苏州四市五区2023届高三上学期英语期中试卷+答案.doc

1、20222023学年第一学期高三期中调研试卷 英 语 2022.11注意事项：1. 本试卷满分150分。考试时间120分钟。2. 答题前，务必将自己的学校、姓名、考试号等相关信息写在答题卡上规定的地方。3. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分30分)做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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

2、题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。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 will the man do next? A. Take an exercise class.B. Have a shower.C. Swim in a pool.2. How does the man suggest the woman get to the airport? A. By subway.B. By bus.C. By car.3. Why does the man want to study abroad? A. To learn

3、English quicker.B. To gain valuable experience.C. To study at a good university.4. What is the man doing? A. Receiving a health checkup.B. Interviewing a candidate.C. Applying for a job.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. A winter sport.B. A hiking trip.C. Weather conditions.第二节(共15小题；

4、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。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。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. Why does the man leave his current position? A. He is going to retire.B. He has got a job elsewhere.C. He will move to another city with his wife.7. How does t

5、he woman feel now? A. Lonely. B. Unhappy. C. Excited.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. How did the man learn about the origin of badminton? A. From his grandmother. B. From a school lesson. C. From a journey.9. Why are the speakers waiting to play? A. The court is occupied.B. They arrived at the court late.C. They

6、didnt book a court in advance.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Where does the conversation take place? A. In a cinema. B. In a school.C. In the speakers house.11. Who was the woman supposed to meet today? A. Her doctor.B. Her teacher.C. Her friends.12. Which movie series will the speakers watch? A. Harry Potter

7、.B. Fast and Furious.C. Mission Impossible.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Shop owner and customer.B. Tour guide and tourist.C. Hotel worker and guest.14. Which country does the woman come from? A. China.B. America.C. South Africa.15. What does the man

8、 say about smartphones in China? A. Theyre popular among businessmen.B. Theyre leading in advanced technology.C. Theyre cheaper than those of other countries. 16. What will the woman probably do next? A. Get some cash.B. Call her co-worker.C. Open a credit card account.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What do

9、we know about Jose? A. He just finished high school.B. He is going to start a new family.C. He has graduated from university recently.18. When will the party be held? A. This Friday.B. This Saturday.C. This Sunday.19. What does the speaker ask Jose to do? A. Be responsible for his decisions.B. Start

10、 a successful business. C. Study overseas.20. What does the speaker do? A. He is a builder.B. He is a cook.C. He is a farmer.第二部分 阅读理解 (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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AMost of us have an unreasonable fear or habit. Famous folks often seem to go one step further

11、.Diane von Furstenberg Fashion designer and icon Diane von Furstenberg (1946 ) tapes a gold 20-franc coin in her shoe for good luck before every runway show. Her father hid the coin in his shoe during World War II and gave it to her when she was a girl.Lucille Ball On the day that three-year-old Luc

12、ille Balls father died, a bird flew into her home and became trapped. Traumatized(受精神创伤)by the events, she developed a lifelong feeling of intense dislike of birds. The actor (19111989) even refused to stay in hotels that had pictures of birds on the walls.Charles Dickens Author Charles Dickens (181

13、21870) carried a navigational compass with him at all times and always faced north when he slept. He believed it improved his creativity and writing.Gustav Mahler Composer Gustav Mahler (18601911) thought he could cheat death by not naming his ninth symphony by number. This was because several compo

14、sers, including Beethoven and Schubert, had died after completing their ninth symphonies. So Mahler called his ninth The Song of the Earthand it worked, in a sense. He lived long enough to write most of his tenth symphony, though he died before it was performed.21. Who is a perfect match for “TREASU

15、RE FROM DAD”?A. Diane von Furstenberg.B. Lucille Ball.C. Charles Dickens. D. Gustav Mahler.22. Which of the following pictures best describes what Gustav Mahler believed in? A B C D23. What do the above famous folks have in common? A. They are more unreasonable than ordinary people.B. They are influ

16、enced by their unusual beliefs.C. They have recipes for good luck.D. They have special fears.BJim Metzner has spent nearly five decades documenting and sharing the sounds of the world, from immersive portraits of American cities to unforgettable moments with people and wildlife in varied places. Now

17、 more people will be able to hear more of the world through Metzners tape. The Library of Congressannounced earlier this monththat it has acquired the full body of his lifes work. The recordings include soundscapes of every description from around the world and interviews with scientists, artists an

18、d local people. Whereas many recordists focus entirely on a single subject nature, music or science Metzners recordings convey various human experiences accompanied by the vast range of sounds from the natural world.Metzners career began with a moment of realization in the 1970s, when he first ventu

19、red onto the campus of UMass Amherst equipped with a stereo recorder, microphone and earphones. Metzner recalled pushing the red button and hearing a lifelike symphony: a couple walking and talking nearby, a bicycle riding through gravel, a bird flying overhead, bells in the distance. “And I was goi

20、ng like, Wow, this is amazing. What an extraordinary coincidence!” he recalled. “But it wasnt a coincidence this stuff was happening all the time, I just hadnt been paying attention to it. And it was the microphone and the recorder that said, Wake up . you live in a world of sound. Here it is. And i

21、t was, like, handing it to me on a plate.”Metzner continued to focus on those moments over the years. Now in his 70s, Metzner isnt hanging up his microphone quite yet. He tells NPR hes grateful to the Library of Congress for preserving his lifes work, which he describes as a deep honor. But he also

22、wants to make sure its actually being heard, not just “buried in an archive(档案室).”He hopes more people will get to experience and recognize the value of soundscapes, which he describes as “part of our natural heritage” and “the touchstones to our feelings.”“You can go to a museum and see Diane Arbus

23、 photographs. You can see Ren Magrittes paintings,” he adds. “Why not soundscapes?”24. What is special about Metzners recordings? A. They describe the interviews with local people.B. They convey sounds from human activities.C. They display sounds on different subjects.D. They focus entirely on a sin

24、gle subject.25. What inspired Metzner to take up the recording career?A. A symphony he heard on the campus of UMass Amherst.B. A sound-rich moment on the campus of UMass Amherst.C. A realization that he was well equipped with recording devices. D. A coincidence that he happened to be waken up by the

25、 recorder.26. Which aspect does Metzner value most about his lifes work? A. The Library of Congress has preserved it.B. It has recorded unforgettable moments.C. It can become our natural heritage.D. More people can actually hear it.27. What does Metzner probably mean in the last paragraph?A. Soundsc

26、apes are every bit as much of an art form.B. More and more people choose to appreciate soundscapes.C. Photographs and paintings are recognized as natural heritage.D. The value of soundscapes deserves more recognition than others.CLots of animals live and move in groups elephants in herds, wolves in

27、packs, birds in flocks, and fish in schools. Research has shown that where an individual is located in the group can affect the benefits it gets from hanging out in a crowd. However, Shaun Killen, an ecophysiologist at the University of Glasgow in the UK says, researchers havent yet fully explored t

28、he role of physiological processes such as digestion in driving animals collective behavior.Killen and his colleagues recently studied schools of Eurasian minnows(鲦鱼)swimming in a tank against a current. Pieces of food were constantly moving past the fish, and the team recorded how many each minnow

29、ate and the fishes positions before and after eating. After calculating the metabolic(新陈代谢的)costs of digesting each fishs meal and comparing it to the fishs position, the team observed a trend: fish that had just gulped down a big meal moved to the back of the school, even when theyd swum at the fro

30、nt at most other times.“It makes sense that feeding would influence individuals positions in a group,” says Damien Farine, who studies collective behavior in birds at the University of Konstanz in Germany, “If a fish is hungry, its competing with others in the school to eat, and being at the front g

31、ives it access to more food. But once the fish is full, it doesnt necessarily need to be at the front.” In addition, “being at the back of the group is less energetically costly for a range of reasons,” Farine notes. “An individual at the back doesnt have to contribute to navigating, and by relaxing

32、 the brain load it saves more energy.” Killen says hes been thinking about the pros and cons of being at the back of the pack, such as protection from attackers and a boost from schoolmates slipstream. Changes in position, especially during the basic trade-off between feeding and movement, appear to

33、 influence group leadership, information transfer, and group decision making. But the consequences of the trade-offs for group power and survival are not yet understood. 28. What does Killen and his colleagues study focus on?A. How behavioral traits influence position change of individuals in fish s

34、chools. B. How location influences nutrition states of individuals in fish schools.C. How digestion influences distribution of individuals in fish schools.D. How location influences benefits of individuals in fish schools. 29. What do the underlined words “gulped down” mean in Paragraph 2?A. Swallow

35、ed.B. Located. C. Witnessed. D. Missed.30. What can we learn from Paragraph 3?A. A full fish competes to eat at the back.B. A hungry fish has easier access to more food.C. Being at the back saves the energy of a full fish.D. Being at the front costs a hungry fish less energy. 31. What is Shaun Kille

36、ns attitude to his study?A. Cautious.B. Confident. C. Positive. D. Disappointed.DClothes were once used until they fell apart. Not today. In high-income countries in particular, clothing and footwear are increasingly frequently bought, thrown away and replaced with new fashions, which are themselves

37、 soon thrown away and replaced. The so-called Fast fashion is having a surprising environmental impact. Take water. The fashion industry, one of the worlds largest users of water, consumes anywhere from 20 trillion to 200 trillion litres every year. Then there are microplastics. Plastic fibres are r

38、eleased when we wash polyester(聚酯纤维)and other polymer-based textiles, and make up between 20% and 35% of the microplastics choking the oceans. Added to this are specific chemicals, such as those used to make fabrics stain resistant and the pesticides required to protect crops such as cotton.Change i

39、s badly needed, but will require the fashion industry to work harder to embrace more of what is known as the circular economy. That will involve at least two things: refocusing on making things that last, and so encouraging reuse; and more rapidly expanding the technologies for sustainable manufactu

40、ring processes, especially recycling. Theres a big role for research both academic and industrial in achieving these and other ambitions. Researchers could begin by helping to provide more accurate estimates of water use. There is also work to be done on improving and expanding textiles recycling. U

41、ndoubtedly, used textiles go to landfill in part because there are relatively few systems that collect, recycle and reuse materials. Such recycling requires the manual separation of fibres, as well as buttons and zips. Different fibres are not easy to identify by eye, and overall such manual process

42、es are time-consuming. Machinery is being developed that can help. Technologies also exist to recycle used fibres chemically and to create high-quality fibres that can be reused in clothing. But these are nowhere near the scale needed. Another challenge for researchers is to work out how to get cons

43、umers and manufacturers to change their behaviour. Other research questions include finding ways to encourage people to purchase long lasting goods; exploring how to satisfy desires for something new while reducing environmental impact; and understanding why certain measures can be successfully scal

44、ed up whereas others fail.32. Why does the author mention “water”, “microplastics” and “chemicals” in paragraph 2?A. To list examples. B. To prove a point.C. To provide an idea.D. To give a definition.33. Which of the following goes against the concept of “circular economy”?A. Efforts are made to le

45、ngthen the lifespan of textiles.B. Worn-out clothes are used as dishcloths and oil rags. C. High-quality fibres are created to be reused in clothing.D. Fashion industry is encouraged to release new lines more often.34. What is the right thing for the fashion industry researchers to do?A. To make sur

46、e that all of the used textiles go to landfill.B. To separate fibres, as well as buttons and zips manually.C. To improve and expand textile recycling to a larger extent.D. To encourage consumers to satisfy their desires for fashion. 35. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?A. Say

47、no to the so-called fast fashionB. Address the challenges for researchersC. Embrace more of the circular economyD. Cut fast fashions environmental impact第二节 (共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Do you get nervous thinking about geometry, equations or a coming math test? If

48、 yes, you are far from alone. 36 Students in countries with higher levels of math anxiety tend to achieve lower math grades, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Feb 15.According to a University of Cambridge study, in ordinary life, many people expe