云南省蒙自市2023-2024学年高三上学期期末考试英语试题(无答案)

红河州第一中学2023年秋季学期高三年级期末考试
英语试卷
(满分120分: 考试用时100分钟)
第一部分 阅读理解 (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)
阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C、D) 中选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
You may have heard of white and black sand beaches, but what about shores with pink sands Now let’s take a look.
Horseshoe Bay Beach, Bermuda
One of the most famous and photographed beaches in Bermuda is Horseshoe Bay Beach. Located in South Shore Park, this pink beach features a coastal trail that connects it to other area beaches, plus limestone rocks and cliffs that add to its beauty. Beachgoers can play a game of volleyball or attend one of several annual festivals hosted on-site.
Budelli Island, Italy
Known locally as “Spiaggia Rosa,” this beach gets its pink color from a mixture of coral (珊瑚) and shells. The pink shore sits on Budelli Island, an isle north of Sardinia in the Maddalena Archipelago. The beach offers a variety of services, such as stands, lifeguards and beach and water sports equipment rentals like surfboards.
Crane Beach, Barbados
At The Crane Resort, visitors can directly access the pink sand beach by riding in the glass-front beach elevator. To keep beachgoers safe, there are two lifeguards on duty most days. Resort visitors also have access to free beach umbrellas, towels and chairs, plus several pools, a hot spring and a fitness center.
Great Santa Cruz Island, Philippines
The pink sand beach on Great Santa Cruz Island gets its color from red organ pipe coral. Many divers gather here to take advantage of the beach’s clear water and excellent visibility, though much of the area’s sea life has been destroyed due to illegal coral mining. You’ll also find a small village on the island.
1. What can you do on Horseshoe Bay Beach
A. Ride on a horse. B. Surf on the sea. C. Climb up a rock. D. Play beach volleyball.
2. Which beach offers some free services to specific visitors
A. Horseshoe Bay Beach. B. Budelli Island. C. Crane Beach. D. Great Santa Cruz Island.
3. What do the four beaches have in common
A. They provide water sports. B. They have beautiful pink sands.
C. They’re equipped with lifeguards. D. They are located on big islands.
B
At 67, Joyce Faulkner thought she was looking for a holiday. Her husband, Jim, had recently died and exploring possible house swaps on the Home Exchange website felt less painful. In the end, it was not a vacation Faulkner found but a job. She left her home in Edinburgh to become mother’s help to seven-year-old twins in Varese, Italy.
“It’s halfway crazy,” she says. A house swap she was interested in didn’t work out, but the owner, Rachele, asked: “‘Do you know anyone who might help me with the children ’ I wrote back and said: ‘Tell me what that involves!’ She wrote me a little list, and I said: ‘I could do that!’ We seemed to believe in each other.”
Two months later, when Faulkner reached Varese, “the dad, Andrea, was walking towards me with the children hiding behind his legs, kind of shy, thinking: ‘Who is this woman in a long black coat ’ I don’t think it was quite Mary Poppins, but the atmosphere was immediately warm and friendly.”
Eighteen months on, Faulkner’s job no longer feels like a job. “I just feel like part of the family.” They joke: “You think you’re going back to Scotland No, you’re staying here!” She gives English lessons, helps with the housework, meets the children from school, plays chess or table tennis with them, and takes them to the park. “It never feels like work,” she says. “It has been absolutely the perfect match.” Faulkner’s son, Steven, who lives in London, has visited her and they have cycled around the northern Italian lakes. She feels no more distant than when she lived in Edinburgh.
“You have to take the opportunity when it presents itself,” Jim once said.
“I’ll be 70 in January, but in my head, I’m 30. I still feel the same person, I have the same enthusiasm for life, the same interest in people and things. In that sense, I wish I had another 70,” Faulkner jokes.
4. Why did Joyce Faulkner search the Home Exchange website
A. To hunt for a job. B. To buy a house in Italy.
C. To explore holiday resorts. D. To find a holiday home for exchange.
5. What probably caused Faulkner to be hired by Rachele
A. Good luck. B. Mutual trust. C. Common interests. D. First impression.
6. What can be inferred from paragraphs 3 and 4
A. Faulkner feels less close to her son.
B. Faulkner feels quite at home while babysitting in Italy.
C. Faulkner returned to her old business despite her advanced years.
D. Faulkner was thought of as a typical baby-sitter at the first meeting.
7. Which of the following can best describe Joyce Faulkner
A. Talkative and outgoing. B. Strict and responsible.
C. Devoted and passionate. D. Humorous and independent.
C
Boston Marathon runners in recent years may have seen a smiling furry face around the two-mile mark. It’s Spencer, the therapy (治疗) dog, who became known as an unofficial mascot (吉祥物) for the marathon, he’s shown up on the sidelines every year since 2015—rain or shine.
One particularly rainy marathon catapulted Spencer’s fame, In 2018, his owner, Richard Powers, decided to put a bright yellow rain coat on the dog, making him stand out even more than he usually does. Photos of Spencer, who holds a “Boston Strong” flag in his mouth, went viral, and he became an inspiration to runners and onlookers alike. During the marathon, some runners stop in their tracks to take selfies with the dog—the line sometimes growing to 20 runners long.
But in 2020, Spencer was diagnosed with a tumor (肿瘤). His owner was worried, but Spencer is a fighter. He got the care he needed and survived. In 2021, he was back on the course and it was really kind of a miracle and that really hit home to a lot of people.
Unfortunately, Spencer caught another tumor—this one cancerous—and Spencer began chemotherapy. Powers didn’t think his beloved dog would make it out to the marathon of 2022. “Miraculously, he’s still here with us and an even bigger miracle, he was strong enough to go to the marathon,” he said.
After recovering, Spencer was back to work—not just at the marathon—but as a therapy dog, alongside his companion, Penny, who is also a golden therapy dog. Powers takes his two therapy dogs around to schools, hospitals and senior living centers.
“He’s a gift to us and we’re very lucky to have him. He’s too good so we want to share him with as many people as we possibly can. He does make a difference,” Powers said.
8. Why is Spencer referred to as a mascot for Boston Marathon
A. He has a smiling furry face. B. He appears at the event annually.
C. He is not recognized officially. D. He works as a therapy dog for runners.
9. What does Spencer bring to runners
A. Motivation. B. Satisfaction. C. Fantasy. D. Barrier.
10. What did Spencer go through in 2020
A. A failure in the marathon. B. Caring for his owner. C. Fighting against a disease. D. Going viral.
11. What was Powers’ initial attitude towards Spence’s appearing at the marathon of 2022
A. Confident. B. Supportive. C. Objective. D. Negative.
D
“Just imagine it, chatting to a chimp in chimpanzee.” Whether portrayed by Rex Harrison, Eddie Murphy or Robert Downey, Jr., Doctor Dolittle learned to talk to animals. But in reality, science has remained some distance from solving the long-standing question of how we humans learned to talk during our evolution.
Recently, a study by a team of researchers in Great Britain has demonstrated how the rapid succession of opening and closing mouth rhythms by chimpanzees—known as lip-smacking (砸吧嘴)—mimics the natural pace of human mouths talking. This phenomenon has been observed before in other ape species who performed lip-smacking movements at around 5 Hz, which falls within a range of mouth opens and closes characteristic of all spoken languages, namely between 2 and 7 Hz. But it wasn’t until now that this lip-smacking timing connection had been made in our closest evolutionary relatives. The last years had seen accumulating evidence that these rhythms from deeper within our primate ancestry, recycled, so to speak, as a cornerstone for speech evolution.
“But the sense of evolutionary continuity towards speech still had a big gap to cross—the African apes. There was no evidence for speech like rhythm neither in gorillas, bonobos, nor chimpanzees”, says Adriano Lameira of the University of Warwick, who led the study. The study followed two domestic populations of chimpanzees, as well as two wild populations in Uganda. Researchers observed lip-smacking at an average of 4.15 Hz. They made all their observations whenever a chimpanzee was grooming (理毛) another. Picture a hairdresser engaging in idle chatter with a customer at the beauty salon.
The confirmation of speech like rhythm of the mouth in chimpanzees does not reveal how language came about in our own ancestry, but it offers the final confirmation to scientists that we are looking at the right place, that we are on the right track to unlock this mystery and that great apes in enclosed areas and the wild still have to reveal all their secrets about human nature and human origins.
Lameira also notes that variation in lip-smacking times both between and within the chimp groups do not appear to be hard-wired. Rather, the lip-smacking variability likely reflects how individual differences and environmental factors, and even social conventions, affect how chimpanzees communicate with each other. Even Doctor Dolitle might well be amazed.
12. What does the new study reveal
A. We humans can talk to chimpanzees.
B. Chimpanzees like imitating humans talking.
C. A new clue of speech evolution has been found.
D. All apes perform the same lip-smacking rhythms as we humans do.
13. What is the significance of this study
A. Paving way for the following researches.
B. Proving the assumption of the scientists.
C. Confirming how language came into being.
D. Revealing the secrets about human evolution.
14. What does the underlined word “hard-wired” in the last paragraph mean
A. Tough. B. Cultivated. C. Variable. D. Inborn.
15. What can be a suitable title for the passage
A. Cornerstone for Human Origin.
B. Research Value of Ape Species.
C. Human Speech Evolution Getting Lip-Smacking Evidence.
D. Chimpanzees Performing Speech like Lip-Smacking Movements.
第二节 (共5小题; 每小题2.5分, 满分2.5分)
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。
A March 2023 report from Goldman Sachs estimated that AI could do a quarter of all the work currently done by humans. 16 It would not just happen to individuals, but it could be pretty systemic.
17 There are still things AI isn’t capable of. There are generally three categories that are probably going to be relatively secure in the foreseeable future. 18 That means you’re not doing formulaic work, but generating new ideas. For example, in science, medicine and law, where your job is coming up with a new legal strategy or business strategy, there’s going to continue to be a place for human beings.
The second category is jobs that require complicated interpersonal relationships like nurses, business consultants and investigative journalists. These are jobs where you need a very deep understanding of people. 19
The third safe zone are jobs that really require lots of mobility and problem-solving ability in unpredictable environments. Electricians, plumbers, and the like all fall under this umbrella, where you’re dealing with a new situation all the time. They are probably the hardest of anything to automate.
It’s important to note that an advanced education is not a defence against AI takeover. In many cases, more educated workers are going to be more threatened than then even the least educated workers. 20 It’s really hard to automate that job.
In short, seeking roles in dynamic, shifting environments that include unpredictable tasks is good way to avoid job loss to AI.
A. And that could be terrible.
B. Thankfully, it’s not all bad news.
C. The robots really are coming for some jobs.
D. The first would be jobs that are genuinely creative.
E. Think of the person that works cleaning hotel rooms.
F. That doesn’t necessarily mean all jobs that are considered “creative” are safe.
G. It’ll be a long time before AI has the ability to really build relationships and interact.
第二部分 语言运用 (共两节, 满分30分)
第一节 完形填空 (共15小题: 每题1分, 满分15分)
阅读下列短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C、D) 中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Mark is leaving, and I’m feeling kind of sad.
You probably don’t know Mark, but you might be 21 enough to know someone just like him. He’s been the heart and soul of the office, combining professional skills with a sweet nature. He’s never been all that interested in getting praise for the 22 work he does.
And now he’s moving on to an exciting new opportunity which sounds like the chance of a lifetime, and we’re 23 pleased for him. But that doesn’t make it any easier to say goodbye to a dear friend and 24 colleague.
Life has a way of throwing these curve balls (曲线球) at us. Just when we start to get fortable with a person, a place or a situation, something comes along to 25 it.
But how do we deal with change There’s Chris, who once told me that the answer can be expressed in four words, “Go 26 the flow.”
“It is like surfing,” Chris explained. “You can’t organize the ocean. 27 just happen. You ride them 28 they take you, and then you go back out there and catch the next one. Sure, you’re always hoping for the perfect wave. But 29 you just take them the way they come.”
That doesn’t 30 that you don’t keep trying to make all your dreams come true. It just means that when things that aren’t exactly in your plan 31 , you work around them and then you move on. Of course, some barriers (阻碍) along the 32 of life are easier to take than others. A rained-out picnic, for example, is 33 to deal with than the sudden death of a loved one. But the principle is the same.
We’re going to34Mark. But rather than on the sadness of our 35 , we’ll focus on our hopes for a brighter future.
21. A. difficult B. confident C. silly D. lucky
22. A. terrible B. excellent C. special D. exact
23. A. actually B. sincerely C. nearly D. hardly
24. A. humorous B. silent C. reliable D. active
25. A. welcome B. attack C. destroy D. change
26. A. with B. below C. against D. before
27. A. Shakes B. Waves C. Accidents D. Disasters
28. A. where B. why C. whether D. what
29. A. formally B. extremely C. mostly D. lately
30. A. promise B. seem C. explain D. mean
31. A. make up B. break down C. come up D. slow down
32. A. scene B. road C. strategy D. lecture
33. A. harder B. better C. worse D. easier
34. A. forget B. love C. miss D. remind
35. A. parting B. meeting C. organizing D. suffering
第二节 语法填空题 (共10 小题; 每小题1.5 分, 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。
The sheepskin raft (羊皮筏), the oldest means of transportation along the Yellow River, has a history of nearly 2,000 years. The airbag of the raft is made of 36 whole sheepskin and goes through many processes including heating to remove hair, soaking in salty oil, sewing, drying 37 blowing. Then the airbags 38 (fasten) to a wooden stand, enabling its use for transporting people and goods across the water.
It is said that the largest sheepskin raft in old times 39 (consist) of more than 600 sheepskin airbags, with an impressive length of 22 meters and a 40 (wide) of 7 meters. It was capable of carrying around 30 tons of goods and drifting over 200 kilometers in one day.
In the early 20th century, before the 1950s, 41 railways were not yet in operation and road traffic was 42 (convenient), the sheepskin raft served as the most important means of transportation for residents 43 (live) along the Yellow River.
However, with the rapid development of society, the sheepskin raft has largely played its historical role 44 transporting people and goods. Nowadays, it can only be found along the banks of the Yellow River in some cities in Gansu province. It has become a tool for people 45 (do) some sightseeing on the Yellow River.
第三部分 写作 (共两节, 满分40分)
第一节 (满分15分)
假如你是李华, 在英国旅行时发现一些景点的汉语指示牌有词汇或语法错误。请你向当地旅游局写一封信反映该情况, 内容包括:
1. 不当之处及影响;
2. 提出修改建议。
注意: 1. 写作词数应为80左右;
2. 请按如下格式作答。
Dear Sir or Madam,
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
第二节 (满分25分)
阅读下面短文, 根据所给情节进行续写, 使之构成一个完整的故事。
Joe and I had been looking forward to our retirement. However, when he suffered a heart attack last spring, he was forced to leave his job as a truck driver earlier than we had planned. As the medical bills increased, we realized I would have to continue working full-time while Joe stayed home and took over the housework.
This new arrangement was a disaster. One night, when I dragged myself to bed, I was horrified to discover Joe had turned our white sheets blue. He told me he had found out how to save on water, soap and electricity. He patted his blue trousers and announced proudly washing everything together was the secret.
When I awoke to the deafening rain the next morning, all I wanted was a hot home-cooked meal. However, what greeted me at the table was a microwave package. I knew my husband had his faults, but I thought he at least knew how to cook! I knew if I didn’t leave the house soon I would lose my temper with him. As the heavy rain thundered down outside, Joe offered to drive me to work. I ignored him as I struggled into my jacket and seized my bag with my teaching plans inside.
He insisted that he should take me and reached for his boots. I looked at the piles of newspapers and the dirty dishes still on the table. “Don’t you have enough to do I can take care of myself.” I stormed out, not even kissing him goodbye. Joe shouted after me not to take the shortcut (捷径).
Ten minutes later, I ignored Joe’s warning and turned off the main route to take the shortcut. I thought it hadn’t rained enough to flood the road, but as I rounded the corner, water rushed across my path. After a few feet, the car got stuck. I opened the door and water poured in. I hurriedly closed the door. I couldn’t risk walking in this. Almost 20minutes passed. The car began to shake. I got the fright of my life when I heard three long honks (喇叭声).
注意: 1. 续写的词数应为150 左右:
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Looking over my shoulder, I stared into the flashing lights of a familiar truck.
After getting to our warm home, Joe held my hand tight.