河北省泊头市第一中学2022-2023学年高三上学期期中教学质量检测英语试题

河北省泊头市第一中学2022-2023学年高三上学期期中教学
质量检测英语试题
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一、阅读理解
2022 Writing Competitions
The Bristol Short Story Prize
It’s an international writing competition founded by the editors of the quarterly cultural magazine Bristol Review of Books in 2007. The 2022 Bristol Short Story Prize is open to everyone. The first prize is £1,000. Entries must be previously unpublished stories with a maximum of 4,000 words. The judges are Tom Drake—Lee, Irenosen Okojie and Jessica Taylor.
Entry fee: £89
The Bath Novel Award
Since its launch nine years ago, the international Bath Novel Award has helped spotlight and support emerging writers. The prize is £3,000. In the event of a joint win, the prize money will be shared equally between winners. It’s open to unpublished and independently published novelists. This year’s judge is Nelle Andrew. All genres are welcome. Writers must submit the first 5,000 words plus one-page abstract of the novel.
Entry fee: £29
The BBC National Short Story Award
The BBC National Short Story Award 2022 with Cambridge University invites entries of short stories up to 8,000 words. It’s an award that has enriched the careers of writers since it was founded seventeen years ago. The winner of the contest for single short stories will receive £15,000. This year’s judges are author Elizabeth Day and broadcaster Katie Thistleton.
Entry fee: free
The Creative Future Writers’ Award
Founded in 2013, it’s an annual development program for talented writers who lack opportunities due to health issues or social circumstances. This year’s theme is How It Started. Prizes include £10,000 of cash and top writing development prizes supplied by publishers and development agencies. Writers should submit one piece of writing in one category
(50-linepoetry to the maximum or 2,000-word fiction to the maximum). The judges are Dorothy Koomson, Joelle Taylor, Aki Schilz and Sarala Estruch.
Entry fee: free
1．Who may act as a judge for The Bristol Short Story Prize in 2022?
A．Joelle Taylor.B．Nelle Andrew.C．Katie Thistleton.D．Jessica Taylor. 2．What do the second and the fourth competitions have in common?
A．Start-up time.B．Genre requirement.
C．Cash bonus.D．Entry fee.
3．Which competition may favor applicants with physical disabilities?
A．The Bath Novel Award.B．The Bristol Short Story Prize. C．The Creative Future Writers’ Award.D．The BBC National Short Story Award.
Every April, I find myself troubled by the same concern—that spring might not occur this year. The landscape looks dull, with hills, sky and forest appearing gray. On May 3, I awoke to a green so amazing as to be almost electric, as if spring were simply a matter of pressing a switch. Hills, sky and forest revealed their purples, blues and green.
Then there was the old apple tree. It sits on an undeveloped lot in my neighborhood. It belongs to no one and therefore to everyone. The tree’s dark branches stretch out in unpruned (未经修剪的) abandon.
Until last year, I thought I was the only one aware of this tree. And then one day, in a bit of spring madness, I set out to prune (修剪) a few disorderly branches. No sooner had I arrived under the tree than neighbors opened their windows and stepped onto their porches (门廊). These were people I barely knew, but it was as if I had come uninvited into their personal gardens. My mobile-home neighbor was the first to speak. “You’re not going to cut it down, are you?” she asked anxiously.
Soon, half the neighborhood joined me under the apple tree. It struck me that I had lived there for five years and only now was learning these people’s names, what they did for a living and how they passed the winter. It was as if the old apple tree was gathering us under its branches for the purpose of both acquaintanceship and shared wonder.
Just the other day, I saw one neighbor at the local store. He remarked how this recent winter had been especially long and complained of not having seen or spoken at length to anyone in our neighborhood. And then, he looked at me and said, “We need to prune that
apple tree again.”
4．How did the author feel about the sudden change of the view?
A．Frightened.B．Depressed.C．Surprised.D．Annoyed. 5．Why did the neighbors open their windows and step out?
A．They intended to greet the author.
B．They felt astonished to notice a stranger.
C．They meant to protect their personal gardens.
D．They wondered what might happen to the tree.
6．What can be inferred about the apple tree in the neighborhood’?
A．It served as a bond.B．It was left unattended.
C．It stayed in a poor condition.D．It proved to be unappealing.
7．What did the neighbor value most according to the last paragraph?
A．The arrival of spring.B．The neighborhood gathering.
C．The pruning of the apple tree.D．Entertainment in the long winter.
Language is the bridge that connects people everywhere. On April 20, people around the world celebrated the United Nations Chinese Language Day. To mark the occasion, the UN Office at Geneva, Switzerland, organized the first Chinese Language Video Festival (CLVF).
Participants from 27 countries, including the US, the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Japan, took part in the one-hour special event, sharing their passion for the Chinese language and culture through short videos. Over 340 video submissions (提交) told touching stories about a civilized, modern and youthful China through participants’ personal experiences in the country.
Though some people find the language difficult to learn, most find it to be rewarding.
For M. Yousaf from Pakistan, learning Chinese gave him a better perspective (视角) and insight into the culture. “Learning Chinese is not just learning a language. It’s a language of one of the biggest populations in the world,” Yousaf said. “If you know this language, you know the civilization and mind of the people.”
Of course the language itself is unique, particularly considering it’s tonal (音调的) foundation. “Tones are important because a lot of Chinese syllables (音节) sound similar or even the same — the tone changes their meaning,” said Mike Fuksman, an American living in Beijing.
To remember Chinese characters, you can connect them with pictures and make some short stories. Many people find it is important to use imagination when learning Chinese. For example, the Chinese character for “tea” has some lines of grass, the roof of a house and people drinking tea.
Learning any language comes with benefits, particularly for those who are always looking to learn more. Since some languages have “loanwords (外来词)” from Chinese, it may be easier for one to pick up Korean or Japanese after studying Chinese. “It helped me so much when I started learning Japanese,” said Yerdana.
8．What is the function of Paragraph 3?
A．To tell the purpose of the festival.B．To summarize the above paragraphs. C．To introduce the following paragraphs.D．To explain the events of the celebration. 9．How can learners remember Chinese characters according to the passage?
A．Making notes.B．Practicing writing.C．Living in China.D．Using imagination.
10．What is the benefit of learning Chinese according to Yerdana?
A．Great help in learning Japanese.B．Good development of learning ability. C．A good understanding of the people.D．A better insight into the Chinese culture. 11．What is the text mainly about?
A．The method of learning Chinese.
B．How to write Chinese characters well.
C．The benefits of learning foreign cultures.
D．A new festival and some stories about learning Chinese.
This painting Spring Bouquet has a precise structure. The flowers spill over into the lower left-hand corner, with an imbalance as free and as wild as nature. But at once the artist responds to this unbalance. To the right of the vase, Renoir has developed a heavy shadow area, rich in purples and sharply contrasted with the light below it. The placing of the straight line in the lower right side is necessary. If the reader covers this line, he will see that the composition becomes unbalanced.
The Impressionist technique had not yet developed when Renoir painted this picture. Yet the painting with light and color indicates Impressionism is around the corner; there is something of that school in the feeling of the out-of-doors that Renoir has acquired. The
texture (纹理) of the flowers is described. Above all, one can’t help saying the very nice smell of the flowers is there, too.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born in 1841. He began working as a young painter of porcelain and textiles. At age 21, Renoir entered the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and went on to study under the instructions of painter Charles Gleyre’s. Even though his paintings had been initially rejected by the Academy and the public, with time he became one of the most admired artists of his generation.
Unfortunately, in 1899, he was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (风湿性关节炎). It is a disease that causes a lot of pain. In addition, the person affected by it may also have deformities (畸形). Consequently, his movements became very limited and each movement was a big and certainly painful effort.
His son, Jean Renoir, writes in the book Renoir, My Father after his father passed away, the reaction of the people to the painting of the father, after seeing his hands: Visitors who were unprepared for this could not take their eyes off his deformity. Though they did not dare to mention it, their reaction would be expressed by some such phrase as “It isn’t possible!” With hands like that, how can he paint those pictures? There’s some mystery somewhere.
12．What can readers see in the painting?
A．A vase in the left corner.B．A shadow to the vase’s right.
C．A straight line at the bottom.D．A natural light in the middle. 13．What seems quite special about this picture when people appreciate it?
A．The painting material.B．The color choice.
C．The smelly flower taste.D．The impressive feeling.
14．What does the underlined word “this” in the last paragraph refer to?
A．Renoir, My Father.B．Spring Bouquet.
C．Rheumatoid arthritis.D．Renoir’s bravery.
15．Which can be a suitable title for the text?
A．Patience Is a Lifetime Practice B．Pain Passes, but Beauty Remains C．Impressionism Is a Unique Technique D．Work hard, and You Will Catch Up
二、七选五
A garden that’s just right for you
Have you ever visited a garden that seemed just right for you, where the atmosphere of the garden appeared to total more than the sum(总和) of its parts? ___16___. But it doesn’t happen by accident. It starts with looking inside yourself and understanding who you are with respect to the natural world and how you approach the gardening process.
● ___17___
Some people may think that a garden is no more than plants, flowers, patterns and masses of color. Others are concerned about using gardening methods that require less water and fewer fertilizers (肥料). ___18___. However, there are a number of other reasons that might explain why you want to garden. One of them comes from our earliest years.
●Recall(回忆) your childhood memories
Our model of what a garden should be often goes back to childhood. Grandma’s rose garden and Dad’s vegetable garden might be good or bad, but that’s not what’s important.
___19___ — how being in those gardens made us feel. If you’d like to build a powerful bond with your garden, start by taking some time to recall the gardens of your youth. ___20___. Then go outside and work out a plan to translate your childhood memories into your
grown-up garden. Have fun.
A．Know why you garden
B．Find a good place for your own garden
C．It’s our experience of the garden that matters
D．It’s delightful to see so many beautiful flowers
E．Still others may simply enjoy being outdoors and close to plants
F．You can produce that kind of magical quality in your own garden, too
G．For each of those gardens, write down the strongest memory you have
三、完形填空
When you say that someone has a good memory, what exactly do you mean? Are you saying that the person has fast recall or that he or she ___21___ information quickly? Or maybe you just mean that the person remembers a lot about her or his childhood. The truth is that it is ___22___ to say exactly what memory is. Even scientists who have been studying memory for decades say they are still trying to ___23___ exactly what it is. But we do know
that a particular memory is not just one thing stored somewhere in the brain. ___24___ , a memory is made up of bits and pieces of information stored all over the brain. Perhaps the best way to ___25___ memory is to say that it is a process-a process of recording, storing, and getting back information. Practice and repetition can help to ___26___ the pieces that make up our memory of that information.
Memory can be negatively affected by a number of things. ___27___nutrition can affect a person’s ability to store information. Excessive alcohol use can also ___28___ memory and cause permanent ___29___ to the brain over the long term. A vision or hearing problem may affect a person’s ability to notice certain things, thus making it ___30___ to register information in the brain.
When people talk about memory, they often ___31___ both short-term memory and long-term memory. If you want to call a store or an office that you don’t call often, you look in the telephone book for the number. You dial the number, and then you forget it! You use your short-term memory to remember the number. Your short-term memory lasts about 30 seconds, or half a minute. ___32___ , you don’t need to look in the telephone book for your best friend’s number, because you already know it. This number is in your long-term memory, which ___33___ information about things you have learned and experienced through the years.
Why do you forget things sometimes? The major reason for forgetting something is that you did not learn it well enough ___34___. For example, if you meet some new people and right away forget their names, it is because you did not ___35___ the names at the first few seconds when you heard them.
21．A．collects B．examines C．publishes D．absorbs 22．A．necessary B．important C．difficult D．convenient 23．A．figure out B．take out C．put out D．give out 24．A．After all B．Instead C．By contrast D．Besides 25．A．recall B．refresh C．describe D．decrease 26．A．lose B．organize C．identify D．strengthen 27．A．Poor B．Adequate C．Special D．Various 28．A．increase B．weaken C．promote D．maintain 29．A．benefit B．offence C．effect D．damage 30．A．easier B．more impressive C．harder D．more convenient
31．A．refer to B．apply for C．come across D．break down 32．A．Furthermore B．However C．Consequently D．Otherwise 33．A．leaks B．transmits C．checks D．stores 34．A．in the middle B．at the end C．in the beginning D．ahead of time 35．A．restore B．record C．replace D．respond
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。

Looking up at the stars, people have always wanted to learn more about space. Before the mid-20th century, most people felt travelling into space was ____36____ impossible dream. However, with the help of scientists, people succeeded in ____37____ (realize) their dream to explore space. On October 4th 1957, the Sputnik 1 satellite ____38____ (launch) by the USSR. Although scientists try to make sure nothing ____39____ (go) wrong, accidents can still happen. These disasters made everyone ____40____ (disappoint), but people still believe in the importance of carrying on space exploration. China’s space programme started later ____41____ those of Russia and the US, but it has made great progress in a short time. In 2003, China became the third country to ____42____ (independent) send humans into space, ____43____ signaled one step further in China’s plan ____44____ (establish) a space station in the future. In spite of the difficulties, scientists hope future _____45_____ (discovery) will not only enable us to understand the universe but also help us survive well into the future.
五、其他应用文
46．假定你是李华，你的加拿大笔友August在今年该校举办的“汉语桥”大赛中失利。

请你给他写一封电子邮件，内容包括：
1．给予安慰和鼓励;
2．提出建议。

注意：
1．词数100左右;
2．开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear August,
I am sorry to hear that you failed to pass the Chinese Bridge Competition in your school. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________
Yours,
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。

The Dog Who Saved Our Family
We met Max at the pickup area of Alaska Airlines five years ago. He was a standard poodle(狮子狗)born on V alentine’s Day in 2017，and came to us in a small blue box. We had adopted him from an out-of-state raiser who posted the news on the social network. Our only request was that he have a calm behavior, able to bear the pushing and hugging of our
eight-year-old daughter and six-year-old son.
We were a sweet little family:me,my husband, and our children, Sophie and Jake. But for years I’d felt as if we wouldn’t really be complete until we had a dog. Also, my husband worked in a business company and had to travel some 200 days a year for his job, and I knew I’d feel safer with a large animal sleeping by the door.
When we opened the box, the last piece of our puzzle fell into place. With his black hair and intelligent eyes,Max was beautiful. He was so small that he fit into the palm of my hand, his big paws lapping over the sides. He was also a little bit scared. As I pulled him close,I felt his heart pound and wondered if we’d done the right thing, taking him from his mother. But it was too late. Sophie and Jake were already fighting over who would hold him next and who should have the right to take a bath for him.
Over the following months, we spent endless hours watching Max play with his Kong toy or roll around the living room floor. Like most poodles, he was smart. He mastered
house-training quickly and never chewed on our furniture or shoes. He considered himself one of us.
注意
1. 续写词数应为150左右
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

One night we were sleeping in the bedroom when I heard some strange noise.
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At that time,Max ran towards me.
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