广东省六校2023届高三下学期第四次联考英语试卷.pdf

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1、2023届高三六校第四次联考英 语本试卷共8 页，共 47小题，满分120分。考试用时120分钟注意事项：1.答题前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、考场号、座位号填写在答题卡上。并用2B铅笔将对应的信息点涂黑，不按要求填涂的，答卷无效。2.选择题每小题选出答案后，用 2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息涂黑，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，然后再写上新的答案，不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。4.考生必须

2、保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束后，只需将答题卡交回。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。AMany things make the 2022 World Cup one of the most unique world cups in the history offootball.Lets take a closer look at some of the most interesting facts about the 2022 World Cup thatmake it uni

3、que in every way.1.Application of the new technologyEarlier this year Adidas revealed“Al Rihla；the official match ball of the 2022 World Cup.AlRihla translates as“the journey“in Arabic and it is designed to support the highest game speeds as ittravels faster in flight than any FIFA World Cup ball cr

4、eated before it in the tournaments 92-yearhistory.The new ball features the latest Adidas Suspension System at its core,containing a motionsensor that tracks every touch of the game at a rate of 500 times per second.2.Record number of visitorsOne of the most interesting facts about FIFA 2022 in Qata

5、r is the number of visitors expected toarrive in the country during the event.As expected,the 2022 World Cup Qatar will probably receivea record number of visitors by the time the tournament ends.The reason behind this is simple tounderstand.Being one of the best countries in the Middle East,Qatar i

6、s also located right in thecenter of the world and close to most of the countries in the world.3.Stadium is equipped with Centralized Air ConditioningWhile the World Cup is nearly impossible to hold during the summer given the fact thattemperatures in Qatar can touch 50 degrees Celsius,switching to

7、the winter slot has brought somepeace.However,is the problem solved?As far as winter is concerned,even daytime temperaturesduring winter can be quite high.Therefore,Qatar has found a solution to this.For the first time,thecountry host the World Cup in an air-conditioned stadium.All eight stadiums ar

8、e fullyair-conditioned,providing fans with a comfortable viewing experience.1.In the 2022 World Cup,which is the new balTs feature?A.The speed sensor.B.The core.C.The suspension system.D.The monitor.2 Why is Qatar likely to receive a record number of visitors by the end of the 2022 World Cup?A.Qatar

9、 is easy to reach.B.Qatar is a beautiful country to visit.C.Qatar is the richest country in the Middle East.D.Qatar is close to most of the countries in the world.3.How does Qatar address the problem that the temperature is too high?A.Switch the game to the winter slot.B.Cool drinks are offered to a

10、udience for free.C.Host the World Cup in air-conditioned stadiums.D.Fans are provided with a comfortable viewing experience.【答案】l.C 2.D 3.CBThe older I get,the more I understand how my teachers have transformed my life.On a recent Sunday afternoon,I went to see Mr.C at Roxbury Park in Beverly Hills.

11、His love oflife has not dimmed despite the fact that his legs no longer work like they used to.He visited some ofhis former students while he was in town.At Beverly Hills High School,Mr.C taught ancienthistory,coached football and golf,and risked his life teaching drivers training on Saturdaymorning

12、s from 1964 to 1988.The gray and hobbled students lined up one after another to thank theirfavorite teacher.One called him a rock star.Another was grateful for helping him when he couldntsay so.It was a beautiful tribute,especially in these times of catastrophic teacher shortages.Spending that Sunda

13、y in the park with Mr.C was nothing short of magic.It was a reminder ofall that is promising and possible in public education,including a teacher whose rare emotionalhonesty could be appreciated and honored decades later.It also brought to mind Maya Angeloussaying“People will forget what you said an

14、d did,but never forget how you make them fbel.Hemade me and others in the park feel heard and seen.Mr.C changed my perception of myself.Rather than seeing myself as a loser cheerleader whocouldnt compete with the smart kids,I realized how much I loved learning.His history class was sointeresting.In

15、his classes about the Persians,Greeks,and Romans,extra credits can be earned forcreativity.During earthquake drills,we counted on Mr.C to scream his head off in mock terror.It should come as little surprise that Id value the role of teachers in my life.Both of my parentstaught;so did my siblings,aun

16、ts,uncles and cousins.I,too,have become a teacher and I try tofollow in Mr.Cs footsteps.Some days,I fantasize what it would be like to go on a teacher tour,reaching out to my mentors to express my deep gratitude for all theyve given me.Seeing Mr.Csparked that fantasy again.When I finally worked up m

17、y courage to thank him,knowing a floodgateof tears would open,he said to me with his typical modesty:You were doing me more good than Iwas doing you.4.What does the underlined word“tribute“mean in Paragraph 2?A.enthusiasm B.admirationC.devotion D.commitment5.Why does the author mention Maya Angeloif

18、s saying?A.To make a suggestion.B.To introduce a celebrity.C.lb show respect to an educator.D.To interpret the influence of education.6.What does the author think of her job as a teacher?A.Enjoyable.B.Intolerant.C.Incompetent.D.Patient.7.Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?A.A re

19、union.B.A rock star.C.A surprise.D.A greatteacher.【答案】4.B 5.D 6.A 7.DcFew sick people consider the quality of the food when choosing a hospital.Even in America,acountry where private hospitals have long provided individual rooms with such comforts aspersonal cable television,patients are often still

20、 fed institutional food.Mystery meat andprocessed-cheese slices are common;everything gets cooked in a microwave.More hospitals are starting to feed their patients better food.Intermountain,a non-profit groupbased in Utah that runs 32 hospitals across the Mountain West,has since 2019 served freshly

21、mademeals to patients.Chefs in proper kitchens now source local ingredients to serve in cafeterias.Doctors are consulted to meet patients9 dietary needs.Christopher Delissio,the head chef atIntermountain,describes creating a meal fbr a Mexican child who was being treated for cancer.t6Hewould not eat

22、,“Mr Delissio recalls,and that was making it harder for him to recover fromchemotherapy.was able to go up on the floor and speak to this boys parents and him and kind offigure out what he wanted,he says.The link between eating well and good health has long been clear,says David Eisenberg,anutrition

23、specialist at the Harvard School of Public Health.Heart disease,which has a directconnection to diet,is Americas biggest killer.Roughly two-fifths of American adults are clinicallyobese,and over 14%suffer from diabetes.The right food can help patients avoid going back tohospital.Yet doctors themselv

24、es have often been slow to recognise the need to encourage healthyeating,says Dr Eisenberg.Most health care remains curative,rather than preventive.A decade ago Henry Ford Hospital in West Bloomfield opened a teaching kitchen where staffcould help patients plan affordable,healthy meals and learn how

25、 to cook them.The idea is nowspreading widely.In October a conference for health and food professionals in Los Angeles willencourage the adoption of such kitchens.Participants will tour a new one that has just opened atUCLAs hospital.8.According to the passage,patients had bet t er.A.select a privat

26、e hospitalB.get an individual roomC.be served healthy foodD.be offered amusement comforts9.What does Intermountain do?A.They prepare fresh food.B.They consult patients for diets.C.They encourage patients to eat institutional food.D.They require parents to create meals for their sick kid.10.What is i

27、mplied in the last paragraph?A.Doctors should know how to cook.B.Hospital kitchens are far from enough.C.Professionals are encouraged to open kitchens.D.Patients should be instructed on healthy eating.11.What might be the best title for the passage?A.Hospital Doctors:the Best QualityB.Hospital Kitch

28、en:the Best ChoiceC.Hospital Food:the Best MedicineD.Hospital Chefs:the Best Professionals【答案】8.C 9.A 10.D 11.CDIf youve ever emerged from the shower or returned from walking your dog with a clever ideaor a solution to a problem youd been struggling with,it may not be an unusual thing.Rather than co

29、nstantly wearing yourself out at a problem or desperately seeking a flash ofinspiration,research from the last 15 years suggests that people may be more likely to have creativebreakthroughs or insights when theyre doing a habitual task that doesnt require much thought an activity in which youre basi

30、cally on autopilot.This lets your mind wander or engage inspontaneous cognition or stream of consciousness thinking,which experts believe helps recollectunusual memories and generate new ideas.People always get surprised when they realize they get interesting,novel ideas at unexpectedtimes because o

31、ur cultural narrative tells us we should do it through hard work,“says KalinaChristoff,a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.Its apretty universal human experience.Now were beginning to understand why these clever thoughts occur during more passiveactivities a

32、nd whats happening in the brain,says Christoff.The key,according to the latest research,is a pattern of brain activity within whats called the default mode network that occurs whilean individual is resting or performing habitual tasks that dont require much attention.Researchers have shown that the

33、default mode network(DMN)-which connects more than adozen regions of the brain becomes more active during mind-wandering or passive tasks thanwhen youre doing something that demands focus.Simply put,the DMN is“the state the brainreturns to when youre not actively engaged,M explains Roger Beaty,a cog

34、nitive neuroscientist anddirector of the Cognitive Neuroscience of Creativity Lab at Penn State University.By contrast,when youre trapped in a demanding task,the brains executive control systems keep your thinkingfocused,analytical,and logical.A cautionary note:While the default mode network plays a

35、 key role in the creative process,“its not the only important network,Beaty says.Other networks come into play as far asmodifying,rejecting,or implementing ideas.So ifs unwise to place blind faith in ideas that aregenerated in the shower or during any other period of mind wandering.12.When do people

36、 expect to get an innovative idea according to the research?A.When doing routine work.B.When working attentively.C.When tackling tough problems.D.When desperately seeking inspirations.13.What is the cultural perception for getting exciting,unusual ideas?A.Getting by good luck.B.Getting by great effo

37、rts.C.Getting by unexpected accident.D.Getting by universal experience.14.Who is most likely to get a novel idea?A.A student who is playing football.B.A student who is focusing on papers.C.A student who is closely monitoring his research.D.A student who is fully engaged in math questions.15.What doe

38、s the last paragraph imply?A.We can get novel ideas by the default mode network.B.we should take the idea popped in the shower seriously.C.Believe in ideas that are generated by the default mode network.D.Think twice before putting ideas playfully crossing your mind into practice.【答案】12.A 13.B 14.A

39、15.D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。Playing is a key component in the learning process for virtually all of the children.Role-playing is one of the most significant ways children play.16.It can benefit childrenin many ways.Childrens brains are activated when role-p

40、laying,according to child development experts.17.When children role-play,they must create plans to act out a story and figure outwhat steps need to be taken to accomplish it.Through these activities,children can enhance theiroral language abilities.As a result,they become able to give instructions a

41、nd organize others.18.Roles are assigned to children when they engage in group activities.There areleaders and followers.When children disagree with each other,they must learn to negotiate andcompromise,as well as to apologize when they disagree or have strong arguments.Besides helping children lear

42、n some kinds of skills,role-playing fosters childrensimaginations and can therefore assume a number of forms.For example,boys may pretend to shavelike their fathers,while girls may pretend to be mothers to do some daily tasks like caring for youngbabies.19.Lastly,role-playing can help children deal

43、with emotional pain caused by specific actions,suchas the fear of going to school for the first time.20.To help their children master their fears,experts encourage parents to let their children role-play and even to participate in these activitieswith their children.A.Childrens social skills can als

44、o be developed.B.Children might dress up and assume different roles.C.More often,children may act out stories they read in books.D.Language skills are some of the most critical aspects of learning.E.Whether role-playing occurs or not depends on the intentions of the individuals.F.This involves a chi

45、ld in an activity where he or she pretends to be another person.G.Role-playing situations like these beforehand can help children lower.【答案】16.F 17.D 18.A 19.C 20.G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。Anxious exam candidates7 problem is the run-up or pre

46、paration,not the exam itself.Exams are always tense and worrying,especially for those of an anxious disposition.Thesilence of the hall;the 21 of the clock;the content expression of the person at theneighbouring desk.It therefore seems 22 surprising that those who worry about tests dosystematically 2

47、3 than those who do not.Unexpectedly,according to research inPsychological Science by Maria Theobald,it is not the pressure of the exam which causes theproblem.It is the 24 pressure.What Dr Therobald found was that 25 on the day of the test did not predict examperformance at all.What predicted it wa

48、s the level of knowledge a student 26 in the earlierlearning activities and the mock（模拟）exam.Those who 27 well in these also did well inthe real thing,28 how anxious they were on the day.What actually 29 studentswere high levels of anxiety during the weeks before the exam took place.The greater a st

49、udentsanxiety in the days before the exam,the lower his or her knowledge-gain was during that period,leaving that student with less material to 30 during the exam itself.This is a positive discovery,for it suggests the anxious might achieve better result by adjustingtheir 3J when revising.Dr.Theobal

50、d notes that test-anxiety is at its worst whenstudents have low 32 of success and at the same time know that passing the exam is33 important.To reduce this anxiety,she proposes a 34 for students toconsider as they revise.First,they can raise their belief in their own abilities by remindingthemselves