1、2023年广州市普通高中毕业班冲刺训练题（三）英语本试卷共10页，满分120分。考试用时120分钟。注意事项：1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、试室号和座位号填写在答题卡上。用2B铅笔将试卷类型（A）填涂在答题卡相应位置上。并在答题卡相应位置上填涂考生号。因笔试不考听力，试卷从第二部分开始，试题序号从“21”开始。2.作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡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
2、新答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答无效。4.考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。ASummer ProgramsISSOSThe ISSOS summer school program offers high school students the opportunity to combine learning, creative enrichment and action-packed adventure
3、in the historic campus of Yale University. Our three-week program welcomes students from over 60 nationalities, and limits the number of students from one nationality to 10% in order to guarantee a truly international experience. Students choose from a variety of academic and elective subjects and b
4、enefit from full activities, cultural trip and workshop program. In addition, students are supervised（指导）by summer school advisors who make sure the summer school is fun and that all students make friends from around the world.Summer Institute for the GiftedThe Summer Institute for the Gifted(SIG) i
5、s a program of the AIFS Foundation, a not-for-profitorganization. At Yale, SIG offers a 3-week summer academic program for gifted and academically talented students aged 13-17. At SIG, students take 4 classes from the subject areas of STEAM, arts, and recreation.A+ Summer ProgramEducation Unlimited
6、is a privately held California Corporation with the mission of giving every high school student the best possible chance of gaining acceptance into the college of their choice. Their unique summer offerings include the A+ Summer Program hosted at Yale, which is a one-of-a kind opportunity to be invo
7、lved in an environment that encourages advanced thinking, creative problem-solving, and a lifelong love of learning. Capitol DebateThe 2023 Summer Debate Camp will be held at Yale University from June 28 to July 9. Students will build public speaking, research, writing and critical thinking skills,
8、leading to better academic performance. The two-week program will provide students with the proper mindset, skillset, toolset and critical communication skills needed for success in many fields of speech. 21. What can people do in ISSOS summer school program?A. Learn to speak a foreign language.B. M
9、ake friends with native students.C. Engage in cultural and academic activities.D. Take elective courses given by supervisors.22. Which program can help students gain admission into university?A. ISSOS summer school program.B. A+ Summer Program. C. Summer Institute for the Gifted.D. Capitol Debate.23
10、. What do the listed summer programs have in common?A. They target at undergraduates. B. They last for the whole summer.C. They focus on academic lectures. D. They are hosted at Yale University.BDont call Madison Steward an environmentalist. She sees herself simply as an individual taking action in
11、defense of something she loves thats in need of protection.Despite her youth, the 24-year-old is an undersea veteran (老手). She grew up sailing around the Great Barrier Reef on her parents boat and spent her early life free diving while patiently waiting for the day when she could get her scuba divin
12、g (水肺潜水) certification, aged 12. Already impressed by sharks, Madison was now pleased to be able to observe them in their own world. “I got to know the sharks I could recognize them by sight,” Madison says. “Other people had dogs around them growing up. I had sharks.”But within a couple of years, sh
13、e saw a great reduction in shark numbers on the reef. “One day I went in the water and couldnt find my sharks anywhere, sharks Id spent my childhood with,” she says. “Theyd been caught and killed.” It was a critical moment for Madison.She left school at 14 to be homeschooled so she could spend more
14、time in the ocean. She taught herself to shoot underwater video to document sharks in their own world and share her sense of wonder with others. She launched a YouTube channel and built huge following for her documentaries where she focuses on issues like inadequate protection for some shark species
15、 and the global shark fin (鳍) industry.In 2014, Madison was the subject of the encouraging documentary Shark Girl, which introduced her to a global audience. In 2017, she appeared as an “Ocean Guardian” in the documentary Blue that explored a lot of threats to the worlds marine environments, includi
16、ng the damaging effect of the global shark fishery. The film that encourages viewers to get involved and the individual to make a difference by their own direct action would never be underestimated.24. What did Madison do before getting her scuba diving certification?A. She went boating alone.B. She
17、 practised free diving. C. She went sailing around Australia. D. She protected the Great Barrier Reef. 25. Why did Madison shoot underwater video to document sharks?A. To record sharks world of wonder. B. To popularize her photography works.C. To raise awareness of shark conservation. D. To spare mo
18、re time to accompany sharks.26. Which of the following may agree with Madisons philosophy?A. Many hands make light work. B. Action speaks louder than words.C. Together we can make a difference. D. Personal influence cant be ignored.27. Whats the purpose of writing this passage?A. To introduce an inf
19、luential conservationist. B. To advertise some encouraging documentaries.C. To inspire people to protect whatever they love. D. To inform people how to preserve marine wildlife.CDoctors at the University of California, San Francisco, in the US, have developed a piece of software that can read minds.
20、 The project, supported by Facebook, hopes to help people who, because of medical conditions, are unable to communicate with others.Until now, technologies that have helped speech-impaired (语言障碍) people communicate have been too slow to allow a natural conversation. People find these things upsettin
21、g to use. This new way uses brain signals to change a persons thoughts into text. When we want to speak, the brain sends signals to make the lips, jaws and tongue move in the right way to make an understandable sound. By discovering these brain signals, the new software is able to predict what a per
22、son wants to say quickly enough to hold a conversation. The brain-reading software was tested on three volunteers who could all speak like healthy people. They were being treated for epilepsy(癫痫). As part of their treatment for epilepsy, each patient had electrodes (电极) placed onto their brain. Edwa
23、rd Chang, who led the study, used these electrodes to record the signals in the patients brain while they listened to a list of questions and answered them.Chang and his team then built a computer program that learned to match the patients brain signals to the words the patients heard and the words
24、the patients spoke. For the questions, the software matched the correct words 76% of the time. For the answers, it matched the correct words 61% of the time.Now, the mind-reading software works only for the limited set of sentences on which it was trained. Scientists hope that this early system will
25、 help them develop a more powerful one that could understand thoughts in real time to give people their voices back. Chang said, “We as scientists should try our best to help people to bring that most important and basic human ability back.”28. What is the disadvantage of previous technologies?A. Th
26、ey couldnt read peoples minds correctly. B. They couldnt make communication understandable.C. They couldnt serve the purpose of natural conversation. D. They couldnt let medical condition change for the better.29. How does the software help people?A. By changing peoples mind into text.B. By sending
27、signals to their lips.C. By organizing conversations for them.D. By training them how to speak.30. What can we know about the mind-reading software according to the last paragraph?A. It has been used on a wide scale.B. It has restored the basic human ability.C. It still has plenty of room for improv
28、ement.D. It has enhanced human real-time conservation.31. What is the attitude of the author towards the mind-reading software?A. Favorable. B. Objective.C. Intolerant. D. Doubtful.DEveryone knows what makes a good story. Our hero starts their journey as a flawed being. In scene after scene, they fa
29、ce challenges that push them down new paths. By the end of the tale, they overcome setbacks and become a better person in the process.We love these plots in the novels we read but the principles of a good story offer much more than entertainment. Recent research shows that the narratives we tell our
30、selves about our lives can powerfully help us recover from stress. People who generate tales of struggling and turning over a new leaf from their own lives appear to have much better mental health. Professor Dan McAdams put forward this idea and discovered that whether someone can describe having ha
31、d some control over events in their past is an important predictor of mental health. Another key theme involved is finding some kind of positive meaning after stressful events.McAdams invited 14 and 15-year-olds to join in an experiment to write about their experiences of failure and success. Half o
32、f them were then given extra instructions to describe the ways they had made their success a reality and how the failure had changed them for the better. Eight weeks later, members of this group reported greater persistence and better grades in their schoolwork.Exciting as these results are, some ex
33、perts sound a few notes of caution. They worry that, hearing about the power of self-narratives, many people may feel they have to find a positive turning point in life. If they cant, they could end up feeling guilty about having somehow “failed”.Clearly, self-narratives arent the panacea. Neverthel
34、ess, if you hope for self-improvement, you can use the findings to good effect. By recognizing ourselves as the hero at the center of our own struggles, we can all become the author of our own destiny and change ourselves for the better.32. What does the research focus on?A. The causes of stress.B.
35、The principles of narrative.C. The connection between struggle and well-being.D. The link between mental health and self-narratives.33. Why is the experiment mentioned in paragraph 3?A. To give proof.B. To make predictions.C. To draw a conclusion.D. To make comparisons.34. What does the underlined w
36、ord “panacea” in the last paragraph refer to?A. Attempt to get rid of worries.B. Means of recognizing yourself.C. Solution to adolescent problems.D. Guarantee to become better people.35. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. Embrace Life StrugglesB. Be Your Own HeroC. Ways to
37、Make a Good StoryD. The Power of Self-improvement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。There are few natural sounds more uplifting to my spirit than the bright and cheering call and songs of black-capped chickadees (山雀). One of my morning routines is to step outside the
38、house and listen for the voices of black-caps.There is something comforting to me in black-caps presence. 36 Sometimes they are the only birds Ill hear on my local woodland walks and for me the forest would be a lonelier place without them.After Id moved into a house on Anchorages Hillside, I placed
39、 a makeshift feeder on my homes back. 37 For each, the routine was similar: dashed in, looked around, peeked (啄) at the tray, looked around again, and dashed out. Nervous little creatures, full of bright energy, they soon had me laughing at their funny way. By the time they moved on, I sensed an all
40、-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 redpolls. Whatwas remarkable was that all of those species were common residents of the Ancho
41、rage area.38 My newfound interest in birds grew quickly, surprising even me.39 I visitedbookstores in search of birding guidebooks. Excitedly exchanged bird descriptions with astranger. Purchased 50-pound bags of sunflower seeds. All of this seemed very strange to a middle-aged guy whod never been a
42、ttracted by birds. Even more, l had previously judged birdwatchers to be rather dull sorts.40 Theyve reminded me how my worldcan expand and become enriched when I makethe effort to payattention. What else awaits me in our world, I wonder, that I havent yet discovered or noticed?A. Nature always amaz
43、ed 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 of my affections.F. What started as mere curiosity flowered into a consuming pa
44、ssion.G. And much more often than not they are heard before theyre seen.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。Jacob McFarland loves making and bringing his parents coffee. And now the 21-year-old, who has autism (孤独症), has his own cafe.Making coffee for his
45、 dad is a passion. It makes him feel very 41. Jacob is his fathers biggest 42, and he loves coffee. So, Jacob loves everything his father loves. Jacob was 43 himself in all types of research about the proper beans to use, the best water, the water temperature and the 44 of the whole thing.His parent
46、s 45 a record store in town, and they had to 46 close it sometimes because it was not an 47 business. Jacob, who was 19 at the time and had graduated from high school, was still in continuing education courses, but those 48 too. So, the family decided to do a coffee cart (推车) outside of their store.
47、The coffee cart was a way to keep 49 coming out-even though they couldnt shop for50 inside the store. It had a double benefit, because Jacob got to 51 his dream of being barista (咖啡师).Not only was the coffee business successful, it helped 52 Jacobs life. The cafe has expanded even further, by employ
48、ing other young people with 53 and helping them with future employment efforts. Having a business has also helped Jacob socially. Hes found the 54 side of himself. And if this were to all go away tomorrow, the 55 in Jacob in two and a half years has been worth everything.41. A. famousB. injuredC. happyD. tired42. A. fanB. sonC. problemD. concern43. A. celebratingB. servingC. educatingD
