黑龙江省八校2022届高三上学期期中联合考试英语试题Word版含答案.doc

黑龙江省2021—2022 学年度上学期八校期中联合考试
高三英语试题
（答题时间：100 分钟，满分 120 分）
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分
第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共 70 分）
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。
A
According to the revised (修改) law on population and family planning, China has announced it’s legitimizing（使合法）the third-child policy，which means the abolition of its decades-long one-child policy since last century. What difference has it made, statistically speaking?
0.4 billion fertility prevented
The one-child policy, officially in place since 1979, has prevented 400 million births. Parents have faced fines and other punishments for having more children.The majority of the decrease in China's fertility（生育）rate happened in the 1970s. It dropped from 5. 8 children per woman in 1970 to 2.7 in 1978. Despite the one-child policy the rate had only fallen to 1.7 by 2013.
21 : 28 baby death rate
Since the one-child policy was introduced, baby girls have become more likely to die than boys.
In the 1970s, according to the United Nations, 60 males per 1, 000 live births died under the age of one. For girls the figure was 53. In the 1980s, after the one-child policy became official, the rate for both was 36. By the 1990s, 26 males per 1,000 live births died before the age of one — and 33 girls. The 2000s saw 21 boys per 1,000 live births dying and 28 girls.
1.16 boys born for every girl
Sexually selective abortions have been considered as a major cause of China's unusual sexual imbalance.
Gietel-Basten, associate professor in social policy at Oxford University, says the births of many girls are not registered if parent have broken the rule by having two children, and officials often turn a blind eye. It’s estimated there are now 33 million more men than women in China.
42 ：1 families
With the ageing of China's population and the continuation of the one-child policy, a “ 4：2 ：1” home is the description given to households in which there are four grandparents cared for by two working age parents, who themselves have one child.
By 2050, it's predicted that a quarter of China's population will be 65 or older. The predicted decline in the number of people of working age is thought to have persuaded the government to drop the one-child policy.
1.When was the baby death ratio for both boys and girls equal?
A.In the 1970s. B. In the 1980s. C. In the 1990s. D. In the 2000s.
2.What accounts for the one-child policy abolished according to the passage?
A. The decline of birth rate.
B. The decrease of working age people.
C. The change of family structure.
D. The rise of baby death rate
3.The passage sums up the one-child policy by______.
A. contrast B. example C.number D. analysis
B
My first introduction to Chinese art was an early morning walk in Beihai Park in Beijing. There, I saw elderly people writing on the pavement with paintbrushes which were a metre long! I soon learned that they were doing water calligraphy-- writing in water. The words have meanings, but they are also art. The calligraphy quickly disappears, of course. But tomorrow, the old people will be back.
Temporary art like this is very popular in China. Every winter, Harbin, in northern China, is visited by sculptors and tourists from around the world. They come for the Harbin Ice Festival , when the city has huge sculptures made out of ice. The sculptures are bigger than houses, and they take weeks to make. Harbin's freezing winter temperatures make it very difficult for the artists to work outside. But the weather also means that the sculptures will be protected until the spring.
Of course , not all Chinese art is temporary, some of it has been around for a very long time! Near the city of Xian, I visited the amazing Terracotta Warriors, or Soldiers. In 200 BC, 8,000 statues of soldiers were made by sculptors out of a material called terracotta. They are as big as real people and they all have different faces. An important king had the statues produced to protect his body after he died. They stayed under the ground with the dead king for over 2 ,000 years , until they were discovered by a farmer in 1974.
At the China Art Museum, in Shanghai, I saw wonderful 16th-century Chinese paintings of tall mountains, trees and cliffs. The paintings were beautiful, but they didn't look very realistic to me at the time. “Mountains aren't like that,” I thought. But that was before the last stop on my trip: the mountains of Zhangjiajie National Park.
These mountains were used by film director James Cameron in his sci-fi film Avatar because they look like something from another planet. On my last weekend in China, I took a cable car up into the mountains there. Trees grew on the sides of hundred-metre cliffs, and strange towers of rock appeared out of the morning fog. It looked just like the pictures in the China Art Museum. For a moment, I felt like I was inside a Chinese painting!
4. According to the passage, what is true about the people in Beihai Park?
A.They introduced themselves to the writer.
B.Their art didn't last very long.
C. They use paint and big brushes.
D.Some of them were writing graffiti .
5. What does the author say about the Ice Festival in Harbin?
A. The sculptures don't last long.
B. It's only popular with local people.
C. It's easy to make sculptures out of ice.
D. The winter weather both helps and causes problems at the same time.
6. What is true about the Terracotta Warriors of Xi'an according to the passage?
A. Nobody had seen them for a long time.
B. Many people died when making them.
C. They are bigger than real people.
D. They all look exactly the same.
7. Which statement describes the author's feelings about Chinese art?
A. She did not think it was very realistic.
B. She particularly liked Chinese paintings made a long time ago.
C. She was impressed by different types of Chinese art.
D. She was surprised that it was so old.
C
Are you fed up with staring at a computer screen for hours straight just to review your classes? It's a problem that many of us encounter. So why not pick up your headset and learn via a podcast?
Podcast, or boke, refers to a range of audio programs on different audio platforms. According to China Daily, podcasts have become popular among young Chinese people who would like to enjoy the peace and power of learning through sound.
Established in 2012, China's largest online audio platform, Ximalaya saw its subscribers(订阅者) pass 600 million by December 2019. Among these users over 46 percent were born in the 1990s and 2000s. On average, active users listen to podcasts for nearly three hours per day.
The emergence of domestic online radio platforms and the convenience brought about by smart devices are certainly two reasons for the popularity of the format. Its flexible nature also makes it a winner among the young audience.
“Audio is a good medium for content that can break the limit of time and space,” Jiang Feng, vice-president of Ximalaya, told China Daily. He added that podcasts have become an important channel for people to acquire information and knowledge.It also can accompany listeners in many different circumstances including working, studying,exercising,traveling and just before going to bed.
Apart from providing company,the new media form also gives people a platform to speak out about important issues.
A senior high school student who wanted to be admitted to The Central Academy of Drama failed his national college entrance examination twice. He talked about the pressure he faced on an audio program called Please Listen,launched by Mango TV on Feb 19, 2020. The program was designed to relieve audiences' worries by sharing personal stories.
Podcasts tend to be a discussion, and just like real life conversations, they follow a flexible structure and usually last for at least an hour.
“More often than not, you can't summarize two or three important points from those conversations, like you could from articles. They often do not have conclusions, either. It's a very freeform medium that is very friendly to listeners," Pan Aijuan, a podcast listener and book editor at a publishing house,told China Daily.
At the same time, the use of podcasts trains people to first listen to others before offering one's own opinions. It helps build up our patience and listening skills. Cheng Yanliang, a co-founder of the podcast Left and Right, stated that “audio programs can filter those bad-tempered people who would lose patience after reading several paragraphs and start writing awful comments to insult others”.
With such advantages,“podcasts are entering the mainstream in China”, noted China Daily.
8. Why does the author mention Ximalaya in the third paragraph?
A.To inform the readers of its fast development.
B.To show the impact it has on users.
C.To demonstrate the popularity of podcasts in China.
D.To discuss the characteristics of podcasts.
9. What is the main aim of the audio program Please Listen?
A.To amuse audiences in different ways.
B.To help audiences ease their worries.
C.To allow audiences to comment on current affairs.
D.To give audiences a platform to acquire knowledge.
10.Why does Pan Aijuan think podcasts are friendly to listeners?
A. They can accompany listeners in different circumstances.
B. Their content usually follows a flexible structure.
C. They provide listeners with a sea of information.
D.It is quite easy to draw a conclusion from a podcast.
11. How can podcasts influence people's personality according to the text
A.They can make people more cheerful.
B.They can make people lose their temper more easily.
C.They can help break the habit of insulting people online.
D.They can make people more patient.
D
At the end of a long day, it's tempting to dive into your social feeds or Netflix queue the minute you've finished eating. But back before screens took up all our free time, an after-dinner walk was a popular activity.“Italians have been walking after meals for centuries,"says Loretta DiPietro, a professor at the George Washington University,“so it must be good.”
Research backs this up. One study co-authored by DiPietro found that when older adults at risk for type-2 diabetes (糖尿病) walked for 15 minutes after a meal, they had steady blood sugar levels in the hours afterwards. The human digestive system turns food into glucose (葡萄糖). After a meal, glucose floods a person's bloodstream. Insulin (胰岛素) helps pull that glucose into cells. But for people with impaired insulin activity, too much glucose can remain in the blood, which can cause heart disease and other health problems.
What good does walking do? “The muscles we use to walk use glucose as energy, drawing it out of circulation and therefore reducing how much is floating around," says Andrew Reynolds, a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Otago. Reynolds conducted a study of people with type-2 diabetes and found that just 10 minutes of walking after a meal helped control their blood sugar levels.“We saw the biggest differences with walking after dinner time,” compared to other times of the day, Reynolds says.“The production of insulin in response to a meal tends to decrease later in the day. Getting up and moving around at that time was very effective," he says.
A little post-meal movement may also aid digestion. But more isn't necessarily better when it comes to post-eating exercise.“Exercising muscles pull more of the blood flow their way during activity,and the GI tract (消化道) gets relatively less,”says Sheri Colberg-Ochs, a researcher at Old Dominion University.“That actually slows down the digestion of food in your stomach during the activity. Anything but really intense exercise would probably work equally well."
So make like the Italians and head out for a walk after your next meal. Your TV and the Internet will still be there when you get home.
12.What does the underlined word “impaired” in paragraph 2 mean?
A.related. B.monitored. C.damaged. D.expected.
13.What might be concluded from Reynolds' words?
A.The body's ability to manage blood sugar varies in a day.
B. Insulin's function can be activated by exercise.
C. Moving around later in the day helps with sleep.
D.Dieting plays a part in controlling blood sugar levels.
14.What is wrong with really intense exercise according to Colberg-Ochs?
A.It damages the GI tract.
B.It delays digestion.
C.It causes breathing problems.
D.It increases blood sugar levels.
15.What is the text mainly about?
A. The health tips of Italians.
B.The danger of long-term sitting.
C.The health benefits of post-meal walks.
D. The causes of type-2 diabetes.
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
In this day and age, digital gadgets (电子设备) have become an important part of our daily lives.16._____. But while gadgets do make people's lives easier, there are things to look out for in using these technologies. One is how gadgets seem to be taking over people's social relationships.
You might have noticed how everyone is engaged in their gadgets during family gatherings or get-togethers with friends. While they are constantly clicking on their portable devices, real conversations are becoming rare. 17.______.
So if you want to spend quality time with each other, you and your friends and family need to sacrifice screen time.
18.______ .When you're hanging out with your friends, make it a policy that all devices should be turned off. Of course, everyone should agree on this beforehand to avoid any misunderstanding. 19.______ .This could also be a house rule when you have dinner with your family or during any other event with relatives.
Another option could be to turn devices on silent mode, just in case someone is expecting an urgent call or important text. It sounds simple, but turning our eyes away from the screen may be more difficult than you think. 20.______. And while we may be able to carry on a conversation while playing a game, this multi-tasking is definitely going to cause a loss to the quality of the time we spend with others.
By removing gadgets in the background, you and your friends can focus on what's really important -- spending time with each other.
A. They're also driving us away from people around us.
B. People can therefore concentrate on what they are doing.
C. Turning off your gadgets is a good first step.
D. Thus, the opportunity to strengthen connections might be disappearing.
E. It seems so natural to reach for your phone or device before doing anything.
F. They are used for a variety of tasks, whether it's ordering food or booking a flight.
G. And everyone must be willing to cooperate or else the purpose would be defeated.
第二部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）
第一节（共 20 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。
Throughout my childhood, I felt the need to be in control. However, the need came to