2023届高三晚自习 英语限时巩固练习

2023届高三晚自习英语限时巩固练习

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一、阅读理解

A

1. How long do Indians spend reading in a day?A．Less than 70 minutes. B．About 80 minutes.

C．About 100 minutes. D．More than 90 minutes.

2. How many Chinese people were willing to spend money on digital reading in 2022?

A．477 million. B．415.7 million. C．494 million. D．506 million.

3. Who is most likely to be a digital reader in China?

A．A male clerk aged 35. B．A high school student.

C．A female retired engineer. D．A female professor aged 50.

B

Mosquitofish may look small, but these invasive fish are a threat. Outside of their range, they defeat other freshwater creatures, like fishes and tadpoles, and feast on their eggs. Since they have few natural predators (捕食者), their population goes unchecked as they cause damage to native wildlife.

Fortunately, scientists have now invented a new tool meant to intimidate mosquitofish: a robotic fish. “Instead of killing them one by one, we’re presenting an approach that can inform better strategies to control them,” said Giovanni Polverino, a biologist at the University of Western Australia. “We made their worst nightmare become real: a robot that scares the mosquitofish but not the other animals around it.”

The robot, which resembles a largemouth bass, one of the mosquitofish’s natural predators, was equipped with a camera to recognize mosquitofish and tadpoles. The researchers set up 12 tanks with six mosquitofish and six tadpoles in each one and allowed the creatures to adapt for a week before meeting the robot. For one hour twice a week for five weeks, each group was placed in a tank with the robot.

In the robotic fish’s presence, the mosquitofish spent more time getting together, and their swimming became more unstable. With the mosquitofish anxious and scared, the tadpoles ventured out more. These effects even lasted for weeks after the final meet with the robot. When the creatures returned to their tanks, the mosquitofish swam at a lower speed and didn’t eat as much, which are signs of anxiety. No change, on the other hand, can be detected on tadpoles.

What’s more, the mosquitofish spent so much energy living in terror that they lost weight. Males’ body shapes also changed to become more streamlined, likely so they can escape more quickly when they’re scared.

Though the study showed promising results, these robots can’t be released into the water yet. The team still needs to understand the long-term impacts on other wildlife and downstream effects on the ecosystem as a whole. But Polverino says they achieved their main goal: to prove fear can affect the survival of mosquitofish.；

4. What does the underlined word “intimidate” mean in paragraph 2?

A．Poison. B．Attract. C．Frighten. D．Recognize.；

5. How did the researchers carry out the experiment?

A．By comparing behaviors of two species.

B．By interviewing the inventor of the robot.

C．By collecting data from previous studies.

D．By observing the life cycle of mosquitofish.；

6. What was the change of the mosquitofish?

A．They became stronger. B．They were less active.

C．They started attacking easily. D．They showed little change.；

7. What is Polverino’s attitude towards the robotic fish?

A．Approving. B．Disappointed.

C．Objective. D．Skeptical.

C

Many of us listen to music while we work, thinking that it will help us to concentrate on the task at hand. And in fact, recent research has found that music can have beneficial effects on creativity. When it comes to other areas of performance, however, the impact of background music is more complicated.

The idea that listening to music when working is beneficial to output probably has its roots in the so-called “Mozart effect”. Put simply, this is the finding that spatial rotation performance(空间旋转能力) is increased immediately after listening to the music of Mozart, compared to no sound at all.

How sound affects performance has been the topic of research for over 40 years, and is observed through a phenomenon called the irrelevant sound effect. To study irrelevant sound effect, participants in the research are asked to complete a simple task which requires them to recall a series of numbers or letters in the exact order in which they saw them. The tricky thing is being able to do this while ignoring any background noise.

Two key characteristics of the irrelevant sound effect are required for its observation. First, the task must require the person to use their rehearsal abilities(复述能力), and second, the sound must contain acoustical variation(声学变化). Where the sound does not vary much acoustically, the performance of the task is much closer to that observed in quiet conditions.

The irrelevant sound effect itself comes from attempting to process two sources of ordered information at the same time—one from the task and one from the sound. Unfortunately, only the former is required to successfully perform the   recall task, and the effort in ensuring that irrelevant order information from the sound is not processed actually hinders(阻碍) this ability.

A similar conflict is also seen when reading while in the presence of lyrical music. In this situation, the two sources of words—from the task and the sound—are in conflict. The cost is poorer performance of the task in the presence of music with lyrics.

What this all means is that whether having music playing in the background helps or hinders performance depends on the task and on the type of music, and only understanding this relationship will help people maximize their productivity levels.

8.“Mozart effect” is mentioned to       .

A．explain how music can relax people

B．show music can improve performance

C．advise people to listen to Mozart music

D．stress Mozart music gains wide attention

9.It can be inferred that participants in the research       .

A．have improved their rehearsal ability

B．perform better in the quiet conditions

C．ignore the background noise successfully

D．prefer the music with great sound variation

10.Paragraph 6 is written to       .

A．support an idea B．make a contrast

C．introduce a topic D．describe a fact

11.What is the best title for the passage?

A．Music shapes your life

B．Music develops your creativity

C．Choose quiet music for your work

D．Does music make you concentrate?

二、七选五阅读

12.阅读文章，将文章不全完整，七个选项中有有两个是无关选项。

You dream. You make goals. You work hard. You expect results. But usually those expectations are not met.          Here are several things to do when you aren’t hopeful about anything in your life.

 A lot of factors (因素) affect your life and you can’t control everything. The desire (欲望) to control every situation is only going to exhaust you completely. Worrying about things you can’t control isn’t going to help.

Avoid coming to a conclusion too soon, because most of the time, things aren’t as bad as you thought. We tend to worry unnecessarily.            In hopeless moments, you just need to take a step back and reflect on (思考) your thoughts.

 When you’re upset about a particular situation not going your way, take out a pen and paper and list the things you can and can’t control. It can give you the time to rethink and make a correct decision to go further.

Be hopeful and allow yourself to open up to endless possibilities.        . It lifts your life and sets the path to more positivity. When you believe that good things are coming your way, you prepare yourself for it and work accordingly.

A．Write your thoughts down.

B．Hope is an amazing feeling.

C．You don’t achieve your goals.

D．Make preparations ahead of time.

E．You’d better ask for help when it is necessary.

F．Don’t focus too much on controlling everything.

G．So wait before forming an opinion about a particular situation.

三、完形填空

David Flucker celebrated his 100th birthday on June 22 with his big family and many other volunteers, but it doesn’t mean he’s got any plans to slow down.     13    , he still went to work at a hospice (救济院) shop the next day as usual.

Despite being 100 and a grandfather of seven , David has a deep love for the    14     role. He spends two hours travelling to the    15    , and another two travelling back. His    16     includes two buses and a 20-minute walk each way, which he does consistently regardless of the    17    .

David doesn’t work behind the scene but    18     working with the public. “I work three days a week, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, which are the    19     days,” said the senior. “We get a lot of donations and I have got to    20     them all to be on the safe side. It is a(n)     21     feeling to be doing something. I’m happy to be useful at my age. ”

When David isn’ t working, he likes to    22     his garden--growing vegetables, watering flowers and weeding, or    23    . He also loves to build model railways which he sells to     24     money for the hospice. He said he liked to be totally occupied and his     25     years were no barrier to enjoying himself .

We admire David Flucker who like others his age could have chosen to sit at home and    26    , but this man has the good of others in his heart and is stepping out daily to make a    27     in people’ s lives.

13. A．Finally B．Actually C．Probably D．Gradually

14. A．rewarding B．proceeding C．advertising D．volunteering

15. A．shop B．home C．mall D．garden

16. A．package B．distance C．journey D．schedule

17. A．effect B．weather C．target D．situation

18. A．enjoys B．enlarges C．expresses D．exchanges

19. A．hottest B．busiest C．hardest D．longest

20. A．access B．switch C．check D．tackle

21. A．familiar B．objective C．available D．wonderful

22. A．care for B．look for C．make for D．call for

23. A．whoever B．whenever C．whatever D．wherever

24. A．earn B．save C．lend D．raise

25. A．applied B．advanced C．attracted D．addicted

26. A．rest B．obey C．pose D．flee

27. A．decision B．correction C．difference D．contribution

四、语法填空

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (RAMSAR COP14) took place in Wuhan, Hubei Province in November. It was the first time that China    28    (host) this international event.    29    (know) as the kidneys (肾脏)of the Earth, wetlands are among the world’s three major ecosystems together with forests and oceans. China’s wetlands arc vast. diverse and widely distributed (分布),    30    (range) from the cold temperate zone to the hot zone. In recent years. China has been strengthening the protection and restoration of wetlands.    31    is remarkable is that more than 600 wetland nature reserves and 1.600 wetland parks have been established. China’s first law    32    (specific) protecting wetlands took effect on June 1 this year.

Wuhan, the host city of RAMSAR COP 14. has 162,400 hectares (公顷) of wetlands, accounting    33    18. 9 per cent of its total area. In June,Wuhan    34    (award) Wetland City Accreditation by the Ramsar Convention,    35    international honor for the protection of urban wetland ecology.

Nature provides the basic conditions for human    36    (survive) and development. With a comprehensive approach to the conservation of ecosystems in place. China aims to boost their biodiversity, stability and sustainability. Wetland conservation is a crucial part of the country’s efforts to achieve    37    (it) green development goals.

五、应用文写作

38. 假定你是高二学生李华，下周你将代表班级参加学校以“Science and technology changes life”为题的演讲比赛，请写一篇英文演讲稿，内容包括：

1.举例说明科技对生活的影响；

2.你的感受。

注意：1.词数80左右；

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear teachers and fellow students,

六、读后续写

39. Peter woke up early in the morning. He went downstairs in a hurry and started to have his breakfast as quickly as possible.

“Why are you in such a hurry, early bird?” Mum asked him. “We will have an English spelling test today, Mum,” Peter said. “Mr. White promised to offer prizes to those who get 100 scores. I’ve been studying the word list since last week. Although the words are difficult, I am well prepared for them.”

Peter reviewed the spelling of each word once more carefully when Dad drove him to school. At last, it was time for the students to have a test. “Responsibility,” Mr. White started. Peter wrote it on his test paper quickly and confidently.

“The second word: contribution,” Mr. White said.

“So easy,” Peter thought. He quickly wrote the word down.

Thirty words later, the test papers were collected by Mr. White. “I am to mark your papers now,” he told the class. After marking the test papers, Mr. White said, “three of you won a prize today for excellent test scores. Peter, David and Mary got 100 percent on the spelling test!”

Mr. White praised them. Meanwhile, he gave the three students each a dictionary. Peter’s was an English-Chinese dictionary—the one he liked best. Peter was so excited that he held it high when his classmates cheered. “This is my happiest moment,” Peter thought.

After Mr. White gave the test paper back, Peter had a look at the words, feeling proud of his spelling. All of a sudden, the word “contribution” confused him. It didn’t seem right. Peter began to compare them after taking out the word list. “C-o-n-t-r-i-b-u-s-i-o-n,” he whispered. He had spelled it wrong.

“What am I to do?” Peter said to himself. “I expect my classmates to think I’m a master in spelling. If I tell Mr. White one of my spelling words is wrong I’ll have to give my prize back, or I will become an example for telling a lie”.

Staring at the red sign“100%” which was written at his test paper, Peter was lost in thought. After a while, he remembered a lesson Mum used to teach him, “We ought to be an honest person.”

Paragraph 1:

Slowly, Peter raised his hand.

Paragraph 2:

Peter looked around and found many of his classmates were smiling at him.

参考答案

阅读理解DAA  CABA  BBAD

七选五CFGAB

完形填空BDACB ABCDA CDBAC

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31. What    

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37. its

38. Dear teachers and fellow students,

I’m honored to share my opinion on how science and technology changes our life.

With the fast development of science and technology, our life has become easier and smarter. For example, I always wear my smart sports watch, which can keep track of my health condition and help me get into good shape. Also, whenever I get home, the smart lock in my house can recognize my face and open the door for me automatically, saving time and labor.

I do believe a better future with the superiority of high-tech in every area of our lives!

Thank you!

39. Paragraph 1:

Slowly, Peter raise his hand. “Mr. White, I didn’t get 100 percent on the test. I missed a word.” He stood up and handed his teacher the dictionary he liked best and his test paper. “I spelled contribution with ‘s-i’ instead of ‘t-i’. Peter could feel his classmates looking at him with surprise as he walked back to his desk. Mr. White held up Peter’s test paper. “Class,” he said, “Peter did something even more important than spelling every word correctly on a test. “Mr. White smiled at Peter. “He taught us all a lesson on being honest.”

Paragraph 2:

Peter looked around. He found many of his classmates were smiling at him. “Peter, I want you to have this dictionary because you set a good example for all of us.” Mr. White said. Peter took the dictionary from his teacher and expressed his thanks to Mr. White. Meanwhile, he couldn’t wait to show it to Mum and tell her one of his best days ever.