模拟卷2——2023年高考英语模拟卷（广东、山东）

【走近高考◆◆预热卷】

2023年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试预热卷02

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第一部分  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。

A

In Singapore, it seems like art is at every turn. Look closely and you’ll discover masterpieces in front of an office building, a walkway, and even on a rooftop garden, where everyone can appreciate them up close. In order to further promote art, festivals are held throughout the year. Here are some of the biggest art draws to come.

ARTWALK                                                When: January

An annual public art festival, Artwalk takes place in the culturally rich neighborhoods of Little India and Katong-Joo Chiat. Visitors can learn about the food, stories and history of two of Singapore’s most distinct communities on guided walking tours. They can even experience art and culture up close with hands-on workshops with local artists, storytellers and cultural experts.

ART SG                                                      When: March

During the biggest art fair in Southeast Asia, more than 150 of the world’s best galleries will showcase their collection of more than 1,000 artists. The film sector will feature panel discussions, experimental films, and new film-making practices. Some galleries will also present digital technology artworks like AR, VR, and NFTs.

SINGAPORE NIGHT                                        When: August

During this party-like night festival, the Bras Basah-Bugis business street lights up for this multi-dimensional art festival with diverse light installations (装置). Building walls provide larger-than-life canvases (画布) for shows; underground tunnels are brilliant with lights. Art and creativity blossom through a passion for experiments.

SINGAPORE BIENNALE                                    When: October-February

Lasting five months, the Singapore Biennale is a dynamic event that encourages folks to see art in a new light through interactive installations and exhibitions. The highlights include art tours, air performances, a film installation and various exhibitions.

1．What can a visitor do in ARTWALK?

A．Visit museums and galleries. B．Join in interactive activities.

C．Try out global cuisine. D．Share personal stories.

2．When should visitors go to Singapore if they want to enjoy light shows at night?

A．In January. B．In March. C．In August. D．In November.

3．What’s the text mainly about?

A．Four art shows in Singapore. B．Four places of interest in Singapore.

C．Four art festivals in Singapore. D．Four travel routes in Singapore.

B

Jordan Mittler has been spending weekends teaching seniors in New York how to use technology for years, but he never expected he would be streaming a class online.

He has taught texting, emailing and video chatting to dozens of seniors for years, beginning when his grandparents first got smartphones. Teaching them how to use apps and send messages inspired the teen to offer his services to more older people. In February 2019, he created a formal curriculum and started hosting free, hour-long sessions for seniors every Sunday.

Immediately, he was flooded with interested participants. His course, spread out over 10 weeks, was an instant success. One of his favorite lessons was helping his students surprise a family member with a video call.

But when the coronavirus hit New York City, Jordan had to end his classes. He wasn’t sure if he could move the lessons online—it was much easier to help students understand their devices in person —but he knew the importance of keeping older folks connected online. Most of the attendees were retired or lived alone and needed to find ways to connect with family members remotely. “It gives them somewhere to be and something to do,” he said.

So he spent a week ensuring each student could use Zoom, an online video chat platform. For most of the seniors, that meant calling them individually with step-by-step instructions. Since then, online classes have been going smoothly. He has reworked his curriculum to include tasks relevant to life in isolation, like staying in touch with family, checking the news, and playing online games.

His project, Mittler Senior Technology, has taught Jordan the value of making intergenerational relationships. He frequently invites his teenage friends to participate in his classes, hoping more young people will take time to help older relatives or neighbors.

4．What made Jordan decide to help the old?

A．Buying smartphones for his grandparents.

B．Streaming a class about smartphones.

C．Guiding his grandparents to use smartphones.

D．Learning more skills about surfing the Internet.

5．What does paragraph 4 mainly talk about?

A．How Jordan began his online classes.

B．Why it was necessary to help the old.

C．What Jordan thought of the coronavirus.

D．Why it was hard to teach the old online.

6．What can we know about Jordan’s online teaching?

A．It got support from apps. B．Jordan had confidence in it at first.

C．Its curriculum never changed. D．Jordan well prepared for it.

7．What can we infer about Jordan Mittler?

A．He is considerate and patient. B．He is humorous and positive.

C．He is curious and brave. D．He is honest and determined.

C

Our clothes do a lot for us. They keep us warm in the winter or cool while we’re working out. They let us dress to impress or comfortably veg out on the couch with the TV on. But some researchers think our clothes could be doing even more. Those scientists and engineers are dreaming up new ways to make clothes safer, more comfortable or just more convenient.

Some ideas for new clothes aim to protect people from harm. One new shoe design, for example, features pop-out spikes (鞋钉) on the sole that grip the ground. This could help people keep their footing on slippery or uneven ground. A new fabric coating, meanwhile, could absorb and neutralize (中和) some chemical weapons. That coating is made from a metal-organic framework that breaks down harmful compounds. It could offer protection to people in war-torn countries.

Not all advanced clothing is designed to save lives. Some could just make clothes more comfortable. One day, for instance, you may not need to layer up to stay warm. Fabric filled with nanowires could reflect your body heat back onto your skin. Electric current humming through those metal threads could provide warmth, too. This maybe especially useful for hikers, soldiers or others working in super cold conditions.

Some researchers have dream up wholly new uses for clothing —like turning wearers into walking power outlets. Flexible solar panels sewn into fabric could absorb the sun to recharge phones or other devices on the go. Another team threaded fabric with magnetized (磁化的) copper and silver to write data into fabrics. Such data-packed fabric could be used as a hands-free key or form of ID．

Many of these ideas have not yet left the lab—and they’re still pretty far from hitting retail (零售) shelves. But inventors hope these and other innovations could someday let you get more from your clothes.

8．What do the underlined words “veg out” in paragraph 1 probably mean?

A．Relax. B．Stand out. C．Work. D．Dream about.

9．Why do the new shoes feature pop-out spikes on the sole?

A．To make them comfortable. B．To make them fashionable.

C．To prevent people from slipping. D．To turn wearers into walking power outlets.

10．What kind of clothes are suitable for hikers?

A．Coats filled with nanowires. B．Shoes with pop-out spikes on the sole.

C．Clothes with a new fabric coating. D．Clothes made of data-packed fabric.

11．What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．Many of these ideas are not realistic.

B．Many smart clothes are too expensive to afford.

C．People will benefit more from their clothes in future.

D．Many comfortable clothes will come to the market soon.

D

Jennifer Brophy, a professor of Stanford, is working on methods that she hopes will be used to improve commercial plant species so that they can survive harsh conditions. Initially, she studied green architecture in her undergraduate years. Once she started taking architecture classes, she realized it wasn’t her passion — but when she encountered an article about a company that creates biofuels (生物燃料) from bacteria, something clicked. “I thought that was just the coolest thing. It got me really interested in pursuing bioengineering,” she says.

Today, Brophy is developing new genetic engineering techniques that can help plants grow in various conditions. By changing the genome (基因组) of both commercial crops and soil bacteria, she thinks it’s possible to help plants survive droughts.

Brophy is building what she calls “genetic circuits”. Besides changing the genes within plant cells, this method also changes how and when those genes are triggered. If the plant senses a specific sugar, it can express one protein; if it senses another signal, it’ll express a different protein. If both signals are there, the plant may be able to express something else entirely. ”Using circuits to all these different inputs,“ she says.

“A plant doesn’t necessarily know what’s coming. It just knows whether it’s hot or temperate right now,” says Brophy. This can lead to problems when weather becomes erratic. A plant that usually flowers in spring may flower in winter if there’re a few unseasonably warm days. When temperatures fall again, the flowers die, which ruins a year of crops. “It’d be great to be able to communicate with plants to tell them, ‘Hey, you should wait on that flowering,’” she adds.

Brophy is still testing the concept in the lab using a small weedy plant called Arabidopsis. She notes engineering crops in the future may also involve genetically modifying soil bacteria. As the bacteria’s surroundings change, they could potentially send out chemical signals that tell nearby plants to shift their growth accordingly. Brophy thinks engineering crops could benefit farmers and society at large.

12．What made Brophy interested in bioengineering?

A．Her undergraduate education. B．Her visit to a company.

C．Her exposure to a related article. D．Her curiosity about biofuels.

13．The method of “genetic circuits” is designed to _____________.

A．create better biofuels from soil bacteria B．monitor the proteins within plant cells

C．preserve species of commercial crops D．promote plants to respond to surroundings

14．What does the underlined word “erratic” mean in Paragraph 4?

A．Unpleasant. B．Unstable. C．Unbearable. D．Unaffected.

15．What is the best title of the passage?

A．Jennifer Brophy, a brilliant bioengineering scientist.

B．Climate change, a tough problem around the world.

C．Genetic circuits, a smart method to help crops survive.

D．Genetic engineering, a new technique to produce crops.

第二节 （共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。

At least 3 million people, or around 6% of the adult population in England aged over 16, say they feel isolated “often or always,” according to Government figures, with those aged between 16 to 24 especially vulnerable(易受影响的). When it comes to our emotional wellbeing, feeling lonely is a risk factor for several mental disorders including schizophrenia and major depression, and also makes us more fearful and anxious.

____16____ What is perhaps less obvious is one answer to the problem: the healing power of poetry to make us feel more connected to others. ____17____ We’re not alone in our despair or delight. When we have a poem by our side, whether tucked into a bag or on a bedside table, it feels like we’re being accompanied by a friend: an authorial arm is wrapped around our shoulders.

I remember one woman starting to cry as she read Derek Walcott’s poem Love After Love during a workshop held at my local hospital in West London. ____18____ Everyone in the room knew just what she meant. She had, in Walcott’s phrase, struggled to “love again the stranger who was yourself”. The poet’s invitation to “Sit. Feast on your life” was what she needed, in language which spoke to her, to imagine loving herself in a way she had always found hard. ____19____

I am not alone in believing in that poems can aid our mental health. A 2021 study published by the American Academy of Pediatrics found that a group of 44 hospitalized children who were encouraged to read and write poetry saw reductions in fear, sadness, anger, worry and fatigue, Poetry was a welcome distraction from stress and an opportunity for self-reflection, the researchers concluded. ____20____

第二部分  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。

I enjoy working in the wild. As a nature____21____, I have to brave the elements- whether it’s sunny, windy or rainy. But the best thing about this job is that you can____22____animals in their natural environment.

My favourite place to take photos is Finnish National Park. It is famous for the____23____of its wildlife, but probably best known for its bears. These huge animals can live for 30 years.____24____a weight of up to 300 kilograms, they can still run at a speed of around 64 kilometers per hour.

Last spring in Finland, I followed a path leading to a dark forest. As I finally stepped out of the trees, the view was____25____. An eagle flew over the snow-capped mountains, which were____26____in the: peaceful lake below. I was photographing the amazing scene when I suddenly had a(n)____27____that I was being watched. Slowly, and with the camera still held to my eye, I turned ... and____28____. Only meters away from me was a bear. With water____29____its thick, brown hair, the bear stared back at me. Time stood_____30_____as the bear and I both waited to see who would move first. My legs started shaking._____31_____, I forced my finger to press the button. A second later, the bear turned and ran back into the forest. When_____32_____from the shock, I looked at my camera. My most frightening but magical experience was now_____33_____forever in a single image.

From time to time I look at the photo as a constant_____34_____to show respect to all animals. It is after all we who are the_____35_____to their world.

21．A．journalist B．designer C．volunteer D．photographer

22．A．paint B．train C．observe D．preserve

23．A．variety B．origin C．safety D．cover

24．A．Within B．Despite C．Beyond D．Through

25．A．disappointing B．breathtaking C．speechless D．worthless

26．A．hidden B．reflected C．buried D．towered

27．A．saying B．dream C．feeling D．goal

28．A．shouted B．fainted C．left D．froze

29．A．filling off B．giving out C．taking in D．picking up

30．A．still B．clear C．short D．vivid

31．A．Besides B．Somehow C．Otherwise D．Therefore

32．A．returning B．escaping C．recovering D．expecting

33．A．applied B．exposed C．noticed D．recorded

34．A．prize B．reminder C．tool D．excuse

35．A．masters B．servants C．visitors D．followers

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。

More than 1,500 years ago, ancient Chinese craftsmen____36____（invent）a new type of paper. It later became an essential item for traditional Chinese study and an icon of Chinese culture,____37____is called Xuan paper, or rice paper…In 2009, the traditional craft of making Xuan paper was included on UNESCO’S Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Xuan paper was first made from the straw of rice and bark from a typical tree in ancient Xuan Region, now____38____（know）as Jingxian County in Anhui Province. The traditional process of making Xuan paper is____39____（extreme）demanding and involves more than 100 steps. The whole process can take as long as two years to complete,____40____the skills have been passed down for the next generation.

Such features as being white, soft and moth-proof（防虫的）enable Xuan paper____41____（last）for even more than 1,000 years. Amazingly, after such a long time, it can keep the____42____（fresh）of the ink end color on it, ____43____（result）in a name “Paper of Ages.”

Because of its lasting popularity____44____Chinese scholars and artists and also due to its remarkable longevity, so far the majority of existing ancient Chinese books, calligraphy and paintings_____45_____（preserve）on Xuan paper.

第三部分：写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节  （满分15分）

假定你是李华，正作为交换生在美国加州的一所学校学习，学生会主席Kevin邀请你在校文化节上展示中国优秀传统文化，形式、内容自选，请你给他回一封邮件，内容包括：

1.感谢邀请;

2.介绍将展示的具体内容;

3.表达期待.

注意：1.词数80左右;

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文流畅。

Dear Kevin,

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Yours,

Li Hua

第二节：读后续写（满分25分）

阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

During the past two years, I felt down from time to time, especially when I stayed indoors. To get out of the house, I decided to teach myself how to skate again even though it had been more than 30 years since I had been on the ice. Little did I know, I would also be teaching myself how to rise to the challenges I’d soon face in life, too.

I dug out my old figure skates, but they didn’t work. So I ordered a new pair of skates and found a place to get them sharpened. I assumed it would be easy to pick up from where I had left off, so I reserved our ice time. Armed and ready, I was awake before the online reservation system opened to secure spots at my neighborhood rink (滑冰场). I even convinced my son to join me for my first go.

Filled with fear, I estimated there was a five-centimeter drop down from the walking ledge (台子) to the ice and nothing nearby to grab onto in order to keep my balance. My son was already circling around but skated over to offer his arm for support.

I climbed down, one skate at a time and my leg shook slightly when both feet landed on the ice.

“Can I hang onto you for the first few minutes?” I asked my son nervously. I took baby steps but I had forgotten how to glide (滑行). Eager to see how far I could go, I let go of my son’s arm.

With great efforts, I began to do slow laps, inching ahead with my skates and staying close to the rink boards.

I avoided falling on my first attempt but as I walked home silently with my son, I wondered whether I should quit. Fear had held me back and I hadn’t given it my all.

“You used to skate so well, what happened?” asked my son.

“Life got in the way.”

注意：

1.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。

But I did not cancel my future reserved ice times.

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After some progress was made, I decided to sign up for adult learn-to skate lessons the following winter.

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