2023届天津市十二区重点学校高三毕业班联考(二)英语试题

2023年天津市十二区重点学校高三毕业班联考（二）

英语试卷

本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷两部分，共130分。考试用时100分钟。第I卷1至7页，第II卷7至8页。

答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考号涂写在答题卡上，答卷时，考生务必将卷I的答案填涂在答题卡上，卷II答在答题纸上，卷II答在试卷上的无效。

第I卷（共95分）

注意事项：

1. 每小题选出答案后，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。

2. 本试卷共55题。在每题给出的四个选项中，只有一个选项正确。

第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节；满分45分）

第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

1. ---How about your trip to Xi＇an this summer，Jack?

－ ______. I strongly recommend you go there for your holiday.

A. Well done      B. I really got a kick

C. It＇s none of your business  D. I＇m all thumbs

2. About sixty percent of the students ______from the south；the rest of them ______from the north and foreign countries.

A. are；is  B. are；are  C. is；is  D. is；are

3. The employers often give the job to ______they believe has work experience with strong sense of duty.

A. whoever  B. who   C. those who  D. whomever

4. You＇d better back up general statements with ______examples to make your article full and detailed.

A. various  B. specific  C. typical   D. individual

5. The dress is a cheaper ______of one seen at the Paris fashion shows.

A. vision  B. version  C. variety  D. vehicle

6. Human facial expressions differ from those of animals in the degree ______they can be controlled on purpose.

A. with which B. to which  C. of which  D. for which

7. Peacock Dance by Yang Liping comes from a traditional belief that it aims to ______the Dai women＇s beauty.

A. bring out  B. show off  C. pass down  D. turn up

8. It is illegal for a public official to ask people for gifts or money ______favors to them.

A. in preference to    B. in place of

C. in agreement with   D. in exchange for

9. If you are facing a difficult task，try breaking it into small steps ______you can finish it more easily.

A. in case  B. so that  C. even if  D. now that

10. Having worked as a doctor for so many years，Mr. White has ______ rich experience in battling with various diseases.

A. accumulated  B. reserved  C. increased  D. developed

11. 92000 hectares of farmland in the country have been planted with food crops ______.

A. up to now    B. ten years ago

C. now and then    D. by the end of next year

12. Although he did not do it  ______，he definitely had some responsibility.

A. instantly  B. deliberately  C. accidentally  D. casually

13. Though ______in San Francisco, Dave Mitchell had always preferred to record the plain facts of small-town life .

A. being raised  B. raising C. raised D. having raised

14. I still find it hard to imagine that such a clever child ______make such a foolish mistake.

A. shall  B. must  C. can  D. should

15. -What happened to you and Anna? Why did she ______?

-She thought I gave away her secret that she failed the math exam.

A. refuse to back down   B. give you the cold shoulder

C. have green fingers   D. laugh her bead off

第二节：完型填空（共20小题，每小题1. 5分，满分30分）

When I was in my final year of college, a good friend of mine was planning to visit a toastmaster（宴会主持人）club and invited me to join her．16 I loved the idea of public speaking and hoped that the_17_ would be also where I would see myself someday. I was a self-doubting person filled with pessimism, which never gave me the 18_to take that baby step.

Later. my another friend encouraged me to_19_onc of the forums. _20. I still never joined in it until I _21_. It was when I started working in a company and moved to a different city, and I was lonely that I_22 myself harder to give this forum a（n）_23_. Little did I know that it was this little forum that was really a start to bigger _24_. Since then I have started to_25_the road to my career as a toastmaster gradually.

That friend doesn't know what a（n）_26_his little encouragement has made on my life. Today I am a 27 individual: pessimism no longer has the upper hand and I can_28_ call myself a public speaker. I still remember when I_29_my first paycheck for my public speaking, tears weren't enough to_30_my emotions. I have been speaking on _31_occasions to various audiences since then. Whenever I walk up to the platform, holding the microphone, I believe that I am nothing but myself.

I don't just give a_32_ to the crowd. Sometimes, I tell them a story--one that has a_33 reflection of my past pessimism, one that is related to my sincere _34_ for that friend of mine and one that_35_my hidden passion and talent, which might have been forgotten had it not been for her encouragement.

16. A. But B. Since C. Unless D. Though

17. A. class B. stage C. situation D. opportunity

18. A. courage B. permission C. freedom D. ability

19. A. create B. sponsor C. attend D. know

20. A. Otherwise B. Moreover C. Therefore D. However

21. A. succeeded B. graduated C. married D. settled

22. A. helped B. developed C. pushed D. recommended

23. A. try B. comment C. excuse D. purpose

24. A. tasks B. jobs C. facts D. things

25. A. repair B. block C. take D. hold

26. A. impact B. solution C. decision D. profit

27. A. strange B. confident C. common D. calm

28. A. proudly B. immediately C. exactly D. carefully

29. A. expected B. spent C. paid D. earned

30. A. arouse B. explore C. define D. handle

31. A.entire B. different C. wide D. considerate

32. A. present B. lecture C. mark D. chance

33. A. sudden B. useful C. further D. dark

34. A. explanation B. sympathy C. appreciation D. responsibility

35. A. shouts out B. calls off C. makes up D. gives away

第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2. 5分，满分50分）

A

So whether you are “a yoga professional” looking for somewhere new to practice, or “a novice” interested in trying yoga for the first time, Move GB is pulling all the stops out for National Yoga Month, reaching out to its 1, 281 yoga partners to generate a yoga schedule for Londoners that will keep you inspired and feeling great throughout the month.

Monday, 3 September

Sunrise yoga in the clouds at Yogasphere

Start the day with an active yoga practice. An hour of mind, body and soul relaxation makes you feel flexible, inspired, and ready for the day ahead.

24th floor of The Shard, 32 London Bridge Street SEI 9SG;movegb. com

Saturday, 8 September

Aerial（空中的）yoga at Flying Fantastic

Aerial yoga gives a slightly different reading of the ancient art of yoga. It uses poses through seven paths in the body and can help those with back and shoulder pain and provides a good workout. It's devoted to helping you reduce the tension in the bones and muscles, which in turn increases your balance ability and flexibility in the muscles.

Yard Arches, 229 Union Street SEI OLR; movegb. com

Wednesday, 12 September

Color therapy with Chroma Yoga

Conquer the mid-week tiredness and stimulate your senses with Chroma Yoga, which combines yoga practice with light and color therapy techniques, brain-stimulating music and natural smell to create a wellness experience.

45 Charlotte Road, Hackney EC2A 3PG;movegb. com

Thursday, 20 September

Power yoga at Factory 45

Turn on your holiday with an experimental studio space in the heart of Borough that is now home to art, music, fashion and fitness.

44-46 Newington Causeway, Elephant& Castle SEI 6DR;movegb. com

36. What is “'a novice"?

A. A student.

B. A beginner.

C. A yoga coach.

D. A pregnant woman.

37. If you want to practice yoga early in the morning, you should choose

A. Power yoga at Factory 45

B. Aerial yoga at Flying Fantastic

C. Color therapy with Chroma Yoga

D. Sunrise yoga in the clouds at Yogasphere

38. Aerial yoga class of Move GB benefits you by

A. helping you get rid of outdated yoga moves

B. teaching you some basic dancing skills

C. curing your back and shoulder discases

D. making your body more flexible

39. Taking Color therapy with Chroma Yoga classes, you can __.

A. do yoga exercise while your senses are stimulated

B. experience floating in the air and enjoy nice views

C. enjoy colorful paintings by famous artists

D. create your own therapy techniques

40. What does Move GB intend to do?

A. To teach us the correct yoga routines.

B. To show us the benefit of doing yoga.

C. To encourage people to take more exercise.

D. To spread yoga classes throughout London.

B

Only shock prevented the tears from streaming down my face. My cells were dead. After being accepted into the competitive Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research Program（SIMR）, and spending approximately 170 hours of the past month studying human embryonic stem cells（hESCs）（人 胚胎干细胞），I was back to square on----with only one month of my internship（实习）left. How in the world was I going to make up for lost time?

As I asked myself the question, I thought back to exactly how I had spent those 170 hours working to develop the stem cells. I started my internship a little overwhelmed by the complex equipment in the lab. After I familiarized myself with the equipment, I began to find the function of PRDMI--a gene thought to control replication（复制）in hESCs. First，though，I needed to make a growth medium（培 养基）for the hESCs. I painstakingly measured to the ten millionth of a liter，testing the accuracy of each measurement multiple times before finally putting it into the medium solution. After I plated the hESCs on my new medium, I waited with bated breath for the results.

To my joy, two days later, my cells were growing very well and even outgrowing their new home. I successfully created hundreds of stable hESCs. Everything seemed to be going so well. But now

“Nancy, I know taking the news the first time can be hard, but keep in mind, you probably didn't do anything wrong. You know how sensitive they are. This sort of thing is common when working with stem cells, "the program director said gently.

“I know, "I said. “I'm ready to try again. ”

Thomas Edison said. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

41. What do we know about the author from Paragraph 1?

A. She was seriously ill because of a cell disease.

B. Her internship was shortened for some reason.

C. Her research result didn't reach her expectation.

D. She cried a lot after not accomplishing her goal.

42. How long did the author's internship remain when the cells lost their lives?

A. One month.

B. Two months.

C. One hundred and seventy hours.

D. One year.

43. What are the feelings expressed in the underlined sentence?

A. Doubt and confusion.

B. Relief and relaxation.

C. Anxiety and eagerness.

D. Sadness and disappointment.

44. According to the program director, what is very usual during replication in hESCs?

A. Efforts made in vain.

B. Cells growing too big.

C. Researchers getting injured.

D. Medium solution incorrectly measured.

45. What does the author try to tell us through this story?

A. Hard work always brings good luck.

B. Stick to hope and never give up.

C. Think twice before you act.

D. Never miss a mistake.

C

As people travelling by air become increasingly aware of their carbon footprint, flying has become not only one of the most polluting industries, but also one with the most potential to turn things around.

After Solar Impulse 2 completed the world's first flight by a solar-powered aircraft in 2016, airlines and aircraft producers looked to become the first to provide a commercial plane. Bertrand Piccard, one of the pilots responsible for Solar Impulse 2's journey said, “All the clean technologies we've already had can be used everywhere. We have to use them, not only for the environment, but also because they are profitable and able to create jobs. "

The following year saw many projects in the aviation（航空）field as the airline industry acknowledged the future of low-carbon transportation methods. In 2017, Zunum Aero, a small aviation company which focused on delivering a range of hybrid-electric （混合电动的）planes received financial aid from JetBlue and Boeing, whist EasyJet teamed up with Wright Electric to develop battery-powered aircraft and NASA also announced its plans to develop its own electric aircraft.

Orkney Islands, lying about 20 miles north of the Scottish mainland, are rich in renewable resources, especially the wind energy. Loganair, a Scottish airline, is cooperating with aviation companies to make Orkney the world's first fully electric airline routes. However, this is never easy. Due to the limited size and weight of a battery that an airplane can carry, airplane producers are faced with a bottleneck---the continued power supply for electric airplanes. They believe the abundant wind energy in Orkney could be the key to solving it.

The benefits of electric air travel transcend its low-carbon emissions. Aviation experts believe these aircraft's power source will also mean they will be less noisy, smaller, require less maintenance costs, and need a shorter runway to take off and land---this could lead to more airports in small cities and more rural areas being connected to the world at large.

46. What did Bertrand want to convey in his words?

A. The future of aircraft pilots.

B. The success of Solar Impulse 2.

C. The convenience of commercial planes.

D. The significance of using renewable energy.

47. How did EasyJet carry out the low-carbon transportation methods?

A. By asking for financial support from banks.

B. By working together with another company.

C. By purchasing patents from other countries.

D. By improving the technology on its own.

48. What will airplane producers probably do to make Orkney's electric airline routes a reality?

A. Use natural resources to charge airplanes.

B. Build more coal-fired power stations.

C. Develop shorter airline routes.

D. Increase the size of battery.

49. What does the underlined word "transcend" in Paragraph 5 probably mean?

A. Go beyond.

B. Rely on.

C. Differ from.

D. Refer to.

50. What's the benefit of electric planes besides its green footprint?

A. Making plane tickets cheaper.

B. Making the flying time shorter.

C. Making the world more connected.

D. Making the plane maintenance easier.

D

Industry and educators all agree that the world needs creativity. There is interest in the field, lots of urging but very little action. Everyone is a bit scared of what to do next. On the question of creativity and imagination, they are mostly uncreative and unimaginative.

Educators seek artificial ways to change imaginative activity into problem-solving models that end up compromising the very creativity they celebrate. Creativity is often reduced to problem-solving. To be exact, you need imagination to solve many problems and creativity is part of what it takes. But problem-solving is far from the whole of creativity; and if you only focus creative thinking on problems and solutions, you will fall into a trap.

For teaching purposes, problems are an anxious place to cultivate creativity. If you think of anyone coming up with an idea--- a new song, a dance step or a joke, it isn't necessarily about a problem but rather an opportunity for the mind to exercise its independence. This is the purpose behind the theory of scholars now called "Big C Creativity", which is the breakthrough kind of thinking that benefits culture or science, such as Mozart's Alla Turca and Einstein's theory of relativity. But the same is true of everyday" Small C Creativity" that isn't specifically problem-based.  

Enjoying the independence of the mind is the basis for naturally imaginative activity, like humor or amusing answers.

Our contemporary education systematically damages creativity and unintentionally punishes students for exercising their imagination. Schools use grades to evaluate students, which is a passive attack to the imagination.

It might be indeed impossible to teach creativity but the least we can do for our students is to make school a safe place for imagination. My viewpoint is that learning outcomes are only good for uncreative study. For education to cultivate creativity and imagination, we need to stop asking students anxiously to follow demonstrable （可论证的）proofs learning which cause a burden to students＇ imagination.

51. What can be learned from the first paragraph?

A. Educators are uncreative in teaching.

B. The world has lost interest in creativity.

C. People fail to do much to become creative.

D. Educators have got down to cultivating creative students.

52. What's the author's attitude to educators' changing creativity into problem-solving mnodels?

A. Positive.

B. Indifferent.

C. Neutral.

D. Disapproving.

53. Which of the following is a "Big C Creativity"?

A. Mike finds a way to solve a math problem.

B. Tom makes a discovery in the Biology field.

C. Darwin answers a question humorously.

D. Mary learns to sing a new song.

54. According to the author, what can be done to help cultivate students' creativity?

A. Encouraging students to get rid of fixed rules of learning.

B. Helping students to obtain better learning outcomes.

C. Starting more classes to teach students creativity.

D. Providing students with a safe place to study.

55. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A. Why does the world need creativity?

B. Why is it impossible to teach creativity?

C. How can we solve problems more creatively?

D. How can educators build better schools for students?

第II卷 （共35分）

第三部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：阅读表达（共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，按照要求完成阅读任务。

My neighbor Josie was a good cook and college professor. We have been good friends for many years. Each early morning, Josie would invite me to join her in walking and she would make breakfast for me as a reward!

Josie planted a lovely garden. Every flower and vegetable made its debut（首秀）once a year. There were so many kinds that I could not even recognize what was growing, and we had the freshest salads in the neighborhood all summer long!

Each evening, Josie and I would sit in front of the garden. We would have a chat, exchanging our world views as well as funny jokes. However, one evening, Josie was a "no-show". Then I heard the ambulance and saw her husband and children running outside. Josie suffered a stroke（中风）.

Later, when I set eyes on her, she was in a wheelchair, covered in a thick blanket. She looked smaller and older than before. But how she chose to face it made me surprised. During the days when Josie had some strength, her husband wheeled her into the living room, and they watched old movies together. She called it “date-time”. And during the most special days when Josie was doing well, her husband took her for a walk outside in her wheelchair. She called it “going on vacation". Despite the fact that Josie was not expected to make a full recovery, they continued to watch movies and took lots of mini-vacations.

She is grateful for listening to her grandchildren telling stories to her, smelling a summer barbecue, sharing a laugh with her favorite neighbor, and being here for another day. I am thankful for her simple life lesson: Find the positive, and you will find your reason to live.

56. What was Josie like before she suffered a stroke?（no more than 10 words）

57. How was Josie's skill in gardening? （no more than 5 words）

58. How can we understand the underlined part in Paragraph 3?（no more than 5 words）

59. What made the author surprised after Josic suffered the stroke?（no more than 10 words）

60. How does Josie's story inspire you? Please explain in your own words. （no more than 20 words）

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）

假设你是红星中学学生会主席李华，最近学校拟开展一个为期21天的个人挑战活动，旨在帮助学生发现自身不足，提升自我。请你为学校广播站写一篇广播稿，宣传此次活动，内容包括：

1．举办该活动目的；

2．列举参加此次活动的益处；

3．鼓励同学们踊跃报名。

注意：

1．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

2．词数 100 左右

提示：21天个人挑战 21-Day Challenge

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2023年天津市十二区重点学校高三毕业班联考（二）

英语答案

第一部分：英语知识运用

第一节：单项填空

1-5BBABB

6-10BADBA

11-15ABCDB

第二节：完型填空

16-20 DBACD

21-25B CADC

26-30ABADC

31-35BBDCA

第二部分：阅读理解

36-40 BDDAD

41-45CACAB

46-50 DBAAC

51-55CDBAB

第三部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：阅读表达

56.She was active and enthusiastic about life.

She was an active and enthusiastic person.

She was a person full of enthusiasm．（时态、人称错误扣0.5分）

57．It was excellent／great／（用于描写技艺高超的恰当的词均可）．

Excellent／Great 直接写正确的形容词得满分。

58．Josie didn＇t appear／come．（时态错误扣0.5分）

59．That Josie chose to face her life positively．（不写that 扣0.5分）

The way that Josie chose to face her life.

60．We should be positive and always see the bright side of lifewhen things are bad．（围绕积极面对挫折，用阳光的心态面对生活），不能抄写原文的最后一句（不得分），如果在原句基础上加工，酌情给分.

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）

Hello, everyone!Our Student Union plans to launch an initiative called "21-Day Chal-lenge". It aims to help us students spot our weaknesses and improve ourselves so that we can achieve fulfillment and enjoy a meaningful high school life.

Senior high school is like a path leading to a promising future of students and also a world full of challenges. We should have a positive mind to rise to the challenges be-cause opportunity lies in each of them. We will acquire great knowledge and experience personal growth. Most importantly, the time and effort will open the door to our potential, which is a natural ability that can be developed when we try hard enough. To grow into a well-rounded individual, it is of vital importance for us to set clear goals. We should balance our schoolwork and get rid of some bad habits. We are supposed to look on the bright side and make efforts to improve our integrated and comprehensive abilities.

As I have mentioned above, we, a generation born in the 00s, have the courage to meet challenges and take risks. We are distinct in strengths despite some weaknesses. Therefore, I hope all of you are willing to participate in this activity and realize your dream in the near future.