江苏省常州市2023-2024学年高三上学期期末学业水平监测试题英语含解析.pdf

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1、常州市教育学会学业水平监测常州市教育学会学业水平监测高三英语试题高三英语试题2024 年年 1 月月注意：本试卷分四个部分注意：本试卷分四个部分,答案全部做在答题纸上。总分为答案全部做在答题纸上。总分为 150 分。考试时间分。考试时间 120 分钟。分钟。第一部分听力第一部分听力(满分满分 30 分分)第一节第一节(共共 5 小题小题;每小题每小题 1.5 分分,满分满分 7.5 分分)听下面听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后并标在试卷的

2、相应位置。听完每段对话后,你有你有 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。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 isnt the woman planning to attend the party?A.She is feeling tired now.B.She has too much work to do.C.She has plans for tomorrow morning.2.What kind of exam is the man preparing for?A.A writing exam.B.A listening e

3、xam.C.A speaking exam.3.What place did the woman get in the most recent competition?A.First.B.Second.C.Third.4.Where are the speakers probably?A.At a theater.B.At a music shop.C.At a school.5.Which place will the tour end at?A.Westminster Bridge.B.Tower Bridge.C.South Bank Center.第二节第二节(共共 15 小题小题;每

4、小题每小题 1.5 分分,满分满分 22.5 分分)听下面听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题段对话或独白。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你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题每小题 5 秒钟秒钟;听完后听完后,各小题将给出各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。6.What does the man mainly want

5、 for his current job?A.A pay raise.B.Free meals.C.More gifts.7.What was the woman planning to have for lunch at first?A.Pizza.B.Dumplings.C.Sandwiches.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。8.What are the speakers mainly talking about?A.Preparing for parties.B.Planning a celebration.C.Organizing work sch

6、edules.9.What will the woman do on Saturday night?A.Work at the restaurant.B.Attend a study group.C.Go to a concert.10.What is the mans job?A.A restaurant owner.B.A college professor.C.A musician.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。11.What is the name of the place the man works at now?A.The Royal.B.Th

7、e St.James.C.The Criterion.12.How does the woman sound about the man?A.Satisfied.B.Unsure.C.Confident.13.What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A.Parent and child.B.Doctor and patient.C.Interviewer and interviewee.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。14.How did the woman feel about the

8、man being late?A.Understanding.B.Surprised.C.Unhappy.15.How does the man usually get to school?!A.On foot.B.By bus.C.By car.16.When did the man arrive?A.At 9:00 a.m.B.At 9:10 a.m.C.At 10:00 a.m.听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。17.What nationality is Dominique?A.French.B.Chinese.C.Canadian.18.What does

9、the speaker like best about writing to Dominique?A.Building a friendship.B.Learning about other cultures.C.Improving her language skills.19.How does the speaker usually communicate with Dominique?A.By letter.B.Through email.C.On the phone.20.What is the latest topic between the speaker and Dominique

10、?A.Traditional festivals.B.Exchange trips.C.Speaking skills.第二部分阅读第二部分阅读(共两节共两节,满分满分 50 分分)第一节第一节(共共 15 小题小题;每小题每小题 2.5 分分,满分满分 37.5 分分)阅读下列短文阅读下列短文,从每题所给的从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。四个选项中选出最佳选项。A1.Where is SNCF most probably located?A.In Amsterdam.B.In Brussels.C.In London.D.In Paris.2.What is the b

11、iggest selling point of the service according to this advertisement?A.International support.B.Low price.C.Flexible timetable.D.Convenient app.3.If a British man wants to visit the Louvre and then goes back home,he will _.A.pay 39 Euros for the train ticketsB pay 58 Euros for the train ticketsC.stay

12、on the train for around 270 minutesD.stay on the train for 2 hours and 15 minutes or soBThe sunmao(榫卯)method of joinery was commonly used in ancient Chinese architecture and furniture.But when modern technology discourages many in mastering this ancient skill,Jia Jing,a junior student at Hubei Ecolo

13、gy Polytechnic College,offers his answer.“It is essential to train young people in this craft,”said the 20-year-old.“Not only does it ensure the preservation of carpentry(木工)skills,but there exist delicate wooden artifacts from ancient times that machines still cannot repeat.”Growing up in a family

14、with a carpenter father,Jia would constantly observe his father doing woodwork and sometimes assist him.This early exposure ignited(点燃)his passion and talent for carpentry.But as a child,he couldnt build furniture on his own.So,he conveyed this passion into building with Lego bricks at the age of 8.

15、“At that time,I would think before going to bed about what I would build tomorrow,”Jia recalled.“I brainstormed a framework in my mind,and the next day I would start building it.”This hobby significantly benefited Jias future furniture-making skills.Before making any piece,Jia can quickly sketch a d

16、raft in his mind,which proves useful during the carving process.When the moment arrived for Jia to head to college,he chose interior design at the suggestion of his father.Beyond his theoretical studies,Jia also signed up for school furniture-making training center.Sawing,planning,and carving wood r

17、epeatedly every day can be an extremely dull job for most young people.While other students were enjoying their college life,Jia had already learned to bear loneliness and focus on achieving excellence.“This experience not only improved my skills but also tested my character,”Jia said.Recently,Jias

18、commitment to this craft achieved a significant milestone.He was chosen as one of the candidates to compete on behalf of China at the 47th World Skills Competition in Lyon,France next year.“If I can represent China on the global stage,I will exert all my efforts to become the winner,”Jia said.4.Why

19、should young people learn the sunmao method according to Jia jing?A.It is key to making Chinese furniture.B.It is better than modern technology.C.It exhibits traditional Chinese culture.D.It exhibits ancient carpentry wisdom.5.How did Lego benefit Jia Jing?A.Arousing his interest in carpentry.B.Assi

20、sting his father in furniture making.C.Improving his carpentry skills.D.Preparing him for his ideal university.6.What did Jia sacrifice during his college time?A.His leisure time.B.His practical skills.C.His theoretical studies.D.His original character.7.What can be the best title of this text?A.Mak

21、ing furniture against technology.B.Preserving carpentry inside Lego.C.Carving dreams in wood.D.Continuing passion on global stage.CA proton(质子)is an infinitesimal(无穷小)part of an atom.Now imagine if you can(and of course you cant)make smaller one of those protons down to a billionth of its normal siz

22、e into a space so small that it would make a proton look huge.Now pack into that tiny,tiny space some matter.Excellent.You are ready to start a standard Big Bang universe.In fact,you will need to gather up everything there is,every last mote(尘埃)of matter,between here and the edge of creation and pre

23、ss it into a spot so infinitesimally compact(紧密的)that it has no dimensions at all.It is known as a singularity.It is natural but wrong to visualize the singularity as a kind of packed spot hanging in a dark,boundless void(虚空).There is no space,no darkness.The singularity has no“around”around it.We c

24、ant even ask how long it has been there-whether it has just lately exploded into being,like a good idea,or whether it has been there forever,quietly awaiting the right moment.Time doesnt exist.There is no past for it to emerge from.And so,from nothing,our universe begins with a big“bang”.In a single

25、 blinding pulse,a moment of glory“explosion”much too rapid and expansive for any form of words,the singularity assumes(显露出)heavenly dimensions,space beyond conception.Within a second gravity is produced and then the other forces that govern physics.In less than a minute the universe is a million bil

26、lion miles across and growing fast.There is a lot of heat now,ten billion degrees of it,enough to begin the nuclear reactions that create the lighter elementsprincipally hydrogen,helium and a little lithium(锂).In three minutes,98 percent of all the matter there is or will ever be has been produced.W

27、e have a universe.It is a place of the most wondrous and gratifying possibility,and beautiful,too.And it was all done in about the time it takes to make a sandwich.8.What is the characteristic of singularity?A.Empty.B.Mysterious.C.Fixed.D.Predictable.9.Which of the following happens or comes into ex

28、istence first?A.Gravity.B.Expansion.C.Nuclear reactions.D.Elements.的10.We can infer from the last paragraph that the author is amazed by _.A.the existence of the universeB.the environment in which the universe is madeC.the speed at which the universe comes into existenceD the beauty of the universe1

29、1.What chapter of a science book is this text most probably taken from?A.Protons in the Universe.B.Why Build a Universe.C.The Size of the Universe.D.How to Build a Universe.DThe iPhone has become a usability nightmare(噩梦).A new one comes with 38 preinstalled(提前装好的)apps,of which you can delete 27.Onc

30、e youve downloaded your favorite apps,youre now sitting at 46 or more.Like many companies,Apple has decided that theres no need to build an easy-to-use product when it can use artificial intelligence.If you want to find something in their garbage dump of apps and options,you must use Spotlight,Apple

31、s AI-powered search engine that can find almost everything there.This“innovation”of artificial intelligence is not the creation of something new but simply companies selling you back basic usability after decades of messy design choices.And these tech firms are charging us more to fix their mistakes

32、 and slapping an AI label as a solution.Alexa and Siri have become replacements for intentional computing.They give commands into voice interfaces(接口)easily but sacrifice“what we can do”to“what Amazon or Apple allows us to do.”We have been trained to keep apps and files,while tech companies have fai

33、led to provide any easy way to organize them.They have decided that disorganized chaos is fine as long as they can provide an automated search product to sift(筛查)through the mess,something more tech,even if tech created the problem in the first place.Artificial intelligence-based user interfaces rob

34、 the user of choice and empower tech giants to control their decision-making.When one searches for something in Siri or Alexa,Apple and Amazon control the results.Google already provides vastly different search results based on your location,and has redesigned search itself multiple times to trick u

35、sers into clicking links that benefit Google in some way.Depressingly,our future is becoming one where we must choose between asking an artificial intelligence for help,or fighting through an ever-increasing amount of poorly designed menus in the hope we might be able to help ourselves.We,as consume

36、rs,should demand more from the companies that have turned our digital lives into trillion-dollar enterprises.12.Why does the author mention Apples problem?A.As the main topic.B.As the model.C.As an example.D.As a sharp contrast.13.What can we know about Alexa and Siri?A.They are both Apples search p

37、roducts.B.They help consumers make their own choices.C.They have bettered the user experience greatly.D.They work to the benefits of tech giants behind.14.Whats the authors attitude towards the technological giants AI-solution?A.Uncertain.B.Disapproving.C.Unclear.D.Unconcerned.15.The author writes t

38、his article to ask readers to _.A.abandon using artificial intelligenceB.abandon using products from tech giantsC.recognize the nature of AI-based solutionD.recognize the nature of poorly designed apps第二节第二节(共共 5 小题：每小题小题：每小题 2.5 分分,满分满分 12.5 分分)阅读下面短文阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多于选项。从短文后的选

39、项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多于选项。Tennis is an incredibly mental sport._16_ But it is also an incredibly difficult sport to play well.It is very easy to self-destruct(自我毁灭)when playing tennis if you let your expectations and ego get the better of you.So,simply playing the ball that is in front of you is

40、the simplest way to approach the game,along with taking each point at a time.That being said,it is much easier said than done._17_ Even if it is as simple as playing to your opponents backhand as much as possible,or aiming to hit as many cross court(对角线球)balls as you can,it is important to have a pl

41、an of attack if you want to be successful on the court._18_ You may have the best plan in the world,but if you arent performing well enough to execute it or your opponent cottons on(领悟)what youre trying to do,youll need to adapt,improvise and overcome.Adapting to new conditions,court surfaces,balls

42、and playing styles is all part of becoming a better tennis player!_19_ This means you need to be incredibly resilient(坚韧的)to play good tennis and overcome hardship.Dont be too much bothered by some points you lose.Just learn from your mistakes but not let them get you down.Tennis is also about playi

43、ng the big points well and understanding that not all points hold the same weight across the course of a match.Putting disappointment behind you and trying to play the next point with a positive attitude can be very difficult to do._20_A.However,being flexible is also important.B.You will always hav

44、e to have some form of strategy.C.However,it is a key part of becoming a better tennis player.D.It can bring with it a whole host of physical and mental benefits.E.Every backhand shot you hit is what you throw at your opponent.F.Perhaps the most obvious benefits tennis offers are the physical ones.G

45、.The scoring system in tennis means you can win more points and still lose a match!第三部分语言知识运用第三部分语言知识运用(共两节共两节,满分满分 30 分分)第一节完形填空第一节完形填空(共共 15 小题小题;每小题每小题 1 分分,满分满分 15 分分)阅读下面短文阅读下面短文,从每题所给的从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。People always tell me I was brave to apply to medical s

46、chool in my 30s.But for me,the bravest thing was to _21_ from being a doctor 10 years later.Id always wanted to study medicine to help release the world from sufferings but,believing I was not bright enough,I left school at 15 and didnt return to education until my 30s._22_ the fact that the commute

47、(通勤)was tough and the money was _23_,I kept going this time.I dreamed of becoming a doctor who made a(n)_24_.I spent five years at medical school learning how to fix things,but after graduation,when I worked in a hospital,I soon discovered there were many things in life I was unable to _25_.It wasnt

48、 the workload I struggled with,though.What I found really _26_ was the emotional load.As a doctor,I knew I would _27_ upsetting things.I knew I would watch people die and I knew I would see the most awful things.However,being always present at all these moments became a _28_ for me.I knew I needed a

49、 solution to it,and I finally _29_ writing.Writing allowed me an escape,a door into another world,and it also helped to _30_ my anxieties.Writing,something I had started as a form of treatment,now gave me success,an exit card,and a chance of self-protection._31_ I was wondering whether I was a docto

50、r or a writer.Having thought thick and thin,I _32_ my job and took the writing.It was not a decision I made _33_.I knew if I didnt put myself first,I would eventually disappear.I still work on the wards(病房)now,but as a(an)_34_.There are times when you need to focus on yourself.If you have walked so