2023届浙江省金丽衢十二校高三下学期第二次联考英语试题

2023届浙江省金丽衢十二校高三下学期第二次联考英语试题学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________一、阅读理解The Best Time to Buy EverythingIf you’re in the market to buy something, you can save big by timing your purchase right. Here’s our smart guide to what to buy when:JANUARY·Fitness Equipment Deals on workout equipment, scales and activity trackers leave you with no excuse not to follow through with your fitness resolutions!FEBRUARY·Tax Software Get a jump on filing your taxes and you’ll be rewarded with discounts on programs such as TurboTax.·Winter Coats The end of the winter season, coupled with Presidents Day sales, make February a great time to stock up on warm coats.MARCH·Air Purifiers Mild spring air may make you want to open up all the windows—and to filter out all those allergens.·Fine Jewelry With Christmas and Valentine’s Day now behind us, jewelers try to keep up their sales by lowering prices.APRIL·Leaf Blowers Tires Drivers are gearing up for summer road trips, so expect to see a variety of tire sales and promos around this time.·Sports Coats and Sweaters All sorts of sports sweaters go on sale.MAY·Blenders A variety of small kitchen appliances go on sale, thanks to Mother’s Day and Memorial Day.·Mattresses Prices are best during Memorial Day sales. That goes for air mattresses, too.JUNE·Outdoor Equipment Before the official start of summer is the best time to save on bikes, sunscreen, camping equipment and other seasonal gear.·Smart-watches All sorts of tech gadgets go on sale for Father’s Day.1．For whom is January the best shopping time?A．Cooking lovers.B．Camping lovers.C．Sports lovers.D．Jewelry lovers. 2．In which of the following months can you purchase coats cheaply?A．January and February.B．April and March.C．June and March.D．February and April.3．Which is the most likely reason for the sales according to the text?A．Traditional festivals.B．Seasonal discount.C．Stores closing-down.D．Group buying.Michelle Yeoh, an iconic name in Chinese cinema, made history on Sunday night by becoming the first Asian woman to win the Academy Award for best actress.The Malaysian-born actress defeated tough challenger, including two-time winner Cate Blanchett and five-time nominee (被提名人) Michelle Williams, to take home the honored award for her extraordinary performance in the multiverse comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once.The film, where Yeoh plays a struggling laundry owner who ends up being the savior (救世主) of the multiverse, swept the Oscars with a total of seven awards, including for best picture and best director, making it the biggest winner of the night.“For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibility,” the actress said in her acceptance speech in Los Angeles, California, the United States, to emphasize that one must dream big as dreams do come true. “And ladies, don’t let anyone ever tell you (that) you’re past your prime (黄金期),” the 60-year-old added.The actress also used her speech to honor her 84-year-old mother, Janet Yeoh. “I have to dedicate this to my mom and all the moms in the world because they are really the superheroes, and without them none of us would be here tonight,” she said.After carving a career for herself in Kung fu cinema in Hong Kong, Yeoh made her Hollywood debut (首次亮相) in the 1997 James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies. She gained international recognition for her role as a swordswoman in Ang Lec’s iconic film, Crouching Tiger. Hidden Dragon, which won three Oscars in 2001.Calling the actress “a female Jackie Chan”, Sha Dan, a film critic, said that Yeoh is the film industry’s darling for not only her jaw-dropping performance in action movies, but also her performance in artistic works. Everything Everywhere All at Once seems to bespecifically crafted for Yeoh because the movie reflects her decades-long efforts to raise the cultural significance of Asian-themed films worldwide, Sha added. His remarks were just part of a stir among Chinese media, with the news hash-tag getting over 430 million views on the popular micro-blogging platform Sina Weibo in just three hours.4．What contributed to Michelle Yeoh’s winning the Academy Award?A．Her iconic name.B．Her impressive acting.C．Her five-time nominations.D．Her international recognition. 5．Which of the following can best describe Michelle Yeoh?A．Ambitious and honest.B．Generous and diligent.C．Warm-hearted and helpful.D．Determined and grateful.6．What is the last paragraph mainly about?A．The road to success of Michelle Yeoh.B．The situation of kungfu cinema. C．Media’s comments on Yeoh’s achievements.D．Yeoh’s great contributions to film industry.7．What is the text?A．A news report.B．A film review.C．A column introduction.D．A program guide.Will the AI chatbots eat search engines’ lunch? For more than 20 years, search engines have been the Internet’s front door. Google has dominated the field in most of the world. But nothing lasts forever, particularly in technology.Just ask IBM, which once ruled business computing, or Nokia, once the leader in mobile phones. Both fell behind because they didn’t follow big technological transitions. Now another tech innovation might announce a similar shift—and a similar opportunity. ChatGPT has put itself on centre stage, by letting people chat with an AI directly. ChatGPT can write essays in various styles, explain complex concepts, summarize texts and answer questions. And it can collect, process and combine knowledge from the web: for example, listing holiday spots that match certain criteria, or suggesting menus or schedules. If asked, it can explain its reasoning and provide details. Many things that people use search engines for today, in short, can be done better with chatbots.Will ChatGPT help students cheat better? Yes, but as with many other technology developments, it’s not a simple black and white situation. Decades ago, students could copyencyclopedia entries, and more recently, they’ve been able to search the Internet and explore into Wikipedia entries. ChatGPT offers new abilities for everything from helping with research to doing their homework for them. Many ChatGPT answers already sound like student essays. Ask the new artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT to write an essay about the cause of the American Civil War and you can watch it produce a persuasive term paper in a matter of seconds.It can even (narrowly) pass a number of exams. It scored 60% on the United States Medical Licensing Examination, 70% on an exam for lawyers, 78% on New York state’s high school chemistry exam’s multiple choice section, and ranked the 40th on the Law School Admission Test.A high school teacher concluded ChatGPT already writes better than most students today. He’s torn between admiring ChatGPT’s potential usefulness and fearing its harm to human learning: “Is this moment more like the invention of the calculator, saving me from the boredom of long division, or more like the invention of the player piano, robbing us of what can be communicated only through human emotion?”8．What is the reason why some tech companies fail to develop?A．The sharp rising market cost.B．Their shift to other business fields. C．The negative impact of local economy.D．Their failure to keep pace with tech changes.9．What is ChatGPT unable to do according to the text?A．Play the piano.B．Write various articles.C．Schedule a holiday trip.D．Explain complex concepts.10．What is the purpose of the percentages mentioned in paragraph 4?A．To explain a rule.B．To make a prediction.C．To illustrate a fact.D．To clarify a concept.11．What is the author’s attitude towards ChatGPT?A．Objective.B．Positive.C．Negative.D．Ambiguous.Singapore cannot afford to have large plots of land dedicated to growing crops—it is just too small. However, farming, or more precisely, urban farming, is now a buzz word here. Instead of looking at the grounds, Singapore has decided to look skyward, towards rooftops!In 2020, Singapore announced plans to convert the roofs of nine multi-storey car-parksin public housing areas into spaces for commercially farmed vegetables and other crops. This is part of Singapore’s strategy to meet the country’s 30 by 30 goal, which is to produce 30% of its nutritional needs locally by 2030 up from 10% in 2020.Several companies have taken on the task of cultivating the urban farming scene in Singapore. Citiponics has made a name for itself, building water-efficient organic “growing towers” that can be used to grow anything from butterhead lettuce (奶油生菜) to sweet basil (罗勒). In April 2020, they opened the first commercial farm on the rooftop of a multi-storey car park and now sell their produce via their own brand at local supermarkets. Edible Garden City (EGC) has more than 200farms across the island and works closely with restaurants to ensure sustainable supply and demand. A 460-square-meter farm run by EGC, is positioned on the rooftop of a mall to supply nearby restaurants.Singapore is not alone in its efforts to go beyond the confines of conventional agriculture. All over the world, cities are seeking to feed their communities with local produce. At Thammasat University located just outside of Bangkok, a formerly disused rooftop has been transformed into a 7,000-square-meter space for organic farming, the largest in Asia.Urban farming is not restricted to eatable plants such as leafy greens and vegetables. Rooftop Honey, which has over 130 hives throughout various locations in Greater Melbourne specializes in bees. The urban beekeeping operation, founded in 2010, serves two purposes: producing creamy and delicious honey for the city’s residents while also allowing the bees to pollinate (授粉) flowers in the surrounding areas.There are several benefits to have the farms so close to home. Through community gardens or access to commercial-scale farm produce, the public have an opportunity to understand how food is grown. As the produce is pesticide free, there is also comfort in knowing where the food comes from and its impact on the environment.12．Why is the limited land resource in Singapore mentioned in the first paragraph?A．To explain benefits of urban farming.B．To show the function of urban farming. C．To introduce the result of urban farming.D．To emphasize the necessity of urban farming.13．What does the underlined word “confines” in paragraph 4 refer to?A．Strengths.B．Restrictions.C．Principles.D．Profits. 14．What can we learn about urban farming from the text?A．Urban farming simply means growing vegetables and fruits.B．Urban farming is a solution to farming where land is lacking.C．Urban farming helps to increase the crop production greatly.D．Urban farming has never been commercialized in Singapore.15．Which can be a suitable title for the text?A．A New Plan Launched in Singapore B．Singapore, the Birthplace of Urban FarmingC．Urban Farming, a Novel Pattern of Farming D．Strengths and Weaknesses of Urban Farming二、七选五The teenage years are probably the most unsettled and stressful years in a person’s life. Teens experience significant physical, emotional, social and cognitive changes. And teens of today face more challenges as they go through more uncertain times of the 21st century.____16____As teens experience massive physical, social and emotional changes, the challenges are managing social expectations of ideal body images, developing their identity and finding their place in the world. In the past, a teen who was criticized for his or her larger figure or pimpled (有粉刺的) face, might feel embarrassed and dejected in school. ____17____ Constant comparison and endless posts of picture — perfect images and lives give teens greater pressure to follow current fashion trends. The Wall Street Journal reported that Instagram made body images worse for one in three teenage girls.____18____ Statistics show that most cases of cyber bullying take place on popular social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchats and Twitter, where cyber bullies make emotionally scarring comments. These can be made publicly on a teen’s social media account. ____19____ As a result, cyber bullying can be more threatening than traditional bullying because it can be shared and viewed repeatedly on social media. In this age of social media, it is also important for teens to learn to cultivate positive, and healthy relationships with people.There have been many discussions about new technologies and ways of working, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, which will impact future jobs. ____20____. Unlike in the past, the situation is different today as AI and automation are causing some jobsto disappear. Teens will have to meet this challenge by adopting an attitude of lifelong learning, and keeping paces with technology.A．They can also be spread quickly by sharing with others.B．Furthermore, social media has taken bullying to a new level.C．The future has always been a dreamland for teens to anticipate.D．Today, these same sufferings can be expanded by social media.E．Social media, and technological advances are posing new challenges. F．Additionally, social media is a strong tool for a teen to defend himself.G．The challenge for a teen today is preparing for a largely unknown future.三、完形填空was between 18 and 21 didn’t ______35______ her. She passed the written test, she cleared the physical examination and, finally, that little girl’s dream became a reality. 21．A．patient B．boy C．clerk D．kid 22．A．trapped B．lost C．absorbed D．buried 23．A．career B．course C．ambition D．education 24．A．trainers B．rescuers C．parents D．agents 25．A．yelled B．opposed C．ignored D．laughed 26．A．because B．until C．before D．unless 27．A．or B．so C．but D．and 28．A．begins B．refuses C．agrees D．tends 29．A．loan B．degree C．prize D．license 30．A．unfortunately B．hopefully C．randomly D．intentionally 31．A．running after B．longing for C．looking after D．struggling for 32．A．hopeless B．anxious C．puzzled D．peaceful 33．A．warning B．calling C．training D．blessing 34．A．prepared B．abandoned C．inspired D．disabled 35．A．encourage B．strengthen C．discourage D．misguide四、用单词的适当形式完成短文阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。