2023楚雄彝族自治州高三上学期期末教育英语试题无答案

楚雄州中小学2022-2023学年上学期期末教育学业质量监测

高中三年级英语试卷

注意事项：

1.满分120分，答题时间100分钟。

2.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号、座位号填写在答题卡上。

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第一部分 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

There are more than 400 units in the National Park System of the United States. Most people know about the most popular parks， such as Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Canyon National Park. Here are some of the little-known National Parks that everyone should try to visit.

Crater Lake National Park, Oregon

Crater Lake is one of the most unique areas in Oregon and the country. The park makes a great summer and winter time destination. Most of the year the park is covered in snow, the summertime window is very brief, lasting only from July to October. During the short sum­mer, visitors can enjoy the Rim Drive, hike, camp, fish, swim in the lake and even take a boat tour of the lake.

Joshua Tree National Park, California

Located in southern California, Joshua Tree National Park has some amazing sites to see, even the night skies， especially while camping. There are many nature trails， hiking trails， as well as options for mountain biking and rock-climbing. Visitors to Joshua Tree National Park can enjoy the beautiful desert ecosystem.

Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

Arizona has excellent examples of some of the ancient history of the Americas. One place to learn about this and see it in person is at Petrified Forest National Park. This park has an amazing concentration of petrified wood, giving visitors the chance to imagine the forests that once covered the land.

Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota

This park is home to one of the world's longest and most complex caves. Visitors to this

park can enjoy learning about the geology and history of the cave, and they can also enjoy the variety of wildlife that inhabit the mixed-grass prairie （大草原），including bison, mule deer, elk and more.

1. How long does the summertime window last in Crater Lake National Park?

A. Three months. B. Four months. C. Five months. D. Six months.

2. What can visitors do in Joshua Tree National Park?

A. Ride a horse. B. Go fishing. C. Climb rocks. D. Go skating.

3. In which park can visitors experience caves?

A. Crater Lake National Park. B. Joshua Tree National Park .

C. Petrified Forest National Park. D. Wind Cave National Park.

B

Norma Newcombe has been a nurse for nearly 60 years. She started her career at a hospi­tal for babies in August 1958, but she has no plans to retire.

She has worked with Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Founda­tion Trust for 40 years. She has been a full-time school nurse since 1973. Apart from taking an eight-year break from her career to have her two children in 1965, the dedicated nurse has spent nearly 60 years working in her role.

Modest Norma describes herself as a school nurse who just does her job. She said, “I'm proud to be where I am and I'm very passionate about the local area and everything related to the school nursing. We have brilliant team leaders and I work with a brilliant team of school nurses and health visitors. I'm just happy as I am and where I am.”

During the COVID-19 pandemic? Norma had to work from home due to having a weak­ened immune system （免疫系统）. Norma said that she liked people rather than machines. She thought she could still write quicker than she could type. Obviously, things have to progress, but there is not the same personal contact. Despite hitting the milestone? Norma has no plans to slow down.

Norma's colleagues surprised her with a party at her workplace? where she was gifted flowers and jewellery. Rabina Tindale? chief nurse in the hospital said? ”We are extremely proud to have Norma as part of our team and access to her significant experience and wisdom.” She holds a very special place in the hearts of the children and families that she has helped over the years. We hope she has an amazing day to celebrate her birthday with her colleagues.

4. How long has Norma been a full-time school nurse till 2022?

A. 65 years. B. 60 years. C. 49 years. D. 41 years.

5. What does Norma's words show?

A. Her love for nursing work.

B. Her wish for the future.

C. The support from the local area.

D. The reason why she works as a nurse.

6. Why did Norma have to work at home during the COVID-19 pandemic?

A. She was too old to travel to work.

B. Her immune system was weak.

C. The nursing school was closed down.

D. It was difficult for her to live in the school.

7. Which word can best describe Norma?

A. Creative. B. Respectable. C. Stubborn. D. Funny.

C

Fossils are well preserved remains, impressions, or traces （痕迹）of animals and plants that lived long ago. Paleontologists （古生物学家）divide fossils into two main groups. Some fossils, called body fossils, show the structure of the plant or the animal. They form directly from the remains of plants and animals. Other fossils, called trace fossils. They record signs of animal or plant activities, such as walking, feeding, scratching, or even resting.

Most animals and plants don't become fossils after they die. They break down into little bits or may be eaten by other animals. But some remains get buried too fast, avoiding those things happening. An animal might die near a body of water and sink to the bottom, where its remains get covered in sediment （沉积物）. As sediment builds up, mineral-rich water seeps into the remains, leaving minerals in the tiny spaces of the bones and even replacing the original bone. The newly minerals react with those in the animal's remains and then harden into fossils.

Most fossils are buried deep in the Earth. As the Earth's surface changes, scientists can dig up new fossils and learn more about past life and the Earth's history. In rock that formed before a certain time? roughly 2. 8 million years ago? scientists will not find human fossils.

Fossils are our keys to understanding prehistoric life and the Earth's history. By studying fossils? we learn about a great variety of plants and animals that lived in the past. We can know what they looked like? how and where they moved and what they ate. By comparing fossils from different time periods? we can track the evolution of a species? see how it adapted to changes in its environment, and understand more about the climate and environment where the fossils were buried.

8. What can we learn from paragraph 1?

A. Fossils are remains of plants and animals.

B. Trace fossils only tell us the activities of animals.

C. Trace fossils form directly from the remains of creatures.

D. Body fossils show almost the original structure of creatures.

9. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?

A. Where we can find fossils.

B. Which methods are used to study fossils.

C. Different fossils have different features.

D. How animals and plants become fossils.

10. What does the underlined phrase “seeps into” in paragraph 2 mean?

A. Engages in. B. Sinks in. C. Delights in. D. Succeeds in.

11. What does the author think of the research of fossils?

A. Ridiculous. B. Complex. C. Significant. D. Inspiring.

D

Software expert James Curran helped rewrite Australia's new curriculum （全部课程）for information technology subjects. He said the changes to the current curriculum could stop teenagers avoiding computing and maths subjects in high school. "Kids are naturally curious， but we don't set up the curriculum in a way that awakens their curiosity so that they can learn the things they want to, and the things they have to,” Curran said. “Teaching maths and computing in a new way makes a very big difference.”

As more and more high school students drop out of advanced maths subjects， Dr Curran warned that computing subjects were in an even more difficult position than them. Only 1,748 year-12 students enrolled （登记）in software design and development in New South Wales last year—about half the 3，300 who studied the subject 10 years ago. Enrolments in information technology have declined sharply, from 10,000 in 2001 to just 1,939 students in 2021.

“Students are not taking computing subjects at the senior level because the subject is a bit out of date,“ Curran said. "Computing is a subject that changes all the time and needs to be changed every few years， so I would like to see a continuous process of smaller changes and updates to it.”

As schools struggle to make students stick with the subjects of information technology， engineering and maths, 1,000 primary schools across Australia have signed up for a new pro­gram to get young kids interested in high-tech jobs. The program uses online lessons to show children as young as six the process of designing the Olympics logo, and how Netflix collects information to decide which movies to make.

11-year-old student Mia Lucas had fun completing a model on UX design. It is the “user experience” process that design teams use to create products. "I've always been interested in creating a website or an app but didn't know the first step in doing that,“ she said. "The pro­gram helps me a lot.”

12. What is the new curriculum supposed to be according to Curran?

A. Typical. B. Controversial.       C. Appealing. D. Challenging.

13. What can we know about computing subjects in Australian schools?

A. They are less popular with today's teenagers.

B. They are valued negatively by many schools.

C. They are harder than advanced maths subjects.

D. They are keeping a continuous rate of updating.

14. How does the new program encourage the students to take computing subjects?

A. By showing applications of the subjects.

B. By turning lessons into virtual ones.

C. By letting them choose subjects freely.

D. By offering high-tech jobs to them.

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

A. Why did Australian schools stick with computing subjects?

B. A new curriculum fails to work with Australian students

C. How did an Australian student fall in love with computing?

D. Australian students are deserting the computing subjects

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。

A new paper summarizes the evidence for letting kids loose. 16 . It is building brain. Here are some of the research findings that appear in the paper.

17 .

In order to grow healthy, our brains need plenty of something called BDNF （脑源性神经 营养因子）.Studies show what happened when young rats were allowed to fight and play together. Half an hour of this kind of play actually changed the expression of their genes in a way that promoted the production of BDNF.

Play reduces obesity and associated diseases.

Toddlers with plenty of chances to run, jump and climb grow into kids who are physically confident and more likely to be active and healthy adults. 18  The study shows that the kids who got at least an hour a day of outdoor play showed significant improvement in their body mass indexes. Those who got the most outdoor time were 42 percent less likely to be overweight by the end of the year.

Play helps families bond.

Play is also important for building relationships between parents and kids. The conversa­tions with kids that come out in play are brain-builders. 19  It in turn can help children learn to regulate their emotions when the cookie breaks.

Play contributes to academic skills.

No, everything doesn't have to be about test scores! But play is also good for test scores. This paper argues that at tender ages, improvisational pretend-play, not direct instruction, is what really feeds both language development and general knowledge, not to mention, again, kids' intrinsic motivation. Experts suggest that parents start small. Playing with blocks for even two minutes helps you use words together. 20 

A. Play is not insignificant

B. Play helps children manage stress

C. It helps to develop great learning skills

D. Play encourages emotional adjustment

E. Play is essential for healthy brain development

F. Many parents think it a waste of time for students to play

G. Scientists conducted a study to look at children in preschools

第二部分 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。

In late July, an accident happened during Louisiana Watermelon Festival in Farmerville, Louisiana. A produce truck carrying over 100 21 on the road near the festival site was  22 in an accident, which left the fruit spread on the road. Fortunately, it caused no 23 .

It appeared that the watermelons which were crushed （压碎）in the accident would go24 until licensed wildlife rehab （康复）specialist Leslie Greene came upon the scene. Once discovering everyone was okay, she 25  the owner, Jeff, “Well, if you are not going to use all the watermelons that's already 26 , can I have it for the wildlife rehab?” Jeff re­sponded, “If they can go to another 27 instead of being discarded, that would be 28  . ”

Jeff 29 the fruits to the home of River Bandit Rescue, which currently houses forty- two 30  , including beavers, raccoons, goats and some other animals. Greene passed the watermelons onto her furry 31  . They all just went to town on it. They 32 love the watermelons.

After Greene shared her watermelon truck encounter on social media， a ton of her followers went to the Jeff's social medial account to 33  him for donating the crushed watermelons instead of trashing them. Jeff 34  Greene to tell her he would offer her and her animals any produce he could no longer sell or use.

“So it turned out to be a big 35  for us and the wildlife，”Greene says. "I appreciate Jeff and appreciate all the animal lovers who did reach out to him and tell him thank you.”

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。

China's technique of growing Juncao,36   is the herbal plant used in the growing of edible (可以吃的)mushrooms, has led to 37   (globe) poverty reduction.

Lin, the chief scientist of National Engineering Research Center of JUNCAO Technology and 38   professor at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, started to plant the grass in 1983. The technique later spread from Fujian Province to other 39 (area) in the coun­try and has even reached countries across the world.

Juncao is helpful to many farmers in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. So far, the tech­nique 40 (introduce) to more than 100 countries around the world. Twenty years ago, villagers in Papua New Guinea began to learn this modern biological technology 41 the help of Chinese agronomists (农学家). After the Juncao grass was 42  (successful) plan­ted in Papua New Guinea, villagers, 43  (shout) “Juncao, China!” expressed their excite­ment. Many people in developing countries have rid 44 (they) of poverty through grow­ing Juncao grass and mushrooms.

Many Chinese experts have been trained 45 (extend) the technique to more coun­tries， contributing Chinese wisdom to the achievement of the United Nations' Sustainable De­velopment Goals by 2030. 第三部分 写作(共两节，满分40分) 第一节(满分15分)

寒假将至,你班同学在班会课上讨论了寒假期间想做的事。请你写一篇短文向学校英语报 投稿，内容包括：

1. 描述讨论结果；2.简单评论；3.你的观点。

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。

A discussion on what to do during the winter vacation

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。

Not too long ago, I was at the grocery store, and an elderly man in front of me was using a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) card, which we used to call food stamps. The card reader kept rejecting his payment. He had apparently gone over his limit for the month. He was confused about how it had happened and more than a little upset about the situation.

While I was trying to decide if the man would feel uncomfortable or grateful if I offered to step in and pay for him, the young man checking him out, who I thought was still in high school， said, “Sir, this happens all the time. It's not a problem. I bet we can figure out a solution together.”

The line behind us was growing long, but the young man didn't show a little impatience or anger. He confirmed that the man was, indeed, over his limit for the month and found the amount of the overage. Turned out， he wasn't over by much， so the checker helped the cus­tomer determine which two or three items that he could make do without until his account was filled.

“You'll definitely want to keep the milk, the butter, the eggs and the bread,” I remem­ber the young man saying as he looked through the already bagged groceries. Then the young clerk, who had clearly done this before, pulled out a jar of salsa, a bottle of juice and some crackers that he and his customer agreed could wait until the beginning of the new month.

The young man definitely told his older customer, once again, that it was a common occurrence and not a problem at all. The man left with his dignity unhurt and, no doubt, with a renewed sense of loyalty to that grocery-store chain. Seeing what the young man had done to deal with such a situation, I decided to tell him what a good job he had done. 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。