新疆喀什第二中学2024届高三年级上学期期中测试 英语

喀什第二中学20232024学年第一学期高三年级期中测试英语考生注意：1. 本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。2. 答题前，考生务必用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将密封线内项目填写清楚。3. 考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上。选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑;非选择题请用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。4. 本卷命题范围：高考范围。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. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】What will Betty do?A. Work on an article.B. Go to the cinema.C. Eat out with the man.2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】Which does the woman like best?A. Jogging.B. Shopping.C. Drawing.3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】When does the man expect to get to Washington?A. By 9:00 am.B. By 8:30 am.C. By 7:30 am.4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】Where does the conversation probably take place?A. At a store.B. At an office.C. At a library.5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A host.B. A program.C. A director.第二节(共15小题;每小题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。听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】6. How does the man sound at the start of the conversation?A. Excited.B. Anxious.C. Hopeful.7. What is the woman’s suggestion?A. Being a good listener.B. Telling a funny story.C. Talking about the weather.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】8. Why does the man come to the woman?A. To book a hotel room.B. To ask for permission.C. To make a complaint.9. What does the man say about the room?A. It was cheap.B. It was noisy.C. It was large.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】10. What does the woman mean?A. They have financial troubles.B. It’s a good idea to watch a film.C. The man should turn up the heat.11. How much is the telephone bill?A. $90.B. $80.C. $70.12. What is the woman likely to do?A. Tour New York.B. Charge the man.C. Make a phone call.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】13. What is the woman’s challenge?A. To write an essay.B. To do volunteer work.C. To sign up for a class.14. Why does the woman attend the race?A. To admire the scene.B. To help with Jason.C. To support a study.15. When will the 10-kilometre run take place?A. This evening.B. Tomorrow morning.C. The day after tomorrow.16. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Co-workers.B. Schoolmates.C. Fellow travelers.听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】17. Who is the speaker probably talking to?A. College students.B. Foreign tourists.C. New employees.18. Where is the health center?A. Behind the main building.B. Near the main entrance.C. Above the dining hall.19. What do we know about the swimming pool?A. It’s free of charge.B. It’s open all day long.C. It’s at the leisure center.20. Why does the speaker recommend Jenny’s Restaurant?A. It features hot dishes.B. It offers affordable foods.C. It delivers meals anytime.第二部分 阅读(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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AExploring Jaipur’s Art and Design Scenes City PalaceStill home to the royal family of Jaipur, this 300-year-old palace has lost none of its grandeur (壮观). The complex of courtyards, gardens and buildings is a mixture of Rajasthani and Mughal architecture. Among other things, the thoughtfully decorated museum houses an extensive textile (纺织品) collection, featuring rich fabrics as well as a carpet dating back over 400 years.Anokhi Museum of Hand PrintingSituated in a restored old house, the Anokhi Museum is the perfect introduction to Jaipur’s textile industry. Information boards are excellently written, and the clothing on display is impressive. Don’t miss the on-site shop. Combine a visit with a trip to the UNESCO-listed Amber Fort, a remarkable walled castle that rises above the city and is only a five-minute ride from the museum.Block Printing ProjectFeel creative? A workshop is a great way to get a feel for the printing process. You’ll work alongside local craftsmen (工作), choosing your own blocks and colours. There are scores of companies providing the experience, but consider one of the sessions offered by the Wabisabi Project, which include a field trip and black tea to keep that creative energy flowing.Jawahar Kala Kendra CentreJust outside the Old City, Jaipur’s most important cultural centre was built to preserve Rajasthan’s rich heritage and master craftsmanship. Showing a wide range of both traditional and contemporary art, the space houses six galleries, as well as a museum, a library and an open-air theatre with programmes from plays to Indian folk dance. It also hosts its own theatre festival.21. What can visitors enjoy at City Palace?A An age-old carpet.B. An open-air theatre.C. A local gallery.D. A walled castle.22. Which of the following highlights Block Printing Project?A. Indian folk dance.B. Hands-on experience.C. The UNESCO-listed site.D. The royal family of Jaipur.23. Which will attract visitors who are interested in contemporary art?A. City Palace.B. Block Printing Workshop.C. Jawahar Kala Kendra Centre.D. Anokhi Museum of Hand Printing.BMany visual artists have a signature style, as unique and identifiable as a fingerprint. For Amoako Boafo, who often paints with his fingers, this seems doubly true. His distinctive paint strokes (笔画) combine the complex skin tones of his chosen subjects, many of whom are, like himself, Africans with global life experiences.Boafo, whose first solo museum exhibition runs at the Seattle Art Museum, was born and raised in Accra, Ghana, and moved to Vienna, Austria, in 2014, where he ran into difficulties, with gallerists unwilling to show his works due to his focus on Black figures. He continued making an effort to create self-portraits (自画像) and people he knew or admired-African people and Black people who have African ancestry, painting a community of sorts during a time of hardship. He also developed his standout approach to figurative painting, which combines areas of bright and noticeable color with his soft and deep fingerpainting.He began posting his art online and caught the attention of artists like Kehinde Wiley, the celebrated American artist. The word started to spread.Boafo is now a global art star, with numerous shows at galleries and art fairs, working with fashion house Dior, and several paintings selling for over a million dollars. In 2021, with three of his paintings being launched into space by Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ Kent-based spaceflight company, you might even say Boafo has rocketed to success.And yet a recent phone conversation with the artist from his studio in Accra, which is once again his home base, revealed a well-mannered person who appreciated his success while pointing out all of the luck and preparation that led to it. Seeing so many of his paintings -created from 2016 to 2022-gathered together in an exhibition has helped him remember that “I did not ‘just happen. ‘I did not expect this success but I was hopeful and ready for it.”24. What makes Boafo’s paintings different from other artists’ works?A. His finger strokes.B. His home country. ss-essC. His life experiences.D. His traditional style.25. How did Boafo deal with the difficult situation in Austria?A. By turning to celebrated artists for help.B. By developing a unique painting style.C. By running his art exhibition at home.D. By working with local art galleries.26. What is the author’s purpose in mentioning the spaceflight company?A. To indicate the price of space travel.B. To show the value of Boafo’s works.C. To introduce an international brand.D. To tell us the advances in technology.27. What can we learn about Boafo?A. He is talkative.B. He is patient.C. He is determined.D. He is humorous.CSeafloor cables (光缆) carry over 95% of all digital data traffic worldwide, including financial trading information and social media communications. However, how the Earth’s changing climate could impact this vast undersea network has been relatively understudied until now.In a new study published in Earth-Science Reviews, an international team of researchers led by the UK’s National Oceanography Centre(NOC) worked to illuminate this problem by assessing how and where future climate change is likely to impact subsea cables.By analyzing published datasets, the researchers identified regional climate change “hotspots” where threats to subsea cables may become more intense. These include areas in the western Pacific where changes to tropical cyclone (热带气旋) intensity and frequency have already increased cable damage.“In our paper, we conducted the first comprehensive assessment of a range of climate-related threats to seafloor cables across the globe and their landing stations,” says study co-author Thomas Wahl. “Our analysis clearly stresses the need to carefully plan cable routes and landing station locations factoring in a range of local threats and how those are affected by climate change.”When we look at Florida, there are at least 21 subsea telecommunications cables that connect to the Florida coastline, North and South America and the Caribbean, meaning that there will be a breakdown in communications worldwide if a cable is damaged, the researchers say.However, the study identifies the importance of assessing changing conditions, particularly where multiple cable systems share a landing point, as they may be affected by combinations of threats that affect the low-lying Florida coastline, such as sea level rise, and changes in storm activity. “Our reliance on cables that are no wider than a garden hose (软管) is a surprise to many, who regard satellites as the main means of communication,” says lead author Mike Clare, a researcher with NOC. “But satellites simply don’t have the bandwidth to support modern digital systems. The ‘cloud’ is not in the sky—it is under the sea.”28. What does the underlined word “illuminate” in paragraph 2 probably mean?A. Find.B. Miss.C. Explain.D. Connect.29. What is the third paragraph mainly about?A. The threat of sea level rise.B. The finding of the study.C. The cause of climate change.D. The method of the research.30. Which of the following best describes Florida in the global network?A. Effective.B. Complex.C. Stable.D. Critical.31. What can we infer from Mike Clare’s words?A. Subsea cables are more important for global communications.B. Satellites have the ability to support modern digital systems.C. Natural disasters will happen frequently due to climate change.D. There is no need to assess potential threats to seafloor cables.DFor Kurt Gray, a social psychologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, conducting experiments comes with certain problems. Before starting any study, his lab must get ethical(伦理的)approval from an institutional review board, which can take weeks or months. Then his team has to hire online participants—easier than bringing people into the lab, but Gray says the online subjects are often lazy. Then the researchers spend hours cleaning the data. But earlier this year, Gray accidentally saw an alternative way to do things.He was working with computer scientists at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence to see whether they could develop an AI system that made moral judgments like humans. But first they figured they’d see if a system from the startup Open AI could already do the job. The team asked GPT-3. 5, which produces human-like text, to judge the ethics of 464 scenarios(情境), previously evaluated by human subjects. It turned out that the system’s answers were nearly the same as human responses.“This is crazy,” Gray says. “If you can just ask GPT to make these judgments, why don’t you just ask GPT instead of asking people?” The results were published this month in Trends in Cognitive Science.Now, researchers are considering AI’s ability to act as human subjects in fields such as psychology, political science, economics, and market research. No one is yet suggesting that chatbots can completely replace humans in behavioral studies. But they may act as convenient stand-ins(替代者) in pilot studies and for designing experiments, saving time and money. Language models might also help with experiments that would be too impractical, or even dangerous to run with people. “It’s a really interesting time,” says Ayelet Israeli, a marketing professor at Harvard Business School who believes the models’ impact on behavioral research could amount to a “revolution”. “Some of these results are just astonishing.”32. What is a problem facing Kurt Gray at the start of a study?A. Online participants demand higher pay.B. Volunteers dislike the online experiment.C. Preparations take lots of time and effort.D. Researchers lack skills to function in teams.33. How does Kurt Gray find GPT?A. Demanding.B. Worrying.C. Amusing.D. Satisfying.34. What is an advantage of language models according to the text?A. They can be applied to cases difficult to study.B. They may replace human subjects completely.C. They will improve people’s well-being.D. They might promote economic growth.35. Which can be a suitable title for the text?A. What Has AI Brought About?B. What Do We Expect of GPTC. Should We Get Rid of Chatbots?D. Can AI Help Behavioral Research?第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。Few sights fill you with nostalgia (怀旧) like the fireflies dancing at night. ___36___Their populations are declining around the world as the threats against them are increasing. Sara Lewis, an expert who studies the insects, offers tips on what you can do to ensure that fireflies will continue to light up your backyard.Create a firefly habitat___37___ With about 2, 000 different species of fireflies, there’s a wide variety of environments in which they thrive (繁衍) —including wetlands, forests, and even city parks—which is why some species are more threatened than others. “You can recreate those conditions in your own backyard simply by leaving some leaf litter around the edges of your property, “ Lewis says. ”That’s a good microhabitat for fireflies.”___38___Flashing lights are an important part in fireflies life. As the sun sets, male fireflies move around while flashing their lights to signal their interest. If a nearby female is interested, she flashes back from her position to the ground, and the males fly down to find her. “All of that has to happen for the next generation to survive,” says Lewis. “However, light pollution makes those scenes much harder to see. It’s like cutting a phone line. It really stops the romance. ___39___You can draw your curtains shut at night and turn off the lights completely when possible.”Stop using pesticides (杀虫剂)Using pesticides in your yard also poses an existential threat to fireflies, which are insects after all. ___40___. Scientists are researching alternatives to chemical pesticides that could target specific species, like mosquitoes, while leaving other insects unharmed.A. Reduce light pollutionB. Make a fire in the open airC. Luckily, there are some solutionsD. But these beloved insects are in troubleE. The living conditions of fireflies are getting betterF. The biggest threat facing fireflies today is the loss of their habitatsG. Most of the pesticides will kill less-beloved insects as well as fireflies第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)第一节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Just weeks after being named the Hero of the Year, Nelly Cheboi traveled more than 7,000 miles to bring her award home. Far from the lights, cameras, and celebrities who surrounded her at the gala (晚会) event in New York City, Cheboi was ____41____ by her own heroes: the students she serves in rural Mogotio, Kenya.“I felt a lot of ____42____ just bringing the award to the kids,” Cheboi said. “For me, and for the community here, it really means a lot to be celebrated.”Like many of her students, Cheboi lived in poverty (贫穷) from childhood, without ____43____ to education. Cheboi watched her mother work ____44____ so Cheboi and her sisters could ____45____ school. She saw education as an effective ____46____ to end her own poverty. In 2012, Cheboi ____47____ a full scholarship to Augustana College in Illinois and began her ____48____ in computer science. “The only tool I had at the time was education,” Cheboi said.After graduation, she taught her students computer skills and helped them have Zoom calls with NASA. She’s found job opportunities abroad for them. She has brought professional, and ____49____ support to her community in Africa. “Digital skills provide _____50_____ opportunities,” Cheboi said.She owes her success to her mother, Christina. “I’m constantly _____51_____ occasions to show people this is Christina Cheboi and she happened to have four daughters. She’s worked really hard to raise them.” When Cheboi’s name was _____52_____ as the Hero of the Year, the first face she saw from the stage was that _____53_____ one. “I looked at the audience, and saw my mom _____54_____ at me,” Cheboi said. “This was someone who had no idea that all her hard work is going to _____55_____ something.”41. A. reportedB. refusedC. greetedD. consulted42. A. effortB. hopeC. pressureD. pity43. A. responseB. changeC. accessD. desire44. A. casuallyB. occasionallyC. nervouslyD. tirelessly45. A. attendB. leaveC. stopD. manage46. A. speciesB. meansC. excuseD. match47. A. missedB. droppedC. receivedD. predicted48. A. experimentsB. competitionsC. travelsD. studies49. A. mentalB. financialC. academicD. suitable50. A. globalB. unrealC. equalD. unique51. A. taking upB. looking forC. giving upD. fighting for52. A. announcedB. servedC. rememberedD. protected53 A. naturalB. lonelyC. painfulD. familiar54. A. strikingB. smilingC. aimingD. coming55. A. amount toB. refer toC. deal withD. meet with第二节(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。Backlight 226 is a rare bookstore in Shanghai, as it offers books by visually impaired （损伤） people to those with visual impairments. ____56____ (locate) in the city’s leafy Nanchang Street, the store has been a fixture in the area since 2022, providing much-needed reading materials to the blind community.“People may only know about the famous Helen Keller, but there are famous blind Chinese ____57____ (writer) as well,” said Han Ying, the manager of Backlight 226, referring to the American author and activist ____58____ lost her sight and hearing at an early age.Han partially lost her vision after an accident aged 21 and ____59____ (become) completely blind five years later. She said she had to give up ____60____ (teach) calligraphy, and the way she read was also affected.Now, aged 43, she relies ____61____ special apps designed for the visually impaired and spends most of her time at the bookstore. There, she promotes reading among visually impaired people and the bookstore ____62____ (equip) with facilities that allow the visually impaired ____63____ (read) more comfortably.“Backlight 226 is a start,” Han said. “There will ____64____ (definite) be more like it across the country so that we can make the public know more about the special groups ____65____ their world.”第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)第一节(满分15分)66. 假定你是李华，在英语学习方面有不少困惑。请你给外教Mr Brown写封邮件寻求帮助。内容包括：1.简述主要问题；2.请求给出建议；3.表示感谢。注意：1.写作词数应为 80个左右；2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。Dear Mr Brown___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Yours sincerely,Li Hua第二节(满分25分)67. 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。“Mary! Come and see what I have brought home!” My father opened the door and shouted cheerfully.“Is it a dog?” I asked when I saw him hugging a huge creature in his armsMy father nodded and put the dog on the floor. When it ran toward me, I pressed my hands tightly over my mouth to hold back a scream. I turned around and rushed back to my room. I locked up the door as soon as I could.Since I was attacked by a wild dog two months ago, I had been living in constant fear of dogs. I was confused why my father was so happy to bring home such a scary thing. So I decided to stay in my room until the dog was gone. After what seemed like ages, I heard the door open and shut.“Finally!” I breathed in relief and opened the door cautiously.To my shock, I felt something wet touching my foot. It was the dog! I froze there, as if my feet were rooted to the ground. When I regained my senses, I screamed, “Daddy! It is the dog! Help! It wants to bite me! Get it away from me!”My father was standing by the other side of the door，folding his arms and encouraged me,“It is not going to eat you! Mary, don’t be so scared. Go on! Touch it!”I tried my best to control my fear and bent down to touch the dog. But I could not do it due to my constant and uncontrollable shaking.“Never! I will never touch that dirty thing! Take it away!” I shouted.My father turned a deaf ear to my request. In despair, I picked up a tennis ball that happened to be on the floor and threw it at the dog.注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右；2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。The ball missed the target.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________But the next moment I was reminded of the awful experience.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________