1、湖北省鄂东南省级示范高中教改联盟学校2023届高三上学期期中联考 英语试卷上午 8: 0010: 00试卷满分：150 分第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分 30 分) 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。每段对话仅读一遍。1. Where are the speakers probably? A. In a bank. B. In a shop. C. In a hotel. 2. Why does t
2、he man call? A. To look for his ring. B. To send his package. C. To ask about a ticket. 3. What are the speakers talking about? A. Fruits. B. Drinks. C. Minerals. 4. When will the movie start? A. At 7: 50 pm. B. At 8: 00 pm. C. At 8: 10 pm. 5. What does the woman want to do? A. Put off the submissio
3、n date. B. Inquire more about the budget. C. Change the way of doing budget. 第二节 (共 15 小题; 每小题 1. 5 分，满分 22. 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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5秒钟；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。听下面一段对话，回答第 6 和第 7 两个小题。6. What does the woman say about the
4、china tea set? A. Its priceless. B. Its classical. C. Its well-known. 7. How will the woman deal with the china tea set? A. By collecting it herself. B. By sending it out as a gift. C. By selling it at a fair price. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. What does the job position involve according to the man? A. An
5、swering phones. B. Conducting interviews. C. Creating schedules. 9. What does the company offer to its employees? A. Insurance. B. Accommodation. C. High salaries. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. What does the man want to do in the beginning? A. Buy a refrigerator. B. Repair a refrigerator. C. Return a r
6、efrigerator. 11. What does the woman do with the situation? A. She lowers the price. B. She corrects the instructions. C. She explains the method of use. 12. How does the man sound at the end? A. Confused. B. Embarrassed. C. Disappointed. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. How often does the man go to the b
7、each? A. Once a week. B. Twice a month. C. Once a month. 14. Why did the man join Heal the Bay? A. His cousin invited him. B. His parents influenced him. C. His friend recommended him. 15. Which program did the man take part in? A. Adopt-A-Beach. B. Saturday Warriors. C. Beach Captains. 16. What doe
8、s the man say about the members of Heal the Bay? A. Theyre brave. B. Theyre creative. C. Theyre warm-hearted. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Who is the speaker probably? A. A teacher. B. A hostess. C. A tourist. 18. What was the original price of the tour package? A. $1, 430. B. $2, 460. C. $2, 860. 19
9、. What does the tour package cover? A. Flight tickets. B. Lunch and dinner. C. A 5-night hotel stay. 20. What does the speaker advise the listeners to do? A. Book in advance. B. Travel in large groups. C. Make the most of the promotions. 第二部分 阅读 (共两节，满分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
10、文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项. ASearching the OEDHow to use the quick searchThe quick search bar can be found on the OED (Oxford English Dictionary) homepage and at the top of every entry page, and finds main dictionary entries, such as alphabet, break, xylophone. It also finds phrases and compounds
11、listed within main entries, such as to look up or alphabet book, and different forms of spellings such as dictionarie. Wildcard searchesA wildcard is a symbol which stands for any character. The question mark? represents the occurrence of any one single character, and the asterisk * represents the o
12、ccurrence of any number of characters (or no character at all) . Wildcards are useful if you do not know how to spell a word, or if you want to find several terms beginning with the same root. How to use the advanced searchAn advanced search is a full search of the entire dictionary text which is fo
13、r readers who have logged in or subscribed to the dictionary. Advanced search can be especially useful for very specific searches. You can use the search area functionality to search by each section of an entry. You can also use filters to narrow your search to match certain criteria. Browsing by ca
14、tegoriesCategories allow you to explore the dictionary through groupings of words in, for instance, a subject or from a particular origin. If you want to find all the Carribbean borrowings in English, or find the first word related to espionage (间谍行为) to enter the dictionary, this is the function fo
15、r you. Further explore your search by using the options that appear on the right-hand side of the results page. 21. What will you use if you are not sure of the spelling of a word? A. The quick search. B. Wildcard searches. C. The advanced search. D. Browsing by categories. 22. Whats the requirement
16、 of using the advanced search? A. Registering for the dictionary. B. Matching certain criteria. C. Searching with specific words. D. Searching with purpose. 23. Where is this text probably taken from? A. A dictionary. B. A brochure. C. A website. D. A textbook. BTiger Woods was only 19-year-olds whe
17、n he made his first cut on the PGA Tour, but the newest wonderkid in golf has beaten that marker this week. The Chinese-Tapei star Hsieh Cheng-wei was in the field for the Linkou International, and experienced a storming start on Thursday when he posted a three under par ( 标准杆) 69. His second round
18、tailed off slightly as he finished with a 74, but at one under par, he remains in the tournament for the weekend. Hsieh broke the record of Guan Tian-lang, who made the cut at the 2013 Masters when he was 14 years and 169 days. The legendary Tiger Woods - who reportedly shot a 48 over nine holes whe
19、n he was only three-years-old, was 19 when he made his first professional cut at the 1995 Masters. Cheng-wei isnt old enough to have been able to drive home from the course after his rounds, and nor could he celebrate his new feat with an alcoholic drink. However, he wasnt about to get carried away
20、with his performance either. “I didnt putt (轻击球) well.” he told Markman from AsianT. “Its not that tough out there. I just didnt play my best game. I got nervous towards the end because I wasnt playing well. I didnt have much expectation though. I just try to play my best.”Despite his own critical a
21、ssessment, golf fans reacted favourably when the official Asian Tour Twitter account praised the feat, writing: “Local amateur Hsieh Cheng-wei becomes the youngest male player (14 years and 33 days old) to make the halfway cut on one of the games major Tours,” alongside a clapping emoji. The youngst
22、er will now hope to progress better than previous record holder Tian-lang, who is currently outside the top 1, 900 players in the world. But his achievement on his home course will have undoubtedly made the golf work take note. 24. Who made his first cut at the youngest age? A. Tiger Woods. B. Hsieh
23、 Cheng-wei. C. Guan Tian-lang. D. Markman. 25. Which of the following can replace “get carried away with” in Paragraph 4? A. Be anxious about. B. Be tired of. C. Be annoyed about. D. Be excited about. 26. What can we know from Cheng-weis words? A. He didnt play the game with ease. B. He was nervous
24、from the beginning. C. He was content with the process. D. He had no expectation for the game. 27. What will Cheng-wei do next? A. Challenge Tian-lang to a game. B. Break the world record. C. Make greater achievements. D. Become the top 1900 player. CAs I write this blog on 23rd April, most of the U
25、K, will have been stuck at home for a whole month since 23rd March. As we adjust to the physical challenges brought about by coronavirus, it will come as no surprise when I say that our language is also being affected by the current situation. We have all learned some new vocabulary: coronavirus bei
26、ng one of them. For many, it was probably the first time they realised that corona means crown (-like), referring to the shape of the virus itself. There is plenty of other terminology related to the virus: COVID-19, epidemic, pandemic, self-isolation, super-spreader. All of a sudden, the pandemic h
27、as people like you and me with no medical backgrounds talking like true epidemiologists (specialists who study diseases). More importantly, the effects of the pandemic and the nationwide lockdown on our language use extend way beyond the vocabulary we might slip in during our video chats with family
28、, friends, and colleagues. With the closure of schools and universities, most bilingual students now live at home where they are immersed in a linguistic environment, where on the one hand, they are losing hundreds of contact hours with English-speaking peers. On the other hand, this might be an opp
29、ortunity for them to develop their abilities in their home languages. Similar linguistic changes can be observed among those who mostly communicate only in English too, for instance, in terms of their accents. After being in the same space with our family for a whole month, some of us might start to
30、 sound more and more like our family partly because we all unconsciously accommodate to people we frequently talk to. In this sense, what this national lockdown does to our accents is like when we have been on an extended holiday abroad with the family. Maybe when we can finally socialise again, we
31、will be able to guess where each others roommates are from. 28. What is the current situation in Paragraph 1? A. People in the UK have to stay at home. B. We have got used to the environment. C. Coronavirus is affecting our language. D. People face the challenge of the virus. 29. What does the natio
32、nwide lockdown bring for bilingual students? A. Chatting with relatives online. B. Losing contact with classmates. C. Fewer English practicing hours. D. A lack of learning environment. 30. Whats the main idea of the last paragraph? A. The way we communicate changes. B. We speak with more accents. C.
33、 We can easily identify others. D. Our accents are being changed. 31. Whats the authors tone in writing this article? A. Cautious. B. Critical. C. Pessimistic. D. Humorous. DFlash droughts are relatively new for natural disasters, and come on fast, with conditions going from normal to severely dry i
34、n less than one month. This means people have no time to prepare for the consequences, which can include dried crops, streams or wells. A well-documented flash drought swept across the central U. S. in 2012. Normal winter and spring rainfall made people assume it would be a normal summer. But it sud
35、denly stopped raining in May, leading to the driest summer in the Great Plains since 1895. The drought destroyed crops in six states, resulting in $35. 7 billion of agricultural loss. The 2012 disaster inspired researchers to concentrate on flash droughts. In a study published in 2021, Cook and his
36、colleagues, using tree ring data paired with soil moisture data, reconstructed the frequency and scale of flash droughts in the Central Plains over the past 500 years. The model showed that over one-third of all flash droughts since A. D. 1500 occurred in the 20th century. However, while science is
37、giving some insights into where and how these rapid dry outs happen, we still dont know how to predict them. “We know the physical ingredients that cause flash droughts, but we dont really understand what triggers them in the soil column,” says Justin Mankin, a geography professor. Part of the reaso
38、n flash droughts are difficult to forecast is because theres a lack of on-the-ground monitoring, including real-time measurements of soil moisture. Tools like the U. S. Drought Monitor rely on satellite imagery of vegetation as well as other geophysical data. But they only provide a guess of soil mo
39、isture, rather than showing whats happening beneath the surface. “Plants are doing the water exchange between the land and the atmosphere,” explains Mankin. “That exchange is happening in what we call the root zone about a meter underground, which is difficult to monitor from a satellite.”32. Whats
40、the purpose of mentioning the 2012 drought? A. To highlight the loss the drought brought. B. To show the history of flash droughts. C. To further explain flash droughts. D. To illustrate the harm of the drought. 33. How did Cook and his team study flash drought? A. By doing experiments. B. By analyz
41、ing statistics. C. By studying the history. D. By observing nature. 34. Whats the disadvantage of the current monitoring tools? A. They cannot predict soil moisture. B. They depend on satellites and data. C. They cannot get clear pictures. D. They cannot track water exchange. 35. Whats the best titl
42、e of the text? A. What Flash Droughts AreB. How Flash Droughts FormC. What Flash Droughts BringD. How We Predict Flash Droughts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。Fake news spreads faster and more easily today through the internet, social media and instant me
43、ssaging. 36 , which can harm the public health and add to social disorder and division. Some fake news also contains a mixture of correct information, which makes it difficult to spot what is true and accurate.
44、 37 . They might not have read the full story before sharing or just glanced over it. Before you decide to share, make sure to read stories properly and follow some checks to determine the accuracy. If the story appears to claim a much higher level of
45、certainty in its advice and arguments than other stories, this is questionable. 38 . So, it is only natural to more readily accept information that provides comfort or easy solutions unfortunately, often in a false way.
46、; 39 , it is worth double-checking. Fake news will try to grab your attention by being more exaggerated than real stories. Anything written entirely in capital letters or containing a lot of exclamation marks should raise your suspicions.
47、 The best sources for authentic information are your government websites. However, even government messaging can get things wrong. 40 . For instance, The Conversation is a more trusted source because all content is written by acade
48、mics who are experts in their fields. Websites such as APFactCheck and Full Fact highlight common fake news stories. A search engine can be used to look up the title of the article to see if it has been identified as fake news by the mainstream media. A. If a story is more surprisingB. If a message
49、presses you to shareC. Fake news may also be shared by trusted friends and familyD. People will be seeking certainty in a time of high uncertaintyE. But they are more trustworthy than unchecked sources on social mediaF. Think twice about the messages and help guide your family and friendsG. These messages may contain u
