广西柳州市融水苗族自治县中学2023年英语高三上期末教学质量检测试题含解析.doc

1、广西柳州市融水苗族自治县中学2023年英语高三上期末教学质量检测试题考生须知：1全卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，全部在答题纸上作答。选择题必须用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题的答案必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔写在“答题纸”相应位置上。2请用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔在“答题纸”上先填写姓名和准考证号。3保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，不要弄破、弄皱，在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1What about your self-drive trip yesterday?Tiring! The road was being widened, and we _ a rough

2、 ride.AhadBhaveCwould haveDhave had2The police are offering _ reward of $50,000 for information leading to the arrest of _ murderer.Athe; theBa; aCthe; aDa; the3If the new safety system _ to use, the accident would never have happened.Ahad been putBwere putCshould be putDwould be put4The two girls a

3、re getting on very well and share _ with each other.AlittleBmuchCsomeDnone5James, I dont mind lending you the money _ you pay it back within a month.Aalthough Bnow thatCunless Das long as6During each NBA season, basketball fans cheer on their favorite teams to make _ through.Ait BthemCthat Dthose7Wh

4、at did she want to know, Tom?She wondered we could complete the experimentAwhen was it that Bit was when thatCit was when Dwhen it was that8We should do what we can _ peoples hard work pays off.Abe sureBbeing sureCmaking sureDto make sure9Weneeda spiritual faith, or a philosophy, it shouldincludethi

5、s truth: if you choose to find thepositivein every situation, you will be blessed, and if you choose to find the awful, you will be cursed. As with happiness itself, this is_your decision to make.Aabsolutely BtotallyCexactly Dlargely10The project is far behind schedule. Its impossible for you to _ i

6、t in a week.Acatch uponBlive up toCadd up toDhold on to11-May I help you？You seem to be having some trouble.-_，thanks. I think I can manage.ANo problemBIts all rightCokDNo way12Recently, a programmer criticized the “996” work schedule _ employees work from 9 am to 9 pm, 6 days a week, with the prosp

7、ect of ending up in an intensive care unit.AwhereBwhenCwhichDwhose13I _ tell you with certainty that he wont be able to finish it before the deadline. Awill Bmust Ccan Dmay14To tell the truth, I didnt expect that there were so many people _ the idea.Asupported Bsupporting Cto support Dhaving support

8、ed15-Do you think Peter is a good partner?- Not really! There are some things that are not easy to _ , and his laziness is one.Aput aside Bput up withCthink of Dget along with16Oh, my God! Whats wrong with you?I was going the normal speed limit when a truck appeared in front of me _ and I didnt have

9、 time to stop.Abetween the linesBaround the clockCout of the blueDover the moon17Among the young people, there is a growing tendency _ money more highly than quality of life.AregardingBto regardingCto regardDregarded18The infrastructure project has consumed so much money that we cant find any financ

10、ial support and have to _.Apull outBpull throughCcatch upDcatch on19The news shocked the public，_ to great concern about students safety at school.Ahaving ledBledCleadingDto lead20It is obvious to the students _they should get well prepared for their future.AasBthatCwhichDwhether第二部分 阅读理解（满分40分）阅读下列

11、短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。21（6分）I am writing to tell you about your article Smartphones Make Life Easier in last Sundays newspaper. You did an excellent job explaining the good points of smartphones, but you didnt talk about their bad points at all. So, I hope youll let me give your readers some

12、advice on smartphone etiquette (礼仪).The first point Id like toaddressis loudness. When you talk on your smartphone in public, please dont shout. In fact, the microphones in smartphones are very sensitive (灵敏的). So, you can be heard even if you speak quietly.Another point is about personal space. I d

13、ont think it is polite to make calls in small spaces full of people. This makes others uncomfortable and forces them to listen to your personal business. Whats worse, it stops many face-to-face conversations from ever beginning.Lastly, doing two things at the same time is dangerous. For example, mak

14、ing calls while driving is a bad habit. Pay attention to the road! Similarly, when staying with your friends, turn off your smartphone and enjoy their company.Yours truly,Amber Jala1、Amber Jala wrote the letter to _.Afind a good job Bprovide adviceCmake her life easier Dbuy a smartphone2、What does t

15、he underlined word “address” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?A致函 B称呼C陈述 D选址3、According to Paragraph 3, what makes people around you uncomfortable?ADiscussing face-to-face. BSpeaking quietly on your phone.CMinding your own business. DCalling in small spaces full of people.4、What can we learn from the la

16、st paragraph?AIt is dangerous to drive on the road.BIt is easy to start a company with others.CIt is bad to turn off our phones while driving.DIt is important to use our smartphones properly.22（8分） It began as a game: High school and college students studying computer technology figured out they cou

17、ld use personal computers to break into telephone company computers and make free, long-distance telephone calls. These young computer talents soon gained the name hackers.Police arrested a few hackers, but many went on to even more complex hacking. One of them was arrested for making illegal teleph

18、one calls and later he used a phone to change a police officers credit records to get back at the officer for arresting him. He also used a computer to change his college records to give himself better grades.As hackers gained experience, they began invading computers at banks, airlines and other bu

19、sinesses. In one case a hacker instructed an airline s computer to give him free airplane tickets.The U.S. government is worried that hackers may break into its networks of defense computers. The governments secrets are easily attacked because thousands of government computers are connected by telep

20、hone lines that hackers can get into.In November 1988, a college student entered a U.S. Defense Department computer network called Arpanet. The hacker injected a computer program that made copies of itself throughout Arpanet. Some hackers use viruses to destroy all the data in a computer. But in thi

21、s case, government officials shut down the network before the program reached every computer in the system. Shutting down the system angered many researchers who were using the computers. The hacker turned himself in to the police and he was charged with a crime.The incident put the spotlight on com

22、puter hacking in the United States. Many companies have hired experts to protect their computers from hackers, and many computer experts now advise companies on how to protect their computers.The U.S. government believes foreign governments have hired hackers to try to break into top-secret defense

23、computers.Experts disagree over whether a computer network can ever be safe from hacking. But in the future, some of the most outstanding minds in the U.S. will be working to frustrate the attempts of computer hackers.1、What did the first hackers do?AThey broke into government computers.BThey destro

24、yed airplane ticket systems.CThey played computer games.DThey made free phone calls.2、Why can U.S. government computers be easily hacked into?AThey have no defense systems.BThey are connected by telephone lines.CThey are partly accessible to the public.DThey lack complex processing programs.3、What h

25、appened to the government computers in November 1988?AThey lost all of the important data.BThey were shut down by researchers.CThey were invaded by a college student.DThey got totally ruined by a computer program.4、What did companies decide to do to protect their computer systems?AEmploy computer ta

26、lents.BBuild secret defense systems.CAsk the government for help.DCollect and analyze the data of hackers.23（8分） Abraham Lincoln, a self-taught lawyer, was elected 16th president of the United States in November 1860, shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War. Lincoln proved to be a smart militar

27、y strategist and a competent leader: His Emancipation Proclamation (解放宣言) paved the way for slaverys abolition, while his Gettysburg Address stands as one of the most famous speeches in American history. In April 1865, with the Union on the brink of victory, Abraham Lincoln was killed; his untimely

28、death made him a hero to the cause of liberty, and he is widely regarded as one of the greatest presidents in U.S. history.On January 20, 1981, Reagan took office. Only 69 days later he was shot by a would-be killer, but quickly recovered and returned to duty. His grace and wit during the dangerous

29、incident caused his popularity to soar.At the end of his two terms in office, Ronald Reagan viewed with satisfaction the achievements of his innovative program known as the Reagan Revolution, which aimed to motivate the American people and reduce their reliance upon Government. He felt he had fulfil

30、led his campaign pledge of 1980 to restore “the great, confident roar of American progress and growth and optimism.”When George W. Bush, at the age of 54, became the 43rd president of the United States, it was only the second time in American history that a presidents son went on to the White House.

31、 John Quincy Adams, elected the sixth president in 1824, was the son of John Adams, the second president. While John Adams had brought up his son to be president. George Bush, the 41st president, insisted he was surprised when the eldest of his six children became interested in politics, became gove

32、rnor of Texas, and then went on to the white House.Barack Obama served as the 44th President of the United States. His story is the American storyvalues from the heartland, a middle-class upbringing in a strong family, hard work and education as the means of getting ahead, and the belief that a life

33、 so blessed should be lived in service to others.With a father from Kenva and a mother from Kansas, President Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961. He was raised with help from his grandfather, who served in Pattons army, and his grandmother, who worked her way up from the secretarial pool to

34、middle management at a bank.1、Of the four presidents, who is regarded as an excellent public speaker?AAbraham Lincoln.BRonald Reagan.CGeorge W. Bush.DBarack Obama.2、When Donald Reagan left the White House, he felt that _.Ahe regretted having been elected PresidentBhe still had much to do for the cou

35、ntryChe had kept his promise to the peopleDhe was becoming more popular with the people3、Which of the following presidents took office first?AGeorge W Bush.BJohn Adams.CJohn Quincy Adams.DGeorge Bush.4、Of the four presidents, who successfully realized his American Dream?AAbraham Lincoln.BRonald Reag

36、an.CGeorge W. Bush.DBarack Obama.5、Of the four presidents, who was not able to finish his term of service?AAbraham Lincoln.BRonald Reagan.CGeorge W. Bush.DBarack Obama.24（8分） Knowing what to do at checkout and properly preparing for it can turn a potentially heated situation into a quick thank you a

37、nd goodbye. Below we made a list of five things you should remember at hotel checkout.Don,t be late to checkHotels may add an extremely high price for being just a half hour late. If you know you won,t make the cutoff time, it never hurts to call ahead and try to negotiate away a potential charge.Do

38、n,t forget to double check the room and safeMake sure you don,t leave things behind. If you have an early flight or checkout time, pack up as much as you can the night before so that last-minute rush isn,t too annoying. Also, be sure to take out anything in the room safe.Don,t forget to tip the hous

39、ekeepersIt,s always polite to leave some money for the people keeping your room clean.Don,t ignore the detailed billYou may be in a rush, but give the detailed bill a careful look to see if the hotel charge is different from the rate you initially booked.Don,t get angryShouting at the assistant mana

40、ger standing behind the front desk probably won,t help when dealing with an unexpected item on the bill. Think about how difficult it can be to deal with annoyed customers. Keep calm and things may be solved(解决) better and sooner.1、The hotel will charge you more money if you .Acheck before cutoff ti

41、meBdo not call the hotel aheadCare late in checking outDnegotiate with the clerks2、Which of the following does the author suggest doing?ALeaving something behind.BBeing sure to keep the room clean.CDoing the pack-up as early as possible.DTipping the housekeepers to show respect.3、What is the purpose

42、 of the last paragraph of the passage?ATo suggest a way to solve problems properly.BTo provide more information about the hotel.CTo show the uneasiness of assistant managers.DTo protect customers from unnecessary dangers.4、In which section of the magazine can you probably find such a passage ?ATrave

43、l.BNature.CLifestyle.DFitness.25（10分）Parents whose children show a special interest in a sport feel very difficult to make a decision about their childrens careers. Should they allow their children to train to become top sportsmen and sportswomen? For many children it means starting schoolwork very

44、young. And going out with friends and other interests have to take a second place. Its very difficult to explain to a young child why he or she has to train five hours a day, even at the weekend, when most of his or her friends are playing. Another problem is of course money, In many countries money

45、 for training is available from government for the very best young sportsmen and sportswomen. If this help can not be given, it means that it is the parents who have to find the time and the money to support their childs development and sports clothes, transport to competitions, special equipment, e

46、tc. All can be expensive.Many parents are worried that it is dangerous to start serious training in a sport at an early age. Some doctors agree that young muscles may be damaged by training before they are properly developed. Professional trainers, however, believe that it is only by training when y

47、oung that you can reach the top as successful sports person. It is clear that very few people do reach the top, and both parents and children should be prepared for failure even after many years of training.1、Where can we most probably find this passage?AAn advertisement. BA diary. CA newspaper. DA notice board.2、What does the und