2023届江苏省苏州市高三考前练习卷英语试题（含答案）.docx

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1、2023届江苏省苏州市高三考前练习卷英语试题学校:姓名：班级：考号：一、阅读理解With world-famous rock formations, rich national forest land and plenty of entertainments, Sedona, Arizona, is a popular vacation destination for outdoor lovers.Pink Adventure Tours 一 Broken ArrowKnowledgeable guides lead this difficult adventure that features

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6、ow they lived and worked and get up close and personal with their ancient artwork and objects. Recent guests say they learned a lot on this unique tour and strongly recommend it.Price: Adults from $114; kids from $1031 . What attracts Sedona travellers most?A. Low price.B. Good accommodation. fright

7、ening noise of my car alarm from the garage. I rushed to the car, inserted the key in the door and finally opened it, and then waited until the alarm stopped. I felt red-faced as I imagined my next-door neighbors being frightened and annoyed.I went back in the house but it started again. I turned it

8、 off, went back inside, and the alarm went off again. I repeated the process.Back in the house, I waited, but the next sound was the front doorbell. Assuming it was a neighbor ready to blame me, I opened the door slowly and turned on the light with apologies ready.注意：L续写词数应为15。左右；2 .请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作

9、答。In the light snow stood three neighbors from several streets away.“What a brilliant idea!” I took the keys in my grateful hands.参考答案:1. C 2. C 3. B4. A5. A 6, C7. D8. D 9. A10. A 11. C12. B13. D14. C 15. A16. B17. D18. G19. E 20. F21.22.23.24. D25.26. D27. A28. D29. B30.31.32.33. D34.35. A36. adap

10、tation37. the 38. most popular39. inspired 40. offering 41. in42. scenes43. are producing 44. which45. positively46. One possible version:Dear fellow students,With our visit to “Suzhou Ancient City Walls“ approaching, I call on everyone to take an active part in protecting them.Ancient city walls ar

11、e of critical importance because they are witnesses to our splendid and profound culture. Meanwhile, ancient city walls are a crystallization of wisdom of past generations and an irreplaceable source of inspiration. Thus, it is imperative to protect them.We should behave properly when stepping on th

12、ese time-honored walls. Littering and scribbling on walls are strictly prohibited. Lets work together to make sure the ancient walls remain their original look.Students Union47. One possible version:In the light snow stood three neighbors from several streets away. One of them, a young lady, held ou

13、t her gloved hand, with my lost keys hanging from her finger and a giant smile on her face! So moved and oveijoyed was I that I wanted to give her a big hug, to express my deepest gratitude, but in a COVID world, all I could do was say, “Oh, my goodness! Thank you so much! She further explained that

14、 my key fob had the alarm button, which helped them find my home by keeping pressing it.“What a brilliant idea!” I took the keys in my grntefiil hands. Actually, I thought the iron heart I valued most would never come back to me again. How can I ever thank you? You are so very kind!” I was dazzled b

15、y her cleverness and didnt think to ask where she had found them. Before she and the other neighbors waved goodbye and disappeared into the evening snow, she said, Its not a big deal. Happy to help. You would have done the same thing厂C.World-known natural features.D.Various indoor facilities.2. What

16、 might disappoint travelers who choose Scenic Rim?A.Irresponsible guides.B.Poor transportation.C.Sudden cancellation.D.Long and tiring trip.3. How much should be paid atleast if a couple andtheir two kids take a tour of history?A. $542.B. $434.C. $302.D. $340.Rush up the stairs. Play games with your

17、 kids. Increasing the vigor （i舌力）of our daily activities could have a huge impact on our long life, according to a new study of movement intensity and death rate.The study finds that as few as three minutes a day of vigorous everyday activity is linked to a 40 percent lower risk of early death in ad

18、ults, even when they do not exercise at all. It is fantastic research, said Ulrik Wisloff, the director of the K.G. Jebsen Center for Exercise in Medicine at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.The studys results join rising scientific evidence that adding a little intensity to our li

19、ves pays big dividends for our health, without requiring extra equipment, instruction, gym memberships or time. The idea that how we move influences how long we live is hardly new. Plenty of research links regular exercise with longevity （长寿）,including the formal public health exercise guidelines, w

20、hich recommend at least 150 minutes a week of moderate （适度 的）exercise for health and longevity.More-focused research, though, suggests intensifying some of our exercise increases the health benefits. In a 2006 study from WislofFs lab, for instance, just 30 minutes a week of intense exercise dropped

21、the risk of dying from heart disease by about half in men and women, compared to people who were sitting long. Similarly, a study published last year in JAMA Internal Medicine concluded that people who occasionally pushed themselves during exercise were about 17 percent less likely to die early than

22、 people who did the same amount of exercise, but at a gentler, mild pace.Both of these studies, though, were based on peoples recall of how much and how hard they exercised. They also were exercise studies, making them of interest mostly to people who exercise or would like to, which does not repres

23、ent the greater part of humanity. If we9re honest, most people are allergic（过敏）to the word exercise, said Emmanuel Stamatakis, a professor of physical activity and health studies at the University of Sydney,who led the new study.4. What is the main finding of the new study?A. There9s a connection be

24、tween exercise intensity and long life.B. Increasing the intensity of daily activity may affect our life.C. Vigorous everyday activity is better than moderate exercise.D. The way people choose to exercise determines peoples health.5. What does the underlined phrase pays big dividends fdr“ mean in pa

25、ragraph 3?A. Brings great benefits to.B. Causes serious harm to.C. Takes off the pressure from.D. Raises big money for.6. Why does the author mention the study from Wisloffs lab in paragraph4?A. To explain the right amount of exercise improves health.B. To show energetic exercise raises heart rates

26、and breathing.C. To prove adding some intensity to exercise brings more benefits.D. To demonstrate exercise in a gentler way benefits people more.7. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. Peoples subjective recall is reliable.B. Most people like exercise to a certain degree.C. The new study in

27、volves a great majority of people.D. The new study has some limitations as previous ones.Theres no tune, no lyrics and you cant dance to it. Dont let that put you off: white noise is the music industrys next big thing. Streaming services have seen an explosion of tracks in the last year consisting e

28、ntirely of recordings of rainfall, ocean waves and winds.Some of the recordings have earned their creators millions of pounds. Record companies and tech firms have taken notice. Apple is including background noise in its next operating system, and TikTok has been promoting pink noise and brown noise

29、 sounds with lower frequencies as an aid to concentration for students at the start of the school year.Noise fans say that studying, sleeping and meditation （冥想）are all enhanced by listening to these sounds at proper levels. The economics of music-streaming mean noise-makers can cash in. Someone fal

30、ling asleep to White Noise Baby Sleeps 90-second track Clean White Noise on repeat for seven hours will win up 280 plays. By last Friday it had been played 837 million times, worth an estimated $2.5m in royalties （版税）.The lead track on Spotify own Rain Sounds playlist, two minutes of rainfall, has m

31、ore than 100m plays.In contrast, Laura Mvula only has 541,000 Spotify streams for the title track of this years award-winning album, Pink Noise- not a slice of sleepiness but tuneful, lyrical dance-pop that took her three years to make. Spotify, Apple Music, and other streaming services pay royaltie

32、s in roughly the same way. They set aside a total pot for royalties, which is then divided up between distributors, record labels, recording artists and songwriters. That means that Mvula will get a smaller slice of the Spotify pie than will White Noise Baby Sleep, although most of it goes to the ma

33、jor record companies.Ifs hard to work out who is making such noise. Spotify lists White Noise Baby Sleeps songwriting credits as belonging to an Erik Eriksson. Its not obvious who Eriksson is or whether he is part of a larger organization, but the Medium website One Zero last year established that m

34、any of the artists names are pseudonyms （假名）used by companies.8. Which of the following best describes white noise?A. Tuneful.B. Confusing. C. Pricey.D. Profitable.9. How does the author describe the popularity of white noise in Paragraph 3?A. By presenting some statistics.B. By making classificatio

35、ns.C. By making a comparison.D. By giving a definition.10. What does the author want to show by mentioning Laura Mvulas Pink Noise?A. White noise is more popular.B. Pink noise has gone out of date.C. How Mvula gets paid.D. Who makes huge profits.11. What does the last paragraph mainly talk about?A.

36、Tips for attracting more white noise fans.B. Challenges some companies are faced with.C. Difficulty in identifying the copyright holders.D. Ways to improve the qualities of credits.Microsoft says it has used the natural language Al ChatGPT to control robots withsimple text commands. The approach mea

37、ns people with no engineering experience will be able to instruct robots to carry out tasks.Microsoft said the research was intended “to see if ChatGPT can think beyond text, and reason about the physical world to help with robotics tasks”. Robots are typically controlled by software that has been w

38、ritten by humans and sets out precise instructions, or else by some form of network Al that can learn to carry out tasks based on large numbers of examples.Neither Microsoft nor Open Al responded to a request for comment on this, but Microsoft said ChatGPT allows a user to monitor the process. ChatG

39、PT isnt in direct, real-time control of the robot, but simply creates the code that controls it. Microsoft said ChatGPT output shouldnt be used directly to control a robot without careful analysis”, but experts warn that it is risky to even begin thinking about placing Al in control of physical mach

40、ines.Mark Coeckelbergh at the University of Vienna, Austria, says that regulations may be needed in order to set out where Al can be used and who is responsible should things go wrong. Its a very dangerous thing to just say lets give control of these computers to AIJ says Coeckelbergh. The problem w

41、ith contemporary artificial intelligence is that its not transparent（透明的）to the user. Thats a huge problem.”Others were doubtful about the ability of language models to program robots for complex tasks. Kathleen Richardson at De Montfort University Leicester, UK, says that Al language models are con

42、vincing mimics （模仿者），but that their real ability including their adaptability to control robots is often overblown. I think Microsoft, and most people who design robots,overstate what they can and cant do J she says.12. Whats the purpose of the research conducted by Microsoft?A. To prove ChatGPT9s c

43、apacity to carry out tasks.B. To test ChatGPT9s ability to control robots.C. To teach ChatGPT to give accurate instructions.D. To identify the hidden problems of ChatGPT.13. What attitude does Microsoft show towards the direct use of ChatGPT onto a robot?A. Curious.B. Optimistic. C. Supportive. D. O

44、pposed.14. What does Mark Coeckelbergh want to convey?A. Its safe to use Al to control physical machines.B. Als adaptability to control robots is reliable.C. Regulations of Al use should be in place.D. The problem with Al is still under debate.15 . What is the best title for the text?A. ChatGPT tell

45、s robots what to doB. Power of ChatGPT is changing usC. Problems of ChatGPT need solvingD. Al takes control of robots wisely二、七选五Mental health matters. Many of us will experience a mental health issue in our lifetime. One of the most common is stress. 16 However, too much stress over a long period o

46、f time can affect our mood, leaving us feeling tired and anxious. Stress can also cause physical symptoms, such as headaches, tension, and aches.17 In fact, sometimes these low moods happen for no reason. If you find that youre feeling low for a long period of time and dont feel like you,re enjoying

47、 your usual activities, you may be experiencing depression.Another common mental health problem is anxiety. Like stress, feeling anxious is a normal reaction to certain situations - such as taking a test, going to an interview, worrying about a loved one - but more severe anxiety can have a huge imp

48、act on daily life and is a long-term condition. 18If you recognize any of the signs of a mental health issue, you should seek help from a professional. 19 There are also some things you can do to help yourself - talking to someone you trust, engaging in some exercise, spending time outside, getting more sleep but ifs always best to have a chat with a doctor as well.There are some more serious mental health disorders too, and it is important that these are diagnosed （诊断）properly.20 After seeking the