江苏省徐州市2022-2023学年高三上学期11月期中抽测英语试题含答案.pdf

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1、江苏省徐州江苏省徐州市市20222023学年度第一学期高三年级期中抽测学年度第一学期高三年级期中抽测英语试题英语试题注意事项1.答卷前,考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号、座位号填写在答题卡上。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,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。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

2、 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。1.What kind of cake did the woman make?A.The lemon cake.B.The chocolate cake.C.The strawberry cake.2.When will the woman have some free time?A.This Friday.B.Next Wednesday.C.Next Thursday.3.What will the wom

3、an probably do next?A.Do some chores.B.Go out with her friend.C.See a movie with her brother.4.Which candle does the man decide to buy?A.The apple and pine candle.B.The orange and walnut candle.C.The chocolate and coffee candle.5.What are the speakers mainly talking about?A.Preparing some food.B.Sho

4、pping for a party.C.Cleaning up after a disaster.第二节听下面 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 Kind of transport does the man want to try?A.Helicopters.B.Cars.C.Planes.7.What does the woman trust most?A.

5、Statistics.B.Her own feelings.C.Safety reports.听第 7 段材料,回答第 8 至 10 题。8.When did the man last have his hair cut?A.One month ago.B Two months ago.C.Twelve months ago.9.How long was the mans hair in his youth?A.Down to his back.B.Down to his collar.C.Down to his shoulders.10.What is the relationship be

6、tween the speakers?A.Friends.B.Husband and wife.C.Hairdresser and customer.听第 8 段材料,回答第 11 至 13 题。11.Where are the speakers?A.In the forest.B.In the desert.C.In the mountains.12.How does the man feel?A.WorriedB.Excited.C.Confident.13.What will the speakers probably do next?A.Listen to the radio.B.Ch

7、ange their direction.C.Help with the cows on the road.听第 9 段材料,回答第 14 至 16 题。14.What does the man say about the countryside?A.It has narrow roads.B It is flat.C.It is inconvenient.15.How did the man lose his ability to walk?A.He fell down the mountains when hiking.B.He had an accident when taking an

8、 elevator.C He had an accident when riding a motorbike.16.How does the woman feel in the end?A.Sympathetic.B.Disappointed.C.Confused.听第 10 段材料,回答第 17 至 20 题。17.What did China sell to the Bomans?A.Silk.B.Glass.C.Silver.18.How many areas of Britain were controlled by the Romans?A.Two.B.Three.C.Four.19

9、.Which of the following is the shortest?A,Hadrians Wall.B.The Antonine Wall.C.The Great Wall.20.What is still in use today?A.Baths made by the Romans.B.Toilets made by the Romans.C Roads made by the Romans.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）阅读下列短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。AHumaniti

10、es MentorsHumanities Mentors（导师）are student volunteers.They build community for currentstudents in Humanities Series and connect them with other humanists on campus.Main duties formentors Help undergraduates with the humanities on campus,including the Humanistic Studiescertificate.Offer advice about

11、 reading,writing,course selection,and international experiences.Participate in Humanities forum,where students improve their papers with the help ofMentors.Involve students in discussing literature,philosophy,history,and art.Write brief blogs about humanities experiences on campus and beyond.May ser

12、ve as chairman,who lead Humanities forum.Become a Humanities MentorPlease fill out the Google Form if you would like to become a Humanities Mentor.Meet witha Humanities MentorAre you interested in the humanities?Have you taken a Humanities Sequence,and dontknow what to do next?Want to learn about hu

13、manities opportunities at and beyond Princeton?Weencourage you to email one of our Humanities Mentors for advice about course selection,theHumanistic Studies certificate,internships,and more.During the academic year,the Coffee Conference program enables students interested in thehumanities to ask Hu

14、manities Mentors for advice over an informal cup of coffee.To participate,students can contact anyone in the Mentor directory to schedule a coffee conference(coffees onus.).21.Who is this passage intended for?A.Professors.B.Undergraduates.C.High school students.D.Parents.22.What is a duty of Humanit

15、ies Mentors?A.To build communities beyond campus.B.To provide certificates for students.C.To help improve the students papers.D.To write blogs about life experiences.23.What can the students do to meet with a humanities Mentor?A.Fill out the Google Form.B.Show interest in the humanities.C.E-mall a H

16、umanities Mentor.D.Schedule a coffee conference.BOne day,Hilary Krieger was sitting in her parents home when her friend accidentallysquirted（喷射）himself with an orange slice.“Oh,the orange just orbisculated,she said.Itdid what?”asked her friend,“Ive never heard such a word.”The two made a five-dollar

17、 bet,andHilary gleefully grabbed the family dictionary.She quickly turned to the O section and didntfind it.Then she burst into her dads study and told him the shocking news:“Orbisculate”was notin the dictionary!Looking embarrassed,her father confessed that he had made up the word when in college.He

18、defined orbisculate as the action that happens when you dig your spoon into a grapefruit and itsquirts juice directly into your eye,though the family also applied it to other fruits and vegetablesthat unexpectedly sprayed.We had been using it our whole lives,as if it were a real word,Hilarysays.Out

19、five dollars and wondering what other fake words might exist in her vocabulary.Hilarywas mad.But she quickly came to see her dads made-up word as a gift,one that,revealed hisnaughty and inventive spirit.It speaks to his creativity and the idea that,even when somethingspainful and annoying,like getti

20、ng grape fruit juice in your eye,you can laugh and have fun withit,”she says.Two decades later,Hilary told that funny story again and again,in sad circumstances.Herfather,Neil Krieger,died at age 78.Orbisculate is such a great word that I dream it should be inthe dictionary!”says Hilary.To get the w

21、ord officially recognized,Hilary set up a website,encouraging people to use“orbisculate”in a wide variety of contexts.Getting a word into the dictionary isnt easy,but words describing concrete phenomena thataffect many people tend to get picked up.“Thats one of the things orbisculate has going for i

22、tthere is no single word that captures the squirting in the eye that certain fruits do,”senior editorof the Merriam-Webster dictionary Emily Brewster says.The words status as an establishedmember of the English language would be pretty undeniable.”24.What shocked Hilary Krieger one day?A.Her friends

23、 squirting juice into his eyes.B.Losing five dollar in the bet.C.Failing to find orbisculate in the dictionary.D.Her fathers making up the word.25.What made Hilary see her dads made-up word as a gift?A.The application of the word to other fruits.B.Her fathers naughty and inventive spirit.C.The fun s

24、he got from the word orbisculate.D.Her dream about the word again and again.26.What is Brewsters attitude toward Hillarys dream?A.Cautious.B Doubtful.C.Positive.D.Unclear.27.Why did Hilary want to get orbisculate in the dictionary?A.To recall her childhood life.B.To memorialize her father.C.To get h

25、erself officially recognized.D.To encourage people to make up new words.CNew bioplastics are being made in laboratories from straw,wood chips and food waste,withresearchers aiming to replace oil as the source of the worlds plastic.The new approaches include genetically modifying bacteria to eat wood

26、 and produce usefulchemicals.But the bioplastics are currently significantly more expensive to make than fossilfuel-based plastics.Land and seas around the world,from high mountains to deep oceans,have become pollutedwith plastic,prompting major public concern.The world has produced 8bn tonnes of pl

27、astic sincethe 1950s and demand is still rising.While some waste plastic is recycled,much of it is burnt to produce electricity,resulting incarbon emissions that drive climate change.In contrast to plastic made from oil,plastics madefrom plant-based materials only release the carbon the plants absor

28、bed from the air as they grew.Bioplastics will also give more options.tor products that biodegrade in the environment,althoughthey can be made very long-lasting if required.Plastics are an incredible enhancement to our daily lives,said Paul Mines,CEO of BiomeTechnologies in the UK,which has spent 5m

29、 in the last five years on bioplastics research.“Butwe cant go on using fossil fuel-based materials.About 6-7%of every barrel of oil is used to makeplastics.”Using plant materials is feasible,said professor Simon,at the University of York.Replacinghalf of the nations plastic bottles could be done us

30、ing just 3%of the sugar beet crop,5%of wheatstraw or 2.5%of food waste,he said.Currently,just a few thousand tonnes of bioplastic are used in the UK each year,compared tomillions of tonnes of conventional plastic.Mines said this could rise to about 20,000 tonnes in thenext five years.28.Why are high

31、 mountains and deep oceans mentioned in paragraph 3?A.To display the range of plastic waste.B.To show the widespread use of plastic.C.I o stress the increasing demand for plastic.D.To raise awareness of ocean protection.29.What is one advantage of bioplastics over fossil fuel-based plastics?A.Produc

32、ing electricity.B.Being eco-friendly.C.Driving climate change.D.Biodegrading other plastic.30.What does the underlined word feasible mean in paragraph 6?A.Possible.B.Troublesome.C.Original.D.Costly.31.What is the main idea of the passage?A.Plastics arc necessary in daily life.B Oil is the source of

33、the worlds plastic.C.Bioplastic making is a promising industry.D.Scientists are researching bioplastic making.DAs a kid growing up in a suburb of London.I loved to go looking for the perfect park bench.Some Sunday mornings,my dad could be persuaded lo drive to new parks.Wed have akick-around with a

34、soccer ball,share a bag of Dotritos and check out all the benches in the area,reading the words can read them.The good park bench leaves me in a state,somewhere between nostalgia（怀旧）and eagerantic ration.Where once I was excited by the words carved on wood,I now find,as a 10-year-old,that Im more ap

35、preciative of each benchs quiet stoicism（坦然淡定）,the way they are willing towait out their turn in every weather,remaining available to all-comers.Like a good book or pieceof music,a park bench allows for a sense of solitude（独处）and community at the same time,which is crucial to life in a great city.Pa

36、rt of my recession with park benches is as spaces where history settles.By planting seedsof curiosity,and making space for reflection,park benches become doors to the past Maybe thatsthe greatest power of the park bench:its rapacity w encourage the art of observation.A goodbench catches us in our qu

37、ietest,most vulnerable（脆弱的）moments,when we may be open toimagining new nanauves and revisiting old ones.Our masks are taken off,hung from the benchswrought iron.On other nearby benches,babies are being burped.Glances exchanged.Sandwicheseaten.Newspapers read it.Lately,through Ive found me sitting on

38、 a lot of cramped metal benches of the kind that dontinvite you to linger long,or nafsirtoncicue ones that leave you cold.Thats because public seatingis becoming an endangered species.(Our cities are becoming more like Disneyland,which hasbeen quietly removing public seating and replacing it with mo

39、re restaurant seating.If you want amoments rest in 21st-century America,you have to open your wallet.One recent Sunday,I wandered through Central Park.To be in Central Park in what ishopefully the pandemics twilight is to be reminded of the beauty of living in a city that still makesspace for park b

40、enches in the modem cityscape.32.How did the writer lead in the topic?A.By describing the scene of the park.B.By revealing his passion for London.C.By showing his fathers affection for him.D.By introducing his childhood experience.33.What can we learn about the writer after he grew up?A.He was suffe

41、ring great frustration in his 40s.B.He enjoyed the peace in the park very much.C.He liked the feel park benches brought to him.D.He was still crazy about the words on the bench34.Which aspect of park benches does paragraph 3 focus on?A.Design.B History.C.Location.D Power.35.Why is public seating bec

42、oming an endangered species?A.It is out of date.B.It is uncomfortable to sit there.C.It is commercialized.D.It is usually made of metal.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。Each place on this planet has its own unique tracts culture and customs.In addition,differe

43、ntlocales have their own languages and dialects.36_As people travel more frequently,they exchange goods and ideas.Thus,the blending ofcultures has become easier and more commonplace.In the age of globalization,one may arguethat language acts as a barrier to communication.Individual dialects may divi

44、de people evenfurther.37._ Dialects arc important for international business.Read on to learn bow.DIALECTS RETAIN IDENTITYMany cultures use different words or prortanciations for the same thing.38_Many times,exact translations are impossible.For example,one language may have a specificword for somet

45、hing,while another does not.If each language were standardized with the same setof words and pronunciations,cultures would lose their identities.DIALECTS HELP SPREAD CREATIVITYNew words spread freely throughout different cultures thanks to world travel and the internet.In our modern society,each per

46、son can travel to experience new things.By learning newlanguages and dialects,a person expands his or her mind.Opening ones mind promotes creativity.39._ Therefore,as we interact internationally,these exchanges lead to innovations.DIALECTS INCREASE INDEPENDENCE40_ Even though a small group is part o

47、f a larger whole,their unique form ofexpression sets them apart.Their uniqueness provides them a sense of independence.Oftentimes,people from a specific area take pride in their dialect.Differences enhance cultural diversity andincrease independence.Without diversity,our world would not progress in

48、business or technology.Our world needs dialects and individual expression to keep cultures alive for futuregenerations.Preserving dialects is good for creativity,innovation,and business.A.The free exchange of ideas leads to new ideas.B.Unique pronunciations help give a culture its identity.C.Adialec

49、t,by definition,is specific to a region or group.D.When exchanging ideas,they feel comfortable speaking dialects.E.Therefore,a standardized language is crucial in the communication.F.However,dialects express the unique qualities of a particular region.G.Language and dialects preserve the unique cultural elements of a given place.第三部分 语言运用（共两节,偶分 30 分）第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分,满分 15 分）阅读下面短文,从所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空处的最佳选项。My family unit of four was on the stricter side when it came to COVID-19 precautions.Wehad decided not to attend most group 41.We had 42 about the health risks posed by this new v