1、廣東省廣州市南洋英文中學(xué)2023年高三英語期末試題含解析一、 選擇題1. The telephone _, but by the time I got indoors, it stopped. A. had rung B. was ringing C. rings D. has rung參考答案：B解析：從句子后部分by the time I got indoors可知電話響是發(fā)生在我進屋那一時刻，故用過去進行時。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參考答案：B【詳解】考查介詞短語辨析。句意：在回答是否承認高考分數(shù)的問題時，劍橋給出了積極的回答。A. in favor of支持；B. in response to回應(yīng)；C. in salute to致敬；D. in consequence of由于的緣故。表示“回應(yīng)”in response to，故選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參考答案：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參考答案：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參考答案：D6. Man cannot discover new oceans _ he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.A. if B. unless C. when D. since參考答案：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參考答案：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參考答案：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 參考答案：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參考答案：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 參考答案：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 參考答案：B13. Are you here on business?No, .

8、This is my holiday. Awith pleasure Ba pleasure Cfor pleasure DIts my pleasure參考答案：C14. After winning the singing competition, she thought herself in her neighborbood.A. none B. anyone C. everyone D. someone參考答案：D【考查方向】考查不定代詞的用法。句意：贏得唱歌比賽以后，她認為她自己在鄰里是個人物了。none一個、一點也沒有；anyone任何人；everyone大家，人人；someone某

9、個人，重點人物。故選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 參考答案：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參考答案：A略二、 書面表達17. 假如你是張萌，在剛結(jié)束的寒假里，你作為學(xué)校的交換生 (exchange student) 去美國Wilson Middle School學(xué)習(xí)，期間你結(jié)交了很多朋友，增進了對美國文化的了解?，F(xiàn)請你代表你的學(xué)校，根據(jù)下列內(nèi)容要點，給Wilson Middle School的校長寫一封感謝信。內(nèi)容要點：1.自我簡介；2.表示感謝（你的收獲）；3.希望多舉辦這樣的活動；4.歡迎該校師生來你校參觀注意：1. 詞數(shù)10

11、0左右；2. 可以適當(dāng)增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫；3. 信的開頭和結(jié)尾已為你寫好，不計入總詞數(shù)。Dear Headmaster,My name is Zhang Meng_Best wishes.Yours sincerely,Zhang Meng參考答案：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、 閱讀理解18. The worlds largest solar thermal plant(太陽熱能發(fā)電站)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 (渦輪) 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