天津市滨海新区七所重点中学2024学年高三下学期第四次模拟(4月)考试英语试题含解析

天津市滨海新区七所重点中学2024学年高三下学期第四次模拟（4月）考试英语试题考生须知：
1．全卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，全部在答题纸上作答。

选择题必须用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题的答案必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔写在“答题纸”相应位置上。

2．请用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔在“答题纸”上先填写姓名和准考证号。

3．保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，不要弄破、弄皱，在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。

第一部分（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．Historic sites impress writers with their amazing beauty, which are a great source of ________.
A．inspiration B．composition C．occupation D．combination
2．Not even when _____through the darkest valley _____be afraid, for you are always close beside me.
A．do I walk; will I B．do I walk; I will C．I walk ; I will D．I walk; will I
3．The incident turned him into different person, even if he did not realize it at beginning.
A．a; a B．the; the C．the; a D．a; the
4．I’m sorry you have been waiting so long, but it will stil l be some time ________ you can get your passport.
A．since B．till
C．after D．before
5．— Is it enough to finish the form for a passport, Madam?
— Y our passport application form should be ________ by two recent photos.
A．updated B．accompanied
C．established D．identified
6．________ has greater potential than flammable ice being mined from underneath the South China Sea when it comes to a global energy revolution.
A．nothing B．neither
C．no one D．none
7．If it ________ for her great help then, I would not study English so well now.
A．hasn’t been B．wasn’t
C．hadn’t been D．isn’t
8．—I have got a headache.
—No wonder.Y ou___in front of that computer too long.
A．work B．are working
C．have been working D．worked
9．Taking targeted measures to help people lift themselves out of poverty, _____has been predicted, is fruitful. A．what B．which
C．as D．that
10．_______ a record-breaking seven Golden Globes, the musical La La Land surprisingly does not appeal to Chinese
viewers.
A．Winning B．Won
C．Having won D．To win
11．Do n’ t worry. A number of efforts are being made ______ the whole system operating normally.
A．being kept B．kept
C．keeping D．to keep
12．— What do you want to do next? We have half an hour until the basketball game.
— _____. Whatever you want to do is fine with me.
A. It’s up to you B．Glad to hear that
C．Y ou can’t miss it D．It just depends
13．-- Mom, I’ m going to the graduation dance tonight but I don’ t think I look attractive enough.
—Oh, darling, don’ t worry. _______
A．They don’t know what beauty is. B．Nobody will care about it.
C．Y ou look perfect the way you are. D．Impossible is nothing,
14．It really matters _______ he treated the latest failure, for the examination is around the corner.
A．if B．that
C．why D．how
15．________ work and creative activities have been important drivers of human progress is deeply rooted in our social values.
A．How B．Whether
C．That D．Why
16．—I’d rather have some wine, if you don’t mind.
—______. Don’ t forget that you’ll drive.
A．By all means B．Anything but that
C．Take it easy D．I wouldn’t say no to this
17．—Simon will listen to music every time he comes across a maths problem.
—You know, music is the source of ______ in life.
A．inspiration B．identification
C．reaction D．recreation
18．—________? You look really down.
—I’m tired of my job. There are endless problems to deal with.
A．Why bother B．So what
C．What’s up D．Why not
19．— Hello, Paul, do you like to join us in playing football? We need one more person to ____ a team.
—Y es, I’d like to.
A．pick up B．pick out C．make up D．make out
20．---Let's walk to that village together.
---__________. How can we two girls do that in the dark？
A．I agree with you. B．That's a good point.
C．Y ou must be joking！D．That's not your opinion！
第二部分阅读理解（满分40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。

21．（6分）New Zealand Escorted Tours - A great way to experience New Zealand
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Kirra Tours____day Classic New Zealand Panorama
New Zealand escorted tour
Hotel 4 star - 2 nights
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Travel the length of New Zealand on one of our most popular coach tour itineraries (路线). With 18 days to explore New Zealand’s North and South Island’s, this tour takes you to all the not-to-be-missed highlights, with a range of outstanding activities included along the way! View Tour Detail Get Prices
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New Zealand escorted tour
Hotel 3 star - 8 nights
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The perfect tour for those wanting to see the best of the South Island with a great group of like minded travellers. Visit Christchurch, Lake Tekaop, Mt. Cook National Park, Dunedin, Milford Sound, Queenstown and Franz Josef Glacier with this AAT Kings 9 day Southern Spotlight tour. View Tour Detail Get Prices
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New Zealand small group tour
Hotel 4 star - 11 nights
Viewed 49 times in the last 7 days
No stone is left unturned as you venture into parts of the South Island less travelled. From the wild and untouched natural wonderland of Stewart Island, to the spectacular mountain views of Mt. Cook National Park and Milford Sound, this is an incredible tour of the south. View Tour Detail Get Prices
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Motels - 4 nights
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Enjoy 5 days exploring New Zealand’s South Island with this excellent independent touring itinerary. Journey from Christchurch in a loop around the South Island. Cruise through Milford Sound, visit Mt. Cook National Park, explore the West Coast glaciers, and travel on the Tranz Alpine scenic train. View Tour Detail Get Prices
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15、Which tour will you choose if you wish to cover both the North and South Islands?
A．Kirra Tours. B．AAT Kings.
C．Inspiring Journeys. D．Thrift Tours.
1、Visit to Mt. Cook National Park is available in both .
A．Kirra Tours and AAT Kings B．Kirra Tours and Thrifty Tours
C．Kirra Tours and Inspiring Journeys D．Inspiring Journeys and Thrifty Tours
2、Where do you most possibly see the advertisement?
A．On a travel website. B．In a tour brochure.
C．In a geography text book. D．In a travel magazine
22．（8分）Any foreigner who has tried to learn Chinese can tell how hard it is to master the tones required to speak and understand. And anyone who has tried to learn to play the violin or other instruments can report similar
challenges.
Now researchers have found that people with musical training have an easier time learning Chinese. Writing in the online edition of Nature Neuroscience，researchers from Northwestern University say that both skills draw on the same parts of the brain that help people discover changes in pitch(音调).
One of the study's authors，Nina Kraus，said the findings suggested that studying music “actually tunes our sensory system”.This means that schools that want children to do well in languages should hesitate before cutting music programs，Dr. Kraus said. She said music training might also help children with language problems.
Mandarin(普通话)speakers have been shown to have a more complex encoding(编码) of pitch patterns in their brains than English speakers do. This is because in Mandarin and other Asian languages，pitch plays a central role. A single-syllable word can have several meanings depending on how it is intoned.
For this study，the researchers looked at 20 non-Chinese speaking volunteers，half with no musical background and half who have studied an instrument for at least six years.
As they were shown a movie，the volunteers also heard an audio tape of the Mandarin word “mi” in three of its meanings:squint，bewilder and rice. The researchers recorded activities in their brain stems to see how well they were processing the sounds. Those with a music background showed much more brain activities in response to the Chinese sounds.
The lead author of the study，Patrick C．M.Wong，said it might work both ways. It appears that native speakers of tonal languages may do better at learning instruments.
1、When learning Chinese，a foreigner will find ________.
A．he has a difficult time learning music at the same time
B．he has an easier time learning music at the same time
C．it is hard to master the tones required to speak and understand
D．it is easy to use the brain to help him discover changes in pitch
2、Why does Chinese learning have something to do with music training?
A．Because there is the same difficulty in learning Chinese and music.
B．Because skills to learn the two make use of the same parts of the brain.
C．Because music training might help people with language study.
D．Because people who do well in Chinese study do well in music.
3、The underlined word “intoned” in the fourth paragraph can be replaced by the word “____”.
A．created B．spelled C．seemed D．pronounced
4、What would be the best title for this passage?
A．Mandarin Speakers Are Smarter than English Speakers
B．Skilled Ear for Music May Help Language Study
C．Pitch Plays a Central Role in Chinese Learning
D．Schools Need to Develop Music Programs
23．（8分）Scientists think they have answered a mystery: How some ocean creatures got so huge so quickly.
A few million years ago, the largest whales, averaged about 15 feet long. Then seemingly overnight, one type of whale, the toothless baleen whale（须鲸类）became huge. Modern blue whales get as big as 100 feet. Nicholas Pyenson of the Smithsonian Natural History Museum said, “Why is that?” ”It happened in the glance of an evolutionary eye, which makes it ha rder to figure out what happened,” said Graham Slater, lead author of the study. Their study has suggested an answer: Ice ages in the last 3 to 5 million years started it, changing the oceans and food supply for whales.
The researchers used fossil records of the smaller whales to create a family tree for baleen whales which include blue whales, humpbacks and right whales. Using computer simulations（模拟）and knowledge about how evolution works, they concluded that when the size changes started, the poles got colder, ice expanded and the water circulation in the oceans changed and winds shifted, Slater and Pyenson said cold water went deep and moved closer to the equator(赤道）and then eventually moved back up with small fish and other small animals that whales eat.
Baleen whale, which have no teeth, feed by eating huge amounts of fish they capture. Toothed whales, like sperm whales (抹香鲸), hunt individual fish, so the ocean chants that made food less evenly spread out didn’t affect them as much. But baleen whales hunt schools of fish.
Olivier Lambert at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences calls it “a really convincing situation”. But he said the lack of fossils in certain time periods is an issue. As oceans warm from man-made climate change, the seas will be more like it was when the whales smaller and they will have a more difficult time surviving.
1、What does the author mean by “It happened in the glance of an evolutionary eye” in the second paragraph? A．The change of baleen whales happened too quickly.
B．The change of baleen whales was too difficult to explore.
C．Researchers paid little attention to the change of baleen whales.
D．Researchers thought the change of baleen whales was unimportant.
2、What played the key role in baleen whales’ becoming huge?
A．Man-made climate change.
B．Its eating a huge amount of fish.
C．The water circulation in the oceans.
D．The increase of food supply for whales.
3、What do we know about sperm whales and blue whales according to the text?
A．Sperm whales eat more food.
B．Blue whaler live much longer.
C．Sperm whales prefer to hunt schools of fish.
D．Blue whales usually swallow schools of fish.
4、What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A．There are no whale fossils now.
B．The whales may become even bigger.
C．Global warming has threatened the whales.
D．Olivier Lamber thinks the study is perfect.
24．（8分）Endless queues and long waits at the ticket inspection desks at China’s major train stations were signature of the Spring Festival travel rush before this year. Every year, as the country’s biggest national holiday unfolded a huge flow of travelers would leave staff at the check-in desks facing a dilemma.
But with the installment (安装) of artificial intelligence (AI) in dozens of train stations this year, including a facial recognition system which is able to process passenger identification within five seconds and therefore speed up the waiting process, busy scenes started to become something of the past.
When a passenger approaches the camera inside the facial recognition system at the station, it scans his face and then quickly compares it with the photograph shown on his identification card in real time. If the information matches, the barrier gates will open and allow the passenger to go through.
Such use of facial recognition technology is in line with discussions heard at the recent two sessions meeting, a key annual political event, which focused on the widespread application of a security network named Tianwang (“Sky Net” in English) currently being used by China’s publi c security department.
The network, according to reports by the People Daily, has the potential to recognize the facial features of anyone in the world and match them on the spot with photographs on a database of criminal suspects. In fact, it can analyze photographic identity so quickly that it can scan every single Chinese face on the planet in just one second, and it would only take two seconds to scan every face in the world, with an accuracy rate of up to 99.8 percent.
Those are just two examples that highlight the development of Chinese visual AI technology, which industry insiders predict could contribute to powerful growth in the global technology sector this year.
1、What’s the author’s purpose in writing the first paragraph?
A．To introduce the following topic of the passage.
B．To describe the Spring Festival.
C．To inform readers of the development of China.
D．To explain the dilemma of the staff.
2、What’s the solution to the Spring Festival travel rush?
A．Using artificial intelligence.
B．Opening more barrier gates.
C．Limiting the number of passengers.
D．Increasing more staff at the check-in desks.
3、What can we know about facial recognition technology?
A．Its application leads to a heated discussion.
B．Its application is useless to policemen.
C．Its operating speed is not yet high enough.
D．Its accuracy rate is very high.
4、What’s the author’s attitude towards Chinese visual AI technology?
A．Depressed. B．Positive.
C．Doubtful. D．Indifferent.
25．（10分）When you travel in South America, you'd better pay attention to the following three kinds of dangerous South American animals.
Piranhas (水虎鱼）
Although only a small number of piranhas are considered to be dangerous to humans, the red-bellied piranha is definitely one of those. Evidence has shown that a large group of piranhas can absolutely eat a herd of large animals crossing the river, leaving only bones. This fish lives in the freshwater streams of South America, and they can smell the blood from far away and launch attacks swiftly. It is said that they are only dangerous to humans if the water volumes are less and lower.
Anacondas (水蟒）
This South American monster of a creature often appears in the films or your nightmares! They have weighed over 230 kilograms. It is often considered to be the biggest snake in t he world. You certainly don’t want to get caught alone with this snake due to its method of attacking and killing its victim. It is indeed a remarkably different brand of snake type as it regularly coils (缠绕) around all over its target, increasing the pressure until eventually its victim dies. Its jaws are powered by large muscles that produce enough power for its over 100 sharp teeth to pass through the thick skin of an crocodile. They don't have poison. Sometimes they prefer to camouflage themselves so they look like their surroundings and swiftly draw back when humans are near.
Golden Poisonous Frogs
The golden poison from might be the most-deadly of the South American animals, which is protected by means of poison. This very small frog, less than 55 mm in length, packs enough punch (效力）to take down of African bull elephants. This apparently harmless frog has always been known to have killed people who have touched it directly. It’s also been noted that chicken and dogs have died by connecting things on which a golden poison frog had wandered! In intense colors, they normally look attractive to their targets.
1、（小题1）What can we learn about piranhas from the passage?
A．Piranhas are the most dangerous animals.
B．Piranhas like to live in the deep seabed.
C．Piranhas may attack human beings when the water level is low
D．Piranhas only attack human beings when they cross the river in groups
2、（小题2）How does an anaconda kill its victim according to the passage?
A．It often uses its poison to kill its victim.
B．It often uses its strength to kill its victim.
C．It kills its victim mainly using its powerful teeth.
D．It kills its victim with the help of other snakes.
3、（小题3）The underlined word “camouflage” in Paragraph 3 means “”.
A．hide itself by appearing like the surroundings
B．terrify and capture the enemy by making much noise
C．move around to search for delicious food
D．give off harmful gas to kill the targets
4、（小题4）Chicken and dogs are mentioned in Paragraph 4 to show that .
A．no animals can survive the poison of the golden poison frog
B．they like to wander along the path of the golden poison frog
C．the golden poison frog likes eating them most
D．the poison of the golden poison frog is deadly
第三部分语言知识运用（共两节）第一节（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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项．
26．（30分）A Strange Greeting, a True Feeling. Last week I was invited to a doctor’s meeting at the Ruth hospital for incurables. In one of the wards, a patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me. I could see that he hadn't long to____, but he came up to me and placed his right foot close to mine on the floor.
“Frank！” I cried in astonishment. He couldn’t____, as I knew, but all the time____his foot against mine.
My____raced back more than thirty years to the____days of 1941, when I was a student in London. The____was an
air-raid shelter, in which I and about one hundred other people slept every night. Two of the regulars were Mrs. West and her son Frank.
____ wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers got to____each other very well. Frank West____me because he wasn’t ____, not even at birth. His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had____of a mind than a baby has. His “____” consisted of rough sounds——sounds of pleasure or anger and ____more. Mrs. West, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, as she had to be, of course, because Frank ____on her entirely. He needed all the____of a baby.
One night a policeman came and told Mrs. West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder (炮弹).
She____nearly everything she owned.
When that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the ____ones. So before we____that morning, I stood beside Frank and____my right foot against his. They were about the same size. That night, then, I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for Frank. But as soon as he saw me he came running and placed his right foot against mine. After that,
his____to me was always the same.
1、A．work B．live C．stay D．expect
2、A．answer B．speak C．smile D．laugh
3、A．covering B．moving C．fighting D．pressing
4、A．minds B．memories C．thoughts D．brains
5、A．dark B．better C．younger D．old
6、A．cave B．place C．sight D．scene
7、A．Discussing B．Solving C．Sharing D．Suffering
8、A．learn from B．talk to C．help D．know
9、A．needed B．recognized C．interested D．encouraged
10、A．common B．normal C．unusual D．quick
11、A．more B．worse C．fewer D．less
12、A．word B．speech C．sentence D．language
13、A．not B．no C．something D．nothing
14、A．fed B．kept C．lived D．depended
15、A．attention B．control C．treatment D．management
16、A．lost B．needed C．destroyed D．left
17、A．unlucky B．troublesome C．angry D．unpopular
18、A．separated B．went C．reunited D．returned
19、A．pushed B．tried C．showed D．measured
20、A．nodding B．greeting C．meeting D．acting
第二节（每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

27．（15分）Is there such a thing as being “over-pro tective”?
I can honestly say that my answer to that question 1．(change) dramatically(戏剧性地)since I became a parent.
Before the birth of my daughter, I taught at 2．private school, often viewing my students as over-protected, worrying 3．would happen when they went on to middle schools.
Some did fine, and some did not. Some needed constant pats on the back, words of 4．( inspire) and extra support, which I 5．(happy) gave. Others were content on their own, needing little66 6．no interaction(互动)with their teacher.
I’d always supposed their parents were over-protective, for they were the ones that still walked their 7．(five) graders into the classroom and met them at the school gate.
Admittedly, I laughed at those parents, 8．(think) their children would never learn to be 9．(independence) if they didn’t let go just a little. Then I had my own daughter. The moment I looked at her little face, I 10．(know) I’d do everything in my power to protect her and make sure she always felt safe!
第四部分写作（共两节）第一节短文改错（满分10分）
28．（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。

文中共有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：在错的词下面画一横线，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。

The central problem of translating has always been if to translate literally or freely、The argument has been going on until at least the first century BC．Up to the beginning of the 19th century, many writers was preferred some kind of “free” translation: the spirit, not the letter; the message rather than the form; the matter not the manner、This was the often revolution slogan of writers who wanted the truth to be read and understand、Then at the turn of 19th century, the view translation was impossible gained some currency、If attempting at all, it must be as literally as possible、This view peaked the statements of an extreme “literalists” Walter Benjamin and Vladimir Nabokov、Now, the context has changed, but the basic problem remained、
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
29．（25分）在我们的周围, 陪读现象已悄然成风, 请以“Should our parents accompany us in studying at school?” 为题写一篇英语作文.
要求：1. 简要描述陪读现象
2. 分析父母陪读原因（2-3个).
3. 发表你对此的看法
注意：1. 文中不得出现真实的人名、班级名、校名。

2. 词数：100左右。

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参考答案
第一部分（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1、A
2、D
3、D
4、D
5、B
6、D
7、C
8、C
9、C
10、C
11、D
12、A
13、C
14、D
15、C
16、B
17、A
18、C
19、C
20、C
第二部分阅读理解（满分40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。

21、15、A
1、D
2、A
22、1、C
2、B
3、D
4、B
23、1、A
2、D
3、D
4、C
24、1、A
2、A
3、D
4、B
25、1、2．C
3、4．B
【小题3】【小题3】A
【小题4】【小题4】D
第三部分语言知识运用（共两节）第一节（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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项．
26、1、B
2、A
3、D
4、B
5、A
6、D
7、C
8、D
9、C
10、B
11、D
12、B
13、B
14、D
15、A
16、A
17、A
18、A
19、D
20、B
第二节（每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

27、1．has changed
2．a
3．what
4．inspiration
5．happily
6．or
7．fifth
8．thinking
9．independent
10．knew
第四部分写作（共两节）第一节短文改错（满分10分）
28、【小题1】if-whether
【小题2】until-since
【小题3】去掉was
【小题4】revolution-revolutionary
【小题5】understand-understood
【小题6】view后加that
【小题7】attempting-attempted
【小题8】literally-literal
【小题9】an-the
【小题10】remained-remains
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
29、In recent years, many parents choose to accompany their children in studying, which has aroused a wide concern.
These parents are willing to leave their hometown, even quit their jobs to follow their children into the campus. Most of them rent an apartment nearby so as to take good care of their children. Parents consider it necessary to offer a better living condition to the kids. Meanwhile, it can allow them to keep track of the kids’ academic performance.
Nevertheless, what they’ve i gnored is that it will get their kids into the habit of being dependent. Thus, they will never develop the ability of self-control in the future. Trust leads to independence. So it seems to me that parents should create room for children’s growth and study, in order to ensure their overall development.。