海南省定安县定安中学2023-2024学年高三上学期开学英语试题

这是一份海南省定安县定安中学2023-2024学年高三上学期开学英语试题，共13页。
2023—2024学年度第一学期定安中学高三年级开学学业检测英语学科试卷
（考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分）
注意事项：
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3．考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
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。听每段对话前，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 long has the woman been in hospital?
A. For 4 days. B. For 5 days. C. For 6 days.
2. What does the woman want to do?
A. Stop the TV. B. Look for her watch. C. Watch a TV program.
3. Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A. In a bookstore. B. In a post office. C. In a hospital.
4. Who will probably pick up Anne tonight?
A. Michael. B. Jenny. C. John.
5.What is the matter with the man?
A. He is not interested in his English class.
B. He is not satisfied with his English.
C. He fails to pass the English test.
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。
听下面一段对话，回答第6-7小题。
6. What does the agent want Lily to do today?
A. Act in an advertisement. B. Perform in a song. C. Dance for a movie.
7. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Teacher and student. B. Doctor and patient. C. Husband and wife.
听下面一段对话，回答第8-10小题。
8. What is the problem with the man?
A. He feels cold. B. He has a headache. C. He drinks too much.
9. What is the man doing?
A. Lying in the bed. B. Drinking water. C. Smoking.
10. Where are the speakers?
A. At a clinic. B. At home. C. At a cafe.
听下面一段对话，回答第11-13小题。
11. Why does the man feel surprised about Betty?
A. She went to the concert late. B. She didn’t enjoy the concerts. C. She hardly argues with others.
12. What did the boy do in the concert?
A. He  kicked the seat. B. He threw the rubbish everywhere. C. He argued with Betty.
13. What would the man have done if he was there?
A. Turn to the security. B. Talk to the boy C. Argued with the woman.
听下面一段对话，回答第14-17小题。
14. When will the first course end?
A. On July 3. B. On July 20. C. On August 10.
15. Where is the man from?
A. England. B. France. C. Finland.
16. How much is the the second course?
A. £50. B. £500. C. £550.
17. How should the man pay?
A. In cash. B. In a bank. C. Through the website.
听下面一段独白，回答第18-20小题。
18. How long has the woman been riding the New York Subway?
A. For 50 years B. For 110 years C. For 60 years
19. What did the subway mean to the speaker’s childhood?
A. Tiring journeys. B. Great adventures. C. Frightening experience
20. What do we know about Rosie Ruiz during the New York marathon?
A. She won the first prize. B. She run through tunnels. C. She cheated by taking a subway.

第二部分 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
Four Films Worth Watching This Year
Peter Rabbit 2
In Peter Rabbit 2, the lovable rabbit is back. Bea, Thomas and the rabbit have created a temporary family, but despite his best efforts, Peter can’t seem to shake his mischievous(淘气的) reputation. Adventuring out of the garden, Peter finds himself in a world where his mischief is appreciated, but when his family risks everything to come looking for him, Peter must figure out what kind of rabbit he wants to be.
Spirit Untamed
It is a story of adventure, family and friendship. Free-spirited Lucky Prescott moves to Miradero. She is unimpressed with the sleepy town until she discovers a unique tie to her late mother who was a fearless horse-riding performer. She quickly forms a bond with a wild horse named Spirit. When a heartless hunter captures Spirit, Lucky sets off on a journey to rescue the horse who has given her an unbreakable connection to her mother.
Profile
Inspired by true events, Profile follows an undercover British journalist on her quest to track and expose a terrorist recruiter(招募者) through social media, while trying not to be changed by her recruiter and become a militant extremist herself. The unconventional thriller , directed by Timur Bekmambetov, plays out entirely on a computer screen in the Screenlife format
Joey & Ella
This film, which makes you laugh all the time, begins as two clumsy jewel thieves lose the mysterious Mazinski Diamond. The jewel is pocketed by a baby circus kangaroo that escapes to a nearby farm and is found by Ella, a lonely teen who names the animal Joey. But the magical jewel causes Joey to grow quickly and gain the power of speech! Soon the thieves, the police, and Joey’s owners are all hunting for the mischievous creature and the alien jewel. If Ella wants to get Joey to safety in time, they had better jump away quickly!
21．Which film mentions an animal as a tie to a girl’s dead mother?
A．Profile. B．Joey & Ella. C．Peter Rabbit 2. D．Spirit Untamed.
22．Who is the director of Profile?
A．Bea. B．Thomas. C．Timur Bekmambetov. D．Lucky Prescott.
23．What kind of film is probably Joey & Ella?
A．A thriller. B．A comedy. C．A romance film. D．A documentary.

B
The new member to the UAE's(阿联酋) astronaut training program, the first female Emirati (阿联酋的) astronaut, hopes that her mechanical engineering degree will be her ticket to the moon.
Nora Al Matrooshi and her fellow trainee astronaut Mohammad Al Mulla were selected from 4000 highly qualified candidates to lead the nation’s 9.8 million citizens into space.
The two are looking forward to the laborious 30-month program ahead of them which has already begun with them getting their divers’ licences, picking up the Russian language and coaching for their many media interviews—and will move on to flight and weightlessness school at the Johnson Space Centre in Texas and eventually cruel survival training.
“They will need mechanical engineers to build a base on the moon,” says the 28-year-old, who represented her nation at the Mathematics Olympics and worked as an engineer at the National Petroleum Construction Company.
Al Matrooshi says she has dreamed of the stars since kindergarten, when her teacher set up the classroom as the Lunar surface and the five-year-old future astronaut constructed a cardboard moonbase. That early longing to explore space charted her degree choice.
“I actually went after it. I chose to study a degree in mechanical engineering because of a documentary I watched when I was in high school. It was about a group of astronauts going to the International Space Station and the role of the mechanical engineer was highlighted,” she say.
Leading big construction projects in the desert has helped equip the daughter of two academics—a PhD father and English teacher mother—for Lunar construction.
Al Matrooshi’s fellow trainee astronaut, UAE police helicopter pilot Al Mulla, meanwhile says astronaut training has been “a big career change”.
“I spent 15 years qualifying to be a pilot, including training in Australia for my commercial pilot’s licence,” says the father of two. “As a pilot you get used to mastering everything—suddenly I’m changing my path.”
“I’m a big fan of SpaceX. The rockets and even the fancy space suits. And hopefully all four of us—and all the astronauts who come after us will get to be a part of future missions—perhaps even to the moon eventually.”
24．What preparation have they made before the training program?
A．They have grasped their native language. B．They have had cruel survival training.
C．They have learned to deal with the press. D．They have done some weightlessness training.
25．Which is the major factor that contributed to her participation in Lunar construction?
A．She got help from her academic parents.
B．She has had a big dream since her childhood.
C．She has led big construction projects.
D．She was the winner of the Mathematics Olympics.
26．What does the underlined part “I'm changing my path” refer to?
A．I’ll be a master of life. B．I’m an enthusiast for SpaceX.
C．I’m settling my new problem. D．I’m starting a new life from scratch.
27．Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?
A．The fans of Space X B．Dream and achievements
C．Passion and preparations D．Future astronaut training program
C
In my teenage period I always had wished to pass a geography exam, remember all the locations of the countries on a map or avoid embarrassing situations of suddenly forgetting the person’s name standing right in front of you. Luckily for me, now one theory that memory, like other muscles in the body, can be strengthened to arouse my curiosity. But instead of practicing with flash cards, there may be an interesting way that we can improve our memory while we sleep.
The researchers hold that sleep is when the brain transfers short-term memories experienced throughout the day into long-term memories. This process is called memory consolidation(巩固）. They have been working on a DIY version of this task to see if we male volunteers can improve memories through the use of sound in sleep. In the test, every time we see the picture, we can hear the related sound. Then we take a nap and they record our EEG.
They’re interested in one of the four periods of sleep: slow-wave sleep, when scientists believe that memory consolidation can happen. In this deep period of sleep, they do something that we don’t know. When we wake back up and do the task again, we find we do better than before a nap. That is because they played a clue during our sleep, for example, a car—we would remember the position of that car when we woke back up again. But if they didn’t play the clue during the sleep, for example, a guitar, we’d be less likely to remember that guitar when we woke up.
I was a huge skeptic（怀疑者） when I first heard that result. But they ran this experiment on two female groups and the results were significant. It’s not that you remember things better; it’s that you forget them less. And the facts and memories we collect throughout the day are easily lost and forgotten.
So if you’re like me and a bit forgetful, perhaps a solution is a pair of headphones and a soft couch.
28．How did the author feel about his memory when young?
A．He felt discouraged.
B．He was moved.
C．He felt inspired.
D．He was proud.
29．How did the researchers strengthen the volunteers’ memory?
A．By playing a clue before they sleep.
B．By playing a clue when they sleep.
C．By showing a picture before they sleep.
D．By drawing a picture when they sleep.
30．What is the author’s attitude to the theory?
A．He is convinced of the experiment results.
B．He throws doubts on it at present.
C．He believed in it from beginning to end.
D．He wanted to prove it in the future.
31．What does the author want to show in the last paragraph?
A．Ways to avoid forgetfulness are funny.
B．Headphones and a soft couch are useful.
C．Many people can’t avoid forgetting in life.
D．The solution to being forgetful is practical.

D
Sugar-free cookies, reduced-sugar cereal, sugar-free candy, diet soda... are these better for you? Since sugar became a taboo (禁忌) in the nutrition and wellness world, sugar-free food items and drinks have acted as substitutes for once beloved sweet drinks and snacks. Claiming to be ZERO sugar means it is healthier,better for diabetics(糖尿病患者),and helps you slim down... Right?
Wrong. Sugar-free isn’t better for you. In fact, sugar-free is worse.
Sugar-free means that artificial sweeteners (甜味剂) are used instead of real sugar. The problem:these sweeteners do not come from natural sources and they can cause you more harm than good.
Let’s get into what these artificial sweeteners actually are. Sugar-free sugar sounds wrong and that’s because there is no such thing as sugar-free sugar. Some of these sugar-free alternatives still contain sugar and the ones that don’t contain sugar have chemicals your body often does not know how to process.
Most artificial sweeteners are a lot sweeter than sugar, so only a tiny amount is needed. That’s why they can market sugar-free alternatives as “low-calorie” or “no-calorie”. It also means that you get no nutritional value from consuming them, which is why many sugar-free substitutes are classified as “non-nutritive”. These artificial sweeteners tend to hide under sneaky names. Actually, they are 200-600 times sweeter than sugar.
When you eat sweet stuff, your body continues to desire it and, even though your body cannot metabolize (代谢) these sugar-free alternatives, your brain does not know the difference. In turn, sugar-free alternatives connect to weight gain and type 2 diabetes (糖尿病).
Artificial sweeteners also damage your gut’s ability to break down sugar,which impacts everything you eat. In other words, your body doesn’t know how to handle artificial sweeteners because they have nothing real to process.
A good rule of thumb: stay away from artificial sweeteners and look for non-sugar, natural sweeteners like Stevia or date sugar. In the war against artificial sweeteners and real sugar, both lose. Satisfy your sweet tooth with natural sugars that come from fruits and stay away from products claiming to be sugar-free or diet!
32．What can be learned about sugar-free products?
A．They don’t taste sweet. B．They are more nutritious.
C．They contain artificial sweeteners. D．They contain natural sweeteners.
33．Why are sugar-free alternatives described as “low-calorie” or “no-calorie”?
A．They won’t lead to weight gain. B．They are greener and healthier.
C．They are much to everyone’s taste. D．Small quantities of artificial sweeteners are used.
34．What do we know about artificial sweeteners?
A．They present a bigger health risk. B．They can be easily broken down.
C．They are as sweet as sugar. D．They improve our ability to metabolize.
35．What is the author’s final conclusion?
A．Real sugar is a better choice. B．Stay away from sugary products.
C．Sugar-free products are healthier. D．Choose sugar from natural sources.

第二节(共5小题；每小题2. 5分, 满分12. 5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。
You have been learning English for about 4 years. 36 And you still can’t make yourself understood in English. However, you love learning English. How can you learn English well?  
Many people have asked this question. The answers are as different as the people asking the question. 37
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First of all, you must want to learn. If you are not interested in learning English, no class will help you and no book will help you. So you have to be honest with yourself. Ask yourself, “Do I really want to learn English?” If you can’t answer “yes” to this question, it is better for you to set English aside until you’re ready and willing to learn.
● Set goals (目标).
To learn English well, you must set some goals. 39 It will also help you to see your progress. Ask yourself, “What are my goals? What areas would I like to improve?” Think about what your goals are, and review once in a while to see that you are making progress toward your goals.
● Practice, practice, and practice.
After you have set your goals, you have a better idea of what you need to practice. Just like the athlete whose goal is the Olympics must train daily, you as a language learner must practice language every day to make progress toward your goal. 40
A． Have a desire to learn.
B．You think it is not easy to learn it well.
C．Make friends with some Americans online.
D．Reading is a very good way to learn new words.
E．Here are several tips for learning English.
F．The more you practice, the more progress you will make.
G．Having goals will help you remember what areas you want to work on.
第三部分语言运用(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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A woman is volunteering in a shelter. It all started because she missed her own 41 .
Sandy was at a loss when her beloved Angus died last year — terribly lonely, yet not quite 42 for a new dog in her life. 43 , she decided to volunteer at the local animal shelter and spend some quality time with furry friends who, like her, were 44 their old buddies (伙伴).
Remembering that her dog had loved being read to, she brought along a 45   there.
It's now been 18 months since Sandy first began 46 her chair beside the dog house. Shelter workers say it really calms down the dogs, but Sandy says it does more 47 to her than it does to the dogs.
Sandy was 48 that photos of her reading to dogs were spreading on the Internet until the media started calling. Kathleen, a fellow shelter volunteer was so touched by the sight of her    49 to an old dog that she took a photo and posted it on the Internet. She was so 50 with the dogs — I watched her read to several — and they just loved being 51 by her, "Kathleen said.
Inspired by Sandy's style of 52 , the shelter has announced that a reading marathon is being 53 for next September. The plan is to get kids in the neighborhood 54 in reading to the animals, with the added benefit of reading practice for the two-leggers, along with plenty of friendly 55 for the four-leggers.
41．A．husband B．kid C．dog D．animal
42．A．ready B．free C．sorry D．grateful
43．A．However B．Meanwhile C．Besides D．Therefore
44．A．comforting B．admiring C．missing D．helping
45．A．toy B．book C．camera D．photo
46．A．settling into B．stealing into C．heading for D．looking for
47．A．duty B．work C．good D．wrong
48．A．uneasy B．unsure C．unhappy D．unaware
49．A．reading B．attending C．waving D．whispering
50．A．content B．patient C．strict D．careful
51．A．interviewed B．trained C．petted D．photographed
52．A．teaching B．living C．thinking D．volunteering
53．A．accepted B．predicted C．recorded D．organized
54．A．involved B．experienced C．united D．relaxed
55．A．competition B．company C．service D．advice
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。
Have you ever heard of sugar painting? As fewer people choose to make sugar paintings, the traditional Chinese folk craft might have become a 56 (distance)memory in some ways. However, a 38--year--old craftsman, Li Jiangzhong, is devoted to 57 (keep)the art of sugar painting alive.
Li worked as a miner for more than ten years. After 58 mine closed down, Li turned to housing decoration until he 59 (force)to give that up due to a finger injury. Earlier this year, he discovered sugar painting, something he really had an interest 60 .
Since there was no sugar painting craftsman in his village, he studied by 61 (he)through large quantities of videos and information on the Internet. Li loved painting when he was young, and he found it easy 62 (learn)the skill in sugar painting. He soon mastered the skill and could have varieties of sugar paintings 63 (make)with melted brown or white sugar. A craftsman 64 (basic) paints animals and flowers on a stone board with the syrup(糖浆). A piece of sugar art appear when the sugar cools down. Li’s many paintings 65 told interesting stories were liked by a lot of children.
第四部分 写作(共两节, 满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
66．假定你是高三学生李华，请你在学校英文报，给今年的新生写一封英语学法建议信。
内容包括：
1. 你对英语学法的理解;
2. 提出建议。
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。
Dear freshmen,
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Sincerely,
Li Hua
第二节(满分25分)
67．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。
A Faithful Friend
Neil loves to travel and he was so fond of forests. Whenever he plans for a holiday, he would choose a place that is blessed by Mother Nature. To celebrate his son’s second birthday, he decided to stay and enjoy the celebration in woods, located at the lap of a mountain. He with his family and friends, reached the village located near the woods and had his stay in the cottage. The cottage was located at the entrance of the dense forest, where the guests can see wolves wandering in the nearby place.
Neil’s son saw a dog at the door and offered him a biscuit. The dog was happy and very soon the little son befriended the dog. On second day, the birthday of the boy was celebrated grandly in the woods within beautiful nature. The dog did not leave the boy even for a minute and they both became close friends.
The next day, Neil, his wife and others decided to go for hunting in the forest and arranged a babysitter to take care of the little boy for half a day.
After 3 hours, all of them returned to the cottage and they seemed very tired. The cottage was open and nobody was there. The dog saw Neil and others, it rushed to them and licked (舔) Neil’s shoes. Neil’s wife was shocked to see the blood strain in the dog’s mouth.

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。
Paragraph1:
Everyone was shocked to see the blood-spattered mouth.
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Hearing the noise from the dog, the babysitter rushed out of room._____________________________
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