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1、高三英语第 1页共 11页学科网（北京）股份有限公司江苏省苏州市 2022-2023 学年第一学期高三期中调研试卷英语2022.11注意事项:1.本试卷满分 150 分。考试时间 120 分钟。2.答题前,务必将自己的学校,姓名、考试号等相关信息写在答题卡上规定的地方。3.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。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

2、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。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 will the man do next?A.Take an exercise class.B.Have a shower.C.Swim in a pool.2.How does the man suggest the woman get to the airport?A.By subway.B.By bus.C.By car.3.Why does the man w

3、ant to study abroad?A.To learn English quicker.B.To gain valuable experience.C.To study at a good university.4.What is the man doing？A.Receiving a health checkup.B.Interviewing a candidate.C.Applying for a job.5.What are the speakers mainly talking about?A.A winter sport.B.A hiking trip.C.Weather co

4、nditions.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 6、7 题。6.Why does the man leave his current position?A.He is going to retire.高三英语第 2页共 11页学科网（北京）股份有限公司B.He has got a job elsewhere.C.

5、He will move to another city with his wife.7.How does the woman feel now?A.Lonely.B.Unhappy.C.Excited.听第 7 段材料,回答第 8、9 题。8.How did the man learn about the origin of badminton?A.From his grandmother.B.From a school lesson.C.From a journey.9.Why are the speakers waiting to play?A.The court is occupied

6、.B.They arrived at the court late.C.They didnt book a court in advance.听第 8 段材料,回答第 10 至 12 题。10.Where does the conversation take place?A.In a cinema.B.In a school.C.In the speakers house.11.Who was the woman supposed to meet today?A.Her doctor.B.Her teacher.C.Her friends.12.Which movie series will

7、the speakers watch?A.Harry Potter.B.Fast and Furious.C.Mission Impossible.听第 9 段材料,回答第 13 至 16 题。13.What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A.Shop owner and customer.B.Tour guide and tourist.C.Hotel worker and guest.14.Which country does the woman come from?A.China.B.America.C.South A

8、frica.15.What does the man say about smartphones in China?A.Theyre popular among businessmen.B.Theyre leading in advanced technology.C.Theyre cheaper than those of other countries.16.What will the woman probably do next?A.Get some cash.B.Call her co-worker.高三英语第 3页共 11页学科网（北京）股份有限公司C.Open a credit c

9、ard account.听第 10 段材料,回答第 17 至 20 题。17.What do we know about Jose?A.He just finished high school.B.He is going to start a new family.C.He has graduated from university recently.18.When will the party be held?A.This Friday.B.This Saturday.C.This Sunday.19.What does the speaker ask Jose to do?A.Be res

10、ponsible for his decisions.B.Start a successful business.C.Study overseas.20.What does the speaker do?A.He is a builder.B.He is a cook.C.He is a farmer.第二部分阅读理解（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 和 D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。AMost of us have an unreasonable fear or habit.Famous folk

11、s often seem to go one stepfurther.Diane von FurstenbergFashion designer and icon Diane von Furstenberg(1946-)tapes a gold 20-franc coin in hershoe for good luck before every runway show.Her father hid the coin in his shoe during WorldWar II and gave it to her when she was a girl.Lucille BallOn the

12、day that three-year-old Lucille Balls father died,a bird flew into her home andbecame trapped.Traumatized(受精神创伤)by the events,she developed a lifelong feeling ofintense dislike of birds.The actor(1911-1989)even refused to stay in hotels that had pictures ofbirds on the walls.Charles DickensAuthor Ch

13、arles Dickens(1812-1870)carried a navigational compass with him at all times andalways faced north when he slept.He believed it improved his creativity and writing.Gustav MahlerComposer Gustav Mahler(1860-1911)thought he could cheat death by not naming hisninth symphony by number.This was because se

14、veral composers,including Beethoven andSchubert,had died after completing their ninth symphonies.So Mahler called his ninth The Songof the Earth and it worked,in a sense.He lived long enough to write most of his tenthsymphony,though he died before it was performed.21.Who is a perfect match for“TREAS

15、URE FROM DAD”?A.Diane von Furstenberg.高三英语第 4页共 11页学科网（北京）股份有限公司B.Lucille Ball.C.Charles Dickens.D.Gustav Mahler.22.Which of the following pictures best describes what Gustav Mahler believed in?23.What do the above famous folks have in common?A.They are more unreasonable than ordinary people.B.They

16、are influenced by their unusual beliefs.C.They have recipes for good luck.D.They have special fears.BJim Metzner has spent nearly five decades documenting and sharing the sounds of theworld,from immersive portraits of American cities to unforgettable moments with people andwildlife in varied places.

17、Now more people will be able to hear more of the world through Metzners tape.TheLibrary of Congress announced earlier this month that it has acquired the full body of his lifeswork.The recordings include soundscapes of every description from around the world andinterviews with scientists,artists and

18、 local people.Whereas many recordists focus entirely on asingle subject nature,music or science Metzners recordings convey various humanexperiences accompanied by the vast range of sounds from the natural world.Metzners career began with a moment of realization in the 1970s,when he first venturedont

19、o the campus of UMass Amherst equipped with a stereo recorder,microphone and earphones.Metznerre called pushing the red button and hearing a lifelike symphony:a couplewalking and talking nearby,a bicycle riding through gravel,a bird flying overhead,bells in thedistance.And I was going like,Wow，this

20、is amazing.What an extraordinary coincidence!herecalled.But it wasnt a coincidence-this stuff was happening all the time,I just hadnt beenpaying attention to it.And it was the microphone and the recorder that said,Wake up.youlive in a world of sound.Here it is.And it was,like,handing it to me on a p

21、late.”Metzner continued to focus on those moments over the years.Now in his 7Os,Metzner isnthanging up his microphone quite yet.He tells NPR hes grateful to the Library of Congress forpreserving his lifes work,which he describes as a deep honor.But he also wants to make sure itsactually being heard,

22、not just“buried in an archive(档案室).”He hopes more people will get to experience and recognize the value-of soundscapes,which he describes as“part of our natural heritage”and the touchstones to our feelings.“You can go to a museum and see Diane Arbus photographs.You can see Rene Magrittespaintings,”h

23、e adds.Why not soundscapes?”24.What is special about Metzners recordings?A.They describe the interviews with local people.高三英语第 5页共 11页学科网（北京）股份有限公司B.They convey sounds from human activities.C.They display sounds on different subjects.D.They focus entirely on a single subject.25.What inspired Metzne

24、r to take up the recording career?A.A symphony he heard on the campus of UMass Amherst.B.A sound-rich moment on the campus of UMass Amherst.C.A realization that he was well equipped with recording devices.D.A coincidence that he happened to be waken up by the recorder.26.Which aspect does Metzner va

25、lue most about his lifes work?A.The Library of Congress has preserved it.B.It has recorded unforgettable moments.C.It can become our natural heritage.D.More people can actually hear it.27.What does Metzner probably mean in the last paragraph?A.Soundscapes are every bit as much of an art form.B.More

26、and more people choose to appreciate soundscapes.C.Photographs and paintings are recognized as natural heritage.D.The value of soundscapes deserves more recognition than others.CLots of animals live and move in groups-elephants in herds,wolves in packs,birds in flocks,and fish in schools.Research ha

27、s shown that where an individual is located in the group canaffect the benefits it gets from hanging out in a crowd.However,Shaun Killen,an ecophysiologistat the University of Glasgow in the UK says,researchers havent yet fully explored the role ofphysiological processes such as digestion in driving

28、 animals collective behavior.Killen and his colleagues recently studied schools of Eurasian minnows(修鱼)swimming in atank against a current.Pieces of food were constantly moving past the fish,and the teamrecorded how many each minnow ate and the fishes positions before and after eating.Aftercalculati

29、ng the metabolic(新陈代谢的)costs of digesting each fishs meal and comparing it to thefishs position,the team observed a trend:fish that had just gulped down a big meal moved tothe back of the school,even when theyd swum at the front at most other times.“It makes sense that feeding would influence indivi

30、duals positions in a group,”saysDamienFarine,who studies collective behavior in birds at the University of Konstanz in Germany,“If a fish is hungry,its competing with others in the school to eat，and being at the front gives itaccess to more food.But once the fish is full,it doesnt necessarily need t

31、o be at the front.”Inaddition,being at the back of the group is less energetically costly for a range of reasons,”Farinenotes.An individual at the back doesnt have to contribute to navigating,and by relaxing thebrain load it saves more energy.”Killen says hes been thinking about the pros and cons of

32、 being at the back of the pack,suchas protection from attackers and a boost from schoolmates slipstream.Changes in position，especially during the basic trade-off between feeding and movement,appear to influence groupleadership,information transfer,and group decision making.But the consequences of th

33、etrade-offs for group power and survival are not yet understood.28.What does Killen and his colleagues study focus on?A.How behavioral traits influence position change of individuals in fish schools.高三英语第 6页共 11页学科网（北京）股份有限公司B.How location influences nutrition states of individuals in fish schools.C

34、.How digestion influences distribution of individuals in fish schools.D.How location influences benefits of individuals in fish schools.29.What do the underlined words“gulped down”mean in Paragraph 2?A.Swallowed.B.Located.C.Witnessed.D.Missed.30.What can we learn from Paragraph3?A.A full fish compet

35、es to eat at the back.B.A hungry fish has easier access to more food.C.Being at the back saves the energy of a full fish.D.Being at the front costs a hungry fish less energy.31.What is Shaun Killens attitude to his study?A.Cautious.B.Confident.C.Positive.D.Disappointed.DClothes were once used until

36、they fell apart.Not today.In high-income countries inparticular,clothing and footwear are increasingly frequently bought,thrown away and replacedwith new fashions,which are themselves soon thrown away and replaced.The so-called Fast fashion is having a surprising environmental impact.Take water.Thef

37、ashion industry,one of the worlds largest users of water,consumes anywhere from 20 trillion to200trillion litres every year.Then there are microplastics.Plastic fibres are released when wewash polyester(聚酯纤维)and other polymer-based textiles,and make up between 20%and35%of themicro plastics choking t

38、he oceans.Added to this are specific chemicals，such as thoseused to make fabrics stain resistant and the pesticides required to protect crops such as cotton.Change is badly needed,but will require the fashion industry to work harder to embracemore of what is known as the circular economy.That will i

39、nvolve at least two things:refocusingon making things that last,and so encouraging reuse;and more rapidly expanding thetechnologies for sustainable manufacturing processes,especially recycling.Theres a big role forresearch-both academic and industrial-in achieving these and other ambitions.Researche

40、rs could begin by helping to provide more accurate estimates of water use.Thereis al-so work to be done on improving and expanding textiles recycling.Undoubtedly,usedtextiles go to landfill in part because there are relatively few systems that collect,recycle andreuse materials.Such recycling requir

41、es the manual separation of fibres,as well as buttons andzips.Different fibres are not easy to identify by eye,and overall such manual processes aretime-consuming.Machinery is being developed that can help.Technologies also exist to recycleused fibres chemically and to create high-quality fibres tha

42、t can be reused in clothing.But theseare nowhere near the scale needed.Another challenge for researchers is to work out how to get consumers and manufacturersto change their behaviour.Other research questions include finding ways to encourage people topurchase long lasting goods;exploring how to sat

43、isfy desires for something new while reducingenvironmental impact;and understanding why certain measures can be successfully scaled upwhereas others fail.32.Why does the author mention“water”,“microplastics”and“chemicals”in Paragraph 2?高三英语第 7页共 11页学科网（北京）股份有限公司A.To list examples.B.To prove a point.

44、C.To provide an idea.D.To give a definition.33.Which of the following goes against the concept of circular economy”?A.Efforts are made to lengthen the lifespan of textiles.B.Worn-out clothes are used as dishcloths and oil rags.C.High-quality fibres are created to be reused in clothing.D.Fashion indu

45、stry is encouraged to release new lines more often.34.What is the right thing for the fashion industry researchers to do?A.To make sure that all of the used textiles go to landfill.B.To separate fibres,as well as buttons and zips manually.C.To improve and expand textile recycling to a larger extent.

46、D.To encourage consumers to satisfy their desires for fashion.35.Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?A.Say no to the so-called fast fashionB.Address the challenges for researchersC.Embrace more of the circular economyD.Cut fast fashions environmental impact第二节(共 5 小题;每小题 2.5 分,满分

47、 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。Do you get nervous thinking about geometry,equations or a coming math test?If yes,youare far from alone.36Students in countries with higher levels of math anxiety tend toachieve lower math grades,according to a study published in the Proceedings of t

48、he NationalAcademy of Sciences on Feb 15.According to a University of Cambridge study,in ordinary life,many people experience somedegree of discomfort when faced with a math problem,ranging from mild tension to strong fear.37They may then try to avoid every situation involving numbers,meaning they a

49、re held backfrom pursuing careers related to this subject.Comfort comes from the fact that those with math anxiety are not necessarily to be bad atmath.38They may have had a really bad experience with math and there are ways toimprove math achievement.39lf youre feeling stressed before a math exam，i

50、t may help to spend a few minutesexploring those feelings before the exam begins.Its about making sure youre interpreting yourfeelings correctly.In addition，a little math anxiety could be taken as a positive challenge toovercome.40A.Also,there are ways to manage your stress related to math.B.Student