广东省实验中学2022-2023学年高三上学期10月第一次阶段测英语试题

广东省实验中学2022-2023学年高三上学期10月第一次阶段
测英语试题
学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
一、阅读理解
You don’t have to be a Grammy-award winner like Beyoncé to sing. Actually, it’s a skill
For more help, you can email us at ********************.
1．What does the author suggest readers do?
A．Dream big when starting singing.B．Establish a music band with friends. C．Copy songs and styles of famous singers.D．Mix vocal exercises with self-motivation. 2．According to the text, singing practice can help you ________.
A．live a positive life B．land a place in chorus
C．create music strategies D．strengthen bonds with friends
3．The text is targeted at those who ________.
A．lack confidence in singing B．run a band or a music studio
C．want to register for a music course D．desire to win Grammy Awards
“A writer’s job is to tell the truth,” said Hemingway in 1942. No other writer of our time had so fiercely stated, or so consistently (一贯地) illustrated the writer’s duty to speak truly. His standard of truth-telling remained, moreover, so high and so strict that he was ordinarily unwilling to admit secondary evidence, whether literary evidence or evidence picked up from other sources than his own experience. “I only know what I have seen”, was a statement which came often to his lips and pen. What he had personally done, or what he knew unforgettably by having gone through one version of it, was what he was interested in telling about.
The primary intention of his writing, from first to last, was to seize and project for the reader what he often called “the way it was”. This is a characteristically simple phrase for a concept of extraordinary complexity, and Hemingway’s concept of its meaning subtly (微妙地) changed several times in the course of his career - always in the direction of greater complexity. At the core of the concept, however, one can invariably recognize the operation of three instruments of beauty appreciation: the sense of place, the sense of fact, and the sense of scene.
The first of these, obviously a strong passion with Hemingway, is the sense of place. “Unless you have geography, background,” he once told George Antheil, “you have nothing.” You have, that is to say, a dramatic vacuum. Few writers have been more place-conscious. Few have so carefully charted out the geographical ground work of their novels while managing to keep background so unnoticeable. Few, accordingly, have been able to record more economically and graphically the way it is when you watch the bulls running through the streets of Pamplona, Spain towards the bull-ring.
“When I woke it was the sound of the rocket exploding that announced the release of the
bulls. Down below the narrow street was empty. All the balconies were crowded with people. Suddenly a crowd came down the street. They were all running, packed close together. They passed along and up the street toward the bull-ring and behind them came more men running faster, and then some stragglers (落后者) who were really running. Behind them was a little bare space, and then the bulls tossing their heads up and down. It all went out of sight around the corner. One man fell, rolled to the gutter (排水沟), and lay quiet. But the bulls went right on and did not notice him. They were all running together.”
4．What’s the main idea of the first two paragraphs?
A．Hemingway’s writing began from reality and then he would let his mind wander. B．Hemingway’s primary purpose in writing was to report faithfully reality as he experienced it.
C．Hemingway’s writing reflects his preference for a simple story that the reader would thoroughly enjoy.
D．Hemingway would construct a story that would reflect truths that were not particular to a specific historical period.
5．It can be inferred from the passage that Hemingway preferred ______ as the sources for his work.
A．Stories that he had experienced rather than read about.
B．Stories that he had read about in newspapers or other sources.
C．Stories that he had heard from friends or chance acquaintances.
D．Stories that came to him in periods of deep thinking or in dreams.
6．The author calls “the way it was” a “characteristically simple phrase for a concept of extraordinary complexity” because ______.
A．it shows how Hemingway understated complex issues in his books.
B．it reflects Hemingway’s talent for making ordinary events difficult to understand. C．Hemingway’s obsession for geographic details overshadowed the dramatic element of his stories.
D．the relationship between simplicity and complexity reflected the relationship between the style and content of Hemingway’s writing.
7．Why does the author include an excerpt (节选) from The Sun Also Rises in the last paragraph?
A．To vividly illustrate how exciting the bull run is.
B．To demonstrate that all kinds of runners can take part in the bull run.
C．To show Hemingway’s delicate description of the background of the bull run.
D．To place greater emphasis on the importance of geography, economically speaking.
Can you imagine there being a community where boys and girls growing up together can finally speak different languages? In Ubang Nigeria, it really happens. It’s not exactly clear what percentage of the words in the men’s and women’s languages are different, but there are enough examples to make sentences sound different when spoken by the opposite sex. For “clothing”, men use the word “nki”, while women say “ariga”; “kitchi” means tree for men, while women say “okweng”. These are not just some slight pronunciation differences, but totally different words. “It’s almost like two different lexicons (词汇集),” a language expert, Chi Chi Undle said. “There are a lot of words that men and women share in common, but there are others which are totally different depending on your sex. They don’t sound alike, and don’t have the same letters. They are completely different words.”
Interestingly, both men and women are able to understand each other perfectly in Ubang, as both boys and girls grow up around their parents and get to learn both languages, but by the age of 10, boys are expected to speak in the male tongue. It seems that there is a stage the male will reach and he discovers he is not using the rightful language. When he starts speaking the men’s language, you know the maturity is coming into him.
No one really knows how or why the double-language tradition of Ubang began. Chi Chi Undie believes the two languages are the result of a “double-sex culture” where men and women operate in two separate spheres (范围) and live in separate worlds that rarely come together. However, she admits this is a weak theory, as the double-sex culture is present in many parts of Africa, where there are no different languages for men and women.
Today, with English words constantly entering the lexicon of young Nigerians, Ubang’s two languages are in danger of being lost forever. Worse still, neither the male nor female language is written down, so they both rely on young people passing them down to the next generation.
8．What do we know about languages in Ubang?
A．Word differences account for a high percentage.
B．Men and women speak totally different languages.
C．Word differences partly exist between the opposite sex.
D．Men and women pronounce differently on the same word.
9．Why can me and women understand each other easily in Ubang?
A．Their lexicons sound alike.
B．They learn both languages at school.
C．The men can speak two different languages.
D．They are exposed to both languages in their childhood.
10．What does Chi Chi Undie want to explore in Paragraph 3?
A．The change of double-sex culture.
B．The theory of doube-sex culture.
C．The origin of double-language tradition.
D．The sphere of double-language tradition.
11．How does the author feel about the disappearing languages in Ubang? A．Frightened.B．Concerned.
C．Confused.D．Stressed.
About a million years ago a small mutation (突变) might have unlocked a big advantage for ancient humans. A recent study in Science Advances suggests that a variant of a critical stretch of DNA called the growth hormone receptor (激素受体) gene protected against starvation—in part by limiting individuals’ body size during periods of resource scarcity.
Previous research had linked the variant, called GHRd3, to characteristics such as smaller birth size and earlier sexual maturity, as well as other qualities that can benefit organisms when food is scarce, says the study’s lead author Omer Gokcumen from the University at Buffalo. Still, researchers wanted to know more precisely what role the mutation played in human evolution.
To dig deeper, Gokcumen and his colleagues turned to mice. Or rather they turned some mice into analogues (类似物) of early humans. Using the genetic editing tool CRISPR-Cas9, the team deleted a section of mice’s growth hormone receptor gene so it resembled the GHRd3 variant. The modified mice were not especially different from ordinary ones when fed a regular diet. But when fed very little, the male carriers grew up to be smaller than their unmodified counterparts. Gokcumen’s team also found that among a group of 176 modern human children who survived malnutrition, symptoms were less severe in boys and girls with GHRd3.
These findings could help explain why GHRd3 has persisted for so long. Perhaps it paid to be small in times of scarcity, the researchers suppose—but in times of abundance large size won out.Changes in available resources could then have balanced the costs and benefits of different variants within a population. “It’s a trade-off,” Gokcumen says. “I would probably fare better than Arnold Schwarzenegger if we each had 1,000 calories a day.”
The team’s explanation is “plausible”, says Megan Dennis, a geneticist at the University of California, who was not part of the study. She praises the functional experiments in mice but notes that the affected gene is involved in so many fundamental processes that it is difficult to pin down GHRd3’s most adaptive effects. “I was like, ‘Wow, there’s so much that could be happening here,’” Dennis says.
12．What can we learn about GHRd3?
A．It may decline as a result of resource limitations.
B．It performs its function when animals’ size is small.
C．It can be modified to limit animals’ size to fight starvation.
D．It is a shortened version of the growth hormone receptor gene.
13．Which of the following statements might Gokcumen’s team agree with?
A．When there is little food, it pays to be small.
B．When food is insufficient, GHRd3 won’t work.
C．When you go on a diet, GHRd3 can be harmful.
D．When humans fight for resources, their size matters.
14．What does the underlined word “plausible” mean in the last paragraph? A．Statistically incredible.B．Relatively conventional. C．Technically adequate.D．Seemingly reasonable.
15．Which of the following could be the best title of this text?
A．How Ancient Humans Survived Starvation
B．Gene Variant Saves Humans from Starvation
C．What Role GHRd3 Plays in Human Evolution
D．The Influence of Resource Shortage on GHRd3
二、七选五
In 2013, digital media consultant Baratunde Thurston launched an experiment. He
decided to disconnect from his online life for twenty-five days: no Facebook, no Twitter, not even e-mail. He needed the break. ____16____
It didn’t take him long to adjust to a disconnected life. By the end of that first week, he was less stressed about not knowing new things. ____17____ He enjoyed food without Twittering the experience. But the end came too soon. After the twenty-five days. he had to restore his online presence.
His experiment summarizes two important points about our relationship with social networks like Facebook and Twitter. The first point is that we increasingly recognize that these tools fragment (碎裂) our time and reduce our ability to concentrate. ____18____ But the problem is especially serious if you’re attempting to improve your ability to work deeply.
To fight back against these distractions, Thurston felt his only option was to quit the Internet altogether. But the problem is that no one is meant to actually follow Thurston’s lead. ____19____ That is to accept our current distracted state as unavoidable. This brings me to the second point summarized by Thurston’s story: it didn’t take him long once the experiment ended to slide back into the fragmented
state where he began.
This rule proposes a third option: accepting that these tools might be vital to your success and happiness, but meanwhile accepting that most people should be using fewer such tools. I won’t ask you, in other words, to quit the Internet altogether like Thurston did.
____20____ There is a middle ground, and if you’re to develop a deep work habit, you must fight to get there.
A．He struck up conversations with strangers.
B．It is a real problem for many different people.
C．“I was burnt out, fried, and done,” he explained.
D．This reality accounts for the remaining alternative.
E．He had to return to the online world with books to market.
F．But I’ll ask you to reject the state of highly distracted connectedness. G．Fortunately, you will break the habit of surfing the Internet gradually.
三、完形填空
Galactic used in 2004 to attract potential customers to its planned space tourism services. It promised that, within five years, it would take a total of over 3,000 passengers on
life-changing trips in its spaceships. On July 11, 2021, after a last 90-minute delay, Virgin
temporarily weightless passengers, including the firm’s British co-founder, Sir Richard Branson, saw the planet against the blackness of outer space.
Back on the ground, Sir Richard called the experience “magical”. He may have
____23____ the fact that he was able to reach space earlier than Jeff Bezos, a fellow billionaire but much wealthier. On July 20, Bezos would go slightly higher, for slightly less time, in a vehicle that had been built by his own spacefaring company, Blue Origin.
The two tycoons (大亨) are among a growing number of ____24____ who believe that space tourism’s time has come. Suborbital (亚轨道的) tourism is part of a broader space economy that has rapidly grown over the past decade ____25____ technological advances. However, it is highly ____26____ that this will be true.
For now, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic will offer ____27____ suborbital flights to paying customers. Blue Origin is focusing much more on the development of a large new rocket that will be used for the launching of satellites, on selling advanced rocket engines to other companies, and on bidding (投标) on NASA contracts such as the recently announced plan to send humans back to the moon. ____28____, Bezos doesn’t see Blue Origin as a provider of services to adventure-seekers.
Even this 4-minute suborbital travels have a(n) ____29____, apparently. A major survey found that nearly two in five people with a net worth of over five million dollars would consider paying $250,000, Virgin Galactic’s current price, for a ticket. The business could be ____30____, once regular flights begin to offset (抵消) the rockets’ development costs. But how fast and by how much is ____31____. Without tourist-friendly destinations to visit (the capacity of the International Space Station is strictly limited), orbital tourism, with its far higher ticket prices, will not be a huge earner.
Another challenge — and the industry’s biggest remaining uncertainty — relates to
____32____. History has shown that a disaster, ____33____ in the early stages of an industry, can set progress back by years. NASA ____34____ its plan to send the untrained to orbit in 1986 after a school teacher was killed along with the rest of the crew in the Challenger tragedy. It was another 15 years before the next untrained person would ____35____ the
journey on a Russian craft.
21．A．modest B．demanding C．motivational D．unclear 22．A．obligation B．commitment C．requirement D．survey 23．A．felt ashamed of B．kept an eye on C．felt content with D．got upset with 24．A．optimists B．opponents C．experts D．objectors 25．A．thanks to B．but for C．apart from D．in spite of 26．A．impossible B．undoubted C．probable D．favorable 27．A．long-lasting B．inexpensive C．automatic D．brief 28．A．On the contrary B．What’s more C．In the long run
D．Above all
29．A．shortcoming B．limitation C．advantage D．appeal 30．A．profitable B．uneconomic C．eco-friendly D．globalized 31．A．predictable B．essential C．irrelevant D．uncertain 32．A．development B．security C．stability D．novelty 33．A．particularly B．critically C．precisely D．unforeseeably 34．A．initiated B．drafted C．modified D．suspended 35．A．brave B．abandon C．steer D．pause
四、用单词的适当形式完成短文
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。

Tai Chi is often described as “mediation in motion”. There is ____36____(grow) evidence that this mind-body practice which originated in China as a marital art, has value in treating or preventing many health problems.
____37____far Chi is slow and gentle and doesn’t leave you breathless, it deals with the key components of____38____ (fit) —muscle strength, flexibility and balance. Tai Chi improves balance and, according to some studies,____39____(reduce) falls. Proprioception (本体感受)一the ability____40____(sense) the position of one’s body in space—declines with age. Tai Chi helps train this sense and also____41____ (dramatic) improves muscle strength and flexibility, which makes ____42____easier to recover from a stumble (绊倒). Fear of falling can make you more likely to fall. Some studies have found that Tai Chi training helps relieve that fear.
Tai Chi is very safe, and no fancy equipment____43____(need), so it’s easy to get started. Don’t be frightened by the names. Names like Yang, Wu, and Cheng are given to different____44____ (branch) of Tai Chi, in honor of people who designed the sets of movements called forms. In some forms, you learn a, series of movements, while others more focus on breathing and meditation. Finding an approach____45____matches your interests and needs is the key.
五、其他应用文
46．假设你是阳光中学高三学生李华，你校学生会开始筹备2022届高三成人仪式（the coming-of-age ceremony）。

现向高三学生征集成人仪式活动方案，请你给学生会负责人写一封信，为成人仪式设计一个活动方案，方案需要包括：
1.为成人仪式制定的主题；
2.为成人仪式设计的活动；
3.设计这些活动的理由。

注意：
1.词数100左右：
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Chairman of the Students’ Union,
___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
六、读后续写
47．阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Karie double-checked the words on her spelling test. If she got 100 percent today, she’d
win her class’s First-quarter Spelling Challenge and a brand new dictionary. Plus, Ms. Smith had promised to do a handstand(倒立) if anyone got a perfect score.
Two more words to go. Q-u-i-c-k-+-y. H-o-n-e-s-try. Wait! She’d spelled honesty, not honestly! She erased the t-y and wrote l-y before handing in her paper.
“I’ll correct these while you’re at the break,” Ms. Smith said.
After the break Karie moved restlessly in her seat, tapping her pencil.
Ms. Smith walked to the front of the room and cleared her throats. Then, as if she were an Olympic gymnast(体操运动员), Ms. Smith threw both her feet into the air. “Congratulations, Karie! You did it,” she announced while upside down. The whole class erupted! Ms. Smith presented Karie with her prize. Karie smiled broadly as she read the note on the dictionary to Kaire, for her perfect performance.
“Everything OK?” Mom asked as Karie burst through the front door after school. “Everything’s PERFECT!” Karie shouted, showing Mom her spelling test and prize. Mom hugged her “Put the test on the fridge so Dad can see it when he gets home.”
“And Casper, too.“ Karie lifted up her cat. ”Can you spell quickly. Casper? And honestly, and..” Karie’s stomach tumbled(翻滚) to the floor. Honestly? H-O-N-E-S-L-Y!
“Karie, what’s the matter?” asked Mom. “I don’t feel so good,”Karie said, putting Casper down and squeezing the test paper into her backpack.
“Probably too much excitement.” Mom rubbed her back. “How about some tea?” Karie swallowed. “How do you know? Tea is exactly what I needed.”
Karie dragged herself to her bed after some tea. How could she tell the whole class she didn’t deserve the prize? That Ms. Smith did the handstand for nothing?
注意:
1.续写词数应为150左右
2请按如下格式在答题卡相应位置作答。

Paragraph 1:
Soon Karie heard her dad come in with the smell of piza floating in the air.
___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________
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Paragraph 2:
Ms. Smith was unlocking the classroom door when Karie got to school the next morning ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________。