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天津一中2023-2024学年英语高三第一学期期末学业质量监测试题含解析
天津一中2023-2024学年英语高三第一学期期末学业质量监测试题注意事项:1．答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、准考证号码填写清楚，将条形码准确粘贴在条形码区域内。
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第一部分（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1．As a teacher, you have to _____ your method to suit the needs of slower children. A．display B．testC．adjust D．transfer2．US slang is hugely ______ thanks to the many different ethnic groups that have settled in the country.A．delicate B．dynamic C．diverse D．desperate3．we go there by train or by ship makes no difference．The time and the fees are the same．A．Which B．How C．Whether D．Why4．In my driving lesson, a traffic rule that impressed me most is that in no time ________ when the traffic lights turn red.A．all vehicles should stop B．should all vehicles stopC．should stop all vehicles D．should stop all vehicles5．----I feel cold. ____ I close the window?----Sure. Go ahead!A．Shall B．Need C．Would D．Should6．They did everything in their power to save the building dating back to the Qing Dynasty, but their efforts were .A．in turn B．in timeC．in vain D．in need7．They are determined to go into the dark cave, ________ my warning of danger. A．regardless of B．because ofC．apart from D．instead of8．— Joe, what about going to Belgium for our coming holiday?— Sorry, honey, I _________ on the newly discovered dinosaur site in Argentina．Thereare remains of what is thought to be the largest creature ever to walk the earth. A．was working B．workC．will be working D．worked9．We could have done something meaningful in the time it ________ to watch that boring movie.A．has taken B．took C．had taken D．takes 10．Chinese President Hu Jintao called for an immediate cease-fire in Libya _____ an even worse humanitarian crisis in the country at the BRICS Summit in Hainan Province.A．to prevent B．to have prevented C．preventing D．having prevented 11．—What a pity! You missed my birthday party.—Terribly sorry!___________my uncle not visited me unexpectedly.A．Should B．WouldC．Had D．Did12．Will it be ages ______ he goes back to school? I'm so worried about him. A．before B．afterC．when D．as13．Nearly all educators believe that a challenging situation can often ______ the best qualities of a person.A．cheer up B．take overC．bring out D．put away14．—May I use your new dictionary?—It' s over there．____．A．Feel free B．Never mind C．My pleasure D．It's OK 15．They arrived at the border between Kenya and Tanzania at 2 pm, ______ lies a national nature reserve.A．what B．which C．where D．when16．worries the public that air pollution is becoming more and more serious these days.A．It B．That C．What D．This17．When Paul ________ for the final game of the basketball season, his fans let out shouts of cry.A．made up B．showed upC．caught up D．held up18．—Steve, the vacation is coming soon．Have you found a summer job yet？—I suppose I can work at the boy’s camp _____ I worked last summer．A．that B．where C．which D．what19．The book is now out of print, ______ it can easily be borrowed from libraries. A．and B．forC．so D．but20．The Chinese people are kind and caring. If not, I _____ in China in the past 30 years. A．didn’t stay B．hadn’t stayedC．couldn’t stay D．couldn’t have stayed第二部分阅读理解（满分40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。
2021届天津市第一中学高三上学期第一次月考英语试题(解析版)
『解析』考查固定短语和动词时态。句意：她一坐下来我就问她那个事情了。No sooner…than…意为“一……就……”，no sooner后的主句用过去完成时she had settled，than后的从句用一般过去时；如no sooner放在句首表示强调时，则主句要部分倒装，即将had提到主语前，变为had she settled，从句保持不变。故选B项。
A. or ratherB. rather thanC. other thanD. more than
『答案』B
『解析』考查固定短语辨析。句意：遗憾的是，在世界苦难深重之时，美国却进行口水战，而不是与中国共同抗击新冠肺炎。A. or rather倒不如说；B. rather than而不是；C. other than除了，不同于；D. more than不只是，超出。根据“It is a pity to see the US engage in a war of words”可知此处表示“而不是与中国共同抗击新冠肺炎”，应用rather than。故选B。
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2020-2021学年天津第一中学高三英语下学期期末试题及参考答案
2020-2021学年天津第一中学高三英语下学期期末试题及参考答案第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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AStaying-at-home proves to be effective in slowing the spread of the virus, but loneliness can be tough for many. Luckily, in the age of social media, we are never truly alone. And with the extra time spent indoors, artists are stepping up to help us all with the following clubs.Drawing from Distance by Sarah Beth MorganLet’s shine some light during this trying time and encourage social distancing! I’m starting this tomorrow myself — but from what I offer, take whatever you please. No rules! Just have fun!Stayathome Art Club byCarsonEllisHello! I’ll be posting art homework here every weekday morning when I can. They’ll be designed for kids and grownups alike. Here is your first homework: Draw a picture of yourself from the shoulders up. You can follow some useful examples. If you want to share or see other people’s self-picture, use these hashtags: #Stayathomeartclub# QACselfportrait30-Day indoor Art by Danielle KrysaOne month of avoiding crowds? I’m in! I challenge you to use this time inside to make one piece every day from now until mid April. Please join me in playing around with some painting ideas that have been rolling around in my head but haven’t found their way onto paper yet. Stay at home, make art, save someone’s life.DIY from Illustoria MagazineWe have been so inspired to see our community come together to provide easy art projects for families during this stay-at-home-time! DIY is actually a fantastic way tosparkyour imagination without breaking a sweat. A video every day will teach you how to DIY something.1. What do we know about Sarah Beth Morgan?A. She is a strict artist.B. She aims at training more artists.C. She prefers to work at home office.D. She will provide a wide range of choices.2. What are you expected to do if you join Stayathome Art Club?A. Hand in homework every day.B. Share other people’s pictures.C. Draw a picture of yourself.D. Show up in person occasionally.3. What does “spark”in the last paragraph probably mean?A. Set off.B. Set down.C. Set aside.D. Set about.BLast year, 138,000San Franciscoresidents used Airbnb, a popular app designed to connect home renters and travelers. It’s a striking number for a city with a population of about 850,000, and it was enough for Airbnb to win a major victory in local elections, asSan Franciscovoters struck down a debatable rule that would have placed time restrictions and other regulations on short-term rental services.The company fiercely opposed the measure, Proposition F, with a nearly $10 million advertising campaign. It also contacted its San Franciscan users with messages urging them to vote against Proposition F.Most people think of Airbnb as a kind of couch-surfing app. The service works for one-night stays on road trips and longer stays in cities, and it often has more competitive pricing than hotels. It’s a textbook example of the “sharing economy”, but not everyone is a fan.The app has had unintended consequences inSan Francisco. As the San Francisco Chronicle reported last year, a significant amount of renting on Airbnb is not in line with the company’s image: middle-class families putting up a spare room to help make ends meet. Some users have taken advantage of the service, using it to turn their multiple properties into vacation rentals or even full-time rentals. Backers of Proposition F argued that this trend takes spaces off the conventional, better-regulated housing market and contributes to rising costs.“The fact is, widespread abuse of short-term rentals is taking much needed housing off the market and harming our neighborhoods,” said ShareBetter SF, a group that supported Proposition F. Hotel unions have protested the company’s practices inSan Franciscoand other cities, saying that it creates an illegal hotel system.San Franciscois in the middle of a long-term, deeply rooted housing crisis that has seen the cost of living explode. Actually, explode is a generous term. The average monthly rent for an apartment is around $4, 000. Located on a narrow outcropping of land overlooking the bay,San Franciscosimply doesn’t have enough space to accommodate the massive inflow of young, high-salaried tech employees flocking toSilicon Valley.As the Los Angeles Times reported, someSan Franciscoresidents supported the measure simply because it seemed like a way to check a big corporation. Opponents of Proposition F countered that the housing crisis runs much deeper, and that passing the rule would have discouraged a popular service while doing little to solve thecity’s existing problems.4. The intention of Proposition F is to ________.A. place time limits in local election.B. set limits on short-term rental.C. strike down a controversial rule.D. urge users to vote against Airbnb.5. What is the negative consequence of Airbnb onSan Francisco?A. It shrinks the living space of middle-class families.B. Users are taken advantage of by the service financially.C. It makes the house market more competitive.D. It indirectly leads to high house rental price.6. The housing crisis inSan Franciscoresults from ________.A. explosion of the living costB. its geographic characteristicsC. generosity of local enterprisesD. inflow of migrant population7. Theauthor’s attitude toward Proposition F is ________.A. objectiveB. supportiveC. negativeD. indifferentCBritish anthropologists (人类学家) Russell Hill and Robert Barton of the University of Durham, after studying the results of one-on-one boxing, tae kwon do, Greco-Roman wrestling and freestyle wrestling matches at the Olympic Games, conclude that when two competitors are equally matched in fitness and skill, the athlete wearing red is more likely to win.Hill and Barton report that when one competitor is much better than the other, colour has no effect on the result. However, when there is only a small difference between them, the effect of colour is enoughtipthe balance. The anthropologists say that the number of times red wins is not simply by chance, but that these results are statistically significant.Joanna Setchell, a primate (灵长目动物) researcher at the University of Cambridge, has found similar results in nature. She studies the large African monkeys known as mandrills. Mandrills have bright red noses that stand out against their white faces. Setchell’s work shows that the powerful males — the ones who are more successful with females — have a brighter red nose than other males.As well as the studies on primates by Setchell, another study shows the effect of red among birds. In an experiment, scientists put red plastic rings on the legs of male zebra finches and this increased the birds’ successwith female zebra finches, Zebra finches already have bright red beaks (鸟喙), so this study suggests that, as with Olympic athletes, an extra flash of red is significant. In fact, researchers from theUniversityofGlasgowsay that the birds’ brightly coloured beaks are an indicator of health. Jonathan Blount, a biologist, andhis colleagues think they have found proof that bright red or orange beaks attract females because they mean that the males are healthier. Nothing in nature is simple, however, because in species such as the blue footed booby, a completely different colour seems to give the male birds the same advantage with females.Meanwhile, what about those athletes who win in their events while wearing red? Do their clothes give them an unintentional advantage? Robert Barton accepts that “that is the implication” of their findings. Is it time for sports authorities to consider new regulations on sports clothing?8. According to their research. Hill and Barton conclude that ________.A. the colour of clothing has an effect on most sport eventsB. red should be the choice of colour for clothing in sportsC. red plays a role when competitors are equally capableD. athletes perform better when surrounded by bright red9. The underlined word “tip” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________.A. achieveB. advanceC. keepD. change10. The example of the blue footed booby proves that ________.A. male birds use different body parts to draw attentionB. red is not the only colour to attract female birdsC. blue gives female birds the same advantageD. blue can indicate how healthy a bird is11. What can be inferred from the passage?A. The colour red gives male animals the most advantage.B. Male zebra finches prefer to have red plastic rings on their legs.C. Rules on sports clothing are going to be changed.D. Athletes wearing red may have an advantage over their opponents.DIn the summer of 2016, I gave a talk at a small conference in northernVirginia. I began by admitting that I’d never had a social-media account; I then outlined arguments for why other peopleshould consider removing social media from their lives. The event organizers uploaded the video of my talk to YouTube. Then it was sharedrepeatedly on Facebook and Instagram and, eventually, viewed more than five million times. I was both pleased and annoyed by the fact that my anti-social-media talk had found such a large audience on social media.I think of this event as typical of the love-hate relationships many of us have with Facebook, Instagram, and other social-media platforms. On the one hand, we’ve grown cautious about the so-called attention economy, which, in the name of corporate(公司的) profits, destroys social life gradually and offends privacy. But we also benefit from social media and hesitate to break away from it completely. Not long ago, Imet a partner at a large law firm in Washington, D.C., who told me that she keeps Instagram on her phone because she misses her kids when she travels; looking through pictures of them makes her feel better.In recent months, some of the biggest social-media companies, Facebook and Twitter, in particular, have promised various reforms. In March, Mark Zuckerberg announced a plan to move his platform toward private communication protected by end-to-end encryption(端对端加密); later that month, he put forward the establishment of a third-party group to set standards for acceptable content.All of these approaches assume that the reformation of social media will be a complex, lengthy, and gradual process. But not everyone sees it that way. Alongside these official responses, a loose collective of developers that calls itself the IndieWeb has been creating another alternative. They are developing their own social-media platforms, which they say will preserve what’s good about social media while getting rid of what’s bad. They hope to rebuild social media according to principles that are less corporate and more humane(人道的).12. Why did the author feel annoyed when his video was spread online?A. His video caused many arguments.B. His video was shared without his permission.C. His talk was opposed by a large amount of people.D. His video’s popularity on social media is against his talk.13. Why does the author mention the story of his partner in paragraph 2?A. To prove that social media has some benefits.B. To advise people to break away from social media.C. To tell the negative effects social media may produce.D. To describe people’s complicated relationships with social media.14. What is the purpose of the reform made by some social-media companies?A. To attract more users.B. To improve network environment.C. To make more profits.D. To provide more convenientservice.15. What does the IndieWeb intend to do?A. Develop new social-media platforms.B. Remove social media from people’s lives.C. Improve the existing social-media principles.D. Help social-media companies to make reformation.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10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。
天津市第一中学新高考英语高考英语压轴题 阅读理解专项训练分类精编含答案
天津市第一中学新高考英语高考英语压轴题阅读理解专项训练分类精编含答案一、高考英语阅读理解专项训练1．阅读理解I'm a storyteller. And I would like to tell you a few personal stories.I grew up reading British and American children's books. When I began to write, I wrote exactly the kinds of stories I was reading: All my characters were white and blue-eyed, they ate apples and talked a lot about the weather, despite the fact that I lived in Nigeria. We ate mangoes, and we never talked about the weather. Because all I had read were books in which characters were foreign, I had become convinced that books by their very nature had to have foreigners in them. Things changed when I discovered African books. Because of writers like Chinua Achebe and Camara Laye, I went through a mental shift in my idea of literature. I realized that people like me, girls with skin the color of chocolate, could also exist in literature. I started to write about things I recognized. So what the discovery of African writers did for me was this: It saved me from having a single story of what books are. The year I turned eight, we got a new house boy Fide from a nearby rural village. The only thing my mother told us about him was that his family was very poor. And when I didn't finish my dinner, my mother would say，"Finish your food! Don't you know? People like Fide's family have nothing." So I felt enormous pity for Fide's family. Then one Saturday, we went to his village to visit, and his mother showed us a beautifully patterned basket that his brother had made. I was astonished. It had not occurred to me that anybody in his family could actually make something. Their poverty was my single story of them.Years later, when I left Nigeria to go to university in the United States, my American roommate asked where I had learned to speak English so well, and was confused when I said that Nigeria happened to have English as its official language. What struck me was this: She had felt sorry for me even before she saw me. My roommate had a single story of Africa: a single story of catastrophe.Of course, Africa is a continent full of catastrophes. But there are other stories that are not about catastrophe, and it is very important, it is just as important, to talk about them. The consequence of the single story is this: It robs people of dignity. It makes our recognition of our equal humanity difficult. It emphasizes how we are different rather than how we are similar.So what if my mother had told us that Fide's family was poor and hardworking? What if we had an African television network that broadcast diverse African stories all over the world? What if my roommate knew about my Nigerian publisher, Muhtar Bakare, a remarkable man who left his job in a bank to follow his dream and start a publishing house? What if my roommate knew about my friend Funmi Iyanda, a fearless woman who hosts a TV show, and is determined to tell the stories that we prefer to forget?My Nigerian publisher and I have just started a non-profit called Farafina Trust, and we have big dreams of building libraries and providing books for state schools, and also of organizing lots of workshops in reading and writing, for all the people who are eager to tell our many stories.Stories matter. Many stories matter. Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories can also repair that broken dignity. When we realize that there is never a single story about any place,we regain a kind of paradise.（1）What is probably people's first impression of the writer when it comes to her nationality?A. She mainly eats apples and mangoes.B. She may not speak fluent English.C. She comes from a place free of catastrophes.D. She prefers stories based on foreign characters.（2）The underlined phrase "a mental shift" in Paragraph 2 refers to the writer's____.A. discovery of African books with characters of her skin colorB. acquaintance with local African writers like Chinua AchebeC. realization that not only foreign characters exist in literatureD. change that she started to write about things she recognized（3）How many personal stories has the writer mentioned in the passage?A. Two.B. Three.C. Four.D. Five.（4）The writer uses several single stories in the passage to illustrate that the single story____.A. matters in keeping listeners well informedB. tends to convey a prejudiced idea to listenersC. gets increasingly popular among story tellersD. fails to produce a lasting effect on listeners（5）The writer lists many "what ifs" in Paragraph 6 to____.A. emphasize our differences rather than similaritiesB. indicate the way that stories are used to break dignityC. show the hardship of recognizing our equal humanityD. stress the importance of telling diverse, balanced stories（6）Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?A. The danger of the single storyB. The importance of telling storiesC. The single stories that matterD. Stories that can repair broken dignity【答案】（1）B（2）C（3）B（4）B（5）D（6）A【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，作者讲了几个关于个人的故事，通过故事告诫我们：如果我们只去聆听关于一个人、一个国家的单一故事，将会导致非常严重的误解。
2019-2020学年天津第一中学高三英语模拟试题及参考答案
2019-2020学年天津第一中学高三英语模拟试题及参考答案第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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AGetting your kid to bed at night is seriously one of the most challenging things you'll ever have to do. Most kids are just so full of energy that they'll tire you out before they're halfway through their store of energy. An easy thing to calm down your child to get into bed is giving in and allowing some iPad screen time. However, it's really not a great idea, just like you thought.Researchers at theArizonaStateUniversityconducted a study with 547 kids between the ages of 7 to 9. Their parents tracked how much screen time the kids were allowed along with their sleep patterns. The study found that kids who did not engage in screen time before bed slept for 23 more minutes every week and also went to sleep about 34 minutes earlier than those playing with iPad. Although that might not seem like so much more time, quality of sleep is vastly important in Children's development.The CDC's (美国疾病控制中心)2018 National Youth Risk Survey outlines that good quality sleep can impact a child's life in many ways, including affecting grades and also weight gain. Students with an "A" average slept for 30 or more minutes per night than those with a "D" or"F" average.A 2018PennsylvaniaStateUniversitystudy showed that children with irregular bedtimes had a higher risk of having increased body weight. Those with consistent and age-appropriate bedtimes when they were 9 years old had a healthier BMI (体质指数)at age 15 than those with irregular bedtimes.Hard as it is, it's really important not to give in and hand over an iPad to your child who is about to go to bed. Just like it's important for adults to go to sleep without any distractions, it's even more important for kids.1. What do the findings of the researchers at theArizonaStateUniversitysuggest?A. More sleep is necessary for children's development.B. Enough sleep helps improve academic performances.C. Screen time before bed leads to later and less sleep.D. Children sleeping irregularly are easy to gain weight.2. What is the text mainly about?A. How is screen time affecting teenagers?B. What are negative effects of irregular bedtimes?C. When should you get your kid to bed at night?D. Why is screen time before bed a bad idea for kids?3. Who is the text intended for?A. Parents.B. Children.C. Teachers.D. Researchers.BI was checking out at the supermarket counter on Wednesday night, ready to pay for my bananas, when all ofa sudden, fear came upon me. My wallet was gone. And I could only have left it one place: the G9 bus, from which I had gotten off minutes earlier and which was now speeding to some stops. The moment of realizing it was gone was followed by mental math. How much time and money would it cost to replace the credit cards, the driver's license, the expensive lipstick ($ 55!).Two hours after I was back at my house, I heard a knock on the door. My husband answered while I sat in the dining room on the phone with a credit card company. "Does Jennifer live here?" I heard someone say. In her hand was my wallet, without a penny missing. She left before I could offer my gratitude to her.After I posted the story, I heard from her boyfriend, who identified the good citizen as Erin Ball, a 26-year-old girl working for a trade organization.Once I figured out her, I called to thank her. She said she spotted my wallet and thought that it's more dangerous to go to a stranger's house than leaving the wallet with the driver, but she still decided to take the chance. "If I were in that situation, I would want someone to try to find me," she said. Ball doesn't find her actions particularly excellent. She added, "It's not hard to do small things for people."After Ball found my wallet, she decided to post a picture of my driver's license online before going to my house, trying to see if anyone knew me. No sooner had she left my doorstep than I got emails from two neighbors who recognized my face, both offering to help me find my missing property.Ball found my house on a bitterly cold night for which I was extremely grateful. Looking back, I'm not surprised someone had wanted to help a stranger. A warm current of honesty and harmony is running through this town.4. What do we know about the author according to paragraph 1?A. She missed the G9 bus.B. She paid for her bananas.C. She replaced the credit cards.D. She found she had left her wallet on the bus.5. Who helped the author find Ball?A. The G9 driver.B. The girl's boyfriend.C. The author's neighbors.D. The author's husband.6. What did Ball do first after finding the wallet?A. Ball called the author.B. Ball went to the author's house.C. Ball gave the wallet to the bus driver.D. Ball posted a photo of the author's driving license.7. Which of the following best describes Erin Ball?A. Humorous and kind.B. Generous and demanding.C. Honest and warm-hearted.D. Caring and outgoing.CPut your hand over your heart and sit very still. You may notice that the sound of your heartbeat is similar to the beat of a drum. Your heart starts beating before you are born and continues throughout your life. For this reason, the beating of a drum stands for the rhythm of life for many people around the world.InGhana, a country inAfrica, many schools use drums instead of bells to show the beginning and ending of class. Through the drum, the children ofGhanaalso learn about their history and culture. They hear old stories passed on through the music of the drum. The stories of the drum also teach children games, rules and lessons about behavior.For thousands of years inAfrica, drums have been used to tell stories of daily life and history. Drums told the coming of a king, the start of a war, or the birth of a child. They also allowed people to share messages. But how does a drum tell a story?InWest Africa, the most common drum used for communication is called a “talking drum”. By making higher orlower drum sounds, the drummer can make the drum “talk”.In many African languages, words go up and down in pitch (高音) when they are spoken, almost like a song.Depending on the pitch or tone (音调), the same sound can have many different meanings. For example, when spoken with two low tones, the African word “ilu” means “drum”. When spoken with one high and one low tone, “ilu” means “town”.Drum language works in the same way. Just as in spoken language, the word “ilu” has different meanings depending on how it’s drummed. When “ilu” is drummed with two beats using low tones, the word means “drum”. When “ilu” is drummed with two beats using one high and one low tone, it means “town”.Drummers create “words” to build ideas, sentences and stories. The next time you hear a song, listen for the heartbeat within the music. Can you hear the story of the drum?8. The first paragraph mainly tells us________.A. drums beat like our heartsB. drums have a long historyC. drums are widely used in the worldD. drums are important for many people worldwide9. From the text, we learn that inGhanadrums________.A. are not as useful as beforeB. teach children a lot of thingsC. help bring the war to an endD. are used in class by teachers10. The example of the African word “ilu” is used to show________.A. how a word can have different soundsB. how to speak African languagesC. how a drum tells storiesD. how to beat a drum11. What would be the best title for the text?A. Know the history of the drumB. Listen to the story of the drumC. Beat the drum of lifeD. Love me, love my drumDEarthquake can disrupt whales’ hunting for food for up to a year,according to a new study.On November 14, 2016, the Kaikoura earthquake struck New Zealand’s South Island, causing a destructive tsunami. Under the surface, the earthquake caused strong currents that swept away and mostly killed off diverse ecosystems of creatures living along the Kaikoura underwater canyon.As a result, whales had to dive deeper and longer to find food—“a major shift” in their behavior, saysco-author Liz Slooten, a marine biologist at the University of Otago in New Zealand.The impact earthquakes have on land animals has been well documented, but scientists know ly little about what happens underwater. Such research is important for government agencies, which may need to take recent earthquakes into consideration when considering fishing quotas（限额）, notes Rochelle Constantine, a marine mammal ecologist at the University of Auckland.The canyon’s upper reaches are rich in creatures, supplying food for the fish that make up the whales’ diet. So when these smaller life forms were washed away, it had “severe consequences for the community around there”, says study co-author Will Rayment. “That effect flowed all the way through the food chain.”As part of their ongoing study, the scientists were tracking 42 individual whales. After the earthquake, in all, the team managed to record data on 40 whales, showing that the abundance of whales in the general area didn’t change after the earthquake. However, the whales changed how they used their habitat.A year after the earthquake, the researchers observed the whales returning to their previous surface-breathing intervals. This could have been because the communities of animals that make up the whales’ food began to recover. “It gives you an idea of how resilient（有复原力的）these deep-sea communities are,” says Rayment.But he and his colleagues will continue long-term monitoring to see if there are effects they missed. Whale activity in the area had already been declining, though it’s unknown whether it is due to natural changes in food abundance, whale-watching tourism, fishing, or warming ocean temperatures. “There is something going on in Kaikoura,” says Rayment.12. What happened after the Kaikoura earthquake in the Kaikoura canyon?A. Several destructive tsunamis struck the area.B. Whales had to swim to other oceans to find food.C. Nearly all marine creatures in Kaikoura were killed off.D. Strong currents washed away many smaller creatures.13. Which is one of the findings of the study?A. Earthquakes can make it easier for whales to find food.B. The whales changed their habitat after the earthquake.C. It usually takes whales a year to adapt to their new diet.D. The number of whales in the area dropped sharply after the quake.14. What does Rochelle Constantine think of the study?A. It can help government agencies to make some decisions about fishing.B. It can help government agencies to solve problems in the fishing industry.C. It is a breakthrough in research on what happens underwater after an earthquake.D. It offers a detailed description of the impact earthquake have on marine mammals.15. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. Something is affecting the whale activity in Kaikoura.B. Fishing quotas have been increasing in recent years.C. The team missed some effects in the research process.D. The scientists will continue studying earthquakes.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10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。
2020-2021学年天津第一中学高三英语下学期期末考试试题及参考答案
2020-2021学年天津第一中学高三英语下学期期末考试试题及参考答案第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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AYou haven’t truly visited a city until you’ve experienced its nightlife. Watching a big city likeLondongradually turn dark and darker into the night is a beautiful journey of time and light. So how about taking a historical evening walk and touchingsome of the nicest areas in centralLondon? Let’s get started.6:30 pmThe walk starts on theMillenniumBridge. On the bridge, watch the scenic city across the River Thames with the skyscrapers gradually lighting up against the darkening skies.TheMillenniumBridgehas been featured in many London-based films, includingHarry Potter, and the filmGuardians of the Galaxy.7:30 pmIt’s getting dark. A fifteen-minute walk northwest fromSt Paul’s Cathedral takes you to the historic Borough Market. During the evenings, you find a lot of restaurants around the market. This is an excellent time to get your dinner.9:00 pmThe next stop isLondonBridge. This is about 6 minutes’ walk from the Borough Market. As you join other onlookers and mentally go through the nursery school rhyme of “LondonBridgeis Falling Down”, you get lost again in history. Why does the song sayLondonBridgeis falling and who is the fair lady?During theLondoncity fire of 1897,LondonBridgeserved an important role in fire control. It was one of the major structures that prevented the fire from crossing over to the other side ofLondon.11:30 pmLondonnever sleeps; it’s a few minutes to midnight and everywhere is still filled with people moving around. About four minutes away from the Golden Jubilee Bridges isTrafalgar Square, our next stop.12:00 amIt’s been a beautiful evening, hasn’t it?1. Where can you visit aGuardians of the Galaxyfilming location?A. In theSt Paul’s Cathedral.B. On theMillenniumBridge.C. In the Borough Market.D. On the Golden Jubilee Bridges.2. What can be learned about the Borough Market?A. It is far fromLondonBridge.B. It is related to a famous song.C. It is an ideal place for dinner.D. It is a modern open-air market.3. What is the main purpose of the text?A. To showLondon’s color1 ful culture.B. To introduce the scenery inLondon.C. To ask people to do outdoor activities.D. To recommend a night tour inLondon.BBarred owls(大林鸮猫头鹰) are a large species native to eastern North America, but they began moving west at the start of the 20th century. By 1973,large numbers of barred owls had arrived in the western state ofWashington. Later they moved south intoOregonandCalifornia.In parts of thePacific Northwest, the owls are now believed to be causing a drop in the population of a smaller, less aggressive bird: the northern spotted owl. In many ways, the barred owl is the spotted owl's worst enemy. The barred owl has more babies per year and eats the same animals, like squirrels and wood rats. And their numbers are now larger in many parts of the spotted owl's traditional territory.David Wiens is a biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, a federal agency that studies the Earth and its natural resources. He and other officials are doing something unusual to protect spotted owls: killing barred owls. It is a controversial, experimental program. More than 2,400 barred owls have already been shot.Wiens is the son of a well-known bird expert and grew up with the fascination for birds. He has mixed feelings about the program. "It's a little distasteful, I think, to go out killing barred owls to save another owl species," he says. But he adds, “We knew that barred owls were out competing spotted owls and their numbers were growing too fast."To catch barred owls, officials put digital bird callers on the ground. Then they step back and wait as several sounds from the devices fill the air. All of this happens in the dark of night. Barred owls dislike other birds in their territory, so they will fly down and chase other owls out. That is when Wiens and his team try to shoot them.4. What's the main problem with spotted owls?A. They are being starved to death.B. They have more babies each year.C. They are invaded by another bird.D. They are hunted by man.5. Why are barred owls being killed?A. They are eating the spotted owls.B. They are killing each other to survive.C. They are putting the spotted owls in danger.D. They are destroying large areas of forests.6. Why did the officials release the bird sounds?A. To kill barred owls.B. To puzzle barred owls.C. To protect barred owls.D. To frighten barred owls.7. What can be the best title for the text?A. Killing One Animal to Save Another.B. Keeping the Balance of Nature.C. Protecting Birds in Danger.D. Preventing Birds from Playing Fair.CPreventing heart disease is a topic I think about all the time, given my family history of heart disease. So last summer, I travelled toBolivia.The natives, called the Tsimane, were reported to have the healthiest hearts in the world. I wanted to learn what they could teach me about preventing heart disease.Getting to the Tsimane wasn't easy. They lived in small family groups of about 60 people along river banks. We finally found one of the villages at sunset. That night, we set up our tents in the middle of the village. Thatched huts surrounded us, with no electricity or modem conveniences.At first, I thought they mainly got their calorics from meat. However, I found food such as rice and com made up nearly 70% of their diet. The food was not processed, lacking added sugars or salts.During my stay there, I went hunting and fishing with the men and played soccer with the kids. I found the Tsimane were standing or walking nearly all of their waking hours. Men spent lots of time tracking animals. Fanning and gathering, mostly done by children and women, were all-day affairs.I also got a clear idea of how they rested. As soon as the sun went down, people returned to their huts and went to sleep. And with the call of the cock in the morning, another day began.The lifespan of the Tsimane is actually much shorter than those living in theUS. Various factors, like animal attacks and infections, bring down the lifespan. But up until the day they die, they are often very healthy. While heart disease kills thousands of Americans every year and costs nearly a billion dollars a day, the Tsimane remind us that wealth doesn't necessarily buy health.8. Why does the author pay so much attention to preventing heart disease?A. He dreams of becoming a doctor.B. He wants to teach others about the topic.C. His family members encourage him to do so.D. He was born with a high risk of heart disease.9. Which factors did the author mainly focus on in his research?A. Housing, food and cooperation.B. Diet, activity and rest.C. Physical work, social life and lifespan.D. Group size, family history and consumption10. What was the Tsimane 's sleep-wake cycle mainly based on?A. Natural sound.B. Routine activity.C. Animal behaviour.D. Natural light.11. What might the author advise us to do after his travels inBolivia?A. Take in less sugar and salt.B. Stand less and walk more.C. Eat white meat instead of red meat.D. Live in the middle of the community.DIn the Hollywood industry, most of the studios are using AI to make movies for various reasons such as getting the actors out of danger, replacing the actors indifferent scenes, forming appealing atmosphere to enhance（增强）the views, etc.Directors and producers are using VFX (Visual effects), animations and AI to makea model that looks like the actor and replaces the actor's place. In particular, AI is used in scenes where actor shave to produce certain stunts （特技）to develop setups in the studio artificially. VFX is used to later change the internal studio backgroundsto a different place in the movie.There are many movies with two characters of the same actor. When AI was not a part of the film, editors used different methods to show the two aspects of the same actor in one scene, but now AI is being used to form the second character of the same actor and is being performed to the viewers.By a perfect combination of animation, VFX and AI, realistic models are being created. And the most fun part is the fictitious character can hold the face of the actor but the age, hairstyles, and clothing can be changed to create more enhanced looks according to the movie scene and story. With the help of AI, the directors recreating appealing scenes to enhance the thrill and excitement. InJurassic Park,no dinosaurs were running but with the help of AI and visual effects, we could enjoy the scenes and the atmospheres.The directors and the producers direct to form a green screen including the obstacles and those green screens get replaced with the views that are made from AI and VFX, and the actors make the scenes alive anddeliver the most suitable action-packed movie scenes. This method also enhances the viewers' experience, which makes the movie a blockbuster（大片）.12. What does the author intend to tell us in paragraph 1?A. How AI helps actors.B. What AI brings to movies.C. Why AI is applied to movies.D. Where AI is made full use of.13. What can we infer from paragraph 3?A. AI can be used as an editor.B. Editors consider AI irreplaceable.C. Editors used many methods to replace AI.D. AI makes what used to be complex scenes easier.14. What's the author's attitude to using VFX, animations and AI in movies?A. Supportive.B. Sceptical.C. Unconcerned.D. Enthusiastic.15. Which of the following could be the best title for thetext?A. What AI Brings Out Hollywood MoviesB. Why AI Is Applied to Hollywood MoviesC. Which Hollywood Movies Make Much Use of AID. How AI Is Being Applied to Hollywood Movies第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10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。
天津市第一中学2023-2024学年高三上学期第二次月考英语试卷
天津市第一中学2023-2024学年高三上学期第二次月考英语试卷学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________一、单项选择1．— Why didn’t you come to the party?— _______, but I’d really like some time alone to clear my thoughts.A．No wonder B．No offence C．No comment D．No doubt 2．Most schools nowadays prefer to use continuous ________, because it gives a fairer picture of how the student has done during the whole year.A．admission B．application C．allowance D．assessment 3．She drew a deep breath to calm herself down but her look still ________ her anger and disapproval.A．defined B．betrayed C．generated D．handled 4．—How did the residents in your community show their sympathy to the victims in the stricken area?—A large sum of money, with relief supplies, ________ to them.A．is offered B．are offered C．was offered D．were offered 5．How come? I can’t find my key. I just left it ________ it had been.A．where B．whichC．when D．how6．Michael and his family migrated to New Zealand in the hope of living a better life, only ________entirely new hardships.A．encounter B．encountering C．to encounter D．encountered 7．Elizabeth was enormously motivated although she made ________ advances in her English learning.A．brilliant B．modest C．substantial D．considerable 8．The computers made by our company sell well, but several years ago no one could imagine the role in the market that they ________．A．has played B．were to play C．had played D．played9．—I think changing jobs too frequently is not very good, because a rolling stone gathers no moss.—______ I’ll stay in the present job longer.A．Not exactly.B．That’s not the point.C．You got me there.D．You said it.10．—It turned out to be quite warm in Beijing. We ________ the trouble to take warm clothes.—Good watch prevents misfortune.A．needn’t have taken B．needn’t takeC．mustn’t have taken D．mustn’t take11．We all show admiration for the charity organizations ________ to building a better future for the young kids in poverty.A．committing B．to commit C．committed D．havingcommitted12．________ the whole family get together on the Moon Festival is deeply rooted in Chinese culture.A．What B．When C．How D．That13．A traffic accident took away her parents when she was in college, but she finally________ with her friends’ company and support.A．worked out B．pulled through C．got across D．went through 14．Students receiving poor grades, which ________ lead to negative self-recognition, are sure to be on the high-risk list of dropping out.A．in contrast B．in effect C．in brief D．in turn 15．Stress is everywhere and in fact it isn't such a bad thing ________ it is often supposed to be.A．that B．as C．what D．which二、完形填空Not long ago, I was the guide on a wildlife-photography trip to Svalbard near the Northcamera. The motion sensor reacted to the bear’s 22 , making the camera start taking pictures. The bear circled the 23 , gently sniffing it. Unexpectedly the camera 24 into the hole and disappeared beneath the deep ice.That was the 25 moment in my photography career. I was so 26 with myself. A year later I obtained 27 to bring a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to find the camera. There was a lot more ice than the 28 trip. As I knew well, polar bears could be nearby. We decided to 29 it. The ice was so thin, and soon we 30 technical difficulties and had to pull the ROV out of the water twice. 31 on the third try the ROV found the camera. We shouted and 32 around on the ice.I was overjoyed to see all my 33 . I saw the polar bear breathing and sniffing the camera. 34 that camera is the most satisfying 35 of my career with the lovely animal and its habitat presented.16．A．research B．training C．inspection D．adventure 17．A．spotted B．avoided C．imagined D．appreciated 18．A．threw B．buried C．placed D．applied 19．A．character B．image C．acceptance D．description 20．A．pulling B．shouting C．drawing D．crying 21．A．terrible B．simple C．abnormal D．sharp 22．A．movement B．situation C．position D．smell 23．A．seal B．ice C．hole D．camera 24．A．dug B．leaked C．slipped D．raced 25．A．luckiest B．worst C．brightest D．wettest 26．A．annoyed B．embarrassed C．bored D．satisfied 27．A．commitment B．recognition C．excuse D．permission 28．A．ordinary B．previous C．precious D．tight 29．A．risk B．consider C．escape D．abandon 30．A．got over B．turned into C．ran into D．turned over 31．A．Obviously B．Amazingly C．Initially D．Gradually 32．A．stepped B．wandered C．floated D．danced 33．A．animals B．facilities C．photos D．friends 34．A．Recovering B．Acquiring C．Repairing D．Exploring 35．A．recommendation B．accomplishment C．discoveryD．evolution三、阅读理解Téa Obreht’s Favorite NovelsTéa Obreht’s new novel, Inland, tells the stories of an outlaw crossing the American West and a homesteader awaiting the return of her husband. Below, she recommends other novels shaped by place.The MeadowJames Galvin (1992).Galvin narrows his novel’s focus to a river in south-eastern Wyoming, the site of three generations’ struggle and achievements. “I often find myself reading each sentence twice, just to enjoy the unexpected twists of Galvin’s prose (散文). ”What Is Not Yours Is Not Y oursHelen Oyeyemi (2016).Everything about this story collection delights and puzzles the soul, in a way of experiencing the terrifying fairy tale for the first time. Each story feels like working around you in a kind of harmony you can’t even begin to comprehend until the final line.Orange WorldKaren Russell (2019).“Every new book of Russell’s instantly takes its previous book’s place as my favorite.” Place, in each of these time-jumping, world-warping stories — which unfold a map of place both real and imagined — provides physical, social, and emotional pressures on both character and reader.The Bluest EyeToni Morrison (1970).“Morrison’s novel remains my favorite, possibly owing to the particular feelings produced by its place and personhood, and its suggestion that how you experience the world is governed by age, race, and whether or not one grows up loved.”36．What do the four novels have in common?A．They have similar plots.B．They are shaped by place.C．They have the same background.D．They are written by Téa Obreht.37．Which of the statements is true about What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours?A．It fills the reader’s heart with terror.B．It’s a story collection without harmony in each story.C．It’s a prose authored by Helen Oyeyemi.D．The harmony in it can not be understood until the end.38．How does Téa Obreht evaluate Karen Russell and her Orange World ?A．It takes on a dynamic and mysterious atmosphere.B．The reader feels their pressures taken off when they read it.C．Téa always likes Karen’s new book better than her previous one.D．It presents social conflicts in different times and worlds.39．What do you know about The Bluest Eye from the last paragraph?A．Its place and personhood impress Téa Obreht a lot.B．It advocates ecological balance in nature.C．It suggests a connection between love and success.D．Age and gender impact how you experience the world.I’ve worked in the factories surrounding my hometown every summer since I graduated from high school. But making the transition between school and full-time blue-collar work during the break never gets any easier. For a student like me who considers any class beforenever seem to understand why I’m so relieved to be back at school or that my summer vacation has been anything but a vacation.There are few people as self-confident as a college student who has never been out in the real world. People of my age always seem to overestimate the value of their time and knowledge. In fact, all the classes did not prepare me for my battles with the machine I ran in the plant, which would jam whenever I absent-mindedly put in a part backward or upside down.The most stressful thing about blue-collar life is knowing your job could disappear overnight. Issues like downsizing and overseas relocation had always seemed distant to me until my co-workers told me that the unit I was working in would shut down within six months and move to Mexico, where people would work for 60 cents an hour.After working 12-hour shifts in a factory, the other options have become only too clear.When I’m back at the university, skipping classes and turning in lazy re-writes seems too irresponsible after seeing what I would be doing without school. All the advice and public-service announcements about the value of an education that used to sound stale now ring true.These lessons I’m learning, however precious, are always tinged (带有) with a sense of guilt. Many people pass their lives in the places I briefly work, spending 30 years where I spend only two months at a time. “This job pays well, but it’s hell on the body,” said one co-worker. “Study hard and keep reading,” she added.My experiences in the factories have inspired me to make the most of my college years before I enter the real world for good.40．How did the author look back on his summer days while at college?A．They brought him nothing but torture.B．They were no holiday for him at all.C．They were a relief from his hard work at school.D．They offered him a chance to know more people.41．Which of the following is closest to the underlined word “torture” in the first paragraph?A．Misery.B．Fortune.C．Anxiety.D．Availability. 42．What does the author say about college students?A．They expect too much from the real world.B．They have little interest in blue-collar life.C．They think too highly of themselves.D．They are confident about their future.43．What, according to the author, is most frustrating for blue-collar workers?A．They do not get decent pay.B．They do not have job security.C．They have to work 12-hour shifts.D．They have to move from place to place.44．Why does the author feel somewhat guilty?A．He realizes there is a great divide between his life and that of blue-collar workers.B．He looks down upon the mechanical work at the assembly line.C．He has not done much to help his co-workers at the factory.D．He has stayed at school just for the purpose of escaping from the real world.45．In what important way has the author’s work experience changed him?A．He learned to be more practical.B．He acquired a sense of urgency.C．He came to respect blue-collar workers.D．He came to appreciate his college education.Dreams, according to Carl Jung, reveal a certain amount of reality hidden during waking consciousness. In Jungian philosophy, the conflict and chaos experienced in dreams finally bring order to our lives. While Jung’s mystical theories are debatable, he was not mistaken about the importance of dreaming. A growing number of reports show that a continuous lack of dreaming is damaging our waking hours in many ways.This trend is causing damage to our immune and metabolic systems, let alone the electronic products that keep us up late at night are ruining our sleep patterns, which has long-term consequences on our memory system. One study showed that not allowing mice to have adequate amounts of REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep, the stage in which we dream, the mice couldn’t strengthen memories.You might think this is just a sleep problem, but dreaming is inseparable from our nighttime rest. We sleep in cycles, each lasting about 90 minutes; in a sleep cycle, we go through non-REM sleep before hitting REM. As the night progresses, REM sleep periods increase in length while deep sleep (one of the stages of non-REM sleep) decreases. The longer we sleep, the more time we spend in REM, which is why we are often dreaming when waking up in the morning. If we sleep less than seven hours, however, it becomes harder to achieve this level of REM.The combination of sleeping and dreaming acts as an emotional stabilizer. We recover from emotional hurt faster when we sleep and dream properly. However, we’re not getting enough sleep to cycle through the stages to take advantage of this natural circadian anti-depressant (抗抑郁剂) — dreams. Instead, we get depressed and turn to alcohol or medicines to get to sleep, which only makes things worse because even one drink leads to late REM while anti-depressants promote deep sleep at the expense of REM.We’re paying for this lack of dreaming in many ways. For example, a 2021 study stated that compared with quiet rest and non-REM sleep, REM promoted the formation of associative networks and the integration of unassociated information. V olunteers thatexperienced more REM sleep were better equipped for solving problems requiring innovative solutions.Rowan Hooper, the managing editor at New Scientist, writes that dreams that include an “emotional core” appear to be a main function of REM sleep and that we should look at sleep patterns as seriously as we do diet and exercise habits.46．What’s Carl Jung’s view about dreams?A．They cause chaos.B．They damage immunity.C．They reveal secrets.D．They mirror reality.47．Why is the sleep process explained in Paragraph 3?A．To show a dream mainly occurs during REM sleep.B．To prove the minimum sleep time should be seven hours.C．To prove dream problems and sleep problems are attached.D．To show people often dream when waking up in the morning.48．Which of the following statements is true according to the author?A．Deep sleep is one of the stages of REM sleep.B．Adequate REM sleep contributes to a better memory.C．A sound sleep without dreams brings about stable emotions.D．The longer we sleep, the less time we spend in REM.49．What conclusion can be inferred from Paragraph 5?A．Dreaming promotes creativity.B．Dreaming helps fight depression.C．The brain still receives new information during REM sleep.D．The brain is paying the price for having more non-REM sleep.50．What’s the main idea of the passage?A．The importance of sleep lies in dreams.B．The absence of dreams is terrible for us.C．Dreaming patterns are more important than we realize.D．Dreaming has mystical power of strengthening memories.Many years ago, I bumped into an old friend of mine. He had devoted his life to acting but had never been quite successful. In his middle age, he seemed defeated and sad.I thought of his dogged perseverance. Was it smart or foolish? What could he haveachieved? Had he quit his dream of acting and moved on? Our culture does not look kindly upon quitting. Failure is perfectly acceptable as long as it eventually results in success.We chant “Winners never quit” and “If at first you don’t succeed, try again.” We lap up stories of persistence, of the author who submitted stories for years before her novels were published or of the athlete who trained since childhood to win gold at the Olympics.Persistence pays off when it is rewarded with success, but it does not reward every person. For every JK Rowling, there are thousands of aspiring writers who will never get published. For every Olympic athlete, there are innumerable others who trained every day of their lives and never made the cut.We all agree that doing the same things and expecting a different result is unwise. So why do we believe that persevering through failure after failure is a good idea? We consider quitting in the face of failure to be weak. We believe that perseverance is the key to success. Perseverance is only one part of success. You need talent or skill, as well as passion and drive. Luck and timing are also key to any great success.Our society believes that anything is possible, as long as you “believe”. But not everyone can make it. Quitting when you’ re not ahead is sometimes the smartest thing to do. Obviously, if you enjoy a pursuit, regardless of its outcome, you should continue. If you knew your novel would never be published, would you want to write? If you could never be a champion swimmer, would you still train? Sometimes, it is wise to put your energy into something else.Failure is not always the path to success. Sometimes, failure is the door to something new.51．What do we know about the author’s old friend?A．He was dissatisfied with his acting performance.B．He switched his dream of acting to something else.C．He failed in acting because of a lack of persistence.D．He failed in all attempts to become a successful actor.52．The author mentioned JK Rowling mainly to ______.A．explain how she achieved success in writingB．show that success doesn’t happen to everyoneC．prove that success favors those who are perseverantD．encourage readers to pursue their dream until they succeed53．What is the meaning of the underlined phrase in paragraph 4?A．Held on to their dreams.B．Met the required standard.C．Improved their performances.D．Promised to be good players.54．What does the author advise us to do if we’ve failed many times?A．Make an effort to try new things.B．Stick to your goal until we succeed.C．Wait for the right time and good luck.D．Ask friends or family members for help.55．Which of the following do you think is the best title for the passage?A．Stick to your dream--anything is possibleB．Perseverance: the secret to successC．Flexibility vs. PerseveranceD．Perseverance-the only access to success?四、阅读表达阅读表达Why are so many people unhappy in their jobs? There are two primary reasons. First, some people are convinced that earning a living is wasting time that they could spend enjoying themselves or uncovering their true talents.If this is the case with you, recall your last long vacation. Was it two weeks of complete enjoyment? More likely it was a week and a half of fun in the sun, with another half a week of “Boy, I can’t wait to get back to work.” If you didn’t feel such vacation blues, then imagine taking a leave of absence. You could use it to work on a novel, attend classes or just sit around watching TV. At the end of three months, in all likelihood, your self-respect would be at an all-time low. While all work and no play are not good, all play and no work are disastrous. We need to feel we are accomplishing something. We also need some form of order in our lives.The second and perhaps more common reason for people not to like their work is that they feel trapped. Once you’ve been at a company for five years and get married, have amortgage and a child, you often feel you have very little choice about jumping ship if things aren’t turning out as you’d planned. A steady paycheck can be the biggest restrict of all. People hate having to do something because they have no other choice.If you find yourself hating your job, your option takes the form of an up-to-date resume. You might also take a weekly glance through the help-wanted section, and make some visits to industry functions where low-key networking can take place. You’re not giving up on your current job. Rather, you are providing yourself with an option. If things get unbearable at work, you could jump ship.At the core of adopting a positive attitude to your workplace is, above all, assuming responsibility for your own situation. Most people feel controlled by their environment, but they really aren’t. They have to learn to manage that environment so they can get from it what they need.56．What are people likely to do after a long vacation according to the author? (No more than 10 words)57．What can people get from work according to the second paragraph? (No more than 10 words)58．How do you interpret the underlined word in the last paragraph? (One word)59．What do you think is the main idea of the passage? (No more than 15 words)60．What will you do if you hate your job one day in the future? (No more than 20 words)五、其他应用文61．假设你是李津，10月26日中午12:30你校在校园举办了“凉山义卖”活动，为四川凉山的贫困孩子们筹款。
2023届天津一中高三英语学科五月考试卷
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1.--No one wants pizza again tonight.We're full.--________!1 do!A.You betB.Got itC.You've got me wrong.D.Speak for yourself2. All of us have read thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited time to live.Such stories set us______, ________what we should do under similar circumstances.A.thinking:wonderingB.think:wonderingC.thinking:to wonderD.to think;to wonder3.We do not need to wait in line for hours for a ticket because we can use the website or hotline to_____tickets and then pick them up at railway stations or ticket agencies.A.releaseB.relieveC.reserveD.review4.No one expected house prices to fall,but_____that is exactly what happened.A.moreoverB.thusC.anywayD.however5.I must have slept in an____position.I'm aching all over!A.ambiguousB.awkwardC.embarrassingD.impressive6.While the book was not welcomed by scholars,I believed that it would make an _________immediate to the general readers.A.impactB.appealC.requestD.contribution7.-I didn't know you were good friends.-You _______I have known her since she moved here.You were studying abroad then.A.may haveB.needn't haveC.couldn't haveD.must have8.The trouble with the global warming debate is that it has become a moral problem_________it's really an engineering one.A.thoughB.untilC.becauseD.where9._______is surprising to us is that Gabriel, for_____ English was once boring.can speak English fluently as though he were a native speaker.A.As;whomB.What:whoseC.It;whoseD.What:whom10.Only my cousin has chosen to apply for a job in Africa______the majority of this year's graduates working in Britain.A.in common withB.as well asC.in contrast toD.by reason ofI1.I'm well aware that I shouldn't have got angry with John.-He______me:he really meant it for the best.A.hadn't criticizedB.wasn't criticizingB.wouldn't criticize D.hadn't been criticizing12.I'm sorry the traffic is so heavy.--Does that _____why you are so late?A.break outB.account forC.tum downD.build up13.____extracurricular activities is beneficial to broadening your horizons and enriching your campus life,having your comprehensive qualification.A.Getting involved in,strengthenedB.Involving in;strengthenedC.Being involved in;strengtheningD.Involved in;strengthened14.Not knowing how to do with it,the old lady rang up her son and asked for his help with_____she described as a bit of trouble.A.whichB.whatC.whenD.where15. Sun Yiwen was apparently____when she won the third Olympic medal of her career by winning women＇s individual epee（重剑）gold at Tokyo 2020 on July24．A.throwing in the towel B.scoring an own goalC.walking on airD.letting off steam第二节完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从16—35各题所给的A．B．C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
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科目：英语年级：高三教师：梁耀兴2001—2002第一学期第二十二周-------结构难题专练近几年来，高考的单选和完形填空越来越注重语言逻辑与句子结构的变化，以此来求得学生们在语言实际当中的使用。
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1.We grow all our grapes and vegetables here in the garden,______ costs us a lot of money, of course.A. whichB. asC. thatD. what2.He will stop talking, if no notice ______ of him at the meeting .A. is takenB. will be takenC. takesD. has taken3.This is an illness that can result in total deafness ______ left untreated.A. afterB. ifC. sinceD. unless4.Her face gave her ______ when she told a lie.A. offB. awayC. upD. out5.I’ll go to the supermarket with my father next week. We’re going to buy some ______ glasses.A. lovely old FrenchB. old lovely FrenchC. French old lovelyD. old French lovely6.______ we had been looking forward to.A. Then came the hourB. Before Rose the new teacher stoodC. When the hour cameD. After Kate stands the new teacher7.Is it somewhere around that factory ______ this type of cars are produced?A. whichB. whereC. thatD. /8.----Do you have anything more ______, sir?----No. You can have a rest or do something else.A. typingB. to be typedC. typedD. to type9.When I said some students are crazy, I ______ to you.A. don’t referB. wasn’t referringC. hasn’t referredD. didn’t refer10.----What is the building?---- ______ the students have their dance class.A. The building thatB. There areC. That’s the building whichD. That’s where11.They decided to drive the cattle away ______ they did more damage.A. untilB. unlessC. beforeD. although12.____ you should have no trouble with the difficult work.A. Knowing thisB. If you’re knowing thisC. From knowing thisD. If you had known it13.No bread eaten by man is so sweet as ______ earned by his own labour.A. oneB. thatC. whatD. those14.Could it be in the restaurant in ______ you had dinner with me yesterday ______ you left behind your keys and wallet?A. that; whichB. which ;thatC. where; thatD. that; where15.Until the 16th century the earth ______ to be flat.A. has been believedB. is believedC. believedD. was believed16.How many years will have to pass ______ scientists succeed in proving a treatment for cancer?A. whenB. beforeC. sinceD. until17.We have done things we ought not to have done and ______ undone things we ought to have done.A. leftB. leaveC. will leaveD. leaving18.Another man-made earth satellite is reported in Beijing Evening News ______ into orbit yesterday.A. to have been putB. to be putC. to have putD. having been put19.____ all over the hills and around the lake are wild plants of different kinds.A. To growB. growingC. GrownD. Grow20.We played in the garden till sunset, ______ it began to rain.A. whenB. afterC. whileD. then21.----Who are you going to get ______ this report for you?---- My secretary, Alice, a new comer to the company. What’s up?A. typeB. typedC. to typeD. to be typed22.Although he sometimes loses his temper, his students like him ______ for it.A. not so muchB. not so littleC. no moreD. no less23.----What is the matter with you?---- ______ the window, my finger was cut unexpectedly.A. CleaningB. To cleanC. While cleaningD. While I was cleaning24. ______ my finishing reading the magazine you can have it ______.A. On; immediatelyB. At; quicklyC. For; fortunatelyD. With; likely25.With his son ______the old couple felt rather unhappy.A. to disappointB. to be disappointedC. disappointingD. being disappointing26.The TV play brought the hours back to me ______ I was taken good care of in that remote village.A. whenB. thatC. untilD. where27.----Why do you drink so much coffee?----Well, ______ it doesn’t keep me awake at night, I see no harm to me.A. althoughB. as long asC. as far asD. for28. One manager kept asking me really difficult questions and laughing at me ______ I couldn’t answer.A. every timeB. the next timeC. wheneverD. all the time29.She suggested not only ______ to the English evening but also give a performance in English.A. should I goB. did I goC. I should goD. my going30.They are teachers and don’t realize ______ to start and run a company.A. what takes itB. what they takeC. what takes themD. what it takes31.----Can Li Ming help me with my English?----I regret to tell you her English is ______ yours.A. as good asB. no more thanC. not better thanD. as much as32.You can still make yourself ________ by referring to these books kept in the room without anyone around you.A. understoodB. understandC. to be understoodD. understanding33.How pleased the detective was ______ what his customer told him.A. hearingB. heardC. to hearingD. to hear34.The man we were looking forward to _______ at the last minute, who helped us out.A. comingB. arrivingC. cameD. to arrive35.Mrs Smith was rather disappointed to see the sewing-machine she had ______the other day went wrong again this morning.A. it checkedB. to be checkedC. to checkD. checked36.It was in the small house ______ was built with stones by his father ______ he spent his childhood.A. which; thatB. that; whereC. which; whichD. that; which37.I have never received any gifts that pleased me ______ as yours.A. good enoughB. well enoughC. as goodD. so well38.Reading English in the morning seems to me like a rule ______.A. to never breakB. never to breakingC. never to be brokenD. not broken39.----The weather is too hot ______ this year.----It was still ______ when I came here two years ago.A. for; coolerB. in; hotterC. for; hotterD. in; cooler40. Great efforts must be ______ in order to improve your spoken English.A. madeB. triedC. hadD. put41.Nowhere else in the world ______ such perfect silence ______ in these mountains.A. there is; likeB. there is; asC. is there; asD. is there; like42.To be on the safe side, we should fill up the car now, because we ______ run out of gas on our way there.A. couldB. mightC. wouldD. should43.----Jim, let’s hurry to the airport, Mable is coming.----Oh, I was afraid ______. What’s made her change her idea?A. she would never comeB. I would miss herC. she had already comeD. I might have missed her44.Mr and Mrs Scott prefer a restaurant in a small town to ______ in so large a city as New York.A. thisB. oneC. itD. that45.The boy the teachers considered ______ failed in the final exam, ______ surprised them very much.A. to be the best; whichB. as the best student; thatC. to have been studying well; itD. such as a good student; which46.Is ______ 48 hours ______ the man-made satellite ______ is made in our country to orbit the planeta round?A. it; that; whereB. it; when; thatC. it for; that it takes; thatD. it; that it takes; which47.It was so large a room that a hundred people looked ______ in it.A. losingB. lostC. to loseD. having lost48.It isn’t cold enough for there ______ a frost tonight, so I can leave Jim’s car out quite safely.A. to beB. would beC. beingD. was49.The soldiers soon reached ______ was once an old temple ______ the villagers used as a school.A. which; whereB. what; whichC. where; whichD. what; where50. ______ otherwise directed by a doctor, this medicine should be taken three times a day.A. IfB. WhetherC. UnlessD. Although51.The doctors have tried ______ to save his life, but failed.A. humanly everything possibleB. humanly possible everythingC. everything possible humanlyD. everything humanly possible52.What measures have been ______ to control the crowd at Saturday’s football match?A. imaginedB. madeC. givenD. taken53.______ that she’s by law old enough to get married, I don’t see how you can stop her.A. Having seenB. To seeC. SeeingD. Seen54.----Were all the three people in the car injured in the accident?----No, ______ only the two passengers who got hurt.A. it wasB. there wasC. there wereD. they were55.Mr White works with a chemical company but he ______ in his sister’s shop, since he’s on leave.A. has workedB. worksC. is workingD. worked56.There was a tea pot fashioned like a china duck ______ the water was supposed to come.A. from which open mouthB. by that open mouthC. out of whose open mouthD. with its open mouth57.He is ______ is known as a hacker(黑客) –he likes to show off on the Internet and attack websites.A. whoB. whatC. thatD. which58.----It is reported that the government has lightened the burden on the students.----Oh, today we are still ______ from heavy school work, ______ at preparing us for the entrance examination.A. suffering; aimingB. suffered; aimedC. suffering; aimedD. suffered; aiming59.Cold chicken is delicious ______ salad.A.. when to eat withB. when eaten withC. when to be eaten withD. when eating with60.You should sell the fish and meat ______, ______, they ______ easily in such hot weather.A. in time; however; turn badB. on the market; if not; smell terribleC. at a low price, otherwise; changed a lotD. as soon as possible; or else; go bad参考答案A AB B A AC B BD C A B B D B A A B A C D D A C A B C A DC BD C D A C C C A C B A B A D B A B C D D C A C C B A B D讲评：1．非限定性定语从句的引导词代替前面的整个句子2．要注意固定短语take no notice of…“对。