2023-2024学年云南省昆明市五华区云南师范大学实验中学高二上学期11月月考英语试题One of the best things about London is that so many of its world-famous museums are free to the public. Visitors can enjoy some beautiful paintings, portraits (肖像) and art pieces by famous artists from around the world there.Royal Air Force MuseumLocated in Hendon, Royal Air Force Museum has over one hundred and sixty aircraft on display and is a must-see for aviation (航空) lovers. Documenting the history of aviation and aircraft in the United Kingdom, the museum has one of the biggest and best collections of military aircraft in the world.Tate BritainFounded by sugar businessman Sir Henry Tate, Tate Britain is a wonderful museum to visit, with lots of fantastic British artworks on show. Tate Britain’s masterpieces include works by William Blake and Francis Bacon. Wandering around the exhibitions and galleries is a lovely way to spend the day. With the museum lying on the banks of the Thames, you can take a boat to get there. National Portrait GalleryHome to over 11,000 portraits, this delightful art gallery focuses on famous British people through the ages. Portraits, photos, sculptures and drawings of some of the country’s most influentia l and well-known figures gaze upon you as you make your way through the gallery. While its most famous portrait is undoubtedly the one of William Shakespeare, more contemporary pieces do not look out of place alongside artworks that date back hundreds of years.Imperial War MuseumLocated in what was once a hospital, Imperial War Museum offers a fascinating look at war and its impact. With lots of films, photos, videos and audio recordings included in the displays, visitors will come away with a greater insight into the tragedy (悲剧) of wars, as well as the impact they have on society.1. Which museum will you probably go to, if you are a fan of aircraft?A．Royal Air Force Museum. B．Tate Britain.C．National Portrait Gallery. D．Imperial War Museum.2. What can we know about National Portrait Gallery?A．You can see some of the country’s most influential figures.B．It was founded by sugar businessman Sir Henry Tate.C．The picture of William Blake is the most famous.D．It has both ancient and modem artworks.3. What is special about Imperial War Museum?A．It has the most visitors.B．It is accessible by boat.C．It shows tragedies in a hospital.D．It has films and videos on display.At some point, all baby birds have to leave the nest. But songbirds often push their young out long before it's actually time for them to spread their wings and fly, research from the University of Illinois finds.“From what we can tell, instead of physically pushing their young out, bird parents do this by decreasing the amount of food they give them to force them out through hunger, and by communicating with them directly to encourage them to leave,” says lead author Todd Jones, a doctoral student in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois.The study shows that the young birds who were forced to leave early were less likely to survive than those that stayed in the nest. “Birds that leave the nest at a younger age have less developed wings, and as a result often die before adulthood. Those that stay home longer can fly away when they finally leave and are more likely to survive,” says Jones.Then why would songbirds push out their babies before they can fly? “Rather than leaving all their eggs (or in this case young birds) in one basket, bird parents can get their young to leave the nest earlier and spatially separate all the young birds so that the probability of all their young being eaten becomes nearly zero,” Jones says.For the young birds that want to stick around, being forced out of their nest might seem like a cruel parental tactic. With no other choices, the little birds have to begin making their own way in the world, with the hope that one day they'll do the same thing to their own young.“Our study suggests this tact ic finally improves parental fitness and is likely passed on from generation to generation, Jones says. “Birds face many challenges in our changing world, and it is important that we understand tactics, such as the one mentioned in our study, that birds may use to respond to such challenges so that we may protect these birds.”4. What would songbirds do to get their young out of the nest?A．Show no care to them. B．Physically push them out.C．Attract them out with songs. D．Stop giving them enough food.5. What can we learn about the young birds forced out of the nest?A．They will try to find another nest. B．They will learn to fly very quickly.C．They will be willing to come back. D．They will have less chance of survival. 6. Why do songbirds make their young leave before they are ready?A．To lead an easy life themselves. B．To make space for their reproduction.C．To avoid losing all their young to enemies. D．To encourage independence in their young.7. What does the underlined phrase "the same thing" in paragraph 5 refer to?A．Protecting young birds from dangers.B．Forcing young birds out of the nest early.C．Punishing young birds if they do something wrong.D．Letting young birds stay in the nest until they grow up.Taking good care of your teeth may be linked to better brain health, according to a study published in the July 5, 2023, online issue of Neurology. “Our study found that gum (牙龈) disease and tooth loss were linked to brain shrinkage (萎缩) in the hippocampus (海马体), which plays a role in mem ory and Alzheimer’s disease (阿尔兹海默病),” said study author Satoshi Yamaguchi, Ph.D. of Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan.The study involved 172 people without memory problems. Their average age was 67. Participants had dental exams and took memory tests at the beginning of the study. They also had brain scans to measure the volume of their hippocampus at the beginning of the study. This was measured again four years later. For each participant, researchers counted the number of teeth and checked for amount of gum disease.Researchers found that the number of teeth and amount of gum disease was linked to changes in the left hippocampus of the brain. For people with mild gum disease, having fewer teeth was associated with a faster rate of brain shrinkage, which is the same for people with severe gum disease having more teeth. After adjusting for age, researchers found that for people with mild gum disease, the increase in the rate of brain shrinkage due to one less tooth was equal to nearly one year of brain aging. By contrast, for people with severe gum disease the increase in brain shrinkage due to one more tooth was equal to 1.3 years of brain aging.“These results highlight the importance of preserving the health of the teeth and not just maintaining the tee th,” Yamaguchi said. “The findings suggest that controlling the progression of gum disease through regular dental visits is crucial, and that teeth with severe gum disease may need to be removed and replaced with appropriate false ones.”Yamaguchi said future studies are needed with larger groups of people. The limitation of the study is that it was conducted in one region of Japan, so the results may not be applied to other locations. 8. What is Yamaguchi’s study mainly about?A． Causes of gum disease. B． The symptoms of brain shrinkage.C．Ways to take good care of one’s teeth.D． The connection between the teeth andthe brain.9. How did researchers reach the conclusion?A． By making comparisons. B． By referring to previous studies.C． By conducting a survey among dentists. D．By proving experts’ theory inexperiments.10. What do the research findings indicate?A． Gum disease is increasing among people.B． Keeping teeth healthy is of great importance.C． Removing natural teeth is bad for dental health.D． Doing a routine dental checkup can avoid gum disease.11. What is expected of the future studies according to Yamaguchi?A． Exploring treatments for gum disease.B． Seeking new methods to improve brain health.C． Involving people from other places in the research.D．Applying the research to relieve Alzheimer’s disease.The production and distribution of food accounts for around a third of the world’s total greenhouse gas emissions. But as a consumer, it’s difficult to measure the climate impact of what you eat. A Dublin-based startup called Evocco could soon make it a cinch. “It lets you track, improve and offset the climate impact of your food purchases,” co-founder Hugh Weldon says.Users simply photograph their grocery receipt using the Evocco app, which identifies the food products by reading the printed text and using machine learning. It then calculates the carbon footprint based on the store’s location and by checking the type, weight and origin of a food against a database. The app also gives users the option to offset their shopping by contributing to Go Carbon Neutral, an Irish not-for-profit initiative that plants native woodland.As well as the immediate impact of offsetting groceries, Evocco hopes to raise public awareness of the carbon footprint of different foods. Some factors are well known — for instance, animal products are typically more resource-intensive than most plant-based alternatives, and importing products increases their carbon footprint — but the app also helps identify other important differences between items, such as seasonality or whether refrigeration was required on the journey to market. It also offers tips on how to reduce shopping emissions. The app has been downloaded more than 1,000 times since its launch.As well as the personal shopping app, Evocco is developing a digital tool to sell to food retailers, e-commerce platforms and delivery apps that will track the climate impact of a product’s journey through the supply chain. The aim is to help retailers provide climate impact information directly for consumers, while also giving Evocco access to product data to improve its app. “Our vision is to be the go-to digital tool for the food industry when it comes to supplying climate impact information and susta inable consumption insights,” says Weldon.12. What does the underlined part “a cinch” in paragraph 1 mean?A．A huge success. B．An easy task.C．A great challenge. D．An official standard.13. What might Evocco suggest users buy?A．Local seasonal fruits. B．Local refrigerated meat.C．Imported cold chain meat. D．Imported seasonal vegetables.14. What will Evocco’s digital tool be used for?A．Finding ways to reduce the carbon footprint.B．Promoting the food industry on e-commerce platforms.C．Monitoring p roducts’ climate impact during transportation.D．Helping consumers access up-to-date information about retailers.15. What can be the best title for the text?A．Why grocery stores are bad for the environmentB．What to buy at grocery stores for the lowest carbon footprintC．Go Carbon Neutral helps offset your shopping’s carbon footprintD．An app can work out your carbon footprint from your grocery receiptThe alarm signals us to get up in the morning but it doesn’t wake up our body. 16 . In fact, this action does a lot more for our bodies than just wake us up.It will adjust our muscles.When we sleep, our muscles lose tone (紧实度) and gravity pulls the fluid into one place along our back. 17 . For just a moment, stretching will release the muscles from their resting place, so that they can work on their proper positioning. This process will help us calculate the movements we need to get up and start moving.18 .When we stretch, we help the blood flow, which automatically decrease pressure. This is because the part of the nervous system that is responsible for our heart rate, digestion and endocrine functions gets a jump start.It will help the brain send stronger signals to the muscles.19 . This means that as we stretch, our brain sends stronger signals to our muscles. Then the feedback received back lets the brain work on how strong the signals should be to perform different tasks.It can help with stiffness (僵硬) and tightness.Spending more time in a single position can affect our body and cause tightness and stiffness. When we stretch after waking up, it works out the joints and muscles, 20 .Memories always die hard. True! Thirty years ago, I was a second-year medical student practicing at a near-by hospital. My university’s philosophy was to get students seeing patients early in their education. Nice as it is, it _______one detail: second-year students may know next to nothing.Assigned to my team that day was a fully-occupied doctor and he told us to start small. Along with me were two guys just as _______ as I was, but in a scarier way: they had recently graduated from medical school as MDs (medical doctor).The day began at 6:30 am. We did a quick check of our three patients and later we were to_______our findings to the doctor, which we supposed was a piece of cake.But when I arrived in the room of 70-year-old Mr. Adams, he was sitting up in bed, sweating and_______heavily. He’d just had a hip oper ation and looked terrible. I listened to his lungs with my stethoscope, but they _______clear. Next I checked and found his heart rate had been _______ , but his temperature was steady. It didn’t seem like heart failure, nor did it appear to be pneumonia. So l asked Mr. Adams what he thought was going on.“It’s really hot in here, Doc”he replied.So I concluded that his condition resulted from the stuffy room and told him the rest of the team would return in a few minutes, _______ him it was OK. He then _______ a smile and waved goodbye weakly.Back to my office, still _______ about Mr. Adams, I checked my textbooks and notes. I________when seeing his symptoms on the page: heavy sweating and shortness of breath ________ clear lungs —that’s pulmonary embol ism (肺部栓). Obviously, I made a silly mistakeand________consumed me.“Code Blue Room307!”, however, I instantly called the doctor,________to the room.________, he was still fine and received the immediate operation.This incident has been in my mind for 30 years. What if I hadn’t read that chapter in the textbook? What if I was too scared, too insecure, and too ________ to ask the real doctor for help?21.A．ignored B．admitted C．fancied D．rejected 22.A．professional B．determined C．inexperienced D．joyful 23.A．gather B．explain C．claim D．present 24.A．crying B．breathing C．coughing D．sighing 25.A．beat B．hit C．sounded D．struck26.A．disappearing B．reducing C．staying D．climbing 27.A．comforting B．complaining C．confirming D．clarifying 28.A．wore out B．figured out C．hang out D．squeezed out 29.A．confident B．cautious C．concerned D．curious 30.A．froze B．fainted C．monitored D．scared 31.A．in spite of B．in case of C．in place of D．in view of 32.A．anxiety B．shame C．tension D．sympathy 33.A．racing B．walking C．sticking D．heading 34.A．Unfortunately B．Thankfully C．Hopefully D．Regretfully 35.A．casual B．ambitious C．proud D．independent阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。