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1、成都石室中学成都石室中学 2022-2023 学年度下期高学年度下期高 2023 届二诊模拟考试英语试题届二诊模拟考试英语试题（全卷满分 150分，考试时间 120分钟）注意事项：1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号等填写在本试卷和答题卡相应位置上。2.作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。答案不能答在试卷上。3.非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答。答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答无效。4.考生必须保证

2、答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。第 I 卷（选择题，满分 100分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30分）注意，听力部分答题时请先将答案标在试卷上，听力部分结来前你将有两分钟的时间将答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节（共 5小题；每小题 1.5分，满分 7.5分）听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。例：How much is.the T-shirt?A.19.15.B.9.15.C.9.18.答案是 B。1.What d

3、oes the man like about the play?A.The story.B.The ending.C.The actor.2.Which place are the speakers trying to find?A.A hotel.B.A bank.C.A restaurant.3.At what time will the two speakers meet?A.5:20.B.5:10.C.4:40.4.What will the man do?A.Change the plan.B.Wait for a phone call.C.Sort things out.5.Wha

4、t does the woman want to do?A.See a film with the man.B.Offer the man some help.C.Listen to some great music.第二节（共 15小题；每小题 1.5分，满分 22.5分）听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各个小题将给出 5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第 6和第 7 两个小题。6.Where is Ben?A.In the k

5、itchen.B.At school.C.In the park.7.What will the children do in the afternoon?A.Help set the table.B.Have a party.C.Do their homework.听下面一段对话，回答第 8和第 9 两个小题。8.What are the two speakers talking about?A.A family holiday.B.A business trip.C.A travel plan.9.Where did Rachel go?A.Spain.B.Italy.C.China.听下

6、面一段对话，回答第 10至第 12三个小题。10.How did the woman get to know about third-hand smoke?A.From young smokers.B.From a newspaper article.C.From some smoking parents.11.Why does the man say that he should keep away from babies?A.He has just become a father.B.He wears dirty clothes.C.He is a smoker.12.What does

7、the woman suggest smoking parents should do?A.Stop smoking altogether.B.Smoke only outside their houses.C.Reduce dangerous matter in cigarettes.听下面一段对话回答第 13至第 16四个小题。13.Where does Michelle Ray come from?A.A middle-sized city.B.A small town.C.A big city.14.Which place would Michelle Ray take her vis

8、itors to for shopping?A.The Zen Garden.B.The Highlands.C.The Red River area.15.What does Michelle Ray do for complete quiet?A.Go.camping.B.Study in a library.C.Read at home.16.What are the speakers talking about in general?A.Late-night shopping.B.Asian food.C.Louisville.听下面一段对话，回答第 17至第 20四个小题。17.Wh

9、y do some people say they never have dreams according to Dr.Garfield?A.They forget about their dreams.B.They dont want to tell the truth.C.They have no bad experiences.18.Why did Davis stop having dreams?A.He got a serious heart attack.B.He was too sad about his brothers death.C.He was frightened by

10、 a terrible dream.19.What is Dr.Garfields opinion about dreaming?A.It is very useful.B.It makes things worse.C.It prevents the mind from working.20.Why do some people turn off their dreams completely?A.To sleep better.B.To recover from illnesses.C.To stay away from their problems.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 40

11、分）第一节（共 15小题；每小题 2分，满分 30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。AWith your support today UNHCR,the UN Refugee Agency,can step up operations in Ukraineand neighboring countries to help people who are forced to flee their homes to escape the militaryaction.Will you help civilians who are forced to flee?8

12、0 could help provide emergency relief itemssuch as shelter,bedding and tarpaulins.To give 80 now,visit unrefugees.org.uk/ukraine-economist,call 0800-029-3883 or fill out andreturn the donation form.The number of displaced people,both within Ukraine itself and in neighboring countries,is stillgrowing

13、 every day.Families fleeing can only take so much with them.They will need support tosurvive far from home in incredibly difficult and dangerous conditions.UNHCRs RESPONSEUNHCR has worked in Ukraine since 1994 and has not left since.There are six UNHCR officesacross the country,as well as three ware

14、houses storing humanitarian supplies.Over 100 UNHCRstaff are working in Ukraine to get support to families,with a similar number in neighboringcountries and more set to follow.UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said:“Hour by hour,minute by minute,more people are fleeing the terrifying

15、reality of violence.Countless have been displaced inside the country.And unless there is an immediate end to theconflict,millions more are likely to be forced to flee Ukraine.“Inside Ukraine,our staff-and other humanitarians-are working where and when they can infrightening conditions.Our staff stay

16、,even at great risk,because we know the needs in the countryare huge.UNHCR staff have already moved in throughout the region and are scaling up ourprotection and assistance programmes for refugees,in support of host governments.”YOU CAN HELP NOWThe support of people like you has helped UNHCR send re

17、lief items in by land and by air,butthe needs are huge,and growing every day.UNHCR urgently needs more resources.Your support today can help ensure that people forced to flee their homes are sheltered and safe.21.How can you help those displaced people?A.By donating 80 pounds.B.By providing emergenc

18、y relief items.C.By visiting unrefugees.org.uk.D.By stepping up operations in Ukraine.22.Which is right for UNHCR?A.It helps people to escape the military action.B.It has worked in Ukraine for more than 30 years.C.There are now over 200 UNHCR staff in Ukraine and neighboring countries.D.There are si

19、x UNHCR offices in Ukraine and neighboring countries.23.What is the purpose of the passage?A.To introduce UNHCR.B.To seek support and donation.C.To reveal the current situation in Ukraine.D.To recruit volunteers.BRecently,I had lunch with a young Chinese student who studies at a college in New York.

20、He isvery bright and ambitious and I enjoyed our conversation.Still.I felt upset and useless afterwardsbecause I was not able to provide him with any good news.Graduating at the end of this year.heasked me how he could find a job in this country and fulfill his career dreams.In recent years,students

21、 who found a job here after graduation have had to go through a cruellottery system to obtain their H-1B working visa.And the success rates have been declining yearafter year because of the ever growing number of applicants.Last year.there were 233.000applicants.and only 30 percent of them were luck

22、y.about half of the rate in 2013.And it can only become worse.US former President Donald Trumps immigration policies inthis country have been tightening up and this trend will continue for at least the next few years.Inthis case.foreign students studying social sciences.a field in which starting sal

23、aries are rarely abovethe required amount.can kiss their visa hopes goodbye.Compared to the older generation of Chinese students.todays young people no longer considerthe US as the only option.Many start to think China offers better opportunities in the longer term.This is not to say that Chinese st

24、udents in the US are not interested in job opportunities hereany more.A few years of work experience in the US can give them advantages when they finallyland back in their home country.But if the job opportunities are largely reduced by the tightening ofimmigration policy.I expect there will be a de

25、cline.And if that happens.it is the American economythat will suffer from the loss of those educated.hard-working and talented immigrants.24.The author felt useless because _.A.he couldnt find a job in the fierce job marketB.he was less bright and ambitious than the Chinese young studentC.he couldnt

26、 win the cruel lotteryD.he had to make the Chinese student realize it was difficult to find work there25.Which is not the reason why foreign students have difficulty finding jobs in the US?A.It is increasingly hard for them to get their H-1B working visa.B.The number of applicants in the job market

27、is ever growing.C.Donald Trumps immigration policies have been tightening up.D.The starting salaries they require are higher than expected.26.Supposing there were 250,000 applicants in 2013,how many of them got their H-1Bworking visa?A.125,000.B.75,000.C.150.000.D.200,000.27.Whats the writers attitu

28、de towards the tightening of immigration policy in the US?A.Indifferent.B.Concerned.C.Favorable.D.Objective.CA competition making up Versailles literature was once launched on Sina Weibo.So what isVersailles literature?Actually.the term has nothing to do with the French palace nor with literature.It

29、 came fromThe Rose of Versailles,a Japanese manga series about aristocratic（贵族化的）life at the palace ofVersailles in France in the late 18th century,and was coined by a Chinese influencer in 2020.Knownas humblebragging,it is a big talk disguised as a complaint.“I have too many houses.How can Idecide

30、which one to decorate?”and I thought I lost weight this morning.So disappointed when Irealized it was because I took off the huge diamond ring my boyfriend gave me last night”are someexamples of Versailles literature.The intention is to show off-usually things of materialistic values,yet one ought t

31、o pretend thats not the point.As the 19th century English author Jane Austen famously wrote,“Nothing is more dishonestthan the appearance of modesty.”The psychology behind humblebragging is to be recognized forones successes and be liked by others at the same time,according to scholars.In her articl

32、e titledWhy do people hate humblebragging?published in Psychology Today,psychologist Dr.SusanKrauss Whitbourne at the University of Massachusetts Amherst noted that humblebragging is a“strategy in pursuit of respect”because it draws attention to ones accomplishments in acircuitous way.However,studie

33、s on social media users show that humblebragging as a self-promotion strategydoes not work.In the essay Humblebrazgging:A distinct and ineffective self-presentation strategy,the University of North Carolina researcher Ovul Sezer and Harvard University scholars FrancescaGino and Michael Norton conclu

34、ded from their research that humblebraggers are perceived morenegatively than straight braggers due to the formers insincerity.“The critical factor differentiatingthe two groups of people is sincerity.People dont like braggers,but they at least see them as more sincere than humblebraggers,”said Fran

35、cesca Gino.So,how can we annoy humblebraggers back?Just pretend you dont get whatever it is they tryto show off.a netizen advised.“And respond with genuine sympathy for their complaints.”28.Which of the following statements is typical of“Versailles literature”?A.You know who my father is?My father i

36、s Li Gang.B.Im fed up with living in the countryside with no shopping malls around.C.Its a headache how to make my son tidy up his room regularly.D.Got five offers to date.Im at a loss which to choose.29.What is the psychology behind humblebragging?A.To earn others admiration.B.To win others sympath

37、y.C.To show his/her sincerity.D.To mask his/her complaint.30.What does the underlined world“circuitous”in Paragraph 3 probably mean?A.indirectB.straightforwardC.obviousD.sharp31.What cant be inferred from the passage?A.Braggers are relatively more sincere than humblebraggers.B.Humblebragging is an a

38、rtificial appearance of being humble.C.If you want to be perceived positively,avoid using Versailles literature.D.To respond with real sympathy will discourage humblebraggers.DEven if you arent into artificial intelligence,its time to pay attention to ChatGPT,because thisone is a big deal.ChatGPT is

39、 an Al chatbot system that OpenAI released in November to show offand test what a very large,powerful Al system can accomplish.ChatGPT is built on top of the OpenAI GPT-3 family of large language models.It lets you typenatural-language prompts and then offers conversational responses.It remembers th

40、e thread of yourdialogue,using previous questions and answers to inform its next responses.It finds relevantinformation in its oceans of training data,and converts that into plausible-sounding paragraphs oftext.You can ask it countless questions and often will get an answer thats useful.For example.

41、youcan ask it encyclopedia questions like.Explain Newtons laws of motion.You can tell it.“Writeme a poem.and when it does.say.Now make it more exciting.”You can ask it to write acomputer program thatll show you all the different ways you can arrange the letters of a word.A few days after its launch.

42、more than 1 million people were trying out ChatGPT.UBS analystLloyd Walmsley estimated in February 2023 that ChatGPT reached 100 million monthly users inJanuary.accomplishing in 2 months what took TikTok about 9 months and Instagram two and a halfyears.Many people fear that ChatGPT might help studen

43、ts cheat better.But as with many othertechnology developments.its not a simple black-and-white situation.Decades ago.students couldcopy encyclopedia entries and use calculators.and more recently.theyve been able to usesearchengines and Wikipedia.ChatGPT offers new abilities for everything from helpi

44、ng with researeh todoing your homework for you outright.Dustin York.an associate professor of commination at Maryville University.hopes educatorswill learn to use ChatGPT as a tool and realize it can help students think critically.Educators thought that Google,Wikipedia,and the Internet itself would

45、 ruin education,butthey did not.York said.What worries me most are educators who may actively try to discouragethe acknowledgment of Al like ChatGPT.It is a tool,not a villain.32.What does Paragraph 2 mainly tell us about ChatGPT?A.Its language model.B.Its working theory.C.Its design inspiration.D.I

46、ts development process.33.What cant ChatGPT do?A.Write a computer program.B.Write homework for students.C.Chat with users.D.Help with housework.34.Why does the author list figures in Paragraph 4?A.To show the popularity of ChatGPT.B.To stress the high cost of inventing ChatGPT.C.To present the creat

47、ivity of artificial intelligence.D.To prove the necessity of developing tools for chatting online.35.Whats the best title of this article?A.AI advances-our loyal servantsB.ChatGPT-merits and limitsC.A smart APP-think twice before trusting itD.ChatGPT-a useful AI tool第二节（共 5小题；每小题 2分，满分 10分）根据短文内容.从短

48、文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Real policemen hardly recognize any resemblance between their lives and what they see on TV.36_He has to know exactly what actions are crimes and what evidence can be used to provethem in court.He has to know nearly as much law as a professional lawyer,and what is mor

49、e.he hasto apply it on his feet,in the dark and rain,running down a street after someone he wants to talk to.37 He will spend most of his working life typing millions of words on thousands of forms abouthundreds of sad,unimportant people who are guilty of stupid crimes.Most television crime drama is

50、 about finding the criminal:as soon as hes arrested,the story isover.38_Except in very serious cases like murders and terrorist attacks,little effort is spent onsearching.A third big difference between the drama detective and the real one is the unpleasant pressures:First,as members of a police forc