2023届山东省淄博市部分学校高三下学期二模英语试题.docx

1、2023届山东省淄博市部分学校高三下学期二模英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、阅读理解Travelling in ParisThe uniform sandstone of the Haussmann buildings, the variety of golden historic monuments, and the attractive Seine and its elegant bridges have arguably made Paris the most recognizable and romanticized cityscape in the world. But

2、though the city wears its history with characteristic style, it is also increasingly looking to the future and outwards to the rest of the world. Where to goThose looking to explore the citys rich heritage can spend long afternoons getting lost in the Louvre or wandering the Orsay Museum, or ducking

3、 in and out of Pariss countless historical churches. For more contemporary tastes, theres plenty of exploring to be done in the less jam-packed outer regions-from arts venues (场所) on the sloping streets of Belleville to the luxurious hotels and reinvented bars. When to goYou can come to Paris any ti

4、me but the atmosphere is quite different at different times of year. Winter is a time for festivals and feasting on games and oysters (牡蛎). Spring and early summer are the time to make the most of city parks and caf terraces, with fireworks set off on June 21 and military parade held on July 14. In

5、August the capital slows down and some people love it for the feeling of calm. The autumn renewable activities start with a burst of energy for the new cultural season and big exhibition openings. What to buyChoose from one of the tastiest cheese selections in the city at La Fermetteon Rue Montorgue

6、il and vacuum-pack your selection to bring home. Know before you goEmbassy/Consulate: 0144513100; ukinfrance. fco. gov. uk for passports and most other visitor services.1Where is the text probably taken from?AA geography textbook.BA travel brochure.CAn academic paper.DA science magazine.2Which place

7、s best suit the youth who enjoy the modern art?AHistorical churches.BLuxurious palaces.CJam-packed bars.DVarious galleries.3In which season could you go to Paris for cultural activities?ASpring.BWinter.CAutumn.DSummer.Its an unconventional setting. Children of varying ages are reading actively. Seat

8、ed next to them are teenagers, many of them girls, staring at the Hindi alphabet(字母表)on the blackboard. In charge of this class are three young girls, not much older than their students. But when Tabassum, Tarannum and Rubina, no more than 22, start speaking, you know the difference. Their confidenc

9、e takes you by surprise. A little over 10 kilometres from Varanasi lies the village of Sajoi where illiteracy(文 盲)was quite common. It had blocked out modernity until recently, especially when it came to its women. Educating girls was considered pointless, and the possibility of women stepping out o

10、f their homes, unthinkable. Things began to change in 2010 when Human Welfare Association (HWA), identified Sajoi for a planned intervention. HWA set up a centre in Sajoi to offer free education but the villagers needed to be convinced to join in. The organization needed volunteers who valued educat

11、ion. Tabassum, Tarannum and Rubina embraced the opportunity. After completing their high school education, the girls set out on another important mission-persuading the locals to send their children to schools. “We went knocking at every door, talking to elders, “recalls Rubina. Some villagers asked

12、 them to mind their own business. “We didnt let all this distract our attention from the main goal, ” Rubina says. The girls honed their approach. They didnt ask people to stop their children from working, but urged them to send them to schools for an hour or two. Slowly, children started trickling(

13、缓 慢增加)in. Motivational Learning Centre, as the girls call it, is no replacement for school. It is there, in fact, that they create the hunger for knowledge. It also helps school-going children so they dont lose interest and drop out. Those who doubted the girls intentions now recommend the centre to

14、 others. The number of admissions to schools has steadily increased and the dropout rate in Sajoi has fallen.4How does the author start the text?ABy describing a typical scene.BBy comparing different views.CBy analyzing certain reasons.DBy providing background information.5What was the major obstacl

15、e for girls to receive education in Sajoi?AMost families had a tight budget.BThey were engaged in working.CThe locals didnt value education much.DThe educational resources were insufficient.6What does the underlined word “honed” mean in paragraph 5?AAbandoned.BExplained.CAdopted.DImproved.7What is t

16、he purpose of the text?ATo explain the consequences of poor knowledge.BTo show efforts to fight against illiteracy in India.CTo reflect on the current educational situation in India.DTo inform us of the urgent need for the youth to get educated.If youve ever learned a new language, you know how diff

17、icult it can be. Native languages seem almost built in. But learning a new language, especially after early childhood, can be a huge task, burdened by long vocabulary lists to memorize and troublesome rules to master. Nevertheless, its worth the effort. John Grundy, a scientist at Iowa State Univers

18、ity who specializes in languages and the brain, explains that learning a new language causes extensive neuroplasticity (神经塑性) in the brain. In other words, when you learn a new language, your brain gets rearranged, new connections are made and new pathways are formed. “Its really just a remodeling o

19、f the brain that allows it to become more efficient,” Grundy says. These changes dont help with just language functions. Chung-Fat-Yim, a post-doctoral researcher at Northwestern University, says they affect the whole executive processing part of the brain, what she calls the CEO of the brain. Bilin

20、guals (双语者) use that area for language control, but also for other purposes such as the ability to plan for future behaviors, monitor and change behavior as needed, and switch between tasks. Being bilingual might also make you a nicer person. The bilingual person has to have an awareness that differ

21、ent people can hold different mental states about the same event. So they are more likely to develop greater empathy (共情). Having a second language can even help to prevent or at least delay intelligence decline. There is a consistent finding that bilinguals are able to put off symptoms of mental di

22、sorders for about four to six years compared to those speaking one language. If youre thinking its too late, youre probably wrong. Its true that young children do more quickly learn whatever language theyre exposed to. But when it comes to adding on a new one, adults arent as at much of a disadvanta

23、ge as you might think. If you practice a lot and bury yourself in the language, you can see the benefits at any age, especially when you get older.8What does John Grundy think of picking up a new language?AIt reshapes the brain and improves its efficiency.BIt indeed lays a heavy burden on learners.C

24、It is enough to memorize vocabulary and grammar.DIt has a negative effect on learners native language.9What do we know about Bilinguals in paragraph 3?AThey change their behaviors frequently.BThey may not concentrate on one thing.CThey are more likely to understand others.DThey tend to find faults w

25、ith others work.10What is vital in acquiring a new language for adults?AAge.BEngagement.CMotivation.DStrategy.11What does the text mainly talk about?AHow learning a language changes your brain.BPicking up a new language is a huge challenge.CUsing more languages means less diseases.DHow to master a n

26、ew language effectively.In the threatening trouble of climate change, growing commercial crops on solar farms is a potentially efficient use of agricultural land that can both increase commercial food production and improve solar panel performance and longevity(寿命), according to a new Cornell resear

27、ch. “We now have, for the first time, a physics-based tool to estimate the costs and benefits of co-locating solar panels and commercial agriculture in terms of increased power conversion efficiency and solar-pancl longevity, ” said lead author Henry Williams, a doctoral student in Cornell Engineeri

28、ng. “There is potential for agrivoltaic (农业光伏) systems-where agriculture and solar panels coexist-to provide increased passive cooling through taller panel heights, more reflective ground cover and higher evapotranspiration (蒸散) rates compared to traditional solar farms,” said Max Zhang, professor i

29、n the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, “We can generate renewable electricity and conserve farmland through agrivoltaic systems.” In New York, for example, about 40% of solar farm capacity has been developed on agricultural lands, while about 84% of land suitable for solar deve

30、lopment is agricultural, according to a previous research study from Zhangs group. The engineers showed that solar panels mounted over vegetation reveal surface temperature drops compared to those built over bare ground. Solar panels were mounted 4 meters above a cotton crop and the solar panels sho

31、wed temperature reductions by up to 10 degrees Celsius, compared with those mounted a half-meter above bare soil. “As you decrease the solar panel operating temperature, you can increase efficiency and improve the longevity of your solar panels, ” said Williams, “Were showing double benefits. On one

32、 hand, you have food production for farmers, and on the other hand, weve shown improved longevity and improved conversion efficiency for solar developers.”“Up to this point, most of the benefits from agrivoltaic systems have been around areas with abundant sunshine, ” said Zhang, “This research is t

33、aking a step toward evaluating the application of agrivoltaics in climates representative of the Northeastern U. S. in relaxing the land-use competition it faces.”12What does the new Cornell research convey?AGrowing commercial crops can relieve climate change.BIts costly to improve solar panel perfo

34、rmance and longevity.CCommercial agriculture can increase power conversion efficiency.DThe coexistence of solar panels and commercial crops is mutually beneficial.13Why does the author list the figures in paragraph 3?ATo show the promising future of agrivoltaics.BTo indicate the lack of solar farms

35、in New York.CTo tell agricultural lands are based on solar farms.DTo demonstrate agricultural farms are more developed.14What can be inferred from the last paragraph?AThe Northeastern US is rich in agricultural lands.BHot climate zones are ideal for developing agrivoltaics.CThe research made a break

36、through in land-use competition.DThe application of agrivoltaics in Northeastern US proved practical.15Which is a suitable title for the text?AApproaches to Tackling World Climate ChangeBMethods of Increasing Agricultural ProductionCAgrivoltaics Have Been Well Received in the USDGrowing Crops at Sol

37、ar Farms Generates Higher Efficiency二、七选五How to React to Upsetting Posts OnlineIts pretty common for upsetting and disturbing posts and videos to spread online. _16_ There are plenty of ways you can respond and engage with this kind of content- in any case, taking care of your mental health is espec

38、ially important. Suspend before you share or reply. Misinformation can be really emotionally triggering (触发). _17_ Even if you have a strong reaction to something you see online, slow down and take some time to analyze the content before you share it or respond. Fact-check the information. Misinform

39、ation is often designed to look appealing and accurate, so it can be tempting to trust the content you see in a high-quality graphic or post. That makes it especially important to fact-check the information. _18_Craft an informed reply if you think you can make a positive change. Some posts, however

40、 upsetting, come from a place of genuine ignorance. _19_ Dont feel like you have to fight every battle-if you feel like there are more effective ways to make a difference than potentially inviting an online fight, its okay to conduct those instead. _20_ It can be hard to set your own opinions and em

41、otions aside when you see a really upsetting post online. If you feel up to it, try being the bigger person and really listening to what the poster has to say even if their content is worded in a harmful way. Write out a response that addresses those negative feelings instead of the post itself.AIts

42、 necessary to make a positive reply.BAvoid sharing any posts with misinformation.CYou may be wondering how you can handle them.DWrite a sympathetic reply so the poster feels heard.EYou might see posts that make you feel mad, sad, or frightened.FLook into the source, the website, the author and the p

43、ublication date.GIf thats the case, write a response that clarifies the claims being presented.三、完形填空Growing up, moments with Mum were painfully short. Thats because we spent most of the year at our boarding school in Singapore, _21_ only during the holidays. Every year, she would _22_ expect our re

44、union. However, those sweet, cherished moments gradually _23_ as I grew older and moved further away from home for university. And soon, our _24_ became tense. Weekly phone calls filled with small talk were too _25_ to ever develop into real talk, real feelings. The _26_ led to arguments instead. To

45、 me she seemed unable to _27_ that I was no longer a kid, thus, forcing me to hold back information or even lie frequently. But the more I pulled away, the more I felt _28_ . Perhaps the journey to the local museum would give us a _29_ to breathe it back to life. When we got there, we _30_ for a joi

46、nt drawing activity. Secretly I hoped producing something together would help us connect. Later, when a digital screen _31_ our works, Mum went up to the screen and reached out, _32_ the fish as if doing so would _33_ it to life. That momentary glance of my mothers childlike _34_ and delight at a ne

47、w experience revealed the little girl in her, who like me, had lost a vital _35_ to the trials and responsibilities of adulthood and motherhood.21AappearingBreturningCleavingDescaping22AcautiouslyBcalmlyCcarefullyDeagerly23AdisappearedBrefusedCdecreasedDincreased24ArelationshipBgapCagreementDsituati

48、on25ApopularBnormalCrushedDregular26ApainBdamageCbalanceDtension27AunderstandBpredictCtolerateDguarantee28AnarrowBemptyCuselessDlonely29AgiftBrewardCchanceDcourage30Acalmed downBchecked outClooked outDsigned up31AdisplayedBexposedCreportedDmarked32AresearchingBtouchingCwitnessingDdesigning33AfetchBcarryCbringDtake34AjudgmentBpatienceCconfidenceDcurio