辽宁省大连市第八中学2022-2023学年高三上学期12月月考英语试题

辽宁省大连市第八中学2022-2023学年高三上学期12月月考英语试题学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________一、阅读理解Four Films Worth SeeingCODARuby is the only hearing member in her fisherman’s family. She longs to individuate from her parents and pursue her dream to sing, but she feels weighed down by her responsibilities to them. One day, after a choir performance, Ruby’s dad is quiet and reflective. He wants to feel her joy, and to understand why music is so precious to her. So he asks her to sing to him in their backyard later that. evening. As Ruby expresses herself and is “heard”, she feels new power in her life, and so does her family.C’mon. C’monJohnny is a lonely videographer immersed in a project interviewing kids about their thoughts about the future. His work is interrupted, though, when his sister Viv asks him to watch her son, Jesse. Johnny agrees and becomes a caregiver to his nephew. From caring for Jesse, he learns to understand better his own pain and what brings meaning to one’s life.EncantoThis film is about the Madrigal family — three generations living together. Each member of the family is gifted a power by their magical house except 15-year-old Mirabel, who was never gifted any power. But then the family’s power begins to weaken, and Mirabel goes on a mission to find out why. In the search to help her family, she develops her own gifts. She learns how to listen, to empathize (共情), and to work hard.King RichardThe movie is about father Richard Williams, and his great drive to make his daughters, Serena and Venus Williams, become tennis superstars. He shows them that they can do or be anything with hard work and belief. Oracene, the Williams girls’ mother, is also determined to offer her support and efforts, even when Richard gets caught up in his focus for them. 1．According to C’mon. C’mon, what does Johnny learn from caring for Jesse?A．How to become a caregiver.B．What project to be devoted to.C．What brings meaning to his life.D．How to recover from his pain.2．Which movie best shows parents how to lead kids to success?A．CODA B．C’mon, C’mon C．Encanto D．King Richard 3．In which column of a newspaper is this text probably found?A．Entertainment B．Education C．Lifestyle D．ScienceAs a child, Fischer loved going to the beach and riding bikes along the coastline with his father, Karl Fischer. So when he lost his dad to pancreatic cancer, he turned to the healing power of the ocean.At the start of this year, Fischer wrote his father’s name on his surfboard and took it out to sea in Newport, Rhode Island. His father’s name shone in the sun on what felt like a shared adventure. Inspired, Fischer made a video and posted it on social media the same day. “If you love the ocean, or you know someone who loves the ocean, or maybe you lost someone who just loved being outdoors..., you can comment on this video with their name and a bit of their story, and I’ll put their name on my board here, just like I’ve done with my father’s name,” he said in the video. “And I’ll take them out in the ocean for you.”Names poured in from thousands of strangers grieving (悲伤) the loss of loved ones. And with that, the One Last Wave Project was born, the aim of which was to exchange stories with a community of people going through the same pain. They were essentially healing together. About two months later, Fischer had received over 5,000 names and written most of them on two surfboards. The first two surfboards ran out of space — he’s working on getting more. He wrote the names in neat letters on the surfboard and put a clear acrylic (丙烯酸) coat over them so they didn’t wash off.Though a lot of people have been struggling with grief in the pandemic, Fischer was amazed by the responses that have poured in. “If I am able to help one person or one person shares their name, that is enough for me,” he said. “But I am blown away — by not just the number of people sharing, but the depth of stories and love that they are sharing.” And he plans to take his project around the world and connect with even more people — through shared grief and the power of the ocean.4．How did Fischer share his idea with others?A．By giving a live broadcast online.B．By posting a video on the Internet.C．By going to the beach with his father.D．By writing his father’s name on the surfboard.5．Why did Fischer start the One Last Wave Project?A．To memorize his father.B．To attract public attention.C．To face the pandemic bravely.D．To help people out of sadness. 6．What does Fischer intend to do next?A．Share his experience at sea.B．Extend the project worldwide.C．Connect to more social media.D．Sail around the world with strangers. 7．What can we learn from the story?A．Actions speak louder than words.B．He who laughs last laughs best.C．A good beginning makes a good ending.D．Sharing can help heal the pain.Every year thousands of people come to the city of Pamplona, in north-eastern Spain, for the opportunity to run for their lives as six fighting bulls are released to charge through the town. There are injuries and deaths every year, but the event is of interest to many people. A paper just published in Science describes the insight the event offers into the psychology of panicked crowds.That is a useful topic to explore. Arehitects, civil engineers and urban planners must try to work out how people will behave in the event of a disaster like a fire, a flood or a terrorist attack so they can design their creations to avoid potentially deadly collisions (碰撞). Unfortunately, solid information is hard to come by. Daniel Parisi, the paper’s lead author, realised that the Pamplona bull-runs offered the perfect natural experiment.Dr Parisi and his team went to two different rooftop locations in Pamplona in July 2019, and filmed the runners as the animals were released, Later in the lab, they calculated the speed of the runners, the density (密度) of the crowd, the probability of a runner tripping and falling and the relationship between runner-group density and speed.Perhaps unsurprisingly, the researchers found that runners picked up speed when the bulls drew near. Less expected was the finding that the speed of individual runners increased with the density of the crowd, which was contrary to a long-held assumption in architectural and urban-design circles that people will slow their pace as group density goes up, in order to lower the risk of a collision, which could lead to a fall and, perhaps, injury or death.Yet it seems that, in the heat of the moment, people pay little attention to the danger of colliding with each other, and do not slow down. The responsibility therefore falls upon urban designers to work out how best to plan the construction of future tunnels, bridges and otherpassages that restrict flow. The only option may well be to make them wider.8．What did Dr Parisi and his team do in Pamplona?A．They proved his theory.B．They recorded a bull-run.C．They watched a thrilling bull-fight.D．They designed a psychological experiment.9．What was the unexpected finding in the study?A．People slowed down in crowded areas.B．Tripping posed a danger to bull-runners.C．Bulls coming near made people running faster.D．People tended to speed up in high-density crowds.10．What is implied in the last paragraph?A．People lose their mind in disasters.B．Future tunnels and bridges may be wider.C．Panicked crowds are aware of the danger of collision.D．Restricting flow helps to prevent people colliding each other.11．Which is the best title for the text?A．How crowds react to panicB．Bull-runs caught on in SpainC．Dr Parisi’s finding shocks the worldD．What architects can learn from bull-runningAn individual from an unknown hominid (原始人类) species walked across a field of wet, volcanic ash in what is now East Africa around 3.66 million years ago, leaving behind a handful of footprints.Those five ancient footprints, largely ignored since they were partly unearthed at Tanzania’s Laetoli site in 1976, show features of upright walking by a hominid, a new study finds. Researchers had previously considered them hard to classify, possibly produced by a young bear that took a few steps while standing. But the latest analysis refutes that suggestion.McNutt, DeSilva, who started the new investigation as a Dartmouth College graduate student, and their colleagues fully dug out and cleaned the five Laetoli footprints in June 2019.Then they measured, photographed and 3-D scanned the ancient tracks. McNutt’s group focused on two footprints that were particularly well-preserved. Foot shapes, sizes, and walking characteristics of the Laetoli individual differed in various ways from those of other hominid individuals at the same site. The prints also didn’t match those from modern black bears and modern chimps (黑猩猩) walking upright.The Laetoli individual possessed a wider, more chimplike foot than humans, the researchers say. Its big toe stuck out slightly from the second toe (脚趾), but not to the degree observed in chimps. On one step, the Laetoli individual’s left leg crossed in front of the right leg, leaving a left footprint directly in front of the previous track. People may cross-step in this way when trying to regain balance. And bears and chimps assume a relatively wide standing due to knee and other bone arrangements that prevent them from walking like the Laetoli individual and probably from cross-stepping, the scientists say.Given that only two of the ancient footprints are complete enough to analyze thoroughly, the possibility that a chimp other than a hominid made the Laetoli footprints can’t be ruled out, says William Harcourt-Smith, a scientist at Lehman College. But evidence of cross-stepping is enough to prove that it was a hominid track maker, he says.12．What does the underlined word “refutes” in Paragraph 2 mean?A．Objects to.B．Supports.C．Puts forward.D．Criticizes. 13．Why do researchers think the footprints were unlike those of bears or chimps?A．They are less chimplike.B．They have toes sticking out.C．They show a wider standing.D．They get features of cross-stepping. 14．What does William think of the new research finding?A．Challenging.B．Convincing.C．Confusing.D．Conflicting.15．What is the purpose of the text?A．To share a new discovery.B．To describe a major event.C．To settle a huge disagreement.D．To introduce an unknown species.二、七选五Do you suffer from low energy? Is it difficult to get out of bed in the morning? Do yourworkers surveyed by Deloitte said they had experienced burnout. And 90% of those said that stress had negatively impacted their work.Burnout is dangerous. It can lead to mental and physical exhaustion, a loss of identity, and feeling a lack of accomplishment, they harm the body over time. Do you want to get out of this state? 17One way you can help relieve burnout is by practicing communication. Be clear about what you’re feeling, and if you are being overworked, discuss it with your supervisor or coworkers. 18 Taking time off is also a good idea.While self-care is trending these days, it will not cure burnout. 19 Their support and cooperation can make you feel better. Another option is taking part in regular physical activities to get your mind off work.20 A study cited by The New York Times found that surgeons who made time for recreational activities were less likely to experience burnout than those who didn’t. A few ideas for relaxing activities can be yoga, meditation, or mindfulness.A．As a matter of fact, you aren’t alone.B．Finally, make time to do things you love.C．Burnout can also develop along with anxiety.D．Read on to discover how to deal with it effectively.E．Provide them with ideas that would help lighten burnout in the office.F．What can help address the problem is to see a doctor or meet with friends.G．If you are eating more or less than usual, stress hormones can be affecting your appetite.三、完形填空Today’s birthday gift was to my friend Oscar in Portland who is unhoused. I got him amake meals just from plants. The more I learn about plant-fueled eating, the better I feel about this decision. And this book is specifically about 28 the body’s capacity to cure itself. So my friend 29 the book from the library and it will come in soon. He wants to learn about this too since he has serious immune issues. That’s how he lost his job and then his 30 .I want him to 31 , and find a job and a home again. And I won’t stop helping him until that 32 . Once my social security checks come in, I plan to make sure he gets Kroger cards every time I get paid so that he has plenty of fresh produce.Oscar’*************************************************,heshows33 for every single person who helps him on a daily 34 . He always shares what we send if he can, too. He recently joined Service Space because he said their mission statement is 35 with his values. He’s quite an exceptional young man.21．A．card B．cake C．book D．dinner 22．A．medicine B．treatment C．nutrition D．communication 23．A．splendid B．incredible C．impossible D．difficult 24．A．turned in B．given out C．sorted out D．focused on 25．A．worse B．better C．easier D．healthier 26．A．definitely B．desperately C．endlessly D．hopefully 27．A．introduced B．distributed C．presented D．devoted 28．A．making up for B．taking hold of C．making room for D．taking advantage of29．A．packaged B．preferred C．ordered D．searched 30．A．family B．apartment C．plants D．friends 31．A．emerge B．recover C．shine D．tolerate 32．A．passes B．varies C．happens D．updates 33．A．affection B．passion C．confidence D．gratitude 34．A．basis B．range C．target D．pursuit 35．A．content B．concerned C．consistent D．familiar四、用单词的适当形式完成短文阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。