江苏省苏州市2022届高三英语高考考前模拟卷【含答案】

1、英语2022.05注意：本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。两部分答案都做在答题卡上。总分为 150分。考试时间 120分钟。第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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。What is the probable relationship between the spe

2、akers?A. Editor and reader. B. Boss and secretary. C. Advisor and student.What are the speakers doing?A. Swimming. B. Skating. C. Skiing.Where are the two speakers?A. In a museum. B. In a restaurant. C. In a park.How does the woman speaker find the blanket?A. Lovely. B. Low-key. C. Expensive.What wi

3、ll the man do next?Call the police for help.Consult another person.Go with the woman.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，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5秒钟；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、7题。Where is Ahmed working now?A. In Egypt. B. In Am

4、erica. C. In Britain.What was the mans biggest challenge at first?A. The local food. B. The language barrier. C. The educational system.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。Why were some cars flashing lights toward the mans car?To warn the man to turn off lights.To inform the man of an accident ahead.To remind the man to

5、 drive within the speed limit.How does the man feel about those drivers behavior?1A. Hes hopeful. B. Hes grateful. C. Hes embarrassed.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。What is Simon doing？Exploring the coastline.Taking scenic pictures.Sharing his recent trip.11. Where was Simon headed after landing?A. Kyushu. B. Bay

6、 of Islands. C. Rotorua.What might interest Kate most in New Zealand?A. Beaches with clear water. B. Maori culture and history. C. A hot spring.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。What is the woman doing?Conducting an interview.Hosting a ceremony.Holding a press conference.How does the man sound?A. Nervous. B. Excited

7、. C. Anxious.How did the man cope with pressure from the conversation?He concentrated on the game.He listened to the music.He relied on audiences encouragement.What experience in the mans childhood contributed to his success?Watching TV series.Performing as an actor.Traveling around the world.听第10段材

8、料，回答第17至20题。Who is the speaker most probably talking to?A. Dieters. B. Sports enthusiasts. C. Market watchers.Why does the speaker take Trevor Hofbauer for example?To state that wearing fitness trackers helps.To prove that running watch-free is beneficial.To clarify that fitness trackers are popular

9、.What does the speaker recommend at the end of her talk?Stopping wearing fitness trackers.Analyzing data from fitness trackers.Reducing reliance on fitness trackers.What does the speaker mainly talk about?The popularity of fitness trackers.The downsides of fitness trackers.The development of fitness

10、 trackers.2第二部分 阅读（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、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。ABooks on the History of UkraineThe Gates of Europe: A History of UkraineBy Serhii PlokhyBasic Books; 395 pages; $29.99. Allen Lane; 25The author is the most distinguished historian of Ukraine(乌克兰) writing i

11、n English. This book covers the many centuries in which Ukraine was attacked by powers from all points of the compass. Mr Plokhy shows how Ukrainian language, culture and identity boomed through hardshipswhich helps explain why Ukrainians are fighting heroically to defend themselves.Borderland: A Jo

12、urney Through the History of UkraineBy Anna ReidBasic Books; 368 pages; $18.99. Weidenfeld & Nicolson; 10.99The author first published this mixture of memoir(回忆录), travelogue and history in 1997, but updated it in 2015. She introduces appealing Ukrainians, bygone and contemporary, including Taras Sh

13、evchenko, the national poet, etc. Ms Reid does not avoid the horrors of the countrys past; but she also finds room for hope.The Ukrainian Night: An Intimate History of RevolutionBy Marci ShoreYale University Press; 320 pages; $26 and 25The title comes from a poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky, and the book

14、 is an account of pro- democracy(支持民主) revolution in Ukraine in 2013-14. The author describes the feelings of people thenthe sense of unity and the motivation of those who headed east to fight the Russian-backed enemies in the Donbas. She also describes the implications of Ukraines fate for the futu

15、re of Europe.Red Famine: Stalins War on UkraineBy Anne ApplebaumDoubleday; 496 pages; $35. Allen Lane; 25The starvation, known as the Holodomor, swept Ukraine in 1932-33, killing around 4 million people. Anne Applebaum, a Pulitzer-prize winning author, convincingly argues that the starvation was awf

16、ul, yet left psychological wealth for Ukrainians who bonded together to preserve their nationalism.Where does the book The Ukrainian Night take its name from?A. From a film. B. From a poem.C. From a magazine. D. From a newper.3Which book is the cheapest in dollars?Red Famine: Stalins War on Ukraine.

17、The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine.Borderland: A Journey Through the History of Ukraine.The Ukrainian Night: An Intimate History of Revolution.What theme do the four books share?They predict the future of Ukraine.They face up to historical challenges.They pity Ukrainians for their misfortune.

18、They admit the weaknesses of humans.BDr. Paul Farmer, who died unexpectedly at the age of 62 in Rwanda, was one of the most extraordinary people I have ever known. As co-founder of the global health organization Partners in Health, Paul spent more than 30 years changing the way health care is delive

19、red in the poorest places on earth.Along the way, his fine mind, big heart, and continuous drive to do good inspired countlessothers to follow his example.While still a student at Harvard Medical School in the 1980s, Paul and his colleagues openeda one-room clinic in remote Cange, Haiti, where they

20、not only cared for locals, but trained a team of health workers to serve the surrounding areas. He lived there in a simple home with concrete floors, and no hot water, not so different from the adapted bus he grew up in with his parents in Florida.Within a few years, the clinics work gained worldwid

21、e notice for bringing tuberculosis(肺结核)under control in the area. Today, Partners in Health operates 16 health institutions in Haiti, and employs a local staff of nearly 7,000. They also operate in 11 other countries, including Rwanda, where they partnered with the government to rebuild the nations

22、health system. Millions of people are served every year, most of whom live on less than a few dollars a day.Im honored to have worked closely with Paul. For 20 years, I watched him make a difference in the poorest places, even in the face of dysfunctional（功能失调的）politics and violence.Pauls passing is

23、 a huge loss to the world. But his voice still rings in our ears. All our lives arepassing, but the purpose of living lasts: to lift others and enable them to live and work just as hedidwith love, gratitude, and joy.What can we know about the clinic?It catches immediate worldwide attention.It is loc

24、ated in Pauls hometown.It is co-founded by Paul and the locals.It treats patients and trains health workers.Why does the author mention the figures in paragraph 4?4To advocate cross-border cooperation.To indicate the difficulties Paul faces.To raise public concern about global health.To highlight Pa

25、uls contributions to global health.Which of the following best describes Paul?Careful and graceful.Kind and influential.Stubborn and sympathetic.Aggressive and adventurous.What does Pauls story teach us?Well begun is half done.To live in the moment counts.Life is limited, yet kindness lasts.Health m

26、atters more than wealth.CIf your childrens Christmas wish lists are hard to distinguish, pity their teachers who have been struggling with confusing schoolwork ever since schools reopened.“Younger kids failed to learn letter patterns and formations while older kids lose speed andclearness without re

27、gular practice during the shutdown of schools,” says Sheilagh Blyth, an occupational therapist（治疗专家) who studies handwriting.Of course, its a symptom of a wider problem. As Amanda Spielman, the head of Ofsted (Officefor Standards in Education), indicated yesterday, handwriting puts an added burden o

28、n parentsits long been an aspect of childrens school books that they analyse at home.“This is a big problem for my almost 10-year-old”, says one mother. “When they sent twoyears worth of his books back together, the degradation（退化）was severe and it hasnt recovered”. Another mother worries that her y

29、ounger son has fallen behind compared with his older brother.“His handwriting is definitely not where I think it should be,” she says.Blyth warns handwriting needs to be practiced regularly and that students need to practise the letter formation and joined-up writing to write well in exams. “Learnin

30、g handwriting doesnt just happen as there are increasingly fewer day-to-day opportunities to write with a pen or pencil,” says Gill Budgell, an educational consultant who wrote Penpals for Handwriting meant for three to 11- year-olds.The Write Dance programme is an approach to teaching handwriting t

31、hat is based on physicalmovement. Diana Strauss, who runs the programme in the UK with Nicole Barrons, says, “Whole body movement relaxes the shoulders and the arms and has a positive effect on physical tasks, which handwriting is.”5Diana is seeing more interest from schools in accessing the Write D

32、ance Programme, whichwas developed in the 1960s by Ragnhild Oussoren, a Dutch graphologist (笔迹学家). “Weve been busy doing live training sessions, particularly with schools in Wales,” she adds.Perhaps there is hope for Father Christmas and those gift wish list after all.Why are childrens Christmas wis

33、h lists mentioned in paragraph 1?To describe childrens longing for Christmas gifts.To make a comparison between parents and teachers.To introduce the topic of childrens handwriting in crisis.To provide an explanation for childrens bad handwriting.What does the underlined word “this” in paragraph 4 r

34、efer to?Schools have long been shut down.Children have recently returned to school.Parents analyze their childrens books at home.Childrens handwriting gets worse on school books.What opinions do Blyth and Gill share in paragraph 6?Good handwriting serves exams.Learning handwriting is difficult.Handw

35、riting is important among 11-year-olds.Regular practice counts in improving handwriting.What can we learn about the Write Dance Programme?It has attracted more attention from schools.It advocates carrying out physical tasks.It was developed by Diana Strauss and Nicole Barrons.Its training sessions h

36、ave only covered schools in Wales.DJeremiah Letting learned about coffee from his father. As a child in the late 1980s, he workedon his familys coffee farm in the hills of western Kenya. “Every year was the same: seed, plant, ripen, harvest and sell,” he says.But no longer. Jeremiah Letting and othe

37、r coffee farmers are suffering from rising temperatures.Some of the worlds best Coffea arabica is grown on Mount Kenya. The plant produces tastier beans than its poor cousin robusta, which often ends up in instant coffee granules(颗粒). Global warming may reduce the total area that is most suited to g

38、rowing arabica beans by about half by 2050, according to a recent published paper.Although coffee is only Kenyas fourth-largest export, it directly or indirectly provides anincome for about 6 million people, which accounts for over a tenth of the entire population, according to the Kenyan government

39、. “People are not even able to have three meals a day without6a secure income,” Mr Letting says.Some farmers are trying to adapt to warming by moving uphill. Yet this pushes them into areas long used for growing tea, threatening tea growth. Kenyas government-funded Coffee Research Institute is tryin

40、g to find other solutions, such as encouraging farmers to plant trees to shade their coffee bushes. It also suggests growing a hybrid(杂交植物), Arabusta, to combine the hardiness(耐寒性) of robusta with the flavour of arabica. People who are particular about coffee may turn up their noses at it, but they

41、may have little choice but to swallow it.Another option may be entirely new varieties. Researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens in London, are investigating a wild type of coffee, Coffea stenophylla. It is delicious and can also take the heat. But it produces less coffee beans than existing varietie

42、s and it may be years before it is widely grown. Without a breakthrough of some sort, Vern Long of World Coffee Research warns, “Were just going to be drinking instant coffee.”Whats the effect of global warming on coffee farming?More export of coffee for farmers.Less revenue for the government.C. Mo

43、ving downhill for suitable farmlands.Reduced production of tasty coffee beans.What does the underlined part “turn up their noses at it” probably mean?Feel unsatisfied with the coffee.Sing high praise for the coffee.Become interested in the coffee.Pay high attention to the coffee.How does Vern Long f

44、eel about the future of coffee production?A. Cautious. B. Uncertain. C. Concerned. D. Optimistic.What can be the best title for the text?Arabica Coffee Beans are Dying Out in KenyaKenyan Tea Exports Decline in World TradeShort Supplies are Letting Tea Lovers DownCoffee Farmers Struggle Against Clima

45、te Killer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。VR and the Olympics: changing what viewers can experience?The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics was full of breakthroughs. It is the biggest Olympics newsand media coverage so far. 36Though VR headsets have been widely accepted a

46、cross industries such as gaming and tourism,their uses havent fully been explored. 37 Thats why we are here to clarify VRs effects on7the Olympics. 38Due to the pandemic situation, the events this year werent open to the public, which means getting close to the action was going to require some techn

47、ological intervention.By live-casting sport games in 360 VR video, viewers can experience never-before-seenimmersiveness (沉浸感), and truly feel like theyre in the field with their favorite athletes! So, it makes sense that the Olympics turned to VR to give viewers a close view of all the events. Over

48、come practical difficultiesBoth the Winter Olympics and its Paralympics equivalent were held in Beijing this year, whicharent easy to reach for most of us in the West. Thus, the application of VR technology helps relay(转播)the Olympics despite geographical distance.And when it comes to the Winter Oly

49、mpics, there is a lot not so enjoyable. There is no amountof gloves and layers that will put off the cold long enough for you to enjoy the skiing. 39But with a VR headset, you can see all the action just from the comfort of your home, saving yourself the realistic troubles.Watch whenever you wantThe

50、 VR experience offered far more than just a comfortable place to watch. 40 Inother words, it means you can watch your favourite moments over and over again. There is also footage(镜头) of the opening and closing ceremony available, so that you can appreciate another aspect of the successful Olympics.P

51、ay an on-site visitHave an up-close lookThere was live and on demand coverage available.However, virtual reality is very important in our lives.Unfortunately, this was also the case for the Olympics.It is also where virtual reality really enters the golden period.There is also a lot of standing arou

52、nd and waiting for an event.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。My Grandmas Mug（马克杯）When I was growing up, one of my favorite traditions was Sunday-morning breakfast withmy grandparents. They lived up the street in our tiny river town and welcomed

53、any mass-goersfrom our large 41 family to their home after.As soon as we walked in the door, Grandma got busy making a fresh pot of coffee, whileGrandpa took 42 at the stove. The rest of us 43 the table before gathering around it in844 of the meal.Once her family had finally had their 45 , Grandma w

54、ould 46 in her chair in theliving room, leaving the 47 in the kitchen for cleanup later. Her coffee mug on the table nextto her, Grandma joined in on the various 48 that were happening around that comfortableroom.Both of my grandparents have 49 in recent years. As the holidays 50 , I findmyself 51 t

55、o see Grandma and Grandpa in that kitchen just one more time.The sights, sounds, and smells of those cherished mornings 52 over me recently when Iwent to pour my own morning coffee. As I 53 a certain mug, the memory of my grandma inher kitchen coffee in hand, making sure we were all taken care of br

56、ought 54 to myeyes. Knowing her hands once held the coffee mug helps me feel 55 to her and the love wewill always share.A. expanded B. extended C. nuclear D. royalA. office B. action C. charge D. breathA. set B. mark C. book D. turnA. favor B. honor C. control D. anticipationA. own B. fill C. way D.

57、 dayA. settle B. twist C. shift D. foldA. gifts B. foods C. chaos D. guestsA. changes B. accidents C. courses D. conversationsA. passed away B. broken down C. turned up D. given inA. disappear B. approach C. conclude D. followA. deserving B. longing C. growing D. pretendingA. slid B. sprang C. hande

58、d D. washedA. caught sight of B. got rid of C. lost sight of D. ran out ofA. luck B. tears C. clouds D. shadesA. addicted B. exposed C. connected D. committed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。Tiger-themed sculpture exhibit kicks off onlineTo greet the Chinese Year of the Ti

59、ger, 56 falls on Feb 1, the first online exhibitionof painted sculptures featuring images of tiger, one of the 12 Chinese zodiac（黄道带）animal signs,57 (launch) on social media platform WeChat on Jan 26, 2022.Running through the Lunar New Year holiday, the exhibition displayed more than 400 paintedscul

60、ptures singled out from about 1,300 58 (entry), created by both 59 (experience)and emerging Chinese artists from across the country.Tiger has long been a favorite subject for artistic creation as the Chinese zodiac animal sign isbelieved 60 (represent) such qualities as bravery, dignity, justice and