2023届广东省茂名高州市高三第一次模拟考试英语试题（原卷版+解析版）

高州市 2023届高三第一次模拟考试 英语 考生注意： 1.本试卷由三个部分组成。满分120分，考试时间100分钟。 2.考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上。选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑;非选择题请用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效. 3.本卷命题范围：高考范围。 第一部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分) 第一节 (共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A There are many scientific breakthroughs made by women in the Antarctic. Here are four landmarks in Antarctica and they’re named for the female pioneers. Jones Terrace(梯田) The ice-free terrace in eastern Antarctica’s Victoria Land bears Jones name. In 1969, geochemist Lois M. Jones led the first all-female research team from the US to work in Antarctica. Jones and her team studied chemical weathering(风化作用)in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, an ice-free area of Antarctica. Through chemical analyses of rocks they had collected,Jones and her team discovered many geochemical characteristics of the valley’s ice-covered lakes. Mount Fineness 8,202-foot-high Mount Fineness,located on Antarctica’s largest island—Alexander Island-is named for Ginny Fineness. She established and maintained 80-foot-tall radio towers in the Antarctic. In 1985, Fineness became the first female invited to join the Antarctic Club, a British supper club open to individuals who have spent extended time in the Antarctic region. Francis Peak Francis Peak The 3,727-foot-tall peak on Antarctica’s Adelaide Island is named after Dame Jane Francis,who is the first female director of the British Antarctic Survey, the national polar research institute of the UK. Her collection of fossils on Seymour Island helped conclude in a 2021 paper that Antarctica’s abundant plant fossils indicate the continent once had a much warmer climate than it currently does. Peden Cliffs Peden Cliffs near Antarctica’s Marie Byrd Land are proof of the labor of Irene Peden. She was the first American female scientist to both live and work in the Antarctic,where she used radio waves to study ice sheets. Peden and her team determined how very low frequency radio waves spread over long polar distances by measuring pathways in the ice. They also used varying radio wave frequencies to measure the thickness of Antarctica’s ice sheets. 1. Which of the following is named after a builder of radio towers in the Antarctic A. Peden Cliffs. B. Francis Peak. C. Mount Fineness. D. Jones Terrace. 2. Who helped prove the previous higher temperatures of the Antarctica A. Irene Peden. B. Dame Jane Francis. C. Ginny Fineness. D. Lois M.Jones. 3. What was special about Irene Peden according to the text A. She could judge the thickness of Antarctica’s ice sheets. B. She discovered a lot of ice-covered lakes in the Antarctic. C. She was the first female American to explore the Antarctic. D She correctly measured the spreading speed of radio waves ... ...