2023-2024學(xué)年江蘇省南通市高三（上）期中模擬英語試卷
發(fā)布：2024/10/16 7:0:2
一、閱讀理解
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1． What's your favorite online magazine for kids？Here are four that are worth a look and a read.
National Geographic Kids
Parents，students，and teachers can take the help of this quality resource to learn about people，places，science，space，history，nature，and various fun activities.The magazine aims for the age group of 8-14.Interactive content includes videos，games，photos，blogs，etc.This is one online magazine that parents and teachers will always choose without hesitation（猶豫）.
TIME For Kids
TIME magazine for adults might be too serious.The version for kids isn't but it does go deep with a lot of educational content and teaching resources that are helpfully arranged around grades.The weekly classroom news magazine covers world news and aims to develop the reading and analyzing（分析） habit in kids.
Weekly Reader
An offline and online magazine for elementary school students features a lot of educational tools for teachers and students alike.All of its magazines are arranged around grades from pre-kindergarten to grade 12.Lots of the tools are interactive and based around nicely designed stories that make learning fun.Some sections are open to only subscribers（注冊(cè)人） though.
Highlights
Highlights，com brings out magazines for kids of ages 2-12.The publication group's purpose is to help children become their best selves.The homepage also gives you further websites to explore like Puzzlemaniakids.jye.ai and Highlightskids com.Play free online puzzles，solve riddles，go creative with fun activities，and even learn a little about nature and science at these two sites.For instance，you can go into a story adventure or create your own stories at The Timbertoes.
（1）In order to browse all the sections on Weekly Reader，you need to.
A．download the contents.
B．a(chǎn)sk for permission.
C．subscribe to it.
D．use some tools.
（2）Which magazine may list kids' creativity as one of its focuses？
A．National Geographic Kids.
B．TIME For Kids.
C．Weekly Reader.
D．Highlights.
（3）What can we infer about the magazines mentioned in the text？
A．They are accessible through the Internet.
B．They are arranged around grades.
C．They are interactive with story-telling.
D．They are encouraged by teachers.組卷：1引用：2難度：0.5 -
2． It's school holiday time，which means great movies on the big screen.Not sure which movie to see？Don't be worried.Our guide will help you sort out the best films for your age group.
Abominable（88 min）
When teenager（Yi） finds a Yeti（野人） on the roof of her building in Shanghai，she and her friends set off to reunite the Yeti with his family at the highest point on the Earth.Preschoolers and primary schoolers will fall for the lovable lead character of the Yeti.The pictures are beautiful，and the film is unrushed.
Best suits：Kids aged up to 12.
Toy Story 4（97 min）
When a new toy called Porky joins Woody and the gang，a road trip alongside old and new friends shows how big the world can be for a toy.The big screen is the right way to see it，and the storyline makes this film stand up to a second and third look.Another modern classic from Pixar Studios.
Best suits：All ages.
Ride Like a Girl（98 min）
The true story of how Australian jockey Michelle Payne overcame injury and difficulty to become the first woman winner of the Melbourne Cup.Younger people will enjoy the first half of the movie，which focuses on Michelle Payne's early days growing up in racing-mad house with a large family.However，the second half is just so-so.Still worth a look.
Best suits：Kids aged 9 through to teenage years.
Ugly Dolls（86 min）
The film is about what it means to be different，try to be loved，and end up discovering who you truly are is what matters most.Disappointing film compared to some of the other great cartoon movies going around，but younger kids will still enjoy it.
Best suits：Children aged 8 and under.
（1）Which movie is set in China？
A.Abominable.
B.Toy Story 4.
C.Ride Like a Girl.
D.Ugly Dolls.
（2）What does the author think of Toy Story 4？
A.It is unrushed.
B.It is a bit disappointing.
C.It is just so-so.
D.It deserves seeing again.
（3）Whom does the film Ugly Dolls suit best？
A.A 4-year-old kid.
B.A 10-year-old pupil.
C.A 14-year-old teenager.
D.An 18-year-old adult.組卷：2引用：1難度：0.5 -
3．Eudaimonia is an Ancient Greek word，particularly stressed by the philosophers Plato and Aristotle，which deserves far more attention than it has because it corrects the shortfalls （缺失）in one of the most central，but troubling words in our modern language：happiness．
When we nowadays try to clearly express the purpose of our lives，it is the word "happiness" that we commonly turn to．We tell ourselves and others that the most important principle for our jobs，our relationships and the conduct of our day-to-day lives is the pursuit of happiness．It sounds like an innocent enough idea，but too much reliance on the term means that we frequently unfairly tend to quit or，at least，heavily question a great many challenging but worthwhile situations．The Ancient Greeks did not believe that the purpose of life was to be happy；they proposed that it was to achieve Eudaimonia，a word which has been best translated as "fulfilment"．
What distinguishes happiness from fulfilment is pain．It is very possible to be fulfilled and-at the same time-under pressure，suffering physically or mentally，overburdened and，quite frequently，in an irritable （易怒的）mood．This is a slight psychological difference that is hard for the word "happiness" to capture，for it's tricky to speak of being happy yet unhappy，or happy yet suffering．However，such a combination is readily accommodated within the respected and noble-sounding idea of Eudaimonia．
The word encourages us to trust that many of life's most worthwhile projects will sometimes be in conflict with contentment，and yet will be worth pursuing．Properly exploring our professional talents，managing a household，keeping a relationship going，creating a new business venture or engaging in politics…none of these goals are likely to leave us cheerful and grinning on a daily basis．They will，in fact，involve us in all manner of challenges that will deeply exhaust and weaken us，provoke （激怒）and wound us．And yet we will perhaps，at the end of our lives，still feel that the tasks were worth undertaking．Through them，we'll have achieved something deeper and more interesting than happiness．
With the word Eudaimonia in mind，we can stop imagining that we are aiming for a pain-free existence-and then blaming ourselves unfairly for being in a bad mood．We'll know that we are trying to do something far more important than smile all the time：we're striving to do justice to our full human potential．
（1）What do we know about "Eudaimonia" from the passage？
A．It was first created by two Greek philosophers．
B．It has received a lot of attention from the public．
C．It still has some shortfalls that need to be corrected．
D．It was regarded as the purpose of life in ancient Greece．
（2）According to Paragraph 3，happiness．
A．is the opposite of fulfillment
B．is free from physical or mental pain
C．stresses the psychological difference
D．serves as a respected and noble life goal
（3）We can learn from the passage that．
A．a(chǎn)iming for happiness may lead to wrong self-blaming
B．goals that wound and weaken us result in happiness
C．challenges leading to contentment are worth undertaking
D．feeling fulfilled means we should avoid tough situations
（4）The passage encourages the readers to．
A．find fulfillment with all efforts
B．seek for a pain-free existence
C．keep optimistic whatever happens
D．balance happiness and suffering組卷：14引用：5難度：0.6
五、其他應(yīng)用文
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8．假設(shè)你是李華，你校將舉辦一次關(guān)于生態(tài)環(huán)境保護(hù)的英語演講比賽，請(qǐng)你以"Clear waters and green mountains are as valuable as mountains of gold and silver"為題寫一篇演講稿，內(nèi)容包括：
（1）題目含義；
（2）具體保護(hù)措施。
注意：
（1）詞數(shù)80左右；
（2）請(qǐng)按如下格式在答題卡的相應(yīng)位置作答。
Ladies and gentlemen，
I am honored to deliver a speech whose topic is Clear waters and green mountains are as valuable as mountains of gold and silver.
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Thank you for your listening!組卷：5引用：3難度：0.5
六、讀后續(xù)寫
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9．閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開頭語續(xù)寫兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。
It was Christmas Eve when my sister and I decided to open our presents before our mom got home from work.
She usually came home about an hour after we got home from school，which we thought was plenty of time to sneak a peek （偷看） at the gifts under the tree.
Since my sister was older，and that put her in charge，she opened the first gift while I was ordered to stand guard at the big picture window in our front room.I was to report any suspicious （可疑的） activity or persons，namely our mother.
Finally，when my sister's curiosity was satisfied and she had finished wrapping her last present back up，we changed places.
My heart beat so fast that it felt like my chest was moving in and out.My sister reminded me to be careful so I wouldn't tear the paper，and to wrap the present back up the same way that I had found it.
After unwrapping a few presents，I found it faster to open one end of a present and peek inside.Cool!Mom and Dad got me headphones for my stereo!I pulled the headphones out of the box and was about to put them on when my sister shouted， "Quick!Wrap it hack up!Mom's coming!"
My heart hit the floor along with the headphones.My body was as frozen as a snowman.I shoved the headphones back in the box but my hands were shaking so much that I tore the paper trying to wrap it back up.My sister was yelling at me，which only made my hands shake more.I heard the door opened.I thought I was going to wet my pants!
I had just finished burying the package with my headphones in it when my mother came into the front room.I jumped up and said， "Hi，Mom!" She smiled at me and said "Hi，" back，but didn't appear to suspect a thing.My heart began to slow as I took a deep breath.That was close.Too close!
注意：
1.續(xù)寫詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150左右；
2.請(qǐng)按如下格式在答題卡的相應(yīng)位置作答。
On Christmas morning，my sister and I gave award-winning performances when we opened our presents—again.
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Looking at each other，my sister and I laughed—Mum had actually found out our secret.
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