湖南省永州市2023届高三第二次适应性考试二模英语试卷.pdf

1、永州市 2023 年高考第二次适应性考试试卷永州市 2023 年高考第二次适应性考试试卷英语英语注意事项：注意事项：1.本试卷共 10 页。满分 150 分。考试用时 120 分钟。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。2.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号填写在答题卡上。3.选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号，不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节（共 5

2、小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。例：How much is the shirt？A.19.15.B.9.18.C.9.15.答案是 C.1.What are the speakers going to do？A.Dine out.B.Take a flight.C.Go shopping.2.Where are the speakers？A.In

3、 a library.B.In a bookstore.C.In the classroom.3.What did the woman do last night？A.She watched a show.B.She gave a performance.C.She went to see her sister.4.Why does Michael take exercise？A.To get stronger.B.To lose weight.C.To relax himself.5.What are the speakers mainly talking about？A.A food sh

4、op.B.A terrible picnic.C.Tomorrows weather.第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6.Why does the woman talk to the man？A.To book tickets.B.To

5、 get some information.C.To ask for suggestions.7.When can the woman get the cheapest ticket？A.In March.B.In June.C.In July.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8.What is the man doing on his computer？A.Watching a movie.B.Listening to a book.C.Enjoying some music.9.How often is the reading posted on the website？A.M

6、onthly.B.Weekly.C.Daily.10.What is Daniel Radcliffe？A.A director.B.A writer.C.An actor.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11.How often does the woman walk to work？A.Two days a week.B.Three days a week.C.Four days a week.12.What does the woman dislike about shared bikes？A.The speed.B.The expense.C.The parking si

7、tuation.13.Where will the man go next？A.His office.B.His home.C.The subway station.听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。14.Why does Nancy come to the store？A.To learn to make a cake.B.To get some tools for baking.C.To buy a few things for a cake.15.What kind of birthday cake does Nancy prepare for her grandmother

8、？A.A fruit one.B.A chocolate one.C.A cheese one.16.What does Nancy think of making a cake all by hand？A.Very easy.B.Quite boring.C.A little difficult.17.What will Nancy do next?A.Return home.B.Go to a bakery.C.Chat with the man.听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。18.Who is the speaker talking to？A.Teachers.B.St

9、udents.C.Parents.19.What is important to a good class according to the speaker？A.Interesting teaching methods.B.Studentsclass performance.C.Teachersattitude toward it.20.What can the listeners do if they are dissatisfied with the material？A.Pay 25 dollars for the service.B.Contact the speaker to cha

10、nge new ones.C.Keep the materialand take their money back.第二部分 阅读理解（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）第二部分 阅读理解（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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将选项涂黑。AAre you looking for something to occupy your kids in the upcoming winter holiday？The

11、following books recommended by Jeff Kinney may be your best choices.Class Act:New Kid by Jerry CraftA graphic novel with heart and humor,eighth-grader Drew Ellis is one of the few kids of colorat an influential private school.As social pressures mount,“will Drew find a way to bridge thedivide so he

12、and his friends can truly accept each other?And most importantly,will he finally beable to accept himself？”the publisher synopsis（出版商简介）asks.Three Keys by Kelly YangA sequel（续篇）to the award-winning novel Front Desk ninth-grader Mia faces some newchallenges at school and at home in her familys Calivi

13、sta Motel.“But if anyone can find the key togetting through unsettled times,”the authors description reads,“its Mia Tang！”The Last Last-Day-of-Summer by Lamar GilesA magical story with imagination and heroism about two adventurous cousins who wish foran extended summer and accidentally freeze time.A

14、ccording to the publishers synopsis,theteenagers learn that“the secrets hidden between the seconds,minutes,and hours arent quite theendless fun they expected!”Boys Will Be Human by Justin BaldoniA self-esteem building guidebook for boys ages 13 and up,producer,actor and authorBaldoni explores the so

15、cial and emotional learning around confidence,courage,strength andmanhood.“This book isn t about learning the rules of the boys club,”a slogan reads,“it s aboutUNLEARNING them.”21.Who are the four books intended for？A.Parents.B.Teenagers.C.Authors.D.Publishers.22.Which book tells difficulties from b

16、oth school and home？A.Class Act:New Kid.B.Three Keys.C.The Last Last-Day-of-Summer.D.Boys Will Be Human.23.What can we know from the passage？A.Mia faces great social pressures.B.Three Keys is an award-winning novel.C.The story about the two cousins is imaginative.D.Boys Will Be Human is a book about

17、 selfishness.BA perfumer is responsible for designing and composing perfumes and other fragrancecompositions.To become a perfumer,it is important to follow a recognized training at a perfumeschool.The training to become a perfumer will generally take at least ten years.At the end of thetraining,a pe

18、rfumer must be able to distinguish and name about three thousand different basicchemical odors（气味）.As a perfumer，you also have to deal with a number of important rules oflife that a perfumer must observe,such as not drinking alcohol,not eating spicy dishes and notsmoking,because this will seriously

19、affect the sense of smell of a perfumer.Professional perfumers should in most cases be regarded as chemists.As described earlier,becoming a professional perfumer is not easy,because it is a long and heavy training.It is only themajor international perfume brands that employ professional perfumers.Th

20、is does not changethe fact that anyone can try to design perfumes independently.There are quite a lot of peopleactive in the field of making perfume,but these people cannot be classified as professionalperfumers.The development of new perfumes is important,because good perfumes can bring in a lotof

21、money for manufacturers.Those well-known perfumes are usually expensive,becauseperfume manufacturers spend a lot of budget on development and marketing.The cost ofperfume is usually not in the fragrance or perfume bottle.It is the costs in the development andthe marketing that make good perfume expe

22、nsive.In addition,perfume manufacturers spend a lotof time conducting market research and styling.How exactly a perfumer and the perfume industry work is of course a big secret,but ingeneral,a perfumer spends all day smelling and putting together different scents in order to beable to come up with a

23、 new perfume.Nowadays,computers are also used to further analyzecertain odors.New fragrances are usually made in different variants until the best result isachieved and the perfume company is satisfied.Developing a new perfume scent generally takesseveral months after a lot of testing.24.What should

24、 a perfumer be able to do？A.Eat spicy food to stimulate the sense.B.Distinguish three thousand chemical smells.C.Remove life habits affecting the sense of smell.D.Take a ten-year-long training at a perfume school.25.Which statement is right about professional perfumers?A.Chemists studying smells are

25、 professional perfumers.B.People producing perfumes actively are professional perfumers.C.People designing perfumes independently are professional perfumers.D.International perfume brands employ professional perfumers.26.What contributes to the high expense of good perfumes？A.Cost in perfume develop

26、ment and marketing.B.Cost in fragrance collection and production.C.Expense in making stylish perfume bottle.D.Expense in conducting market feedback research.27.Which of the following best describes a perfumers work?A.Boring.B.Well-paid.C.Painstaking.D.Old-fashioned.CAlthough most diets vary accordin

27、g to what foods you can eat,they all follow the sameprinciple of restriction to lose weightyou need to eat less.The now-trendy diet of intuitiveeating is,in a sense,an anti-diet:followers are encouraged to base what they eat on how they feel,not on prescribed limits or calorie counts.The concept was

28、 first proposed in the mid-90s by registered dietitians Elyse Resch andEvelyn Tribole,who wrote Intuitive Eating.The first step is to reject the idea that you need to beon a diet to be healthy.Youre encouraged to also give yourself“permission”to eat all foods,toreject the idea of good and bad foods

29、and to accept your natural body shape.Finally,you helpmake your body healthier by adding exercise,finding better ways than food to relieve youremotions and slowly shifting to more nutritious food choices.One of the biggest misunderstandings around intuitive eating is that nutrition goes out thewindo

30、w.Curiously,researches shows that in a traditional diet,caloric restriction is usually followedby a binge（放纵），where the bodys primary drive to make sure it gets enough calories is moreimportant than any desires for nutrition or moderation（自我节制），which leads to disorderedeating patterns.However,becaus

31、e intuitive eating allows all foods on the table,practitioners canmake small,slow changes that ultimately are more long-lasting-toward eating more nutritionally.There isnt strong research to back up claims that intuitive eating helps with losing weight oreating more-nutritious food.However,in Keller

32、s experience,a registered dietitian in Calgary,intuitive eating can help with overall weight maintenance.In addition,intuitive eaters do gain ahealthier attitude toward food,compared to traditional dieters.Keller says,“When people decideto diet,what they actually want is to feel comfortable and conf

33、ident and healthy in their ownbody.People have to be ready to overcome their constant desire to lose weight and control theirbody,and to realize that changing how they look on the outside isnt going to change thosethings on the inside.”28.What do we know about intuitive eating？A.It helps followers t

34、o lose weight by eating less.B.It prohibits followers from eating what they like.C.It encourages eaters to be on a diet to be healthy.D.It advises eaters to be healthier by exercising more.29.What does the underlined phrase“goes out the window”mean in the third paragraph？A.Exports.B.Disappears.C.Des

35、troys.D.Distributes.30.What is the Kellers attitude to intuitive eating?A.Favorable.B.Intolerant.C.Doubtful.D.Unclear.31.Which of the following is a suitable title for the text？A.Does intuitive eating beat a conventional diet？B.How does intuitive eating work？C.Will intuitive eating help lose more we

36、ight？D.Should we bother to lose weight？DOne morning a few years ago，at home in the Mnoa Valley on Oahu，scientist KimberlyCarlson looked out of the window and saw a rainbow so bright and clear that it took her breathaway.That wasnt a shocker:Hawaii is possibly the best place in the world to see rainb

37、owstoday,and Manoa has particularly ideal conditions for clear bows:frequent rain showers andsunlight.But Carlson,now an environmental science professor now at New York University,realized she didnt know the answer to a simple question:Would climate change affect Hawaiisand the whole planets breatht

38、aking rainbows？She shared the question with some climatescientist colleagues,and it interested them so much that they enlisted a class full of students toinvestigate.“Rainbows are not special because their basic ingredients are common and governed byrelatively straightforward physics.“The basic reci

39、pe for seeing any part of the natural rainbow,”says Lee,“is sunlit rain.”In November,they published their findings.“Climate change is affecting rainbowsnowwe know thats true,says Carlson,the lead author on the paper,which used computer models tosimulate future rainbow-ready conditions.As major weath

40、er patterns change because of climatechange,many parts of the world-particularly places nearer to the poles,like Alaska or Siberia,willget more rainpotentially adding dozens more rainbow-rich days by the end of the century.The changes follow broader patterns of climate change;in fact,the shifts high

41、light some ofthe biggest risks and dangers.The increases in the Arctic,for example,are likely to play outbecause water that used to fall from the sky as snow will more often drop down as rain in ahotter future.And todays rainbow-rich Amazon is predicted to suffer more frequently droughtboth because

42、the forest,which currently creates it sown rain,will lose that superpower as itshrinks,and because planet-wide climate change is shifting and changing the major weatherpatterns that cause tropical rainfall.32.Why does the author mention Carlsons experience in paragraph 1?A.To explain a rule.B.To int

43、roduce a topic.C.To present a fact.D.To make a prediction.33.What is the most important reason of seeing a natural rainbow?A.Frequent sunlight.B.Frequent rain showers.C.The sunlit rain.D.The geographic position.34.What is paragraph 3 mainly about？A.Climate change causes more rainbows.B.More rainbows

44、 worsen the climate condition.C.There will be less rainbows in Siberia.D.The temperature will be lower in Alaska.35.What can we learn from the last paragraph？A.There may be more snow than rain in the Arctic.B.Rainbows will be on the increase always.C.Increase of rainbows is a natural phenomenon.D.Am

45、azon may suffer from drought more frequently.第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 分）第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Productivity seems to be the holy grail（圣杯）of the working world.Imagine the perfectdayworking from dusk to dawn,a productivity machine.Thankfully,a pro

46、ductive lifestyle isntall that difficult to achieve._36_In line with that,here are some steps highly productivepeople do that you can carry out in your own life.Theres one thing everyone must have in common-listening to our bodies.If we dont listento our bodies,productivity isnt sustainable._37_They

47、 notice signs such as lack of sleep andconstantly feeling tired.But,most importantly,they act.During the working day,highlyproductive people know how their bodies work and adapt their schedules.For example,by doingsmall tasks first,productive people set themselves up for a successful afternoon._38_E

48、very minute is maximized to its full potential,whether its relaxing after work or aperiod of deep work.For starters,organizational tools such as Trello are popular,and with goodreason._39_Email marketers have more attractive tools such as Convert-Kit that automatethe email sequence.Automating may so

49、metimes be annoying to set up,but it saves so much timewhich better used elsewhere.When you learn to maximize your time as highly productive peopledo,maintaining longer periods of efficient work becomes easier,The benefits of prioritizing downtime can not be understated.Sleep,the ultimate rest,isvit

50、al to a productive persons weapon.For example,a study found that when you sleep for fourhours or less consistently,your thinking ability declines to the equivalent of adding about eightyears in age.Besides,as we know,your body needs time off from work.Think of the famousmetaphor:you cant shoot an ar