2023湖北省普通高中学业水平合格性考试模拟英语试题（一）含答案

2023年湖北省普通高中学业水平合格性考试

英语(一)

本试卷共8页46小题。全卷满分100分。考试用时 90分钟。本试券由阅读理解、语言知识运用、书面表达三个部分组成。

注意事项:

1. 答卷前, 考生务必先将自己的姓名、准考证号、座位号填写在试卷的密封线内

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第一部分: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 A、BC 三个选项中, 选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Press Dynasty: Cliff and Bruce Postle Press Dynasty is the first-ever exhibition of photographs by father and son, Cliff and Bruce Postle, taken from the 1920s to the 2000s. Cliff Postle, working as a photographer on the Brisbane Courier-Mail, passed on the Interest to his son, Bruce, Bruce Postle also began his career on the Courier-Mail before moving south. He went on to become Australia's greatest-ever press photographer

Hedonism

Hedonism is an exhibition of decorated, painted, sculpted, modified and destroyed baseball caps from over thirty local artisans(工匠). It features the baseball cap as you've never seen it before. Over thirty contemporary, fine and street artists have decorated. painted, sculpted, modified or destroyed a white baseball cap for this exhibition, Meet the makers on opening night.

A Pearler's Life for Me

A new jewellery collection by Laura Eyles, inspired by time spent living and working on a remote South Sea Pearl farm. To gain a deeper understanding of her materials, Laur Eyles has lived and worked in some of Australia's most remote places, most recently at Australia's oldest operating South Sea pearl farm.

1. What did Bruce do?

A. A photographer.  B. An actor.  C. A reporter.

2. When can visitors meet the makers of the caps at Hedonism?

A. In the morning.  B. At night.  C. In the afternoon.

3. Why did Laura Eyles go to South Sea pearl farm?

A. To collect more jewels.

B, To learn more about its customers.

C. To know further about her materials

B

Sun Xiaojun is an amputee(被截肢者) who made himself a robotic knee. Born in Shiqian county in Guizhou province, Sun had his right leg amputated at the age of 9. In2006, Sun was admitted to a university. In 2009, he won the opportunity to continue his studies at Japan's Tohoku University.

“I started to wear a prosthesis(假肢) two years after I began studying in Japan, I had never worn one before, so it took quite a long time to get accustomed to it, " he said. The experience wasn't very comfortable because the knee didn't bend, and it took Suntime to go up and down stairs, He would sometimes fall over when he tried to walk too fast, which made him feel awkward. He came up with the idea for a smarter prosthesis byapplying robot intelligence in 2013

He got a job at Sony after graduating, but he gave it up to pursue a doctorate(博土学位) focusing on humanoid robot research at the university in 2015, He founded BionicM in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, in 2018, so that his inventions could help more people with disabilities enjoy life, Sun's robotic prosthetic knee. quickly earned him fame and won him the Red Dot Best of:the Best award in 2020.

Sun said that the robotic knee his company produces is priced at around 300, 000 yuan per pair, while similar products sold elsewhere average around 800, 000 yuan. His robotic knees are still in small-scale production, causing high costs, He hopes that by raising more capital, he'll be able to expand production and cut down costs to make his devices more widely affordable.

4. What did Sun Xiaojun do in 2011?

A. He studied in Japan.  B. He taught in Japan.  C. He sold prostheses.

5. When did Sun Xiaojun establish his own company?

A. In 2013.  B. In 2015.   C. In 2018.

6. What is Sun Xiaojun's desire?

A. To win more awards.  B. To earn high fame.  C. To lower costs.

7. What is the text about?

A. Sun Xiaojun's invention.

B. Sun Xiaojun's life story.

C. Sun Xiaojun's ambition.

C

One of the most visited paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA) in New York City is Vincent Van Gogh's “Starry Night”. The artist from Netherlands painted it in June， 1889 from the view from his window at Saint-Remy-de-Provence. It is truly a masterpiece.

But now, you do not have to visit MoMA to enjoy its beauty. You can recreate this brilliant art yourself without ever picking up a paint brush. That's because the LEGO Group has created a kit to build your own “Starry Night” out of LEGO bricks. All the elements of the painting are in the kit from the stars and moon to the French village below. This idea of Van Gogh's painting came from Truman Cheng, 25, a fan from Hong Kong who submitted the idea on the LEGO ideas platform. The platform takes designs from fans, allows the public to vote on the ideas, and turns the winners into new LEG(products. Cheng designed the kit together with MoMA. When he was developing his original concept, Cheng realized that if he arranged LEGO bricks in a random way, the results looked like Van Gogh's unique brush strokes(笔画)

The kit, which is designed for adult lovers of LEGO, also contains a very small Van Gogh figure with a paint brush, and tiny painting. The figure can be attached to the completed model by means of an arm, You can exhibit your finished model standing or it can be hung on a wall with the hanging feature that also comes with the “Starry Night”kit.

8. What contributed to the creation of "Starry Night”?

A. A scenery.    B. Imagination.    C. An exhibition.

9. Where was Vincent Van Gogh's “Starry Night”created?

A. In America.    B. In Netherlands.    C. In France.

10. What is the advantage of the LEGO ideas platform?

A. It can be used for free.  B. It helps collect ideas.  C. It inspires fans.

11. Who might be most interested in the kit?

A.Young artists.   B. Fans of Van Gogh  C.Adult lovers of LEGO

D

Stepwells of India were abandoned for a long time. Now a new chapter is opening on it,

Modern sewage(污水) and irrigation systems made them obsolete, but under the weight of extreme drought, the stepwells of India big and small are being restored for their ancient wisdom and modern design

Stepwells are sometimes small stone-lined trenches(沟), capturing rainwater and refilling underground, Different states in the country are looking to add them to their collections as India faces the worst drought in history.

“It's amusing that stepwells have been ignored, considering how efficient they were at providing water for nearly 1,500 years,” said Victoria Lautman, author of the book The Vanishing Stepwells of India.“Now, thanks to the restoration efforts, stepwells will come full circle.

The stepwells have not always been conserved as monuments to cherish. Instead.

many of India's more than 3,000 baolis(阶梯#) have fallen into disrepair or abandonment.

being turned instead into dumps or being buried by leaves.When they began clearing what they thought was a garbage dump, they found the structure of a stepwell beneath the garbage,” writes Vikramjit Singh Rooprai, a heritage advocate and writer who works with the Aga Khan Trust for Culture a non-profit leading the restoration of India's baolis. “It was one of the deeper stepwells of Delhi. After restoration, the Purana Qila Baoli has so much water that the entire lawns of the Old Foriin Delhi are being irrigated by it,

12.What does the underlined word “obsolete” in Para, 2 mean?

A. In danger. B. No longer used.  C. Very popular

13.What caused different states to value stepwells?

A. Shortage of money. B. Extreme drought.  C. Convenience.

14.What is Victoria Lautman's attitude to restoring stepwells?

A.Favorable. B.Unclear.  C. Doubtful

15. How did people feel when finding the Purana Qila Baoli?

A. Surprised. B. Excited.  C. Bored

第二节 (共5小题;每小题2分, 满分 10分)

根据2内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The following tips may help you learn how to deal with loneliness and comfort yourself.

Realize that you aren't alone. 16______.

Move forward. Instead of always thinking about how alone you feel, do things to get your mind off your loneliness. 17______. Explore activities and hobbies, and don't be afraid to try new things.

Having down time is what causes feelings of loneliness to appear quietly.

18______. Throw yourself into work or extracurricular activities.

19______. If you don't have someone to go out with all of the time, don't let that stop you from getting out and enjoying yourself, For example, if you want to go out to dinner or to a movie on a date, then take yourself out to a movie or to a nice restaurant, At first, it may seem awkward to be doing things by yourself that you might normally do with someone else. 20______. It is not strange to be by yourself and out doing things! Once you remember why you did these things before, you can enjoy the activity for itself again.

A. Keep yourself busy

B. But don't hold yourself back

C. Do social activities by yourself

D. Take a walk, ride your bike or read a book

E. Loneliness is a normal part of being human

第二部分:语言知识运用(共两节, 满分35分)

第一节(共15小题;每小题1分, 满分15分)

阅读下面的短文, 从短文后各题所给的 ABC三个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

As an only child, Nicole Renae often felt lonely in her youth. But that all 21______when she turned ten. For her birthday, Renae's grandmother gave her a(n) 22______ dog named Chloe. From the very start, the two were inseparable, “She was my best 23______ , Renae says.

But when Renae was 14, her father got a new 24______. He'd be working from home, and the house needed to be free of distractions.

With no easier choice, the family 25______ Chloe to a charity. 26______ , Renae grew up;got married, and had a 27______ of her own. But her family didn't feel quite complete. Remembering the 28______ that having a dog had brought her as a kid, Renae wanted her daughter, Lucy, to 29______ the same. She had it in her mind that she would 30______ a dog. One day she saw a post on Facebook about a senior dog that needed a new home. The dog in the 31______ looked a lot like Chloe-she was even named Chloe, Immediately she 32______ to take this older dog home.

When she 33______ Chloe, Renae had a surprising feeling. The dog seemed so 34______ And Chloe appeared to feel the same way about Renae, “She ran up to me and started licking my face, ” she says.

Chloe reminded Renae so much of her old dog. After years of thinking she'd never see her dog 35______, Renae is happy to have her back.

21. A. arose

22. A. lovely

23. A. host

24. A. job

25. A. sent

26. A. In turn

27. A. father

28. A. gift

29. A. suffer

30. A. adopt

31. A. cage

32. A: refused

33. A. met

34. A. familiar

35. A. too

B. changed

B. old

B. coach

B. suit

B. showed

B. In time

B. child

B. trouble

B. complete

B. steal

B. photo

B. planned

B. guided

B. weak

B. soon

C. disappeared

C. fierce

C. friend

C. house

C. introduced

C. In grief

C. husband

C. joy

C. experience

C. train

C. yard

C. decided

C. fed

C. strange

C. again

第二节(共10小题;每小题2分, 满分20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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

Two famous places for local snacks in Wuhan 36______ Ji Qing Jie night street and HuBu Xiang breakfast street. Ji Qing Jie features all kinds 37______ special foods and entertainment at table by classical folk 38______. Benefiting from rivers around, Wuhan Cuisine earns it;reputation 39______ from fish. Steamed Wuchang Fish is a must for visitors 40______ Han Zheng Street and the walking street near Hanjiang Road are two choices 41______ shopping lovers in Wuhan, Comb through dazzling(眩目的) shops housed in traditional Chinese buildings and find special gifts for friends 42______family. Even the 43______ particular shopper will be satisfied

Wuhan is also a city with impressive nightlife. Today people have more entertainment ever before. Instead of watching TV at home, locals go to the cinema with choices 44______friends, or spend the evening at disco parlors(店铺), karaoke rooms, bars and pubs and other 45______ places.

A. than

B. and

C. most

D. musicians

E. interesting

F. of

G. for

H. are

I. especially

J. to taste

第三部分:书面表达(满分25分)

46. 假定你是李华, 与你的英国朋友 Mary 约好周末去武汉旅行, 但你因故不能赴约请你用英文给她写一封道歉信, 内容包括:

1. 写信的目的;

2. 说明原因；

3. 另约时间；

注意:

1词数80

2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数

Dear Mary，

________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours，

Li Hua