山西省忻州市趙村中學2022-2023學年高三英語上學期期末試卷含解析一、選擇題1.Oilpriceshaverisenby32percentsincethestartoftheyear,_____arecordUS$57,65abarrelonApril4.A.havereached

B.reaching

C.toreach

D.tobereaching參考答案：B解析：本題考查非謂語動詞的用法。此處作結果狀語。V-ing形式作結果狀語表順其自然的結果，且常常前面用逗號與主句隔開；todosth.往往表示出乎意料之外的結果，且多數不用逗號與前面的主句隔開。此處是自然的結果，故用v-ing形式作狀語，大意是“結果達到了每桶57.65美元”。2.LastsummerIwenttoTsingtao.ThissummerI’mgoingtoWeihai____.

A.therefore

B.yet

C.already

D.instead參考答案：D3.StudiesshowthatAmericanschatontheirphonesformorethanfivehoursamonth,_____Europeans.

A.asmuchastwice

B.twiceasmuchas

C.asmuchtwiceas

D.astwicemuchas參考答案：B4.Thedeadlineofthescientificdesigncompetitionisdrawingnear,sothemonitor________ustoaccelerateourpace.A.persuaded B.allowed C.urged D.threatened參考答案：C句意:科學設計競賽的截止日期就要到了,所以班長催促我們加快進度。urge"催促"符合句意。5.

Itseemsthatlivinggreenis

easyandaffordable.Asmallstepmasksabigdifference.

A.exactly

B.fortunately

C.surprisingly

D.hardly

參考答案：C解析：考查副詞。exactly：準確地；fortunately：幸運地；surprisingly：驚訝地，出乎意料地；hardly：幾乎不。題干意思是：似乎保護環境是出乎意料的簡單可行，小小的行動能帶來很大的不同。選C。6.Afterintroducingthenewtechnique,theautomobilefactoryproduced________________carsin2010astheyearbefore.

A.twiceas

B.twiceasmuch

C.twicemore

D.twiceasmany參考答案：D7.ThefirstAfrican-AmericanpresidentoftheUnitedStatesreceiveda（n）_____welcomeintheAfricancountries,wherehewasreceivedasareturningson．

A．romantic

B．bureaucratic

C．enthusiastic

D．optimistic參考答案：D8.______whoareinterestedinthejobpleasegetintouchwithusassoonaspossiblebytelephoneore-mail．A．Those

B．Anyone

C．These

D．Nomatter參考答案：A9.---HowfarapartdoTommyandhissisterlive.---_______Iknow,theyliveinthesameneighborhood.A.Aslongas

B.Asfaras

C.Aswellas

D.Asoftenas參考答案：B10.Itwas

wewerehavingdinneratthetable

therewasaknockatthedoor.

A．where;while

B．which;as

C．when;after

D．when;that參考答案：D11.—Couldyougivemesomeadviceongettingajob?—First,findout______youlikedoingbest．A.what

B．which

C．how

D．why參考答案：A【知識點】考查賓語從句。句意：—您能給我就找到一份工作提出一些建議嗎？—首先，找到你最喜歡的做到最好。what在賓語從句中主語、賓語，which在賓語從句中作定語；how在賓語從句中作方式狀語；why在賓語從句作原因狀語。題干中賓語從句缺少賓語，故選A。12.—Doyouwantmetobringyousomethingforlunch?—

—Noproblem,whateveryouaskfor.A.Nobother.Iamnothungryatall. B.Ahamburger,acoffee,andanapplepie.C.Whereareyougoingtoeat? D.Areyougoingaloneorwithfriends?參考答案：B13.Theman，whoseearlycareerwasnot

greatsuccess，hasbuilt

businessempireafteryearsofhardwork．A．a;a

B．不填；a

C．不填；the

D．a；不填參考答案：A14.Itwas

backhomeaftertheexperiment.A.notuntilmidnightdidhego

B.untilmidnightthathedidn’tgoC.notuntilmidnightthathewent

D.untilmidnightwhenhedidn’tgo參考答案：C15.---Lydia,whatdidourheadteachersayjustnow?

---Everyboyandeverygirlaswellastheteacherswho

toleadthegroup

askedtobeattheschoolgatebefore6:30inthemorning.A.is;is

B.are;are

C.are;is

D.is;are參考答案：C16.Lastweek,Iboughtaninterestingstorybook,_____isverybeautiful.A.whichcover.

B.thecoverofwhich.C.itscover.

D.thecoverofwhose.參考答案：B17.Thestudentswereallstandingbytheswimmingpool,

swimmingsuits.A．allofthemworn

B．allwerewearing

C．allofwhomwearing

D．allwearing參考答案：D18._________,theideaofhavingtoworkunderawomandefeatedhim.A.Wantingthejobverymuch

B.AlthoughwantingthejobbadlyC.Thoughhewantedthejobverymuch

D.Hewantedthejobbadly參考答案：C二、單詞拼寫19.單詞拼寫(每小題1分，滿分10分)根據下列各句句意及所給單詞的首字母或漢語意思，寫出該單詞的正確形式。71.Somep_________killelephantsfortheirtusks.72.Heworksdayandnighttoearnenoughmoneytop_______ahouse.73.Theboyhasagoodm_______,andhecanmemorize50wordsinonly10minutes.74.Sheisverytired,andinnom_______fordancing.75.Areyoualoneorwithac__________.76.Sarah________(假裝)tobecheerfulandsaidnothingabouttheargument.77.Haveyouthoughtofan_______(理想的)placeforapicnic.78Thebankhas________(分行)alloverthecountry.79.Theywere_________(監聽)theradiobroadcastfromthecountry.80.Hisfather_________(退休)lastmonthandnowlivesathisease.參考答案：71.poachers77.purchase

78.memory

79.mood

80.companion81.pretended

82.ideal

83.branches84.monitoring

85.retired三、閱讀理解20.StephenHawking’sfinalfearwasthatDNAmanipulationwouldleadtoamasterraceofsuperhumans.Thephysicist,whodiedaged76inMarch,2018,thoughtthedevelopmentcoulddestroytherestofhumanbeings.HislastpredictionisrevealedinanewbookofhiscollectedarticlesandessayscalledBriefAnswerstoBigQuestions.Hawkingfearedrichpeoplewouldsoonbeabletoedittheirchildren’sDNAtoimproveattributeslikememoryanddiseaseimmunity.Andhesaidthatwouldposeacrisisfortherestoftheworldevenifpoliticianstriedtoillegalizethepractice.Inanextract(摘錄)publishedbyTheSundayTimes,hewrote:“Iamsurethatduringthiscenturypeoplewilldiscoverhowtomodifybothintelligenceandinstinctssuchasaggression.“Lawswillprobablybepassedagainstgeneticengineeringwithhumans.Butsomepeoplewon’tbeabletoresistthetemptationtoimprovehumancharacteristics,suchasmemory,resistancetodiseaseandlengthoflife.”Andhesaidthatwouldcausehugeproblemsforhumanswhohavenotundergonethesameprocess,leavingthemunabletocompete.Theprofessorevenwarneditcouldleadtotheextinctionofhumanityasweknowit.Hesaidofnormalhumans:“Presumablytheywilldieout,orbecomeunimportant.Instead,therewillbearaceofself-designingbeingswhoareimprovingatanever-increasingrate.”TheBriefHistoryofTimeauthoralsoreferstotechniqueslikeCrispr,whichenablesscientiststomodifyharmfulgenesandaddinothers.Andalthoughsuchprocedurescouldbeaboostformedicalscience,somecriticsareworriedthattheycouldcauseaeugenics-style(優生方式)movement,wheretheweakareweededoutofsociety.Thenewbook,publishedbyHodder&StoughtononTuesday,alsocollectshiswritingsonwhathethoughtwerethebigquestionsfacingscienceandwidersociety.Init,heexamineswhetheraliensexist,colonizespaceandwhetherhumanswillevergobeyondourSolarSystem.32.StephenHawking’sviewsdon’tinclude_________.A.DNAmanipulationcouldleadtotheextinctionofhumanbeings.B.Thereexisttechniquestomodifyharmfulgenesandaddingoodgenes.C.Peoplecannotresistthetemptationtoimprovehumancharacteristics.D.Humanswhohaven’tundergonegeneticengineeringmaydieout.33.WhichoneisthehookpublishedbyHodder&Stoughton?A.BriefAnswerstoQuestions. B.TheSundayTimes.C.TheBriefHistoryofTime. D.SolarSystem.34.What’sStephenHawking’sattitudetowardshumangeneticengineering?A.Supportive. B.Impartial. C.Favorable. D.Concerned.35.Whatdoesthetextmainlywanttotellus?A.Crisprcanenablescientiststogetharmfulgeneschanged.B.DNAmanipulationwillcreateamasterraceofsuperhumans.C.HumanswillcolonizespaceandgobeyondourSolarSystem.D.DNAmanipulationmayleadtotheextinctionofhumanbeings.參考答案：32.C

33.A

34.D

35.D這是一篇說明文。物理學家斯蒂芬·霍金去世前的最后擔憂是:操縱DNA將催生超級人類優等種族，他認為這一發展趨勢可能會毀滅人類。【32題詳解】細節理解題。根據第二段第四句“Butsomepeoplewon’tbeabletoresistthetemptationtoimprovehumancharacteristics,suchasmemory,resistancetodiseaseandlengthoflife.”可知是somepeople而不是people，故C選項以偏概全，不是霍金的觀點。故選C。【33題詳解】推理判斷題。根據最后一段第一句中“ThenewbookpublishedbyHodder&StoughtononTuesday”使用了定冠詞the可知是對應上文第一次提到的anewbookofhiscollect