广东省东莞外国语学校2023-2024学年高三上学期12月月考试题+英语+含答案

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东莞外国语学校 2024 届高三年级第四次月考英语试题

（考试时间 120 分钟；试卷满分 120 分）

第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分 50 分）

第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2.5 分, 满分 37.5 分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) is a peer-facilitated learning programme available to

students enrolled in most core units of study in our business school.

PASS involves weekly sessions where you work in groups to tackle specially prepared problem

sets based around a unit of study you’re enrolled in.

PASS doesn’t re-teach or deliver new content. It’s an opportunity to deepen your understanding

of the key points from lecture materials while you are applying your skills to solve problems.

You work interactively with your peers. As a peer group, you decide what is covered in each

session. That way, PASS directly responds to your needs and feedback.

Registration in Term 2 will open at 9 am, 21 September 2022.

Waiting lists

If a session is full, you can register for the waiting list. We will email you if a place becomes

available or if a new session is to be held.

When you are placed on a waiting list, we will email you a number which tells you where you

are on the list. If you are close to the front of the list, you have a good chance of gaining a place in

the programme in the near future.

Deregistering

If you miss two PASS sessions in a row, you will be deregistered and your place will be given

to someone on the waiting list. Make sure you fill in the attendance sheet at each session to record

your attendance.

You’ll be informed by email if you are being deregistered as a result of missing sessions. If you

believe you have received the email in error, email the PASS office at passoffice@umbs.edu.

1. In PASS, students ________.

A. attend new lectures B. prepare problem sets in groups

C. decide their own schedules D. use their skills to solve problems

2. What can students do if a session is full?

A. Report their needs and feedback. B. Fill in the attendance sheet.

C. Sign up for the waiting list. D. Email the office their numbers on the list.

3. Students will be deregistered if ________.

A. they fail to work interactively B. they send emails in error

C. they give their places to others D. they miss two sessions in a row

Sitting in the garden for my friend’s birthday. I felt a buzz in my pocket. My heart raced when I

saw the email sender’s name. The email started off: “Dear Mr Green, thank you for your interest”

and “the review process took longer than expected.” It ended with “We are sorry to inform you …”

and my vision blurred. The position—measuring soil quality in the Sahara Desert as part of an

undergraduate research programme—had felt like the answer I had spent years looking for.

I had put so much time and emotional energy into applying, and I thought the rejection meant

the end of the road for my science career.

So I was shocked when, not long after the email, Professor Mary Devon, who was running the

programme, invited me to observe the work being done in her lab. I jumped at the chance, and a few

weeks later I was equally shocked—and overjoyed—when she invited me to talk with her about

potential projects I could pursue in her lab. What she proposed didn’t seem as exciting as the

original project I had applied to, but I was going to give it my all.

I found myself working with a robotics professor on techniques for collecting data from the

desert remotely. That project, which I could complete from my sofa instead of in the burning heat of

the desert, not only survived the lockdown but worked where traditional methods didn’t. In the end,

I had a new scientific interest to pursue.

When I applied to graduate school, I found three programmes promising to allow me to follow

my desired research direction. And I applied with the same anxious excitement as before. When I

was rejected from one that had seemed like a perfect fit, it was undoubtedly difficult. But this time I

had the perspective to keep it from sending me into panic. It helped that in the end I was accepted

into one of the other programmes I was also excited about.

Rather than setting plans in stone, I’ve learned that sometimes I need to take the opportunities

that are offered, even if they don’t sound perfect at the time, and make the most of them.

4. How did the author feel upon seeing the email sender’s name?

A. Anxious. B. Angry. C. Surprised. D. Settled.

5. After talking with Professor Devon, the author decided to ________.

A. criticise the review process B. stay longer in the Sahara Desert

C. apply to the original project again D. put his heart and soul into the lab work

6. According to the author, the project with the robotics professor was ________.

A. demanding B. inspiring C. misleading D. amusing

7. What can we learn from this passage?

A. An invitation is a reputation. B. An innovation is a resolution.

C. A rejection can be a redirection. D. A reflection can be a restriction.

Gone are the days when humans covered themselves with blankets to keep warm. It’s now

the time to put glaciers ( 冰川 ) under blankets to keep them cool because at the rate climate is

changing, this seems like a good idea to keep them from melting (融化).

A ski resort (滑雪胜地) in the Swiss Alps, Switzerland uses blankets to protect the glacier

from the warm climate. Gian Darms, who handles snow conditions at the ski resort told about this

unique procedure and said, “We lay the fleece ( 羊毛 ) over the glacier like a natural protective

shield.” The blankets are being used to cover the top of the 10,623-foot Mount Titlis whose glacier

has already melted in the last few decades and it is expected to disappear completely in the next 50

years due to global warming.

To diminish the effect of climate change, resort employees have taken it upon themselves to

protect the glacier from the heat and for this process, they spend about five to six weeks every

summer covering parts of the glacier with protective polyester fleece. This helps to reflect the sun’s

energy back into the atmosphere and prevent the glacier from melting, while also preserving the

already fallen snow on the glacier in the previous winter season. After the season passes, the

employees remove the coating and use the collected snow to fill in any gaps in the glacier’s surface.

This practice has been going on for a while and the amount of the glaciers covered has

increased to almost 100,000 square meters now. “We’ve been covering more and more glaciers in

the last few years. Almost 30,000 square meters more this year alone. We will have to cover more

glaciers in reaction to the climate change,” said Darms.

The ski resort’s actions show the intense effect of climate change on glaciers which have been

melting at rapid rates in the past few years. Many different resorts have also started covering their

glaciers because if there are no more glaciers, then there is no more business for these ski resorts.

8. What does the Swiss ski resort use blankets for?

A. Keeping the glacier from melting. B. Preventing workers from feeling cold.

C. Protecting visitors from strong sunlight. D. Stopping visitors from destroying glaciers.

9. What does the underlined word “diminish” in paragraph 3 probably mean?

A. Measure. B. Reduce. C. Accept. D. Record.

10. What do Gian Darms’s words in paragraph 4 indicate?

A. The amount of the glaciers drops rapidly.

B. More ski resorts are gradually recovering.

C. Climate change is becoming more serious.

D. There is a better solution to global warming.

11. From which is the text most probably taken?

A. A travel brochure. B. An advertisement.

C. A news report. D. A geography textbook.

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