2023届江西省宜春市高三下学期第一次模拟考试英语含听力

  宜春市2023年高三年级模拟考试英语试卷

考试时间：120分钟  试卷分值：150分

注意事项：

1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上．

2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号.

3．回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。

4．考试结束后，将答题卡上交。

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。                                                                                                 

例：How much is the shirt？

A.£19.15.

B.£9.18.

C.£9.15.

答案是C。

1.How will the woman help the man?

A.By lending her car to him.

B.By taking him to class.

C.By telling him the way.

2.What do we know about Jim?

A.He has a leg injury.

B.He withdrew from the football team.

C.He spent his holiday with his teammates.

3.Where are the speakers?

A.At a restaurant.

B.At a pet shop.

C.At home.

4.What does the woman think of her neighbors?

A.They are noisy.

B. They are impolite.

C.They are tough.

5.What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A.Where they will go to eat.

B.When they will eat outside.

C.Whether the weather is good.

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。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 was the woman doing when it started raining?

A.She was chatting with a friend.

B.She was playing football.

C.She was walking home.

7.What did the woman fail to do?

A.Find a shelter.

B.See the lightning.

C.Contact her mom.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8.What does the man do during the film break?

A.Understand the plot.

B.Review the characters.

C.Learn its song.

9.What is the man's opinion on the film?

A.It is worth seeing.

B. It is too complicated.

C. It is a bit disappointing.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.What is the purpose of the woman's visit?

A.To purchase electronic equipment.

B.To hire an advertising agency.

C.To rent a recording studio.

11.What do we know about Mr.Crank?

A.He has been relocated to another branch.

B.He has started a new company.

C.He has changed professions.

12.What does the man suggest the woman do in the end?

A.Listen to some music.

B.Talk with Penelope Cage.

C.Leave her contact information.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.Where does the woman work?

A.At an airport.

B.In a hotel.

C.In a travel agency.

14.What month is it now?

A.February.

B.March.

C.April.

15.What does the woman tell the man?

A.There are few flights to choose.

B.She can't arrange accommodation for him.

C.Holidays in the Australian Outback are less popular.

16.When will the man and his wife leave for Alice Springs?

A.On the 10th.

B.On the 16th.

C.On the 18th.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.Which requirement is first mentioned?

A.The age limit.

B.Police records.

C.References.

18.Who can be a reference for the applicants?

A.Police officers.

B.Their former bosses.

C.Their relatives.

19.What should the reference be about?

A.Work performance.

B.Work habits.

C.Work experience.

20.What will be at the volunteers' own expense?

A.Transportation.

B.Phone calls.

C.Dinners.

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A

Dreaming of fresh Italian pasta? Plan a trip to Rome just for these eats, suggests Amorico, a luxury tour provider in Italy.

Pierluigi

Pierluigi, founded by its namesake Umberto Pierluigi, has been serving Italian delights since 1938. Over the years,the restaurant has updated its menu to reflect the changing tastes of Italy, while maintaining an authentic charm of its own. Amorico suggests digging into its seafood specialties or lighter dishes like a steamed prawn salad.

Taverna Trilussa

Tavema Trilussa has been the place to go for an Italian meal just like your grandparents,great grandparents,and generations before them made. According to Amorico, this is where you'll find the best Roman dishes, including decadent pasta served right in the pan. While there,dig into a plate of ravioli made from scratch.

Tullio

Ready for a date night or a treat meal? Head to Tullio, a traditional Italian eatery that Amorico loves for its Tuscan twist.The upscale eatery has long been a favorite of the Italian elite,as well as A-list travelers from around the globe.Indulge in a plate of tagliarini with white truffles, or a massive T-bone steak for a luxurious evening out.

Enzo al 29

When you're in the mood for a more casual atmosphere,Amorico suggests Enzo al 29.Here,you'll find simple but genuine Italian cooking with plates of pasta with homemade sauces and locally sourced cheeses and meats.

21.Which restaurant will a man dating his girlfriend prefer to visit?

A.Pierluigi.

B.Tavera Trilussa.

C.Tullio.

D. Enzo al 29.

22.Which of the following statements is TRUE about Taverna Trilussa?

A.It reflects changing tastes of Italian food.

B.It serves the meals like your granny made.

C.It offers you the traditional Tuscan twist.

D.It gives you a more casual dining atmosphere.

23.Where can we most probably read this text?

A.In a history textbook.

C.In a sports magazine.

B.In a book review.

D.In a traveling guide.

B

In February,America celebrates Black History Month. It is time to examine the lives of African Americans like Joseph Rainey.

Joseph Rainey was born in South Carolina in 1832 in an enslaved family.Only fragments of information remain from his early life. He became a barber like his father. And before the Civil War, he'd established his own business-Rainey's Hair Cutting Salon-in Charleston.In 1859,he married Susan Elizabeth Cooper,the daughter of a free black family from Charleston.

On April 12,1861,the newly formed Confederate Army opened fire on Fort Sumter,a Union outpost in Charleston Harbor-the beginning of the Civil War.Rainey served in the Army as a waiter or steward on a blockade-running steamer.Taking advantage of the fact that “foreign” vessels were still permitted to trade in South Carolina, he boarded a trade ship to Nova Scotia, then to St. George's, Bermuda.

In Bermuda,Rainey received informal tutelage from a highly educated customer at his barber shop. During this period, he had a growing command of conventional spelling and read the great works of literature from Plato to Shakespearean tragedies.He also joined a social club and was involved in approving death resolutions on Abraham Lincoln＇s 1865 assassination（暗杀），where Lincoln was shot in the head at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C.

In 1866,the war was over.Rainey-armed with new wealth, new knowledge and new social status-was ready to return to South Carolina, a state that needed him. And thus Rainey began his political career.In 1870 he entered the Capitol building as the first African American member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Bobby Donaldson,a history professor at the University of South Carolina,said,“Joseph Rainey is described as the founding father of our nation". Rainey supported civil rights, education and economic development.He served nine years in Congress during this era called Reconstruction-the ten-year period after the Civil War-when the U.S. struggled to reunite the North and the South and to establish the legal rights of African Americans.

24.Which order is right for the following events?

①The newly formed Confederate Army opened fire on Fort Sumter.

②Susan Elizabeth Cooper from Charleston married Joseph Rainey.

③Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head at Ford's Theatre in Washington.

④Joseph Rainey became the first colored member in the House of Representatives.

A.④②①③

B.①④③②

C.②①③④

D.③②④①

25.What does the underlined tutelage mean in Paragraph 4?

A.instruction

B.evidence

C.invitation

D.comment

26.From the passage, we can conclude that Joseph Rainey did NOT serve as

A.a barber

B.a waiter

C.a congressman

D.a professor

27.What can be viewed as Joseph Rainey's achievement?

A.Joseph Rainey made great contributions to putting an end to the Civil War.

B.Joseph Rainey passed on his own business to generations in Reconstruction.

C.Joseph Rainey laid the foundation for the legal rights of African Americans.

D.Joseph Rainey struggled to reunite the North and the South when in Congress.

C

Unsurprisingly,The Wandering Earth II has been a success since its release on the first day of the Chinese New Year,taking in an eye-watering 2.9 billion yuan in 11 days, breaking 36 records and achieving 91 milestones in Chinese film.

Directed by Frant Gwo and based on Liu Cixin's novel, The Wandering Earth II is more than just filling for the first film's blanks, connecting plot line dots and unfolding the full picture. In my opinion, unlike most sequel movies，it progresses greatly compared to the first one in terms of aesthetics（美学）， imagination, philosophy and cultural depth.

With stunning special effects and wild imagination, the film offers breath-taking cinematic spectacles full of huge spaceships and drone swarm battles and visualizes some of the technological wonders that only appeared in sci-fi books in the past, such as the space elevator. It is inspiring to see the huge improvement in the Chinese film industry and film-making technology.

If the hard tech is what strikes awe into the people's hearts, the Chinese philosophy behind the scene is what makes people deep in thought. We've seen enough Hollywood superhero films. But this film presents a disaster story from an oriental point of view, where humans work as a team to face the overwhelming crisis. No hero can save the Earth single-handedly; still, every effort matters. And the international unity highly emphasized in the film takes root in the real world and are consistent with China's current attitude and approach in a world of changes unseen in a century.

Overall, The Wandering Earth II is marvelous in many ways. I believe both the Chinese people and the world are awaiting what comes next for Chinese cinema.

28.The Wandering Earth II,   ,has become a big hit since its release.

A.superor to the first film in many ways

B.well received and breaking a world record

C.based on Frant Gwo's sci-fiction novels

D.worth watching and boosting public service

29.The film The Wandering Earth II includes the features EXCEPT    in Paragraph 3.

A.special effects and wild imagination

C.visual technological wonders

B.breath-taking cinematic spectacles

D.huge economic investment

30.What can we infer from Paragraph 4 about Chinese philosophy?

A.It is hard tech that matters in the real world.

B.Humans work as a team to face a vast crisis.

C.Every effort will pay off in the next century.

D.It is individual superheroes that can save the Earth.

31.What does the author think of The Wandering Earth II?

A.Awful and unrealistic.

C.Technical but dull.

B.Marvelous and progressive.

D.Unique but time-consuming.

D

Steven Strauss was skeptical when he first heard about a poplar tree（杨树）bio-engineered to suck more carbon dioxide out of the air.So when two entrepreneurs-Maddie Hall and Patrick Mellor-asked him to help test out the idea, Strauss was interested but hesitant. “If it works, it would be a wonderful thing”, he said, “But typically in research on agriculture or forestry, it works in the lab or the greenhouse, but tells you nothing.”

Four years later,these two entrepreneurs have raised $30 million for Living Carbon, a company that aims to plant between 4 million and 5 million poplar trees by the spring of 2024, using photo-synthesis enhanced seeds. Eventually, the company hopes to enter the carbon offset market, selling credits to companies that need to reach net-zero emission goals to help fight global warming.

One of the field trials will be conducted in a forest at Oregon State University, where Strauss is a distinguished professor of forest biotechnology. Other locations are throughout the United States, including the site of an abandoned mine in Pennsylvania with degraded soils.

Co-founders Hall and Mellor hope the trials will prove that the taller poplar trees can store as much as 27 percent more CO2 than ordinary trees. The company's next step will be to show that the CO2 can be stored in wood, outlasting the poplar's lifespan, which can reach up to 200 years.

The Department of Energy, which provided Living Carbon with a $500,000 grant in 2021,predicted that the company's approach could remove billions of tons of CO2 from the atmosphere if successfully scaled up.Investors have since lined up, including Toyota Ventures and Singapore's state-owned Temasek.

Hall,the CEO of Living Carbon,has described high hopes for the project. “Today Earth no longer has the ability to avoid carbon as quickly,” she wrote in a blog post,“And now it's time for the big suck.”

32. What is Strauss's first attitude towards Hall and Mellor's idea?

A.Favorable.

B.Critical.

C.Suspicious.

D.Neutral.

33.Why did the two entrepreneurs set up the Living Carbon company?

A.To bio-engineer poplar trees to help fight global warming.

B.To sell carbon credits to make a big fortune in the market.

C.To complete the task of planting poplar trees by the spring of 2024.

D.To conduct some field trials for fundraising in an abandoned mine.

34.Which is the possible vision for the Living Carbon project?

A.Over 27 percent CO2 can be stored in ordinary trees.

B.Much CO2 will be removed if successfully scaled up.

C.Most CO2 in the atmosphere can reach up to 200 years.

D.No CO2 will be produced or gathered on the earth today.

35.What is the best title for the text?

A.Scientists Are Searching for Ways to Bioengineer Poplar Trees

B.A Start-up Hopes Super Poplar Trees will Suck up More CO2

C.Two Entrepreneurs Succeed in Co-working with Foreign Investors

D.Authorities Predict the Company will Have a Promising Future

第二节（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可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Budgeting gets a bad reputation. The first image that comes to most people's mind is dieting or limits.However,it is an inaccurate picture. 36 It might give power to make right decisions about money for you.

Tracking where your money is going is a good first step. And these following tips will help you reduce spending and save more in your life.

Don't budget just because you think you should.

If you're budgeting because you think it's what responsible grown-ups do, that’s not super-concrete or motivational. 37 For example,you will budget in order to pay off student loans or save for a vacation. Now you have a reason to say no to that $50 dinner,because you have something to say yes to now.

38

When you get started,try the guidelines that theprofessors helped develop.The largest portion, 50%, of take-home income should go toward basic living expenses such as housing and groceries. Then 30% for discretionary expenses, like entertainment and clothes; and 20% for savings and paying down debt.

Use the power of shortage.

With credit cards and overdraft protections, you've gotten really used to the idea that you never run out of money. But having a sense of shortage can be helpful when you're trying to save. You were probably careful about how you spent that $5 from babysitting when you were a kid. 39 Try setting aside a certain amount of money for each budgeting category every month.Otherwise,when you run out,it's out.

Find a roommate to share.

40 Housing, food and transportation are usually the biggest expenses. If you get a considerate roommate, it will save you so much money. In a sense, a roommate is worth a thousand coffees.Though it is obviously a hard decision to make, it gives you more bang for your buck.

A.Follow the 50-30-20 method.

B.Use a budgeting app that works for you.

C.This is because once you did, it was gone.

D.Set a specific goal that has meaning to you.

E.Budgeting is not about being controlled but about being liberated.

F.You are flexible enough to make arrangements like how a team plays.

G.You are unlikely to reach your budget goal just by cutting back on coffees.

第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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。

A few years ago I worked in a project for homeless people. There had been one young man in his early twenties that we had been very worried about. His father was in 41 for murder. His mother had died of a drug overdose a few years before. In fact, he was 42 alone-no family at all.

When you work with homeless people, you hear various 43 of this story time and time again: no love; no stability as a child; a wound so deep that nothing can 44 it. It's fair to say that it's easy for your heart to 45 when confronted with a patient like this.

I'd been asked to see him because the nurses had become 46 about his mood. He couldn't see the 47 of keeping going. Even worse, he once lived in a spot where someone was at a high risk of suicide. We started talking and I asked him directly if he had been thinking about 48 himself. “I think about it every day,” he said. I asked him if he had made plans. He 49 his head. “I couldn't do it to Becky,” he said.I was 50.Who was Becky?

Becky was not a relative or a girlfriend. She was just a 51 who stopped and spoke to him on her way home from work every day. She only stopped for 10 minutes or so while she 52 for her train, and would often buy him a coffee or sandwich and would sit with him on the train station. She never              53 to stop. For her, it was an 54 event in her day. Yet for him, it 55 something so much more.

She had shown a damaged, unloved young man whom the world had only ever shown coldness and 56 to that, actually, there was some kindness in it 57.She had given him a tiny glimmer of hope that he had 58.With just a tiny gesture, she had given a young mana 59 to keep on living, even though she had no idea of the importance of what she had done.

It costs 60 to be kind, and it might just save someone's life. While it might not make headlines, sometimes it's the small, simple acts of kindness that can make all the difference.

第二节（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面材料，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。

After almost a decade of preparation work, the construction of a new branch of the Palace Museum, China's largest museum for relics' exhibition,              61              (formal) kicked off in Beijing. 62 (situate) in Xiyuhe, a village in Haidian district,              63              new branch will include an exhibition space exceeding 60,000 square meters for cultural relics.

“We'll have a much larger space to meet people's 64(expect) and enhance our capacity 65(show)ancient Chinese civilization," Wang Xudong, director of the Palace Museum, said in a previous interview with China Daily.

According 66 an official document of the construction project released online, the first phase, which includes relic warehouses and offices, will take about three-and-a-half years to complete. It 67(estimate) that more than 20,000 to 30,000 relics can be showcased in the new branch every year, and it will offer larger and better-equipped warehouses to house fragile items, such as silk pieces,68 require greater attention.

“We aim to build the branch into a museum inheriting ancient classics and 69(lead)the future at the same time,” Zhang Yu, chief architect of the new museum, said in December. “This landmark can be a guesthouse of Chinese civilization with Eastern ethos（理念）and a 70              (globe) view.”

第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 短文改错（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。

Last month my new school had witnessed the First Online Life Skills Show. Here comes a brief account.

The activity, consisting with two parts, began with a talent show where participants demonstrated our practical skills. This was followed by a voted process. Some distinguished teachers acting as judge made comments and gave awards to whomever displayed the best expertise. However, what made this show great success is that not only did it provide a golden opportunity for the participants to sharpen their skills and it also sparked audience's passion for acquiring various life skills.

Both students and teachers speak high of this activity. I sincerely hoped that more activities of this kind will be held in the future.

第二节 书面表达（满分25分）

高三学生毕业在即，你校英文报拟开设Passionate Seekers 专栏，向全校高三学生征集稿件。请你回忆高中阶段的学习生活，以一次难忘的经历为题写一篇短文投稿。

内容包括：1．事情的经过；2．你的感受或收获。

注意：1．词数100左右 2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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