2022-2023学年广东省广州市科学城中学高三（下）月考英语试卷（5月份）

第一部分 阅读（共两节，满分37.5分）第一节（ 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。

• 1．Do you want to travel to the New England Aquarium and experience it？If you are an aquarium super fan，I believe you must be interested in some information below.
     Animal Encounter Programs
     Dive into the water with a seal.Stand on top of the four storey Giant Ocean Tank to feed the animals.Go behind the scenes of your favorite exhibits.Whether you have an unquenchable curiosity about oceanic animals or you want a brand-new observation on popular exhibits，fascinating Animal Encounter Programs are designed for the Aquarium super fans.Call Central Reservations at 617-973-5206 to book your program.
     Daily Performances
     Don't miss a day in the life of the New England Aquarium.Be sure to catch our daily events，which include penguin feedings，seal training sessions，dives in the Giant Ocean Tank and live animal performances.Our daily schedule will tell you when and where to watch your favorite program.All programs are included with admission.
     Special Programs
     Join us for family activities at the Aquarium，where we explore the blue planet most days through art，animals and other activities.We focus on one animal every month with Blue Discoveries Family Day，from octopuses to whales.These activities are included with admission.For a fee，schools and other qualifying groups can also choose Explorer Classes for kids and special 3-D showings.
     Virtual Tours and Videos
     Before stepping foot in the Aquarium，explore some of our special exhibits and learn what to expect.Check out the Field Trip Orientation video before arriving with your group.The How to Be a Shark and Ray Whisperer video gives special instructions on how to best experience our shark and ray touch tank.The Blue Impact virtual tour highlights some of our exhibits as it explains the impact of climate change on oceans around the world.
  
  （1）Where is this text probably taken from？

  
  A．A magazine.
  B．A guidebook.
  C．A textbook.
  D．An academic article.
  （2）Which activity is NOT included with admission？

  
  A．Penguin feedings.
  B．Seal training sessions.
  C．live animal performances.
  D．Explorer Classes.
  （3）What's the purpose of Virtual Tours and Videos？

  
  A．To help visitors best experience the aquarium.
  B．To draw attention to climate change on oceans.
  C．To sell video disks of the aquarium to the visitors.
  D．To give instructions on how to protect oceanic animals.
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• 2．What kind of people can become scientists？When a group of researchers posed that question to ninth-and 10th-graders，almost every student gave such responses as "People who work hard" or "Anyone who seems interested in the field of science. "
     Many of these same students struggled to imagine themselves as scientists，citing concerns such as "I'm not good at science" and "Even if I work hard，I will not do well. " It's easy for them to see a scientist's work as arising from an inborn talent.
     But for high school students，learning more about some struggles of scientists can help students feel more motivated to learn science.Researchers at Teachers College，Columbia University and the University of Washington designed an intervention to change students' beliefs that scientific achievement reflects ability rather than effort by exposing students to stories of how accomplished scientists struggled and overcame challenges in their scientific efforts.
     During the study，the students read one of three types of stories about Albert Einstein，Marie Curie and Michael Faraday.Intellectual struggle stories：stories about how scientists "struggled intellectually， " such as making mistakes while tackling a scientific problem and learning from them.Life struggle stories：stories about how scientists struggled in their personal lives，such as not giving up in the face of poverty or lack of family support.Achievement stories：stories about how scientists made great discoveries，without any discussion of coexisting challenges.
     Researchers found that students who heard either type of "struggle stories" improved their science performance post-intervention，relative to students in the control group.The effect was especially pronounced for lower performing students，for whom exposure to struggling stories led to significantly better science-class performance than low-performing students who read achievement stories.In addition，students who read struggle stories reported feeling more personally connected to the scientists.By identifying a scientist's struggles and introducing the growth mindset he or she applied to accomplish great works，the students were able to empathize（ 共 情 ）with the scientists during their own struggles.
  
  （1）Why do students fail to imagine themselves as scientists？

  
  A．They lack interest in science.
  B．They are short of confidence.
  C．They don't possess inborn talent.
  D．They have no ability to study science.
  （2）What's the purpose of the intervention？

  
  A．To introduce some inspirational stories to students.
  B．To expose students to scientists' great achievements.
  C．To ensure students will become scientists in the future.
  D．To clear students' misunderstandings of scientific work.
  （3）The underlined word "pronounced" in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to

  .
  A．apparent
  B．permanent
  C．doubtful
  D．delicate
  （4）What can we learn from the research？

  
  A．Science ability has nothing to do with efforts.
  B．Students are more motivated by achievement stories.
  C．Scientists' struggle stories can influence readers' beliefs.
  D．Low-performing students tend to feel connected to scientists.
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• 3．It is likely that most people have the shared feeling：how come Christmas appears to come around quicker and quicker each year？Questionnaires by psychologists have shown almost everyone feels time is passing faster now compared to when they were half or a quarter as old.Most strikingly，lots of experiments have shown that，when older people are asked to guess how long the time is，or to "reproduce" the length of periods of time，they guess a shorter amount than younger people.
      In 1877，Paul Janet suggested the proportional theory，where a child of 10 feels a year as 1/10 of his whole life while a man of 50 as 1/50，so the subjective sense of the 50-year-old man is that these are insignificant periods of time.
     There are also biological jye.aiories.The speeding up of time is linked to how our metabolism（新陈代谢） gradually slows down as we grow older.Children's hearts beat faster than adults'.They breathe more quickly.With their blood flowing more quickly，their body clocks "cover" more time within the space of 24 hours than ours do as adults.On the other hand，older people are like clocks that run slower than normal，so that they lag behind，and cover less than 24 hours.
     In the 1930s，the psychologist Hudson Hoagland found body temperature causes different perceptions of time.Once，when he looked after his ill wife，he noticed she complained he'd been away for a long time even if only away for a few moments.Therefore，Hoagland tested her perception of time at different temperatures，finding the higher her temperature，the more time seemed to slow down for her，and that raising a person's body temperature can slow down his sense of time passing by up to 20%.
     Time doesn't necessarily have to speed up as we get older though.It depends on how we live our lives，and how we relate to our experiences.
  
  （1）What does the author want to tell by the questionnaires and experiments in paragraph 1 ？

  
  A．The old feel time flies faster than the young.
  B．Time now is shorter than before.
  C．Aging makes people think slowly.
  D．The old value time more than before.
  （2）Which is NOT the factor for children's slow perception of time according to biological theories？

  
  A．Children's hearts beat faster than adults'.
  B．Children breathe more quickly.
  C．Children run more quickly.
  D．Children's body clocks "cover" more time within the space of 24 hours.
  （3）Who may feel time go more slowly by the theory of Hudson Hoagland？

  
  A．A child with slower metabolism.
  B．A kid feeling ill.
  C．A grown-up feeling freezing.
  D．An adult with a high fever.
  （4）Which of the following can be the best title for the text？

  
  A．How Time Flies!
  B．What causes different perceptions of time.
  C．Live a Fun Life!
  D．Time is speeding up.
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第二节 （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。

• 8．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。
     The Japanese government has been urging the public to reduce wasted food for years as the country wastes （1）

  large amount of food every year despite its low level of food self-sufficiency rate.
     More than half of the wasted food comes from related enterprises， （2）

  （main） from substandard food，returned food，and food leftovers from unsold products in restaurants.The rest come from household leftovers，food thrown away before （3）

  （eat），and food that is over-processed and wasted during cooking.
     In recent years，smartphones （4）

  （play） a major role in cutting down on wasted food.In 2018，a mobile app （5）

  （call） TABETE，which means "Please eat" in Japanese，was launched in cities like Tokyo and Osaka， （6）

  （aim） to use digital technology to "save" any food （7）

  might go to waste.
     The app allows stores （8）

  （post）pictures and prices of foods that need to be "saved"，while consumers can search for nearby stores，place an online order，pay for them and then pick them （9）

  at an agreed time.They also mobilize local shops to become TABETE （10）

  （member），showing food materials they might waste and appealing to the public to "save" them.
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第三部分：写作-读后续写 （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。

• 9．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。
     Cheemi was a poor orphan living in Pune.Nobody knew where she had come from.Yet everyone accepted the frail little girl and named her Cheemi — the little sparrow.She helped people by doing odd jobs for them，such as fetching vegetables from the corner shop or looking after babies when their mothers went shopping.
     Everybody in the neighbourhood liked Cheemi，except Kaki.Kaki was the richest woman there.Cheemi，in her eyes，was dirty and inferior to her.Therefore，she would not allow Cheemi into her big house.The house was almost like a mansion with big wooden carved doors and huge halls.Surprisingly，the windows of the rooms decorated with beads and curtains，were very small.
     Kaki lived with her son，her daughter-in-law Gauri and her little grandson，Chotu.Chotu was a great favourite with the girls.Gauri was a very nice，educated lady and didn't mind Chotu being carried by others.Kaki，however，never allowed Cheemi to touch Chotu.How Cheemi wished she could play with him!
     That year，Panshet Dam collapsed and the waters of the Mutha river，near Pune，had entered the city.The water rose fast.There was confusion everywhere.Police vans were trying to help.
     When water entered their house，Kaki and Gauri were on the ground floor.Within seconds the water rose.The police persuaded Kaki and Gauri to climb to the top floor.In the hurry and confusion，they forgot that Chotu was sleeping on the first floor!
     The staircases were flooded.It was impossible to get to the bedroom on the first floor.The door to the room was closed but not bolted.Any moment the water could rush in.The women panicked. "Chotu!" they cried. "What'll happen to our Chotu？"
     Suddenly the police discovered that one of the bedroom windows was open，but it was too small for an adult to crawl （爬） in.Only a child could.But no one was willing to let their children take the risk.
     注意：
     （1）续写词数应为150左右；
     （2）请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
  
     Out of nowhere，Cheemi appeared.
  _____________
     Loud cheers greeted Cheemi.
  _____________
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