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1、高州市2023届高三第一次模拟考试英语考生注意：L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。AThere are many scientific breakthroug

2、hs made by women in the Antarctic. Here are four landmarks in Antarctica and theyre named fbr the female pioneers.Jones Terrace（梯田）The ice-free terrace in eastern Antarcticas Victoria Land bears Jones name. In 1969, geochemist Lois M. Jones led ihe first all-female research team from the US to work

3、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 collectedjones and her team discovered many geochemical characteristics of the valleys icc-covercd lakes.Mount Fineness8,202-foot

4、-high Mount Finenessjocatcd on Antarcticas largest islandAlexander Island-is named fbr Ginny Fineness. She established and maintained 80-foot-tall radio lowers in the Antarctic. In 1985, Fineness became the first female invited to join the Antarctic Club, a British supper club open to individuals wh

5、o have spent extended time in the Antarctic region. Francis PeakFrancis PeakThe 3,727-foot-tall peak on Antarcticas Adelaide Island is named after Dame JaneFrancis,who is the first female director of the British Antarctic Survey, the national polar research注意：1.词数80左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。第二节（满分25分）47.

6、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。Our car ran over the sand and rocks, leaving a cloud of dust. It was a beautiful spring day. The sun was bright and the sky was clearperfect conditions for off-roading（越野）.Back then, in 1984, my wife Sue and I were living in southeastern California. The views wer

7、e wonderful, but with dangers. The temperatures could rise above 50c and it was no place for tourists to go off-roading without enough preparation.Sue and I always took a bag with us, packed with snacks, water, and a first aid kit. We also had a car specially changed for driving in the desert. With

8、it, we could go anywhere a jeep could go.That day, wc drove about 20 miles into the park. Around midday,wc stopped to have a rest. As usual, we could see the desert before us. When the spirit of adventure moved us, we went back into （he car. But when I turned the key nothing happened. I tried again

9、and again. Nothing happened. I could see Sue was thinking the same thing一the engine wouldnt start.Our car had one strange problem. About once a year, it would refuse to start. If left overnight, the engine would run just fine the next morning. But no one could find anything wrong with our car. Becau

10、se it happened so rarely, wed just learned to live with it. But it had never happened suddenly.“What should wc do? I felt a little anxious. I hadnt seen a person on our drive out here, and we had no way to call for help.4tWe could walk back to town/Sue said. Eager not to waste any more daylight,we q

11、uickly packed our things. We were about to set off when Sue called my name.Look!” she cried. Sure enough, there was something, getting closer. 注意：1 .续写词数应为150左右；.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。It wasnt long before I could make out what it wasa jeep!He checked the engine and said, “I know whats wrong.”institute o

12、f the UK. Her collection of fossils on Seymour Island helped conclude in a 2021 paper （hat Antarcticas abundant plant fossils indicate the continent once had a much warmer climate than it currently does.Peden CliffsPeden Cliffs near Antarcticas Maric Byrd Land arc proof of the labor of Irene Peden.

13、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 （he ice. They also used varying radio wave fre

14、quencies to measure the thickness of Antarcticas 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.

15、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 icc-covcrcd lakes in the Antarctic.C. She was the first female American to explore the Antarctic.D. S

16、he correctly measured the spreading speed of radio waves.BThe famous Spanish painter Pablo Picasso once said,“I always do what I cant do so that I can learn how to dostrikes a chord（引起共鸣）wilh me because ihals exactly what Tve done theseyears.One of my earliest memories of doing before learning is of

17、 baking scones（烤饼）when I was about 1（） years old. I wanted to bake them to surprise my mother when she returned home.Before that Td observed how my mother baked them many times. As I started to try, I didnt know I shouldnt handle the dough（面团）with my hands too much once Id added the baking powder（发酵

18、粉）.However, I knew exactly how to roll out the dough and use a cookie cutter to cut the scones, because my mom had already taught me.By the time my mom arrived home,the smell of freshly baked scones welcomed her into the kitchen. They were baked to golden brown perfectionflat, as a result of over ha

19、ndling the dough, but they tasted OK. My mom sweetly praised me for my attempt, rather than scolding me for the state of the kitchen,which was like a tornado had just blown!Have my attempts always been successful?! wish! Some of my kitchen disasters were of such proportions that even the dogs wanted

20、 nothing to do with them. My gardening failures didnt live to see another season.But my habit of doing before learning is still helpful. Whatever computer program or application I have to learn,! do so by simply starting to use it. I do, learn, and improve. So if you ask me whether I regret that I t

21、end to do first and learn later, Id say I dont, because what I have discovered from those is the wisdom to know when its OK to do and then learn, and when its probably better to learn and then do!4. What can we learn about the authors first experience of baking scones?A. She practiced hard before ac

22、lually trying.B. She turned to her mom when necessary.C. She wanted to perform better than her mom.D. She managed to do it despite a little imperfection.5. How did Mom respond to the authors attempt?A. She made improvements to the scones.B. She expressed her appreciation for the job.C. She shared he

23、r first experience of baking.D. She was surprised by the mess in the kitchen.6. What does the author think of her practices ofdoing before leaming?A. They are just a barely usable method.B. Most of them have ended up in failure.C. They contribute a lot to her self-improvement.D. They only apply to t

24、he learning of specific skills.7. What is the authors purpose in writing the text?A. To stress the importance of keeping learning.B. Tb show the benefits of doing before learning.C. lb encourage people to do something they cant do.D. lb call on readers to change their way of learning.CScientists bel

25、ieve nature is good for our well-being. But whats the secret that brings about the benefit? A recent study by researcher Craig Anderson and his workmates suggests it could be awe（敬畏）一that sense of being in the presence of something greater than ourselves that fills us with wonder.The first part of t

26、he study had some people go on a four-day river rafting（漂流）trip. They rowed through dangerous rapids in the forested areas in California. They also camped out in the wild. Before and after the trip, they reported on their well-being, including their stress levels and satisfaction with life. During t

27、he trip, they kept diaries about their sentiments, including whether theyd felt awe, peace, gratitude, joy, or pride that day. At the end of the trip, their well-being had increased greatly. After the trip, the researchers discovered aweabove other positive emotionsseemed to explain the improvement.

28、In the second part,Anderson studied whether awe played a role in more ordinary, everyday nature experiences. The answer is also yes. This is good news, says Anderson, because sometimes its not that easy fbr people to have long wilderness trips.You dont have to do amazing experiences in nature to fee

29、l awe J says Andcrson.4tBy taking a few minutes to enjoy flowers or a sunsct,you also improve your well-being.44Anderson says （hat awe may benefit well-being by causing a4tsmall selfa sense that you will have when youre in the presence of something bigger than yourself,which may make worries and str

30、esses less significant by comparison.But he also says that there could be other ways that nature experiences improve our well-being,besides causing awe. For example, the related physical exercise in nature could have made a difference, too. Anyway, Anderson believes theres enough evidence to encoura

31、ge us to add more nature to our daily lift.People need to slow down and make space fbr that in their lives,“Anderson says.8. What did the study by Anderson and his workmates mainly find?A. The benefits a trip has on people.B. What interests travelers in nature.C. The views people have about nature.D

32、. What makes being in nature beneficial.9. What does the underlined wordscntimcntsin paragraph 2mean?B. Desires.A. Feelings.C. Discoveries.D. Experiences.1(). How does awe take effect according to the text?A. By stressing the greatness of nature.B. By helping people forget their worries.C. By encour

33、aging people to be lost in nature.D. By making peoples problems seem less serious.11. What does Anderson suggest people do?B. Show respect to nature.D. Make a comparison with others.A. Make time to do exercise.C. Get in touch with nature.DOsa is an athletic yet stubborn 62-pound German shepherd(德国牧羊

34、犬).The six-year-old dog has mastered (he art of sniffing(嗅)out cancer and is key to a research project that has (he potential (o change oncology(肿瘤学).Osa is part of an ambitious effort launched five years ago at the University of Pennsylvania that aims to develop one of the most powerful sccnt-dctcc

35、tion machines in the world: the canine nose. She is able (o distinguish between blood samples taken from cancer patients and (heir healthy peers simply by sniffing them.In fact,Osa is one of five cancer-detection dogs trained by Annmarie DeAngelo and her co-workers at the universitys Penn Vet Workin

36、g Dog Center. The most important goal is to develop an electronic sniffer that can approach the canccr-sniffing superpowers of Osa and her partners. Osa arrived at the Penn Vet Working Dog Center from a breeder at two months of age. Ever since, she has taken training. The process is demanding,challe

37、nging and repeated until the dog has mastered the most essential (ask of all. Finally, she has succeeded in sniffing out cancer. To transform Osas remarkable abilities into an electronic nose, researchers use a similar approach to train the machine.An electronic nose proloiype(雏形)has been built, and

38、 its successful in sniffing out cancer 90 to 95 per cent of the time. That team has also correctly detected different types of cancer, and is building a cancer-detecting device for the National Institutes of Health. One objective is to be able to distinguish between early- and late-stage canccr.uIt

39、would be incredible to identify people at an early stage and really have an impact on saving lives,“says a researcher.The dogs have been able to detect that. With that ability, a blood test could be sent to a central lab, or ideally performed in a doctors office, making some hidden cancers a thing o

40、f the past. We expect that the cancer-sniffer device will be complete in a short time.”What can we learn about Osa from （he first two paragraphs?A. She used to be a strong German dog.B. She was hard to deal with in the research.C. She uses her nose to know the presence of cancer.D. She can change th

41、e development of the oncology.12. Which word can best describe the （raining Osa received?A. Strict.B. Complex.C. Unstable.D. Endless.13. What can we infer from the researchers words in the last paragraph?A. Blood tests will be more difficult in the future.B. There will be more dogs used for detectin

42、g cancer.C. Distinguishing cancers is important in early experiments.D. Hidden cancers may be detected by an electronic nose soon.14. What is the most suitable title for the text?A. The Results of a Study on Special DogsThe Importance of Dogs in Detecting CancersB. The Approaches to Distinguishing C

43、ancersThe Problem of Having a Cancer Blood Test第二节（共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。Wherever you live you all want a home where you can just get in and forget the outside world. People dont often turn it into what they want because they worry about the cost. 16 you don

44、、need to spend a lot of money in order to make your home cozy （温暖舒适的）.Here are some inexpensive ways to get you started.ClearThe first thing you need to do before buying or rearranging anything is clear. 17 There is no way to turn a cluttered （杂舌L的）space into an inviting one without organizing it. S

45、o, the first thing you do is clear. You dont have to throw out everything-clearing can be an ongoing process that takes time, and thats okay.Add Greenery18. Aside from the eye-pleasing effect plants and flowers have, they also remove toxins（毒素）from the air, making your environment healthier. If that

46、 isnt enough for you, they tend to help calm people down.Try Darker ColorsAnother thing you can do to make a room look warmer is to use some darker shades in the decoration. Lighter colors are great for making a room feel bigger, but darker colors create more of a cozy and inviting feeling. 19 Adjus

47、t the LightingLast, but certainly not least, is lighting. The lighting in a room can make or break it, depending on how you go about it. 20 Think of using the fireplace if you have one, lighting some candles and hanging up some string lights. Even a lamp can make all the difference to the environmen

48、t of a room.A. However, this is a common misconceptionDont keep plants and flowers in your bedroomB. Disorder is the exact opposite of warm and invitingIf you want the room to feel cozier, go for dim, warm lightingC. Aside from making it easier to keep warm, blankets add more color to a roomNot to mention, throwing in some darker colors will make the room look perfectD. The best way to make a room look more inviting is to add plants and fresh flowers第二部分语言运用（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。When I was still a teenager, there was a new da