2022-2023學(xué)年上海市奉賢區(qū)致遠(yuǎn)高級(jí)中學(xué)高三（上）月考英語(yǔ)試卷
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I. Listening Comprehension 20’Section A
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1．A.A postwoman.
B.A teacher.
C.A journalist.
D.A librarian.組卷：1引用：1難度：0.5 -
2．A.On a plane.
B.On a train.
C.At a restaurant.
D.At a travel agency.組卷：1引用：1難度：0.5 -
3．A.5 minutes.
B.10 minutes.
C.15 minutes.
D.20 minutes.組卷：1引用：1難度：0.5 -
4．A.He spends too much money.
B.He should watch more TV.
C.He actually likes watching TV.
D.He bought an expensive watch.組卷：1引用：1難度：0.5 -
5．A.The woman should get a new watch.
B.The woman needs to buy another battery.
C.He knows what is wrong with the watch.
D.The store can probably fix the woman's watch.組卷：1引用：1難度：0.5 -
6．A.He should work in the summer school.
B.He shouldn't go to New York in the summer.
C.He may not want to do so.
D.He may have difficulty in doing so.組卷：1引用：1難度：0.5 -
7．A.Spend more time on the course.
B.Turn to the graduate assistant for help.
C.Drop the course as soon as possible.
D.Help the graduate assistant with the course.組卷：1引用：1難度：0.5 -
8．A.They should buy a lot of coffee.
B.The supermarket isn't going to be closed.
C.Coffee is out of stock in the supermarket.
D.They should wait for a better deal on coffee.組卷：1引用：1難度：0.5
V. Reading Comprehension 40’
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23．Is growth good for biodiversity（生物多樣性）？To answer the question，it is critical to define what we mean by growth．Is growth gross domestic product （GDP），the"monetary value of all the finished goods within a country's borders"？Or does it mean improving the human standard of living？Today，when people say growth，they mean GDP，a measure that is over 70 years old．Actually GDP demonstrates negative implications for biodiversity，as this"growth"measures only money inflows while far more important is the balance sheet，which shows properties and debts．As biodiversity delivers no cash，it has no place in GDP system，but biodiversity provides the asset side of the balance sheet，such as forests，rivers，wetlands and animals-the list goes on．
It is argued that growth is good for biodiversity in the long run as there is an environmental Kuznets curve where environmental conditions get worse in the early stages of modern economic growth，but improve once a growth level has been reached．According to some people，once GDP has been high，more resources are to invest in conservation，and new technologies are used to protect the nature．They said people would have more interest in protecting the environment，and some of the forests started to return and many pollutants were almost eliminated．Standing in America today it might appear that the environmental Kuznets curve works．
At first sight there appears to be a logic．Today the US GDP is increasing while many precious species populations are also recovering？Such conditions，according to some people，can be explained by greater efficiency in cars or more efficient agricultural production．But in fact，the majority of the negative impacts have simply been exported．The high-polluting industries have been outsourced to developing nations．Therefore the bitterest punishments are largely felt beyond the borders while we Americans are enjoying high GDP and selfish biodiversity at the same time．This can be seen in the WWF annual Report，where species population trends are increasing by 7% in high-income countries and declining in middle-and low-income countries by 31% and 60% respectively．
It is self-evident that growth，as currently defined，has a major negative impact upon biodiversity．What needs to change is the definition of growth from a GDP-essential concept to a balance-sheet approach．Organisations and world community should work on creating new vision or reform that will help ensure a real balance between an improving standard of human life and a thriving biodiverse landscape．
（1）According to the passage，the author's opinion toward GDP is that GDP．
A．has nothing to do with biodiversity as it serves as an economic ruler
B．shouldn't have ignored biodiversity as it does good to balance sheet
C．is out-dated as it leaves out productions outside a country's borders
D．is a useful economic indicator as it honestly follows the Kuznets curve
（2）The environmental Kuznets curve is seemingly working because．
A．when US economy is strong，people have more interest in environment protection
B．high GDP helps to introduce high technology for environment protection
C．great fuel efficiency in cars and agriculture helps to protect environment
D．the US makes other weak nations take the harmful consequences
（3）The author's main opinion about growth-biodiversity is that．
A．there's no clear relationship between growth and biodiversity
B．growth harms biodiversity with today's GDP-centred system
C．biodiversity condition agrees with a country's economic growth
D．the author is not sure about the exact influence of growth on biodiversity
（4）Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage？
A．GDP focuses on balance sheet rather than monetary increase．
B．Within borders，America is enjoying a better biodiversity right now．
C．Many low-income nations are having a higher GDP growth than the U．S．
D．Creative ways have been found to balance life standard and biodiversity．組卷：8引用：2難度：0.7 -
24．Stephen Glenn is a famous American research scientist who has made several very important medical breakthroughs．Many people were dying to know the secrets to his fantastic achievements．To unveil the mystery，a newspaper reporter interviewed him asking why he was able to be so much more creative than the average person．What set him so far apart from others？
Having assumed to hear wordings like innate curiosity for science or hard work，the reporter was surprised to have him respond that，in his opinion，it all came from an experience with his mother that occurred when he was about four years old．He had been trying to remove a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he lost his grip on the slippery bottle and it fell，spilling its contents all over the kitchen floor-a real sea of milk!
When his mother came into the kitchen，instead of shouting at him，giving him a lecture or chastising him，she said，"Steve，what a great and wonderful mess you have made!I have rarely seen such a huge pond of milk．Well，the damage has already been done．Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up？"
Indeed，he did．After a few minutes，his mother said，"You know，Steve，whenever you make a mess like this，eventually you have to clean it up and restore everything to its proper order．So，how would you like to do that？We could use a sponge，a towel or a mop．Which do you prefer？"He chose the sponge and together they cleaned up the spilled milk．
His mother then said，"You know，what we have here is a failed experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands．Let's go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can discover a way to carry it without dropping it．"The little boy learned that if he grasped the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands，he could carry it without dropping it．What a wonderful lesson!
This renowned scientist then remarked that it was at that moment that he knew he didn't need to be afraid to make mistakes．Instead，he learned that mistakes were just opportunities for learning something new，which is，after all，what scientific experiments are all about．Even if the experiment'doesn't work，'we usually learn something valuable from it．
Wouldn't it be great if all parents would respond the way Steve's mother responded to him？
（1）According to the passage，a newspaper interviewed Stephen Glenn in order to．
A．persuade him to treat some dying patients
B．find out his differences with ordinary people
C．hear about his opinions about medical science
D．know about why he was so successful
（2）According to the passage，the underlined word'chastise'is closest in meaning to．
A．pursuing
B．punishing
C．praising
D．educating
（3）According to the passage，which of the following statements is NOT true？
A．Steve spilled the milk bottle to make a milk sea on purpose．
B．Steve's mother allowed him to play some time with the spilled milk．
C．Steve's mother let him choose the tool himself to clean up the milk
D．Steve's mother led him to try out ways to tightly hold the milk bottle．
（4）What ordinary mothers can learn from Steve's mother is that．
A．never put milk bottle where little kids can get hold of
B．a(chǎn)ppreciation of kids' behaviours is important to their growth
C．mothers should teach kids to learn from their own mistakes
D．kids should learn to become scientists from childhood．組卷：8引用：3難度：0.5