2023-2024学年上学期高三期末模拟调研
英语学科
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阅读理解
第一节 阅读理解（每小题2.5分，共15小题；满分37.5分）
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The Best Podcasts for Everyone
A podcast is a sound file similar to a radio broadcast, which can be downloaded and listened to on a computer or iPod. You can find a podcast about almost anything these days, but you might need a helping hand to find the podcasts worthy of your ear. Our expertly chosen list will entertain and educate you, whether you’re doing the dishes, working out, or relaxing in the bath.
1. Revisionist History
In this mix of strange stories, Malcolm Gladwell, a famous writer, handles misunderstood events and rarely discussed ideas, covering subjects like Toyota’s car recall and even the firebombing of Tokyo at the end of World War II. Gladwell freely mixes research and opinion and enjoys challenging conventional views, but every episode serves up facts and stories you have likely never heard before.
2. The Read
Kid Fury and Crissle West, famous comedians, review the latest pop culture news and offer their opinions on everything. Funny and challenging, these conversations run for a couple of hours, covering recent events and frequently touching on social justice, mental health and race.
3. Forever35
Forever35 started as a physical self-care podcast but expanded to discuss mental health, relationships, and any other topic that appeals to writers Doree Shafrir and Kate Spencer. They go from chatting about skin creams to seasonal emotional disorder—but always in a fun, inclusive, and down-to-earth way.
4. Hidden Brain
An absorbing deep dive into human behavior related to brains with the help of scientists, Hidden Brain is packed with informative messages. The host, National Public Radio’s accomplished science journalist Shankar Vedantam, makes complex ideas accessible.
5. The Infinite Monkey Cage
This show, hosted by physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince, raises questions like “Does time exist ”—which are then debated by a diverse panel of three guests, usually a mix of experts and entertainers. Definite answers are in short supply, but it’s always accessible, enthusiastic, and makes audience think deeply.
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1．What is this text
A．A book review. B．A course plan.
C．An academic article. D．An online advertisement.
2．How many podcasts are associated with natural science
A．Two. B．Three. C．Four. D．Five.
3．Which podcast interests listeners who want to stay young and healthy
A．The Read. B．Forever35.
C．Hidden Brain. D．The Infinite Monkey Cage.
B
The latest data shows the population of wild Asian elephants in southwest China’s Yunnan Province has increased from around 150 to more than 300 from the 1980s to the end of 2021, according to the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.
With the growth in the elephant population, conflicts between humans and elephants have become frequent. In order to fundamentally and peacefully solve the issue and protect the elephant’s habitat at the same time, construction of the Asian elephant National Park is picking up speed. Experts suggest that national parks are not meant to be entirely free of people. Instead, they should offer a method for coexistence.
Asian elephants play an important role as engineers of the rainforest, said the expert. Their migration(迁徙) can speed up the replacement of forest ecosystems along the way. Elephant waste remains not only a delicacy for insects, but also attracts insectivorous birds, allowing plant seeds to spread. Therefore, protecting the elephants and their habitats guarantees the shelter to other wildlife in forest ecosystems.
To cope with human-elephant conflicts, Yunnan took the lead in introducing a commercial insurance model into its compensation(补偿) system: local residents will be paid with the amount of money for the crops destroyed by the elephants by the insurance company. In the past 10 years, Yunnan has paid a total of 173 million yuan for losses caused by Asian elephants.
“The standard of compensation is constantly being adjusted, and the amount of insurance coverage for compensation is also increasing,” said Yang Hua from the Forestry and Grass Bureau of Yunnan Province. “At present, the insured amount in Pu’er City and Xishuangbanna Prefecture alone has already gone beyond 50 million.”
4．Why does the author mention the growing population of wild Asian elephants
A．To promote a better environment.
B．To introduce a possible crisis.
C．To applaud the efforts of the government.
D．To stress the importance of the elephants.
5．What does the underlined word “insectivorous” mean in paragraph 3
A．Feeding on insects. B．Driving away insects.
C．Letting go of insects. D．Keeping track of insects.
6．What has been done to tackle conflicts between elephants and humans
A．Construction of undisturbed national parks.
B．Support of Asian elephants’ migration.
C．Constant adjustment of insurance policies.
D．Guarantee of the shelter to other wildlife.
7．What might be the best title
A．Asian elephants, engineers of the rainforest
B．Insurance adjusted, compensation increased
C．Population of wild Asian elephants shoots up in China
D．China explores solutions to achieve human-elephant harmony
C
Cities are difficult to navigate (导航) at the best of times, but for people with disabilities they can be like courses with hurdles and bring inconvenience to disabled people.
A UK national travel survey found that adults with mobility difficulties took 39% fewer trips than those with no disability in 2017. Yet that could change as devices and cities grow smarter. Assistive tech is playing a big role in the transformation. The global value of the industry is expected to increase from $14 billion in 2015 to $30.8 billion in 2024, according to Zion Market Research.
One of the things that could transform lives is a smart walking stick designed by engineers from Young Guru Academy (YGA) in Turkey. The WeWalk stick has a sensor that detects hurdles above chest level and uses vibrations (振动) to warn the user. It can be paired with a smartphone to help navigation, and is connected with a voice assistant and Google Maps.
Ceylan, who has been blind since birth, says that connecting the stick to the Internet of Things and smart city solutions makes it user-friendly. “As a blind person, when I am at the Metro station I don’t know which is my exit ... I don’t know which bus is approaching ... which stores are around me. That kind of information can be provided with the WeWalk,” he says.
“The smart walking stick is really an exciting initiative that will make a huge difference to some people,” says Anna Lawson, the director of the Center for Disability Studies at Leeds University in the United Kingdom. “But they are very expensive ... they’re not going to be available to the vast majority of disabled people,” she added.
Bryan Matthews, a lecturer at the Institute for Transport Studies at the University of Leeds, shares the concerns about cost. He says there should also be a focus on inclusive design, and anything that helps people navigate their environment is positive.
8．What does “that” in the second paragraph refer to
A．The survey that compared adults’ mobility.
B．The smart industry that is booming.
C．The fact that the disabled traveled less.
D．The role that the assistive tech plays.
9．What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about
A．The working principles of the WeWalk stick.
B．The introduction of the WeWalk stick inventors.
C．The transformation caused by the WeWalk stick.
D．The benefits brought about by the WeWalk stick.
10．What’s the purpose of quoting Ceylan
A．To show the value of smart tech.
B．To urge more attention to the blind.
C．To increase the potential market share.
D．To encourage tech research and development.
11．What is the disadvantage of the WeWalk stick
A．Confusing instructions. B．Poor navigation.
C．Inclusive designs. D．High prices.
D
What strategy do you use to make tough life decisions like whether to end a relationship, quit your job, or go back to school Maybe you weigh the advantages and disadvantages. Maybe you go with your sixth sense. Or maybe, if you’re like most people, you simply do nothing. After all, we have a tendency to prefer the status quo (现状), and focus more on the potential losses involved with change rather than the potential benefits.
But here’s a simpler strategy: When you’re indecisive about a big life decision, choose the path of change. That’s the takeaway of research recently published by Steven Levitt, an economist at the University of Chicago.
For the study, Levitt asked people who were facing tough decisions to flip(抛) a digital coin on the website . The coin tosses were randomized, with one side representing change, the other status quo. The study asked more than 20,000 participants to make whichever decision the coin toss directed, and then report back on how things played out after two and six months.
Of course, not everyone followed through. The two-month survey found that participants chose change less frequently than they had initially predicted they would. After six months, however, this tendency toward inaction disappeared. But most surprising were the results on well-being. At both the two and six-month marks, most people who chose change reported feeling happier, better off, and that they had made the correct decision.
The study had some limitations. One is that its participants weren’t selected randomly. Another limitation is that participants whose decision didn’t play out well might have been less likely to report back on their status after two and six months. Still, the study does suggest that people who are on the edge of a tough decision are probably better off going with change. Levitt isn’t suggesting you flip a coin to make all decisions. But coin-flipping does seem to have some benefits. Levitt notes that some people might prefer giving in to their fate to randomness in order to avoid regret. But you can also use randomness a bit more sensibly. When facing a tough decision, you could flip a coin and, upon seeing the outcome, notice whether you feel relief or fright. If you feel relieved, that’s probably the path you should choose.
12．What is most people’s priority when making hard choices
A．Calculating potential losses.
B．Valuing potential benefits.
C．Following inner voice of one’s mind.
D．Making a change to the status quo.
13．What are the findings of the two surveys
A．Making changes brought most participants happiness.
B．All participants gave immediate feedback on their status.
C．Participants’ action agreed with their initial prediction.
D．More participants remained inactive after six months.
14．What is a limitation of the study
A．The randomness of picking study subjects.
B．The incorrect method of flipping a coin.
C．The insufficiency of study statistics.
D．The insensible outcome of the analysis.
15．What is the main idea of the passage
A．Coin flips are beneficial to making hard choices.
B．When facing a hard decision, choose the status quo.
C．A study justifies making hard choices with randomness.
D．A study offers a strategy for making hard decisions.
第二节 七选五阅读（每小题2.5分，共5小题；满分12.5分）
To hug or not to hug That’s the question right now. 16 Depending on where you live, many of us are vaccinated (打疫苗). But it’s hard to know for sure before you hug whether or not the person you’re leaning into has got vaccinated. Meanwhile, many of us are longing for the warmth of a hug after long stretches of social isolation. Humans biologically need touch, and a good long hug is one of the best ways to get it.
Degge White, a professor at Northern Illinois University, says that our need for a hug goes all the way back to the survival of our species. When we’re born, we can’t care for ourselves and we need to be comfortable with being held in order to survive. 17 “When we hug, our brains release oxytocin, the bonding hormone (荷尔蒙), as well as serotonin and endorphins.”
18 Because for humans, the security of our small groups and later communities was very important to survival. Close contact helped build civilization. As a result, our brains need each other—and when we miss out, it can have psychological repercussions (心理影响). “When we can’t hug, we don’t get that feeling of good hormones.”
We may not know what we’re getting from greeting our friends and family with a hug; we just enjoy it. 19 An air greeting is not enough. Research published in the journal Psychological Science has shown that hugging has a “stress buffering (缓冲)” effect that may even protect us from illness and infections.
Some people grow up in more formal households where hugging isn’t common. Others may experience abuse that makes hugging unpleasant. In both cases, when children don’t experience healthy touch, it can impact their development. Kids who didn’t grow up being held miss out on that sense of safety and protection. They may act out or isolate from those around them. 20 Some children may show too much affection, desiring any form of positive attention that they didn’t get at home.
A．In some cases, the opposite may also be true.
B．This bond and sense of community has an important role.
C．We’re in an uncertain place in the world of greetings manner.
D．It isn’t until those experiences are taken away that we feel pain and sadness.
E．When friends reach out in preparation for a hug, they feel hormones increasing.
F．We’re rewarded with a rush of feel-good chemicals that come from a comfortable hug.
G．The lack of touching might imply cold attitudes in interpersonal relationships.
第二部分 语言知识运用
第一节 完形填空（每小题1分，共15小题；满分15分）
I never imagined that an interstate trip could be so exciting.
But when your world has become smaller since the pandemic hit two-and-a-bit years ago, and then slowly 21 , the most ordinary experience gives new 22 to life. And so it was with me when I was 23 given the chance to take my first flight in more than two years.
I’d forgotten how it felt to be among the people coming and going. I got to the airport two hours before boarding. Time for the bar and, of course, 24 .
That group of young Arab women laughing and posing for photographs by the expansive windows, aircraft in the 25 , lighting up the place with their happiness.
The man in the corner drinking alone. Just another one of the 70,000 or so stories that would pass through the airport 26 .
I’ve never been a calm flyer. But when the plane took off I was 27 , in that moment of weightlessness as the wheels 28 Earth, leaning towards the window to watch everything below becoming smaller and smaller.
Is it possible that the denial of so much during the pandemic lockdown had added new 29 to what was the ordinary I think so. The plane ride, the hotel stay, and the social occasion all now gave me a sense of 30 that might have previously only aroused in me nothing more than a certain nonchalance(若无其事)or even 31 .
Last June, just ahead of the long Sydney lockdown, a friend 32 a birthday party. That experience for me would continue happily through some of the 33 months of the lockdown that would follow. 34 the repeated fear that the pandemic holds over us, the memory of that celebration still keeps its bright, warm light in my mind. That’s what happens when everything old is new again, when 35 is rediscovered as a virtue.
21．A．disappears B．expands C．escapes D．emerges
22．A．change B．outcome C．panic D．meaning
23．A．finally B．merely C．originally D．frequently
24．A．book-reading B．stranger-chatting C．story-telling D．people-watching
25．A．circumstance B．background C．situation D．maintenance
26．A．on a daily basis B．once in a while C．in a special way D．all of a sudden
27．A．anxious B．elegant C．excited D．energetic
28．A．slid B．attached C．floated D．departed
29．A．liberation B．company C．struggle D．appeal
30．A．fear B．joy C．regret D．chaos
31．A．tiredness B．happiness C．kindness D．brightness
32．A．held B．cancelled C．attended D．forgot
33．A．permanent B．harmonious C．difficult D．dynamic
34．A．Apart from B．Despite C．Similar to D．Without
35．A．opportunity B．superiority C．equality D．simplicity
第二节 语法填空（每小题1.5分，共10小题；满分15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。
China has recently announced the formal establishment of its first five national parks. Giant Panda National Park (GPNP)is one 36 the list. GPNP is located in Central China spreading across Sichuan, Ningxia and Shaanxi. Once 37 (complete), the new national park will include 67 existing panda reserves.
The giant panda is a famous symbol of China and one of the most adorable 38 (creature) across the globe. GPNP has a population of around 1,800 giant pandas, 39 accounts for over 80% of the Chinese giant panda population.
Connecting these reserves and establishing protected areas between 40 will allow pandas to travel between the different areas and 41 (hopeful) crossbreed(杂交繁育) and strengthen the panda population. This is a focused effort 42 (help) the animals reproduce.
The 43 (combine) of these panda reserves is an enthusiastic commitment by the Chinese government to protect these extraordinary animals. The good news 44 (be) that there is evidence that the population appears to be growing. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has upgraded the species from endangered to threatened. 45 this improvement is positive, there is still a lot the world needs to do to help secure the survival of this precious species.
第三部分 读后续写（满分20分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Walking across campus with every pair of eyes on you can be embarrassing, especially when you’re 13 years old. I looked around me in desperate search of a friendly face, a smile, anything. I was quite disappointed, to say the least. And I, in turn, felt somewhat foolish, walking across campus with a false smile on my face. I was simply attempting to follow the advice my mother had given me years before: when things get awkward, smile. No matter where you are, a smile will always be understood. A smile is universal. At that very moment, however, I felt my mother’s advice didn’t work.
On top of it all, my mind was racing with questions and concerns typical of any 13-year-old on the first day of school: where would I sit at lunch Who would I talk to Not to mention, how would I make friends when I didn’t even speak the language My heartbeat quickened, and I felt nervous. Still, I did my best to maintain calm so as not to let my guard down and reveal to others just how scared I truly was.
When the teacher introduced me to the class as the “American girl”, 10 sets of hands immediately shot up. Some students had questions, others wanted to practice their English with me. Because I didn’t speak much Chinese yet, I communicated with the other students through hand motions mixed in with broken English and Chinese. Despite the attention, I wasn’t sure how much of it was positive. It was almost as if they weren’t sure what to make of me and I was being examined. Then again, who could blame them After all, I was the first American ever to attend the school. So essentially, we were all first timers.
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Then came the first class — Chinese painting.
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As I burnt with great embarrassment, Li Hua, who was next to me, gave me a warm smile.
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参考答案
第一部分阅读理解
第一节 阅读理解
1．D 2．A 3．B
4．B 5．A 6．C 7．D
8．C 9．A 10．A 11．D
12．A 13．A 14．C 15．D
第二节 七选五阅读
16．C 17．F 18．B 19．D 20．A
第二部分语言知识运用
第一节 完形填空
21．B 22．D 23．A 24．D 25．B
26．A 27．C 28．D 29．D 30．B
31．A 32．A 33．C 34．B 35．D
第二节 语法填空
36．on 37．completed 38．creatures 39．which 40．them
41．hopefully 42．to help 43．combination 44．is 45．Though/Although
第三部分读后续写
Then came the first class — Chinese painting. The teacher showed us how to use a brush to paint bamboo on a piece of white paper. Then all the other students were in business. But it was quite difficult for me. How could I hold the stiff brush and made it go as I wished Hesitating for a while, I tried dipping the brush into the ink bottle. When I took it out, drops of black ink fell on the white paper. There was no bamboo, but big black dots!
As I burnt with great embarrassment, Li Hua, who was next to me, gave me a warm smile. I smiled back awkwardly. She came over and demonstrated how to use the brush. The brush moved across the paper, and a lively bamboo appeared! With her help, I finally completed the task, although it was such a ugly one. After that, we became good friends. She taught me Chinese while I taught her English. We both made great progress in our studies. Yes, my mother was right. A smile did make a difference.
2023-2024年第一学期高三年级12月摸底调研
整体难度：一般
考试范围：主题,语篇范围
细 / 目 / 表 / 分 / 析
题号 难度系数 详细知识点
一、阅读理解
1 0.65 广告/布告；应用文；
2 0.65 人与动植物；科普知识 ；说明文；
3 0.65 发明与创造 ；说明文；
4 0.65 科普知识 ；说明文；
二、七选五
1 0.65 兴趣社交；科普知识 ；
三、完形填空
1 0.65 哲理感悟；夹叙夹议；个人经历；
四、用单词的适当形式完成短文
1 0.65 动物；环境保护；
五、读后续写
1 0.65 故事；学校生活；
知 / 识 / 点 / 分 / 析
知识模块 题量 题号 难度系数 详细知识点
主题 8 1 0.65 广告/布告；应用文；
2 0.65 人与动植物；科普知识 ；说明文；
3 0.65 发明与创造 ；说明文；
4 0.65 科普知识 ；说明文；
5 0.65 兴趣社交；科普知识 ；
6 0.65 哲理感悟；夹叙夹议；个人经历；
7 0.65 动物；环境保护；
8 0.65 故事；学校生活；
语篇范围 5 1 0.65 广告/布告；应用文；
2 0.65 人与动植物；科普知识 ；说明文；
3 0.65 发明与创造 ；说明文；
4 0.65 科普知识 ；说明文；
6 0.65 哲理感悟；夹叙夹议；个人经历；
