2023届四川省眉山等九市联考（二模）高三第二次诊断性考试英语试题.pdf

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1、遂宁市高2023届第二次诊断性考试英语注意事项：1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、座位号和准考证号填写在答题卡上。2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用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，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的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。

2、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 shirt?A.19.15.B.9.18.C.9.15.答案是C。1.Who enjoys working out in the gym?A.Barbara.B.Peter.C.Angela.2.How many words has the man memorized this month?A.90.B.100.C.110.3.What does the woman do?A.A cashier.B.A cook.C.A shop assistant.4.What does

3、the woman ask Eric to do?A.Ignore others comments.B.Have his own hairstyle.C.Make morefriends.5.What does Linda mean?A.She has wasted much time.B.She knows Thomson well.C.She is very busy tonight.第二节（共 15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5 分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5

4、秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7 题。6.What does the man want to do?A.Buy some medicine.B.Make an appointment.C.Get some time tosleep.7.What does the woman tell the man to do?A.Stay in hospital.B.Telephone the dentist.C.Take his illnessseriously.8.What will Kate do?A.Go to university.B.

5、Deliver a speech.C.Promote the man.9.What do you think of Paul?A.Hes helpful.B.He*s lucky.听第8段材料，回答第10至 12题。C.Hes strict.10.What does Wendy fear her parents will do about her test?A.Check her score again.B.Report to her teachers.C.Feel discouraged.11.Why did Wendy fail the test?A.Her mind went blank

6、.B.The test was too difficult.C.She didnt preparefor it.12.What does the man advise Wendy to do?A.Tell her parents the truth.B.Apply for a make-up test.C.Ask her parentsfor help.听第9段材料，回答第13至 16题。13.Whafs the mans original attitude towards going to the sale?A.Favorable.B.Unwilling.C.Carefree.14.Whic

7、h attracts the man most?A.The dishwasher.B.The hairdryer.C.The big screenTV.15.Whafs the relationship between the speakers?A.Colleagues,salesgirl.B.Husband and wife.C.Customer and16.What are the speakers mainly talking about?A.A big sale.B.The city traffic.C.Product quality.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.On w

8、hat day of a week can you read the website*s latest article?A.Monday.B.Wednesday.C.Friday.18.What aspect of an article will the website pay more attention to?A.Its length.B.Its fun.C.Its creativity.19.What is an LLM used to do?A.Edit an article.B.Rewrite an article.C.Make a draft of anarticle.20.Whi

9、ch is one of LLMs weaknesses of outputs?A.They may be inaccurate.B.They are not interesting.C.They are less informative.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AHeathfield Day Summer CampIts for girls aged 7 to 15.Heathfield started its own Summer Camp for local gir

10、lsso they could enjoy the high quality activities and sports that we were already offeringto overseas students on our International Summer School（ISS）.Over the years morethan a thousand girls have attended the camp.many returning year after year and bringing sisters and friends with them.Returning s

11、tudents receive a 10%discount from theirsecond year.Day girls arrive between 08:45 and 09:15 when activities start.An EarlyMorning option with Breakfast is available at 08:00.At 5:30 girls are collected andsigned out by parents or can take our Late Stay option until 6:30.Heathfields teachers offer t

12、he girls a fun-packed and educational daily program,balancing creative,artistic and sporting skills.Campers are grouped together accordingto age and move together between activities.Therere different programs for junior andsenior groups.Girls enjoy the opportunity to spend time as a day girl and as

13、a boarder.They canstay from one day to four weeks.But residential stays are for a minimum of one week.Each Thursday afternoon we invite parents to an exhibition or show to see what thegirls are doing.The exhibitions include cookery,art,craft and photography in weeks 1and 3,and in weeks 2 and 4,music

14、,dance and drama shows take place.Two or threeafternoons a week girls mix with the students from the ISS and take part in sports andgames.Theres an hours lunch break.Our dining-room service offers a great range of hotand cold dishes.21.What do we know about Heathfield Day Summer Camp?A.Its arrangeme

15、nts are flexible.B.It offers participants 10%off.C.Its programs are the same for groups.D.It limits the number of participants.22.What does Heathfield do to the camper?A.Advise them to stay as boarders.B.Forbid them to go out on weekdays.C.Call on them to be independent.D.Divide them into different

16、groups.23.What may Tinas parents do at Heathfield on Thursday of Week 2?A.Pay a visit to the ISS.B.Have dinner with her.C.See her dancing.D.Take physical exercise.BIt was a history-making moment at Miller&Millers Canadiana&DecorativeArts auction（拍卖）when the hammer finally came down for a rare Maud L

17、ewispainting.Lewis was a Canadian artist who painted brightly colored scenes.She sold herpaintings by the side of the road for$2 toS3.Painting wasnt easy,since she sufferedfrom a physical challenge that made moving painful.John Kinnear,also an artist,struckup a friendship with the then-little-known

18、Lewis after reading an article about her.Hemailed her boxes of painting supplies.At the time,Lewis,with her husband,lived in aone-room house with no electricity or running water,using simple house paint to paint.After receiving the supplies,Lewis wrote back insisting on repaying him with some ofher

19、paintings.Kinnear sold some of them,sending some money back to Lewis andusing the remainder to buy her more paint.Kinnear was friends with Irene and Tony Demas,who owned a restaurant wherehe ate lunch every day.One day,Kinnear told them he had some paintings by an artistand wondered if they might co

20、nsider swapping a few grilled cheese lunches for one ofthem.When we saw the paintings,we were shocked,and both of us were hesitant,recalls Irene.nI had never seen anything like them.They were so childlike,with catsand cows.But they ended up agreeing to the trade,choosing a painting called BlackTruck

21、.Over 50 years later,theyre long retired and are now considering travelling more.They hoped to sell the painting.In the years since Lewis died,her paintings have become famous.But it was a recent scare that really urged them into action.After havingnon-glare glass added to the painting,the business

22、street where the framer lived burnedto the ground just days after they picked up their painting.We saw that Miller&Millerhad sold one not long ago,“says Irene.nWe trusted the Miller brothers.nRecently,the painting was sold at auction for CA$350,000.24.Why did John Kinnear send Lewis boxes of paintin

23、g supplies?A.To get her paintings.B.To offer her assistance.C.To make friends with her.D.To learn to paint from her.25.How did Irene and Tony Demas feel when they first saw Lewis*s paintings?A.Disappointed.B.Confused.C.Panicked.D.Embarrassed.26.What was the real reason for the Demas*selling nBlack T

24、ruck?A.They were forced by Miller&Miller.B.They were desperate for money to travel.C.They feared the unexpected would happen.D.They thought the painting would lose value.27.What is the purpose of this text?A.To introduce a paintings adventures.B.To explain a trend in art collecting.C.To expand the p

25、ainting market.D.To recommend an auction house.CIn 2022,61 companies in the United Kingdom(UK)took part in the worldslargest test of a four-day work week.The pilot program,conducted in the UK,guided over 60 companies and almost 3,000 workers through a six-month trial of a 4 day week,with no loss of

26、pay for workers.Overall results show that almost every organization will stick to a 4-day week post-trial,with 91%definitely continuing or planning to continue,and a further 4%leaning towards continuing.Companies rated their overall experience of the trials an average of 8.5/10,withbusiness producti

27、vity and business performance each scoring 7.5/10.Profits rose by35%over the trial periods when compared to similar periods from the previous yearand hiring increased while absenteeism decreased.Lead researcher,Professor Juliet Schor of Boston College observed an encouraging consistency in the data.

28、nResults are largely steady across workplaces of varyingsizes,showing it works for many types of organizations.There are also some interestingdifferences.We found that employees in non-profits and professional services had alarger average increase in time spent exercising,while those in construction

29、 enjoyedthe largest reductions in burnout and sleep problems,nshe said.Getting the carbon footprint down is also encouraging,with commuting（通勤）time falling by a half bourper week.How did workers do more in less time?Some companies cut meetings,or madesure they were shorter.Others used technology to

30、help workers get more done quickly.Some companies created a focus time”so workers could work on just one thing without being interrupted.In general,workers said the four-day work week left them feeling less tired.About71%said they felt less“burnt out with their new work hours,and 39%said they feltle

31、ss stressed.On average,73%of the workers were more satisfied with the time theyspent working28.Which of the following best describes the experiment?A.Controversial.B.Ambitious.C.Eventful.D.Successful.29.What can we say about the four-day work week?A.It*s a one-sided move.B.Its what technology brings

32、.C.Is environmentally friendly.D.Its unfit fbr big companies.30.What are the statistics in the last paragraph about?A.Working habits.B.Joy at work.C.Health management.D.Business performance.31.Which can be a suitable title for the text?A.Monday-Friday Model Is OutdatedB.Good Health Is Good BusinessC

33、.4-Day Workweek Trial FinishesD.4-Day Workweek Could Be ComingDEver been hungry enough to eat a house?Now,you actually could.Food waste is a big problem in Japan and globally.Japan produced around 5.7million tons of food waste in 2019.The government plans to reduce that by around 2.7 million tons by

34、 2030.Tokyo University researchers Kota Machida and Yuya Sakaihave developed a way to transform food waste into cement（水泥）for constructionuse and more.This is the first-ever process created fbr making cement entirely fromfood waste.The researchers say their product is four times as strong as traditi

35、onal concrete.This particular cement can be used to make things like tea cups or chairs as well.However,there9s one additional feature-it9s also edible（Al 食的）.Kota and Yuya are the intelligence behind the formation of Fabula Inc.,a company with purposes of reducing food waste,and helping fight globa

36、l warming.As expected,something this unique took years to develop.It took a few attemptsto find just the right process.Kota and Yuya created the unique technology while researching possible environmentally-friendly materials to replace cement-based concrete.Cement production accounts for 8%of the wo

37、rlds carbon dioxide emissions.After a few failures,they realized they could get the cement to bind（黏合）byadjusting the temperatures.The most challenging part was that each type of food wasterequires different temperatures,Yuya said.So the researchers had to observe them andrespond in time.In the expe

38、riments,Kota and Yuya have successfully made cementusing tea leaves,coffee grounds,cabbage,and even lunchbox leftovers.Fabula Inc.is currently working to make tea cups and furniture,but Yuya is thinking a little bit bigger.Their product could provide relief in the form of edible emergencyshelters in

39、 disaster ones For example,if food cannot be delivered to the people,theycould eat makeshift beds made out of food cement,nhe said.To eat the material,aperson needs to break it apart and boil it.32.Which is one of Kota and Yuya purposes in making use of food waste?A.To offer Fabula Inc.more cement.B

40、.To produce building materials.C.To warn how serious food waste is.D.To extend concretes service life.33.What did Kota and Yuya assess previously about making edible cement?A.Its damage to the environment.B.It cost of recycling the cement.C.Its difficulties they would face.D.Its popularity among the

41、 public.34.What made the experiment of making cement out of food waste harder?A.Making sure to make cement tasty.B.Selecting correct food waste timely.C.Getting cement broken apart easily.D.Regulating the temperatures constantly.35.What does the underlined word,makeshift in the last paragraph mean?A

42、.Temporary.B.Strong.C.Bendable.D.Commercial.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短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。The Oxford Dictionary describes staycations as Ha holiday spent in ones homecountry rather than abroad,or one spent at home and involving day trips to local attractions.n36It gives you almost 10

43、0%of restful time with little to no prep.Stop to consider thefollowing:the ratio（比例）of quality time thats spent on relaxation is more important than the number of days for holidays.37 For instance,a weekend break thatconsists of long travel on either side is no recipe（良方）for relaxation.This is one o

44、f the reasons why staycations are more refreshing than vacations.38Instead of losing time and energy preparing for a vacation,a staycation will provideyou with high-quality resting time.Youll get back to work feeling more refreshed,andrelaxed.39 Staycations also tick some of the same boxes as vacati

45、ons like experiencingnew things.You just need to explore nearby things which you have never paid attentionto.Often we overlook the attractions that are near to us.40 However,if you make aneffort to explore the area close to where you live,you may be pleasantly surprised.There will be cafes and resta

46、urants youve never tried,historic buildings youve neverseen before,and nature parks youve never visited.So with a little effort on your part,youll be able to experience new and exciting things close to home.A.They act as real breaks from work and life pressure.B.If you give this some thought,youll r

47、ealize that its true.C.A vacation can leave you more tired than before your trip.D.In addition,it can offer you fresh experiences immediately.E.Lets take a look at the great things about taking a staycation.F.Staycations dont mean long traveling,which costs you a lot less.C.We often choose to spend

48、big amounts of money visiting foreign 1 countries.第三 部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。In Connecticut,&teacher made a big decision that would change the course of herlife and her new students.Jenna Riccio,a busy elementary school teacher,encounter

49、ed a 41 that would testher pity and kindness.In 2019,Jenna 42 her new student,Nate,fell ill and neededemergency surgery.Unfortunately,the blood infection 43 the amputation（截肢）ofhis loge and left arm.When Jenna 44 everything and went to see Nate at the hospital,she found him alone.She decided to brin

50、g him 45 by being there for him.However,her46 was not just an act of kindness.Jenna learned Nate had been 47Concerned for his well-being,Jenna 48 his social worker to apply to adopt Nate.Feeling 49 the worker agreed to help.50,when she told her decision to her then-boy-friend,Tim whofs 51,too,he rea