苏州市2021-2022高三上学期英语期中检测试卷+答案+听力音频.zip

1、20212022 学年第一学期高三期中调研试卷 英 语 2021.11注意事项:1.本试卷满分 150 分。考试时间 120 分钟。2.答题前，务必将自己的学校、姓名、考试号等相关信息写在答题卡上规定的地方。3.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在 本试试卷上无效，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

2、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。每段对话仅读遍。1.What did the woman forget to take?A.Her phone.B.Her jacket.C.Her bag.2.What will the man probably have with his dinner?A.Wine.B.Beer.C.Juice.3.What makes the woman feel bad?A.Keeping back the truth.B.Ruining the surprise

3、.C.Missing Jennys party.4.What is the woman?A.A musician.B.An architect.C.An office worker.5.When will the man adjust the oven temperature?A.In 50 minutes.B.In 20 minutes.C.In 10 minutes.第二节(共 15 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 2.5 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。听年段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题 5 秒钟

4、；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.How many bottes are there in the large pack?A.20.B.24.C.48.7.When will the woman probably go to the store?A.At 11:00 a.m.B.Before 12:00 a.m.C.Around 1:00p.m.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8.Who is Lucy?A.The speakers daughter.B.The speaker dog.C.The speakers

5、 cat.9.Why does the man want to phone Adrian?A.Lucy seems to be ill.B.He has to look after Barbara.C.He wants to work from home.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10.Where are the speakers?A.In the car.B.In the yard.C.In the bedroom.11.What is the mans advice?A.Taking a short break.B.Searching for it together.C

6、.Traveling yesterdays steps.12.What will the man do next?A.Call Amy.B.Check the laundry.C.Repair the washing machine.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13.What do the speakers agree on?A.Decreasing taxes.B.Improving the sports center.C.Giving the local government more power.14.Which place does the man probably

7、live next to?A.A shopping mall.B.A park.C.A police station.15.What is the womans main concern?A.Increasing safety.B.Improving education.C.Increasing the number of large businesses.16.What does the woman believe will happen in the town in the future?A.Public spaces will decrease.B.More people will mo

8、ve into the town.C.People will have better employment opportunities.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17.What made the speaker most interested in the animal kingdom?A.The various environments.B.The different survival tools.C.The relationship between animals.18.How do the small fish help the sharks?A.By giving

9、 them a ride.B.By keeping them healthy.C.By giving them food.19.What do the honey guide birds do?A.Protect the humans.B.Bring humans to the honey.C.Produce honey for humans.20.What is the main topic of the talk?A.Bonds in nature.B.Ways to protect animals.C.Differences between animals.第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满

10、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 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AThe below-mentioned books are first-rate bestsellers and would be perfect additions to your reading list.Maybe the power of ones belief isnt the ultimate example of intelligence.Maybe,in a constantly changing world,the abil

11、ity to make judgements andchange ones mind accordingly is much more important.Thats Adam Grants theory,and Think Again is here to help you to look at the world around you,check your assumptions,andyou guessed itthink again.Chris Schluep,Amazon EditorThis book reads like fiction but tells the true st

12、ory of murder and greed that troubled the Osage Nation in Oklahoma in the 1920s.When oil was discovered Killers of the Flower Moon on their land,the Osage people became the wealthiest in the world and the targets(particularly the women)for the white men who had their sights set on marrying and murde

13、ring into their riches.I suggest you treat yourself to this exceptional read right now.Seira Wilson,Amazon EditorThe subject of Isaacsons book is Jennifer Doudna,who won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work developing CRISPR.CRISPRthe innovation that will open door to gene control,driving

14、the life sciences revolution for decades to come.But it will also open the door to moral problem as we ask ourselves.How far should we go in editing humans especially before birthand who should control those decisions?Vannessa Cronin,Amazon EditorWhile the book unfolds during the course of a single

15、day,flashbacks to when a group of kids were crowding around a desk and to when their rock star abandoned them time and again reveal the complex dynamics still in force in their adulthood.After I finished this book,1 would dream of these characters and their restaurant by the sea.MALIBU RISING is a f

16、un,unforgettable read.All Woodworth,Amazon Editor21.Which book will you choose if you are interested in history?A.The Code Breaker B.Think AgainC.Killers of the Flower Moon D.Malibu Rising22.What do we know about the book The Code Breaker?A.It solves the problem of gene control.B.It is a science Fic

17、tion and Fantasy novel.C.It focuses on the 2020 Nobel Prize winners.D.it covers Jenifer Doudna and her achievements.23.What do we learn form he introduction of the book Malibu Rising?A.The kids had high expectations of their father.B.The kids ran away from their father frequently.C.The kids father d

18、estroyed their dream of being rock stars.D.The kids childhood experiences affected their adult life.BThe new member to the UAES astronaut training program,the first female Emirati(阿联酋)astronaut,hopes that her mechanical engineering degree will be her ticket to the moon.Nora AlMatrooshi and her fello

19、w trainee astronaut Mohammad AlMulla were selected from 400 highly qualified candidates to lead the nations 9.8 million citizens into space.The two are looking forward to the laborious 30-month program ahead of them which has already begun with them getting their divers licences,picking up the Russi

20、an language and coachingfor their many media interviews and will move on to flight and weightlessness school at the Johnson Space Centre in Texas and eventually cruel survival training.They will need mechanical engineers to build a base on the moon,says the 28-year-old,whorepresented her nation at t

21、he Mathematics Olympics and worked as an engineer at the Nationalpetroleum Construction Company.AlMatrooshi says she has dreamed of the stars since kindergarten,when her teacher set up theclassroom as the Lunar surface and the five-year-old future astronaut constructed a cardboard moonbase.That earl

22、y longing to explore space charted her degree choice.“I actually went after it.I chose to study a degree in mechanical engineering because of adocumentary I watched when I was in high school.It was about a group of astronauts going to theInternational Space Station and the role of the mechanical eng

23、ineer was highlighted,she says.Leading big construction projects in the desert has helped equip the daughter of two academicsa PhD father and English teacher motherfor Lunar construction.AlMarooshis fellow trainee astronaut,UAE police helicopter pilot AlMulla,meanwhile saysastronaut training has bee

24、n“a big career change.“I spent 15 years qualifying to be a pilot including training in Australia for my commercial pilots licence,says the father of two.“As a pilot you get used to mastering everything suddenly Im changing my path.Im a big fan of SpaceX.The rockets and even the fancy space suits.And

25、 hopefully all four of usand all the astronauts who come after us will get to be a part of future missionsperhaps even to the moon eventually.24.What preparation have they made before the training program?A.They have grasped their native language.B.They have had cruel survival trainingC.They have le

26、aned 1o deal with the press.D.They have done some weightless training25.Which is the major factor for AlMtrooshi to be a member of the training program?A.She got help from her academic parents.B.She has had a big dream since her childhoodC.She has experience in big construction project.D.She was the

27、 winner of the Mathematics Olympics.26.What does the underlined part Im changing my path refer to?A.Ill be a master of life.B.Im an enthusiast for SpaceX.C.Im settling my new problem.D.Im starting a new life from scratch.27.Which of the following is the suitable title for the text?A.The fan of the S

28、pace X B.Dream and achievementsC.Passion and preparations D.Future astronauts training programCLord Ashcroft,one of the conservatives biggest donors,has issued an attack on Norway for itscruel practice of commercial whaling.Norway often kills more whales than Japan and Iceland combined.And its no le

29、ss cruel than in the past.the peer wrote before the opening of the Norwegian whaling season this week.Norway increases its fixed maximum from 999 in 2018 and has authorized the killing of 1.278 whales this year.Killing the animals,often with the gunpowder,was similar to inhuman tradition such as hum

30、an slavery or boy chimney(烟囱)sweeps.Now is the time for Norway to recognize that commercial whaling is cruel,outdated and unnecessaryand must be stopped.Last year Japan authorized whaling after years of carrying it out in the name of scientific research.Norway,like Iceland,refused to recognize the 1

31、986 international act and restarted whaling in 1993.It says there are 100,000 whales in its waters.Greenpeace Norway has appealed to its government to pay attention to the oppositionas well as the lack of a local market for the products.It says,Whaling is only maintained for narrow political reasons

32、 and should be phased out.A Norwegian government spokesman said,“The whales are harvested in a sustainable mannerbased on the best available scientific advice.The availability of whale products in Norway is whollyconsumer-driven and international trade in whale products is regulated by and according

33、 to relevantinternational framework.It is used for pet food and to feed animals in fur farms or is exported to Japan and Iceland.Pippa Middleton,sister of the Duchess of Cambridge,said that she ate smoked whale in Norway,comparing it to smoked salmon.Peta,the animal rights group,condemned her for be

34、ing invisible to the debate about Norways mass murder.Lord Ashcroft sent researchers to Norway to investigate and said four ships were seen preparing for the killing activity.The biggest concentration of ships is in the Lofoten Islands,which are popular with tourist,he wrote.28.Why has Lord Ashcroft

35、 issued an attack on Norway?A.It bombs whales for profits.B.It allows the existence of human slavey.C.It keeps the tradition of boy chimney sweeps.D.It has harvested most of the whales in the ocean.29.What can we infer about Japan?A.It bans the sale of the whale.B.It has been whaling for years.C.It

36、whales with a scientific method.D.It sets an amount limit of whaling.30.What does the government spokesman want to express7A.Whaling is carried out in a sustainable way.B.Whale products are promoted by our government.C.Whaling should be maintained for political reasons.D.Whale products sell well in

37、the international market.31.What attitude did Pippa Middleton hold towards whaling?A.Intolerant.B.Favorable.C.Doubtful.D.Rigid.DEarly in the year,the hope was that the bottlenecks that messed up the global supply chain in 2020 would be mostly cleared by now.Theyve actually only gotten much worse and

38、 evidence is mounting that the holiday season is at risk.Across Europe,retailers(零售商)cant meet demand because of delivery delays.In the U.S.Nike cut its sales forecast after COVID-19 set off factory closures in Vietnam that wiped out months of production.Covid outbreaks have affected ports.There sti

39、ll arent enough containers,causing prices toincrease 10 times from a year ago.Labor shortages have delayed trucking and pushed U.S.job openings to all-time highs.On the supplier side,Jay Foremans been making toys with manufacturing partners in China for more than three decades,and hes never seen any

40、thing like this.His mid-sized toy company,Basic Fun,is on pace for its best year ever.There is no shortage of demand,but a shortage of containers has left thousands of the companys Lite Brites and TinkerToys waiting to be shipped.At just one factory in Shenzhen,theres roughly$8 million worth of fini

41、shed goods that could fill 140 containers.The bigger,more systemic riskone that could hurt every retailer is that Americans spend lessthan expected because there isnt enough inventory(库存)The available goods may also not be all that attractive.The sharp increase in shipping prices has forced manufact

42、urers to make hard decisions about what to transport.Hicks,the Academy Sports CEO,predicted that shoppers will have to settle more because they just wont have as good of a selection.Shipping big items and goods with lower value dont make as much economic sense right now.iPhones are small and pricy,m

43、aking them an ideal good to ship but he same case cant be made for low-end furniture or toys.Consumers might see news about port backups(阻塞)but that wont hit home until they try to buy the toy of the year and cant get it.Bartashus,an analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence,said Thars when theyll hit cris

44、is mode,”32.What is the first paragraph mainly about?A.The goods are mounting.B.Supply chain issues are getting worse.C.The consumers become hopeless.D.The holiday season hits the bottlenecks.33.What problem is Jay Foreman faced with?A.Basic Fun lacks orders.B.There exists a shortage of shippers.C.H

45、is toy company has its worst year.D.The factory is filled with finished goods.34.Which of the following will hurt every retailer?A.Consumers will have limited options.B.Consumers cant afford the attractive goods.C.The shipping company will stop shipping expensive goods.D.The manufactures will have p

46、oor selections of sipping companies.35.What will probably happen according to Bartashus?A.The port problem will be settled.B.Consumers will prefer to stay at home.C.The government will pass the financial crisis.D.The market will be in various forms of panic.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

47、的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Keep current with facts about electric carsSales of electric vehicles(EVs)grew 40 percent last year worldwide.Stateside,nearly a third of drivers want their next car to be electric.36 Almost 100 pure-electric vehicles are set to come into the market by the end of 2024.

48、Many manufacturers,including GM,Jeep,and Volvo,have promised to offer fully electric lineups before this decade is done.37 Teslas upcoming reimagined Roadster will start at$200,000,while Teslas currentcheapest model is$41,000 Plenty of other EVs are even more affordable.Chevy,Nissan,and Hyundai all

49、offer models for around$30.00 When assessing the cost of an EV,keep in mind that some models will even qualify you for a federal tax credit(联邦税收抵免)of up to$7.500.38 A typical EV owner spends between$6.00 and$10.000 less than a conventional car owner on vehicle maintenance.One reason:EVs dont have tr

50、ansmission or clutches two of the costliest parts to repair.There are about 22,000 public charging ports nationwide,a number that is expected to be morethan times by 2023.But for most EV owners,charging at home is the way to go.39 The average EV gets about 250 miles from a full charge,which is far l