天津市南开中学2022-2023学年高三下学期第五次月考英语试卷学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________一、单项选择1．—Are you going to have your article published?—______ It’s too good an opportunity to miss.A．No problem!B．Why bother?C．Why me?D．That’s for sure. 2．If we order this English-Chinese dictionary in large quantities from the bookstore, they will consider giving us a _________of at least 10%.A．discount B．bargain C．budget D．reward 3．—Haven’t you handed in your composition yet?—Yes. I on it for twenty five minutes.A．had worked B．am working C．would work D．worked 4．When ______ into the passive voice, the sentence may take a different meaning. A．transformed B．recommended C．attracted D．represented 5．Each of you must give a really good reason for your own plan before it _________. A．comes out B．goes through C．puts forward D．works out 6．We couldn’t trust them________ all their friendly manners.A．in spite of B．in addition toC．as well as D．in memory of7．So far, the coach as well as all the players ________ their confidence.A．has lost B．have lost C．lost D．is losing 8．He hurried to the school, _________ no body there.A．just to find B．jut findingC．only to find D．only finding9．The newly-published book is written _____ for children, which is also popular with most parents.A．specifically B．willingly C．equally D．occasionally 10．_____ in financial scandals (丑闻), according to a social research, was regarded as top 1 reason for officials to give up political career in Italy.A．Involved B．Involving C．Being involved D．To involve11．Johnny, you ________ play with the knife, you ________ hurt yourself.A．won’t; can’t B．shouldn’t; must C．mustn’t; may D．can’t, wouldn’t 12．(2015·安徽)A ship in harbor is safe, but that’s not _____________ ships are built for. A．what B．whomC．why D．when13．Most women identified at least one trusted friends __________ they could turn in a trouble moment.A．off which B．on which C．to whom D．up whom 14．Someone called me up in the middle of the night, but he hung up ________I could answer the phone.A．unless B．until C．before D．since 15．—I’m sorry I didn’t make it to your party last night.—________, I know you’re busy these days.A．Of course B．No kidding C．That’s all right D．All right二、完形填空On Christmas of 2017, I was born again. We like to spend our Christmas holidayspeople in the market, and learning more about their customs.We learned to slow down. When we were allowed to____32____ we took a road trip through the country to see something else. We did not care about our travel bucket____33____anymore—we were____34____, and we wanted to enjoy Uganda’s unique nature and its people. In the end, our Uganda trip was not about the places that we saw, but the people that we met. It was travel for____35____ more than sightseeing. 16．A．recommended B．chose C．predicted D．informed 17．A．blessing B．barrier C．limitation D．balance 18．A．complicated B．mysterious C．crowded D．cold 19．A．doubtful B．wonderful C．scary D．imaginary 20．A．sense B．sight C．control D．direction 21．A．severely B．permanently C．partly D．deliberately 22．A．discovered B．failed C．continued D．managed 23．A．spot B．accident C．country D．park 24．A．curious B．happy C．shocked D．creative 25．A．cleaned B．cured C．swept D．repaired 26．A．fortunate B．grateful C．ready D．relieved 27．A．movement B．dressing C．suffering D．exercise 28．A．asked B．forbidden C．permitted D．taught 29．A．occasional B．daily C．risky D．awful 30．A．put off B．carried on C．insisted on D．ended up 31．A．chatting B．arguing C．bargaining D．meeting 32．A．exercise B．wander C．leave D．escape 33．A．guide B．list C．approach D．memory 34．A．awake B．sensitive C．allergic D．alive 35．A．experiment B．explanation C．experience D．reflection三、阅读理解Give a little sunshine!The Council on Aging (COA) runs a telephone friendship project called the Sunshine Call Program, matching over-60s with a friendly volunteer for a daily chat over the phone.Are you ready to add a little sunshine to a senior’s life?The Sunshine Call Program initially links a volunteer with an isolate (独居的) senior for a daily call When comfortable the volunteer introduces a second senior to the call. Then another, until there are four seniors to one volunteer on what is essentially a conference call. Without having to leave the house, you will help the seniors meet and make new friends. They will then exchange phone numbers to chat on their own and reduce their isolation.What are the volunteer qualifications?V olunteers must have access to the Internet and be willing to be trained on the use of a chat app. COA will provide all supplies required to make the calls. Besides, volunteers must agree to participate in monthly meetings with other volunteers and guest speakers. All volunteers must be willing to provide a recent Criminal Record Check, the cost of which will be borne by COA．And the most important volunteer qualification is a sense of caring and a desire to help seniors in the community!If you wish to volunteer with our Sunshine Call program, never hesitate! Just CLICK HERE to fill out the application form.36．Why does the passage mention Sheila’s experience?A．To show her lonelinessB．To share a sweet memory.C．To stress the value of COA．D．To praise Rianne’s kindness.37．One of the responsibilities of volunteers is__________.A．making weekly calls to seniorsB．visiting seniors during holidaysC．introducing new friends to seniorsD．teaching seniors to use smart phones38．If you want to be a volunteer, what are you required to do?A．Learn the use of a chat app.B．Prepare a computer by yourself.C．Offer a letter of recommendation.D．Have relevant working experience.39．What is the purpose of the passage?A．To inform the readers of COA．B．To invite seniors to sign up for COAC．To introduce volunteer work in COA．D．To advertise for new volunteers for COA．40．Which of the following is the passage probably taken from?A．A newspaper for teenagers.B．A website of an organization.C．A guide for travelers.D．A magazine for the elderly.It was the day of the big cross-country run. Students from seven different elementary schools in and around the small town of 100-Mile House, British Columbia, were warming up and walking the route through thick evergreen forest.I looked around and finally saw David standing by himself off to the side by a fence. He was small for ten years old, with messy red hair. But his usual big toothy grin was absent today. I walked over and asked him why he wasn’t with the other children. The only response he gave me was he had decided not to run. What was wrong? He had worked so hard for this event! David’s cerebral palsy (脑瘫) prevented him from walking or running like other children, but at school his peers thought of him as a regular kid. He always participated to the best of his ability in whatever they were doing. It just took him longer. He had stubbornly run a total of twenty three kilometres in practice runs to prepare for that day’stwo-and-a-half-kilometre run, and he had asked me to come and watch. We sat down together on some steps, but David wouldn’t look at me. I quietly said, “David, if you don’t want to run today, no one is going to make you. But if you’re not running because you’re afraid someone is going to laugh, that’s not a good enough reason. There will always be someone who willlaugh and say mean things. Are you going to let them get in your way? If you really want to run, David, then you run!” I held my breath as David took this in. Then he looked at the field and said, “I’m gonna run.”The starter’s gun sounded. But he had only gone a few metres before he tripped and fell flat on the ground. My heart sank. As I started to shout encouragement, David picked himself up and started again. All the other runners had disappeared over the hill. But it didn’t matter. He had worked for it, and he wouldn’t give up!I waited anxiously by the finish line as the most runners completed and another race had begun. Still no David! I started to feel sick. Had I done the wrong thing? Could he have become lost? Finally, a small figure emerged from the forest. David raised his arms in triumph as he crossed the finish line to wild cheers and applause. He caught my eye, flashed me a toothy grin and said, “That was easy!”41．What made David unable to run like other children?A．His mental problem.B．His physical condition.C．His laziness.D．His hesitation.42．David decided to run because ___.A．he was encouraged toB．he wanted to be the firstC．he was laughed into doing itD．he knew it was a shorter distance43．Which of the following can best describe David?A．Brave and talkative.B．Out-going and kind-hearted.C．Lively and hard-working.D．Optimistic and strong-willed.44．By using the phrase “a toothy grin” in the last sentence, the writer intends to tell us about David’s ___.A．competence in finishing a runB．positive attitude towards lifeC．ability to win cheers and applauseD．efforts to catch others’ attention45．Which of the following is the proper theme of the text?A．Never judge a book by its cover.B．Well begun is half done.C．Where there is a will, there is a way.D．Many hands make light work.What would the world be if there were no hunger? It’s a question that the late ecologist Donella Meadows would ask her students at Dartmouth College back in the 1970s. She set out to create a global movement. The result — an approach known as systems thinking — is now seen as essential in meeting big global challenges.Systems thinking is crucial to achieving targets such as zero hunger and better nutrition because it requires considering the way in which food is produced, processed, delivered and consumed, and looking at how those things relate with human health, the environment, economics and society. According to systems thinking, changing the food system — or any other network — requires three things to happen. First, researchers need to identify all the players in that system; second, they must work out how they relate to each other; and third, they need to understand and quantify the impact of those relationships on each other and on those outside the system.Take nutrition for example. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization tracked 150 biochemicals in food and various databases, which revealed the relationships between calories, sugar, fat, vitamins and the occurrence of common diseases. But using machine learning and artificial intelligence, network scientists propose that human diets consist of at least 26, 000 biochemicals and that the vast majority are not known. This shows that we have some way to travel before achieving the first objective of systems thinking — which, in this example, is to identify more constituent parts of the nutrition system.A systems approach to creating change is also built on the assumption that everyone in the system has equal power and status. But the food system is not an equal one. There have been calls for a World Food and Nutrition Organization, so that legally binding policies can be applied to all its members. Another way to address power imbalances is for more universities to do what Meadows did and teach students how to think using a systems approach.A team of researchers has done just that, through the Interdisciplinary Food Systems Teaching and Learning program. Students from disciplines including agriculture, ecology and economics learn together by drawing on their collective expertise in tackling real-world problems, such as how to reduce food waste. Since its launch in 2015, the program has trained more than 1, 500 students from 45 university departments.More researchers, policymakers and representatives from the food industry must learn to look beyond their direct lines of responsibility and embrace a systems approach, as the editors of Nature Food advocate in their launch editorial. Meadows knew that visions alone don’t produce results, but concluded that “we’ll never produce results that we can’t envision”. 46．What can we learn about systems thinking?A．It offers a new perspective to understand the world.B．It plays an essential part in meeting big world problems.C．It has nothing to do with things outside the given system.D．It requires to know three players in a given system47．According to paragraph 3, the study conducted by network scientists revealed that __. A．artificial intelligence is more useful than traditional methodsB．achieving systems thinking requires identifying more componentsC．we are unable to gain thorough understanding of our nutritious systemD．some biochemicals are related with the occurrence of common diseases 48．According to the passage, what do we know about the Interdisciplinary Food Systems Teaching and Learning program?A．It is the only way of solving imbalance in our food system.B．It aims to urge the governments to carry ‘out its food policies.C．It seeks to solve theoretical issues about food and nutrition booD．It has cultivated many interdisciplinary talents since its launch.49．What can be inferred from the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?A．Results can’t be produced.B．Vision brings about change.C．Action matters more than saying.D．Systems thinking is too difficult to realize.50．The passage is mainly about __.A．how to conduct research efficientlyB．how to build a world food organizationC．an approach to solving real-world problemD．an approach to applying scientific findingsChatGPT is a new AI system that sounds so human in conversations that it could host its own radio programs. Reading between its instantly generated, perfectly grammatical lines, people see different visions of the future. Without doubt, ChatGPT is impressive.Some compare the emergence of ChatGPT to the impact of the iPhone, but that doesn’t do it justice. ChatGPT, as well as the generative AI that will follow and outsmart it, is more disruptive. And yet, that doesn’t necessarily mean the end of the world is upon us. On the contrary, ChatGPT, I would argue, might serve to make us more aware of our irreplaceable human qualities.Take the creative act, writing in particular, as an example. If you want it to, theAI-powered chatbot always produces something because it has the whole world of online data to draw from. But unlike us; it lacks the consciousness. Thinking is hard, critical thinking even harder, and ChatGPT isn’t good at either. It just restates what has already been said; it is one big recycling machine.There is another obvious limitation of ChatGPT. Philosopher Harry Frankfurt once claimed: the difference between a bullshitter (胡说八道的人) and a liar is that the liar. A knows what the truth is but decides to take the opposite direction; a bullshitter, however, has no regard for the truth at all. The AI scholar Gary Marcus applies this distinction to ChatGPT. He believes that we have reached a critical point where “the price of bullshit reaches zero and people who want to spread misinformation, either politically or just to make a profit, start doing that plentifully”. Unfortunately, ChatGPT will reproduce misinformation from any of its input sources — it is not an intelligent system that tries to balance or weight different perspectives. In this sense, everything that ChatGPT writes is bullshit.This is why the so-called AIQ is critical. It is actually an extension and a measurement of our human IQ: our overall knowledge of AI tools, our mastery of clues, and our ethical awareness. ChatGPT is going to change everything and nothing.Creativity, imagination and ethics — these will all remain unique human domains. It is the AI’s very limitations that will make us appreciate our own.51．What can we learn about ChatGPT?A．It helps generate an artificial voice.B．It provides instructions on writing skills.C．It generates natural language responses.D．It offers a service for language learning.52．What does the underlined word “disruptive” in paragraph 2 probably mean?A．Evil.B．Reliable.C．Profitable.D．Revolutionary.53．What’s the writing purpose of Paragraph 3?A．To show the differences between humans and AI.B．To describe the limitations of human consciousness.C．To prove ChatGPT might make humans more aware of their irreplaceable human qualities. D．To explain why ChatGPT isn’t a big recycling machine.54．Why does the author consider ChatGPT as a bullshit generator?A．It makes up lies constantly.B．It can’t tell right from wrong.C．It often makes unfair judgement.D．It always takes a neutral standpoint.55．Which can be a suitable title for the text?A．ChatGPT Makes Us HumanB．ChatGPT Is Causing Panic NowC．ChatGPT: Treat It Like a Toy, Not a ToolD．ChatGPT: Why It Is Bound to Generate Bullshit四、阅读表达阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题Look people in the eye. Smile. Shake hands. Sit up tall. Speak confidently. That’s the last-minute advice Professor Paul Calhoun gives college students before they head off for job interviews. The Skidmore College seniors he’s talking to are dressed in suits, dresses and heels. They stand out in a college library with other finals-takers, most in sweatpants orT-shirts.There isn’t an actual job interview, just a satisfactory or unsatisfactory grade from a popular, semester-long class called Presenting the Brand Called Me at this college in New York.Calhoun created the popular, semester-long course 10 years ago. He’d spent more than three decades working in the banking industry, where he saw the importance of presentation skills: “A lot of it is acting.”When Calhoun came to Skidmore as a business professor, he noticed a lot of students struggling with self-confidence and public speaking. He shaped what eventually became this class with the help of theater professors, in order to give business majors “the same training that the theater department gives to actors”. Over the 13 weeks, there are dance classes,role-playing, and a group of guest speakers who talk about cover letters and resumes (简历). By the end of the course, students leave with a “STAR” story — the short story about yourself and your abilities that’s designed to help land you a job. “People don’t remember when you tell them you’re good at something,” Calhoun explains, “they remember when you tell them a story that proves you’re good at something.”Dante Delemos is a junior business major, soft-spoken but confident. He says this class has helped him realize that telling a story — his story — has value, so he uses it whenever he can: in cover letters, to shape his resume and during interviews. And it did the trick. Delemos is spending the summer working in finance, with an internship (实习) in Manhattan. 56．What does Calhoun learn from his past experience in the banking industry?(No more than 10 words)______________________________________________________________57．How could job hunters impress people to get a job according to Calhoun?(No more than 15 words)______________________________________________________________58．What does the underlined phrase mean?(No more than 3 words)______________________________________________________________59．What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?((No more than 10 words)______________________________________________________________ 60．Besides practicing presenting skills, what else can people do to become more confident? Please give your reasons. ((No more than 25 words)______________________________________________________________五、其他应用文61．假如你是晨光中学的学生李津。
