2022-2023学年湖南省长沙市岳麓区名校高三上学期月考卷（三）英语试题解析版 听力

湖南省长沙市岳麓区名校2023届高三月考试卷(三)

英语

本试题卷分为听力、阅读、语言运用和写作四个部分, 共10页。时量120分钟。满分150分。

第一部分 听力(共两节, 满分30分)

做题时, 先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后, 你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节(共5小题; 每小题1. 5分, 满分7. 5分)

听下面5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。听完每段对话后, 你都有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. 18.      C. £9. 15.

答案是C。

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What does the woman think of the movie?

A. It’s amusing. B. It’s exciting. C. It’s disappointing.

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How will Susan spend most of her time in France?

A Traveling around. B. Studying at a school. C. Looking after her aunt.

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Why does the man apply for a job as a photographer?

A. He lives nearby. B. He loves photography. C. He has a talent for art.

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Where are the speakers?

A. In a classroom. B. In a library C. In a bookstore.

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What is the man going to do?

A. Go on the Internet. B. Make a phone call. C. Take a train trip.

第二节(共15小题; 每小题1. 5分, 满分22. 5分)

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题, 从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前, 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。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

6. How did the man feel when he heard about the accident?

A. Sad. B. Angry. C. Indifferent.

7. What might cause the traffic accident?

A. The coach driver drank wine before driving.

B. The road was made too slippery by something.

C. The coach driver was too tired after a long drive.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

8. What’s the man’s favorite sport?

A. Climbing mountains. B. Swimming. C. Playing basketball.

9. Why does the woman seldom exercise?

A. She wants to sleep.

B. She’s busy with her work.

C. She thinks it’s unnecessary.

10. What does the man advise the woman to do?

A. Reduce workload. B. Go to a gym. C. Exercise during the working hours.

听下面一段较长对话,回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

11. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A House owner and renter. B. Husband and wife. C. Neighbors.

12. What is NOT mentioned in the conversation?

A. Old clothes. B. A photo book. C. A toy car.

13. Where will the man go next?

A. The garbage center. B. His neighbor’s house. C. A donation center.

听下面一段较长对话,回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

14. What does the man think of Flower Arranging?

A. Boring. B. Challenging. C. Practical.

15. Why doesn’t the man want to take Photography?

A. It lasts too long. B. It started last week. C. It’s too expensive.

16. What course do the speakers decide to take in the end?

A. Indian Cooking. B. Web Design for Beginners. C. Italian Wine.

17. What will the speakers do tomorrow morning?

A. Go to the course centre.

B. Make a telephone call.

C. Attend an Indian party.

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

18. What kind of teenage life did Richard lead at school?

A. Exciting. B. Ordinary. C. Difficult.

19. What did Richard do at the age of 16?

A. He quit school.

B. He started a magazine.

C. He set up a student advisory center.

20. What business did the mail-order company do?

A. Selling low-priced records.

B. Signing new musicians.

C. Providing air travel.

第二部分 阅读(共两节, 满分50分)

第一节(共15小题; 每小题2. 5分, 满分37. 5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。

A

Tiny Memoir Contest

As we have since 2019, we’re inviting students to write a short, powerful story about a meaningful experience from their lives, but this year there’s a twist: They must do it in 100 words or fewer.

Rules

Your tiny memoir should be a true story about a meaningful experience from your own life.

It must be 100 words or fewer, not including the title.

You must be a student aged 13 to 19 in middle school or high school to participate, and all students must have guardian permission to enter.

Your essay must be original for this contest.

While many of our contests allow students to work in teams, for this one you must work alone.

All entries must be submitted by Oct. 12, 2022, at 11: 59 p. m.

Resources for Teachers and Students

A step-by-step guide for writing a 100-word narrative: This guide walks you through the following steps, from reading examples of 600-word memoirs, to brainstorming your own meaningful life moments, to writing and editing your final piece.

A “rehearsal space”: We also have a student forum where students can practice ahead of submission. We hope students will use the space to experiment and encourage each other.

21 What is special about this year’s writing contest?

A. It sets a word limit for stories. B. It requires a plot twist in your story.

C. Entries should be over 100 words. D. Entries are expected to be powerful.

22. Which of the following is qualified in participating in the contest?

A. Submitting a published story. B. Mailing your entry before October 12.

C. Working in teams. D. Sharing your friend’s personal narrative.

23. What resource is available to help you write your tiny memoir?

A. A 100-word sample. B. The judging criteria.

C. A lesson plan. D. A forum.

B

In the blue-green depths of the sea off the coast of Tuscany, Italy, an unusual seafloor sculpture park is defending its watery setting.

Paolo Fanciulli has been heading out daily to fish in these coastal waters along the coastline since teens. It was in the 1980s that he began to notice the clear signs: a seabed that was becoming barren, with exhausted fish stocks. Until recently, he was forced to share catches with a threatening part: illegal “bottom trawlers(拖网捕 鱼的人)”, who randomly spoil a large quantity of ocean life as they fish, dragging a weighted net along the seafloor behind their boats.

Fanciulli＇s style of artisanal fishing(手工捕鱼), in contrast, needs to be sustainable as damaging the ecosystem could reduce fishermen’s income. “If the sea dies, so does the fisherman. You can’t just take; you have to give too, ” said Fanciulli. The underwater “House of Fish” sculpture park, which was started in 2015, was encouraged by this fisherman’s desire to do something that went beyond the handful of concrete blocks he had previously convinced local authorities and some environmental groups to drop into the sea to try and stop illegal trawling.

Concrete blocks or sculptures can break weighted trawler nets. They can also play a role as artificial reefs, giving corals and others a place to live, and varying shade and lighting to help species flourish. Thanks to the underwater sculptures, some species not seen in a long while such as groupers and lobsters have returned. The sculpture park represents both an artistic statement and a physical barrier to seafloor trawling.

Today, 39 huge, other-worldly stone sculptures dot the seabed along a stretch of Tuscan coastline near the town of Talamone. These artworks are already coated with algae(海藻), a sign that the natural habitat is coming back to life. In the immediate future, Fanciulli hopes to continue his beautiful solution in coastal waters. “Man is still destroying the seas, ” he says. “And my mission continues. ”

24. How do illegal bottom trawlers threaten the ocean?

A. By harming massive sea life at will.

B. By hooking great quantities of fish.

C. By covering the sea floor with a net.

D. By competing with artisanal fishers.

25. Why did Fanciulli want to build the underwater sculpture park?

A. To convince local authorities.

B. To maintain the ecosystem of the sea.

C To save the marine life from extinction.

D. To boost the development of local tourism.

26. What is paragraph 4 mainly about?

A. The process of building sculpture parks.

B. The results of banning seafloor trawling.

C. The damaging effects of trawling on sea life.

D. The functions of sculpture parks under the sea.

27. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A. Fanciulli has stopped illegal trawling in Tuscany.

B. A better solution is found to handle the ocean crisis.

C. The ocean ecosystem environment in Tuscany is recovering.

D. More underwater sculptures will be built around the world.

C

It is a debate that has divided Italy-and the social media-right in the middle. The advice by one of Italy’s top ranking physicists to save gas by turning it off when cooking pasta (意大利面) has brought about anger and protest from pasta lovers and chefs alike.

In a video shared to social media, Giorgio Parisi, who won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics for his groundbreaking contributions in quantum (量子) theory, recently recommended that Italians add pasta to a pan of boiling water, bring it to the boil, wait two minutes, put a lid on, and then shut off the gas.

Parisi suggested that “at least eight minutes of energy consumption” is saved by using this method. “The most important thing is to keep the lid on, “ he added. “A lot of heat is lost through evaporation (蒸发). Shortly after boiling the pasta, turn off the gas, so that it boils very little without consuming energy. ”

What followed next was widespread outrage in Italy. Many Italians, who take their pasta seriously, expressed disbelief that someone-even if that is a remarkable Nobel winner-would dare suggest something as strange about a beloved national dish.

Many chefs joined the chorus, strongly contesting the theory. Local Italian press quoted multiple pasta makers, chefs and cooking experts as saying that pasta cooked by turning the heat off once the water is brought to the boil would turn it sticky and rubbery. Italy’s noted chef Luigi Pomata was quoted by media as saying: “It would be a disaster. Let’s leave cooking to chefs while physicists do experiments in their lab. ”

Most restaurants also talked back, contradicting the possibility, with the common concern being that Parisi’s suggestion would compromise the flavour of pasta—a product firmly rooted in Italian culture. Spaghetti, Macaroni, Bow ties, Penne and Ziti are some of the more popular pasta varieties globally.

28. What did Parisi suggest Italians doing to save energy as they cook pasta?

A Removing the lid in time. B. Boiling the water only once.

C. Switching off gas in advance. D. Speeding up the evaporation.

29. What does the underlined words “joined the chorus” in paragraph 5 mean?

A. Entered the competition. B. Ignored the warning.

C. Performed the symphony. D. Voiced the same opinion.

30. Why did restaurants oppose Parisi’s idea?

A. They thought it was strange to do so.

B. They feared it would affect the taste of pasta.

C. They hoped to keep traditional varieties of pasta.

D. They didn’t want to change their way of cooking.

31. What is the text?

A. A cooking recipe. B. A news report.

C. A science research. D. An advertisement.

D

Human language is made possible by an impressive gift for vocal learning. Most animals cannot learn to imitate sounds at all. Though some species can learn how to use natural sounds in new ways, they don’t show a similar ability to learn new calls. Among all nonhuman vocal learners across the branches of life, the most impressive are birds.

“I wouldn’t say they have language in the way linguistic experts define it, ” says the neuroscientist Erich Jarvis. “But I would say they have a primitive form of what we might call spoken language. ”

Birdsong appears to have a lot in common with human speech, such as conveying information intentionally and using simple forms of some of the elements of human language. One key element of human language is semantics, the connection of words with meanings. Over the past four decades, numerous studies have shown that many bird species use different alarm calls for different attackers. Recent studies suggest that the order of some birds’ calls may impact their meaning. This could represent a primary form of the rules governing the order and combination of words and elements in human language known as syntax, as illustrated by the classic “dog bites man” vs “man bites dog” example.

And the parallels run deeper, including similar brain structures that are not shared by species without vocal learning. Jarvis and his team have tried to compare the brain structures in songbirds and humans. “I think we humans tend to overestimate how different we are, ” he says. What has happened is that humans and songbirds have evolved a new forebrain circuit for learned sounds that has taken control of the brain stem circuit for natural sounds. “There is an assumption that species more closely related to us (e. g. monkeys) are going to be most like us. And that is true for many features, ” he says. “But, as you see, this is not true for every feature. ”

With all these similarities in mind, it’s reasonable to ask if birds themselves have language. It may come down to how you define it. But anyway, when the story of the evolution of language is finally complete, be prepared to thank the birds.

32. What is the purpose of paragraph 1?

A. To show different capacities for imitating sounds.

B. To illustrate the major features of vocal learning.

C. To imply the uniqueness of birds as vocal learners.

D. To explain the origin of species differences.

33. What can we learn about birdsong from the third paragraph?

A. It is superior to human language.

B. It lacks meaningful order of calls.

C. It has evolved from human speech.

D. It shows certain grammatical features.

34. What can we infer from paragraph 4?

A. Evolved brain circuit paves the way for vocal learning.

B. Humans possess biological uniqueness in vocal learning.

C. Closely related species are less likely to share parallels.

D. Circuit for natural sounds disables new call learning.

35. Which can be a suitable title for the text?

A. Bird Brains Suggest How Vocal Learning Evolved

B. Birds Are Stretching the Boundaries of Language

C. Human Speech and Birdsong Share Biological Roots

D. Human Speech Could Have Evolved from Birdsong

第二节(共5小题; 每小题2. 5分, 满分12. 5分)

阅读下面短文, 从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Matilda Browne (1869-1947) was a successful artist in the early 20th century. Unfortunately, few people know her name or her art today.

Matilda Browne showed promising artistic talent early in her life. Growing up in Newark, New Jersey, she got an introduction to art by watching her neighbor, painter Thomas Moran. Her parents supported their budding young artist. ___36___And it paid off. Matilda Browne participated in her first major exhibition when she was just twelve years old.

Browne loved to paint animals, especially cows and other animals. ___37___ Her bold brushwork gave her paintings a live appearance. Her style is best described as Impressionism.

Matilda Browne quickly became a respected and successful artist. Her list of honours opened doors that would have been otherwise inaccessible for a female artist of her time. As an adult, she moved to Connecticut, where she painted in Old Lyme. ___38___She even had the honor of painting a door of their workshop. Some sources say that her good sense of humor helped her fit in with the boys, while others claim that her seriousness is what won them over. ___39___

Browne was a successful artist throughout her life. She won numerous awards and exhibited in many important shows. However, very few people know about her today. This is a more common story for female artists than one might think. So, why has Browne faded into being unknown? ___40___She was American, while books about American Impressionists tend to focus on the male artists.

A. She was the only woman accepted into the male artists’ circle there.

B. It was her artistic style that hadn’t aroused people’s interest.

C. Her impressive skill brought her under everyone’s notice.

D. She also painted many flowers in colorful garden landscapes.

E. It could result from her double minority — in gender and nationality.

F. Her mother took her to Europe for training while she was quite young.

G. Either way, her great skill as a painter made these other artists take notice.

第三部分 语言运用(共两节, 满分30分)

第一节(共15小题; 每小题1分, 满分15分)

阅读下面短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Linda Brown, an experienced estate agent, spent nine years supporting homeless people in Springfield, through a charity called The Gathering Tree. It___41___ people a few times each week during daylight hours, providing a safe and___42___ place for them to take showers, do laundry, socialize, or simply rest.

On a cold winter evening in 2016, when she had to close its doors for the___43___, it___44___ her to watch her “friends” walk off into the darkness to a hidden, wet, cold camp. So she was ___45___ to do something.

___46___ , she came up with the idea of creating Eden Village, a village of ___47___houses to make sure no one slept outside on her watch. Linda teamed up with her friend Nate Schleuter, and together they started fundraising. No stone was left___48___ . Linda began by appealing to her fellow estate agents in the area before___49___to local businesses and churches.

Using these ____50____, Linda purchased a nearby____51____ trailer park that already had the infrastructure(基础设施) in place for the village. By February2019, they had built 31 small homes and found ____52____ for each one. Linda hasn’t stopped working since Eden Village began. A second village opened in 2021, and there is a third location____53____. She ____54____ to have five villages across Springfield within the next five years, helping more than 200 homeless people get off the ____55____and into a new life.

41. A. refused B. accompanied C. welcomed D. caught

42. A. comfortable B. expensive C. cheap D. distant

43. A. week B. night C. day D. month

44. A. pleased B. struck C. surprised D. pained

45. A. determined B. delighted C. qualified D. embarrassed

46. A. Similarly B. Generally C. Gratefully D. Finally

47. A. ugly B. pretty C. tiny D. big

48. A. untouched B. unrolled C. unturned D. uncarved

49. A. giving in B. branching out C. stepping down D. facing up

50. A. donations B. villages C. experiences D. suggestions

51. A. prepared B. abandoned C. protected D. decorated

52. A. sellers B. workers C. agents D. residents

53. A. out of order B. on the roads C. in the works D. by the way

54. A. hopes B. fails C. hates D. tends

55. A. houses B. trailers C. beds D. streets

第二节(共10小题; 每小题1. 5分, 满分15分)

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。

This scene at the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics amazed the world. Fireworks ____56____ the shape of the “Guest-Greeting Pine“ made the world feel the enthusiasm of an open China. The “Guest-Greeting Pine”, named after its shape like a person____57____(wave) to welcome visitors, is one of the landmarks on Mount Huangshan, which ____58____(sit) in the south of Anhui Province.

As a UNESCO natural and cultural heritage site, Mount Huangshan is also a global geopark characterized by a Mesozoic granite landscape. This ____59____(drama) landscape includes formations of natural stone pillars, strangely-shaped rocks, waterfalls, caves, lakes and hot springs, formed by____60____(it) complex geological history. Its magnificent natural scenery of massive granitic stones and ancient pine trees is often____61____(far) enhanced by cloud and mist effects.

Mount Huangshan boasts 72 peaks, among____62____ Lianhua Peak, Guangmingding Peak and Tiandu Peak are the three main peaks, with____63____ altitude(海拔) of over 1, 800 meters. In Mount Huangshan, there are more than 200 cloudy days in a year. When the water vapor rises or the fog does not disappear after the rain, it ____64____(form) a sea of clouds, presenting a fairyland landscape.

As a famous traditional mountain in China, Mount Huangshan bears profound historical and cultural _____65_____(mean) with ancient buildings, ancient pedals, cliff stone carvings, etc. , and has bred the “Huangshan Painting School” of Chinese landscape painting.

第四部分 写作(共两节, 满分40分)

第一节(满分15分)

66. 假设你是李华，你的美国朋友Jim在你校网站上看到学生参加学农活动的照片，很感兴趣，发来邮件询问相关信息。请你给他回复邮件，内容包括：

1. 学农活动的内容和安排；

2. 你参加学农活动的感受。

注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右；

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

提示词: 学农 learning from farmers

Dear Jim,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

第二节(满分25分)

67. 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。

Learning to Dribble(运球)

I was the new kid in town. New home. New city. New state. And new school. My dad got a new job, and we had packed up our lives and moved from our old home, school, friends and everything. We moved over summer vacation, so I didn’t have to deal with school right away. We’d landed in southern Florida, and we were total strangers.

Summer whizzed by while we unpacked, arranged furniture, found stores we liked, and adjusted to the sunshine state with its palm trees and canals everywhere.

I felt anxious about school as I was not an adventurous girl. My head was full of fears and worries. Would I make friends? Would I fit in? Would I survive in this strange new world? Shy and quiet, I read a lot and did not make friends easily. I loved learning. I loved reading. I even loved homework. Loving books and reading helped me get good grades. Teachers loved that about me. Even a brand-new group of teachers.

Other kids, though, didn’t like me getting top grades, answering questions in class or being delighted with school. I did not win popularity contests. But I couldn’t stop being me-loving to read and learn. I felt like a total failure. I tried not to be discouraged.

Then one day, a tall, athletic boy in English class strode right over to me. He introduced himself as being on the school basketball team. It dawned on me that he was James, the captain!

“Hey, ” he said. “You do really well in English class. Do you think you could help me?”

Yes, oh, yes, definitely yes. I could, and I would. We sealed the deal with an exchange of smiles.

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。

From that moment on, life at school changed for me.

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I was thankful to be smart enough to help the team.

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