青海师范大学附属实验中学2022-2023学年高三上学期12月月考英语试题.docx

青海师范大学附属实验中学2022-2023学年度第一学期教学质量检测 高三英语 第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） For Art Lovers We Are Water Protectors Carole Lindstrom, illustrated (加插图) by Michaela Goade Water is life! The Water Protectors at Standing Rock and beyond have been battling to defend Mother Earth’s sacred water to honor our ancestors, to provide for our peoples and for future generations. This picture book — seriously, it’s breathtaking — was written by Carole Lindstrom of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe and illustrated by Michaela Goade. (For ages 3 to 6) All Because You Matter Tami Charles, illustrated by Bryan Collier From the matter of the universe to Black Lives Matter, this illustrated book pulls together the real universe to make it clear that its young readers are special beyond belief. Drawing inspiration from his own grandmother’s clothes-making, Bryan Collier pairs with Tami Charles to deliver an important message. (For ages 4 to 8) Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera (意大利蜂) Candace Fleming, illustrated by Eric Rohmann A beautifully illustrated Apis mellifera presented in tasty oil paints cycles. Young readers get a front row seat to the natural world while vivid words introduce the anxiety leading to the bee’s first flight. Think each bee has just one job? Think again. Bees hold a variety of occupations during their short, lovely lives — and you thought you were busy! (For ages 6 to 9) The Plain Janes Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg’s children comic about four girl artists attracted readers when it was released in 2007. Now, in a reissue (再版) that includes the original tales along with a new story, Castellucci ages up her message. While the Janes’ lives have grown more complicated, Castellucci’s theme remains sincere and — in these trying times — something many of us struggle to keep in mind. (For ages 8 to 15) 1．Which book does Michaela Goade draw for? A．The Plain Janes. B．All Because You Matter. C．We Are Water Protectors. D．Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera. 2．Who gave Bryan Collier the inspiration to illustrate for All Because You Matter? A．His family member. B．His readers. C．Himself. D．Tami Charles. 3．What do the four books have in common? A．They are about endangered animals. B．They are targeted at art lovers under sixteen. C．They have been released more than once. D．They contribute to environmental protection. Joe Bagley, a 20-year-old “jungle boy”, has turned his one-bedroom apartment in Lough borough, UK, into an indoor jungle with over 1,400 potted plants. You can find all sorts of plants growing in Joe Bagley’s home. They are everywhere, on the dining table, on bookshelves, even in the bathroom, pretty much wherever there is any spare space that hasn’t been occupied by something else. There isn’t that much space available —1,400 potted plants into it have made it look like a sort of indoor urban jungle. “Every room is packed,” the houseplant enthusiast said. “I’m always thinking of new places to put more. I have some plants in here and I don’t know where they came from. I can’t remember buying them. It’s like I have an addiction.” Joe’s love for houseplants started when he was 13, after his grandmother, who lives right across the street, gifted him a cutting of her spider plant. As the South African plant grew and blossomed (开花), so did his love for houseplants. These days he works in a garden center, spends his free time either caring for his plants or reading articles and studies about them, and claims (声称) to have developed a kind of “sixth sense” when it comes to taking care of them. “I have a sixth sense for knowing when something needs watering. I can just be walking past a plant and I know,” he said. Through the last seven years, Joe Bagley has accumulated a wealth of plant knowledge, and he recently created his own website, where he publishes all sorts of helpful information for fellow plant enthusiasts and he also answers their questions about plant care. His dream is to one day open his own plant-filled “jungle café”, which he describes as his ideal business. 4．What can we know about Joe Bagley’s apartment? A．It is messy and dirty. B．It is lying in a jungle. C．It is filled with plants. D．It is a tourist attraction. 5．What does paragraph 4 mainly talk about? A．Why Joe Bagley’s grandmother loved plants. B．How Joe Bagley fell in love with houseplants. C．When Joe Bagley’s gift for gardening showed. D．What Joe Bagley loved best about houseplants. 6．Which of the following best describes Joe Bagley regarding plant care? A．Creative and determined. B．Hardworking but careless. C．Optimistic but inactive. D．Enthusiastic and professional. 7．Why did Joe Bagley create his own website? A．To advertise his “jungle cafe”. B．To raise money from others. C．To share his plant knowledge. D．To do business with gardeners. Maybe you take vitamins regularly supporting brainpower, or stock up on these foods that boost brain health. But new guidelines from the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) suggest there’s something better you can do to keep your mind sharp. A quarter of adults aged 80 to 84 experience mild cognitive (认知的) impairment, according to AAN. To address the widespread problem, a group of neurologists and Alzheimer’s (阿尔茨海默症) specialists went through existing studies to define the best ways to prevent and treat cognitive decline—and you might be surprised by what they included and what they didn’t. Surprisingly, the AAN guidelines don’t include any medication(药物) or dietary recommendations. The authors stress that there haven’t been any high quality, long term studies finding foods or medication can help cognitive decline. The guidelines also say doctors can consider suggesting cognitive training to patients with memory loss but not rely on it. At the present time, the report’s authors say the evidence is too inconclusive to say for sure if brain exercises, like memory and attention training or problem solving for everyday issues associated with memory loss, are beneficial. Still, these morning brain exercises can’t do any harm. But there was one big discovery from the new guidelines: Exercising just twice a week could improve cognitive decline. One study showed adults with mild cognitive impairment who did resistance training twice a week scored better on executive function and associative memory tests than a group that worked on balancing, stretching, and relaxing. What’s more, another study had older adults attend either biweekly health classes or sessions of aerobics, strength training, balance exercises, and multitasking training. Six months later, the ones who’d exercised regularly scored better on cognitive health and memory tests, and had less brain shrinkage. AAN now recommends doctors tell patients with memory loss to exercise twice a week to keep their minds sharp. This is the best time to exercise if you want to improve your memory. It looks like you’ve got just one more reason to clear time in your schedule for a workout —even if it’s only on the weekends. 8．What does the underlined word “impairment” in Paragraph 2 refer to? A．Error. B．Decline. C．Development. D．Presence. 9．ANN may be uncertain about________ . A．strength training B．resistance training C．exercising twice a week D．morning brain exercises 10．Which of the following may the author agree with? A．Daily exercises are beneficial to Alzheimer’s. B．The AAN guidelines attach importance to workouts. C．Medication is of significance in the ANN guidelines. D．Stocking up on vitamins supporting brainpower means nothing. 11．In which section of a newspaper may this text appear? A．Exercise. B．Entertainment. C．Science. D．Health. The world of work is changing. Are people ready for the new job outlook? A survey of 15- year-olds across 41 countries by the OECD(经合组织) has found that teenagers may have unrealistic expectations about the kind of work that will be available. Four of the five most popular choices are traditional professional roles: doctors, teachers, business managers and lawyers. Teenagers cluster around the most popular jobs, with the top ten being chosen by 47% of boys and 53% of girls. This selection is partly due to wishful thinking on the part of those surveyed. Furthermore, teenagers can hardly be expected to have an in-depth knowledge of labour-market trends. They encounter doctors and teachers in their daily lives. Other popular professions, such as lawyers and police officers, are familiar from films and social media. Some parts of the OECD survey are disturbing. More boys than girls expect to work in science or engineering. The problem continues in higher education; with the exception of biological and biomedical sciences, degrees in STEM Subjects (science, technology, engineering and maths ) are male-dominated. In America women earn just 35. 5% of undergraduate STEM degrees and 33. 7% of PhDs. Things are even worse in technology. In Britain only one in five computer-science university students is a woman. Women are underrepresented in some important fields of technology; they have only 12% of jobs in cloud computing, for example. Women play a much bigger role in the health- and social-care sectors. The problem is that some of these jobs are not very well paid. Home-health and personal-care aides had median annual salaries in 2018 of just over 24,000. Some jobs in health care are extremely profitable, of course. But another gender imbalance emerges here: women make up only one-third of American health-care executives. In contrast, they tend to dominate the poorly paid social care workforce. The biggest problem in the labour market, then, may not be that teenagers are focusing on a few well-known jobs. It could be a mismatch: not enough talented women move into technology and not enough men take jobs in social care. Any economist will recognise this as an inefficient use of resources. Wherever the root of the problem lies---be it the education system, government policy or corporate recruiting practices---it needs to be identified and fixed. 12．Many teenagers would like to choose some traditional jobs because_______. A．they are ready for these jobs B．these jobs are better known to them C．these jobs live up to their expectations D．they think these jobs are available to them 13．Where do most women work? A．In engineering B．In technology. C．In health care. D．In business. 14．What would-the author most probably agree with? A．The mismatch of resources requires improving. B．Not enough men and women take jobs in society. C．Teenagers have unrealistic expectations about jobs. D．It's the education system that causes the problem in the labour market. 15．In which section of a magazine may this text appear ? A．Entertainment. B．Education. C．Science. D．Career. 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） China, known for its variety of cuisines, can illustrate the history of 5,000 years from food alone. ___16___ We should be more aware of the significance of food education, because knowing how to eat is the greatest guarantee for health. Food education in China should cover these essential areas. Establish correct values. Food education in China should be designed to guide and drive children to establish correct values. ___17___ Food education should arouse their appreciation of the labor of others. ___18___ Second, food education in China should also show the inheritance of culture. Many traditional festivals are characterized by their own dishes, such as zongzi, a pyramidal glutinous rice dumpling for the Dragon Boat Festival; mooncakes on the Mid-Autumn Festival; and dumplings during Chinese New Year. The combination of food education and traditional Chinese culture enables students to taste in their mouth and remember in their heart“, thus passing on the tradition to the future generations. Bulled harmony rela1onships. Food helps Lo maintain and enhance relationships: Food is the paramount necessity of the people and Chinese culture has always valued “reunion dinners”. ___19___ Carry out food education correctly. ___20___ Though it begins with children it should be properly designed by age and geography. A．Combine it with the traditional culture. B．Improve family and interpersonal relationships C．Food education should follow a step-by-step process. D．I also guided the students to grow, identify and cook food. E．Food education in China is still in the initial stage of exploration. F．Food is both the bounty of nature and the crystallization of labor. G．Either a family dinner or casual lunch at school is a good way to better communication and cohesion. 第二部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30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。 Travelling alone can be a little frightening. However, this time is ___21___. Last week I had a holiday from work, but all my friends were occupied and none of them had the same___22___ as mine. Such as it was, I still booked a train ride to Toronto and ___23___ a bed in a hotel for one week. One week by myself! Would I be lonely? Would I be ___24___? Quite the opposite! In fact, there are many ___25___ that come from travelling alone. Firstly, I was able to do whatever I wanted. I enjoyed spending hours in museums that might have seemed ___26___ to some of my friends. I walked all around the ___27___, which some people may have found too exhausting. Instead of ___28___ someone else to remember ___29___ or to suggest activities to do, I discovered my independence and ____30____ map-reading skills that I didn’t know I had. I could  ____31____ and go to sleep when I wanted. Being in the safe environment of a hotel with like-minded _____32_____ also gives a great opportunity to meet new people from all over the world, which can help conquer ____33____ I found that there were also some disadvantages of travelling alone ____34____ the benefits. I missed having someone to talk to and to ____35____ ideas with. Experiences are often more enjoyable if they are ____36____, and part of the fun of travelling is the ____37____ that you have with your friends or families afterwards. ____38____, eating in a restaurant or cooking in the hotel alone is less fun. I am very ____39____ of myself for travelling alone and I had a fantastic time in Toronto. I would rather be by myself than with someone who is lazy and ____40____ to deal with in the future! 21．A．different B．proper C．strange D．disappointing 22．A．work B．arrangement C．interest D．freedom 23．A．bought B．made C．changed D．reserved 24．A．tired B．delighted C．bored D．amazed 25．A．benefits B．results C．effects D．accidents 26．A．private B．unique C．dissatisfying D．dull 27．A．hotel B．community C．city D．country 28．A．appealing to B．relying on C．waiting for D．finding out 29．A．constructions B．instructions C．destinations D．directions 30．A．recovered B．developed C．received D．refreshed 31．A．come out B．bring back C．get up D．turn over 32．A．for