2022-2023学年天津市西青区杨柳青一中高三（上）开学英语试卷

一、单项选择（共15分）

• 1．— I need to tell him the conference has been put off.
  — ______ He's on his way.（　　）

  A．The sooner the better.

  B．That's news to me.

  C．How could you？

  D．Not especially.
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• 2．The film is to show us_____happiness really looks like in spite of the misfortune we have to face.（　　）

  A．what

  B．that

  C．which

  D．how
  组卷：86引用：2难度：0.9

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• 3．Nowadays many people travel across China ________ high-speed trains.（　　）

  A．on behalf of	B．by means of
  C．at cost of	D．in terms of
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• 4．In art criticism，you must assume the artist has a secret message          within the work．（　　）

  A．to hide	B．hidden
  C．hiding	D．being hidden
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• 5．When Erin found a lost wallet on the bus，she ______ that going to a stranger's house to return it was a risky move，but she decided to take the chance.（　　）

  A．disagreed	B．complained
  C．calculated	D．recommended
  组卷：39引用：3难度：0.7

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• 6．As fossil fuels are unsustainable，alternative energy，such as sunlight，wind and water，_____ currently.（　　）

  A．was employed	B．is being employed
  C．were employed	D．are being employed
  组卷：70引用：2难度：0.8

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• 7．______ the weather has cleared up，we can start our journey.（　　）

  A．In case	B．Now that
  C．Even though	D．Ever since
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四、阅读表达（共10分）阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

• 21．I was traveling with my husband and three teenage sons，in the United States.We ordered our food at a fast-food place，and with my meal I also wanted a blueberry pie.My husband is the chatty one in the family and likes to socialize，so he started to a conversation about the place where blueberries grow with the girl.She answered，with some anxiety， "They grow on trees."
      The whole family's jaws dropped!How could this girl not know where blueberries grow？We tried not to embarrass her，and just took the opportunity to teach her a little about how blueberries grow，on small shrubs on the ground.She seemed to appreciate learning something new.We can't know all the same things，as you'll see from the next thing I'm going to tell you.
      In 2002 our family made a short trip to a coffee plantation.The road to the plantation was narrow filled with hairpin bends.I worried about hitting another car.We didn't，lucky us!When we finally got to our destination，we learned a lot about the plantation and coffee production，but we didn't see any coffee plants.Where were they？We decided to ask one of the people working there. "So where are the coffee plants？We can't see them anywhere."
      She reached out her arm and caught a twig right next to us and explained，"This is the coffee plant and these little things will be coffee beans." I looked around in embarrassment，as we were surrounded by coffee plants!She explained that coffee plants aren't big and that they have to grow in the shade of other bigger plants.I appreciated her lesson.
      We love our coffee，but I'm sure most of my countrymen would not be able to recognize a coffee plant among other tropical plants if asked.Our jaws can drop at different things，depending on geographical locations，at what we know and don't know.Never take anything for granted!
  
  （1）What topic did the author's husband discuss with the girl？ （no more than 5 words）

  
  （2）How do you understand the underlined part in Paragraph 2？ （no more than 10 words）

  
  （3）How was the way to the coffee plantation ？ （1 word）

  
  （4）What did the author learn from the worker？ （no more than 15 words）

  
  （5）What inspiration do you get from the story？Please express it in your own words. （no more than 20 words）
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五、书面表达（共25分）

• 22．假如你是李华，最近，你校学生会准备举办一场主题为"国学经典"的读书交流会．你得知美国交换生Bob对此很感兴趣．现请你代表学生会给他写一封英文邮件，介绍此次活动并邀请他参加．邮件包括以下内容：
  1． 时间：星期四下午3：00-5：00；
  2． 地点：报告厅（lecture hall）；
  3． 内容：阅读经典名著，交流读书体会等．
  注意：
  词数100左右，可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
  提示词：交流会seminar； 国学经典 Chinese Classics
  Dear Bob，
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