河南省湘豫名校联考2022-2023学年高三上学期12月期末摸底考试英语试题

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2022年12月高三上学期期末摸底考试

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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）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给 A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Are you fond of watching films?Does the colorful, natural, or spectacular scenery in the films

attract you to travel to their locations? Although many films nowadays use many special effects,

most scenes are captured in natural places, which can create lasting impressions on audiences.

We have selected four beautiful film locations in China. Check them out!

Xixi National Wetland Park & If You Are the One

Lying in Hangzhou,East China's Zhejiang province,less than 5 kilometers from West Lake, Xixi

National Wetland Park covers a total area of 11.5 square kilometers. It has rich ecological

resources,beautiful natural scenery, and profound culture. Rivers, ponds, and lakes make up over

70 percent of the park, which is China's first national wetland park integrating（合并）urban，

agricultural，and cultural wetlands.

Great Bamboo Sea of China & Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon

The Great Bamboo Sea of China,commonly known as the Anji Bamboo Sea,is a national

4A-level tourism attraction dominated by Moso bamboo forests located in Anji county, Huzhou,

East China's Zhejiang province. It has been recognized as the largest ecological leisure and

tourism area featuring bamboo culture in southeastern China.

Moso bamboo grows all over the mountains in the scenic area, creating a magnificent

landscape. The largest bamboo stalk（茎）， which has been exhibited at the National Agricultural

Exhibition Center,has a diameter of 17 centimeters, with most stalks having a diameter of more

than 10 centimeters.

Kaiping Diaolou Cultural Tourism Area & Let the Bullets Fly

Located to the southwest of the Pearl River Delta in South China's Guangdong province,

Kaiping Diaolou Cultural Tourism Area is a well-known scenic spot that also serves as a base for

scientific education. The magnificent and distinctive gardens,traditional and simple folk houses,

and the diaolou (a multi-story folk residence)complexly joined with Chinese and Western

architectural forms are wonderfully integrated with the surrounding mountains and rivers, ponds,

farms, and rice fields in the tourism area.

With a long history and profound cultural resources,Kaiping Diaolou was on the UNESCO

World Heritage List in 2007.

Wulong Karst Tourism Area & Curse of the Golden Flower

Wulong Karst Tourism Area,located in Chongqing's Wulong district, has unique karst

landscapes including three sections and also impresses visitors with distinctive folk customs of

the Tujia, Miao, and Mulam ethnic groups.

The Three Natural Bridges in Wulong is a rare geological wonder of typical karst landforms

and is home to three magnificent natural limestone arch bridges. They span the Yangshuihe

Canyon in parallel and connect the mountains on both sides,forming an unusual landscape of

"three bridges sandwiched by two pits".

will be most interested in the places above according to the text?

ts and tourists.

fans and outdoor enthusiasts.

and geologists.

ors and writers.

is special about Kaiping Diaolou Cultural Tourism Area?

offers a well-known scenic spot.

provides wonderful Western architectural forms.

is a rare geological wonder of typical land-forms.

was on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2007.

do the four places have in common?

are open to special events.

enjoy convenient transportation.

offer unique and spectacular scenery.

are located in the same part of China.

B

When I first met professor Dalecki,I respected him greatly. He walked in the class in formal

business suits as if he was prepared fora conference. He greeted everyone with a loud and

clear"Good morning"like Jon Stewart from Daily Show. Then he started introducing himself and

told everyone his name is Jacek, atypical Polish name that no one knows how to pronounce. He

shared his frustration with the class and said,"People have already invented more than ten odd

ways of calling my name inthe past decade,and most Americans prefer to call me Jay-cek,but it is

really ya-cek.”From that moment, I knew there was something about him that made him stand

out among all the professors I'd known before.

Professor Dalecki never believed in exams. He understood the huge workload that students

have and never intended to make the exam questions hard for us to memorize.I once told him

that I almost felt like the hell gate opened for me if I got a C. But he laughed and said,"If it were

not for my loving girl friend giving me the exam questions,I can tell you I'd still be in high school

somewhere in Warsaw."

What impressed me most was the exten the would go to avoid bias（偏见）in the classroom.

He could turn an entire class into a battleground where everybody gets excited for a heated

debate while staying objective as a mediator（调解人）who refused to force his own opinions on

any side.

I visited him during his office hours once after class, eager to find out what his stances are

on some of the issues we've covered in the class, so I asked,“In China, people really aren't that

serious with when it is okay for teenagers to drink. What do you think of the minimum drinking

age in America being set at 21?"

"I'm not supposed to answer that question,"he said.

"But why? You don't seem to take any side during the class and I'm just curious to hear how

you really feel!"

"I choose not to share it because I don't want it to cloud your own judgments about how

you think about certain things."

At that moment,I finally understood how much effort it really took for Dalecki to let us do

our thinking on our own. His incredible mindset（观念模式）still has a huge influence on me till

this day. So I will end this article with his quote:"It is at this stage in the class that I must ask

myself,'Did I lie to you?'"

did professor Dalecki share his frustration with the class?

e he wanted to be comforted.

e he was really sad as his name was odd.

e he cared much about the pronunciation.

e he tried to introduce himself in a unique way.

did professor Dalecki want to express in Paragraph 2?

laugh at the author.

make himself stand out.

tell the author not to be nervous about the exams.

encourage the author to look for a girlfriend to help him.

does the underlined word“stances”in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

stances. des. des. mances.

can we learn from the text?

sor Dalecki is humorous and expert at education.

sor Dalecki is objective when dealing with our quarrels.

sor Dalecki once scolded the author in his office.

D. Professor Dalecki always refuses to communicate with his students.

C

There is a phenomenon education experts call"summer melt". High school students

graduate with the best of intentions to go to college,even committing to a school,but then life

happens: jobs, family, and fear all get in the way.

Over the pandemic（疫情），the register at four-year colleges remained stable for Lancaster

students, opposite to national trends. But the register at two-year colleges fell by nearly half,

suggesting that students who would otherwise pursue community college were rethinking their

plans. Community colleges were slower than universities to return to in-person instruction.

Financial insecurity over the course of the pandemic also likely played a role in the phenomenon,

as families struggled with their ability to pay for college. This summer a new factor is likely to be

on the table for low-income students: the attraction of high-paying jobs.

Brahmin Ntege,who graduated from McCaskey in the spring, was working in a factory this

summer producing battery wires and cables full-time. The son of an immigrant from central

Africa, he was accepted to several colleges,including Pennsylvania State and Temple universities,

and plans to attend Millersville University, a public college just outside Lancaster. Some of his

friends,Ntege said,have different plans. They want to go to college, but have decided to work for

now to save up money—something he said wouldn't sway him and he would go to college, earn a

degree and start making more money so that he wouldn't have to do the 9-to-5 job which might

kill his body.

For colleges and universities,it's in their best interest to try to prevent“summer melt”. That's

especially important as the register has declined by nearly 10 percent over the course of the

pandemic, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Every student, no

matter whether they intend to go to college or not, needs to have access to quality advising to

help them sort through possible plans, preferably from someone who already knows them. If all

the students had that kind of support,they'll be better off,whether they choose to go to college or

not.

is "summer melt" according to the text?

A. Universities decrease their admissions.

students work during the holidays.

school graduates can't go to college.

number of community colleges is declining.

is an effect on community colleges' register?

ts can't afford their college fees.

e graduates are hard to get a good job.

C. Community colleges only offer online teaching.

pandemic makes community colleges shut down.

should colleges do with“summer melt”?

ng every student education loans.

ting students with free education.

ing consulting services to students.

g students work to cover their expense.

can be the best title for the text?

pandemic's influences on colleges

difficulty colleges face in registration

new choices for high school graduates

best interest of colleges and universities

D

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 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.

is the first paragraph intended for?

answer the question.

introduce the topic.

clarify a concept.

help us know the moon better.

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

could mainly come from the solar wind.

could originate in the moon's interior.

soil contains abundant amounts of water.

minerals contain less water than expected.

can we infer from Paragraph 5 and Paragraph 6?

soil contains more water than Lunar minerals do.

minerals contain rich water coming from solar wind.

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

latest study basically confirmed all the estimates of previous study.

is the author's purpose in writing the text?

report the success of the Chang'e-5 mission.

introduce how to build a sustainable moon base.

explain the role of solar wind on the moon.

report the findings of recent studies on the moon.

第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，全科免费下载公众号《高中僧课堂》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。

In life,there are lots of skills we need to learn to navigate the world. We go to school to learn

how to read,write,and do math, there are some skills you don't get taught in school that

can help you grow and end up paying off not just in the short term, but throughout your whole

life. ___16___.

Working Out Consistently