2023届云南省曲靖市第二中学学联体高三上学期第一次联考
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一、阅读理解
Here are four events you won’t want to miss this week.
World Classic Opera Gala
Prented by the China National Opera Hou,the World Classic Opera Gala will prent audiences with famous Chine operas including The Long March,The Red Detachment of Women and Red Guards on Honghu Lake and Western operas including Tosca, Rusalka,Rigo letto and Le Nozze di Figaro.
Dates:Dec24-25Place:National Center for the Performing Arts(NCPA),Beijing
Drama The Dream of the Red Chamber
Produced by Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center,the drama The Dream of the Red Chamber is bad on the Chine treasured literature classic of A Dream of Red Mansions.After four years of development,the drama was condend(压缩)into a six-hour visual feast from the 700,000-word masterpiece.
Dates:Dec25-26Place:Shanghai Culture Square,Shanghai
2021Guardian Art Book Fair
Covering an area of1,400square meters,the first Guardian Art Book Fair will display more than5,000highlight art books from over40top art publishing hous both at home and abroad.In addition,as one of the exhibitors,the National Library of China Publishing Hou will exhibit over100books.
Dates:Dec22-26Place:Guardian Art Center,Beijing
Musical Story for Kids-The Waltz Kingdom
During his lifetime,Austrian compor Johann Strauss was known as the“Waltz King”, and was largely responsible for popularizing the waltz in19th century Vienna.In this concert combining music 房屋续租合同
and videos,children and their parents can enjoy lively stories accompanied by the music of The Waltz Kingdom produced by the Four Seasons Chamber Orchestra.
Date:10:30am,Dec25
中国所有朝代Place:National Library Arts Center,Beijing
1．What is special about the drama The Dream of the Red Chamber?
A．It is intended for opera lovers.B．It is a700,000-word masterpiece. C．It is a drama adapted from a classic.D．It is held in the city of Shanghai. 2．Which of the following lasts the longest?
A．Drama The Dream of the Red Chamber.B．2021Guardian Art Book Fair. C．World Classic Opera Gala.D．The Waltz Kingdom.
3．What do we know about The Waltz Kingdom?
A．It was produced by Johann Strauss.
B．It is shown in the Guardian Art Center,Beijing.
C．It has been a popular story since the19th century.
D．It’ll give the audience a feast for eyes and ears.
When the sun comes up over the castle of Rocca Calascio,a small mountain village high up in the Italian Apennines,it’s like a silent,magic wonderland.One such sunri struck Franco Cagnoli with an inside calling that led him to go on a mission that affected both the village and him deeply.
Rocca Calascio has en no resident since1957.Depopulation of rural or mountain villages in Italy began in the early20th century,accelerating(加速)after World War Two when people were attracted to urban jobs.
However,like many places,the area is enjoying a revival(复苏)and now home to some families.“To put it in romantic terms,there is a love story between me and the ancient building,”Cagnoli said as he showed visitors round the castle of Rocca Calascio.The castle, with foundations dating back about1,000years,is one of the highest in Europe.It was built as a tower in a line of connected structures to control and protect the land that stretched inland from the Adriatic Sea.
Cagnoli,now39,first saw Rocca Calascio when he was16.He was on a road trip to find himlf.“I arriv
ed here as the morning sun lit up the castle.I was blinded by the light and since that day something inside me has changed,”he said.“I thought it was the most beautiful place.I felt special energies,deciding to help its rebirth.”He’s now the castle’s caretaker and head of a cooperative who members guide visitors.
“Besides temporary visitors,the complete revival has much to do with permanent residents.People of the previous generation didn’t appreciate the land they lived on,”Valeria Befani,a resident in the village,said.“Today’s teenagers,like my children,are proud of their
land and are happy if they can stay here.”
4．What inspired Cagnolito help revive Rocca Calascio?
A．His trip to find himlf.B．The historical importance of the castle. C．His love for ancient buildings.D．The impressive scene of the village. 5．How was Rocca Calascio affected by World War Two?
红烧田鸡A．Its buildings were damaged.B．It got left behind in economy.
C．Its population loss speeded up.D．It was known by more people. 6．Why was the castle built?
A．To strengthen coastal defen.B．To reduce attack from waves.
C．To attract people to visit.D．To protect the connected structures. 7．What might Befani agree with?
A．Views of different generations vary greatly.
B．The future of Rocca Calascio is full of promi.
C．Reviving Rocca Calascio has a long way to go.
D．Teenagers are not proud of their hometown.
Birth rates often fall during hard times,but the covid-19pandemic was no ordinary difficult times.On the one hand,people might hesitate to bear children during such a challenge;on the other,the opportunity to work from home makes parenting much easier. During the dark days,no one knew which of the effects would be greater.
According to the data from an American survey,covid did lead to a small decrea in birth rates.Birth counts fell from3.75million in2019to3.67million in2021.However,a new study by Martha Bailey,Janet
Currie and Hannes Schwandt reaches the surprising conclusion that despite apparent decline,birth rates among women born in America actually ro during the pandemic.
The clue that data on total births might be misleading was the timing of the drop.Birth counts fell in early2020,but most babies conceived(被怀上)after covid struck America in March2020would have been due in2021.The study suggests that what changed in2020was not whether women gave birth,but where.
In2019,23%of newborns in America had foreign-born mothers(外籍母亲).Breaking down the data on pandemic-era births by mothers’origin,the rearchers found a striking difference:foreign-born women give birth to91,000fewer babies than pre-pandemic-era,
whereas native-born ones had46,000more.
The study did not asss how much of the fall is from fewer foreign-born women entering the country and then giving birth,and how much from immigrants already in America deciding to leave.But given that America clod its borders for non-esntial travel in2020,a reduction in new arrivals-including tho who visit briefly to have an American-citizen child,and then leave-ems more likely.
The rearchers figured that the shift to remote work explained much of native-born women’s ri in birth-rate.The increa was most marked(明显的)among the
嘉峪关方特college-educated,who are more likely to be able to work from home,in a country without any paid maternity-leave(产假)or child-care subsidy(补贴).
8．What can be inferred from the passage?
A．The data on all America-born babies might be misleading.
B．More babies would have been born in2021in America.
C．There is paid maternity-leave in America.
D．Birth counts did fall in2021in America.
9．Which of the following might not be the factor that led to the fall of births? A．Some foreign-born women could not enter America and gave birth.
B．Some immigrants living in America decided to leave for their homeland. C．Some women hesitate to give birth during hard times.
D．Some native American women were unwilling to give birth.
10．How did the rearchers come to the surprising conclusion?
万圣节的手工A．By grouping the mothers bad on their origins.
B．By rearching into the mothers’education level.
C．By looking at the data of birth rates from2007to2019.
D．By studying the American mothers’working place.
老花镜的度数怎么选11．What is the text mainly about?
A．Previous rearch data on birth rates was not accurate.
B．Birth rates fell in America during the pandemic for many reasons. C．Pandemic-era birth rates among America-born mothers ro.
D．Covid-19has greatly affected the place American women give birth.
Manufacturing(批量生产)is a one-way business.Raw materials go into a factory and
finished products come out.Once tho goods are sold,producers usually wash their hands of them.They normally don’t worry about how the products are dispod of(处理).Most are burnt or rot in landfill.In only50years the world’s consumption of raw materials has nearly incread to more than100billion tonnes according to the latest Circularity Gap Report from the World Economic Forum.Less than9%of this is reud.Industry does talk about sustainability and recycling,but much of that is greenwashing intended to improve brand images.
Every car-making country wants gigafactories(超级工厂)that produce batteries for electric vehicles(EVS),which is profitable.Batteries contain valuable but expensive materials that are hard to get.Supply chains are long and complex.Recycling makes n.
Most gigafactories are designed with recycling in mind from the start.The result is a circular(循环的)production process.The idea is that once batteries reach the ends of their lives,they should go back to a factory,where they can be ud again.馨的成语
Northvolt,a Swedish battery-maker,aims by2030to produce batteries enough to power some2million EVS from the three gigafacotries.By then,around half its raw materials should come from recycling old batteries.Using recycling and renewable power,CATL,a Chine EV batteries firm,similarly,thinks it should eventually be possible to shrink the carbon footprint of a battery towards zero.
Carmakers such as the Renault Group and Stellantis,owner of brands that include Chrysler and Peugeot are both tting up circular-economy business,not just for batteries, but also for repairing and reconditioning parts and vehicles.Each of the operations will, boss hope,have annual income of more than2billion dollars by the end of the decade. 12．Which of the following statements is right?
A．Circular economy is a one-way business.
B．Recycling is an important part of manufacturing.
C．Greenwashing helps improve recycling of raw materials.
D．Peugeot is tting up circular-economy business.
13．By mentioning Northvolt and CATL,the author means to show that______. A．Gigafactories are making some progress in recycling.
复数名词B．Northvolt is building3gigafactories to power some2million EVS.
C．Northvolt t up circular-economy business to make money.
D．CATL has cut down the carbon footprint to zero.
