1、试卷类型：试卷类型：A潍坊市高考模拟考试潍坊市高考模拟考试英 语英 语2023.2注意事项：注意事项：1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、座号、考号填写在答题卡和试卷指定位置上。2.回答选择题时，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。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分阅读（共两节，满分第一部分阅读（共两节，满分 50 分）第一节（共分）第一节（共 15 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分分，满分 37.5 分）分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、
2、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。AStay safe with SonderAs a foreign student arriving in Australia,you may feel both excited and anxious.Theprospect of arriving in a new country where you may have no friends or family nearby can bediscouraging,particularly the thought of what you would do if you were involved in an acc
3、ident orfell seriously ill.Sonder Australia aims to lessen that worry by providing an Australia-wide,multilingual rapidresponse network,available on-demand24/7 via a mobile app.The Sonder app has followingunique features.When required,Sonder can also work with Murdoch to provide further well beingsu
4、pport.1.Who may be the text targeted at in Australia?A.Taxi drivers.B.New settlers.C.International students.D.Travelers from abroad.2.Which part of the app functions at a set time?A.24/7 help.B.Check on me.C.Safety alerts.D.Track my journey.3.What technology is used in all the four features?A.Facial
5、 recognition.B.Voice interaction.C.Geographical positioning.D.Cross-platform communication.BJim Glaub and Dylan Parker had just been handed the keys to their new Manhattan apartmenton 22nd Street when the outgoing tenant（房客）said something curious，Just so you know,theresthis thing where letters addre
6、ssed to Santa come to the apartment.The previous tenants receivedthe mail too.It has been coming for years and no one knows why.Glaub and Parker settled in to their new home,and for the first two years only a few lettersfrom kids or parents askedSantafor gifts they could not otherwise afford.Then in
7、 the monthsleading to Christmas 2010,their mailbox was filled with letters to Santa every day.They respondedto as many as they could,writing notes,even buying gifts.Glaub,of course,is not Santa.They coulddo only so much.But one night,when he and Parker threwa 1960s-themed Christmas party,a solutiona
8、ppeared.Guests noticed the hundreds of letters theyd yet to act upon and asked about them.Glaub told them the story and his guests were intrigued.“Alot of people were like,Ill take a letter.Ill satisfy it.And so was born Miracle on 22nd Street.To spread the word,they started a website,and a Facebook
9、 page.Working with other nonprofits that help thosein need,they invited families from around thecountry to go online and request gifts for their children.Likewise,donors,also known as“elves,”can sign up to buy gifts for a child or family,accompanied by a signed note with Elf beforetheir name,such as
10、 Elf Jim or Elf Jody.Last year,Glaub and Miracle on 22nd Street helped more than 800 families.Glaub no longerwonders why the letters come to the apartment.Putting in the long hours to help the families iswhat its all about for him.Its part of Christmas for me,he says,It wouldnt be Christmas withouti
11、t.”4.What did the tenant think of receiving the letters in the apartment?A.Odd.B.Comic.C.Exciting.D.Disturbing.5.What can be implied about the couple in paragraph 2?A.They got really bothered.B.They had tried their best.C.They overcame the challenge.D.They were content with their new life.6.What doe
12、s the underlined wordintriguedmean in paragraph 3?A.Interested.B.Relieved.C.Puzzled.D.Surprised.7.What is the text mainly about?A.How a volunteer organization is formed.B.How Miracle on 22nd Street is operated.C.How a couple deal with the letters to Sanla.D.How donors purchase gifts for families in
13、need.CThe term“quiet quitting”went viral last year,describing people who stay in their jobs butmentally take a step backfor example,working the bare minimum and not making their job thecenter of their lives.Now in 2023,there is a new workplace trend on the horizon,called“quiethiring”.Quiet hiring is
14、 a strategy used to fill the critical gaps in a company without hiring newemployees.One company has a limited amount of talent and needs to make a call about where itsgoing to have the best impact.This year it may need to add five more data scientists to its team tomeet the strategic goals.As a solu
15、tion,it may move five employees from another department onlyfor a short time,like data analysts in the human resources and marketing department,into the fiveopen data scientist roles.In this case,the boss is saying,Were going to intentionally deprioritize support for HR andmarketing for the next six
16、 months so that we can increase the productivity of our data scienceteam,and we are saying this sound and clearly.Everyone knows this.”The important distinctionwith quiet hiring is that a company is openly communicating with employees about its prioritiesand moving employees to areas that serve thos
17、e priorities,instead of just loading employees withmore work or simply hiring more people.While being assigned to a new role may seem scary,quiet hiring should be beneficial toemployees.If you were asked to take on additional responsibilities,it would indicate your value.Meantime you might say,If it
18、s not possible to increase my payment,can we make it so that I canwork from home five days a week，reducing my commute（通勤）costs？Or，could I workflexible hours,making it easier for me to live the rest of my life?”An individual conversation maybe ineffective.If youre part of a department or team being a
19、sked to switch roles,employ that powerand approach human resources as a group.8.What does the strategy of quiet hiring refer to?A.Adding more positions.B.Training new employees.C.Employing new talent secretly.D.Shifting existing staff to new posts.9.What is the feature of a companys handling quiet h
20、iring?A.Innovations are highly valued.B.Employees are burdened with overwork.C.Roles of departments are changed regularly.D.Personnel changes are announced beforehand.10.What suggestion does the author offer to employees?A.Negotiate on extra jobs.B.Take on new roles as a team.C.Shoulder more duties
21、on work.D.Balance between work and life.11.Which is a suitable title for the text?A.Hiring more or less?B.Quiet quitting or quiet hiring？C.Quiet hiring:A workplace debateD.Quiet hiring:An upcoming tendencyDIn the endless sky,the unaided human eye should be able to perceive several thousand stars ona
22、 clear,dark night.Unfortunately,growing light pollution has disabled people from the nightly view.New citizen-science-based research throws alarming light on the problem of“sky glow”thediffuse illumination（漫射照明）of the night sky that is a form of light pollution.The data camefrom crowd-sourced observ
23、ations collected from around the world as part of Globe at Night,aprogram developed by astronomer Connie Walker.Light pollution has harmful effects on the practice of astronomy but also on human healthand wildlife,since it disturbs the cycle from sunlight to starlight that biological systems haveevo
24、lved alongside.Furthermore,the loss of visible stars is a great loss of human cultural heritage.Until relatively recently,humans throughout history had an impressive view of the starry night sky，and the effect of this nightly spectacle（壮观）is evident in ancient cultures.Globe at Night has been gather
25、ing data on star visibility since 2006.Anyone can submitobservations through the Globe at Night web application.Participants record which one bestmatches what they can see in the sky without any telescopes or other instruments.Researchers find that the loss of visible stars indicates an increase in
26、sky brightness of 9.6%per year while roughly 2%is measured by satellites.Existing satellites are not well suitedto measuring sky glow as it appears to humans,because they can not detect wavelengths shorterthan 500 nanometers（纳米）.White LEDs，with shorter wavelengths under 500 nanometers，noware increas
27、ingly commonly used in outdoor lighting.But human eyes are more sensitive to theseshorter wavelengths at nighttime.Space-based instruments do not measure light from windows,either.But these sources are significant contributors to sky glow as seen from the ground.The increase in sky glow over the pas
28、t decade underlines the importance of redoubling ourefforts and developing new strategies to protect dark skies,said Walker.The Globe at Night dataset is necessary in our ongoing evaluation of changes in sky glow,and we encourage whoever canto get involved to help protect the starry night sky.12.Wha
29、t is a purpose of Globe at Night?A.To develop new light sources.B.To collect data on star visibility.C.To help astronomers explore space.D.To popularize science among citizens.13.What does the loss of visible stars lead to?A.Poorer human health.B.Fewer wildlife species.C.More delicate biological sys
30、tems.D.Less nightly culture elements of the sky.14.What does the author stress in paragraph 5?A.Satellites play a vital role.B.White LEDs are widely used.C.Crowd-sourced data are invaluable.D.Shorter wavelengths are hard to detect.15.What can be inferred from Walkers words?A.Their consistent efforts
31、 pay off.B.The data set needs to be updated.C.More participants are expected to join in.D.The sky glow has been over-emphasized.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人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。There are few natural sounds more uplifting to my spirit than the br
32、ight and cheering callsand songs of black-capped chickadees（山雀）.One of my morning routines is to step outside thehouse and listen for the voices of black-caps.There is something comforting to me in black-caps presence._16_Sometimes they arethe only birds Ill hear on my local wood land walks and for
33、me the forest would be a lonelierplace without them.After Id moved into a house on Anchorages Hillside,I placed a makeshift feeder on myhomes back._17_For each，the routine was similar：dashed in，looked around，pecked（啄）at the tray,looked around again,and dashed out.Nervous little creatures,full of bri
34、ght energy,theysoon had me laughing at their funny way.By the time they moved on,I sensed an all-too-rare upwelling of fascination and joy.Within days,a whole new world opened up as woodland neighbors Id never known,or evenimagined,joined the black-caps at my feeders:red-breasted nuthatches,common r
35、ed-polls.Whatwas remarkable was that all of those species were common residents of the Anchorage area._18_My newfound interest in birds grew quickly,surprising even me._19_I visited bookstoresin search of birding guidebooks.Excitedly exchanged bird descriptions with a stranger.Purchased50-pound bags
36、 of sunflower seeds.All of this seemed very strange to a middle-aged guy whodnever been attracted by birds.Even more,I had previously judged bird watchers to be rather dullsorts._20_Theyve reminded me how my world can expand and become enriched when Imake the effort to pay attention.What else awaits
37、 me in our world,I wonder,that I havent yetdiscovered or noticed?A.Nature always amazed me in its own way.B.Yet in prior days and years,I had no idea.C.Black-caps are a sign of good environment.D.Within a day,black-caps accepted my invitation to dine.E.Black-caps have had a special place at the top
38、of my affections.F.What started as mere curiosity flowered into a consuming passion.G.And much more often than not,they are heard before theyre seen.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）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。Anuar Abd
39、ullah is a 61-year-old diving instructor in Malaysia.When he isnt 21hes backout in the water_22_，studying，and restoring coral reefs（珊瑚礁）.Now,as climate change becomes an_23_threat,governments,corporations,and others arecoming to him for_24_.Abdullah has no degree in marine biology or_25_training-jus
40、t an amount of experience.In just the past decade,thousands have_26_to him to learn how to grow corals,and he nowhas around 700 volunteers_27_and has already restored hundreds of acres of coral reefs.In 2017,Thailands government asked Abdullah to_28_the recovery of one of its mostfamous tourist attr
41、actions,Maya Bay,because it had_29_half its coral population._30_were kept out of the site for three years while Abdullah led a team of 120 people in_31_newcorals.In 2021,after Typhoon Rai,the island of Cebu in the Philippines asked Abdullah to save whatwas_32_of the shorelines coral reefs.And earli
42、er this year,Abdullah launched a new effort tobuild the worlds largest coral nursery in the Red Sea.There was a_33_on the nursery at theU.N.climate change summit（峰会），COP27，butAbdullah did not attend.He_34_ conferences,he says.And he had_35_to do.21.A.teaching22.A.picking23.A.early24.A.help25.A.tempo
43、rary26.A.devoted27.A.at once28.A.initiate29.A.regained30.A.Visitors31.A.guarding32.A.hidden33.A.contest34.A.witnesses35.A.interviewsB.divingB.judgingB.artificialB.moneyB.formalB.ledB.at firstB.evaluateB.lostB.ResearchersB.decoratingB.leftB.presentationB.recordsB.tripsC.learningC.describingC.apparent
44、C.powerC.naturalC.backedC.in demandC.highlightC.increasedC.VolunteersC.plantingC.preservedC.courseC.schedulesC.workD.reportingD.observingD.uncertainD.honorD.complexD.traveledD.in actionD.justifyD.removedD.OfficialsD.maintainingD.ruinedD.topicD.hatesD.trade第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）第二节（共 10 小题；每小
45、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。Unlike most of her fellow postgraduates,who found jobs in big cities,Zhang Xiaoyang,aftergraduation from Zhejiang University three years ago,chose to go to DunHuang Academy,_36_(land)a job as an archaeologist.Despite being the worlds largest treasure
46、 of Buddhist art,living conditions in Dunhuang,which sits in the Gobi Desert in Northwest Chinas Gansu province,_37_(be)tougher than inChinas big cities.People working here have to battle with sand and wind and suffer from_38_(lonely).Zhang,_39_her late 20s,has an intense routine.Assigned two stress
47、ful tasks,she spendsmost of the day_40_(absorb)in her world with the excavation team in Tianwangtang.Atnight,she writes academic reports on the discoveries in Cave 254,which_41_(create)duringthe Northern Wei Dynasty(386534).“Dunhuang is a place of magic.For those who once planned to work here_42_(te
48、mporary),maybe it will be a few years_43_they move to bigger cities.But Im totallyfascinated by the site and amazed at_44_the ancient people lived in the desert around then.So I have decided to stay for decades,said Zhang Xiaoyang.Her story is featured in The Master of Dunhuang,_45_three-episode doc
49、umentary,currently available on the streaming site Tencent Video,which has gained a lot of attention online.第三部分写作（共两节，满分 40 分）第一节（满分 15 分）第三部分写作（共两节，满分 40 分）第一节（满分 15 分）上周日，你校组织了纪念高中毕业的植树活动。请你为校英文报写篇报道，内容包括：1.活动介绍；2.个人感受。注意：1.写作词数应为 80 左右；2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。第二节（满分 25 分）第二节（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。High-school sports is the biggest thing that happens in our town of Verden,population sixhundred.Sports are important in our family.Both of our sons were high-school athletes.So Ishouldnt have been surprised when Lauren announced she was going out for the girls basketballteam，b
