1、南通市2022年上学期高三英语开学检测试题第二部分英语知识运用(共两节，满分35分)第一节单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。1. Do you think the weather will be fine this spring?No, we are fortunate. The weatherman forecasts there will be several sand storms.A. ifB. asC. thoughD. unless2. Newton is shown as a gifted sci
2、entist with every human weakness stood at the point in history magic ended and science began.A. who; whereB. which; whereC. who; whenD. which; that3. Now that energy prices are rising so rapidly, further prices are very uncertain, and the risk a new investment depending on them may fail is greater.A
3、. by whichB. ofC. thatD. in that4. He tried to avoid making mistakes, but the added pressure caused him to make more than his usual.A. sizeB. spaceC. shareD. state5. Have you heard that he was admitted into Beijing University? Is that true?Im glad that his efforts at last _.A. worked outB. paid offC
4、. turned outD. paid for6. He revisited his home village last month, and everything there_his sweet memory of his childhood.A. brought aboutB. brought upC. brought backD. brought in7. He _ writing the paper now. He hadnt written a single word when I left him ten minutes ago.A. shouldnt beB. cant have
5、 finishedC. cant beD. mustnt have finished8. I think my father would like to know_Ive been up to so far, so I decide to send him a quick note.A. whichB. whatC. whyD. when9. How would you like your coffee? _A. Its well done. B. Very nice. Thank you.C. One cup, thats enough. D. The stronger, the bette
6、r.10. - Why hasnt Jack come back yet ? _ anything have happened to him ?- Im not sure, but I guess something _ .A. May, must haveB. Can, may haveC. Must, mayD. Should, might have11. At the bad news, she was so sad_I had to stay here keeping her_.A. that; companionB. then; companiesC. that; companyD.
7、 and; accompany12. Though it is 30 years_we last met, I still remember the scene_we got separated on a rainy day.A. before; whereB. before; whichC. since; whenD. since; where13. In my opinion, your composition is not as interesting as his but yours is_in writing.A. the best organizedB. better organi
8、zedC. so organized asD. as organized as14. Could you possibly tell me what to do with such sort of situation? Its no good asking me all the time, Anna. Youll have to learn to think yourself.A. ofB. toC. byD. for15. We had no food left in our backpacks, and things worse, it began to pour.A. makingB.
9、to have madeC. having madeD. to make第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。I used to believe in the American Dream, which meant a job, a mortgage(按揭), credit cards, success. I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, all of us_16_chasing the same thing.One year, t
10、hrough a series of unhappy events, it all fell _17_. I found myself homeless and alone. I had my truck and $56. I_18_the countryside for some place I could rent for the_19_possible amount. I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road _20_ the Potomac River in West Virginia. It wa
11、s _21_, full of broken glass and rubbish. I found the owner, rented it, and _22_ a corner to camp in.The locals knew nothing about me, _23_slowly, they started teaching me the_24_of being a neighbor. They dropped off blankets, candles, and tools, and began _25_around to chat. They started to teach m
12、e a belief in a_26_ American Dreamnot the one of individual achievement but of _27_.What I had believed in, all those things I thought were_28_for a civilized life, were nonexistent in this place._29_on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my_30_ with my neighbors.Four years later, I move
13、d back into _31_. I saw many people were having a really hard time, _32_ their jobs and homes. I managed to rent a big enough house to_33_a handful of people. There are four of us now in the house, but over time Ive had nine people come in and move on to other places. Wed all be in_34_if we hadnt ba
14、nded together.The American Dream I believe in now is a shared one. Its not so much about what I can get for myself; its about_35_we can all get by together.16. A. separatelyB. equallyC. violentlyD. naturally17. A. offB. apartC. overD. out18. A. crossedB. leftC. touredD. searched19. A. fullestB. larg
15、estC. fairestD. cheapest20. A. overB. throughC. atD. round21. A. occupiedB. emptiedC. abandonedD. robbed22. A. turnedB. clearedC. approachedD. cut23. A. forB. althoughC. otherwiseD. but24. A. benefitB. artC. natureD. lesson25. A. swingingB. lookingC. stickingD. turning26. A. differentB. realC. wildD
16、. remote27. A. kindnessB. happinessC. friendlinessD. neighborliness28. A. uniqueB. expensiveC. necessaryD. rare29. A. AlongB. DownC. DeepD. Up30. A. cooperationB. satisfactionC. relationshipsD. appointments31. A. realityB. townC. societyD. life32. A. creatingB. losingC. offeringD. quitting33. A. put
17、 inB. turn inC. get inD. take in34. A. yardsB. campsC. sheltersD. cottages35. A. howB. whatC. whetherD. when第三部分阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AShyness is the cause of much unhappiness for a great many people. Shy people are anxious and self-conscious; that is, they ar
18、e concerned about their own appearance and actions too much. Negative thoughts are constantly occurring in their minds: What kind of impression am I making? Do they like me? Do I sound stupid? Am I wearing unattractive clothes?It is obvious that such uncomfortable feelings must affect people unfavor
19、ably. A persons self-concept is reflected in the way he or she behaves and the way a person behaves affects other peoples reactions. In general, the way people think about themselves has a deep effect on all areas of their lives.Shy people, who have low respect, are likely to be passive and easily i
20、nfluenced by others. They need faith that they are doing the right thing. Shy people are very sensitive to criticism. It makes them feel inferior(自卑). They also find it difficult to be pleased by praises because they believe they are unworthy of praise. A shy person may respond to a praise with a st
21、atement like this one: Youre just saying that to make me feel good. I know its not true. It is clear that, while self-awareness is a healthy quality, overdoing it is harmful.Can shyness be completely got rid of, or at least reduced? Fortunately, people can overcome shyness with determination since s
22、hyness goes hand in hand with lack of self-respect. It is important for people to accept their weaknesses as well as their strengths. Each one of us has his or her own characteristics. We are interested in our own personal ways. The better we understand ourselves, the easier it becomes to live up to
23、 our chances for a rich and successful life.36. The first paragraph is mainly about _.A. the cause of shynessB. the effect of shyness on peopleC. the feelings of shy peopleD. the questions in the minds of shy people37. According to the writer, self-awareness is _.A. harmful to peopleB. a weak point
24、of peopleC. the cause of unhappinessD. a good characteristic38. What is the shy peoples reaction to praise?A. They are pleased by it.B They feel it is not true.C. They are very sensitive to it.D. They feel they are worthy of it.39. We can learn from the passage that shyness _.A. blocks our chances f
25、or a successful lifeB. helps us to live up to our full developmentC. enables us to understand ourselves betterD. has nothing to do with lack of self-respectBJuly 27th, 2022 was a typical English summers dayit rained for 24 hours! As usual, I rushed home from work at midday to check on the house. Not
26、hing was amiss. By the time I left work at 5pm, however, the road into our village was flooded. Our house had never been flooded but, as I opened the front door, a wave of water greeted me. Thank God the kids werent with me, because the house was 5 feet deep in water. We lost everything downstairs.
27、At first we tried to push on through. We didnt want to move the children out of home, so we camped upstairs. We put a sheet of plastic across the floor to protect us from the damp. But after three months, we felt very sick, so we moved to a wooden house in a park. The house was small, but at first w
28、e were all just delighted to be in a new place. Unfortunately, things took longer than expected and we were there for 10 months. The life there was inconvenient. What surprised me most was how much I missed being part of a community (社区). We had lived in a friendly village with good neighbours, and
29、Id never thought how much Id miss that. Although our situation was very hard its difficult to feel too sorry for yourself when you look at whats happening elsewhere. I watched a news report about floods in Northern India and thought, “We didnt have a straw hut (茅草房) that was swept away, and our hous
30、e is still standing. Were lucky.”We moved back home in August. With December coming, theres still reconstruction work to be done, so its difficult to prepare for Christmas. But I cant waitIm going to throw a party for our friends in the village to say thanks for their support. This year, I wont need
31、 any giftsliving away from home for months has made me realize how little we actually need or miss all our possessions. Although we are replacing things, theres really no rushwe have our home back, and thats the main thing.40. The underlined word “amiss” in the first paragraph means.A. wrongB. missi
32、ngC. rightD. difficult41. Why does the author say that they were lucky in the third paragraph?A. Because they were able to move to a new place.B. Because many other places were flooded.C. Because their straw hut was not swept away.D. Because some others suffered even more.42. It can be inferred from
33、 the text that the author.A. was sick of staying upstairsB. cared much about her childrenC. could not stand living in a wooden houseD. did not deal well with her family affairs during the flood43. What does the author mainly want to express by telling her story?A. She valued human feelings more than
34、 before.B. She realized she almost didnt need possessions.C. She found Christmas gifts no longer badly needed.D. She thought her own home was the most important.CBabies are born yogis. Once we were all able to pull our toes up by our ears and laugh about it. Then we aged, got injured, and began carr
35、ying stress in our shoulders and back. In short, we lost our balance.Yoga（瑜伽） is an ancient practice that helps create a sense of union in body, mind, and spirit. It brings us balance. I was seriously out of balance when I started practicing yoga in 1999. I had plantar fascitis in both feet, and my
36、doctor had warned me against all the things I loved to do: walking, hiking, and playing tennis. I was desperate for exercise. Yoga became my salvation and even enhanced my other fitness activities. I practice yoga at least twice a week, but I consider yoga to be part of my daily life because after a
37、 while you no longer just practice yogayou love it.Yoga becomes part of your physical life. Your body grows stronger, more toned, and more flexible as you move from one pose to the other. I spent a week in Mexico at a yoga retreat, and it was the first vacation on which I lost weight. “Rather than b
38、uilding muscle, yoga builds muscle tone,” says Shakta Kaur Khalsa, author of the K.I.S.S. Guide to Yoga. “Because yoga helps maintain a balanced metabolism (新陈代谢), it also helps to regulate weight. Additionally, yoga stretches muscles lengthwise, causing fat to be removed around the cells.” I do yog
39、a poses throughout the day. After hours at my computer, I stretch my stiff shoulders and arms. When I need a boost of energy, I do energizing poses. When I am feeling exhausted at the end of the day, I do restorative poses. Yoga becomes part of your mental life. Yoga teaches you to focus on breathin
40、g while you hold the poses. This attention to breath is calming; it dissolves stress and anxiety. I use yogic breathing on the tennis courts, in the dentists chair, and in traffic jams. You should always leave a yoga practice feeling energized, not tired. If you feel tired after yoga, it means you s
41、pent the time “fighting” yourself, trying to force yourself into poses. In yoga, you “surrender” to the pose by letting go of the tension.Yoga becomes part of your spiritual life. Yoga is practiced by people from all religions; it is not restricted to any religious group. Yoga teaches “right” living
42、 in how we deal with ourselves and others. As I work on a difficult pose, I learn patience, forgiveness, and the value of gentleness. Yoga advocates proper eating, but you dont have to be a vegetarian to practice yoga.44. What would be the best title for this passage?A. Whats Yoga?B. How I Do Yoga P
43、osesC. The Benefits of YogaD. The Varieties of Yoga45. According to the third paragraph, yoga can help people _.A grow tallerB. lose weightC. become flexible in thinkingD. make more friends46. People feel tired after yoga because _.A. they consume energy in practicing yogaB. they respond well to yog
44、a posesC. they spend too much time on yogaD. they force themselves into yoga poses47. If s passage continues, what will the writer most probably write about in the next paragraph?A. Yoga as a means to keep fit.B. Different yoga poses.C. Popularity of yoga all over the world.D. Encouraging people to
45、do yoga.DA research by the National Center for Health Statistics is seen as an important confirmation of the “Hispanic mortality paradox (西班牙裔死亡率悖论).”On average, Hispanics outlive whites by 2.5 years and blacks by 7.7 years. Their life expectancy at birth in 2022 was 80.6 years, compared with 78.1 f
46、or whites, 72.9 for blacks and 77.7 years for the total population. The report shows that the Hispanic population has higher life expectancy at birth and at almost every age despite a socioeconomic status lower than that of whites. “Mortality is very correlated with income, education and health care
47、 access,” says Elizabeth Arias, author of the report. “You would expect the Hispanic population would have higher mortality, in line with the black population.”The Hispanic paradox has been documented for more than two decades, but this is the first time the government has had enough data to issue n
48、ational numbers. Researchers are struggling to explain why Hispanics live longer. “We dont know,” says David Hayes-Bautista, director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at UCLAs David Geffen School of Medicine. “We thought it was a problem in the data, but we can pretty much sa
49、y this is real.”Potential factors: Culture and lifestyle. Support from extended family and lower rates of smoking and drinking. Latino groups in particular have very strong family and social ties. Migration. The “healthy migrant effect” argues that healthy people are more likely to emigrate. And whe
50、n immigrants become ill, they might return home and die there. “Solving the puzzle may help the nation deal with health care issues because Hispanics use health services lessthey make fewer doctors visits and spend less time in hospitals,” Hayes Bautista says. “Its clearly something in the Latino cu
51、lture,” he says.48. In 2022, Hispanics life expectancy is years longer than the average of the total population.A. 2. 5B. 7. 7C. 2. 9D. 80. 649. What does the underlined word “outlive” in the second paragraph probably mean?A. To live longer than. B. To live shorter than. C. To die out.D. To expect t
52、o live.50. What is the main idea of paragraph three?A. Hispanics were born better than whites.B. Morality is closely related with health care access.C. Whites should have longer life expectancy.D. Even experts cant explain the phenomenon.第四部分任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰
53、当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。Count your blessings (祝福), were told, but its just not in our nature. Wed rather count our problems. Were so used to focusing on bad news that we tend to pay no attention to whats going well. As soon as we solve one problem, we take the progress for granted and find a new cause fo
54、r alarm. Every now and again it doesnt hurt to think how good we have it. Start counting: 1. Free time As much as we complain about being busy, the typical American has more free time than evermore than five hours per day. If you feel too busy, its probably only because youre doing so many other thi
55、ngs than work. Experts say therell be even more free time in the future. 2. Peace Wars and terrorist attacks will always make headlines but its remarkable how many of the worlds 6. 7 billion people now live in peace. In recent decades, though the population has been growing, the number of wars aroun
56、d the world has declined. In some earlier generations, a quarter of the male population died violent deaths. Over the past century, even counting the world wars, a persons chance of dying from war was less than 2 percent. 3. American dream While some people are struggling to keep their homes, the va
57、st majority of Americans still have plenty to be thankful for when they walk through the front door. In 1950 the typical new American house had one floor with 1,000 square feet, two bedrooms, and one bathroomand even that bungalow was beyond many peoples means. Today, more than two thirds of America
58、ns own their homes, and the typical new house has two floors, at least three bedrooms, two and a half baths, and more than 2, 200 square feet of space for the family. 4. The readers revolution In 1970 barely half the people in the world were literate, and many of them could afford only a few books.
59、Today, more than 80 percent of the worlds people can read, and 22 percent have access to the greatest library in history. The Web provides classic books and reference works free of charge. 5. More wilderness Once you travel beyond the cities, youll find plenty of open space and peaceful forests. Man
60、y of the woodlands cleared by settlers have returned now that the land is no longer needed for agriculture. 6. The modern cars Cars give off greenhouse gases and create maddening traffic jams, but consider what else they do. Compared with the models on the road in 1970, todays cars burn less gasolin
61、e per mile and emit 98 percent fewer pollutants. Thats why, despite the doubling of the number of cars, theres much less smog in the air. The basic car today offers more comforts and safety than the luxury (豪华) cars of old. TitleSix reasons to be thankfulProblemsWe tend to focus on our problems and
62、_51_whats going well. Even with problems solved immediately, we still _52_ourselves with a new course. The blessings we should countToday Americans have more free _53_than ever. The number of people dying of wars has declined despite the _54_in population. Owing a two-floor house with at least 3 bed
63、rooms has been within the _55_of most Americans today. More reading materials are _56_to readers and more than 80% can read. More land for agriculture has made _57_for wood lands. Modern cars produce less pollution and are more _58_. The basic cars are much _59_and more _60_. 61. 和睦的家庭有利于孩子的个性发展和家人的
64、身心健康。请你根据表格中的信息和自身的感受，以How we can build up a harmonious family 为题用英语写一篇短文。主要特征充满温暖、爱心和欢笑； 相互关爱、尊重和理解主要益处生长在和睦家庭环境中的孩子会乐观向上；生活在和睦家庭中的父母会健康快乐父母该怎么做言行举止上做好表率； 充分尊重、信任孩子； 经常与孩子沟通交流你该怎么做注意：1.对所有要点逐一陈述，适当发挥，不要简单翻译。2词数120左右，开头已经写好，不计入总词数。3作文中不得提及有关考生个人身份的任何信息，如校名、人名等。How we can build up a harmonious familyA harmonious family is essential to our personal development and our physical and mental health._10 / 10
