河南省鹤壁市高中2022-2023学年高三上学期第三次模拟考试英语试卷.docx

鹤壁市高中2023届第三次模拟考试英语试卷
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第一部分 阅读理解（共两节, 满分40分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分, 满分30分）
阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项。
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Have you ever been really hungry, but there wasn’t much to eat in your kitchen? Did you throw together a bunch of stuff you had on hand and were pleasantly surprised when it tasted good? You aren’t alone. Some of our favorite foods were created by accident. Here’s a sample menu of some familiar foods that never would have happened if someone hadn’t created them by mistake.
POTATO CHIPS
One of the world’s favorite snacks is the result of a complaint. In 1853, a man was eating dinner at Moon’s Lake House in Saratoga Springs, New York. He ordered fried potatoes, a popular side dish. But when they came out of the kitchen, he didn’t think they were crispy enough. He sent them back to the kitchen, where Chef George Crum was so angry at having his cooking criticized that he sliced the potatoes really thin, put lots of salt on them, and fried them. Not only did the diner love them, but everyone else did, too. They soon became a specialty of the restaurant.
TOFU
Tofu, or bean curd, is made by curdling (使凝结) fresh soya milk, pressing it into a solid block, and then cooling it. Tofu was accidentally invented in China 2,000 years ago, when a cook added seaweed to soya milk, which made it curdle. This is the same process that is used for making cheese. Like cheese, Tofu is a great example of how really messing up a recipe can create something unexpectedly good.
CHEESE PUFFS
Did you ever wonder who thought up cheese puffs? The company that invented them wasn’t even trying to make food for people. It was trying to make animal feed. In the 1930s, the Flakall Company of Wisconsin made animal food from small, flaked pieces of grain. One day, an employee, Edward Wilson, watched workers pouring cornmeal (谷粉) into the flaking machine, wetting it to keep it from clogging (堵塞). Because the machine was very hot, the wet cornmeal came out of it in puffy ribbons that hardened when they hit the air. Wilson took some of the ribbons home, added oil and flavoring to them, and voila! Cheese puffs!
1. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Seaweed is also used for making cheese.
B. Chef George Crum didn’t like to criticize others’ cooking.
C. Hot wet cornmeal hardened when they hit the air.
D. Bean curd dates back 2000 years in China .
2. What do the three foods have in common?
A. They are the results of complaints.
B. They were not created on purpose.
C. They weren’t originally made for people.
D. They are all popular throughout the world.
3. What’s the purpose of the text?
A. To compare the features of some foods.
B. To inform readers of some foods.
C. To recommend some foods .
D. To introduce the origins of some foods.
B
Gifts and packaging play a crucial role in providing an income and educating visitors.
After enjoying a museum or art gallery, Milly Zi, a management adviser in Beijing, usually visits the souvenir shop to buy something to remember the visit. About a decade ago, Zi was attracted by a roll of sticky tape in Taipei Palace Museum. The tape, designed in red, yellow and white, had four Chinese characters making a phrase: zhen zhi dao le—a sentence of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, meaning "I am aware." "The product has history and culture in it," Zi said, "And it has aroused my interest to learn more about the history behind them."
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The latest digital technology is also helping museums to be more creative. In October 2021, the Hubei Provincial Museum released 10,000 digital copies of the sword of Gou Jian, king of the state of Yue during the Warring States period, a famous cultural relic on display in the museum. Its popularity can be gauged by how quickly it sold out. "All the copies were sold in just three seconds,"said Wang Xianfu, deputy head of the museum.
Digital collections go beyond the restrictions of time and space, making museums more open, interesting and modern. "It's a new experience, a combination of civilization and modern high-tech." Wang said."
The popularity of digital cultural relics has resulted in more museums exploring the concept. Digitized cultural relics are a new form of cultural creative products, which can be sold, purchased, collected and used." MaXiaoli said, head of the museum in Henan.
"I think museums have two functions—to remember and to spread Chinese culture," said YuLin, manager of the Development Department at Ant Group. "I hope new technologies will promote Chinese culture in a way the younger generation is happy to accept."
4. Why did the tape attract Milly Zi?
A.It was used by Kangxi. B. It had a long history.
C.It was creatively designed. D. It was a digital cultural relic.
5. What does the underlined word "gauged" in paragraph 3 mean?
A. Judged. B.Guarded. C. Developed. D.Gained.
6. Why does the author mention the digital products of Gou Jian Sword?
A. To emphasize the importance of Chinese cultural relics.
B. To make an advertisement for Hubei Provincial Museum.
C. To illustrate a modern technology to make museums' work effective.
D. To popularize the ancient Chinese civilizations of Warring States period.
7. What should be done nowadays to make museums more attractive?
A. Open more souvenir shops.
B. Produce more cultural gifts.
C. Go digitized with modern technology.
D. Invite experts to give lectures on Chinese history.
C
When faced with the decision to get out of bed or have a few more minutes of sleep, which do you choose? Believe it or not, that decision could make a world of difference in the rest of your day.
About 85 percent of Americans use an alarm clock to wake up in the mornings, according to sleep researcher Till Roennenber. And while there are no official numbers on snoozing（打盹）, a quick survey of social media makes it clear that hitting the snooze button is a popular pastime.
As to how the snooze button will affect your day, scientists have mixed opinions. Some scientists think people who hit the snooze button in the mornings are actually clever, creative and happy while some said that hitting the snooze button will ruin your life, or at the very least your day. "I feel that hitting the snooze button has got to be one of the worst things that ever happened to human sleep, " researcher Jonathan Horowitz said.“The chances of you 'snoozing' and actually experiencing a meaningful rest are close to zero. ”
According to some sleep experts, when hitting the snooze button, you are in fact confusing your body and mind, and throwing yourself into a deep state of being sleepy. The body needs some time to wake up, so, when returning to what will be a light sleep for a brief period of time, you are putting your body back into a sleep mode before waking it again. At that point your body won't know what it wants, resulting in a sort of half awaken state.
If you really want to take advantage of an alarm clock, the key is to form a healthy sleep cycle. Focus your efforts on getting enough sleep each night and waking up at the same time each day so that when your alarm goes off you feel rested.
8. What can we infer about hitting the snooze button from Paragraph 2?
A. People do it just for fun. B. It is a common practice.
C. People take it seriously. D. It is a wise choice.
9. What do some sleep experts think of hitting the snooze button?
A. It brings people a meaningful rest. B. It makes people become lazy.
C. It gives us a sense of satisfaction. D. It affects our body and mind.
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10. What is the author's suggestion according to the last paragraph?
A. Forming a good sleep habit. B. Trying to relax ourselves.
C. Taking another light sleep. D. Using an extra alarm.
11. What is the best title for the text?
A. The snooze button and people s character B. Ways to keep refreshed in the morning
C. Should you rely on the snooze button? D. How to avoid the light sleep mode?
D
Being highly connected to a strong social network has its benefits. Now a new study is showing the same goes for trees, thanks to their underground neighbors. The study is the first to show that the growth of adult trees is linked to their participation in fungal (真菌) networks living in the forest soil. Though past research has focused on young trees, these findings give new insight into the importance of fungal networks to older trees — which are more environmentally beneficial for functions like capturing carbon.
“Large trees make up the main part of the forest, so they drive what the forest is doing,” said researcher Joseph Birch, who led the study. When they live in the forest soil, fungal networks act as a sort of highway, allowing water, nutrients and compounds to flow back and forth among the trees. The network also helps nutrients flow to resource-limited trees like family units that support one another in times of stress.
Cores taken from 350 Douglas firs (花旗松) showed that annual tree ring growth was related to the extent of fungal connections a tree had with other trees. They had much higher growth than those that had only a few connections. The research also showed that trees with more connections to many unique fungi had much greater growth than those with only one or two connections. “If you have this network that is helping trees grow faster, that helps capture more carbon year after year. These networks may help trees grow more steadily even as conditions become more stressful, and could even help protect them against death.” said Birch.
Birch hopes his findings lead to further studies in different kinds of forests in other geographical areas, because it’s likely that the connections among trees change from year to year. He said, “Knowing whether fungal networks are operating the same way in other tree species could inform how we reforest areas after harvesting them, and inform how we plant trees to preserve these networks.”
12. In what way do the new findings differ from the previous ones?
A. They reveal the value of fungal networks to adult trees.
B. They clarify misunderstandings of fungal networks.
C. They demonstrate a new way to capture carbon.
D. They confirm the benefits of fungal networks.
13. How do fungal networks help trees?
A. By acting as the center of family units. B. By maintaining the balance of resources.
C. By fighting against diseases. D. By bettering forest soil conditions.
14. What does the underlined “those” refer to in Paragraph 3?
A. Tree rings. B. Cores from Douglas firs.
C. Douglas firs. D. Fungal networks.
15. What can be inferred from what Joseph Birch has put?
A. The fungal networks support one another in times of stress.
B. The fungal networks enable us to know more about reforestation.
C. The findings can apply to different kinds of forests in other geographical areas.
D. The fungal networks will help trees grow more steadily if conditions become more stressful.
第二节 共5小题；每小题2分, 满分10分)
根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Will Covid-19 Kill the Handshake?
The handshake might date back to the 14th century, when knights and soldiers would extend their unclenched(松开的) right hands toward each other in greeting to show that they were carrying noweapons.
16 Or rather, its tendency for picking up and holding onto germs from polluted surfaces, or from our own eyes or noses when we have certain illnesses. Those germs can then be transferred into the hands of the people we greet, while we can pick up their germs. We then will probably touch our own eyes or noses or mouths, potentially sickening ourselves and restarting the cycle.
Now that a novel coronavirus is spreading fast, our hands are being cast in a new, doubtful light. 17 And lately, the Internet has been full of suggestions for socially acceptable ways to greet each other that don't involve passing germs along unintentionally
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from one person to the next.
Could this be the end of the handshake? In fact, the tradition of shaking hands isn't the only greeting to take a fresh look. A Maori tribe in New Zealand put the brakes on hongi, the traditional nose-to-nose hello. 18 Maybe people will stop making fun of the Hollywood air kiss, though it's not a huge improvement health-wise.
COVID-19 is a real threat, and we shouldn't take the warning lightly. We may, indeed, need to keep our hands to ourselves for the time being. 19 Humans long for making a physical connection with friends. For now, perhaps, a regretful smile and nod might work as a shared acknowledgment. 20
A. Could we hug each other or nod?
B. As we all know, shaking hands has become a habit.
C. But we're not ready to send handshake into the dustbin of history.
D. After all, our friendly intentions were not to infect or be infected by others.
E. These days, it would seem, the potential weapon isn't a knife, but the hand itself.
F. We're being drilled in hand washing techniques as if we were all second-graders.
G. The French have been advised to abandon the familiar kiss on the cheek greeting.

第二部分 完形填空(共20个小题;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。
Every act of kindness starts with something small, something we all can — and should — do every single day.
I’m Will Rubio, one of the 21 of BYUtv’s Random Acts show. We take hidden cameras to unexpected places to 22 random acts of kindness. We’ve filmed acts 23 from building disabled­friendly facilities (设施) for those who are badly 24 them but can’t afford them to returning a lost wallet.
On Random Acts, it may be a neighbor or a colleague who 25 a need and sets off an incredible chain reaction of service. 26 the story of Emmalene Meyers for example, like many young girls, Emmalene was 27 to be a ballet dancer — but her physical disability makes even everyday tasks a(n) 28 . Instead of seeing a limitation, Emmalene’s friend Lily 29 an opportunity. Lily imagined Emmalene’s dream being brought to life onstage and persuaded Random Acts to help make her plan
30 .
So, where can you start? The key is to be like Lily: look for an opportunity to make a
31 to those in need, and then take action to make it happen eventually. Being 32 and involved in service is 33 like any other goal you want to achieve. You have to
34 it.
After two seasons of hosting Random Acts, the joy of 35 burdens and brightening lives doesn’t fade. I sometimes 36 Random Acts might lose its feature eventually, but that was far from the 37 . When I finally meet the people we’ve been working to 38 and see their genuine shock and appreciation, it
39 me in the feel every time. I cry more than anyone else on the show.
Be that person doing acts of