1、成都石室中学2022-2023学年度上期高2023届10月月考英语第卷第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】What do we know about the speakers?A. They are at a store.B. They are traveling somewhere.C. They are on the
2、 way home.2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a library.B. In a caf.C. In a computer room.3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】What will the woman do first?A. Head next door.B. Call old Peter.C. Pack up the soup.4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】What are the speakers mainly talking about?A
3、. Toms work.B. Toms fashion.C. Toms health.5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】When will the taxi arrive?A. In 10 minutes.B. Right now.C. In half an hour.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
4、【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】6. What does the man think of the womans new clothes?A. They are a great deal.B. They are too expensive.C. They are fashionable.7. What did the woman buy yesterday?A. Some shorts.B. A hat.C. Some shoes.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】8. What is the matter with the womans compute
5、r?A. It falls and the screen is broken.B. The screen isnt as bright as it was.C. The keyboard is no longer reliable.9. What does the man offer to do for the woman?A. Lend her his computer.B. Buy her an IBM.C. Repair her computer.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】10. What is the probable relationshi
6、p between the speakers?A. Teacher and student.B. Colleagues.C. Friends.11. How does the man feel about working for his uncle?A. It is interesting.B. It is beneficial.C. It is unimportant.12. What does the woman suggest the man do with his decision?A. Give up playing the guitar.B. Take deep breaths r
7、epeatedly.C. Picture how each choice feels.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】13. What is the woman?A. A novelist.B. An editor.C. A publisher.14. What kind of book is the woman working on?A. A mystery novel.B. A biography.C. A science fiction.15. Where is the emperor in the book from?A. Asia.B. Euro
8、pe.C. America.16. What does the woman find the most time-consuming when doing this assignment?AMaking changes.B. Checking facts.C. Reading information.听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】17. Who mentioned the Bermuda Triangle for the first time?A. A famous explorer.B. A great writer.C. A well-known rep
9、orter.18. When did the Bermuda Triangle become a popular story?A. In the 15th century.B. In the 20th century.C. In the 17th century.19. How many reasons are given for the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle?A. Two.B. Three.C. Four.20. What does the speaker say about the Bermuda Triangle?A. All of the re
10、ports on it are untrue.B. It is completely safe at the moment.C. It is as dangerous an area as others in the ocean.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AGRANDPARENTS WILL LOVE THESE GADGETSGrandparents deserve the finer things in life. Now its time to reward yo
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19、ve lost22. What feature do the four products have in common?A. Online availability.B. Special discount.C. Easy operation.D. Smartphone control.23. Who is this advertisement intended for?A. Grandparents favoring advanced gadgets.B. Companies selling products to elderly people.C. People to whom we wan
20、t to offer our thanks.D. Family members wanting to buy gifts for their elders.BThe tornado came without any signthe sky was blue and the sun had been out. My husband ran upstairs to find me in our third-floor bedroom, and we changed the channel to our local Pensacola, Florida, station.No sooner had
21、we found coverage of the tornado than it was on top of us. The bones of the house shook, and the power went out. The wind began to roar through the house. We had three flights of steps to navigate to get to the relative safety of the first floor. Because the closet down there is wedged (塞进) undernea
22、th a brick staircase, it seemed like the most solid place in our house to wait things out.I didnt know how or if we would make it down the steps. It felt as if there were no floor underneath me as the wind lifted me off my feet. I gripped the banister (楼梯扶手) and tried to move forward, but this inten
23、se pressure held me in place. In those seconds of stillness, I could hear everything around me rattling.As we reached the last flight of steps, our front door blew out. Shards of glass that looked like broken ice flew everywhere. Suddenly, a three-foot-long tree branch whipped through the doorframe.
24、 It flew over our heads, missing us by inches. Had we been one step up, it would have gone through us and caused serious injuries. The back wall of the house followed suit and tore off into the darkness outside.Instantly I reached the closet, Jimmy pushed me down to the closet floor, but he couldnt
25、get inside himself because of the wind. I gripped Jimmys arm as the tornado sucked the door open and tried to bring Jimmy with it. My knees and scalp were full of glass, but in that moment, I felt no pain. If I had let go, Jimmy would have flown right out and into the bay. “Hold on! Hold on!” he yel
26、led. But there was nothing in this closet to hold on to.All of a sudden, Jimmy lifted off his feet like people in tornadoes do in the movies. I thought he was gone. And then everything stopped. He landed on his feet. In those first quiet moments, I couldnt believe it was over. Jimmy said hed go outs
27、ide to check. “No,” I said. “Dont leave me.”Our neighbor says the storm lasted four minutes. In that time, four of the twelve houses in our community were completely destroyed. Of the houses left standing, ours suffered the most damage. Amazingly, none of us were severely injured.24. Paragraphs 2-5
28、mainly tells about _.A. an unexpected tornadoB. a destructive tornadoC. an impressive tornadoD. an amazing tornado25The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refers to _.A. a tree branchB. glassC. the doorframeD. the back wall26. From the passage we can know that _.Athe authors house was completely de
29、stroyedB. the author may have suffered some small injuriesC. the couple were aware of the tornado before it cameD. it became dark outside when the tornado hit the town27. The author wrote the passage to _.A. show us how to fight against a tornadoB. warn us of the danger caused by a tornadoC. share w
30、ith us her experience of surviving a tornadoD. give instructions on how to protect us from a tornadoCWhat do Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad, Sir Richard Branson, Billionaire investor Charles Schwab, Walt Disney, and Henry Ford have in common? All are or were successful entrepreneurs (企业家) with dyslexia
31、a learning disorder that makes it very difficult to read, write, and spell. People with dyslexia have trouble connecting the letters they see to the sounds they make and as a result, often struggle in school.But in the real world they make great achievements. Theyre behind some of the most successfu
32、l companies on Earth.Richard Branson is one of the greatest entrepreneurs of our time. He created numerous businesses under the Virgin umbrella and has a net worth of $5 billion. Branson once admitted that Virgin which now employs 90,000 people would not have been successful had he not been dyslexic
33、. Branson had a hard time keeping up with his peers because of his dyslexia and dropped out at the age of 16. Yet he transformed his weakness into an advantage. He understood the importance of communicating well. And his dyslexia also forced him to let those, who excelled in the areas where he was w
34、eak, take charge of many tasks.Research has found people with dyslexia are more likely to delegate authority and also twice as likely to own two or more business. A study out of Cass Business School in London found more than a third of American entrepreneurs surveyed showed signs of dyslexia. Anothe
35、r commissioned by the BBC found 40% of that countrys self-made millionaires showed some signs of the learning disability. Thats significantly higher than the estimated 5% to 10% of the general population with some degree of dyslexia.The question is: Are their entrepreneurial strengths a result of na
36、ture or training? A dyslexia expert believes they are naturally better at certain things, like picking up social cues. In an article in The Sacramento Bee about California governor Gavin Newsom who has dyslexia, Dr. Marilu of UC San Francisco said, “He can understand what people need and their emoti
37、ons more than others. I dont think thats a compensation (弥补). I think thats the superpower of his dyslexic brain.” She and other scientists at UC San Francisco recently discovered children with the disorder had greater changes in heart rate and facial behavior when they viewed video clips of others
38、experiencing emotions compared to children without dyslexia.Eleanor Palser, one of the researchers who conducted the study, concluded to Newsthink, “This tells us that dyslexia might be associated with biological differences in empathy (移情).”28. Why does the passage start with a question?A. To intro
39、duce the topic.B. To support the topic.C. To list some famous entrepreneurs.D. To explain dyslexia.29. Which of the following is TRUE about Richard Branson in Paragraph 3?A. He worked hard to improve his communication skills.B. Dyslexia drove him to appoint people to suitable posts.C. He quitted sch
40、ool despite his good academic performance.D. He is the most successful entrepreneur in umbrella-related businesses.30. Which of the following ideas does Dr. Marilu probably agree with?A. Gavin lacks for the ability to understand others emotions.B. People with dyslexia may be naturally better at unde
41、rstanding others emotions.C. Children with dyslexia underwent more physical changes when watching videos.D. Those who have dyslexia develop their ability to read others emotions through training.31. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. How People With Dyslexia Succeed in Life.B. How Successf
42、ul Entrepreneurs Overcome Dyslexia.C. Why People With Dyslexia Dont Give up on Themselves.D. Why Many Entrepreneurs with Dyslexia Succeed.DPsychological science is full of interesting topics, many of which tell a coherent picture of human nature, but some of which create seemingly contradictory stor
43、ies. A case in point is the tricky, and misunderstood, overlap between strength-based science and the research on narcissism (自恋).There is now convincing evidence to show that narcissism is on the rise, especially in our youth. Some researchers say that about 25% of young people showing symptoms of
44、narcissism. The inflated ego of Generation Me is reflected in reality TV, celebrity worship, and out-of-control consumerism.We are correct to be concerned about this phenomenon, but our fear that all kids are potential narcissists has caused an unhelpful counter-reaction to approaches that seek to m
45、ake our children and teens feel good about themselves.In my own research on strength-based parenting, it is common for people to wrongly think this approach to be the cause of narcissism. Their argument seems to be that a child who knows their strengths will automatically view themselves as better t
46、han everyone else. It is argued that the self-assurance that comes with identifying and using their positive qualities will make a child selfish and uncaring. Genuine confidence about ones strengths is categorized as over-confidence; desirable self-knowledge is branded as excessive self-admiration.W
47、hy does this occur? Its partly because more is known about narcissism than strengths. While strengths psychology has largely stayed within the limit of academic journals, research on narcissism has made its way into the mass media and our daily life. The New York Times noted that narcissism is a fav
48、ored topic and that people everywhere are diagnosing others with it.The fear that a strength-based approach will cause narcissism also occurs because of our binary (非此即彼) thinking. We mistakenly believe that one cannot be both confident and humble. We focus on Donald Trump and Kim Kardashian rather than Mahatma Gandhi and Mother Teresa. Without confidence in their strengths, Gandhi and Mother Teresa couldnt have achieved so much, and yet modesty and selflessness are their
