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1、滨城高中联盟2022-2023学年度上学期高三期中(I )考试英语试题说明:1.本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第n卷(非选择题)部分,卷面共150分,考试时间120分 钟;2.将第I卷和第n卷的答案都写在答题卡上,在试卷上答题无效。第一部分听力(共两节,满分30分)第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5分)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。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。1. What does the man mean?A. They need to buy a new car.B. Th
2、ey should have a holiday.C. They should keep on working hard.2. What is the womans attitude toward Toms behavior?A. Favorable B. Disapproving C. Objective3. Why will the man be unable to go to the opera?A. He has an appointment. B. He has no ticket. C. He has to attend class.4. What is the woman goi
3、ng to do next?A. Go on studying. B. Rest for a while. C. Watch a film.5. Whafs the relationship between the speakers?A. Co-workers. B. Friends. C. Husband and wife.第二节(共15小题海小题1.5分,满分22.5分)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,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段
4、材料,回答第6、7题。6. Whats the matter with the woman?A. She feels uneasy when speaking in public.B. She isnt well prepared fbr the test.C. She cant go to the history class.Dear Chris,Yours,Li Hua第二节(满分25分)47.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。The frightening day of our diving test was here. Our parents t
5、hought we were lucky to have an Olympic-size swimming pool at the school. My mom stressed that the swimming pool was one of the best in our city. But I didnt feel happy about it at all. Instead, I felt afraid of the swimming pool. It was mainly because I was terribly shy.I was so shy that I always s
6、at at the back of the room in class so Id not be called upon to read. As for the present physical education class each Monday morning, I would work my way to the back of the line forming at the diving board so I would not have to practice the dives.Now, it was another Monday morning - the morning of
7、 our diving test. My blood ran cold when the teacher Ms. Robbins announced that we would be graded for our final on the most difficult dive- the jackknife. And she added, “This diving test is important. The one who fails has to spare time in the following Monday mornings to practice diving in this s
8、wimming pool and attend this test again.”My body kept shaking with fear as the line to the scary diving board shortened. As I watched, each student seemed to perform the challenging dive effortlessly. And shortly I would have to attempt something that I had never even practiced before.Then I remembe
9、red someone telling me that when you picture yourself doing a skill over and over, its just as effective as physically practicing that skill. So I watched carefully as each classmate jumped at the end of the board once, added a jump for height, folded their body in half to reach for their toes, and
10、finally straightened out like an arrow for going into the water. After carefully watching for a while, I was actually in a state of surprise, because all of a sudden I realized that it was possible for me to perform these four steps of diving.Eventually all classmates except me finished jumping. The
11、 teacher announced that it was my turn.注意:L续与词数应为150左右;2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。With my heart knocking wildly, I walked down the diving board towards its end.Knowing I failed, I climbed out of the pool, embarrassed.听力答案:1-20 BCBAC AABAA CBBCB CCAAB7. What does the man advise the woman to do?A. Change her
12、 focus. B. Make more preparations C. Ask the teacher for help.听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。8. What makes the man feel stressed in his job?A. Heavy workload.B. Being out of control of the market.C. Long working hours.9. What does the man do to reduce stress?A. Do some sports B. Go shopping. C. Take Psychology cla
13、sses.10. What does the man think of stress?A. Its helpful sometimes. B. Its hard to get over. C. No one can be free from it.听第8段材料,回答第11至13题。11. Who are the speakers?A. Scientists. B. Teachers. C. Students.12. What does Sally say about the robot?A. Its 83 centimeters high.B. It can speak two languag
14、es.C. Ifs good at dancing and singing.13. What does the man want Sally to do?A. Find ways to improve the robot.B. Visit a museum with him.C. Drive him to his destination.听第9段材料,回答第14至17题。14. Why does Mrs. Singh make the call?A. To accept an invitation. B. To talk about Peters birthday. C. To ask for
15、 directions.15. When will Peters birthday be celebrated?A. On April 18th. B. On April 8th. C. On April 6th.16. Where does Mr. Adams live?A. On Beale Street. B. On the right of a library. C. Beside a church.17. What does Mrs. Singh ask Mr. Adams to do?A. Write down the details. B. Help prepare for th
16、e party. C. Repeat what he said.听第10段材料,回答第18至20题。18. Who is Bill Smith?A. A news reporter. B. A researcher. C. A weatherman.19. What will the weather probably be like in London tomorrow?A. Rainy. B. Sunny. C. Cloudy.20. What can we learn from the talk?A. There will be lots of sunshine in Manchester
17、.B. It might be foggy in Wales.C. It is fairly dry in the northwest.第二部分阅读理解(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和D)中,选出最佳选项。A Wonderful Time Management App: TrelloUsing a time management app is one of the easiest ways to get more of something we wish we all had: Productivity
18、. Here is a time management app continually rated among the top time management apps on the market, all with the goal of making you spend less time planning and more time doing.WHY WE CHOOSEDeveloped over ten years ago, Trello is used by more than 25 million people. No matter how you prefer to track
19、 projects and time, Trello always allows you to easily see who is doing what at a quick look, so you 11 never drop the ball on an important project.WHAT WE LIKE Videos to instruct you to use the app. Easy to connect with other tools you already use.WHAT WE DO NOT LIKE Its for general project managem
20、ent only and big projects are difficult to deal with on it. Limited free offerings.Every group member is on the same page, so its easy for you to keep track of the process of the project you are working on. Trello has a lot to offer, including unlimited storage. Users can choose to pay $13 a month (
21、you can get a 15% discount if you buy the yearly plan) to fully take advantage of the app.With companies such as eBay and Fender on its user list, Trello is able to work for a wide variety of teams and projects, syncing (同步)between different web servers, mobiles (iOS and Android ), and desktop apps
22、( macOS and Windows ).1. Who is most likely to use the app?A. A college student with a paper to finish.B. A general manager operating a big company.C. A mom managing the schedule for the family.D A manager doing a project with his team members.2. How much do you need to pay for a yearly plan of the
23、app?A. About 180 dollars.B.About 150 dollars.C. About 130 dollars.D.About 110 dollars.3. What do we know about the app?A. It is very popular.B.It has limited storage.C. It is designed beautifully.D.It can be bought on eBay.BI am not sure how many years ago it was, but 1 still had a cassette player (
24、盒式磁带放录机)at the time. I was tired of television and was in the mood for music. I pulled out one of my favorite cassettes. It started to play but before long the music stopped. I opened the player and saw the tape in the cassette was all pulled out and twisted. I tried to fix it, but it was already br
25、oken beyond repair. I frowned. I didnt want to risk another of my cassettes with a tape eating machine, but I really wanted some music.Then I noticed my ancient record player in the corner. I walked over and dusted it off. I pulled out an old record of my moms that my Dad had given me after she died
26、. I turned on the record player and gently put the record on the turn-table (唱机上的转盘). Pop!” Crack! went the record for a second as I put the needle down. Then a beautiful melody from my childhood started to play. I smiled and started to do my house work. The sweet songs I grew up on touched my soul.
27、 I felt the music coming out of me. I started to sing letting my weak voice join in joyously with the music. I even dared to dance a little while I did the dishes. This is how life is supposed to be!”These days all my music is on CDs. My daughter says I am behind the times. She says I should buy a c
28、ellphone and download all the music I want. But instead, I think I will dust off those old records again, put them on that record player and start to sing along.We all have music within us just waiting to get out. Dont let your music die within you then. Share your song with the world. And dont forg
29、et to dance a little too.4. Why did the author give up listening to cassettes?A. He preferred records to cassettes.B. His cassettes were out of order.C. His cassette player was twisted.D. His cassette player didnt work.5. How did the author feel when listening to his late Moms record?A. upsetB. cont
30、entC. gratefulD. relieved6. What did the authors daughter think of his action?A. It is inconvenient.B. It is out of fashion.C. It is hard to sing along.D. It brings good memories.7. What does the author want to convey?A. Records can better express music.8. Music helps us keep up with the times.9. Mu
31、sic helps strength family bonds. D. Life with music is beautiful.CWhat does your dog do if you lie down on the floor and put your arms or legs out straight to exercise? Does your dog come to your rescue in the same way as if you fell down, or realize you mean to do that? Researchers in Germany carri
32、ed out a series of experiments to see whether dogs understand if humans do things on purpose.For their study, they had 51 dog owners drop off their pets to the laboratory. First, the dogs learned that a human experimenter would feed them treats through a gap in a glass partition (隔断), And the resear
33、chers designed two situations, which were known as unwillingness vs. inability”. In the C6unwillingness situation, the experimenter held the food in front of the dogs but didnt give it to them on purpose, often teasing (戏弄)them before pulling it away. For the “inability“ situation, they had two cond
34、itions, one where the person seemed clumsy (笨拙的)and he appeared as if he were trying to give the treat to the dogs, but it fell down. In the other, the gap was enveloped and the pet couldnt get the treat.In all of these experiments, the experimenter left the treat on the floor in front of the dogs,
35、and the dogs were easily able to get to the treat. How quickly they got back the food depended on the specific situation. The researchers predicted correctly that the dogs would wait longer to go to get the treat if they thought the experimenter didnt want them to have it, while they went to get it
36、quickly when the treat was meant for them. They probably understood that -This guy is not very skilled but he wants to give the food to me. Brauer suggests.Brauer says that there could be other factors that led to the dogs7 such performance in the experiments. Although she thinks the findings are im
37、portant, Brauer says she is looking forward to what other scientists around the world will say.8. What does the underlined word “enveloped“ probably mean in Paragraph 2?A. Covered.B. Widened.C. Created.D. Noticed.9. What was most likely to happen in the situation where the feeder appeared clumsy?A.
38、The dogs would leave the food where it was.B. The dogs would try to break through the gapC. The dogs would go and get the food quickly.D. The dogs would wait a while before getting the food.10. Which of the following words can best describe Brauer?A. Careful and open-minded.B. Determined and creativ
39、e.C. Humorous and lovingD. Strict and patient.11. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. How quickly dogs react?B. How quickly dogs learn?C. Can dogs predict your behaviors?D. Can dogs understand your intention?DHave you ever spent half an hour searching the Internet which, as
40、you find out afterwards, lasted three hours, or opened a book shortly after breakfast and a little while later noticed that the room was getting darker?Most people can remember experiencing such a state. Your mind wasn*t wandering; you were totally focused and concentrated on that activity, to such
41、an extent that you were not even aware of yourself. Psychologists call these fully absorbing experiences flow states, which were discovered and named by a world-famous psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. His celebrated book Flow: The Psychology of Happiness became an instant best-seller, making it
42、s way to the top self-help classics.The state of flow happens under very specific conditions-when we encounter a challenge that is testing for our skills, and yet our skills and capacities are such that it is just about possible to meet this challenge. So both the challenge and the skills are at hig
43、h levels, stretching us almost to the limit. If challenges exceed skills, one can become anxious. If skills exceed challenges, we usually become bored. Neither of these two cases result in flow.What is also interesting in flow is the almost total absence of emotions during the actual process. One se
44、ems to be almost beyond experiencing emotions, most likely because the awareness of self is not present. Mihaly himself is also very much aware of the potential negative impact of the flow. One philosopher once describes his ownexperience of flow: When I get totally involved in the conversation, I a
45、m not aware of myself, the world around or the passage of time. Sometimes, I may become addictive to that existence, unwilling to cope with other daily routines of life, like forgetting dinner, and saying goodbye to my children.12. What is the purpose of Paragraph 1?A. To offer a general background
46、of the topic.B. To make an overall outline for the passage.C. To introduce the topic of the passage.D. To clarify the definition of the topic.13. In which of the following experience can we enter Hflow state1?B. Watching TV.D. Arguing with others.B. Genius at normal schools often gets bored.D. Skill
47、s play the most important part in flow.B. To stress the value of self-awareness.A. Adopting a dog.C. Playing the chess.14. What can we infer from the third paragraph?A. The state of flow is little conditional.C. Challenges at high levels push us to the limit.15. Why does the writer quote the philoso
48、phers words?A. To show the drawbacks of the flow.C. To underline the absence of emotions.D. To indicate the difficulty of enjoying the flow.第二节(共5小题;每小题25分,满分125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。选项中有两处为多余选项。Much meaning can be conveyed clearly with our eyes so it is often said that eyes can speak.16 In a bus you may look at a stranger, but not for too long. And if he sensed that you are staring at him, he may feel uncomfortable.The same is true in our daily life. If you a