2023天津市八校联考高三上学期期中考试英语试题含答案、听力、答题卡

2022～2023学年度第一学期期中八校联考

高三英语

本试卷分第一卷（选择题）、第二卷（非选择题）两部分，共150分，考试时间120分钟。

第I卷 选择题（共115分）

第一部分  听力（共两节，满分20分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

听下面五段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

例：How much is the shirt?

A．£ 19.15.      B．£ 9.15.             C．£ 9.18.

答案为B。

1. What do you know about the woman?

A. She doesn’t like her own clothes.    B. She wants to be a dress designer.

C. She is a famous dress designer.

2. When will the meeting be held?

A. At 12 a.m.     B. At 10 a.m.     C. At 8 a.m.

3. What are the two speakers talking about?

A. The woman’s appearance.             B. The woman’s clothes.

C. The woman’s house.

4. What is the man’s job?

A. A shop assistant.     B. A TV reporter.     C. A businessman.

5. What’s the man’s attitude towards the old man?

A. Sympathy     B. Pride       C. Curiosity

第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

听下面几段材料。每段材料后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段材料前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段材料读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第6至第8小题。

6. Why does the man praise the woman?

A. Her annual report is good.           

B. She gets on well with her colleagues.

C. She is very careful in her work.

7. What do we know about the woman’s character?

A. She is too proud.    B. She is not honest.     C. She is modest.

8. What did the woman do the day before yesterday?

A. She asked for a leave.   

B. She made some mistakes.  

C. She went to the hospital.

听下面一段对话，回答第9至第11小题。

9. Where will the woman go?

A. The train station.    B. The hotel.       C. The beach.

10. How long will the woman stay in the city?

A. Two weeks.       B. Three weeks.     C. Four weeks.

11. How much does the woman pay the taxi driver?

A. 2.98 dollars.       B. 3 dollars.        C. 6 dollars.

听下面一段独白，回答第12至第15小题。

12. Where did the speaker watch birds last year?

A. In the mountains.    B. In the forest.     C. Near the lake.

13. Which season is NOT the best for bird watching?

A. Spring.        B. Autumn.       C. Summer.

14. Which of the following helps the speaker in bird watching?

A. A guide book.     B. A flashlight.     C. A tent.

15. Why does the speaker choose to watch birds in the morning?

A. Birds are more active then.

B. Birds mostly stay in their nests then.

C. The light is suitable for watching birds then.

第二部分  英语知识运用 （共两节，满分45分）

第一节: 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

16. We can observe that artificial intelligence has already made a（n） ______on our lives in many ways．

A. statement      B. impact      C. impression    D. judgment

17. The quality of education in this small school is better than ____ in some larger schools．

A. that    B. one   C. it    D. this

18. If we had taken such effective_______much earlier， the river would not be polluted so seriously now．

A. treasures   B. efforts   C. measures  D. actions

19.It's the third time that I _________ you _________ your promise.

A. reminded; about    B. have reminded; of

C. reminded; of     D. have reminded; about

20. ______ in London, the penniless American wandered on the pavement, ______ to find a job to make a living.

A. Lost; hoped  B. Losing; hoped  C. Lost; hoping D. Losing; hoping

21. There was snow everywhere ______ the shapes of things were difficult to identify.

A. so that   B. now that   C. for fear that D. on condition that

22 . I believe the time is coming soon        there will be no weapons in the world.

A. which   B. that   C. where   D. when

23. In 1938, Pearl S. Buck became the first American woman        the Nobel Prize for Literature.

A. winning   B. win   C. won   D. to win

24. John belongs to that club, whose members meet ______ to discuss social issues and share ideas and thoughts.

A. regularly       B. originally       C. gradually      D. immediately

25. Mark______have hurried. After driving at top speed, he arrived half an hour early.

A. needn’t         B. wouldn’t       C. mustn’t        D. couldn’t

26. It took him a long time to ___the skills he needed to become a good dancer.

A. display         B. acquire         C. teach           D. test

27．Wind is now the world's fastest growing_____of power.

A．source       B．sense           C．result         D．root

28．_____the school， the village has a clinic，which was also built with government support

A．In reply to     B．In addition to    C．In charge of     D．In place of

29．The two countries are going to meet to_____some barriers to trade between them.

A.make up       B．use up       C．turn down     D．break down

30. It suddenly occurred to him ________ he had left his keys in the office.

A. that        B. what       C. where     D. which

第三节 完形填空（本大题共20小题，共30.0分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

     From my second grade on, there was one event I feared every year: the piano recital(独奏演唱会). A recital  31  I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers. Each year I   32   ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”. And each year he would shake his head, muttering(嘀咕) 33  about building self-confidence and working toward a  34  .

    So it was with really great  35  that I stood in church one recent Sunday, video camera in hand, and 36  my 68-year-old father sweating in his shirt 37  rising to play the piano in his very first recital.

    My father had longed to play music since childhood, but his family was poor and couldn’t 38     lessons. He could have gone on regretting it, 39  too many of us do. But though he was rooted in his past, he wasn’t 40  there. When he retired three years ago, he  41  his church music director to take him as a student.

    For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard, he 42  stared down at his fingers. Has he forgotten the 43  ? I worried, remembering those split seconds 44  ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would 45  . But then came the beautiful melody(旋律)，from the  46   fingers that once baited(装饵于) my fishing lines. And I 47 he had been doing what music teachers always stress: 48   the music and pretend the others aren’t there.

    “ I’m 49  of him for starting something new at his age,” I said to my son Jeff.

    “ Yeah, and doing it so 50  ,” Jeff added.

    With his first recital, my father taught me more about courage and determination than all the words he used those 30-plus years ago.

第三部分： 阅读理解（本大题共20小题，共50.0分）

A

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51. If you work from 9a．m．to 2p．m．with a break hour for lunch，you will get ______ ．

52. The people who want to apply for the job should ______ ．

53. What's the purpose of Laura's words ______ ？

54. What can we learn from the passage？ ______ 

55. In which column of the Internet could we find this advertisement？ ______

B

Many years ago, my mother read from the book Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey to me. I remember as if it were yesterday, hearing her voice at my side on a cold wintry night. My mother’s voice changed my world.

Long before I could read on my own, she shared with me the strength and beauty of McCloskey’s language a story of a little girl and her mother out in nature, co-existing with a mother bear and her own baby. The power of the story, of language and of my mother all came together. And it happened many times after that, over and over. The read aloud made me a reader.

Years later, I was reading aloud a picture book to a small child in a classroom. His life, so far, had not been easy. His childhood was troubled by poverty and loneliness. In that moment, in the joy of the read aloud, he had an idea that started something big.

What he said was this: “Mrs. Allyn, let’s make sure everyone knows how good this feels. Let’s have a holiday for the read aloud.” Therefore, my organization, LitWorld, created a grassroots movement World Read Aloud Day in 2010 to honor this young boy’s wish for everyone to be able to have a read aloud every day.

Since the day he shared that good idea with us, World Read Aloud Day has become a worldwide event reaching over one million people in more than 65 countries around the world. This year we are over 600 cities strong, a number that is growing every day.

Children who grow up as readers become engaged citizens of the global world, and every child deserves the right to read. When I say that reading aloud will change the world, I know it sounds simple. But one of the many great things about giving kids access to the power of stories and sharing them together is that it is simple. It is also cheap and easily done. And the impact is huge.

56. How did the author’s parent change her life?

A. By reading aloud to her.     B. By listening to her reading.

C. By buying many books for her.   D. By encouraging her to read aloud.

57. According to Paragraph 3, the author was probably the little boy’s       .

A. mother   B. teacher     C. best friend   D. favorite writer

58. What does the small child’s idea in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A. To start a holiday.     B. To reduce poverty.

C. To found LitWorld.     D. To overcome loneliness.

59. What can we know about World Read Aloud Day from Paragraph 5?

A. Its origin.   B. Its future.     C. Its purpose.  D. Its development.

60. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. Sticking to reading isn’t easy.

B. Reading gives a high rate of return.

C. Reading aloud isn’t actually simple.

D. Kids should try to change the world.

C

American and British people both speak English of course. But sometimes it does not seem like the same language. In fact, there are some important differences between British English and American English.

First of all, they sound very different. Often, Americans don't say each word separately. They say several words together. Americans may say "I dunno" instead of "I don't know." Or they may say "Whaddya say?" instead of "What did you say?" However, the British are more careful in their speech. They usually say all the words and keep them separate.

Also, some letters have different sounds. For example, the Americans say the "'a" in half like the "a" in cat. But the British say the "a" in half like the "o" in soft. Sound is not only the difference between British English and American English. Words sometimes have different meanings too. Some American words are never used in England. The same thing is true of some British words in America. For example, the vocabulary for cars and driving is very different. Americans drive trucks, but in England people drive lorries.

Many expressions are also different in the two countries. In England, if you are going to telephone your friends, you "'phone them up". In America, you "'give them a call". When you are saying goodbye in England you might say "Cheerio! "In America you might say "See you later. "

There're also some differences in grammar. For example, Americans usually use the helping verb "do" when they ask a question. They say "Do you have a storybook? " But the British often leave out the helping verb. They say "Have you a storybook?"

All these differences can be confusing if you are learning English. But most languages are like this. Languages change over time. When people live in separate places, the languages change in different ways. This is what has happened to English. It can also happen to other languages, such as French. Many people in Canada speak French but their French is very different from the French of France.

61.What does the author think of the differences between American and British English?

A. American and British English are the same languages.

B. American and British English are quite different.

C. Although American English came from the British English, there are still some important differences.

D. There are slight differences between American and British English.

62. What does the underlined word "separately" mean?

 A. together.    B. one by one.   C. in common.  D. in different ways.

63. What does the underlined sentence "The same thing is true of some British words in America. "' mean ?

A. The words of American and British English are the same.

B. The spelling of American and British English are the same.

C. Although they don't sound the same, the words are the same.

D. Some British English words are not used in American English.

64. How many ways are used to talk about the differences between American and British English in the passage?

A. One.  B. Two.    C. Three.   D. Four.

65. Why has English changed over time?

A. Geography plays an important role in the changing.

B. Different people have different living habits.

C. Different people have different jobs.

D. The income of the native English speakers is different.

D

How often one hears children wishing they were grown up, and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.

Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. In addition, life is always presenting new things to the child — things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-known. But a child has his parents, he is not so free to do what he wishes to do；he is continually being told not to do things or being punished for what he has done wrong.

When the young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in society.

66. According to the second paragraph, the writer thinks that _______.

A. only children are interested in life

B. life for a child is comparatively easy

C. a child is always loved whatever he does

D. if much is given to a child, he must do something in return

67. After a child grows up, he ________.

A. will have little time playing

B. has to be successful in finding a job

C. can still ask for help in time of trouble

D. should be able to take care of himself

68. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. People are often satisfied with their life.

B. Life is less interesting for old people.

C. Adults are freer to do what they want to do.

D. Adults should no longer rely on others.

69. The main idea of the passage is _________.

A. life is not enjoyable since each age has some pains

B. young men can have the greatest happiness if they work hard

C. childhood is the more enjoyable time in one’s life

D. one is the happiest if he can make good use of each age in his life

70. The paragraph following this passage will most probably discuss _________.

A. examples of successful young men

B. how to build up one’s position in society

C. pleasures and pains of old people

D. what to do when one has problems in life

第四部分：写作

 第一节：阅读表达 阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题．

   Some years ago industries had more freedom than they now，and they did not need to be as careful as they must today．They did not need to worry a lot about the safety of the new products that they developed．They took little notice of the health and safety of the people who worked for them．Often new products were dangerous for the people who used them and conditions in the work place had very bad effects on the health of the workers．

Of course，sometimes there were real disasters which attracted the attention of governments and which showed the need for changes．Also scientists who were doing research into the health of workers sometimes produced information which governments could not ignore．At such times，there were inquiries into the causes of the disasters or the problems．New safety rules were often introduced as a result of these inquiries； however，the new rules came too late to protect the people who died or who became seriously ill．

Today many governments have special departments which protect customers and workers．In the U．S，for example，there is a department which tests new airplanes and gives warnings about possible problems．It also makes the rules that aircraft producers must follow．Another department controls the foods and drugs that companies sell．A third department looks at the places where people work，and then reports any companies that are breaking the laws which protect the health and safety of workers．Of course，new government departments and new laws cannot prevent every accident or illness，but they are having some good results．Our work places are safer and cleaner than before．The planes and cars which we use for travel are better．Producers are thinking more about the safety and health of the people who buy and use their products．

71．What had bad effects on the health of the workers？（No more than 6words）

72．In what ways do the departments protect customers and workers？（No more than 20words）

73．Please explain the underlined phrase"took little notice of"in the first paragraph in English．（No more than 5words）

74．What is the passage mainly about？（No more than 15words）

75．Do you think working or living place is safer and cleaner than before？Please give one or two examples．（No more than 20words）

76. 假设你是晨光中学学生李津，你校外教Chris对中国传统文化非常感兴趣，最近市博物馆将要举办中国传统文化系列展，请你给Chris写封邮件，邀请他一同前往参观某一分展，内容包括：

①　发出邀请

②　展览介绍（时间；地点；主题；内容等）

③　期待回复

注意：

1)         从如下主题中选择一个进行介绍：

paper cutting 剪纸   Peking Opera 京剧   calligraphy 书法   seal cutting 篆刻；

2)         词数不少于100；可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3)         开头结尾以给出，不计入词数。

Dear Chris,

Good news for you!

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