江苏省扬州市2022-2023学年第二学期期初考试高三英语试卷及答案.docx

1、2022-2023学年第二学期期初考试     高三英语     2023. 2本试卷共9页, 满分150分。考试用时120分钟。第一部分：听力(共两节, 20小题, 每题1. 5分, 满分30分)第一节听下面5段对话, 每段对话后有一个小题, 从题中所给的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 was the weather like in the afternoon?A. Windy.          

2、; B. Sunny.         C. Rainy. 2. How does the man sound?A. Worried.         B. Confident.       C. Afraid. 3. What is the conversation mainly about?A. Going on holiday.       B. Taking photographs.   C. Getting a new passport

3、. 4. Why did the man go to see a doctor?A. He can only see things up close. B. He gets glasses for the woman. C. He doesn't like his old glasses. 5. What are the speakers going to do next?A. Stay at home.        B. Play with snow.     C. Play badminton. 第二节听下面5段对话或独

4、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 woman want to replace the sofa?A. It is uncomfortable.      B. It is really old.     C. It doesn't match the table. 7. What do the speak

5、ers agree to do?A. Change the table.       B. Buy a reading lamp.   C. Move a lamp onto the table. 听第7段材料, 回答第8、9题。8. What did the man use last weekend?A. A shared bike.       B. A shared charger.    C. A shared umbrella. 9. What is the woman going to tal

6、k about next?A. The proper ways to use the sharing product. B. Her attitude towards the sharing economy. C. The advantages of the sharing economy. 听第8段材料, 回答第10至12题。10. What has the man found?A. An old door.      B. A secret dinner.      C. An interesting wall. 11. What

7、's the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Boss and secretary.    B. Father and daughter.    C. Husband and wife. 12. Where are the speakers?A. In a shop.       B. In a house.        C. In a castle. 听第9段材料, 回答第13至16题。13. What i

8、s the man doing?A. Eating a meal.      B. Cooking a meal.      C. Having an interview. 14. How long has the man been cooking?A. Only recently.      B. Since he was a kid.     C. Since he was twenty years old. 15. Why does the man mention rice an

9、d noodles?A. To give an example.   B. To name his favorite food.  C. To show his best cooking. 16. What is the most important for cooking according to the man?A. Rich flavors.     B. Freshness of food.     C. Different styles of cooking. 听第10段材料, 回答第17至20题。17. What is C

10、athy's nationality?A. Chinese.        B. German.        C. American. 18. When will they start making dumplings?A. At 4 p. m.       B. At 6 p. m.         C. At 8 p. m, 19. How will Cathy come to the speaker's house pro

11、bably?A. By car.        B. By bus.         C. By taxi. 20. What does the speaker think Cathy may worry about?A. Going back too early. B. Staying there too long. C. Having difficulty watching TV shows. 第二部分阅读(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

12、给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AThere's no shortage of health food trends on TikTok, but which ones are actually sensible? And should you skip any of them altogether? We asked registered dietitian Vanessa Rissetto, and here's what you need to know. Emily Mariko's Salmon BowlMade with rice, baked s

13、almon, soy sauce and spicy mayoand to be clear, there are a lot of different variations of it onlinethis passes Rissetto's test because it's healthy, fast, easy and has good flavor. Rissetto says that while she would recommend this recipe, she would also suggest changing the white rice for b

14、rown rice for increased nutrients and more fiber. Healthy Cookie DoughCookie dough that's healthy? This is too good to be true, right? The answer is probably yes. Rissctto says that while this may be healthy, it probably docsn't taste good. “I'm certain this tastes like cardboard, ”she s

15、aid. “If you don't care about tastethen this is for you. ”Lettuce Water For SleepWhile harmless, the TikTok trend of pouring boiling water over romaine lettuce leaves to make“lettuce water” for better sleep probably won't cure your sleep disorderand it probably doesn't taste great, eithe

16、r. “This is not a thing. There's no evidence to prove it, ”Rissetto said. “Instead, steep a banana peel in boiling water to help aid with sleep. ”Nature's CerealAs Rissetto points out, it's basically a fruit smoothie bowl. “I am all for having berries and coconut water, ”she said. "

17、Nutrition-wise, this has lots of vitamins, antioxidants and fiber. It's basically a fruit salad that would be super refreshing on a hot day or post-workout ”21. What is special about Emily Mariko's salmon bowl?A. It doesn't taste great.               B.

18、 It is good for health. C. Its recipe is not fixed.               D. It uses two kinds of rice. 22. Which recipe doesn't Rissetto recommend?A. Emily Mariko's salmon bowl.           B. Healthy cookie dough. C. Lettuce water for sleep

19、.              D. Nature's cereal. 23. Which food suits you best after playing a football match?A. Emily Mariko's salmon bowl            B. Healthy cookie dough. C. Lettuce water for sleep.           &n

20、bsp;  D. Nature's cereal. BAndy Kong has worked very hard to get to where he is today. He credits becoming a millionaire by 20 to his strict Asian parents who tutored him at a young age by working for the family. Kong, of Danville, Virginia, started working when he was only nine. English wa

21、sn't a strong suit for Andy's parents, and that's where he was able to assist his family the most. After school and on weekends he would help out at their family-owned restaurant and nail salons. Not only did he do the labor work, but he was also involved in creating online ads. This was

22、 his introduction to the world of online business. Andy started his Amazon business in the eighth grade. When he learned about AmazonDropshipping(代发货模式) from a kid he saw on Instagram, he got inspired and decided to give it a try. Unfortunately, the store eventually got shut down because he was impa

23、tient with the growth. Instead of considering it a failure, he viewed this experience as a life lesson and learned from his mistakes. Meanwhile, his parents never stopped trying to talk him into focusing on school and their retail business. “The biggest challenge when starting a business is getting

24、someone to believe in you, ”Andy says. He pushed through and did things for himself even when his loved ones discouraged it. In 2019, Andy met his now business partners, and together, they created an Amazon management company called Project WiFi. This Project has proven to be extremely successful. T

25、hey currently help over 55 clients run their online businesses, and plan to help many more in the future. When asked about the secret to his success, Andy says, “Learning to sacrifice whether that's family, friends, or soccer game for a single goal is the only way to succeed, rather than attempt

26、ing multiple things. If it's worth doing then it's worth doing well with no shortcuts. ”24. Why did Andy work in his parents' shops at a young age?A. Because he could earn some pocket money. B. Because his parents weren't fluent in English. C. Because his parents could help with his

27、study. D. Because he could get access to the Internet. 25. What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about?A. A new online business model.          B. Results of working impatiently. C. Difficulties in Andy's career. D. Andy's tense family relationship. 26. What does Andy th

28、ink contributes to his success?A. His early working experiences. B. Lessons learned from his failures. C. Gaining other people's trust. D. Focusing on one thing at a time. 27. Which of the following can best describe Andy Kong's personality?A. Committed and generous.       &nb

29、sp;   B. Motivated and open-minded. C. Creative and faithful.             D. Hard-working and sociable. CToday, the Vikings are mostly known as violent pirates(海盗). But they were also traders. At their height, the Vikings attacked, settled or traded on four contine

30、nts. All of their travel, trade and warfare were made possible by Viking ships, which were far more advanced than anything else sailing around Europe at the time. The most famous, and most feared, was the drekar. At sea, these ships could move quickly thanks to their large sails . The hulls (船体)of t

31、he ships were shallow and fat, which made them ride high in the water. The ships were also light enough that they could be carried from one body of water to another over short sections of land. This greatly extended their range. But Viking ships weren't just built for warfare . Another type, cal

32、led the knarr, had cargo(货物) holds built in the hull. One such cargo ship was capable of carrying 24 tons. The knarrs would have looked similar to the drekars except they were longer, fatter and taller. These were the backbones of the Viking empire, which they used to carry everything from gold coin

33、s to spices and fine fabrics. Both the drekar and the knarr were built using the same method. Traditionally, oceangoing ships have used a keel(龙骨), shaped like the fin of a fish . The keel sinks into the water below the hull . It helps the ship maintain a straight line through the water and counters

34、 the force of the wind against the sail, which otherwise might blow the ship over. Viking ships had no deep keel. Instead, they were built fat enough to carry lots of soldiers or pieces of cargo whose weight helped keep the ship planted in the water.Viking ships were so advanced for their tine that

35、they often were the biggest, tallest and most striking ships many people had ever seen, A monk at the St. Omar Monastery, in Franco, wrote this description of a royal Viking ship in 1013. “On one side lions molded in gold were to be seen on the ships, on the other birds on the tops of the poles indi

36、cated by their movements the winds as they blew . "The Vikings built a wealthy empire through trade as well as robbery and used their wealth to continuously improve their ships. 28. What does the author intend to tell us?A. The Vikings were not violent pirates. but traders. B. The Vikings used

37、to take a lead in the world trade. C. Viking ships could carry more cargo than ships today. D. Viking ships contributed to the extension of their empire. 29. What can we infer about the knarrs?A. They were not designed for warfare. B. They were faster than the drekars. C. They were designed to carry

38、 soldiers. D. They served the same purpose as drekars. 30. What do the Vikings' ships and the traditional oceangoing ships have in common?A. They both use a deep keel shaped like the fin of a fish. B. They both make the hull shallow and fat with large sails. C. They both take measures to keep th

39、e ship planted in water. D. They both install something to counter the force of wind. 31. Why does the author refer to a monk's description of a Viking ship?A. To show how advanced Viking ships were for their time. B. To show how interested the monk was in traveling by sea. C. To show that Vikin

40、g ships were designed in a strange way. D. To show that Viking ships were continuously improved. DEvery language and culture has curse words(脏话). What gives a curse word its power is partly its meaning and partly its sound. “In English, for example, curse words tend to contain a high percentage of p

41、losive soundsincluding P, T and K, ”said Ryan McKay, a psychologist at University of London. Dr. McKay teamed up with his colleague Shiri Lev-Ari to learn whether this familiar pattern went beyond English. They wondered whether it might even represent what's called sound symbolism. Sound symboli

42、sm is when a word sounds like what it means. The researchers first asked fluent speakers of Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Korean and Russian to list the most vulgar(粗俗的) words they could think of. Once they'd made a list of each language's most frequently used curse words, the researchers compar

43、ed these with neutral words from the same language. In these languages, they didn't find the plosive sounds that seem common in English curse words. “Instead, we found that the vulgar words were defined by what they lacked: the approximant sounds that include letters I, L, R, W and Y, ”Dr. Lev-A

44、ri said. Next, the scientists invited 215 native speakers of six languages: Arabic, Chinese, Finnish, French, German and Spanish. The participants listened to pairs of words in a language they didn't speak, and guessed which word in each pair was offensive. In reality, all the words were invente

45、d. For example, the researchers started with the Albanian word “zog, ” for “bird, ”and created the pair of fake words “yog" and “tsog. ”Participants were more likely to guess that words without approximants, such as “tsog, ” were curses. Finally, the researchers combed through the dictionary fo

46、r English curse words and their cleaned-up versions. Once again, the clean versions included more of the sounds I, L, R, W and Y. A 20th-century linguistic(语言学的)principle claimed that the sounds of words were arbitrary: Any word could have any meaning. With curse words, though, as in other cases of

47、sound symbolism, “the sounds themselves seem to carry meaning, ”said Lev-Ari. “That's a new thing, ”said linguist Benjamin Bergen. “Curse words across languages, unrelated to each other, may pattern similarly. ”He also pointed out, to make sure the pattern of approximants missing from curses isn

48、't an accident, it would be nice to find it in an even larger sample of languages. 32. What is the purpose of McKay and Lev-Ari's research?A. To analyze a phenomenon. B. To confirm an assumption. C. To explain a definition. D. To challenge a theory. 33. What were the participants asked to do

49、 in the second part of the research?A. To decide which curse words are used more frequently. B. To make up new curse words from real words. C. To guess a word's offensiveness according to its sound. D. To identify the approximants in curse words. 34. According to Lev-Ari, which of the four is li

50、kely to sound offensive?A. tusck          B. sola        C. darn        D. biach35. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. The old linguistic principle of sounds and meanings is wrong. B. In sound symbolism, a word's sound re

51、presents its meaning. C. The research reveals the similarities between different languages. D. The result of the research is not fully accepted by scientists. 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。In theory, modern smartphones can last hundreds of hours on a single

52、 charge.  36_Manufacturers love to use laboratory conditions to advertise great numbers, most of which don't match real-world use. Here we have some saving tricks that actually work. Delete apps you don't use. On average, smartphone users download about 42 apps but use only ten daily. An easy way to preserve battery life? 37_ Deleting an app that you don't use is a simple way to free up storage space on your device a