2023届重庆市第八中学校高三上学期入学考试英语试卷含答案

重庆八中2022-2023学年度高三上入学测试

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。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’s John doing now?

A. Playing football.           B. Watching TV.                 C. Studying.

2. What can the man do?

A. Swim.                  B. Play soccer.                     C. Play basketball.

3. When will the meeting be over?

A. At 11:00.                 B. At 10:00.                     C. At 9:30.

4. What does the woman think of the play?

A. Terrible.                  B. Just so-so.                     C. Great.

5. What’s the weather like now?

A. Snowy.                     B. Rainy.                     C. Sunny.

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。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. Where does the man want to go?

A. The library.         B. The lab.         C. The cafe.

7. What’s the man’s major?

A. Psychology.         B. Physics.         C. Chemistry.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. Where is the woman going first?

A. The classroom.            B. The library.              C. The gym.

9. What will the women do in the library?

A. Borrow some books.         B. Return some books.         C. Study for the exam.

10. Why do the speakers go to the gym?

A. To watch a game.           B. To take a PE class.         C. To go swimming.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What do we know about the man?

A. He is in poor health.         B. He wants to stay at home today.      C. He hasn’t finished his homework yet.

12. What relation is Mr. Bell to the man?

A. His neighbor.         B. His teacher.         C. His father.

13. What does the man ask the woman to do?

A. Help him hand in his project.

B. Call to ask for leave.

C. Drive him to school right now.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. What will the man do in the late afternoon?

A. Give a speech.        B. Write a magazine article.          C. Prepare some materials.

15. Where will the man have dinner tonight?

A. At home.         B. In the office.         C. In a meeting room.

16. How will the man go back home?

A. By bus.         B. By car.         C. By taxi.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What can we learn about Pedal Power?

A. It was started in 1996.

B. It gives bicycles to people for free.

C. It sends bicycles to poor areas regularly.

18. What happened to Pedal Power in August 2000?

A. It couldn’t meet its costs.       B. It won an Enterprise Award.      C. It was criticized by the British media.

19. When did Dan Pearman go to Ecuador?

A. In 1993.         B. In 1998.         C. In 2001.

20. Why was Dan Pearman’s neighbor successful in business?

A. He offered many jobs to craftsmen in the town.

B. He was the most skilled craftsman in the village.

C. He could reach customers easily by riding his bike.

第二部分  阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)

第一节(共15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。

A

POETRY CHALLENGE

Write a poem about how courage, determination, and strength have helped you face challenges in your life.

Prizes

3 Grand Prizes: Trip to Washington DC for each of three winners, a parent and one other person of the winner’s choice. Trip includes round-trip air tickets, hotel stay for two nights, and tours of the National Air and Space Museum and the office of National Geographic World.

6 First Prizes: The book Sky Pioneer: A Photobiography of Amelia Earhart signed by author Corinne Szabo and pilot Linda Finch.

50 Honorable Mentions: Judges will choose up to 50 honorable mention winners, who will each receive a T-shirt in memory of Earhart’s final flight.

Rules

Follow all rules carefully to prevent disqualification.

■Write a poem using 100 words or fewer. Your poem can be any format, any number of lines.

■Write by hand or type on a single sheet of paper. You may use both the front and back of the paper.

■On the same sheet of paper, write or type your name, address, telephone number, and birth date.

■Mail your entry to us by October 31 this year.

1. How many people can each grand prize winner take on the free trip?

A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.

2. What will each of the honorable mention winners get?

A. A special T-shirt. B. A plane ticket.

C. A photo of Amelia Earhart. D. A book by Corinne Szabo.

3. Which of the following will result in disqualification?

A. Writing a poem of 120 words B. Typing your poem out.

C. Using both sides of the paper. D. Mailing your entry on October 30.

B

I have worked as a keeper at the National Zoo Paris for 11 years. Spot and Stripe are the first tiger cubs that have ever been born here. Globally, a third of Sumatran cubs in zoos don't make it to adulthood, so I decided to give them round-the-clock care at home.

I've got two children—the younger one, Kynan, was extremely happy about the tigers arriving - but all of us really looked forward to being part of their lives and watching them grow. I wasn't worried about bringing them into my home with my wife and kids. These were cubs. They weighed about 2.5 kg and were so small that there was absolutely no risk.

As they grew more mobile, we let them move freely around the house during the day, but when we were asleep we had to contain them in a large room, otherwise they'd get up to mischief. We'd come down in the morning to find they'd turned the room upside down, and left it looking like a zoo.

Things quickly got very intense due to the huge amount of energy required to look after them. There were some tough times and I just felt extremely tired. I was grateful that my family was there to help. We had to have a bit of a production line going, making up “tiger milk”, washing baby bottles, and cleaning the floors.

When Spot and Stripe were four months old, they were learning how to open doors and jump fences, and we knew it really was time for them to go. It was hard for us to finally part with them. For the first few days, Kynan was always a bit disappointed that the cubs weren't there.

I'm not sad about it. I'm hands-on with them every day at the zoo, and I do look back very fondly on the time that we had them.

4. Why did the author bring the tiger cubs home?

A. To ensure their survival. B. To observe their differences.

C. To teach them life skills. D. To let them play with his kids.

5 What do the underlined words “get up to mischief” mean in paragraph 3?

A. Behave badly. B. Lose their way. C. Sleep soundly. D. Miss their mom.

6. What did the author think of raising the tiger cubs at home?

A. Boring. B. Tiring. C. Costly. D. Risky.

7. Why did the author decide to send Spot and Stripe back to the zoo?

A. They frightened the children. B. They became difficult to contain.

C. They annoyed the neighbours. D. They started fighting each other.

C

Who is a genius? This question has greatly interested humankind for centuries.

Let’s state clearly: Einstein was a genius. His face is almost the international symbol for genius. But we want to go beyond one man and explore the nature of genius itself. Why is it that some people are so much more intelligent or creative than the rest of us? And who are they?

In the sciences and arts, those praised as geniuses were most often white men, of European origin. Perhaps this is not a surprise. It’s said that history is written by the victors, and those victors set the standards for admission to the genius club. When contributions were made by geniuses outside the club—women, or people of a different color or belief—they were unacknowledged and rejected by others.

A study recently published by Science found that as young as age six, girls are less likely than boys to say that members of their gender(性别)are “really, really smart.” Even worse, the study found that girls act on that belief: Around age six they start to avoid activities said to be for children who are “really, really smart.” Can our planet afford to have any great thinkers become discouraged and give up? It doesn’t take a genius to know the answer: absolutely not.

Here’s the good news. In a wired world with constant global communication, we’re all positioned to see flashes of genius wherever they appear. And the more we look, the more we will see that social factors(因素)like gender, race, and class do not determine the appearance of genius. As a writer says, future geniuses come from those with “intelligence, creativity, perseverance(毅力), and simple good fortune, who are able to change the world.”

8. What does the author think of victors’ standards for joining the genius club?

A. They’re unfair. B. They’re conservative.

C. They’re objective. D. They’re strict.

9. What can we infer about girls from the study in Science?

A. They think themselves smart.

B. They look up to great thinkers.

C. They see gender differences earlier than boys.

D. They are likely to be influenced by social beliefs

10. Why are more geniuses known to the public?

A. Improved global communication.

B. Less discrimination against women.

C. Acceptance of victors’ concepts.

D. Changes in people’s social positions.

11. What is the best title for the text?

A. Geniuses Think Alike B. Genius Takes Many Forms

C. Genius and Intelligence D. Genius and Luck

D

Batman may not have any superpowers, but his inspiration certainly does.

More than 1,400 bat species live around the world, except in Antarctica and a few remote islands. Over their 50 million years of evolution, bats have developed clever solutions to life’s challenges, from a built-in sonar (声呐) system for finding food to fast, flexible wings that produce the fastest level-flight speed of any animal on Earth.

“There is still a lot to learn, but it is clear that bats really do have superpowers,” says Rodrigo Medellín, an ecologist. “Bats are showing us how to live a better life, for instance, by serving as models for healthy living and long lives.”

As a general rule in biology, smaller animals have shorter lives than larger ones. But bats are rule breakers: they’re the longest-lived mammals (哺乳动物) relative to their body size. Recently, scientists looked inside bats’ cells for the secrets to their exceptionally long lives. They focused on telomeres (端粒), which are the protective structures found at the ends of chromosomes (染色体). In most animals, telomeres tend to get shorter with age. But the telomeres of the longest-lived group of bats, Myotis, do not appear to shrink (收缩) with age. Understanding why bats live so long may help humans live longer one day.

In addition to living longer, bats remain healthy throughout their lives, with very low risk of developing cancer. Furthermore, bats can carry deadly viruses without getting sick. So further research into their unique immune (免疫的) systems may actually give insight into how people can live with viruses and not get sick.

Beyond their own abilities, bats also support many other parts of their ecosystems. Three out of every four bat species eat insects. Many are pests that cause damage to important agricultural crops, such as cotton. Scientists estimate that insect-eating bats may save U.S. farmers about 1 billion per year. In addition, many bat species help improve plant health and diversity.

“Bats are unsung heroes of biodiversity,” says Medellín. “It’s about time we appreciated them.”

12. What can be learned about bats from the text?

A. They fly the fastest of all land animals.

B. They are at low risk of falling sick with a virus.

C. They live mainly on the islands of Antarctica.

D. They are the longest-lived animals given their size.

13. What did scientists recently find?

A. Animals’ telomeres rarely shrink with age.

B. Myotis’s telomeres do not shorten as they age.

C. Smaller animals usually live shorter lives than larger ones.

D. More research into bat telomeres could help people live more healthily.

14 What is the author’s intention in writing the last paragraph but one?

A. To show what bats feed on.

B. To call on people to protect bats.

C. To explain how bats benefit the farmers.

D. To highlight the importance of bats to the ecosystem.

15. What would be a suitable title for this text?

A. Bats Offer Clues to Treating Diseases

B. How Bats Deal with Life’s Challenges

C. Scientists Unlock the Secrets to Long Lives

D. Why Bats Are Superheroes of the Animal World

第二节(共5小题;每小题2. 5分，满分12. 5分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Shanghai became the first city in China to restrict the use of loudspeakers and consumption of food & drink on its subway system onDec. 1, 2020. And similar restrictions to the city’s buses took effect on Dec. 28, 2021. ___16___So far, they have won positive feedback and great support. On Sina Weibo, a man wrote, “These restrictions have promoted a clean and sound transportation environment. ___17___And we seldom hear people playing loud music which used to disturb other passengers a lot.”

___18___ One said in a comment posted online, “A small part of passengers still play out their videos loud without immediate management”.

Others suggested more specific measures should be included in the regulations. “The staff in charge and their phone numbers are made public on buses. ___19___” said Duan Yue, a Shanghai office worker.

There are some new policies benefiting all the citizens. Portable electric bicycles and live animals are strictly banned. ___20___ In addition, two children under 1.3 meters tall can travel free of charge when accompanied by an adult.

A. Few people litter in buses or subway in our city.

B. The types of banned drink & food are also clarified to the masses.

C. However, some netizens questioned how the regulations will be enforced.

D. Some office workers have limited time for meals especially in the morning.

E. Therefore, some residents called for such restrictions in the whole country.

F. Besides, elderly and disabled people can enjoy more conveniences when taking rides.

G. Both aim to increase passenger comfort and reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission.

第三部分  语言运用(共两节，满分30分)

第一节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Volunteering has been a way of life for me for the past few years since I was fifteen. In 2020 I volunteered with a newly founded social enterprise, which ___21___ cooking lessons for visually impaired (视障) trainee ___22___ at the Enabling Village kitchen. I absolutely loved it as it involved meaningful ___23___ with people and I was fully ___24___ throughout the entire time I was there. This was unlike some other types of volunteering, which may involve mostly behind-the-scenes work that can get ___25___ after a while.

We called ourselves “sighted assistants” and each of us was ___26___ with a visually impaired trainee chef. As a volunteer, I would ___27___ with the trainee to the Enabling Village kitchen, and then ensure their ___28___ as they learned to cook a new dish. This included helping them ___29___ the position of the sink, ensuring eggshells were completely peeled off (剥掉), ___30___ boiling and hot objects, as well as being careful with knives among other things.

Being there with them made me truly ___31___ how difficult life can be when you are ___32___ or completely blind. Every tiny task ___33___ massive effort. There are so many people with disabilities, I realized. While medicine still does not have the power to ___34___ all of these conditions, we are never short of ways to empower these individuals by making life ___35___ and more meaningful for them.

21. A. observed B. served C. trained D. provided

22. A. manager B. lawyer C. chef D. doctor

23. A. atmosphere B. interaction C. greetings D. agreements

24. A. appreciated B. engaged C. approved D. disturbed

25. A. boring B. frightening C. challenging D. promising

26. A. paired B. taught C. faced D. equipped

27. A. flee B. dash C. escape D. walk

28. A. satisfaction B. safety C. pleasure D. optimism

29 A. leave out B. miss out C. figure out D. point out

30. A. avoiding B. touching C. approaching D. feeling

31. A. predict B. wish C. appreciate D. assess

32. A. totally B. partly C. frequently D. initially

33. A. promotes B. prohibits C. requires D. offers

34. A. cure B. hide C. preserve D. increase

35. A. luckier B. tougher C. softer D. easier

第二节(共10小题;每小题1. 5分，满分15分)

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。

Young Chinese are fighting against society through a simple act of resistance: lying down. Examples of the “tangping”, or “lying flat”, way of life ___36___ (include) not getting married, not having children, and refusing to work extra hours or to hold a job at all. “I stay at home and sleep and watch television series.” said Zhang, who described herself as “lying flat” for the last two weeks ___37___ leaving her job in the film industry in Wuxi.

“Tangping” ___38___ (emerge) over the last few months. Some compare them to the 1950s Beat Generation in the United States. ___39___ (other) call their behavior a form of nonviolent resistance. “People realize there is no upward mobility,” said Yicheng Wang, a PhD student in political science at Boston University. The term developed after ___40___ April post on the Tieba forum, whose author, unemployed for the last two years, described a low-effort, low-cost lifestyle consisting of just a few months’ work out of the year.

“Lying flat is my movement,” he ___41___ (write), referring to the Greek philosopher Diogenes, who was known for living in a large container. He posted a picture of himself lying in bed in the middle of the day with the curtains ___42___ (draw).

But as “tangping” gained ___43___ (popular), it also brought a level of dishonor. Nanfang Daily called the philosophy “shameful”. Global Times made light of it describing “lying flat” as “not a serious philosophy”.

For Zhang in Wuxi, lying flat is not about giving up or withdrawing from society. “Many people want to lie down because 996 is too ___44___ (tire), ” she said, referring to the constant hours common in tech industry, ___45___ the staff are expected to work from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. , six days a week. The philosophy is also about giving oneself a break.

第四部分  写作(共两节，满分40分)

第一节  应用文写作(满分15分)

46. 假如你是李华，在美国某中学做交换生，你不慎将手提包落在了学校图书馆里，包中的物品极为重要。请写一篇寻物启事，张贴在校园公告栏处，内容如下：

1. 对手提包描述（形状、大小、颜色及内含物品）；

2. 丢失时间、地点及联系方式；

3. 对关注者及帮助者表达感谢。

注意：1. 词数100 左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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第二节  读后续写(满分25分)

47. 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。

The Girl Who Never Talked

I never really felt like I fit in. I was a freshman in high school and my only close friend was Bella, whom I had known since kindergarten. Bella is and will always be one of my best friends and we often play together. However,  she had other close friends too, but I didn't. I was on the volleyball team, and on the court I knew exactly who I was and where I was supposed to be. I loved all of my teammates, but when we were sitting in the stands before and after games I would just sit there quietly, totally unsure of myself.

At school, no one spoke to me and I didn't know how to get along with them. It seems like the only time anyone talked to me was just to jokingly say, "You are so quiet!... do you ever talk?" I wanted to talk, but I just couldn't find the words. I never felt like I knew what to say in a big group of people. All of these made me upset.

One Saturday after our game, Bella was supposed to come over and spend the night at my house. We always had a lot of fun together. I wished that I could talk to the other girls the way I talked to her. But before we left the gym that day, some of the other volleyball girls invited her to go to the movies with them. Since Bella had already made plans with me, they asked if I would like to go to the movies with them too. I agreed and was happy to have a chance to join them.

One of the moms drove us, and we all piled into the back seat of her Suburban-Rhiannon, Destinee, Christine, Bella, and me. I was kind of nervous at first, but once it was just us five, I came out of my shell (壳). For the first time in my life, I really felt like I was a part of the conversation, instead of just sitting there listening. It turned out that I had a lot to say.

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。

All the way there, an all the way back, we talked and laughed.

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I smiled, knowing I finally had friends and my school life would be much happier.

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【答案】1. B    2. A    3. A

【答案】4. A    5. A    6. B    7. B

【答案】8. A    9. D    10. A    11. B

【答案】12. B    13. B    14. D    15. D

【答案】16. G    17. A    18. C    19. B    20. F

【答案】21. D    22. C    23. B    24. B    25. A    26. A    27. D    28. B    29. C    30. A    31. C    32. B    33. C    34. A    35. D

【答案】36. include   

37. after    38. has emerged   

39. Others    40. an   

41. wrote    42. drawn   

43. popularity   

44. tiring    45. where

46.【答案】One possible version

Lost

A light blue handbag with a silver key chain attached was left on a long desk beside the door in the school library on the evening of Mar.11.

The handbag, containing some cash, a piece of document as well as a family photo, is of vital importance to the owner, especially the document. If anyone finds it, please contact Li Hua at 0182-12345678 at any time from 7：00 a.m. to 11：00 p.m. I will be delighted to pick it up at your convenience. In addition, anyone who finds it is guaranteed to be rewarded with $50 the moment he/she returns the handbag.

I would like to express my deepest gratitude and most sincere thanks to your concern and kind deed. I'm looking forward to your call.

Yours,

Li Hua