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惠州市综合高级中学2023-2024学年第一学期高二英语12月月考
（A卷）答案
阅读理解
1. D 2. C 3. B
4. D 5. A 6. B 7. D
8. B 9. A 10. D 11. A
12. D 13. C 14. B 15. A
七选五
F 17. E 18. A 19. D 20. G
完形填空
D 22. B 23. B 24. A 25. C
D 27. A 28. B 29. A 30. A
C 32. D 33. C 34. B 35. C
语法填空
titled 37．a 38．was listed 39．extremely 40．which/that 41．such 42．to give 43．expression 44．for 45．making
单句语法填空
has participated 47. severely 48. to blame 49. stolen 50.ambitious
短语填空
consisting of 52．regardless of 53．prior to 54．subscribed to 55．in charge of
写作 第一节（应用文）
Dear Peter，
I’m sorry to hear that you are having some health problems due to your unhealthy eating habits. Now I’m writing to share my experience and my suggestions.
When I’m in junior high school, I used to eat large amounts of unhealthy food, which led to my poor health. I had to change my eating habits and gradually I regained my health. So in my opinion, I suggest you improve your eating habits. To start with, you should cut out junk food, as it does great harm to your body. Secondly, Cut down on food rich in fat and sugar and eat more food with higher quantities of protein and fibre. Furthermore, it’s better to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables, which provide you with enough vitamins and help you fight diseases.
I hope my suggestions will be helpful and you’ll keep fit as soon as possible. Best wishes!
Yours
Li Hua
第二节（读后续写）：
The boys had watched, open-mouthed, when their sister placed her favourite doll in the box. Inspired by their sister, the boys immediately went to their rooms and came back to the living room, carrying their favourite toys and saying gently, “Mum, we also hope our favourite toys can make the boy happy.” All of a sudden, I realized that the boys had understood what little Meghan meant. I was so touched that I pulled all three of them into my arms, tears in my eyes. Then it occurred to me that I should replace the old coat I had put in the box with a new one I loved. That day, my little Meghan taught us a good lesson that the true spirit of donating is to give with our heart and love.惠州市综合高级中学2023-2024学年第一学期12月月考
高二英语试卷（A）
试卷分值：130 分 考试时间：120 分钟
第一部分 阅读 (共两节，满分60分)
第一节 （共15小题；每小题3分，满分45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。
A
Poetry Writing Contest
Contest information
Deadline: November 30th
Results: Announced on December 31st
Prizes: Win $ 1,600 in prize money
Guest judges: Ken Liu, Brian Evenson, and Faylita Hicks
Entry requirements
Your poetry can be laid out as you wish, as we understand that form often relates to the effect of a poem. However, please be sure to stick to a maximum of 3 pages per poem.
Submission guidelines
We accept works, written in English, from anywhere in the world. But we don’t accept works previously published elsewhere.
Writers over the age of thirteen are welcome to participate. Please note that if you’re aged 13-16 and your work is selected for publication, we’ll require a signature from a parent or a guardian.
Please include your name and contact information in your cover letter only and remove any identifying information from both the submitted work and the file name.
We edit every piece accepted for publication whether your work is selected for publication through our online blog or in our print magazine. For this cooperative process we’ll pair you with one of our senior editors. All our editors have been trained to help guide the development of each piece to reach its fullest potential in keeping with the author’s vision. This doesn’t mean we’ll take on a wild jumble of words and half-formed thoughts.
Notes
The contest reserves the right to NOT award a winner if the submissions don’t reach a publishable standard. In this case, the winner won’t be announced. Although this has rarely come to pass in our six-year publishing history, our top priority must remain with the quality of the work we publish.
1. What do you have to avoid in order to participate in the contest
A. Writing a 3-page-long poem. B. Writing your work in English.
C. Providing your contact information. D. Submitting your entry after November 30th.
2. What do we know about the contest
A. It is held on an annual basis. B. It is intended for teenagers only.
C. It is open to global poetry lovers. D. It is aimed at making poetry more popular.
3. What are you expected to do if your poem is selected for publication
A. Make sure that it is original. B. Polish it as you’re required to.
C. Go to receive the prize on time. D. Give your permission to publish it.
B
James Warren rides the public bus a lot in his hometown of Denver. Then in January, Warren spotted a woman waiting for a bus. There was no seating at the stop—and no sidewalk—so she sat in the dirt. So he decided to build a bench.
“I just took some scrap wood and went to town,” Warren said. He then realized that one bench was far from enough. There are more than 9,000 bus stops in the Denver metro area, many of them without seating or shelter. Warren carves “Be kind” on each one—each made from scrap wood he finds in construction waste containers.
“I met some ladies the other day who were talking about how they used the benches every day,” Warren added. “It fills me up. It’s air in my tires.(轮胎)”
Warren said many people have hopped on his bench—making bandwagon, which has motivated him to build more. “I’ve had a lot of people reach out to me on Twitter,” he said. “Some people have wanted to come and help me.” Others saw Warren’s work in the local news and decided to take out their tools, too. People also started donating supplies. “That puts me over the moon,” Warren said.
Nica Cave, 26, a Denver mobility advocate, said, “The lack of infrastructure, shelter and seating at transit stops marginalizes(边缘化) those who rely on public transit. People like Warren are really encouraging me to see how people are willing to use their own time and resources to provide these much-needed services.” Cave added that she hopes the local government will see Warren’s benches and get involved.
That is precisely Warren’s goal. Warren—who is planning to organize a bench-building workshop—said his hope is that his benches make a difference in his community and even beyond. “My goal is to make people’s lives just a little bit better.” Warren said.
4. What do we know about Warren’s benches
A. They are carved with his name. B. They can be found at any bus stop.
C. They are specially designed for women. D. They are made of recycled materials.
5. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 mean
A. It is the source of my effort. B. My tires are almost flat.
C. I need to fill air into my tires. D. Praise is the best reward for me.
6. What made Warren feel happy
A. The good sales of the benches. B. The assistance from other people.
C. The comments on Twitter. D. The awards from the local government.
7. What is Warren’s true purpose of organizing the workshop
A. To earn more money to live a better life.
B. To set up his own bench-building workshop.
C. To encourage people to use more public transit.
D. To make people live a little bit better.
C
There’s a new AI bot: ChatGPT, and you’d better pay attention, even if you aren’t into artificial intelligence. The tool is an AI chat bot system that OpenAI released in November 2022 to show off and test what a very large, powerful AI system can achieve.
ChatGPT remembers the thread of your dialogue, using previous questions and answers to inform its next responses. It derives its answers from huge volumes of information on the Internet. ChatGPT is built on top of the OpenAI GPT-3 family of large language models and is fine-tuned (a method of transfer learning) using both supervised and reinforcement learning (监督和强化学习).
You can ask ChatGPT anything, like explaining physics, asking for birthday party ideas and getting programming help. Perhaps it’s not smart enough to replace all humans yet, but it can be creative, and its answers can sound downright authoritative. A few days after its launch, more than I million people were trying out ChatGPT. UBS analyst Lloyd Walmsley estimated in February 2023 that ChatGPT reached 100 million monthly users in January, accomplishing in 2 months what took TikTok about 9 months and Instagram two and a half years.
ChatGPT is free to use at the moment because it is still in its research phase. But when too many people hop onto the server, it overloads and can’t process your request. It just means you should try visiting the site at a later time when fewer people are trying to access it. If you want to skip the wait and have reliable access, there is an option for you. As of Feb. 1, 2023, OpenAI has aChatGPT pro plan, ChatGPT Plus, which allows users to have general access even during peak times. This service does come at a cost of $20/month.
However, ChatGPT can not replace Google. ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence robot that provides solutions to your questions, but Google is a search engine in which you can search for as much information as possible. ChatGPT has limited knowledge due to its programming but Google has unlimited knowledge which is updated every day.
8. What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us about ChatGPT
A. Its language model. B. Its working theory.
C. Its design inspiration. D. Its development process.
9. Why does the author list numbers in paragraph 3
A. To show the popularity of ChatGPT.
B. To stress the high cost of inventing ChatGPT.
C. To present the creativity of artificial intelligence.
D. To prove the necessity of developing tools for chatting online.
10. What is ChatGPT Plus intended for
A. Providing solutions to any question.
B. Guiding users to experience free services.
C. Searching for a huge amount of information.
D. Giving users priority access during peak hours.
11. What is a limitation of ChatGPT compared with Google
A. It operates based on limited data.
B. It needs longer to provide solutions.
C. It can only update information at a fixed time.
D. It may provide replies unrelated to the questions.
D
Every Sunday at 2 p.m., Marisela Godinez, the owner of El Mesón Tequilería, a Mexican restaurant in Austin, Texas, used to fill a 12-gallon bucket, plus another half-bucket, with leftover food from the restaurant’s all-you-can-eat brunch buffet. “We threw out a lot of food,” she said.
But a few months ago Ms. Godinez signed up to use an app called Too Good To Go. Now, 10 customers pick up “surprise bags” of her leftovers for $5.99 each, and she sends far fewer leftovers to the landfill（垃圾填埋场）.
Too Good To Go has tried to gamify (游戏化) buying leftover food. In the United States, customers in 12 cities can browse restaurants and stores, then reserve “surprise bags” that typically cost about $4 to $6 and contain food that would have been originally priced at roughly three times that amount. The bags can be picked up at a certain time window.
Around the country, apps that connect customers to businesses with leftover food have begun to spread. The concept is simple: Restaurants and grocery stores throw away huge amounts of food every day. Rather than trash it, apps like Too Good To Go and Flashfood help businesses sell it at a reduced price. They claim that the businesses and buyers are helping the environment because the food would otherwise become food waste, a big contributor to climate change.
Food production itself is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for between a quarter and a third of global emissions. Each step of the process — growing, harvesting, moving, processing, packaging, storing and preparing food — releases carbon dioxide, methane(甲烷) and other planet-warming gases. When the food is wasted, so are all those emissions. In addition, once unused food reaches landfills, it breaks down and releases more methane.
According to interviews with several companies selling on Too Good To Go, at least a few items for sale there aren’t necessarily what buyers might think of as “food waste.” A beverage (饮料) company owner George White said he not only used the app to sell discontinued products, but also sold new flavors there in hopes of attracting new customers.
12. Why did Ms. Godinez use Too Good To Go
A. To advertise her delicate dishes. B. To reduce customers’ complaints.
C. To provide a range of recipes. D. To avoid wasting leftover buffet.
13. What can Too Good To Go’s users do
A. They can watch the live stream. B. They can order whatever they want.
C. They can pick a “surprise” food bargain. D. They can deliver less trash to landfill.
14. What is Paragraph 5 mainly about
A. The steps of processing food contribute much to the planet.
B. Food production is closely related to green gas emission.
C. Global warming will be worsened by using the app.
D. Unused food will take years to break down.
15. What can be inferred from George White’s words
A. He is taking advantage of the app to make more profits.
B. He doesn’t think selling food waste on the app is necessary.
C. He thinks the app is an environmentally-friendly game.
D. He can’t help picking a lot of “surprise bags” himself.
第二节(共5小题：每小题3分, 满分15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。
How much time does it take you to sleep, eat and commute every day 16 That case, time is limited for you to do other meaningful things. Managing your time effectively, therefore, becomes a matter of critical importance. Here are many things you can do.
Work out a plan in advance.
17 This will give you a measure of control over what is going to happen. Whether it is a planner that you stick on the wall or a calendar app on your smartphone, finding an organizing tool that works well for you is essential. Then, record all important events such as exams, projects and rehearsals, so that you can prepare accordingly.
18
This is about the skill of organization. It refers to arranging your personal space at home. So when doing your homework, you are in a tidy place, free from distractions. This includes putting away your mobile phone until you have finished everything that needs to be done.
Prioritize (优先考虑) what needs doing.
There is only a limited amount of time in a day, and even with good planning and organization, it is not always possible to complete everything that needs to be done. In such circumstances, you will have to decide which task should be completed first. You should classify the activities on the basis of their urgency and importance. 19 Then you can focus on your objective and stick to it.
Once you start taking little steps every day to plan, organize and prioritize the activities you intend to devote your energy, skills and talents to, you can spare more time to stay with family and friends, pursue a hobby or work on personal development. 20
A. Create favourable conditions.
B. This classification is your ultimate goal.
C. Balancing them is really a challenge for you.
D. This classification will help determine your priority.
E. Think about upcoming events and make a to-do list.
F. These basic activities take up an enormous part of your day.
G. You will end up reaping (收获) the rewards of time management.
第二部分 语言运用（共四节，满分40分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给A、B、C、D的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
“You can be anything you want. Whatever you decide to do, Daddy and I will 21 you.”
Those words echoed through my life, leaving a deep, lasting 22 . “You can be anything you want to be,” is a 23 yet strong message. The rest, well, it didn’t really 24 until I was older, but the impact is just as powerful — and positive.
While I was young, Mother kept a job list I wished to do, which 25 an adventurer, a singer, a writer and so on. The list was in no particular order and this 26 depending on day, date and age. I’m sure this is not a 27 list; if asked, my mother would happily add to it.
In the summer between my sophomore and junior years, I 28 to my parents that I was going to backpack with my friends in Europe over the summer. The negative 29 was: I’d never been to Europe. Or on a plane. Or, really, done anything 30 . Though my parents were shocked at my decision, they let me go. For nearly three months, my friends and I backpacked and camped, traveled by railroad, car and on foot, and 31 almost every European country. A priceless experience.
I came back a changed person; not only did I change, but so did my nervous parents. Just as they had 32 since I’d been four, they were behind me in whatever I wanted to do. This included my decision to go into the music business. Not as a singer but as a manager of bands. The best 33 of following my dream I could accompany bands and 34 who were talented, and I got to travel the world.
Throughout every situation, I’ve stayed 35 because my parents always encouraged me and stood by me.
21. A. guide B. encourage C. admire D. support
22. A. pleasure B. impression C. message D. relief
23. A. useful B. simple C. unique D. formal
24. A. make sense B. take place C. turn up D. come true
25. A. described B. introduced C. included D. mentioned
26. A. appeared B. detailed C. worked D. changed
27. A. complete B. realistic C. long D. traditional
28. A. replied B. announced C. apologized D. admitted
29. A. factor B. opinion C. outcome D. impact
30. A. adventurous B. desirable C. professional D. memorable
31. A. searched B. compared C. explored D. surveyed
32. A. thought B. accepted C. suggested D. promised
33. A. way B. plan C. part D. excuse
34. A. writers B. artists C. managers D. adventurers
35. A. ambitious B. mature C. positive D. fortunate
第二节 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Xuan paper is known as the “Paper of Ages”. The term Xuan paper first appeared in a book 36 (title) On Famous Paintings through the Ages, where Zhang Yanyuan, 37 scholar in Tang Dynasty, described Xuan paper as an ideal carrier for calligraphy and painting. Handmade Xuan paper from Jing County, East China’s Anhui Province, 38 (list) as a tribute (贡品) to the royal court for its perfect quality during the period.
The traditional skill of making Xuan paper is 39 (extreme) demanding. The bark of the sandalwood (檀香木), a tree species 40 is native to southern China, goes through 108 procedures together with rice straw over the course of three years before it can transform into some fine Xuan paper. Making Xuan paper contained 41 complex procedures that even the most skilled worker can only master limited number of steps.
The flow of ink, both guided and resisted by water, determines the output of Chinese art, and Xuan paper outshines others with its excellent ability 42 (give) full play to ink. Different percents of bark to straw during the papermaking process can create different painting paper for artistic 43 (express) in paintings or calligraphy.
Xuan paper has accompanied the passionate works of the Chinese artists 44 thousands of years. Unlike other forms of paper, it is very resistant to damage brought by time, 45 (make) the preservation of many valuable works from ancient China possible.
第三节 (共5小题；每小题1分, 满分5分)
阅读下面句子，在空白处填入括号内单词的适当形式。
46. It is the first time that he __________ (participate) in the Asian Games.
47. Anyone breaking the law will be __________(severe) punished.
48. Joe is proud and stubborn, never admitting he is wrong and always says someone else is __________(blame) for the mistake.
49. Unfortunately, many fans had their personal belongings __________ (steal) in the Midi Modern Music Festival in Nan Yang.
50. The young man is __________ (ambition) and wants to become a leader.
第四节 (共5小题；每小题1分, 满分5分)
阅读下面句子，根据中文提示从方框内选择合适的单词，在空白处填入其适当形式。
in charge of; subscribe to; consist of; prior to; regardless of
51. The medical team ten doctors and four nurses will be sent to the disaster-hit area.
52. what has happened to you, you should never lose heart.
53. All the arrangements should be completed your departure.
54. I've never the view that boys are more competent to work out maths problems.
55. Mr Bell has been the firm for more than 20 years.
第三部分 写作（满分30分）
第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）
假定你是李华。你的英国朋友Peter由于不良饮食习惯导致身体健康问题。请你给他写一封邮件，结合自身的经历，建议他改变饮食习惯，恢复健康。内容包括：
写信原由；
自身的经历和个人建议；
期望和祝愿。
注意：1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Peter,
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节 读后续写（满分15分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写一段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
When a tornado touched down in a small town nearby, many families were left completely ruined. One Sunday, a particular picture especially touched me. A young woman stood in front of an entirely ruined home.A young boy, seven or eight years old, stood at her side, eyes downcast. Clutching（紧握）at her skirt was a tiny girl who stared into the camera, eyes wide with confusion and fear. The article that went with the picture gave the clothing sizes of each family member. With growing interest, I noticed that their sizes closely matched ours.This would be a good opportunity to teach my children to help those less fortunate than themselves. I taped the picture of the young family to our refrigerator, explaining their difficulty to my seven-year-old twins, Brad and Brett, and to three-year-old Meghan.
“These poor people now have nothing,” I said. “We’ll share what we have with them.”
I brought three large boxes and placed them on the living room floor, encouraging the boys to go through their toys and donate some of their less favourite things. Meghan watched seriously, as the boys and I filled one of the boxes with canned goods and foods that they no longer needed.
Meghan walked up to Lucy, her much-loved doll, and hugged it tightly to her chest. She stopped in front of the box, gave her doll a final kiss, and then laid her gently on top of the other toys.
“Oh, honey,” I said. “You don’t have to give Lucy. You love her so much.”
Meghan nodded seriously, “Lucy makes me happy, Mommy. Maybe she’ll make another little girl happy, too.”
注意：1.续写词数应为90左右；
2.请按如下格式作答。
The boys had watched, open-mouthed, when their sister placed her favourite doll in the box. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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