2023届广东省汕头市金山中学高三校模英语试题（含答案）.docx

汕头市金山中学2023届高三年级校模本试卷共8页，满分120分。考试用时，120分钟。第二部分 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。AAs a language learning enthusiast, I ve come up with the best apps for learning English from the thousands of mobile apps out there.Best for Pronunciation: ELSA SpeakELSA Speak is probably the best mobile app around for helping you improve your English pronunciation. The app's greatest strength is its intensive AI feedback, but ELSA also provides mini-training sessions to really perfect your pronunciation. The AI analyzes your recordings based on pronunciation, intonation and fluency then points out exactly which parts sound inaccurate.Best for Immersing in English Videos: FluentUFuentU is a language learning app that teaches you English through authentic videos like news reports, movie scenes and interviews, with learner tools for all levels. Each clip has interactive subtitles so if you're not sure what a word means, you can hover over it and get in explanation. The app also gives video examples for each word so you can team vocabulary in context.Best for Practical Topics: BabbelBabbel has you learn and practice English with realistic conversations that surround things that you're personally interested in. Lessons are short and consist of written and audio versions of the grammar featured in the lessons. Then you are able to complete practice exercises to solidify your understanding.Best for Fun Beginner Lessons: LingodeerLingodecr uses games and short exercises to teach beginner and intermediate English learners. Lingodeer takes a gamified （游戏化的）approach to language learning with a goal-oriented curriculum consisting of structured lessons and regular reviews. Lingodeefs lessons are arranged according to themes, such as sports, weather, parts of the body and shopping.21.22.What is the feature of ELSA Speak?A. It analyzes learners1 recordings.B It provides guidance for learners.C. It gives learners helpful feedback.D. It improves learners* communication skill.Which app provides videos as learning resources?23.A. FluentU.B. ELSA Speak.C.Babbcl.D. Lingodccr.What can learners do with the app Lingodeer?A. Design games.C. Structure lessons.B.D.Study around a theme.Take advanced courses.BI have lived in rural America for nine years, first in Michigan, where I got my PhD; then incentral Illinois and now in Indiana, where I am a professor. In a place where most people have lived the whole of their lives, I feel like a stranger. There are few things I enjoy more than complaining about my geographic isolation. I'm a vegetarian, so there's nowhere to go for a nice dinner that isn't 50 miles away. I'm black, so there's nowhere to get my hair done that doesn't involve another 50-miled drive. And the closest major airport is two hours away.I recite these gripes （牢骚）to my friends. We all have grand ideas about what life would be like if only we did that, or lived there. And there's this; I really don't intend to change most of the things I complain about. Griping is seductiveon those days when happiness requires too much energy. Bur it also makes me lose sight of the fact that I was born and grew up in Nebraska and have lived most of my life in one of the plains states. When I go to the coasts, I am struck by how unappealing big-city living can be.While I may not love where I live, there are plenty of people who are proud to call this place home. At a party with colleagues, I was going on about everything I couldn't stand in our town when I noticed that they were silent and shifting uncomfortably. That moment forced a change in me. Complaining may offer relief, but so does acceptance. There is no perfect life. By focusing on gripes, I risk missing out on precious moments of appreciation. When I get home, I stand on my balcony, look into the night sky and see the stars. I know that I have absolutely nothing to complain about.24. What causes the author's loneliness?A. Dietary habits.B. Racial prejudice.C. Educational differences.D. Identity confusion.25. What does the underlined word "seductive" mean in paragraph 3?A. Attractive.B. Temporary.C. Violent.D. Flexible.26. How might the author feel about himself when the atmosphere changed at party?A. Humbled.B. Angry.C. Touched.D. Calm.27. What does the author realize in the end?A. Every day is beautiful.B. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.C. Human must value lives themselves.D. Don't be penny wise and pound foolish.CThe rhino census （犀牛普查）is out, bearing good news for the greater one-horned rhinos! In September, 2022, the International Rhino Foundation （IRF） documented in a report that there is a baby boom in this population, representing an increase of 167 percent.According to the report, there are a total of 4,014 greater one-homed rhinos living m India, Nepal, and Bhutan. Although this is positive news, their IUCN （International Union for Conservation of Nature） status still remains vulnerable.In India alone, the home to 70 percent of the world's greater one-homed rhinos, there was an increase of 274 rhinos since the last bi-annual census, according to the organization Rhino Review.An important reason for this baby boom is the fact that Assam, India, has enlarged Kaziringo National Park, home to the world's largest one-homed rhino population. The park went from 430 square kilometers to 1,040 square kilometers. This gives more breeding areas for the things, and they are closed to visitors during breeding season.India and Nepal are also protecting the rhinos by enforcing wildlife crime laws. To reduce rhino death by poaching（偷猎），the IRF donates vehicles and equipment, plus education including guard training and crime investigation.The IRF data for other rhino species is not as promising, although the greater one-horned rhino numbers are encouraging for future conservation. According to the report, there is a decline in Sumatran rhinos, Africa's white rhinos, while the Javan rhino population is stable and threatened by loss of habitat.The State of the Rhino report offers hope for these other species. Given that the greater one-horned things were once close to extinction, with fewer than 100 living in the world, their recovery is incredible. This demonstrates that there are solutions when organizations and people work together. It is hoped that this successful rhino baby boom will affect other endangered wildlife species around the globe.28. What contributes to the baby boom of one-homed rhinos in Assam, India?A. Extending the protected areas for rhinos.B Raising fund to set up more reserves for rhinos.C. Leaving the one-homed rhinos alone in the wild.D. Keeping visitors away from the Kaziringo National Park.29. IRF helps protect the one-homed rhinos mainly by .A. Cooperating with other organizations.B Enhancing anti-poaching efforts.C. Transferring the rhinos to other habitats.D. Guarding the rhinos with new equipment.30. What can we learn from the rhino report?A. Rhinos are no longer a vulnerable species.B - Rhinos will affect other wildlife in the world.C. Everyone can play a role in protecting nature.D. It is possible to protect other endangered species. 31. What is the purpose of this text?A. To inform good news on the greater one-horned rhinos.B To show the measures of the greater one-homed rhinos.C. To introduce an endangered species -the greater one-homed rhinos.D. To indicate the decline of other species of rhino population.DThe human brain is the most complex and poorly understood biological structure known to man. Our human brain is relatively large for our body size and wrinkled in comparison to other animals* brains. Across species, brain size and wrinkle number is related to intelligence.University of Copenhagen researchers have made an incredible discovery seeking to learn more about the mammalian （哺乳动物的）brain. A vital enzyme （酶），a special material, allows brain signals to be transmitted or transported. The enzyme is randomly turning on and off, even taking hours-long "breaks from work/ These discoveries could have a significant impact on our understanding of the brain and the development of medicines. The discovery is featured on the cover of Nature.Millions of neurons （神经元）are constantly communicating with one another, shaping thoughts and memories and allowing us to move our bodies at will. Neurotransmitters are transported from one neuron to another by a unique enzyme when two neurons meet to exchange a message.This process is necessary for neuronal communication as well as the survival of all complex organisms (extremely small living things). Until now, researchers all over the world assumed that these enzymes were constantly active, transmitting vital signals. However, this is not the case.Tt is almost impossible to understand that the extremely critical process of loading neurotransmitters in containers is carried out by only one cell per container. Especially when we find that 40% of the time these cells are switched off.Using a new method, researchers from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Copenhagen closely examined the enzyme and discovered that its activity switches on and off at random periods of time, contradicting our previous understanding."Contrary to popular belief, and unlike many other proteins, these enzymes could stop working for minutes to hours. Still, the brains of humans and other mammals are miraculously able to function/ says Professor Dimitrios Stamou, who led the study from the research center at the University of Copenhagen*s Department of Chemistry.32. What is implied in the second paragraph?A. The enzyme is continuously turning on and off.B Enzyme does not affect the transmission of brain signals.C. No enzyme has been found in the mammalian brain so far.D. Scientists used to think the special enzyme does not take a break.33. How could we move our bodies as we like?A. The communication between neurons happens without stop.B. We shape our thoughts though we may not have good memories.C The newly found unique enzyme is at the most time switched off.D. Neurotransmitters transport a unique enzyme from one neuron to another.34. Why do the scientists think the discovery unbelievable?A. There is enzyme in mammalian brains.B Mammalian brains function as humans.C. One cell can have such an important function.D. 40% of the critical cells are actually switched off.35 . What can be the best title for the passage?A. A Surprising Significant Finding about Mammalian BrainsB A Very Important Research Led by Professor Dimittrios StamouC. Researches on Brains of Animals Being Carried out By ScientistsD. A Completely New Method Employed by the Department of Chemistry 第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分125分)阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多 余选项。Our lives are full of habits. Unfortunately a great many of them are bad habits. One way to break these bad habits is to fill our lives with good habits. Most people decide one day that they need to make changes to their lives and then they go all out to make big sweeping changes. This may work for them for the first few days, but then they get burned out. 36 This is a very unproductive way to spend your time and energy37 Say your goal is to get up an hour earlier every day. One day you start setting your alarm for an hour earliet and you keep this up for one week. Then because you are naturally resistant to change, you go back to your old habit. A better way is to set your alarm one minute earlier every day. After two months you are getting up an hour earlier and you will not even notice the change. 38This approach can work for just about anything. If you are exercising for half an hour every day and you want to increase that time to one hour then add a minute every day. After one month you will have reached your goat with very little resistance from your body and mina. 39This method of change is gentle, but very powerful. Think of everything you can accomplish if you just continuously improve a little at a time, The change itself creates the momentum （动力） you need to keep going. 40 What one minute change can you make to your life today?A. The key is to change a little bit at a time.B. Keeping on exercising can build up strength.C. It may take longer, but with this approach you are likely to succeed.D. Nothing will happen if you are not determined to achieve your goal.E. Pretty soon they are back to their old habits and nothing has changed.F. Changing slowly removes the greatest barrier we have to change: fear.G. Soon you will find yourself reaching your goals with almost no pain involved.第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节 （共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选 项。Yu Jinwen, a counselor from Wuhan University of Engineering Science, initiated a project in 2015, to take wedding photos for those who had no chance to do so when they were young. The photographer, lighting operator and makeup artist are all students from the university, working as a form of community.The program has 42 the elderly and helped improve the overall ability of young students. However, this program 43 many difficulties early on.The budget has always been 44 , but there are good-hearted helpers to lend a 45 , For example, one of Yu's friends, who happened to have closed his wedding photo studio in Wuhan, donated about 100 sets of secondhand wedding dresses.The university pays for uniforms and insurance for students. Though some offer 46 , most funds are raised by students, who 47 secondhand items in a flea （跳蚤）market on campus, do part-time jobs and pay their own expenses.At first, when volunteers went into the 48 to talk to the elderly, many did not trust them, 49 that it was a fraud （诈骗）for money,Now, the program's reputation has 50，and besides canvassing （游说），they cooperatewith the university's Communist Youth League of China to contact the staff in communities to 51 elderly residents, who can also find ads for the program on newspapers and 52 platforms.“No pains, no gains. It*s through these difficulties that students have learned about the significance of the project, and 53 them gives a sense of achievement/' Yu says."The program has developed into maturity and can 54 be duplicated （复制）now. I'm glad to see that other universities and institutions are also running similar projects for the elderly, 55 the greater population.H41. A.researchB.experienceC. developmentD. service42. A.pleasedB.surprisedC. changedD. taught43. A. cut acrossB took downC. met withD. tore apart44. A. fewB abundantC. tightD. poor45. A. handB. legC dressD. place46. A. guidanceB. opportunitiesC. donationsD. direction47. A. selectB. collectC seekD. sell48. A. campusB. communityC. destinationD.