1、高三英语试题 第 1页（共 14 页）三明市 2022-2023 学年度第一学期普通高中期末质量检测高 三 英 语注意事项：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。3.考试结束后，将答题卡交回。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。
2、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。例：How much is the shirt?A.19.15.B.9.18.C.9.15.答案是 C。1.What would the man probably prefer to drink?A.Water.B.Coke.C.Coffee.2.How does the woman learn best?A.Through pictures.B.Through writing.C.Through listening.高三英语试题 第
3、2页（共 14 页）3.Whats the probable relationship between the speakers?A.Brother and sister.B.Husband and wife.C.Co-workers.4.How does the man probably feel about the restaurant?A.The food is of bad quality.B.It doesnt have good service.C.Its location is too far from his house.5.What are the speakers main
4、ly talking about?A.When the man will move house.B.What kind of flat Cathy wants.C.Why the man moved house.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。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.Where did the man stay dur
5、ing his trip?A.At his grandparents house.B.In a hotel.C.At his friends house.7.What was probably the womans favorite place in Beijing?A.Anatural lake.B.Amountain area.C.An urban center.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8.Why does the woman want to buy the jacket?A.To give it as a gift.B.To replace an old jacket
6、.C.To wear at an event for her work.9.What is probably the current location of the speakers?A.Amarket.B.Ashopping mall.C.Adepartment store.10.How much will the woman probably pay?A.S10.高三英语试题 第 3页（共 14 页）B.$90.C.$100.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11.Why did the womans computer probably break?A.It got wet.B
7、.It was too old.C.It suffered high heat12.What is the womans main concern?A.Recovering her files.B.Fixing her computer quickly.C.Getting a new computer cheaply.13.What will the man do for the woman?A.Fix her computer.B.Recycle her computer.C.Recommend a different computer repair shop.听第 9 段材料，回答第 14
8、 至 16 题。14.Whats the girls nationality?A.English.B.American.C.French.15.What do the girls parents want her to study?A.Acting.B.Business.C.Medicine.16.What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A.Schoolmates.B.Professor and student.C.Dorm keeper and student.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17.How
9、many countries in Africa speak Portuguese?A.Two.B.Three.C.Five.18.What fact about Portugal is the speaker probably most proud of?A.It has its own national type of music.B.It has the oldest bookstore in the world.高三英语试题 第 4页（共 14 页）C.It is the oldest country in Europe.19.What is the speaker s favorit
10、e area of Portugal to visit?A.The beaches.B.The major cities.C.The northern forest area.20.When will the speaker probably return home?A.After finishing university.B.After a few years of work.C.After his retirement.第二部分 阅读理解（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
11、项。AFriendship isnt always easybut it is always important.These childrens booksabout friendship focus on the strength we get from our friends,the laughs we sharealong the way,and the importance of building lifelong bonds.Owen and Mzee:An inspiring true story about a hippo named Owen,and his bestfrien
12、da tortoise named Mzee.They met after a terrible flood,in which Ow en becametrapped.An entire Kenyan village worked to rescue him,and when he was finally freed,they were impressed by the friendship that grew between Owen the hippo and Mzee thetortoise.How to Be a Friend:For some,friendship comes nat
13、urally,while others needsome guidance to learn the best ways to find friends and keep them.This picture bookprovides practical advice on determining who can be a friend,and how to showsomeone that youd like to be friends with them.The colorful,cartoon-style drawingshumorously deal with these difficu
14、lt situations.The Lion and the Little Red Bird:The book centers on a language barrierbetween a lion and his would-be friend the bird.Because they are unable tocommunicate,the bird becomes frustrated as it tries to figure out why the lions tail is adifferent color every day.Eventually the bird discov
15、ers the secretthe lion uses hisluxurious tail as a brush to paint in his cave.Friends:Percy the Pig,Johnny Mouse and Charlie Rooster are the main charactersin this tale about friendship.The three inseparable friends enjoy a fun-filled day together,and when night falls,they learn an important lesson
16、about the necessity for friends to be高三英语试题 第 5页（共 14 页）apart at times.This tale is simply charming,and includes many hidden lessons onteamwork,being thoughtful,and accepting that other people are different from us.21.Why is Owen and Mzee so inspiring?A.It contains many actual photos.B.Many animals
17、survived the flood.C.It gives us valuable lessons on friendship.D.Two animals of different species formed friendship.22.Whats special about How to Be a Friend?A.It s based on a true story.B.It provides guidance on making friends.C.It talks about friendships.D.It includes hidden lessons.23.Which book
18、 can teach children about teamwork?A.Owen and Mzee.B.How to Be a Friend.C.The Lion and the Little Red Bird.D.Friends.BAs mountains go,1642-foot Squaw Peak isnt particularly impressive.But itsinviting views of western Massachusetts have tricked hikers into becoming relaxedamong its steep，slippery cli
19、ffs,resulting in countless injuries and even deaths.Henry Grant respected Squaw Peak s record.As such,he stayed a good ten feetfrom the edge while waiting for his mother to catch up with him.He watched a hiker,around 60 and dressed in pink,was peeking over the lip of the cliff with her husband.When
20、Grants mother rejoined him,the two turned to continue on their way.Suddenly,aman yelled anxiously,Paula!Paula!Grant wheeled around.The woman in pink hadfallen off the side of the mountain.Several hikers immediately started looking for her,but their view was blocked bytrees.Grant decided to lend a ha
21、nd.After 15 minutes of climbing over stones andpushing through the bushes,Grant spotted a figure about 25 feet above him.She wastrapped in a small rocky extension.The woman had fallen about 75 feet.Amazingly,shewas alive.Grant called 911.He waited where he was for a while,but she kept trying to move
22、,and every time she moved,she slipped a little more.Afraid that she might fall off theextension to her death.Grant crawled on all fours until he reached Paula.Securinghimself against a tree,Grant gently put her hand in his and tried to keep her mind off thepain by asking her some questions:Where are
23、 you from?What do you do for a living?Do you have kids?”About 45 minutes later,first responders arrived on the高三英语试题 第 6页（共 14 页）summit.Eventually,Paula and her husband were flown by helicopter to a hospita1.Paula,who has fully recovered,said,“At 18,Henry has already participated inbuilding the rest
24、 of my life.”24.What record does Squaw Peak have?A.Its height looks very forbidding.B.It has the view of westemAmerica.C.Many hikers dropped or died there.D.Most of its cliffs are extremely slippery.25.What made Grant worried about Paula?A.Her serious injuries.B.Her constant movement.C.Her response
25、to nothing.D.Her loss of various senses.26.Why did Grant ask the woman some questions?A.To reduce her feeling of pain.B.To remove her sense of fear.C.To keep her awake all the time.D.To get her detailed information.27.What does Paula want to express by saying the words in the last paragraph?A.Curios
26、ity.B.Satisfaction.C.Praise.D.Surprise.CAs a classic love movie of the twentieth century，Titanic makes one scene a longlasting cinematic shot.Jack let go of his hand and sank in the icy seawater,leaving thechance of living to his lover Rose,who finally survived on wooden door debris(残骸).More than 10
27、0 years since the disastrous event and more than two decades after theearliest release of the movie Titanic,there have been many“door theories.Audiencesdebate heatedly over whether or not Jack and Rose could have both fit onto the woodendebris and survived.So,was there room for Jack?In a TV program,
28、hosts Jamie and Adam even did an experiment using an exactreplica(仿制品)of the wooden piece from the movie,and the two proved that if they hadtied Roses life jacket to the bottom of the door to strengthen its buoyancy(浮力),theywould have managed to stay afloat.However,their conclusion was debunked when
29、 director Cameron said that thefreezing water and Jack s high temperature would have made the life jacket solutionimpossible.He also said that the debate is beyond the point the movie is trying to make,which is focused on the tragic love story of Jack and Rose,not physics.高三英语试题 第 7页（共 14 页）The larg
30、est debris recovered from the real Titanic is now displayed in the MaritimeMuseum.The museum s website states that a replica was once built for the movie basedon the museums Titanic collection which is known as the“doorused in the deathscene.Unfortunately,the size of the debris coupled with the weig
31、ht of Rose on top couldwork,but not if Jacks additional weight was added to it.In a word,science has proven that Jack didnt die for nothing and did indeedsacrifice himself to save the love of his life.28.What s the purpose of Paragraph 1?A.To highlight characters.B.To introduce a movie.C.To raise a
32、question.D.To lead in the topic.29.What is the conclusion of Jamie andAdam based on?A.Aphysics experiment.B.The development of the plot.C.The theme of the movie.D.Aheated debate.30.What does the underlined worddebunked”in Paragraph 4 mean?A.Confirmed.B.Approved.C.Opposed.D.Concerned.31.Which word ca
33、n be used to describe the ending of the movie?A.Unrealistic.B.Reasonable.C.Confusing.D.Surprising.DFor any astronaut hoping to survive on the surface of the moon,growing crops willbe essentia1.Now,scientists have taken“one small step”towards growing plants on thelunar surface,after showing it s poss
34、ible to grow thale cress,a small flowering plant,inlunar soil.The findings raise hopes that plants could be grown on the moon during futurespace missions,and even enable mankind to set up a lunar settlement.For future,longerspace missions,we may use the moon as a launching platform,explained Profess
35、or RobFerl.“It makes sense that we would want to use the soil that s already there to growplants.Until now,scientists have not grown plants in the soil.“So,what happens whenyou grow plants in lunar soil?What would plants do in a lunar greenhouse?Could we高三英语试题 第 8页（共 14 页）have lunar farmers?”Profess
36、or Ferl questioned.To answer these questions,researchers from Florida set out to plant thale cressseeds in lunar soil,add water,nutrients,and light,and see what happened.Theresearchers chose to use thale cress because its genetic code has already been fullymapped.For comparison,the researchers also
37、planted seeds in a range of soils,includingthose that simulate Martian soils.To their delight,the researchers found that nearly allof the seeds grew.However,they did observe differences between the plants grown inthe lunar soil and those grown in the control soils.Some of the plants grown in the lun
38、arsoils were smaller,while others grew more slowly or were more varied in size.Growing plants in lunar soils may also change the moon itself,according to DrStephen Elardo.The moon is a very,very dry place,he said.How will minerals in thelunar soil respond to having a plant grown in them,with the add
39、ed water and nutrients?Will adding water make the minerals friendlier to plants?”The researchers hope toanswer these questions in follow-up studies.32.Whats the second paragraph mainly about?A.The significance of the findings.B.The plants grown in the lunar soil.C.The missions of future space explor
40、ation.D.The hope for setting up a lunar settlement.33.Why did researchers use thale cress in the experiment?A.Its genes are suitable for lunar soil.B.It has a long evolutionary history.C.It has been tested with lunar soil before.D.People have a good knowledge of its genes.34.What did researchers fin
41、d about the plants grown in lunar soi1?A.They absorbed few nutrients.B.They didnt grow well enough.C.They grew slowly in the dark.D.They needed more water to grow bigger.35.What is the best title for the text?A.Scientists Grow Plants in Lunar SoilB.Scientists Conduct a Study on Lunar SoilC.Scientist
42、s Prepare for Farming on the MoonD.Scientists Hope to Collect More Lunar Soil第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 分）高三英语试题 第 9页（共 14 页）根据下面短文，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。So often we find ourselves on autopilot-waking up in the same home,putting onthe same clothes and taking the same transportation to
43、 the same old job.36Andwhile its perfectly natural for humans to stick to routine,there s much to be discoveredbeyond the limits of our comfort zones.A man aged 53 is no exception.37He knew it was going to be hard to findanother job.He also knew it was now or never to pursue his lifelong dream of ow
44、ninghis own restaurant.But he was too old to compete with the young and too weak to doany labor work.38He didnt want to spend his rest life sitting around and feeling pity forhimself.Also,Mrs.Mockenhaupt actively encouraged him to move on,considering it aperfect chance for two of them to start their
45、 own business with plenty of time andwithout the disturbance of children.39Brian found just what he wanted eight blocks from home-an existingcafe that was under performing and whose owner was highly motivated to get out of hislease(租约).40But the problem was that he had never financially planned for
46、thisday.He had to borrow money from friends and relatives.After that,he changed the nameto Black Dog Coffee,and made it alive.Eighteen years later,theyre still there and doingbetter than ever.Brian says hes extremely grateful for the decision to make a change.A.Then came the opportunity.B.That was e
47、xactly what Brian needed.C.The thought filled him with anxiety.D.Even our New Years decisions to change hardly make it.E.Several weeks after consideration,he decided to have a change.F.With the support of his family,he took a job in the local cafe.G.Brian Mockenhaupt got laid off from a senior manag
48、ement position.第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分 30 分）第一节（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。At the end of a week,Mike and I were going to invite friends for dinner.Alreadyrunning late myself I started feeling41as I drove to pick up Haydn and MichaelFor the next hour I42the boys from o
49、ne place to the next.The more I neededthem to43,the more distracted they became.My44was wearing thin.Just as we finished our last errand(差事),the boys reminded me to stop at the高三英语试题 第 10页（共 14 页）345store to buy crickets(蟋蜂).Yes,I had promised them.Fifteen minutes later,wewere back in the car with s
50、ome new46:one hundred crickets.I pulled the car into the driveway with only 45 minutes left:before my47arrived.I started barking orders at the boys,but all they48was placing the cricketsinto their little cage.49,the next time I looked up,the crickets were jumping allover my kitchen.I screamed and cl
