2023届广东省梅州市大埔县高三下学期二模英语试题含答案

2023届广东省梅州市大埔县高三下学期二模英语试题

学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、阅读理解

Features Editor

We are looking for a talented features editor to join our team. We are especially keen to hear from those with a specialism in technology and consumer health.

This role is based in London, but could potentially be worked remotely from the US.

Main Responsibilities:

●Develop ideas for commission and edit at least 23 timely and compelling features each year

●Build contacts with writers and scientists to make sure we’re commissioning the best, most attractive and up-to-date biological-medical science and technology stories

●Monitor traffic statistics and subscriptions data

●Work closely with the art and design team to make our features attractive and work with the digital team to come up with the best way to sell our stories on digital platforms

Person Specification:

●Significant editing experience at a popular science publication or similar

●Excellent writing and editing skills

●Excellent knowledge of the cutting edge, and a demonstrable experience of science journalism

●Great relationships with scientists and writers

●A degree in a science or technology, ideally, and a passionate interest in both science and technology

●A good ability to work together with others

Package Description:

In return for employees’ energy and ideas, we ensure our people are well rewarded. The longer are with us, the more benefits you will get. Here’s what to expect:

●29 days’ holiday

●Upon joining, you’ll be naturally enrolled onto the Pension (养老金) Plan

●Our Employee Assistance Program

●Discounted dining cards

●Flexible working policy

●Free gym membership at Northcliffe House Gym

1．What should the features editor do?

A．Manage the design team. B．Offer marketing strategies.

C．Update subscriptions data. D．Interview experts regularly.

2．What is one of the requirements for the position?

A．Strong leadership. B．A degree in editing.

C．Great editing ability. D．Good time management skills.

3．What is one of the benefits of getting the position?

A．Free meals. B．Flexible holidays.

C．A secure retirement. D．Better medical services.

I could not have been better prepared for the talk, my first conference presentation as a PhD student. I had learned my speech by heart, and I had practiced the answers to potential audience questions. The day before the talk,alone in my room, I felt confident. But as soon as the moderator invited me on stage, I felt like I was walking the plank. I was overwhelmed by a fear I had experienced too many times before — the fear of getting stuck because of my stutter (口吃).

Looking for a strategy to deal with my stutter, I realized I could speak smoothly when I recited text I had learned by heart. But this wasn’t a realistic approach for the entirety of my university training. I needed another tool. I tried speech therapy(治疗), but the exercises I learned there didn’t make much of a difference. To stop my stutter from affecting my new career, I would need a more drastic intervention.

After much hesitation, I decided to finally try psychoanalysis (心理疗法) to confront my deep feelings of shame related to my stutter. With the help of my therapist, I slowly realized the real problem was not the stutter itself; it was my fear of stuttering. I decided to get rid of that fear. It took me about a year to spit out during one of the weekly sessions that I love myself as I am. Stutter or not, I was going to pursue my desired career in science.

My first chance to test my newfound confidence by speaking in public arrived at a departmental meeting at the institute where I was a research assistant. I presented my data to 25 or30 people — and received compliments for my speech for the very first time. I returned home excited, relieved, and, most of all, proud.

Now, I no longer shun public speaking; instead, I actively seek opportunities to be on the stage. It is rewarding and inspiring, and I feel excited to have a good story to share. And if I happen to stutter along the way, so be it.

4．What can be learned about the author?

A．He had a poor memory.

B．He was often misunderstood.

C．He was ashamed to try any therapy.

D．He focused much on whether he could speak smoothly.

5．What really helped the author solve his problem?

A．Speech therapy. B．Mental treatment.

C．Making new friends. D．Talking more with others.

6．What did the author think of his speech at the departmental meeting?

A．Instructive. B．Successful.

C．Awkward. D．Ridiculous.

7．What does the author’s story tell us?

A．If you think you can, you can.

B．The shortest answer is doing.

C．All things come to those who wait.

D．You’re unique,and nothing can replace you.

Cerebral palsy(脑瘫)is the most common motor disability in children. The condition,which affects about 1 in 345 children, can make daily activities like walking, eating, or even lifting a cup difficult. A team of researchers from the University of California, Riverside (UCR) hopes to reduce the daily struggles with robotic clothing that will allow kids with cerebral palsy to better control their arm movements.

Wearable robotic units to help people with mobility issues have been around for many years. However, they are rigid and uncomfortable to wear. The UCR team plans to use light-weight materials to create a robotic sleeve that is cheap, durable, and, most importantly, comfortable to wear on a daily basis.

“Hard materials don’t interact well with humans,” said Jonathan Realmuto, UCR assistant professor of mechanical engineering and project lead. “What we’re going for by using materials like nylon and elastic are essentially robotic clothing.”

The scientists envision the robotic sleeves to have sealed areas that can be inflated. When filled with air,they would become temporarily rigid and provide the force needed for movement. The clothing will be fitted with sensors to detect small muscle contractions and anticipate what the wearer wants to do. The inflated bladders(气囊) will then help move the arm to complete the intended action.

“If we can help kids brush their own teeth, pour water or open doors, actions that others take for granted, it’s a huge win for them,” Realmuto said. “And it’s also a huge win for their families and caretakers.”

The UCR engineers are not the only ones working on soft robotic clothing to help those with motor disabilities. San Francisco-based startup CIONIC is on a similar mission. The company’s first product, the CIONIC Neural Sleeve, is designed to improve mobility for people with conditions like cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, and stroke. Jeremiah Robison, the founder of CIONIC, was inspired to develop the product after seeing his daughter struggle with cerebral palsy.

8．What is the disadvantage of previous robotic clothing?

A．They are uncomfortable to wear.

B．They are not easy to carry around.

C．They aren’t environmentally friendly.

D．They aren’t affordable for most families.

9．What improvement is being made to the existing robotic clothing?

A．Easy operation. B．Adjustable design.

C．Soft material. D．Simple structure.

10．What does paragraph 4 mainly talk about?

A．Why bladders are needed in the new unit.

B．How the improved robotic clothing works.

C．What material is used in the robotic sleeves.

D．What difficulty cerebral palsy patients have.

11．What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．The UCR is teaming up with the CIONIC．

B．Soft robotic clothing is an emerging industry.

C．The CIONIC Neural Sleeve is quite popular.

D．Robison made robotic clothing for his family first.

Scientists believe they have found a new use for facial recognition technology: saving large ocean animals known as seals. Researchers at Colgate University in New York have developed SealNet. The system is a database of seal faces created by taking pictures of many harbor seals in Maine’s Casco Bay.

The research team found the tool’s accuracy in identifying the mammals was close to 100percent. The researchers are working on increasing the size of their database to make it available to other scientists, said Krista Ingram. She is a biology professor at Colgate and a team member.

Increasing the database to include rare species such as the Mediterranean monk seal and Hawaiian monk seal could help to save those species, Ingram said. Creating a list of seal faces and using machine learning to identify them can also help scientists know where in the ocean seals are. Ingram said, “For marine mammals that move around a lot and are hard to photo-graph in the water, we need to be able to identify individuals.”

SealNet is designed to identify the face in a picture. It recognizes the seal’s face based on information related to the eyes and nose shape. A similar tool called PrimNet that is for use on primates (灵长类), had been used on seals earlier, but SealNet performed better, the Colgate researchers said. Seals and other ocean mammals have long been studied using satellite technology. Using artificial intelligence to study them is a way to bring conservation into the 21stcentury.

“Facial recognition technology could provide valuable data,” said Michelle Berger, an associate scientist at the Shaw Institute in Maine. “Once the system is perfected, I can picture lots of interesting environmental uses from it,” Berger said. “If they could recognize seals, and recognize them from year to year, that would give us lots of information about movement, how much they move from site to site.”

12．What is SealNet?

A．A tool that takes pictures of seals.

B．A system that recognizes the face in a picture.

C．A database that monitors the behaviour of seals.

D．A system that analyzes appearances of various sea animals.

13．Why is PrimNet mentioned?

A．To show the need to save seals.

B．To explain the origin of SealNet.

C．To emphasize the superiority of SealNet.

D．To show the development of facial recognition.

14．What does Berger think of SealNet?

A．It needs to collect more data on the ocean.

B．It can be applied to more fields.

C．It helps find better living sites for seals.

D．It brings new opportunities to study other species.

15．What can be the best title for the text?

A．Seals can recognize themselves in photos

B．Facial recognition is an easy task for animals

C．Scientists use facial recognition to protect seals

D．Facial recognition may help find new animals

二、七选五

I’ve never considered myself a brave person. When I was younger, if it was dark and I had to go outside alone to fetch something from the yard, I would run back inside like the hounds of hell were on my heels. Then before entering, I would act like nothing had happened.

___16___For you see, I pretty much lived in fear. I was afraid of public speaking, afraid to sleep alone or to even be alone in a room by myself. And I would judge myself for being afraid.

What I didn’t realize at the time is that even though I was afraid, I would never let anyone know it. ___17___ I’d fetch the ball from the yard, even though I was afraid of the dark.

You see, I was more afraid of being viewed as a coward than of the fear itself. And so, I ended up doing those scary things without realizing that I was, in fact, being courageous for acting despite the fear. And now, I realize that by consistently choosing to face the fear and acting anyway, ___18___For example, when I used to talk in public, my legs would literally shiver. ___19___But when I got up to speak, I would do my best to hide my fear. Over time,I became known as a public speaker in my life.

And so, this habit of doing what scared me despite the fear was one of the best habits I could have possibly formed, unconscious as it was. For you see, courage is not the absence of fear. It is not even the ability to overcome fear. It goes deeper than that.___20___

A．And that’s just the start of it.

B．My heartbeat would accelerate.

C．I would do the things that scared me.

D．To be courageous, one needs to be afraid.

E．So courage and fear are similar to some extent.

F．I became less and less afraid of doing those things over time.

G．I would talk to people about my fear and seek their help.

三、完形填空

I should have been starting the second year of my PhD．___21___, I was at my parents’ house, recently discharged from the hospital.

I had been ready for the failures of graduate school—experiments, funding proposals, even classes. But I was caught___22___when midway through my first year I faced a different type of___23___. I felt___24___or worn out, every morning. My appetite decreased. The next few months, I visited the___25___often. My doctors told me to focus completely on my___26___for the next 6 months and to rest.

I had never taken a(n)___27___before. I feared it would be seen as a sign of ___28___. Most of all, I feared I would simply be ___29___by the advisers I desperately wanted recognition from. However, I knew this leave of absence was____30____, for I wasn’t ready to____31____my school.

When I____32____to my PhD after 6 months, I had to relearn my project and how to be a graduate student. I still needed to meet doctors and changed medications countless times. My PhD journey will be a____33____one, with more time away from thesis (论文) work than most.

I’m____34____though. Over the past year, I____35____with others who also took time away during graduate school. Hearing their stories, I learned that a leave of absence is perfectly OK, no matter what the reason.

21．A．Plus B．Therefore C．Besides D．Instead

22．A．firmly B．randomly C．occasionally D．unexpectedly

23．A．challenge B．glory C．adventure D．potential

24．A．exhausted B．lonely C．excited D．confused

25．A．school B．hospital C．gym D．company

26．A．academy B．performance C．health D．value

27．A．trip B．break C．examination D．alarm

28．A．guilt B．selfishness C．boredom D．weakness

29．A．forgotten B．tended C．recommended D．replaced

30．A．essential B．normal C．permanent D．casual

31．A．speed up B．give up C．take up D．break up

32．A．referred B．returned C．reported D．adjusted

33．A．thrilling B．nervous C．slow D．significant

34．A．embarrassed B．upset C．hopeful D．honest

35．A．played B．competed C．celebrated D．connected

四、用单词的适当形式完成短文

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。

The Fanjingshan World Heritage property is located in South-West China,___36___(cover) a total area of 40,275 hectares(公顷), fully surrounded by a buffer zone of 37,239 hectares. Fanjingshan is located in a monsoonal(季风的) climatic context and___37___(be)an important source of water for the surrounding landscapes and beyond, with some 20 rivers and ___38___(stream) feeding the Wujiang and Yuanjiang River systems, both of ___39___run into the Yangtze River. The___40___(high) peak,Mt Fenghuangshan, has a height of 2,570 m above sea level.

Fanjingshan is an island of rock in a sea of karst and is home___41___many ancient plant and animal species which___42___(originate)in the Tertiary Period, between 65 million and 2million years ago.___43___total of 3,724 plant species have been recorded in the property,an ___44___(impress) 13% of China’s total flora(植物群). Fanjingshan is the only habitat in the world for Fanjingshan Fir and Guizhou Snub-nosed Monkey, as well as 64 plant and 38 animal species that are listed as globally____45____ (threaten).

五、开放性作文

46．你校将以“关爱健康”为主题，举办英语征文比赛，请你写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：

1.保持健康的重要性；2.保持健康的方法(至少两条)。

注意：1.写作词数应为80左右；2.请按如下格式在相应位置作答。

Keep healthy

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六、读后续写

47．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。

Gustavo’s favorite sport is soccer. When he was only four years old, his older brother taught him how to kick the ball. At first, Gustavo was never able to make the ball go where he wanted it to go. Now Gustavo is eight years old,and he has had a lot of practice. Gustavo’s brother likes to kick the ball with his right foot.“But Gustavo doesn’t. Instead,he likes to kick it with his left foot so that it makes a loud sound-thwack! Gustavo calls it his lucky left foot.When Gustavo kicks the soccer ball hard with his left foot,he can make it fly into the goal.

Gustavo lives in Rio de Janeiro,one of the biggest cities in Brazil. Rio de Janeiro is on the beach and has very warm weather. All of Gustavo’s friends love to play soccer when they get out of school. Today, there is a new boy at school. His name is Felipe,and he comes from Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo is another city in Brazil and has lots of tall buildings called skyscrapers.After school, the boys invite Felipe to play soccer with them. Felipe says okay but looks very nervous,

As they walk to the soccer field, Gustavo asks Felipe,”What’s wrong?“ Felipe sighs and says,”I don’t know how to play soccer. I tried once and everybody laughed at me.“ Gustavo pats Felipe on the shoulder.”That’s alright,“ says Gustavo.”I used to be really bad too. You have to keep trying.”

The game starts,and Gustavo moves to the front of the field. He plays the forward position and is always trying to score a goal on the other team, Gustavo feels happy every time he plays soccer and tonight he is playing even better than usual. He steals the ball from the other team and runs with it as fast as he can. Finally he has scored two goals.

注意：

1.续写词数应为150左右;

2.请按如下格式在相应位置作答。

After the game, Gustavo and Felipe stay on the field to practice.

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The rest of the week Gustavo and Felipe practice on the soccer field after the other boys leave.

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参考答案：

1．B    2．C    3．C

4．D    5．B    6．B    7．A

8．A    9．C    10．B    11．D

12．B    13．C    14．B    15．C

16．A    17．C    18．F    19．B    20．D

21．D    22．D    23．A    24．A    25．B    26．C    27．B    28．D    29．A    30．A    31．B    32．B    33．C    34．C    35．D

36．covering    37．is    38．streams    39．which    40．highest    41．to    42．originated    43．A    44．impressive    45．threatened

46．One possible version:

Keep healthy

It is very important for us to keep healthy, because a healthy body will ensure a happy life and smooth work.

There are many ways to keep healthy. We’d better eat more fruits and vegetables and less meat. Take exercise for at least one hour every day. We need enough sleep and rest, so it is important to go to bed early and get up early. We should wash our hands as often as possible to keep away from bacteria or viruses.

In addition, we mustn’t drink wine or smoke. They are bad for our health.

47．One possible version:

After the game, Gustavo and Felipe stay on the field to practice. Gustavo shows Felipe how he kicks with his lucky left foot. When Felipe tries to kick the ball, it goes in the wrong direction. Gustavo doesn’t laugh at Felipe. Instead, he looks and sees that Felipe is kicking the wrong part of the ball with his foot. Gustavo shows Felipe where to kick the ball, and later Felipe is a little bit better.

The rest of the week Gustavo and Felipe practice on the soccer field after the other boys leave. Felipe also practices kicking the ball before school. The next week Felipe takes part in his first soccer match. Thwack! Felipe kicks the ball with his strong foot and it flies through the sky into the goal. Everybody cheers and Felipe feels like he is the king of the soccer field. Felipe opens his arms and gives Gustavo a big hug. Now Felipe looks forward to playing soccer everyday, and Gustavo has a new friend.