2023届天津市北辰区高三下学期模拟考试英语试题（无答案）

2023届天津市北辰区高三下学期模拟考试英语试题

学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、单项选择

1．－Oh, my English novel is missing.

－I saw Tom leaving with ________, but I’m not sure whether it’s yours.

A．one B．it C．some D．that

2．During our trip to the Great Wall last week, I couldn’t stop thinking that building it ________ have been a huge project in ancient times.

A．should B．must C．could D．need

二、未知

3．－Are you feeling any better, Lucy?

－Yes. The medicine the doctor gave me brought ________ to my headache.

A．safety B．shelter C．relief D．defense

三、单项选择

4．－I’m going to Sanya and stay there for over a week.

－________! I wish I could get away from my busy study for a while.

A．Forget it B．Good luck C．Cheer up D．Lucky you

5．I know something about Charlie, for he ________ in my brother's company for three months last year.

A．had worked B．worked C．had been working D．would work

6．I will keep drawing and see what happens. ________ I never become famous, this is what I love to do every hour of every day.

A．Even if B．Unless C．So long as D．Now that

7．________ by many potential customers, the salesman had to gather his courage and sell the product in different ways.

A．Having denied B．Denying

C．Being denied D．Having been denied

8．Try to be cheerful and funny in life, but when you ______ work, try to be as serious as you can.

A．make up for B．get down to

C．come up with D．break away from

四、未知

9．When I saw my cat waiting sadly for the dog to return at the gate, I suddenly realized ________ close the relationship between them was.

A．that B．what C．how D．whether

五、单项选择

10．Effective measures should be taken to ________ endangered animals to ensure that more species don’t become extinct.

A．advocate B．reserve

C．accumulate D．preserve

六、未知

11．A Beijing girl Shang Lin made up her mind to join the army ________ acting; she gained 10kg in order to become a soldier.

A．in case of B．in place of

C．on behalf of D．in exchange for

七、单项选择

12．This amusement park with all the exciting rides and other fun activities_____also home to  outdoor concerts every summer.

A．are B．have been C．is D．has been

13．I’ve been dreaming of becoming a writer since I was a teenager, but it seems hard to get a book _______.

A．publishing B．having published

C．published D．to be published

八、未知

14．Have you ever dreamed of singing in front of an audience of thousands at a concert, _______ everyone is clapping and appreciating your music?

A．who B．that C．which D．where

九、单项选择

15．－I’m stuck. Could you show me how to do the physics problem?

－Sorry. _______.

A．I’m hopeless at science B．You can say that again

C．That’s not my cup of tea D．It’s not my turn

十、未知

American author Gary Hopkins tells us, “A suitable apology can be a wonderful thing, so long as it is from the heart.” However, an apology is ______ to make.

A few years ago, I was a guest ______ at a conference for professional trainers. I was well ______, knowledgeable about the topic, and I felt confident as I ______ my speech. But afterwards, an experienced female delegate ______ me. We exchanged a few greetings, and then she dropped something unexpected on me. She said, “Do you know how many times you ______, from the moment you ______ to the microphone until the moment you left  the stage?” “Sorry, I don’t know,” I replied. “Nine times,” she said. “And all of them were unnecessary.” I was ______. It was the first time someone had ever made me ______ my “sorry habit.” So what was the first word out of my mouth ______? “Sorry!” We both burst out laughing.

Of course, apologies shouldn’t be ______ that way. This incident raised my awareness of how we routinely use apologies. I know ______ to apologize is a big mistake as we’ve made a mistake or wronged someone else. How to do it? First and foremost, we need to understand real apologies or wholeheartedly saying  “sorry” is ______. It’s like a big ______ into a relationship account and there’s no alternative for it. Actually, there are ______ apologies, which are tools of dodges  (搪塞) . They are awful and we should stop them. ______, habitual apologies are an unnecessary automatic response, as I ever made at the conference.

Generally, over apologizing ______ to happen when there’s a lack of ______ in your position, which will make others ______ you or even get unhappy. So we need to use apologies ______ and our attitude must be sincere. Refusing to apologize is a big mistake, and so is over apologizing.

16．A．essential B．impossible C．reasonable D．difficult

17．A．editor B．speaker C．worker D．member

18．A．dressed B．prepared C．known D．equipped

19．A．formed B．recalled C．delivered D．appreciated

20．A．blamed B．praised C．discovered D．approached

21．A．interrupted B．apologized C．stopped D．coughed

22．A．caught on B．brought out C．stepped on D．broke down

23．A．speechless B．hopeless C．confused D．frightened

24．A．ready for B．nervous about C．careful about D．aware of

25．A．in reply B．in vain C．in return D．in place

26．A．ignored B．mentioned C．used D．accepted

27．A．regretting B．failing C．pretending D．promising

28．A．ridiculous B．impressive C．accessible D．crucial

29．A．sale B．income C．deposit D．loss

30．A．private B．false C．inadequate D．illegal

31．A．Besides B．Therefore C．Nevertheless D．Instead

32．A．expects B．continues C．deserves D．tends

33．A．motivation B．confidence C．energy D．experience

34．A．embarrass B．challenge C．misunderstand D．tolerate

35．A．suitably B．normally C．directly D．frequently

十一、阅读理解

National Music Theater Competition

The 2024 National Music Theater Competition (NMTC) will be held. It was launched in 2011 as the first national competition for the emerging professional music theater soloist (独唱者). NMTC has provided industry connections for past competitors and winners that have led to their success on Broadway and other venues.

Prizes (each prize only for a person)

The champion: $5,000 plus a concert at the next national conference of National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), a $1,000 Gift Certificate from Hal Leonard, a Career Management Services package from Stage Door Connections.

The runner-up: $2,500 plus a $500 Gift Certificate from Hal Leonard.

The third place: Louise Lerch Prize; $1,000 cash prize.

The fourth place: Bill Hayes Prize; $750 cash prize.

Qualification

Singers aged from 20 to 28 as of September 15, 2023.

Entrance Procedure

Application requires a fee of $900, but for these students of NATS members the fee is $75. Application fees due to cancellation by the applicant won’t be returned. All application materials must be submitted by September 15, 2023. If you are planning to submit your application for the online round, you must complete the submission by September 15, 2023, but you’ll have 30 days after the deadline to upload your audition (试唱) videos. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.

Where to Audition

The preliminary (预选的) round

Live auditions: November 1 to 10, 2023 in New York City.

Online auditions: Video submission deadline is October 15, 2023.

Semifinal and final rounds

Live auditions: The semifinal round: January 3 to 9, 2024; the final round: January 15 to 20, 2024.

The semifinal and final rounds will be held in New York City as part of the 2024 NATS Winter Workshop.

36．Why was the National Music Theater Competition launched?

A．To make people like music.

B．To promote the leisure industry.

C．To popularize Broadway musicals.

D．To seek promising talents.

37．What will the person coming second in the competition get?

A．A $500 Gift Certificate and Louise Lerch Prize.

B．$2,500 in prize money and a Gift Certificate.

C．A Career Management Services package.

D．A chance to perform at a concert.

38．Which of the following is a necessity for participating in the competition?

A．Being at least 28 years old.

B．Applying for membership of NATS.

C．Submitting application materials on time.

D．Uploading audition videos by September 15.

39．What do you know about the competition?

A．Competitors can enter the semifinal round on January 18, 2024.

B．Both online and live auditions are available in any round.

C．There are three rounds in the competition in total.

D．Application submission deadline is October 15, 2023.

40．What’s the author’s purpose of writing the text?

A．To call on people to explore their potential in music.

B．To attract young singers to apply for the competition.

C．To appeal to young singers to become NATS members.

D．To encourage people to enter the musical industry.

If Natalie Morales had to describe her mom in just one word, she would pick: survivor. That’s because her mom, Penelope Morales had a tough childhood. “Her mother wasn’t ready to be a mom and gave her up to her grandmother,” says Natalie, “I think she often felt in life like she wasn’t wanted and wasn’t loved.”

Penelope Morales put herself through college and it was there that she met Natalie’s dad, who was serving in the military. They fell in love and married, and her life as a military mom of three children became a great adventure. “She basically raised us moving from place to place. I was born in Taiwan, China, but we lived in Panama, Brazil and Spain. And my mom was the constant,” says Natalie, “She would always make sure that when we got home from school, we felt like we had our number-one fan, our champion right there, waiting for us.” Along the way, Natalie learned many things from her mother, which she carries on in her role as a mother of two sons.

As a Mother’s Day gift, Natalie treated her mom to a day of pampering (宠爱). “I want my mom to feel like a queen,” she says. And as part of the surprise, Natalie brought along an old photo of her mother, which she wanted to recreate. “I think it was taken in the mid-60s. So she was in her early to mid twenties. She’s just absolutely a beautiful woman. But she’s looking in the mirror. It’s like not knowing really her future, but knowing where she’s come from,” describes Natalie. “That picture just speaks so much to me. I want her to see what she created in that mirror, and that she gave us all something so great.”

“It’s just an amazing experience to take this picture and have Natalie do it. I could never imagine in my entire life,” says Penelope Morales, who adds that she’s very proud of her daughter, “All I want her is to be happy and to raise her children the same way,” she says.

41．What can be inferred about Natalie’s mother?

A．She survived an adventure fortunately.

B．Her mother gave her up because of poverty.

C．At college she met her husband, a schoolmate.

D．Her mother felt that she was nothing.

42．What did Natalie learn from her mother?

A．Giving children great love.

B．Moving house constantly.

C．Always picking up children from school.

D．Often taking children on adventures.

43．What did Natalie do on Mother’s Day?

A．She treated her mother to a big meal.

B．She took her mother to take pictures.

C．She pleased her mother by polishing an old photo.

D．She gave her mother a big surprise with her sons.

44．What can we say about the gift Natalie gave her mother?

A．It was expected.

B．It was a success.

C．It made her mother dependent on her.

D．It brought tears to her mother’s eyes.

45．What does the author mainly want to tell us in the passage?

A．Natalie loves and respects her mother very much.

B．Natalie’s mother has suffered too much all her life.

C．Natalie’s mother thinks highly of her daughter’s gift.

D．Natalie’s “survivor” mom deserves the special Mother’s Day gift.

Canaries, a kind of small yellow songbirds, are more sensitive to carbon monoxide (CO) than people are. Thus they were routinely taken into mines as men went about their work of mining for coal. CO could quickly poison many miners before they even knew what was happening. If a canary stopped singing, this was an indicator of rising CO levels. Now ecologists think they’ve found a “canary” that could predict possible disaster for tropical (热带的) ecosystems—the cricket (a small brown jumping insect).

Crickets are tiny, present in large numbers and, most importantly, noisy. The chirps (唧唧叫声) of individual species are identifiably different. Researchers had previously wondered if ecosystems might be monitored by listening to how the sounds of their crickets change over time.

Amandine Gasc and her colleagues studied cricket populations on Grande Terre Island in New Caledonia, where multiple ecosystems often exist very near to each other. They collected crickets at 12 sampling sites. Four were healthy forest sites, four were shrubland (灌木地) areas, which is often created when people cut down forests, and four were shrubland areas that were turning into forests again. They listened for insects in square zones and ran ten 30-minute collection sessions at each site.

Dr. Gasc described how each ecosystem had, in effect, a distinct “cricket fingerprint”. Species richness varies considerably among the different environments. Of the 20 cricket species found in the healthy forest, 12 were unique to that habitat alone, 2 of the 15 species found in transitioning forests were unique to this habitat and 3 of the 7 shrubland species were unique to shrubland.

Just by looking at the crickets found in a given location, the team found that it was possible to determine whether they were looking at shrubland, forest or shrubland that was changing into the forest. There was no need to examine the other surrounding plants or animals.

What’s more, Dr. Gasc’s team found each habitat contained cricket species that generated their identifiable chirps. This suggests that setting up audio recorders in forests that pick up cricket calls will be an easy, cheap and accurate way to detect the early stages of change in tropical ecosystems.

46．Why did miners take the canary into mines?

A．To bring down CO levels.

B．To promote their work efficiency.

C．To offer them some entertainment.

D．To remind them of the potential danger.

47．How did Dr. Gasc and her colleagues carry out their study?

A．By analyzing “cricket fingerprints”.

B．By comparing plants in different zones.

C．By observing the changes in landscapes.

D．By referring to previous findings on crickets.

48．What conclusion may Dr. Gasc and her colleagues draw from their study?

A．Healthy forests may attract fitter crickets.

B．Crickets are suitable to be indicators in mines.

C．Different species of crickets may sound different alarms.

D．The species of crickets are strongly related to the environment.

49．What’s the point of Dr. Gasc’s studying crickets?

A．To enrich the methods of monitoring the crickets.

B．To arouse people’s awareness of protecting crickets.

C．To correct the previous wrong recognition of crickets.

D．To help humans easily monitor environmental changes.

50．Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Canaries: miners’ good helpers.

B．How crickets are distributed in tropical areas.

C．Crickets: an early indicator of tropical ecosystem health.

D．Why cricket chirps are collected on Grande Terre Island.

十二、未知

Reading is a complex and crucial skill that impacts the youth’s ability to perform as students. Therefore, it’s important to develop reading skills during childhood. A team of researchers focused on the effect of whole-body learning in instruction, known as embodied learning.

The research included 149 children, aged 5 to 6, who had just started school. They were divided into three groups: one that stood up and used their whole bodies to shape letter sounds; a seated group that shaped letter sounds with their hands and arms; and a control group that received traditional, seated instruction during which they wrote letters by hand.

“Our research showed that children who used their whole bodies to shape the sounds of letters became twice as proficient at letter sounds that are more difficult to learn as those who received traditional instruction” says PhD student Linn Damsgaard of UCPH’s Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports.

With regard to difficult letter sounds, she adds, “There are many difficult letter sounds in Danish. These sounds are particularly important because once children become skilled at them, they will be better readers.

Associate professor Jacob Wienecke, who led the study, explains, the primary goal is to learn more about which methods can be used to give beginner readers a good start. The idea is that if, through play and movement, we can learn where their strengths truly lie, we’ll create a form of learning that combines reading with play, and that’s truly positive.”

Previously, the researchers showed that the children felt more motivated by teaching methods which included physical movement. Jacob Wienecke hopes this will provide an opportunity to inspire teachers and school managers to prioritize movement across subjects.

The study also investigated whether a direct effect of embodied learning could be found on children’s reading of words. This was not possible, which might be due to the fact that the children were at such an early stage of their literacy development that they could not yet use their knowledge of letter sounds to read words.

51．What were the participants required to do in the study?

A．To pick out difficult letter sounds in Danish.

B．To learn new letters through repeated writing.

C．To learn letter sounds using different approaches.

D．To memorize some letter sounds as soon as possible.

52．How can embodied learning get children actively involved?

A．By combining learning with games.

B．By offering them chances to cooperate.

C．By inspiring them to overcome difficulties.

D．By explaining instructions to them patiently.

53．What does the underlined word “proficient” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．terrible. B．skilled.

C．delighted. D．fascinated.

54．What does Jacob expect of the research finding?

A．Encouraging educators to apply it to teaching.

B．Enabling researchers to carry out further studies.

C．Urging schools to pay attention to physical exercise.

D．Promoting harmonious teacher-student relationships.

55．What does the last paragraph intend to tell us?

A．Children prefer learning step by step.

B．Children are too little to use their knowledge smartly.

C．Children lack enough practice to get fully improved.

D．Children’s learning still relies on adults’ instruction.

十三、阅读表达

阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

In 2019, the state of California was on fire. Alexandria Villaseor, who was 13 at the time, witnessed the destruction of Northern California’s Camp Fire, which would go on to burn more than 150,000 acres of land. Villaseor was scared. “That’s when I found out how important climate education was,” she reflected. “And just how much we lacked climate education these past couple of years.”

Villaseor, at the age of 15, was determined to have a bigger conversation. She quickly realized the fight requires international, government-level changes. For her, what started as local concern turned into a year-long protest in front of the United Nations’ New York City headquarters and a global campaign for more compulsory climate education. She sat on a bench in front of the headquarters, begging for the world’s leaders to take climate change seriously.

Her action received national attention, with millions of other students around the world joining in the movement. “It’s completely unacceptable not to learn anything about our planet and our environment in school, after all the young people would inherit the Earth.” Villaseor said, “That’s why I think that climate education is so important, and that’s why I focus a lot on it now.”

Right now, Villaseor is working with the American Administration on its climate plan, which has promised to center on the needs of young people and communities most impacted by climate change. She even spoke at the 2021 Democratic National Convention. “This was definitely a huge moment when I realized that people were listening to the voices of me and youth climate activists.” Villaseor said.

When she isn’t connecting with her fellow youth activists, Villaseor is like most other teens. “My favorite thing to do, of course, is sleep,” she said, “I like to read a lot. I like fantasy books, normally. I also like to write.”

56．What does Paragraph 1 mainly tell us? (no more than 10 words)

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57．How did Villaseor make the world’s leaders attach importance to climate education? (no more than 15 words)

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58．How do you understand the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3? (no more than 15 words)

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59．When was the huge moment to Villaseor? (no more than10 words)

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60．What do you think of Villaseor? Please explain in your own words? (no more than 20 words)

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十四、开放性作文

61．假设你是某国际学校的学生会主席李津，你校刚刚开展了走进社区的一系列文明实践活动。请你为校园广播站写一篇英文活动报道，内容包括：

(1)介绍你们参加的活动(如照顾老人;宣传交通法规等)及其原因;

(2)说明此项活动的意义;

(3)简单介绍此项活动引起的反响。

注意:

(1)词数不少于100;

(2)可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯。

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