广东省广州市南洋英文中学2023年高三英语期末试题含解析

1、广东省广州市南洋英文中学2023年高三英语期末试题含解析一、 选择题1. The telephone _, but by the time I got indoors, it stopped. A. had rung B. was ringing C. rings D. has rung参考答案：B解析：从句子后部分by the time I got indoors可知电话响是发生在我进屋那一时刻，故用过去进行时。2. Cambridge gave a positive answer inquiries on whether it recognizes gaokao scores.A. in

2、favor ofB. in response toC. in salute toD. in consequence of参考答案：B【详解】考查介词短语辨析。句意：在回答是否承认高考分数的问题时，剑桥给出了积极的回答。A. in favor of支持；B. in response to回应；C. in salute to致敬；D. in consequence of由于的缘故。表示“回应”in response to，故选B。3. -Mum, I always feel everything is unfair to me. -Complaints in life _ no sense, fo

3、r things will be what they should be. A. make B. have made C. will make D. are making参考答案：A4. Now that you like the garden so much, why not buy it?Well, I cant afford_ garden.A. such big a B. that big a C. a big that D. so a big参考答案：B5. - The speaker is a tall man with glasses. - Then it_ be Mr. Smi

4、th, who is short and thin. A. wouldnt B. wont C. mustnt D. cant参考答案：D6. Man cannot discover new oceans _ he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.A. if B. unless C. when D. since参考答案：B7. In many states of America, a neighbor may _ you with playing your radio too loudly.A. charge B. blame C. pun

5、ish D. scold参考答案：A8. Do you think the weather is good enough for an outing? Yes. You couldnt hope for _ at this time of the month.A. a nicer day B. the nicer day C. the nicest day D. a nice day参考答案：A略9. These days, he has stayed up late into night in order to get good marks in the following monthly

6、test. -Its no _ that he seems tired and asleep in class every day. A. wonder B. problem C. doubt D. question 参考答案：A10. A new _ on commercial ads during TV dramas took into effect on January 1, 2012. From then on showing advertisements in the middle of TV dramas isnt allowed. A. law B. case C. ban D.

7、 limit参考答案：C11. Peter has gone to Beijing, but Im wondering why he _ in such a hurry. A. left B. has left C. leaves D. was leaving 参考答案：12. The newly-built road is the old one. A. as twice wide as B. twice the width ofC. as wide as twice D. the width of twice 参考答案：B13. Are you here on business?No, .

8、This is my holiday. Awith pleasure Ba pleasure Cfor pleasure DIts my pleasure参考答案：C14. After winning the singing competition, she thought herself in her neighborbood.A. none B. anyone C. everyone D. someone参考答案：D【考查方向】考查不定代词的用法。句意：赢得唱歌比赛以后，她认为她自己在邻里是个人物了。none一个、一点也没有；anyone任何人；everyone大家，人人；someone某

9、个人，重点人物。故选D15. -How long is it _ the new math teacher came here? - Two weeks. The students just wonder how _ they can go with him.A. since, far B. when, soon C. before, far D. that, long 参考答案：C略16. - Daniel must have lost his job in that unemployment crisis, _he? - I dont think so. Yesterday I saw h

10、im working together with his colleagues.A. didnt B. doesnt C. mustnt D. hasnt参考答案：A略二、 书面表达17. 假如你是张萌，在刚结束的寒假里，你作为学校的交换生 (exchange student) 去美国Wilson Middle School学习，期间你结交了很多朋友，增进了对美国文化的了解。现请你代表你的学校，根据下列内容要点，给Wilson Middle School的校长写一封感谢信。内容要点：1.自我简介；2.表示感谢（你的收获）；3.希望多举办这样的活动；4.欢迎该校师生来你校参观注意：1. 词数10

11、0左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3. 信的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。Dear Headmaster,My name is Zhang Meng_Best wishes.Yours sincerely,Zhang Meng参考答案：Dear headmaster,My name is Zhang Meng and Im a senior 3 student from China. Now Im writing to express my thanks to you on behalf of my school and myself.I have been studying

12、 as an exchange student in your school for a month. The past month has been a wonderful time, during which I have made many friends and learned a lot about American culture. Not only my spoken English, but also my ability to live independently has been improved a lot.Thanks for your treatment and th

13、e service you offered us. And since this activity was completely a success, our school hopes to hold such activities more often in the future.Finally, we warmly welcome you and your students to visit our school, I would be very glad to be your guide at that time.Best wishes.Yours sincerely,Zhang Men

14、g三、 阅读理解18. The worlds largest solar thermal plant(太阳热能发电站)is set to begin producing power in the United States by the end of the year. Wind and energy from the sun are generally considered clean, unlike energy from coal-burning power stations. However, environmentalists now worry that too much sola

15、r power development could harm the local environment.A California company BrightSource Energy is building a huge solar power plant in the Mojave desert, about 60 kilometers southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. The plant is known as the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System. Joe Desmond works for the c

16、ompany. This is actually one of the highest concentrations of sunlight in the world, out here in Ivanpah. explained Desmond. BrightSource Energy will deploy 170,000 specially de-signed mirrors to direct solar energy towards boilers on top of three power towers. The steam produced in the boilers will

17、 drive turbine (涡轮) to make electricity. Joe Desmond says the steam can reach temperatures of more than 260 degrees Celsius. We can store the suns thermal energy in the form of molten salt, so we can produce electricity even when the sun goes down. There is a lot of interest in concentrating solar p

18、ower around the globe in environmnents where you have lots of sun, such as China, South Africa, the Mid-dle East, North Africa, explained Desmond.Environmentalists generally support the idea of solar power, however, many are concerned about the effect of power plants on sensitive environment. Lisa B

19、elenky is a lawyer with the Center for Biological Diversity, a private group. She says environmentalists are specifically worried about the effect of the Ivanpah Solar Project on the sensitive plant and animal life in that part of Mojave desert. Even though the desert seems big, when you start cutti

20、ng it up, it can really affect how the species and the animals and the plants are able to survive in the long run,said Lisa Belenky. BrightSource Energy has already spent more than $ 50 million to move endangered desert tortoises away from the power plant. but Lisa Belenky says this is not the answe

21、r. We should be reusing areas that have a1ready been disturbed, like old mining sites, for example.either on homes, on businesses, parking lots. said Belenky.There have also been reports of birds dying at the Ivanpah Plant and others like it.Some birds die after colliding with solar equipment which

22、the animals mistake for water. Other birds were killed or suffered burns after flying through the intense heat at the solar thermal plant. As solar projects increase, environmentalists and developers are considering what to do to reduce bird death.63. Why is the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System being built in the desert?A. Because the temperature is extremely high in the desert.B. Because there is no life in the desert.C. Because there is much salt in the desert.D. Because sunlight is h