江苏省南通市2023届高三第二次调研测试苏北八市二模英语试卷+答案.pdf

1、2023届高三第二次调研测试英语试题届高三第二次调研测试英语试题 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 does the man suggest the woman do?A.Reduce the amount of furniture.B.Increa

2、se the size of the room.C.Buy a new desk.2.How do the speakers feel now?A.Hungry.B.Satisfied.C.Disappointed.3.What is the woman going to do next?A.Make a coffee.B.Pour some cups of tea.C.Take orange juice out of the fridge.4.What was the river made for in the 19th century?A.Walking along.B.Enjoying

3、wildlife.C.Transporting goods.5.What is the man doing?A.Touring old peoples houses.B.Correcting a mistake.C.Giving instructions.第二节（共 15 小题；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.What

4、 is the weather like right now?A.Snowy.B.Windy.C.Rainy.7.Where are the speakers probably?A.On a mountain top.B.Beside a river.C.At home.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8.What was the mans problem?A.His shelves broke.B.His tool did not work.C.His courses were too heavy for him.9.What did the man do for the wom

5、an?A.He bought new novels for her.B.He painted the wall in her room.C.He built the shelves in her room.10.What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A.Salesman and customer.B.Father and daughter.C.Teacher and student.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11.How long does the man plan to travel?A.For 2

6、months.B.For 6 months.C.For 12 months.12.What will the man probably do to earn money during his traveling?A.Work for a restaurant.B.Teach people to surf.C.Sell drinks on the beach.13.Which place does the woman suggest the man travel to?A.Europe.B.Africa.C.Australia.听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。14.Which an

7、imals will the speakers deal with first?A.The horses.B.The camels.C.The pigs.15.How many elephants live at the animal shelter?A.4.B.5.C.11.16.Why does the man feel excited in the end?A.The charity earned much money.B.The shelter has got many visitors.C.There will be a baby elephant soon.17.What will

8、 the speakers do next?A.Clean the animals.B.Raise money for the animals.C.Find more volunteers for the charity.听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。18.What is the speaker mainly talking about?A.How to go to universities as players.B.How to improve sports results.C.How to make videos.19.Who is the speaker talking

9、 to?A.Teachers.B.Parents.C.Students.20.What will the speaker do first?A.Show a video.B.Hand out posters.C.Answer some questions.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，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。A Weald&Downland Living Museum Fun fact Over 50 historic buildings from across the Weal

10、d and Downland area have been dismantled(拆除)and then reconstructed across a lovely 40-acre site in the South Downs national park.The collection of buildings represents almost a thousand years of rural life in south-east England:furnished just as they would have been in the past-complete with the hom

11、es,farms and public buildings.Theres a sense of exploring a real village as you wander between them along green paths,stopping to climb the stairs of a 17th-century craftsmans(工匠)cottage to lie on the straw bed or sheltering from a shower in a smoky,14th-century hall.Getting there The Stagecoach 60

12、bus service from Chichester to Midhurst stops just five minutes away at Grooms Yard,Singleton.The nearest railway stations are Chichester(2 miles)and Haslemere(7 miles).The museum is on Town Lane in Singleton,reached via the A286 from Chichester to Midhurst.Parking is free and there are disabled par

13、king spaces opposite the museum shop.Value for money?Yes.Its not cheap but its a special experience that easily fills a day.Plus,its a valuable cause worth supporting.Adults 14，children 5-17 and students 6.50，under-4s free,family 38(two adults and two children)or 25(one adult and three children).Ope

14、ning hours Daily 10am-5pm(last entry 4pm).21.What can visitors do in Weald&Downland Living Museum?A.Take a shower in the hall.B.Stay overnight at a cottage.C.Learn construction techniques.D.Explore rural life centuries ago.22.How much would a couple with their 5-year-old twin sons pay for admission?

15、A.25.B.34.5.C.38.D.41.23.What do we know about Weald&Downland Living Museum?A.It charges parking fees.B.It has varied opening hours.C.It is inconveniently located for bus riders.D.It offers the disabled thoughtful service.B On a hot summer afternoon along the Mandavi River,Shweta Hule wraps her sari

16、 around her ankles and bends to pick wild weeds from the river and drop them into a bowl.The plants will be made into fritters(炸果饼)，to be served at the little restaurant attached to the B&B Hule manages in the Indian coastal town of Vengurla.Wild edible(可食用的)plants are common in kitchens here.Hules

17、weed is juicy,which is found in mangrove forests.Harvesting some of the plant is helping conserve the mangroves,a globally endangered ecosystem of salt-tolerant trees that stop coastal erosion(侵蚀)and absorb storm damage.Hule is head of Swamini,a self-help group set up by nine women from a fishing co

18、mmunity in Vengurla who started Mandavi Eco Tourism in 2017.Vengurla is known for its beautiful beaches and seafood,but the climate crisis has made fishing for a living unsustainable,so people are trying to find other sources of income.They came up with the idea of running mangrove safaris(观光游)for t

19、ourists in Vengurlas Mandavi River.The safaris offer visitors a unique hour-long tour of the mangroves.Food has also become a key attraction:local spicy coconut curries,with homegrown or wild vegetables.Tourists are encouraged to go crabbing,and their catch is cooked and served.Hule only discovered

20、recently that the weed was edible when she met tourists from another coastal city.She researched these leaves and learned that the salty plant is rich in vitamins.She made her own version of the fritters,with chickpea flour,and presented it at the wild vegetable festival.It was an instant hit.This b

21、oosted the confidence to include these fritters in our restaurant menu,says Hule.Swaminis lodging house also serves vegetarian meals and plates of fish and crab sourced from the river.The satisfaction after the visitors enjoy our meal is the real currency.We had guests from London who were so happy

22、with our food that they took down the recipe.Such people help our business grow.What more can we want?says Hule.24.Which of the following can best describe the example of Shweta Hule?A.Do as the Romans do.B.Strike while the iron is hot.C.Kill two birds with one stone.D.Bite off more than you can che

23、w.25.What does Swamini offer to visitors?A.Eco-tours and accommodation.B.Fishing guide service.C.Vegetable growing techniques.D.Hands-on cooking classes.26.Why were Hules fritters well-received?A.They were less expensive.B.They were traditional.C.They had their own features.D.They got strongly promo

24、ted.27.How did Hule feel about tourists obtaining her food recipe?A.Lost.B.Proud.C.Worried.D.Curious.C When she first came to Britain as a refugee(难民)from Nigeria six years ago,Kemi had a three-month-old daughter,a room in a shared house and 5.39 to survive on each day.Finding money for new clothes

25、was out of the question.After four years,Kemi was granted(给与)refugee status and secured her first job interview-unsurprisingly,she had nothing to wear.However,she was referred to a small social enterprise called Give Your Best,which asked her her size and what kind of clothes she liked.“And they gav

26、e me three beautiful shirts.Those clothes were like gold to me.They asked me what I actually wanted.That makes you feel valued.The initiative was launched by Sol Escobar,who had spent several years volunteering at refugee camps in northern France.A friend put her in contact with a household of refug

27、ee women who couldnt access any clothing.Escobar realised she had surplus(剩余)clothes she could donate,and appealed to her friends and networks for help.She was flooded with offers,but didnt want to overload the women with potentially improper clothing.So I thought,if I take photos of all of these it

28、ems and put them on an Instagram page,they can all choose the things that they actually want.Eighteen months later,Give Your Best has processed almost 11,000 items of clothing,and has more than 800 refugee women approved to“shop for free on its virtual shopfront.It is aiming for much more,however.Ha

29、ving reached the very limit of donations and requests it could handle through Instagram,the enterprise has just launched a new digital platform that will allow it to hugely upscale.Like the hugely successful clothing resale app,clothes are photographed and uploaded to Give Your Best,where customers

30、select those they like and donors then post the item.Crucially,however,no money changes hands.As well as giving choice to its users and minimising fashion waste,Escobar says one consequence has been the small but intimate(亲密的)connections established between donor and shopper.Many donors choose to in

31、clude a supportive note and a small gift-hugely welcomed by recipients(接受者)，but also a reminder that on the other side of your package,theres a woman who is your size and has your fashion sense,because shes shopping from your wardrobe(衣橱).28.Whats the purpose of the enterprise?A.To offer job trainin

32、g to refugees.B.To provide childcare for refugees.C.To give refugees dignity of choice.D.To strengthen refugees social position.29.What does paragraph 3 focus on?A.How the enterprise survived.B.How the enterprise advertised.C.How the enterprise was named.D.How the enterprise was initiated.30.What do

33、 we learn about the enterprise from the text?A.It is warmly received.B.It is difficult to operate.C.It makes huge profits.D.It needs to be more creative.31.What does the enterprise bring to its donors and recipients?A.Enjoyable shopping experience.B.A sense of social responsibility.C.Close interpers

34、onal relationship.D.A good insight into fashion trend.D Honeybees fly much longer distances in the summer than in the spring and autumn to find good sources of food,a new study has found.Researchers at Sussex University spent two years decoding the waggle(摇摆)dance of honeybees,a form of communicatio

35、n by which the bees tell their nestmates where to go to get the best source of food to bring back to the hive(蜂箱).By measuring the angle of the dance in relation to the sun and the length of time the bee waggled its body while moving in a figure of eight pattern,researchers have been able to map the

36、 distance and location where bees forage(觅食)from month to month.With a one second waggle equal to a foraging distance of 750 metres,the bees dance language revealed that the area they covered in search of food is about 22 times greater in the summer(July and August)than in spring(March)and six times

37、 greater in summer than in the autumn(October).In the summer the area they cover is 15.2km sq,compared to 0.8km in spring and 5.1km in the autumn.Honeybees will not waste valuable time and energy travelling to find food if they dont need to,so the researchers say the results show that the summer is

38、the most challenging season for bees to collect the nectar and pollen from flowers.There is a large quantity of flowers in the spring and autumn,but it is harder for them to locate good blocks of flowers in the summer because agricultural intensification means there are fewer wildflowers in the coun

39、tryside for bees,said Frances Ratnieks,author of the study.The researchers say the results can be used to focus efforts to help bees better.The bees are telling us where they are foraging so we can now understand how best to help them by planting more flowers for them in the summer,said Ratnieks.32.

40、What is the recent research mainly about?A.Sources of honeybee food.B.The honeybee dance language.C.Honeybees eating behaviour.D.Relationship between honeybees.33.What makes summer the most challenging season for bees to find food?A.The high wind.B.The strong heat.C.Lengthening days.D.Shortage of fl

41、owers.34.What does the last paragraph mainly talk about concerning the research finding?A.Its appeal to the public.B.Its practical application.C.Expectations for future studies.D.Scientists with new perspectives.35.Which is the most suitable title for the text?A.Honeybees are really highly intellige

42、nt B.Scientists decode honeybee waggle dance C.Lack of food sources puts honeybees at risk D.Why summers are bad news for honeybees 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人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Conscious(有意识的)living is not just a trend._36_ It is about being intentional with everything yo

43、u do-your words,actions,beliefs,habits,and choices.Accepting conscious living takes some effort,but it is worthwhile.Here are some ways you can achieve this goal.Be conscious about your time.Time is the most precious thing because there is no way to live a moment again._37_ If you waste your preciou

44、s hours doing negative things,you will regret it later.The first step for living consciously is to be wise about your time.Be selective about things you spend it on,and allocate(分配)it for positive activities._38_ You cannot achieve them unless you understand your needs and intentions.It is easier sa

45、id than done because most people fail to make an effort to know themselves.Spend time thinking over and knowing your strengths and weaknesses.Once you know yourself better,you can create a plan to work towards becoming more patient,honest,and forgiving.Learn to be grateful.Gratitude takes you a long

46、 way towards conscious living.It opens you up to a happier and a fulfilled mindset.Most people are unhappy because they see only the negatives in life.However,everyone has something to be grateful for.Writing a gratitude journal is a good start for counting your blessings._39_ Believe in yourself.It

47、 is the key to making the right choices,yet not regretting the wrong ones._40_ Spending time alone and thinking deeply are effective measures that enable you to identify the inner voice.Care for it and follow it to make it stronger down the line.Conscious living is a skill you need to learn as you g

48、o,so be willing to make the effort and master it.You will absorb it soon and be a happier person in the long run.A.Know yourself better.B.Accept the person you are.C.Life can be a lot better with the right decisions.D.It is a healthy choice that enables you to be happy.E.Pick it as a daily habit,and

49、 you will notice the difference.F.The way you spend your time determines the course of your life.G.The best way to build self-belief is by reflecting on your own thoughts.第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分 30 分）第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Juliette and I knew each other seven y

50、ears ago through the foreign exchange organised by our schools.We started as pen friends-the _41_ ink and paper kind.The letters introduced us to each other-and a new _42_.When we eventually met _43_ I felt like we were already friends.I wanted to be able to speak to her in her native language as _4