广西桂林市逸仙中学2022届高三英语上学期第四次双周考试题.doc

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1、广西桂林市逸仙中学2022届高三英语上学期第四次双周考试题时间：120分钟 总分值：150分第一局部：听力共两节，总分值20分第一节共5小题；每题1.5分，总分值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三个选项中选出最正确选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来答复有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Classmates. B. Workmates. C. Strangers.2. When will th

2、e speakers arrive at San Francisco? A. At 13:00. B. At 3:30p.m. C. At 3:13p.m3. What does the man do? A. A taxi driver. B. A hotel receptionist. C. A waiter.4. How many people attended the meeting yesterday? A. 25. B. 50. C. 100.5. Where do the speakers go to school? A. In Devlin University. B. In B

3、erkeley University. C. In Devlin High School.第二节(共15小题；每题1.5分，总分值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三个选项中选出最正确选项，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，答复第6至7题。6. How much did the man pay for the check? A. $30. B. $130. C.$300.7. What did the woman advise

4、 the man to do? A. Refuse to pay the 300 dollars. B. Report his problem to the agency. C. Ask his car to be recalled immediately.听第7段材料，答复第8至9题。8. Where does the conversation take place? A. At the customs of the USA. B. At a university of the USA. C. At Tianjin University.9. What do we know from the

5、 conversation? A. Alice met Mr. Chen for the first time.B. Both Mr. Chen and Mr. Wu are visiting scholars. C. Mr. Chen and Mr. Wu invited Alice to their apartment.听第8段材料，答复第10至12题。10. What does the woman intend to do? A. Introduce the womans Club. B. Invite the man to do sports. C. Invite the man to

6、 see a film.11. What can we learn about the club? A. People can skate there. B. Its open until 12 at night. C. Three buses pass the club.12. Where will the speakers meet tomorrow night? A. In the front of the club B. Outside the club. C. In front of the cinema.听第9段材料，答复第13至16题。13. What did the man d

7、o during the earthquake? A. He stayed in bed. B. He cried for help. C. He tried to get out.14.What happened to the man during the first earthquake? A. It woke him up. B. He was not woken up by it. C. He was thrown by something.15. What was the time when the man woke up? A. About 2 in the morning. B.

8、 About 3 in the morning. C. About 4 in the morning.16. What was the man doing when the second earthquake came? A. He was sleeping in the world. B. He was sitting up in his bed. C. He was about to make his tea in the kitchen.听第10段材料，答复第17至20题。17. Which city inspired the 1960s fashions? A. Paris. B. L

9、ondon. C. New York.18. What type of menswear will women wear? A. Suits and overcoats. B. Jackets and jeans. C. Woollen sweaters.19. How should gold be worn this year? A. On one item of clothing. B. From head to toe. C. For jewelry only.20. How much do most pieces of clothing cost this year? A. Sever

10、al hundred dollars. B. Thousands of dollars. C. Less than one hundred dollars.第二局部阅读理解共两节，总分值40分第一节共15小题；每题2分，总分值30分阅读以下短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最正确选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AVisitor Oyster cards are electronic smartcards that come fully charged with credit. Whether youre making a one-off trip to London or your

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15、on.Add Credit to Your Visitor Oyster CardYou can choose how much credit to add to your card. If you are visiting London for two days, you can start with20 credit. If you run out of credit, add credit at the following locations: Touch screen ticket machines in Tube, DLR, London Overground and some Na

16、tional Rail stations. Around 4,000 Oyster Ticket Stops found in newsagents and small shops across London. TFL Visitor and Travel Information Centers. Tube and London Overground station ticket offices. Emirates Air Line terminals.21. When can you use your Visitor Oyster Card? A. After you become a re

17、gular visitor. B. Only when you end your journey.C. Once you arrive in London. D. Before you leave home.22. What can we learn about the Visitor Oyster card?A. It can reach you before your journey to London. B. It requires you to pay as much as the daily price cap.C. It can provide you a 50% discount

18、 at a London shop. D. It can be delivered to your home address free of charge.23. Where can you add credit to your Visitor Oyster card?A. On the Internet. B. At a Tube station ticket office.C. On Eurostar trains. D. At Gatwick Express ticket offices.B I stopped to watch my little girl busy playing i

19、n her room. In one hand was a plastic phone; in the other a toy. I listened as she was speaking to her make-believe little friend. And Ill never forget the words she said, even though it was only pretence.She said, “Suzies in the corner because shes not been very good. She didnt listen to a word I s

20、aid or do the things she should. In the corner I saw her baby doll well dressed. It was obvious that shed been put there to sit alone and think.My daughter continued her “conversation, as I sat down on the floor. She said, “I am all fed up, and I just dont know what to do with her anymore. She cries

21、 whenever I have to work and wants to play games, too. She tries to help me with the dishes, but her arms just cannot reach And she doesnt know how to fold towels. I dont have the time to teach. I have a lot of work to do and a big house to keep clean. I dont have the time to sit and playdont you kn

22、ow what I mean?And that day I thought a lot about making some changes in my life, after listening to her innocent words that cut me like a knife. I hadnt been paying enough attention to what I hold most dear. Id been caught up in responsibilities that increased throughout the year.But now my attitud

23、e has changed, because Ive seen the world in a different light through my little darlings eyes. So let the cobweb( 蜘蛛网) cut the corners and the dust bunnies rule the floor. I am not going to worry about keeping up with them anymore.I am going to fill the house with memories of a child and her mother

24、, for we have only one childhood, and we will never get another.24. Who is Suzie? A. The girls phone. B. The girls friend. C. The author. D. A baby doll.25. How did the author feel when hearing her little girls words? A. Interested B. Moved C. upset D. Unbelievable26. The passage lead us to believe

25、that_. A. the little girl doesnt hate her mother any more B. the author has become lazy because of her daughter C. the author cares little about her daughters happiness D. the author wants her little girl to have a happy childhood27. What might be the best title? A. Only one childhood. B. My lovely

26、daughter. C. How to deal with my daughter. D. A world of children.CCitigroup is testing new technology that will allow customers to withdraw money using retinal scanning (扫描视网膜).The bank wants to replace PIN codes with biometric scanners (生物识别扫描仪) that could identify customers using only their eyes.

27、 Customers would use a smart phone app to key in the amount they want to draw out ahead of time. As they approached the ATM, the app would link up to the machine and use retinal scanning to confirm the customers identity. The ATM would then release the cash, as long as the scanner recognizes the ind

28、ividual.Citigroup said the retinal scans would take 15 seconds to complete compared to 45 seconds for traditional transactions (交易). It would, they claim, be more secure and would mean that cards could never be skimmed at an ATM again.The Wall St Journal reported that Citigroup has not set a date fo

29、r when the retinal scanners would be introduced. The bank may have to overcome privacy concerns as some customers may be uncomfortable giving their biometric data to such an institution.Citigroup says it has been working with cash machine manufacturer Diebold and has confirmed that scanning tests ha

30、ve been carried out on 30 consumers in a laboratory at its head office in New York. The test cash machines do not even need a screen or a touchpad as all the information is loaded by the app ahead of time.Citigroup is not the only financial institution testing out cardless cash machinesJP Morgan Cha

31、se and Bank of America are working on similar technology. The moves comes in response to US credit scoring firm FICO announcing that in May this year the number of attacks on debit cards used at ATMs had reached its highest level in 20 years. 28. What is the right process of withdrawing money using

32、retinal scanning?a. The ATM would release the cash. b. Use a smart phone app to key in the amount.c. Use retinal scanning to confirm the customers identity. d. The app would link up to the ATM.A. cbdaB. cdbaC. bdcaD. bcda29. As for the new technology, what will Citigroup probably have to worry about

33、?A. The results of the scanning tests.B. Some customers privacy worries.C. US credit scoring firm FICOs criticism.D. Other banks competition.30. Why is Citigroup developing this new technology?A. To attract more customersB. To compete against other banks.C. To respond to the Wall St Journals report.

34、D. To fight against attacks on debit cards.31. What can we learn from the passage?A. One day, we can withdraw money from the ATM without a card.B. The retinal scanners have already been put into use.C. Citigroup will work with JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America. D. The ATM will be replaced sooner o

35、r later.DIn colleges around the country, most students are also workers.The reality of college can be pretty different from the images presented in movies and television. Instead of the students who wake up late, party all the time, and study only before exams, many colleges are full of students wit

36、h pressing schedules of not just classes and activities, but real jobs, too.This isnt a temporary phenomenon. The share of working students has been on the rise since the 1970s, and one-fifth of students work year round. About one-quarter of those who work while attending school have both a full-cou

37、rse load and a full-time job. The arrangement can help pay for tuition (学费) and living costs, obviously. And theres value in it beyond the direct cause: such jobs can also be critical for developing important professional and social skills that make it easier to land a job after graduation. With man

38、y employers looking for students with already-developed skill sets, on-the-job training while in college can be the best way to ensure a job later on. But its not all upside. Even full-time work may not completely cover the cost of tuition and living expenses. The study notes that if a student worke

39、d a full-time job at the federal minimum wage, they would earn just over $15,000 each year, certainly not enough to pay for tuition, room, and board at many colleges without some serious financial aid. That means that though theyre sacrificing time away from the classroom, many working students will

40、 still graduate with at least some debt. And working full time can reduce the chance that students will graduate at all, by cutting into the time available for studying and attending classes.There is little reward for attending but not finishing college. Students who wind up leaving school because o

41、f difficulty in managing work and class are likely to find themselves stuck in some of the same jobs they might have gotten if they hadnt gone at all. The difficulty of working too much while in school can create a cycle that pushes students further into debt without receiving any of the financial o

42、r career benefits.32. According to the passage, the reality of college students is that _. A. they throw parties a lotB. they stay up late every night C. they pay no attention to examsD. they work besides attending classes33. What is the indirect cause of an increasing number of working students? A.

43、 The need of developing social networks. B. The lack of summer jobs for young adults. C. The chance of finding a job after graduation. D. The expenses of high tuition and living costs. 34. We can learn from the passage that _. A. working students are more likely to finish college B. students can cov

44、er their college expenses through working C. students receive a huge reward for managing work and class D. dropping out of college may not help students get career benefits35. What is the best title for the passage? A. The Difficulties of Landing a Job B. The Struggle of Work-School Balance C. The R

45、eward of Working While Studying D. The Images of Working College Students第二节共5小题；每题2分，总分值10分 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最正确选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Five Things Ambitious People Never Say“I cant do thisits too hard. Ambitious people never limit themselves or undervalue hard work with these words. 36_. “Im not goo

46、d enough. Ambitious people never say they are not good enough. Saying you are not good enough holds you back and makes you easy to quit when things get a little rough. And quitting when things get a little rough is never a good thing. The most successful people in the world are not quitters. 37_. Be confident and believe in yourself, or no one else will. “I wont make it through the obstacles. Challenges and obstacles are tests of your resolve and desire to succeed. 38_. They say they will make it because they know bet