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1、【优质卷】2023年高考英语预测试卷（附答案）英语第 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 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ANatural World Photography Competition Now Open!Now in its 10th year,Big Picture encourages photographers from aroundthe world to contribute their works to this competition that both cele

2、bratesand illustrates the rich diversity of life on Earth and inspires action to protectand conserve it through the power of imagery.Click here and enter your workfor a chance to win cash prizes and be exhibited at the California Academy ofSciences!PrizesBig Picture is open to all photography worldw

3、ide to compete for a chanceto win the$5,000 grand prize.Winning images include images named asgrand prize,first place,and finalist images.They will be displayed at theCalifornia Academy of Sciences for all visitors to enjoy.Competition PeriodThe Big Picture Photo Competition begins at 12:00 am on De

4、cember1,2022 and closes at 11:59 pm on March 1,2023.Entry FeesEach photographer can enter photos as follows:$25 for up to 10 single image submissions in any category.$15 for each 6-8 image Photo Story submission.Photographers are limited to up to Wimage submissions per registeredemail address and ma

5、y register an unlimited number of email addresses.Entry fees are used to provide the competition prizes and help the Academyin its mission and can not be returned.iParticipantsBig Picture is open to all photography enthusiasts and professionalsalike worldwide,except employees,volunteers and Board Me

6、mbers of theAcademy（as well as their sponsors）and the immediate families andindividuals living in the same household.21.Where is the text most likely from?A.A picture book.B.A science journal.C.A camera guidebook.D.A conservation website.22.If a photographer submits 17 single images,how much will he

7、 pay?A.$25.B.$40.C.$50.D.S 15.23.Who can participate in the competition?A.Amateurs unrelated to the Academy.B.Experts as members of the Academy.C.Volunteers working for the Academy.0.Enthusiasts of the board members family.BMy love for animals began through watching wildlife documentaries when I was

8、a kid.I went on to study Environmental Science at university,and becameinterested in marine（海洋的）biology when I did my masters degree.Thats whenI realised that there was a possibility to do more for Hong Kong.In Hong Kong,many people would associate marine life only with seafood,andfew people would c

9、onsider it as a part of nature to be appreciated.Although ourmarine life is highly diverse,our waters have been overfished for more than 40years.Records show that,decades ago,Hong Kong had such high production ofseafood that it supported about 90%of the local demand.Today,at least 90%of theseafood w

10、e eat has to be imported to meet local demand,as our waters are sooverfished that they can no longer support the local appetite.Despite this shift,we are still a city in love with seafoodaccording to the Foodand Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,Hong Kong has the secondhighest annual se

11、afood consumption per capita（人均）in Asia-but consumers2are barely aware of where their seafood comes from and which species arethreatened.There is a lot of room for improvement in Hong Kong.Improving local fisherymanagement policies and increasing the coverage of Marine Protected Areas,aswell as cond

12、ucting the relevant research to inform decisions,could move the citytowards greater sustainability in this area.And consumers should avoid eatingseafood that is on the threatened species list.As a general rule of thumb,if peopleare not sure what the species is,they should choose something else that

13、they aremore familiar with.With the marine ecosystem already weak and easily destroyed,the greatestthreat is continued ignorance and inaction.It is time for us to show that we can alsobe a part of the solution.If each person plays their part-even for just one meal aday-Hong Kong would already be on

14、its way to making considerable progresstowards sustainable seafood consumption.24.How does the author introduce overfishing in Paragraph 2?A.By listing reasons.B.By offering examples.C.By giving exact figures.D.By making comparisons.25.What is true about HK people according to the passage?A.They all

15、 see marine life as a part of nature.B.They consume 90%of the seafood in Asia.C.They have a rather big appetite for seafood.D.They are aware of the source of the seafood.26.What does the author suggest people do when eating seafood?A.Keep off unfamiliar species.B.Ignore dangerous species.C.Choose en

16、dangered species.D.Avoid non-threatened species.27.What is the authors purpose of writing this article?A.To stop consuming seafood.B.To protect the marine ecosystem.C.To improve local fishery management policies.D.To criticize the overfishing situation in Hong Kong.3cLook up how to increase your lif

17、e expectancy（预期寿命），and you will probablysee plenty of results recommending that you have a healthy diet,get sufficientsleep,work out and cut out tobacco and too much alcohol consumption.But whatmany of us dont know is that our relationships also affect our life expectancy.Social integration is assoc

18、iated with greater life satisfaction,better health andincreased life expectancy.People with wide social networks are more likely to behappy,experience fewer health issues,enjoy better mental health and to live a lotlonger.Now this doesnt mean that we should dive head first into a relationshipwheneve

19、r were lonely in order to avoid dying young.Harmful relationships can beas isolating as being alone,so who we choose to break bread with is absolutely vitalto our overall health.Have you ever wondered why some people are single and happy,while othersare drowning in suffering?Or why some married coup

20、les exist in a consistent stateof bliss,while others are practically enemies?Research shows that marriage has greater benefits for men than it does forwomen.Being coupled allows men to receive the essential emotional support thatthey would lack if they were single.They also get the added benefit of

21、beingphysically taken care of thanks to the gender roles society still subscribes to.Women,on the other hand,dont have as much luck when it comes to beingcoupled.A woman in a harmful relationship is likely to experience the mental,emotional and physical consequences that come with that.On the contra

22、ry,awoman in a healthy relationship is likely to live well.Research shows that thewomen who are happily married tend to be coupled with partners who take on theirfair share of household responsibilities.But thats not all,age gaps also need to be factored in to determine relationshipsatisfaction.Coup

23、les with wider age gaps are more likely to be harmoniouscompared to their peers.28.What does the writer intend to emphasize in Paragraph 1?4A.Some health problems.B.Ways to increase life expectancy.C.The effect of sleepon peoples health.D.The importance of human relationships.29.What does the underl

24、ined wordublissmean in Paragraph 3?A.Happiness.B.Kindness.C.Loneliness.D.Friendliness.30.What can we learn from the research?A.Marriage benefits men and women equally.B.Women benefit more from marriage than men.C.Men are better taken care of because of the gender roles.D.Good relationship can effect

25、ively prevent people from dying lonely.31.What would be probably discussed in the next paragraph of this passage?A.The influence of a harmonious marriage.B.Relationship satisfaction for older couples.C.Gender differences in marriage satisfaction.D.The benefits of wider age gaps in marriage.DAn artif

26、icial intelligence can decode（解 码）words and sentences from brainactivity with surprising accuracy.Using only a few seconds of brain activity data,theAl guesses what a person has heard.It lists the correct answer in its top 10possibilities,researchers found in a primary study.Developed at the parent

27、company of Facebook,Meta,the Al could eventually beused to help thousands of people around the world who are unable to communicatethrough speech,typing or gestures.Most existing technologies to help such patients communicate require riskybrain surgeries to put in electrodes（电极）.This new approachcoul

28、d provide apossible path to help patients with communication problems,avoiding the use ofsurgeries,says neuroscientist Jean-Remi King,a Meta Al researcher.King and his colleagues trained a computational tool,also known as a languagemodel,to detect words and sentences on56,000 hours of speech recordi

29、ngs from 53languages.The team applied an Al with this language model to databases from fourinstitutions that included brain activity from 169 volunteers.In these databases,5participants listened to various stories and sentences.while the peoples brainswere scanned by magnetoencephalography（MEG）（脑磁图）

30、.Then with the help of a computational method that helps account for physicaldifferences among actual brains,the team tried to decode what participants hadheard using just three seconds of brain activity data from each person.The teaminstructed the Al to match up the speech sounds from the story rec

31、ordings withpatterns of brain activity that the Al computed as corresponding to what peoplewere hearing.It then made predictions about what the person might have beenhearing during that short time,given more than 1,000 possibilities.Using MEG,thecorrect answer was in the Als top 10 guesses,the resea

32、rchers found.The new study is decoding of speech recognition,not production,King agrees,Though speech production is the final goal.for now,were quite a long way away.32.What is the main advantage of the new technology?A.Avoiding dangerous operations on patients.B.Freeing patients from risky brain op

33、erations.C.Providing a path to communicate with others.0.Helping patients with communication problems.33.What does the Al require to make its prediction?A.Top ten guesses.B.Speech production.C.Patterns of brain activity.D.Volunteers with disability.34.What does Jean-Remi King think of the new study?

34、A.Disappointing.B.Promising.C.Surprising.D.Exciting.35.What is the best title for the text?A.A New Way to Decode SpeechB.The Application of MEG TechnologyC.A New Study on Artificial IntelligenceD.A Solution to Communication Problems第二节（共 5 小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）阅读短文内容，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。

35、6You should know that English Literature is one of the few courses in the worldthat can help you better understand the world around you and far from you.Thebenefits of studying English Literature are as follows.Developing the ability of critical analysisBeing a master of English Literature allows yo

36、u to be critical when analyzing atext.Even after learning,you will notice that you critically analyse every text youread,even when it does not demand i t.36_.It helps you think deeply aboutdifferent situations and decisions before making them.Creating broader opportunitiesUnderstanding English Liter

37、ature suggests that your knowledge of the Englishlanguage is at full capacity creating a wider range of opportunities for thele a r n e r.37.For example,there are over sixty-seven different countrieswith English as 格力 their lingua franca（通用语），which means that there areopportunities open in these cou

38、ntries for people with knowledge of EnglishLiterature._38_The English language is more than just the way we speak and a manner ofcommunicating.There are in-depth meanings as to how the structuring andpronunciations in the English language work.In studying literary English,you aresure to see these de

39、eper technicalities surrounding the English language,helpingyou understand better the use of the language.Improving the ability of brief writing39.In learning,reading,andanalyzing,one is bound to take notes tokeep up with their analysis of a text.This act subconsciously（下意识地）helps tomake any learner

40、 of literary English a betterwriter than before they started learning.Getting to know historical and cultural knowledgeReading classic English Literature is the shortest and easiest way to learn bothhistory and culture of people and places.You are always surprised when you findthe connection between

41、 the real facts and the story of the classic literature your e a d.407A.Existing everywhere for a long timeB.Having a good command of EnglishC.You can use this skill in other areas of lifeD.You are not limited in the choices you makeE.Among other things,it makes you a better writerF.Like every other

42、 skill,critical thinking takes practiceG.It ends up being a sort of achievement in your learning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，从题中所给A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。For the past 17 years,Tess Trojan has competed in the Special Olympics,withno intentions of slowing down anytime soon.Tes

43、s Trojan has been living with Down Syndrome（唐氏综合症），a_41_inwhich extra genetic material causes delays in the way a child_42_,bothmentally and physically._43_her disease,the 26-year-old woman fromCanada won the gold medal in golf at the 2014 National Games.Soon,she_44_to Los Angeles for the 2015 Speci

44、al Olympics World SummerGames,which attracted roughly 7,000 athletes from 177 countries.In 2000,she_45_as a bowling athlete.And today,she_46_playsbaseball,basketball,tennis and golf with her primary_47_on being golf.Shetrains hard with her golf coaches and understands that golf is mostly a game of_4

45、8_ your mental ability.For golf,you have to be mentally prepared,she said.Not only is she an extremely talented golfer,but Trojan has also won awards forswimming and tennis.,ll love doing_49_sports.So when I was young I used tojump from one sport to another,she said.Being a multi-sport athlete is so

46、mething she recommends tokids.Be_50 to learning new sports and you will have many fresh_51.Trojan often tells kids.8Her positive attitude is contagious（感染性的）and evidently making a_52_in a young girl that she coaches.For the past year,Trojanhas_ 53_Emi,a six-year-old girl with Down Syndrome,learn abo

47、ut differentsports.They,of course,also make time for fun things like arts and crafts.Emi,whoused to be fat,川 and depressed,has now become_54_,healthy and positive.Trojan says she loves working with kids and hopes to do more in the future.Shethinks that its a way of_55_to help others.49.A.adventurous

48、 B.unique C.various D.simple41.A.stageB.state C.position D.condition42.A.performsB.develops C.thinks D.studies43.A.DespiteB.Besides C.Beyond D.Above44.A.headedB.appealed C.contributed D.leaded45.A.servedB.acted C.ended D.started46.A.regularlyB.casually C.quietly D.occasionally47.A.goalB.instruction

49、C.concern D.focus48.A.provingB.succeeding C.challenging D.damaging50.A.similarB.open C.sensitive D.accessible51.A.ideasB.senses C.opinions D.experiences52.A.promiseB.decision C.difference D.mistake53.A.helpedB.encouraged C.persuaded D.reminded54.A.heavyB.fit C.powerful D.worried55.A.slowing down B.p

50、aying back C.giving up D.cutting down第 二 节（共 10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Dressed in long robes,a crowd of young people wanders around royal gardens,with their flowing sleeves（衣袖）56（gentle）swaying in the breeze.They are not actors nor actresses in a movie set,but Hanfu fans in