23届高三理科英语高考模拟考试试卷.pdf

1、第 1页（共 10页）成都七中高 2023 届高三下期 高考模拟考试英 语注意事项：1.答题前，务必将自己的姓名、考号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。2.答选择题时，必须使用 2B 铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。3.答非选择题时，必须使用 0.5 毫米黑色笔迹的签字笔，将答案书写在答题卡规定的位置上。4.所有题目必须在答题卡上作答，在试题卷上答题无效。5.考试结束后，只将答题卡交回。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

2、 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。例：How much is the shirt?A.19.15.B.9.18.C.9.15.答案是C。1.What will the speakers do on Thursday?A.Play football.B.Watch a movie.C.Go hiking.2.What does the man want to do?A.Place an order.B.Design a uniform.

3、C.Form a team.3.What is Sallys favorite city?A.Paris.B.Madrid.C.Venice.4.Where will the speakers go?A.To a cafe.B.To a dessert shop.C.To a bookstore.5.What relation is Mr.Gomez to the man?A.His teacher.B.His client.C.His boss.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

4、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.What is the man doing?A.Driving a car.B.Repairing a car.C.Borrowing a car.7.How does the man sound in the end?A.Puzzled.B.Hesitant.C.Confident.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8.What are the speakers discussing?A.A jo

5、b candidate.B.A new workmate.C.Travel arrangements.第 3页（共 10页）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）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AYour Garden EscapeEven in the big city you can find oases(绿洲)of calm and beauty.From a royal palace to a classicalgarden,we recommend great

6、 green spaces to escape the hustle and bustle of London.Horniman GardensHorniman Gardens cover 16 acres with breathtaking views of London.Visitors can enjoy the SoundGarden,Meadow Field,and even a Prehistoric Garden,which features a display of“living fossils”.Thegardens are very popular with familie

7、s,and dogs can be let off their leads in the Meadow Field.Chiswick House&GardensAs a classical garden landscape in London,it was here that the English Landscape Movement wasborn with William Kents designs.Enjoy fresh bread,seasonal food,and natural wines in theaward-winning cafe,while admiring the b

8、eauty of the naturalistic landscape,spotted with impressive artand statues.Buckingham Palace GardenThe 39-acre garden boasts more than 350 types of wildflowers,over 200 trees and a three-acre lake.The garden also provides a habitat for native birds rarely seen in London.A tour of the garden can beco

9、mpleted by having a cream tea in the cafe overlooking the Palaces famous grassland and lake.Kew GardensThe Royal Botanic Garden at Kew is one of the worlds most famous gardens and a UNESCOWorld Heritage Site.Have a walk through the vast garden,spot local wildlife at the lake,or get yourhands dirty b

10、y trying a gardening lesson.Be sure to visit the Temperate House,which contains some ofthe rarest and most threatened plants.21.What can visitors do in both Horniman Gardens and Chiswick House&Gardens?A.Study living fossils.B.Taste delicious food.C.Enjoy impressive art.D.Appreciate fine views.22.Whe

11、re should visitors go if they want to join in hands-on activities?A.Kew Gardens.B.Horniman Gardens.C.Chiswick House&Gardens.D.Buckingham Palace Garden.23.What is the purpose of the text?A.To inform visitors of famous gardens.B.To entertain interested garden visitors.C.To stress the necessity of gard

12、en escape.D.To show the benefits of touring gardens.第 4页（共 10页）BPenn Station Shoe Repair and Shoe Shine is a small shoeshining business in New York City.On arecent weekday,customers sat down at the shoeshine business and pulled out newspapers and phones toread while their shoes got shined.The shoesh

13、iners cleaned the footwear and added an oily substance toprotect the shoes leather material.When it was finished,the customers paid eight dollars for the work.Shoeshining has a long history in the United States,dating back hundreds of years.But today,due tothe COVID-19 pandemic,more people work from

14、 home than in the past.And it has become popular towear more casual work clothes.Those mean fewer customers for shoeshining businesses.Rory Heenan is a 38-year-old accountant from Philadelphia.He said as a young boy he would takethe train with his father to his office one Friday each month and watch

15、 him get a shoeshine.“And here I am,you know,30 years later,doing the same thing.So,its certainly something thatspassed down over time,”he said.At David Mesquitas Leather Spa,which operates five shoe repair and shine businesses in the area,the repairs are the major part of its sales.But shoeshines a

16、re still an important offering to bring people inas most shoe repair businesses dont have the service.Before the pandemic,Leather Spa had four shoeshine chairs at its business inside New Yorks GrandCentral Terminal.It employed six shoeshiners.Together,they would complete about 120 shines a day.Now,t

17、here are only three shoeshiners who do 40 or 50 shines a day at most.“Traffic is slowly coming back in,though were still not back 100 percent of what we were,”Mesquita said,adding that shoeshining isnt something that will ever fully go away.“People like to treatthemselves,”he said,“whether its once

18、a week or twice a week or once every two weeks.Its just nice.”24.What does paragraph 2 mainly talk about?A.The dark future of the shoeshining business.B.Reasons for the change of peoples lifestyle.C.The rise and fall of the shoeshining business.D.Causes of the decline of the shoeshining business.25.

19、What did little Rory Heenan do regularly?A.He accompanied his father to work.B.He shined his fathers shoes personally.C.He greeted his father at the train station.D.He recorded his shining his fathers shoes.26.According to the text,what is true of Leather Spas shoeshining service?A.It means a great

20、deal to its overall business.B.It does expand gradually during the pandemic.C.It can be enjoyed in most shoe repair businesses.D.It is more profitable than its shoe repair business.27.Whats Mesquitas attitude towards the future of shoeshining?A.Mixed.B.Hopeless.C.Optimistic.D.Worried.第 5页（共 10页）CHum

21、ans are not the animal kingdoms only fashionistas.Tits(山雀)can be fashion followers,too,apparently.A latest study shows that,given the chance,they decorate their nests with this seasonsmust-have colour.Dr.Wild and Dr.Aplin were following up on a study published in 1934 by Henry Smith Williams,an Amer

22、ican naturalist.He noticed that when he put various coloured balls of yarn(纱)out in his garden,almost always one and only one became popular that season for being included into local birds nests.But which particular color was favoured varied from season to season.This suggested that the colourchosen

23、 by one of the early birds was spotted and copied by others.Williamss work was,however,forgotten until they came across it while following up on a differentstudy,published by a team at the University of Toulouse,suggesting fashion-following,too.Dr.Wild andDr.Aplin therefore set out to re-run William

24、ss experiment,but this time to collect some actual numbers.The birds they followed were part of a well-monitored population of blue tits in a wood near theinstitute.Most birds in this wood carried tracking devices fitted to them after their capture in mist nets.That allowed the institutes researcher

25、s to keep track of a vast number of individuals by recording theirarrival at food containers throughout the wood.Instead of food,these containers were loaded with woolof different colors.Interestingly,researchers soon found that most nests of blue tits included only thecolor of the wool first chosen

26、 by a nest-builder.Tits,then,do seem to be“on trend”,when it comes to nest-building materials.Why that shouldhappen remains obscure.Dr.Wild and Dr.Aplin suspect the fashion leaders are older birds,and thatevolution favours younger ones copying their elders since those elders have evidently survived

27、whatfortune has to throw at a tit.Williamss original work,though,suggests such initial choices are at random a bit like those of the leaders of human fashions.28.What can we learn from Paragraph 2?A.Dr.Wild and Dr.Aplin contributed to Williams work.B.Early birds color preference was copied by their

28、fellows.C.The color favored by local birds was fixed all year round.D.Yarn was local birds favorite material to decorate their nests.29.How did Dr.Wild and Dr.Aplin improve Williams experiment?A.They observed the blue tits.B.They studied the habits of blue tits.C.They adopted the data-collecting met

29、hod.D.They fitted tracking devices to food containers.30.What does the underlined word“obscure”in Paragraph 5 mean?A.Hidden.B.Evident.C.Complicated.D.Shallow.31.What is the main idea of the text?A.Birds favor certain colors in decoration.B.Young birds follow their elders in fashion.C.Young birds are

30、 just as intelligent as people.D.Birds are just as fashion-conscious as people.第 6页（共 10页）DRising sea levels and the potential impacts to huge coastal populations worldwide rank near the topof concerns when it comes to consequences of a worsening climate emergency.But a lesser-knowndanger poses an e

31、qual or arguably more urgent threat to millions around the world living at much higheraltitudes:flooding from glacial lakes.With average temperatures rising around the world in recent decades,a number of these lakes highabove population centers in South America and Asia have become swollen and unsta

32、ble as the reservesof snow and ice that feed them melt ever faster.For the first time,an international team of researchers has quantified(量化)this threat.It reportsthat 15 million people are in the path of potential floods from these swollen bodies of water.“Understanding which areas face the greates

33、t danger from glacial flooding will allow for more targetedand effective risk management actions,which in turn will help minimize loss of life and damage toinfrastructure(基础设 施)downstream,”said Rachel Carr,head of physical geography at NewcastleUniversity.In 1941,a glacial lake outburst flood,or GLO

34、F,from Lake Palcacocha killed thousands in the townof Huaraz below and largely inspired the beginning of research into the phenomenon.Dams and otherinfrastructure were put in place to relieve the threat from the lake in the 1970s,but its volume is nowover 30 times greater,requiring new improvements

35、to safely drain and release water pressure.Lead researcher Caroline Taylor says the researchers also found that understanding the dangerrequires more than just counting lakes and measuring their volume.“Instead,it is the number of people,their distance to a glacial lake and importantly,their ability

36、 to cope with a flood that determines thepotential danger from a GLOF event.”In recent years,a warning system was set up at Lake Palcacocha that could give residents of Huarazenough time to get out of the way of an incoming flood.Meanwhile,other threatened villages with nosuch alert system continue

37、to rely on hope and luck.32.Why does the author mention rising sea levels in the first paragraph?A.To make a comparison.B.To introduce the topic.C.To provide an example.D.To support his argument.33.What can we learn about GLOF from the passage?A.Effective risk management will rid people of the dange

38、r.B.An international team first figured out the dangerous areas.C.Threatened villagers without warning systems can easily get hurt.D.A GLOF in the 1970s determined the start of study into the danger.34.Which factor decides the potential danger according to Caroline Taylor?B.The volume of the unstabl

39、e lakes.A.The number of the unstable lakes.C.The ability to handle a flood.D.The degree of climate change.35.Which of the following is the best title for the text?A.Glacial Lakes:a Potential DangerB.GLOF:an Overlooked ThreatC.Climate Change:the Cause of GLOFD.Warning Systems:a Solution to GLOF第 7页（共

40、 10页）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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。Why youre more creative in coffee shopsSome of the most successful people in history have done their best work in coffee shops.36.Among them are Pablo Picasso,J.K.Rowling,Francois Voltaire and Bob Dylan.A sweet spot

41、 of noise and crowdsSome of us stick in our earbuds as soon as we sit down to work in a public setting.But scientistshave known for years that background noise can benefit our creative thinking.A study showed that amodest level of surrounding noise in a place like a cafe can actually promote your cr

42、eative output.37.Therefore,this can lead to more creative idea generation.Air of informalityThe typical coffee-shop user might be a lone worker struggling with a creative effort.However,experts say these cafe settings can also benefit work groups who are brainstorming.There is a formal airwhen gathe

43、ring on digital meeting platforms.38.All those audio and visual stimuli(刺激)helpgroups,too,compared to the meeting in a formal meeting room.39One thing that can make working from home or the office feel boring is the visual environment.Often we sit in the same chair and look at the same four walls al

44、l day long.In the coffee shops,peoplecome and go.40.The pleasant smells of coffee and food vary.While we tend not to takeconscious notice of these micro-stimuli,and likely dont openly choose to work in this location becauseof them,these activities around us make our brains work a bit differently tha

45、n at home.A.Visual varietyB.The daylight changesC.The birthplace of countless great worksD.Not all kinds ofnoisy surroundings are bad for your creativityE.By contrast,there is an informal atmosphere when meeting up at a bar or cafeF.Whatever their careers,they have tapped into their creativity worki

46、ng at a table in a cafeG.If youre slightly distracted from the task at hand,it raises your abstract thinking ability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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。When I was eight,I wanted a toy and needed$10 to buy it.But,as usual,I

47、 was broke.I decided toask my 11-year-old sister,Kathleen,for a loan.I went to her room,41her for the cash.Laughing,she agreed to42me the money,but added,“I will charge you 10 percent compound interest every43until you pay me back.”“Compound interest whats that?”I asked.“Well,interest is what you ca

48、ll the44money borrowers have to pay back on a loan,”sheexplained.“Compound interest means that the interest payments get bigger and bigger the45you第 8页（共 10页）take to pay back the loan.To repay the loan,you will need to give me$11 after one month.If you waittwo months to pay me back,your46will grow f

49、rom$10 to$11.So Ill be charging you intereston$11.Then I will add that interest to the$11 you already owe me,for a47of$12.10.Thatswhat youll owe after two months.”“Sure.I get it,”I said.Though truthfully,I was getting48.With the money,I bought the toy.My birthday came a month later,and my mom gave m

50、e$10.49,that was just the amount I needed to buy another toy I wanted desperately,the purchase of whichmade me penniless.I50paying my sister for a month.After another month,I51about theloan.Several months later,on Christmas morning,my sister and I each found a$20 bill in our stockings.Iwas just putt

51、ing it into my52when Kathleen tapped me on the shoulder.“Sorry,kiddo.Thats mine.Im53the debt from you.”“Huh?”Then I remembered the loan.“Hey!How can it be that much?I54borrowed$10.”“True,”she said,“but interest has been compounding for eight months.Now you55me$21.43.”She paused,then added.“You can p

52、ay me the$21.43.”I56to believe that a$10 loan could more than double so quickly.Much to my57,mysister got her pencil and tablet and showed me exactly how it all added up.My head58as I tried to keep track of Kathleens59,but this time,I got the basic ideaof compound interest.I60the hard way that borro

53、wing money can be“double trouble”in no time.41.A.blamingB.beggingC.searchingD.preparing42.A.borrowB.handC.lendD.pay43.A.monthB.yearC.weekD.day44.A.littleB.sameC.enoughD.extra45.A.lessB.longerC.moreD.shorter46.A.cashB.savingC.chargeD.debt47.A.totalB.costC.numberD.bill48.A.encouragedB.shockedC.confuse

54、dD.satisfied49.A.JoyfullyB.UnfortunatelyC.FoolishlyD.Gratefully50.A.put offB.kept onC.set aboutD.gave up51.A.caredB.disagreedC.worriedD.forgot52.A.accountB.stockingC.pocketD.property53.A.reducingB.collectingC.commandingD.counting54.A.normallyB.nearlyC.onlyD.really55.A.oweB.offerC.takeD.make56.A.deci

55、dedB.refusedC.pretendedD.managed57.A.reliefB.regretC.delightD.annoyance58.A.turnedB.noddedC.stuckD.hurt59.A.calculationsB.excusesC.directionsD.discoveries60.A.exploredB.explainedC.learnedD.questioned第 9页（共 10页）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。A loyal Liverpool Football

56、 Club fan is always making sure to cheer on his beloved teamwhenever they play,and thanks61a letter from his loving elder brother,the team wasrecently able to return the favor.Ian,a Liverpool City native,62hoped his hometown soccer team would do somethingspecial for his brother David,63(write)a lett

57、er to the club about Davids condition.SinceDavid was starved of oxygen as an infant,he developed differently from other kids.Though Davidstruggled64(academic),his enduring loyalty to Liverpool FC never left him,and he iswell-known in the community as being a great kid and a passionate fan.David is a

58、 season ticket holder who65(try)to go and see Liverpool play as manytimes as he can.He could never have expected that one of the66(great)members of theteam would go to see him while he was at work.Liverpool FC defender Virgil Van Dijk,67(consider)to be the best defender and oneof the best players in

59、 the world,visited Davids place of work to give him the surprise of a lifetime,68trip to Liverpool FCs training ground to meet the team in person.Not only that,Van Dijk presented David with69(ticket)for all the rest of the games tomake sure they have his support from the stands for every one of the

60、2570(remain)gamesthis season.第四部分写作（共两节，满分 35 分）第一节短文改错（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）假定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 10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。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每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2只允许修改 10 处，多者（从第 11 处起）不计分。My brother has just retu

61、rned back home from Hubei.He stays there for half a year.For the firstthree month,he lived in Wuhan and picked fruit on a farm,which is a wonder place.Afterwards,he hadto move to Yichang to finish other job,where he worked in elegant Sichuan restaurant.He loved itbecause it reminded him of his homet

62、own.This job was hard,but there were some nice people work withhim.He really had fun during this trip,and that surprised him most was that he got his communicationskills improve greatly in the process.He hopes to go back there sometimes in the future.第 10页（共 10页）第二节书面表达（满分 25 分）假设你是学生李华，你班在英语课上举行了以“Say No to Phubbing”为题目的演讲，请写一篇100 词左右的演讲稿。要点如下：1.现象；2.影响；3.建议。词汇：低头族 phubbers；低头族现象 phubbing_