江苏省泰州市姜堰区2023-2024学年英语高三第一学期期末质量检测试题含解析.doc

1、江苏省泰州市姜堰区2023-2024学年英语高三第一学期期末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）1My teacher asked me to copy _ article _ second timeAan; the Ban; a Cthe; a Dthe; the2I _ tel

2、l you with certainty that he wont be able to finish it before the deadline. Awill Bmust Ccan Dmay3Did you take sides when Mom and Dad were arguing again?No. Ive learned that its best _ until it blows over.Ato call it a day Bto pull their legsCto sit on the fence Dto wash my hands off4 Excuse me, do

3、you mind if I open the window? Well, if you _. I can put on more clothes.AcanBmayCmustDshall5Fortunately somebody who happened to be passing by called the emergency aid the traffic accident occurred.AhurriedlyBquicklyCimmediatelyDshortly6It is not like her to be so impolite; she you when you greeted

4、 her.Amight not have heardBshould not have heardCmustnt hearDshouldnt hear7American singer Taylor Swift, 21, _ big at the 2011 Academy of Country Music Awards in the US on April 3rd.AstoodBgaveCscoredDmade8It was announced that only when the fire was under control _to return to their homes.Athe resi

5、dents would be permittedBhad the residents been permittedCwould the residents be permittedDthe residents had been permitted9The earthquake in Japan, measuring 9.0 on the Richter Scale, was so violent _ cause a series of explosions of the nuclear reactors in several power stations.AtoBthatCas toDas t

6、hat10If these new measures dont work, well have to _ our old system.Amake up for Bcome up withCbreak away from Dfall back on11The British government published an official policy document _ its plans to bring the UK out of the European Union.Aletting out Bputting outCsetting out Dworking out12I dont

7、think Rosemary will be upset about it, but Ill go to see her in case she _.AisBwill beCdoesDneed13Id never wondered before whether or not he was kid-friendly. With one glance, I quickly that he probably wasnt.AagreedBreportedCexplainedDdecided14Theyve seen many famous scholars in the conference. How

8、 I wish I _ it!Ahave attendedBwill attendCwould attendDhad attended15 _ Its only an interview! Only an interview? Only an interview? What if I panic? What if I say a silly word by accident?AWell done! BCome on!CHow come? DNo doubt!16In Beijing, more than 21,100 people _ to donate their bodies by the

9、 end of 2017, as the city promoted a body donation campaign from 1999.Ahave applied Bhad appliedCwould have applied Dapplied17It was John who broke the window. Why are you talking to me as if I it?Ahad doneBhave doneCdidDam doing18Why cant you give me another chance?_, but I dont think you are good

10、at management.ANo offence BNo worries CNo need DNo wonder19Its that time of year again， when Alipay _ us just how much weve been spending， and on whatAremindsBremindedChas remindedDis reminding20Some experts think, _ genes, intelligence also depends on an adequate diet, a good education and a nice h

11、ome environment.Ainstead ofBexcept forCapart fromDfar from第二部分 阅读理解（满分40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。21（6分）Many Chinese people have awakened their interest in classical Chinese poetry recently thanks to a popular TV show that aims to “appreciate classical Chinese poetry, explore cultural genes

12、 and enjoy the beauty of life” by combining traditional literary form with light-hearted TV quizzes.The ten-episode “Chinese Poetry Competition”,since its broadcast, has been praised for injecting vitality(活力) into TV programs with fantastic performances of contestants, impressive comments from judg

13、es as well as its innovative interactive mode. In the show, poems can be adapted into songs or depicted(描绘) through artistic pictures. Any contestant who can memorize the largest number of poems may not necessarily be the final winner, while fast reaction and usage of poems matter a lot more in the

14、competition.Wu Yishu, a 16-year-old student from the High School Attached to Fudan University in Shanghai, is the champion of this season. Her rich knowledge of classical poetry impressed everyone and she rose to become famous online. In an earlier episode, Wu wowed the audience when performing in a

15、 section. She amazingly recited lines from the Classic of Poetry(诗经), the earliest collection of poems in China.“Learning poems isnt about winning or losing. The power of poetry lies in shaping ones view of life and developing ones inner world,” said Li Bo, an expert guest at the Chinese Poetry Comp

16、etitions second season.When it comes to teaching people about poetry, Li Dingguang, the shows academic advisor, suggested that teachers should explain more about the beauty of the poetry from both the aesthetic(审美的) and emotional sides, and guide students to lose themselves in the poems rhythmic and

17、 rhyming(押韵的) lines.“Although the proportion（比例) of ancient Chinese poems in the textbooks of primary and secondary schools has increased, many students still learn them for exams,” Li Dingguang said.“Therefore, its important to help students truly appreciate the artistry and fun of poetry.”1、The TV

18、 show has been produced to .Aappreciate classical Chinese poetry and cherish our traditional cultureBshape peoples view of life and develop their inner worldChelp students learn poems for examsDexplore cultural genes and enjoy classical Chinese poetry and life2、What do we know about the TV show?AOnl

19、y by memorizing as many poems as possible can a contestant win the quiz.BPoems can be adapted into any form of art in the show.CThe TV show has aroused peoples interest in classical Chinese poetry.DFantastic performances of contestants matter most.3、Which of the following may Li Dingguang agree with

20、?AThe beauty of the poetry should be explained more from the aesthetic and emotional sides.BStudents should memorize the poems rhythmic and rhyming lines.CThe main duty of teachers is to help students truly appreciate the artistry and fun of poetry.DThere will be more and more ancient Chinese poems

21、in the textbooks of primary and secondary schools.4、The underlined word “wowed” in the third paragraph probably means .Aexcited BimpressedCpuzzled Dinspired22（8分） I was in the seventh grade, and we had moved to New Jersey in November. By then, everyone already had had their own friends, and no one w

22、anted to talk to a new girl. To make things worse, they put me in “Section L”. I found out later that everyone called Section L “Loserville”. It was sort of an open secret that it was the section for troublemakers and not-so-smart kids. When I found out, I wanted to scream. I had always been a good

23、student and had amazing friends, and now everyone thought I was a loser!I did text my friends in Illinois almost every night, especially my best friend, Ana. At first my friends wanted to hear all about it. But then some stopped texting back once I said something about how miserable I was. One night

24、 when I was texting with Ana, I complained about another friend who had just done that.Anas texts came really fast for the next few minutes and they surprised me. She said that she was tired of hearing about how bad everything was in New Jersey, too. She said she did not want to hurt my feelings but

25、 that I needed to stop feeling so sorry for myself all the time, I had to try to make things better.The next day, I thought a lot about what Ana had said. She was right!I wish I could say that everything changed overnight after that, but it didnt. I was still stuck in “Loserville”, and some people w

26、ere still mean to me, even though I tried to just stay out of their way.But what did change was meI stopped feeling so sorry for myself and did something about making friends. I signed up to make sets for the school play. I met a lot of new people there, and suddenly I had friends to say hi to in th

27、e halls!I still miss Illinois sometimes, but life in New Jersey isnt so hard anymore. Even though I couldnt change my situation, I could change my attitudeand that made all the difference.1、“Loserville” is a section for _.AfailuresBgood studentsCclass secretsDnewcomers2、The writer complained all the

28、 time in the new environment because _.AAna didnt text back to herBher friends hurt her feelingsCshe was unfairly treatedDshe was a good student3、What made a difference in changing the situation?AShe went back to Illinois.BShe ended friendship with Ana.CShe fought back with her classmates.DShe began

29、 to make friends with others.4、The best title for the passage can be _.ALasting FriendshipBAn Incidence at SchoolCSay Goodbye to “Loserville”DUnhappiness in “Loserville”23（8分）And then there were nineThe past two decades have seen astronomers catalogue of planets expand over two hundred times, as new

30、 techniques and better telescopes have found more than 2,000 of them orbiting stars other than the sun. But in the solar system itself, the list of planets has actually shrunk, Pluto（冥王星）having been downgraded from that status in 2006. The number of the suns planetary companions has thus fallen from

31、 nine to eight.Now, a pair of astronomers from the California Institute of Technology think they have evidence that will restore the suns record to its previous value. Their analysis of objects orbiting in the Kuiper Belt（柯伊伯带）, a ring of frozen asteroids（小行星）that circle beyond the orbit of Neptune

32、(and of which Pluto is now regarded as the largest member), suggests to them that something about ten times as massive as Earth has changed those orbits. If you knew where to look, this planet-sized object would be visible through a suitable telescope. And Konstanin Batygin and Michael Brown believe

33、 they do know.As they write in the Astronomical journal, they have analyzed the orbits of Kuiper Belt objects and found six that behave in a peculiar way. As the diagram shows, the points of closest approach of these objects to the sun, known as their perihelia（近日点）, almost coincide. Moreover, these

34、 perihelia all lie near the ecliptic（黄道）-the plane of Earths orbit and also, approximately, that of the other planets-while the objects orbits are all angled at 30 below the ecliptic. The chance of all this being a coincidence, the two researchers estimate, is about seven in 100,000. If it is not a

35、coincidence, it suggests the six objects have been guided into their orbits by the gravitational intervention of something much larger.A computer analysis Dr Batygin and Dr Brown performed suggests this something is a planet weighing 5-15 times as much as Earth, whose perihelion is on the opposite s

36、ide of the sun from the cluster, and which thus orbits mainly on the other side of the solar system from the objects its orbit has affected. This planets perihelion would be 200 times farther from the sun than Earths, and the far end of its orbit might be as much as six times that distance away. Thi

37、s gives a search zone, and Dr Batygin and Dr Brown are using Subaru, a Japanese telescope, to perform that search.Given other demands on Subarus time, it might take five years for this search to find (or not find) the hypothetical planet. But looking at some existing data from. The Widefield Infrare

38、d Survey Explore, a satellite, might also show it, if it is there to be seen.Ironically, it was Dr Brown as much as anyone who was responsible for Plutos downgrading, for he discovered Eris, an object almost as big as Pluto, in 2005.That discovery did much to damage Plutos planetary proof. By his ow

39、n admission, he was skeptical that the anomalies he and Dr Batygin have investigated actually would point to the existence of a replacement ninth planet. He is a skeptic no longer. Whether he is actually right may soon become apparent.1、According to Dr Batygin and Dr Browns research, it is quite pos

40、sible that _.APluto will restore its status as a planet of the solar systemBthe six objects in the Kuiper Belt sharing some similarities is a mere coincidenceCthere are nine planets in the solar systemDEris is a replacement ninth planet of the solar system2、Which of the following is NOT true about t

41、he hypothetical planet?AIt may have changed the orbits of six objects in the Kuiper Belt.BYou can see it through a domestic telescope if you know where to look.CCompared to earth, the distance from its perihelion to the sun is about 200 times larger.DA satellite may be able to provide some evidence

42、of its existence.3、What does the underlined word anomalies stand for?ASix objects behaving in a peculiar way.BPlutos downgrading.CThe discovery of Eris.DSome existing data.4、The purpose of the third paragraph is to _.Aexplain why the scientists believe there is an unfound planetBshow how the scienti

43、sts analyze the orbits of Kuiper Belt objectsCtell us that the perihelia of the six objects almost coincideDintroduce the two scientists article in the Astronomical Journal24（8分）In a study published in the U. S. journal Science, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences(CAAS) and

44、 the University of Florida identified the chemical combinations and genetic recipe for better tomato flavor(味道).“In recent years, consumers often complain that the modern tomato is less flavorful than it once was” said co-principal researcher Sanwen Huang. “Our results provide a practical road map f

45、or breeding tomato varieties with better flavor.”For the study, a 170-person consumer group was created to evaluate 160 tomatoes representing 101 varieties, based on qualities such as “overall liking” and “flavor degree”. The results pointed to dozens of chemical compounds of interest, and further r

46、esearch using a statistical model discovered 33 flavor compounds connected with consumer liking, such as glucose(葡萄糖). The reason why modern tomatoes dont taste good anymore is that a total of 13 of these flavor-associated compounds “were significantly reduced in modern varieties,” their paper wrote

47、. Moreover, the researchers found that smaller fruit tended to have greater sugar content, suggesting that “selection for more sizable tomatoes has cost sweetness and flavor”.Based on this knowledge, Huang and Professor Harry Klee of the University of Florida studied the whole genomes of 398 varieties of tomato, identifying about 250 positions of genes on a chromosome(染色体), which controlle