四川省自贡市2023-2024学年英语高三年级上册期末监测模拟试题含解析

四川省自贡市2023-2024学年英语高三上期末监测模拟试题

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第一部分（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

1.Thesilenceofthelibraryissometimesbrokenbyasuddencoughorthesoundof

pages.

A.turningB.turned

C.beingturnedD.havingturned

2.therequirementissethigh,itisablessingforChinesestudentsthat

CambridgeUniversityusesscoresonGaokaoaspartofitsadmissioncriteria.

A.AsB.WhileC.OnceD.Where

3.Onlyaftertalkingtotwostudentsthathavingstrongmotivationisoneof

thebiggestfactorsinreachinggoals.

A.IdiddiscoverB.didIdiscover

C.IdiscoveredD.discovered

4.Hehaswrittentwoarticlesforthejournal,onetobepublishedinthisissue,theother

to___________inthenext.

A.turnoutB.comeout

C,bringout.D.leaveout

5.Fmnotquitesurehowtogetthere,............I'dbetteramap.

A.watchB.lookupC.consultD.read

6.Whencaughtintheexam,hebeggedfortheteacher'spardonandtried

punishment.

A.cheating;escapingB.tobecheating;toescape

C.cheating;toescapeD.tobecheating;escaping

7.IwishIatmysister'sweddinglastTuesday,butIwasonabusinesstripin

NewYorkthen.

A.willbeB.wouldbe

C.havebeenD.hadbeen

8.Uptillnow,therehasbeennoscientificevidenceaboutcausedthedeathof

dinosaurs.

A.whatisitthatB.whatitwasthatC.itwaswhatD.whatisit

9.Iwantedsomemorecoldmeatbuttherewasleft.

A.noneB.nooneC.anyD.some

10.ThankstoMrsSmith,thefatherandthesoneventuallyaftertenyears9cold

relationshipbetweenthem.

A.tookupB.pickedupC.madeupD.turnedup

11.Irefusetoaccepttheblameforsomethingwassomeoneelse*sfault.

A.whoB.that

C.asD.what

12.—Hi,Mary.Fmcoming,butifssnowingandtrafficismovingslowly.

—,Jack.We'llwaitforyou.Thenwecanhavedinnertogether.

A.TakeyourtimeB.Don'tbeserious

C.WhatadayD.Youarekidding

13.Thenewmovietobeoneofthebiggestmoney-makersofalltime.

A.pretendsB.agreesC.promisesD.declines

14.Youcangetoffthebusoneortwostopsandwalktherestofthewayto

workeverydaysoastotakesomeexercise.

A.moreearlyB.earliestC.earlyD.earlier

15.Tom'sscoreonthetestisthehighestintheclass.He.

A.shouldstudylastnight

B.shouldhavestudiedlastnight

C.musthavestudiedlastnight

D.muststudylastnight

16.—IwasafraidIwouldmisstheimportantlecture.

-Oh,wasthatwhyyouaskingmetospeedup?

A.hadkeptB.arekeeping

C.wouldkeepD.kept

17.一Whafswrongwithyouripad2?Thesoundisnotclear.

—Yes.Ithasbeenbrokenforsometime.

A.comeoutB.comingoutC.tocomeoutD.cameout

18.ItiswellknownConfuciuswasborninthecityofQufuinShandongprovince,

China.

A.whetherB.where

C.thatD.what

19.—Whafswrongwithhim?Heseemedupset.

—Hehadtogiveuphisdrawing,notbecausehewantedthatwaybutbecause

hehadtobe.

A.thisB.one

C.itD.such

20.Iwishyouwouldn*tbeso；youmakefacesateverythingIsay.

A.weirdB.politeC.reluctantD.serious

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）Phonebatteriesrarelylastafulldayanymore,socarryingcompact

chargers（小巧的充电器）isbecomingnormal.Butmanyoftheseso-calledportable

devicesareheavy,thickandinconvenient-untilSolarPaperisdeveloped.

Chicagoengineershavedesignedasuper-thin,lightweightpanel（面板）calledSolar

PapercapableofcharginganiPhoneintwohoursandmanypanelscanbecombinedto

boostitspower.ItwascreatedbyChicago-basedYolk.Afterraisingmorethan$lmillion

onlinefortheproduction,itisnowavailabletopurchasethroughoutthecountry.It

comesinfourversions—2.5W,5W,7.5WandlOw-dependingontheoutputneededfor

variousdevices.Andthesedifferentmodelsarecreatedbycombiningindividual2.5W

panelstogether.

A2.5WpanelwillchargeaniPhone6orGalaxyS3infivehours.The5Wversion

chargesthesamedevicesbutcutschangingtimetotwohoursorthreehoursififs

cloudy.The7.5WmodelSolarPaperchangesthedevicesinthesametimeasthe5W

versionbutproducesmoreenergywhenitiscloudy.The10Wversionisideal（理想的）

fortheiPadAir2,andwillchargeadevicein2.5hours.Eachindividualpanelmeasures

3.5inchesx6.7inchesx0.6inches,weighs60gand1.5mmthick.

Otherfeaturesincludeauniqueautomaticreset（重置）functionwhichstopsand

startsthePaperchargingwhencastwithashadoworplacedinsunlight.Othersolar

chargersrequireyoutore-plugthewireattheseconditions.Italsohasalow-energy

LCDscreenthatdisplaystheamountofpowertheSolarPaperproducesinrealtime.

1、Whatdoestheunderlinedword“boost”inthesecondparagraphmean?

A.Balance.

B.Increase

C.Possess.

D.Reduce.

2、HowisSolarPaperdifferentfromothersolarchargers?

A.Itcanbecarriedwhereveryougo.

B.Itcanproducemoreelectricity.

C.Itcanproducepowerevenififsrainy.

D.Itcangetreconnectedautomaticallyafterashadow.

3、Whatistheauthor'spurposeinwritingthetext?s

A.Tointroducethestrengthsofsolarchargers.

B.TopraiseChicagoengineersfortheirefforts.

C.Tointroduceanewtypeofsolarcharger.

D.Toadviseproducerstomakephonebatterieslastlong.

4、WhatcanweknowabouttheSolarPaper?

A.YolkstartedanonlineactivitytofundproductionofSolarPaper.

B.CustomersareabletobuySolarPaperallovertheworld.

C.The7.5WversionisthebestchoiceifuserschargeaniPad.

D.TheLCDscreenshowshowmuchcurrentaniPhoneuses.

22.（8分）Whatisbigdataexactly?Goodquestion.Afterall,we*vealwayshad

largeamountsofdata.AsLaurieMiles,head,ofanalyticsforbigdataspecialistSAS,

says,“Thetermbigdatahasbeenaroundfordecadesandwe'vebeen,doinganalytics

allthetime.It'snotbig;it'sjustbigger.HMosttraditionaldatawasstructured,orneatly

organizedindatabases.ThentheworldwentdigitalandtheInternetcamealong.Most

ofwhatweldocouldbetranslatedintodatacapableofbeingrecorded,stored,searched,

andanalyzed.Therewasalsoso-calledunstructureddatageneratedbyallourdigital

interactions（互动），fromemailstoonline9shopping,textmessagestotweets,and

FacebookupdatestoYouTubevideo*s.

Somesaythatabout90%ofallthedataintheworldtodayhasbeencreatedinthe

pastfewyears.66About75%ofdataisunstructured,comingfromsourcessuchastext

voiceandvideo/5saysMrMiles.

"Bigdataisnotjusthistoricbusinessintelligence,MsaysMr,Miles."It'sthe

additionofreal-timedataandtheabilitytocombinetogetherseveraldatasetsthat

makesitsovaluable.95Practically,anyonewhomakes,growsandsellsanythingCanuse

bigdataanalyticstomaketheirmanufacturingandproductionprocessesmoreefficient

aridtheirmarketingmoretargetedandcost-effective.

Andmanybusinessesareonlyjustbeginningtorealizethatdataissomethingthat

theyneedtoprotectanduse."Banksonlyuseathirdoftheiravailabledatabecauseit

oftensitsindatabasesthatarehardtoaccess,95saysMrMiles,"WeneedtoHndwaysto

makethisdatamoreeasilyaccessible.”

Whoownsitall?Socialmediaplatformswilloften,saythattheirusersowntheir

owncontent,butthenlayclaimtohowthatcontentisused,reservingtherighttoshare

itwiththirdparties!Sowhenyoutweetyoueffectivelygiveupanycontroloverhow

thattweetisusedinfuture,eventhoughTwittertermsandconditionssay,"What's

yoursisyours."Privacy（隐私）andintellectualproperty1lawshavenotkeptupwith

thepaceoftechnologicalchange.

1>Accordingtothefirstparagraph,bigdata,

A.isalsocalledmoderndataB.meanswedon*thaveenoughdata

C.getsitsnamefromaresearchinstituteD.hasbeenresearchedformanyyears

2、Whatcontributesgreatlytothedevelopmentofunstructureddata?

A.Theincreasingnumberofdatabases.B.Ourincreasingexposuretodigital

activities.

C.Agreatdecreaseinstructureddata.D.Thelackofpeoplewhocantranslate

data.

3、Whatisthethirdparagraphmainlyabout?

A.Thefutureofbigdata.B.Thevalueofbigdata.

C.Theprotectionofbigdata.D.Theproblemsofbigdata.

4、Whydobanksonlyuseasmallpartoftheirdata?

A.Becauseithasdifferentresources.B.Becausethespeedistooslow.

C.Becausethecostisveryhigh.D.Becauseitisdifficulttoobtain.

23.（8分）EntrepreneurandCEOofTeslaandSpaceX,EldonMuskmayhavea

littlemoretimeonhishands,ashe'sleavinghispositionontheboardoftheOpenAl,

accordingtoablogpost.

ThedepartureislikelytheresultofTesla'smovingintothefieldofArtificial

Intelligence（AI）,whichhesaidin2017wouldbethe“bestintheworld,5andwouldeven

beableto"predictyourdestination,“Muskwillcontinueto“donateandadvisethe

organization/9OpenAIsaidinablogpostonFeb.20,addingthat“AsTeslacontinues

tobecomemorefocusedonAI,thiswillavoidapotentialfutureconflictforEldon.

MuskandYCombinerCEOSamAltmancofoundedthenonprofitenterprisein

December2015,itsmissionistodevelopsafeartificialgeneralintelligenceandensure

thosedevelopmentsaremadepublic.OpenAIresearcherspublishedapaperonthesite

ArXiv,org,detailingthepossiblesecurethreatsthatcomewith^malicious^ALInfact,

Muskhasheardthe“evilAl^alarmseveraltimes,OnAug.ll,2017,hewarnedthat

artiHcialintelligenceposesabiggerthreattohumanity,andhetoldagatheringofstate

governorsthatthegovernmentneedstoregulateAlbeforerobotsstart“killingpeople.”

Musk'sdeparturefromtheOpenAIboardcouldmeanbigthingsforTesla.AsEton

Goodbye,afinancialreporter,notedonFuturism^themove"couldsignalthatTeslais

moredeeplycommittedtotheirownAIprojectsthanwethought."Headded,“Those

whohavehadtheirearstoanyrumors（谣言）thatTeslaisreadytodelivervehicles

capableofLevel5autonomycouldtakethisnewOpenAldevelopmentasasignthatthe

companyisinchingclosertothatunapproachablegoal,“Nocompanyhasreachedthat

levelofautonomy,whichmeansthatadriverlesscarcouldnavigateanyroadunderany

conditionsandthatallthehuman"driver”wouldneedtodoistoinputadestination.

INWhydoesEldonMuskleavehisposition?

A,TocreatesaferAL

B.TobuildpowerfulInternet.

C.Todevelopsocialcommunication.

D.ToavoidapossibleconflictwithTesla.

2、WhatistheEldonMusk'sattitudetowardstheAI?

A.Ambiguous.

B.Supportive.

C.Negative.

D.Sympathetic.

3、Whatdoestheunderlinedword“malicious”inParagraph3mean?

A.Poisonous.

B.Unpopular.

C.Advanced.

D.Traditional.

4、WhatcanweinferfromEtonGoodbye'scomments?

A.Level5autonomyisimpossible.

B.TherumorsaboutTeslaismeaningless.

C.HehasnoconfidenceinOpenAL

D.Level5autonomycouldsethumandriversfree.

24.(8分)Environmentalexpertswarnthatourplanetisdrowninginplastic.

Theworld'scitiesproduce2billiontonsoftrasheveryyear.Bytheyear2050that

numberisexpectedtoriseto3billiontons.TheWorldBankestimatesthatthelargest

amountoftrashtoday,about44percent,isplastic.Butweoftenhavetobuypackaged

goods.Andoftenthatpackagingismadeofplastic.

Now,thatmaybechanging.Anewenvironmentally-friendlyshoppingmodelwas

recentlylaunchedattheWorldEconomicForuminDavos,Switzerland.Thisshopping

model,calledLoop,aimstoreplacethrowawaycontainerswithreusableones.

LoopistheideaofTerraCycle,anAmerican-basedrecyclingcompany.Itschief,

TomSzaky.toldtheAssociatedPress(AP)that“removingplasticsfromtheoceanisnot

enough."Hesaidthepointistogetawayfromsingle-usepackages.Szakysaidthat

Loopisthefutureofshopping.Butitcomesfromanideaofthepast.

Hecomparedittothe“milkmanmodel”ofthe1950sintheUnitedStates.Back

then,someonebroughtmilktoyourdoorstepinglassbottlesandthenleftwithempty

bottles.Thesecouldbecleanedandusedagain.Theresultiszero-waste.

JenniferMorganfromtheenvironmentalnon-profitorganizationGreenpeacealso

joinedinthediscussionaboutLoopatDavos.Shesaidthat66Greenpeacewelcomesthe

aimoftheLoopAlliancetomoveawayfromthrowawaycultureanddisposability.95But

Morganquestionedwhethercompaniesworldwidearereadytochangetheirbusiness

models.

LoopissettolaunchlaterthisyearinthreeeasternU.S.states,andalsoinParis,

Franceandsomeofthesurroundingarea.ThenLoopplanstoexpandtotheU.S.West

Coast,Toronto,CanadaandBritainbytheendofthisyearor2020.

1、WhatdoestheauthorintendtodoinParagraph2?

A.Providebackgroundinformation.B.Advocatezero-wastelifestyle.

C.Explainthereasonfortrash.D.Introduceanewtopic.

2、Wheredoestheidea"Loop"comefrom?

A.TheWorldEconomicForum.B.Demandofsomecompanies.

C.Zero-wastemodel.D.Themilkmanmodel.

3、WhichcountriesisLoopexpectedtoexpandtoby2020?

A.UnitedStatesandSwitzerland.B,SwitzerlandandBritain.

C.CanadaandBritain.D.FranceandCanada.

4、Whatisthetextmainlyabout?

A.Anewshoppingmodel.B.Thedevelopmentoffuturecity.

C.Theworld'senvironmentalissue.D.Theconcernsoffutureshopping.

25.（10分）Haveyoueverspentanafternooninthebackyard,maybegrilling

orenjoyingabasketballgame,whensuddenlyyounoticethateverythinggoesquiet?

Thereisanoldphrase"calmbeforethestorm11,oftenusedinasituation-aquietperiod

justbeforeagreatactivityor.excitement.Accordingtoourownexperience,weknow

thereisactuallycalmbeforethestorm.Butwhatcausesthiscalm?Andisitalwayscalm

beforethestorm?Let*shearwhatscientistshavetosay..

Aperiodofcalmhappensinaparticularkindofstorm,thesimplestkindof

storm—asingle-cellthunderstorm.Inthistypeofthunderstorm,thereisusuallyonly

onemainupdraft,whichiswarm,dampairanddrawnfromplacesneartheground.

Stormsneedwarmanddampairasfuel,sotheytypicallydrawthatairinfrom

surroundingenvironment.Stormscandrawintheairthatfittheirneedfromall

directions—evenfromthedirectioninwhichthestormistraveling.

Asthewarm,dampairispulledintoastormsystem,itleavesalow-pressure

vacuum（真空）comingafter.Therisingairmeetsthecolddryairthathasalready

existedinthestormclouds,thusthetemperatureofthewarm,dampairdrops,andthe

watervapour（水蒸汽）initchangesintotinydropsthatareapreconditionofrain.

Thesedropsaccumulateandbuildonlargerparticleslikedust,untiltheygrowlarge

enoughtoformraindrops.

Thiswarm,dampairkeepsmovingupwards,butitbecomescooleranddrier

duringitstripthroughcloud.Whenitreachesthetopofthecloud,theairgetsspitout

（被挤出）atthetop.Thisairissentrollingoutoverthebigthunderclouds.Fromthere,

theairgoesdown.Warmanddryairisrelativelystable,andonceitcoversaregion,

thatair,inturn,causesthecalmbeforeastorm.

Mostthunderstorms,though,don*tstartwithcalm.Thafsbecausemostare

actuallygroupsofstormswithcomplexwindpatterns.There*ssomuchairmovingup

anddownstormgroupsthatthecalmbeforethestormneverhappens.Instead,before

thestorm,itmightbereallywindy!

1、Whichbestfitsthedescriptionofaparticularkindofstorm?

A.Athunderstormwithasingleshape.

B,Athunderstormwithoutstrongwinds.

C.Astormwithairdrawnfromeverydirection.

D.Astormfueledbymovingairfromtheground.

2、Whatdoestheunderlinedword“it”inParagraph3referto?

A.Coldanddryair.B.Warmanddryair.

C.Coldanddampair.D.Warmanddampair.

3、Whichdoesthewritermostlikelyagreeto?

A.Presenceofthecalmreliesonstableair.

B.Notallthunderstormsstartwiththecalm.

C.Thedriertheairis,thebiggerthestormwillbe.

D.Stormhappenswithoutairmovingupanddown.

4、Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?

A.Causesandeffectsofaheavystorm.

B.Abriefdescriptionofapeacefulstorm.

C.Apersonalexperienceofaheavystorm.

D.Anexplanationofthecalmbeforeastorm.

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）Myfamilyspentonesummervacationenjoyingthebeachesofbeautiful

GulfShores,Alabama.Weboughtaboatthinkingthiswouldmakeforareally]

dayatthebeachformytwolittlegirls.

Iprobablybecametoo2withmyyoungerdaughteronthesand.WhenI

lookedupIbecame3Thelittleboatwithmyolderdaughterinithad4

faroutfromtheshore.Icalledtohertocomein5toshoreand,althoughshe

seemedfrightened,shewasdoingallshecouldto6justthat.Buttherewereno

oars（桨）andherlittle7weretooshorttoreachacrosstheboatandintothe__

8.

Othersonthebeachseemedtobedoingnothingtohelpexcept9・Iwas

standingasfarout10thewaterasIcould-11instructionstoher,but

withno12,AtlastIthoughttomyself,“IknowFma13swimmerbut

mydaughterneedsmyhelp.Ihaveno14Ijumpedintothewater.

Atfirstmyarmsstartedmovingvery15,Icouldn'tbelieveIwasdoingthis.

IswamuntilIwasbreathless.Ijustkepthopingand16her.Finally,Ireached

theedgeofthe17,grabbedtheropeandbeganmakingmywaybacktoshore.

MychildwascryingsoItried18her,eventhougheverythinginsidemewas__

19.

Mylifewasforeverchangedbythat20,IlearnedifIbelieveinmyselfand

diverightinIwillhaveallthestrengthIneed.

1、A.luckyB.funC.movingD.peaceful

2、A.busyB.patientC.angryD.pleased

3、A.excitedB.angryC,concernedD.amused

4、A.sunkB.stayedC.lostD.moved

5、A.doserB.fasterC.earlierD.safer

6、A.avoidB.accomplishC.claimD.behave

7、A.legsB.fingersC.armsD.clothes

8、A.waterB.shoreC.boardD.sand

9、A.applaudingB.noticingC.swimmingD.watching

10、A.,offB.amongC.inD・on

11、A.readingB.takingC.followingD.shouting

12>A.hopeB.reasonC.endD.success

13、A.skillfulB.poorC.braveD.new

14、A.choiceB.wayC.reasonD.support

15、A.gentlyB.slowlyC.confidentlyD.casually

16、A.keepinganeyeonB.gettingintouchwithC.lookingbackat

D.wavingoverto

17、A.strengthB.oarC.boatD.beach

18、A.scoldingB.calmingC.praisingD.helping

19、A.overjoyedB.changedC.missingD.trembling

20、A.pointB.storyC.experienceD.scene

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）ArtistSongPeilunisknownL"TheFatherofYelangValley”after

spendingthelasttwodecadesturningavillageintoanartisticvillage.

Yelangwasanancientpoliticalcentrefirst2.（describe）inthe3rdcenturyBC,and

itwascenteredin3.isnowwesternGuizhouProvince,China.Expertsbelievethatmany

ancient4^（culture）wererootedhere,5.thereareunfortunatelynobuildingsleftstanding

inthegreatvalley.InspiredbyCrazyHorse,amountainmonumentintheUSslate,

ChineseartistSongPeilundevotedhislifetobuildingamemorialtotheartisticculture

ofYelangValley.

Itwasin6.Songquithisjobasaprofessorandpurchaseda200,000squaremeter

plotoflandinamountainousforestarea.Thenhebegantofollowhisdream.

Whenhefirstarrivedinthearea,mostofthelocals7,（mine）inthemountainand

sellingthestonestomakeendsmeet,butheconvincedmanyofthemtohelphim

instead.

Sofar,SongPeilunandthevillagers8^_（turn）theforestlandthatheboughtintoan

artisticvillagefullofstonesculptures,9.wereinspiredbyChineseNuoculture.Itisnow

alO.（relative）populartouristattraction.

第四部分写作（共两节）第一节短文改错（满分10分）

28.（10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下

作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、

删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（八），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：L每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Itookpartinateenagesummercamplastmonth.Wehelpedatanationalpark

inaweek.Wediddifferentthingseveryday,soIdidgetabitannoyedbecausewehad

cheesesandwicheseverylunchtime.Itreallywasgoodfun,althoughweworkincredibly

hard.

Oneday,theschedulewaschangedatthelastminute,andinsteadofourplannedactive,

weallhelpedthestafftofinishcuttheweedsbythelake.Thatwasthemuchtoughest

day——andalsothebest.Everyday,t