江苏省盐城中学高三年级第三次模拟考试英语试卷（2023.5）

江苏省盐城中学高三年级第三次模拟考试

英语试卷（2023.5）

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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三个选项中选择最佳选项。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's wrong with the man?

A.He has bad eyesight.    B.He has a headache.    C.He feels dizzy.

2.Where are the speakers?

  A.At the cinema.    B.At the railway station.    C.At the airport,

3.How does the woman feel?

  A.Excited.    B.Suprised.    C.Worried.

4.How much gasoline did the two speakers use last month?

  A.52 liters.    B.13 liters.    C.26 liters.

5.What are the speakers mainly talking about ?

  A.Supermarket.    B.A new store.    C.A piece of furniture.

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2至4个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；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.Why does the man make the call?

A.Because the hotel is noisy.

B.Because the room is small.

C.Because the TV isn't working .

7.How does the man feel at last?

A.Satisfied.    B.Puzzled.    C.Annoyed.

听第7段材料，问答第8至10题。

8.What do the speakers decide to do?

A.Play bowling.    B.Play tennis.    C.Go dancing.

9.When will the man leave?

A.At 7:00.    B.At 7:30.    C.At 8:00.

10.What does the man think of driving a car?

A.Time-saving.    B.Troublesome.    C.Comfortable.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11.What is the woman doing ?

A.Joking about the man's fun experiences.

B.Talking the man into trying something fun.

C.Giving the man advice on avoiding danger.

12.What does the woman prefer to do this weekend?

A.Go to the library.    B.Go mountain biking.    C.Stay at home.

13.What happened to the man on his last fishing trip?

  A.He broke his arm.    B.He got sunburn.    C. He didn't catch any fish.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14.Which word may best describe the woman ?

A.Encouraging.    B.Dishonest.    C.Interesting.

15.What does the man worry about?

A.How to speak to a woman bravely.

B.How to develop a real interest.

C.How to balance his study and work.

16.Why does the man want to go back to school?

A.He has to loose a schedule.

B.He loves the feeling with students.

C.He wanted to decide his future development.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.What's the purpose of providing the school students with yoga exercises?

A.To enable students to reject violence.

B.To help students face struggles more properly.

C.To eliminate poverty more effectively.

18.What can students learn in the Mindful Moment Room?

A.How to calm down by talking to teachers.

B.How to clear their mind at night.

C.How to respond to situations better.

19 What change have yoga exercises brought to school?

A.More students dropped out of school last year.

B.There is less bad behavior on campus.

C.More students are willing to be sent to the office.

20. What does the speaker think of yoga?

A.Its effect on students remains to be seen.

B.Everyone can benefit from it.

C.There is enough evidence for its importance.

第二部分  阅读理解（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

Cool Inventions

For Light Sleepers

Millions of people have trouble falling asleep each night, which is why Light Sleeper was created.

Developed in the United Kingdom, Light Sleeper’s makers say it can help a person fall asleep and also help a person fallback to sleep after waking up in the middle of the night.

Light Sleeper works by projecting(投射) a light on to the ceiling while the person is lying down. The idea is to watch the light, because the light moving in a circle has a relaxing effect.

One of the advantages of the product is that it won’t disturb other people in the room. The product can be easily moved and will switch itself off after 30 minutes to save power.

Stop the Snoring (打鼾)

Here’s a new product designed to slowdown the frequency and level of your snoring. The Snore Stopper has a sensitive instrument that will detect when you’re snoring. Once it does that, it will send a very mild electronic signal to your wrist. This consequently changes your sleeping position to stop you from snoring. The Snore Stopper won’t cause any damage to your body.

Get Your True Colors

Photoshop features a pen that will copy the color settings of what you are monitoring onscreen to use as a color in your pro-gram. Now an off-line product allows you to pick a color when not using the computer software.

The Color Picker is a concept pen. After placing the pen against an object, the user just presses the scan button. Color sensors (感应器) inside the pen send information to a box, which then mixes red, green and blue to produce the desired ink color.

Keep it fresh

More high technology products are showing up in the kitchen. A new Bagel dome (圆顶形物) advertises that it will keep your baked goods fresher for longer periods of time. The product, which is able to remove air, works for bread rolls, cakes and other perishables. To use it, you just push a button at the top.

21.How can LightSleeper help a person fall asleep?

A.Its light makes people feel calm.       B.It doesn’t make any noise.

C.It is fixed on the ceiling.                    D.Its light moves fast.

22.What do we know about the Snore Stopper?

A.It will causes light damage to a person’s body.

B.It will wake a person up once he starts snoring.

C.It can make sure a person doesn’t snore all night.

D.It can make a person snore less by changing his sleeping position.

23.The Color Picker will probably be used while you’re________.

A.using the computer         B. collecting information

C.drawing pictures                 D.designing a program

B

About two years ago, several lunar missions showed that some lunar soil contains minute amounts of water molecules. But where did water on the moon come from? Answering that question can help us understand the moon’s history and evolution, but also allow future engineers to potentially tap into this resource when building a sustainable moon base.

Chinese scientists have discovered that minerals in lunar soil might have got that substance  (物质) critical for life from solar wind bombarding (轰炸) the moon’s surface with hydrogen ions (氢离子), according to a study published in the journal Nature Communication on Saturday.

In a previous study, published in June, Chinese scientists concluded that most water found on the moon may have originated in its interior. That study, like the new one, was conducted on lunar samples from China’s Chang’e-5 mission in 2020.

The study in June found that lunar soil had around 30 parts per million of water content in the form of hydroxyl (羟基), a close chemical relative of water. However, lunar minerals may contain water content of up to 179 ppm. One ppm of water would yield (产生) around 1 gram of water per metric ton (公吨) of soil.

The latest study essentially confirmed the estimates from the previous research, and those lunar minerals could contain even more water. Moreover, the new study identified solar wind as a key mechanism for the existence of water on the moon’s surface.

The study found that the solar wind resulted at least 170 ppm of water content in lunar samples gathered by the Chang’e-5 mission. Lunar minerals such as pyroxene, plagioclase, and olivine are likely the main reservoirs (水库) of solar wind-derived water.

“This study has important implications for understanding the evolution of water on the lunar surface and evaluating the contribution of solar wind protons (质子) to the water reservoirs of the lunar surface, ”the researchers said.

Lunar samples collected during the Chang’e-5 mission may hold the keys to answering these questions, since they are much younger than the ones collected by US and Soviet moon missions. So, the water content in the Chinese samples has had less time to be influenced by other factors, making these samples ideal for studying the moon’s water.

24.What is the first paragraph intended for?

A.To answer the question. B.To introduce the topic.

C.To clarify a concept.         D.To help us know the moon better.

25.What do Chinese scientists find about the water found on the moon from the latest study?

A.It could originate in the moon’s interior.

B.It could mainly come from the solar wind.

C.Lunar soil contains abundant amounts of water.

D.Lunar minerals contain less water than expected.

26.What can we infer from Paragraph 5 and Paragraph 6?

A.Lunar soil contains more water than Lunar minerals do.

B.Lunar minerals contain rich water coming from solar wind.

C.Solar wind should account for the existence of water on the moon.

D.The latest study basically confirmed all the estimates of previous study.

27.What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A.To report the success of the Chang’e-5 mission.

B.To introduce how to build a sustainable moon base.

C.To explain the role of solar wind on the moon.

D.To report the findings of recent studies on the moon.

C

Last year, 138,000 San Francisco residents used Airbnb, a popular app designed to connect home renters and travelers. It’s a striking number for a city with a population of about 850,000, and it was enough for Airbnb to win a major victory in local elections, as San Francisco voters struck down a debatable rule that would have placed time restrictions and other regulations on short-term rental services.

The company fiercely opposed the measure, Proposition F, with a nearly $10 million advertising campaign. It also contacted its San Franciscan users with messages urging them to vote against Proposition F.

Most people think of Airbnb as a kind of couch-surfing app. The service works for one-night stays on road trips and longer stays in cities, and it often has more competitive pricing than hotels. It’s a textbook example of the “sharing economy”, but not everyone is a fan.

The app has had unintended consequences in San Francisco. As the San Francisco Chronicle reported last year, a significant amount of renting on Airbnb is not in line with the company’s image: middle-class families putting up a spare room to help make ends meet. Some users have taken advantage of the service, using it to turn their multiple properties into vacation rentals or even full-time rentals. Backers of Proposition F argued that this trend takes spaces off the conventional, better-regulated housing market and contributes to rising costs.

“The fact is, widespread abuse of short-term rentals is taking much needed housing off the market and harming our neighborhoods,” said ShareBetter SF, a group that supported Proposition F. Hotel unions have protested the company’s practices in San Francisco and other cities, saying that it creates an illegal hotel system.

San Francisco is in the middle of a long-term, deeply rooted housing crisis that has seen the cost of living explode. Actually, explode is a generous term. The average monthly rent for an apartment is around $4, 000. Located on a narrow outcropping of land overlooking the bay, San Francisco simply doesn’t have enough space to accommodate the massive inflow of young, high-salaried tech employees flocking to Silicon Valley.

As the Los Angeles Times reported, some San Francisco residents supported the measure simply because it seemed like a way to check a big corporation. Opponents of Proposition F countered that the housing crisis runs much deeper, and that passing the rule would have discouraged a popular service while doing little to solve the city’s existing problems.

28.The intention of Proposition F is to ________.

A.place time limits in local election. B.set limits on short-term rental.

C.strike down a controversial rule.         D.urge users to vote against Airbnb.

29.What is the negative consequence of Airbnb on San Francisco?

A.It shrinks the living space of middle-class families.

B.Users are taken advantage of by the service financially.

C.It makes the house market more competitive.

D.It indirectly leads to high house rental price.

30.The housing crisis in San Francisco results from ________.

A.explosion of the living cost             B.its geographic characteristics

C.inflow of migrant population     D.generosity of local enterprises

31.The author’s attitude toward Proposition F is ________.

A.objective B.supportive     C.negative D.indifferent

D

Humans are not the only ones who underwent self-domestication. So did our close relatives, the bonobos, and the species we call our best friend. A tiny proportion of the genome differentiates dogs from wolves, and yet millions of dogs are comfortably curled up in our homes, while wolves move around at the edge of extinction.

When our research group began its work almost 20 years ago, we discovered that dogs also have extraordinary intelligence: they can read our gestures better than any other species. Wolves, in contrast, are mysterious and unpredictable. Their home is the wilderness, and that wilderness is shrinking.

But not so long ago the evolutionary race between dogs and wolves was so close, it was unclear who would win. Dogs, in fact, did not descend from wolves. Instead, dogs and wolves shared a wolflike ancestor.

Folklore supposes that humans brought wolf puppies into camp and domesticated them. Or as wolf expert David Mech wrote in 1974, “Evidently early humans tamed wolves and domesticated them, eventually selectively breeding them and finally developing the domestic dog from them.” But this story has not held up. Taming an animal occurs during its lifetime. Domestication happens over generations and involves changes to the genome.

So how did wolves turn into dogs? Back in the Ice Age, as our human populations grew more sedentary, we probably created more rubbish, which we then dumped outside our camps. These leavings would have included tempting pieces of food for hungry wolves. Not every wolf would have been able to scavenge, however. These animals would have had to be unafraid of humans, and if they displayed any aggression toward us, they would have been killed. After generations of selection for friendliness without intentional selection by humans, this special population of wolves would have begun to take on a different appearance. Coat color, ears, tails: all probably started to change.

Animals that could respond to our gestures and voices would be extremely useful as hunting partners and guards. They would have been valuable as well for their warmth and companionship, and slowly we would have allowed them to move from outside our camps to our firesides. We did not domesticate dogs. The friendliest wolves domesticated themselves.

32.What can be summarized about wolves and dogs from the first three paragraphs?

A.Wolves are smarter than dogs.

B.They are very much racially divided.

C.They are close relatives but dogs seem to be on the winning side.

D.All dogs have made their ways to indoor life while wolves to the wild.

33.What is the meaning of the underlined word “sedentary” in paragraph 5?

A.diverse                                  B.limited

C.living in the same place          D.involving regular migration

34.What does the author conclude from the history of dogs and wolves?

A.Dogs evolved from wolves.

B.Selective breeding developed domestic dogs.

C.Taming and domesticating an animal are the same thing.

D.Friendliness as a quality translates into an evolutionary strategy.

35.Which of the following is suitable for a title?

A.From Wolf to Dog                                    B.Dog: Our Favorite Pet

C.An Intentional Domestication                    D.A Competition Story between Wolf and Dog

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。

The Upside to Being Outside

Research shows that being in nature makes people feel good, whether they’re roughing it in the wilderness for days or just hanging out at a local park for a while. One study was conducted in the city of Birmingham, Alabama. Researchers found that most participants’ mood and well-being improved significantly when they spent time in urban parks, even though the average visit was only around half an hour.

     36     For example, scientists in the United Kingdom studied the impact of the “30 Days Wild” campaign. It challenged people to interact with nature for 30 days by enjoying earthy activities like feeding birds and planting flowers. Participants were measurably happier and healthier throughout the challenge…and for months afterwards, too.    37   

How does nature boost people’s happiness? Scientists say that spending time in natural settings reduces stress and anxiety, which benefits mental and physical health. Research shows our brains are more relaxed in natural settings.

To most people, it’s not news that nature can be calming. But multiple studies have found that spending time in nature also has some more surprising benefits, like improving creativity and problem-solving.     38     Another found that exposure to nature helped people score better on tests. That’s more proof that going outside is a smart move!

What accounts for the connection with cognition and creativity? It could be that a good dose of nature acts as a cure to information overload. Everyday life involves a lot of multitasking. Some scientists theorize that spending time in nature enables our brains to rest and recover from mental tiredness.     39     

Naturally, scientific studies don’t cover everything that’s great about the great outdoors.     40     From recreation and exercise to happiness and creativity, there are lots of upsides to getting outside.

A.One study revealed that people were better at figuring out puzzles after a four-day camping trip.

B.According to many scientific studies, there’s a good chance it’ll make you happier, healthier, and more creative.

C.What’s more, the lift people get from nature is long lasting.

D.Lots of people enjoy fun activities outside, like swimming, riding bikes, or climbing trees.

E.When the only light you’ve seen all day is the glow of a screen, it might be a good idea to switch it off.

F.This means that whether you’re studying or playing video games, heading outside to give your brain a break might help you get to the next level.

G.So, kicking back in a park is a bit like treating your mind to a restful mini vacation.

第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节  完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

I live in a poor but pretty town where I know all my neighbors. One day I found I suffered a theft. I was    41    who was the thief. I visited the police and reported the    42   . They responded, “He’s got quite a record already. If you   43    Jared” — not his real name — “he will go to youth center until he’s 21.”

I asked the police to    44    until I could speak with Jared. I also suggested a(n)    45    to solving this matter without involving the law. My next    46    was Jared’s house. When he saw me,    47    filled his eyes. So, I invited him for a walk and soon he relaxed. I mentioned the theft,    48    “If I take you to court, you’ll lose your freedom.”

Jared registered a note of regret. I    49    the moment and suggested my being his mentor (导师) for one year. Besides, he had to     50     me for one hour every week, talking about his homework and anything he liked. But he must commit to repay my money. He took the     51    .

To Jared’s credit, he     52     in a quiet, special space in the school every Friday morning. I learned about his     53     family, and his lack of meaningful     54    with others. He even never knew where his father was.

Friday after Friday we sat, we chatted, I listened. With my money repaid, he was finally set free.     55     the neighborhood benefited from a more civil, responsible Jared.

41.A.skeptical B.positive C.uncertain D.concerned

42.A.suspect B.lawyer C.teacher D.murderer

43.A.fire B.punish C.catch D.charge

44.A.hold on B.hold off C.get involved D.take action

45.A.key B.link C.approach D.response

46.A.aim B.proposal C.step D.stop

47.A.fear B.surprise C.shame D.anger

48.A.reasoning B.smiling C.adding D.threatening

49.A.expected B.seized C.ignored D.missed

50.A.meet B.call C.contact D.accompany

51.A.offer B.treat C.lesson D.trick

52.A.hid B.reflected C.wandered D.appeared

53.A.dangerous B.broken C.caring D.well-off

54.A.argument B.competitions C.connections D.sharing

55.A.In return B.In reality C.After all D.Above all

第二节 短文填空（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下列材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

On recent weekends,visitors from surrounding cities , province and even 56. _(far) away are rushing to try Zibo barbecue. A local citizen surnamed Wei said, "We locals can't even eat at nearby barbecue restaurants on weekends due to the long queues." Pancakes,scallions and table-top barbecues 57. ___(see) as essential items for customers, and the immersive barbecue mode has met the taste and social needs of young customers.

"Zibo barbecue going viral is not 58.__ (accident), "Yin Qidi ,head of the city’s commerce bureau, said at 59.___ news conference held to address the barbecue craze on March 10.

60.___ terms of transportation,Zibo is known to have newly added 21 customized barbecue bus lines and cooperated with China Railway Jinan Group Co Ltd to add weckend railway lines fromZibo to Jinan of Shandong province.Arranging volunteers at Zibo railway stations,publishing maps marking recommended Zibo barbecue cateries,61.         providing accommodation discounts for out-of -town students are some of the convenient services Zibo provides.

Previously,the city's culture and tourism bureau,along with 10 representatives from popular Zibo scenic spots,62._ _(board) the special weekend train G9321 on April 8 63.          (promote) tourism in Zibo and benrficial policies to passengers.64._       have made the low-profile industrial city 65.         (expect) one of the most popular tourist attractions in China in the post-epidemic era .

第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）

假定你是李华，下个月即将参加某外国语大学的入学英语面试，希望向你校外教David请教相关事宜，邮件内容包括：

1. 面试技巧；

2. 注意事项。

注意：

1. 词数80左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

第二节 读后续写（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，续写短文的词数应为 150 左右。

My school had a tradition during the ninth-grade graduation: a beautiful gold and green jacket（the school colors）, was awarded to the student who had maintained the highest grades for nine years.

I had been a straight A student since the first grade and had looked forward very much to owning that jacket. My father was a farm laborer who couldn’t earn enough money to feed five children, so I was given to my grandparents to raise. There would never be a school sports jacket for us because we couldn’t afford it. This scholarship jacket was my only chance.

One day in May, I happened to overhear in the office. Mr. Schmidt, my history teacher, and Mr. Boone, my math teacher arguing about me. “I refuse to do it！I don’t care who her father is; her grades can’t match Martha’s at all. I won’t lie or falsify（伪造）records.” said Mr. Schmidt angrily.

But Mr. Boone’s voice sounded calm. “Joann’s father is not only on the Board（董事会）, he owns the only store in town: we could say it was a close tie and…”

The pounding in my ears drowned out the rest of the words, only a word here and there filtered through. “…Martha is Mexican…resign … won’t do it …”

To this day I don’t remember how I made it through the rest of the afternoon. That night, I cried into my pillow so Grandmother wouldn’t hear me.

The next day when the principal called me into his office. “Martha,” he said, “There’s been a change in policy this year regarding the scholarship jacket. This year the Board has decided to charge fifteen dollars, which still won’t cover the complete cost of the jacket. So if you are unable to pay the money for the jacket, it will be given to the next