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临川一中 2022－2023 学年度上学期期中考试 A．Give up the project. B．Talk to his manager.
C．Take a rest occasionally.
高三年级英语试卷 请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Why was the release of the album Medicine at Midnight postponed?
2022.10.20
A．Due to the band’s 25th anniversary. B．Due to the epidemic.
时间：120分钟 分数：150分 命题人：张弛 章馨月 阮慧慧 审题人：陈志
C．Due to Dave’s health status.
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11. Which of the following songs came out first?
注意事项： A．Chasing Birds. B．Shame Shame.
1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 C．No Son of Mine.
2. 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 12. What is most probably the woman?
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 A．A singer. B．A journalist.
无效。
C．A radio program host.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
13. Where does the man learn about Americans’ reading habits?
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
A．In a newspaper. B．In a magazine.
答题卡上。
C．On a website.
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
14. How many books do most Americans read per person per year?
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。
A．4. B．8. C．12.
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。
15. What does the report show about Americans’ reading habits?
1. What’s the probable relationship between the speakers?
A．Men read more books than women.
A．Salesman and customer. B．Mother and son. C．Colleagues.
B．Higher-income groups read more.
2. Why does John refuse the woman’s invitation to the new exhibit?
C．High school students prefer to read books.
A．He hasn’t prepared for it. B．He isn’t interested in it.
16. What will the man tell the woman next most probably?
C．He has no time for it.
A．Why he loves reading books. B．Where he usually reads books.
3. Where are the speakers most probably?
C．When he enjoys reading books.
A．At a restaurant. B．At the woman’s home. C．At school.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
4. What does the man mean?
17. What marked the start of Sandra Boynton’s career?
A．He cannot help the woman. B．He has asked Jade for help.
A．Her being asked to write stories.
C．There is nothing wrong with the computer.
B．Her being hired to draw for books.
5. What are the speakers talking about?
C．Her being invited to create greeting cards.
A．Their preparations for work. B．Their exam results.
18. What contributes to Sandra Boynton’s books becoming so popular worldwide?
C．A chemistry class.
A．Their funny style. B．Their moving stories.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
C．Their special sound effects.
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
19. Which of the following books do the speaker’s children love most?
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
A．Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs! . B．The Going to Bed Book.
给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
C．Moo, Baa, La La La! .
请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
20. What is the speaker doing?
6. Where does the man want to go?
A．Recommending his favorite books.
A．To a shopping mall. B．To a post office.
B．Sharing his kids’ reading habits.
C．To a bookstore.
C．Introducing an author of children’s books.
7. What was Lucy busy doing this morning?
A．Cooking. B．Doing her homework.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
C．Reading a literature book.
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
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。
8. How does the woman find her new boss?
A
A．Hard-working. B．Serious. C．Humorous.
Inventions born out of love
9. What’s the woman’s suggestion for the man?
Garbage Disposers
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学科网（北京）股份有限公司John W. Hammes, an architect from Wisconsin, created the InSinkErator in 1935. To participate in this year’s competition, bakers accessed the museum’s online catalog to
Hammes got the idea after watching his wife spend time wrapping food in newspaper and select an artwork to reimagine and entered into one of three categories: Under-18, Amateur or
throwing it out. The InSinkErator is a device, installed under a kitchen sink between the Professional. Then, contestants had to upload photos of their creations to either Facebook or
sink’s drain and the trap. The disposal unit tears food waste into pieces small enough -- Instagram (or both) by May 15. The museum shared the cakes with the public on World
generally less than 2 mm in diameter -- to pass through the plumbing. Baking Day (May 17) through social media stories, and the “virtual audience” had 24 hours
Surgical Gloves to vote for their favorites. The winner of each category received gift cards from local pastry
William Stewart Halsted, M.D. (1852-1922) was a well-known US surgeon who is often shops.
called the “Father of Modern Surgery”. Known for his strict adherence to sterile （无菌的） “Art can be quite conceptual. And baking is tangible -- so it’s a different way to
working conditions, Halsted invented rubber gloves that allowed his colleagues to lessen the consume art,” said an American artist. “Unlike baking, art doesn’t necessarily engage all the
transfer of germs during their work. Yet the initial reason why he created them is more senses -- you can’t necessarily smell art, you can’t necessarily taste art, and you definitely
romantic than you would think. Knowing Caroline, a nurse, suffered from a skin disease can’t touch art. But with baking, you can do all those things and it is a nice way to bring
during her work, Halsted invented the gloves especially for her and gave them to her as a them together.”
gift after their marriage. “The competition is about having fun at heart,” Stella explained. “We’re going through
Band-Aids a lot of hard things right now. It’s important to remember that it’s okay to take a break --
When Josephine Knight Dickson from New Jersey kept cutting herself while cooking for not to ignore the things that are happening, but to make time for the things that move you.”
her family in the 1920s, her husband, Earle Dickson, stepped in. Dickson, a cotton buyer for 24. What’s mainly talked about in Paragraph 2?
Johnson & Johnson, according to the company’s website, decided to invent a temporary A．The inspiration for Stella’s novel idea.
adhesive bandage for his wife. His creation became the Band-Aid we all know and use today. B．Stella’s great interest in baking therapy.
Magnetic Shirt Buttons C．Stella’s life during the museum’s closure.
Maura Horton’s husband, Don, was a football coach who had Parkinson’s disease. One D．The influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on Stella.
day, after Don struggled to button his shirt before a game, Horton decided there needed to be 25. What are the contestants required to do in the competition?
a better clothing option for people suffering from a disability. So, Horton designed a shirt A．To sign up for a group by their age.
with magnetic buttons in 2012. These buttons will finally allow everyone to dress and undress B．To recreate famous artworks with cake.
themselves efficiently. C．To hand in their works on World Baking Day.
21. Who’s the inventor of the InSinkErator? D．To advertise their works for votes on social media.
A．William Stewart Halsted. B．Maura Horton. 26. What’s the American artist’s attitude towards Stella’s idea?
C．John W. Hammes. D．Earle Dickson. A．Suspicious. B．Confused. C．Appreciative. D．Concerned.
22. What can we learn about William’s surgical gloves? 27. What can we infer from the text about Stella?
A．They made William known worldwide. A．She was hard-working and generous.
B．They assisted in the treatment of skin diseases. B．She went through many hardships.
C．They were originally intended for William’s wife. C．She was optimistic and creative.
D．They were invented with the aid of William’s colleagues. D．She enjoyed taking adventures.
23. Which of the following is the latest invention? C
A．Band-Aids. B．Surgical gloves. Many people, especially the elderly, suffer from abnormal sleep. In particular, the deep sleep phases
C．The InSinkErator. D．Magnetic shirt buttons. become shorter and shallower with age.
B Researchers have shown that the brain waves characterizing deep sleep, so-called slow waves, can
Is it cake? Is it art? Is it both? It’s the third year that the Blanton Museum of Art at be improved by playing precisely timed sounds through earphones while sleeping. While this works well
the University of Texas at Austin has hosted its Great Blanton Bake-Off（烘焙大赛）, and 16 in the laboratory under controlled conditions, there has been no at-home solution that can be used for
bakers delivered on the challenge -- to recreate any of the 21,000 works, from Italian a time longer than just one night.
Renaissance paintings to Latin American prints, in the Blanton’s collections, in cake form. As part of the SleepLoop project, researchers have developed a mobile system that can be used at
Lizabel Stella, the museum’s social media and digital content manager, came up with the home and aims to promote deep sleep through auditory（听觉的）brain stimulation.
idea of the Bake-Off at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the museum had to The SleepLoop system consists of a headband that is put on at bedtime and worn throughout
temporarily close. At the time, Stella, like many in lockdown, found herself scrolling through the night. This headband contains electrodes（电极）and a microchip that can constantly measure
social media more than usual, and noticed how people were turning to baking as a the brain activity of the sleeping person. As soon as the sleeping person shows slow waves in the brain
therapeutic and fun activity. “I was thinking that people couldn’t come to the museum and activity, the system will set off a short auditory signal. This helps synchronize（使…同步）the
that people loved baking. How could I blend them together?” Stella told a reporter. Then neuronal cells and enhance the slow waves. What makes the solution unique is that the sleeping person
Stella cooked up the idea. is not consciously aware of this sound during deep sleep.
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学科网（北京）股份有限公司It’s the first time that the researchers, led by Caroline Lustenberger, have conducted a clinical study both groups showed lower levels of the stress-related hormone（荷尔蒙）called cortisol and
with this device. The study involved equipping participants, between 60 and 80 years old, with the higher levels of oxytocin, a feel-good hormone. However, the cortisol levels of kids in the
SleepLoop system, which they were required to operate in their own homes. The system is designed to storytelling group were a quarter of those in the riddle group, and their oxytocin levels were
function independently even for users with little technical experience. “This worked very well. We had nearly twice as high. Those who heard stories also reported pain levels dropping almost twice
surprisingly little data loss and the participants rated the device as user-friendly,” says Lustenberger. as much as those in the riddle group, and they used more positive words.
The participants wore the device every night for a total of four weeks. The results showed it was Next, the investigators plan to study how long these effects last. For now Brockington says
indeed possible to enhance the slow waves through auditory signals during deep sleep in most participants. the results indicate storytelling is a low-cost and extremely efficient way to help improve
However, individual differences were considerable, which can be used to better predict how a given health outcomes.
individual will respond to the auditory stimulus. The company ToSoo AG is currently working on that 32. What does the author intend to do in Paragraph 1?
so that it can be competitive once it comes onto the clinical market. It’s already clear that it’ll not be A. To state people’s diverse reactions to a particular topic.
freely available, but only via a doctor’s prescription. “Use of the device must be medically indicated,” a B. To explain the importance of eye contact in storytelling.
researcher says. C. To stress the magic of storytelling in grabbing attention.
28. What did researchers of the SleepLoop project try to work out? D. To show the difficulty of making common topics interesting.
A．How to avoid deep sleep phases decreasing with age. 33. How does the new study differ from previous ones?
B．How to distinguish slow waves from other brain waves. A. It highlights the link between stories and emotions.
C．How to accurately create home sleep conditions in the laboratory. B. It employs high-end laboratory equipment.
D．How to continuously improve deep sleep by playing sounds at home. C. It aims to make hospital stays entertaining.
29. What is the fourth paragraph mainly about? D. It is undertaken in real-life situations.
A．The working principle of the SleepLoop system. B．The advantages of the Sleep Loop system. 34. What did the investigators do in their experiment?
C．The brain activity during deep sleep. D．The features of brain waves. A. Collected and tested 162 saliva samples.
30. What can we learn about the clinical study? B. Solved riddle games together with children.
A．It lasted longer than previous clinical studies. C. Asked children to retell the newly learned stories.
B．It proves the new device is easy to operate. D. Made children report their delighted experiences in hospital.
C．It collected little data due to the participants’ advanced ages. 35. What can be the best title for the text?
D．It required the participants to master basic technical knowledge. A. Listening to stories helps hospitalized kids heal
31. What task will Tosoo AG tackle before making the device enter the clinical market? B. Reading stories to children increases their concentration
A．Attracting more investments. B．Reducing the cost of the device. C. Storytelling -- an important communication tool for people
C．Perfecting the device’s performance. D．Getting medical officials’ permission. D. Storytelling -- a popular form of recreation among children
D
If you stand in front of a group of kids, and start stating facts and ideas about a 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
particular topic, like common trees found in a forest, eyes will probably glaze over. There 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
might be a few people with a particular interest in trees who remain attentive, but it’s likely British visitor Joel Bennett expressed his appreciation to a restaurant owner, a lady in
that most will lose interest fairly quickly. But if you stand up in front of that same group of her 60s, for a good meal during his first trip in South Korea. Bennett, at age 23, said
people and tell them a story, something different will happen. “gomawo” to the owner, which means “thanks” in English. 36 However, he hadn’t
Researchers have now quantified the emotional benefits of a well-told tale. “We know that realized there were so many ways to say “thank you” and that he used a casual version that
stories can transport us to another world,” says Guilherme Brockington, the lead author of was considered rude to the owner.
the new paper. Earlier research suggests that stories help children process and regulate their In South Korean culture, as a person several decades younger than the owner, Bennett
emotions -- but it was mostly conducted in a laboratory, with subjects answering questions was expected to have used the honorific forms of the language. Korean is said to have one of
while lying inside MRI machines. There are few studies on psychological effects of storytelling the most complicated linguistic systems in the world. 37 Knowing these, you may avoid
in more commonplace scenes, such as hospitals. falling into Bennett’s situation.
So investigators working in several hospitals split a total of 81 patients aged between four 38 Age is not just a number here. It’s a key factor that people use to determine
and eleven into two groups, matching them with storytellers who had a decade of hospital which form of speech style is suitable for them. So inquiring about ages doesn’t mean
experience. In one group, the storyteller led each child in playing a riddle game. In the other, rudeness in South Korea. Because even the difference of one year means the different ways
youngsters chose books and listened as the storyteller read them aloud. Before and after these people should behave.
sessions, the researchers let each child spit into a tube, then asked them to report their pain To fully understand this, you need to learn the lasting impact of the ancient culture of
levels and conducted a free-association word quiz. South Korea. Its ancient social order is centered on harmony, which is often achieved by
Based on the analysis of each tube of saliva（唾液），the researchers found children in treating the elderly with respect and looking after the young with kindness. 3 9
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学科网（北京）股份有限公司While age plays a big part in determining speech style, it’s not a hard and fast rule. 52. A. instruction B. threat C. approval D. inspiration
40 Whether they are films, music, or TV shows, they make the principles easier to teach 53. A. instruct B. accept C. praise D. show
and learn. 54. A. Luckily B. Regretfully C. Unexpectedly D. Strangely
A. He then thought he was polite to say so. 55. A. value B. teach C. memorize D. analyze
B. Nowadays, the Korean wave has swept many countries. 56. A. trouble B. beg C. cause D. remind
C. And this tradition has guided the country for over 500 years. 57. A. fall B. prove C. arise D. push
D. It is no surprise to be asked to reveal your age in South Korea. 58. A. result in B. hold back C. speed up D. result from
E. A funny fact is that it’s difficult not only for guests but also hosts. 59. A. significance B. rule C. tip D. consequence
F. To find the right speech style, the first step is always to be patient. 60. A. improve B. pride C. promise D. contradict
G. It requires assessing people’s age, social status and level of closeness.
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
As a human in the 21st-century industrialized world, there’s a good chance that
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选岀可以填入空白处的最佳
microplastics are pumping around in your veins（静脉）, as indicated by a small first-of-its-
选项。
kind study in Environment International.
We have to admit that we all get defensive（戒备的）sometimes. Defensiveness is a
According to a report on the study, scientists from Vrije University Amsterdam recently
human 4 1 in certain situations. Not everything makes us defensive -- it seems that specific
developed a method to 61 (accurate) measure concentrations of microplastics in human
situations 4 2 defensiveness. I was usually a 4 3 individual, but there were always some
blood for the first time. Just as 62 (suspect) in the past, microplastics from the outside
cases where my insecurities 4 4 me and I got defensive and doubted my ability.
world are ending up in the bloodstream of humans. The team tested the blood of 22 people
In my family’s eyes, I was 45 my elder sister. I was an outgoing kid who liked
and concluded that 17 of the samples contained tiny amounts.
undertaking outdoor work 46 my sister was shy and preferred to do household chores.
“Up to now, we 6 3 (prove) plastic exists in our bloodstream,” study author Marja
We were responsible for sharing different housework. My parents were satisfied with such Lamoree said. “This dataset is the first of its kind and must be expanded 6 4 (gain)
“perfect” 47 in our life. But problems started to 48 after I got married. The
insight into how widespread plastic is in our bodies, and how 6 5 (harm) that may be.
members of my new family are all great cooks. I suddenly found myself a(n) 49 . Any
With this insight, we can determine whether 6 6 (expose) of our bodies to microplastics
time the subject of cooking came up, I became 50 and defensive. When I went deeper
poses a threat to health.”
and 5 1 the reason, I discovered it was due to its conflict with my value. I perceived their Human bodies are riddled（充斥）with microplastics, 6 7 wider evidence for the
reaction to my poor cooking skills as a(n) 5 2 .
effects of microplastics 6 8 human health is still inadequate. However, with 69
It took me years to 53 myself and my cooking abilities. 54 , my new family did
large number of studies finding that microplastics can be found in our bodies, it’s a question
much to make me feel relieved. I know it is the insecurities that make me annoyed easily.
70 needs some definite answers soon.
Over time, I’ve learned to calmly 55 those insecurities and I have learned to be happy
with “good enough”. Now I’m aware of the trap and 56 myself not to connect the 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）
feeling of inadequacy with my sense of self-worth. 第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
When our defensiveness 5 7 , it can feel like we are being blamed for something. Being 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10
defensive can 58 effective and honest communication. Sometimes, it has the 59 of 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
preventing the issues from being resolved. So we should get rid of too much defensiveness to 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）,并在其下面写出该加的词。
make ourselves 6 0 constantly. 删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
41. A. response B. factor C. target D. assessment 修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
42. A. explain B. adjust C. cause D. worsen 注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
43. A. hard-working B. confident C. responsible D. warm-hearted 2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
44. A. overcame B. protected C. ignored D. misunderstood Yesterday, I accompanied my little brother to swimming pool. There, he soon got along
45. A. independent of B. different from C. close to D. unsatisfied with with a boy possess a water gun and they played with the toy together. When my brother ran
46. A. while B. because C. although D. otherwise
excitedly with the water gun, he scratch the boy’s neck by accident. Shallowly as the scratch
was, it was clear. I hurried to comfort the boy, but called the boy’s father. I feared he’d
47. A. comment B. research C. cooperation D. translation
blame for my brother and me. Which was quite unexpected was that I just said it was no big
48. A. decline B. emerge C. recover D. hide
deal. Seeing my brother hang his head in shames, the father comforted my brother, which
49. A. assistant B. exception C. hero D. expert made me quite touching.
50. A. smart B. curious C. annoyed D. confused 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
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学科网（北京）股份有限公司brands”为题写一篇英文短文，向学校英文报投稿，内容包括：
1、此类品牌的特点；
2、原因分析及你的看法。
注意：
1、词数100左右；
2、可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3、题目已为你写好。
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