1、启用前注意保密2023 届大湾区普通高中毕业班联合模拟考试（二）英语届大湾区普通高中毕业班联合模拟考试（二）英语本试卷共 10 页,满分 120分。考试时间 120分钟。注意事项：1.答卷前,考生务必将自己的学校、班级、姓名、考场号、座位号和准考证号填写在答题卡上,将条形码横贴在答题卡“条形码粘贴处”。2.作答选择题时,选出每小题答案后,用 2B 铅笔在答题卡上将对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案。答案不能答在试卷上。3.非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答,答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动,先划掉原来的答案,然后再写上新答案；不准
2、使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答无效。4.考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结束后,将试卷和答题卡一并交回。第二部分 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 和 D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。ANatural World Photography Competition Now Open！Now in its 10th year,Big Picture encourages photographers from around the world tocontribute their works to this c
3、ompetition that both celebrates and illustrates the rich diversity of lifeon Earth and inspires action to protect and conserve it through the power of imagery.Click here andenter your work for a chance to win cash prizes and be exhibited at the California Academy ofSciences！PrizesBig Picture is open
4、 to all photography worldwide to compete for a chance to win the$5,000grand prize.Winning images include images named as grand prize,first place,and finalist images.They will be displayed at the California Academy of Sciences for all visitors to enjoy.Competition PeriodThe Big Picture Photo Competit
5、ion begins at 12:00 am on December 1,2022 and closes at11:59 pm on March 1,2023.Entry FeesEach photographer can enter photos as follows:$25 for up to 10 single image submissions in any category.$15 for each 6-8 image Photo Story submission.Photographers are limited to up to 10 image submissions per
6、registered email address and mayregister an unlimited number of email addresses.Entry fees are used to provide the competitionprizes and help the Academy in its mission and can not be returned.ParticipantsBig Picture is open to all photography enthusiasts and professionals alike worldwide,exceptempl
7、oyees,volunteers and Board Members of the Academy（as well as their sponsors）and theimmediate families and individuals living in the same household.21.Where is the text most likely from?A.A picture book.B.A science journal.C.A camera guidebook.D.A conservation website.22.If a photographer submits 17
8、single images,how much will he pay?A.$25.B.$40.C.$50.D.$15.23.Who can participate in the competition?A.Amateurs unrelated to the Academy.B.Experts as members of the Academy.C.Volunteers working for the Academy.D.Enthusiasts of the board members family.BMy love for animals began through watching wild
9、life documentaries when I was a kid.I wenton to study Environmental Science at university,and became interested in marine（海洋的）biology when I did my masters degree.Thats when I realised that there was a possibility to domore for Hong Kong.In Hong Kong,many people would associate marine life only with
10、 seafood,and few peoplewould consider it as a part of nature to be appreciated.Although our marine life is highly diverse,our waters have been overfished for more than 40 years.Records show that,decades ago,HongKong had such high production of seafood that it supported about 90%of the local demand.T
11、oday,at least 90%of the seafood we eat has to be imported to meet local demand,as our waters are sooverfished that they can no longer support the local appetite.Despite this shift,we are still a city in love with seafood-according to the Food and AgricultureOrganization of the United Nations,Hong Ko
12、nng has the second highest annual seafoodconsumption per capita（人均）in Asia-but consumers are barely aware of where their seafoodcomes from and which species are threatened.There is a lot of room for improvement in Hong Kong.Improving local fishery managementpolicies and increasing the coverage of Ma
13、rine Protected Areas,as well as conducting the relevantresearch to inform decisions,could move the city towards greater sustainability in this area.Andconsumers should avoid eating seafood that is on the threatened species list.As a general rule ofthumb,if people are not sure what the species is,the
14、y should choose something else that they aremore familiar with.With the marine ecosystem already weak and easily destroyed,the greatest threat is continuedignorance and inaction.It is time for us to show that we can also be a part of the solution.If eachperson plays their part-even for just one meal
15、 a day-Hong Kong would already be on its way tomaking considerable progress towards sustainable seafood consumption.24.How does the author introduce overfishing in Paragraph 2?A.By listing reasons.B.By offering examples.C.By giving exact figures.D.By making comparisons.25.What is true about HK peopl
16、e according to the passage?A.They all see marine life as a part of nature.B.They consume 90%of the seafood in Asia.C.They have a rather big appetite for seafood.D.They are aware of the source of the seafood.26.What does the author suggest people do when eating seafood?A.Keep off unfamiliar species.B
17、.Ignore dangerous species.C.Choose endangered species.D.Avoid non-threatened species.27.What is the authors purpose of writing this article?A.To stop consuming seafood.B.To protect the marine ecosystem.C.To improve local fishery management policies.D.To criticize the overfishing situation in Hong Ko
18、ng.CLook up how to increase your life expectancy（预期寿命）,and you will probably see plentyof results recommending that you have a healthy diet,get sufficient sleep,work out and cut outtobacco and too much alcohol consumption.But what many of us dont know is that ourrelationships also affect our life ex
19、pectancy.Social integration is associated with greater lifesatisfaction,better health and increased life expectancy.People with wide social networks are morelikely to be happy,experience fewer health issues,enjoy better mental health and to live a lot longer.Now this doesnt mean that we should dive
20、head first into a relationship whenever were lonelyin order to avoid dying young.Harmful relationships can be as isolating as being alone,so who wechoose to break bread with is absolutely vital to our overall health.Have you ever wondered why some people are single and happy,while others are drownin
21、g insuffering?Or why some married couples exist in a consistent state of bliss,while others arepractically enemies?Research shows that marriage has greater benefits for men than it does for women.Beingcoupled allows men to receive the essential emotional support that they would lack if they weresing
22、le.They also get the added benefit of being physically taken care of thanks to the gender rolessociety still subscribes to.Women,on the other hand,dont have as much luck when it comes to being coupled.A womanin a harmful relationship is likely to experience the mental,emotional and physical conseque
23、ncesthat come with that.On the contrary,a woman in a healthy relationship is likely to live well.Research shows that the women who are happily married tend to be coupled with partners who takeon their fair share of household responsibilities.But thats not all,age gaps also need to be factored in to
24、determine relationship satisfaction.Couples with wider age gaps are more likely to be harmonious compared to their peers.28.What does the writer intend to emphasize in Paragraph 1?A.Some health problems.B.Ways to increase life expectancy.C.The effect of sleep on peoples health.D.The importance of hu
25、man relationships.29.What does the underlined word“bliss”mean in Paragraph 3?A.Happiness.B.Kindness.C.Loneliness.D.Friendliness.30.What can we learn from the research?A.Marriage benefits men and women equally.B.Women benefit more from marriage than men.C.Men are better taken care of because of the g
26、ender roles.D.Good relationship can effectively prevent people from dying lonely.31.What would be probably discussed in the next paragraph of this passage?A.The influence of a harmonious marriage.B.Relationship satisfaction for older couples.C.Gender differences in marriage satisfaction.D.The benefi
27、ts of wider age gaps in marriage.DAn artificial intelligence can decode（解码）words and sentences from brain activity with1surprising accuracy.Using only a few seconds of brain activity data,the AI guesses what a personhas heard.It lists the correct answer in its top 10 possibilities,researchers found
28、in a primary study.Developed at the parent company of Facebook,Meta,the AI could eventually be used to helpthousands of people around the world who are unable to communicate through speech,typing orgestures.Most existing technologies to help such patients communicate require risky brain surgeries to
29、put in electrodes（电极）.This new approach“could provide a possible path to help patientswith communication problems,avoiding the use of surgeries,”says neuroscientist Jean-RmiKing,a Meta AI researcher.King and his colleagues trained a computational tool,also known as a language model,todetect words an
30、d sentences on 56,000 hours of speech recordings from 53 languages.The teamapplied an AI with this language model to databases from four institutions that included brainactivity from 169 volunteers.In these databases,participants listened to various stories andsentences,while the peoples brains were
31、 scanned by magnetoencephalography（MEG）（脑磁图）.Then with the help of a computational method that helps account for physical differencesamong actual brains,the team tried to decode what participants had heard using just three secondsof brain activity data from each person.The team instructed the AI to
32、match up the speech soundsfrom the story recordings with patterns of brain activity that the AI computed as corresponding towhat people were hearing.It then made predictions about what the person might have been hearingduring that short time,given more than 1,000 possibilities.Using MEG,the correct
33、answer was inthe AIs top 10 guesses,the researchers found.“The new study is decoding of speech recognition,not production,”King agrees,“Thoughspeech production is the final goal,for now,were quite a long way away.”32.What is the main advantage of the new technology?A.Avoiding dangerous operations on
34、 patients.B.Freeing patients from risky brain operations.C.Providing a path to communicate with others.D.Helping patients with communication problems.33.What does the AI require to make its prediction?A.Top ten guesses.B.Speech production.C.Patterns of brain activity.D.Volunteers with disability.34.
35、What does Jean-Rmi King think of the new study?A.Disappointing.B.Promising.C.Surprising.D.Exciting.35.What is the best title for the text?A.A New Way to Decode SpeechB.The Application of MEG TechnologyC.A New Study on Artificial IntelligenceD.A Solution to Communication Problems第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2.5分,满
36、分 12.5分）阅读短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。You should know that English Literature is one of the few courses in the world that can helpyou better understand the world around you and far from you.The benefits of studying EnglishLiterature are as follows.Developing the ability of critical analys
37、isBeing a master of English Literature allows you to be critical when analyzing a text.Even afterlearning,you will notice that you critically analyse every text you read,even when it does notdemand it._36_.It helps you think deeply about different situations and decisions before makingthem.Creating
38、broader opportunitiesUnderstanding English Literature suggests that your knowledge of the English language is atfull capacity creating a wider range of opportunities for the learner.37.For example,there are over sixty-seven different countries with English as their linguafranca（通用语）,which means that
39、 there are opportunities open in these countries for peoplewith knowledge of English Literature.38The English language is more than just the way we speak and a manner of communicating.There are in-depth meanings as to how the structuring and pronunciations in the English languagework.Ini studying li
40、terary English,you are sure to see these deeper technicalities surrounding theEnglish language,helping you understand better the use of the language.Improving the ability of brief writing39_.In learning,reading,and analyzing,one is bound to take notes to keep up with theiranalysis of a text.This act
41、 subconsciously（下意识地）helps to make any learner of literaryEnglish a better writer than before they started learning.Getting to know historical and cultural knowledgeReading classic English Literature is the shortest and easiest way to learn both history andculture of people and places.You are always
42、 surprised when you find the connection between thereal facts and the story of the classic literature you read.40A.Existing everywhere for a long timeB.Having a good command of EnglishC.You can use this skill in other areas of lifeD.You are not limited in the choices you makeE.Among other things,it
43、makes you a better writerF.Like every other skill,critical thinking takes practiceG.It ends up being a sort of achievement in your learning第三部分 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,从题中所给 A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。For the past 17 years,Tess Trojan has competed in the Special Olympics,wi
44、th no intentions ofslowing down anytime soon.Tess Trojan has been living with Down Syndrome（唐氏综合症）,a41in which extragenetic material causes delays in the way a child 42_,both mentally and physically.43_her disease,the 26-year-old woman from Canada won the gold medal in golf at the 2014National Games
45、.Soon,she 44 to Los Angeles for the 2015 Special Olympics World SummerGames,which attracted roughly 7,000 athletes from 177 countries.In 2000,she 45 as a bowling athlete.And today,she 46_plays baseball,basketball,tennis andgolf with her primary_47_on being golf.She trains hard with her golf coaches
46、and understands thatgolf is mostly a game of 48_your mental ability.“For golf,you have to be mentally prepared,”she said.Not only is she an extremely talented golfer,but Trojan has also won awards forswimming and tennis.“I love doing_49_sports.So when I was young I used to jump from onesport to anot
47、her,”she said.Being a multi-sport athlete is something she recommends to kids.“Be 50 to learning newsports and you will have many fresh_51_,”Trojan often tells kids.Her positive attitude is contagious（感染性的）and evidently making a 52_in a young girlthat she coaches.For the past year,Trojan has_53_Emi,
48、a six-year-old girl with Down Syndrome,learn about different sports.They,of course,also make time for fun things like arts and crafts.Emi,who used to be fat,ill and depressed,has now become _54,healthy and positive.Trojan says sheloves working with kids and hopes to do more in the future.She thinks
49、that its a way of 55 to helpothers.41.A.stageB.stateC.positionD.condition42.A.performsB.developsC.thinksD.studies43.A.DespiteB.BesidesC.BeyondD.Above44.A.headedB.appealedC.contributedD.leaded45.A.servedB.actedC.endedD.started46.A.regularlyB.casuallyC.quietlyD.occasionally47.A.goalB.instructionC.conc
50、ernD.focus48.A.provingB.succeedingC.challengingD.damaging49.A.adventurousB.uniqueC.variousD.simple50.A.similarB.openC.sensitiveD.accessible51.A.ideasB.sensesC.opinionsD.experiences52.A.promiseB.decisionC.differenceD.mistake53.A.helpedB.encouragedC.persuadedD.reminded54.A.heavyB.fitC.powerfulD.worrie
