湖南省衡阳市第八中学2022届高三下学期开学考试英语

衡阳市八中2019级高三第六次月考

英 语 试 题

命题人：易 建 华     审题人：刘 君

时量：120分钟    总分:150分

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，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。

1．How was the weather last week?

A．Cold. B．Warm. C．Wet.

2．What do the speakers disagree with about the holiday?

A．How to go. B．What to do. C．When to leave.

3．What will the man do for the cell phone company?

A．Look for customers.B．Advertise cell phones. C．Improve the image.

4．Who is the woman?

A．A tourist. B．A tour guide. C．A hotel receptionist.

5．What are the speakers talking about?

A．A meeting. B．A project. C．An artwork.

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至7题。

6．Where does the conversation probably take place?

A．In a pet store. B．In the man’s home. C．In the woman’s home.

7．What does the woman suggest the man do?

A．Feed a cat. B．Buy a pet cat. C．Try another cat food.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8．How does the man feel now?

A．Upset. B．Nervous. C．Tired.

9．Which month is it probably now?

A．April. B．May. C．June.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10．How does the woman suggest the man travel to Paris?

A．By plane. B．By coach. C．By train.

11．Who will the man travel with?

A．Lily. B．Peter. C．Dieter.

12．Where are Alvaro’s friends?

A．In France. B．In Germany. C．In Mexico.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13．When has the man been studying at home?

A．Since age four. B．Since age seven. C．Since age eight.

14．What does the man think is difficult to do?

A．Decide topics. B．Find material. C．Write a report.

15．What subject does the man enjoy now?

A．History. B．Biology. C．English.

16．What does the man want to be in the future?

A．A teacher. B．A film-maker. C．A tennis player.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17．What kind of rice absorbs the least water?

A．European rice. B．American rice. C．Asian rice.

18．When is the noodle museum closed?

A．On Tuesday. B．On Thursday. C．On Sunday.

19．Where can the visitors see the process of making noodles?

A．On the first floor. B．On the floor B1. C．On the floor B2.

20．What time does the noodle shop stop taking orders?

A．At 10:00 pm. B．At 10:30 pm. C．At 11:00 pm.

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

Rachel Kunhner, the author of Telex from Cuba, The Mars Room, and The Flamethrowers, has got some excellent books for you.

Agortino by Alberto Moravla (1944).

When my son turned 13, my mother said to me, “You have to read Agostino.” Agosino is a perfect novella and perhaps the best literate ever written about being a 13-year-old boy. It’s painful and tender and funny. A masterpiece.

The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen(1967- 1971).

Ditlevsen was a 20th-century Danish writer. Her trilogy of short memoirs, Childhood, Youth, and Dependency, is becoming the subject of a literary craze. As soon as you sink your teeth in, you’ll understand why. The books are fascinating. The problem is they bite back. I’m still recovering.

Star by Yukio Mishima (1960).

There are a lot of Mishima novels that haven’t been translated into English. This novella about a movie star losing touch with reality only recently was. “A true star, ” Mishima writes, “never arrives. Showing up is for second-rate actor who need to seek attention. ” Want to seem glamorous? Stay home. Attending things is for the second-rate.

The Expendable Man by Dorothy B. Hughes (1963).

Donna Tart once recommended Hughes to me. I’m so glad she did. While Hughes’ most famous book, deservedly so, is In a Lonely Place. The Expendable Man has one of the best opening sequences of any mystery novel: A man driving from L. A．to Phoenix picks up a hitchhiker—a dirty and ungraceful teenage girl—with grave consequences.

21．Which book may appeal to readers crazy about mystery-solving stories?

A．Star.   B．The Expendable Man.   C．The Copenhagen Theology.  D．Agostino.

22．What do we know about these books?

A．There has been no English version of the book Star up to now.

B．The Copenhagen Trilogy describes the author’s whole life.

C．All these books are recommended to Rachel Kuchner by others.

D．Agostino is a good choice for parents of teenagers.

23．Where is this text most likely from?

A．A column.   B．A guidebook   C．An announcement.   D．A textbook

B

I’m rather good at using maps. But I forgot the maps and here we were, late afternoon, last day of vacation, my daughter, my cousin and I, driving along a two-lane highway in Oregon. No other car in sight, and the sun had just gone down. Where was that sweet little village?

It was supposed to be right along this river. We drove on, farther into the unknown, river always at left as our guide. We kept passing farms and fields and now a few lights were coming out. In my head, I was doing a lot of self-criticisms: Why didn't we start earlier, bring the map and on and on? My cousin and I were both impatient and stressed. My daughter, at least, was happy in the back seat, text messaging a friend. I pulled up on the shoulder of the road to think.

Just then -- WOW! Amazing! A new scene had appeared. Where did it come from?

Right there, out of nowhere: a magical misty landscape. Fields stretched in silent purples, with rows of tall trees, darkening in the dusk. I turned the car engine off. All was silent in the hot summer air. Beside us, a plum-colored river hardly moved between a border of trees, its dark lazy water reflecting the last light of day.

How breathtaking! Where had it been? If I had seen even a bit of this beauty while driving along, I could have stopped and taken a look. I had missed it all.

We miss a lot, almost everything, in fact, in our world. Our task-focused filters (过滤器) take care of that, selecting only what we need. We need to get to work. Have some lunch. We see what we need to see, often for purposes of survival. Gregory Bateson, speaking of beauty, said the judgment is selection of a fact. In our daily lives, who or what is doing the selecting? Can we make a change? Can we see further?

24．Which of the following might be the destination of the author’s driving?

A．Her own home.  B．A vacation spot.  C．A tourist centre.  D．Her cousin’s farm.

25．What made the author keep blaming herself in the beginning?

A．That the vacation was below her expectations.

B．That she wasn’t as good at using maps as before.

C．That her cousin and daughter couldn’t get along.

D．That lack of full preparations got her to lose her way.

26．The author felt really amazed because ___________.

A．her carelessness brought an unexpected pleasure

B．she discovered a tourist spot unknown to the public

C．she unintentionally reached what she had planned to

D．the right route to her destination came out of nowhere.

27．What does the story intend to tell us?

A．Stay cool when you are trapped in trouble.

B．Make a change for the purpose of survival.

C．Slow down your paces to enjoy beauty in life.

D．Be positive because there's always an alternative.

C

 On a September afternoon in 1940, four teenage boys made their way through the woods on a hill overlooking Montignac in southwestern France. They had come to explore a dark, deep hole said to be an underground passage to the nearby manor（庄园）of Lascaux. Squeezing through the entrance one by one, they soon saw wonderfully lifelike paintings of running horses, swimming deer, wounded wild oxen, and other beings—works of art that may be up to 20,000 years old.

The collection of paintings in Lascaux is among some 150 prehistoric sites dating from the Paleolithic period（旧石器时代）that have been documented in France's Vezere Valley. This corner of southwestern Europe seems to have been a hot spot for figurative art. The biggest discovery since Lascaux occurred in December 1994, when three cave explorers laid eyes on artworks that had not been seen since a rockslide 22,000 years ago closed off a large deep cave in southern France. Here, by unsteadily shining firelight, prehistoric artists drew outlines of cave lions, herds of rhinos（犀牛）and magnificent wild oxen, horses, cave bears. In all, the artists drew 442 animals over perhaps thousands of years, using nearly 400,000 square feet of cave surface as their canvas. The site, now known as Chauvet-Pont-1'Arc Cave, is sometimes considered the Sistine Chapel of prehistory.

For decades scholars had theorized that art had advanced in slow stages from ancient scratchings to lively, naturalistic interpretation. Surely the delicate shading and elegant lines of Chauvet's masterworks placed them at the top of that progression. Then carbon dates came in, and prehistorians felt shocked. At some 36,000 years old—nearly twice as old as those in Lascaux—Chauvet's images represented not the peak of prehistoric art but its earliest known beginnings.

The search for the world's oldest cave paintings continues. On the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, for example, scientists found a large room of paintings of part-human, part-animal beings that are estimated to be 44,000 years old, older than any figurative art seen in Europe.

Scholars don't know if art was invented many times over or if it was a skill developed early in our evolution. What we do know is that artistic expression runs deep in our ancestry.

28．According to the passage, where did the boys find the paintings?

A．In the woods on a hill B．In a deep cave in France.

C．In a manor of Lascaux. D．On an Indonesian island

29．According to the passage, figurative art in paragraph 2 is a form of art that_____________.

A．conveys concepts by using accurate numbers and forms

B．makes stories in contrast to scientific subjects

C．represents persons or things in a realistic way

D．expresses ideas or feelings by using shapes and patterns

30．It can be inferred from the passage that_____________.

A．the Chauvet's paintings had been sealed by a rockslide until 1994

B．the style of Chauvet's paintings is similar to that of the Sistine Chapel

C．Chauvet's images are the earliest figurative paintings that have been found

D．the main objects of Chauvet's images are part-human, part-animal beings

31．Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A．Value of Paleolithic Artwork B．Preservation of Figurative Art

C．Artistic Expressions of Nature D．Searches for Cave Paintings

D

The 1930s and early 1940s were a good time to fish for sardines (沙丁鱼) off California. Centered on Monterey Bay, catches increased dramatically and supported the state’s economy. But the situation began to change in 1946, and sardine catches eventually fell from an average of 234,000 tons to just 24,000 tons. The industry went belly-up.

Scientists have guessed for decades about what caused this phenomenon, but they lacked data to test their theories. Now researchers have finally found one apparent cause: cycles of ocean upwelling, a defining feature of the West Coast sea environment in which deep, nutrient-rich water rises to the nutrient-poor surface and restores the food supply there. The key that unlocked this phenomenon turned out to be old seaweed specimens (标本) gathered around the U. S.

“Plants are just sitting there, recording data about the state of the ocean,” says Kyle Van Houtan, chief scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and senior author of the new study. Van Houtan and others had suspected the impact of upwelling, but scientists only started measuring the process in Monterey Bay in 1946. Historic seaweed specimens, Van Houtan realized, might fill in the blanks for earlier years—similar to the way ice cores can help reconstruct CO2 levels from times before researchers started collecting real-time measurements.

For the new study, the scientists relied on the fact that deeper water near Monterey typically hosts more of a particular nitrogen isotope (氮同位素). Looking at modern upwelling data and recently collected seaweed, they found that higher levels of this nitrogen in the plants’ cells corresponded with periods of more upwelling. Next they measured the isotope levels in 70 historic specimens of the red seaweed Gelidium, gathered from Monterey as far back as 1878. The results suggested a gradual increase in upwelling and then a dramatic decrease, which lined up with the sardine population’s growth and decline.

“This paper is an excellent example of the creative detective work of historical ecology,” says Loren McClenachan, a marine ecologist at Colby College, who was not involved in the research. “There are thousands and thousands of similar specimens in collections around the world, and applying similar methods could teach us a great deal about long-term ocean change.

32．What does the underlined part “went belly-up” in paragraph 1 mean?

A．Sprang up. B．Caught on.   C．Crashed.   D．Participated.

33．What does the author want to show by mentioning ice cores?

A．The significance of historic specimens.

B．The severity of global climate change.

C．The effectiveness of real-time measurements.

D．The necessity of sea level reconstruction.

34．How did the scientists carry out the new study?

A．By comparing different kinds of seaweed.

B．By analyzing historic and current data.

C．By recording the upwelling process.

D．By measuring the CO2 levels.

35．What can be the best title for the text?

A．The Rise and Fall of Red Seaweed Gelidium

B．Sardines Have Been Hard Hit by Overfishing

C．The Hidden History of Fisheries in the West Coast

D．Old Seaweed Reveals Secret of Monterey Sardine History

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。

Self-esteem is the ruling view you have of yourself. This includes your beliefs about your inner qualities and how you think others see you. 36． Someone can develop low self-esteem even when they are highly functional and greatly skilled. Understanding this mysterious emotional currency might be the key to unlocking your own self-worth.

People with healthy self-esteem don't need to boast about themselves to others. People with low self-esteem may tell you how much everyone loves them, what a great job they do at work, and how amazing they are at pretty everything under the sun even though they really wonder if it's true. People may see them as obnoxious or "full of themselves". 37． They are not shy about sharing ideas, including constructive criticisms of others. They also take care of themselves without second-guessing or apologizing. They are the people who we say seem "sure of themselves".

If you're starting to think you may have low self-esteem, you can work on the way you talk to yourself. When you turn off negative self-talk, you can open the floor to positive reinforcements and access the courage to show different sides of yourself. It isn't going to feel good at first, though. Keep going until it becomes less and less and maybe even a few awkward laughs in the mirror may help. 38．

However, in serious cases of low or even non-existent self-esteem, you may want to call in a professional or a specialist. Good mental health is important, and professionals doing psychotherapy do not pass judgement or give corrections. 39． It is the best way to get at the roots of your real self-esteem problems.

 40． It will take some work but your entire life—from your relationships to your body image to your work habits—will be touched with the kind of power that only comes from someone believing in themselves. This is the hardest part, and the greatest leap. With some changes and support, you can improve your self-esteem and see how everything else changes as a result.

A. Self-esteem is not always rooted in reality, though.

B. You have the power to shape a new self-perception

C. This encourages you to speak openly without worry.

D. The real test of character is whether they can learn from their mistakes

E. Self-esteem refers to a person's overall sense of his or her value or worth.

F. People with a healthy level of self-esteem present themselves with a casual confidence.

G. With some practice and persistence, you will win this internal struggle to see your self-worth.

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。

Six days of spring rain had created a raging river running by Nancy Brown's farm. As she tried to herd her cows to higher ground, she    41    and hit her head on a fallen tree trunk. The fall knocked her out for a moment or two. When she    42   , Lizzie, one of her oldest and favorite cows, was licking her face. The water was    43   . Nancy got up and began walking slowly with Lizzie. The water was now waist high. Nancy's    44    got slower and slower. Finally, all she could do was to    45    her arm around Lizzie's neck and try to    46   . About 20 minutes later, Lizzie managed to successfully    47    herself and Nancy out of the raging water and onto a bit of high land, a small island now in the middle of acres of    48    water.

  49    it was about noon, the sky was so dark and the rain and lighting so bad that it took    50    another two hours to discover Nancy. A helicopter lowered an ambulance man, who    51    Nancy to a life-support hoist. They raised her into the helicopter and took her to the school gym where the Red Cross had set up an emergency    52   .

When the flood went down two days later, Nancy    53    went back to the "island". Lizzie was    54   . She was one of 19 cows that Nancy lost. "I owe my life to her" said Nancy    55   .

41．A．rose B．succeeded C．slipped D．stayed

42．A．turned up B．came to C．got back D．gave in

43．A．rising B．flowing C．approaching D．changing

44．A．mind B．heartbeat C．pace D．breath

45．A．stretch B．throw C．feel D．bend

46．A．hang on B．come along C．run away D．pull through

47．A．direct B．seize C．pull D．carry

48．A．pure B．still C．frozen D．white

49．A．Now that B．Even though C．As if D．Ever since

50．A．relatives B．farmers C．doctors D．rescuers

51．A．invited B．pinned C．assigned D．attached

52．A．shelter B．system C．meeting D．business

53．A．gradually B．suddenly C．immediately D．occasionally

54．A．spotted B．injured C．trapped D．gone

55．A．eagerly B．sobbingly C．regretfully D．hesitantly

*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。

The novel coronavirus diseases（COVID-19）hit Wuhan , China, in early 2020, with the number of infected people 56._______ (rise) rapidly across the country. The viral disease that swept into most countries around 57._______ globe and killed thousands of people are officially characterized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization, on 11 March, 2020.
   COVID-19, 58._______ was reported, is genetically similar59._______ the known bat coronaviruses. Wild animals sold for food were 60._______ (original) suspected to be the intermediary hosts of COVID-19 because in China many of the first individuals 61._______ (find) infected by the virus were workers at Huanan Seafood Market. The outbreak promoted a ban on the trade and 62._______ (consume) of wild animals in China.

The Chinese government and people demonstrated their responsibility with 63._______ (practice) actions. A strict national prevention and control program was swiftly put in place. Two specialized hospitals were built in less than 15 days. 64._______ (guarantee) that no family in need was left unattended to, community workers left no stone unturned in checking on every block. In those toughest days, donations in cash and kind 65._______ (make) to help battle the disease. Thanks to the joint efforts, everything is getting better and better.
 

第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分40分)

*第一节 (满分15分)

假定你是李华，你的新西兰朋友Jack发邮件询问你未来的专业选择和职业规划。请根据以下内容回复邮件：

1. 你的专业选择；

2. 你的职业规划；

3. 你的理由。

注意：

1. 写作词数80左右。

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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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。续写的词数应为150左右。

When Micah was a child, I used to do many things with her. Later, I got promoted and was always on constant business holidays. 3 years' devotion to work resulted in my absence from her life and now she was a teenage girl. Recently, I eventually managed to have abundant time to accompany her.

For the last few weeks, Micah had watched mockingbirds make a nest in a tree and lay eggs there. Sometimes, I came to accompany her without being invited. But whenever I made an attempt to break the ice, “I'm good” was about all she said to me. Code for “Leave me alone”.

“Why doesn't she want to do things with me?” I thought as I set the table for dinner one evening, hoping for an emotion bridge to reappear between us. Did she feel hurt with my long absence or feel ignored ? Lost in thought, I was seeking to mend the relationship.

“Mom!” Micah yelled suddenly. “Come quick!”

Surprised, I rushed out, only to find a little baby bird on the ground, weak and helpless. My eyes went to the branches above.

“The wind must have blown him out of the nest,” I said.

“No, it was Mr. Whiskers-- our cat. You let him go outside!” Micah said, a bit annoyed.

Looking at the nest without the parents, “I'm sorry,” I said and put the bird in my palm cautiously and gently. She didn't respond, but did not refuse my offer to help, either. Deciding to take care of the little baby till it became independent, I placed it in its nest. “What should we do next?” I asked. No response again. Instead, Micah went inside and hopped on her iPad. “Bird videos?” I asked. “Yes, I'm finding out what to feed it,” she said seriously.

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。

She was more focused than ever. ______________________________________________________

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Before long, the bird food was delivered and we fed the bird "Chance" at once. ____________________

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