湖北省宜荆荆恩2023-2024学年高三上学期12月联考英语试题含答案.pdf

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1、20232023 年宜荆荆随恩高三12月联考年宜荆荆随恩高三12月联考 高三英语试卷高三英语试卷注意事项：注意事项：1.答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号、考场号、座位号填写在试卷和答题卡上，并将准 考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。2.选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。写 在试卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。3.非选择题的作答：用黑色签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试卷、草稿纸 和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。第一部分：听力(共两节，满分30分)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)

2、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.What is Paul going to do this summer?A.Go to the beach.B.Attend summer school.C.Earn some money.2.Why does the woman come to the man?A.To send an apology.B.To make a complaint.C.To see

3、k some advice.3.What does the man plan to do?A.Get a degree.B.Find a job.C.Leave the company4.What does the woman mean?A.She would like to come along.B.The weather is quite pleasant.C.She knows the harbor well.5.How much should the man pay?A.E130.B.E152.C.E196.第二节(共15第二节(共15 小题；每小题1.5小题；每小题1.5 分，满分2

4、2.5分，满分22.5 分)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。例：How much is the shirt?A.f19.15.B.f9.18 C.f9.15.答案是C。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6.What does Simona think of the rankings?A.Highly reliable.B.A little unfair.C.Very exciting7.Which cit

5、y has an efficient transport system?A.San Francisco B.London.C.Tokyo.宜荆荆随思重点高中教科研协作体*英语试卷(共8 页)第1 页听第7 段材料，回答第8至10 题。8.What are the speakers about to do?A.Have a meeting.B.Take a coffee.C.Write a report9.How does Phif feel now?A.Frightened.B.Disappointed C.Anxious10.What should Emily value?A.Effecti

6、ve communication.B.Time consciousness.C.Teamwork.听第8 段材料，回答第11 至13 题。11.When is the send-off party?A.On Monday evening.B.On Friday evening.C.On Saturday evening.12.Where will the party be held?A.At Susans place B.At Peters place.C.At the mans place.13.Why does the man decide to be absent from work?A

7、.To go traveling B.To continue his study.C.To enjoy city life.听第9 段材料，回答第14 至17 题。14.What does the man do?A.A host.B.A doctor.C.A guest.15.What is Alices uncommon ability?A.Linking emotions and words.B.Connecting colors with words.C.Expressing emotions with colors.16.What do we know about Alice and

8、her brother?A.They cant recognize colors correctly.B.They are born with the same condition.C.They feel the same about the same color.17.How does Alice sound in the end?A.Depressed.B.Optimistic.C.Confused.听第10 段材料，回答第18 至 2 0 题。18.Why does the speaker recommend the side streets?A.There are internatio

9、nal restaurants.B.There are oldest buildings in the area.C.There are cheap arts and crafts for sale.19.What is the requirement for the clothes this year?A.The clothes must be inspired by music and technology.B.The clothes must be made from locally produced materials.C.The clothes must be modeled by

10、the designers themselves.20.What should you do if you want to park for free?A.Park by the roadside.B.Stay for less than an hour.C.Buy something in the shops.第二部分第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50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)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。AEnglish is changing fa

11、ster than ever due to technology and the growing popularity of social media.Do you long to keep up with the times?If so,here are some old-fashioned words you should remove from your vocabulary list.宜荆荆随恩重点高中教科研协作体*英语试卷(共8 页)第2 页1.WhippersnapperAs an alteration of the term“snippersnapper”,the word fi

12、rst appeared in the 17th century,expressing our ancestorsannoyance at ill-mannered children.In its more contemporary version,the word relates to a young person who is too confident and does not show enough respect to older people.2.TapeAre you born in the 1980s?If so,you may still be using the termt

13、apewhen speaking of recording music or TV shows.Today,though digital media has made data storage on magnetic tape a thing of the past,this old linguistic habit still exists.3.DungareesWhat we know as“jeans”today were once called“dungarees”to refer to trousers made of denim.The term comes from a kind

14、 of cheap and rough cloth imported from Dongari Killa,India.When manufacturers began importing the cloth from Genoa in Italy,this kind of trousers got a new name,“jeans”.So dont be surprised if you catch your grandpa saying“dungarees.4.StewardessIn the earlier age of air travel,female crew members s

15、erving airline passengers were called stewardesses.It wasnt until more men entered the field and the development of womens rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s that the word fell out of use.“Stewardess”was replaced by a More gender-neutral term,flight attendant.21.Who can be described as a whipper

16、snapper nowadays?A.A narrow-minded kid.B.An ill-mannered elder.C.A bad-tempered woman.D.A self-centered young man.22.Which of the following words has become outdated due to the development of technology?A.Whippersnapper.B.Tape C.Dungarees D.Stewardess.23.Which column does this passage belong to?A.La

17、nguage B.Technology C.Finance D.Fashion.BThe year 2023 marks the 102th anniversary of Noethers ring theory,a branch of theoretical mathematics that is still fascinating and challenging numerous mathematicians today.Neother was born in 1882 in Germany,whose father was a math professor,but it must hav

18、e seemed unlikely to a young Neother that she would follow in his footsteps because women were banned from academia and few took classes at universities.After Neother graduated from a high school for girls,Erlangen University started to let women enroll.She signed up and earned her doctorate in math

19、ematics,which should have been the end of her mathematical journey.Teaching at a university for women was still out of the question.But Neother stuck with mathematics anyway,staying in Erlangen and unofficially guiding doctoral students without pay.In 1915,she applied for a position at the Universit

20、y of Gottingen.Bill Nicholl,the dean at the university,also a mathematician,was in favor of hiring Neother,although his argument was far from feminist(女权主义).“The female brain is unsuitable for mathematical production,”he wrote,“but Neother stood out as one of the rare exceptions.”Unfortunately for N

21、eother,the Ministry of Education would not give the university permission to have a woman as their teacher.Neother stayed in Gottingen and taught courses listed under the name of a male faculty teacher.During those years,she kept doing research and made important contributions to theoretical physics

22、 and Einsteins theory of relativity.The university finally granted her lecturer status.Two years later,Neother published revolutionary discoveries in ring theory,which is the study of mathematical objects called rings.Neotherian rings show up all the time in modern mathematics.Mathematicians still u

23、se Neothers map today,not just in ring theory,but in other area such as number theory and algebraic geometry.宜荆荆随恩重点高中教科研协作体*英语试卷(共8 页)第3 页24.What do we learn about Neother from paragraph 2?A.She taught at university as a teacher.B.She earned a degree in mathematics.C.She was taught by her father at

24、 home D.She quit her mathematical journey early.25.What can we infer from Bill Nicholls words?A.He was struggling for feminist.B.Femalesbrains differed from males.C.Neother was a giant in mathematics.D.Women mathematicians were superb.26.What do we know about Noethers ring theory?A.It is still used

25、by mathematicians today.B.It opens up a new field in modern physics.C.It is based on Einsteins theory of relativity.D.It lays the foundation for modern mathematics.27.Which of the following can best describe Noether?A.Gifted and generous.B.Sensitive and determined.C.Committed and creative.D.Hardwork

26、ing and honest.CScientists have developed a blood test to diagnose Alzheimers disease without the need for expensive brain imaging or a painful lumbar puncture,where a sample of cerebrospinal(脑脊髓的)fluid(CSF)is drawn from the lower back.Current guidelines recommend detection of three distinct markers

27、:abnormal accumulations of amyloid(淀粉样蛋白)and tau proteins,as well as neurodegenerationthe slow and progressive loss of neuronal cells(神经元细胞)in specified regions of the brain.This can be done through a combination of brain imaging and CSF analysis.However,a lumbar puncture can be painful and people m

28、ay experience headaches or back pain after the procedure,while brain imaging is expensive and takes a long time to schedule.Thomas Karikari at the University of Pittsburgh,who was involved in the study,said,“A lot of patients,even in the US,dont have access to MRI and PET scanners.Accessibility is a

29、 major issue.”The development of a reliable blood test would be an important step forwards.“A blood test is cheaper,safer and easier to conduct,and it can improve clinical confidence in diagnosing Alzheimers and selecting participants for clinical trial and disease monitoring,Karikari said.Although

30、current blood tests can accurately detect abnormalities in amyloid and tau proteins,detecting markers of nerve cell damage that are specific to the brain has been harder.Karikari and his colleagues around the world focused on developing an antibody-based blood test that would detect a particular for

31、m of tau protein called brain-derived tau,which is specific to Alzheimers disease.They tested it in 600 patients at various stages of Alzheimers and found that levels of the protein correlated well with levels of tau in the CSF,and could reliably distinguish Alzheimers from other neurodegenerative d

32、iseases.The next step will be to validate the test in a broader range of patients,including those from varied racial backgrounds,and those suffering from different stages of memory loss or other potential dementia symptoms28.What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about concerning the current detection me

33、thod?A.Its reliability B.Its importance C.Its complexity.D.Its disadvantages29.What is the breakthrough made by Karikari and his colleagues?A.They created a blood test to detect brain-derived tau.B.They developed a medicine to cure Alzheimers disease.C.They found a way to safely draw CSF from patien

34、tsback.D.They discovered protein to help diagnose Alzheimers disease.宜荆荆随恩重点高中教科研协作体*英语试卷(共8 页)第4 页30.What does the underlined wordvalidatein paragraph 6 most probably mean?A.Invent.B.Confirm C.Forecast.D.Prohibit.31.What is the purpose of the passage?A.To raise peoples awareness of Alzheimers disea

35、se.B.To question a common view about Alzheimers disease.C.To introduce an approach to detecting Alzheimers disease.D.To provide evidence for the symptoms of Alzheimers disease.DWe are living in a world where technology is never a neutral tool for achieving human ends.Technological innovations reshap

36、e people as they use these innovations to control their environment.Artificial intelligence,for example,is altering humanity.While the term AI arouses anxieties about killer robots or catastrophic levels of unemployment,there are other deeper implications.As AI increasingly shapes the human experien

37、ce,how does this change what it means to be human?Central to the problem is a persons capacity to make choices,particularly judgments that have moral implications.Aristotle argued that the capacity for making practical judgments depends on regularly making themon habit and practice.We see the emerge

38、nce of machines as substitute judges in a variety of everyday contexts as a potential threat to people learning how to effectively exercise judgment themselves.In the workplace,managers routinely make decisions about who to hire or fire and which loan to approve.These are areas where algorithm(算 法)i

39、s replacing human judgment,and so people who might have had the chance to develop practical judgment in these areas no longer will.Recommendation engines,which are increasingly popular in peoples consumption of culture,may serve to restrict choice and minimize luck.By presenting consumers with algor

40、ithmically selected choices of what to watch,read,stream and visit next,companies are replacing human taste with machine taste.In one sense,this is helpful.After all,machines can survey a wider range of choices than any individual is likely to have the time or energy to do on their own.Algorithms co

41、uld soonif they dont already-have a better idea about which show youd like to watch next and which job candidate you should hire than you do.One day,humans may even find a way for machines to make these decisions without some of the prejudices that humans typically display.But unpredictability is pa

42、rt of how people understand themselves and part of what people like about themselves.From this aspect,humanity is in the process of losing something significant.As they become more and more predictable,the creatures living in the AI world will become less and less likeus.32.Why does the author cite

43、Aristotles words in paragraph 2?A.To present a fact.B.To explain a ruleC.To clarify a concept.D.To illustrate a viewpoint.33.What may result from increasing application of recommendation engines in our consumption of culture?A.Consumers will actually enjoy better luck.B.Consumers will have much limi

44、ted choice.C.Humans will develop tastes similar to machines.D.Humans will find it easier to decide what to enjoy.34.Why does the author say the creatures living in AI world will become increasingly unlike us?A.They will not be able to understand themselves as we can do today.B.They will lose what th

45、eir ancestors were proud of about themselves.C.They will lose the most significant human element of being intelligent.D.They will no longer possess the human characteristic of being unpredictable.宜荆荆随恩重点高中教科研协作体*英语试卷(共8 页)第5 页35.What can be the best title for the passage?A.AI is reshaping humanity.B

46、.AI is affecting moral judgments.C.AI is becoming more predictable.D.AI is causing massive unemployment.第二节七选五(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)第二节七选五(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。Have you ever heard of underwater football?Underwater football has been called one of the worlds

47、least-known sports.36 The game can be enjoyed by anyone of any age and can be played under both indoor and outdoor water surfaces.Underwater football shares some common rules and play elements with other underwater sports like underwater hockey.As with those games,it is played in the deep end of a s

48、wimming pool with snorkeling(浮潜)equipment.The goal of the game is to score a point by placing a ball on the opponentsside of the pool.The ball can only be possessed by players who completely stay underwater holding their breath.37 Just like on land,underwater football is a game of control and posses

49、sion.38 When opposing players are in your space,you need to be able to recognize it quickly and take appropriate action.39 Each team tries to get their ball into one end zone by either passing or running through underwater obstacles.The first team to reach the endpoint wins!Just five players are on

50、the court at one time,despite each team having 13 players.To win the ball back or keep it away from your opponents,you must use all your strength andabilities underwater.40 A.To play it you need snorkeling equipment.B.Underwater football involves two teams of five players.C.The equipment necessary f