1、2022-2023 学年一学期高三年级期末考试英语学年一学期高三年级期末考试英语（时间 120 分钟,满分 150 分）注意事项：1.答卷前,考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2.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。每段对话后有一个小题
2、,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。例：How much is the shirt?A.19.15.B.9.18.C.9.15.答案是 C。1.What is the man most satisfied with about the new job?A.The location.B.The pay.C.The vacation time.2.What is the man doing?A.Asking for information.B.Giving directions.C.Waiti
3、ng for a bus.3.Where does the conversation probably take place?A.In a shopping mall.B.In a supermarket.C.In the street.4.What does the woman decide to do?A.Go climbing.B.Buy camping equipment.C.Stay at home.5.What are the speakers mainly talking about?A.What to eat today.B.Where to find the menu.C.H
4、ow to post a notice online.第二节供 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。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。听第 6 段材料,回答第 6、7 题。6.What does the woman want to do?A.Reserve a vehicle.B.Collect a vehicle.C.Purchase a vehicle.7.What does
5、 the man offer to do?A.Bring an agreement.B.Send a confirmation number.C.Search the database.听第 7 段材料,回答第 8、9 题。8.What does the man think of the video?A.Amazing.B.Traditional.C.Boring.9.What makes the dancing special according to the woman?A.The music.B.The costumes.C.The routines.听第 8 段材料,回答第 10 至
6、12 题。10.Where do the speakers work?A.In a real estate firm.B.In a construction company.C.In the local council.11.What is under construction at the waterfront?A.Anew cinema.B.A sports complex.C.Aswimming pool.12.What will the man do next?A.Meet a house owner.B.View an apartment.C.Update the online li
7、sts.听第 9 段材料,回答第 13 至 16 题。13.Whats the main purpose of Eric and his father taking the cycle trip?A.To raise money for charities.B.To spend time together.C.To break their usual routine.14.What made a day happier during the trip?A.Riding for a long distance.B.Chatting with the local people.C.Enjoying
8、 the sunshine on the face.15.What is Eric now?A.Hes a student.B.Hes a host.C.Hes a coach.16.What does Eric want to do?A.Take another long ride.B.Go cycling on weekends.C.Participate in competitions.听第 10 段材料,回答第 17 至 20 题。17.What will the railway company do with the car park?A.Change it for a multi-
9、story one.B.Enlarge the parking area.C.Connect it to the high street.18.What does the speaker say about the library?A.It will move to a different site.B.It will close for about six weeks.C.It will extend the opening hours.19.What change will be made to the nature reserve?A.The council will offer the
10、 fond to it.B.There will be a charge for access to it.C.Anational organization will manage it.20.Whats the speaker doing?A.Announcing some plans.B.Giving a lecture.C.Introducing a town.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)阅读下面短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选 项。ASummer High School Programs
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12、e that willchallenge you and enrich your knowledge.Program begins:July 5Program ends:August 5Academic Immersion(AIM)If you want to focus on a specific subject for about three weeks,AIM is for you.It combinesclassroom work and theoretical studies with practical applications and activities based onexp
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15、ins:July 3Program ends:August 14RISE PracticumIf youre crazy about science and are a student currently in your junior year of high school,we invite you to apply for the Research in Science&Engineering(RISE)program.You willresearch with some of the nations brightest scientific minds while advancing y
16、our STEM(science,technology,engineering and mathematics)knowledge and skills.Program begins:July 6Program ends:August 1121.What do High School Honors andAcademic Immersion have in common?A.They enable students to earn college credits.B.They involve students in the outdoor activities.C.They provide a
17、dvice on students9 potential career.D.They are intended for high school juniors and seniors.22.Which program lasts the longest?A.High School Honors.B.Academic Immersion.C.Summer Challenge.D.RISE Practicum.23.What can you do in RISE Practicum?A.Advance social skills.B.Research with great scientists.C
18、.Explore new interests.D.Test engineering knowledge.BWhen I was six,I embarrassed a boy in class by telling the teacher hed wet himself.He satfar behind me but I smelled it,intensely.He was so upset that my grandmother was called intoschool.When we got home,she warned,“Never use your sense of smell
19、for that again.”Sheexplained that I,like her,had hereditary hyperosmia,meaning Im a super-smeller.My husband Les and I both pursued medical careers.One day,I was struck by the smell of apatient.I later learned that she had diabetes（糖尿病）and what I smelled was raised ketones,achemical produced by the
20、liver（肝）.I knew doctors wouldnt accept my diagnoses（诊断）,soI stayed quiet.In 1982,before Less 32nd birthday,I smelt something strange on him.I thought it might bethe air of the place he worked in.Twelve years later,in 1994,he was diagnosed with Parkinsonsdisease.It wasnt until the last months of his
21、life,more than 20 years later,that we discovered Icould detect the disease in others,too.We felt a responsibility to do something.We attended a lecture by Prof.Kunath,aneurobiologist.I asked,Why is the smell of Parkinsons not being used for early diagnosis?,Hedidnt answer and we left,disappointed.Bu
22、t four months later,he called our home.He had foundme after relaying my question to a colleague,who told him,You must find her.We began towork as a team to prove my theory.When Les died in 2015,he made me promise Id carry on the research.I spent time in labs,smelling sufferers9 skin oil on swabs（棉签）
23、.I could detect whether the person had Parkinsonswith 95%accuracy.This year,our research team published a breakthrough:a three-minute test thatcan detect the disease by running a swab along someones neck.Ive become known and delivered many lectures.Im working ondetecting cancers and tuberculosis.I n
24、ever imagined,at 72,this would be my lifts work.Iconstantly think about how I lost my Les,but also how I finally fulfilled my promise.24.What did the author do when she smelt something strange on her husband?A.She took the smell lightly.B.She drove him to hospital.C.She warned him of a disease.D.She
25、 made him shower more.25.Why did Prof.Kunath call the author?A.To make an apology to her.B.To invite her for a specific research.C.To discuss her husbands disease.D.To promote her to a higher position.26.How was a patients Parkinsons detected according to Paragraph 5?A.By having a brief talk with th
26、e doctor.B.By taking a blood examination.C.By conducting a short and easy skin test.D.By rubbing a swab in the nose.27.What does the author think of her present work?A.Painful.B.Tiring.C.Easy.D.Rewarding.CThe widespread sedentary（久坐不动的）lifestyle has become a problem in America,fuelingthe rising obes
27、ity（肥胖）rate.Now a new study finds that being surrounded by active friends can help a person living asedentary lifestyle get more exercise each day.Researchers at the US Military Academy found thatpeople in social groups where exercise is valued are more likely to be more active themselves.Lonely peo
28、ple are more likely to live sedentary lifestyles without another person around to givethem a boost.The findings highlight the idea that the company a person keeps can be a boost totheir overall health and direction in life.Dr.Diana Thomas,a professor at a military school and study author said that t
29、he idea for theresearch came from real life experiences on the campus.Her team had noticed a trend of peoplebecoming more interested in fitness and other activities once arriving at the school.This is notusually the case at other schools and workplaces,where there is no significant impact on fitness
30、.Thomas believed that this trend could be the result of in-group social conditioning,where peoplewill take part in activities that others around them are doing.People whose data were gathered for the study were split into three groups based on theirphysical activity level 一 sedentary,moderately and
31、extremely active.Moderately active folkswere the most important for drawing people who are sedentary to become active,and to sustainthat activity.Thomas explained that sedentary people would be unlikely to change their behaviorwhen placed in a group of the extremely active,as it would seem unattaina
32、ble.28.Why does the author mention the rising obesity rate in the first paragraph?A.To make comparisons.B.To introduce the topic.C.To support the argument.D.To provide examples.29.What helps a sedentary person become active?A.Volunteering in social groups.B.Working in a caring company.C.Joining spor
33、ts-loving friends.D.Giving a lonely neighbor a boost.30.What might have caused the trend at the military school?A.Requirements from the school.B.Peoples natural addition to sports.C.Social interaction within a group.D.Competition against other schools.31.Why are extremely active people less influent
34、ial according to Dr.Thomas?A.They have no appeal for sedentary people.B.They are unwilling to involve sedentary people.C.They themselves often fail to sustain exercising.D.They seem like an example beyond sedentary people.DWhales,particularly baleen and sperm whales,are among the largest creatures o
35、n Earth.Their presence in the ocean shapes the ecosystems around them.These creatures are also helpingto determine the temperature of the planet.When whales die,they sink to the ocean floor and all the carbon that is stored in theirextremely large bodies is transferred from surface waters to the dee
36、p sea,where it remains forcenturies or more.Scientists found that before industrial whaling,populations of whales wouldhave sunk between 190,000 to 1.9 million tonnes of carbon per year to the bottom of the ocean,which equals taking between 40,000 and 410,000 cars off the road each year.But when the
37、y arekilled and their bodies are prevented from sinking to the seabed,that carbon is released into theatmosphere.But whales are not only valuable in death.The tides of excrement（排泄物）that whalesproduce are also surprisingly relevant to the climate.Their iron-rich excrement creates the perfectgrowing
38、conditions for phytoplankton（浮游植物）.These creatures may be microscopic,but,taken together,they have a great influence on the planets atmosphere,absorbing about 40%of allCO2 produced,four times the amount absorbed by the Amazon rainforest.“Whaling has removed a huge organic carbon pump from the ocean
39、that would have beenhaving a much larger multiplying effect on phytoplankton productivity and the oceans ability toabsorb carbon,says Vicki James,policy manager at Whale and Dolphin Conservation.What this means is that restoring whale populations to their pre-whaling numbers could be animportant too
40、l in fighting climate change,and helping to slightly reduce the large amount of CO2from fossil fuels every year.32.What happens to the carbon stored in whales after they are hunted?A.It remains in their bodies.B.It enters the atmosphere.C.It sinks to the deep sea.D.It transfers to surface waters.33.
41、What does the underlined word microscopic mean in Paragraph 3?A.Tiny.B.Destructive.C.Extinct.D.Rare.34.What can we infer from the text?A.Whales are more valuable after they die.B.Excrement of whales accelerates global warming.C.40%of CO2 is absorbed by the Amazon rainforest.D.Whaling has a negative
42、influence on climate change.35.Which is the best title of the text?A.What We can Do to Save WhalesB.How Whales Help Cool the EarthC.What is Climate Change Doing to WhalesD.Why Whale Populations are Declining Sharply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。Food waste
43、has become a severe problem across the world due to a lack of understanding ofhow to effectively use food and conserve it.Roughly one-third of the food produced globally iseither lost or wasted every year.36_Stop Food Waste Day is an international day of action in the fight against food waste.Itbega
44、n back in 2017 by Compass Group,one of the worlds largest food-service companies servingrestaurants,cafes,hospitals,schools,and more.37_ On this day,Compass countryteams will work together to raise awareness of the critical food waste problem and inspire change.Stop Food Waste Day aims to educate pe
45、ople about their food waste.38_ StopFood Waste Day hopes to change the way leftovers are used,so people can take the mostsignificant advantage of what food they use.The Compass Group focuses the efforts of its mission by teaching their chefs how to trackand reduce waste as much as possible.They also
46、 seek to donate more than 250,000 pounds offood each year to local food banks.39 _ Show your support by looking up simple recipes to best use leftovers andfresh produce.Before food shopping,plan ahead by making a list and only buying what you knowyoull use.40_Get into the habit of freezing leftovers
47、,instead of throwing them in the rubbish.Besides,helpteach people about the benefits of saving food waste.A.It brings 30 countries together.B.Now its your turn to take action.C.Food waste,however,can be stopped.D.Help schedule cooking demonstrations and share recipes.E.More importantly,it offers cre
48、ative and impactful solutions.F.Compass Group promised to reduce food waste by 30%by 2025.G.Also avoid wasting food by seeing what needs to be used up before you go shopping.第三部分英语语言运用（共两节,满分 30 分）第一节完形填空（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分,满分 15 分）阅读下面短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入.空白处的最佳选项。Last year in October,my fami
49、ly and I took our first camping trip.My whole family 41.which was the most important part of the trip for me.My siblings（兄弟姐妹）are adults withdifferent 42.which makes it difficult for us to 43 an activity like this.We had set up the tent when it suddenly started raining.44.we had positioned the tent
50、on ahigh flat surface where 45 could not come into our tent.Even with the rain,I had never beenhappier.While we were all 46 the sound of the rain,my mom cooked a warm meal for the family.Over the dinner,my father told us 47 stories about his childhood,which made us burst intolaughter.At night,it was
