广东省东莞中学松山湖学校，深圳大学附属中学2023-2024学年高二下学期4月月考英语试题.docx

2023-2024学年度第二学期第一次段考高二年级英语试题

试卷分值130分考试时间120分钟

第一部分阅读（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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

1.WaroftheWorldsbyH.G.WellsPublishedin1897.thissciencefictionhasinspiredcountlessnovelssincethenandstillcontinuestofascinateitsreaders.Theunnamedheroisoneofthefirstwitnessesofastrange-lookingmeteorite（陨石）inEngland.Notlongafter,itisapparentthatthemeteoriteisMartianandaninvasionisaroundthecorner,Whatisitlikeforman,thedominatedofearth,tobedominatedbyaraceofaliens?

2.TheDuneSaga（沙丘）byFrankHerbertPublishedfrom1965-1985,theDuneSagacontains6novelsandiswidelyconsideredthegreatestepicofsciencefiction.Insteadofstickingtoasinglecharacter,thesenovelsbeginwithPaulAtreides,firstasonofanoblefamilyandthentheemperoroftheknownuniverse.ThenovelsfollowPaulsdescendants（后裔）,endingbyrevealingthefateofhisplanet,Arrakis,andthefateofhisgenerations.

3.TheSpaceTrilogybyC.S.LewisThisseriescontainsthreebooksthatwerepublishedfrom1938-1945.Lewisexploresthenatureofhumanitybytakingthemaincharacter,Dr.ElwinRansom,outsideofEarthandtotheplanetsofMarsandVenus.Ontheseplanets,thelocalresidentsarenotcorrupted（腐败）,butcorruptionfromEarththreatensthem.WhenRansomreturnstoFarthinthefinalbook,corruptionevengreaterthanwhenheleftawaitshimthere.

4.Fahrenheit451byRayBradburyThefuturesocietyinthepriceless1953novelismadeworsebytechnology.RayBradburydiscussestheimportanceofbooksbyusingsuchasocietythatbursthem.Themaincharacter,GuyMontag,isafireman,someonewhobumsbooksandthehousesthatcontainthem.Thecultureobsesses（着迷）withthesocietyoftelevisionbutdoesntrealizethevalue-andthefreedom-thatcomeswithliterature.

1.WhereisDr.ElwinRansomoriginallyfrom?

A.Earth. B.Venus. C.Mars. D.Arrakis