【期中真题】山西省山西大学附属中学校2022-2023学年高三上学期11月期中英语试题.zip

山大附中2022~2023学年第一学期期中考试

英语试题

考试时间：120分钟

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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。每段对话对仅读一遍。

1. What will the man do?

A. Ride a bus.                B. Get a bike.            C. Buy a smaller car.

2. What color of pens has the man got lots of?

A. Red ones.     B. Blue ones.            C. Black ones.

3. How often does the woman usually see her sister’s baby?

A. Daily.                   B. Monthly.                 C. Weekly.

4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. Looking for better jobs.     B. Moving to the city.  C. Staying with parents.

5. What is the woman’s job?

A. A traffic police.            B. A ticket seller.         C. A driver.

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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. Why is the man nervous?

A. He has to write a poem in class.

B. He will attend a competition.

C. He has to read her poem on stage.

7. Where does the conversation take place?

A. At school.   B. At a poetry festival.  C. At the man’s home.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. How long will Alex study at the University of Sydney?

A. For about a month.  B. For about three months. C. For about two months.

9. How will the woman help Alex?

A. By sharing an apartment with him.

B. By introducing him some new friends.

C. By arranging him a place to stay.

10. Where would Alex prefer to stay in Sydney?

A. In a friend’s house. B. In a host family.  C. In a student dormitory.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What did the truck crash into?

A. Another vehicle.               B. A store.               C. A house.

12. Who was hurt in the crash?

A. The woman.                 B. The driver.   C. No one.

13. What does the man do probably?

A. He’s a policeman.          B. He’s a gardener.          C. He’s a journalist.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Zoo keeper and assistant.

B. Tour guide and visitor.

C. Interviewer and job hunter.

15. What did the man do in Africa?

A. He volunteered at a charity.

B. He taught at a university.

C. He traveled around the country.

16. How does the woman feel about the man?

A. Impatient.                   B. Sympathetic.                 C. Satisfied.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Why does the speaker use the headphone to communicate with the listeners?

A. It is comfortable to use.

B. The sound of the plane’s engine is loud.

C. The listeners talk aloud.

18. What is the cause of the dark sky?

A. The night time.              B. The black smoke.           C. The thick clouds.

19. Which side of the island are the forests in?

A. The west side.            B. The south side.             C. The north side.

20. What is the talk mainly about?

A. Learning about a volcano.

B. Having a ride in a plane.

C. Taking photos of forests.

第二部分 阅读理解 (共两节，满分60分)

第一节  (共15小题;每小题3分，满分45分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Have you ever been really hungry, but there wasn’t much to eat in your kitchen? Did you throw together a bunch of stuff you had on hand and were pleasantly surprised when it tasted good? You aren’t alone. Some of our favorite foods were created by accident. Here’s a sample menu of some familiar foods that would never have happened if someone hadn’t created them by mistake.

POTATO CHIPS

One of the world’s favorite snacks is the result of a complaint. In 1853, a man was eating dinner at Moon’s Lake House in Saratoga Springs, New York. He ordered fried potatoes, a popular side dish. But when they came out of the kitchen, he didn’t think they were crispy enough. He sent them back to the kitchen, where Chef George Crum was so angry at having his cooking criticized that he sliced the potatoes really thin, put lots of salt on them, and fried them. Not only did the diner love them, but everyone else did, too. They soon became a specialty of the restaurant.

TOFU

Tofu, or bean curd, is made by curdling (使凝结) fresh soya milk, pressing it into a solid block, and then cooling it. Tofu was accidentally invented in China 2,000 years ago, when a cook added seaweed to soya milk, which made it curdle. This is the same process that is used for making cheese. Like cheese, tofu is a great example of how really messing up a recipe can create something unexpectedly good.

CHEESE PUFFS

Did you ever wonder who thought up cheese puffs? The company that invented them wasn’t even trying to make food for people. It was trying to make animal feed. In the 1930s, the Flakall Company of Wisconsin made animal food from small, flaked pieces of grain. One day, an employee, Edward Wilson, watched workers pouring cornmeal (谷粉) into the flaking machine, wetting it to keep it from clogging (堵塞). Because the machine was very hot, the wet cornmeal came out of it in puffy ribbons that hardened when they hit the air. Wilson took some of the ribbons home, added oil and flavoring to them, and voila! Cheese puffs!

1. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Seaweed is also used for making cheese.

B. Chef George Crum didn’t like to criticize others’ cooking.

C. Cold wet cornmeal hardened when they hit the air.

D. Bean curd dates back 2000 years in China .

2. What do the three foods have in common?

A. They are the results of complaints.

B. They were not created on purpose.

C. They weren’t originally made for people.

D. They are all popular throughout the world.

3. What’s the purpose of the text?

A. To compare the features of some foods.

B. To inform readers of some foods.

C. To recommend some foods .

D. To introduce the origins of some foods.

B

Some of my earliest memories involve sitting with my dad in his study every night when he came home from the office. I’d watch as he put his personal items away: his watch, wallet, comb and car keys. They would always occupy the same spot on the table every time.

Dad’s comb was jade green. I heard he bought it when he married Mum. Every night, he would smile, hand me the comb and say, “Be a good girl and help Daddy clean it, OK?”

I was more than happy to do it. At age five, this kind of task brought me such joy. I would excitedly turn the tap on, and then brush the comb with a used toothbrush as hard as I could. Satisfied that I’d done a good job, I would proudly return the comb to Dad. He would smile at me, and place the comb on top of his wallet.

About two years later, Dad left his sales job and started his own wholesale business. I started primary school. That was when things started to change. Dad’s business wasn’t doing so well, and our stable life started getting shaky. He didn’t come home as much as he used to. And when he did come home, it was always late and I’d already be in bed. I started to get mad. Why didn’t he listen to Mum and just stick to his old job? Why take the risk and place the whole family in trouble? Over the years, I stopped waiting for him to come home, and stopped going downstairs to check on him.

Now 28, I’ve graduated from college and got a job. Dad’s business has also started to get back on track. Yet the uncomfortable silence between Dad and me went on.

Two days before my birthday last year, Dad came home early. On that evening, I helped him carry his bags into his study as usual. When I turned to leave, he asked me to clean his comb. I looked at him for a while, then took the comb and headed to the sink.

It was a new comb. This one was brown. I hadn’t noticed that he’d changed it. After cleaning it, I passed it back to Dad. He looked at it and smiled. But this time, I noticed something different. My dad had aged. He had wrinkles next to his eyes when he smiled, yet his smile was still as heartwarming as before.

4. From the first three paragraphs, we can learn ________.

A. the precious green comb of Dad was made of jade

B. the earliest memories with Dad were full of joy

C. the author wasn’t willing to clean the comb for Dad

D. the author would study together with Dad every evening

5. What probably made Dad decide to resign from his original job to start his own business?

A. That he was fired and had to make a living.

B. That he was eager to get everything on track.

C. That he hoped to earn a better life for the family.

D. That he wanted to keep the life for his family stable.

6. What emotional changes did the author experience when staying with Dad these years?

A. mad → satisfied → warm

B satisfied → worried → angry

C. warm → concerned → uncomfortable

D. cheerful → mad→ warm

7. What could be the best title for the text?

A. Evenings with Dad

B. A Comb of Jade Green

C. My Earliest Memories with Dad

D. Dad’s Sales Job & His Wholesale Business

C

While the arts can’t stop the COVID-19 virus or the social unrest we see in the world today, they can give us insight into the choices we make when moving through crises and chaos. The arts invite everyone to think in new ways.

We often experience works of art as something that’s pleasing to our senses without a full understanding of the creative effort. Great art often shows us contradictions and crises, and we can learn a great deal from their resolutions. Through our understanding of art, we can gain a deeper understanding of how we might overcome our own challenges. In understanding extremes of contrast, we can see the beauty in art with themes that are not simply pleasing for their magnificent features or qualities.

Beethoven offers a wonderful example of moving artfully through crises and chaos. He composed his Symphony No.9 as his hearing loss became more and more pronounced. The opening of the symphony seems to come out of nowhere, from near silence in the opening to a full expression of what many consider to be the joy of freedom and universal brotherhood with Schiller’s Ode to joy (欢乐颂). Beethoven appears to have created a work of art that not only freed him from his personal struggles, but one that also speaks to the joy of living together in peace and harmony.

Have a dialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they always start out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference—a oneness of the two opposing forces. The arts offer many lessons that can help us gain the knowledge we need to move more confidently in today’s competitive and uncertain environment. An openness to arts-based solutions will give you more control over your future.

8. What value does art have beyond pleasing people’s senses?

A. It brings people inner peace. B. It contributes to problem-solving.

C. It reduces the possibility of crises. D. It deepens understanding of challenges.

9. What can we learn about Beethoven’s Symphony No.9?

A. It celebrates freedom and unity. B. It aims to show crises and chaos.

C. It opens with Schiller’s Ode to Joy. D. It is unfinished due to his hearing loss.

10. What is the author’s suggestion on dealing with conflicting forces?

A. Leaving things as they are. B. Making a choice between them.

C. Separating them from each other. D. Engaging them in a conversation.

11 Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A. How COVID-19 changes art B. Moving artfully through crises

C. Essentials of Symphony No.9 D. How to appreciate arts in new ways

D

The ruins of a huge Maya city have been discovered in Guatemala with the help of the remote sensing technique LiDAR, according to the National Geographic on Thursday.

This breakthrough was possible thanks to LiDAR sensors, which can survey landscapes in 3D by reflecting laser pulses off the ground from unmanned air vehicles and others. LiDAR is exceptionally useful for detecting archeological sites (考古遗址), as it gets through jungles and other features that hold up exploration on the ground. The technique has been the activator (催化剂) of many discoveries in recent years. For instance, major finds at Angkor, Cambodia and Caracol, Belize can explain what it did.

This large lost city envelops sites like Tikal, Holmul, and Witzna—known for their temples and pyramids—but shows that these famous heritage areas are the tip of the iceberg of this lost urban network.

Hidden under the jungles of the Maya Biosphere Reserve, more than 60,000 human-made features—homes, canals, highways, some of which can even reach the modernized standard—have been identified by an international cooperation of researchers headed by the PACUNAM Foundation, a Maya cultural and natural heritage organization. Those have experts rethinking the outlines and complexity of the Maya empire.

These ancient peoples obviously established these imaginative cultures based on their known relics, but the new research has shown that the scale of this lost society is far beyond what experts had imagined. The findings will be explored in an hour-long documentary called Lost Treasures of the Maya Snake Kings, premiering (首映) Tuesday, February 6 on the National Geographic Channel.

“There are entire cities we didn’t know about now showing up in the survey data,” said Francisco Belli, one of the lead archeologists on the project. “There are 20,000 square kilometres more to be explored and there are going to be hundreds of cities there that we don’t know about, and we will push the frontiers,” he added.

12. What can we know about LiDAR?

A It’s a breakthrough in archeology. B. It’s major equipment in air forces.

C. It was first used in discovering a Maya city. D. It’s a remote sensing technique using laser pulses.

13. What does the underlined word “Those” in paragraph 4 refer to?

A. The jungles of the Reserve. B. The outlines of the Maya empire.

C. The researchers of the organization. D. The man-made projects of the Reserve.

14. Which of the following words can best describe the Maya empire?

A Famous and dangerous. B. Vast and highly developed.

C. Mountainous and aggressive. D. Enormous and traditional.

15. What do archeologists hope to do next?

A. Restudy the history of Maya. B. Use the LiDAR sensors as usual.

C. Continue to explore the unknown. D. Study the documentary more carefully.

第二节(共5小题;每小题3分, 满分15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。

Exams are an important type of assessment almost all students will need to undertake. The best way to study is not to recite it all in hours or minutes before an exam. Exam stress affects most students in various ways. ___16___

How do you face such an important day? If you have not been able to study the complete contents till now, don’t long to finish it all. ___17___In your bag, collect all your supplies such as pencils, several pens and other important writing materials. Put the bag and everything else that you might need in one place. This will help to reduce your worries in the morning.

When you arrive at the hall, surround yourself with friends who are supportive or just go through your notes quietly. Always make it a point to study the subjects which you find easier to learn first. ___18___Therefore, do not go round asking crazily for the answer. This will just upset you and send you into panic mode.

___19___Before the examination starts, make sure your question paper is complete. Read the instructions carefully. Settle the easy questions first. Divide your time carefully for each question and move on to the next question even if you have not finished the first.

Finally, after each paper, go home and rest. Do not worry about what you could have done or haven’t done. Try not to discuss the answers with your friends. ___20___

A. Try to relax and remember to fill the answer.

B. When you are in the examination room, follow these steps.

C. You’ll be affected if you do not know the answer to any topic.

D. Firstly, prepare a test kit for the duration of your examination.

E. You should not allow anything to upset the rest of the examination.

F. Many students are nervous when they are facing their first examination.

G. It is important to manage this stress and find ways of helping to reduce it.

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15小题;每小题2分, 满分30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。

Early in my teaching career, I heard countless excuses—most of them amusing—for why students didn’t have their homework. “The dog ate it” was one of them. As time passed, I grew ___21___ of hearing “I don’t have my homework because...” So I quit accepting any excuse.

When I was ___22___ to another school, I took my straightforward attitude with me. “No excuses, no extensions!” I warned my eighth graders on the first day. When a student didn’t have the homework, I never asked why. ___23___, I sighed loudly, shook my head in disgust and recorded a zero.

One afternoon, shortly after the ___24___ bell rang, Anthony ___25___ me. “Could I talk to you a minute?” he asked shyly. “I know what you said about our homework, but I don’t want you to think I’m a slacker (懒虫) because I come to school ___26___ mine so often.”

Anthony looked up at me, and I could see that his lower lip was shaking. “It’s just that...well, my dad moved out, and my mom works at night, so I have to look after my little brothers. Sometimes they cry a lot, which makes it hard to ____27____.”

I put my hand on Anthony’s thin shoulder. “Why are you just now telling me…” I stopped in mid-sentence. I knew why. So I ___28___ the question. “Would it help if you stayed here after school and worked on it?”

He swallowed hard and ___29___.

The next day, I announced to all my students that I’d be offering an after-school study hall. Anthony was the first to ____30____. Several days later, Terrell joined him, _____31_____ by twins Sandy and Randy. Before long, I had a room full of eighth graders to work on their lessons. I never asked why any of them were there, but I soon had a large _____32_____ of “I don’t have my homework because...” stories. All were very _____33_____. None were amusing.

The things I learned weren’t taught in college. I discovered not all kids come from homes that are safe and _____34_____. Not all kids have a quiet bedroom with a desk and study light. Some don’t have a home where a parent is even around. And even some kids do go to bed _____35_____. Most importantly, I learned that “I’ll listen” works better than “No excuses”.

21. A. ashamed B. scared C. tired D. informed

22. A. transferred B. transplanted C. transported D. transformed

23. A. However B. Afterward C. Moreover D. Instead

24. A. dismissal B. removal C. approval D. arrival

25. A. occupied B. greeted C. waved D. approached

26. A. with B. without C. for D. on

27. A. tolerate B. concentrate C. balance D. survive

28. A. extended B. refreshed C. changed D. updated

29. A. nodded B. shook C. weighed D. understood

30. A. give up B. put up C. show up D. take up

31. A. followed B. surrounded C. separated D. impressed

32. A. combination B. description C. prediction D. collection

33. A. imaginary B. fictional C. rigid D. real

34. A. complex B. warm C. simple D. cold

35. A. happily B. guiltily C. hungrily D. regularly

第二节(共10小题：每小题2分，满分20分)

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的词(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Shenzhou-13 return capsule, carrying the three Chinese astronauts, Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu, _____36_____ (safe) landed back on Earth on Saturday morning, breaking a record of six-month mission in space. China declared the Shenzhou-13 mission was  ____37____ complete success after the medical team waiting on site confirmed that all three astronauts were _____38_____ good health.

Zhai, the commander of the mission, was the first _____39_____ (come) out of the capsule, waving his hand to the cheering crowd on site with a big smile. He said he felt very good. He _____40_____ (follow) by Wang, the first female Chinese astronaut who had entered China’s space station. “I want to tell my daughter, mom returned after reaching for the stars,” she said. Ye _____41_____ (exit) last from the capsule.

“My first flight to space lasted six _____42_____ (month), which was a challenge to me. My space dream came true,” he said.

During the six-month journey in the space station, the crew confirmed key technologies for the construction of the space station, ____43____ (include) in-orbit transposition of spacecraft and robotic arm operation of heavy loads. Besides _____44_____ (science) missions, the crew also gave two live science lectures from the space station, during ______45______ they conducted various experiments and answered questions from students watching the class on Earth.

第三部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)

第一节(满分15分)

46. 假定你是李华，你的美国笔友Mike来信说中国书法很难学。就此请你用英语给他写一封回信，主要内容包括：

1.学习书法的意义；

2.学习书法的技巧；

3．给他鼓励和信心。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：书法calligraphy;毛笔writing brush

Dear Mike,

I’m sorry to know that you have difficulty in learning Chinese calligraphy.

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Best wishes.

Yours

Li Hua

第二节 书面表达(满分25分)

47. 高中生活即将结束，你有什么难忘的经历要跟大家分享吗？请以此为题，写一篇短文，内容包括：

1.描写一次难忘的经历；

2.谈谈这次经历对你的影响。

注意：

1.词数100左右；

2.文中不可出现有关个人的真实信息；

3题目已为你写好。

An Unforgettable Experience

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