2023届广东省惠州市实验中学高三适应性考试(5月)英语试题.docx

《2023届广东省惠州市实验中学高三适应性考试(5月)英语试题.docx》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《2023届广东省惠州市实验中学高三适应性考试(5月)英语试题.docx（9页珍藏版）》请在淘文阁 - 分享文档赚钱的网站上搜索。

1、2023届广东省惠州市实验中学高三适应性考试（5月）英语试题学校:姓名：班级：考号：一、阅读理解Four of the best off-grid （不入网的）stays in the UKShepherds9 RetreatGranite peaks, vivid green fields and speeding clouds are your only neighbours at this remote cottage in the Sperrins. Glass doors open straight on to this landscape, and though theres no

2、 phone reception or wifi, theres a TV with DVDs, and plenty of books to enjoy by the fire. There are stone circles and mountain bike trails （|、路）nearby.Laggan CottageOn the Ardnish peninsula （半岛）and accessible only by boat一or a three-hour hike-this comfortable off-grid pad is seriously isolated （偏僻的

3、）.Theres zero mobile signal and no TV. Paraffin lamps, wood-burning stoves for hot water and a Calor gas cooker are the only modern conveniences you get. It is perfect for a week of watching the wildlife, hiking, and swimming.The Straw CottageCandles and lanterns, gas lamps and solar lights create a

4、tmosphere at this straw-bale cottage, constructed using centuries-old methods. With no electricity or wifi, this home set on Ty Gwyn Farm offers true escapism. Young explorers can play in the stream, follow a treasure hunt and toast marshmallows by the fire. Dogs are welcome, too.East LodgeOther tha

5、n the lack of wifi, East Lodge is a perfectly contemporary cottage. Arch windows accompany modern conveniences including a TV and DVDs for movie nights, though you may prefer to switch off and focus on outdoor fun, biking on nature trails and watching the wildlife.1. What might attract travelers to

6、the four holiday destinations?A. Stylish decoration.B. Convenient location.C. Back-to-nature stays.D. Modern conveniences.2. What can visitors do in Laggan Cottage and East Lodge? to his dad, who had just pulled up in front of the school.Jordan rolled his wheelchair toward his dad, and Alice walked

7、with him to the minivan.“Maybe you should go as something else.”“The contest is Friday night. Jordan sighed. “Its too late to change costumes.”“Jordan, you have to think outside the box. Look around your house and see what you have. There5s hidden potential in everyday items. She took a sip of her d

8、rink, and told Jordan that her chocolate-bar costume was made from old fabric her mom had lying around and recycled plastics.On his way home, Jordan was quiet. He kept thinking about Alices words: Think outside the box. There s hidden potential in everyday items. When he got home, he found his mum h

9、andling with some wooden pieces. She was putting a new desk together. On top of the desk was the huge empty cardboard box the pieces had come in. Mom smiled at Jordan, pointing at the desk, What do you think? 注意：L续写词数应为150左右；2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。Jordans eyes fell on the box and he smiled, Its perfect

10、 . with my wheelchair.Soon it was Friday night, and Jordan couldnt wait to show his costume.A.Play games.B.Swim in the sea.C.Read by the fire.D.Watch the wildlife.3.Which cottage is pet-friendly?A.Shepherds5 Retreat.B.Laggan Cottage.C.The Straw Cottage.D.East Lodge.Ken Campbell had last attempted ru

11、nning at high school. When his wife, Susan, injured her foot, she needed support to rejoin her running group, so Campbell went along to keep her company and share in the recovery. We were just walking at the beginning/9 he says. And I was heavy. I weighed over 90kg. But as the weeks and months passe

12、d, the weight fell away, Susan recovered and CampbelPs abilities grew. At the age of 63, he ran 50km, and at 70, he ran through the night to complete a 100km ultramarathon.So how does someone with no sporting precedent （先彳列）become an ultradistance runner in his 60s and 70s? Susan had run marathons b

13、efore her injury. But for Campbell, the turning point came when Susans Fleet Feet running group took to the trails in the Sierra Nevada foothills near their home in Citrus Heights, California.Campbell went out to visit Susans group, and “the trails were a terrible mess. It had been raining. And I wa

14、s running in my road shoes. Slipping and sliding and falling. And I was struggling. I thought, well, I like this a lot but I could do better/9What he liked above all was the feeling of being enveloped by the trail, being embraced by the closeness of the vegetation and the nearness of the river. I wa

15、s walking where Native people had walked for thousands of years and where miners had walked on their way to gold.”Running the 100km ultramarathon took Campbell 16 hours. When Campbell crossed the finish line at 3am, Susan handed him a 100km sticker to display on the back of his truck. He already had

16、 a 50km one on there. It is a public proclamation （声明）that you are part of this community,he says. Wherever we park, I see a line of vehicles with their various stickers and I feel that we area tribe （部落）Campbell suffered arthritis before he started running, and is “a candidate fbr knee replacement”

17、. But fbr now, he is holding off on surgery. It could put an end to the running 一 but the sense of wellbeing and accomplishment will carry me on forever”, he says. If I cant run, I will walk.”4. What enabled Campbell to take up running again?A. He lost weight.B. He trained overnight.C. His wife acco

18、mpanied him.D. His wife shared her experience.5. What did Campbell discover while keeping his wife company on a tail run?A.The joy of being out in the wild.B.The hardships of Native people.C.The pleasure of gold mining.D.The mysteries of nature.6. What did the stickers on the back of CampbelPs truck

19、 bring him?A A discount on parking.B.A sense of belonging.C.An enormous income.D.An honour to his wife.7. What can we learn about Campbell from the text?A.Hes a determined man.B.Hes a people-pleaser.C.He is easy to content.D.He is hard to cope with.The streets of Cotonou, Benins largest city, have b

20、een Domingo Soules workplace for 35 years. The 50-year-old motorcycle taxi driver spends his days driving for miles on roads blanketed in exhaust fumes （尾气），picking up customers and taking them to where they want to go. But Soule has developed a cough from breathing in air pollution, he believes, an

21、d at the end of each day his eyes hurt.Things maybe about to change, however. In recent months, hes seen more and more electric motorbikes on the streets of Cotonou. The Indian manufacturer （制造商）M Auto introduced its electric bikes in Benin in July 2022 and there are already 2,000 on the roads; an a

22、dditional 2,000 people have paid deposits （定金）and are waiting for delivery.Shegun Bakari, M Autos chief executive, has ambitions to get all moto-taxi drivers in Benin to switch to electric. This month he plans to launch a campaign to encourage them to swap （交换）their old bikes for new electric models

23、.The only sticking point is the battery. M Autos business model relies on “swap stations, throughout the city. When the battery runs out after about 60 miles, drivers must visit a station and pay to exchange the empty battery for a full one. Concerns about the battery are also preventing Soule form

24、buying an electric bike. It could cost him 4,000 CFA （5.40） a day to replace batteries, Soule says, whereas at the moment he can buy five litres of petrol （enough for one day） for 3,000CFA.Bakari understands his concerns. In Beni, close to 40% of the population live under the poverty line, earning l

25、ess than US$2 a day. If Im living with $2 a day, I cant afford to pay more just because I want to save the planet,he says.He and his team are working to persuade governments in Africa to reduce taxes on electric vehicles, as well as putting plans in place to produce the electric bikes in Benin. They

26、 are also in talks with the government to build a solar plant to provide the extra energy that will be needed.8. What does the author want to show by telling Soules story?A. Air pollution becomes a health issue.B , Road conditions badly need improving.C. Taxi drivers find it hard to make a living.D.

27、 Motorbikes area major means of transport.9. What is the solution to the problem caused by motorbikes?A. Riding old bikes.B. Building more roads.C. Banning them on road.D. Moving to electric bikes.10. What is the major concern of a potential electric bike user?A.Short battery life.B.Battery safety.C

28、.Insufficient charging points.D.High battery replacement cost.11. What are Bakari and his team making efforts to do?A.Create more job opportunities.B.Make electric bikes affordable.C.Cutback on fuel supplies.D.Improve taxi drivers9 welfare.Baby seabirds that have not yet hatched communicate with the

29、ir siblings （兄弟姐妹）in neighbouring eggs by vibrating （震动）their shells, scientists have discovered.A study of yellow-legged gul s revealed one of the known examples of embryonic （胚月台 期的）communication. When exposed to the alarm calls of an adult bird responding to a predator （捕食者），developing chicks app

30、arently were able to convey the presence of danger to their nest mates by vibrating inside their eggs.The team collected 90 yellow-legged gull eggs from Salvora Island and sorted them into nests of three. When the eggs were six days off hatching, two of the three eggs in each nest were temporarily r

31、emoved from the nest and exposed to either a recording of a predator alarm call or white noise each day until the chicks hatched. The noise was delivered four times a day at random for three minutes at a time. The third egg from each group remained in thenest.It was found that the embryos responded

32、to the external alarm calls by vibrating or and vocalizing （发声）less 一 and that this in or matin appear d to be passed on to the third nestmate. It was seen to copy the vibrations. It also underwent genetic changes and had an increase in the production of stress hormones （荷尔蒙）.“This kind of communica

33、tion - embryo to embryo - can generate developmental changes that can have potential benefits to the birds after hatching/9 said Noguera, the lead author of the study.A rise in stress hormones makes birds more aware of their surroundings after hatching. When hatched chicks were exposed to alarm soun

34、ds, it was found that those who had listened to the noises previously in the egg were quicker to run away and hide.Noguera said the phenomenon was likely to occur in other bid species. His team now plans to investigate whether the chicks are able to pick up other clues about their external environme

35、nt before hatching, such a show many other eggs are in the nest.12. What do the un hatched birds mean to do by vibrating shells?A. Fight with a predator.C. Play with their nest mates.13. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?A , The findings of the experiment.C. The subjects of the experiment.B , Warn ot

36、hers of danger.D. Seek care from adult birds.B. The process of the experiment.D. The theoretical base of the experiment.14. Whats the benefit of developing chicks sharing information?A. It makes them mature earlier.B , It allows them to develop physically.C. It strengthens bonds with their siblings.

37、D. It helps them adapt to life after hatching.15. What does Noguera mainly talk about concerning the research in the last paragraph?A. Its appeal to the public.B , Its practical application.C. Expectations for future studies.D. Scientists with new perspectives.二、七选五The best feeling about going back

38、to school is seeing all your friends. You get the chance to tell each other your holiday experiences. 16 You have to start from scratch （从头 开始）.Here are tips that will work for you. Do not be seared.It is not unhealthy to be scared on your first day of school. Remember that each student has gone thr

39、ough the same process. 17 Your new school can have the best team and the competitive drama program. Try and focus on things that make you want to go to that school. You will not have any reason to be scared. Know your surroundings.It is good to be familiar with the new environment. 18 It will help y

40、ou take less time to go to your lesson and settled own before the teacher arrives. Knowing the surroundings will give you confidence because you will not have to ask around. It will make you feel better and ready for anything that comes your way. 19Do not try to change the person you are because of

41、the new environment. Many people have gone through that road. Do not do that just to fit into a group of students. In the end, it will not be worth it. It is for people to love you the way you are. You are perfect the way you are. You have no single reason for changing yourself. Connect with people.

42、The worst part about moving to a new school is making friends. There is a possibility you know some students from your new school. You can try and connect with the people you know first. They will introduce you to other people, and that is how you will make friends.20 Go to the people you know and h

43、angout.A. Be yourself.B Do not be alone.C Please the other kids.D. Going to a new school can be pretty challenging.E. Try to look at the positive side of joining a new school.F. It is advisable to know where the different rooms are located.G. Often the scariest part of change is not knowing what it

44、looks like.三、完形填空The suburb I live in backs on to a large nature reserve. One morning I saw a koala （考拉） sitting in a palm tree in my front yard. I phoned around to ask what I could 21 this koala, but no one wanted to know. I ended up 22 the koala out of my tree and we crossed the road 23 for him to

45、 return to the nature reserve.Ive always been befriending animals. As a young kid I used to pick up lizard eggs and24 them. It stimulated my interest as to why there wasnt anyone wanting to come and 25 this koala in my tree. After that, I signed up for all the 26 I could find.Once I had accreditatio

46、n （合格证），I volunteered with the RSPCA in 2014, rehabilitating （使康复）wildlife. I was an ambulance driver, 27 overnight rescues. We rescued hundreds of animals and28 more.One day, I thought why not 29 my own rescue group focusing on my backyard? I purchased a two-acre property and built enclosures on it

47、 to 30 injured animals.Last year, I planted 300 eucalyptus trees（核树），with seven varieties to thekoalas.I cut the leaves of the eucalyptus trees for the koalas to eat and look after the32 wildlife at our centre. If they recover, they are 33 back to wherethey come from.As a kid I would never have imag

48、ined doing this. I feel like Fm the 34 girlon the planet that I get to do what I love. I believe its my 35.21. A. learn fromB.do aboutC. require ofD. save for22. A. kickingB.shootingC. coachingD. blowing23. A. togetherB.illegallyC. angrilyD. guiltily24. A. rollB.sellC. breakD. hatch25. A. rescueB.admireC purchaseD. identify26. A. coursesB.racesC. fairsD. shows27. A. watchingB.attendingC. recordingD. assessing28. A. made outB.ran a