高三 Test|市西中学2022学年第一学期高三期中英语考试试卷

2022学年高三期中英语考试

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I. Listening Comprehension

Section A

Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.

1. 

A. Excited.B. Dissatisfied.C. Bored.D. Exhausted.

2. 

A. 7:00.B.7:10.C.9:00.D.9:10.

3. 

A. A cook.B.A shop assistant.C.A saleswoman.D.A waitress.

4. 

A.At a gas station.B.In a work shop.

C.At an art gallery.D.In a department store.

5. 

A. He hasn’t had a chance to meet Kathy yet.

B. Kathy had already told him the news.

C. He didn’t know that Kathy was being moved.

D. His new office will be located in New York.

6. 

A.The woman wants to go to Toronto.B. The man wants to go to Vancouver.

C.There are no flights to Toronto.D. There are two direct flights to Toronto.

7. 

A. She should do more careful work.

B. She is not concerned about George’s remarks.

C. George does not care about her.

D. George shouldn’t have said much about her.

8.

A. She can’t afford that much for a trip.

B. She is fortunate to have made a lot of money.

C. She doesn’t think 15,000 dollars is enough for the trip.

D. She considers 15,000 dollars only a small sum of money.

9. 

A.Playing tennis.B.Writing a term paper.

C.Gathering materials.D.Holding a meeting.

10.

A. The man was seriously injured in the car accident.

B. The man had poor imagination because of the car accident.

C. The man wasn’t wearing the seat belt when the accident happened.

D. The man’s daughter advised him to wear the seat belt before he left home.

Section B

Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one conversation. You will be asked three questions on each of the passages and four questions for the conversation. The passages and conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.

11.

A.Future researchers.B.College students.

C.Company employees.D.Successful artists.

12.

A. To teach the listeners how to work hard.

B. To enable the listeners to get better salaries.

C. To prepare the listeners to get better jobs.

D. To encourage the listeners to seize opportunities.

13. A. Kindness.B.Diligence.C.Willingness.D.Interest.

14.

A.The benefits of walking.B.The importance of keeping fit.

C.The way of forming a habit.D.The possibility of excising regularly.

15.

A. Because it needs much thinking.

B. Because people can improve their memory.

C. Because it is suitable for everyone.

D. Because people needn’t concentrate on it.

16.

A.It is the easiest way to lose weight.B. It can be made part of people’s life.

C.It can make people’s hearts stronger.D. It prevents people suffering from cancers.

17.

A. He has just been back from South America.

B. He has been burnt for a few hours.

C. He has been surfing the Internet for long.

D. He has been doing school work all night.

18.

A. To look for something interesting for pleasure.

B. To meet new friends in the net chatroom.

C. To release pressure from heavy work.

D. To look for information for his project.

19.

A. Quite a few sites are just old event calendars.

B. It’s a waste of time to surf the Internet.

C. A lot of information can be found.

D. A lot of friends can be made on the Internet.

20.

A. People spend much time talking about other interests.

B. It takes long to find things because of many useless sites.

C. It is hard to start chatting with others in the chatroom.

D. It’s hardly the best source of information available.

Ⅱ. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A

Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the otl1er blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Inflation (通货膨胀) ruins Broadway’s romance with the Phantom

The stage chandelier (水晶吊灯) will fall for the last time when “The Phantom of the Opera,” the longest running musical on Broadway, shuts in February after 35 years.

Musical theatre has been the mainstay of Broadway since the 19th century, but the business of running grand musicals ____21____ require huge audiences to pay high ticket prices is quite a gamble.

“Phantom” ____22____ (see) by almost 20 million people on Broadway by earlier this month, grossing $1.3 billion. It ____23____ not match classical operasasa work of art, but you cannot argue with a cash machine. However, the machine can suddenly break down, as Phantom has found on Broadway ____24____ it returned post-pandemic last year.

The biggest difficulty is not the initial investment in a new production, enormous ____25____ this can be; it is that musicals are very costly to keep going. Cameron Mackintosh, joint producer of “Phantom,” compares them with yachts. “It is like owning a boat: the happiest days are buying and selling it. It is extremely expensive to run.”

The drag has become greater with high inflation. Mackintosh estimates that so far, the weekly cost of putting on “Phantom” on Broadway ____26____ (rise) by $100,000, with further rises in energy and other expenses to come.

This is reinforced by the fact, as is often the case in London and New York, ____27____long-running musicals tend to become increasingly dependent on tourists, with locals attracted ____28____ limited runs of new shows and revivals. Fewer have been visiting New York than before Covid hit, particularly from Asia. As demand falls, tickets get ____29____ (discount) and the economics of the older musical sag (萧条、下挫).

This will probably not be the last New York has seen of the lovestruck masked man; “Phantom” may be revived in the future, perhaps in a more viable form. It will carry on touring the world for limited runs. If the tourists will not come to “Phantom,” it will come to ____30____(they) .

Section B (10分)

Directions: Complete the passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

There’s no doubt that dogs are incredibly perceptive and sensitive beings, with the ability to sense emotions and read the facial expressions of humans. The American Kennel Club (AKC) says previous studies have shown dogs combine hearing and sight to ____31____ to happy and angry human faces with happy and angry vocalizations (发声).

Researchers have found that dogs can ____32____ the positive sound of laughing from the negative sound of crying. The dogs were found to be more ____33____ and stimulated by the negative sounds than positive ones. A 2018 study published in Scientific Report showed that dogs can ____34____ human emotions using only their ears. They use the right side of their brain for ____35____ negative emotions and the left side for positive ones.

A 2016 study published in The Royal Society’s Biology Letters showed dogs can recognize emotions in humans using information from different ____36____, which the study said is an ability that had never previously been observed outside of humans.

Speaking to Newsweek, the AKC’s chief veterinary officer, Dr. Jerry Klein, explained dogs can certainly become depressed and anxious. There have been reports of dogs ____37____ depression and loneliness following the ____38____ of an owner or a “fellow member” of their pack, as well as a change from their normal routine, Klein explained.

“But whether or not dogs get ‘sad’ is a little less certain,” Klein told Newsweek. Klein said from a ____39____ scientific standpoint, there isn’t “strong evidence” that dogs feel what people would ____40____ as sadness. “Dogs live more in the moment and don’t have the ‘self-consciousness’ or the tendency to inwardly ponder like people do.”

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

When educators think of literacy — the ability to read and write — they often place more importance on a student’s ability to read and fully comprehend a piece of writing. But experts say critical and creative writing skills are equally important. Andthey are too often ____41____ in the classroom.

Compared to readingwriting is more ____42____. It helps students be independent thinkers, take ____43____ of their stories and ideas and communicate them clearly to others. Unless we want an education system just focused on making people ____44____ and not focused on helping them to be producers, this ____45____ on reading only — which does happen in so many places — is very short-sighted.

Students’ writing work now usually ____46____ on examining a text, instead of presenting a new idea. Writing should be the central thing you’re learning, rather than writing in response to a text on a test or writing to demonstrate you’ve learned what someone has taught you.

Writing improves reading skills

Teaching reading together with writing improves both skills, says Rebecca Wallace-Segall, who ____47____ a New York City writing center, Writopia Lab. She said writing affects a person’s ability to read. More than 90 percent of young people in the Writopia program do not ____48____ their writing abilities when they start, Wallace-Segall said. But she said they learn to enjoy the writing process and become more effective ____49____, too.

Employers today seek workers all the time who can write well. Digital tools _____50_____ mean that people are interacting with the internet through writing. Young people are _____51_____ writing all the time — through text messages, emails and on social media. Every young person today is a writer if they are connected to the internet.

Working through _____52_____ by writing

Supporters of writing-centered teaching add that writing _____53_____ young people. When students own their _____54_____ and tell their stories, they become not only stronger and more confident writers, but also stronger and more confident individuals.

Writing also helps students work through difficulties they face in life. They’re not writing a story about a difficult father or directly about a bully in class, but they are creating a _____55_____ scenario that might feel distant enough for them to explore some of these problems at a deeper level. Thus, teaching students to write well can have an effect on the larger world. Those adults can see that the stories they’re telling themselves about those young people are often wrong and doing a lot of harm in the world.

41. A. emphasizedB.overlookedC.concealedD.exhibited

42. A. activeB.educativeC.possessiveD.idealistic

43. A. ownershipB.governorshipC.readershipD.authorship

44. A. purchasersB.customersC.consumersD.inventors

45. A. influenceB.emphasisC.concentrationD.insistence

46. A. carriesB.feedsC.centersD.takes

47. A. hostsB.occupiesC.revolvesD.heads

48. A. showB.boostC.boastD.trust

49A. listenersB.writersC.readersD.publishers

50. A. unexpectedlyB.increasinglyC.intentionallyD.surprisingly

51. A. barelyB.reluctantlyC.skillfullyD.already

52. A. effortsB.individualsC.problemsD.opinions

53A. authorizesB.drainsC.teachesD.empowers

54. A. voicesB.rightsC.confidencesD.freedoms

55. A. mysteriousB.fictionalC.dramaticD.realistic

Section B

Direction：Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

(A)

At first, I didn’t recognize the symptoms that we all had in common. Friends mentioned that they were having trouble concentrating. It wasn’t burnout — we still had energy. It wasn’t depression — we didn’t feel hopeless. We just felt somewhat joyless and aimless.

It turns out there’s a name for that: languishing.

Languishing is a sense of inactivity and emptiness. It feels as if you’re muddling (应付) through your days, looking at your life through a foggy windshield.

In psychology, we think about mental health on a spectrum (范围) from depression to flourishing. Flourishing is the peak of well-being. Depression is the valley of ill-being. Languishing is the neglected middle child of mental health. It’s the emptiness between depression and flourishing – the absence of well-being. You’re not functioning at full capacity. Languishing dulls your motivation, disrupts your ability to focus, and greatly increases the possibility that you’ll cut back on work.

Part of the danger is that when you’re languishing, you might not notice the lessening of delight or the decreasing of drive. You don’t catch yourself slipping slowly into aloneness; you’re indifferent to your indifference. When you can’t see your own suffering, you don’t seek help or even do much to help yourself.

So what can we do about it? People who became more focused on their work managed to avoid languishing. Interrupted attention is an enemy of engagement and excellence. To go beyond languishinggive yourself some uninterrupted time. It clears out constant distractions and gives us the freedom to focus. And try starting with small wins by focusing on a challenge that matters to you – an interesting project, a worthwhile goal, or a meaningful conversation.

We still have a lot to learn about what causes languishing and how to cure it, but naming it might be a first step. It could help to defog our vision, giving us a clearer window into what had been an unclear experience. It could remind us that we weren’t alone: languishing is common and shared.

By acknowledging that so many of us are languishing, we can start giving voice to quiet despair and lighting a path out of the emptiness.

56. According to the passage, which definition best suits the word “languishing”?

A. Staying in one’s comfort zone.

B. Having a vague view of one’s future.

C. Becoming weaker or failing to improve.

D. Feeling exhausted and without hope.

57. For those who are languishing, they are likely to ________.

A. seek help when they feel they’re suffering

B. deny that they cannot work at full capacity

C. give themselves some uninterrupted time

D. be indifferent to their lack of enthusiasm

58. Which of the following is a potential solution to languishing?

A. Removing it from the spectrum of mental health.

B. Recognizing the reduction of delight and motivation.

C. Improving attention span and eliminating distraction.

D. Having a clearer idea about its cause and effect.

59. Why is it significant to know that languishing is common and shared?

A. We can continue to learn more about languishing.

B. We can let the silent despair speak up and find a way out.

C. We can see it as basically the same as depression.

D. We can study it as the complete opposite of flourishing.

(B)

What is a TEDx event?

TEDx brings the spirit of TED’s mission of “ideas worth spreading” to local communities around the globe. A TEDx event is a local gathering where live TED-like talks and videos previously recorded at TED conferences are shared with a community. TEDx events are fully planned and coordinated independently, on a community-by-community basis. All TEDx events present multiple issues and a diversity of voices from many disciplines. After all, what’s the fun without a little variety?

If you want to organize a TEDx event, you’ll need to apply for a TEDx license. No one is qualified to organize an event without being granted a license by TED.

So you want to organize a TEDx event?

Before you start, you should know the TEDx rules, which are non-negotiable and mandatory.

※ We value and welcome young organizers. However, if you’re under 18, you must be supervised by an adult.

※ TED allocates one location-based license series per application. Your TEDx event must happen in the city for which you received the license.

※ Your event must maintain the spirit of TED itself: focused on the power of ideas to change attitudes or lives. Your event may not exceed one day in length.

※ Up to 100 individuals may attend your event. Only those who have attended an official TED conference may organize an event with more than 100 attendees. Even those who have attended one or multiple TEDx events or TEDWomen are not qualified.

※ TEDx events are named after locations, such as cities, neighborhoods, streets etc., and aim to serve that named community. Event names must comply with the guideline for naming your event.

※ A TEDx event is not a platform for professional speakers. Its purpose is to give a platform to those who don’t often have one.

※ A TEDx event cannot be used to raise money, not even for a charity.

※ A TEDx event can’t be co-branded with an institution except under specific license types – for a college or university, or for internal events (for corporations and organizations).

※ TEDx events may not be used to promote spiritual or religious beliefs, commercial products or any kind of political agenda.

※ Every TEDx event either shows only TED Talk videos to its audience or shows both TED Talk videos and live speakers from the community. For events less than half a day in length, two TED Talks videos are required to be shown. For longer events, 25% of the total number of talks must be official TED Talk videos.

60. What do we know from the first part of the passage?

A. TEDx speeches should follow a single topic principle.

B. TED organization is not responsible for TEDx events.

C. TEDx is TED-like but it is operated independently.

D. TEDx is based upon prerecorded TED talks.

61. According to the General rules, a TEDx event organizer should ________.

A. name the event after locations

B. host the event in different cities

C. extend the event to one day

D. hold a TED event first

62. Which of the following people may be allowed to make a TEDx speech?

A. A professional speaker who wants to motivate people with success stories.

B. A college student who wants to advocate the use of green and renewable energy.

C. A member of a volunteer group who wants to collect money for the war victims.

D. A CEO in a high-tech industry who wants to popularize its newest product.

(C)

Not too many decades ago it seemed “obvious” both to the general public and to sociologists that modern society has changed people’s natural relations, loosened their responsibilities to kins and neighbors, and substituted in their place superficial relationships with passing acquaintances. However, in recent years a growing body of research has revealed that the “obvious” is not true. It seems that if you are a city resident, you typically know a smaller proportion of your neighbors than you do if you are a resident of a smaller community. But, for the most part, this fact has few significant consequences. It does not necessarily follow that if you know few of your neighbors you will know no one else.

Even in very large cities, people maintain close social ties within small, private social worlds. Indeed, the number and quality of meaningful relationships do not differ between more and less urban people. Small-town residents are more involved with kin than are big-city residents. Yet city dwellers compensate by developing friendships with people who share similar interests and activities. Urbanism may produce a different style of life, but the quality of life does not differ between town and city. Nor are residents of large communities any likelier to display psychological symptoms of stress or alienation, a feeling of not belonging, than are residents of smaller communities. However, city dwellers do worry more about crime, and this leads them to a distrust of strangers.

These findings do not imply that urbanism makes little or no difference. If neighbors are strangers to one another, they are less likely to sweep the sidewalk of an elderly couple living next door or keep an eye out for young troublemakers. Moreover, as Wirth suggested, there may be a link between a community’s population size and its social heterogeneity (多样性). For instance, sociologists have found much evidence that the size of a community is associated with bad behavior including gambling, drugs, etc. Large-city urbanites are also more likely than their small-town counterparts to have a cosmopolitan (见多识广的) outlook, to display less responsibility to traditional kinship roles, to vote for leftist political candidates, and to be tolerant of nontraditional religious groups, unpopular political groups, and so-called undesirables. Everything considered, heterogeneity and unusual behavior seem to be outcomes of large population size.

63. According to paragraph 1, it was once a common belief that people in modern society ________.

A. tended to acquaint themselves with people passing by

B. usually had more friends than small-town residents

C. bore great responsibilities to neighbors and relatives

D. could not develop very close relationships with others

64. One of the consequences of urbanism is that the city residents ________.

A. lower the quality of relationships

B. show little concern for strangers

C. suffer from the lack of friendship

D. become suspicious of each other

65. We can learn from the passage that the bigger a community is ________.

A. the more likely it is to display stress

B. the more open-minded people are

C. the more similar its interests are

D. the better its quality of life is

66. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Minor differences in the interpersonal relations between cities and towns

B. The positive role that urbanism has been playing in our modern society

C. Advantages and disadvantages of living in big cities or small towns

D. The strong feeling of alienation that city inhabitants are suffering

Section C

Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.

Garden recycling is a great way to help the environment while saving money and sparking (激发) the imagination. There are several ways to recycle in the garden; for instance, by creating unique garden art from everyday items. ____67____ However, in keeping with greener living, garden recycling has recently become more popular.

There are several benefits to garden recycling, the most common of which is saving the environment. Reusing everyday items helps keep trash out of landfills (垃圾填埋场). Recycling materials in the garden is also less expensive and with creativity, making every garden unique. From simple household items to junkyard castaways or antiques, would-be art pieces are all around us. In order to ensure items for garden recycling harmonize within their new setting, it helps to consider how each fits into the surroundings beforehand. ____68____

One of the most popular ways to garden recycle is by reusing old objects as garden art. Nearly any object has potential for transformation into the garden or elsewhere. ____69____ From various metal objects like bed frames, bicycles and gates to aluminum washtubs and tire rims, there is potential for sculptures, trellises, flower containers and other interesting focal points.

There’s a place for everything in the garden. Fountains, ponds, and other water features can be made easily from found objects. ____70____ Turn an old mailbox into a birdhouse. Transform a slightly chipped flowerpot into a frog shelter. Create birdbaths from dishes. Just about anything imaginable can be transformed into a container by simply adding drainage (排水) holes. From tubs, baskets, boots, and even toys, when it comes to garden recycling, the possibilities are endless.

A. Try to use pieces that share a similar style or material and repeat these items in the garden.

B. Wildlife shelters can also be included in garden recycling

C. Reuse newspaper for creating flowerbeds, and egg cartons for seed trays.

D. Indeed, reusing old objects or waste materials in the garden is nothing new.

E. Just as with garden art, there can be a mass of uses when garden recycling.

F. With a little creativity, you can turn an otherwise useless item into a one-of-a-kind piece of art.

IV. Summary Writing

71.Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words.Use your own words as far as possible.

Are you a textaholic?

Do you spend over an hour each day texting your friends? Do you frequently neglect work, study and leisure activities to check your phone for text message? Are you moody and emotional if you are separated from your mobile phone? Do you hardly ever use your phone to talk any more, and do your thumbs from texting too much?

If you answered 'Yes' to any of the above questions, then the chances are that you are a textaholic.A textaholic can be defined as someone who is addicted to sending and receiving text messages.The main symptoms are strong will to text which takes precedence over (优先于) everything else, and withdrawal symptoms (戒断症状)if messages fail to come in, leading to anger, depression and a lack of self-respect.Other problems include sleeplessness, eye strain, and repetitive strain injury due to constant messaging, not to mention expensive phone bills.The root of the problem, as with many addictions, is the desire to escape from emotional difficulties such as stress, anxiety and relationship problems.Experts warn that text addiction is likely to become the most common form of addiction in the future, especially among the young.

So what can you do if you think you may be textaholic? The key is to get your life back in balance.Make sure you resist the urge to answer every message you receive, and consider leaving your mobile phone behind occasionally when you go out.Most importantly, make a point of spending quality time with friends and family, and make time to re — learn the art of face-to-face conversation instead of conducting your relationships by means of text messages.Not only will you save time and money, but you may also rediscover the pleasure of true communication.

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V. Translation

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.

72. 为推进这项目付出的努力是无法用语言描述的。(beyond) （汉译英）

73. 如果你能为我们提供资金支持，我们将不胜感激。(appreciate) （汉译英）

74. 这款样式新颖的手提电脑一上市就吸引了不同年龄段的人。(Hardly) （汉译英）

75. 我没想到由于当地的环境日趋恶化，这批大豆无论在质量和大小上都属于下等。(inferior) （汉译英）

VI. Guided Writing

76. Directions: Write an English composition in 120—150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

李明的家乡正在策划一个线上旅游节，现面向全市青少年征集宣传片策划案，旨在挖掘该市的旅游资源和城市文化，开展讲好中国故事、传播好中国声音的创新实践。假设你是李明，请你写一封建议信给旅游局，谈谈你对该宣传片的构思，你的信必须包含以下的内容：

1)宣传片中城市景点介绍设计；

2)推荐原因及创新点。

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