2022-2023学年广东省湛江市大成中学英语高三第一学期期末达标检测试题含解析.doc

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第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．We are living in an age________ QR codes(二维码)are becoming more and more popular in our daily life.
A．why B．that
C．whose D．when
2．Nine in ten parents said there were significant differences in their approach to educating their children compared with ________ of their parents.
A．those B．one C．that D．it
3．Looking people in the eye ______ sometimes make them nervous and embarrassed.
A．must B．can
C．should D．might
4．—The lecture about 3D technology was very interesting.
—It’s a pity. How I wish I ________ time to attend it.

A．had B．have C．had had D．have had
5．--When will you come home for dinner? I’ll prepare it for you.
--Don’t ________ it. I’ll eat out with my friends.
A．care about B．worry about C．bother about D．talk about
6．There are no ______ proposals to reduce the road accidents. We are still seeking inspiration.
A．contradictory B．concrete
C．confidential D．controversial
7．It is what you do rather than what you say __________ matters.
A．that B．what
C．which D．this
8．Daniel’s family ________ their holiday in Huangshan this time next week.
A．are enjoying B．are to enjoy C．will enjoy D．will be enjoying
9．I wish I ______ at my sister’s wedding last Tuesday, but I was on a business trip in New York then.
A．will be B．would be
C．have been D．had been
10．—What about watching a ballet show this evening?
—Thanks for inviting me, but ballet isn’t really ______.
A．the apple of my eye B．my feet of clay
C．my cup of tea D．the salt of the earth
11．---May I help you？You seem to be having some trouble.
----____________，thanks. I think I can manage.
A．No problem B．It's all right
C．ok D．No way
12．The bus dropped me off and pulled away _____I realized I had left my bag on it.
A．while B．before
C．after D．since
13．I _________ to help you to do homework but I couldn't spare any time. I ________ a composition last night and I'll finish it tomorrow.
A．wanted；wrote B．had wanted；was writing
C．had wanted；wrote D．wanted；have been writing
14．—Sometimes I am even sleepy in class.
—It’s terrible. You _____ as well go to bed earlier.
A．should B．will
C．might D．can
15．Jack’s fellow workers often turn to him for help when trapped in trouble because he is a _____of ideas.
A．fountain B．session
C．diagram D．resource
16．— Do you have any problems if you ______ this job?
— Well, I’m thinking about the salary….
A．offer B．will offer C．are offered D．will be offered
17．Mary became ______ homesick and critical of the United States, so she fled from her home in West Bloomfield to her hometown in Austria.
A．completely B．sincerely
C．approximately D．increasingly
18．—Jenny，how did your math exam go?
—I thought I ________，but in fact I came in the top 10% in the class.
A．might have failed B．couldn’t have failed C．should have failed D．mustn’t have failed
19．This kind of gel pen which ______ smoothly is quite popular with students.
A．is written B．is writing C．wrote D．writes
20．— Can you tell me something about _________ science.
— OK. _ Nobel Prize in Chemistry is usually awarded to Americans.
A．the; The B．/; The C．a; / D．the; /
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）The Nobel Prize Winners in Literature
Rabindranath Tagore (1913)
Prize motivation:“because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse (诗歌), by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West”
William Faulkner (139)
Prize motivation: “for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel”
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (143)
Prize motivation: “for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory(演讲) in defending exalted human values.”
Ernest Miller Hemingway (144)
Prize motivation: “for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea, and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style.”
John Steinbeck (1962)
Prize motivation: “for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception.”
Claude Simon (1985)
Prize motivation: “who in his novel combines the poet’s and the painter’s creativeness with a deepened awareness of time in the depiction of the human condition.”
Mo Yan (2012)
Prize motivation: “who with hallucinatory(幻觉般的) realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary.”
Bob Dylan (2016)
Prize motivation: “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.”
1、Which writer won Nobel Prize for his poetry?
A．William Faulkner. B．Bob Dylan.
C．Rabindranath Tagore. D．Claude Simon.
2、Which writer won Noble Prize mostly for his specific work?
A．Ernest Hemingway. B．John Steinbeck.
C．William Faulkner. D．Winston Churchill.
3、Whose works will you turn to if you are interested in a song-writing Nobel Prize winner?
A．Mo Yan’s. B．Bob Dylan’s.
C．Claude Simon’s. D．Rabindranath Tagore’s.
4、Who described real life experiences in his historic works?
A．John Steinbeck. B．Mo Yan.
C．Ernest Hemingway. D．Winston Churchill.
22．（8分）Machines might one day replace human laborers in a number of professions,but surely they won't ever replace human artists.Right?
Think again.Not even our artists will be safe from the inevitable machine takeover,if a new development in artificial intelligence by a team of researchers from Rutgers University and Facebook's A．I.lab offers a clue of what's to come.They have designed an A．I.capable of not only producing art,but actually inventing whole new aesthetic styles similar to movements like impressionism or abstract expressionism,reports.The idea,according to researcher Marian Mazzone,was to make art that is "novel,but not too novel."
The model used in this project involved a generator network,which produces the images,and a discriminator network,which "judges" whether it's art.Once the generator learns how to produce work that the distributor recognizes as art,it's given an additional directive: to produce art that doesn't match any known aesthetic styles.
"You want to have something really creative and striking—but at the same time not go too far and make something that isn't aesthetically（美学地）pleasing,"explained Ahmed Elgammal.
The art that was generated by the system was then presented to human judges alongside human-produced art without showing which was which.To the researchers' surprise,the machine-made art scored slightly higher overall than the human-produced art.
Of course,machines can't yet replace the meaning that's infused in works by human artists,but this project shows that artist skill sets certainly seem duplicatable by machines.
What will it take for machines to produce content that's infused with meaning?That might be the last A．I. frontier.Human artists can at least hang their hats in that field...for now.
"Imagine having people over for a dinner party and they ask,‘Who is that by?’And you say,‘Well,it's a machine actually’.That would be an interesting conversation starter,"said Kevin Walker.
1、What is implied in the first paragraph?
A．Artists won't be replaced by AI.
B．AI can produce new styles of art.
C．AI is totally at a loss about impressionism.
D．AI fails to reflect abstract expressionism.
2、What did Marian find in his study?
A．AI can copy the skills of artists.
B．AI can combine content with meaning.
C．AI can make art aesthetically unpleasant.
D．AI can please human judges with its art.
3、What does the underlined phrase “hang their hats” mean?
A．Discover. B．Hold.
C．Struggle. D．Survive.
4、What Kevin said in the last paragraph tells us that_____.
A．she uses machines to cook for a party B．she likes to join in a dinner party
C．she expects the arrival of AI D．she cares about the starter of a chat
23．（8分）E
Science has a lot of uses. It can uncover laws of nature, cure diseases, make bombs, and help bridges to stand up. Indeed science is so good at what it does that there’s always a temptation(诱惑) to drag it into problems where it may not be helpful. David Brooks, author of The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character,and Achievement, appears to be the latest in a long line of writers who have failed to resist the temptation.
Brooks gained fame for several books. His latest book The Social Animal, however, is more ambitious and serious than his earlier books. It is an attempt to deal with a set of weighty topics. The book focuses on big questions: What has science revealed about human nature? What are the sources of character? And why are some people happy and successful while others aren’t?
To answer these questions, Brooks surveys a wide range of disciplines（学科）. Considering this, you might expect the book to be a dry recitation of facts. But Brooks has structured his book in an unorthodox(非常规的), and perhaps unfortunate, way. Instead of introducing scientific theories, he tells a story, within which he tries to make his points, perhaps in order to keep the reader’s attention.So as Harold and Erica, the hero and heroine in his story, live through childhood, we hear about the science of child development and as they begin to date we hear about the theory of sexual attraction. Brooks carries this through to the death of one of his characters.
On the whole,Brooks’ story is acceptable if uninspired. As one would expect, his writing is mostly clear and, to be fair, some chapters stand out above the rest. I enjoyed, for instance, the chapter in which Harold discovers how to think on his own. While Harold and Erica are certainly not strong or memorable characters, the more serious problems with The Social Animal lie elsewhere. These problems partly involve Brooks’ attempt to translate his tale into science.
1、The author mentions the functions of science at the beginning of the passage to__________.
A．illustrate where science can be applied
B．demonstrate the value of Brooks’ new book
C．remind the reader of the importance of science
D．explain why many writers use science in their works
2、According to the author, which of the following could be a strength of the book?
A．Its strong basis.
B．Its convincing points.
C．Its clear writing.
D．Its memorable characters.
3、What is the author’s general attitude towards the book?
A．Contradictory.
B．Supportive.
C．Cautious.
D．Critical.
4、What is the author likely to write about after the last paragraph?
A．Problems with the book.
B．Brooks’s life experience.
C．Death of the characters.
D．Brooks’s translation skills.
24．（8分） When I was a boy there were no smart phones. Computers were something you saw on STAR TREK星际航行)，and our television only got one channel clearly. Still, I was never bored. The fields, hills, and woodlands around my house were the nature ready-made playgrounds.
I can remember once hiking to a nearby lake and slowly walking around it. At the backside of it I was amazed to find an old, onelane, dirt road that I had never seen before. I immediately set out to travel it. It was full of holes and muddy tracks and deep woods bordered it on both sides, but exploring it still seemed like a fine adventure.
I walked on and on for what seemed like hours. I was sure my guardian angel was whispering in my ear to turn around and head back home but I was stubborn and even a bit stupid, so I walked on.
The dirt road give way to a rock one and then a paved one, yet there was still neither a car nor a house in sight. My legs were getting tired. I noticed that the sun was starting to go down and I grew scared. I didn’t want to end up trapped on this road in the dark of night, but I was sure it would be dark before I could make my way back to the lake again.
I was almost in tears when I turned one last curve(弯曲处) and saw something in the distance. It was a house that I recognized. My heart leapt up! I jumped up and down and laughed out loud. I knew the way home! It was still over a mile away but my legs felt like feathers and I hurried back to my house in no time. I walked in with a big smile on my face just in time for dinner.
I remembered this recently when I saw a sign that said, “All roads lead Home.” This is true. In this life all roads no matter what their twists(弯曲) and turns are can lead us home again. They can lead us to our homes here on Earth. They can lead us to our homes in our heart, if we can insist.
1、Why was the author never bored when he was a boy?
A．Because there was still a TV.
B．Because he liked hiking alone.
C．Because there were so many playgrounds built for him.
D．Because he had so many places around his house to play.
2、What made the author decide to take the old road?
A．Seeing it before.
B．That it was a muddy road.
C．Trying a new and special experience.
D．That it had deep woods on both sides.
3、How did the author feel when he saw a known house in the distance?
A．Excited. B．Frightened.
C．Touched. D．Desperate.
4、Why did the author mention the sign?
A．To share a famous saying with readers.
B．To introduce what he wanted to say.
C．To explain the function of the sign.
D．To prove the significance of the sign.
25．（10分）To err is human. Society is suffering from an inability to acknowledge as much.
For individuals, errors are painful. The trick, then, is to err well: to recognize mistakes and learn from them. Worryingly, humanity may be getting worse at admitting its mistakes.
Few enjoy the feeling of being caught out in an error. But real trouble starts when the desire to avoid a punishment leads to a refusal to deal with contrary evidence. Economists often assume that people are sensible. When faced with a new fact, these people should update their view of the world to take better decisions in future. Yet years of economic research confirms that people frequently disregard information that conflicts with their view of the world.
Why should that be? Last year Roland Benabou, of Princeton, presented a framework for thinking about the problem. In many ways, beliefs are like other economic goods. People spend time and resources building them, and get value from them: some beliefs make owners feel good and show their public identity; other beliefs provide value by shaping behavior—for example, religious asceticism(禁欲主义) can help one avoid unhealthy habits.
Because beliefs, however, are not simply tools for making good decisions, but are treasured in their own right, new information that challenges them is unwelcome. People often engage in “motivated reasoning” to manage such challenges. Mr B