浙江省诸暨市2022-2023学年高三12月诊断性考试英语试题

诸暨市2022年12月高三诊断性考试英语试题

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1.What will the man do next?

A.See a doctor. B.Have a coffee. C.Make a phone call.

2.Who is the man mostly likely to be?

A.A manager. B.An agent. C.An interviewee.

3.Where are the speakers?

A.In a lecture hall. B.In a shopping mall. C.In a restaurant.

4.What does the woman want to do with the meeting?

A.Cancel it. B.Postpone it. C.Advance it.

5.What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A.A scientist. B.A piece of news. C.A new planet.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至第7题。

6.What are they talking about?

A.Weekend plans. B.Forms of entertainment. C.Interesting activities.

7.Why is the man going to Nottingham?

A.To attend a party. B.To see some people. C.To do some shopping.

听第7段材料，回答第8至第10题。

8.What is the man’s comment on the film?

A.Amusing. B.Horrible. C.Awful.

9.Who do the speakers think acts well?

A.Roger Gale. B.Matt Damon. C.Jude Law.

10.What does the woman think ruins the film?

A.Setting. B.Acting. C.Plotting.

听第8段材料，回答第11至第13题。

11.What does the man like?

A.Open fires. B.Afternoon tea. C.The bedroom.

12.What does the man suggest doing next?

A.Sending an e-mail. B.Checking a price list. C.Giving the hotel a ring.

13.What are the speakers most probably doing?

A.Discussing a journey they will take.

B.Admiring some pictures in an album.

C.Looking through a brochure of a hotel.

 

听第9段材料，回答第14至第17题。

14.When will the last examination be over?

A.On December 2. B.On November 29. C.On November 26.

15.What is the woman worried?

A.Whether she can get good results in exams.

B.Whether she has to take the general science.

C.Whether she can adapt to her study in the US.

16.What is the woman expected to do next Monday?

A.Take another examination.

B.Hand in the assignment.

C.Put a timetable on the board.

17.What is the relationship between the speakers?

A.Teacher and student. B.Boss and secretary. C.Father and daughter.

听第10段材料，回答第18至第20题。

18.Why does the speaker have the chance to stay in a hotel called Ecolodge?

A.She was an environmentalist.

B.She was considered healthy.

C.She won an essay competition.

19.What do you know about the electrical appliances in the hotel?

A.They are out-of-date.

B.They are of poor quality.

C.They are energy-conserving.

20.What is the overall purpose of designing such a hotel?

A.To promote the green idea.

B.To instruct building skills.

C.To boost regional tourism.

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）

第一节（共15个小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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，并在答题纸上，将该选项标号涂黑。

A

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

Aliens have attacked Earth twice and almost destroyed human beings. Humans couldn’t lose anymore. Therefore, the world government has started to train military geniuses in the arts of war. Ender Wiggin is taking part in this training. He wins all the games. He knows time is running out, but can he save the planet?It’s good science fiction for boys.

The Broken Earth Trilogy (三部曲) by N.K. Jemisin

Moving into more modern territory, each entry of N.K. Jemisin’s The Broken Earth Trilogy won a Hugo Award when it was first published. It’s a science-fiction story married to fantasy elements that is one of the most famous pieces of literature.

The Expanse series by James S.A.Corey

This spectacular series consists of nine books. I know that looks like a lot of novels, but trust me, they are absolutely worth reading. The Expanse is easily one of the best sci-fi series in history, and now the TV adaptation has become one of the best sci-fi shows in history. The first book starts in our solar system and expands beyond it with a growing cast of characters that will feel like family after a dive into this fantastic series.

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

This is the only stand-alone book on this list, so if you don’t feel like investing in 300,000 pages of content, Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash is for you. This author of the book uses virtual reality as the setting, and the main character is a pizza deliveryman in one world and a warrior prince in another.

21.Which book is suitable for you if you favor award-winning ones?

A.The Broken Earth Trilogy          B.Ender’s Game

C.Snow Crash                     D.The Expanse

22.What do the four books have in common?

A.They all have TV adaptations. B.They are based on true stories.

C.They are best-sellers on shelf. D.They are fiction worth reading.

23.What is the author’s main purpose by listing the books?

A.To advertise. B.To introduce. C.To recommend. D.To instruct.

B

Like most foreigners from English-speaking countries, Holt’s first job in China was teaching English in training centers and middle schools. Since November, 2021, he has been a teacher at New Channel, a Beijing-based language training institute.“I teach them theater,” he said.

Holt was very shy as a kid. In the first grade, he was invited to“star” in Romeo and Juliet. He declined. But his teacher insisted on giving him the biggest part.“He gave me the power to empower (给予力量) myself,”Holt explained. He intended to pass on that same feeling. So he studied theater and education at the Evergreen State College in the US, and then went to Asia, first the Republic of Korea, then China.

“Teaching theater and public speaking in China is wonderful,” he said. Training aside, he and his colleagues also adapt Chinese stories, like The Monkey King, into English screenplays for students. “Children literally want to be as dramatic as possible instead of just reciting words,” he said.

But teaching is not all it’s cracked up to be.“The biggest challenge is to get the introverted (内向的) kids–or adults–to speak up,”Holt added. Making the shyest kid the director is one of his methods to build them up. And the change with them is noticeable: students who’d barely utter a word before end up being the loudest person in the room.“I love to see that turnaround,” Holt said.

His future plan is to get as many children as possible to feel more empowered, and“make theater a little bridge” between China and other countries.

Art makes for a universal conversation start. Despite disagreements among different countries, people from different countries can get along well through art. “I think it’s a really powerful thing that we can all share,” he said.

24.How did Holt react when invited to“star”in Romeo and Juliet?

A.He didn’t show interest in the least.

B.He turned it down owing to shyness.

C.He joined in without any hesitation.

D.He wondered if he could play the role.

25.Which of the following does Holt want to convey about theatre?

A.It can give shy children power to speak up.

B.It can remove all barriers between cultures.

C.It can help children overcome any challenge.

D.It can change conventional teaching methods.

26.What does the underlined phrase in the last paragraph mean?

A.Makes up. B.Contributes to. C.Takes over. D.Breaks down.

27.What can be a suitable title for the passage?

A.Art appeals to kids in China B.Theater is to be a trend in teaching

C.Art builds a cultural bridge D.Theater will make all kids love art

C

Deep in the British Library lie the priceless treasures for pop music lovers. Housed across the main building in St Pancras and the Library’s Boston Spa site are more than 350,000 CDs and 250,000LPs (密文唱片)，as well as around a quarter of a million 78 RPM discs and countless cassette tapes.

Andy Linehan, the Library’s Curator (馆长) of Popular Music Collections, feels he and his team are not only preserving pop, but they’re also honoring history.“One of the British’s Library’s functions is to be the cultural memory of the nation. We do that with books, journals and newspapers and it’s absolutely right that we should also do it with music,” he said.

The treasures in the British Library rely on donations from record labels, artists and members of the public. As Andy noted,“If you publish a book, newspaper or magazine in the UK, you’re legally obliged to send a copy to the British Library, but that law does not apply to sound recordings.”

Among the treasures are an early voice recording of Florence Nightingale and a cassette tape that was sold at gigs (现场演唱会) in the early1980s by a sixth-form band called On A Friday. There are also old blues, rare LPs from the 1950s and promotional copies of Beatles singles that only had a couple of hundred pressings.

When it comes to preservation, the team is tirelessly transferring music from media that’s vulnerable and digitising (数字化) it for generations to come.“If anyone can save anything from an old tape which is not in very good condition, it’s our engineers. Because they have equipment and know how to play back everything,” Andy explained.

Private companies and specialists record labels are also trying their best to ensure music is safeguarded for generations to come. Iron Mountain Entertainment Service offers digital transfer and preservation services for music as well as other media. Cherry Red Records Chairman, Iain McNay, said,“It’s about looking after all that material and letting it see the light of day. We’re music fans who are also protectors.”

28.What can we learn about the treasures from paragraph 1?

A.The number is incredibly large. B.They are all donations from people.

C.They represent different times. D.They are not open to the public yet.

29.What does Andy think of music preservation?

A.It is technically demanding. B.It is significant in the long term.

C.It is commercially beneficial. D.It can boost music composition.

30.Why is“copies of Beatles singles” mentioned in paragraph4?

A.To emphasize the popularity of the band.

B.To reflect the varieties of the collections.

C.To indicate the great value of the treasures.

D.To convey the urgency of music protection.

31.Where does the true value of the preservation lie?

A.It can arouse people’s interest in pop music.

B.It can encourage more people to contribute.

C.It will develop the music industry in Britain.

D.It will be the cultural memory of generations.

D

Mushrooms on a log may each seem like quiet, separate organisms, but they are actually the above-ground fruit belonging to a fungus (真菌)，connected to the large organism by a root network called mycelium (菌丝). Although mushrooms may not seem very talkative either, a new study shows electrical signals travelling through their mycelium network could help the organism communicate.

According to the research, some mushrooms can use electrical impulse (脉冲) to share and process information in their body. When signal activity increases, it creates complicated patterns that may function like words in human speech.

Previous research has found that mushrooms can send electrical signals underground through long, thread-like structures,which expand to form a network of mycelium. It works like nerve cells that send signals to other parts of the human body. Some studies have shown that electrical activity will increase when the mycelium of wood-digesting mushrooms touches blocks, which may indicate that mushrooms can use these impulses to share information about food or injury.

In the new study, four species were analyzed. Researchers listened to the mushrooms’ chat using tiny electrodes (电极) connected to mycelium to measure the power in signal activity. Each result in the activity was organized into several groups and given a linguistic (语言的) and information complexity analysis. The power varied in duration and length, with some lasting up to 21 hours. The electrical points resembled a human vocabulary of up to 50 words. However, only 15 to 20 mushrooms’ words are used frequently.

Mushrooms’ words are also similar in length to human words. The mushroom’s word length averaged over the four species is 5.97, which is of the same range as an average word length in some human languages. For instance, it is 4.8 in English and 6 in Russian.

While the research shows mushrooms can produce patterns of electrical signals,