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2023年浙江省杭州市高三英语第一学期期末经典试题

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第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

1．

The online word “selfie” is gaining ______ and more and more people tend to use it

nowadays.

A

．

access B

．

admission

C．control D．currency

2．

The recently released film

Kong

：

Skull

Island

successfully ________ the audience to

the adventure with Dolby 3-D technology.

A

．

transports B

．

adjusts

C．transforms D．relates

3．

When he was running after his brother, the boy lost his ___ and had a bad fall.

A

．

balance

C．memory D．place

4．

_____a reception to celebrate the 68th anniversary of the founding of the People's

Republic of China

，

vice premier Liu attached importance to mutually beneficial

cooperation between USA and China

．

A

．

Addressing

C．Being addressed D．To address

B

．

Addressed

B

．

chance

5．

— Do you often come here to have a walk?

— No, only _________, because we are much too busy.

A

．

occasionally B

．

eventually

C．merely D．frequently

6．

—The battery in my cell phone is running low.

—I that last night before we went to bed.

A．was noticing B．have noticed C．would notice D．had noticed

7．

When the old man woke up, he found someone his TV in the living room.

A．stole B．steal C．stealing D．stolen

8．

—Do you know Linda was fired for her casual attitude towards the job?

—No wonder she _________ when I tried to amuse her this morning.

A

．

was tickled pink B

．

pulled my leg

C．gave me the cold shoulder D．saw the handwriting on the wall

9．

_______, the dancers practise hard to make their dreams come true.

A．Instead of being disabled B．Being disabled

C．Disabled as they are D．In case of being disabled

10．

---________ I say something to you? You were really, really something back there.

Incredible!

---Are you talking to ---me? Whoa!

A．Must B．Can C．Need D．Should

11．

The inner strength of the girl allows her _____ going when she gets into trouble.

A．keep B．keeping C．to keep D．kept

12．Among the crises that face humans ________ the lack of natural resources.

A．is B．are C．is there D．are there

13．

The two girls are getting on very well and share _______ with each other.

A．little B．much C．some D．none

14．

—Tony _______ what I did annoying though he didn’t say anything.

—So you think you will have to make an apology?

A

．

could find

C．might find D．must have found

B

．

should have found

15．

I think you’ve got to the point a change is needed , otherwise you’ll fail .

A．when B．which C．where D．there

16．

One of our rules is that every student _______ wear school uniform while at school.

A

．

might

C．shall D．will

17．

Peterson, a great archaeologist, said: “Archaeologists have been extremely patient

because we were led to believe that the ministry was ________ this problem, but we feel

that we can't wait any longer.”

A．looking out B．bringing out C．carrying out D．sorting out

B

．

could

Many young people just can’t live without the Internet, they depend on for

18．

whatever information they need.

A．which B．when C．where D．what

19．

The lady standing over there may be from the USA, _____ I guess has lost her way.

A

．

whom

C．which D．where

B

．

who

20．

—I am wondering ________ makes you study so hard?

—To go to my dream university.

A

．

what is it that B

．

that is what

C．what is that D．what it is that

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）

LONDON (Reuters)——Organic fruit, delivered right to the doorstep.

That is what Gabriel Gold prefers, and he is willing to pay for it. If this is not possible,

the 26-year-old computer technician will spend the extra money at the supermarket to

buy organic food.

“Organic produce is always better,” Gold said, “The food is free of pesticides (

农药

),

and you are generally supporting family farms instead of large farms. And more often

than not, it is locally grown and seasonal, so it is more tasty. ” Gold is one of a growing

number of shoppers buying into the organic trend, and supermarkets across Britain are

counting on more like him as they grow their organic food business. But how many

shoppers really know what they are getting, and why are they willing to pay a higher

price for organic produce? Market research shows that Gold and others who buy

organic food can generally give clear reasons for their preferences—but their knowledge

of organic food is far from complete. For example, small amounts of pesticides can be

used on organic products. And about three quarters of organic food in Britain is not

local but imported to meet growing demand. “The demand for organic food is

increasing by about one third every year, so it is a very fast-growing market." said Sue

Flock, a specialist in this line of business.

1

、

More and more people in Britain are buying organic food because ________.

A

．

they consider the food free of pollution

B

．

they can get the food anywhere

C

．

they are getting richer

D

．

they like home-grown fruit

2

、

Which of the following statements is TRUE to the facts about most organic produce

sold in Britain?

A

．

It grows indoors all year round. B

．

It is grown on family farms.

C

．

It is produced outside Britain. D

．

It is produced on large farms.

3

、

What is the meaning of the underlined words “the organic trend” in Paragraph2?

A

．

Higher prices of organic food. B

．

Better quality of organic food.

C

．

Rising market of organic food. D

．

Growing interest in organic food.

With the development of our society, cell phones have become a common

22．（8分）

part in our lives. Have you ever run into a careless cell phone user on the street? Maybe

they were busy talking, texting or checking updates on WeChat without looking at what

was going on around them. As the number of this new “species” of human has kept

rising, they have been given a new name—phubbers (

低头族

).

Recently a cartoon created by students from China Central Academy of Fine Arts

put this group of people under the spotlight. In the short film, phubbers with various

social identities bury themselves in their phones. A doctor plays with his cell phone while

letting his patient die, a pretty woman takes a selfie (

自拍

) in front of a car accident site,

and a father loses his child without knowing about it while using his mobile phone. A

chain of similar events finally leads to the destruction(

毁灭

) of the world.

Although the ending of the film sounds unrealistic, the damage phubbing can bring

is real. Your health is the first to bear the effect and result of it. “Always bending your

head to check your cell phone could damage your neck,”

Guangming Daily

quoted

doctors’ words. “The neck is like a rope that breaks after long-term stretching.” Also,

staring at cell phones for a long time will damage your eyesight gradually, according to

the report.

But that’s not all. Being a phubber could also damage your social skills and drive

you away from your friends and family. When getting together with family or friends,

many people prefer to play their cell phones while others are chatting happily with each

other and this creates a strange atmosphere,

Qilu Evening News

reported.

It can also cost your life. There have been lots of reports on phubbers who fell to

their death, suffered accidents, and were robbed of their cell phones in broad daylight.

1

、

Why does the author give the example of a cartoon in Paragraph 2?

A

．

To suggest phubbers will destroy the world.

B

．

To call for people to go walking without phones.

C

．

To tell people of the bad effects of phubbing.

D

．

To advise students to create more cartoons like this.

2

、

According to the passage, what risks may a phubber have?

①Destructing the world

②Affecting his social skills

③Damaging his neck and eyesight

④Getting separated from his friends and family

A

．①②④

B

．②③④

C

．①③④

D

．①②③④

3

、

What’s the author’s attitude towards phubbing?

A

．

Supportive B

．

Confident C

．

Disapproving D

．

Unconcerned

4

、

What will be talked about in the following paragraph?

A

．

Ways to avoid the risks of phubbing. B

．

Bad effects of phubbing.

C

．

Daily life of phubbers. D

．

Methods of phubbing.

23．（8分）

Even if you don’t have to work, eat or sleep, you won’t be able to get

through all infermation on blogs and social networks. The problem we face is that much

of this information seems very interesting at first glance. Actually, much of the

information is unimportant, disposable and it distractsus from more meaningful

（分心）

pursuits. Worse still, when we spend lots of time consuming information from our social

media streams, we may find it hard to concentrate on what we’re doing and we have a

tendency to forget what we have consumed anyway.

A new study from Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology has found that too

much social media exposure actually reduces your ability to process information and

depletes your short-term working memory.

Our working memory plays a critical role in our capacity to filter information and

remember what is valuable but it is not a limitless resource. Erik Fransén, a professor in

Computer Science at KTH and the leader of this new study on social media overload

says this can explain why our capacity for processing information begins to fail when we

attempt to stuff more information in the working memory.

In fact, when you try to process the information like speech or video, you are going

to need partly the same system of working memory, so you are reducing your own

working memory capacity. And when you try to store many things in your working in

your working memory, you get less good at processing information.

It is the periods of downtime of your brain—preferably disconnected from the

distractions of your computer or smartphone—that are needed for memory

consolidation and transferring important information to your exposure to new

information. Besides, you can empty your mind of thoughts quickly to relax completely,

go for a short walk or spend s few minutes listening to music. This will help you improve

your capacity to process information and increase your productivity.

1

、

What can we learn abut social media overload from Paragraph 1?

A

．

It distracts our atention.

B

．

It is beneficial to us.

C

．

It brings us whatever we want.

D

．

It keeps us informed of everything.

2

、

Why does your capacity for processing information begin fall sometimes?

A

．

Much of the information is unimportant.

B

．

You don’t make the most of your brain.

C

．

You’re less good at processing information.

D

．

Your working memory is a limited source.

3

、

What does the underline word “downtime” in the last paragraph probably mean?

A

．

Support.

B

．

Relaxation.

C

．

Increase.

D

．

Loss.

4

、

Which is recommended to relax your brain?

A

．

Listening to music for a while.

B

．

Thinking over things carefully.

C

．

Taking enough physical exercise.

D

．

Focusing more on the present.

24．（8分）

American families are accustomed to settling in faraway places,

which has been a national phenomenon. Decades of data, including a more recent

Gallup study, characterizes the US as one of the most geographically mobile countries in

the world. “About one in four US adults(24 percent) has reported moving within the

country in the past five years.” the reported noted. With the exception of Finns(23

percent) and Norwegians(22 percent), Americans move considerably more than their

European peers.

Though some may move for love or family, the major reason why Americans choose

to move around is, unsurprisingly, related to work. Citing data from the Current

Population Survey, a post on the blog of the New York Fed noted that between 1998 and

2013, “slightly more than half of interstate(

州际的

) migrants said they moved for

employment-related reasons—a category that includes moves undertaken for new jobs,

job transfers, and easier commutes(

通勤

).”

The seeking of opportunity, particularly for an immigrant nation, is a national

mythology(

神话

) as well as an emotional attachment to work. A new working paper

analyzed by Ben Steverman at Bloomberg suggests that workers in the US now “put in

almost 25 percent more hours than Europeans” in a given year. This figure has steadily

risen since the 1970s, when the hours logged by workers in Western Europe and the US

were roughly the same.

There are, of course, some internal factors. The US is much vaster than most

European countries, plus it boasts(

拥有

) a common language. It is considered to be a

sign of an efficient labor market that US workers can be persuaded to move to regions

where there is a steady growth in jobs, such as the Sun Belt in recent years. And while

American workers often have fewer labor protections than their European counterparts,

as a report by the World Bank noted in 2012, American “labor laws give employers the

power to fire, hire, or relocate(

重新安置

) workers according to their needs”

，

a

flexibility that is thought to aid economic growth. The World Band report added that

the occupation of the average US employee in 2006 was 4 years, compared to 10 years in

the European Union.

Nevertheless, while Americans remain excessively mobile, FaithKarahan and

Darious Li at the New York Fed are the latest to note that US workers are moving

around less than before. During the 1980s, 3 percent of working-age Americans

relocated to a different state each year; that figure had been cut in half by 2010. “While

part of the decline can be attributed to the Great Recession

，

” the authors suggest,

“this__phenomenon took place over the course of several decades and is not necessarily

related to the economic conditions.”

So what accounts for this phenomenon? A round-up of theories by Brad Plumer at

The Washington Post included the aging of the US workforce, the further rise of

two-income households, the burdens of real estate, evolving workplace culture, as well

as the flat line of wages, which makes moving away for a job, on average, a less

rewarding financial proposition.

Karahan and Li put much stock in the effects of an aging workforce, to which they

attribute at least half of the decline in interstate migration. “In short, a young individual

today is moving less than a young person did in the 1980s because of the higher presence

of older workers

，

” they write, suggesting that employers have shifted their employment

tactics(

策略

) to adapt to the changing demographics(

人口统计数据

) of the workforce.

Needless to say, movies about this era in American life, in which fewer people set out to

start lives in wide-ranging places, will probably be much less exciting.

1

、

According to the passage, in the past five years, Americans have moved ________.

A

．

relatively less than the British

C

．

slightly more than Norwegians

B

．

less frequently than Italians

D

．

considerably more than Finns

2

、

What can we infer from Paragraphs 2 and 3?

A

．

Americans choose to move mainly for work and family.

B

．

Americans have a very strong interest in work.

C

．

Americans invested more time in work than Europeans in 1975.

D

．

Americans tended to move to Europe between 1998 and 2013.

3

、

Which of the following is NOT the reason why American workers move more than

their European peers?

A

．

There is a common language in the US.

B

．

The US is much vaster than most European countries.

C

．

American labor laws give employers more freedom to deal with them.

D

．

They are offered more efficient labor protections.

4

、

The underlined part “this phenomenon” in Paragraph 5 refers to ________.

A

．

the Great Recession

B

．

the decline of working-age Americans' interstate migration

C

．

the reduction in the number of working-age Americans

D

．

Americans' tendency to remain mobile

5

、

How do American employers deal with the aging workforce according to the passage?

A

．

By sticking to their previous policies. B

．

By adjusting to it.

C

．

By improving their employees' job skills. D

．

By raising employment standard.

6

、

As to the current situation of Americans migration, the author might feel ________.

A

．

curious B

．

strange C

．

confused D

．

disappointed

25．（10分）

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