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1、广西名校 2022-2023 学年高三第一次摸底考试英语试题 一、短对话 1.What is the weather like according to the man?AClear.BCloudy.CRainy.2.What does the man mean?AHe wants to keep the chair.BHe can make a table for the woman.CThey dont have enough room for new furniture.3.What sport are the speakers watching?ASkating.BFootball.C
2、Gymnastics.4.Who is the primary target audience for the mans books?ATeachers.BTeenagers.CPrimary school students.5.Where are the speakers?AIn a library.BIn a bookstore.CIn a classroom.二、长对话 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。6.What makes the woman different today?AHer shoes.BHer dress.CHer bag.7.What color is the wom
3、ans bag?ABlue.BRed.CYellow.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。8.What is the probable relationship between the speakers?AFriends.BCo-workers.CFamily members.9.Whats the woman good at?AProgramming.BCounting.CWriting.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。10.What time is it?A7:00 a.m.B9:00 a.m.C11:00 a.m.11.What are the plans for?AA new hous
4、e.BA new bridge.CA new office building.12.What will the man take to Mike?AA cup of tea.BA cup of coffee.CA glass of juice.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。13.What is the conversation mainly about?ASeasons.BPhotography.CSocial media.14.How many likes has the mans photo had?A100.B150.C850.15.What is the mans main rea
5、son for taking photos?ATo win awards.BTo earn a living.CTo show them to people.16.What does the man want for his birthday?AA hat.BA camera.CA photograph.三、短文 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。17.What is the speaker announcing?AHe is leaving the team.BHe has signed a new play.CHe is selling the club to new owners.18.Wh
6、ere is the soccer team based?AIn America.BIn England.CIn Canada.19.What has the speaker been asked to do?ADraw up training plans for the team.BWrite a list of new coaches.CPick a new player.20.How does the speaker feel?AProud.BGuilty.CPleased.四、阅读理解 Strange Museums You Never Know Some museums hold s
7、tranger collections than others.Heres our list of the extremely unusual ones.The Museum of Bad Art They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder,and to the curators at the Museum of Bad Art,none of these pieces are beautiful.Theyre either bad pieces made by otherwise talented artists,or bad pieces m
8、ade by untalented artists.The collection includes portraits,landscapes,and still life pieces.International Banana Museum You can find practically every object shaped like a banana at this museum in Mecca,California.Some examples：staplers,statues,record players,and salt and pepper shakers.Even better
9、,you can also eat practically any banana-flavored treat here,like banana ice cream,banana soda,and,of course,banana splits.Busy Beaver Button Museum Learn about the history of buttons.Appreciate a collection of political,humorous,and just plain entertaining buttons.You can even make your own button
10、at this hidden Chicago museum.And you can get a reward if you complete some 18th century puzzles.National Museum of Roller Skating This museum in Lincoln.Nebraska,has the largest collection of historical roller skates,in the world.Some skates are almost 200 years old!There are also skating costumes,
11、thousands of photos of skaters and programs from national and international roller skating competitions.International UFO Museum and Research Center Do aliens（外星人）exist?If so,what is their preferred mode of transportation?The IUFOMRC in Roswell,New Mexico,is dedicated to answering these questions an
12、d researching UFO activity.It includes exhibits on crop circles,Area 51 and other alien-related events.It even keeps an official record of UFO sightings across the country.21.What can we do in the Busy Beaver Button Museum?ALearn about the museums history.BAdmire buttons of all kinds.CFind the hidde
13、n buttons in the museum.DReward those who complete puzzles.22.If you are crazy about outer space civilization,which museum could be your choice?AThe Museum of Bad Art.BInternational Banana Museum.CNational Museum of Roller Skating.DInternational UFO Museum and Research Center.23.What do these museum
14、s have in common?ARich history.BPractical impact.CUnusual exhibition.DInternational influence.White-crowned sparrows are tough birds,able to survive the hustle and bustle(喧闹)of many North American cities.But growing noise pollution has forced males to sing louder,less effective songs in order to be
15、heard by opponents and fellows.Elizabeth Derryberry,a behavioral ecologist,and her colleagues have studied white-crowned sparrows in and around San Francisco for more than 2 decades,comparing their songs with recordings made in the 1970s.As traffic levels increased,the lowest frequencies of the spar
16、rows songs rose,so as not to be drowned out by the background noise of vehicles.But their top frequencies remained about the same,narrowing the total bandwidth(频宽)of their communication.Birds sing louder in noisy environments,and research has shown the resulting stress can speed aging and throw thei
17、r metabolisms(新陈代谢)into disorder.Noise can also keep them from hearing their own chicks or the warnings of fellow birds;it may even be driving down bird diversity in many cities.When the pandemic lockdown began in mid-March,a photo of the empty Golden Gate Bridge made Derryberry wonder how the sparr
18、ows were responding to the quieter conditions.She couldnt travel to California,but her colleague,Jenny Phillips,a behavioral ecologist in California,recorded the birds in San Francisco and the surrounding areas.Her recordings revealed that the sparrows were singing 30%softer,on average,than before t
19、he lockdown.Whats more,they were singing songs with bandwidths typical of birds recorded in the 1970s.The new finding is“good news from the point of view of the birds”,says Sue Anne Zollinger,a zoologist who studies birds at Manchester Metropolitan University.By showing the sparrows can adjust their
20、 songs to their environment,the study suggests species with more flexible behaviors can deal with aspects of changing environments.24.What is the second paragraph mainly about?AA new study of sparrow species.BInfluence on birds from city traffic.CFrequencies of sparrows songs.DThe difficulty of bird
21、s,communication.25.What does the underlined phrase“driving down”in Paragraph 3 probably mean?ALosing completely.BDecreasing noticeably.CPromoting slowly.DControlling successfully.26.Why was the California under lockdown regarded as an ideal research site?AIt provided a good comparing situation.BIt w
22、as a suitable place to watch birds.CA famous zoologist happened to help out.DSparrows there were the most active then.27.What can be a suitable tide for the text?ASilenced Big Cities Calling Back Birds BTough Birds Fighting against City Noises CBirdsong Accidentally Retaking Its Former Glory DChangi
23、ng Environments Destroying Bird Species Im an architect.One of my services is helping clients move into new office space.Last year,a client was moving into a storefront.The space had formerly been occupied by a photography studio,which looked as if it had been abruptly abandoned.Piled against one wa
24、ll was a huge pile of photos.I gazed at one photo.A family,all dressed up,smiling.Theyd put on their best clothes,come here to the studio,sat for the photos.A moment in time captured(捕捉到)a moment of life.I stood there,picturing all those smiling faces packed into a dumpster(垃圾大铁桶).Two days later,aft
25、er getting permission,my family drove two minivans to the abandoned studio.We loaded armful after armful of photos into the vans.“Well have to put them in the basement.I wonder why the company just left them there,my wife Dawn said when we got home.It was said the company had gone broke and shut all
26、 its stores around the country,I said.We pulled the photos into the basement.I looked up the company,a national chain.There were news stories about customers around the country losing their portraits(肖像),calling phone numbers that no longer worked.I imagined what it would feel like to lose a treasur
27、ed family portrait.I knew all about the power of small gestures to give someone a welcome shot of hope.The kids helped me sort the photos.We made a spreadsheet of names and whatever contact information we could find,sending a group text message inviting people to set up a time to collect them.People
28、 began arriving at the house.But it was only a few people.“Try social media,said the kids.I posted a message to a community board on Facebook.The phone rang.And rang.E-mails poured in.Then the COVID-19 temporarily blocked our project.When lockdown eased,we restarted reuniting people with photos,retu
29、rning more than 60 of the 105 photos.28.Where did the author find some deserted photos?AAt his working place.BAt a friends home.CAt his former office.DAt a clients studio.29.What drove the author to take the photos home?AHis curiosity to study them.BHis eagerness to help the owners.CThe intention to
30、 collect them for fun.DThe idea of selling them for money.30.What might have delayed some photos journeys back to their owners?AThe breakout of a disease.BThe poor mailing channel.CThe owners neglect.DThe authors hesitation.31.What would the author feel about the outcome of the event?AIts disappoint
31、ing.BIts imaginable.CIts encouraging.DIts interesting.Bricks are one of the oldest known building materials,dating back thousands of years.But researchers at Washington University in St.Louis have found a new use for bricks:as energy storage units.A team of engineers and chemists have found a way to
32、 transform an ordinary house brick into a“battery”allowing it to conduct and store electricity.The bricks are powerful enough to light up an LED bulb,and cost only about 3 dollars to make.“I love the idea of adding value to things that are inexpensive,things that are affordable,things that we kind o
33、f take for granted,”says Julio DArcy,who is an assistant professor of chemistry at Washington University and one of the researchers on this project.The brick-battery relies on the reddish pigment known as iron oxide,or rust,which gives red bricks their color.The scientists pumped the bricks with sev
34、eral gases that react with iron oxide to produce a network of plastic fibers.These small fibers coat the empty spaces inside the bricks and conduct electricity.What the researchers are trying to do is to make specialized plastics that are only used on the nanoscale where they use very little of the
35、plastic and they can actually fix that plastic firmly inside construction materials.In the future,DArcy says,a brick wall could potentially serve a dual purpose:providing structural support and storing electricity generated from renewable energy sources,such as solar panels.The technology is still a
36、t least a few years away from being ready for the commercial market.And right now,the energy storage capacity of the bricks is still pretty lowabout 1 percent of a lithium ion battery.But the team is now testing ways to improve brick performance.hoping to make a breakthrough and practical applicatio
37、n to better the seemingly ordinary construction materials as soon as possible.32.What new function has been found in house bricks?AThey can serve as a power plant.BThey can take the place of plastics.CThey can save a lot of energy.DThey can reserve electricity.33.What can we infer about the plastic
38、fibers?AThey are pumped into bricks.BThey must be tiny in size.CThey cover the surface of bricks.DThey react with iron oxide.34.Brick batteries are still in the experimental stage because .Atheir capacity is still low Btheir cost is very high Cthey make no profits Dthey are not safe enough 35.Which
39、can be a suitable title for the text?AConstruction Turns Smart BHigh Tech Develops Fast COld Bricks Play New Tricks DBuildings Become Greener 五、未知 Table manners are the ultimate way to show respect or some accidental disrespect to your host.36 In France,you are supposed to use two hands to eateither
40、 fork and knife or fork and bread.Bread isnt meant to be an appetizer.37 When you eat the bread,tear off a piece of it to eat instead of biting directly into the bread.When not in use,the bread belongs on the table or tablecloth instead of the plate.Finishing everything on your plate is a no-no in m
41、any Asian countries.38 Leaving a small amount on your plate symbolizes that youve had your fill and acknowledges your hosts generosity.39 So,tipping,in their culture,is rude.Even if they dont assume youre being rude,they can also be very confused by the extra money,thinking you have overpaid.Whether
42、 its a taxi driver,a server,or a bellhop,dont tip them.Its not good manners.Among the local people of China and the Inuit people of Canada,a light burp(打嗝)at the end of a meal is considered a compliment(补充),as it indicates that youve eaten well.40 For this is how food is offered to the spirit of a d
43、ead person.AInstead it serves to assist the food to the fork.BIt suggests that your hosts dont feed you enough.CMany people in Japan believe that good service is standard.DIn Brazil,bread and pizza are normally eaten with a fork and knife,too.EHere are some of the very specific dining dos and donts
44、from around the world.FYou may also drink directly from the soup bowlspoons,however,are uncommon.GFurthermore,dont lick your chopsticks or leave them upright in a bowl of rice.The government of India issued a lockdown in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The _ was badly affected by the pandemic._,m
45、illions of people lost their jobs,including Mohan Paswanthe father of 15-year-old Jyoti Kumari.They had no money for _ and for food,so the landlord threatened to kick them out and _ their electricity.Kumari and her fathers only _ was to return to their home village in Bihar,which was more than 1,200
46、 kilometers away.Even though there were special _ for migrants who wished to return home,Paswan was not able to walk to the railway station due to a(n)_ from a traffic accident.Out of _,Kumari used the 20 dollars they had left to buy a pink bike and _ on May 8th for the village.Kumari would _ in the
47、 front,while her father would sit on the back seat with heavy _.They traveled more than 100 kilometers a day and only _ at gas stations to sleep at night.Along the way,they _ kind strangers who gave them food and encouragement;one truck driver even _ the father and the daughter a ride for 30 miles.T
48、hey _ arrived at the village on May 15th and were _ with their family.This story of the _ girl has moved many people including the _ of the national team and a director.Kumari has been invited to join the Indian _ team in the 2024 and 2028 Olympics and has also received an offer to _ in an upcoming
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