2022-2023学年郑州市重点中学高三第二次诊断性检测英语试卷含解析

1、2022-2023学年高考英语模拟试卷注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1_ from J.K. Rowlings book series of the same title, the “Harry Potter” movies are universally acknowledged as clas

2、sics.AAdaptingBHaving adaptedCAdaptedDTo be adapted2He was offered a position at the local church school, _ he went to the Cambridge.Aafter whenBsince whichCafter whichDsince when3Im afraid that I cant attend Toms wedding party _ next weekend.Ato be heldBbeing heldCheldDis to be held4Historic sites

3、impress writers with their amazing beauty, which are a great source of _.Ainspiration Bcomposition Coccupation Dcombination5The new local law in Nanjing says parents not physically harm young children or expose them to longterm hunger as a punishment.AcanBshallCwillDneed6So far, only one man has _ a

4、 theory that seems to fit all the facts.Acome up withBput up withClined up withDcaught up with7 _ Its only an interview! Only an interview? Only an interview? What if I panic? What if I say a silly word by accident?AWell done! BCome on!CHow come? DNo doubt!8I feel I am as well-behaved and as careful

5、 as my deskmate, but _ I always fall behind?Ahow aboutBhow comeCwhat ifDwhat for9The teachers voice still remained calm _ she was getting annoyed.Aas long as Beven ifCas if Dnow that10It was John who broke the window. Why are you talking to me as if I it?Ahad doneBhave doneCdidDam doing11They were s

6、tanding so far away that I couldnt_ their faces clearly.Amake outBmake forCmake offDmake up12 How did you find your trip to Water Park in the summer of 2016?I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was _ than I expected.Aeven much interestingBfar more interestingCso far interestingDfar from interesting13As is ex

7、pected, AI is an area _ China may appear as a leading force.AthatBwhereCwhichDwhen14Please wear your best clothes on Monday, as your class photos _ then.Awill take Bwill be taken Chave taken Dhave been taken15She doesnt speak our language, she seems to understand what we say.Ayet BandCor Dso16I orde

8、red a drink while I_ for my friends to come.Awill wait Bam waitingCwould wait Dwas waiting17Where was it _ the road accident happened the other day?AthatBwhenChowDwhich18-Can you help me with my English homework? Youre a genius.-_, but Ill try to help you. Whats your problem?AFar from itBSounds good

9、CBy all meansDIts out of question19I can _ Dianas thoughts from the changes in her facial expressions.Aread Bnotice Ccount Dwatch20Wild animals in nature reserves need to develop their survival skills and their wild nature.AdisplayBpossessCmaintainDmonitor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

10、最佳选项。21（6分） Its a real case of fish out of water. Blennies (鲇鱼) in the South Pacific Ocean are gradually relocating to land to escape their predators (捕食者), in an example of evolution in action.Fish first began crawling onto dry land about 400 million years ago, kicking off an evolutionary chain of

11、events that led to humans. But their reasons for exiting the sea have been uncertain.To look for clues, Terry Ord at the University of New South Wales in Australia has been studying several species of blennies at Rarotonga, the largest of the Cook Islands.At low tide, blennies are commonly found swi

12、mming in rock pools around the edges of the island. But when high tide moves in, they climb up to dry land and move around the rocks until the tide retreats.The researchers found that this is most likely to avoid predators that swim in with the rising tide mainly bigger fish like lionfish.To test wh

13、at would happen if blennies did not have an escape plan, they made blenny models and sank them in the sea. The mimics ended up with wounds, bite marks and chunks-missing.Of course, there are still dangers for blennies on land, like the occasional bird attack, but the predation risk on land is a thir

14、d that of underwater.Whats more, moving onto land has additional benefits for blennies. Holes in the rocks provide sheltered nests for laying eggs, and they can maintain their diet of bacteria.In fact, several species of blenny fish at Rarotonga have already made the full transition to land-dwelling

15、 (陆生的) species. They continue to breathe with their gills, but have developed stronger tail fins and jump from rock to rock.Ord believes that many evolutionary processes have been driven by the need to escape predators. “It is often assumed that animals move homes to find new sources of food, but in

16、 many cases, escaping predators is a stronger motivation.” he says.1、Why do blennies climb to dry land when high tide comes?ATo acquire better health. BTo search for more food.CTo seek safer living conditions. DTo adapt to a new environment.2、What does the underlined part “The mimics” in Paragraph 6

17、 refer to?AThe rocks in the water. BThe predators of blennies.CThe researchers of blennies. DThe models of blennies.3、What can be concluded from the last paragraph?AOrds research opens a new view.BOrd wonders why animals move homes.COrd shows us the benefits of blennies evolution.DOrd has discovered

18、 how fish have become land dwellers.4、Which of the following could be the best title for the text?ABlennies Living HabitsBWhy Blennies Choose to Live on LandCBlennies Evolutionary ProcessDHow Blennies Escape from their Predators22（8分）Tsinghua University Careers Fair 2019 NoticeMore than 300 employer

19、s will attend the 2019 careers fair. A variety of international occupations including those related with The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) will be provided for all graduates, comprising international students. The details are notified as follows.1.ProcedureTime: 13:30-17:00, Thursday, March 21st.Ve

20、nue: Main Gymnasium (Sports Center), Tsinghua University13:30-14:30 Only open for Tsinghua students14:30-17:00 Open for all students across universities2.Materials preparedCV, student card, ID card (international student please show passport), employment reference letter, copy of certificate, etc.3.

21、NotesPriority(优先权) is given to Tsinghua students between 13:30 to 14:30. Please enter the gymnasium with your student cards and ID card. All students could enter the gymnasium between 14:30 to 17:00.At 14:00-16:30, March 21st, every non-Tsinghua student can get a ticket for free and enter at the sou

22、th gate on the second floor of main gymnasium with valid student card and ID card (international student please show passport). Student can only enter gymnasium through the south gate on the first floor, and exit through the north gate. The east and west are emergency exits, which are only open for

23、emergency circumstances.Please take care of your belongings and do not smoke in the crowded venue.In order to ensure the security of students, no entry shall be allowed temporarily once the venue of the careers fair is crowded. Please understand, cooperate actively and follow the instructions of the

24、 staff.There are emergency exits in the venue, in case of an emergency, please remain calm, follow the instructions, and exit orderly.1、What is the time for students from Peking University to enter the 2019 careers fair?A13:30-17:00, Thursday, March 21stB13:30-14:30, Thursday, March 21stC14:30-17:00

25、, Thursday, March 21stD14:30-17:30, Thursday, March 21st2、International students can enter the Sport Center with _.ACV and student cardBID card and passportCstudent card and passportDstudent card and ID card3、What can we learn from the notice?ATsinghua University Careers Fair 2019 is intended for Ts

26、inghua students only.BStudents should enter the gym through the west gate and exit through the east one.CMore than 300 employers except those related with BRI will attend the 2019 careers fair.DNo entry shall be allowed temporarily once the venue is full to make the Fair go on smoothly.23（8分）There m

27、ight be as many as 10 million species of complex life on this planet today a huge number. But add up all of the complex species that ever lived and some biologists think the grand total would be about five billion. The estimate leads to an astonishing conclusion: a staggering 99% of species are not

28、around any more. They have been driven to extinction.More species are joining the ranks of the extinct every year. Many scientists believe we are living through an episode of remarkably rapid extinction, on a scale that has been seen only five times in the last half a billion years.They call this cu

29、rrent episode the sixth mass extinction a large, global decline in a wide variety of species over a relatively short period of time. And they tend to agree that humans are the main cause.Over-hunting, overfishing, and human-driven habitat loss are pushing many species to the brink. In fact, we have

30、changed the planet so much that some geologists are now suggesting that we have entered a new phase in Earths history; an epoch they call the Anthropocene. By 2100, it is expected that humans will have caused the extinction of up to half of the worlds current species.Because we are living through th

31、is extinction, it is relatively easy for us to study the driving forces behind it. But how do we determine what caused other mass die-offs that happened long ago? To do so we have to look at what archaeologists, palaeontologists, geologists and other scientists have concluded from the evidence they

32、have gathered.The trouble is, those scientists do not always agree with one another even about the most recent extinction event. As well as the five-or six- mass extinctions, there have also been many smaller extinctions.One of these mini extinction events happened towards the end of the Pleistocene

33、, a few tens of thousands of years ago. It is sometimes called the megafaunal extinction because many of the species it claimed were particularly large animals, weighing more than 97lb (44kg). However, its cause remains a debate amongst scientists.1、What can we learn about the sixth mass extinction？

34、AHumans are the main cause of it.BIt means a global decline over a long time.CIt occurred towards the end of the Pleistocene.DScientists still disagree about the cause of it.2、What can be inferred from the text about species？A99% of species will not be around any more by 2100.BBy the 22nd century, t

35、here will probably be about five million on this planet.CAbout eight years later we will enter what is called the Anthropocene.DIt is not easy for us to figure out causes behind theAnthropocene.3、Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word in the last paragraph ?ALand animals

36、. BMarine life.CHuge animals. DFlesh-eating creatures.24（8分）What do you do if your nation has a severe water shortage and happens to be located in a desert? If you have the resources, you turn to technology, which is what a company in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates (阿联酋) (UAE for short) is planni

37、ng to do. The country, which gets less than four inches of rain per year, could solve its issue with water shortage by dragging icebergs from Antarctica to its shores. The first such attempt will begin in 2018.Once the iceberg is at UAE shores, the ice above the waterline would be cut off and crushe

38、d into drinking water, which would then be stored in large water tanks. The iceberg would also have a broader impact, says Abdullah Mohammad Sulaiman Al Shehi:“Cold air out from an iceberg close to the shore of the Arabian Sea would cause rainstorms across the Arabian Gulf and the southern region of

39、 the Arabian Peninsula all year round. As the rising air expands, cools and condenses (冷凝) due to the decrease in air pressure, water vapor (水蒸气) is collected in the clouds, which becomes heavy and falls as rain.” More icebergs will bring more water vapor and clouds, creating a profound (巨大的)effect

40、on the regional climate over a decade, turning the desert into “green meadows(草地)”. The melting iceberg would also add fresh water to the Arabian sea, returning biodiversity. There would also be a boost(兴旺) for tourism from all the people interested in looking at the icebergs. The Emirates Iceberg P

41、roject comes from a group of efforts by NABL called “Filling the Empty Quarter”. The project aims to dramatically influence the deserts of the “Empty Quarter”, the planets largest sand desert. The region is also the richest oil-producing area in the world, including parts of Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE

42、and Yemen.1、What is the UAE planning to do according to the text?ATo collect fresh sea water from Antarctica.BTo drag icebergs from Antarctica to the country.CTo make icebergs from Antarctica melt.DTo get 20 billion gallons of fresh water from icebergs.2、What Al Shehi said reflects the effect of ice

43、bergs on_.Athe weather Bthe industryCthe biodiversity Dthe tourism3、According to the text, the deserts of the “Empty Quarter” are_.Aturning into green meadowsBthe resource of salt in the Arabian seaCthe empty area without populationDabundant in oil as a matter of fact4、According to the text, iceberg

44、s to be dragged to UAE shores will _.Abring water vapor and sandBadd salt water to the Arabian seaCbecome “green meadows”Dattract people interested in looking at the icebergs25（10分）Killer whales in Alaskas Bering Sea have figured out an easy way to get fed. Instead of seeking out the fish them- selv

45、es, the clever whales chase down fishing boats and steal the entire catch of the day, as much as 20,000 to 30,000 pounds.Killer whale “thieves” are not a new phenomenon. Japanese fishermen have reported being followed by killer Whales since the 1950s. However, the increasing frequency of whale fish

46、theft in the Bering Seas continental shelf is now threatening the livelihood of fishermen.Paul Clampitt, a local fisherman, says his crew tried to keep the whales away with loud sounds. Though that worked for a short time, the whales now consider the noise “ a dinner bell”. Jay Herbert tried using s

47、onar to keep the whales away. He also met with little success. According lo the experienced fisherman, the smart whales deliberately seek out longliners (延绳钓渔船）, and, all the first opportunity presented to them, steal the fish, leaving behind just the lips of the fish caught!NOAA Fisheries biologist

48、 John Moran is not surprised at the whales thieving skill. The expert says whales are skilled hunters who can distinguish the sounds of different boats and even recognize the sounds of the operating system that places the fishing equipment into the ocean. The expert jokes, “ Grabbing a fish off a li

49、ne is nothing.” Since they are social animals, it is easy for whales to pass their skills on to others.Killer whales are not the only whale species that have learned to steal from humans. In the Gulf of Alaska, sperm whales also conduct similar thefts. Longline fishermen off Washington, Chile, Austr

50、alia, Hawaii, and many other countries have reported similar incidents. There is, unfortunately, no easy fix to this problem. One of the possible solutions is using pot traps similar to the ones used to catch crabs. However, the cost of switching from longline to pot fishing is too high, especially

51、for small-scale fisheries. There is also no guarantee that the catch will be safe from the intelligent whales which, many fear, will eventually figure out how to open the pots!1、What concerns fishermen in Alaska?AThe killer whales eating their fish. BThe decrease of numbers of whales.CThe killer wha

52、les chasing their boats. DThe high cost of operating fishing boats.2、What may be the means to protect fishermens catch at present?ALoud sounds. BPot traps.CSonar. DDinner bells.3、What can we know from the text?AWhales can learn from each other.BWhales thieving skills surprise experts.CWhales are abl

53、e to communicate with fishermen.DKiller whales are the most intelligent whale species4、What can be the best title for the text?AFishermen Facing Danger BWhales Teasing FishermenCThieves Stealing from Fishermen DWhales Living All over the World第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节）第一节（每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D

54、四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项26（30分）A little turtle once climbed a tree. He somehow made it to the first 1 . Then he jumped into the air 2 his front legs and crashed to the ground. After a while he 3 climbed the tree again. And again he 4 . This time he flapped (拍动) all of his four limbs, but still fell to t

55、he hard ground. The turtle didnt 5 and tried again and again. A couple of birds on another branch nearby watched his 6 . One of them said, “Dear, dont you think its the right 7 to tell him hes adopted?”There are simply some things we cannot do. Turtles cant 8 . Actor Bob Hope once thought of pursuin

56、g (追求) a career in 9 . Later in life he jokingly talked about; it. “I ruined my hands in the ring, because the judge kept stepping on 10 .”Fighting is something he could not do well. But he became a great 11 . Lots of people have ability and talent. Why are some excellent but many are not? Bob Hope

57、explained it like this. “I believe everybody is 12 and everybody is talented, 13 I just dont think everybody is disciplined (遵守纪律的).”The 14 seems to be discipline. Whatever ability we are born with is not enough. Even raw talent 15 discipline to be developed. And enough 16 work and discipline can tu

58、rn the 17 or ability into a great strength.A man jumped into a 18 in New York and asked, “How do I get to Yankee stadium?” The taxi driver replied, “Practice! Practice! Practice!”Hes 19 . Although discipline and practice may 20 get a turtle to actually fly, it will probably get us just about whereve

59、r we want to go.1、Aflower Bfruit Cleave Dbranch2、Awaving Bhanging Cbending Dcovering3、Anaturally Bslowly Cproudly Dgladly4、Ajumped Bcheated Ccounted Dmeasured5、Alook out Bkeep off Cgive up Dhold up6、Adanger Bpain Cfortunes Defforts7、Abeginning Banswer Cmoment Dangle8、Ajudge Bcomplain Csing Dfly9、Abo

60、xing Bteaching Cperforming Dpainting10、Ait Bthem Cme Dhim11、Aactor Bwriter Cdancer Dscientist12、Akind Bbusy Chappy Dcreative13、Aand Bor Cso Dbut,14、Aexcuse Bfeeling Csecret Dname15、Aadvises Borders Cencourages Drequires16、Aboring Bnew Chard Dpublic17、Askill Bemotion Cmessage Dhonor18、Alibrary Btaxi