2023成都石室中学高三下学期周考（5月23日）（含听力）英语试题含答案

成都石室中学高2023届2022-2023学年度下期周考英语试题（2023-05-23）

第I卷（选择题 共100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。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. What are the children probably doing?

1. Making orange juice.        B. Listening to loud music.             C. Cooking a meal.

2. Who might Allie be?

A. The speakers’ pet.           B. The neighbor’s turkey.             C. The speakers’ child.

3. What are the speakers mainly discussing?

A. Trip plans.                B. Ticket prices.                C. Holiday celebrations.

4. What season is it now?

A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Winter.

5. Where does the conversation take place?

A. At a fast food restaurant.           B. At a butcher shop.                 C. At a café.

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. How old was the woman when she was allowed to drive by her parents?

A. 18.                 B. 21.                    C. 23.

7. What month was the man born in?

A. December.      B. November.     C. September.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What do we know about the camping area?

A. It’s totally free.   B. It’s a little cold.    C. It’s very crowded.

9. How long was the man gone for?

A. One night.       B. Two nights.     C. Three nights.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What problem does Roger have with exams?

A. He isn’t clever.   B. He isn’t confident.   C. He doesn’t work hard.

11. How does the man decide to help Roger?

A. By helping him to stay calm.       

B. By finding an expert for him.       

C. By giving him some advice about his future.

12. What do we know about the woman?

A. She is easy to be tired.               

B. She often feels nervous.               

C. She finds exercise is a good way to relax.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. How does the woman feel about her job hunt?

A. Very excited.   B. A little unsatisfied.   C. Quite angry.

14. What do we know about The Creator?

A. It gives less holiday time than other companies.

B. It gets a lot of great reviews from the customers.

C. It provides medical insurance.

15. What was the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Colleagues.   B. Classmates.     C. Parent and child.

16. What will the woman probably do next?

A. Search online for her salary.             B. Negotiate her salary offer.                 C. Ask about her benefits package.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is the speaker doing?

A. Giving a speech.  B. Doing a research.   C. Having an interview.

18. What was the destination of the speaker’s most recent trip?

A. Indonesia.    B. Italy.      C. The U.S.

19. What was the best-known eruption according to the speaker?

A. Krakatoa.    B. Santorini.     C. Vesuvius.

20. What is the speaker mainly talking about?

A. The history of a town. B. Travel experiences.   C. His work

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）

阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中， 选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A

Cambridge Open Days, July and September 2023

Every July and September, the University of Cambridge opens its doors to welcome prospective applicants and their parents and supporters to find out what it’s really like to live and study here.

July Open Days- 6 and 7 July 2023

Our next Open Days will take place on 6 and 7 July 2023 and will include both online and in-person elements. You can find out all about our courses, the Colleges and departments, University facilities, the application process, student life and finance via:

·Information stands

·Course presentations and sample lectures

·College and department tours

·Q&A sessions with current students and staff

The programme will run from 9 : 30-16 :30 (UK time) and is similar on both days so you should only need to attend one of the days. Further details will be announced in due course.

September Open Day-15 September 2023

With a focus on choosing your College, our September Open Day provides another opportunity for you to visit the Cambridge Colleges and ask current students and staff any questions you may have.

Booking information

To attend our Open Days you must register in advance.

Bookings for our July Open Days will open in May 2023.

·Bookings for our September Open Day will open in summer 2023, after the July Open Days.

Subscribe to our Student Newsletter to be notified when bookings open and for details of other opportunities, advice and resources.

21. Who will be most interested in Cambridge Open Days?

A. Its previous applicants.    B. Its possible students.

C. High school graduates.    D. Its cooperative partners.

22. What can we learn about July Opening Days?

A. The programme hours will add up to seven.

B. Participants will offer a course presentation.

C. The programme will be virtual.

D. It is advisable to attend one of the days.

23. What should you do if you want to attend September Open Day?

A. Ask college staff’s permission.

B. Make an appointment in May.

C. Register after July Open Days.

D. Sign up for it in Student Newsletter.

B

A good conversation should proceed like a tennis match: players each take turns responding, knowing instinctively (本能) when to speak and when to listen. This kind of complicated and back-and-forth talk is often considered to be possessed only by humans. However, according to a recent study, animals also seem to know when to speak and when to listen.

The study involved over 300 animals including birds, mammals (哺乳动物), insects, and frogs which practice turn-taking behavior. These animals alternate their call and response in a similar way humans communicate. Monkeys, for example, often exchange calls to locate each other in the wild and figure out whether they know one another.

While forms of communication are mostly sound-based, several species have more creative forms of viewable communication. Baby monkeys let their parents know they want to be carried with arm gestures, while birds, insects and frogs can get their messages across through colorful displays.

Kobin Kendrick, the main co-author on the study, says that making comparisons among animals that take turns when communicating can give us a better understanding of how this feature evolved in humans and our ancestors. “We know very little about the evolution and origin of the human language, so any possibility of gaining insight into it is worth going after,” he says.

Additionally, while the idea of turn-taking might bring to mind a picture of orderly, well-mannered animals, Kendrick stresses that this isn’t always the case. Owl chicks may try to outdo each other by making louder sounds in an effort to attract favor from their mothers during feeding. “This can be seen as an exception to the rule, highlighting the importance of turn-taking in general,” says Kendrick.

One problem with the study is that researchers themselves don’t know how to communicate with others outside their particular species of interest. Kendrick stresses another goal of the study is to create a wider framework that can bring together all the different researches on turn-taking, allowing scientists to conduct more cross-species comparisons. “We all believe strongly these fields can benefit from each other, and we hope the study will drive more crosstalk between humans and animals in the future,” says Kendrick.

24. What can we learn about the turn-taking behavior?

A. It is a unique human quality.          B. It is an acquired athletic skill.

C. It occurs between familiar relations.    D. It features complexity and interaction.

25. Which of the following is a form of visual intercommunication?

A. Frogs show skin colors.       B. Bees release smells.

C. Eagles scream in the sky.      D. Monkeys exchange calls.

26. Why are “owl chicks” mentioned in paragraph 5?

A. To propose a definition.       B. To give a contrast.

C. To present an argument.       D. To make a prediction.

27. What aspect of research does the last paragraph highlight?

A. Research budget.            B. Research range.

C. Research frequency.          D. Research background.

C

New technological tools are enabling a global community of biologists and amateur scientists to explore the natural world of sound in richer detail and at greater range than ever before. Just as microscopes helped humans observe things not visible to the naked eye, widely used microphones and machine learning models allow us to listen to sounds we cannot otherwise hear.

Billions of dollars are pouring into so-called generative artificial intelligence, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, with scores of new companies being launched to commercialize these foundation models. But in one sense, these models are mostly used to rearrange existing human knowledge in new combinations rather than to generate anything really new. What may have a bigger scientific impact is “additive AI”, using machine learning to explore specific, newly created data sets and extend the frontiers of human knowledge. When it comes to sonic (声音的) data, there is an incredible potential for cross-species communication through the use of machines that can translate and copy animal sounds exactly, effectively creating a “Google Translate for the zoo”.

This sonic revolution has been promoted by advances in both hardware and software. Cheap, durable, long-lasting microphones and sensors can be attached to trees in the Amazon, rocks in the Arctic or to dolphins’ backs, enabling real-time monitoring. That stream of sonic data is then processed by “additive AI”. However, this data only makes sense when combined with human observations about natural behaviors gained from painstaking fieldwork by biologists or crowdsourced analysis from amateurs.

Scientists have discovered fascinating information about the sonic universe, which has already led to practical and commercial outcomes. For example, cryptographers (密码专家) have been studying the buzzes, clicks, creaks and squeaks of whales to understand whether their “bionic Morse code” could be copied to encrypt (加密) communications. However, this is just the beginning of our exploration of sound, and there is no telling what other discoveries await us.

28. Why does the author mention microscopes in paragraph 1?

A. To highlight the popularity of microscopes.

B. To illustrate the role of sound exploration tools.

C. To show the development of scientific instruments.

D. To stress the importance of observing beyond senses.

29. How may “additive AI” assist in sound exploration?

A. It may make sense of natural behaviors independently.

B. It may guarantee the real-time monitoring of sonic data.

C. It may help create translation equipment for animal sounds.

D. It may help spread the existing human knowledge of sound.

30. What’s the author’s attitude towards sound exploration?

A. Optimistic. B. Reserved. C. Critical. D. Indifferent

31. What can be the best title for the passage?

A. Sonic Revolution: Discovering New Sounds

B. Sonic Translation: Inter-species Communication

C. Additive AI: Extending the Frontiers of Knowledge

D. Sonic Exploration with AI: Listening to the Unheard

D

Erin Alexander was having a hard day. A waitress working at Starbucks was too. Erin ordered an iced green tea and told the waitress to cheer up. After picking up the order, she noticed a message on the cup: “Erin, your soul is golden.” Erin Alexander recalled the incident, “Of course, I was still really sad, but that little thing made the rest of my day.”

New findings, published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology in August, prove just how powerful experiences like Erin's can be. Researchers found that people who perform a random act of kindness tend to underestimate how much the recipient will appreciate it. And they believe that miscalculation could hold many of us back from doing nice things for others more often.

A recent experiment recruited 84 participants at an ice-skating rink in Chicago, where they were given a hot chocolate and asked to keep it or give it to a stranger as an act of kindness. The 75participants who gave away their hot chocolate were asked to predict how the recipient would feel on a scale from 0(very small) to 10(very large), and the recipients were then asked to report their actual feelings on the same scales.

In that experiment, the people doing the kind thing consistently underestimated the appreciation they receive, according to Amit Kumar, a psychology professor at the University of Texas. “People tend to think that what they are giving is kind of little, maybe it's relatively inconsequential,” Dr. Kumar said. “But recipients are less likely to think along those lines. They consider the gesture to be significantly more meaningful because they are also thinking about the fact that someone did something nice for them.” Dr. Kumar continued, “With an experiment like this, I hope it will inspire more people to actually commit random acts of kindness.”

32. What's the function of paragraph 1?

A. To present a fact. B. To introduce the topic. 

C. To describe a scene. D. To explain an opinion.

33. What can we learn about the experiment?

A. All participants give away their hot chocolate.

B. Recipients received kind gestures from their friends.

C. Recipients showed more appreciation than givers think.

D. Participants reported their feelings on a scale from 0 to 10.

34. What does the underlined word “inconsequential” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. Insignificant.    B. Substantial.    

C. Beneficial.     D. Unbelievable.

35. Which can be a suitable title for the text?

A. The Power of Small Acts of Kindness. 

B. The Magic of Receivers' Appreciation

C. The Importance of Appreciating Kindness. 

D. The Impact of a Simple Message on a Cup.

第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

What a comedian can teach you about managing stress

We often accept stress as part of the cost of modern life, but it really doesn’t have to be. We all know that laughter is the best medicine. ____36____ People who can laugh at their own misfortunes bounce back faster and stronger. Here is what a comedian says about coping with stress.

You can try to find a different perspective. ____37____ Once a friend of mine fell asleep in the middle of a class. His teacher decided to make fun of him by inviting students to applaud, wondering whether my friend would applaud along when he woke up. He did and the whole class burst outlaughing. After learning everything, he was both embarrassed and ashamed of course but after a while, my friend laughed. “If this had happened to someone else, it would have been amusing. So it’s no less funny, just because it happened to me. “

____38____ There’s no doubt that we all experience great stress now and then. We’ve all been personally affected, in some way. You might not have felt like laughing at the time But now, looking back, you could consider all of the strange aspects of the experience and all of the things you did to keep active or simply stay sane (神志正常的) .

When you share stories with your friends, you can choose to share stories of trauma (创伤) and pain, or you can choose to lift their spirits with stories of hope and growth. ____39____ Take the exact same story and change the focus from “feel sorry for me” to “laugh with me”. Keep in mind that we’re all in this together, that we all share the same ridiculous experiences, and that we can laugh together at whatever life throws at us. ____40____

A．Always share a good story.

B．Why not do what comedians do?

C．You can also look again and laugh.

D．But laughter does more than cheer you up.

E．Then you are able to make a simple choice.

F．In this way. you will say goodbye to stress forever.

G．If you have trouble seeing the funny side, you may find the following inspiring.

第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I have been through the    41    of poverty and sickness. When people ask me what has kept me going through the troubles that come to all of us, I    42    reply: “I stood yesterday. I can stand today. And I will not permit myself to think about what might happen tomorrow.”

I have known want and struggle and anxiety and despair. I have always had to work beyond the    43    of my strength. As I look back upon my life, I see it as a battlefield strewn with the wrecks of    44    dreams and broken hopes and shattered illusions.

Yet I have no pity for myself; no tears to shed over the past and gone sorrows; no envy for the women who have been    45    all I have gone through. For I have lived. They only    46   .

I have drunk the cup of life down to its very dregs(残渣). They have only sipped the bubbles on top of it. I know things they will never know. I see things    47    they are blind.

It is only the women whose eyes have been    48    clear with tears    49   get the broad vision that makes them little sisters to all the world.

I have learned in the great University of Hard Knocks a(an)    50    that no woman who has had an easy life ever acquires. I have learned to live each day    51    it comes and not to borrow trouble by dreading the morrow. It is the    52    menace(威胁)of the future that makes cowards of us. I put that    53    from me because experience has taught me that when the time comes that I so fear, the strength and wisdom to meet it will be given me.

I have learned not to   54    too much of people, and so I can still get happiness out of the friend who isn’t quite true to me or the acquaintance who    55   .    56   , I have acquired a sense of humour, because there were so many things over which I had either to cry or laugh. And when a woman can joke    57    her troubles instead of having hysterics(歇斯底里), nothing can ever hurt her much again.

I do not    58    the hardships I have known, because through them I have touched life    59    I have lived. And it was worth the    60    I had to pay.

41．A．widths B．depths C．lengths D．dimensions

42．A．sometimes B．nearly C．always D．punctually

43．A．limit B．limitation C．boundary D．power

44．A．injured B．slipped C．living D．dead

45．A．spread B．freed C．spared D．avoided

46．A．breathed B．stood C．existed D．appeared

47．A．to which B．at which C．for which D．in which

48．A．rushed B．washed C．brushed D．cleaned

49．A．what B．whom C．which D．who

50．A．idea B．system C．competence D．philosophy

51．A．as B．when C．how D．why

52．A．sharp B．dark C．good D．plain

53．A．hatred B．threat C．dread D．competence

54．A．expect B．remind C．anticipate D．require

55．A．favors B．gossips C．sacrifices D．boasts

56．A．After all B．Besides C．Therefore D．Above all

57．A．beyond B．for C．on D．over

58．A．forget B．reserve C．regret D．addict

59．A．up to date B．at every point C．in every place D．all the round

60．A．price B．value C．bill D．hardships

第Ⅱ卷（非选择题 共25分）

语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

At Zhongshuge, a bookstore and library in Yangzhou, China, the books go on forever, or at least, that's 61     it looks like. When you walk into Zhongshuge, you're surrounded on all sides by endless books. They fill the ceiling, walls, and floor, some even 62       (appear) to be challenging gravity.

How does this magical bookshop do it? 63      architectural studio called X+ Living designed the internal structure of Zhongshuge. The shelves 64         (arrange) in arc shapes， creating the tunnel-like appearance. The floor is covered with black mirrors, reflecting the shelves above and creating the visual effect that the bookshelves continue down past the floor on 65       you're standing. And there you have it: the rows of books never end.

As it turns out, the store's design has more 66        (significant) than just fun. Yangzhou is full 67         canals and rivers, and in history many of China's literary greats 68         (draw) inspiration from the flowing water. X + Living, therefore, integrated this concept with Zhongshuge, and tried to create the feel of being 69         (complete) involved in a “river“ of books. They highlighted that feeling with the zigzag shape on the ceiling, which, 70        (reflect) on the floor, “flows“ throughout the store like a river.

短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

    假如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，每句中最多有两处错误。要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

    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。

I was driving to a meeting when I suddenly found there was a truck in the front of me. This truck stopped in the middle in the street and allowed an elderly lady cross the street. I was used to trucks driving straight ahead and not stopped for anyone. I called the company in that the driver worked and told them that he was a great driver because he lets the elderly lady cross the street. I wanted this driver to be recognizing for his good manner and driving. The customer service lady was thank that I called and let him know about the driver.