historical overview of creative thinking.

B

．

It introduces the precise definition and benefits of creativity.

C

．

It guides the reader on to the topic of creativity in education.

D

．

It provides evidence for the importance of science education.

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13

．

What is the conclusion of a recently-published report?

A

．

Natural sciences should be learned the way humanities courses are.

B

．

Growth of creativity should run through the entire school curriculum.

C

．

Art courses should be made required for all students

，

D

．

Students should learn more obviously creative subjects.

14

．

What do we learn about the private schools in the UK?

A

．

They encourage extracurricular activities.

B

．

They attach great importance to arts education.

C

．

They prioritize arts subjects over maths and sciences.

D

．

They meet the needs of students from different family backgrounds.

15

．

What should be done to meet the future challenges?

A

．

Increasing government investment in school education.

B

．

Narrowing the existing gap between the rich and the poor.

C

．

Providing all children with equal access to arts education.

D

．

Focusing on meeting the needs of under-privileged students.

二、七选五

Review Our Worries

We spend a lot of our lives worrying, but there’s one basic thing we almost never

remember to do. 16 For example, one week, we might be worried about running out of

money, the next of having offended a friend, and the third about being brought down by a

rumour on social media. The worries go on and on, shifting unstoppably from one target to

another. 17

What we seldom spend time doing is pausing to compare the scale of the worry with

what actually happened in the end. We are too taken up with the next worry to return for a

composed review.

However, if we force ourselves to perform one, a strange discovery is likely to dawn on

us. 18 We almost lost our minds to worry, but we didn’t run out of money in the end,

our friend wasn’t offended, and so on. 19 Mark Twain’s famous saying comes to mind:

“I have lived through many disasters, only a few of which actually happened.”

20 If we got it so wrong in the past, we’re highly likely to get it wrong now too.

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