2023届湖南省常德市高三下学期3月模拟考试英语试题含答案.docx

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1、2023年常德市高三年级模拟考试英语本试卷分为四个部分, 共12页。时量120分钟。满分150分。第一部分 听力（共两节, 满分30分）做题时, 先将答案标在试卷上, 录音内容结束后, 你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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, 并标在试卷的相应位置。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。例：How much is the shirt？A. 19. 15B. 9. 18 C. 9. 15答案是C。1.

2、What does Lily think of the new theater?A. Its satisfactory. B. Its disappointing. C. Its comfortable. 2. What is the man probably doing now?A. Hes changing the bulb. B. Hes mending the desk. C. Hes dancing on the desk. 3. Where is the woman going to tonight?A. To a cinema. B. To Maggies house. C. T

3、o a restaurant. 4. What are the speaker stalking aboutA. A parkB. The speakers officeC. Shirlys new home. 5. What is probably the man?A. A waiter. B. A shop assistant. C. A librarian. 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, 并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前, 你将有时小题, 每小秒钟；听完

4、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. What is the womans final destination?A. New York B. Los Angeles. C. San Francisco. 7. What will the woman probably do next?A. Board at Gate 20. B. Call the ground crew. C. Wait for the next flight. 听第7段材料, 回答第8至10题。8. Why will the woman take part in th

5、e tennis match?A. To make more friends. B. To keep fit. C. To raise money. 9. How will the woman get to the tennis courts?A. By car. B. On foot C. By subway.10. When will the speakers meet?A. At 8:30 a. m. B. At 9:30 a. m. C. At 10:30 a. m. 听第8段材料, 回答第11至13题。11. Who is Sue Walter?A. She is a hostess

6、. B. She is a judge. C. She is a doctor. 12. What is Sues suggestion for people with difficulties?A. To ask for help. B. To think positively. C. To believe in themselves.13. What does Sue think happiness is?A. Sharing with others.B. Receiving a precious gift. C. Getting attention from others. 听第9段材料

7、, 回答第14至17题。14. What does the woman suggest the man do?A. Buy a study folder:B. Make a study guide. C. Reduce some study pressure. 15. What is the mans biggest problem with his study?A. He is often distracted. B. He has lots of study pressure. C. His study folder is disorganized. 16. What kind of le

8、arner does the woman say she is?A. A visual learner. B. A logical learner. C. An emotional learner. 17. In the womans opinion, how can a visual learner do with his notes?A. By using color and pictures. B. By using text. C. By using stories. 听第10段材料, 回答第18至20题。18. When did the Westfield Sports center

9、 reopen?A. In July.B. In AugustC. In September. 19. Which of the following is the newly-added sport in the center?A. Football. B. Gymnastics. C. Badminton. 20. Why does the speaker give this speech?A. To give suggestions. B. To announce some rules. C. To make an advertisement. 第二部分 阅读（共两节, 满分50分）第一节

10、（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ATBCD四个选项中选出最佳选项。AIts hard to imagine a visual record of the 20th century without Picasso. The Spanish artist captured everything from the horrors of war to the boundless possibilities of the human form. Even those unfamiliar with the modern art history can li

11、kely identify a few of his best-known paintings. The Old GuitaristCompleted: Late 1903 to early 1904Where to see it: Art Institute of ChicagoThe Old Guitarist has to be one of the most sorrowful paintings to ever capture the art worlds imagination. The figure depicted （描绘） thin and cross-legged appe

12、ars exhausted as he sits over his brown guitar.Garcon a la PipeCompleted:1905Where to see it: Private collectionWith Garon la Pipe （Boy With a Pipe）, we move from Picassos blue period to the more lively rose period. And while the figure in the oil-on-canvas portrait is clothed in blue, the backgroun

13、d features happier shades of ochre and pink. Girl Before a MirrorCompleted: 1932Where to see it: Museum of Modern Art （New York）If theres a single painting that screams Picasso, this might be the one. Girl Before a Mirror is alive with color, pathos and charming shapes that take cubism to its extrem

14、es. Picasso said he preferred this painting to any of the others, according to MOMAs founding director, Alfred H. Barr Jr. GuernicaCompleted: 1937Where to see it: Museo Reina Sofia （Madrid）Guernica is Picassos best-known work. Its depiction of an aerial bombing attack on the Basque town of Guernica

15、in April 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, was a visual relude （序曲）to coming violent act of World War II. The muted tones of gray further emphasize the shapes of humans, their arms outstretched in extreme pain. Guernica has become one of the most recognizable anti-war paintings in history. 21. Whe

16、re can we see The Old Guitarist?A. In Paris. B. In Chicago. C. In New York. D. In Madrid. 22. Which painting is Picassos favorite?A. The Old Guitarist. B. Garon la Pipe. C. Girl Before a Mirror. D. Guernica. 23. What does Picasso describe in Guernica?A. The greed of human. B. The cruelty of the war.

17、 C. The misfortune of women. D. The suffering of the poor. BA four-year-old boy discovers that compassion （同情）for the less fortunate can produce amazing results. Our heros origin story started this past February. Austin and his father, TJ Perine, went to the Firehouse Ministries, a local shelter tha

18、t provides housing, food, and other services for homeless men. As they drove by the redbrick building, they saw a group of 25 homeless men standing on the street corner. “Dad, they look sad, ” Austin said. “Can we take them some food and make them smile?”That day, Austin used his allowance to buy ea

19、ch man a Burger King sandwich and handed the food out himself. Seeing what their presence meant to the men at the ministry, Austin and TJ returned the next week. Austin again dipped into his piggy bank to buy sandwiches, which he handed out along with his new catchphrase, “Dont forget to show love!”

20、After he returned every week for five weeks, word of Austins acts of kindness spread through social media and national news outlets. Burger King jumped aboard, agreeing to donate $1, 000 a month for an entire year toward the cause. Soon, churches and shelters across the country began inviting Austin

21、 to come distribute food in other poverty-prone areas. Whereas before Austin and TJ could feed 25 to 50 people at a time, now, thanks to corporate and community support, they can feed 800 to 2, 000 people at once. Austins passion has now become his familys calling. His mother Audrey established the

22、Show Love Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to fighting homelessness. She now serves as president, and TJ left his job to oversee public relations for the foundation full-time. Hes in talks with the city of Birmingham to secure the redbrick building where it all started-Firehouse Ministries is movin

23、g-as the site of their own shelter, which will offer medical and mental care as preventive steps against homelessness. As for Austin, he continues to give out food, smiles, and his inspirational message of love. “It makes me feel like Im saving the day. ”24. What did Austin do with his pocket money?

24、A. Travel across the country. B. Build a shelter for the poor.C. Improve the life of his family. D. By some food for the homeless. 25. Why did the author mention Burger King in paragraph 3?A. To make an advertisement for it. B. To show the effect of Austins act. C. To praise its kindness and support

25、. D. To seek its help for the less fortunate. 26. What can we learn about the Show Love Foundation?A. It is highly profitable. B. It was set up by Austin. C. It will provide health care. D. Its funded by the government. 27. Which word can best describe Austin and his parents?A. Warm-hearted. B. Peac

26、e-loving. C. Hard-working. D. Quick-minded. CThe World Economic Forum predicts the global population will hit 9. 8 billion by 2050, which means we might need to grow as much as double the amount of food we do today and do it without significantly consuming limited resources such as land and water. B

27、ut there are reasons to be positive. Historically, human intelligence has risen to the population challenge. 8, 000 years ago in the first agricultural revolution, the plough （犁） transformed productivity. In the 1800s, inventions such as the seed drill brought a degree of mechanization to farming. T

28、hen, in the mid-20th century, there were major breakthroughs in artificial fertilizer and plant science. Now, we are entering a fourth age of agriculture. Innovation is exploding. The digital transformation of agriculture is not theory. Its real. And its having a huge impact across all aspects of fa

29、rming. In April 2020, Chinese drone （无人机）maker XAG organized a rice seeding demonstration in Guangdong province. First, it invited two workers to spread 5kg of rice seeds the traditional way-by wading across 1, 200 square metres of waterlogged field. The laborious process took 25 minutes. Then it un

30、leashed （释放）its XAG XPlanet drone on the same task. The unmanned aerial system followed a pre-programmed route and threw rice seeds from the air. It completed the job in 120 seconds. XAG claims its system can use up to 90 per cent less water and 30 percent fewer chemicals than traditional technique.

31、 Barcelona-based startup Faromatics has also attracted a lot of attention for its EU-funded invention: a robot called the ChickenBoy. It lets chicken farmers autonomously monitor their stock. The robot glides along the ceiling and uses a set of sensors to measure temperature, air quality, light and

32、sound in poultry housing. Farmers can use a cloud platform to set the ChickenBoy to send mobile alerts. The task of feeding 9. 8 billion mouths by 2050 is one of the greatest facing humanity, but thanks to technology, there is good reason to be confident for the future. 28. What is the purpose of pa

33、ragraph 2?A. To express the authors confidence in the human wisdom. B. To tell us some challenges in the agricultural development. C. To show us the present situation of the world food shortage. D. To call on the government to take some effective measures. 29. What is the advantage of KAG XPlanet dr

34、one?A. It saves more money than the manual seeding. B. Its more efficient and environmentally friendly. C. It can rapidly reduce wastage and improve yields. D. It helps farmers make better decisions about seeding. 30. What can be inferred about the ChickenBoy?A. Its system needs to be improved. B. I

35、t aims to attract farmers attention. C. It was invented by a chicken farmer. D. It helps farmers look after the chicken. 31. What does “human intelligence” refer to in the passage?A. Smart farming. B. Agricultural revolution.C. Plant science. D. Artificial intelligence.DFragile. Oversensitive. Glued

36、 to their phones. Is this what comes to mind when we think of the teens of this generation? While this may be true, there might be more to this generation of teens than what is generally perceived. Never before have the lives of any generation of teens been as flooded with mobile technology and soci

37、al media as the teens of this generation. The popularity of social media has led to a world in which teens have to participate in Instagram, TikTok and Twitter, or else cause the social anger of their friends, some of whom communicate primarily via those online platforms. As compared to their parent

38、s or grandparents who were likely less connected and more isolated, these teens are constantly exposed to the highlight reels （高光 时刻） of many in their social circles and beyond, It is no wonder that the self-esteem and mental health of this generations teens have taken a hit. Moreover, the teens tod

39、ay are more individualistic. This is in contrast to the kampong spirit of their parents and grandparents days. Gone is the friendship among neighbours who are friendly with one another and quick to offer a helping hand when they see another in need. In its place, we have teens who may not even have

40、a clue as to who lives in the unit next to theirs, much less offer a friendly nod or wave when they happen to cross paths with a neighbour. Yet, the effects of technology on this generation of teens are not all bad. Arguably, the very connectedness that social media brings about has led to being mor

41、e progressive. Logging onto platforms where people of all walks of life gather means that one is exposed to those people and their distinctive ways of life. In comparison, the parents or grandparents of this generation of teens probably did not have the same opportunity to get to know people outside

42、 of their social circles at their age, and are thus more likely to have fixed, stereotypical （刻板的） opinion of people different from them. This generation of teens, on the other hand, has the chance to use this technology to understand the variety and diversity out there. 32. What does the underlined

43、 phrase “have taken a hit” mean in paragraph 2?A. Have been terribly hurt. B Have improved a lot. C. Have recovered soon. D. Have been ignored. 33. Which belongs to the kampong spirit according to paragraph 3?A. Telephone your parents regularly. B. Never say Hi to your classmates.C. Share your food

44、with neighbours. D. Borrow money from your teacher34. What good effect does social media have on the teens?A. They are more ambitious and active. B. They are more friendly and generous. C. They are more independent of their parents. D. They are more open-minded and better informed. 35. How is the te

45、xt developed?A. By giving examples. B. By showing statistics. C. By making comparisons. D. By providing instructions. 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。Tai chi has been studied scientifically in recent years. Evidence suggests that tai chi may offer numerous bene

46、fits beyond stress reduction. Wondering how to get started in tai chi? 36A tai chi instructor can teach you some specific positions and how to control your breathing. 37 Although tai chi is slow and gentle without side effects, its possible to get injured il you dont know how to do tai chi properly.

47、 Its possible you could strain （拉伤） your muscles or overdo it when first learning, or you could worsen an existing condition. 38 There are no standard training programs for instructors. So check an instructors training and experience, get recommendations if possible, and make sure that youre comfort

48、able with his or her approach. _39 But if you like the social element, consider sticking with group tai chi classes. Under the guidance of the tai chi instructor, you may find it helpful to practice tai chi in the same place and at the same time every day to develop a routine. 40 You can even dray on the comforting mind-body concepts of tai chi without performin