2023届广东省揭阳市惠来县高三最后一模（临门一脚）英语试题（原卷版+ 解析版）考试试卷

2023高考“临门一脚”测试
英语试卷
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第一部分 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。
A
Have you ever been to London Here is some hotel information for you.
Kingsway Hall Hotel
We offer quality service in Kingsway Hall Hotel.This location puts guests in easy reach of many places, such as the British Museum and Piccadilly Circus. Our hotel also has modern Western food, and offers a perfect dining environment. The lounge bar is a comfortable place to enjoy a drink. There are hundreds of dining choices within walking distance. Non-smoking rooms are ready for guests.
Hilton Docklands Riverside
Located on the bank of the Thames, our hotel is about two miles east of Tower Bridge and 36 miles from London Heathrow Airport. Our hotel has a beauty salon, a flower shop and a swimming pool. The hotel also offers laundry (洗衣店) services, babysitting, shining shoes, and local area transportation.
Windermere Hotel
Located in the center of London,our hotel puts guests within easy reach of London’s well-known buildings. Buckingham Palace and the Royal Parks are just a short walk away. Within 1.5 miles you can visit Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament. The theatres, Harrods shopping centre, and the designer shops of Sloane Square and Knightsbridge are all only a short walk away or a taxi ride away.
1. What does Kingsway Hall Hotel provide for its guests
A. Chinese food. B. A lounge bar.
C. Smoking rooms. D. A swimming pool.
2. What is special about Hilton Docklands Riverside
A. It offers different kinds of service.
B. It offers a reasonable price.
C. It has convenient supermarkets.
D. It has delicious food.
3. This passage is most likely to be found in________.
A. a travel guide B. a story book
C. a technical report D. a geography magazine
【答案】1. B 2. A 3. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是应用文，介绍了伦敦三家宾馆及其特色。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据Kingsway Hall Hotel部分的“The lounge bar is a comfortable place to enjoy a drink. (休息室是一个享受饮料的舒适场所)”可知，Kingsway Hall Hotel给游客提供休息室。故选B。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据Hilton Docklands Riverside部分的“Our hotel has a beauty salon, a flower shop and a swimming pool. The hotel also offers laundry (洗衣店) services, babysitting, shining shoes, and local area transportation.(我们的酒店有一家美容院、一家花店和一个游泳池。酒店还提供洗衣服务、保姆服务、擦鞋服务和当地交通服务)”可知，Hilton Docklands Riverside会给游客提供各种各样的贴心的服务。故选A。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章第一段“Have you ever been to London Here is some hotel information for you.(你去过伦敦吗？这是一些酒店信息)”结合下文对三个酒店特色的介绍推知，本文应该是从旅游指南中摘录出来的。故选A。
B
When I was so small that my head barely touched the windowsill we lived in the evergreen forests of Vermont. Our home was far, far away from any town or city, but that was the way we liked it.
Some winters, it got so cold that the river would freeze, which was unusual for water like that, water which ran so fast and deep. It felt as though time had stopped near the river, and so it had decided to become solid, settling in to wait for spring. We liked to skate on that river, my grandfather and I, even though the ice was uneven and his brown leather skates was so old.
One night, in the most frigid winter my young mind could recall, long after I should have been asleep, I caught my grandfather sneaking out of the front door, his ancient leather skates in his hands. He looked sheepish when he saw me, like I had caught him doing something silly, but I was so young that I thought no adult could ever do wrong. Especially not my grandfather, because he was the model of wisdom in my eyes.
“Grandpa, where are you going ” I asked.
“Skating on the river.”
“Why would you go out now We did that yesterday morning.”
He looked a little thoughtful, and then he said: “It’s just that when you go out there, on the coldest, stillest night of the year, and you lie on your back on the thick, bubbled river ice, you can hear them.”
“Hear who ”
“The fish. Trapped there under the ice. You can hear them singing their watery winter song. And if you hold your breath, you can almost hear the stars singing in harmony.”
4. The underlined word “sheepish” is closest in meaning to “____________”.
A. quiet B. calm C. frightened D. embarrassed
5. Why did my grandfather sneak out that cold midnight
A. To enjoy the charm of a peaceful night.
B. To perfect his skating skills by practice.
C. To catch the fish trapped under the ice.
D. To breathe the fresh air in the forest.
6. What can we infer from the passage
A. It was unusual for a fast-flowing river to freeze in midwinter.
B. My grandfather and I enjoyed skating because of the uneven ice.
C. I admired my grandfather for his wisdom and outlook on life.
D. I was glad to hear the stars singing together with my grandfather.
7. The author writes the passage mainly to ____________.
A. describe the joy of living in a mountainous area
B. highlight how embracing nature can purify us
C. keep record of the carefree childhood memories
D. explain why skating is such an appealing sport
【答案】4. D 5. A 6. C 7. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者一家住在佛蒙特州的常绿森林里，离任何城镇都很远很远，但这正是作者一家人喜欢的地方，以及作者祖父在寒冷的午夜做的事情，让作者感受到了拥抱自然可以净化人们心灵。
【4题详解】
词义猜测题。根据划线单词句中“…like I had caught him doing something silly, but I was so young that I thought no adult could ever do wrong.”（就像我发现他在做什么傻事一样，但我太年轻了，我认为没有成年人会做错事。）可知，提到我发现他在做什么傻事一样，故可猜测划线单词sheepish为“窘迫的”意思，结合选项D项embarrassed“尴尬的”意思一致。故选D项。
【5题详解】
推理判断题。根据倒数第三段“He looked a little thoughtful, and then he said: “It’s just that when you go out there, on the coldest, stillest night of the year, and you lie on your back on the thick, bubbled river ice, you can hear them.””（他看起来有点若有所思，然后他说：“只是当你在一年中最寒冷、最寂静的夜晚，躺在厚厚的、冒泡的河冰上时，你能听到他们的声音。”）以及最后一段中“And if you hold your breath, you can almost hear the stars singing in harmony.””（如果你屏住呼吸，你几乎可以听到星星唱歌，这一切在这里和谐共存。”）可推知，爷爷在那个寒冷的午夜偷偷溜出去是为了享受宁静夜晚的魅力。故选A项。
【6题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段中“Especially not my grandfather, because he was the model of wisdom in my eyes.”（尤其是我的祖父，因为他是我眼中智慧的典范。）以及最后一段中“And if you hold your breath, you can almost hear the stars singing in harmony.””（如果你屏住呼吸，你几乎可以听到星星唱歌，这一切在这里和谐共存。”）可知，我们能从文章中推断出作者钦佩祖父的智慧和人生观。故选C项。
【7题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“When I was so small that my head barely touched the windowsill, we lived in the evergreen forests of Vermont. Our home was far, far away from any town or city, but that was the way we liked it.”（当我很小的时候，我的头几乎碰不到窗台，我们住在佛蒙特州的常绿森林里。我们的家离任何城镇都很远很远，但这正是我们喜欢的地方。）以及最后一段中“And if you hold your breath, you can almost hear the stars singing in harmony.””（如果你屏住呼吸，你几乎可以听到星星唱歌，这一切在这里和谐共存。”）可推知，作者写这篇文章主要是为了强调拥抱自然可以净化我们。故选B项。
C
September 2022 was apparently the month artificial intelligence essay anxiety boiled over in academia, after a user of an AI writing service claimed to be getting straight A’s with essays “written” using artificial intelligence. Most professors expressed concern. One wrote, “Grading something an AI wrote is an incredibly depressing waste of my life.”
As all this online depression was playing out, I asked my students, who were mostly majors in writing, to submit a 2,000-word proposal about a local issue. I asked them to rely on the AI as much as possible. After reviewing their 22 AI essays, I can tell you confidently that the technology just isn’t there. My students used free accessible text generators online and put in a lot of effort. But, if I had believed these were genuine student essays, the very best would have earned somewhere around a C or C-minus. Many of the essays had obvious red flags for AI generation: outdated facts, quotes from prior university presidents presented as current presidents, fictional professors and named student organizations that don’t exist. At the same time, the students reported that using AI required far more time than simply writing their essays the old-fashioned way would have.
There has been a fair amount written about the supposed impressiveness of AI-generated text. There are even several high-profile AI-written articles, essays or even scientific papers or screenplays that showcase this impressiveness. In many of these cases, the “authors” have access to higher-quality language models than most students are currently able to use. But, more importantly, the published examples are generally the polished form of professional writers and editors. In contrast, many of my students’ AI-generated essays showed the common problems of student writing—uncertainty about the appropriate writing style, issues with organization and transitions, and inconsistent paragraphing. Obviously, producing a quality essay with AI requires having high writing skill and revising skill to produce appropriate outputs.
My experimental so tells me that a good assignment sheet is the best defense against AI essays. If your assignment is “Describe the reasons for the U.S. Civil War”, you are more likely to get AI or downloaded essay submissions. My assignment was a challenge because it asked students to address local issues of concern. There are just not enough relevant examples in the data the AI text generators are drawing from.
It has been just over five years since computer scientists declared, “We should stop training radiologists(放射科医生) now. Deep learning is going to do better than radiologists.” Well, we’re still training radiologists, and there’s no indication that deep learning is going to replace human doctors anytime soon. In much the same way, I strongly suspect full-on robot writing will always and forever be “just around the corner”.
8. What can we learn about the students in the experiment
A. Their writing efficiency was affected.
B. Their essays were better structured.
C. They preferred AI-written essays.
D. They overcame AI’s weaknesses.
9. What does the author imply in Paragraph 3
A. Online text generators are far from reliable.
B. Genuine student essays deserve higher marks.
C. Students need to have better mastery of technology.
D Revising applications decide the quality of AI essays.
10. In the author’s opinion, what may discourage the use of AI text generators
A. Standard criteria B. Strict regulations..
C. Clear instructions. D. Unique writing tasks.
11. What is the main purpose of the passage
A. To assess AI’s influence on students’ writing.
B. To discuss the threat of AI to the teaching of writing.
C. To appeal for the appropriate application of AI text generators.
D. To analyse the differences between genuine and Al-written essays.
【答案】8. A 9. A 10. D 11. B
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇议论文。文章主要讨论了人工智能引发的学术焦虑，作者通过实验告诉我们，我们不需要过于担忧人工智能的使用。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第二段“As all this online depression was playing out, I asked my students, who were mostly majors in writing, to submit a 2,000-word proposal about a local issue. I asked them to rely on the AI as much as possible.(随着网上的沮丧情绪愈演愈烈，我让我的学生们(他们大多是写作专业的学生)就一个当地问题提交一份2000字的提案。我要求他们尽可能地依赖AI。)”“At the same time, the students reported that using AI required far more time than simply writing their essays the old-fashioned way would have.(与此同时，学生们报告说，使用人工智能比简单地用传统方式写论文需要更多的时间。)”可知，作者要求学生尽可能依赖AI来进行写作，而学生认为这样要比传统的写论文更费时间。由此判断，使用AI技术使得学生的写作效率受到了影响。故选A。
【9题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章第三段“But, more importantly, the published examples are generally the polished form of professional writers and editors. In contrast, many of my students’ AI-generated essays showed the common problems of student writing—uncertainty about the appropriate writing style, issues with organization and transitions, and inconsistent paragraphing. Obviously, producing a quality essay with AI requires having high writing skill and revising skill to produce appropriate outputs.(但是，更重要的是，发表的例子通常是专业作家和编辑的润色形式。相比之下，我的许多学生的人工智能论文显示了学生写作的常见问题——不确定合适的写作风格，组织和过渡的问题，以及不一致的分段。显然，用人工智能写一篇高质量的文章需要有很高的写作技巧和修改技巧来产生适当的输出。)”可以推断，用AI文本生成器想写一篇高质量的文章是不太可能的。因此，作者认为AI文本生成器并不可靠。故选A。
【10题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段“My experimental so tells me that a good assignment sheet is the best defense against AI essays. If your assignment is “Describe the reasons for the U.S. Civil War”, you are more likely to get AI or downloaded essay submissions. My assignment was a challenge because it asked students to address local issues of concern. There are just not enough relevant examples in the data the AI text generators are drawing from.(我的实验告诉我，一份好的作业表是对抗人工智能论文的最佳方法。如果你的作业是“描述美国内战的原因”，你更有可能得到人工智能或下载的论文提交。我的作业是一个挑战，因为它要求学生解决当地关注的问题。AI文本生成器所使用的数据中没有足够的相关例子。)”可知，作者认为如果不想让学生使用AI文本生成器，教师可以布置独特的写作任务，这样学生就无法使用AI文本生成器。故选D。
【11题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章第一段“September 2022 was apparently the month artificial intelligence essay anxiety boiled over in academia, after a user of an AI writing service claimed to be getting straight A’s with essays “written” using artificial intelligence.(2022年9月显然是人工智能论文焦虑在学术界爆发的一个月，此前一名人工智能写作服务的用户声称，用人工智能“写”的论文得到了全A。大多数教授对此表示担忧。)”以及最后一段“In much the same way, I strongly suspect full-on robot writing will always and forever be “just around the corner”(同样地，我强烈怀疑完全的机器人写作将永远是“指日可待”。)”以及全文内容可知，文章主要讨论了人工智能对于写作教学的威胁，作者认为人们无需太过于担忧机器人写作会代替学生写作。故选B。
D
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 research.
“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 Engineering.
“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 in 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 development is agricultural, according to a previous research study from Zhang’s 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 showed 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, “We’re showing double benefits. On one hand, you have food production for farmers, and on the other hand, we’ve 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 taking a step toward evaluating the application of agrivoltaics in climates representative of the Northeastern U. S. in relaxing the land-use competition it faces.”
12. What does the new Cornell research convey
A. Growing commercial crops can relieve climate change.
B. It’s costly to improve solar panel performance and longevity.
C. Commercial agriculture can increase power conversion efficiency.
D. The coexistence of solar panels and commercial crops is mutually beneficial.
13. Why does the author list the figures in paragraph 3
A. To show the promising future of agrivoltaics.
B. To indicate the lack of solar farms in New York.
C. To tell agricultural lands are based on solar farms.
D. To demonstrate agricultural farms are more developed.
14. What can be inferred from the last paragraph
A. The Northeastern US is rich in agricultural lands.
B. Hot climate zones are ideal for developing agrivoltaics.
C. The research made a breakthrough in land-use competition.
D. The application of agrivoltaics in Northeastern US proved practical.
15. Which is a suitable title for the text
A. Approaches to Tackling World Climate Change
B. Methods of Increasing Agricultural Production
C. Agrivoltaics Have Been Well Received in the US
D. Growing Crops at Solar Farms Generates Higher Efficiency
【答案】12. D 13. A 14. B 15. D
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。本文主要讲述康奈尔大学的一项新研究，在气候变化带来的威胁中，在太阳能农场上种植经济作物是一种潜在的有效利用农业土地的方法，既可以增加商业粮食产量，又可以提高太阳能电池板的性能和寿命。
【12题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“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 research.”（根据康奈尔大学的一项新研究，在气候变化带来的威胁中，在太阳能农场上种植经济作物是一种潜在的有效利用农业土地的方法，既可以增加商业粮食产量，又可以提高太阳能电池板的性能和寿命。）可知，康奈尔大学的一项新研究表示，在太阳能农场上种植经济作物，既可以增加商业粮食产量，又可以提高太阳能电池板的性能和寿命。表明这种种植方式可以实现双赢。故选D。
【13题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段中“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 development is agricultural, according to a previous research study from Zhang’s group.”（例如，根据张的小组之前的一项研究，在纽约，大约40%的太阳能发电场已经在农业用地上开发，而约84%的适合太阳能开发的土地是农业用地。）可知，农业用地更适合太阳能开发，即展示了农业光伏的美好未来。故选A。
【14题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段““Up to this point, most of the benefits from agrivoltaic systems have been around areas with abundant sunshine, ” said Zhang, “This research is taking a step toward evaluating the application of agrivoltaics in climates representative of the Northeastern U. S. in relaxing the land-use competition it faces. ””（到目前为止，农业光伏系统的大部分好处都在阳光充足的地区，”张说，“这项研究正在朝着评估农业光伏在美国东北部气候中的应用迈出一步，以缓解其面临的土地使用竞争。”）可知，阳光充足的地区更适合发展农业光伏。故选B。
【15题详解】
主旨大意题。通读全文，根据第一段“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 research.”（根据康奈尔大学的一项新研究，在气候变化带来的威胁中，在太阳能农场上种植经济作物是一种潜在的有效利用农业土地的方法，既可以增加商业粮食产量，又可以提高太阳能电池板的性能和寿命。）可知，本文主要讲述康奈尔大学的一项新研究，在气候变化带来的威胁中，在太阳能农场上种植经济作物是一种潜在的有效利用农业土地的方法，既可以增加商业粮食产量，又可以提高太阳能电池板的性能和寿命。选项D“在太阳能农场种植作物产生更高的效率”与文意相符，故选D。
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。
Autistic (自闭症的) children are as known as “children of the stars”0 They may have difficulties communicating with other people. ____16____ By combining music with mobile technology, three students from Shanghai Jiao Tong University have tried to help them with an app called Starrypia.
Tan Yilan, Zhang Junwei and Cai Yu spent five months building their AR-gamified therapy app for children with autism. Children use the app to scan things around them. ____17____ Then they rearrange the parts to create songs. The songs would be recorded in their music diaries.
“This is actually a kind of music therapy. ____18____ The process also trains their abilities.” said Tan. The app encourages children to scan and identify dolls, animals and plants. They even designed different levels, guiding users from their surroundings to nature.
According to the app’s developers, traditional music therapy is usually taken in hospitals. ____19____ But Starrypia makes the process more like a game. Besides, it can be used anytime and anywhere, making the therapy lighter and easier.
Starrypia will soon come out on the APP Store. ____20____ They will return the income to their families. When they tested the app on autistic children, they got good responses, not only in professional terms but also on the children’s faces. “I saw their smiles as they played with Starrypia, making everything worth it,” said Tan.
A. They are combining music with mobile technology.
B. Autistic children can better express themselves by it.
C. And they get parts of music as well as cartoon images.
D. The developers are also preparing to sell the music works.
E. The music therapy app is becoming more and more popular.
F. However, music can open their hearts as a kind of artistic language.
G. Autistic children sit in front of computers learning some music courses.
【答案】16. F 17. C 18. B 19. G 20. D
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了一种为自闭症儿童开发治疗应用。
【16题详解】
上文“They may have difficulties communicating with other people. (他们可能与他人沟通有困难)”说明他们沟通有困难，选项F“然而，音乐作为一种艺术语言可以打开他们的心灵。”承接上文，转折语义，说明音乐可以帮助他们克服沟通的困难。故选F项。
【17题详解】
上文“Children use the app to scan things around them. (孩子们用这个应用扫描周围的东西)”介绍这个应用的一个使用步骤，选项C“他们得到部分音乐和卡通形象。”承接上文，是使用该应用这一步骤的结果，符合语境。故选C项。
【18题详解】
上文“This is actually a kind of music therapy. (这实际上是一种音乐疗法)”说明这是一种音乐疗法，选项B“自闭症儿童可以更好地表达自己。”承接上文，介绍这一应用的好处，引出下文“The process also trains their abilities. (这个过程也训练了他们的能力)”继续说明使用这种应用的好处。故选B项。
【19题详解】
上文“According to the app’s developers, traditional music therapy is usually taken in hospitals. (据该应用程序的开发者称，传统的音乐疗法通常是在医院进行的)”介绍传统音乐疗法的情况，选项G“自闭症儿童坐在电脑前学习一些音乐课程。”承接上文，说明传统的音乐疗法是学习课程，引出下文“But Starrypia makes the process more like a game.(但是Starrypia让这个过程更像一个游戏)”转折语义，说明使用这款应用的过程更像游戏。故选G项。
【20题详解】
下文“They will return the income to their families. (他们将把收入返还给他们的家庭)”说明他们要把收入还给家庭，选项D“开发商也在准备出售音乐作品。”和后文存在因果关系，因为要出售，所以才会有收入。故选D项。
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。
Every year on my birthday, a white gardenia (栀子花) was ____21____to my house. But no card or note came with it. Calls to the flower shop were always ____22____— it was a cash purchase. After a while I stopped trying to discover the sender’s identity and just ____23____in the beauty and heady perfume of that one magical, perfect white flower lying in soft pink paper.
But I never stopped ____24____who the giver might be. My mother ____25____to these imaginations. She asked me if there was someone for whom I had done a special kindness who might be showing ____26____. I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy I fell in love with or one who had a ____27____on me even though I didn’t know him.
One month before my high-school graduation, my father died. My feelings ____28____from sorrow to fear and anger: my dad was ____29____some of the most important events in my life. I became completely _____30_____in my coming graduation, the senior-class play and the ball. But my mother would not hear of my losing any of those things. Mother and I had gone shopping and found an impressive dress, but it was the _____31_____size. When my father died, I forgot about the dress.
The day before my ball, I found that dress — in the right size — hanging over the living room sofa. It was _____32_____to me so lovingly. I didn’t _____33_____if I had a new dress or not. But my mother did. She wanted her children to feel _____34_____, filled with a sense that there was a beauty even in the face of _____35_____.
My mother died ten days after I was married. The following year the gardenia stopped coming.
21. A. given B. delivered C. taken D. brought
22. A. useful B. helpful C. in vain D. in hope
23. A. delighted B. imagined C. enjoyed D. satisfied
24. A. considering B. remembering C. imagining D. recalling
25. A. referred B. led C. preferred D. contributed
26. A. appreciation B. honor C. kindness D. respect
27. A. love B. hate C. crush D. look
28. A. ranged B. differed C. suffered D. judged
29. A. ignoring B. attending C. abandoning D. missing
30. A. unsurprised B. uninterested C. exhausted D. pleased
31. A. wrong B. false C. proper D. right
32. A. provided B. presented C. introduced D. awarded
33. A. doubt B. wonder C. desire D. care
34. A. loving B. loved C. relaxing D. relaxed
35. A. trouble B. confusion C. boredom D. sorrow
【答案】21. B 22. C 23. A 24. C 25. D 26. A 27. C 28. A 29. D 30. B 31. A 32. B 33. D 34. B 35. D
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了母亲每年会在我生日时匿名送栀子花给我，并且由于我的父亲去世而未能参加我高中毕业典礼时给我买了新裙子鼓励我振作的故事，体现了母亲对我的深深爱意。
【21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：每年我生日的时候，都会有一朵白色的栀子花被送到我家。 A. given给予；B. delivered递送；C. taken拿走；D. brought带来。根据后文“After a while I stopped trying to discover the sender’s identity”可知，过了一段时间，我不再试图发现送花人的身份，推断出栀子花是被送到我家的。故选B项。
【22题详解】
考查形容词和介词短语辨析。句意：打电话给花店总是徒劳无功——那是用现金买的。A. useful有用的；B. helpful有帮助的；C. in vain徒劳的；D. in hope有希望的。根据后文“it was a cash purchase”可知，花是用现金购买的，根据常识，现金购买的物品是不会显示购买人身份的，推断出我打电话给花店查询送花人信息是徒劳无功的。故选C项。
【23题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：过了一段时间，我不再试图发现发件人的身份，只为躺在柔软的粉红色纸上的神奇、完美的白色花朵的美丽和令人陶醉的香水感到高兴。A. delighted高兴；B. imagined想象；C. enjoyed享受；D. satisfied满意。根据后文“in the beauty and heady perfume of that one magical, perfect white flower”可知，作者觉得栀子花有神奇而完美的白色花朵和令人陶醉的香水味道，说明她很喜欢这些鲜花，并且对收到鲜花这件事感到高兴。故选A项。
【24题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：但我从未停止想象给予者可能是谁。A. considering考虑；B. remembering记得；C. imagining想象；D. recalling回忆。根据后文“I had more fun imagining”可知，作者有更多有趣的想象，说明作者一直在想象给予者是谁。故选C项。
【25题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我母亲促成了这些想象。A. referred谈及；B. led带领；C. preferred更喜欢；D. contributed增进。根据后文“She asked me if there was someone for whom I had done a special kindness”可知，母亲推测是否我对某个人特别友善，说明她促进了我的想象，contribute to (促成)。故选D项。
【26题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：她问我，是否我对某人特别友善，可能他会表示感谢。A. appreciation感谢；B. honor荣誉；C. kindness善良；D. respect尊敬。根据前文“there was someone for whom I had done a special kindness”可知，母亲推测我是否对某人特别友善，所以推断出这个人会对我表示感谢。故选A项。
【27题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我更喜欢想象可能是一个我爱上的男孩，或者是一个尽管我不认识他但却暗恋我的男孩。A. love爱；B. hate恨；C. crush迷恋；D. look表情。根据前文“it might be a boy I fell in love with”及后文“even though I didn’t know him”可知，我一直想象有人爱上我，这个人可能是我不认识却暗恋我的人。故选C项。
【28题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我的感受从悲伤到恐惧和愤怒：我父亲错过了我生命中一些最重要的事情。A. ranged变化；B. differed不同；C. suffered遭受；D. judged判断。根据后文“sorrow to fear and anger”可知，我对于父亲去世这件事的感情发生了变化，rang from… to…为固定搭配，意为“从……到……”，符合句意。故选A项。
【29题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我的感受从悲伤到恐惧和愤怒：我父亲错过了我生命中一些最重要的事情。A. ignoring忽视；B. attending出席；C. abandoning放弃；D. missing错过。根据前文“One month before my high-school graduation, my father died.”可知，在我高中毕业的前一个月，我父亲去世了，推断出我的父亲错过了我生命中最重要的一些事情。故选D项。
【30题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我对即将到来的毕业典礼、高年级的戏剧和舞会完全不感兴趣。A. unsurprised不惊讶的；B. uninterested没兴趣的；C. exhausted精疲力竭的；D. pleased高兴的。根据后文“But my mother would not hear of my losing any of those things.”可知，母亲并不会听到我失去这些东西，说明因父亲去世，我对即将到来的毕业典礼、高年级的比赛和舞会失去兴趣。故选B项。
【31题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：妈妈和我去购物，发现了一件令人印象深刻的连衣裙，但尺码不对。A. wrong错误的；B. false假的；C. proper合适的；D. right正确的。根据后文“The day before my ball, I found that dress — in the right size”可知，我在舞会之前发现了那条裙子变得合适，说明之前我和母亲购物时看见的裙子尺码是错的。故选A项。
【32题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：它被如此可爱地呈现给我。A. provided提供；B. presented呈现；C. introduced介绍；D. awarded奖励。根据后文“there was a beauty”可知，母亲希望我美丽，说明这条裙子被可爱地呈现给我，此处为固定搭配be presented to，意为“被呈现”，符合句意。故选B项。
【33题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我不关心我有没有新衣服。A. doubt怀疑；B. wonder想知道；C. desire渴望；D. care关心。根据前文“When my father died, I forgot about the dress.”可知，父亲去世后，我对即将到来的毕业典礼、高年级的比赛和舞会失去兴趣，说明我不关心自己是否有新衣服。故选D项。
【34题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她希望她的孩子们感受到爱，充满一种即使在悲伤面前也有美的感觉。A. loving充满爱的；B. loved被爱的；C. relaxing令人放松的；D. relaxed感到放松的。根据后文“filled with a sense that there was a beauty even in the face of____15____.”可知，母亲希望我充满一种即使在悲伤面前也有美的感觉，说明她希望我感受到被爱的感觉。故选B项。
【35题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：她希望她的孩子们感受到爱，充满一种即使在悲伤面前也有美的感觉。A. trouble麻烦；B. confusion困惑；C. boredom无聊；D. sorrow悲伤。根据前文“My feelings____8____from sorrow to fear and anger”可知，对于父亲的去世我感到悲伤，说明母亲希望我即使悲伤时也要很美丽，sorrow为原词复现。故选D项。
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空处填入1个适的单或插号内单词的正确形式。
Located in Guanghan city of Southwest China’s Sichuan Province and covering an area of 12 square kilometers. Sanxingdui Site is the remains of the ancient Shu culture, which dates back ____36____ 4,800-2,600 years ago, and is considered to be one of the ____37____ (great) archaeological (考古的) discoveries in the 20th century. This particular discovery is a strong proof of the ____38____ (exist) of the ancient Shu State and the integrative pattern of the multi-cultures of the Chinese nation.
In fact, as a cultural site,, Sanxingdui had come into the notice of archaeologists in as early as the 1930s, and ____39____ (exploration) were made soon. It all began ____40____ a farmer called Yan Daocheng dug out a number of treasures ____41____ (accidental) in the spring of 1929. In the summer of 1986, thousands of rare treasures were unearthed from two large newly-discovered sacrificial pits (祭祀坑). The unearthed objects are unique in shape and superior in techniques, ____42____ (confirm) the extraordinary creativity of the ancient Shu people and their desires ____43____ (connect) with and understand the universe.
After sleeping for 3,000 years, their awakening has shocked the world. When our eyes ____44____ (caught) by the creations of the ancient Shu ancestors, it is ____45____ encounter with a civilization lost for 3,000 years.
【答案】36. to 37. greatest
38. existence
39. explorations
40. when 41. accidentally
42. confirming
43. to connect
44 are caught 45. an
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍的是三星堆遗址的相关情况。
【36题详解】
考查固定短语。句意：三星堆遗址是古蜀文化的遗迹，其历史可以追溯到4800—2600年前，被认为是20世纪最伟大的考古发现之一。date back to是固定短语，意为“追溯到”，因此空格处是介词to，故填to。
【37题详解】
考查最高级。句意：三星堆遗址是古蜀文化的遗迹，其历史可以追溯到4800—2600年前，被认为是20世纪最伟大的考古发现之一。空前有the，空格处用最高级，故填greatest。
【38题详解】
考查名词。句意：这一特殊的发现有力地证明了古蜀国的存在和中华民族多元文化的融合格局。空格处用名词作宾语，exist的名词是existence，是不可数名词，意为“存在”，故填existence。
【39题详解】
考查名词的复数。句意：事实上，作为一个文化遗址，三星堆早在20世纪30年代就引起了考古学家的注意，并很快进行了勘探。空后有were，空格处用名词的复数，故填explorations。
【40题详解】
考查时间状语从句。句意：这一切都始于1929年春天，一位名叫Yan Daocheng的农民偶然挖出了一些宝藏。根据语境可知，句子表示“这一切都始于1929年春天，一位名叫Yan Daocheng的农民偶然挖出了一些宝藏”，空格处用when引导时间状语从句，故填when。
【41题详解】
考查副词。句意：这一切都始于1929年春天，一位名叫Yan Daocheng的农民偶然挖出了一些宝藏。空格处用副词修饰动词短语dug out，accidental的副词是accidentally，意为“偶然”，故填accidentally。
【42题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：出土文物造型独特，工艺精湛，证实了古蜀人非凡的创造力，以及他们与宇宙联系和理解的愿望。句中谓语是are，空格处用非谓语动词，objects和confirm之间是主谓关系，因此空格处用现在分词表主动，故填confirming。
【43题详解】
考查不定式。句意：出土文物造型独特，工艺精湛，证实了古蜀人非凡的创造力，以及他们与宇宙联系和理解的愿望。desire意为“愿望，欲望，渴望”，其后用不定式作后置定语，故填to connect。
【44题详解】
考查时态，语态和主谓一致。句意：当我们的目光被古蜀祖先的创造所吸引时，这是与一个失落了三千年的文明的相遇。由by可知，句子用被动语态，由is可知，句子时态是一般现在时，因此空格处是一般现在时的被动语态is/are done，主语eyes是复数，因此空格处是are caught。故填are caught。
【45题详解】
考查冠词。句意：当我们的目光被古蜀祖先的创造所吸引时，这是与一个失落了三千年的文明的相遇。encounter是可数名词，表泛指，前面要加不定冠词，encounter是元音音素开头，因此不定冠词用an，故填an。
第三部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 假定你是校英语社团的李华，你们准备在校园艺术节上用英语表演中国话剧《茶馆》片段。请给外教Thomas写封邮件，请他帮忙修改台词。内容包括：
1.演出的目的;
2.你们的请求;
3.邀请他观看。
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。
参考词汇：《茶馆》 Teahouse
Dear Thomas,
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
【答案】Dear Thomas,
My name is LiHua, a member of the School English Club. I’m writing to ask you to do me a favor.
Our School Art Festival is to be held next Friday, when we will put on the play Teahouse, through which we want to expose the audience to the beauty of the language of drama. What’s more, students will have a better knowledge of Chinese history. In order to perform successfully, we have written the stage lines. But I am not sure about the language feature and the use of grammar. Could you please kindly look through my paper, and revise accordingly Attached is the copy of my stage lines. Your guidance and suggestions will make a big difference to us.
If you are available then, will you please come to watch our performance and give us some advice We are all eager for your help. I am looking forward to your early reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生给外教Thomas写封邮件，请他帮忙修改校园艺术节上用英语表演的中国话剧《茶馆》台词。内容包括：
1.演出的目的;
2.你们的请求;
3.邀请他观看。
【详解】1.词汇积累
帮助我：do me a favor → offer me help
此外：what’s more → besides
空闲的：available→free
渴望的：eager→ thirsty
2.句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句：My name is LiHua, a member of the School English Club.
拓展句：My name is LiHua, who is a member of the School English Club.
【点睛】【高分句型1】Our School Art Festival is to be held next Friday, when we will put on the play Teahouse, through which we want to expose the audience to the beauty of the language of drama.（运用了关系副词when引导的非限制性定语从句以及“介词+which”引导的定语从句）
【高分句型2】If you are available then, will you please come to watch our performance and give us some advice （运用了if引导条件状语从句）
第二节(满分25分)
47. 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。
Oh no. Coach Cafferty just said my name. For that event. The two-hundred-metre breaststroke (蛙泳) for the coming meet! Not the backstroke (仰泳) I had wished and practiced for so long!
Beads of sweat popped out over my upper lip. Morgan pressed her elbow into my side, trying to offer me moral support. But it didn’t help. My stomach sank to my knees like a brick in water. Morgan tried to convince me it would be fine. “Maybe Coach has more confidence in you than you think. Or maybe Coach Cafferty just want to give the rest a laugh when I sink to the bottom of the pool,” I thought desperately. I walked towards Coach Cafferty and told her about my inability and my desire to quit this event. She frowned and asked if it was what I really wanted.
I hesitated. Placing her hand on my shoulder, she started smiling and encouraged me to push myself outside of my comfort zone.
The first practice was a disaster. I lost rhythm on my strokes. I messed up my turns. I even had to stop and catch my breath a few times. I felt everyone was laughing at me and my stomach twisted. How could I make it within just two weeks But once I dragged myself out of the water exhausted and frustrated, Coach Cafferty thumbed up to me, saying I did really well and just needed more confidence in myself and more time to practice.
On the way back home, Morgan comforted me, “Dear, just ignore others. Race against yourself. Count your own strokes. Prove to yourself that you can do it.” With these words said to me almost every day, before or after each practice, something gradually changed: both how I swam the breaststroke and how I felt about the event as well as myself.
The meet finally came. I arrived at the pool hall, still a little bit worried. As each event clicked closer to mine, my knees shook. I bit my lip and looked out over the other swimmers. Morgan leaned forward. “Just swim your race. Remember, you can!”
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卷的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:
Then the two-hundred-milestone breaststroke was announced.
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Paragraph 2:
There was only 50 meters to go.
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【答案】Paragraph 1:
Then the two-hundred-milestone breaststroke was announced. I could feel my heart was beating faster and faster. As the signal was released, I jumped into the water and swam with my whole strength. Without second thoughts in my mind, I was absorbed in this as if this was the only thing I need to do in the world. Morgan’s encouraging words appeared and I started to believe in myself.
Paragraph 2:
There was only 50 meters to go. I seemed almost to be reaching my limit. I even could feel a cramp in my calf. Although there were the mental and physical discomfort, I was determined to finish the race. I didn’t want to let my coach and Morgan down. Finally, I came to the finish line. I felt both tired and a sense of achievement. To my surprise, I won the second prize.
【解析】
【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了作者要参加蛙泳比赛，非常担心，教练和朋友一直安慰鼓励作者，最终作者取得了好成绩。
【详解】1.段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“200米蛙泳宣布要开始了”可知，第一段可描写作者比赛的经过和心理活动。
②由第二段首句内容“只剩下50米了”可知，第二段可描写作者完成比赛，取得了第好成绩。
2.续写线索：比赛开始——投入比赛——想要放弃——继续坚持——完成比赛——获奖
3.词汇激活
行为类
①释放，发出：release/ deliver
②完成：finish /complete
③失望：let sb. down/disappoint sb.
情绪类
①决心：determine / resolute
②鼓励的：encouraging / supporting
【点睛】[高分句型1] As the signal was released, I jumped into the water and swam with my whole strength. (运用了as引导时间状语从句)
[高分句型2] Although there were the mental and physical discomfort, I was determined to finish the race. (运用了although引导让步状语从句)2023高考“临门一脚”测试
英语试卷
本试卷满分120分，考试用时120分钟。
注意事项：
1．答卷前，考生务必用黑色钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号填写在答题卡上。将条形码横贴在答题卡右上角“条形码粘贴处”。
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第一部分 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。
A
Have you ever been to London Here is some hotel information for you.
Kingsway Hall Hotel
We offer quality service in Kingsway Hall Hotel.This location puts guests in easy reach of many places, such as the British Museum and Piccadilly Circus. Our hotel also has modern Western food, and offers a perfect dining environment. The lounge bar is a comfortable place to enjoy a drink. There are hundreds of dining choices within walking distance. Non-smoking rooms are ready for guests.
Hilton Docklands Riverside
Located on the bank of the Thames, our hotel is about two miles east of Tower Bridge and 36 miles from London Heathrow Airport. Our hotel has a beauty salon, a flower shop and a swimming pool. The hotel also offers laundry (洗衣店) services, babysitting, shining shoes, and local area transportation.
Windermere Hotel
Located in the center of London,our hotel puts guests within easy reach of London’s well-known buildings. Buckingham Palace and the Royal Parks are just a short walk away. Within 1.5 miles you can visit Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament. The theatres, Harrods shopping centre, and the designer shops of Sloane Square and Knightsbridge are all only a short walk away or a taxi ride away.
1. What does Kingsway Hall Hotel provide for its guests
A. Chinese food. B. A lounge bar.
C. Smoking rooms. D. A swimming pool.
2. What is special about Hilton Docklands Riverside
A. It offers different kinds of service.
B. It offers a reasonable price.
C. It has convenient supermarkets.
D. It has delicious food.
3 This passage is most likely to be found in________.
A. a travel guide B. a story book
C. a technical report D. a geography magazine
B
When I was so small that my head barely touched the windowsill, we lived in the evergreen forests of Vermont. Our home was far, far away from any town or city, but that was the way we liked it.
Some winters it got so cold that the river would freeze, which was unusual for water like that, water which ran so fast and deep. It felt as though time had stopped near the river, and so it had decided to become solid, settling in to wait for spring. We liked to skate on that river, my grandfather and I, even though the ice was uneven and his brown leather skates was so old.
One night, in the most frigid winter my young mind could recall, long after I should have been asleep, I caught my grandfather sneaking out of the front door, his ancient leather skates in his hands. He looked sheepish when he saw me, like I had caught him doing something silly, but I was so young that I thought no adult could ever do wrong. Especially not my grandfather, because he was the model of wisdom in my eyes.
“Grandpa, where are you going ” I asked.
“Skating on the river.”
“Why would you go out now We did that yesterday morning.”
He looked a little thoughtful, and then he said: “It’s just that when you go out there, on the coldest, stillest night of the year, and you lie on your back on the thick, bubbled river ice, you can hear them.”
“Hear who ”
“The fish. Trapped there under the ice. You can hear them singing their watery winter song. And if you hold your breath, you can almost hear the stars singing in harmony.”
4. The underlined word “sheepish” is closest in meaning to “____________”.
A. quiet B. calm C. frightened D. embarrassed
5. Why did my grandfather sneak out that cold midnight
A. To enjoy the charm of a peaceful night.
B. To perfect his skating skills by practice.
C. To catch the fish trapped under the ice.
D. To breathe the fresh air in the forest.
6. What can we infer from the passage
A. It was unusual for a fast-flowing river to freeze in midwinter.
B. My grandfather and I enjoyed skating because of the uneven ice.
C. I admired my grandfather for his wisdom and outlook on life.
D. I was glad to hear the stars singing together with my grandfather.
7. The author writes the passage mainly to ____________.
A. describe the joy of living in a mountainous area
B. highlight how embracing nature can purify us
C. keep record of the carefree childhood memories
D. explain why skating is such an appealing sport
C
September 2022 was apparently the month artificial intelligence essay anxiety boiled over in academia, after a user of an AI writing service claimed to be getting straight A’s with essays “written” using artificial intelligence. Most professors expressed concern. One wrote, “Grading something an AI wrote is an incredibly depressing waste of my life.”
As all this online depression was playing out, I asked my students, who were mostly majors in writing, to submit a 2,000-word proposal about a local issue. I asked them to rely on the AI as much as possible. After reviewing their 22 AI essays, I can tell you confidently that the technology just isn’t there. My students used free accessible text generators online and put in a lot of effort. But, if I had believed these were genuine student essays, the very best would have earned somewhere around a C or C-minus. Many of the essays had obvious red flags for AI generation: outdated facts, quotes from prior university presidents presented as current presidents, fictional professors and named student organizations that don’t exist. At the same time, the students reported that using AI required far more time than simply writing their essays the old-fashioned way would have.
There has been a fair amount written about the supposed impressiveness of AI-generated text. There are even several high-profile AI-written articles, essays or even scientific papers or screenplays that showcase this impressiveness. In many of these cases, the “authors” have access to higher-quality language models than most students are currently able to use. But, more importantly, the published examples are generally the polished form of professional writers and editors. In contrast, many of my students’ AI-generated essays showed the common problems of student writing—uncertainty about the appropriate writing style, issues with organization and transitions, and inconsistent paragraphing. Obviously, producing a quality essay with AI requires having high writing skill and revising skill to produce appropriate outputs.
My experimental so tells me that a good assignment sheet is the best defense against AI essays. If your assignment is “Describe the reasons for the U.S. Civil War”, you are more likely to get AI or downloaded essay submissions. My assignment was a challenge because it asked students to address local issues of concern. There are just not enough relevant examples in the data the AI text generators are drawing from.
It has been just over five years since computer scientists declared, “We should stop training radiologists(放射科医生) now. Deep learning is going to do better than radiologists.” Well, we’re still training radiologists, and there’s no indication that deep learning is going to replace human doctors anytime soon. In much the same way, I strongly suspect full-on robot writing will always and forever be “just around the corner”.
8. What can we learn about the students in the experiment
A. Their writing efficiency was affected.
B. Their essays were better structured.
C. They preferred AI-written essays.
D. They overcame AI’s weaknesses.
9. What does the author imply in Paragraph 3
A. Online text generators are far from reliable.
B. Genuine student essays deserve higher marks.
C. Students need to have better mastery of technology.
D. Revising applications decide the quality of AI essays.
10. In the author’s opinion, what may discourage the use of AI text generators
A. Standard criteria B. Strict regulations..
C. Clear instructions. D. Unique writing tasks.
11. What is the main purpose of the passage
A. To assess AI’s influence on students’ writing.
B. To discuss the threat of AI to the teaching of writing.
C. To appeal for the appropriate application of AI text generators.
D. To analyse the differences between genuine and Al-written essays.
D
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 research.
“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 Engineering.
“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 in 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 development is agricultural, according to a previous research study from Zhang’s 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 showed 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, “We’re showing double benefits. On one hand, you have food production for farmers, and on the other hand, we’ve 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 taking a step toward evaluating the application of agrivoltaics in climates representative of the Northeastern U. S. in relaxing the land-use competition it faces.”
12. What does the new Cornell research convey
A. Growing commercial crops can relieve climate change.
B. It’s costly to improve solar panel performance and longevity.
C. Commercial agriculture can increase power conversion efficiency.
D. The coexistence of solar panels and commercial crops is mutually beneficial.
13. Why does the author list the figures in paragraph 3
A. To show the promising future of agrivoltaics.
B. To indicate the lack of solar farms in New York.
C. To tell agricultural lands are based on solar farms.
D. To demonstrate agricultural farms are more developed.
14. What can be inferred from the last paragraph
A. The Northeastern US is rich in agricultural lands.
B. Hot climate zones are ideal for developing agrivoltaics.
C. The research made a breakthrough in land-use competition.
D. The application of agrivoltaics in Northeastern US proved practical.
15. Which is a suitable title for the text
A. Approaches to Tackling World Climate Change
B. Methods of Increasing Agricultural Production
C. Agrivoltaics Have Been Well Received in the US
D. Growing Crops at Solar Farms Generates Higher Efficiency
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。
Autistic (自闭症的) children are as known as “children of the stars”0 They may have difficulties communicating with other people. ____16____ By combining music with mobile technology, three students from Shanghai Jiao Tong University have tried to help them with an app called Starrypia.
Tan Yilan, Zhang Junwei and Cai Yu spent five months building their AR-gamified therapy app for children with autism. Children use the app to scan things around them. ____17____ Then they rearrange the parts to create songs. The songs would be recorded in their music diaries.
“This is actually a kind of music therapy. ____18____ The process also trains their abilities.” said Tan. The app encourages children to scan and identify dolls, animals and plants. They even designed different levels, guiding users from their surroundings to nature.
According to the app’s developers, traditional music therapy is usually taken in hospitals. ____19____ But Starrypia makes the process more like a game. Besides, it can be used anytime and anywhere, making the therapy lighter and easier.
Starrypia will soon come out on the APP Store. ____20____ They will return the income to their families. When they tested the app on autistic children, they got good responses, not only in professional terms but also on the children’s faces. “I saw their smiles as they played with Starrypia, making everything worth it,” said Tan.
A. They are combining music with mobile technology.
B. Autistic children can better express themselves by it.
C And they get parts of music as well as cartoon images.
D. The developers are also preparing to sell the music works.
E. The music therapy app is becoming more and more popular.
F. However, music can open their hearts as a kind of artistic language.
G. Autistic children sit in front of computers learning some music courses.
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。
Every year on my birthday, a white gardenia (栀子花) was ____21____to my house. But no card or note came with it. Calls to the flower shop were always ____22____— it was a cash purchase. After a while I stopped trying to discover the sender’s identity and just ____23____in the beauty and heady perfume of that one magical, perfect white flower lying in soft pink paper.
But I never stopped ____24____who the giver might be. My mother ____25____to these imaginations. She asked me if there was someone for whom I had done a special kindness who might be showing ____26____. I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy I fell in love with or one who had a ____27____on me even though I didn’t know him.
One month before my high-school graduation, my father died. My feelings ____28____from sorrow to fear and anger: my dad was ____29____some of the most important events in my life. I became completely _____30_____in my coming graduation, the senior-class play and the ball. But my mother would not hear of my losing any of those things. Mother and I had gone shopping and found an impressive dress, but it was the _____31_____size. When my father died, I forgot about the dress.
The day before my ball, I found that dress — in the right size — hanging over the living room sofa. It was _____32_____to me so lovingly. I didn’t _____33_____if I had a new dress or not. But my mother did. She wanted her children to feel _____34_____, filled with a sense that there was a beauty even in the face of _____35_____.
My mother died ten days after I was married. The following year the gardenia stopped coming.
21. A. given B. delivered C. taken D. brought
22. A. useful B. helpful C. in vain D. in hope
23. A. delighted B. imagined C. enjoyed D. satisfied
24. A. considering B. remembering C. imagining D. recalling
25. A. referred B. led C. preferred D. contributed
26. A. appreciation B. honor C. kindness D. respect
27 A. love B. hate C. crush D. look
28. A. ranged B. differed C. suffered D. judged
29. A. ignoring B. attending C. abandoning D. missing
30. A. unsurprised B. uninterested C. exhausted D. pleased
31. A. wrong B. false C. proper D. right
32. A. provided B. presented C. introduced D. awarded
33. A. doubt B. wonder C. desire D. care
34. A. loving B. loved C. relaxing D. relaxed
35. A. trouble B. confusion C. boredom D. sorrow
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空处填入1个适的单或插号内单词的正确形式。
Located in Guanghan city of Southwest China’s Sichuan Province and covering an area of 12 square kilometers. Sanxingdui Site is the remains of the ancient Shu culture, which dates back ____36____ 4,800-2,600 years ago, and is considered to be one of the ____37____ (great) archaeological (考古的) discoveries in the 20th century. This particular discovery is a strong proof of the ____38____ (exist) of the ancient Shu State and the integrative pattern of the multi-cultures of the Chinese nation.
In fact, as a cultural site,, Sanxingdui had come into the notice of archaeologists in as early as the 1930s, and ____39____ (exploration) were made soon. It all began ____40____ a farmer called Yan Daocheng dug out a number of treasures ____41____ (accidental) in the spring of 1929. In the summer of 1986, thousands of rare treasures were unearthed from two large newly-discovered sacrificial pits (祭祀坑). The unearthed objects are unique in shape and superior in techniques, ____42____ (confirm) the extraordinary creativity of the ancient Shu people and their desires ____43____ (connect) with and understand the universe.
After sleeping for 3,000 years, their awakening has shocked the world. When our eyes ____44____ (caught) by the creations of the ancient Shu ancestors, it is ____45____ encounter with a civilization lost for 3,000 years.
第三部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 假定你是校英语社团的李华，你们准备在校园艺术节上用英语表演中国话剧《茶馆》片段。请给外教Thomas写封邮件，请他帮忙修改台词。内容包括：
1.演出的目的;
2.你们的请求;
3.邀请他观看。
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。
参考词汇：《茶馆》 Teahouse
Dear Thomas,
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节(满分25分)
47. 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。
Oh no. Coach Cafferty just said my name. For that event. The two-hundred-metre breaststroke (蛙泳) for the coming meet! Not the backstroke (仰泳) I had wished and practiced for so long!
Beads of sweat popped out over my upper lip. Morgan pressed her elbow into my side, trying to offer me moral support. But it didn’t help. My stomach sank to my knees like a brick in water. Morgan tried to convince me it would be fine. “Maybe Coach has more confidence in you than you think. Or maybe Coach Cafferty just want to give the rest a laugh when I sink to the bottom of the pool,” I thought desperately. I walked towards Coach Cafferty and told her about my inability and my desire to quit this event. She frowned and asked if it was what I really wanted.
I hesitated. Placing her hand on my shoulder, she started smiling and encouraged me to push myself outside of my comfort zone.
The first practice was a disaster. I lost rhythm on my strokes. I messed up my turns. I even had to stop and catch my breath a few times. I felt everyone was laughing at me and my stomach twisted. How could I make it within just two weeks But once I dragged myself out of the water exhausted and frustrated, Coach Cafferty thumbed up to me, saying I did really well and just needed more confidence in myself and more time to practice.
On the way back home, Morgan comforted me, “Dear, just ignore others. Race against yourself. Count your own strokes. Prove to yourself that you can do it.” With these words said to me almost every day, before or after each practice, something gradually changed: both how I swam the breaststroke and how I felt about the event as well as myself.
The meet finally came. I arrived at the pool hall, still a little bit worried. As each event clicked closer to mine, my knees shook. I bit my lip and looked out over the other swimmers. Morgan leaned forward. “Just swim your race. Remember, you can!”
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卷的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:
Then the two-hundred-milestone breaststroke was announced.
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Paragraph 2:
There was only 50 meters to go.
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