2023年上海南洋模范英语高三第一学期期末教学质量检测模拟试题含解析.doc

1、2023年上海南洋模范英语高三第一学期期末教学质量检测模拟试题注意事项：1 答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写清楚，将条形码准确粘贴在考生信息条形码粘贴区。2选择题必须使用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题必须使用05毫米黑色字迹的签字笔书写，字体工整、笔迹清楚。3请按照题号顺序在各题目的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。4保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，不要弄破、弄皱，不准使用涂改液、修正带、刮纸刀。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1 How did you like Johns exhibition of paintings last weeke

2、nd? To tell you the truth, his paintings didnt _ me much.A. refer toBappeal toCbelong toDoccur to2Hearing the news, she rushed out, _ the book _ on the table and disappeared into the distance.Aleft; lain openBleft; lay openedCleaving; lie openedDleaving; lying open3Speaking a foreign language allows

3、 you to _ time in a negotiation, for you can act like you have not understood to come up with your answer.AsaveBaffordCbuyDspend4If it had not been for the heroes contributions and sacrifices, we _such a happy life.Awouldnt have ledBwouldnt be leadingChavent ledDare not leading5School children must

4、be taught how to deal with dangerous _.Astates BconditionsCsituations Dpositions6I refuse to accept the blame for something _ was someone elses fault.AwhoBthatCasDwhat7merchant Amachine Bachieve Cstomach Dtechnology8There a slight decrease in his weight but he eats too much.AwasBcould have beenChad

5、beenDcould be9Don t worry. A number of efforts are being made _ the whole system operating normally.Abeing keptBkeptCkeepingDto keep10The wet weather will continue tomorrow, when a cold front to arrive.Ais expected Bis expectingCexpects Dwill be expected11Youth is a period of our life we see no limi

6、t to our hopes and wishes.AwhereBthatCwhatDwhen12My mother is always warning me when I go out, “Dont get off the bus _ it is stopping.”Auntil BwhileCbefore Dafter13When did you get to know your girlfriend?It was in 2015 _ she was working as a volunteer in Africa.AthatBwhichCwhenDthen14_ competence i

7、n acquiring English today comes from the ability to express oneself rather than in simply passing exams.ADueBRawCCoreDKeen15 What happened to the young trees we planted last week? The trees _ well, but I didnt water them.Amight growBwould have grownCneednt have grownDwould grow16Going out is _good m

8、eans of relaxation. Would you like to go to_ park with me in the afternoon?Athe ;theBthe; aCa; theD/；a17We all sighed with _ relief when _ plane finally landed safely.Aa; /B/; theCa; aDa; the18They intended to have the school better equipped， the local government was not able to get enough money to

9、do so.Aunless Bwhile Calthough Donce19The man was in a _ condition with severe injuries to his legs after being attacked by a shark in far north Queensland.Askeptical BcriticalCpractical Dphysical20When the organization _ in March, 2019, there was almost no money in the bank and more than $1 million

10、 of debt.AfoldedBboomedCregisteredDsprang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） The United States job market has millions of unfilled jobs. Many of those jobs require technical skills. However, employers say many of those jobs are vacant because they cannot find people with the righ

11、t skills. Labor experts call this paradox the skills gap. A number of efforts have been launched to better understand and solve it.Nicholas Wyman wrote a book called, “Job U: How to Find Wealth and Success by Developing the Skills Companies Actually Need.” He calls the skills gap, “a labor market mi

12、smatch people without jobs and jobs without people.”In the United States, the cost of a traditional four-year college can be very high. U.S. colleges and universities produce many graduates every year. Yet unemployment rates among new graduates are high.Nicholas Wyman says a combination of technical

13、 classes and on-the-job training an apprenticeship (学徒) would be a better choice for many people. He notes that, “An apprenticeship is where you learn from a specialist, you are provided guidance and you learn in an on-the-job environment. It is vital to get technical skills that are of immediate va

14、lue to an employer. And it is important to get transferrable skills because technology and the nature of the workplace are changing at a faster rate than before.”There are questions about the definition, size, and nature of the skills gap in the labor force. Iowa State University researchers studied

15、 some of these questions recently. They examined employment, education and population information, and found the evidence of a skills gap is weak.Iowa States Liesl Eathington noted that many policymakers and employers say there is opportunity in “middle skills” areas, like machining. Yet she said th

16、e most recent recession (经济衰退) hit some of those job areas hard. She said students should be on guard because “our economy really isnt adding that many jobs that require the middle skills.”She said employers could get more well-qualified applicants if they offered higher wages. She noted that gradua

17、tes of two-year training programs still generally make less money than graduates of four-year colleges.The question of finding the night person for the right job remains a difficult one. The Department of Labor says 8.7 million Armenians are unemployed and another 6.7 million can find only part-time

18、 work.1、The underlined word “paradox” in paragraph 1 refers to _.Athe large number of unemployed new graduatesBthe demands employers make on employeesCpeople without jobs and jobs without peopleDpeople disqualified for the vacant positions2、What will Nicholas Wyman probably advise new graduates to d

19、o to get employed?ATo receive technical training.BTo drop the costly college education.CTo value the job opportunities.DTo arm themselves with various skills.3、According to Liesl Eathington, what is the solution to the skills gap?AReforming the dullness of economy.BGuarding against recessions.CUpdat

20、ing workers professional skills.DRaising employees earnings.22（8分）JOHANNESBURGThey say cats have nine lives. Now a Chinese toad(蟾蜍)has joined that club of clever survivors.South Africans are shocked at the endurance of a toad that got trapped in a cargo shipment from China to Cape Town, after jumpin

21、g into a porcelain(瓷器) candlestick（烛台） that was made there. South African officials reportedly planned to put down the creature, fearing it would cause harm as an invasive species if it were let go in the wild.But the toad got a last-minute pardon. Mango Airlines, a South African airline, transporte

22、d the toad on Friday to Johannesburg for delivery to an animal shelter, after officials decided to find a way to let the toad live. The two-hour fight was a breeze compared to the trip from China, a long way of many weeks and thousands of kilometers across the Indian Ocean.Airline spokesman Hein Kai

23、ser said the toad got “first-class treatment”, sitting in a transparent plastic container with escort Brett Glasby, an animal welfare inspector. There was even a ceremony, in which the toads boarding pass was handed to Glasby.“He was the star of the show on the flight,” Kaiser said of the amphibious

24、(两栖的) passenger. “I think every passenger stopped to have a look.”On landing in Johannesburg, the toad was brought out of its container for a celebrity-style photo shoot. Observers said the brown toad seemed like a cool customer. It belongs to the Asian Toad species, which breeds during the monsoon(

25、季风) season. It is believed to have survived the trip from China by hardening its skin to prevent it from drying out, and also by slowing its breathing and heart ratemethods that help the species survive in times of drought.“Weve had snakes in imported timber and scorpions(蝎子) in fruit. We were calle

26、d because the toad was right inside the candlestick, and we had to break it to get it out” Glasby, the inspector, told The Star, a South African newspaper.1、What is the passage mainly about?AAn Asian toad gets a new home in South Africa.BAsian toads cant get used to the life in South Africa.CWorkers

27、 shipped a toad to South Africa on purpose.DSouth Africa ignores the protection of animals.2、If the toad is released into the wild, _.Ait will make the locals feel shockedBit might harm the native speciesCit will lose its life in the wildDit might flee into another country3、The toad was able to arri

28、ve in South Africa alive_.Abecause it escaped all attacks and huntsBbecause it used to stop its breath in winterCbecause it formed hard skin to protect itselfDbecause it was lucky to be given a chance4、It can be inferred from the passage that_.Asometimes animal are transported accidentallyBno one ha

29、s seen such a big toad in AfricaCa candlestick is the best place for a toadDdroughts make toads live longer23（8分） I used to be crazy about the hunting season. The excitement of waiting for a prey(猎物)and the pride of showing off the kill fascinated me. However, everything changed after that cold morn

30、ing.Early on that day of the late fall, I set off alone for the woods, packing a gun, a bottle of hot coffee and three thick sandwiches. After finding the fresh deers tracks in the snow, I settled down behind a little bush.I sat there for about an hour. It was then that I saw him. A deer, a big beau

31、tiful deer! There was no cover nearer to him than 30 yards. Surely I couldnt miss! I waited for him to realize I was there. I waited for him to be shocked and run away. But he fooled me completely. He came towards me! He was curious, I suppose, or maybe he was stupid-how else can you explain it? Wel

32、l, that deer walked right up to where I was sitting. Then he stopped and looked at me!What happened next is hard to believe, but its true. And it all seemed quite natural. Just as when a friendly young deer comes near you, I reached up and scratched his head. And he liked to be scratched. In fact, h

33、e practically asked for more. Then, I fed him my sandwich! Yes, I know what a deer eats, but that deer ate my sandwich. Well, he finally went his way, down the hill and up the deer trail. Shoot him? Not me. You wouldnt have either, not after that. I just watched him go.When I was about half way back

34、, I heard two shots, followed by a dull slam(撞击)a few seconds later. Those two shots usually mean a kill. I had forgotten there were other hunters that day.Those hunters would never know they could have scratched his head.1、Why didnt the author kill the deer?AHe preferred to shoot a shy deer.BHe was

35、 fooled by the tricky deer.CHe was sympathetic for the deer.DHe was too shocked to shoot the deer.2、What most probably happened to the deer in the end?AOther hunters shot the deer to death.BOther hunters scratched the deers head too.CThe deer managed to escape from being shot.DThe deer would become

36、friends with the author.3、Whats the best title of this text?AA Hunting in Late Fall.BA Lovely Deer.CThe Cruel Killing.DThe Last Hunting.24（8分） A good disguise keeps you hidden, right? Well, sometimes the best disguise is actually the most dazzling because research reveals that flashy metallic irides

37、cence(金属彩虹色) can visually puzzle predators, which allows colorful prey to survive another day. Those surprising results appear in the journal Scientific Reports.Shining iridescent color, which changes depending on the angle from which its viewed, is favored by everything from birds to beetles and bl

38、ossoms to butterflies.“And in our research group we are of course interested in why this vivid metallic color is so widespread in nature.” Karin Kjernsmo of the University of Bristol adds that in some cases the showy splashes of light are a sexual strategy. “Here I would like to point out that in so

39、me species, particularly those that display strong sexual dimorphism(雌雄两性), such as birds of paradise or some butterflies or fishes, the occurrence of iridescence is most likely driven by sexual selection. For example, in many of these cases it is the males that have these vivid iridescent colors an

40、d they use them in mate choice or they use them as a signal to attract mates.” But iridescence also shows up in situations where reproduction is not an issue. “So what we are studying now is whether natural selection imposed by predation(捕食行为) could explain the occurrence of iridescence in prey anim

41、als.”The idea that eyecatching colors could be used as a coverup isnt a new one.“The father of camouflage theory, Abbott Thayer, really believed that iridescence should be categorized as a camouflage strategy. And he wrote in his famous lifework ConcealingColoration in the Animal Kingdom, already in

42、 1909, that brilliantly changeable or metallic colors are among the strongest factors in an animals concealment. And this sounds like a completely unreasonable thing to say, because how can colors that are both brilliant and changeable contribute to animals concealment？”“In a similar way, we were as

43、king whether iridescence, due to its changeability, could work as a form of camouflage by preventing shape recognition.” Kjernsmo and her colleagues trained bumblebees to associate a particular shapea circle or an ovalwith a sugar reward. And they found that the bees, when given a choice, would pref

44、erentially visit the shape they knew to be sweet. But when the shapes were iridescent, the bees had trouble telling them apart. “It seemed that the strikingly iridescent surfaces on our targets visually broke up the otherwise recognizable shape of the targets, which made them hard to distinguish.” A

45、s for making use of this method for hiding in plain sight, “Any practical applications is of course directly linked to any industry that has an interest in camouflage, that is how to conceal objects or make them more difficult to recognize.” The researchers are currently conducting experiments with

46、birds, which often prey on iridescent insects to see if it helps to have a birdseye view.1、According to the passage, iridescence is not made use of by animals to _.Alive a little longer by escaping their predator(捕食者)Bcatch the attention of their matesCconceal themselves when in dangerDcatch sight o

47、f more colorful preys2、From the study in the last paragraph, we can learn that _.ABees can always tell the difference between a circle and an ovalBBees are creatures that are fascinated by sweet things that are iridescentCIf a circle, with a sugar reward, is iridescent, the bees may have difficulty finding itDBees are likely to prefer circles to ovals, whether they are iridescent or not3、What will be