湖北省孝感市七校教学联盟2023-2024学年高三英语第一学期期末监测模拟试题含解析

湖北省孝感市七校教学联盟2023-2024学年高三英语第一学期
期末监测模拟试题
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．—The T--shirt I received is not the same as is shown online.
—________？But I promise you we’ll look into it right away.
A．Who says B．How come
C．What for D．Why worry
2．If we forgave criminals, we might become a society of endless excuses _____ no one accepts responsibility for anything．
A．which B．where C．when D．as
3．As teachers we shouldn’t accept the argument given by some people _______ standardized tests restrict educators too much and take the joy out of teaching. A．where B．what
C．how D．that
4．This is a very interesting book. I’ll buy it, ________.
A．however much it may cost B．no matter how it may cost
C．how much may it cost D．however many it may cost
5．_______, I have never seen anyone who's as capable as John.
A．As long as I have traveled B．Much as I have traveled
C．Now that I have traveled so much D．As I have traveled so much
6．After looking at many new cars, I found ________ which I would accept just as suitable.
A．it B．this C．that D．one
7．— You should have helped your mom wash the dishes．
—I meant ．But she is always telling me to study．
A．to do B．to C．doing so D．doing
8．I’m sorry you have been waiting so long, but it will still be some time ________ you can get your passport.
A．since B．till
C．after D．before
9．Take the medicine right away! ______ it yesterday, you would be quite all right now. A．Had you taken B．Would you take
C．Should you take D．Were you to take
10．While in the university, we were offered a number of after-school activities to
our social skills.
A．create
B．grow
C．settle
D．develop
11．Most Schools have banned junk food and brought out new menus. “That’s cool!”said Andreas Petrou,11th grader.
A．/; an
B．/;the
C．the; a
D．the; /
12．her emotion, she buried her face in her hands．
A．Controlled B．To control C．Being controlled D．Having controlled 13．I think her opinion _________, because she is an experienced teacher.
A．number B．calculates
C．figures D．counts
14．She did not feel a bit nervous though it was the first time she ___________ in public. A．spoke B．have spoken
C．had spoken D．were speaking
15．The best method to _____ the goal of helping the patients with AIDS is to unite as many sympathetic people as possible.
A．complete B．command C．accomplish D．accompany
16．The majority of new businesses fail because, ________ they have a product or service that fills a gap in the market, they usually lack the skills in sales, marketing, and administration.
A．now that B．even if
C．as long as D．as though
17．When tension ________ in a relationship between two people, a frequent way of dealing with this is to send messages through a third person.
A．arouses B．arises C．rises D．raises
18．I quickly lowered myself, ducking my head to avoid looking directly into his eyes so
that he wouldn't feel ________.
A．challenged B．challenging
C．to be challenged D．having challenged
19．-- It shouldn’t take long to clear up after the party if we all volunteer to help．
--- That’s right．_____________．
A．Many hands make light work B．Something is better than nothing C．The more the merrier D．The sooner begin, the sooner done
20．Double ovens are a good idea, especially ________ you are cooking several meals at a time.
A．though B．if C．that D．unless
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）The True Story of a Young Man
When Reginald Lindsay received a scholarship to Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia in 1967, what he wanted most was not a job with a good salary, but a chance to be a member of Congress as a southern representative. After earning his degree at Harvard Law School in 1970, he returned to the South to practice law among the poor. “I want to help them understand what their rights are and to help them achieve them,” he said. Then he ran for political office at the local and state level until he was ready to try for Congress.
Reg grew up in a low-income Negro section of Birmingham, Alabama. Brought up by his grandparents after his parents were divorced while he was very young, Reg had been living through a period of far-reaching progress in race relations. In the summer of 1968 Reg himself became a good example of this progress when he became the first Negro student appointed to a special new program. The program introduced bright young students to the workings of the Georgia State government and encouraged them to seek employment there after fin ishing their education. “I‟ve been lucky,” he said. “I seem to have been in the right place at the right time.”
But luck was only part of Reg‟s story, for he made the most of opportunities that came his way. He learned to read in kindergarten and began visiting the public library regularly to borrow books. His grandparents encouraged him, though neither of them had much education, and they bought him a set of encyclopedias. “I loved those books,” he remembered. “I used to come downstairs before breakfast an d read short articles. I enjoyed reading about famous men, and then I would pretend to be one of them. I guess
it was partly a childish game and partly an escape. It wasn‟t too much fun to be a Negro when I was a kid.” While studying for his bachelor‟s deg ree at Morehouse College, Reg worked on several political campaigns helping candidates get elected to government offices. At the same time he maintained a “B” average while majoring in political science.
With just two more years to complete at Harvard Law School, which also gave him a scholarship, Reg made a good start on his professional career. He said, “The good life for me is the kind of life where I can find satisfaction in public service.” Then in 1975 he was the Massachusetts state commissioner of public utilities and from 1993 to 2009 he was judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
1、After earning his degree from Harvard Law School, Reginald planned to . A．return to his hometown to find a job with a good salary
B．go back to the South to help the poor understand their rights
C．run for local office to make progress on the civil rights movement
D．try for Congress by encouraging the poor to join an education program
2、In what way did Reginald‟s grandparents encourage him to read?
A．They sent him to kindergarten.
B．They led him to public library.
C．They bought him encyclopedias.
D．They borrowed many books for him.
3、Which of the following words can best describe Reginald?
A．Enthusiastic and careful. B．Cooperative and modest. C．Ambitious and hardworking. D．Courageous and generous.
22．（8分）More than 10 million Chinese cultural relics have been lost overseas, lots of which were stolen and illegally shipped out of China during the times of war before 1949. About 1.67mill ion pieces are housed no more than 200 museums in4 7 countries, which accounts for 10 percent of all lost Chinese cultural relics, and the rest are in the hands of private collectors.
Most of these treasures are owned by museums or private collectors in the United States, Europe, Japan and Southeast Asian countries. There are more than 23, 000 pieces in the British Museum, most of which were stolen or bought for pennies more than 100 years ago.
The major method to recover these national treasures was to buy them back. In some cases, private collectors donated the relics to the government. Also the government can turn lo official channels in) to demand the return of relics.
In 2003, a priceless bronze pig's head dating from the Qing Dynasty was returned to its home in Beijing after it was removed by the Anglo-French Allied Army over 140 years ago. Macao entrepreneur(企业家)Stanley Ho donated 6 million yuan to buy it back from a US art collector and then donated it to the Poly Art Museum in Beijing.
Although buying-back is the most feasible way to recover the lost treasures, limited funding is always a bigheadache.
In recent years, the Chinese government has improved efforts to recover the precious cultural relics lost overseas. It has started a national project on the recovery of the treasures and has set up a database(数据库) collecting relevant information. It has signed several international agreements with many countries on this matter, and is also looking for international cooperation to recover the relics by working closely with several international organizations.
1、What is the passage mainly about?
A．The ways to recover cultural relics
B．The efforts to recover Chinese cultural relics
C．Stanley Ho donated a bronze pig's head to Beijing.
D．Chinese cultural relics were stolen by the Anglo-French Allied Army.
2、We can infer from the passage that _________.
A．China has enough money to buy all the cultural relics back.
B．the Chinese government has done a lot to recover the lost cultural relics
C．many countries have returned the lost cultural relics to China for free
D．China is preparing to set up a database to collect information about the lost cultural relics
3、Which of the following statements about the bronze pigs head is NOT true?
A．It was made in the Qing Dynasty.
B．It is now in the Poly Art Museum in Beijing
C．It was donated by the French government to China.
D．It was removed by the Anglo-French Allied Army over 140 years ago
4、The underlined word "feasible" in Paragraph 5 can be replaced by “_______”.
A．possible B．difficult
C．wonderful D．careful
23．（8分）I used to be crazy about the hunting season. The excitement of waiting for a prey(猎物)and the pride of showing off the kill fascinated me. However, everything changed after that cold morning.
Early on that day of the late fall, I set off alone for the woods, packing a gun, a
bot tle of hot coffee and three thick sandwiches. After finding the fresh deer’s tracks in the snow, I settled down behind a little bush.
I sat there for about an hour. It was then that I saw him. A deer, a big beautiful deer! There was no cover nearer to him than 30 yards. Surely I couldn’t miss! I waited for
him to realize I was there. I waited for him to be shocked and run away. But he fooled me completely. He came towards me! He was curious, I suppose, or maybe he was stupid---how else can you explain it? Well, that deer walked right up to where I was sitting. Then he stopped and looked at me!
What happened next is hard to believe, but it’s true. And it all seemed quite natural. Just as when a friendly young deer comes near you, I reached up and scratched his head. And he liked to be scratched. In fact, he practically asked for more. Then, I fed him my sandwich! Yes, I know what a deer eats, but that deer ate my sandwich. Well, he finally went his way, down the hill and up the deer trail. Shoot him? Not me. Y ou wouldn’t have either, not after that. I just watched him go.
When I was about half way back, I heard two shots, followed by a dull slam(撞击)a few seconds later. Those two shots usually mean a kill. I had forgotten there were other hunters that day.
Those hunters would never know they could have scratched his head.
1、Why didn’t the author kill the deer?
A．He preferred to shoot a shy deer. B．He was fooled by the tricky deer. C．He was sympathetic for the deer. D．He was too shocked to shoot the deer.
2、What most probably happened to the deer in the end?
A．Other hunters shot the deer to death.
B．Other hunters scratched the deer’s head too.
C．The deer managed to escape from being shot.
D．The deer would become friends with the author.
3、What’s the best title of t his text?
A．A Hunting in Late Fall. B．A Lovely Deer.
C．The Cruel Killing. D．The Last Hunting.
24．（8分）Clyde, a small-clawed otter, was moved from Auckland Zoo to Wellington Zoo two months ago. The zookeepers hoped he and the other otter Bonnie might start a family together.
But only two days after he arrived, Clyde went missing. He had dug his way under one of the walls and was nowhere to be seen.
The zookeepers set up cages inside the zoo, with plates of Clyde’s favorite fish in them, hoping to catch him.
Two days went by and still there was no sign of Clyde.
At last a couple saw Clyde at their house a whole kilometer away in Newtown. Clyde was hiding in an out-of-reach hole outside their laundry.
The zookeepers arrived and set up some more traps to try to catch him. But Clyde is a pretty smart otter. Twice he managed to get the fish out of a trap without being caught.
Five days after he’d escaped ^Clyde s days on the run came to an end when he was finally caught in one of the traps.
It was no good putting Clyde back in his old home---he’d only dig his way out again. So he and Bonnie were put into the zoo hospital. There was no chance of their escaping from there.
Meanwhile, the zookeepers were working hard to make Clyde’s old home safer. They put an iron barrier underground to stop him digging his way out. Then Bonnie and Clyde went home again.
But a month after his first escape, Clyde was out again. Once more the zookeepers came hurrying to catch Clyde. They found him by following the bubbles he made in the river nearby.
Nobody knew how Clyde had escaped. But this time he was only out for an hour. So back he went to the hospital again.
Poor Clyde. It seemed that he wasn’t happy at Wellington Zoo, even though he and Bonnie were getting on well together. The keepers didn’t like seeing him unhappy, so they planned to look for a home for him somewhere else.
1、Where was Clyde found after his first escape?
A．Back in Auckland Zoo. B．In a river nearby.
C．At a house a kilometer away. D．In the zoo hospital.
2、How did zookeepers catch Clyde after his second escape?
A．They set up cages in the zoo. B．They attracted Clyde with fish. C．They dug a hole outside his home. D．They followed the bubbles in the water.
3、What do we know about Clyde?
A．He often gets ill. B．He is good at digging.
C．He likes hiding in a hole. D．He escaped to meet Bonnie.
4、Where is the passage most likely to have been taken from?
A．A news report. B．An advertisement.
C．A book review. D．A research paper.
25．（10分）JOHANNESBURG—They say cats have nine lives. Now a Chinese toad(蟾蜍)has joined that club of clever survivors.
South Africans are shocked at the endurance of a toad that got trapped in a cargo shipment from China to Cape Town, after jumping into a porcelain(瓷器) candlestick （烛台）that was made there. South African officials reportedly planned to put down the creature, fearing it would cause harm as an invasive species if it were let go in the wild.
But the toad got a last-minute pardon. Mango Airlines, a South African airline, transported the toad on Friday to Johannesburg for delivery to an animal shelter, after officials decided to find a way to let the toad live. The two-hour fight was a breeze compared to the trip from China, a long way of many weeks and thousands of kilometers across the Indian Ocean.
Airline spokesman Hein Kaiser said the toad got “first-class treatment”, sitting in a transparent plastic container with escort Brett Glasby, an animal welfare inspector. There was even a ceremony, in which the t oad’s boarding pass was handed to Glasby.
“He was the star of the show on the flight,” Kaiser said of the amphibious(两栖的) passenger. “I think every passenger stopped to have a look.”
On landing in Johannesburg, the toad was brought out of its container for a celebrity-style photo shoot. Observers said the brown toad seemed like a cool customer.
It belongs to the Asian Toad species, which breeds during the monsoon(季风) season. It is believed to have survived the trip from China by hardening its skin to prevent it from drying out, and also by slowing its breathing and heart rate—methods that help the species survive in times of drought.
“We’ve had snakes in imported timber and scorpions(蝎子) in fruit. We were called because the toad was right inside the candlest ick, and we had to break it to get it out” Glasby, the inspector, told The Star, a South African newspaper.
1、What is the passage mainly about?
A．An Asian toad gets a new home in South Africa.
B．Asian toads can’t get used to the life in South Africa.
C．Workers shipped a toad to South Africa on purpose.
D．South Africa ignores the protection of animals.
2、If the toad is released into the wild, _________.
A．it will make the locals feel shocked
B．it might harm the native species
C．it will lose its life in the wild
D．it might flee into another country
3、The toad was able to arrive in South Africa alive_________.
A．because it escaped all attacks and hunts
B．because it used to stop its breath in winter
C．because it formed hard skin to protect itself
D．because it was lucky to be given a chance
4、It can be inferred from the passage that_________.
A．sometimes animal are transported accidentally
B．no one has seen such a big toad in Africa
C．a candlestick is the best place for a toad
D．droughts make toads live longer
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）One of the easiest things in the world is to become a fault-finder. However, life can be 1 when you are not busy finding fault with it.
Several years ago I 2 a letter from seventeen-year-old Kerry, who described herself as a world-class fault-finder, almost always 3 by things. People were
always doing things that annoyed her, and 4 was ever good enough. She was highly self-critical and also found fault with her friends. She became a really 5 person.
Unfortunately, it took a horrible accident to change her 6 . Her best friend was seriously hurt in a car crash. What made it almost 7 to deal with was that the day before the 8 , Kerry had visited her friend and had spent the whole time criticizing her 9 of boyfriends, the way she was living, the way she related to her mother, and various other things she felt she needed to 10 . It wasn’t until her friend was badly hurt that Kerry became 11 her habit of finding fault. Very quickly, she leamed to appreciate life rather than to 12 everthing so harshly(刻薄). She was able to transfer her new wisdom to other parts of her 13 as well.
Perhaps most of us aren’t as ext reme at fault-finding, 14 when we’re honest, we can be sharply 15 of the world. I’m not suggesting you 16 problems, or that you pretend things are 17 than they are, but simply that you learn to allow things to be as they are --- 18 most of the time, and especially when it’s not a really big 19 .
Train yourself to “bite your tongue”, and with a little 20 , you’ll get really good at letting things go. And when you do, you’ll get back your enthusiasm and love for life.
1、A．lonely B．quiet C．great D．uneasy
2、A．answered B．received C．expected D．rejected
3、A．threatened B．interrupted C．spoiled D．bothered
4、A．anything B．everything C．nothing D．something
5、A．boring B．caring C．interesting D．surprising
6、A．measure B．plan C．attitude D．explanation
7、A．urgent B．unnecessary C．certain D．impossible
8、A．occasion B．event C．accident D．adventure
9、A．memory B．notice C．evidence D．choice
10、A．hear B．contribute C．express D．admit
11、A．afraid of B．aware of C．curious about D．confused about
12、A．discuss B．realize C．settle D．judge
13、A．family B．career C．life D．education
14、A．so B．or C．but D．for
15、A．proud B．sure C．hopeful D．critical
16、A．face B．ignore C．solve D．create
17、A．rarer B．stranger C．better D．worse
18、A．at least B．at last C．by far D．so far
19、A．task B．deal C．result D．duty
20、A．practice B．speech C．rest D．pity
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）The “selfie” is used to describe the self-taken photo, often from a smartphone. Someone takes about 10 selfies each time he does, and he only ends up 1．( post) one or two of those. He picks the one that he feels make him look the 2．( good). In that picture, he gains confidence. For that moment, everything bad or terrible that has happened to him 3．( remove), because that smile is what gives him the 4．( determine) to love himself.
I read 5．poem recently and the young man said, “If I ask you 6．you love, the answers will most likely roll off your tongue. You love to read. You love to write. You love your mom, you daughter, or your friends. How long do you think you can go on and on before you say ‘I love 7．( I )’ ”
That statement hit me like a ton of bricks. I’ve struggled with confidence all my life.
I still do. And in 8．way am I saying that taking a selfie is a gateway 9．confidence. 10．, the selfie does deserve some credit for allowing individuals to express themselves. 第四部分写作（共两节）第一节短文改错（满分10分）
28．（10分）短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假如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：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出改正后的词。

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。

June 12, Sunday
Today is Sunday、I didn’t get up early as usually、In the morning after I finished my homework, I do some washing、Then I telephoned one of my classmate and invited him to see a film、
And unfortunately, when we got to the cinema at 3:00 pm we found all the tickets had sold out．Then we went to our school and played the football．Later, we were about to go home when we saw our English teacher, Mr、Wang, came through the school gate．He told us we had made many progress in English this term．He also suggested that we read more and wrote more．We promised to him that we would follow his advice．
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
29．（25分）假定你是李华，你的美国笔友Charlie对中国文化很感兴趣。

他和家人将于今年农历春节来中国旅游，请你给他写一封电子邮件，内容包括：
1. 欢迎他们来中国；
2. 旅行前的准备；
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Charlie,
___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________
Yours, Li Hua
参考答案
第一部分（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1、B
2、B
3、D
4、A
5、B
6、D
7、B
8、D
9、A
10、D
11、A
12、B
13、D
14、C
15、C
16、B
17、B
18、A
19、A
20、B
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、1、B
2、C
3、C
22、1、 B
2、 B
3、 C
4、 A
23、1、C
2、A
3、D
24、1、C
2、D
3、B
4、A
25、1、A
2、B
3、C
4、A
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、 C
2、 B
3、 D
4、 C
5、 A
6、 C
7、 D
8、 C
9、 D
10、 C
11、 B
12、 D
13、 C
14、 C
15、 D
16、 B
17、 C
18、 A
19、 B
20、 A
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．posting
2．best
3．is removed
4．determination
5．a
6．what
7．myself
8．no
9．to
10．However
第四部分写作（共两节）第一节短文改错（满分10分）
28、
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
29、Dear Charlie,
I’m delighted to know you are coming to China with your family during the Chinese Spring Festival, which is a great chance for you to experience Chinese culture personally. Here I am writing to offer you some advice.
It would be a good idea if you could make some preparations before your travel. First of all, learn some simple Chinese, especially the daily expressions, which makes it easier for you to communicate with the locals wherever you go. Besides, to get yourself familiar with some Chinese local customs and traditions may help you behave properly during your stay. What’s more, you can learn how to use chopsticks beforehand so that you can taste different varieties of Chinese food more conveniently.
I hope you will find my advice helpful. Wish you a pleasant journey in China. Yours,
Li Hua。