2022-2023学年湖北省孝感市八校教学联盟高三第二次联考英语试卷含解析

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、考场号和座位号填写在试题卷和答题卡上。用2B铅笔将试卷类型（B）填涂在答题卡相应位置上。将条形码粘贴在答题卡右上角条形码粘贴处。2作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。答案不能答在试题卷上。3非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答无效。4考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，请将本试卷和答

2、题卡一并交回。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1Whitney Houstons sudden death suggests that drug abuse is such a serious problem _ we should deal with it appropriately.AasBthatCwhichDwhere2In this article , you need to back up general statements with _ examples.AspecificBpermanentCabstractDuniversal3As he works i

3、n a remote area, he visits his parents only _Aanxiously BoccasionallyCpractically Durgently4 Hey! Everyone in the office was at the dinner party in honor of Mr. Charles except you. What happened? I _ after Mike, my colleague. He was badly ill.Ahave looked Bwas looking Cwould look Dhad looked5The boy

4、 is having a fever. Youd better damp a towel and lay it _ his forehead.Aacross BwithinCthrough Dbeyond6His dream was _ a photo studio that could transport people back to the past.Aopening BopenedCto open Dopen7_Wuhu with Shanghai, to be frank, and youll find its more convenient to live in the former

5、.ATo compareBComparingCCompareDCompared8His advice made me happy, but _others angry.AmakingBto makeC/Dmake9Your letter will get attention! They know youre expecting the answer.AcarefulBcommonCinstantDgeneral10_ anyone phone during the board meeting, please tell them I am busy.AShouldBWillCMayDCan11I

6、t is obvious that John is unhappy. _, it comes as no surprise that she has decided to change her job.AHoweverBOtherwiseCMoreoverDTherefore12Men must consider eating, drinking, clothing and finding shelter _ they can pursue entertainment and recreation.Auntil BunlessCbefore Dbecause13Everything was p

7、laced exactly _ he wanted it for the graduation ceremony.Athe place whereBwhenCwhereDin which14Lifting off at sunrise, the hot air balloon goes wherever the wind blow.AmayBmustCneedDshould15According to the school rule, no child be allowed out of the school, unless accompanied by his or her own pare

8、nts.AshouldBmustCshallDcan16Thatsfarmore thanthenumberthathaveactually_in recent years.Acometolight Bcome to life Ccome across17_ the students were hearing the exciting news!AHow happilyBWhat a funCWhat pleasureDHow pleased 18He was greatly shocked at Donald Trumps taking office. Never did he expect

9、 that the voters _ be so unreasonable.Ashould BcouldCwould Dmight19Its impossible for all the people to get jobs because _of them is not fit for them.Aevery oneBallCnot allDnone20Ted couldnt remember the exact date of the storm, but he knew it was Sunday because everybody was at church.A/, theBa, /C

10、/, aDthe, /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） E is an Internet-based school located in Beijing, China. As the business grows, we need professionals and open-minded individuals from the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland who would love to contribute their kn

11、owledge, ideas, teaching experience, and creativity to our school.Experience and Qualifications:Online native English speakers from the countries referred to above.Below 50 years old.Experienced in language teaching.CELTA or other TEFL certification or equivalent(同等的) experience is an advantage.Bein

12、g able to speak CHINESE is an advantage.Able to teach the following subjects in all different age levels: English, Business English, Math, Science, Social Science, TOEFL, and IELTS.Duties and Responsibilities for Video Class Recordings:The teacher should make a 20-minute video recording per lesson w

13、ithout a student using our materials and software.The teacher should make the video recording lessons interesting, lively and fun.Teachers should be more creative especially for beginners lessons.Duties and Responsibilities for Online Class:Deliver one-on-one or group classes.Teachers should make th

14、e class lively and interesting.Providing feedback(反馈) on every lesson is a part of teachers work.Payment and Benefits:For VIDEO CLASS RECORDINGS 30-50 USD per hour.For ONLINE CLASSES 15 USD per hour or 7.5 USD per 30 minutes.A lot of prizes await you if our students like your videos. Youll become fa

15、mous and you can earn much more than you can imagine.Lesson Schedule:Mondays-Sundays at 4 pm-11pm(this schedule is flexible)If you are interested to apply, you can send your resume(简历) with a photo and sample audio or video recorded class to my email address: 341317451 or 2564610797. For more inform

16、ation about our company, you can also visit our website http:/www. .1、The teachers will mainly come from _.AEurope and AfricaBdeveloped countriesCEnglish-speaking countriesDcountries where English is studied2、Who will be at an advantage among equivalent applicants?AThose whose age is below 50.BThose

17、 who can speak Chinese.CHe or she that has teaching experience.DThose whose mother tongue is English.3、If you are admitted as an online class teacher you should _.Amake your every lesson creative and interestingBmake a 20-minute video recording every day aloneCmake video recordings per lesson with y

18、our studentsDprovide feedback on every lesson4、If a teacher teaches online classes three hours a day he will get _.A22.5 dollarsB45 dollarsC90 dollarsD150 dollars5、We can learn from this passage that _.Aif a teacher has achievements hell get much more payBthe teacher must have CELTA or other TEFL ce

19、rtificationCthe teachers have classes every afternoon from Monday to FridayDresumes are sent to the website http:/www. 22（8分）International Weather Forecast (January 18th, 2008)Paris WeatherToday: Plentiful sunshine. High 59F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph.Tonight: Generally clear. Low near 35F. Winds ligh

20、t and variable.Tomorrow: A mainly sunny sky. High 59F. Winds ENE at 5 to l0 mph.Tomorrow night: A mostly clear sky. Low 36F. Winds light and variable.New York WeatherToday: Cloudy with rain and snow showers Temps nearly steady in the mid 39s.Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%.Tonight: Rain

21、and snow showers this evening changing to rain showers overnight. Low 34F. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60%.Tomorrow: Cloudy skies early will become partly cloudy later in the day. High around 45F. Winds WNW at l0 to 20 mph.Tomorrow night: Partly cloudy early with increasing clouds overn

22、ight Low 29F.Winds W at 5 to10 mph.London WeatherToday: Cloudy and windy. High 56F. Winds WSW at 20 to 30 mph.Tonight: Partly cloudy and windy. Low 43F. Winds W at 20 to 30 mph.Tomorrow: Windy with occasional light rain. High 58F. Winds SW at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70%.Tomorrow night: Cloudy a

23、nd windy. Periods of light rain early. Low 54F. Winds WSW at 20 to 30 mph, Chance of rain 60%.Sydney WeatherToday: Cloudy with periods of rain. High 73F. Winds NE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70%. Rainfall around a quarter of an inch.Tonight: Rain. Low near 70F. Winds NNE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance

24、of rain 70%. Rainfall near a quarter of an inch.Tomorrow: Showers in the morning with isolated thunderstorms arriving in the afternoon. High 78F. Winds NNE at 5 to10 mph. Chance of rain 40%.Tomorrow night: An isolated thunderstorm possible during the evening, then occasional showers overnight. Low n

25、ear 70F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%.1、Which city has the strongest wind on January 19th?AParis.BNew York.CLondon.DSydney.2、There will be thunderstorms in Sydney on_.Athe evening of January 18thBthe afternoon of January 18thCthe morning of January 19thDthe afternoon of January 19th3

26、、If you go on a tour on January l8th, which of the following places of interest is the most favorable according to the weather report?AThe Eiffel Tower.BStatue of Liberty.CBig Ben.DThe Sydney Opera House23（8分） This week, a mammoth (猛犸象) possibly killed by humans 10,000 to 15,000 years ago was found

27、in soy fields about 50 miles west of Detroit. It was found by farmer James Bristle and his neighbor Trent Satterthwaite, who were reportedly digging in the field. At first, they couldnt figure out what they were seeing.“It was probably a rib bone that came up,” Bristle tells Ann Arbor News. “We thou

28、ght it was a bent fence post.” Upon closer inspection, however, it became clear even to untrained eyes this was no fence post. “We knew it was something special.” Then they sped up the dig.After finding the bones Monday night, Bristle called the University of Michigan Tuesday morning to report his f

29、ind. Scientist Daniel Fisher arrived to inspect it Wednesday, and by Thursday morning he had confirmed its a woolly mammoth. He concludes the animal was about 40 years old when it died. It was hunted by humans, he says, who killed it arid stored the remains in a pond as a way of preserving the meat

30、for future use. Its still too early to tell exactly how it died, Fisher tells Detroits WWJ-TV, “but the skeleton showed signs of humans butchering.”The bones are being temporarily stored nearby, according to the Free Press, and it remains unclear where theyll eventually end up. Their research value

31、will be determined once theyve been cleaned and dried.Woolly mammoths once lived in Eurasia and North America, and most disappeared by 10,000 years agoa demise (终止) that has been linked not only to humans, but also to changing climate. Its now believed that warming weather weakened their populations

32、 before humans dealt the final blows.1、How did James Bristle and his neighbor find what they found at first?AIts delicate.BIts old.CIts unique.DIts worthless.2、What can we know about the mammoth according to the text?AIt might die in its 40s.BIt was native to Eurasia.CIt preferred walking in the fie

33、lds.DIt mainly died from climate change.3、Which is Daniel Fishers opinion?AThe bones are well worth studying.BThe mammoth was killed by a butcher.CThe newfound site has evidence of human activity.DIts unclear whether the bones were a mammoths.4、What does the underlined part in the last paragraph mea

34、n?ADried their bones.BTook their lives.CDestroyed their home.DPreserved their meat.24（8分）Late last spring,a student worked late into the night,and as she painted,her chemistry took on a life of its own, transforming into a comic book.Veronica Berns,28,was working on her Ph.Din chemistry.Berns quickl

35、y concluded that she would be best able to describe the difficult concepts with illustrations.Theyre not very well-polished illustrationsthats on purpose,Berns said.In the beginning,it was on the back of an envelope or on a napkin that she doodled（涂鸦）the chemical bonds to better explain her parents

36、what she was working on in the lab.Jody Berns,Veronicas mother,said their family has a history of doodling and has shared comics for years.Veronica Berns surprised her family with her comic book Atomic Size Matters at her graduation last year.The book typical shows cartoons of Berns wearing various

37、costumes and uses humor as well as simple comparisons to describe simple chemistry.Were just really proud that she can take something so complex and put it into an amusing visual（视觉的）explanation that everyone can enjoy,Jody Berns said.Veronica Berns teacher said Berns was the first of his students t

38、o construct her knowledge in an artistic way and he acknowledged that it is difficult for scientists to explain what they do with proper context.“If its worth doing, we should be able to explain it,”Fredrickson said.Fredrickson said she hopes other scientists will learn to find ways to illustrate wh

39、at theyre doing in the lab.Berns now lives in Chicago as a chemist and also writes a blog in which she uses comics to explain the work of Nobel Prize winning scientists.Berns started a fundraising campaign on the Internet to finance printing the books.She said she wanted to raise $5,965 to cover the

40、 costs of professional printing and the website says she has raised more than $14,000.1、What led Berns to paint something about chemistry?ATo decorate the envelopes.BTo show something clearly.CTo observe family traditions.DTo design a present to his parents.2、Which can best describe Bernss paintings

41、 in her comic books?AFunny and vivid. BClassical and lively.CAmusing and shiny. DCreative and skilled.3、How does Fredrickson take Bernss paintings?AThey are difficult to understand.BThey are rewarding and inspiring.CThey should be done in more detail.DThey will help Berns get the Noble Prize.4、The p

42、assage is most likely to appear a(n) .Atechnology review Bcourse advertisementCtextbook guide Dnews report25（10分） High school and college are periods of ever-expanding responsibility for students. You can get help from some practical apps. Check out these apps to get a head-start on being on top of

43、your life!Sleep Cycle alarm clock (free; iOS, Android)Getting enough sleep is essential to getting a good education, but waking up rested isnt just about how much you sleep; its about where you are in your sleep cycle when you wake up. Sleep Cycle uses your phones microphone and/or accelerometer to

44、analyze your sleeping patterns and wake you up at the best time, when youre in your lightest sleep state(within a window that you set, so that youre not late). myHomework Student Planner(free; iOS, Android, Windows)The myHomework Student Planner is available on wide variety of platforms so that you

45、can stay organized wherever you are. You can keep track of your class schedule and homework, get reminders for upcoming tests, and sync it across all of your platforms. Theres also a premium version for $4.99 that takes away the ads, gives you more themes, lets you add file attachments, and integrat

46、es access to external calendars.Circle of 6(free; iOS, Android)Circle of 6 is an innovative safety app that connects you to six of your most trusted friends (your “circle”) and helps you keep track of each other. If youre feeling scared about a situation youre in you can send a per-programmed text t

47、o your circle with just two taps, and it will include your exact location. This could also be used by younger students to discreetly let their parents know that theyre in an uncomfortable situation and want to be picked up.Goodbudget(free; iOS, Android)Goodbudget can divide your money into virtual “

48、envelopes” for things like Groceries, Transportation, Entertainment, Gas, and whatever else you need to budget for. The free version includes 10 regular envelopes plus syncing across two devices. Or you can move to a premium subscription(溢价认购)($5/month, $45/year)for more envelopes, five devices, and

49、 a five-year transaction history.1、Which of the following is NOT true?AAll of the four apps can be used free of chargeBSleep Cycle alarm clock can make you sleep as much as possibleCmyHomework Student Planner can be used on computers and cellphonesDGoodbudget can help you use your money wisely2、The

50、app Goodbudge with a premium subscription for six months costs _.A$5B$22.5C$30D$453、Which might be the most useful for a primary school student who walks to the school alone every day?ASleep Cycle alarm clock(free; iOS, Android)BmyHomework Student Planner(free; iOS, Android, Windows)CCircle of 6(fre

51、e; iOS, Android)DGoodbudget(free; iOS, Android)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） A couple in ordinary clothes walked into the Harvards outer office. “We want to see the president,” the man said softly. “He will be busy all day,” the secretary spoke

52、1 , concluding that the couple had no 2 with Harvard from what they wore. “Well 3 ,” the lady replied.Four hours, the secretary 4 them, hoping that the couple would finally become 5 and go away. They didnt. And the secretary grew 6 and finally decided to disturb the president. Someone of his 7 obvio

53、usly had no time to spend with nobodies, but he 8 people in such clothes filling in his outer office.The president, frozen-faced, walked 9 toward the couple. The lady told him, “We had a son that 10 Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard and was very happy here. But he was accidentally 11 . And my h

54、usband and I would like to 12 a memorial (纪念物) to him somewhere on campus.” The president wasnt 13 ; he was shocked, “Madam,” he said 14 . “We cant put up a statue for every person who studied in Harvard and died.”“Oh, no.” the lady 15 quickly, “In fact, we thought we would give a building to Harvar

55、d.” The president 16 at the couple and then shouted, “A building！Do you know how much a building costs? The cost of the Harvards buildings is over 7.5 million dollars.”For a moment the lady was 17 . The president was pleased. He could 18 them now. The lady turned to her husband and said quietly. “Is

56、 that all it costs to 19 a university?” Her husband nodded. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California, where they established the university 20 after them a memorial to a son.1、AimpatientlyBexcitedlyCenthusiasticallyDawkwardly2、AconcernBproblemCinterestDbusiness3、A

57、waitBaccuseCexplainDoppose4、ApersuadedBdroveCignoredDserved5、AsatisfiedBshamefullyCnervouslyDdiscouraged6、AembarrassedBgratefulCannoyedDpanic7、AimportanceBactionCcharacterDage8、AinvitedBobservedCthankedDhated9、AcheerfullyBhopefullyCproudlyDeagerly10、AaffectedBattendedCapplied toDabandoned11、AkilledB

58、dismissedCdisabledDforgotten12、AkeepBbuyCbuildDleave13、AdisappointedBsensitiveCtouchedDdeserved14、AcuriouslyBdelightedlyCsadlyDcoldly15、AexplainedBapologizedCchangedDargued16、AsmiledBglancedCpointedDlaughed17、AdesperateBamazedCambitiousDsilent18、AhelpBattractCget rid ofDput up19、AbuyBstartCaccessDde

59、velop20、AnamedBlookingCfollowedDtaking第二节（每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。27（15分）语法填空There are all kinds of 1(festival)throughout the world，festivals to satisfy and please the ancestors，to honour some famous people2 important events，and to express peoples gratitude to the God for bring

60、ing them a year of plenty.For example，Japanese observe Obon,when people go to clean graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors. 3India，October 2 is a national festival to honour Mohandas Gandhi，who helped India become an4(depend) country.And in China the Spring Festival,5is celebrated in