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1、北京四中2022-2023学年度第一学期期中试卷高三英语（试卷满分为100分,考试时间为100分钟）第一部分：知识运用（共三节，30分）第一节（共10小题海小题1分，共10分）从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。1. Three of his novels have been for television.A. applaudedB. adaptedC. appliedD. adopted【答案】B【解析】【详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意:他的三部小说已被改编成电视剧。A. applauded称赞；B. adapted改 编；C. applied申请；D.
2、 adopted采用。根据前文的“novels”以及后文的utelevision,可知,此处考查固 定搭配be adapted for意为“被改编为”，此处指小说被改编成电视剧。故选B项。2. The museum many of the treasures from Tang Dynasty.A. hostsB. harvestsC. housesD. holds【答案】C【解析】【详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：这个博物馆收藏了许多唐代的珍宝。A. hosts主办；B.harvests收割;C.houses收藏；D. holds拿着。根据后文“the treasures from Tang
3、Dynasty ”可知，此句是博物馆收藏了许 多珍宝之意。故选C项。3. The Chinatown in San Francisco is a very popular tourist.A. digestB. drawC. distinctionD. division【答案】B【解析】【详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：旧金山的唐人街是一个非常受欢迎的旅游景点。A.digest摘要；B. draw有吸引力的物;C.distinction区别；D. division分开。根据上文“a very popular tourist”可知为短语 tourist draw表示“旅游胜地”。故选B。4.1 m
4、y thoughts, took a deep breath, and entered the interview room.A. updated【答案】DB. raisedC. clearedD. collected33. Which may offer life experience in the countryside?A. St. Regis Aspen.B. Old Stone Inn Boutique Hotel.C. Dromoland Castle.D. JW Marriott The Rosseau Muskoka.【答案】3LA 32. D 33. C【解析】【导语】本文是
5、一篇应用文，介绍了四个冬季避寒胜地。【详解】1 .细节理解题。由 Old Stone Inn Boutique Hotel 这一部分中的 “The property will host its annual holiday market on Nov. 26.v （该酒店将于11月26日举办一年一度的假日市场。）可知，Old Stone Inn Boutique Hotel的假日市场一年举办一次。故选A项。2 .细节理解题。由 St. Regis Aspen 这一部分中的“Santas Workshop is a craft room where attendees can make ever
6、ything from toys to gifts by hand.”（圣诞老人的工作室是一个工艺室，参加者可以手工制作从玩具到礼 物的所有东西。）可知，在SLRegisAspen里,，参加者可以手工制作自己喜欢的东西。故选D项。3 .细节理解题。由 Dromoland Castle 这一部分中的 “Guests will have access to various activities on the propertys 450 acres including hunting and farming.n （客人将可以在这酒店450英亩的地域里参加各种活 动，包括狩猎和农业。）可知，游客可以在
7、Dromoland Castle里体验乡村生活。故选C项。BHonk if You Love BirdsWhen Ariel Cordova-Rojas rode her bike to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, New York, last November, she planned to go hiking and bird-watching. Bingo! A mile into her walk, she spotted a gorgeous female mute swan near the waters edge. Cordova
8、-Rojas, 30, who had worked at the Wild Bird Fund rehabilitation center in Manhattan, knew that mute swans can be aggressive. But as she approached this one, it didnt move.She was certain that the bird needed medical attention. Cordova-Rojas draped her jacket over the birds head to keep it calm, care
9、fully picked it up, and held it in her arms. And then a thought struck her: What do I do now?Her best bet was the rehab center, but that was across the East River and clear on the other side of town. How was she going to transport a 17-pound swan on her bike all that way? Luckily, some bemused stran
10、gers driving by offered her, her bike, and the swan a lift to a nearby subway station.On the subway, no one seemed particularly annoyed by the feathered passenger. One guy”, says Cordova-Rojas,“was sitting right in front of me on his phone. I dont know if he noticed there was a swan in front ofCordo
11、va-Rojas called the rehab center on the way, and Tristan Higgin, an animal-care manager, picked her up at the subway station and drove bird, bike, and rescuer to the facility. There, staff members determined that the swan might have lead poisoning, caused by swallowing weights used on fishing lines.
12、The staff got the swan back up on her webbed feet. She even made a boyfriend at the center-another injured swan. Sadly, even with all that TLC, the swan contracted a bacterial infection. Two months after Cordova-Rojas came to her rescue, she passed away.Its a disappointing ending, but the real story
13、 is just how far some people are willing to go to save a swan in the big city一literally, in all, Cordova-Rojas traveled two hours by foot, car, and subway,“ says Higginbotham, “Thats the perfect summary of who she is.”What happened when Ariel Cordova-Rojas went on her trip to Queens?A. She was attac
14、ked by an aggressive swan when watching birds.B. She discovered a sick mute swan and took it to the rehab center.C. A female swan was transported to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.D. A female swan was lifted to the nearby subway station by strangers.34. What can we learn about the swan in the passage?A
15、. It had never been to a rehab center before.B. It bothered the travelers on the subway.C. It was poisoned and then contracted an infectionIt was successfully rescued by all the passers-by.35. Which of the following words can best describe Ariel Cordova-Rojas?A. Enthusiastic and creative.B. Warm-hea
16、rted and professional.C. Cooperative and generous.D. Responsible and ambitious.【答案】34. B 35. C 36. B【解析】【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一位名为Ariel Cordova-Rojas女士不辞辛劳地救助一只受伤的天 鹅的故事。【34题详解】细节理解题。根据第一段的句子 “ A mile into her walk, she spotted a gorgeous female mute swan near the waters edge.（步行一英里后，她在水边发现了一只美丽的雌性疣鼻天鹅）
17、”和第三段的句子“Her best bet was the rehab center, but that was across the East River and clear on the other side of town.（她最好的选择是康 复中心，但那里在东河对面，在城镇的另一边）”以及第五段的第一句话“Cordova-Rojas called the rehab center on the way, and Tristan Higgin, an animal-care manager, picked her up at the subway station and drove bi
18、rd, bike, and rescuer to the facility. （Cordova-Rojas 在路上给康复中心打 了 电话，动物护理经理 Tristan Higgin 在地铁站接了她，把鸟、自行车和救援车送到了康复中心）”可知，Cordova-Rojas发现了受伤的天鹅并 把它送到了康复中心。故选B项。【35题详解】细节理解题。根据第五段的句子 “There, staff members determined that the swan might have lead poisoning, caused by swallowing weights used on fishing
19、lines.（在那里，工作人员确定这只天鹅可能是铅中毒，因为它 吞下了钓鱼线上的重物）”可知，天鹅是因为铅中毒而受伤的；根据第六段的句子“Sadly, even with all that TLC, the swan contracted a bacterial infection.（不幸的是，即使有 了所有的 TLC,天鹅还是感染了细 菌）”可知，天鹅感染了细菌。故选C项。【36题详解】推理判断题。根据Cordova-Rojas对天鹅的救助行为和第一段的句子Cordova-Rojas, 30, who had worked at the Wild Bird Fund rehabilitati
20、on center in Manhattan, knew that mute swans can be aggressive. （30 岁的 Cordova-Rojas曾在曼哈顿野生鸟类基金会康复中心工作，她知道疣鼻天鹅可能具有攻击性）”和第二段的 句子 “She was certain that the bird needed medical attention. Cordova-Rojas draped her jacket over the birds head to keep it calm, carefully picked it up, and held it in her arm
21、s.（她确信这只鸟需要医疗照顾。Cordova- Rojas用自己的夹克盖住鸟儿的头，让它保持冷静，然后小心翼翼地把它捡起来，抱在怀里）”可知， Cordova-Rojas很热心和专业。故选B项。CWhat are pillows really stuffed with? Not physically, but symbolically? The question occurred to me with the photos in the news and social media from the 50 cities around the world that staged public c
22、elebrations for International Pillow Fight Day. Armed with nothing more than bring-our-own sacrificial cushions, strangers struck heavily each other in playful feather from Amsterdam to Atlanta, Warsaw to Washington DC. But why? Is there anything more to this delightful celebration?As a cultural sig
23、n, the pillow is deceptively soft. Since at least the 16th Century, the humble pillow has been given unexpected meanings. The Chinese playwright Tang Xianzu tells a famous story about a wise man who meets a depressed young scholar at an inn and offers him a magic pillow filled with the most vivid dr
24、eams of a seemingly more fulfilling life. When the young man awakens to discover that his happy 50-year dream has in fact come and gone in the short space of an afternoons nap, our impression of the pillows power shifts from wonder to terror.Subsequent writers have likewise seized upon the pillow. W
25、hen the 19th-Century English novelist CharlotteBronte poetically observed “a ruffled （不平的）mind makes a restless pillow，she didnt just change the expected order of the adjectives and nouns, but instead she made unclear the boundaries between mind and matter - the thing resting and the thing rested up
26、on.Its a trick perhaps Bronte learned from the Renaissance philosopher Montaigne, who once insisted that “ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head”. On Montaignes thinking, intelligence and happiness confront each other forever in a pillow fight that only one can win.With the
27、 words of Tang. Bronte, and Montaigne, we can perhaps more easily measure the attraction of the global pillow fight. Like a ritual of release, the annual international pillow fight amounts to a kind of cleansing, a brushing off of daily worries: an emptying of the worlds collective mind. Rather than
28、 a launch-pad for weightless rest, the pillow is a symbol of heavy thought: an anchor that drags the worlds soul down one that must be lightened.36. The example of Tang Xianzu is used to illustrate that.A. pillows give people satisfactory dreamsdreams are always wonderful while the real world is cru
29、elB. peoples impression of pillows changes from wonder to terrorpillows symbolically convey the meaning in contrast to their soft appearance37. From the passage, we can learn that Charlotte Bronte.A. wrote poems about pillowsregarded pillows as reflections of our mindsB. shared the same viewpoint as
30、 Tang Xianzu on pillowswas likely to have been influenced by the thoughts of the Renaissance38. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head most probably means.A. pillows give us comfortpillows make people more intelligentB. people with too
31、 many thoughts have less inner peacepeople can easily fall asleep when they know nothing39. According to the author why is Pillow Fight Day so popular around the world?A. Because it is a ritual release.B. Because it makes life delightful.C. Because it comforts restless minds.D. Because it contains a
32、 profound meaning of life.【答案】37. D 38. B 39. D 40. C【解析】【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了国际枕头大战的意义和它受欢迎的原因。【37题详解】细节理解题。根据第二段“As a cultural sign, the pillow is deceptively soft. Since at least the 16th Century, the humble pillow has been given unexpected meanings. The Chinese playwright Tang Xianzu tells a famous
33、 story about a wise man who meets a depressed young scholar at an inn and offers him a magic pillow filled with the most vivid dreams of a seemingly more fulfilling life. When the young man awakens to discover that his happy 50-year dream has in fact come and gone in the short space of an afternoons
34、 nap, our impression of the pillows power shifts from wonder to terro匚（作为一种文化标志，枕头看起来很柔软。至少从16世纪开始，不起眼的枕头就 被赋予了意想不到的意义。中国剧作家汤显祖讲了一个著名的故事：一位智者在客栈里遇到一位抑郁的年 轻书生，并送给他一个神奇的枕头，枕头里装满了看似更加充实的生活的最生动的梦想。当这个年轻人醒 来，发现他50年的幸福梦想实际上在一个下午的小唾中来了又去时，我们对枕头力量的印象从惊讶变成 了恐惧）”可知，以汤显祖的例子来说明，与柔软的外表相比，枕头具有象征性的寓意。故选D项。【38题详解】细
35、节理解题。根据第三段的句子 “When the 19th-Century English novelist Charlotte Bronte poetically observed a ruffled （不平的）mind makes a restless pillow9, she didnt just change the expected order of the adjectives and nouns, but instead she made unclear the boundaries between mind and matter - the thing resting and t
36、he thing rested upon.（19世纪英国小说家夏洛蒂勃朗特富有诗意地观察到不安的头脑形成不安的枕头，她不仅 改变了形容词和名词的预期顺序，反而模糊了精神和物质之间的界限休息的东西和被休息的东西）”可 知，夏洛蒂勃朗特把枕头当作我们思想的反映。故选B项。【39题详解】词句猜测题。根据划线句子 “ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head（无知是最柔软的 枕头，一个人可以在上面休息）”中关键词ignorance可知，划线部分的含义指的是无知的人很容易入睡。 故选D项。【40题详解】细节理解题。根据
37、最后一段的句子 “Like a ritual of release, the annual international pillow fight amounts to a kind of cleansing, a brushing off of daily worries: an emptying of the worlds collective mind.（年度的国际枕 头大战就像一种释放的仪式，相当于一种净化，是对日常烦恼的撑除：是对世界集体思想的清空）”可知， 枕头大战日在全世界都很受欢迎因为它能安抚不安的心灵。故选C项。Virtual reality is quickly becomi
38、ng the new technological frontier. Tech companies everywhere seem to be racing to get their foot in the VR door. However, Virtual reality has a set of challenges and hurdles that it must overcome in order to work well. Michael Abrash, a writer and programmer, listed a number of these in a speech fro
39、m 2014; they include things like low latency, high refresh rate, high resolution, a wide field of view and rock solid tracking, among others. Even if you dont quite understand the technical aspects of those terms, it should be noted that VR is heavily dependent on being very fast, very accurate and
40、very good-looking. If it isnt, the viewer will feel motion sick or disconnected from the world that VR is trying to create.Now that we can actually build VR headsets that begin to meet these requirements, we are seeing a rising interest in VR. As it rises, so does the interest in creating new media
41、to be experienced in using virtual reality. Journalism is a medium built on relevance. Journalists should always be finding new ways to tell stories and deliver content. It is a goldmine for storytelling. What better ways to tell a story to someone than to put them right in the center of it?Some jou
42、rnalists and publications are already utilizing VR. Vice creative director Spike Jonze, in a collaboration with director and visual artist Chris Milk, put viewers at the scene of the Millions March protest in New York in December, 2014. The University of Southern California created Project Syria,“ w
43、hich allows viewers to experience the bombing of a crowded neighborhood and visit a refugee camp in the titular, war-torn country. These are just a few examples of a growing number of projects that are out there.Virtual reality is a powerful tool fbrjournalists. The consumer isnt just reading or wat
44、ching something play out; theyre experiencing it. The immersive nature of VR allows for people to connect with the subject matter on a much deeper level than just reading about it. The experience is emotional, speaking more to our instinct than our intellect. The possibilities for storytelling here
45、are legion, and any storyteller wanting to do something more interesting than their peers should surely be considering the sheer power of VR.The question of virtual reality, though, is not how powerful it is. That is immediately apparent. The question of VR is one of viability and availability. Tell
46、ing stories must be easy to do, and access to those stories must be readily available. This is the biggest challenge that VR faces. If the tools to tell a story with VR arent easy to pick up and learn, VR will foil. If VR technology isnt both top-of-the-line and affordable, VR will fail.Accessibilit
47、y was one concern for Thomas Hallaq, assistant professor of journalism and mass communications, who said that current VR technology is pretty exclusive right now. Despite that, he said he doesnt think the exclusivity of this technology will be a problem in the long run.“I think its very promising J
48、Hallaq said. Were seeing more technology become accessible, and more people having access to that technology. Just look at smartphones.If the technology is widely available and companies likeOculus, Samsung, HTC and Valve can overcome the inherent hurdles, VR will succeed in being a desirable means
49、of storytelling. Like radio, TV and the Internet before it, virtual reality will change the way we tell stories.40. Why is VR considered a powerful tool for journalism?A. Because it is an exclusively new tool.B. Because it is very powerful and popular.C. Because people can experience the story in person.D. Because it is very fast, accurate