四川省成都市彭州市2023-2024学年高三上学期期中考试英语试题

四川省成都市彭州市学年高三上学期期中考试英2023-2024语试题学校:姓名班级考号

一、阅读理解Never climbedbefore Itdoesnt matter!Boulders IndoorClimbing Centreis afantastic outingfor the wholefamily thatsguaranteed topack your day withfun andadventure!No experienceisnecessary.Under theguidance ofqualified instructors,you willstep outsideof yourcomfort zonein asafe and controlledenvironment.All equipmentis provided-just bringyour spirit of adventureandyour willingnessto challengeyourself!Boulders specializesin introducingpeople of all abilities（综合的）into thisvertical worldin afun,safeandinclusive way!With climbing walls thatreach between4to12meters inheight,Boulders,whose taskis toteachyou allthe skillsrequired to climb safely,is designedto train the bravestexplorer.You will（区分）learn how to movearound theclimbingwallin asafe manner,and howto differentiatebetweengrades andvarieties oftechniques.Theres evena cafeon sitewith freeWi-Fi,so sendthe childrentoclimband checkin withtheoffice whileyoure enjoyinga skinnylatte!Boulders offers a widerange ofclimbing activities,including:Climbing classesfor children,families,students andadultsBirthday partiesfor allagesChildrens holidayactivitiesSoft playfor children7years oldand underClimbing-Introduction coursesOpeninghours:Mon.-Thur.10:00-22:00Fri.10:00-21:00Sat.-Sun.10:00-18:00Price:Adults-£15Childrcn-£10The priceincludes entryto thewall afterthe session,your one-off registrationfee andshoe hire.Family pass:£38Up to4persons.Rental shoesamp;chalk included.Registration feefor anynewclimbers,14years+,not includedin pass.Li Hua

六、其他应用文.上周六你参加了市科技馆举办的机器人设计大赛并获得了一等奖，请你以52The Robot为题，给校英文报社写一篇短文投稿，介绍你参加本次Design Competition I Participatedin大赛的情况内容包括大赛简介及个人作品简介；

1..你的感受2注意词数左右；

1.100可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯

3.参考词汇（市科技馆）the MunicipalScience andTechnology MuseumTheRobot DesignCompetitionIParticipated inYours,Li Hua

1.What is the requirementfor the climbers inBoulders IndoorClimbing CentreA.Abilities tocommunicate withothers.B.Previous experienceof rockclimbing.C.Being braveand adventurous.D.Awareness ofsafety.

2.What isthe aimfor Bouldersaccording tothe textA.To helpinstructors toenjoy thespiritofadventure.B.To guaranteetheclimbersout of their comfortzones.C.To equiplearners with abilities todesign climbingwalls.D.To instructthe loversto gainskills ofclimbing safely.

3.Which of the followingisthemost suitablefor an8-year-old boyA.Having softplay at10am onWednesday.B.Taking climbingclasses atnoon onSunday.C.Attending abirthday partyat8pm onSaturday.D.Attending climbingclasses at9am everyFriday.Levon Bisswas lookingat insectsfrom hisgarden througha microscopehe boughtfor hisson.For fun,they unintentionallyplaced aninsect underthe lens（镜片）.“It isamazingly beautiful!,they bothscreamed.The fatherhad beenmaking acareer takingphotographs foradvertisements.But thatexperiencegave hima newdirection.Around theworld,insect populationsare indecline becauseofhabitat lossand climate change.Biss thoughtthat ifpeople couldsee whathe sawthrough hissonsmicroscope,they wouldcare moreabout protectinginsects.So Bissturned tomacrophotography:taking close-up picturesof smallthings,like flowersorbugs.His workhas attractedattention notjust for its unusualbeauty.It alsoraises awarenessaboutthe needfor conservation.In2016,Biss showedhis firstinsect project,Microsculpture.The termrefers tothe featuresofan insectsexoskeleton,or outershell,which developsovertime as the bugadapts toitsenvironment.Bisss picturescapture the insects in all theirmicroscopic details.Then heblows upthe imagesuntiltheinsectsbecome largerthan life,some of them eightfeet tall.But eachimage takesweeks tomake.He usesa digitalcamera witha microscopelens.The camerais fixedon acomputerized track,（微米）一which allowsBiss totake a shot,then movethe cameraby sevenmicrons adistanceequals to about1/10the thicknessofahuman hair-for thenext shot.In theend,Biss mighttake10,000shots ofa bug.A computercombines thesesmall picturesinto asingle image.Bisss latestexhibition isExtinct andEndangered at the AmericanMuseum ofNatural History.He selectedbugs thatwere extinctor endangered,hoping hisphotographs wouldserve asa betterpurpose.I communicatevisually,“he says,“The wayI workis throughpictures.But Ithink itsmyduty toshake thingsup andget peopleto payattention.

4.What madeLevon Bissturn tomacrophotographyA.An expensivemicroscope.B.An accidentalobservation.C.Beautiful insects.D.Attractive environment.

5.How doesBiss manageto captureinsects9microscopic detailsA.By takingashotat themtwice.B.By adjustingthe cameraon atrack.C.By puttingthem inorder on acomputer.D.By takingclose-up picturescountlesstimes.

6.What doesthe underlinedphrase“shake thingsup referto in the lastparagraphA.Make peoplethink aboutnature differently.B.Spare noefforts toface difficulties.C.Take actionto saveinsects.D.Get ridoftheprejudice.

7.Which ofthe followingbest describesLevon BissA.Wealthy andambitious.B.Polite andstrong-willed.C.Curious andeasy-going.D.Patient andresponsible.Use foodto easeyour moodsThe timeof mealsmay havean impact on moods,including levels of depression and anxiety,according toresearchers atBrigham andWomensHospital.To conductthe study,19participants12men and7women werearranged toexperience aForcedProcess ina darkroom forfour28-hour days”.Participants wereassigned toone oftwomeal timinggroups:the Daytime and NighttimeMeal ControlGroup,which hadmeals according toa28-hour cycleresulting ineating bothduring thenight andday,which istypical amongnightworkers,and the Daytime OnlyMeal Group,which hadmeals ona24-hour cycleresulting ineatingonly duringthe day.The teamthen assesseddepression andanxiety likemood levelseveryhour.The resultshowed thatmeal timingsignificantly affectedthe participants9mood levels.模拟的During thesimulated nightshift day4,those in theDaytimeand NighttimeMealControl Grouphad increaseddepressionandanxiety likemood levels,compared tothebaselineday

1.In contrast,there wereno changesin moodin theDaytime OnlyMeal Group.昼夜节律的Participants witha greaterdegree ofcircadian disorderexperienced moredepressionand anxietylike moods.Researchers discoveredthat amongindividuals inthe daytimeand nighttimeeating groups,anxiety anddepression roseby16%and26%individually.A famous author SarahChellappa,whocompleted workon thisproject,said,Meal timingis emergingas animportant aspectof nutritionthatmay influencephysical health,but thecausal roleofthetiming offood intakein affectingmental health remainsto betested.Future studiesare requiredto establishif changesin mealtimingcan leadindividuals toexperience anxiety-related disorders/9The findingsopen thedoor forstudying abehavioral strategythat might benefit individualssufferingfrom mental health disorders,such asshift workers.The studyalso addsto agrowingbody ofevidence findingthat strategiesthat improvesleep andcircadian patternsmay helppromotemental health.

8.How isthe studycarried outaccording tothe textA.By presentingcause andeffect.B,By examiningthe participants,eating habits.C.By recordingthe eatingtime invarious groups.D.By comparingdata fromtwo differentgroups.

9.Which ofthe followingwill theresearchers probablyagree withA.Daytime eatingmightbenefitmentalhealth.B,Its unavoidablefbr peopleto eat atthewrong time.C.Nighttime mealis harmfuland shouldbe prohibited.D.Its necessaryto keeptrack ofour moodlevels eachday.

10.What doesthe follow-up testaim to find outaccording toSarah ChellappaA.How foodintake affectshumans moods.B.Whether changesin mealtiming causeemotional problems.C.Whether foodnutrition isrelated tomentalhealth.D.Why shiftworkers sufferfrom mentalhealth disorders.

11.Which ofthe followingcan be a suitabletitle for the textA.Meal TimingReduces PressureB.Meal TimingMay AffectMoodsC.Mood DisordersResult inAnxiety D.Good StrategiesBenefit OurHealthIn thefuture,environmentally responsibletravelers mightbe sunbathingon greeninstead ofwhitesand beaches,which helpremove CO2from theatmosphere.Erica Jamiesonreports.（橄榄石），Green sand beaches madeof volcanicminerals namedolivine mayspeed upanaturally occurringcarbon capture process,which couldslow globalclimatechange.It maysoundlike sciencefiction.However,Project Vesta,the nonprofitbehind theolivine beachprogramme,will soonstart apilot projectto demonstratethis inthe Caribbean.As itplans,olivine willbe minedfromnearby riverbeds,processed intosand andspread overbeaches.It estimatesthat olivinesandwould needto coverjust2percent ofglobal shelfseas tocapture100percent ofannual human（排放物）.carbon emissionsEarlyfunders includingStripe,the creditcard processingcompany,and otherprivate donors,work togetherto raiseUS$

1.5million for further experiments.In thelong term,Project Vesta（碳中和），plans touse greensand beaches tohelp entirenations reachcarbon neutralityonaglobalbasis.Reducing emissionsis notenough tosolve theclimate crisis,“stated ProjectVesta co-fbunder,Eric Matzner.We needa solutionthat removestonnes ofcarbon dioxideemissions ayear.Oncewe manageto proveour approachthrough studies,we willcarry itout worldwide/5Some criticshave raisedconcerns thatincreased levelsof olivine on beachescould releaseheavymetal intothe water.The upcomingresearch willclosely monitormetal contentinthewater,sand andother relatedareas,to measurethis effect.Others arguethat ifsuccessful,green sandcould bean effectivealternative toplanting forests,which hasrecently beencriticized for“doing moreharm thangood”.One studyhas shownthatplanting treescan reducebiodiversity onthe Earthwith littleimpactoncarbon emissions.

12.What mightbeapotential benefitof green sandbeachesaccordingtothe textA.Changing carboncaptureprocess.B.Providing leisurematerials fortourists.C.Helping reducehuman carbonemissions.D.Transforming volcanicminerals intogreensand.

13.Why isStripe mentionedinthetextA.To show the promisingfuture ofsandbeaches.B・To listnames ofthe donorsforthescientific experiment.C.To stresshowtheolivine beachprogramme worksfortheEarth.D.To showfinancial supportforfurtherexperiments onthe project.

14.Which ofthe followingbest describespeoples attitudeto growinglevelsofolivineonbeachesA.Supportive.B.Different.C.Unconcerned.D.Worried.

15.In whichsection ofa newspaperdoes thistext mostprobably appearA.Geography.B.Technology.C.Environment.D.Culture.

二、七选五How toMake Friendsat CommunityCollegeMaking friendsin community college isa bittrickier thanin four-year schoolsin somecases.Students donttypically dormat communitycolleges,so thereisnt alwaysa sharedlivingenvironment16Here,salook athowtomake friendsatacommunitycollege.Get hiredon campusWhileworking part-time,most initialengagement involvesassisting studentswith theirneeds.For example,if youwork inthe bookstore,the conversationalicebreaker usuallyfocuses onfindingout whatthe other students needtofind.Previously,you mayhave onlyhad opportunitiestosocialize withotherstudentsin yourclasses.17Attend events

18.Whether ifsspecial lectures,career fairs,musical performances,or anythingelse,these occasionsbring studentstogether outsideoftheclassroom.By participatingin activitiesthatcorrespond totheir hobbiesor preferences,you andyour peerscan meetother like-mindedstudents.Plus,the eventcan bean initialtopic ofconversation,giving yourpeers aneasy waytoengage withothers.19College workwill occupymost ofyourday.Your health,for one,is somethingyou maystart toneglectas youthrow yourselffully intocollege life.Needless tosay,ignoring yourhealth isabsolutelyunacceptable.20You canstart withyour palby headingover toyour schoolsgym orfit-ness centerand trymeeting newpeople there.A.Work outwithapartnerB.Find ajob inyour gymC.You maystart to see somenew facesat yourjob though.D.However,that doesntmean opportunitiesarent availableE.Community collegesoffer programsthat aretwo yearslongF.Community collegesdo holda varietyof activitiesthroughout theyearG.Finding yourselfan exercisebuddy willhelp encourageyou tobecome moreactive

三、完形填空It waswintertime30years ago.I wasa youngfather with3little childrento support.My（锯木厂）college education,however,didnt21meagood job.Now Iwas workinginasawmillfor justabove theminimum22,Every daybefore Iwent towork,Iwould23band-aids around my fingers.Working8hours aday inthe colddry airhad24cuts andscars.That daywas harderthan normal.We were25of workersand themachines keptbreakingdown.We couldsee our26astheheaters werentworking.When theday finallycame toan end,I27my legsto mycar.There Itook offmy work28toseemy achingfingers.The cutswere worse（）（抽than everand29leaked throughagain.As Imade an30to fixit,my badback cramped筋）.I hadnever feltthat31before.I finallystarted mycar backhome and32fought backthe tears.I wonderedwhy lifewasso hardand how33I couldkeep doingthis.As Iopened thedoor,I34a weaksmile onmy face.But itsoon became35as mydaughterscreamed asweet Daddy”.When shethrew herlittle armsaroundmyneck,my heart36with love.All myaches andpains disappearedin her37!Inthat secondI rememberedagain Iwas herefor38and Iknew Icould moveon.In ourlives,we allhave39fingers andband-aid days.But withlove wecan survive.40workmay giveusaliving,but lovegives usa life.

21.A.show B.guarantee C.teach D.name

22.A.wage B.size C,order D.grade

23.A.hang B.move C.pull D.wrap

24.A.applied toB.put offC.resulted inD.cleaned up

25.A.short B.aware C・proud D.fond

26.A,eyes B.teeth C.life D.breath

27.A.crossed B.dragged C.swung D.kicked

28.A.shoes B.uniform C.gloves D.cap

29.A.water B.sweat C.juice D.blood

30.A.attempt B.excuse C.schedule D.deal

31.A.nervous B.sad C.angry D.lonely

32.A.successfully B.bravely C.desperately D.simply

33.A.long B.well C.soon D.often

34.A.imagined B.practiced C.shared D.forced

35.A.obvious B.pure C・natural D.innocent

36.A.broke B.exploded C.sank D.beat

37.A.cry B.suggestion C.laughter D.hug

38.A.assistance B.comfort C.love D.shelter

39.A.slim B.bleeding C,nervous D.bent

40.A.After allB.On averageC.In contrastD.At last

四、用单词的适当形式完成短文阅读下面短文，在空白处填入个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式1On anearly autumnmorning,Shi Hui,a photographerfrom Chongqing,arrived atan柴油机exhibition area41locate ina formerdiesel enginefactory inPingyao ShanxiProvince.As ateacher atthe SichuanFine ArtsInstitute.Shi hasbeen tothe ancientcity on10occasions42participate inthe PingyaoInternational PhotographyFestival PIP.The22nd PIPFestival kicked43on September19intheUNESCO world44cultureheritagesite knownforitswell preservedancient architecture.Under thetheme of“A worldof lightandshadow,fbr abright sharedfuture,this yearsweek-long festivalattracted some12,00045entry from1,200photographers from28countries andregions.Launched in2001,the annualfestival hasfeatured photographersfrom morethan100countries andregions and46consider animportant platformfor cross-cultural communication.With47help ofmodern lightand shadowtechnology,Pingyao has48rapidbuilt upareputation andinfluence athome andabroad.注入49the festivalgoes global,it hasinjected freshenergy intoPingyaos developmentandled toa greatchange.Pingyaos opennesshas ledtoanew life.With50improve inthe generalcondition,its residentsnow livemore conveniently.

五、短文改错.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51共有处语言错误，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10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每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

1.只允许修改处，多者从第处起不计分

2.1011Dear Peter,Thanks fbryour concernfor myhometown andIm writingto tellyou aboutit newlook.Greatchanges havebeen takenplace herein recentyears.Firstly,a wideand straightroad replacesthenarrow muddyroad lastyear.Besides,the river,you know,used tobe pollutedheavily,giving offaterrible smell,but now,it issuch clearthat groupsof fishcan beseen swimfreely init.Whafs more,do youstill rememberthe barehills,on themwe flewkites Theyare bothcovered withgreen trees,which ishome tobirds.Most important,people hereare livinghappy life.Dont youwant tovisit myhometownagainBest wishes!。