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1、2022-2023学年第二学期期初考试高三英语 2023.2本试卷共9 页，满 分 150分。考试用时120分钟。第一部分：听力（共两节,2 0 小题，每 题 1.5 分，满分30分）第一节听下面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 was the weather like in the afternoon?A.Windy.B.Sunny.C.Rainy.2.How does the man sound?A.Worried.B.Confident.
2、C.Afraid.3.What is the conversation mainly about?A.Going on holiday.B.Taking photographs.C.Getting a new passport.4.Why did the man go to see a doctor?A.He can only see things up close.B.He gets glasses for the woman.C.He doesnt like his old glasses.5.What are the speakers going to do next?A.Stay at
3、 home.B.Play with snow.C.Play badminton.第二节听下面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 段材料，回答第6、7 题。6.Why does the woman want to replace the sofa?A.It is uncomfortable.B.It is really old.C.It doesnt match the table.7.What do the
4、 speakers agree to do?A.Change the table.B.Buy a reading lamp.C.Move a lamp onto the table.听第7 段材料，回答第8、9 题。8.What did the man use last weekend?A.A shared bike.B.A shared charger.C.A shared umbrella.9.What is the woman going to talk about next?A.The proper ways to use the sharing product.B.Her attit
5、ude towards the sharing economy.C.The advantages of the sharing economy.听第8 段材料，回答第10至 12题。10.What has the man found?A.An old door.B.A secret dinner.C.An interesting wall.11.Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers?A.Boss and secretary.B.Father and daughter.C.Husband and wife.12.Wher
6、e are the speakers?A.In a shop.B.In a house.C.In a castle.听第9 段材料，回答第13至 16题。13.What is the man doing?A.Eating a meal.B.Cooking a meal.C.Having an interview.14.How long has the man been cooking?A.Only recently.B.Since he was a kid.C.Since he was twenty years old.15.Why does the man mention rice and
7、noodles?A.To give an example.B.To name his favorite food.C.TD show his best cooking.16.What is the most important for cooking according to the man?A.Rich flavors.B.Freshness of food.C.Different styles of cooking.听 第 10段材料，回答第17至 20题。17.What is Cathys nationality?A.Chinese.B.German.C.American.18.When
8、 will they start making dumplings?A.At 4 p.m.B.At 6 p.m.C.At 8 p.m,19.How will Cathy come to the speakers house probably?A.By car.B.By bus.C.By taxi.20.What does the speaker think Cathy may worry about?A.Going back too early.B.Staying there too long.C.Having difficulty watching TV shows.第二部分阅读（共两节，满
9、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A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。AThere*s no shortage of health food trends on TikTok,but which ones are actually sensible?And should you skip any of them altogether?We asked registered dietitian Vanessa Rissetto,andheres what you need to know.Emily Marikos Salmon Bowl
10、Made with rice,baked salmon,soy sauce and spicy mayo-and to be clear,there are a lot ofdifferent variations of it onlinethis passes Rissettos test because its healthy,fast,easy and hasgood flavor.Rissetto says that while she would recommend this recipe,she would also suggest changingthe white rice f
11、or brown rice for increased nutrients and more fiber.Healthy Cookie DoughCookie dough thats healthy?This is too good to be true,right?The answer is probably yes.Rissetto says that while this may be healthy,it probably doesnt taste good.Tm certain this tastes like cardboard,she said.If you don*t care
12、 about taste-then this isfor you.”Lettuce Water For SleepWhile harmless,the TikTok trend of pouring boiling water over romaine lettuce leaves tomakelettuce water“for better sleep probably wont cure your sleep disorder-and it probablydoesnt taste great,either.“This is not a thing.Theres no evidence t
13、o prove it,“Rissetto said.Instead,steep a bananapeel in boiling water to help aid with sleep.”Natures CerealAs Rissetto points out,its basically a fruit smoothie bowl.“I am all for having berries and coconut water,“she said.Nutrition-wise,this has lots ofvitamins,antioxidants and fiber.It*s basicall
14、y a fruit salad that would be super refreshing on a hotday or post-workout M21.What is special about Emily Mariko,s salmon bowl?A.It doesnt taste great.B.It is good for health.C.Its recipe is not fixed.D.It uses two kinds of rice.22.Which recipe doesnt Rissetto recommend?A.Emily Marikos salmon bowl.
15、B.Healthy cookie dough.C.Lettuce water for sleep.D.Natures cereal.23.Which food suits you best after playing a football match?A.Emily Marikos salmon bowl B.Healthy cookie dough.C.Lettuce water for sleep.D.Natures cereal.BAndy Kong has worked very hard to get to where he is today.He credits becoming
16、amillionaire by 20 to his strict Asian parents who tutored him at a young age by working for thefamily.Kong,of Danville,Virginia,started working when he was only nine.English wasnt a strongsuit for Andys parents,and thats where he was able to assist his family the most.After school andon weekends he
17、 would help out at their family-owned restaurant and nail salons.Not only did hedo the labor work,but he was also involved in creating online ads.This was his introduction to theworld of online business.Andy started his Amazon business in the eighth grade.When he learned about AmazonDropshipping（代发货
18、模式）from a kid he saw on Instagram,he got inspired and decided togive it a try.Unfortunately,the store eventually got shut down because he was impatient with thegrowth.Instead of considering it a failure,he viewed this experience as a life lesson and learnedfrom his mistakes.Meanwhile,his parents nev
19、er stopped trying to talk him into focusing onschool and their retail business.“The biggest challenge when starting a business is getting someone to believe in you,Andysays.He pushed through and did things for himself even when his loved ones discouraged it.In 2019,Andy met his now business partners
20、,and together,they created an Amazonmanagement company called Project WiFi.This Project has proven to be extremely successful.They currently help over 55 clients run their online businesses,and plan to help many more in thefuture.When asked about the secret to his success,Andy says,Learning to sacri
21、fice whether thatsfamily,friends,or soccer game for a single goal is the only way to succeed,rather than attemptingmultiple things.If ifs worth doing then it*s worth doing well with no shortcuts.24.Why did Andy work in his parents*shops at a young age?A.Because he could earn some pocket money.B.Beca
22、use his parents werent fluent in English.C.Because his parents could help with his study.D.Because he could get access to the Internet.25.What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about?A.A new online business model.B.Results of working impatiently.C.Difficulties in Andys career.D.Andys tense family relatio
23、nship.26.What does Andy think contributes to his success?A.His early working experiences.B.Lessons learned from his failures.C.Gaining other peoples trust.D.Focusing on one thing at a time.27.Which of the following can best describe Andy Kongs personality?A.Committed and generous.B.Motivated and ope
24、n-minded.C.Creative and faithful.D.Hard-working and sociable.CToday,the Vikings are mostly known as violent pirates（海盗）.But they were also traders.Attheir height,the Vikings attacked,settled or traded on four continents.All of their travel,trade and warfare were made possible by V汰ing ships,which we
25、re farmore advanced than anything else sailing around Europe at the time.The most famous,and mostfeared,was the drekar.At sea,these ships could move quickly thanks to their large sails.Thehulls（船体）of the ships were shallow and fat,which made them ride high in the water.The shipswere also light enoug
26、h that they could be carried from one body of water to another over shortsections of land.This greatly extended their range.But Viking ships werent just built for warfare.Another type,called the knarr,had cargo（货物）holds built in the hull.One such cargo ship was capable of carrying 24 tons.The knarrs
27、 wouldhave looked similar to the drekars except they were longer,fatter and taller.These were thebackbones of the Viking empire,which they used to carry everything from gold coins to spicesand fine fabrics.Both the drekar and the knarr were built using the same method.Traditionally,oceangoingships h
28、ave used a keel（龙骨），shaped like the fin of a fish.The keel sinks into the water below thehull.It helps the ship maintain a straight line through the water and counters the force of the windagainst the sail,which otherwise might blow the ship over.Viking ships had no deep keel.Instead,they were built
29、 fat enough to carry lots of soldiers or pieces of cargo whose weight helped keepthe ship planted in the water.Viking ships were so advanced for their tine that they often were the biggest,tallest and moststriking ships many people had ever seen,A monk at the St.Omar Monastery,in Franco,wrotethis de
30、scription of a royal Viking ship in 1013.“On one side lions molded in gold were to be seen on the ships,on the other birds on thetops of the poles indicated by their movements the winds as they blew ”The Vikings built a wealthy empire through trade as well as robbery and used their wealth tocontinuo
31、usly improve their ships.28.What does the author intend to tell us?A.The Vikings were not violent pirates,but traders.B.The Vikings used to take a lead in the world trade.C.Viking ships could carry more cargo than ships today.D.Viking ships contributed to the extension of their empire.29.What can we
32、 infer about the knarrs?A.They were not designed for warfare.B.They were faster than the drekars.C.They were designed to carry soldiers.D.They served the same purpose as drekars.30.What do the Vikings ships and the traditional oceangoing ships have in common?A.They both use a deep keel shaped like t
33、he fin of a fish.B.They both make the hull shallow and fat with large sails.C.They both take measures to keep the ship planted in water.D.They both install something to counter the force of wind.31.Why does the author refer to a monks description of a Viking ship?A.To show how advanced Viking ships
34、were for their time.B.To show how interested the monk was in traveling by sea.C.To show that Viking ships were designed in a strange way.D.To show that Viking ships were continuously improved.DEvery language and culture has curse words（脏话）.What gives a curse word its power ispartly its meaning and p
35、artly its sound.uIn English,for example,curse words tend to contain ahigh percentage of plosive sounds-including P,T and K,said Ryan McKay,a psychologist atUniversity of London.Dr.McKay teamed up with his colleague Shiri Lev-Ari to learn whether this familiar patternwent beyond English.They wondered
36、 whether it might even represent whats called soundsymbolism.Sound symbolism is when a word sounds like what it means.The researchers first asked fluent speakers of Hebrew,Hindi,Hungarian,Korean and Russianto list the most vulgar（粗俗的）words they could think of.Once theyd made a list of eachlanguages
37、most frequently used curse words,the researchers compared these with neutral wordsfrom the same language.In these languages,they didnt find the plosive sounds that seem commonin English curse words.Instead,we found that the vulgar words were defined by what theylacked:the approximant sounds that inc
38、lude letters I,L,R,W and Y,Dr.Lev-Ari said.Next,the scientists invited 215 native speakers of six languages:Arabic,Chinese,Finnish,French,German and Spanish.The participants listened to pairs of words in a language they didn*tspeak,and guessed which word in each pair was offensive.In reality,all the
39、 words were invented.For example,the researchers started with the Albanian word zog,for bird,“and created thepair of fake words“yog”and“tsog.Participants were more likely to guess that words withoutapproximants,such as tsog,“were curses.Finally,the researchers combed through the dictionary for Engli
40、sh curse words and theircleaned-up versions.Once again,the clean versions included more of the sounds I,L,R,W and Y.A 20th-century linguistic（语言学的）principle claimed that the sounds of words were arbitrary:Any word could have any meaning.With curse words,though,as in other cases of soundsymbolism,“th
41、e sounds themselves seem to carry meaning,“said Lev-Ari.Thats a newthing,said linguist Benjamin Bergen.uCurse words across languages,unrelated to each other,may pattern similarly.He also pointed out,to make sure the pattern of approximants missingfrom curses isnt an accident,it would be nice to find
42、 it in an even larger sample of languages.32.What is the purpose of McKay and Lev-Aris research?A.To analyze a phenomenon.B.To confirm an assumption.C.To explain a definition.D.To challenge a theory.33.What were the participants asked to do in the second part of the research?A.To decide which curse
43、words are used more frequently.B.To make up new curse words from real words.C.Ib guess a words offensiveness according to its sound.D.To identify the approximants in curse words.34.According to Lev-Ari,which of the four is likely to sound offensive?A.tusck B.sola C.darn D.biach35.What can we learn f
44、rom the last paragraph?A.The old linguistic principle of sounds and meanings is wrong.B.In sound symbolism,a words sound represents its meaning.C.The research reveals the similarities between different languages.D.The result of the research is not fully accepted by scientists.第二节（共 5 小题；每小题2.5 分，满 分
45、 125 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。In theory,modem smartphones can last hundreds of hours on a single charge.36Manufacturers love to use laboratory conditions to advertise great numbers,most of whichdont match real-world use.Here we have some saving tricks that actually work.Delete app
46、s you dont use.On average,smartphone users download about 42 apps but useonly ten daily.An easy way to preserve battery life?37 Deleting an app that you dontuse is a simple way to free up storage space on your device and reduce the burden of your battery.38 A phones single biggest battery drain is t
47、he fact that it takes a lot of energy tokeep your phones screen lit up,and we often leave it on accidentally,even if were not looking atthe screen.The solution is to set your device to turn off its screen after 30 seconds or a minute.Dim the screen.Viewing your phones millions of pixels at full brig
48、htness is a guaranteedbattery drain.Even your phones auto-brightness feature will sometimes overdo it,meaning youcould be losing precious hours of battery life.Try dimming your display a little at a time.39Go ahead and charge it.Youve probably heard the classic advice about charging batteries:Let yo
49、ur battery drain all the way,then charge to 100 percent and repeat.The idea is that you areteaching your battery to remember“its full charge capacity,rather than confusing it with periodic,inconsistent charges.40 So instead of running out the door with 50 percent juice,consider plugging in your phon
50、e for 15 minutes before you leave.A.Get rid of the others.B.Decrease display time.C.But its not the case in practice.D.Turn off the ones that you don*t use.E.Youll be surprised how quickly your eyes adjust.F.It doesnt consume as much battery power as we think.G.Actually most smartphone batteries don