2023-2024学年广东省肇庆市端州区高三英语第一学期期末检测试题含解析.doc

1、2023-2024学年广东省肇庆市端州区高三英语第一学期期末检测试题考生须知：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）1Janes grandmother had wanted to write childrens book for many years, but one thing or anothera

2、lways got in way.Aa;不填Bthe;theC不填;theDa;the2Working hard is not a _ of great success, but it is among the essential requirements.AsignBsignalCguaranteeDmark3Physically challenged as Jack was, he did not _ himself to his fate.Aresist Breserve Cresign Drescue4Either side seems to have a(n) _ position;

3、 there are still many uncertainties on this issue.AambiguousBdelicateCexplicitDconfidential5If you go to buy the top best-selling CD, please get _ for me.AoneBitCthisDthat6_ you are supposed to do _ you dont like a thing is _ it. Dontcomplain.AThat; what; changeBWhen; that; to changeCWhat; when; cha

4、ngeDWhat; that; changing7Mary doesnt want to move to Beijing because if she_ _there, she wouldnt be able to see her husband often.Awould liveBwere to liveChas livedDlives8The survey shows that speed at least 30 percent of road traffic and deaths.Acontributes toBresults fromClies inDrelies on9The aut

5、o factory _ new profit records through technical innovation 10% growth rate in the last two years and hopefully 15% this year.Aset Bhas setCis setting Dhas been setting10You look frozenSit down by the fire and I you some hot teaAmakeBwas makingCmadeDwill make11Don t be joking. It s time to_your busi

6、ness.Aset outBtake upCgo onDget down12I broke my relationship with Peter because he always found _ with me.Aerror BfailureCmistake Dfault13Michelle Obama wears clothes that anyone can buy in a mall and _ she may have a larger effect on consumers than ordinary models.AfurthermoreBotherwiseCneverthele

7、ssDtherefore14The customs officers were insisting that suitcases should be opened and their contents _ for closer inspection.Alaid outBgiven outCsent outDpicked out15-Mum, I dont think I am qualified enough to do this.-Honey, be confident! You should know it is _ a man thinks of himself _ really det

8、ermines his fate.Athat; that Bhow; that Cwhat; that Dhow; that 16If he _hard, he would have passed the exam.A were to work B had workedC should work D was to work17The emoticons _ when we want to stop a conversation, sparing us the embarrassment.Acome around Bcome in handyCcome about Dcome by18Julie

9、 is one of those women who always the latest fashion.Aput up withBkeep up withCcome up withDget on with19When was _ you last met Jennifer? I havent seen her for ages. Ait that Bit Cit what Dwhat20The Oxford English Dictionary is necessary for learning English，so youd better buy _AthisBthatCitDone第二部

10、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）Alibaba opened Chinas version of Amazons cashier-less store, “Tao Cafe” at its second annual Taobao Maker Festival taking place from 812 July, and then showed it to the public. By scanning a QR code（二维码）on Taobao app at the entrance of the store co

11、nsumers are tracked with cameras for facial recognition. After going through the checkout doors, customers will automatically make a purchase through their smartphones without needing to head to a register and be able to leave the store with what they buy in hand.The company, putting its efforts in

12、Artificial Intelligence and data technologies, caused some ripples（波动）among offline retailers （零售商）. But if you think the e-commerce giant plans to get a slice of the physical-store pie, then you might get it wrong: “Its not about Alibaba wanting to open more cafes, we are not in the restaurant busi

13、ness.” its about digitalizing the footprints of the visitors to an offline store, said Chris Tung, chief marketing officer of Alibaba Group.He said, for example, in the online world, Alibaba can always personalize every web page based on users interest and preference thanks to big data, “When you op

14、en our app, every moment is different.” But on the other hand, “offline is becoming not so exciting anymore”, because many physical stores are always found to be very similar with no variation.Tung said offline retailers could improve by adopting online data competence to link the identity of the cu

15、stomers and optimize（优化）their in-store shopping experience. So in this sense, after physical stores have an understanding of what their customers need online, then they can allocate the products in the physical offline store accordingly. He further explained the pop-up Tao Cafe is one of the ways to

16、 present this “new retail” idea and opens up peoples thinking and calls for more partnership.1、What is the first paragraph mainly about?AThe buying process in Tao Cafe.BThe payment method of Tao Cafe.CThe meaning of the Taobao Maker Festival.DThe advantage of the Taobao Maker Festival.2、Offline reta

17、ilers worries that Alibaba will .Acontrol the market of productionBcollect consumerss data in shoppingCcompete to gain physical stores sharesDdevelop its technology of Artificial Intelligence3、What is probably Tungs opinion on cashier-less stores?AThey appear to be less exciting.BThey are to replace

18、 the offline stores.CThey help to inspire the upgrades of retail.DThey arrange their products in a random way.4、What is the main idea of the passage?ACashier-less payment competes with physical stores.BThe application has become an instant hit.CAlibaba celebrates Taobao Maker Festival.DTao Cafe is t

19、o revolutionize the offline retail.22（8分）Its good to make mistakes，and here is why.First of all，mistakes are a clear sign that we are trying new things.Its always good to try new things because when we are trying new things，we are growing.If we never try anything new，how can we improve？The simple an

20、swer is，“We cant”Another good thing about mistakes is that when we are making them，we are learning.Consider thisEdison failed 10,000 times before he perfected the light bulb.When asked how it felt to fail that many times，he said that he had learned 10,000 things that didnt work.When we make a mistak

21、e，we are much closer to success.Because every time we make a mistake，we eliminate one of the things that keep us from success.But all this doesnt mean that we should go through life without considering the consequences of a mistake.Instead，when we try something new，we have to be willing to set some

22、reasonable limits so that in the event that it doesnt work out the way we want it to，we will be in a position to try again.We all have limited resourcesin the form of time and moneyso we shouldnt blow them all on one approach to a problem.Its best that we realize it probably wont be perfect for the

23、first time and allocate these resources appropriately so we can learn，make corrections，and try again.Only by accepting and using our mistakes in this way can we make significant advances in our lives.There is an old saying that goes，“If youre not making mistakes，youre not trying hard enough”So go fo

24、rth and make mistakes.1、Which can be used to replace the underlined word“eliminate”in Paragraph 4?Amake up for Bget rid ofCaccept Dexpect2、What do we know from the fifth paragraph?AWe should ignore the possible consequences.BWe should accept the outcome willingly.CWe should make some limits for our

25、next try.DWe should avoid making the same mistakes.3、What is the text mainly about?ADealing with mistakes.BMaking mistakes.CMaking progress.DBenefiting from mistakes.4、What may the writer suggest we say to ourselves when making a mistake?ANever mind，I tried my best.BGreat！Now I have learned somethin

26、g.CThis is a waste of time.DLook at this mess.I should just give up.23（8分）Three Feet From GoldDarbys uncle was caught by the “gold fever” in the gold-rush days, and went west to dig and grow rich. After months of labor, he was rewarded by the discovery of the shining ore (矿石). He needed machinery to

27、 bring the ore to the surface. So, with the “strike”, he returned home. And with the help of Darby, he borrowed a lot of money. After buying the machinery and having it shipped, Uncle and Darby went back to work the mine.The first car of ore was mined. And the returns proved they had one of the rich

28、est mines in Colorado! Down went the drills! Up went the hopes of Uncle and Darby!Then something happened! The vein (矿脉) of gold ore disappeared! They drilled on, but all in vain. Finally, they decided to quit and sold the machinery to a junk man for a few hundred dollars. The junk man called in a m

29、ining engineer to look at the mine and do a little calculating. The engineers calculations showed that the vein would be found just three feet from where the Darbys had stopped drilling! The junk man took millions of dollars in the vein, because he knew enough to seek experts advice before giving up

30、.Most of the money which went into the machinery was borrowed through the efforts of Darby, who was then a very young man. The money came from his relatives because of their faith in him. He paid back every dollar of it, although he was years in doing so.Long afterward, Mr. Darby made another discov

31、ery that desire can be changed into gold. This discovery came after he went into the business of selling life insurance. Remembering that he lost a huge fortune, for he stopped three feet from gold, Darby profited by the experience in his chosen work, saying to himself, “I stopped three feet from go

32、ld, but I will never stop because men say no when I ask them to buy insurance.”Darby sold more than a million dollars in life insurance annually. He owes his “stickability” to the lesson he learned from his “quitability” in the gold mining business.1、Darbys uncle went back home to _.Areceive his rew

33、ardBseek financial supportClook for more helpersDconsult an engineer2、The Darbys failed in mining business because of _.Aquitting drilling onBthe disappearance of the veinCthe shortage of the machineryDcompeting against the junk man3、From the passage, we can know Darby _.Awas unable to pay off the d

34、ebtsBmined his gold from the failureClearned a lesson from selling insuranceDdevoted himself to making new discoveries4、The author intends to tell us that _.Ahopes and difficulties exist side by sideBcorrect decisions stems from correct judgementCwe should catch it when an opportunity comesDwe wont

35、reach our goal unless we persist24（8分） A rainy day can be a chance to recharge. While you relaxed on the sofa with a movie, the raindrops falling on your windows might one day provide the power for your TV. This is the idea behind an invention that harvests energy from water.The technology is based

36、on the triboelectric (摩擦电的)effect. An engineer at the University of Hawaii, David Ma knew that its possible to generate electricity by rubbing two things together. So, he thought, “Why dont we use water?”A drop of water sliding across a surface coated with two different materials would generate enou

37、gh friction to create an electrical charge. By placing metal wires that the drop of water touched as it moved, it should be possible to harvest electricity, he reasoned.It worked. In fact, the researchers lit up 15 LED bulbs with a single moving water drop.This is not the first time that scientists

38、have got electricity from water-generated friction( 摩 擦 ). Earlier experiments, though, harvested the charge produced in a surface by a sliding drop of water. There, the surface had acted as an electrode(电极). This is different. The energy of friction is being harvested from the water itself.“It turn

39、s out,” Ma says, “the charge in the water drop is way more than the charge produced in the other electrode.” In fact, his teams model generated almost 100 times more power than previous experiments from a single drop of water.“The technology could someday power phones, sensors or other small electro

40、nics,” says Christopher Oshman, an engineer at the Colorado School of Mines. “This work is a step toward harvesting the energy of moving objects all around us, including ourselves, to power the electronic appliances we use every day,” he says.Ma has shown that the technology can work in a lab, Oshma

41、n says. Next, the Colorado researcher would like to see it tried on a larger scale, such as on an umbrella.1、How did the author introduce the topic of the text?ABy telling a story.BBy raising a question.CBy giving an example.DBy imagining a situation.2、What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph

42、 3 refer to?AThe wire.BThe drop of water.CThe surface.DThe electricity.3、What is unique about Mas technique compared with earlier experiments?AThe water itself acts as an electrode.BIt is based on the triboelectric effect.CIt produces electricity from water-made friction.DIt uses a surface coated wi

43、th two different materials.4、What does Oshman say about Mas technology?AIt has a promising future.BIt will do well on an umbrella.CIt works well in the real world.DIt will replace batteries someday.25（10分）Plan your dream vacation to one of these excellent destinations.St. LuciaAbundant（丰富的） rainfore

44、sts and splendid mountains are all reasons to visit this Caribbean island. St. Lucia offers the perfect mix of relaxation and adventure. To take in the breathtaking scenery, plan to hike the Piton Mountains or dive in the waters of Anse Chastanet.Banff. AlbertaThis Canadian destination will bring ou

45、t the explorer in anyone who visits. From hiking and whitewater rafting to skiing and snowboarding, Banff offers travelers an abundance of year-round outdoor activities. The Lake Louise Ski Resort is one of the largest in North America and the striking photo opportunities of the Canadian Rockies fro

46、m Moraine Lake cant be underestimated (低估).Machu PicchuAccording to travelers, a visit to this Peruvian UNESCO World Heritage (遗产) site is a once-in-a-lifetime adventure. Located in the Andes Mountains, it is the most familiar icon (象征物) of Inca civilization. Spend a few days accustoming yourself to

47、 the altitude in the neighboring city of Cusco, where you can experience a mix of Incan and Spanish cultures.Great Barrier ReefIts easy to see why the Great Barrier Reef is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World it stretches nearly 1,500 miles along the eastern coastline of Australia and features about 3,000 re