2022-2023學(xué)年江蘇省南京外國語學(xué)校高三（上）期中英語試卷
發(fā)布：2024/11/2 7:0:2
第二部分閱讀（共兩節(jié)，滿分37.5分）第一節(jié)（共4小題；每小題2.5分，滿分37.5分）
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1．Urban gardens are valuable assets to communities.They provide green spaces to grow sustainable food，build community cohesion （凝聚力），make new friends，connect with the earth，and much more.So，let's check out our list of 4 inspiring urban gardens in the US.
Gotham Greens
Where：New York &Chicago
What：Gotham Greens first started in Brooklyn and now has four locations in New York City and Chicago.Their flagship farm in Brooklyn produces over 100，000 pounds of greens per year.But it doesn't just produce healthy local vegetables.It is using high-tech greenhouses with solar panels to make sure the food grown is healthy and sustainable.
Baltimore Urban Gardening with Students
Where：Baltimore，Maryland
What：The Baltimore Urban Gardening with Students （BUGS） program encourages students to get their hands dirty and plant vegetables through their after-school and summer programs.Many of these kids don't have access to green spaces，and have never had the opportunity to grow food.
ReVision Urban Farm
Where：Boston，Massachusetts
What：ReVision Urban Farm in Boston works in partnership with the ReVision Family Home-a shelter for 22 homeless parents and their kids.The farm provides these families with information on healthy eating，and access to the farm's fresh vegetables.The organization also provides job training to help families escape the cycle of poverty.
Swale
Where：New York
What：Swale，a floating food forest located on a large boat，is an innovative project meant to inspire citizens to rethink the relationship between our cities and our food.This urban garden serves as both a living art exhibit and an educational farm.Food forests are sustainable gardens that include vegetables，fruit，nut trees，bushes，herbs，and vines -each one complementing the other in a symbiotic （共生的） relationship.
（1）What is special about Gotham Greens？
A．It provides job training for students.
B．It uses high-tech greenhouses to grow healthy food.
C．It creates a sustainable garden on a large boat.
D．It offers homeless families information on healthy eating.
（2）Which urban garden offers first-hand farming experience？
A．Gotham Greens.
B．Baltimore Urban Gardening with Students
C．Revision Urban Farm.
D．Swale.
（3）What do these four urban gardens have in common？
A．They are inspirational multinational project.
B．They have educational and entertaining purposes.
C．They create job opportunities for farmers.
D．They are important for city dwellers.組卷：7引用：3難度：0.5 -
2．"What kind of stuff do you write？" one student asked on my first day at the University.After a decade away from the classroom，I was back to teaching.
"I write newspaper and magazine articles，" I said， "and creative non-fiction，as you'll be doing." It was a lie.I couldn't remember when I'd last written a creative essay.It must have been before my distant mother fell ill，leaving me resigned to the idea that our story of family dysfunction would not end happily.It seemed that nothing I wrote could change that.
With a surplus of time and lack of inspiration，I accepted a position to teach creative non-fiction.Although I couldn't get myself to tell my own stories，I could require that my students tell theirs. "You're going to be keeping a journal，" I said with the kind of firm authority that didn't work as self-talk. "And I want you to tell your stories like they matter."
"Why do they matter？" a boy named Michael asked.Half-Chinese，half-Irish，he was outlaw handsome with a hard-set jaw and dark eyes. "I mean，who cares about our stories？"
Looking out at the students，I realized I didn't have an answer.I stuttered，buying myself some time.
No one said a word.Either they didn't know，or they were shy.Perhaps they were just tired from their busy lives.Many，I learned，worked full-time while in school full-time.Most，I assumed，didn't have the faintest idea that their stories did matter.
Finally，I looked at Michael. "They matter because they do." I said，lamely grappling for clarity. "Because it's what you have.When you shape your experience into a story，it becomes yours and not just something that happened to you."
Michael didn't look convinced，but he didn't challenge me，either.
In his first essay，Michael wrote about how he grew up on the streets of one of the worst neighbourhoods in Boston.He wrote about the night he was out with two other young men and had a pistol pointed at his face：
In that moment everything went blank.A rush of adrenaline（腎上腺素） and the feeling of numbness shot through my body as the guy cocked back the hammer.A cruiser drove by：giving us enough time to flee but a week later those guys I was with were shot.One took a bullet in the leg：the other took a bullet in the chest.Minutes after I got that news，I decided I was going to college.
He went on to write about how his high school English teacher，an elderly woman who saw his potential，helped him fill out a college application.Also with the help of other teachers，he came to this school.
I had Michael read his essay out loud.After he finished the class went so still that we could hear the sound of each other's breath.I looked at Michael and saw a small softening in his dark eyes.When he finally sat back in his chair，it was like a coil unwinding.
After a moment，I said， "That's why you tell your stories."
I went home that night and picked up my journal from where it lay，dusty and untouched，by the side of my bed.I found a pen and gathered myself in a blanket.For the first time in months，I had to write.
（1）Why did the author tell a lie？
A．He intended to get acquainted with students.
B．He wanted to strike students as professional.
C．He wanted to conceal the fact of being born unhappy
D．He couldn't remember when he last wrote an essay.
（2）What was Michael's reaction to the author's requirement？
A．Supportive
B．Angry.
C．Doubtful.
D．Unconcerned.
（3）What do we know from Michael's story？
A．He used to be involved in criminal activities.
B．He didn't receive any formal education before college.
C．He successfully applied for a college all on his own.
D．He was dissatisfied with his previous life and wanted to make a change.
（4）What is the importance of telling your stories according to the author？
A．It adds color to our busy daily life.
B．It gives us inspiration for future life.
C．It provides us with an opportunity to rewrite our destiny.
D．It allows us to make meaning of what we've been through.組卷：8引用：1難度：0.5 -
3．Our character，basically，is a composite of our habits. "Sow a thought，reap an action；sow an action，reap a habit；sow a habit，reap a character；sow a character，reap a destiny，" the maxim goes.
Habits are powerful factors in our lives.Because they are consistent，often unconscious patterns，they constantly，daily，express our character and produce our effectiveness ….or ineffectiveness.
As Horace Mann，the great educator，once said， "Habits are like a cable.We weave a strand of it every day and soon it cannot be broken." I personally do not agree with the last part of his expression.I know they can be broken.Habits can be learned and unlearned.But I also know it isn't a quick fix.It involves a process and a tremendous commitment.
Those of us who watched the lunar voyage of Apollo 11 were transfixed as we saw the first men walk on the moon and return to earth.Superlatives such as "fantastic" and "incredible" were inadequate to describe those eventful days.But to get there，those astronauts literally had to break out of the tremendous gravity pull of the earth.More energy was spent in the first few minutes of lift-off，in the first few miles of travel，than was used over the next several days to travel half a million miles.
Habits，too，have tremendous gravity pull-more than most people realize or would admit.Breaking deeply imbedded habitual tendencies such as procrastination，impatience，criticalness，or selfishness that violate basic principles of human effectiveness involves more than a little willpower and a few minor changes in our lives. "Lift-off" takes a tremendous effort，but once we break out of the gravity pull，our freedom takes on a whole new dimension.
Like any natural force，the gravity pull can work with us or against us.The gravity pull of some of our habits may currently be keeping us from going where we want to go.But it is also the gravity pull that keeps our world together，that keeps the planets in their orbits and our universe in order.It is a powerful force，and if we use it effectively，we can use the gravity pull of habit to create the cohesiveness and order necessary to establish effectiveness in our lives.
（1）The author disagrees with Horace Mann because the latter believes.
A．habits are like a cable
B．habits can be leaned
C．habits learning is hard
D．habits cannot be broken
（2）The author compares launching spacecraft and breaking old habits mainly because.
A．They both involve a little willpower.
B．A lot of effort is needed during both the processes.
C．They both take a tremendous effort in the beginning
D．Once done，they'll ensure people unlimited freedom.
（3）What is the structure of the text？
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C．
D．
（4）Which of the following is a suitable title for the text？
A．The break off of habits
B．Powerful factors in our lives
C．The lift-off of gravity pull
D．Important habits in our lives組卷：8引用：1難度：0.5
第四部分 寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分15分）第一節(jié) （滿分15分）
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8．假定你是高三學(xué)生李華，學(xué)校環(huán)保社社長。近期，你打算在學(xué)校開展一次"減塑"（Less Plastic）社團(tuán)活動(dòng)。請你給王校長寫一封申請信，內(nèi)容包括：1.社團(tuán)活動(dòng)的時(shí)間和地點(diǎn)；2.社會(huì)活動(dòng)的內(nèi)容。
Dear Mr.Wang，
I am Li Hua，the leader of the Environment Protection Club.__________
Yours sincerely，
Li Hua組卷：3引用：1難度：0.5
第二節(jié)（滿分25分）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。
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9．"I wish my mother had a ring like those the ladies wear at the hotel，" said Hiram Green to himself one day.Hiram was the son of a fisherman，but the fisherman had died when Hiram was a little boy.Hiram's mother took on sewing work to earn money to support herself and her son.He helped her when he could re out of school hours，and during vacation time.He had two uncles who had taught him how to catch shrimps.With the money he earned by selling them he could buy things for his own use or pleasure.He had a "bank" almost full of what he called his "shrimp money."
The sight of the flashing diamonds on the hands of some of the summer visitors at the fishing village in which he lived had added a new article to the list of beautiful things his mother would own someday.He had heard that just one single diamond was sometimes worth five hundred dollars or more.This had discouraged him very much.
But one day，he happened to pass a shop in the neighboring town and saw a number of diamond rings displayed in the window.He stopped fascinated，and pressed his face against the glass eagerly to see if any prices were marked upon them.Imagine his surprise when he saw upon the largest one a tag marked 4.75.He looked again to see if he had made a mistake.Perhaps it was 475.But no，he knew enough about figures to see that he was right the first time.
He went home as fast as he could，and ran up into his bedroom.Then，he opened his "bank" and counted its contents. "Three dollars and twenty-two cents!" he cried. "I'll have that ring before another week." Hiram worked early and late for the next few days.He caught more shrimps than he had ever caught in the same length of time，and sold them readily.
注意：
1.續(xù)寫詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150左右；
2.請按如下格式在答題卡的相應(yīng)位置作答。
At the end of the week he had the sum he desired.________________________
Years after，Hiram learned what he had bought was in fact only glass，and he decided to tell his mother.
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