20232-2024学年江苏省盐城市第一中学高一上学期10月月考英语试卷

20232-2024

学年江苏省盐城市第一中学高一上学期

10

月月考英语试卷

Artwork Competition — Create a Character!

Are you an artist? This may be the perfect competition held by Teen Ink to check your creative

abilities. We want you to create your own character. You must create a backstory for the character

and give it a name. Your character must be completely original.

Rules:

● You must be a teen (aged 13—19) with a Teen Ink account to enter.

● No improper content.

● Submissions (

提交的材料

) must be connected with the topic (Create a Character).

● The competition is open to all the individuals. Character must be your own — The character you

create must be entirely your own idea and design. The backstory and name must be original as well.

Ideas that do not belong to you will not be considered for the competition.

Guidelines and Details:

● All art types are accepted.

● There is no limit to the number of pieces you can submit.

● Give your character a name and backstory. Leave these in the “Author’s Comments” section of

your submission.

How to Submit:

● Submit entries through our website. All entries submitted to Teen Ink are automatically (

自动

)

considered for the competition. See our submission guidelines for more information.

● Include the words “Character Competition” in your submission’s title.

● Submit your reviews to the “Artwork” category on our site. Select the art type connected with

what you are submitting. Hand in your entries before March 1, 2023.

Prizes:

Winners and honorable mentions will have their characters published in Teen Ink magazine. The

overall winner will receive a $25 Amazon gift card.

1. What is the purpose of holding the artwork competition?

A

．

To increase the sales of Teen Ink.

B

．

To attract people of all ages to the activity.

C

．

To test the teenagers’ artistic creativity.

D

．

To praise the young artists for their talents

2. What rules should the participants follow?

A

．

The works should be a team effort.

B

．

The participants should be under 13.

C

．

The content should be in connection with the subject.

D

．

A common account should be shared.

3. How will the participants submit their works?

A

．

By submitting works on the webpage.

B

．

By handing in entries before April 10.

C

．

By posting entries to the magazine directly.

D

．

By sending in works titled “Character Competition”.

The Elephant Men program is the creation of Reginald Caster and Robert Harris, two friends who

grew up together in a poor neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee. They grew up, moved away, and

became successful. They remained friends and shared an aim. The aim was to help boys aged 9 to 13

in their old neighborhood. They wanted to act as role models for young boys and to stop them from

getting into trouble as they got older.

They called their program The Elephant Men after reading how elephant families in Africa surround

and protect their young when they are in danger. Reginald and Robert’s program supports the young

men in inner cities who are at risk of losing their lives to drugs. Their idea is “protecting our youth

with the power and belief of the elephant”.

They look for different ways for young men to build respect for themselves and others. One way is

to use sports, especially basketball, to bring them together. Another successful program is a four-

week summer work program that includes more than 100 young boys. The boys pick up rubbish

across the city in exchange for a $200 gift card with which they can buy school clothes. To be part

of the program, the boys have to get a reference (

介绍信

) from an adult at their school who is

willing to write something good about them. This gives the boys a reason to do well in school.

“We know our program works,” says Reginald. “We have some kids in college now and the best day

of the year for us is the weekend before school starts, when we see our boys in the stores buying

their clothes and books for school.”

4. What did Reginald and Robert hope to do?

A

．

Leave their hometown.

C

．

Run their own business.

5. Why is the program called The Elephant Men?

A

．

It is the name of a book.

C

．

It has the same spirit as the elephant.

B

．

It is based on a true story.

D

．

It aims to protect the elephant.

B

．

Be good examples for boys.

D

．

Become well-known.

6. What do the boys need to do to be part of the summer work program?

A

．

Buy clothes.

B

．

Collect rubbish.

C

．

Get a recommendation from the school.

D

．

Raise $200 for school to buy gifts.

7. How does Reginald feel about The Elephant Men program?

A

．

Satisfied.

People may set an alarm on the phone or clock that sounds like this: beep beep beep(

嘟嘟声

). That

hard, unpleasant sound may be making it harder to shake off the sleepy feeling in the morning

known as grogginess (

东倒西歪

). So, is there a better way to wake up? A recent study says yes. The

answer is music.

The study, carried out by researchers in Australia, involved 50 people. The researchers found that

people who wake up to musical alarms reported feeling more awake and alert. Stuart McFarlane, a

lead writer of the study stated, “We are very surprised by these findings as one might expect a

harsh(

难听的

)beeping sound to be more successful at waking up a person.”

Sleep inertia(

惯性

)is another term for grogginess. It means a person has a heavy feeling when

waking up, and has trouble getting moving again after sleeping. McFarlane said people need to

better understand sleep inertia’s harmful effects on human performance later in the day.

Not everyone will experience the full effect. But for those who do, “care should be taken” when

performing duties that require a top performance within this period, he said. This includes

“dangerous tasks like driving or riding our bikes” shortly after waking up. The same is true for

people who work in dangerous situations shortly after they wake, including firefighters and pilots.

So, what makes musical alarms better for waking up? The researchers think the music may be more

successful in reducing sleep inertia because it has several tones, compared to the single tone of a

“beeping” alarm. McFarlane said that the changes over time between the music tones may help

increase a person’s attention when waking from sleep.

And is there a kind of music that is best to wake up to? There may be, McFarlane said. “We could

suggest alarm sounds that are tuneful (

和谐的

) and easy to hum or sing along with. The current

sounds I have been using include ‘Close to me’ by the Cure and ‘Borderline’ by Madonna.” No

matter how you wake up, experts say, the amount of sleep you get also matters — a lot.

8. Which of the following might be the best title for the text?

A

．

What is grogginess?

C

．

Which music is the best?

B

．

How can we overcome grogginess?

D

．

Why are musical alarms better?

B

．

Curious. C

．

Unsure. D

．

Worried.

9. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A

．

How long a person sleeps is of great importance.

B

．

Sleep inertia is another cause for grogginess.

C

．

The ‘beeping’ alarm is not effective mainly because of its noisy tone.

D

．

It is dangerous for everyone to drive or ride bicycles shortly after waking up.

10. The paragraph following this passage is likely to focus on ________.

A

．

examples of good musical alarms

B

．

more findings of the application of music

C

．

explanations about why music is more helpful

D

．

suggestions on how to sleep well and feel fresh each morning

11. In which section of a magazine may you find the passage?

A

．

Education.

C

．

Technology.

China and India are leaders in improving global tree cover, a new study based on NASA research

showed.

They took a 31.8 percent part together of the total global new leaf area between 2000 and 2017.

China played a major role, adding 25 percent to this increase, and India added 6.8 percent, followed

by Canada and Russia.

The study in the Nature Sustainability journal shows that more than 5.5 million square kilometers of

green leaf area was added globally. Since 2000, there has been a 5 percent increase in global green

cover, it said.

“The greening over the last twenty years shows an increase in leaf area on plants and trees which is

as large as the area of the entire Amazon rainforest,” Chi Chen, a Boston University researcher and

leader of the study told Nature Sustainability. Large plantation activities to protect forests in China

contributed nearly 42 percent to the country’s green cover, and agriculture (

农业

) added another 32

percent. In India, 82 percent of the increase in leaf area was because of agriculture.

“China and India take up one-third of the greening, but hold only nine percent of the planet’s land

area covered in green plants,” Chi Chen told NASA Earth Observatory. “That is a surprising finding,

considering the land degradation (

退化

) in countries with large populations.”

Boston University’s research team first detected an increase in global green cover in the 1990s but

were unsure what contributed to the increase. Finally, with the help of NASA’s Terra and Aqua

satellites research, they managed to find out the increase in leaf cover from different areas and

places.

12. Which country contributed to the largest increase in the global new leaf area?

A

．

India. B

．

China. C

．

Russia D

．

Canada.

B

．

Health.

D

．

Entertainment.

13. For what purpose did the author mention the Amazon rainforest?

A

．

To show the major role of rainforest.

B

．

To explain the reason for developing agriculture.

C

．

To describe the difficulty in protecting forests.

D

．

To stress the great increase in global green cover.

14. What did Chi Chen think of the new finding?

A

．

Worrying. B

．

Interesting. C

．

Unexpected. D

．

Meaningless.

15. What does the underlined word “detected” probably mean?

A

．

Imagined.

For someone who enjoys gardening, gifts for their garden can be very thoughtful and appreciated by

them. They can be tools to make gardening easier. Or they can be decorations (

装饰品

) to make a

garden more attractive. 16

High quality garden tools can make excellent garden gift ideas. These may be designed with flowers

or other gardening pictures on them, or they may be personalized for the gift receiver. Any user-

friendly tools for gardeners can be a useful gift. 17

Decorations for the garden are some of the more popular garden gift ideas. Animals and small

sculptures (

雕塑

) are generally a good choice. They look good with most types of garden decoration.

18 If a gardener already has a certain style of decoration in his/her garden, try to buy something that

fits that style.

19 There are many ideas to be found online — using items such as old wine bottles to create lights,

for example. The gift receiver will certainly appreciate the time it took to make a gift by hand.

Some garden gifts can be very useful. If you know the gift receiver likes birds, for example, you

might choose to buy a bird feeder or birdbath for the garden. A stone bench is a more expensive yet

very nice gift for a garden as well. 20 These gifts show that you’re really thoughtful.

A

．

That’s why they enjoy gardening.

B

．

Here are some great garden gift ideas.

C

．

It allows gardeners to rest when they’re tired.

D

．

No matter what you buy, they will be appreciated.

E

．

Making something for the garden in person is a nice idea.

F

．

A gardening bag to store these tools can also be a great idea.

G

．

Consider the design of the garden before buying any gifts for it.

B

．

Discovered. C

．

Studied. D

．

Doubted.