四川省成都市石室中学2024届高三上学期10月月考英语含答案

成都石室中学2023 — 2024学年度上期高2024届十月月考英语试卷（满分150分考试时间：120分钟）第I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. What is new at Uncle Jim’s farm?A. Cows.B. Sheep.C. Goats.2. What does the woman want about a new car?A. A smoother ride.B. A larger size.C. The cheaper fuel.3. What is the woman scared to do?A. Make a new dish.B. Eat the food.C. Lie to the man.4. What does the woman think of the man?A. He isn’t hard-working.B. He isn’t strong.C. He isn’t polite.5. What does the man find hard to understand?A. How to plan a book.B. What to write about.C. Where to find the time.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。

听下面一段对话，回答第6至第7题。

6. Who is the man in the conversation?A. The woman’s father.B. The woman’s friend.C. The woman’s teacher.7. When does the woman need her computer by?A. Tonight.B. Tomorrow night.C. Friday morning.听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10题。

8. Where are the speakers?A. In their house.B. In the bank.C. In the mall.9. How much does the man want to pay Betty?A. $300.B. $150.C. $100.10. What did Betty leave behind?A. Her clothes.B. Her money.C. Her food.听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13题。

11. What is the man helping the woman with?A. Parking.B. Driving.C. Giving directions.12. For what reason is Jackson Avenue closed?A. The road work.B. A traffic accident.C. The bad weather.13. Why should the woman park on Front Street for the night?A. It is free.B. She has a lot of bags.C. Her car would be stuck on Jackson Avenue.听下面一段对话，回答第14至第16题。

14. Why does the man think highly of Michael Jordan?A. He is successful after he retired.B. He was the best player in a number of ways.C. He beat the man’s favorite team many times.15. How many times did Michael Jordan play on the all-star team?A. 9.B. 10.C. 14.16. What does Michael Jordan do after retiring?A. He teaches basketball in a high school.B. He plays in a senior league.C. He runs his clothing business.听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20题。

17. What makes whale sharks different from other sharks?A. They are gentle.B. They attack people.C. They never eat sea creatures.18. Why do scientists have trouble finding out the ages of older whale sharks?A. They live long lives.B. The population is small.C. Their home changes often.19. What caused the mark in the bone of the dead whale shark?A. The food.B. The radiation.C. The fishing.20. How long can a whale shark live according to the scientists?A. For about 20 years.B. For about 50 years.C. For about 100 years.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。

AThe domestic film market hard-hit from the pandemic for almost three years is handing in an impressive report card. Here are the top 4 films at the box office this year.1. The Battle at Lake Changjin IIThe sequel（续集）to China’s all-time biggest box office hit, The Battle at Lake Changjin II brought in 4.07 billion yuan at the box office, topping the list of this year’s films in China.Retelling a lesser-known yet extremely cruel mission, the sequel, with the Mandarin title Shuimen Qiao, tells a story about how Chinese People’s V olunteer soldiers endured the bitter cold and sacrificed to tear down a very important route to cut US force’ withdrawal（撤退）.2.Moon ManDugu Yue, a spacecraft maintenance man, is unintentionally left on the moon after the withdrawal of the crew from Lunar Shield, a moon-based project aiming to rescue the Earth from an asteroid（小行星）strike but ending up in failure due to an unpredicted issue.Witnessing the disastrous hit from the moon, Dugu believes the Earth is completely destroyed and he’s the last human in this universe. However, little does he know that the surviving humankind are all watching his every move from the Earth.3. Too Cool To KillWei Chenggong, a nameless extra actor, believes it’s finally his turn to shine when he is “given the opportunity to play the role”, Carl the killer. Little does he know that he has become a killer in reallife, though accidentally. How will Wei deal with the absurdity（荒唐）of life? What will he encounter in the course of his “performance”?4. Nice ViewJing Hao, 20, comes to Shenzhen to live with his young sister. By coincidence, Jing is offered an opportunity to work, which he takes gladly to provide a better life for himself and his sister, but things don’t go as he planned. However, Jing fights with perseverance and pens his own business miracle.21. If you are keen on history, which film will you probably watch?A. The Battle at Lake Changjin II.B. Moon Man.C. Too Cool To Kill.D. Nice View.22. What can we know from the passage?A. The Battle at Lake Changjin II has won the highest box office in Chinese film history.B. Dugu Yue is left on the moon by the crew because of their failure to rescue the Earth.C. Wei accidentally becomes a killer in real life before he plays the role as Carl.D. Jing eventually earns a better life after fighting persistently against hardships in life.23. Which section of a magazine is this passage probably taken from?A. Fashion.B. Entertainment.C. Science fiction.D. Art.BI was 17 when I discovered shooting stars.I loved them so much that I invited my high school friends to my family farm and spent an August night in our sleeping bags on the hillside to watch them together.I can’t help but think of that as the final night of my childhood. I always managed to squeeze ina week or two of vacation before starting back at school, and I’d see shooting stars and remember that brilliant night on the hill. While still marveling at them, I’d work at convincing myself that the joy I’d experience from my accomplishments in college would soon replace my longing for some quiet time beneath a vast sky. But always, I returned to college life in August with deep sadness in my heart.I’ve given lots of reasons over the past 13 years for my choice to live an independent life on a distant farm and homeschool my daughters. But deep down, I think the shooting stars had a lot to do with it. I couldn’t bear to gaze up at them and think that they were a finale（演出的终场）to be witnessed before returning to the demands of school and careers.So I said “no” to all of it: no jobs, no school. And I decided to lead a life tied to the seasons, where shooting stars were just one of many gifts from nature.I changed my life to make room for them and I’m starting to learn the difference between fulfillment and accomplishment.Accomplishment is a child’s successful test scores. Fulfillment is loving and forgiving each other through times table（乘法表）and written words.Accomplishment is the publication of 20 essays per year and six books. Fulfillment is the hours spent researching, then walking through the woods to think about each word and thought.Accomplishment is making enough income to cover my taxes. Fulfillment is sitting outside at 3 am in August, watching the shooting stars, no longer sad at the passage of childhood, but thrilled for the joy of the stars.It is learned that accomplishment is merely a mark in the book made as a result of following fulfillment above all else.24. What does the author think marks the end of her childhood?A. Leaving home for college.B. Encountering shooting stars.C. Watching shooting stars with friends.D. Sleeping in a sleeping bag on a farm.25. What caused the author to live independently and homeschool her daughters?A. The need to live on a farm.B. The wish for a life connected to nature.C. The desire for independence.D. The demands of school and careers.26. Which of the following might the author see as fulfillment?A. Winning a gold medal in a sports competition.B. Spending quality time with family members.C. Holding a high position in a famous company.D. Buying a big, lovely and comfortable house.27. Which can be a suitable title for the text?A. School or CareersB. Watch Shooting StarsC. Live a Life of FulfillmentD. Accomplishment or FulfillmentCWhen you see someone take that first sip of freshly made milk tea, their face looks like pure joy. Today, millions of people enjoy this experience. Across the world, customers flock to their favorite spots to meet with friends and savor sips of these tasty drinks.In the early 2000s, though, milk tea was just coming on the scene. The few brands that had successfully established themselves in the industry were dearly concerned: Would milk tea just be another fashion food? Sure, people are enjoying it today, but would they still be in a year, or five years? And with so much new excitement for this product, would people be able to distinguish milk tea companies?These are the questions that Serenitea, a Manila-based milk-tea company, faced in 2014. While successfully opening 60 stores, they found themselves in a strategic fog, which led them to research into the deep, unexplored psychology of milk tea.Like Airbnb, Serenitea partnered with an agency, CIA Bootleg Manila (CBM), that specializes in drilling down to the deep consumer “why”. The agency conducted a series of intensive, psychological-based techniques in its market research. Specifically, they probed the consumer’s deeper, emotional connections to milk tea, including their earliest childhood memories of milk and tea.What they found was that milk tea was a complex topic. Their research revealed that milk tea produces three consistent psychological responses. People connected to milk through the concept of nurturing（滋养）; they fondly remembered their childhood and being cared for by their mothers. Next, consumers connected tea to its healing properties. Respondents would recall receiving tea when they had stomachache or seeing their parents drinking herbal tea for health reasons. Lastly, they associated milk tea itself with teenage fun: a guilty pleasure of their youth.They had uncovered the three psychological cornerstones（基石）of the milk tea experience: nurturing, healing, and teenage fun. This set of insights was crucial. By integrating them into the core of their brand strategy, they struck out an entirely new path.28. Which is closest in meaning to “probed ” in paragraph 4?A. Applied.B. Related.C. Demonstrated.D. Investigated.29. What can we learn from the passage?A. Serenata planned to distinguish itself from competitors.B. Serenitea outperformed its opponents in research field.C. Serenitea suffered a temporary strategic failure in 2014.D. Serenitea partnered with a leading psychological agency.30. What can Serenitea do with the findings from their research?A. Offer as many new flavors as possible.B. Create a youthful and playful brand image.C. Redesign stores by adding romantic elements.D. Conduct intensive market research with CBM.31. Which can be a suitable title for the text?A. A New Path to Business SuccessB. Three Cornerstones of Milk TeaC. Sharing the Pure Joy of Milk TeaD. Revealing Milk Tea PsychologyDBig Tech companies are “training” generative AI（生成式人工智能）models by stealing music, books, photographs, paintings and videos off the Internet using copyright “fair use” as an excuse.Last month, Getty Images took legal action against Stability AI — the maker of the popular image generator Stable Diffusion — for not only using 2 million of Getty’s photos, but also for changing or removing copyright management information from the images. It seems clearly unlawful, but that doesn’t mean the courts will agree. Big Tech has successfully skated through legal matters for years, waving the banner（旗帜）of “permissionless innovation”.Only the biggest of Big Tech players will dominate generative AI, because it requires massive amounts of computing power. But copyright appears to be anything but a top priority for Google and Microsoft. So while human creators rationally（理智地）explore and debate this issue, tech companies are using their work to train the generative machines that ultimately may make the artists irrelevant in the future.The problem goes beyond artists losing incomes. AI operates on the theory that all the possible original ideas in the universe are already contained in the data sets from the Internet. So, the intelligence of AI merely requires reorganizing this data into something that differs enough from the original work to not risk a copyright problem.Surely, the world has plenty of standardized artistic content already. What’s needed: ensuring a continuous flow of original ideas and fresh perspectives —to build a culture that goes beyond what is already found on the Internet and can be enriched by artists who might grow in ways no AI could predict.We realize that Big Tech’s involvement in AI has raised concerns that may make the endangering of artists’ rights seem pale. Yet a nation’s cultural life is not a minor matter, and preserving artists’ rights is essential to ensuring their continued contribution. Existing copyright laws should ideally prevent abuses, but this is not always the case. Another solution may be needed: new laws governing AI and safeguarding the human core of artistic creativity.32. How do Big Techs justify their use of copyrighted material?A. By claiming “permissionless innovation”.B. By arguing AI operates on existing photos.C. By editing management information of the images.D. By avoiding legal consequences with permission.33. What can be inferred from the passage?A. AI should be banned by law.B. Artists should adopt less rational approaches.C. AI may harm sustainable artistic ecosystem.D. The courts are to blame for the copyright theft.34. Which statement will the author probably agree with?A. Artists will finally be replaced by AI.B. Artists’ low incomes are caused by AI.C. A nation’s cultural life will be harmed.D. Artistic creativity will be totally ruined.35. What is the purpose of the article?A. To blame Big Techs for stealing.B. To focus on a copyright law case.C. To introduce generative AI technology.D. To call for a copyright law reform.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。