广西南宁二中、柳铁一中2023-2024学年高三上学期摸底调研考试英语试题

广西南宁二中、柳铁一中2023-2024学年高三上学期摸底调研考试英语试题一、短对话1．What are the speakers going to do?A．Work out.B．Have a walk.C．Go to class.2．What day is it today?A．Friday.B．Thursday.C．Wednesday.3．What does the man think of building the library in their town?A．Inspiring.B．Worthwhile.C．Impossible.4．Where is the bike now?A．Under the stairs.B．In the garden.C．At the gate.5．How many hours is the pool open today?A．10 hours.B．12 hours.C．14 hours.二、长对话听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

6．How does the woman feel?A．Angry.B．Satisfied.C．Confused.7．When can the woman get her computer back?A．Tonight.B．A few days later.C．Two weeks later.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

8．What is the woman doing when the accident happened?A．Driving a car.B．Walking across the street.C．Riding a bike.9．What can we learn about the driver?A．His speed was not very fast.B．He was driving out of the street.C．His view was blocked by something.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

10．What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A．Brother and sister.B．Husband and wife.C．Father and daughter. 11．Where are the man’s glasses?A．In the bathroom.B．In his pocket.C．On his nose. 12．What impressed the man most about his forgetfulness?A．He went out without having pants on.B．He forgot about his wedding and went fishing.C．He went fishing without taking the fishing pole.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

13．What is the man’s problem?A．He doesn’t have time to go abroad.B．He hasn’t had a vacation for three weeks.C．He doesn’t know where to spend his vacation.14．Which destination the man isn’t interested in?A．Africa.B．Asia.C．Australia. 15．What does the man think are boring?A．Monuments.B．Hotels.C．Museums. 16．What in Paris probably impresses the man most?A．Night clubs.B．Excellent hotels.C．Interesting sights.三、短文听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

17．What do we know about the first bicycle?A．It looked like a horse on a wheel.B．It was easy to ride but uncomfortable.C．It was difficult to ride and uncomfortable.18．When did the bicycle become a popular means of transportation?A．In 1790.B．In 1861.C．In 1900.19．Why did people like bicycles?A．They were very fashionable.B．They were of the same prices as horses.C．They didn’t need to be fed and were easy to ride.20．What is the speaker mainly talking about?A．When and how bicycles began.B．How the first bicycle appeared.C．What a simple means of transportation is.四、阅读理解Best Summer Jobs for High School StudentsWorking during the summer when school is out of session is a great opportunity for teenagers to make money and gain valuable workplace experience.Restaurant ServerFood and drink service jobs are plentiful. Although average base pay is poor, workers who carts tips can do well for themselves. And some national chains have the resources to pay more Starbucks employees can earn about $12 per how on average, and may qualify for a benefits package that includes health insurance.Grocery Store WorkerGrocery store jobs are also relatively plentiful. Although most grocery employees don’t earn tips, base pay is generally above the federal minimum wage—about $12 per hour. Jobs that require workers to operate heavy machinery are inaccessible to workers under age 18. Grocery store employees typically work in shifts, with part-timers polling four to eight hours at a stretch. Peak shopping hours tend to fall on weekends and early evenings.TutorIf you’ve already taken and done well on standardized tests like the SAT or ACT, you can help these students and earn decent pay as a tutor. Tutor pay varies by specialty, experience, and educational attainment. Tutors who themselves are high school students or recent graduates aren’t likely to earn much more than the national averagerate of S18 per hour.Career-Track Intern(实习)Even if you haven’t yet decided what you want your “rear” career to be, high school summers offer the perfect opportunity to test a job you think you’ll like. Summer internships are often unpaid, forcing students to consider whether the opportunity is worth the cost. That’s likely to come down to the value of the experience and the connections that could land you a higher-paying, career-track job down the road.21．What is the feature of grocery store jobs?A．No employees get tips.B．They are tough to obtain.C．They are for people agedD．The employees do shift work.22．What is special about Career-Track Intern?A．It’s often done without payment.B．It is worth the big expense.C．It guarantees you a good career.D．It provides you with experience.23．Which job favors an academically excellent student?A．Restaurant Server.B．Grocery Store Worker.C．Career-Track Intern.D．Tutor.Last year, my Singapore-based sister insisted my mother and I join her for the Christmas. My mum, a fearless woman, would get strangely nervous on flights. Perhaps the only thing that convinced her to overcome her fears was the chance to piece together our declining bond.Growing up, moments with Mum were painfully short-lived because I spent most time at the boarding school, reuniting only during the holidays. Every year, she would eagerly await my return, which would always lead to constant loving scenes. Those cherished moments were gradually vanishing as I moved away for university. Soon, our relationship became tense. She seemed unable to comprehend me and her stubborn and old-fashioned advice forced me to shut myself. But the more I pulled away, the more I felt a longing for the bond that had grown so dim. Perhaps Singapore would give us a chance to breathe it back to life.I assumed the immersive exhibits at Art Science Museum would refresh my mother, who was an art student.However, I was surprised when she just turned her nose up at the Bruges Whale, a sculpture using plastic waste to raise awareness about ocean pollution. “It’s art, Mum! Be more appreciative.” I defended.Disheartened by the distance between us, I led her to the kid’s zone. We signed up for a joint sketching activity, hoping that would help us connect. As our creative juices flowed, our faded relationship began to take on the hues and shades of something sincere and beautiful.“Look!” she excitedly pointed towards a digital screen that displayed our creations. “That one’s ours.” Mum went up and reached out, touching the fish as it moved its tail back and forth in the virtual tank.Looking around, I saw children sharing moments with their parents, and my own childhood flashed back. That rare instance where she let slip an inner innocence and delight at a new experience revealed the little girl in her, who was like me, had lost a vital connection to responsibilities of motherhood.“Our time together was like that of friends. You were my mother, and I’m a child following you around.” My mum said to me with a smile.24．What made Mum accept the visit to Singapore?A．The resolve to overcome the nervousness on flight.B．The desire to restore relationship with her children.C．The sincere invitation of my Singapore-based sister.D．The expectation for Art Science Museum as an artist.25．What is the attitude of Mum towards the Bruges Whale?A．She felt it a huge waste to make it from plastic.B．She showed a great interest in this work of art.C．She didn’t think it good enough to be exhibited.D．She considered it beneficial to ocean protection.26．What can we learn from the sketching activity?A．It revealed Mum’s inner ignorance like a girl.B．It explored causes for faded bond between families.C．It let Mum totally lose responsibilities of motherhood.D．It provided an opportunity to share moments with families.27．What do Mum’s words imply in the last paragraph?A．A good medicine tastes bitter.B．Life has indeed come full circle.C．Actions speak louder than words.D．Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.Every 40 days a language dies. This “catastrophic” loss is being intensified by the climate crisis, according to linguists. If nothing is done, conservative estimates suggest that half of all the 7,000 languages currently spoken will be extinct by the end of the century.Speakers of minority languages have experienced a long history of persecution (迫害), with the result that by the 1920s half of all indigenous (土著的) languages in Australia, the US, South Africa and Argentina were extinct. The climate crisis is now considered the “final nail in the coffin” for many indigenous languages and the knowledge they represent.“Languages are already endangered,” says Anastasia Rachel, director of the Strathy language unit at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Huge factors are globalization and migration, as communities move to regions where their language is not spoken or valued, according to Rachel. “It seems particularly cruel,” she says, “that most of the world’s languages are in parts of the world that are growing unpleasant to people.” Vanuatu, a South Pacific island nation measuring 12, 189 km2, has 110 languages, the highest density of languages on the planet. It is also one of the countries most at risk of sea level rise. “Marty small language communities are on islands and coastlines easily subject to hurricanes and sea level rise,” she says. Others live on lands where rising temperature threatens traditional farming and fishing practices, leading to migration.In response to the crisis, the UN launched the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (IDIL) in 2022. Promoting and conserving languages of indigenous communities is “not only important for them, but for all humanity”, said Csaba Korosi, the UN general assembly president, urging countries to allow access to education in indigenous languages.28．Which statement best describes the facts of languages?A．Climate change is the only challenge for minority languages.B．Half of all the languages spoken will be extinct in the future.C．Climate crisis is a huge threat to many indigenous languages.D．Poor education is the direct cause of disappearing languages.29．Why is Vanuatu mentioned in paragraph 3?A．To explain the main reason for language density.B．To show the common features of endangered languages.C．To stress the impact of geographical position on migration.D．To illustrate the situation of minority language communities.30．What is the aim of the IDIL?A．Support migrants to access local education.B．Discourage people from massive migration.C．Protect the environment to reduce the temperature.D．Preserve the languages of indigenous communities.31．Which of the following is the best title for the text?A．Faced with Disasters: Communities Have to LeaveB．Upset at Extinction: UN Urges International CooperationC．Lost for Words: Climate Crisis Brings Threat of CatastropheD．Involved in Action: Experts Seek Solutions to Climate CrisisHave you ever spent an afternoon in the backyard, maybe grilling or enjoying a basketball game, when suddenly you notice that everything goes quiet? According to our own experience, we know there is actually “calm before the storm”! But what causes this calm?A period of calm happens in a particular kind of storm--a single--cell thunderstorm. In it, there is usually only one main updraft, which is warm, damp air. Storms typically draw in the air that fit their need as fuel from all directions -- even from the direction in which the storm is traveling.As the warm, damp air is pulled into a storm system, it leaves a low-pressure vacuum (真空) coming after. The rising air meets the cold, dry air that has already existed in the storm clouds, thus the temperature of the rising air drops, and the water vapour in it changes into tiny drops that are a precondition of rain. These drops accumulate and build on larger particles (粒子) like dust, until they grow large enough to form raindrops.This warm, damp air keeps moving upwards, but it becomes cooler and drier during its trip through cloud. When it reaches the top of the cloud, the air gets spit out at the top. This air is sent rolling out over the big thunderclouds. From there, the air goes down. Warm and dry air is relatively stable, and once it covers a region, that air, in turn, causes the calm before a storm.Most thunderstorms, though, don’t start with calm. That’s because most are actually groups of storms with complex wind patterns. There’s so much air moving up and down storm groups that the calm before the storm never happens. Instead, before the storm, it might be really windy!32．Which best fits the description of the particular kind of storm?A．A thunderstorm with a single shape.B．A thunderstorm without strong winds.C．A storm with air drawn from every direction.D．A storm fueled by moving air from the ground. 33．What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?A．Warm and damp air.B．Cold and dry air.C．Storm cloud.D．Single-cell thunderstorm.34．Which does the writer most likely agree to?A．Presence of the calm results from stable air.B．Not all thunderstorms begin with the calm.C．The drier the air is, the bigger the storm will be.D．Storm happens without air moving up and down.35．What is the passage mainly about?A．Causes and effects of a single--cell storm.B．A vivid description of a peaceful storm.C．The process of forming warm and damp air.D．An explanation of the calm before a storm.五、七选五FOMO stands for “fear of missing out”. It refers to the nervous or anxious feeling a person gets when they realize they are not attending a social event either because they weren’t invited or they just didn’t feel like going.they’re often online.One way for teens to deal with FOMO is to practice what is known as reframing (重塑) thinking. 37 Here are some tips on how teens can start to reframe their thinking.Track negative thoughts and replace them with reasonable ones. One thing teens can do to deal with FOMO is to track their negative thoughts and feelings in a journal. 38 Then, they can change their thoughts and replace the negative thoughts with something positive.39 Encourage teens to recognize that they have limited time and cannot possibly be everywhere and do everything. So, naturally, there will be social events that they cannot attend. But this does not mean that they’re necessarily missing out on something.Turn off the technology and do something else. Turning off the technology seems like a natural cure for FOMO. But just switching the phone off does not erase the feelings that FOMO causes. 40 The key is to do something else entirely like reading a book or baking cookies — anything that allows them to focus on somethingother than social media.A．Be realistic about availability.B．There are some negative consequences of FOMO.C．Realize that no one lives a perfect life as described in social media.D．It’s a mental exercise designed to help them look at situations differently.E．In general, FOMO causes people to assume that they have a low social rank.F．Teens may still worry about missing out even if they’re not in social media at all.G．This allows them to observe how often they’re feeling negative about themselves.六、完形填空Harry Peck remembered sitting next to two frightened young sisters in a trans-Atlantic flight from Amsterdam45．A．honour B．mercy C．assistance D．permission 46．A．actively B．vividly C．frequently D．delicately 47．A．compare to B．prepare for C．share with D．learn from 48．A．peaceful B．wonderful C．respectful D．grateful 49．A．astonishing B．amusing C．satisfying D．encouraging 50．A．consuming B．delivering C．donating D．processing 51．A．description B．information C．admiration D．suggestion 52．A．stress B．suffering C．failure D．desire 53．A．in action B．in need C．in silence D．in debt 54．A．importance B．difficulty C．possibility D．problem 55．A．promised B．persuaded C．urged D．warned七、用单词的适当形式完成短文八、其他应用文66．假定你是李华。