2022届福建省高三下学期4月诊断性测试英语试题

一、听力选择题
1. Where are the speakers most probably?
A．In a hotel.B．In a museum.C．At home.
2. Why is the boy’s father against the trip?
A．Canada is too far away.
B．The trip may be meaningless.
C．The time of the trip is unsuitable.
3. What are the speakers talking about?
A．How to improve work efficiency.B．How to choose secretaries.
C．The responsibilities of secretaries.D．The secretaries in the man’s company.
4. When will the new play probably be on show?
A．In January.
B．In February.
C．In March.
5. What do we know about John?
A．He won’t wait for the woman.
B．He won’t come home today.
C．He won’t be on time for dinner.
二、听力选择题
6. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1. What is the man struggling with?
A．Money.B．Driving.C．Memory.
2. How will the woman help the man?
A．She’ll give him some advice.
B．She’ll drive him to the bank.
C．She’ll remind him of money.
7. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1. At what time do you think the conversation took place?
A．In the morning.B．At noon.C．In the afternoon.
2. Where did Rita go so that she was late?
A．The police station.B．The restaurant.C．The shop.
3. Why did Rita go back to her car?
A．To lock the car.B．To leave the handbag in the car.C．To get her checkbook.
4. What did Tom suggest?
A．Phoning Rita’s friend again.
B．Phoning her own manager for help.
C．Phoning the manager of the restaurant.
8. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.A．They have put up their house for sale. B．They have paid several visits to Spain. C．They have informed her of their decision. D．They have hinted at the plans several times.
2.A．She hopes to return to her hometown. B．She is tired of the fast pace of city life. C．She has been longing to live in a bigger town. D．She has always wanted to learn a new language.
3.A．It is quite familiar to them.
B．It is a small but fast-paced town.
C．It is an ideal place to learn Spanish.
D．It is much different from where they are living.
2022届福建省高三下学期4月诊断性测试英语试题
4.A．Take over the family business. B．Move to Spain with her parents. C．Assist her parents with the move. D．Pack the luggage for her parents.
9. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.A．The tickets have to be booked in advance. B．It will be performed at 6 p.m. C．There will be two performances.
D．It will be on at the theatre.
2.A．The Piazza. B．The Concert Hall. C．The theatre. D．The Town Hall.
3.A．$8. B．$10. C．$15. D．$20.
4.A．Art Exhibition. B．Ballet Performance. C．Mask Party. D．Living Theatre.
三、听力选择题
10. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1. How do Uber drivers know where to go?
A．A map shows them where people need cars.
B．They are requested to get it on the website.
C．They call a phone number.
2. Who mostly drives for Uber?
A．Former taxi drivers.B．People who have other jobs.C．University students.
3. What does Travis Kalanick predict?
A．Uber will totally replace taxis.
B．Prices for transportation will go up everywhere.
C．Cars will be able to drive themselves.
四、改错
11. 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

错误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：多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，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。

Nowadays there are many students who are fond of American pop music like me. And with easy access the Internet, now we can enjoy all the music of the singers we love them like Taylor Swift and Sam Smith. I listen to American pop music with the purpose of improve my English at first. And as time goes on, I have found the new world in it. Every time I listen to American pop music, I feel exciting. The more song I listen to, the more I learn about the culture and people’s life of America. I real benefit a lot from it.
I can talk about American pop music all day because it bring me more than I expected. If you are a lover of it too, making it a lifelong habit.
五、完形填空
文章大意：本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。

通过讲述飓风Ike来临前人们的准备和飓风走后的情况，作者想要告诉读者面对困难，要以积极的心态面对。

作者感谢人生中的障碍，让他理解信念的含义和生存的渴望。

12. Over the years, thanks to my life’s obstacles, I understood the meaning of faith and the strong will to survive. It was Hurricane Ike that made me
fully ____ the beauty of our strength and a human’s motivation to ____.
Mom had a two-week ____ in summer. While we enjoyed our holiday in Southeast Texas, we didn’t realize the fact that Ike ____ cause months and likely years of “labor”. By September 7th, the “eyes of Texas” were watching Hurricane Ike more ____, making the typical mad rush for last-minute hurricane ____. Two days later, both oil and ice were in ____ demand.
In the early hours of September 11th, some neighbors were planning to ____ the storm in their homes, ____others were making final preparations to get away. At first, we decided to stay. But that afternoon, the Houston-Galveston area would be on the more ____ side of the storm. Mom and I packed some of our most ____ belongings in the car and ____ the East Texas town of Lufkin.
As Ike pushed farther inland, we ____ power in Lufkin. On Sunday, our next-door neighbor told us via cell phone that our ____ had remained well. Our hopes could not have been ____. But a few hours later, the neighbors reported that our brick chimney had ____, and it was sitting on our living room, ____ a hole in the roof between two skylights (天窗).
We wouldn’t be allowed to return home ____ September 17th. I climbed upstairs, and looked toward the hole in the roof which showed a beautiful blue sky. Without hesitation, I shouted, “Wow! A third skylight!” My neighbors could not believe I was making jokes ____ crying, but ____ is always good medicine. It was with that joke that I knew, given time, everything would be okay.
1.A．observe B．explore C．appreciate D．improve
2.A．recover B．apologize C．work D．change
3.A．meeting B．journey C．schedule D．vacation
4.A．must B．might C．would D．should
5.A．closely B．constantly C．warningly D．differently
6.A．adventure B．supplies C．equipment D．reports
7.A．basic B．pure C．neat D．high
8.A．put away B．get through C．test out D．suffer from
9.A．since B．when C．while D．until
10.A．awesome B．abundant C．peaceful D．dangerous
11.A．precious B．concrete C．available D．potential
12.A．set out B．headed for C．settled down D．watched out
13.A．lost B．reduced C．produced D．provided
14.A．garden B．pool C．house D．yard
15.A．clearer B．higher C．lower D．wilder
16.A．passed B．stood C．followed D．gone
17.A．digging B．filling C．leaving D．kicking
18.A．by B．before C．after D．until
19.A．in spite of B．instead of C．apart from D．in terms of
20.A．laughter B．will C．strength D．faith
六、阅读理解
文章大意：本文是一篇说明文。

文章主要介绍了一家名叫ByFusion的美国公司已经找到了一种有效利用所有塑料垃圾的方法——将其制造成绿色建筑材料。

13. Many plastic products we use every day are not able to be recycled. Americans alone throw away 42 million tons of single-use plastics each year, and only 9 percent of that waste can be turned into something else. The rest ends up in landfills (垃圾填埋场), or worse, the ocean.
ByFusion, founded in 2017 in Los Angeles, California, has worked out a way to put all that plastic waste to good use. It uses machines called Blockers to shape all kinds of plastics, even non-recyclables, into standard building blocks called ByBlocks that can be used to build anything. Now, BvFusion has built a pavilion (亭子) for a school with blocks made from locally collected plastics.
“Plastic was not invented to be thrown away,” the company states on their website. “Plastic is strong, flexible, and built to last. This is why plastic isn’t the problem. The problem is that we don’t have a good plan for its future, so now it is packed into landfills, burned at the edges of towns sending poisonous smoke into the air, and there are continents of it floating at sea killing precious wildlife.”
ByBlocks require no glues and are 10 pounds lighter than traditional blocks, making construction work quicker and easier, which means no special labor is needed. They won’t break into pieces like concrete blocks would. They also create zero waste to make — 1 ton of plastic equals 1 ton of ByBlocks.
After years of experiments that cost much, the company has installed (安装) a full production unit in L. A., where it can process 450 tons of plastic per year, and there are 12 more Blockers arriving in U. S. cities soon. The company has set a goal to recycle 100 million tons of plastic
waste by 2030, and it thinks the number is within reach. “If we get up to 9, 000 Blocker systems installed around the world by 2025, we’ll make it, ” said founder Heidi Kujawa.
1. Why was ByFusion set up?
A．To build nature-friendly landfills.B．To produce recyclable plastics.
C．To make green building materials.D．To recycle various building waste.
2. What is ByFusion’s view about plastic?
A．Used plastic isn’t taken seriously.B．It isn’t good for human beings.
C．Too much plastic has been made.D．The demand for it is increasing.
3. What do we know about the actual use of ByBlocks?
A．It needs promoting.B．It’s cost-effective.
C．It’s time-consuming.D．It asks for strict steps.
4. What can make ByFusion hit its 100-million-ton goal?
A．Its ByBlocks are recognized.B．Its expenses are guaranteed
C．Its techniques develop fast.D．Its equipment is used widely.
14. Artificial intelligence is set to advise a defendant in court for the first time ever. The AI will run on a smartphone and listen to all speech in a courtroom before instructing the defendant on what to say via an earpiece.
The defendant is charged with speeding and will say only what DoNotPay’s tool tells them to via an earbud. The case is being considered as a test by the firm, which has agreed to pay if any fines are imposed, says its founder, Joshua Browder.
Browder says it took a long time to train the AI on the vast amounts of case law needed to make it useful. The AI had to be trained to stick to factual statements, rather than saying whatever it could to win a case regardless of the truth.
“We’re trying to minimize our legal liability,” says Browder. “And it’s not good if it actually twists facts and is too controlling.” He says his goal is that the software will eventually replace some lawyers. “It’s all about language, and that’s what lawyers charge hundreds or thousands of dollars an hour to do,” he says. “A lot of lawyers are just charging too much money to copy and paste documents.”
But when New Scientist asked the UK Ministry of Justice if such a trial would be legal, a spokesperson says, “We wouldn’t be able to say whether it was 100 percent legal or not until an application was made to carry out the system and our lawyers made a decision.”
Brown says that AI will probably play a useful role in the legal system in the future but that it would be likely to assist lawyers rather than replace them.
“When your lawyer tells you “OK, let’s do A”, we trust them that they have the expertise and the knowledge to advise us. But (with AI), it’s very hard to trust predictions. We’re quite far off being able to do these things reliably and get rid of lawyers. We have to be very careful of making such claims.”
1. What can AI do?
A．Agree to pay the fines.B．Train the defendant.
C．Speak out the facts.D．Know how to win a case.
2. According to Brown, why are lawyers irreplaceable?
A．Because AI can’t tell you “OK” as lawyers do.
B．Because we tend to trust lawyers more than AI.
C．Because lawyers are much cheaper than AI.
D．Because we have to be careful of the claims.
3. What is the writer’s attitude toward AI?
A．Supportive.B．Doubtful.C．Neutral.D．Ignorant.
4. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?
A．AI, to be charged with speeding
B．AI, to advise a defendant in court
C．AI, the best choice to defend against speeding
D．AI, the best replacement of lawyers soon
文章大意：本文是一篇新闻报道。

文章报道了最后一只皇家柯基犬Willow离世，并讲述了伊丽莎白女王和皇家柯基犬的故事。

15. Queen Elizabeth is known for her devotion to her country, her close relationships with her family and, most importantly, her corgis.
Unfortunately, over the weekend she lost the last of her royal corgis, Willow. According to The Daily Mail, the 15-year-old dog had to be put to death after suffering a cancer-related illness. This marks the first time that the 91-year-old Queen is without a corgi in the royal household since World War Ⅱ.
In 2015, Monty Roberts, the Queen’s dog trainer, shared some details with Vanity Fair about her pets. Roberts encouraged Queen Elizabeth to continue breeding (繁殖) corgis, but,in her old age, she didn’t want to leave any young dog behind. She did, however, adopt a full-grown Corgi named Whisper in 2017, after its owner, who was a gatekeeper at the palace, died.
It was also said that Queen Elizabeth was worried she’d trip over the dogs playing at her feet. It was a pretty real fear. Former royal staff Paul Burrell claimed that he was once tripped by nine corgis while walking them down the steps at the palace.
Willow was a dog with equally blue blood, although she never found social media stardom. It was a 14th-generation child of Susan, the corgi who was gifted to Elizabeth on her 18th birthday by her father, King George Ⅵ.
One of Willow’s most memorable moments was posing with James Bond at the 2012 London Olympics. Holly, Queen’s another corgi, also starred in the video, but she passed away more than a year ago, at the age of 13.
This is truly the end of an era, as Queen Elizabeth has owned more than 30 corgis throughout her life. At one point, she had 13 at once.
“She was sad for each loss of her corgis over the years, but she has been particularly upset about Willow’s death,” a Buckingham Palace source told The Daily Mail. “It is probably because Willow was the last link to her parents and a pastime that goes back to her own childhood.”
1. What happened to Willow over the weekend according to The Daily Mail?
A．It was killed in a car accident.B．It was put to death.
C．It had an unsuccessful operation.D．It was found to have cancer.
2. Why did Queen Elizabeth stop breeding corgis according to Monty Roberts?
A．She was too weak to take care of the dogs.
B．She became tired of those crazy little dogs.
C．She was afraid that she’d trip over the dogs.
D．She was worried about the dogs after her death.
3. What do the underlined words “blue blood” in paragraph 5 probably mean?
A．Noble ancestor.B．Bad mood.
C．Cold heart.D．Terrible disease.
4. What does Willow probably mean for Queen Elizabeth?
A．The end of an era.B．Her control over the country.
C．A tie with her parents.D．The hardship in her childhood.
文章大意：这是一篇说明文。

文章讲述了加州气候变化造成海胆泛滥从而影响到当地的海草林，研究发现海獭对于海胆的猎食对于海草林有一定的保护作用。

16. The climate change in California has caused terrible damage to California’s marine ecosystems. Untold billions of sea stars, or starfish, from at least 20 species disappeared from the entire Pacific coast because of the marine heatwaves. In the absence of sunflower sea stars, a major predator for sea urchins (海胆), the urchin populations exploded. They laid waste to kelp forests (海草林) already weakened by high ocean temperatures.
However, Central California’s kelp ecosystems have done somewhat better than those in Northern California. A new study led by Joshua Smith, an ecologist at the University of California, examines the role sea otter (海獭) populations — a natural predator for urchins — play in preserving existing kelp forests in the Monterey Bay.
The research project spanned three years, during which intensive under-water surveys produced some very interesting data about sea otter behavior. Sea otters have very high metabolisms (新陈代谢) that keep them warm in icy waters and which also make them greedy consumers of shellfish, urchin, and fish — sea otters can eat 25 percent of their body weight in food in a day. At the observed sites, as the urchin population grew, the otter’s diet shifted to become more heavily dependent on urchins. In fact, the otters were eating three times as many urchins as they had been before 2014. As a result, they provided crucial protection from urchins to the kelp forests.
The fact that otters were able to contribute to the health of the surviving kelp forests by keeping urchin populations in check provides Smith with hope for the forests’ continued survival. “The important thing is that the urchins are ultimately reduced,” he says. “The sea otters have maintained patches of kelp forest that can then help refill the barren areas to enhance the recovery of forests.”
1. What influence does climate change have on California’s marine ecosystems?
A．A greater diversity of marine species.B．The disappearance of urchins.
C．An explosive growth of sea stars.D．The weakening of kelp forests.
2. What is the study led by Joshua Smith about?
A．Urchins’ response to ocean warming.
B．The reproduction of marine animals.
C．Otters’ role in protecting kelp forests.
D．The current condition of marine ecosystems.
3. What is a direct result of the shift in otters’ diet?
A．The otters are more likely to stay warm.
B．The shellfish populations have exploded.
C．Urchins’ threat to kelp forests is relieved.
D．The kelp forests have made a full recovery.
4. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?
A．Sea Otters to the Rescue
B．Marine Species in Danger
C．Urchins Are Destroying Kelp Forests
D．Otters Increase Kelp Forests’ Carbon Storage
七、阅读理解
文章大意：本文是一篇说明文。

文章介绍了几个学习外语的好主意。

17. Tips to Learn Any Foreign Language
Know your motivation
It might sound obvious. But if you don’t have a good reason to learn a language, you are less likely to stay motivated in the long run. But wanting to impress Chinese-speakers with your English isn’t the best reason. 1 . No matter what your motivation is, once you’ve decided on a language, it’s vital to commit.
2
The key to learning as quickly as a child may be simply to take on certain childlike attitudes: a desire to play in the language and a willingness to make mistakes. It means being ready to put yourself in potentially embarrassing situations. 3 But it’s the only way to develop and improve your foreign language.
Have fun w ith it
Think of some fun ways to practise your new language: make a radio play with a friend, draw a comic picture, write a poem or simply practise by listening and copying songs. 4 _, chances are that you are going to give up eventually!
We have one more language-learning tip before we go. Remember that the best possible outcome of speaking a language is communicating with others. Being able to have a simple conversation is a huge reward in itself. Reaching milestones like that early on will make it easier to stay motivated and keep practising. And don’t worry about your current speaking ability! 5 , if you begin any interaction with “I have just started to learn this language and I’d like to practise with you.”
A．Act like a kid
B．This can be scary
C．Leave your comfort zone
D．Trying to know English culture is a better one
E．If you can’t find a way to have fun with a new language
F．Most people will be patient, encouraging and happy to help
G．You’re learning a language to be able to use when you go abroad
八、语法填空
文章大意：本文是一篇说明文。

文章主要介绍了越来越多的中国年轻人从事新兴职业的现象。

18. 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。

If you ask Chinese young people today what their dream job is, they may answer with 1 number of new occupations you have probably never heard of before, such as virtual artist, shopping assistant or sleep hotline operator. Besides being relatively new, these jobs give people much 2 (flexible)to enjoy life’s many other pursuits.
Jobs like package delivery people 3 (be)all new and unfamiliar to job hunters dozens of years ago, but now have become common. The same will happen with these new professions.
“I didn’t realize I had such potential 4 my friends once randomly mentioned that my voice was really good for doing ASMR(自发性知觉经络反应),” said Mingo, who tries to help clients fall asleep. “I think this job suits me because I’m really into sociology and I like to listen to people’s stories. It has developed my ability 5 (understand)people’s problems and find the root cause behind them.”
Li Xiaorong, 35, who struggled at a traditional Internet company, found new life as a professional organizer 6 helps get people s homes in perfect order. When 7 (face)rooms containing thousands of things messily stacked in piles, Li is able to 8 (rapid)come up with an
organization plan and, after a few days, these messy rooms become 9 (organize), giving the entire apartment a completely new look.
The trend toward flexible employment has broadened the possibilities for young people to achieve work-life balance and also fits in 10 their view toward what makes a successful career.。