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1、（北京）股份有限1汕头市金山中学汕头市金山中学 2023 届高三第一学期摸底考试届高三第一学期摸底考试英英语语本试卷共本试卷共 8 页，满分页，满分 120 分。考试用时分。考试用时 120 分钟分钟第二部分第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分阅读（共两节，满分 50 分）分）第一节（共第一节（共 15 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分分，满分 37.5 分）分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。四个选项中选出最佳选项。AIf you have no difficulty in understanding what native E

2、nglish speakers say in daily life,there is awhole new world of brilliant podcast(播客)series to explore.If you arent sure where to start,have a lookat these choices that have caught on:The Joc Rogan ExperienceThe Joc Rogan Experience is a favourite 1earning device because of itsinteresting English con

3、versations between Rogan and his guests.At the time ofwriting there have been over 1,660 episodes with subjects ranging from comedyand science to politics and sports.Rogan is also a famous stand-up comedian,sothe show is full of cultural references and idioms.ThisAmerican LifeThis American Life is a

4、 popular choice for English learners who want an insightinto the culture of the USA.It is a mixture of journalism and storytelling,focusingon real-life tales from citizens of all regions of the country.The stories are newand varied.One episode was taped for 24 hours in an all-night restaurant;anothe

5、rinterviewed workers on strike.The Writers VoiceThe New Yorker is a famous American magazine,and every week it prints a newshort story.In this podcast,the weeks story is read aloud by its writer.Thepublished work covers a wide range of life experiences across the United Statesand beyond.Its a great

6、way to enjoy some of the best new fiction in the country.Overheard at National GeographicNational Geographic is a much-loved American magazine(and TV channel)famous for incredible stories and photography related to science and theenvironment.Overheard is about the discussions Nat Geo employees have

7、hadwhile taking breaks.Expect crazy stories from explorers,photographers,andscientists from around the world.（北京）股份有限221In order to fully enjoy these podcasts,you should.Ahave interaction with hostsBhave good English competenceCbe interested in being a podcasterDbe familiar with American social life

8、22Which podcast gives you more stories behind the scene?AThe Writers Voice.BThisAmerican Life.CThe Joe Rogan Experience.DOverheard at National Geographic.23What do these podcasts have in common?AThey enjoy great popularity.BTheir stories are set in America.CThey are attached to magazines.DTheir work

9、s are updated weekly.BMadison stared through the window and watched a puffy white cloud pass over the woods acrossfrom the school.It must be wonderful to be a bird,she thought.Total freedom.No math class to sit in,and her days would be Spent on horseback.she thought of her horse,Star.“Madison.Could

10、you please join us again?”Mrs.Smith said.“I was just asking the class if anyonehad any problems with the homework assignment.”“Well,I didnt have any problems doing it,but I had problems remembering to put it in my schoolbag after I did it.”Some giggling spread through the room.“Madison.I dont know w

11、hat I am going to do with you.Youre such a smart girl but you just dontapply yourself.Class,clear your desks.Our guest is here and welcome Doctor Landon.He is aveterinarian（兽医）.He came here today as part of our continued Career Explorations Program.”Madison tried to focus as Doctor Landon talked abo

12、ut how important grades were and how hestruggled with math when he was a kid.Doctor Landon was still talking but she lost track of what he wassaying.Then a word caught her attention.Horse.Was he talking about horses?Gradually,Madison knew Doctor Landon had come to her town and house when her horse,S

13、tar,needed care.She liked it that he even knew her horses name.“So,you just travel around and take care ofhorses all day long?”Doctor Landon nodded.“I travel with my truck to take care of horses and ponies across the county.It is a lot of work,but I love it.”Madisons mouth fell open.What a life that

14、 must be,she thought.At that moment,sitting in class,Madison could see her future and her life suddenly seemed bigger.By the time she got off the bus thatafternoon,her plans for the afternoon had changed.She was still going to ride Star,but first she was goingto spend an hour studying math.Then tomo

15、rrow shed spend an hour studying science.24Why was Madison called by Mrs.Smith in class?ABecause she had problems with math.BBecause she was absent-minded in class.CBecause she was distracted by the birds outside.DBecause she forgot to bring her homework back.（北京）股份有限325Why was Doctor Landon invited

16、 to the class?ATo call for care for animals.BTo enrich students outdoor activities.CTo emphasize the importance of study.DTo help students with their career choices.26What can be inferred about Madison from the last paragraph?AShe was greatly inspired.BShe preferred math to science.CShe didnt believ

17、e Landons story.DShe changed her hobby completely.27Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?AAn Exciting Horse RidingBAn Interesting Math ClassCMadison Dreams BigDMadison Pursues FreedomCNowadays,countries are eager to get more electric cars on the road because moving away fromgas-po

18、wered vehicles is vital to fighting climate change.China says that most new vehicles sold by 2035will be electric.The United Kingdom will ban new gas-powered cars in 2030.One of the worlds majorautomakers,General Motors(GM),announced that it would stop selling gas-powered cars by 2035.The key to an

19、electric future is batteries.Automakers are racing to pack the most energy into thesmallest one.The 1ithium-ion(锂离子)battery is what powers our mobile devices,which can be rechargedagain and again.Making these batteries has an environmental cost.Lithium is taken from the earth,like theoil used to mak

20、e gasoline.But the long-term cost is much smaller.Once you bum gasoline,you cantrecycle it,says Jessika Trancik,a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.But when youuse up a battery,you can still recycle the material.Its up to governments to make electric cars accessible to everyone

21、.National policies can help.In theUnited States,an electric Chevy Volt costs about$35,000.Trancik says charging stations must also be madewidely available.As part of an effort to fight climate change,America plans to build half a million of themin the US by 2030.She hopes enough charging stations wi

22、ll be built soon.“Its important to put chargerswhere many different people can have access to them,”she says.“Not just wealthier people.”Last year,almost 5%of approximately 67 million new cars sold worldwide were electric.For VenkatViswanathan,a professor of mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon

23、 University,green electricity is partof the solution to climate change,and electric cars are just the beginning.He sees a future of solar-poweredhomes and electric flying cars.Soon,a plug-in vehicle might be as cheap as a gas-powered car.It is nowabundantly clear that electric is the future,he says.

24、It will be a totally new world.28Which word best describes Tranciks attitude to the 1ithium-ion battery?AConservativeBSkepticalCPositiveDDisapproving29What does Trancik indicate about charging stations in Paragraph 3?AThey should come down in price.BThey may be unfairly laid out.CEnough of them have

25、 been built.DThey favor more ordinary people.（北京）股份有限430What can be inferred from Viswanathan?AGas-powered cars will be cheaper.BGreen electricity will be widely used.CThe price of batteries will drop sharply.DElectric vehicles will beat climate change.31What can be a suitable title for the text?ACh

26、arging StationsAre NeededBVehicles Have Clean OptionsCClimate Change Fuels ElectricityDOur CarsAre Going ElectricDJason,a straight-A student from the University of Pennsylvania,uses the term“pseudo-working”todescribe how many of us study.The pseudo-worker looks and feels like someone who is working

27、hard he or she spends a long time in the 1ibrary and is not afraid to push on late into the night but,becauseof a lack of focus and concentration,he or shes doesnt actually accomplish much.This phenomenon can be seen on must college campuses.For example,atDartmouth there was asection of the main lib

28、rary that was open twenty-four hours a day,and the students I used to see there late atnight crowded in groups,drinking coffee,were definitely pseudo-working.The roommate who flipsthrough her chemistry notes on the couch while watching TV is pseudo-working.By placing themselves in distracting enviro

29、nments and insisting on working long hours,these studentsare damaging their brains ability to think clearly and efficiently accomplish the task at hand.In the endthey get half the results with twice the effort.The bigger problem here is that most students dont even realize that theyre pseudo-working

30、.To thempseudo-working is work its how theyve always done it,and its how all of their friends do it.It nevercrosses their mind that there might be a better way.Straight-A students,on the other hand,know all aboutpseudo-working.They fear it.It not only wastes time,but its also mentally tiring.In fact

31、,the most important skill in becoming a straight-A student is the ability to get work donequickly and with a minimum of wasted effort.Some cognitive science research concludes that about fiftyminutes is the optimal learning period to maximize the material integrated per time unit.So how do thesestud

32、ents achieve this goal?To understand their secret to success,consider the following simple formula(公式):work accomplished=time spent intensity of focus.Pseudo-working features a very low intensity of focus.Therefore,to accomplish something bypseudo-working,you need to spend a lot of time.The straight

33、-A approach on the other hand,increasesintensity in order to use less time.32Which of the following phenomenon is pseudo-working?ATom is busy taking notes while attending a lecture.BMike is sitting at a study lounge in preparation for a final exam quietly.CJack spends a long time in the library on h

34、is essay while listening to music.DAlice and Sara are sitting on the couch reading their favorite books.（北京）股份有限533Compared with straight-Astudents,the major problem of most students is that.Athey want to spend more time on studyBthey are eager to follow their friends wayCthey have got used to their

35、 study approachDthey are unaware of their pseudo-working34What does the underlined word“optimal”mean in paragraph 5?APossibleBBestCLeastDAccurate35What does the author want to stress by mentioning the formula?AThe length of time on study counts.BConcentration plays a key role in study.CGetting work

36、done quickly means everything.DEffective study approach is very important.第二节（共第二节（共 5 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分分，满分 12.5 分）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The Ancient Chinese Game of GoWeiqi,known in English as Go,is one of the four skills that an anc

37、ient Chinese intellectual(知识分子)could possess.It has a history of well over 4,000 years in China and remains popular.Culturally,thisactivity is really more than just a game.36One of Chinas classics,The Romance of the Three Kingdoms,describes the famousgeneral Guan Yu playing Go while receiving surger

38、y on his arm.History books have recorded quite a number of keen Go fans from each dynasty.Today,there are stillmany in China,Japan and South Korea.Wu Yulin,a professional,explains its attraction,“In Go,you canlearn the dialectics(辩证法)and military stratagems.37There are numerous variations within the

39、game and you can never reach the bottom of it.”38Hua Yigang,Secretary General of the China Go Association,remarks on thecharacter-building qualities of Go.“You have to become entirely calm,otherwise you cant play it.Youhave to be very strong of mind.39You might make mistakes during a game,and then h

40、ave toreadjust your mentality in order to fight to the end.”In fact,all of our minds can benefit from playing Go,which officially has the capacity to make yousmarter.Research has shown that children who play Go have the potential for greater intelligence.40Today,the number of Go fans in China is at

41、36 million and rising.Some universities like BeijingUniversity are even offering courses in Go to undergraduates.ATheres always loss as well as gain.BIts a war between equal powers.（北京）股份有限6CThat is because it motivates both the right and left sides of the brain.DYou can also cultivate your characte

42、r and improve your intelligence.EBut more often,ancient Chinese played Go to cultivate their mind and character.FThe influence of Go on Chinese society is quite evident in literature works.GMany people also love this ancient game for the Chinese philosophy it contains.第三部分第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分语言运用（共两节，满分

43、 30 分）分）第一节（共第一节（共 15 小题；每小题小题；每小题 1 分，满分分，满分 l5 分）分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的阅读下面短文，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四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项The fourth-graders walk up to a mirror one after another at a school in southwestAtlanta.“Im a good person!”a boy41a face mask adds.Another boy follows,“Im strong and42,”befo

44、re hurriedly walking away.In thebackground,their teacher,Acker,holds up the mirror in front of the kids and43them on.“Yes!Louder!Love it!”she calls out.Acker teaches science at Gideons Elementary School,and shes on a44to boost herstudentsconfidence and45.The kids returned to school this month after

45、a year of virtual learning,and said their46words every morning before class starts.Acker47this with her 5-year-old daughter since she developed verbal language skills,andloved how they both felt48.“The best part about doing the affirmations(肯定)is the feeling afterI say them,”Acker says.“And the feel

46、ing I see my students feel or that they49after they doit.Their attitude is better and their self-confidence is50,so we have a better day.Mental health issues are51among children nationwide as they struggle with52,uncertainty and pandemic.Many adults report that the pandemic has been hard on their me

47、ntal health.Forkids,some experts say,it has become a(n)53.And more so this year,kids“need all of the kindness and compassion we can54,”says Dr.Marcuetta,a psychologist.Children develop their55based on how grown-ups speak to them,making teachers a keyinfluence and positive affirmation a crucial first

48、 step,she adds.41.A.playingB.wearingC.makingD.finding42.A.meanB.indifferentC.independentD.common43.A.keepsB.fixesC.callsD.cheers44.A.promiseB.missionC.wayD.permission45.A.self-loveB.sympathyC.self-disciplineD.wisdom46.A.surprisingB.positiveC.uniqueD.unreliable47.A.deniedB.sharedC.practicedD.conclude

49、d48.A.afterwardB.forwardC.eventuallyD.initially49.A.expressB.replyC.createD.question（北京）股份有限750.A.suspectedB.checkedC.liftedD.separated51.A.risingB.improvingC.movingD.leading52.A.personalityB.imaginationC.curiosityD.anxiety53.A.opportunityB.successC.choiceD.crisis54.A.thinkB.offerC.ridD.hide55.A.lan

50、guagesB.argumentsC.doubtsD.beliefs第二节（共第二节（共 10 小题；每小题小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分分，满分 15 分）分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Years ago,a documentary series titled Masters in the Forbidden City56(release)in Chinaand soon became a hot topic,bringing the profession of cultural reli