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1、长春外国语学校2022-2023学年第一学期期末考试高三年级英语试卷出题人：程静审题人：薛玲本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，共12页。考试结束后，将 答题卡交回。注意事项：1 .答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写清楚，将条形码准确粘贴在考 生信息条形码粘贴区。2 .选择题必须使用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题必须使用0.5亳米黑色字迹的签字 笔书写，字体工整、笔迹清楚。3 .请按照题号顺序在各题目的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无 效；在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。4 .作图可先使用铅笔画出，确定后必须用黑色字迹的签字笔描黑。5 .保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，不要弄破、弄

2、皱，不准使用涂改液、修正带、刮 纸刀。第I卷第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）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。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，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 回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. Why does the woman refuse to lend the car to the man?A. Her parents dont allow her to lend it out.B. Her parents will use it this afterno

3、on.C. She will drive it to the post office.2. What is the mans job?A. A luggage handler.B. An airline pilot.C. A taxi driver.3. When will the woman have her hair cut?A. At l（）:（X）this Friday.B. At 9:30 this Saturday. C. At 12:00 this Saturday.4. What does the man mean?A. They have another week to de

4、cide.B. They should decide by Friday.C. Theyd better decide right now.5. Where are the speakers?A. At home.B. In the street. C. On the sea.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. What arc

5、 the speakers discussing in general?A. Advice on human cloning.B. The methods to do human cloning.C. Their position on human cloning.7. Who is the man probably to be?A. The womans doctor.B. The womans boss. C. The womans classmate.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What is the matter with the womans brother?A. He hi

6、t his head.B. He hurt his back. C. He is not breathing.9. What does the man advise the woman to do?A. Check her brothers neck.B. Help her brother stand up.C. Leave her brother where he is.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What docs the woman think of the mans neighbor at first?A. Considerate.B. Helpful.C. Troubl

7、esome.11. How did the man help his neighbor?A. He found his key for him.B. He looked after his plants.C. He helped him move furniture.12. What problem did the mans neighbor bring?A. He once disturbed the man at 2:00 a. m.B. He often held all-night parties.C. He complained too much.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。1

8、3. Why docs the man talk with the woman?A. To ask her about the course arrangements.B. To design a guide for new students.C. To give her some advice.14. What is the womans first impression of （he town?A. It is crowded.B. People there are quite friendly.C. It is quiet in the evening.15. What was the

9、woman dissatisfied with about the school?A. The food.B. The course.C. The living condition.16. What does the woman suggest doing?A. Improving the environment of studies.B. Having regular meetings with professors.C. Communicating with classmates once a week.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What do readers need

10、to do to understand My Life?A. Read the writers other books.B. Know about the writers life.C. Read it slowly.18. Why does John go to London in Goodbye to the Fields?A. His parents both come from there.B. He doesnt like the countryside.C. His flither has got a job there.19. What is the disadvantage o

11、f Holidays in Europe?A. It doesnt describe places well.B. Its maps are not practical.C. It costs too much money.20. Who will find next weeks program useful?A. People who are planning to buy books as presents.B. People who are trying to save money.C. People who enjoy reading reports.第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）

12、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和D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AThe Nobel Literature Prizes are awarded to the persons who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction. The following are some famous female winners in recent years.Herta Miiller （from Ger

13、many）The Nobel Prize winner in Literature 2009. Her works are rooted in her experiences as one of Romanias German-speaking racial minority. Muller describes how dictatorship（独 裁）causes a fear and sense of distance that stays in an individuaPs mind. With precise language, she recalls images from the

14、past.Svetlana Alexievich (from Belarus)The Nobel Prize winner in Literature 2015. Svetlana Alexievich represents life during and after the Soviet Union(苏联)lhrough the experience of individuals. She uses interviews to create a picture of a wide range of voices. Her books arc a combination of oral his

15、tory and deeply psychological literature, composed of stories collected on a simple tape recorder.Louise Gliick (from America)The Nobel Prize winner in Literature 2020. The prize committee stressed “Her unmistakable poetic voice with plain beauty makes individual existence universal”. Childhood, fam

16、ily life, and the close relationships with family are themes that have remained central to her. She seeks the universal, and in this she takes inspiration from myths and classical themes.Annie Ernaux (from France)The Nobel Prize winner in Literature in 2022. She usually describes the events in her l

17、ife and the lives of those around her. The courage and clinical sensitivity with which she uncovers the roots, separations and collective restriction of personal memory“ is the reason she was awarded the prize according to Swedish Academy.21. How does Svetlana Alexievich create her works?A. By inter

18、view.B. By biography.C. By short stories.D. By memoir.22. What makes Glucks works popular according to the prize committee?A. Her family life.B. Individual existence.C. Simple beauty.D. Fictional structure.23. What do the four winners works have in common?A. They are rooted in life experience.B. The

19、y create a lot of pictures for their books.C. They bring light to the root of peoples memory.D. They are focused on the relationship between individuals.BIt was Christmas Eve when my elder sister and I decided to open our presents before our mom got home from work. She usually came home about an hou

20、r after we got home from school, which we thought was plenty of time to take a peek at the gifts under the tree.My elder sister opened present after present while I was ordered to stand guard at the big window in our front room. Finally, when my sisters curiosity was satisfied, we traded places.Afte

21、r unwrapping a few presents, I found it faster to open one end of a present and peek inside. uCool! Mom and Dad got me head phones fbr my stereo!” I pulled the headphones out of the box and was about to put them on when my sister shouted, t4Quick! Wrap it back up! Moms coming!I put the headphones ba

22、ck hurriedly in the box but my hands were shaking. My heart pounded harder as I tried to get the tape to stick. I had just finished burying the package with my headphones in it when my mother came into the front room. 1 jumped up and said, Hi, Mom!” She smiled at me and said H back, but didnt appear

23、 to suspect a thing. My heart began to slow as I took a deep breath.On Christmas morning, my sister and I smiled and gave award-winning performances when we opened our presents again. Headphones!” I shouted. Thanks, its just what I wanted.After everything had been opened, my sister and I looked at e

24、ach other, and our eyes met. Our secret was safe, but somehow Christmas morning didnt feel the same.My sister and I never opened our Christmas presents early again. I dont know if it was that opening our gifts for the second time just wasnt as much fun as the first time, or if wc came too close to g

25、elling caught and didnt want to think about what our mother would have done to us.24. What did the author and his sister do before their mother came back?A. They bought some Christmas presents.B. They put Christmas presents under the tree.C. They opened Christmas presents in advance.D. They changed

26、Christmas presents quickly.25. How did the author feel when his mother was coming?A. Grateful and moved.B. Cheerful and excited.C. Curious and surprised.D. Nervous and frightened.26. Why did that Christmas morning give the author a different feeling?A. His secret was found out.B. His request wasnt s

27、atisfied.C. A festival atmosphere was everywhere. D. A pleasant surprise was lost.27. What can we infer about the author from the last paragraph?A. He didnt like the headphones.B. He regretted what he had done.C. He couldnt find his Christmas present.D. He wasnt pleased with his mother.CThe idea of

28、Buy Now Pay Later or BN PL, has attracted millions of shoppers with the promise of interest-free credit. An incredible 45 percent of 18 to 24-year-olds in the UK turned to BNPL last year, according to The Money Charity. Lenders say they offer a better deal than credit cards, because they do not char

29、ge interest but make money from affiliate deals （关联交易）with retailers （零售商）.It may be a new way of borrowing money, but the old rules still apply: unless you repay the debt quickly, you are building up trouble fbr the future.Now, BNPLs arc growing in popularity and do have upsides mostly convenient s

30、hopping with no interest financing and no strict approval requirements. However, they also make it effortless to overshop, overspend, and get in over your head with credit problems.Lenders pay the retailer on your behalf, and then you repay over 30 days or three months, spreading the cost to help wi

31、th your cash flow. They say this is fairer and less expensive than credit cards. That may be true, but BNPL has dangers, too.BNPL lenders may not charge any interest, but they still want you to pay back the money you have borrowed, so what if you cant? Typically, you have 30 days to pay. If you dont

32、, your lender will contact you to chase late payments. If you still dont pay, they call in the debt collectors.Citizens Advice says that 14 million used a BNPL product last year, but six million did not understand what they were signing up for. Some 26% of BNPL customers regretted their choice, whil

33、e 41% struggled with repayment. Younger people were particularly at risk. A quarter of those making BNPL repayments couldnt afford food, rent or bills as a result.Another worry is that BNPL lenders only perform soft searches on a persons credit report, so do not see the borrowers true credit status.

34、 This means they cannot remove people with financial problems and may end up adding to their troubles. BNPL lenders say they do careful checks to make sure they never lend more than a consumer can afford to pay back, and also pause accounts if a single payment is late. Nobody wants to be pursued by

35、debt collectors. If you do use BNPL credit, never borrow more than you can afford to repay. 28. How do BNPL lenders earn profits according to the text?A. They force borrowers to pay their debts.B. They require payment fbr retailers5 services.C. They receive a certain fee from affiliate deals.D. They

36、 charge interest from 18 to 24-year-old users.29. Why does BNPL become more and more popular?A. For strict approval requirements and no interest.B. For its convenience of shopping with high interest.C. For buying anything needed without credit problems.D. For convenient shopping and no strict approv

37、al requirements.30. What problem does the Buy Now Pay Later method have?A. All the young people cant repay the debt quickly.B. It is difficult to know the borrowers real credit status.C. More than half of BNPL customers cant afford the payments.D. BNPL has to depend on debt collectors to get back th

38、e money.31. What do the underlined words “get in over your head* in paragraph 2 probably mean?A. lb make up your mind.B. To start to feel happy.C. To be involved in a difficult situation.D. To show an indifferent attitude.DPsychologists have long believed that personalities are relatively immune to

39、changes following collective stressful events, such as natural disasters, but the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be an exception, said Angelina Sutin, a psychologist at Florida State University. Researchers from a new study analyzed answers from 7,109 adults in the United States, based on the Big Five

40、 personality traits: neuroticism （神经过敏症），extroversion （外向）, openness, agrceablcness and dutifulness. The participants, aged 18 to 109, took multiple personality tests on their phones or computers measuring these traits before and during the pandemic.In the first, “acute” phase from March 2020 to Dec

41、ember 202（）, personality traits remained fairly consistent with pre-pandemic surveys, with only neuroticism slightly declining. By the second phase, defined as the “adaptation“ period from January 2021 to February 2022, there were no overall shifts in neuroticism relative to pre-pandemic levels, but

42、 adults had become less extroverted, open, agreeable and dutiful. Also, younger adults personalities changed the most, while the oldest group had no significant shifts. And no other age group saw an increase in neuroticism in the second phase, but adults under 30 did.“The results dont hold true for

43、each person. So its no surprise if you dont see that same change in yourself or those closest to you,“ Sutin said.Although personality doesnt directly control mental health, Sutin is advocating for more research into the impact that pandemic-related personality changes may have on wellbeing, particu

44、larly fbr young adults. 4tWe need to do what we can to help support younger adults as much as possible, so they can make better transitions into adulthood and reduce the stress that they face to help improve their mental health and long-term outcomes,“ said Sutin.Still, the study had a few downsides

45、, said Brent Roberts, a psychologist at the University of Illinois Banana-Champaign. There was no control group of people who hadnt experienced the pandemic, and other explanations werent explored, making it hard to assess if these personality changes were directly caused by the pandemic.32. How may

46、 psychologists feel about the pandemics impact on personality?A. Concerned. B. Uninterested. C. Unexpected. D. Annoyed.33. How did participants get involved in the study?A. By responding to questions online.B. By making some personal requests.C. By analyzing their personality traits.D. By recording

47、their daily life with phones.34. What did the findings of the research indicate regarding personalities?A. Neuroticism remained consistent.B. The two phases shared similar results.C. Young adults underwent more changes.D. The older people were, the more shifts they had.35. What is the last paragraph

48、 intended to show about （he study?A. Its prospect. B. Its limitations. C. Its significance. D. Its advancement. 第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5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佳选项。选项中有两项 为多余选项。You will be leaving this school at the end of this year and the unavoidable question many people will ask you is, “So, what do you want to be? Some of you may have already decided on a career path. 36 Here are some things you might want to consider.First, docs the career you are considering have staying