2023粤湘鄂名校联盟高三上学期第一次联考英语试题含答案

粤湘鄂名校联盟2023届第一次联考

英语

          本试题包含两节，四大部分，满分为120分，考试时间120分钟。

注意事项：

1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号和座位号填写在答题卡上。将条形码横贴在答题卡“条形码粘贴处”。

2．作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔在答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。答案不能答在试卷上。
3．非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答无效。

4．考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。

注：本试题不包含听力，题号从21开始。

第一部分  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）

A

If you have no difficulty in understanding what native English speakers say in daily life, there is a whole new world of brilliant podcast(播客) series to explore. If you aren't sure where to start, have a look at these：

21. In order to fully enjoy these podcasts, you should ________．

A. have interaction with hosts    B. have good English competence

C. be interested in being a podcaster    D. be familiar with American social life

22. Which podcast gives you more stories behind the scene?

A. The Writer's Voice.    B. This American Life.

C. The Joe Rogan Experience.    D. Overheard at National Geographic.

23. What do these podcasts have in common?

A. They enjoy great popularity.    B. Their stories are set in America.

C. They are attached to magazines.    D. Their works are updated weekly.

B

The climate change in California has caused terrible damage to California’s marine ecosystems. Untold billions of sea stars, or starfish, from at least 20 species disappeared from the entire Pacific coast because of the marine heatwaves. In the absence of sunflower sea stars, a major predator for sea urchins (海胆), the urchin populations exploded. They laid waste to kelp forests (海草林) already weakened by high ocean temperatures.

However, Central California’s kelp ecosystems have done somewhat better than those in Northern California. A new study led by Joshua Smith, an ecologist at the University of California, examines the role sea otter (海獭) populations — a natural predator for urchins — play in preserving existing kelp forests in the Monterey Bay.

The research project spanned three years, during which intensive under-water surveys produced some very interesting data about sea otter behavior. Sea otters have very high metabolisms (新陈代谢) that keep them warm in icy waters and which also make them greedy consumers of shellfish, urchin, and fish — sea otters can eat 25 percent of their body weight in food in a day. At the observed sites, as the urchin population grew, the otter’s diet shifted to become more heavily dependent on urchins. In fact, the otters were eating three times as many urchins as they had been before 2014. As a result, they provided crucial protection from urchins to the kelp forests.

The fact that otters were able to contribute to the health of the surviving kelp forests by keeping urchin populations in check provides Smith with hope for the forests’ continued survival. “The important thing is that the urchins are ultimately reduced,” he says. “The sea otters have maintained patches of kelp forest that can then help refill the barren areas to enhance the recovery of forests.”

24. What influence does climate change have on California’s marine ecosystems?

A. A greater diversity of marine species.              B. The disappearance of urchins.

C. An explosive growth of sea stars.                 D. The weakening of kelp forests.

25. What is the study led by Joshua Smith about?

A. Urchins’ response to ocean warming.               B. The reproduction of marine animals.

C. Otters’ role in protecting kelp forests.              D. The current condition of marine ecosystems.

26. What is a direct result of the shift in otters’ diet?

A. The otters are more likely to stay warm.              B. The shellfish populations have exploded.

C. Urchins’ threat to kelp forests is relieved.            D. The kelp forests have made a full recovery.

27. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?

A. Sea Otters to the Rescue                 B. Marine Species in Danger

C. Urchins Are Destroying Kelp Forests       D. Otters Increase Kelp Forests’ Carbon Storage

C

A new Northwestern University study reaffirms the importance of getting a good night’s sleep. By examining fruit flies’ brain activity and behavior, the researchers found that deep sleep has the power to clear waste from the brain. This waste potentially includes poisonous proteins that may lead to neurodegenerative (神经退化) diseases. “Waste clearance could be important, in general, for maintaining brain health or for preventing neurodegenerative diseases,” said Dr. Allada, senior author of the study. “Waste clearance may occur during wake and sleep but is greatly strengthened during deep sleep.”

Although fruit flies seem very different from humans, the neurons (神经元) that govern flies’ sleep-wake cycles are strikingly similar to our own. For this reason, fruit flies have become a well-studied model organism for sleep and neurodegenerative diseases.

In this current study, Allada and his team examined Proboscis (针状喙) Extension Sleep, a deep-sleep stage in fruit flies, which is similar to deep, slow-wave sleep in humans. The researchers discovered that, during this stage fruit flies repeatedly extend and move back their proboscises. “This kind of movement moves fluids possibly to the fly version of kidneys (肾),” Allada said. “Our study shows that this promotes waste clearance and aids in injury recovery.”

When Allada’s team disturbed flies’ deep sleep, the flies were less able to clear the waste from their systems and were more likely to be influenced by injuries.

Allada said this study brings us closer to understanding the mystery of why all organisms need sleep. All animals, especially those in the wild, are incredibly weak when they sleep, but research increasingly shows that the benefits of sleep, including crucial waste removal, are greater than this increased weakness.

28 How did the researchers draw the conclusion of their study?

A. By working out the result by chance.

B. By predicting the result from the old data.

C. By making observation and analysis.

D. By making a range of comparisons.

29. What does the underlined word “this” in paragraph 3 probably refer to?

A. The disturbance of fruit flies’ deep sleep.

B. The governing of fruit flies’ sleep-wake cycles.

C. The moving of fluids to the fruit flies’ kidneys.

D. The extension and moving of fruit flies’ proboscises.

30. What is mainly talked about in the last paragraph?

A. The fact that all organisms need sleep.

B. The application of the result of the study.

C. The disadvantages of the sleep of animals.

D. The great value of mankind’s and animals’ sleep.

31. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?

A. Studies on Proboscis Extension Sleep

B. Deep Sleep Takes Out the Brain Trash

C. Different Functions of Waste Clearance

D. Similarities of Sleep-Wake Cycles Between Fruit Flies and Humans

D

It is lunchtime. At a long table inside a restaurant, some young people sit together over lunch. There is less conversation than you might expect from a typical group of friends: a boy seems to talk only to himself, and a girl looks anxious.

These young people met through a program organized by the nonprofit Actionplay，where young people with autism(自闭症) work together to write and stage a musical. Each Sunday, they work and have lunch together. “You meet other people just like you，” says Lexi Spindel. “That was the first time my daughter had a friend，” says Lexi's father. “That never happened before Actionplay.”

For decades, scientists have supposed people with autism don't have or need friends. A new research is forcing a rethink of those long­held beliefs. Autistic people report they want friends. One significant barrier to friendships is common people's opinion that autistic people are not interested in connecting with them. Appearing uninterested, however, is not always the same as being uninterested. An autistic child looking uninterested in games may in fact be overcome by the noise. And behaviors like clapping hands repeatedly are a way to manage their anxiety and uncertainty, not a sign of their low social interest.

For some autistic people, friendships develop through experimental programs. In a program Lerner developed, participants play a game called Gibberish, where teenagers must interpret each other's intentions without using real language. The point is not to get it right, but to attend to what the other person is doing in a way that creates opportunities to connect.

Lerner's ideas were inspired by a moment 16 years ago after he established a small camp for children with autism called Spotlight. On the second day, an 11­year­old boy ran up and pulled his clothes. “Lerner, Lerner, where did you find these kids？”

“All over the place，” Lerner answered. “Everyone wants to come to camp, just like you.”

“This__is__the__first__normal__group__of__kids__I__have__ever__met，” the boy said.

32. The scene in Paragraph 1 is described to ________．

A. reveal the lack of an interpersonal conversation

B. prove the difficulty in reducing teenage anxiety

C. stress the great necessity of forming friendships

D. show the different behavior of a particular group

33. What is Actionplay aimed at?

A. Curing young people of autism.

B. Developing autistic people's taste in art.

C. Offering autistic people a social platform.

D. Improving young people's family relationship.

34. What can we infer from Paragraph 3?

A. Autistic people have no intention to make friends.

B. Noise sets barriers to autistic people's views on games.

C. Repetitive movements make autistic people feel secure.

D. Common beliefs cause autistic people's low social interest.

35. What does the underlined sentence imply?

A. He feels at ease with his autistic fellows.

B. He no longer regards himself as an autistic kid.

C. Lerner's guidance helps him get out of autism.

D. Autistic kids don't long to socialize with normal ones.

第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。

My Grandma is 95 years old and still lives independently and happily at home. She has looked after her body her whole life, never drank or smoked a day in her life. __36__

She appreciates the little things in life like having cups of tea while sitting in her chair. But what she really loves to do is READ! __37__ Bless her heart!

Every Saturday I drive 70 kms to spend the day with her. I also bring my three kids. They run around the home all day and bounce their balls in her driveway.

__38__ Laughing her head off, she is always laughing. I race around doing all kinds of housework. I make Grandma's bed and make sure she has enough sandwiches to keep in the fridge for later.

Every month Grandma gets a delivery from the library which she looks forward to very much, two big containers full of books. __39__ Most have been Pay It Forward books. Grandma smiles, saying that is a good thing. She can pass my books onto her friend who then passes them onto her friend. There have been a few times I purchased a couple of books when I didn't receive any books from others and told Grandma they were given to me when I knew she needed books. __40__ You see，Grandma respected money her whole life and she too raised three children alone, like me.

I've learnt so much from her. It feels so great just to be able to do something to be kind and to make someone else smile. She tells me she would be lost without me but the truth is I would be so lost without her.

A. I admire her for so many different things.

B. Besides, her smile made it all worthwhile.

C. I benefit from her positive attitudes to life.

D. She puts heart and soul into every book she reads.

E. Grandma says the house comes to life every Saturday.

F. But she reads so much that I bring her books to read also.

G. I remember she read the telephone directory when she ran out of books.

第二部分 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。

There are two problems in the world: Garbage and poverty. Eradajere Oleita thinks she may have a 41 for them. It’s called the Chip Bag Project. She is asking a 42 of local snack lovers: Rather than throw your 43 chip bags into the trash, donate them, so she can turn them into sleeping bags for the 44.

Chip eaters drop off their empty bags at two locations in Detroit, where Oleita and her volunteer helpers 45 them. Alter they wash the chip bags, they cut them open. lay them 46. and iron them together. They use padding and liners from old coats to line the insides.

It takes about four hours to 47 a sleeping bag, and each takes around 150 to 300 chip bags, 48 whether they’re single-serve or family size. The result is a sleeping bag that is “waterproof, lightweight, and easy to 49 . ” Oleita said.

Since its start in 2020, the Chip Bag Project has collected more than 800. 000 chip bags and created 110 sleeping bags. Sure, it would be 50 to raise the money to buy new sleeping bags. But that’s only half the goal for Oleita—whose family 51 to the United States from Nigeria a decade ago with the hope of attaining a better life-and her fellow

52. “We are devoted to making an impact not only socially, but 53 , ” she says.

And, of course, there’s the symbolism of saving bags that would otherwise land in the trash and using them to help the homeless. It’s a powerful 54 that environmental injustice and 55 often go hand in hand. As Oleita said, “I think it’s time to show connection between all of these issues. ”

41. A. solution   B. reason  C. preference  D. gift

42. A. question  B. favour  C. permission  D. choice

43. A. dirty   B. cheap  C. empty   D. new

44. A. injured   B. old  C. sick   D. homeless

45. A. bury   B. collect  C. hunt   D. buy

46. A. flat    B. heavy  C. careful   D. straight

47. A. repair   B. sew  C. decorate  D. design

48. A. working out  B. leading to C. resulting in  D. depending on

49. A. carry around  B. take out C. go off   D. put up

50. A. harder   B. cleverer C. simpler  D. slower

51. A. got    B. fled  C. moved   D. flew

52. A. volunteers  B. students C. workers  D. friends

53. A. economically B. personally C. environmentally D. privately

54. A. reporter   B. editor  C. educator  D. reminder

55. A. society   B. poverty C. politics  D. safety

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。

Often called the Porcelain (瓷器) Capital for its important role in the domestic and international ceramic (陶瓷) industry, Jingdezhen in Jiangxi Province is famous for its ancient porcelain production that    56    (date) back to more than 1, 700 years ago. As the most important ceramic production center in China, Jingdezhen produces high-quality porcelain that    57    (appreciate) both in China and worldwide. In December 2014, Jingdezhen was    58    (official) approved by UNESCO and joined the Creative City Network,    59    (gain) itself the “City of Crafts and Folk Art” title.

In recent years, by making use of its cultural advantages, Jingdezhen has organized important    60    (activity) on ceramic arts. These events have transformed Jingdezhen into an incredible platform for diversified cooperation and communication,    61    young artistic talents are drawn to its flame like moths.

Establishing a name for himself as    62    one and only live fashion illustrator, Deng traveled from Qingdao to Jingdezhen to explore the clever cosmos of ancient Chinese ceramic vase patterns. His ceramic works, both    63    (function) and sculptural, are full of elements of fashion, humor, and character    64    (paint) on with traditional Chinese ink. Delicate and sensitive    65    the touch, Deng’s brilliant pieces are a sight to see. The red and pink mixture of colors and lighting surrounding the vases represent Chinese happiness and Western passion, attracting East and West in the same narrative, on the same canvas (画布).

第三部分　写作(共两节，满分40分)

第一节(满分15分)

毕业在即，你校英文报拟向全体高三学生发出感恩母校的倡议。请你为校英文报写一封倡议书。内容包括：

1. 倡议目的；

2.  感恩方式。

注意：

1. 词数应为80左右；

2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。

Dear fellow students，

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

 The School English

第二节（满分25分）

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。

Cody always knew his family was different. While other kids went to the beach for summer vacation, he and his mom visited the world’s largest basket, or the world’s largest baseball bat, or the world’s largest fork. These are real things. And Cody’s mom had photos of them during those trips hanging on the wall.

As a little kid, Cody thought these vacations were the best ever. But with time going by, he started to feel embarrassed. When his classmates would ask where he’d gone for vacation, he’d say, “No place special.”

On a Sunday morning, his mom said, “I was reading this article about the world’s largest gathering of people dressed as turkeys. It was in Texas, and it was only 661 people! Five times as many people live in our town. I want to hold a similar event here around Thanksgiving Day, which is a few weeks away.”

“Mom,” Cody said. “No.”

“Yes!” Mom said. “I just called the newspaper. The announcement runs tomorrow. The day after Thanksgiving, everyone will meet in the town square — dressed as turkeys!”

A few days before Thanksgiving, Cody and his mom sat down for dinner. Cody set down his fork. “Do you have any idea what the kids at school think about the turkey dress-up?”

“No,” Mom said.

“Well, they have a lot to say.”

Mom looked down at her fingernails, then looked at Cody. “I’m afraid it’s too late to call it off, sweetie.”

At last, it was the day of the great turkey dress-up. But instead of bouncing around the house as she’d been all week, Mom was sitting on the living-room floor, shoulders slumped (耷拉着). “I can’t believe the DJ is sick,” she said. “What am I going to do? Music is what makes a festivity festive! I don’t know how to work all this stuff.”

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。

Mom sighed and leaned back against the couch. ___________________________________________________

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With the happy memories brought back by the photos on the wall, Cody said, “I’ll do it.” ___________________

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粤湘鄂名校联盟大联考英语参考答案

第一部分：

21-25   BDADC       26-30 CACCD     31-35 BDCCA    36～40　AGEFB

第二部分：

41-55   CADBA   CABCD   DCDBA

第三部分：

56. dates    57. is appreciated    58. officially    59. gaining    60. activities   

61. where   62. The            63. functional    64. painted   65. to

写作：略