西城区2022.4高三英语一模试卷(1).pdf

西城区高三统一测试试卷 英语 2022.4 第 1 页（共 13 页） 第一部分：知识运用（共两节，30 分） 第一节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 15 分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A mystery man, known as Benny, has been spreading happinessone $100 bill at a time for more than three years in and around Salem, Oregon. He randomly 1 the bills in shops to be found, surprising and delighting unsuspecting shoppers. When it appeared that others might be trying to copy him, he started 2 his bills. It is estimated that he has hidden more than $50,000 worth of $100 bills, and thats only what has been reported. Some people have been keeping track of 3 the bills are found, and notice that he has left them in stores, markets and fairs. Those who find one all have a similar tale about being 4 when a $100 bill, with the mark of “Benny”, falls out of the packaging of something. It is 5 how these bills always seem to end up in the right hands. They have helped people pay their electric bill, make their rent, and even provide the homeless with 6 for a couple of nights. But the real magic of Benny is that more than half of the 7 report paying it forward to their favorite non-profit or a stranger in need. Some of the most heartwarming stories involve children. 8 shopping for toys, they decide to buy school supplies for their classmates or groceries for the local food bank. The bills are so 9 by some of the people who find them that they post them on their refrigerators or carry them in their purses. Its a 10 , they say, to give and be like Benny. 1. A. covers B. buries C. hides D. stores 2. A. returning B. checking C. changing D. signing 3. A. when B. where C. how D. why 4. A. amazed B. impressed C. inspired D. amused 西城区高三统一测试试卷 英语 2022.4 第 2 页（共 13 页） 5. A. acceptable B. understandable C. memorable D. remarkable 6. A. food B. clothing C. shelter D. transport 7. A. finders B. sellers C. losers D. beggars 8. A. Thanks to B. Instead of C. But for D. Apart from 9. A. protected B. recommended C. treasured D. expected 10. A. chance B. challenge C. record D. reminder 第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 15 分） 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1 个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。请在答题卡指定区域作答。A Today, there are groups of native people around the world that still live a traditional lifestyle. Some live in remote parts of South America, 11 way of life is in danger of disappearing. The Korubo are native people who live in the Amazon rainforest. They make their own tools, grow their own crops, and hunt and fish. Their main weapons are clubs and poison-tipped arrows, used 12 both hunting and protecting their territory against 13 (outsider). B A white telephone booth (电话亭), known as the Phone of the Wind, 14 (sit) in a garden on top of a hill. Though 15 (disconnect), the phone serves a surprising purpose: helping people speak out what they feel embarrassed to say in front of others. 16 (think) about the idea for a long time, Sasaki finally built the booth. “My thoughts cant be relayed over a regular phone line, so I want them 17 (carry) on the wind. I hope others can also express their feelings in the same way.” 西城区高三统一测试试卷 英语 2022.4 第 3 页（共 13 页） C Some Qin bamboo texts were discovered in a tomb in Hubei Province that contain many rules regarding 18 people were supposed to live and behave. Experts say these texts could prove the government in the third century BC handed out cruel punishments to people who 19 (break) these rules. For instance, officials punished people who stole money by tattooing (刺青) their face. There are also other ancient laws in the texts. One of them is that when questioning a suspect, an official was 20 (strict) forbidden from using physical force. 第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，38 分） 第一节（共 14 小题；每小题 2 分，共 28 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A Chinese Dual Language Immersion Program (CDLIP) What is Dual Language Immersion? Dual language immersion provides academic instruction in two languages. The Pasadena Unified School District currently offers a Chinese-English immersion program. Why Choose the CDLIP? Learning a second language awakens curiosity and respect for other nations and their cultures. Chinese is not only a rich language with a long literary tradition, but it has also emerged as an influential worldwide language. Our CDLIP promotes cross-cultural sensitivity, so that students can learn about the globalized world. For native Chinese speakers, our program ensures full development and mastery of English language arts while helping them become more fluent in their mother tongue. CDLIP 西城区高三统一测试试卷 英语 2022.4 第 4 页（共 13 页） Our Classrooms The CDLIP serves primary school students, from kindergarten through second grade. Grades 3, 4 and 5 will be added in September of 2022, 2023 and 2024, respectively. The program is currently located at Luther Burbank Primary School. On any given day, you might find a classroom full of kindergarteners counting and sorting coins, first graders singing “The More We Get Together”, or second graders describing physics experimentsall in Chinese! How Does the Program Work? CDLIP classrooms combine native and non-native speakers so that all students may succeed in both Chinese and English. We apply a Two-Way 90:10 Model. In kindergarten, 90% of the days instruction is in Chinese and 10% is devoted to improving English oral language and the ability to read and write. As children progress through grade levels, the percentage of English instruction gradually increases, finally achieving a 50:50 split by fifth grade. To Register Your Child Language learning is a long-term process, so parents are asked to register their children for the full six years. Register online at www.pusd.us/oe between June 13 and 23. The program is free, supported by the Pasadena Unified School District. For kindergarten, no knowledge of Chinese is necessary. (Some knowledge of Chinese is expected for students entering grades 1-3.) Applications will be accepted after the deadline if spaces are still available. If you would like assistance completing your application, please contact Ms. Netty Li at Burbank Primary School (626) 396-5760 or visit PUSD Welcome Center. 21. After attending the CDLIP, students will be able to _. A. master Chinese arts B. understand world history C. hand down traditional literature D. develop cross-cultural awareness 西城区高三统一测试试卷 英语 2022.4 第 5 页（共 13 页） 22. The CDLIP is intended for _. A. Chinese teaching assistants B. children and their parents C. primary school students D. 1-3-year-old children 23. What can you find in CDLIP classes? A. Kindergarteners spending more time practicing reading. B. Students learning through songs and activities. C. Higher-grade students using mostly Chinese. D. Students focusing on science vocabulary. 24. What can we learn about the registration? A. Parents need to pay the program fee. B. Students must be registered every year. C. Spaces are usually available after the deadline. D. PUSD Welcome Center offers help with registration. B Every summer he came to our village on his cycle. The cycle was full of coconuts and on the handle was his small red money purse and the machete that he used to cut the coconuts. He always wore a blue and black checkered lungi and was known for his toothless smile that tended to turn into a slight laugh. He often announced the arrival of summer by standing under our villages Gulmohar tree. During the first touch of summer, red flowers fell on the ground and welcomed him to our village; soon the red flowers turned into long sword-like fruits which hung above his head as he cut the coconuts. He never ate anything except paan (a kind of leaf), which he always could be seen chewing, and he just sat under the tree until someone approached him. Then, he would choose the best coconut, and with expert skill, carve it so that the person could drink the satisfying liquid. 西城区高三统一测试试卷 英语 2022.4 第 6 页（共 13 页） For me he was an artist who knew how to carve the green coconut into an oasis (绿洲) of relief. He was the coconut whisperer, who knew which one had more water. Nobody ever talked about him, for he was of no significance to the busy people of our village. His existence will forever be tied to the shadow of the Gulmohar tree. Nowadays, he doesnt do much business. Kids no longer care for coconut water; they want soft drinks. I know his weak body will fail him in the coming years. He will not visit our village, and with him, all my memories of summer will disappear. No one will miss him apart from the Gulmohar tree, his only friend. My friends and I have stayed in the same village our whole life. Now, in our mid-thirties, we dont have time to talk about our childhood and the life beyond the chains of society. Ive made up my mind. Tomorrow I will talk with him. I will listen to him and preserve him in my memory. I will tell him how important he was for me, how he defined summer for me, and, during every summer, how he nurtured (滋养) me with the coconut water, which was filled with his love. I will take in his smile one last timea remembrance of my childhood innocence. I will hug him until my tears mix with his. 25. What did the kids of the village receive from the coconut seller? A. Amusing toothless smiles. B. Refreshment in summer. C. Coconut carving skills. D. Invaluable experience. 26. In the eyes of the author, the coconut seller is _. A. a magician in his childhood B. a hero during changing times C. a survivor of a forgotten minority D. a protector of a precious tradition 西城区高三统一测试试卷 英语 2022.4 第 7 页（共 13 页） 27. What message does the author want to express? A. Pass on what is yours to the next generation. B. Free yourself from the pressure of society. C. Enjoy the simple things in your busy life. D. Appreciate something before its gone. C One question every coach has heard in their coaching career is this: “Why isnt my kid playing?” The stupidity of many “win-at-all-cost” coaches in youth sports is neatly matched by that of “play-my-kid-or-else” parents at the high-school level. When the games start to count, the main reason why your kid isnt playing is simple: “Theyre just not good enough.” “He/she just isnt fast enough.” “He/she just isnt strong enough.” Good coaches, however, are not usually that blunt. They are very skillful in not telling what you and I would consider the “truth”. The thing is that many kids know what theyre good at, and what theyre not good at. When it comes to football, for instance, most of the middle-schoolers or freshmen already know the one or two kids who are good enough to play on the varsity team (校队) or to catch the eye of a college admissions officer. Their parents do not. The rest play because they enjoy it, need the discipline, want to belong to a team, have dreamed of it since they were five or six, are trying to make their parents happy, need a varsity sport on their college application, or some combination of the factors above. Some of them dont possess much athletic skill, but make up for it by practicing, by getting stronger and quicker, and with on-field effort. Far too many children today are living in a world where they never learn “no”. They dont know how to handle disappointment and failure. Nor do they know how to react and move on when they dont get their own way. 西城区高三统一测试试卷 英语 2022.4 第 8 页（共 13 页） Its awful when your kid isnt playing. Been there, done that. No reasonable parent wants to see their child hurt. But no one escapes this life unhurt, emotionally if not physically. When these kids move on in life, they are going to get rejected when they apply for college, fail to get the job they want, and taste failure and disappointment on multiple fronts. Coaches should try to make sure everyone gets some playing time. But that should never come at the expense of other kids who are more talented, try harder or spend more time practicing. No child should ever go out for any team thinking theyre going to be guaranteed a spot or playing time, no matter how loudly their parents complain. In that sense, sports are a true mirror of life. No one is guaranteed “playing” time in life. For the most part, hard work, effort, planning and desire is rewarded. The benefits can be wonderful. But its good to be prepared when it doesnt work out that way. 28. What does the underlined word “blunt” probably mean? A. Impatient. B. Annoying. C. Direct. D. Serious. 29. The author believes that _. A. kids should learn how to face rejection in their life B. people can live a life without being emotionally hurt C. parents must help kids escape disappointment and failure D. coaches need to ensure every student gets enough playing time 30. What probably motivated the author to write this passage? A. Coaches mistaken beliefs about varsity teams. B. Parents unrealistic views of kids playing time. C. Childrens ignorance of the meaning of sports and life. D. The publics doubts about why kids need to play sports. D The US scientists who created the first living robots say the life forms, known as xenobots, can now reproduceand in a way not seen in plants and animals. Xenobots 西城区高三统一测试试卷 英语 2022.4 第 9 页（共 13 页） are formed from the stem cells of the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis), from which it takes its name. “Frogs have a way of reproducing that they normally use, but when you liberate the stem cells from the embryo (胚胎) and you give them a chance to figure out how to be in a new environment, not only do they figure out a new way to move, but they also figure out apparently a new way to reproduce,” said Michael Levin, a professor of biology at Tufts University, who was co-lead author of the new research. Stem cells are unspecialized cells that have the ability to develop into different cell types. To make the xenobots, the researchers removed living stem cells from frog embryos and left them to develop. “Most people think of robots as being made of metal, but its not so much what a robot is made from but what it does, which is act on its own on behalf of people,” said Josh Bongard, a computer science professor and robotics expert at the University of Vermont and lead author of the study. “In that way, its a robot, but its also clearly an organism made from frog cells.” The researchers found that the xenobots could replicate (自我复制). But it happened rarely and only in specific circumstances. The xenobots used “kinetic replication”a process that is known to occur at the molecular (分子) level. With the help of artificial intelligence, the researchers then tested billions of body shapes to make the xenobots more effective at this type of replication. The supercomputer came up with a C-shape that looked like Pac-Man, the 1980s video game. They found it was able to find tiny stem cells, gather hundreds of them inside its mouth, and a few days later the pack of cells became new xenobots. “The AI didnt program these machines in the way we usually think about writing code. It shaped and sculpted and came up with this Pac-Man shape,” Bongard said. “The shape is, in essence, the program. The shape