江苏省镇江市2022届高三上学期期中考试英语试题含答案

镇江市2021～2022 学年度第一学期高三期中英语试卷

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。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 woman want to do?

A. Change the sweater.

B. Return the sweater.

C.Buy another sweater.

2.Where will the speakers meet?

A. In a library.

B. In a bank.

C.In a car park.

3.What will the man probably do next?

A. Speed up his car.

B.Slow down his car.

C.Stop his car.

4.When will the goods arrive?

A.On February 16.

B.On February 17.

C.On February 19.

5.What does the man want to eat now?

A. Bread.

B. Strawberries.

C.Chips.

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.What is the weather like?

A. Sunny.

B.Windy.

C.Rainy.

7. What will the speakers do?

A.Call the police.

B.Listen to the radio.

C.Get out and help the guy.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8.Why did the man quit the marathon race?

A. There was something wrong with his legs.

B. The weather was terrible.

C.He felt to tired.

9.What does the man think of his decision to quit the race?

A. Surprising.

B.Regrettable.

C.Wise.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.What is the relationship between the two speakers?

A. Neighbors.

B.Old schoolmates.

C. Colleagues.

11. What does the man say about his living place?

A.It's near the ocean.

B.It's very hot.

C.It's in a town.

12. Where does the woman work now?

A.In a university.

B.In a travel agency.

C.In a trading company.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.Why is the man talking to the woman?

A. To get some advice.

B.To make an apology.

C. To ask for leave.

14. What do we know about the man?

A. He is majoring in business administration.

B. He is a senior at Kryptos University.

C. He is studying in his hometown.

15.What will the man have to do if he goes to Central University?

A. Send educational records.

B. Take extra courses.

C. Change majors.

16.What will the man do next?

A. Make a phone call to his parent.

B. Move back to his hometown.

C. Search for more information.

听第10段材料，回答第17至 20题。

17.Which is the hardest trip the speaker has ever had?

A. A "round the word"journey.

B.A 50,000-mile journey around the Pacific Ocean.

C.A car journey from the North Pole to the South Pole.

18.Why does the speaker want to change his old way of traveling?

A.It makes him unhealthy.

B.It is too tiring.

C. It is unpleasant.

19.What does the speaker think of his programs about long trips?

A. They are inspiring.

B. They are ordinary.

C. They are strange.

20.What will the speaker probably write?

A. Fiction.

B.Poetry.

C. Newspaper articles.

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。

A

21.Where is Dr.Elwin Ransom originally from?

A. Earth.

B.Venus.

C.Mars.

D.Arrakis.

22. Which book explores the potential for technology to make humans less fre?

A. War of the Worlds.

C.The Space Trilogy.

B.The Dune Saga.

D.Fahrenheit 451.

23. What do the four books have in common?

A.They show an imaginary world.

B. They each have two main characters.

C. They explore the nature of humanity.

D. They were published in the 20u century.

B

In 1868 six-year-old Laura Jernegan,her parents, and her baby brother,Prescott,set sail from New Bedford, Massachusetts. This was no vacation cruise.Laura's father,captain of the whaleship Roman, was hunting the mightiest animal on earth.

Unwilling to be separated from his family for three to four years while he made ocean voyages thousands of miles from home, Captain Jernegan took them with him to share in the adventure—and the danger-of life at sea. In the mid-1800s,as many as one in six American whaling, captains took their families on voyages.

What was it like to live on a whaleship? The diary Laura kept while she was at sea offers a look into her unusual childhood. She was fascinated by her father's job. When the ship's lookout spotted a whale, Laura recorded it in her diary."I hope we shall get him,"she wrote.

She watched as the men rushed to their whaleboats and chased the whales. As soon as a whale was caught, the crew began to process it. First the crew"cut in" the whale by removing its thick blanket of blubber（鲸脂）.

After throwing pieces of blubber into large pots， two men would "get in the pots and squish (挤)out the blubber,"Laura wrote. It must have been a strange sight because the sailors were "way up to their knees" in the greasy fat, she reported.

Now came the hot,smoky,and smelly par.A brick furnace(火炉)was fired up,and the blubber was tried out, or boiled into oil. One huge whale produced enough oil to fill seventy-five barrels, she noted in disbelief. When the Jernegans returned home, the oil would be sold for the best price possible.Whale oil was important during most of the nineteenth century.It was used to light lamps and to make candles.

Two and a half years after she had left New Bedford, deep-water adventure came to an abrupt end. The Jernegans were whaling in the South Pacific when several crew members mutinied(反叛). Fortunately,the mutiny was stopped before anyone got killed.Her parents were terrified.They decided that a whaleship was no place for children. Laura, Prescott,and Mrs. Jernegan headed straight back to the United States on a passenger ship, and Captain Jernegan continued his whaling voyage.

This era, often called the golden age of whaling, was over in the late nineteenth century. Yet one girl's diary has helped to ensure that this chapter in America's seafaring history will not be forgotten.

24. Why did Captain Jernegan take his family out on a whale hunt?

A.To experience the pleasant life at sea.

B.To spend a nice vacation with his family.

C. To avoid a long separation from his family.

D. To follow in the footsteps of other captains.

25. What can we learn about processing the hunted whales?

A. Laura offered help to the work.

B. It was very hard and dirty work.

C.It started from boiling the blubber.

D. The workers couldn't stand the heat and bad smell.

26.Why did Captain Jernegan send his wife and children home?

A.He worried about their safety.

B.Laura had no friends on his ship.

C.There happened to be a passenger ship.

D.They had been away from home too long.

27.What can we infer from Laura's dairy?

A. Her father stopped whaling after the mutiny.

B. Hunting whales was challenging but rewarding.

C. She thought deep-water adventures were boring.

D. The 20th century was thc golden age of whaling.

C

When did you last write a letter? Properly write on—by hand? In a digital world, where sending a text or email is far more convenient than using snail mail, is the writing on the wall for traditional pen and paper? Well, some people claim that writing still has many benefits,so maybe it's not time to ditch your ballpoint(圆珠笔)or fountain pen(钢笔)yet.

These days,when people request things in writing,a typed, electronic document will be accepted.Doing this on a computer means it could be saved, edited, copied and sent via email.But crafting a handwriting document is unique: It requires planning and thought, and, as well as practising your handwriting,it helps you to remember spelling and punctuation.

Some experts believe your brain benefits from using old-fashioned pen and paper. This is particularly relevant for students,where typing notes into a laptop is thought to lack the "tactile feedback"(触觉反馈)to the brain that contact between pen and paper docs. BBC Worklife website quotes Hetty Roessingh from the University of Calgary,who says that "taking notes by hand involves cognitive(认知的)engagement in summarizing,adapting, organizing. concept and vocabulary mapping. Others agree that handwriting may boost fine motor skills in your hands and fingers.

There are everyday benefits to using pen and paper too.Scribbling（涂狗）notes，shopping lists or messages on the back of an envelope can still be useful,quick and portable.But putting pen to paper in a letter to a friend or loved one can probably have the most impact. Pen pal writer Katherine Moller told the BBC:"In a world where it is so easy to hop online to email or to send a fast text,it is so personal and so precious to know someone chose to turn off the virtual world to spend some time with you."

So,while digital skills remain important, don't write off your pens and pencils yet—especially if your smartphone, tablet or laptop runs out of power!

28. What does the underlined word "ditch"mean in the first paragraph?

A.Write.

B. Abandon.

C.Save.

D. Choose.

29.What does the writer want to emphasize in Paragraph 2?

A. The popularity of electronic documents.

B. The convenience of electronic documents.

C. The special features of handwritten documents.

D. The basic requirements of handwritten documents.

30.Which of the following is the benefit of writing by hand?

A. It fully develops your hand muscles.

B. It helps you to practise your handwriting.

C. It strengthens the bond between pen and paper.

D. It sharpens your comprehensive cognitive abilities.

31. What can we infer from Katherine Moller's words?

A.It is necessary for us to turn off the virtual world.

B. Scribbling notes should be practised in our daily life.

C.Using paper and pen has the greatest impact on our daily life.

D.Writing a letter by hand can be a touching and valuable experience.

D

Recently, many climate change campaigns and organizations have marketed themselves using images of polar bears losing their habitat.This has led many people to view the polar bear as the global icon(象征物)for our climate crisis.

The polar bear has become so widespread because it does an excellent job of playing on an audience's emotions and convincing them that there is an urgent problem on Earth. The imagery of a polar bear is also much more attractive than a scientific graph(图表)or chart of increasing sea levels or extreme weather event occurrences.

However,using polar bears as the only icon of our changing climate is flawed（有错的）.For one,it only represents one effect of climate change, global warming,and not climate change itself. It neglects to address other aspects such as extreme weather events, ocean acidification, etc.While global warming is an important impact of climate change, the other aspects need to be communicated as well since climate change may not even cause warming in certain parts of the world—it could lead to severe snowstorms or colder winters instead. Thus, communicating these other elements is vital because it can reduce much of the misinformation surrounding our climate and gives the audience a more comprehensive understanding of our planet.

Moreover,using polar bears is problematic because most people do not live anywhere near polar bear habitat.This makes polar bears feel far removed from our own personal reality-thus making climate change feel far removed from our lives. Since climate change is anything but a distant phenomenon, a symbol that communicates the ways in which the climate crisis affects humans could be more convincing and push more people to act.

Even though using the polar bear as the icon of climate change is limited in conveying the full scope of our climate crisis, it can act as an agent of opening up the conversation about environmental issues and inspiring viewers to dive deeper into learning about climate change.

32.Why are polar bears preferred as marketing images?

A. Their imagery is more convincing.

B. They are likely to lose their habitats.

C. They are unique victims of the climate crisis.

D. The data on them often appear in scientific graphs.

33. What can we learn from Paragraph 3?

A. Polar bears arc the only indicator of climate change.

B. Climate change is bound to result in global warming.

C.All elements of climate change have been communicated to the public.

D.Using polar bears as the only icon of climate change will cause some problems.

34.What does the underlined word"This"refer to in Paragraph 4?

A. Failing to understand our planet.

B.Refusing to take immediate action.

C. Living apart from polar bear habitat.

D.Using polar bears to explain climate change.

35. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. The occurrence of climate change

B. The possible impact of climate change

C. The dangerous symbol of polar bears

D.The importance of protecting polar bears

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。

Former Harvard President Drew Faust recently wrote of students overlooking the benefit of following their interest in at or linguistics. The trend towards employable subjects lie math and science is reflected in decisions of college students as well as primary and secondary schools.

    36    Groundbreaking work of cognitive neuroscientists reveals what we think of as"extras"are central to strengthening our minds.

Take music as an example. A study shows that musical training, particularly instrumental training, produces long lasting changes in motor abilities and brain structure. The earlier a child starts instrumental training, the stronger the connection between the right and left hemispheres（半球） of the brain.    37   

What is found in musicians is also common among world-class athletes and top-level managers. Is it a coincidence that Roger Federer, Elon Musk and Steve Job, all studied music for years as children?    38    Science backs that up.Children who play an instrument 30 minutes a week over the course of a little over a year have more highly developed brains.

    39    A Studying a second language restructures the brain which lasts into adulthood. The cortex(大脑皮层),which has the greatest changes when a second language is learned during childhood,influences thought and consciousness.

How about physical education? Apart from the humanities(人文学科),new research also reveals children who get aerobic exercise transform their brains due to a protein that is increased during exercise. Exercise matters deeply for cognitive development for kids.    40   

Concentration, evolved communication skills, and being a good team player are just a few of the benefits research shows extra-curriculums have on a developing mind. To me, that list reads as one I might put together for a model employee.

A.The same is true for foreign language.

B.There are sound reasons for the concern.

C.Foreign language learning should be given top priority to.

D.There is no doubt that instrumental training should be on the to-do list.

E.These changes thus affect the ability to listen and communicate as an adult.

F.Perhaps, but they all owe current suces,in part, to the training in that aspect.

G.Yet 20 percent of U.S.schools put an end to it in favor of increased classroom time.

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。

It all began when I moved to Dallas in the fourth grade.I  41  that I was behind in my reading at Saint Michael's School.Reading out loud,I had difficulty with half the  42  My teacher,Mrs. Agnew, said my reading comprehension and ability to  43  words was at a lower level than other fourth graders. She suggested that I be tested for dyslexia(阅读障碍).The test made me feel uncomfortable，and I was  44  to answer the questions, in fear of facing the  45

The test results showed that I had developmental dyslexia.At first I felt discouraged by this diagnosis(诊断)  46  eventually,I became determined to  47  my disability.I got tutors and speech therapy.I would read difficult books, hoping to  48  the confidence I had in myself.

I had finally overcome my learning disability.But even though I had conquered(征服)one of the biggest  49  in my life,I still felt like something was missing.

The missing link was  50  when I walked down the hall of the hospital as a  51  , the same hospital where I had one sat,nervous and confused.Because I felt so lucky t have got so much help from this facility,I wanted to  52  by helping patients here.

One day a little girl in a wheelchair asked me to read a boo t her.I read the book very  53  so that he could understand the story.When I left, the girl thanked me for reading to her. Eight years ago I would have  54  to read a book to this little girl,but now I was  55  .I had overcome my disability and was helping others to overcome theirs.

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。

Ancient alchemists(炼金师) in China spent centuries trying(56)_________(discover)an elixir (灵丹妙药)of life.During the Tang Dynasty,around 850 A.Dan enterprising alchemist created a mixture,(57)________had no obvious effects on lengthening life,but did explode with a flash and a bang when (58)_________(expose)to an open flame.

Many western history books over the years have stated that the Chinese used his discovery only(59)_________ fireworks,(60)_________I that is not true. Song Dynasty military forces as early as 904 A.D.used gunpowder devices against (61)______(they) primary enemy, the Mongols.

By the mid-to late-eleventh century, the Song government (62)________(become) concerned about gunpowder technology spreading to other countries. The sale of saltpeter(硝酸盐)to foreigners was banned in 1076.Nonetheless,knowledge of the miraculous substance was carried along the Silk Road to India, the Middle East,and Europe.In 1267,(63)_________European writer made reference to gunpowder, and in 1280 the first recipes for the explosive mixture(64) ____(be) published in the west. China's secret was out.

Down through the centuries, Chinese (65) _________(invent) have had a profound effect on human culture.Items like paper, the magnetic compass, and silk have spread around the world. None of them, however, have had quite the impact that gunpowder has, for good and for bad.

第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（满分15分）

假如你是某国际学校的学生会主席李华，你校正在开展"为父母分担家务"的活动。请根据下面所给提示，以学生会的名义用英语给全校学生写一封倡议书，要点包括:

1.活动目的;

2.活动具体要求;

3.发出倡议。

注意∶

1.写作词数应为 80左右;

2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Dear fellow students,

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The Students' Union

第二节（满分25分）

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。

This happened with me once while coming back from office late at night. The time was around 11:30 pm and most of the public transport had stopped.

 It had been a long busy day. I was annoyed and too eager to reach home and rest. I was on my bike. The traffic signal just before my house turned red and my anger rose.

Then suddenly someone came up from behind me and tied to hand me a piece of paper.I thought it was another one of those people who hand you pages of some sad story and ask you for money.I could feel anger boiling up inside me shirked（避开） the person away with the motion of my hand without even looking at him.

This guy moved over to the next person in traffic and did a similar thing of showing him the paper. The other guy who was not in as bad mood as mine looked at the paper and started giving directions.It was at this moment realized that the person who came to me was asking for directions. He couldn't speak so he had written it down on a piece of paper.He was not some beggar asking for money, and he was dressed as a salesman carrying one of those bully encyclopedias(百科全书). After getting the directions he smiled at the person,bowed his head showing his appreciation and jogged away to the other end of the road.

 I felt a sudden tender pity for him.By the time the signal turned green this salesman was standing at the other end of the road signalling people for a lift.I decided to help him out but my house was on a different route than where he was asking for a lift.I moved on but I was still feeling bad fr treating a hard working person that way.

注意∶

1.续写词数应为150词左右;

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

After going about 100 meters, I decided to turn back to offer him a helping hand.______________

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When another bike stopped and he sat on the bike, he noticed me in the distance.______________

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