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2023届高三英语晚自习（限时训练）
一、阅读理解
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The following 4 famous paintings, from Jan van Eyck’s portrait to Pablo Picasso’s masterpiece, have stood the test of time.
The Arnolfini Portrait
Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait, an oil painting on wood produced in 1434, is undoubtedly one of the masterpieces. This painting is as visually interesting as it is famed. It is also an informative document on fifteenth-century society, through van Eyck’s heavy use of symbolism — while husbands went out to engage in business, wives concerned themselves with domestic duties.
The Starry Night
Vincent van Gogh painted The Starry Night, oil on canvas, a moderately abstract landscape painting of an expressive night sky over a small hillside village, during his 12-month stay at the mental hospital. When the Museum of Modern Art in New York City purchased the painting from a private collector in 1941, it was not well known, but it has since become one of van Gogh’s most famous works.
The Harvesters
The Harvesters is an oil painting on wood completed by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1565. It describes the harvest time which most commonly occurred within the months of August and September. Nicolaes Jonghelinck, a merchant banker and art collector from Antwerp, commissioned this painting. The painting has been at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City since 1919.
Guernica
Guernica, a large black-and-white oil painting, was painted by the Cubist Spanish painter, Pablo Picasso in 1937. The title “Guernica” refers to the city that was bombed by Nazi planes during the Spanish Civil War. The painting shows the horrors of war and as a result, has come to be an anti-war symbol and a reminder of the tragedies of war.
1. What is special about The Starry Night
A．It was set in a conventional hospital.
B．It wasn’t widely recognized before 1941.
C．It was donated to a museum by a collector.
D．It is a romantic work in the early 20th century.
2. What can we infer from the name “Guernica”
A．It was a war symbol.
B．It was named after a painter.
C．It reflects different people’s lives.
D．It reminds us of a kind of war atmosphere.
3. What’s the purpose of writing this passage
A．To describe four scenes. B．To expand painting knowledge.
C．To praise four well-known artists. D．To introduce four famous paintings.
B
It scarcely seems surprising that learning to underline a modal verb, such as “can”, and “may”, does little to help students use them effectively in their own writing. These words are anyway grasped by tiny children without the need to know what they are called. This may tempt the conclusion that the teaching of grammar should be shelved altogether. But there are reasons to reform it rather than throw it away.
Understanding of language is part of a wider education in what makes human beings human. How concepts are turned into sounds, and how those sounds combine to form commands or questions, are issues that have occupied many language experts. What they reveal about the mind has exercised psychologists and cognitive scientists.
There are practical reasons to ask children to work hard at grammar, too. One is that a knowledge of it will make learning a foreign language easier. Even if you did know by nature how to make clauses in your native languages as a child — just without instruction — getting to grips with them in German or Russian in later years is simpler if you know how to define and spot them. As it is, many English-speakers come to understand grammar by studying a foreign language, rather than the other way round.
For grammarians keen on future jobs, the natural-language processing field is booming. After many years of poor results, technological wizards have developed programs for automated translation, speech recognition and other services that are actually usable, if far from perfect. These tools may rely more on knowledge of artificial intelligence than of the subjunctive, but linguistic expertise still matters, and may give beginners an edge over competitors whose best language is Python (一种编程语言).
Grammar could still be taught better. One small study showed improvement in some students when concepts are linked concretely to writing tasks. A cook does not need to know chemistry to make a delicious soup. But the science of how words combine to make meaning is fascinating and fundamental.；
4. Why do some people consider stopping teaching grammar
A．It’s unnecessary for kids to grasp modal verbs.
B．Teachers’ teaching methods are far from satisfactory.
C．Drawing lines under words fails to be effective in learning.
D．Grammar Learning doesn’t bring obvious effect to writing.；
5. When it comes to future jobs, grammarians believe .
A．a good command of Python is enough for programmers
B．the field of artificial technology still shows great promise
C．being expert in language means advantages in competition
D．computer geniuses will invent perfect tools to process language；
6. What is the author’s attitude towards grammar teaching
A．Positive. B．Negative. C．Objective. D．Skeptical.；
7. What’s the main idea of this passage
A．Grammar teaching shouldn’t be stopped but reformed.
B．Scientific study of human beings benefits from grammar.
C．Grammar helps children to learn foreign languages better.
D．There’s much room for improvement in grammar research.
C
Recycling plastic has always been a stop-start effort, and the wide variety of plastics we produce, the pollution from waste, and other limitations make recycling an economic(经济) problem. It’s estimated(估计)only 9% of plastic ever created has been recycled. But with the help of a chemical process, Canadian Miranda Wang and her company BioCellection want to change that.
Stability is one of plastic greatest qualities and downside. There's limited evidence that some plastics can biodegrade (生物降解)but largely photo-plastics degrade in the sun. It’s a long process, and the truth is that we can only estimate how long it takes. Wang is looking to break the inaction and BioCellection's task is to make most plastic waste recyclable.
She outlines two current methods. One is to take plastics like water bottles, wash them, cut them, melt and reconstitute them. “That's a very limited process” she says, due to the requirement that plastics be “clean” . The other, which can handle dirtier plastics and a level of pollution, is called hydrolysis(热解). Intense heat is applied to break down plastics so they can be reused as oils for energy, but “it’s not economical,’’ she says.
BioCellection’s solution builds on research from over ten years ago, Wang explains, when a US study discovered pure polyethylene powder (聚乙烯粉)could be broken down by a catalyst (催化剂). Wang and her co-founder Jean hit upon a bacterium being able to eat plastic. In the years since, they engineered a comparable catalyst capable of doing the same job, only faster, which even works on plastics no one else can recycle at present. “We have now found a catalyst that is much cheaper than the one that was used before, Wang says.
Currently focusing on plastic films like shopping hags, the three-hour process breaks clown plastic into chemicals that can act as the building blocks for more complex plastic products.
“Right now we’re able to achieve about 70% transformation from plastic waste material to these chemicals,” she adds, saying they’re working to increase that figure.
8. Why has so little plastic been recycled
A．Plastic is chemically stable. B．Recycling plastic led to pollution.
C．We produced various plastics. D．Most photo-plastics degrade in the sun.
9. What does Wang think of the two current methods
A．Highly effective and dynamic. B．Expensive and pollution-causing.
C．Limited and energy-consuming. D．Widely used and recognized.
10. What did BioCellection find effective to recycle plastics
A．Polyethylene powder. B．Chemical products.
C．Plastic films. D．A catalyst.
11. What is the text mainly about
A．Miranda Wang and her company. B．A new plastic recycling method.
C．The greatest downside of plastic. D．Transformation of plastic waste.
二、七选五阅读
How strong are you
That is a difficult question to answer, whether you are a man or a woman. But, really, I want to ask ... how do you define (定义) your strength How do you know your limits When pushed, we often discover that we are much stronger than we think.
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Strength is not always just about physical strength. Rather, it's about willpower, discipline and drive. 13 I know some people who are intelligent, but they get very little done in their jobs. And I know others who find work very difficult, but are able to move mountains by their hard work. They have inner strength.
Limiting yourself
What I have observed is that most people limit themselves. They limit their output according to how limited they imagine their abilities and strengths to be. Sometimes these limits are based on past experiences. Sometimes they are based on what they think their abilities are. 14
Pushing it ...
Many people are working out, but nowhere near as much as they could.
15 Pushing yourself is what it takes to increase your limits. In the gym, bodybuilders discovered this long ago.
But, this is also true when it comes to inner strength.
Want to test your limits Push yourself. Test your limits to see if they are simply what you imagine them to be. Make sure your goals are slightly beyond what you think can be achieved.
You are stronger than you think
Most people underestimate (低估) their strength. As you go through your day, test your limits. Push yourself to find your true limits and define your strength. 16
A．Physical ability
B．What is strength
C．The same applies to daily life.
D．It's about the ability to get things done.
E．Sometimes these limits are based on nothing.
F．If you want to be stronger, you have to push yourself.
G．When discovering how much you've really got, you may surprise even yourself.
三、完型填空
Years ago, a neighbour kid kicked a football and broke a small 17 of our house. We were a family living on a small 18 at the time, so I boarded it up, thinking I’d get to it someday.
Over the years, I’d sometimes ask some advice from window companies. The plan was to upgrade to energy-efficient windows for the whole house, an 19 process—$ 15, 000. It was simply out of 20 and I turned it down again.
21 , the thought of that window ate at me for years. Every time I went down there, it kept 22 me. I knew I needed to deal with it, but I had built up the 23 so much in my mind that I put it off again and again.
Then my wife had a job 24 , and we needed to move. A 25 buyer couldn’t get a loan on the house if there was a 26 window. So I pulled off the boards to face this thing. It had already been for at least 5 years.
I used some rust (锈) remover, sprayed all around the rusted frame, and gave it a 27 pull. To my 28 , it easily moved. I pulled the window out and took it downtown. It was a 12 fix.
I could have fixed the problem for 12 the 29 day when it happened. But I let it worry me for years. 30 , this isn’t just about my window. Many of us tend to live with broken windows of one type or another for years. We suffer more in 31 than in reality. Step forward, and you’ll find a solution.
17. A．roof B．window C．door D．curtain
18. A．salary B．fame C．passion D．chance
19. A．accessible B．official C．expensive D．energetic
20. A．order B．balance C．breath D．reach
21. A．Therefore B．Besides C．However D．Instead
22. A．replying B．troubling C．driving D．reporting
23. A．difficulty B．confidence C．joy D．harm
24. A．change B．interest C．habit D．journey
25. A．polite B．weak C．strange D．potential
26. A．defeated B．fitted C．broken D．cured
27. A．lazy B．strong C．familiar D．strange
28. A．disappointment B．embarrassment C．astonishment D．encouragement
29. A．same B．different C．early D．new
30. A．Frequently B．Actually C．Consequently D．Unexpectedly
31. A．experiment B．discussion C．reaction D．imagination
四、语法填空
阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Oracle bones (甲骨) were believed to be first unearthed in Anyang, once called Yin, the capital of the Shang Dynasty. Villagers then had little idea of what they had found and sold the bones to drugstores as 32 (tradition) Chinese medicines. The medicines gained the notice of historians. The discovery 33 (follow) by a series of archaeological excavations (挖掘).
Over the past 120 years, major systematic excavations have been carried 34 . A relic site museum has been built at the Yinxu site, 35 (recognize) as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Discovering the oracle bones and inscriptions helped explore the cultures of Xia and Shang dynasties, 36 trace the origins of the Chinese civilization.
The content of the inscriptions emphasizes the respect for ancestors and other core Chinese values 37 have been passed on until today. It 38 (appeal) to not only scholars but also those outside the circles of archaeology. Chen Nan, a professor at Tsinghua University’s Academy of Arts and Design, has energized the life of these ancient symbols by 39 (feature) them in the biaoqingbao (emoticons) he developed.
“They represent the 40 (clue) to our cultural lineage (传承), ” Chen says. “I feel 41 our responsibility to communicate about the charm of the primitive inscription with the younger generations and foreigners.”
五、读后续写
42. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Melati and Isabel deeply love their home on the island, surrounded by tropical rain forests, green fields, and a vast ocean. Enjoying a swim at their local beach was once a daily pleasure for them. But when Melati was fifteen, and Isabel just ten, the sisters started to lose their enthusiasm for swimming in the waters near their borne. More often than not, plastic bags would be around them as they swam and some were scattered on the beach. They got really upset about that.
Melati didn’t think much about it until one day her teacher gave a lesson on some world heroes. Each of those people had sparked movements of positive changes in the world. They believed in the impact they could have and they did inspire more people to do something meaningful. After school, Melati walked home slowly in silence, concerned about the vast amount of plastic rubbish on the beach. The heroes crossed her mind. If they could do it, we could do it too, she thought. The idea lit her up. She couldn’t wait to share what she thought with Isabel and quickened her pace.
“So many plastic bags around! The beach is dirty and messy! It’s so terrible! We have lost the clean and beautiful beach. Can’t we do something to get it back " Melati said heartily. Isabel felt a bit puzzled at what to do, but she also had a strong desire to do something. Picturing a beach as fascinating as before in mind, the pair jumped with joy.
They talked a lot, anxious to know how Dad and Mom would respond to their ideas. That night when the family sat by the dinner table, the sisters eagerly got their ideas across. While Mom and Dad listened to the girls carefully, their eyes shone. “How amazing that would be! We are so proud of you!” Dad exclaimed. Mom came up, gave them a thumb up and hugged the sisters.
注意：
1、续写词数应为150左右；
2、请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Melati and Isabel decided to make a positive impact straight away.
One month later, Melati received a call from the local newspaper.
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42. Melati and Isabel decided to make a positive impact straight away. They took advantage of their spare time to pick up rubbish on the beach. However, it was soon that they realized that they couldn't solve the problem on their own for there was so much plastic. After discussions and preparations, they started an organization to spread their idea among youth, involving more youths in the movement, which proved to be a hit. More and more teenagers took part. In a month, they altogether collected and recycled 2.5 tons of plastic, recovering the beautiful beach.
One month later, Melati received a call from the local newspaper. The two girls were invited to an interview in which they were asked what inspired them to start the organization, what the biggest challenges are and what advice they have for young people who want to make changes in this world. They said a team is what keeps them going on the challenging days and added, “keeping our team engaged and motivated has been a challenge and we are happy to have a positive influence.” Melati and Isabel are heroes who make a big difference to our world.

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