2021-2022学年江苏省苏州市相城区陆慕高级中学高三（上）期中英语试卷.pdf

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1、2021-2022学年江苏省苏州市相城区陆慕高级中学高三（上）期中英语试卷第 一 部 分 听 力（共两节，满 分 7.5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.（1.5 分）What did the woman forget to take?A.Her phone.B.Her jacket.C.Her bag.

2、2.（1.5 分）What will the man probably have with his dinner?A.Wine.B.Beer.C.Juice.3.（1.5 分）What makes the woman feel bad?A.Keeping back the truth.B.Ruining the surprise.C.Missing Jennys party.4.（1.5 分）What is the woman?A.A musician.B.An architect.C.An office worker.5.（1.5 分）When will the man adjust the

3、 oven temperature?A.In 50 minutes.B.In 20 minutes.C.In 10 minutes.第 二 节（共 5 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。6.（3 分）（1）How many bottles are there in the large pack?A.20.B.24.C.48.（2）When will the woman

4、 probably go to the store?A.At 11：00 a.m.B.Before 12：00 a.m.C.Around 1：00 p.m.7.（3 分）（1）Who is Lucy?A.The speakers1 daughter.B.The speakers*dog.C.The speakers cat.（2）Why does the man want to phone Adrian?A.Lucy seems to be ill.B.He has to look after Barbara.C.He wants to work from home.8.（4.5 分）（1）W

5、here are the speakers?A.In the car.B.I n the yard.C.In the bedroom.（2）What is the mans advice?A.Searching as a group.B.Taking a short break.C.Traveling yesterdays steps.（3）What will the man do next?A.Call Amy.B.Do the laundry.C.Check the washing machine.9.(6 分)(1)What do the speakers agree on?A.Decr

6、easing taxes.B.Improving the sports center.C.Giving the local government more power.(2)Which place does the man probably live next to?A.A shopping mall.B.A park.C.A police station.(3)What is the woman*s main concern?A.Increasing safety.B.Improving education.C.Increasing the number of large businesse

7、s.(4)What does the woman believe will happen in the town in the future?A.Public spaces will decrease.B.More people will move into the town.C.People will have better employment opportunities.10.(6 分)(1)What made the speaker most interested in the animal kingdom?A.The various environments.B.The differ

8、ent survival tools.C.The relationships between animals.(2)How do the small fish help the sharks?A.By giving them a ride.B.By keeping them healthy.C.By giving them food.(3)What do the honey guide birds do?A.Protect the humans.B.Bring humans to the honey.C.Produce honey for humans.(4)What is the main

9、topic of the talk?A.Bonds in nature.B.Ways to protect animals.C.Differences between animals.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分37.5分）第 一 节（共 4 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。11.（7.5 分）The below-mentioned books are first-rate bestsellers and would be perfectadditions to your reading list.Maybe th

10、e power of ones belief isnt the ultimate example of intelligence.Maybe,in aconstantly changing world,the ability to make judgements and change ones mind accordinglyis much more important.That Adam Grants theory,and Think Again is here to help you tolook at the world around you,check your assumptions

11、,andyou guessed itthink again.一Chris Schluep,Amazon EditorThis book reads like fiction but tells the true story of murder and greed that troubled the OsageNation in Oklahoma in the 1920s.When oil was discovered on their land,the Osage peoplebecame the wealthiest in the world and the targets（particul

12、arly the women）for the whitemen who had their sights set on marrying and murdering into their riches.I suggest you treatyourself to this exceptional read right now.Seira Wilson,Amazon EditorThe subject of Isaacson*s book is Jennifer Doudna,who won the 2020 Nobel Prize inChemistry for her work develo

13、ping CRISPR.CRISPR is the innovation that will open the doorto gene control,driving the life sciences revolution for decades to come.But it will also openthe door to moral problem as we ask ourselves.How far should we go in editing humans-especially before birthand who should control those decisions

14、?-Vannessa Cronin,Amazon EditorWhile the book unfolds during the course of a single day,flashbacks to when a group of kidswere crowding around a desk and to when their rock star father abandoned them time andagain reveal the complex dynamics still in force in their adulthood.After I finished this bo

15、ok,Iwould dream of these characters and their restaurant by the sea.Malibu Rising is a fun,unforgettable read.一AlWoodworth,Amazon Editor（1）Which book will you choose if you are interested in history?A.The Code Breaker.B.Think Again.C.Killers of the Flower Moon.D.Malibu Rising.(2)What do we know abou

16、t the book The Code Breaker?A.It solves the problem of gene control.B.It is a Science Fiction and Fantasy novel.C.It focuses on the 2020 Nobel Prize winners.D.It covers Jennifer Doudna and her achievements.(3)What do we learn from the introduction of the book Malibu Rising?A.The kids had high expect

17、ations of their father.B.The kids ran away from their father frequently.C.The kids*father destroyed their dream of being rock stars.D.The kids childhood experiences affected their adult life.V jttU M M e F 2 FBID avid G ram a6 Mw a.”一.T H IN KA逐I NA D A MG R A N T*j.r-e *12.（10 分）The new member to t

18、he UAEs astronaut training program,the first female Emirati（阿联酋）astronaut,hopes that her mechanical engineering degree will be her ticket to themoon.Nora AlMatrooshi and her fellow trainee astronaut Mohammad AlMulla were selectedfrom 4000 highly qualified candidates to lead the nations 9.8 million c

19、itizens into space.The two are looking forward to the laborious 30-month program ahead of them whichhas already begun with them getting their divers,licences,picking up the Russian language andcoaching for their many media interviews一and will move on to flight and weightlessnessschool at the Johnson

20、 Space Centre in Texas and eventually cruel survival training.They will need mechanical engineers to build a base on the moon,says the 28-year-old,who represented her nation at the Mathematics Olympics and worked as an engineer at theNational Petroleum Construction Company.AlMatrooshi says she has d

21、reamed of the stars since kindergarten,when her teacher set upthe classroom as the Lunar surface and the five-year-old future astronaut constructed acardboard moonbase.That early longing to explore space charted her degree choice.I actually went after it.I chose to study a degree in mechanical engin

22、eering because of adocumentary I watched when I was in high school.lt was about a group of astronauts going tothe International Space Station and the role of the mechanical engineer was highlighted,“shesays.Leading big construction projects in the desert has helped equip the daughter of twoacademics

23、一a PhD father and English teacher motherfor Lunar construction.AlMatrooshi fellow trainee astronaut,UAE police helicopter pilot AlMulla,meanwhilesays astronaut training has been a big career change.I spent 15 years qualifying to be a pilot,including training in Australia for mycommercial pilots lice

24、nce,says the father of two.As a pilot you get used to masteringeverything-suddenly Im changing my path.”Tm a big fan of SpaceX.The rockets and even the fancy space suits.And hopefully allfour of us and all the astronauts who come after us will get to be a part of future missionsperhaps even to the m

25、oon eventually.1(1)What preparation have they made before the training program?A.They have grasped their native language.B.They have had cruel survival training.C.They have learned to deal with the press.D.They have done some weightlessness training.(2)Which is the major factor for AlMatrooshi to be

26、 a member of the training program?_A.She got help from her academic parents.B.She has had a big dream since her childhood.C.She has experience in big construction projects.D.She was the winner of the Mathematics Olympics.(3)What does the underlined part Im changing my path refer to?A.F11 be a master

27、 of life.B.Fm an enthusiast for Space X.C.Fm settling my new problem.D.Im starting a new life from scratch.(4)Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?A.The fans of Space XB.Dream and achievementsC.Passion and preparationsD.Future astronaut training program13.(10 分)Lord Ashcroft,one o

28、f the Conservatives1 biggest donors,has issued an attack onNorway for its cruel practice of commercial whaling.Norway often kills more whales than Japan and Iceland combined.And its no less cruelthan in the past,“the peer wrote before the opening of the Norwegian whaling season thisweek.Norway incre

29、ased its fixed maximum from 999 in 2018 and has authorized the killing of1,278 whales this year.Killing the animals,often with gun powder,was similar to inhumanetraditions such as human slavery or boy chimney(烟 囱)sweeps.Now is the time for Norwayto recognize that commercial whaling is cruel,outdated

30、 and unnecessaryand must bestopped.Last year Japan authorized whaling after years of carrying it out in the name of scientificresearch.Norway,like Iceland,refused to recognize the 1986 international act and restartedwhaling in I993.lt says there are 100,000 whales in its waters.Greenpeace Norway has

31、 appealed to its government to pay attention to the opposition aswell as the lack of a local market fbr the products1.2It said,Whaling is only maintained fornarrow political reasons and should be phased out.(1)Why has Lord Ashcroft issued an attack on Norway?A.It bombs whales for profits.B.It allows

32、 the existence of human slavery.C.It keeps the tradition of boy chimney sweeps.D.It has harvested most of the whales in the ocean.(2)What can we infer about Japan?A Norwegian government spokesman said,*The whales are harvested in a sustainablemanner based on the best available scientific advice.The

33、availability of whale products inNorway is wholly consumer-driven and international trade in whale products is regulated byand according to relevant international framework.*It is used for pet food and to feed animals in fur farms or is exported to Japan andIceland.Pippa Middleton,sister of the Duch

34、ess of Cambridge,said that she ate smoked whalein Norway,comparing it to smoked salmon.Peta,the animal rights group,condemned her forbeing invisible to the debate about Norway*s mass murder.Lord Ashcroft sent researchers to Norway to investigate and said four ships were seenpreparing for the killing

35、 activity.The biggest concentration of ships is in the LofotenIslands,which are popular with tourists,he wrote.A.It bans the sale of the whale.B.It has been whaling for years.C.It whales with a scientific method.D.It sets an amount limit of whaling.(3)What does the government spokesman want to expre

36、ss?A.Whaling is carried out in a sustainable way.B.Whale products are promoted by our government.C.Whaling should be maintained for political reasons.D.Whale products sell well in the international market.(4)What attitude did Pippa Middleton hold towards whaling?A.Intolerant.B.Favorable.C.Doubtful.D

37、.Rigid.14.(10 分)Early in the year,the hope was that the bottlenecks that messed up the global supplychain in 2020 would be mostly cleared by now.Theyve actually only gotten much worse andevidence is mounting that the holiday season is at risk.Across Europe,retailers(零售商)cant meet demand because of d

38、elivery delays.In theU.S.,Nike cut its sales forecast after COVID-19 set off factory closures in Vietnam thatwiped out months of production.Covid outbreaks have affected ports.There still arent enough containers,causing prices toincrease 10 times from a year ago.Labor shortages have delayed trucking

39、 and pushed U.S.jobopenings to all-time highs.On the supplier side,Jay Foremans been making toys with manufacturing partners inChina for more than three decades,and he*s never seen anything like this.His mid-sized toycompany,Basic Fun,is on pace for its best year ever.There is no shortage of demand,

40、but ashortage of containers has left thousands of the companys Lite Brites and TinkerToys waitingto be shipped.At just one factory in Shenzhen,theres roughly$8 million worth of finishedgoods that could fill 140 containers.The bigger,more systemic riskone that could hurt every retaileris that America

41、nsspend less than expected because there isnt enough inventory(库存).The available goods mayalso not be all that attractive.The sharp increase in shipping prices has forced manufacturers tomake hard decisions about what to transport.Hicks,the Academy Sports CEO,predicted thatshoppers will have to sett

42、le more because they just wont have as good of a selection.nShipping big items and goods with lower value dont make as much economic sense rightnow.iPhones are small and pricey,making them an ideal good to ship,but the same case cantbe made for low-end furniture or toys.Consumers might see news abou

43、t port backups(阻塞)，but that wonT hit home until theytry to buy the toy of the year and cant get it,Bartashus,an analyst for BloombergIntelligence,said.That*s when theyll hit crisis mode.”(1)What is the first paragraph mainly about?A.The goods are mounting.B.Supply chain issues are getting worse.C.Th

44、e consumers become hopeless.D.The holiday season hits the bottlenecks.(2)What problem is Jay Foreman faced with?A.Basic Fun lacks orders.B.There exists a shortage of shippers.C.His toy company has its worst year.D.The factory is filled with finished goods.(3)Which of the following will hurt every re

45、tailer?A.Consumers will have limited options.B.Consumers can*t afford the attractive goods.C.The shipping company will stop shipping expensive goods.D.The manufactures will have poor selections of shipping companies.(4)What will probably happen according to Bartashus?A.The port problem will be settl

46、ed.B.Consumers will prefer to stay at home.C.The government will pass the financial crisis.D.The market will be in various forms of panic.第 二 节(共 1 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。15.(12.5 分)Keep current with facts about electric carsSales of electric vehicles(EVs)grew

47、 40 percent last year worldwide.Stateside,nearlya third of drivers want their next car to be electric.(1)Almost 100 pure-electricvehicles are set to come into the market by the end of 2O24.Many manufacturers,includingGM,Jeep,and Volvo,have promised to offer fully electric lineups before this decade

48、is done.(2)Teslas upcoming reimagined Roadster will start at$200,000,whileTeslas current cheapest model is$41,OOO.Plenty of other EVs are even moreaffordable.Chevy,Nissan,and Hyundai all offer models for around$30,000.When assessingthe cost of an EV,keep in mind that some models will even qualify yo

49、u fbr a federal tax credit(联邦税收抵免)of up to$7,500.(3)A typical EV owner spends between$6,000 and$10,000 less than a conventional car owner on vehicle maintenance.One reason：EVs dont have transmissions or clutches,two of the costliest parts to repair.There are about 22,000 public charging ports nation

50、wide,a number that is expected to bemore than three times by 2023.But for most EV owners,charging at home is the way to go.(4)The average EV gets about 250 miles from a full charge,which is far less than thedistance most gas-powered cars can go on a full tank.But EVs are catching up.Tesla comesthe c