1、湖南省三湘名校教育联盟2023届高三上学期第一次大联考英 语分值：150分 时间：120分钟注意事项：1.答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名、考生号、试室号和座位号填写在答题卡上。并在答题卡相应位置贴上条形码。2作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。答案不能答在试卷上。3非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答无效。4考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束
2、后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。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）例：How much is the shirt？A.19.15. B. 9.18. C.9.15.答案是C。1.Where will the man drive? A.On Spruce Street.B.On Broadway.C.On First Avenue. 2.What will the woman bring the man?A.Orange juice and bacon.B.Coffee,eggs,and bacon.C.Tea and eggs.3.What wi
3、ll the weather be like tomorrow afternoon? A.Rainy.B.Sunny.C.Cloudy. 4.Why does the woman ask for another pair of pants?A.She needs a different size.B.The pants are damaged.C.She wants to buy two pairs.5.What does the man decide to do next?A.Continue watching the movie.B.Watch a different movie.C.Go
4、 to the cafe.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）6.What Grade Point Average(GPA) does the man have? A.A4.0.B.A3.3.C.A2.4. 7.What does the woman suggest about her study habits?A.They helped her get into medical school.B.She was too busy with friends to study.C.She regrets not going out more.8.What are the spea
5、kers mainly talking about?A.The woman.B.The man's friend.C.The woman and her friend.9.What is true about Dorothy?A.She is good at telling stories.B.She is from New York.C.She met the woman at the age of sixteen.10.What happened to the woman?A.Her car wouldn't start.B.She got into a car accid
6、ent.C.She set her alarm clock for the wrong time.11.What is the man's reaction to the woman's explanation?A.He's quite angry.B.He's a little annoyed.C.He's very understanding.12.What will the woman do next? A Deal with some files. B. Meet with a client C. Schedule a phone call.B.
7、Meet with a client.13.What is the relationship between the speakers?A.Boss and secretary.B.Mother and son.C.Shopkeeper and customer.14.When will the man walk his dog?A. In a few hours. B. In a few daysC. !n a few months.15.What is the dog's name?A. Spike. B. Bozo. C. Bingo.16.Why does the woman
8、ask the man so many questions?A.She thinks he's too young for a dog.B.She doesn't think he's responsible enough.C.She doubts whether he can afford a dog.17.Which student is turning fourteen?A. Marissa Miller.B. Gabriel Sunday. C. Thomas Scott18.Why might people go to Room 203?A.To suppor
9、t the community.B.To meet some new people.C.To eat some spaghetti.19.What is Mr. Smiths class doing this week?A.Having a bake sale.B.Showing their science projects.C.Donating money to children in need.20.What must eighth graders do?A.Buy dance tickets.B.Get to school early on Thursday.C.Have their p
10、arents sign a form.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）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。ASometimes it takes a work of art to give the inspiration for advances in science For example, Elon Musk's dream of humans living on other planets was first inspired by Isaac Asimov's Foundation bo
11、ok series. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, a massive fan of the Star Trek television series, founded his very own space company Blue Origin. Lets explore some of the technologies from science fiction that have been brought to life.Remote controlFrank Herbert's 1965 novel Dune features a small flying robo
12、t device that is piloted remotely,one of the earliest appearances of drones in science fiction.With the first permit for commercial drone use in the US given in 2006,drones became a reality,and can now be found taking on multiple roles in photography, farming and military.From thin airThe television
13、 show Star Trek,first appearing on screens in 1966,inspired science. One of the most unexpected examples may be the 3D printet.In the program,a device can create any object desired within a matter of seconds.Researchers at the University of Califormia,Berkeley,US,developed a 3D printer in 2019 that
14、shapes objects using rays of light.The device uses light to alter the density of resin（树脂），changing the material from a liquid to a solid in order to shape the desired object.Starting the heartOne of the first sci-fi novels, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley has had a huge impact on science.Earl Balkken，
15、the inventor of the pacemaker（起搏器），a device placed into the chest that helps the heart to pump blood using small electrical impulses, was inspired by the 1931 movie adaptation of the book. “What impressed me the most.was the creative spark of Dr Frankensteins electricity， Bakken told the Atlantic. D
16、efibrillators（除颤仪）， which restart the heart with an electrical current after a cardiac arrest（心脏停搏），also resemble the electric shock that gave the monster life.21.Whose work inspired science? A.Elon Musk's.B.Jeff Bezos'.C.Frank Herbert's. D.Earl Bakken's. 22.Which of the following ca
17、n create new things from "nowhere"? A. Drones. B. 3 D printer. C. Pacemakers. D. Defibrillators.23.Which can be summarized from the passage?A.Science fictionthinks big.B.Technology flies out of our imaginationC.Imagination leads to advanced civilization.D.Scientific development relies on t
18、echnology.BSeventeen young turtles raised from eggs saved from the smashed bodies of mothers killed on roads got their release back into the wild by a class of kindergartners.It was part of a program that has saved thousands of turtles and returned them to the wild over the past 25 years.The turtles
19、 were either raised from the eggs of their dead mothers or were themselves rescued from roads, storm drains or other dangerous places over the years."It's a great community connection," said Lisa Ferguson,director of research and conservation at the Wetlands Institute,which runs the pr
20、ogram along with Stockton University and Stone Harbor schools."It shows how conservation works,and that everyone has a part to play, from adults down to kindergarten students."The turtle release took place during egg-laying season,when turtles come up out of the wetlands onto dry land to l
21、ay eggs,thus exposing themselves not only to natural predators,but also to the far more deadly threat of motor vehicles. Aside from caring for injured live turtles, the Wetlands Institute harvests eggs from females killed on the road and incubates（化）them at 30 degrees Celsius （86 degrees Fahrenheit)
22、,a temperature that will ensure they develop as females (egg temperature determines the sex of these turtles, Ferguson said).When they have grown enough in their first year,they are ready for release into the wetlands surrounding the institute.That's where the kids come in.Kindergartners from St
23、one Harbor schools get to know the turtles as they grow.They give them names,draw posters of them,and even bake and sell cookies to raise money for turtle conservation.When it was time to set them free,some eagerly grasped the turtles from behind; others were more quiet to get up close and personal
24、with squirming turtles and squishy mud, but each student seemed excited to see the turtles paddle away into the shallow water.24.Why did the turtles need rescuing?A.Because their eggs couldn't develop as females.B.Because they couldn't walk across the road.C.Because they lost their mother to
25、 the sea.D.Because their habitat was threatened.25.What did Lisa Ferguson think of the program? A. ProfessionalB. Natural. C. Educational. D. Optional26.What did kids do for the program?A.They learnt to befriend turtles.B.They provided turtles with food.C.They saved the turtles from road kills.D.The
26、y cared for the injured live turtles.27.What is the best title of the passage?A.Go on fighting for themB.Work harder,worry lessC.Help them,happy togetherD.Save them to save ourselvesCIn English it's common to say, “I know this town like the back of my hand! “While we may know our towns really we
27、ll,how well do we actually know our hands? Maybe not quite as well as we think, said a scientific study.Matthew Longo and his team from University College London studied the left hands of 100 people. With their hands placed palms down under a board,Longo's team gave the instruction to point to t
28、heir knuckles and fingertips with a marker.How did they do? Not that well."People think their hand is wider than it actually is," said Longo.He said they also seemed to think their fingers were shorter than their true lengths.People were most accurate when finding their thumbs, but became
29、less accurate with each finger,up to their little fingers."It is connected to our sense of position," explained Longo.Humans know where different parts of our bodies are, even if we can't see them. "It tells us whether a joint is straight or not,"said Longo."We also need
30、 to know the distances between our joints," he went on.Our brains know the sizes and shapes of our bodies from the maps they make for themselves."This experiment tried to find those maps, “he said.Maybe maps don't need to be perfect.But why aren't our brains more accurate? Longo sa
31、id our brains "see" areas based on our sense of touch,with the stronger the sense of touch in a specific body part,the bigger that body part seems. An example is our lips. As they have more nerves than our noses,our brain's map shows our lips are bigger.The same thing can happen with b
32、ody parts that have a lot of nerves. If you've ever had something stuck in your teeth,it probably felt huge! That's because our tongues also have lots of nerves.If you want to have some fun,try this test with your classmates.Get some boards and some markers and have them mark the spots where
33、 they think their knuckles and fingertips are.Compare their hands to the marker spots and see how well they have performed.28.Why is the saying mentioned in Para.l?A.To test readers.B. To serve as a topic.C.To prove a scientific study.D.To attract readers' interest.29.What can be inferred from p
34、eople finding their thumbs more accurately?A.Thumbs are bigger.B.Thumbs are much stronger.C.Thumbs may have more nerves.D.Thumbs may have strong sense of position.30.What does the underlined word "they" in Para.4 refer to? A . Sizes. B. Brains. C . Shapes. D. Maps. 31.What is the purpose o
35、f the experiment?A. To find the maps in human brains.B. To draw the maps in human brains.C.To figure out how different senses cooperate.D.To help people locate their body parts accurately. DThe "Mona Lisa" may maintain her famously mysterious smile because she benefits from one of Paris
36、9; best-kept secrets: An underground cooling system that's helped the Louvre Museum cope with the unbearable heat that has broken temperature records across Europe.With a depth of up to 98 feet and 55 miles of pipes, the little-known "urban cold" network snakes unknowing beneath Parisi
37、ans' feet, which uses electricity generated by renewable sources, is the largest in Europe and runs around the clock with a deafening noise totally inaudible above ground.Paris City Hall has now signed an ambitious contract to triple the size of the network by 2042 to 157 miles.It would make it
38、the largest urban cooling system in the world.Three of the 10 high-tech cooling sites lie on the Seine river.When the Seine's water is cold enough, a machine captures it and uses it to cool the system's water.The heat created as a byproduct is sent back into the Seine where it isabsorbed.The
39、 chilled water is then pumped through the system's pipes to its 730 Parisian clients.Paris' cooling sites all use renewable energy sources such as wind turbines and solar panels.French officials see this energy independence as particularly important given the threat of Russia cutting off ene
40、rgy supplies to Europe.The merits of using a cooling system which uses renewable energy to operate are already being felt by sites that use them.The world's most visited museum,the Louvre, has benefited from the network since the 1990s."It allows us to benefit from energy with a lower carbo
41、n footprint available all year round,"said Laurent Le Guedart,the Louvre's Heritage Director."The particularity of the Louvre Museum is that it needs to use iced-cold water to correctly conserve the artwork and to control the humidity."Le Guedart said that the system is a money-sa
42、ver given the rising cost of energy linked to the Ukraine conflict. It operates notably in the State Room of the Pavillon Denon where the "Mona Lisa" lives.Perhaps it's why beads of sweat have never trickled down the brow painted by Leonardo da Vinci.32.Which is TRUE about the undergro
43、und cooling system in Paris?A. It is too deep to be heard.B.It is the largest one in the world.C.It uses electricity for free to cool air.D.It makes Paris the coolest in Europe. 33.How does the system work?A.By capturing and absorbing heat from its clients.B.By pumping the water from the Seine to it
44、s clients.C.By changing the water in the system for that in the Seine.D.By pumping the water cooled by the Seine through the system.34.What benefit does the Louvre Museum get from the system?A.Attracting more people to see Mona Lisa.B.Protecting its artwork from heat and humidity.C.Getting rid of th
45、e threat of the Ukraine conflict.D.Reducing carbon footprint with less money than before.35.Which of the following questions can be answered by this passage?A.Why was smiling Mona Lisa painted?B.Why does Paris keep the system a secret?C.How many more sites will the system have?D.What will the system
46、 be like in two decades?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。Your house may have an effect on your figure. Experts say the way you design your home could play a role in whether you pack on the pounds or keep them off.36 Here are some ways to turn your home into part of
47、your diet plan.37Dark environments are more likely to encourage overeating, for people are often less self-conscious when they're in poorly lit places-and so more likely to eat lots of food. If your home doesn't have enough window light,get more lamps and flood the place with brightnessMind
48、the colors.38In one study,people who ate meals in a blue room consumed 33 percent less than those in a yellowor red room.Warm colors like yellow make food appear more appetizing,while cold colors make us feel less hungry.So when it's time to repaint,go blue.39People who eat slowly tend to consum
49、e about 70 fewer calories per meal than those who rush through their meals.Begin keeping track of the time,and try to make dinner last at least 30 minutes. And while you're at it,actually sit down to eat. If you need some help slowing down, turn on relaxing music. It makes you less likely to rush through a meal.Downsize the dishes.40We eat about 22 percent more when using a 12-inch plate instead of a 10-inch plate. When we choose a large spoon over a smaller one, total intake jumps b
