2022-2023学年甘肃省酒泉市高三（上）第一次诊断英语试卷

第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节 （共4小题；每小题6分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

• 1．Get involved with our research Some of our research projects depend on how generous people like you are.Whether it's using your home PC，taking part in a medical experiment or simply volunteering your time for a study，you may be able to help some of the creative projects which make the University of Oxford a world leader in research.Watch this space for ways in which you could get involved.
     Seeking poor sleepers for sleeplessness research
     Trouble sleeping？We are looking for poor sleepers between the ages of 18 and 65.The activity will involve spending overnights in the sleep laboratory at Oxford，testing your sleep/ wake cycle，and completing the tasks on the computer.If you are interested，please contact the research team at sleeplessness@ndcn.ox.ac.jye.ai.
     Volunteers with lazy eye（弱视）wanted
     We are looking for volunteers aged 18 - 45 with a history of lazy eye to take part in our brain scanning （扫描）study.You will also be asked questions about your medical history to check if you are suitable for an MRI （核磁共振）scan.Call 01865 223622 for more information.
     Oxford Vaccine （疫苗） Group
     The Oxford Vaccine Group is an independent medical experiment group.OVG works towards the goal of developing new and improved vaccines for the prevention of infection in adults and children.To get more information，please see the OVG website.
     Oxford experimental lab for the Social Sciences
     The Oxford Internet Institute，together with the Business School，needs some people to participate in computer-based experiments involving online surfing behavior as well as something about economy and politics.We treat our subjects well，there are no special skills required and you don't have to come to the lab in person.Contact us at socialscience.jye.ai@ ox.ac.jye.ai for more information.
  
  （1）How can you get more information about the project "Volunteers with lazy eye wanted"？

  
  A．By calling 01865 223622.
  B．By seeing the OVG website.
  C．By surfing the website：sleeplessness@ndcn.ox.ac.jye.ai.
  D．By referring to the website：socialscience，study@ox.ac.jye.ai.
  （2）What should you do if you volunteer for sleeplessness research？

  
  ①Have your brain scanned.
  ②Finish the tasks on the computer.
  ③Have your sleep/wake cycle tested.
  ④Spend overnights in the sleep laboratory.
  ⑤Answer questions about your surfing behavior.
  A． ③④⑤
  B． ②③④
  C． ②④⑤
  D． ①④⑤
  （3）What will be involved in the project "Oxford experimental lab for the Social Sciences"？

  
  A．Medical history.
  B．Examining your eyes.
  C．Vaccines for prevention of infection.
  D．Finance and politics.
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• 2．I left university with a good degree in English Literature，but no sense of what I wanted to do.Over the next six years，I was treading water（停滞不前），just trying to earn an income.I tried journalism，but I didn't think I was any good，then finance，which I hated.Finally，I got a job as a rights assistant at a famous publisher.I loved working with books，although the job that I did was dull.
     I had enough savings to take a year off work，and I decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a novel.Attending a Novel Writing MA course gave me the structure I needed to write my first 55，000 words.
     It takes confidence to make a new start—there's a dark period in-between where you're neither one thing nor the other.You're out for dinner and people ask what you do，and you're too ashamed to say， "Well，I'm writing a novel，but I'm not quite sure if I'm going to get there." My confidence dived.Believing my novel could not be published，I put it aside.
     Then I met an agent（代理商） who said I should send my novel out to agents.So，I did and，to my surprise，got some wonderful feedback.I felt a little hope that I might actually become a published writer and，after signing with an agent，I finished the second half of the novel.
     The next problem was finding a publisher.After two-and-a-half years of no income，just waiting and wondering，a publisher offered me a book deal—that publisher turned out to be the one I once worked for.
     It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luck—of fate，really.When you set out to do something different，there's no end in sight，so to find myself in a position where I now have my own name on a contract（合同） of the publisher—to be a published writer—is unbelievably rewarding.
  
  （1）Why did the author decide to write a novel？

  
  A．Because she hated her previous jobs.
  B．Because her parents and friends had encouraged her to do so.
  C．Because she wanted to pursue her own dream of writing a novel.
  D．Because she graduated from university with a good degree in English Literature.
  （2）What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 mean？

  
  A．She became less stubborn.
  B．She became more stubborn.
  C．She suddenly lost confidence.
  D．She gradually gained confidence.
  （3）Who agreed to publish the author's first novel？

  
  A．An agent who she signed with.
  B．A rights assistant she once worked with.
  C．An agent who advised her to send her novel out to agents.
  D．A publisher who she once worked for as a rights assistant.
  （4）Which of the following words can best describe the author's experience as a writer？

  
  A．Tough but rewarding.
  B．Interesting and smooth.
  C．Difficult but thrilling.
  D．Complicated and fruitless.
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• 3．People have different ways of dealing with a common cold.Some take over-the-counter（非处方的）medicines such as aspirin while others try popular home remedies（治疗）like herbal tea or chicken soup.Yet，here is the tough truth about the common cold：nothing really cures you of it.
     So why do people sometimes believe that their remedies work？According to James Taylor，professor at the University of Washington，colds usually go away on their own in about a week，improving a little each day after symptoms peak，so it's easy to believe it's medicine rather than time that deserves the credit.
     It still seems hard to believe that we can deal with more serious diseases yet we are powerless against something so common as a cold.Recently，scientists came closer to figuring out why.To understand it，you first need to know how antiviral（抗病毒的）drugs work.They attack the virus by attaching to and changing the surface structures of the virus.To do that，the drug must fit and lock into the virus like the right piece of a jigsaw（拼图），which means scientists have to identify the virus and build a 3 D model to study its surface before they can design an antiviral drug that is effective enough.
     The two cold viruses that scientists had long known about were rhinovirus（鼻病毒）A and B．But they didn't find out about the existence of a third virus，rhinovirus C until 2006.All three of them contribute to the common cold，but drugs that work well against rhinovirus A and B have little effect when used against rhinovirus C．
     "This explains most of the previous failures of drug trials against rhinoviruses，" study leader Professor Ann C．Palmenberg at the University of Wiscons in Madison，US，told Scienc Daily.
     Now，more than 10 years after the discovery of rhinovirus C，scientists have finally built a highly detailed 3 D model of the virus，showing that the surface of the virus is，as expected，different from that of other cold viruses.
     With the model in hand，hopefully a real cure for a common cold is on its way.Soon，we may no longer have to waste our money on medicines that don't really work.
  
  （1）Which of the following is NOT the way people usually deal with a common cold？

  
  A．Eating chicken soup.
  B．Taking aspirin.
  C．Taking exercise.
  D．Drinking herbal tea.
  （2）What are antiviral drugs supposed to do？

  
  A．To fit and lock into the cold virus.
  B．To exactly copy the cold viruses.
  C．To prevent colds from developing into serious diseases.
  D．To absorb different kinds of cold viruses at the same time.
  （3）What do scientists still need to find out？

  
  A．Why drugs for treating a common cold sometimes fail.
  B．Why the surfaces of different viruses are different.
  C．How to build a detailed 3 D model of rhinovirus C.
  D．How we can effectively fight against rhinovirus C.
  （4）What does the author think of the usual remedies to treat a common cold？

  
  A．Effective.
  B．Fruitless.
  C．Expensive.
  D．Worthwhile.
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第三部分 写作（共两节，满分10分）第一节短文改错（共1小题；每小题10分，满分10分）

• 8．假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文，文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
  增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
  删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
  修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
  注意：（1）每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
  （2）只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
     We are pleased inform you that the English speech competition for high school students is to be held in our school from 8：30 am to 11：30 am next month.
     Twenty high school students from our city were going to gather in our school and deliver their speeches，which topic is Future Life.Some English professor from the USA and China will be invited to be judges but evaluate the performances of the competitors.
     Welcome to attend this competition if you have any interesting in English speeches and this topic.It would be the valuable experience to exchange ideas with some judges and excellently English learners.Don't miss for taking part in them.
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第二节 书面表达（满分25分）

• 9．假如你是李华，你校国际部的交流生Tom给你发来电子邮件，说他在即将到来的考试前出现了忧虑、头痛、睡眠差等情况，请你给他发一封电子邮件提出你的建议，内容包括：
  （1）说明考试的目的：
  （2）为考试做好必要的准备；
  （3）注意健康饮食、运动和睡眠等。
  注意：（1）词数100左右：
  （2）邮件开头已为你写好（不计入总词数）。
  Dear Tom，
      I have received your email saying that you are worried about the coming exam，
                 
  Yours，
  Li Hua
  组卷：7引用：2难度：0.5

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