2022-2023学年安徽省肥东县二中高三下学期第一次联考英语试卷含解析

1、2022-2023学年高考英语模拟试卷考生请注意：1答题前请将考场、试室号、座位号、考生号、姓名写在试卷密封线内，不得在试卷上作任何标记。2第一部分选择题每小题选出答案后，需将答案写在试卷指定的括号内，第二部分非选择题答案写在试卷题目指定的位置上。3考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，请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）1The old bank, _ appearance is not a pretty sight, is extremely beautiful on the inside.AwhoseBwhereCwhenDwhich2The

2、press should expand its influence in international public opinion to make Chinas voice better _ in the world.AhearingBto be heardChearDheard3I am wondering how it _ that you did so much work within such a short time.Aheld upBcame aboutCgave awayDcalled for4Our team has just narrowly won the game. I

3、feel so relieved now._!ACheer upBYou betCWhat a pityDWell done5I hope that we will be able to make it through the tough times and back to the business of working together _ our common goals.Aon behalf ofBin honor ofCon top ofDin search of6Lifting off at sunrise, the hot air balloon goes wherever the

4、 wind blow.AmayBmustCneedDshould7Im going to spend the summer holiday in Hainan,_ lives my uncle.AwhereBwhoCwhichDwhen8It was in that small house _ was built with stones by his father _ he spent his childhood.Athat; whereBwhich; thatCwhich; whichDthat; which9Sorry, I didnt hear the door bell ring.Yo

5、ur bell . Perhaps it needs repairing.Anever workedBis never workingCnever worksDhad never worked10What did she want to know, Tom?She wondered _ we could complete the experiment.Awhen was itBit was when thatCit was whenDwhen it was that11Is it common practice that salesmen receive a _ of 10 percent o

6、n all sales made?Adeposit BreceiptCpension Dcommission12They are determined to go into the dark cave, _ my warning of danger.Aregardless of Bbecause ofCapart from Dinstead of13 The film is, I have to say, not a bit interesting. Why? Its _ than the films I have ever seen.Afar more interestingBmuch le

7、ss interestingCno more interestingDany less interesting14Sometimes proper answers are not far to seek _ food safety problems.AinBtoConDafter15 Looking back on _ in years gone by and the good time that I had makes today seem rather sad. Absolutely. So much has changed.Ahow it wasBwho it wasChow was i

8、tDwho was it16The shocking news made me realize _ terrible problems we would face.AwhatBhowCthatDwhy17The old couple, _ country life, were unwilling to move to the city to live with his son.Aaccustomed toBburied inCaddicted toDexposed to18Although everything seems to have been taken into considerati

9、on, _ accident can happen when the astronauts walk in _ space.A/; theBan; theCthe; theDan; /19He has made little preparation for the interview, so the chance of him succeeding in it is .Aslim BfantasticCobvious Dgentle20His sister left home in 1998, and_ since.Ahad not been heard ofBhas not been hea

10、rd ofChad not heard ofDhas not heard of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。21（6分） Abraham Lincoln, a self-taught lawyer, was elected 16th president of the United States in November 1860, shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War. Lincoln proved to be a smart military strategist and a

11、 competent leader: His Emancipation Proclamation (解放宣言) paved the way for slaverys abolition, while his Gettysburg Address stands as one of the most famous speeches in American history. In April 1865, with the Union on the brink of victory, Abraham Lincoln was killed; his untimely death made him a h

12、ero to the cause of liberty, and he is widely regarded as one of the greatest presidents in U.S. history.On January 20, 1981, Reagan took office. Only 69 days later he was shot by a would-be killer, but quickly recovered and returned to duty. His grace and wit during the dangerous incident caused hi

13、s popularity to soar.At the end of his two terms in office, Ronald Reagan viewed with satisfaction the achievements of his innovative program known as the Reagan Revolution, which aimed to motivate the American people and reduce their reliance upon Government. He felt he had fulfilled his campaign p

14、ledge of 1980 to restore “the great, confident roar of American progress and growth and optimism.”When George W. Bush, at the age of 54, became the 43rd president of the United States, it was only the second time in American history that a presidents son went on to the White House. John Quincy Adams

15、, elected the sixth president in 1824, was the son of John Adams, the second president. While John Adams had brought up his son to be president. George Bush, the 41st president, insisted he was surprised when the eldest of his six children became interested in politics, became governor of Texas, and

16、 then went on to the white House.Barack Obama served as the 44th President of the United States. His story is the American storyvalues from the heartland, a middle-class upbringing in a strong family, hard work and education as the means of getting ahead, and the belief that a life so blessed should

17、 be lived in service to others.With a father from Kenva and a mother from Kansas, President Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961. He was raised with help from his grandfather, who served in Pattons army, and his grandmother, who worked her way up from the secretarial pool to middle management

18、at a bank.1、Of the four presidents, who is regarded as an excellent public speaker?AAbraham Lincoln.BRonald Reagan.CGeorge W. Bush.DBarack Obama.2、When Donald Reagan left the White House, he felt that _.Ahe regretted having been elected PresidentBhe still had much to do for the countryChe had kept h

19、is promise to the peopleDhe was becoming more popular with the people3、Which of the following presidents took office first?AGeorge W Bush.BJohn Adams.CJohn Quincy Adams.DGeorge Bush.4、Of the four presidents, who successfully realized his American Dream?AAbraham Lincoln.BRonald Reagan.CGeorge W. Bush

20、.DBarack Obama.5、Of the four presidents, who was not able to finish his term of service?AAbraham Lincoln.BRonald Reagan.CGeorge W. Bush.DBarack Obama.22（8分）Tired of eating at the same boring restaurants? Looking for a change? Here are some restaurants that offer an original restaurant experience. Se

21、e for yourself which ones you fancy.An Exciting DinnerLooking for something adventurous? The Archipelago in London is just the thing for you. One of the most popular dishes in this restaurant is crocodile. Yes, you read it correctly, crocodile. If that is not daring enough for you, there are plenty

22、of other dishes on the menu.A Restaurant with a ViewWant to enjoy the sights while youre eating? Try the Top of the World restaurant. At about 211 meters above Las Vegas, diners can enjoy a spectacular view of Las Vegas in this revolving restaurant. However, the real adventure starts at the end of t

23、he meal. Thats when the customers are taken from their seats at ground level to the observation rooms in elevators that travel at a remarkable speed.A Theatrical ExperienceLonging for dinner with some drama? Dine with mimes at Mime in Manchester. The service is unique. Your waiter will communicate y

24、our order in mime and keep you entertained with performances in between courses.An Unusual SettingDont care about presentation? Youll be fine at the Modern Toilet restaurant in Taiwan. The theme of this restaurant is the toilet, and you would be surprised how many people queue up for the experience

25、of eating on toilet seats.1、What would you expect at the Top of the World restaurant?AA free ride. BAn interesting menu.CA show during the meal. DA birds-eye view of London.2、Which restaurant requires customers to order in an unusual way?AArchipelago. BTop of the Word.CMime. DModem Toilet.3、Where is

26、 the passage likely to be taken from?AA research paper. BAn entertainment magazine.CA thrilling novel. DA fashion magazine.23（8分） Moving smoothly and silently through Alibaba Group Holding Ltds futuristic “FlyZoo”hotel，black disc-shaped robots about a metre in height deliver food and drop off fresh

27、towelsThe robots are part of a set of high-tech tools that Alibaba says strongly cuts the hotels cost of human labour and eliminates the need for guests to interact with other peopleFormally opened to the public last month，the 290-room FlyZoo is an incubator for technology Alibaba wants to sell to t

28、he hotel industry in the future and an opportunity to showcase its prowess in artificial intelligenceIt is also an experiment that tests consumer comfort levels with unmanned commerce in ChinaInside the hotel，softly-lit white panelled walls bring to mind the interiors of Hollywood spaceshipsGuests c

29、heck in at podiums that scan their faces，as well as passports or other IDVisitors with a Chinese national ID can scan their faces using their smartphones to check in ahead of timeElevators scan guestsfaces again to verify which floor they can access and hotel room doors are opened with another face

30、scan“Its very quick and safeI havent used it much yet，but basically，I can be in my room in one minute，”said guest Tracy LiLi added that safety was one of her priorities and she was pleased her room could only be entered with a scan of her faceIn the rooms，Alibabas voice command technology is used to

31、 change the temperature，close the curtains，adjust the lighting and order room serviceAt the hotels restaurant，taller capsule-shaped robots deliver food that guests have ordered via the FlyZoo app while at a separate bar，a large robotic arm can mix more than 20 different types of cocktailsFacial reco

32、gnition cameras add charges to the room rate automaticallyThe hotel does employ humans，though Alibaba declined to detail how manyThis includes chefs and cleaners as well as reception staff，who will assist with conventional check-in procedures for guests unwilling to have their faces scanned and want

33、 to use electronic key cards1、What does the underlined word“eliminates”in Paragraph 2 probably mean?ARemovesBMeetsCLimitsDIncreases2、Why does Alibaba build the FlyZoo?ATo cut the cost of consumersBTo compete with other hotelsCTo experiment its artificial intelligenceDTo make sure of the safety of gu

34、ests3、What distinctive feature does the FlyZoo have?AIt doesnt need waiter sand cooks in the restaurantBIts robots can mix cocktails and take food to the guestsCGuests can enter the room quickly without scanningDVoice command technology meets all needs of guests4、What can we learn from the last para

35、graph?AConventional things must be abolishedBArtificial intelligence has many advantagesCPersonal information of guests is confidentialDHumans cannot be replaced completely24（8分）Tracking Shots: This Week in FilmThe Incomparable Rose HartmanQuad CinemaSaturday to SundayIt is a gorgeously shot, sharpl

36、y edited portrait of photographer Hartman, who in the 1970s and 1980s haunted Studio 54. Hartman made a career of capturing fashion designers, models, musicians, and movie stars in half-guarded moments, somewhere between unaware and aping for the lens.ChurchillAngelika Film CenterMonday to TuesdayTw

37、entieth centurys most awesome leader, a man whose history includes two world wars! But what happens when the story being told feels emotionally false and factually bogus? Churchill, a new drama starring the great Brian Cox, is so full of movie cliches that its sometimes hard not to giggleand oneshou

38、ld never laugh at the prime minister.Handsome DevilCinema VillageThursday to FridayThe Ireland of the teen film Handsome Devil is a place where young boys are encouraged to do only one thing: play rugby. If rugby isnt your thing, or if you dig things that arent rugby-related, youre immediately dismi

39、ssed as gay. Thats unfortunately the case for the main characterginger-haired Ned. Indeed, its more like a coming of age film than a comedy.Past LifeLandmark SunshineWednesdayAlthough Past Life is based on real events, Avi Neshers latest film plays unapologetically like melodrama(情节剧)a bit too much

40、at times. Its insistence that guilt-ridden Baruch Milch can recite to his daughters, more than thirty years later, every single word he wrote in a notebook while hiding from the Nazis in Poland during World War II strains credulity.1、Which film may interest people who like taking pictures?AChurchill

41、BPast LifeCHandsome DevilDThe Incomparable Rose Hartman2、Where can the audience go to enjoy a comedy this week?AQuad CinemaBAngelika Film CenterCCinema VillageDLandmark Sunshine3、What do we know about the film Past life?AIt is fictional.BIt was shown on weekend.CAvi Nesher was the main character.DIt

42、 was concerned with the life of Jewish.25（10分） Exercise seems to be good for the human brain, with many recent studies suggesting that regular exercise improves memory and thinking skills. But an interesting new study asks whether the apparent cognitive benefits from exercise are real or just a plac

43、ebo effect that is, if we think we will be “smarter” after exercise, do our brains respond accordingly? The answer has significant implications for any of us hoping to use exercise to keep our minds sharp throughout our lives.While many studies suggest that exercise may have cognitive benefits, rece

44、ntly some scientists have begun to question whether the apparently beneficial effects of exercise on thinking might be a placebo effect. So researchers at Florida State University in Tallahassee and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign decided to focus on expectations, on what people antic

45、ipate that exercise will do for thinking. If peoples expectations jibe (吻合) closely with the actual benefits, then at least some of those improvements are probably a result of the placebo effect and not of exercise.For the new study, which was published last month in PLOS One, the researchers recrui

46、ted 171 people through an online survey system, they asked half of these volunteers to estimate by how much a stretching and toning regimens (拉伸运动) performed three times a week might improve various measures of thinking. The other volunteers were asked the same questions, but about a regular walking

47、 program.In actual experiments, stretching and toning program generally have little if any impact on peoples cognitive skills. Walking, on the other hand, seems to substantially improve thinking ability.But the survey respondents believed the opposite, estimating that the stretching and toning progr

48、am would be more beneficial for the mind than walking. The estimates of benefits from walking were lower.These data, while they do not involve any actual exercise, are good news for people who do exercise. “The results from our study suggest that the benefits of aerobic exercise are not a placebo ef

49、fect,” said Cary Stothart, a graduate student in cognitive psychology at Florida State University, who led the study.If expectations had been driving the improvements in cognition seen in studies after exercise, Mr. Stothart said, then people should have expected walking to be more beneficial for th

50、inking than stretching. They didnt, implying that the changes in the brain and thinking after exercise are physiologically genuine.The findings are strong enough to suggest that exercise really does change the brain and may, in the process, improve thinking, Mr. Stothart said. That conclusion should

51、 encourage scientists to look even more closely into how, at a molecular level, exercise remodels the human brain, he said. It also should encourage the rest of us to move, since the benefits are, it seems, not imaginary, even if they are in our head.1、Which of the following about the placebo effect

52、 is TRUE according to the passage?AIt occurs during exercise.BIt has cognitive benefits.CIt is just a mental reaction.DIt is a physiological response.2、Why did the researchers at the two universities conduct the research?ATo discover the placebo effect in the exercise.BTo prove the previous studies

53、have a big drawback.CTo test whether exercise can really improve cognition.DTo encourage more scientists to get involved in the research.3、What can we know about the research Cary Stothart and his team carried out?AThey employed 171 people to take part in the actual exercise.BThe result of the resea

54、rch removed the recent doubt of some scientists.CThe participants thought walking had a greater impact on thinking ability.DTheir conclusion drives scientists to do research on the placebo effect.4、What might be the best title for the passage?AIs it necessary for us to take exercise?BHow should peop

55、le exercise properly?CWhat makes us smarter during exercise?DDoes exercise really make us smarter?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四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项26（30分） I took an airplane to Beijing in February, on an Air Canada Boeing 777. 1 all were seated, I used my computer for a w

56、hile. Ahead of me to my right, a kid was 2 .I went up to a Chinese woman. She had in her arms a kid that 3 crying. I told the mother that the kid needed to be walked and then she would 4 and sleep. I knew this because i am a father of four 5 children. The woman, who was from North York, said she was

57、 too tired as she had been 6 the whole night before. I 7 to walk the kid so she could get some sleep.As I took the kid in my arms, I 8 her for the kids name and age. I then started 9 walking up to the front of the economy section. The kid immediately fell to sleep. When I got back to the mothers 10

58、, I found her fast asleep. I kept walking for over six hours and walked slowly 11 . Since it was a 13-hour flight, I walked halfway to China- 12 a kid.Women on board would 13 me during my long walk, wanting to see the kid. One woman ask me some questions like “How many 14 do you have?” “Four,” I sai

59、d. She looked 15 at my wrinkled (有皱纹的) face and white hair (I was almost 60 ) and said, “Well, I hope this is your 16 one.” She thought I was Marys 17 . I just 18 and walked on.When I was back to the mother, the mother 19 . I gave Mary back to her, who 20 sound asleep.1、ABeforeBAfterCThoughDUnless2、

60、AsingingBtalkingCsleepingDcrying3、AkeptBstartedCpractisedDstopped4、Abreak downBgo aheadCsettle downDset off5、AgrownBenergeticCcuriousDslim6、AdownBbackCawayDup7、AdeservedBofferedCpretendedDagreed8、ArequestedBcommandedCaskedDconsulted9、AslowlyBquicklyCcalmlyDstrongly10、AhomeBseatCcalmlyDstrongly11、Aup