2022-2023学年江苏省苏州市高三第一学期期中考试英语模拟试题 Word版含答案

江苏省苏州市2022-2023学年第一学期

期中考试高三英语模拟试题（满分100）

一、阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）

第一节（本题共15小题; 每小题2分, 满分30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)

The very wealthy English Baron Fitzgerald had only one child, a son, who understandably was the apple of his eye. His wife died when the child was in his early teens. So Fitzgerald devoted himself to fathering the kid. Unfortunately the son died in his late teens.

Meanwhile, Fitzgerald’s wealth greatly increased. He spent a lot on art works of the masters. Later Fitzgerald himself because seriously ill. Before his death, he had carefully prepared his will as to how his wealth would be settled—to sell his entire collection at an auction(拍卖).

Because of the large quantity and high quality of his collection, a huge crowd of possible buyers gathered for the auction. Many of them were museum directors and private collectors eager to bid(出价).Before the auction, the art works were shown, among which was a painting of Fitzgerald’s son by an unknown artist. Because of its poor quality, it received little attention.

When it was time for the auction, the auctioneer gaveled(敲槌) the crowd to attention. First the lawyer read from Fitzgerald’s will that the first art work to be auctioned was the painting of his son.

The poor-quality painting didn’t receive and bidders...except one—the old servant who had served the son and loved him, and who for emotional reasons offered the only bid.

As soon as the servant bought the painting for less than one English pound, the auctioneer stopped the bidding and asked the lawyer to read again from the will. The crowd became quiet, and the lawyer read from the will:“ Whoever buys the painting of my son gets all my collection.” Then the auction was over.

(  )1.The English Baron Fitzgerald was ______.

A. a museum director      B. a master of art

C. an art collector         D. an art dealer

(  )2.Why did the old servant bid for the painting of Fitzgerald’s son?

A. He was devoted to the family.

B. He saw that no one bid for it.

C. He knew the content of the will.

D. He found it cheap for him to buy.

(  )3.Fitzgerald’s will showed ______.

A. his desire to fool the bidders

B. his invaluable love for his son

C. his sadness at the death of his son

D. his regret of having no children to take over his wealth

(B)

Angel Garcia is a computer engineer at Carlos III University of Madrid in Spain. His group has invented a new way for deaf-blind people to “watch" TV. The idea for the technology grew out of previous work by his group. The team had already worked on making audiovisual(视听的)materials accessible to people with either vision or hearing disabilities. But the group wanted to help people with both challenges. So they asked some deaf-blind people what would help.

In addition to relying on their sense of touch to communicate, deaf-blind people can also get and send information with a Braille line. The Braille system uses patterns of raised dots to stand for letters and numbers. A Braille line is an electronic machine with a changeable Braille display. Dots rise up or drop down based on the information sent to the machine.

Now the new system changes TV signals to data a Braille line can use. "The key to the system is the possibility of using subtitles(字幕)to collect TV information, Garcia Crespo explains. "Subtitles travel with the image and the audio in electromagnetic waves we don't see. But an electronic system can keep those waves.”

First, a computer program, or app, pulls out the subtitles and visual descriptions from the broadcast signal. The system then combines the information and changes both into data for Braille.

Now another app gets to work, which sends the data out to people’s Braille lines on demand. “This is done in real time. in less than a second, " Garcia Crespo says. This lets a deaf-blind person "watch" TV as it's broadcast. The system will work with various Braille lines, as long as there’s a bluetooth connection available. Now, the system is only used in Europe. and it should soon be available in the US.

(  )4. What inspired Garcia Crespo's group to work on the new technology?

A. Deaf-blind people's poor life.

B. Their pity on the disabled people.

C. The challenges they face in work.

D. Their group's previous research.

(  )5. Why can the electronic system collect TV information?

A. It can combine all kinds of broadcast signals.

B. It can keep the waves with subtitles traveling.

C. It can work together with a variety of Braille lines.

D. It can pull out the subtitles and visual descriptions.

(  )6. What does the author think of the future of the new technology?

A. Challenging.      B. Bright.      C. Rewarding.      D. Hopeless

(  )7. What should be a suitable title for the text?

A. New Technology Is Improving Deaf-blind People's Life.

B. A New Braille Line Is Applied to Disabled People's Life.

C. A Spanish Group Makes TV Accessible to Blind People.

D. New Technology Helps Deaf-blind People "Watch" TV

(C)

Weather changes when the temperature and the amount of water in the atmosphere change. We can see and feel water coming from the atmosphere when we have rain. But the water must somehow get back to the atmosphere. Meteorologists call this the water cycle.  There are many stages in the water cycle. Rain falls when water vapor in clouds condenses(凝结). Drops of water form and fall to the ground. The water soaks into the ground and feeds streams and rivers. A lot of rain falls into the sea. The heat of the sun evaporates some of the water in the ground and in the rivers, lakes, and the sea. It changes the liquid water into water vapour. The vapour rises onto the air. Water vapour is normally invisible. On a very damp or humid day, however, you can sometimes see water vapour rising from a puddle(水坑) or pond in a mist(薄雾) above the water. Water vapour also gets into the air from living things. Trees and other plants take in water through their roots and give off water vapour from their leaves. People and land animals drink water and breathe out water vapour. In all these ways the water returns to the air. There it gathers to form clouds and condenses to form rain. The rain falls to earth, and the cycle starts again. It continues even if snow or hail(冰雹) fall instead because both eventually melt to form water. The amount of water vapour in the air depends on the temperature. The air is more moist(潮湿) in the tropics(热带) than in the cold polar regions.

(  )8. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Water cycle.                  B. Water vapour.

C. How rain forms.              D. Water, vapour, rain.

()9. How many ways of the water returning to the air are discussed in the text?

A. Two.     B. Three.     C. Four.       D. Five.

(  )10. Whether water vapour can be seen or not depends on _______.

A. how much water is evaporated           B. how good your eyes are

C. in which way water is evaporated         D. climate or weather

(  )11. From the passage we get to know _______.

A. there is more water vapour in the air in the tropics than in cold polar regions

B. there is more water vapour in the air in cold polar region than in the tropics

C. it gets more rain in the tropics than in cold polar regions because there is less vapour

D. the amount of water vapour in the air depends on how often it rains

(D)

love charity(慈善) shops and so do lots of other people in Britain because you find quite a few of them on every high street. The charity shop is a British institution, selling everything from clothes to electric goods, all at very good prices. You can get things you won’t find in the shops anymore. The thing I like best about them is that your money is going to a good cause and not into the pockets of profit-driven companies, and you are not damaging the planet, but finding a new home for unwanted goods.

The first charity shop was opened in 1947 by Oxfam. The famous charity’s appeal to aid postwar Greece had been so successful it had been flooded with donations(捐赠物). They decided to set up a shop to sell some of these donations to raise money for that appeal. Now there are over 7,000 charity shops in the UK. My favourite charity shop in my hometown is the Red Cross shop, where I always find children’s books, all 10 or 20 pence each.

Most of the people working in the charity shops are volunteers, although there is often a manager who gets paid. Over 90% of the goods in the charity shops are donated by the public. Every morning you see bags of unwanted items outside the front of shops, although they don’t encourage this, rather ask people to bring things in when the shop is open.

The shops have very low running costs: all profits go to charity work. Charity shops raise more than ￡110 million a year, funding（资助）medical research, overseas aid, supporting sick and poor children, homeless and disabled people, and much more. What better place to spend your money? You get something special for a very good price and a good moral sense. You provide funds to a good cause and tread lightly on the environment.

(  )12. The author loves the charity shop mainly because of _______.

     A. its convenient location      B. its great variety of goods

     C. its spirit of goodwill        D. its nice shopping environment

(  )13. The first charity shop in the UK was set up to ____.

     A. sell cheap products         B. deal with unwanted things

     C. raise money for patients     D. help a foreign country

(  )14. Which of the following is TRUE about charity shops?

     A. The operating costs are very low.

     B. The staff are usually well paid.

     C. 90% of the donations are second-hand.

     D. They are open twenty-four hours a day.

(  )15. Which of the following may be the best title for the passage?

     A. What to Buy a Charity Shops.

     B. Charity Shop: Its Origin & Development.

     C. Charity Shop: Where You Buy to Donate.

     D. The Public’s Concern about Charity Shops.

第二节（本题共5小题; 每小题2分, 满分10分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Americans use many expressions with the word "dog". People in the United States love their dogs and treat them well.   16   However, dogs without owners to care for them lead a different kind of life. The expression, to lead a dog's life, describes a person who has an unhappy existence.

Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world.   17   They say that to be successful, a person has to work like a dog. This means they have to work very, very hard. Such hard work can make people dog-tired. And, the situation would be even worse if they became sick as a dog.

   18   This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life. To be successful, people often have to learn new skills. Yet, some people say that you can never teach an old dog new tricks. They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.

   19   People who are unkind or uncaring can be described as meaner than a junkyard dog. Junkyard dogs live in places where people throw away things they do not want. Mean dogs are often used to guard this property. They bark or attack people who try to enter the property. However, sometimes a person who appears to be mean and threatening is really not so bad. We say his bark is worse than his bite.

Dog expressions are also used to describe the weather. The dog days of summer are the hottest days of the year. A rainstorm may cool the weather. But we do not want it to rain too hard.   20 

A. Still, people say every dog has its day.

B. We do not want it to rain cats and dogs.

C. Some people are compared to dogs in bad ways.

D. Dogs are their best friends and they are loyal to people.

E. There are many other expressions waiting for you to explore.

F. That means many people are competing for the same things, like good jobs.

G. They take their dogs for walks, let them play outside and give them good food and medical care.

二、语言运用（共两节，满分40分）

第一节 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

A group of highly established alumni (校友) got together to visit their old university professor.The conversation among them soon turned into  21  about their stressful work and life.

The professor went to his kitchen and  22  with a large pot of coffee and a collection of different  23  , including porcelain(瓷), plastic, glass and crystal.Some cups are plain-looking,  24  some are expensive and extremely beautiful.The professor told them to help  25  to the coffee.

After all the students had a cup of coffee in their hands, the professor said, “Did you  26  all the nice-looking cups are taken and only the plain and inexpensive ones are  27  .It is  28  for everyone to want the best for themselves, but that is the  29  of problems and stress in your life.“The cup itself  30  no quality to the coffee.In most of the  31  , it’s just more expensive and even hides what we drink.” the professor continued.

“  32  all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but all of you  33  went for good-looking and expensive cups and then you began  34  each other’s cups.

“Let’s consider that life is the coffee and the jobs, houses, cars, money and position in  35  are the cups.The type of cup we have does not define or  36  the quality of our lives.”

Sometimes we  37  to enjoy the coffee by concentrating only on the cup we have.Being happy doesn’t mean everything around you is  38  .It means you’ve decided to see  39  the imperfection and find peace.And the peace  40  within you, not in your career or the houses you have.

(  )21. A. plans         B. complaints        C. troubles        D. cares

(  )22. A. cooked        B. supplied         C. returned        D. passed

(  )23. A. cups          B. plates           C. bowls          D. tables

(  )24. A. thus          B. while           C. or              D. so

(  )25. A. myself        B. yourself         C. himself          D. themselves

(  )26. A. found         B. fear            C. notice           D. suggest

(  )27. A. picked up      B. got away        C. left behind       D. taken away

(  )28. A. normal        B. clear           C. simple           D. essential

(  )29. A. mystery       B. key             C. effect           D. source

(  )30. A. donates       B. offers           C. provides         D. adds

(  )31. A. times         B. careers          C. houses           D. cases

(  )32. A. When         B. That           C. Which            D. What

(  )33. A. consciously    B. rarely           C. passively         D. surprisingly

(  )34. A. staring        B. measuring       C. eyeing            D. changing

(  )35. A. school        B. dream           C. thought           D. society

(  )36. A. correct        B. bring            C. change           D. record

(  )37. A. accept        B. fail              C. try              D. promise

(  )38. A. perfect        B. natural           C. real             D. important

(  )39. A. across        B. through           C. beyond          D. by

(  )40. A. stays         B. puts              C. gets             D. lies

第二节 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

One Direction was one of the most popular bands, and it was made up of five artists. After years of breaking records, the band started to slow down. In early 2015, it 41.  (announce) on Facebook that Zayn Malik, one of the members, would be leaving the band. In his first interview after leaving the band, Zayn Malik said that the reason why he left was 42.  it didn't fit his style. And he said he “never 43.  (true) spoke to Harry”, his former bandmate and that he had never been under the 44.  (impress) they would keep in touch after Malik left the band. “Our relationships 45.  (change) since we were in a band together, but I think that's just life,” said Malik. This came as 46.  surprise to fans because in the Facebook post announcing his departure, Malik wrote that he had “four friends for life”. In contrast to the pop music of One Direction known for 47.  (produce), Malik shared an R&B album in 2016 and his 48.  (late) album Nobody Is Listening, in 2021.

Speaking with Vogue UK, he referred 49.  One Direction as a “machine”. He discussed the band's sudden rise to fame and busy touring 50.  (schedule) by saying, “I wasn't really ever able to enjoy the experience. The machine had gone too fast.”

第三节 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）,并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除:把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意: 1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处,多者（从第11处起）不计分。

I will never forget that at the age of 12 I was asked to deliver a speech entitled An Unforgettable Experience before the whole class! How terrible shy I was the moment I thought of that. I had no choice but prepare for it, though. First, I drafted the speech, which was easy. But the hardest part lies in my oral presentation. The real moment began as I stood on the platform with my legs trembled and my mind blank. But my listener were waiting patiently. Gradually I found myself back, giving out my speech fluently. After which seemed to be ages, I found my audience applauding. I made it! From then on, my fear disappeared. Actually with your confidence building up, I now turn out to be the great speaker. Looking at back, I know the greatest difficulty on the way to success is fear. Overcome it, or you will be able to achieve your goals.

三、写作 （满分20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。

I am Sadie. I love oceans, especially the one near my grandma's house with beautiful shells. Why? That's what I am about to tell you.

It all started when my parents divorced a few weeks ago. I had remained silent since then. So my mother decided to send me to Florida to live with my grandma.

On the way to my grandma’s house, my mother said, “Sadie, I know we are not the best family you can have and I truly apologize. I just do not know how to be a mother. But remember, Sadie, whatever happened, I do love you." These words made me sadder.

When we arrived, Grandma told me to go upstairs and unpack my things while she spoke to my mother. When I saw a blue and green painted room with a huge window and a comfortable bed, I thought, Moving to Florida might not be that bad." I comforted my-self as I walked towards the window. I opened the curtains and saw sky-blue waves slowly washing away the sand on the beach and sea birds flying in the clear sky. The ocean was only a few hundred meters away from here.

After my mother left, Grandma softly touched my shoulder, “I want to take you to the place I called 'the Big Blue’. And I think you might like it." (I guess you could know where it is.)

Before I stepped on the sand I could smell the ocean. Together we enjoyed the sunset with a whole lot of yellow and orange. Suddenly she picked out the most beautiful shell I had ever seen in my life. It was almost gold, shining in the sunlight. I couldn’t move my eyes off it.

注意:

1. 所续写短文的同数应为150左右;

2. 续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你好;

Paragraph 1:

"Want to know how I get through my parents' divorce?" Grandma asked. ________________________________

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Paragraph 2:

"The beautiful shells here gave me the courage to live on,” Grandma said. ______________________________

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参考答案

一、阅读理解 40

第一节1-3 CAB   4-7 DBBD     8-11 ABDA     12-15 CDAC 

第二节 16-20 GFACB

二、语言运用40

第一节21-25 BCABD    26-30 CCADD    31-35 DDACD      36-40 CBACD

第二节 41. was announced   42. that    43. truly     44. impression    45. have changed

46. a   47. producing     48. latest    49. to     50. schedules

第三节 51. terrible→terribly    52. prepare前加to    53. lies→lay    54. trembled→trembling

55. listener→listeners     56. which→what    57. your→my   58. the→a   59. 删除at  60. or→and

三、写作 20

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