云南省曲靖市2023届高三英语下学期第二次教学质量检测（二模）（Word版附答案）

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曲靖市2022-2023学年高三年级第二次教学质量监测

英语试题卷

本试卷共9页，满分120分，考试用时100分钟。

注意事项：

1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考场号和座位号填写在答题卡上。将条形码横贴在答题卡右上角“条形码粘贴处”。

2．作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔在答题卡上将对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案，答案不能答在试卷上。

3．非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答无效。

4．考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束后，将答题卡交回。

第一部分 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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Are you looking for something fun and exciting to do with your family this spring break? There are various family-friendly events and activities in Houston to choose from that will make your spring break memorable.

Spend the day out on the Blessington Farm

510 Chisolm Trail

Wallis,TX 77485

(832)444-8717

It offers a variety of activities for all ages,from hayrides and petting zoos to the Farm Funland. You can even pick berries right from the farm! There are playgrounds and a particular play area with farm-themed activities for the younger ones. And if you're looking for something a bit more adventurous, there are also barrel train rides.

Head to the Main Street Theater

3400 Main Street

Houston, TX 77002

(832)667-1400

It is proud to present the family-friendly musical,Dont Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! This spring break. Based on the popular children's book by Mo Willems,this musical is sure to be a hit with kids and adults alike. Follow the adventures of the Pigeon as he attempts to drive the bus and learns important lessons about responsibility and friendship along the way.

Spring Break Celebration at the Children's Museum

1500 Binz Street

Houston, TX 77004

(713)522-1138

From the “Power of Children” exhibit,which explores the lives of inspiring children from around the world, to the “Kidtropolis” exhibit, which allows kids to explore a pretend city, it offers a wide variety of activities. Kids can also explore the “Invention Convention” exhibit,where they can create their inventions and learn about the scientific process.And for art lovers,the “Art Academy”exhibit is a great place to explore different mediums and create masterpieces.

Explore the Houston Zoo

6200 Hermann Park Drive

Houston, TX 77030

(713)533-6500

From educational talks to animal encounters, there's something for everyone. Plus, you can take a walk through the zoo's beautiful gardens and explore the habitats of some of the world's most fascinating creatures.The Houston Zoo also offers special events, such as live music,food trucks, and more.

1.What can families do at the Main Street Theater?

A.Watch a popular musical.

B.Read a popular children's book.

C.Drive a bus with a pigeon.

D.Build friendship with other families.

2.Which place is suitable for kids if they want to design innovations?

A.The Blessington Farm.

C.The Children's Museum.

B.The Main Street Theater.

D.The Houston Zoo.

3.What is the author's purpose in writing the text?

A.To broaden children's horizons.

B.To recommend events to families.

C.To stress the importance of spring break.

D. To encourage parents to accompany kids.

B

Dan Mancina is a skateboarder whose jaw-dropping videos receive hundreds of thousands of views.He has a loyal following on social media,all eager to see him landing jumps and all sorts of skillful tricks.Videos of him using his white cane（手杖）as he boards inspires curiosity and admiration from fans around the world.

Mancina also happens to be blind. It wasn't until his mid-20s that his condition-a rare eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa-started to affect his day-to-day life,stopping him from driving and biking. Eventually he couldn't leave the house without a human guide. “I'm honored and hopefully I can be a voice for our community. That's why I started my social media stuff,to change others＇perception（看法）of the visually impaired（缺陷），”the 35-year-old said．

Now,Mancina wants to challenge misunderstandings around blindness and create spaces where visually impaired people can enjoy the sport. “I wanted to build the first fully adaptive skatepark designed around visual impairments, so I started a foundation called 'Keep Pushing Incorporated' and have been raising money for a few years,”he said.

Mancina has raised around $40,000 for the park, and after pouring concrete this fall,hopes to be running skate workshops by next spring and summer. With a spacious layout and tactile（能触知的）ground，Mancina is building the park with blind schools and other adaptive sports organizations.

“They should have access to everything, just like every other child,” he said. “Skateboarding is just one of those things. There are going to be those kids who want to skate. However, I noticed a big difference in the way people treated me as a sighted person compared to a blind person. Some people have lower expectations of what a blind person can achieve.”

“Some people think it's crazy and not possible to skate. It's not that crazy ...in my head. So I encourage people to think that way-don't let other people control your life and decide what you can and can't do. You know, it's all up to you,”he added.

4.Why does Dan Mancina post his videos on his social media?

A.Because he wants to teach various skills of skating.

B.Because he needs to raise awareness of eye diseases.

C.Because he hopes to become famous around the world.

D.Because he decides to shift how people view the blind.

5.What is the mission of his foundation called “Keep Pushing Incorporated”?

A.Raising money to cure people's blindness.

B. Building a park for the blind to skateboard.

C.Making public places accessible to the blind.

D.Making contributions to blind schools.

6.How do some people treat blind people according to Dan Mancina?

A.They treat blind people as sighted people.

B.They show much sympathy for blind people.

C.They have little faith in blind people's capabilities.

D.They motivate blind people to achieve their dreams.

7.Which of the following can best describe Dan Mancina?

A.Persistent and humorous.

C.Creative and humble.

B.Diligent and honest.

D.Determined and socially responsible.

C

Founded in 1998 by Andrzej Adamcio, the company called Anmet was originally started to provide manufacturing companies with solutions for metals recycling. In 2014, Adamcio began to recognize that there was a growing need for solutions, for recycling composite wind turbine blades （复合风力发电机叶片）at the end of their life spans. Using his experience in metals recycling， Adamcio began to work on ways to recycle glass and carbon fiber composite blades, and today, wind blade recycling has become one of Anmet's main focuses and a major area for growth going forward.

In the long term， Anmet’s recycling solution involves the physical repurposing（赋予新用途）of glass fiber wind turbine blades. The company's services start on-site: representatives will travel to a wind farm and dismantle the blade into sections,followed by transport of the parts back to the Anmet's facility for reconstruction into architecture or infrastructure products.There are several environmental advantages to this type of recycling. For example, repurposing blades rather than completely destroying them via burning, breaking them into pieces or other means costs less energy, is less costly and produces less emissions and dust.

The company has filed patents for other infrastructure solutions currently going through testing at Rzeszów University of Technology，including geotechnical blocks（岩土工程砌块） for road slope strengthening. Replacing typical steel or steel-strengthened concrete road barriers with repurposed glass fiber wind blade components enables greater resistance to damage from corrosive（腐蚀性的） soil environments. The blocks can be adapted in shape to fit the needs of a particular situation. So far, Anmet has built and trialed early models of these blocks, and is working toward registering them for construction use within the European Union, with hopes of extending into the U.S. market as well.

8.What was Anmet's initial focus?

A.Manufacturing wind turbine blades.

C.Recycling wind turbine blades.

B.Dealing with metal recycling.

D.Extending life spans of wind blades.

9.What does Anmet aim to do in the future?

A.Build wind blades without using carbon fiber.

B.Repurpose retired wind blades for infrastructure.

C.Reconstruct wind farms into architecture.

D.Deal with wind blades using energy-consuming ways.

10.What does the underlined word “dismantle” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A.Take apart.

B.Break through.

C.Cut in.

D.Turn down.

11.What can we know about Anmet's geotechnical blocks?

A.They are filled with steel or steel-strengthened concrete.

B.They can scarcely fight against corrosive soil.

C.They can be adjusted for a special circumstance.

D.They have been used in road building in the USA.

D

Cockatoos（凤头鹦鹉）can combine multiple tools to complete a complex task， an achievement scientists previously thought only chimpanzees and humans could do, a new study reveals. In a recent study published in the journal Current Biology, researchers showed that cockatoos could use tools as a set, and can even carry the tools around with them when the situation calls for it.

In the first experiment，the birds had to obtain seeds in a box from behind a clear membrane （薄膜）by using a short， pointy stick to break open the barrier，before fishing out the seeds with a long plastic straw（吸管）．Seven out of the 10 cockatoos in the study successfully extracted the seeds，and two of those seven completed the task within 35 seconds on their first attempt, which astonished researchers.

Next,researchers conducted the second experiment using separate boxes with and without a membrane.“The cockatoos had to act according to the problem；sometimes the toolset（成套工具） was needed, and sometimes only one tool was enough,” said study lead author Antonio Osuna-Mascaró,an evolutionary biologist at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna in Austria. All of the cockatoos were able to recognize when a single tool  was sufficient.

Finally,the team wanted to find out if the cockatoos could transport their toolset with them. They put the cockatoos through a series of increasingly challenging trials to reach the boxes: first they had to climb a short ladder while carrying their tools; then they had to fly with them. Just like before,only some of the boxes had a membrane barrier, so the birds had to decide whether the problem required them to decide in advance to transport one of the tools or both of them. Most of the cockatoos jammed the stick inside the straw and carried it as a single item in their mouths on an as-needed basis,further indicating that they knew ahead of time when two tools were required.

12.What did cockatoos do in the first experiment?

A.They used the stick to break open the membrane.

B.They used the plastic straw to get fish out of the box.

C.They knew how to get seeds by learning from each other.

D.Most of them surprised researchers with their rapid speed.

13.What can we know about cockatoos according to the research?

A.Cockatoos are the only known nonhumans to use a tool kit.

B.Cockatoos don't use the straw when the membrane isn't in the way.

C.Cockatoos know a plastic straw is sufficient if there isn't a membrane.

D.Cockatoos rarely know in advance when they should carry a toolset.

14.What is the best title for the text?

A.Cockatoos Differ from Chimps in Using Multiple Tools

B.Cockatoos Improve Intelligence with a Set of Tools

C.Cockatoos can Distinguish a Single Tool from a Toolset

D.Cockatoos Know When to Use a Toolset to Get the Job Done

15.Where is the text most probably taken from?

A.A scientific report.

C.A fable story about birds.

B.A science fiction book.

D.An instruction booklet.

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。

In the past, animal shelters in Singapore were horrible places. Most of them were very old buildings that were dirty, noisy and crowded. 16In 2014, the government decided to change this. Since then, 26 animal shelters across Singapore have been rebuilt or repaired with support from the government. The new buildings are so beautiful that some have even become tourist attractions.

In 2017,the government also made a new law that no longer allowed shelters to kill animals that didn't get adopted. 17Fortunately,the larger new shelters can provide more space for the strays（流浪动物）.More importantly， people will be more likely to adopt animals because the new shelters are more pleasant to visit. Some even have a space where people can spend time with the pets before adopting them.

18Instead, adopt one from an animal shelter. There are many reasons why this is better. The most obvious one is that you will improve an animal's life. Even though animal shelters in Singapore don't kill animals anymore, the animal will live a more joyful life in your loving home. Second,many shelters are full,so they need people to adopt more pets. Third, the staff at animal shelters are very helpful. 19

If you buy a pet from a pet store， it’s likely that puppy and kitten mills（制造厂）will benefit. 20The parents are usually kept in small cages and made to give birth to the next generation rapidly and endlessly. What's more, pets from pet stores are usually much more expensive than adopted ones. The former may cost tens of thousands of dollars depending on the species,while the latter can cost just a few hundred.

A.Do the right thing and adopt your next pet.

B.The pet mills will share the benefit with animal shelters.

C.It means there are even more animals living in shelters.

D.When getting a new pet, don't buy one from a pet store.

E.These are places that produce baby animals just like products.

F.They know the personalities of the pets,so they can help you choose the perfect one.

G.For animals, living on the street might have been a better option than going to one of these shelters.

第二部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节 完形填空（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，选出可填入空白处的最佳选项。

The first time I felt the impact of UCLA＇s（加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校）diversity was during New Student Orientation（新生入学培训）． At a brand-new campus，we are surrounded by 21． We really feel the social tension between the incoming（新来的）students，hoping to find friends in a strange environment.

22 into a group of 10 students, we got our first chance to get to know one another. Our group sat in a kindergarten style to              23              what we'd just experienced. There were a few minutes of sparse（稀少的）conversation              24 the wall of awkwardness was 25 by a girl. She began 26 her own life. She explained that on one side, she was Filipino, and on the other, Mexican. She was not quite              27              in among Mexicans or Filipinos, feeling              28              about her place in the world. Sadly bowing her head, she stopped saying. It seemed that she was describing my 29.As a matter of fact, my parents also came from 30              countries. So I told her that I totally understood how she 31.

This year,  UCLA admitted one of its most diverse groups of students yet, which means freshmen will 32 things like mine more than ever before. The diversity leads to more 33 for personal growth.

Compared to other universities, those chances are what really make being a freshman special. But to 34 from the university's diversity, students should seek good solutions. They could 35stories,learn from friends and compare one another's lives in the process of studying.

21.A.families

22.A.Moved

23.A.make up

24.A.before

25.A.created

26.A.enjoying

27.A.getting

28.A.excited

29.A.discovery

30.A.different

31.A.behaved

32.A.remember

33.A.opportunities

34.A.vary

35.A.find

B.relatives

B.Looking

B.talk about

B.since

B.charged

B.introducing

B.cutting

B.confused

B.dream

B.remote

B.reacted

B.avoid

B.lessons

B.benefit

B.write

C.friends

C.Running

C.write down

C.while

C.broken

C.recording

C.breaking

C.angry

C.story

C.poor

C.felt

C.experience

C.examinations

C.escape

C.read

D.strangers

D.Sorted

D.turn down

D.although

D.copied

D.imagining

D.fitting

D.confident

D.promise

D.developed

D.survived

D.ignore

D.problems

D.conclude

D.trade

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。

Gathering more than 200 of China's cultural relic experts together, a contest focusing on antique restoration              36(take) place in Taiyuan, North China's Shanxi Province on Mar 26,2023.              37              (arrange) by the National Cultural Heritage Administration, a large number of              38              (participant) showed their skills by working on authentic historical relics.

Tao Zhongjun, 39 Chinese historian, said,  “real relics for repairers are what a good canvas（画布）is to a painter．”The cultural relic repairers 40（choose） from six categories to revea1 the country＇s strictly designed relics conservation schemes（规划）．

Li Qun,a vice minister of culture and tourism said that the competition aims to select and train some  41              (high) skilled relic experts so as to establish a talent troop that possess up-to-date restoration skills.

Searching for talents from 27 provinces around the country, the competition is the largest event for    42                            (select) future talents ever held in China's cultural relic industry. Yu Jiadong,              43              is a vice minister of human resources and social security, said that China is striving to build a              44(profession) competition system with Chinese characteristics and that this competition is              45              great importance to this field.

第三部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（满分15分）

假定你是李华，你们班下周要举行一场英语歌曲比赛，请你写信给负责人Mr.Green，向他推荐王蕾做主持人。内容包括：

1．写信的目的；

2．推荐的理由；

3．希望对方给予考虑。

注意：

1．写作词数应为80左右；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Mr.Green,

Yours,

Li Hua

第二节（满分25分）

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。

A Christmas Worth Remembering

Hector kicked his boot in the snow, angry that he couldn't change Mom's mind. Why did they have to work at the homeless shelter over Christmas?

Christmas was for opening presents, eating delicious food, and playing games. He didn't want to spend it handing out presents and food to other people. Mom called it community service, but he called it a bummer（令人不开心的事）.

“What are you doing?” asked David as he entered Hector's yard. David was his friend from next door.“Going to build a snow castle?”

“No,”Hector said. “I'm just trying to cool off.”

“Well, it's definitely cold out here. What's wrong?” David asked.

“My mom said that we're going to the homeless shelter on Christmas Day,” Hector said. “We're going to help provide them with a Christmas lunch and hand out presents to the kids.”

“What's wrong with that?” David asked.

Hector stared at him, his mouth hanging open.“What's wrong? We're going there on Christmas Day, that's what.”

“It might not be so bad. We did something like that with our local outreach ministry（外联部） on Thanksgiving.”David said. Hector hadn't known that. Still, he didn't think it would be much fun.

The next week passed quickly. Soon it was Christmas Day. It was time for Hector to go to the shelter with his parents. As they left, Hector sat in the back seat of the car with his arms crossed and a frown on his face.

At the shelter, a man greeted them with a happy smile.“Thank you for coming to help today,”he said. “I hope you will enjoy your time here.”Hector seriously doubted it.

The man told Dad where he could serve food and he pointed Mom toward several large boxes that were filled with presents.

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。

Hector stood uneasily, not sure what to do.

After the meal, Hector helped Mom pass the presents out to the kids.