汕头金中

广东省汕头市金山中学2022-2023学年高三上学期

第二次月考英语试题

一、阅读理解

Skillshareisavideolessonappwhichhasbecomehighlypopular

likelyappealmoretoolderkids(age14+)since

classfocusprimarilyonprofessionaldevelopmentwithtopicslike

digitaldesign,realsoplentyof

e

developer’sprivacypolicyfordetailsonhowyour

kid’s?informationiscollected,udandshared,andanychoicesyou

mayhaveinthematter,andthisprivacypolicyappliestoallurs.

Whatisitabout?

Skillsharehasalargedatabaofonlinelessonstaughtby

narchforaclassbytopicorbyentering

asscontainsariesofvideolessonsthatare

asshaveonlyafewlessons,while

,oneguitarclasshasmorethan100

assincludeprojects,andmostendwithabrief

’sareview

nwatchthelessons

nalsosaveclass

towatchlater,andanyclasstheybeginareautomaticallysavedto

assareofferedinthefreeversionoftheapp,

andapaidversiongivesursaccesstoamuchmoreextensiveclass

list—morethan28,000lessons.

Isitanygood?

Alltheteachersintheapparepassionateabouttheirwork,so

it’sanexcellentwaytofosterthesamepassioninyourkids,as

longasthereisagenuineinterestinthecontentbeingoffered.

Whatkindofmembershipareyouinterestedin?

1month6months12months36months

$14.99permonth$12.99permonth$10.99permonth$6.99permonth

Youcancancelanytime.

Emailaddressforcontact:***********************

sageisintendedfor______.

A．kidsB．parentsC．teachersD．industryexperts

hshouldyoupaymonthlyforanannualmembership?

A．$14.99.B．$12.99.C．$10.99.D．$6.99.

nwelearnfromthepassage?

A．Skillshareallowscuriousolderkidstolearnattheirownpace.

B．Theprivacypolicyislimitedtotheregisteredmembersof

Skillshare.

C．Subscriberscanonlycanceltheorderwithinonemonthofits

purcha.

D．Eachclasshasmorethan100career-relatedlessonsinthe

Skillshareapp.

81-year-oldPaulHarveybecamewell-knownlastSeptemberafter

hissonNickhadrecordedhistwo-minutepiecefromfournotes—F

natural,A,D,andBnatural—andposteditonTwitter.

Nickpostedthepieceonlinetoshowhowmusicalabilitycan

survivememorylossandPaulwontheheartsoftheBritishnation

whenheplayedthepianofromhishomeinSusxliveonthe

television.

Tomarkayearsinceheplayedhiscomposition,Paulwasinvited

toconducttheBBCPhiharmonicorchestra(管弦乐队)playingtwoofhis

tanemotional

afternoonwiththeorchestra,duringwhichheconductedbothFour

Notes,whilehissonNickplayedthepiano,andanoldercomposition

ofhiscalledWhere’stheSunshine.

Paul,aformermusicteacherandclassicalpianist,said.“It

wasmagical,itwasvery,veryspecialtoworkwithsuchwonderful

mefeelalive,Icouldn’tbelievethatan

orchestrawasplayingmymusicandIwasstandinginfrontofit

conductingthem.”

Fiveyearsago,Paulmovedintoshelteredaccommodationaspart

ofhisdementia(痴呆症)care.

Nick,whojoinedPaulonthetrip—organizedbyMusicFor

Dementia—hadenhisdad“comealiveagain”sincethevideoof

himplayingpianowentonline.

Hesaid,“Hisshorttermmemoryisgenerallyshottopiecesbut

whenbigeventslikethishappenit’slikeabrandingirononhis

experiencewithdad,therightpieceofmusicatthe

firsttimeinyears

lybroughthimbacktolifeagain.”

CampaignDirectoratMusicforDementia,GraceMeadowssaid.

“SeeingPaulperformingbeyondhisdementiaandhavingthecontact

eryemotional.”

dePaulpopularwithpeople?

A．Amusicalherecorded.B．Themoviehestarredin.

C．Avideoofhimplayingthe

piano.

D．Hixtraordinarymemoryfor

music.

Paulinvitedtoperformhiswork?

A．Toshowoffhismusicaltalent.

B．Toworkwithexcellentmusicians.

C．Totanexampleforpeoplewithdementia.

D．Tomarkthefirstanniversaryofhisonlinevideo

esNicksayaboutPaul’xperience?

A．Short-termmemoryis

changeable.

B．Playingthepianocancure

dias.

C．Theimpactoftherightmusic

ishuge.

D．Morevideosshouldbetakenfor

theelderly.

thebesttitleforthetext?

A．“Itwasadream!”B．“Itwasmagical!”

C．“Hewasgifted!”D．“Hewasasuccess!”

TheruinsofahugeMayacityhavebeendiscoveredinGuatemala

withthehelpoftheremotensingtechniqueLiDAR,accordingtothe

NationalGeographiconThursday.

ThisbreakthroughwaspossiblethankstoLiDARnsors,whichcan

surveylandscapesin3Dbyreflectinglarpulsofftheground

xceptionallyuful

fordetectingarcheologicalsites(考古遗址),asitgetsthrough

junglesandotherfeaturesthatholdupexplorationontheground.

Thetechniquehasbeentheactivator(催化剂)ofmanydiscoveriesin

tance,majorfindsatAngkor,Cambodiaand

Caracol,Belizecanexplainwhatitdid.

ThislargelostcityenvelopssiteslikeTikal,Holmul,and

Witzna—knownfortheirtemplesandpyramids—butshowsthatthe

famousheritageareasarethetipoftheicebergofthislosturban

network.

HiddenunderthejunglesoftheMayaBiosphereRerve,morethan

60,000human-madefeatures—homes,canals,highways,someofwhich

canevenreachthemodernizedstandard—havebeenidentifiedbyan

internationalcooperationofrearchersheadedbythePACUNAM

Foundation,

haveexpertsrethinkingtheoutlinesandcomplexityoftheMaya

empire.

Theancientpeoplesobviouslyestablishedtheimaginative

culturesbadontheirknownrelics,butthenewrearchhasshown

thatthescaleofthislostsocietyisfarbeyondwhatexpertshad

dingswillbeexploredinanhour-longdocumentary

calledLostTreasuresoftheMayaSnakeKings,premiering(首映)

Tuesday,February6ontheNationalGeographicChannel.

“Thereareentirecitieswedidn’tknowaboutnowshowingupin

thesurveydata,”saidFranciscoBelli,oneofthelead

archeologistsontheproject.“Thereare20,000squarekilometres

moretobeexploredandtherearegoingtobehundredsofcities

therethatwedon’tknowabout,andwewillpushthefrontiers,”he

added.

nweknowaboutLiDAR?

A．It’sabreakthroughin

archeology.

B．It’smajorequipmentinair

forces.

C．Itwasfirstudin

discoveringaMayacity.

D．It’saremotensingtechnique

usinglarpuls.

estheunderlinedword“Tho”inparagraph4referto?

A．ThejunglesoftheRerve.

B．TheoutlinesoftheMaya

empire.

C．Therearchersofthe

organization.

D．Theman-madeprojectsofthe

Rerve.

fthefollowingwordscanbestdescribetheMayaempire?

A．Famousanddangerous.B．Vastandhighlydeveloped.

C．Mountainousandaggressive.D．Enormousandtraditional.

archeologistshopetodonext?

A．RestudythehistoryofMaya.B．UtheLiDARnsorsasusual.

C．Continuetoexplorethe

unknown.

D．Studythedocumentarymore

carefully.

Youmaybefamiliarwiththestatisticthat90%oftheworld’s

gesttbackwith

sucharateofinformationincreaisthattheprentmomentwill

-sightednessisbuilt

intothestructure,intheformofanoverwhelmingtendencytoover-

estimatenear-termmessagesattheexpenofhistory.

Tounderstandwhythismatters,considerthefindingsfromsocial

scienceabout‘recencybias(倾向)’,whichdescribesthetendency

toassumethatfutureeventswillclolyremblerecentexperience.

Peopletendtobathinkingdisproportionatelyonwhatevercomes

mosteasilytomind.

It’salsoworthrememberingthatnoveltytendstobeadominant

hthe

’sthedigitaltrendinaworldwhere

archalgorithms(算法)aresystematicallybiadtowardsfreshness.

iastowards

theprentisstructurallyrootedinthehumanweaknessthatwekeep

dertingthingsweoncecherishedsimplybecauwegrowtiredof

them.

What’sreallyneededissomethingthoughtofas“intelligent

forgetting”:learningtoletgooftheimmediatepastinorderto

’sanactsimilarto

organisingaphotographalbum—e

twomillionphotographslessvaluablethantwothousand?

Manydatatsareirreducibleandmostpreciouswhencomplete:

genequences;demographic(人口的)data;theraw,hardknowledgeof

terthescience,however,themorethat

e

cas,timeitlfisratherimportantasatouchstonetojudgethe

wechoocarefullywhatendures,mattersand

meaningfullycapturesourpast—oritstootprintissilently

replacedbytheprent’theringisnocure-

aofbiggerandbiggerdata,theleadingwarning

forthowhohavetomakedecisionsisthatwhatyouchoonotto

knowmattersjustasmuchaswhatyoudo.

themajorproblemwiththeexplosionofrecent

information?

A．Trendsaretooquicklyproduced.

B．Peoplehavepooreyesightalterviewingtoomuchinformation.

C．Prentinformationisgiventoomuchemphasis.

D．Predictionforfuturedevelopmentlargelydependsonthepast

information.

uswidespreadpreferencefornewness?

A．Thatalgorithmsrequiresthelatesttomakeaccurateprediction.

B．Thathumansareaccustomedtolosinginterestinoldthings.

C．Thatshortrenewedperiodisthefeatureofmodemdata.

D．Thatarchalgorithmskeepuncoveringthevalueofthenewness.

fthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothe

passage?

A．Recentpastexperienceisrarelyudtoprovidereferencefor

futureevents.

B．Thequalityofgeographicknowledgedependsonphotosorting

ratherthanfulldata.

C．Intelligentforgettingreferstoreplacingtheimmediatepastwith

far-backdata.

D．Timehelpsustoevaluatedatawhenthequalityisn’tinline

withquality.

thepassagemainlyabout?

A．Thesideeffectofdigitalinnovation.

B．Thevaluesofcompletedatainsoftersubjects.

C．Thedatadiscriminationcaudbyalgorithms.

D．Thefaultypreferenceforfreshdataandwaysout.

二、七选五

HowtoSaveWaterDuringaDrought?

rnia

ewsomhasdeclared

astatewidedroughtemergency,askingallCalifornianstosavewater

ineverywaypossible.16,thoughyoucan’tsave

Californiaonyourown

’veprobablyheardthetipsbefore,

butconsiderthisarefreshercour:Don’tletthewaterrunning

whileyouwashdishesinthesinkorwashing,brushingor

utdoorplantsinthemorningor

evening,soyoudon’tloasmuchwatertoevaporationinthe

middaysun.

isyourtoilet?Ifit’sfrom

before1990,

toiletsmayuaslittleas1.28gallonsor

ingyourdishwasherandwashing

machineandanyotherwater-intensiveappliancewillalsopaysavings

dividends(红利),inbothwaterandenergycosts.

eeps

higherthannormalwithoutagoodreason,investigatewhetheryou

ingonthetypeofwatermeter(仪表)you

have,youmaybeabletomonitorthemeterwithallyourwaterturned

offandewhetheranythingisstillmovingthroughyour

system,20.

Consideryouroveralllifestyleofwaterusageanddoeverything

dualactioncanmakeabig

change.

A．Focusonthewaterbill

B．Individualactionmatters

C．Findoutthepotentialproblem

D．Theycansavealotperhouholdperday

E．It’spoliticalactionthatbringsasignificantchange

F．Youmayalsouasmartdetectortotellyouoncethere’sa

problem

G．Onlyrunwashingmachinesanddishwasherswhenyouhaveafull

load

三、完形填空

PreetChandi,anAsianwoman,returnedfromatrek（徒步旅行）

esto21an

lface

the22coldof-50℃whiledraggingasledweighing

95kgwhenshe23.

nt

weeksshehasbeen26tyresaroundthestreetsnear

receivedanumberofcuriousquestions

from27.“Ifyoucomefromacommunitythatisnot

involvedin28atall,itcanbereallyhard,”she

said,addingthatanumberofpeoplethoughtshewas

to29forSouthall,inwestLondon,nottothesouth

pole.“It’sjustbeyondtheir30.”

Inthesouthpole,onemay31nothinginfront

,

herpartnerhasleftmessagesinsidehertent,whilefriends

have33voicenotesforhertolistentoonthe

journey.

Whenshereturns,sheplanstoputasidesomemoney

pleadtoechangeinwhathas35beenamale-

inspiringwoman!

21.

A．abandonB．sponsorC．completeD．introduce

22.

A．refreshingB．bitingC．bearableD．slight

23.

A．ttlesdownB．checksoutC．tsoffD．turnsup

24.

A．admitsB．deniesC．hopesD．prays

25.

A．workingB．adjustmentC．struggleD．training

26.

A．liftingB．draggingC．rollingD．pushing

27.

A．pasrs-byB．explorersC．visitorsD．cyclists

28.

A．activitiesB．adventuresC．competitionsD．sports

29.

A．pushB．runC．headD．look

30.

A．controlB．abilityC．reachD．knowledge

31.

A．touchB．feelC．eD．smell

32.

A．challengeB．troubleC．dilemmaD．success

33.

A．playedB．recordedC．prentedD．taken

34.

A．urgeB．persuadeC．commandD．fund

35.

A．extremelyB．incrediblyC．temporarilyD．typically

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。

Twomenwerewalkingonapathinthemountainwhenitcracked

belowtheirfeet,leavingthem36(stick)atthetop

ofwhatremained.

Whentherescuepartyarrivedonthescene,one

man37(at)atthetopofthesteepslopewhilethe

otherwaslyingdownontherockygroundbelow,holdingontohis

friend’sleg.38thetimerescuersarrived,hehad

beenholdingontohisfriendfor45minutes.

Thehelicopter,39cametotheirrescue,flew

about100feetabovethetwomen40(avoid)removing

werenotonly

on41(stable)ground,butoneofthemwasholding

ore,cue

workershadtobeextremelycarefulas

the42(condition)underfootwerejusttoo

unpredictable.

Oneoftherescueworkerswentdownonthewirefromthe

helicopterandmanagedtoquicklycurearopearound

the43(low)ofthetwomen,beforeliftinghimto

theaircraft.44sameprocedurewasrepeatedforhis

walkingpartner.

Thetwowalkersraidthealarmat11.05amonSundayandwere

rescuedby12.20pm.45ofthemwasinjuredbutthey

wereleft“veryshaken”lkersweresaid

tobeexperiencedandwell-equipped.

五、其他应用文

46.假如你是李华，9月18日你校高三全体学生参观了市艺术博物馆。请你为

校英文报写一篇报道。内容包括：

1.参加人员、时间；

2.活动内容；

3.活动反响。

注意：1.写作词数应为80左右；

2.标题已给。

3.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

AVisittotheCityArtMuum

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六、读后续写

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。

Marywaitedanxiouslyforherturnintheemptydressingroom.

mpetitionwasofvital

importancetohercomeback.“IfIcanwintoday，”shesaidto

herlf，“Icandanceonthenationalstagenextmonth.”Three

monthsago，herleftarmwasriouslyinjuredinacaraccident.

Afterthemedicaltreatment，

practicedoverandoveragaininordertoregainherdancingskills.

“Hi，Mary，”inrushedherfriendJessica.“Howisyourarm?Is

itgoingtoinfluenceyourperformance?”

“IguessitcanbetoleratedforIamtowinthematch.”said

Marywithadeterminedlook.

“Admirable!ButIhearthatagirlcalledLindaisreallygifted

!”

AfterJessicaleft，Marydecidedtopracticehermostdifficult

spin.“IfIdon’ttryharder，Iwon’tgraspthischance.”She

armbegantohurt，makingherworried.“Mary，what

makesyouthinkyouhaveachancetonight?”shesaidtoherlf.

Afterthepainwasgone，shecontinuedtowarmup.

Aslimgirlhurriedinandputdownanequipmentbagonthechair.

Then，shetookoutherdancedressquicklyandputitonskillfully.

SeeingMary，shesmiledpolitelyandsaid“Hi，I’

nextone!”Marynoddedinreplybutfeltuncomfortable.“Thisis

eofher，Imaylotonight.”Hermind

waswanderingwhenLindaletoutascream，“Oh，God，Ican’tfind

mymusictape!”Lindaarchedherbagbutinvain.“Itmaybe

missingontheway.”Withthewords，shethenrushedout.

注意：1.续写词数应为150词左右;

2.续写部分分为两段，请在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Paragraph1：

Suddenly，Marycaughtsightofablackboxunderthechairwhere

Lindaputherbag.

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Paragraph2：

LindafinishedherdancingsuccessfullyandthencameMary’s

turn.

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