2023届湖南省湘西州高三二诊模拟考试英语试卷含解析.pdf

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1、2023高 考 英 语 模 拟 试 卷 考 生 须 知：1.全 卷 分 选 择 题 和 非 选 择 题 两 部 分，全 部 在 答 题 纸 上 作 答。选 择 题 必 须 用 2B铅 笔 填 涂；非 选 择 题 的 答 案 必 须 用 黑 色 字 迹 的 钢 笔 或 答 字 笔 写 在“答 题 纸”相 应 位 置 上。2.请 用 黑 色 字 迹 的 钢 笔 或 答 字 笔 在“答 题 纸”上 先 填 写 姓 名 和 准 考 证 号。3.保 持 卡 面 清 洁，不 要 折 叠，不 要 弄 破、弄 皱，在 草 稿 纸、试 题 卷 上 答 题 无 效。第 一 部 分（共 2 0小 题，每 小 题 1

2、.5分，满 分 3 0分）1.What matters in life is working hard hardly working.A.as well as B.less thanC.rather than D.other than2.一 r d rather have some wine,if you dont mind.,Don91 forget that youH drive.A.By all means B.Anything but thatC.Take it easy D.I wouldnt say no to this3.People from all walks of life

3、 are eager for s u c c e s s,l a c k of confidence,however,is a great barrier.A.where B.whichC.to which D.beyond which4.What do you think of your preparations for the final exams?Not so good.Actually I feel like for Pve made little progress in Maths.A.Daniel in the lion9s den B.Achilles9 heelC.a goo

4、d Samaritan D.a sacred cow5.I t a Saturday afternoon in M ay Margaret could arrange for me to meet her elder,sister.A.was until;when B.was until;thatC.was not until;when D.was not until;that6.World AIDS Day is also important in reminding us that HIV has not gone away,and there are many thingsstill t

5、o be done.A.which B.whatC.that D./7.The reign of the next Japanese emperor will be known as“Reiwa（令 和）era,in name the character for“harmony”is included.A.which B.whatC.whose D.as8.The world is not always we wish it to be.A.that B.whichC.what D.where9.This is a very interesting book.Ill buy i t,.A.ho

6、wever much it may cost B.no matter how it may costC.how much may it cost D.however many it may cost10.It was John who broke the window.Why are you talking to me as if I it?A.had done B.have doneC.did D.am doing1 1.May!How is your plan?I heard you started it last Sunday.一 Oh!I for it,but I havent dec

7、ided where to start it.A.have preparedB.had prepared C.have been preparing D.was preparing12.Molly finally a g r e e d,r e lu c t a n t ly,to go and see a doctor.A.afterwards B.almostC otherwise D.somewhat13.Im sorry you have been waiting so long,but it will still be some tim e you can get your pass

8、port.A.since B.tillC.after D.before14.AlphaGos beating Go grandmaster Lee Sedol 4-1 has an international debate about whether robots willcompletely take the place of humans.A.give off B.work outC.set off D.put out15.When she was in trouble,I did what I could to help her.my help,she wrote me a letter

9、 of thanks.A.In honor of B.In case of C.In terms of D.In return for16.In fact9 most of us would the consequences of stupid decisions taken byothers.A.handle B.solve C.follow D.suffer17.Life is a journey with hardships,joys and special moments.A.filledB.to fillC.filling D.having filled18.一 Did you fo

10、rget your promise,dear?I have finished my homework on time,mom.A.Excuse me.B.Surely.C.Why not?D.How could I?19.Shall we go to the seven oclock performance or the eight?suits you fine.A.WhateverB.Whichever C.Whenever D.Wherever20.Wu Lei is the only Chinese player has made it onto the latest World Soc

11、cer 500 list.A.who B.whichC.whose D.whom第 二 部 分 阅 读 理 解（满 分 4 0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。21.（6 分）Dont we all know a Happy Meal“when we see one the famous boxed meal that includes ahamburger,kid-sized French fries,fruits and milk,served with a toy thafs extremely popular

12、with children who love tocollect them?A Happy Meal is a form of kids meal sold at a certain fast-food chain since 1979.A toy is included in the meal,bothof which are usually contained in a box or paper bag.However,collectors of these little toys will not get them any longer,since the company will re

13、place toys with books and each of these books will mainly pass on nutritional messages.Happy Meals are extremely popular with kids,especially for their collectable toys,when you consider that over 1.3billion of these packages are sold each year.These packages have been very controversial.Health supp

14、orters believe thatdrawing kids to these meals with toys is clever way of promoting unhealthy food choices.They see it as an advertisingstrategy of“catching its customers young-a move that has paid off very well for the fast-food company.Child development experts say that food habits get formed in c

15、hildren by age six and continue through to theiradult life.Fatty and sugary foods such as those served in Happy Meals are believed to play a big role in growing healthproblems such as obesity and diabetes.Public health care costs have gone up and untold amounts of money have beenspent on coping with

16、 these health problems.On November 2,2010,the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a lawrequiring that childrens meals sold in restaurants must meet certain nutritional standards before they could be soldwith toys,to overcome the problem of childhood obesityin other words,the State of Californi

17、a tried to ban the toys inHappy Meals.However,it was strongly opposed by some as being heavy-handed,and the ban was thrown out by thegovernment.While some people believe that the fast-food company,with its large following of children,can create a powerfulmessage through the books,others believe its

18、actions are contradictory.Anyway,the company is trying to spread themessage of nutrition while it is serving food that is anything but healthy.1、The aim of the question raised in Paragraph 1 i s A.give a surprise to the toy lovers B.make readers think about the answerC.call on readers to buy boxed m

19、eals D.get readers attention to the article2、Books will be added into Happy Meals t o.A.introduce the use of the toys B.help kids learn about nutritionC.increase the cost of the meals D.spread the message of fast food3、According to Paragraph 3,Happy M e a l s.A.cost more money than ordinary mealsB.h

20、elp the customers stay youngC.have achieved the desired resultD.receive approval from health supporters4、What is the authors opinion about H叩 py Meals?A.They do no actual good to childrens health.B.They teach children a lot about nutrition.C.They bring much fun to children.D.They are popular with th

21、e young and the old.5、Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?A.Happy Meal-A New Advertising MethodB.The links Between Food and HealthC.The Importance of Eating Healthy FoodD.Are Happy Meals Really Happy?22（8 分）Knowing what to do at checkout and properly preparing for it can tur

22、n a potentially heated situationinto a quick thank you and goodbye.Below we made a list of five things you should remember at hotel checkout.Don t be late to checkHotels may add an extremely high price for being just a half hour late.If you know you won t make the cutoff time,it never hurts to call

23、ahead and try to negotiate away a potential charge.Don!forget to double check the room and safeMake sure you dont leave things behind.If you have an early flight or checkout time,pack up as much as you canthe night before so that last-minute rush isn t too annoying.Also,be sure to take out anything

24、in the room safe.Doni forget to tip the housekeepersIts always polite to leave some money for the people keeping your room clean.Don t ignore the detailed billYou may be in a rush,but give the detailed bill a careful look to see if the hotel charge is different from the rate youinitially booked.Doni

25、 get angryShouting at the assistant manager standing behind the front desk probably won t help when dealing with anunexpected item on the bill.Think about how difficult it can be to deal with annoyed customers.Keep calm and thingsmay be solved（解 决）better and sooner.1、The hotel will charge you more m

26、oney if you.A.check before cutoff timeB.do not call the hotel aheadC.are late in checking outD2.Wnehgiocthi aotfe twheit hfo tlhloew cilnegrk dsoes the author suggest doing?A.Leaving something behind.B.Being sure to keep the room clean.C.Doing the pack-up as early as possible.D.Tipping the housekeep

27、ers to show respect.3、What is the purpose of the last paragraph of the passage?A.lb suggest a way to solve problems properly.B.To provide more information about the hotel.C.To show the uneasiness of assistant managers.D.To protect customers from unnecessary dangers.4、In which section of the magazine

28、 can you probably find such a passage?A.Travel.B.Nature.C.Lifestyle.D.Fitness.23.（8 分）Pigeons in London have a bad reputation.Some people call them flying rats.And many blame themfor causing pollution with their droppings.But now the birds are being used to fight another kind of pollution in thiscit

29、y of 8.5 million.“The problem for air pollution is that its been largely ignored as an issue for a long time,“says Andrea Lee,whoworks for the London-based environmental organization Client Earth.People dont realize how bad it is,and how itactually affects their health.”Londons poor air quality is l

30、inked to nearly 10,000 early deaths a year.Lee says,citing（弓 I用）a report released by the city manager last year.If people were better informed about the pollution they re breathing,she says,they could pressure the government to do something about it.Nearby,on a windy hill in Londons Regenfs Park,an

31、experiment is underway that could helpthe first week offlights by the Pigeon Air Patrol.It all began when Pierre Duquesnoy,the director for DigitasLBi,a marketing firm,wona London Design Festival contest last year to show how a world problem could be solved using Twitter.Duquesnoy,fromFrance,chose t

32、he problem of air pollution.“Basically,I realized how important the problem was,he says.But also I realized that most of the peoplearound me didnt know anything about it.Duquesnoy says he wants to better measure pollution,while at the same timemaking the results accessible to the public through Twit

33、ter.“So，he wondered,how could we go across the city quickly collecting as much data as possible?”Drones were hisfirst thought.But its illegal to fly them over London.wBut pigeons can fly above London,right?”he says.Theyliveactually,they are Londoners as well.So,yeah,I thought about using pigeons equ

34、ipped with mobile apps.And wecan use not just street pigeons,but racing pigeons,because they fly pretty quickly and pretty low.”So it might be time for Londoners to have more respect for their pigeons.The birds may just be helping to improvethe quality of the citys air.1、What can we infer about Lond

35、ons air quality from Paragraph 2?A.Londoners are very satisfied with it.B.The government is trying to improve it.C.Londoners should pay more attention to it.D.The government has done a lot to improve it.2、Duquesnoy attended the London Design Festival t o,A.entertain Londoners.B.solve a world problem

36、.C.design a product for sale.D.protect animals like pigeons.3、Why did Duquesnoy give up using drones to fly across London?A.Because they are too expensive.B.Because they fly too quickly.C.Because they are forbidden.D.Because they fly too high.4、Which can be the best title for the text?A.Clean air in

37、 London.B.Londons dirty secret.C.Londons new pollution fighter.D.Causes of air pollution in London.24.（8 分）Can you imagine printing food?Some scientists are trying to revolutionize the dining experience by doingthis.They hope that having a 3D printer in the kitchen will become as commonplace as the

38、microwave.Scientists saythat they are easy to use:you simply have to select a recipe and put the raw food inks into the printer.You can alsochange the instructions to make the food exactly how you want it.This means that it would be very quick and easy tocreate tasty and nutritious meals.They say th

39、at if people used 3D printers to create meals there would be less need for traditional growing,transportingand packaging processes as food production would be a lot easier.For example,alternative ingredients（原 料）such asproteins from insects could be changed into tasty products.And as is known,those

40、traditional activities are notbeneficial to our surroundings.This technology could also help people who suffer from dysphagia（a swallowing disorder）.The patients couldprogram the printer and softer versions would be made so that they would not have trouble swallowing them.However;some people think t

41、hat using 3D-printed foods would be a disaster.It could take away many jobs,includingthose for growing,transporting and packaging food.Imagine a world where there was no need for farming or growingcrops and the same tastes could be printed from a raw“food ink”.Likewise,traditional cafes and restaura

42、nts might losebusiness.Also,there are concerns about the nutritional value of printed food:is it really possible to get the nutrients weneed from food-based inks?W hafs more,cooking and eating together with family and friends has long been a traditional and enjoyable activity.It is hard to imagine a

43、 world where the pastime of cooking is dead and meals can be created at the touch of a button.1、What do scientists think of 3D food printing?A.It is cheap to use it.B.It is environment-friendly.C.It is advancing quickly.D.It needs improving.2、What does the underlined part in Paragraph 3 refer to?A.T

44、he printed foods.B.Their favorite foods.C.The more nutritious foods.D.The more tasty foods.3、What can we infer about the printed foods from Paragraph 4?A.Their raw*food inks*are more nutritional.B.People would get more jobs produced by them.C.People need more evidence about their nutrition.D.They wo

45、uld be bought in traditional restaurants.4、What is the best title for the text?A.The growth of 3D food printingB.The future of 3D food printingC.The 3D food printing businessD.The two sides of 3D food printing25.（10 分）In 2015,a man named Nigel Richards memorized 386,000 words in the entire French Sc

46、rabbleDictionary in just nine weeks.However,he does not speak French.Richards impressive feat is a useful example to showhow artificial intelligence works real AI.Both of Richard and AI take in massive amounts of data to achieve goals withunlimited memory and superman accuracy in a certain field.The

47、 potential applications for AI are extremely exciting.Because AI can outperform humans at routinetasksprovided the task is in one field with a lot of data it is technically capable of replacing hundreds of millions ofwhite and blue collar jobs in the next 15 years or so.But not every job will be rep

48、laced by AL In fact,four types of jobs are not at risk at all.First,there are creativejobs.AI needs to be given a goal to optimize.It cannot invent,like scientists,novelists and artists can.Second,thecomplex,strategic jobs-executives,diplomats,economists go well beyond the AI limitation of single-fi

49、eld and BigData.Then there are the as-yet-unknown jobs that will be created by ALAre you worried that these three types of jobs wont employ as many people as AI will replace?Not to worry,as thefourth type is much larger:jobs where emotions are needed,such as teachers,nannies and doctors.These jobs r

50、equirecompassion,trust and sympathy which AI does not have.And even if AI tried to fake it,nobody would want a robottelling them they have cancer,or a robot to babysit their children.So there will still be jobs in the age of AL The key then must be retraining the workforce so people can do them.This