冲刺2023年高考英语名校好题练手卷（三）
第一部分阅读理解（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Welcome to Science on Sundays
Science on Sundays is a programme of free monthly science talks which always brings the latest discoveries in plant science, as well as rearch linked to the plant collection at the Botanic Garden, to the visitors in a 30-minute short period of time. The programme in April is about tulips(郁金香).
Introduction
Time: 2:30 pm on Sundays
Title: In Search of Wild Tulips
Objects: adults and children aged 12+
Speaker: Brett Wilson at University of Cambridge
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The planted tulips are a common sight in spring gardens around the world, but have you ever considered where wild tulips grow? The wild ancestors of our much-loved gardening varieties can mostly be found in the mountains and valleys of Central Asia, far from the Nether-lands, where most tulips are grown and bred. At the Botanic Garden, we have a National Tulip Collection where we grow many wild species including plenty of species from Central Asia. Over the last four years, Brett Wilson has been using something learned from books and combining with fieldwork to understand the diversity of tulips, with a view of identifying which species are most at risk of extinction.
Come and listen to Brett speak about the rearch and the adventures that have occurred in our arch to find and protect wild tulips in this remote corner of the world. The will be live face-to-face talks taking place in the Botanic Garden Classroom for tho visitors with interest.
1．What do we know about Science on Sundays?
A．It focus on plants.
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B．It is a paid programme.
C．It appeals only to children.
D．It is a live broadcast on weekdays.
2．How does Brett Wilson understand tulips’ diversity?
A．By making assumptions.
B．By picking and collecting tulips.
C．By growing tulips in greenhous.
D．By combining theory and practice.
3．What is the main purpo of the last paragraph?
A．To ask visitors to plant more tulips.
B．To call on visitors to listen to the talks.
C．To push visitors to take more botany class.
D．To advi visitors to take adventure in remote areas.
B
I still remember how a pet mou was popular among my classmates in Broadbeach State School. One day, my friends and I decided to buy a pet mou. The pet shopkeeper wouldn’t ll us one until he got our parents’ letter that could show their permission for us to get a pet. So, having the neatest handwriting, I faked one. The store owner quickly saw through my handwriting and asked me to contact my mother to confirm the situation. My trick quickly failed, and it was all mesd up.跆拳道太极二章
My mum got very angry and felt that the punishment should fit the crime. Knowing that my writing was poor and always in need of improvement, she made me write letters to a few randomly lected relatives. One of them was my uncle whom I’d only met a few times when I was a kindergartner. I wrote a long letter detailing my life and listing my interests.
My punishment was complete. I forgot about this until I suddenly got a reply from my uncle.“How lov
ely to hear from you,” he said, and went on to tell me all about his life. He’d love to hear about what subjects at school I enjoyed. And so started a correspondence(信件往来)that went on for veral years. He turned out to be the most fascinating man.
Then out of the blue, he died. My mum took the phone call and she was shocked. She deeply regretted it as they had not really spoken for years becau of their busy life and workload. I went upstairs and produced a box of letters, the last one being from just a few days before he had pasd away. My mum began to read them and knew that although she hadn’t been in touch, I had grown clo to him by writing to him, which relieved and calmed her.
In fact, I then became clo to his wife, whom I also wrote to for many years.
I often think about how that one naughty childhood crime led to such an enriching correspondence that stretched on for many years. It encouraged me to write to lots of other people in fact, and it’s something I keep up with to this day. Besides, receiving a letter is such a lovely surpri. Be bold and write to someone you maybe don’t know that well. Who knows where it will lead?
4．Why did the author’s mum ask him to write a letter to his uncle?
A．Becau he did something wrong.
B．Becau they hadn’t spoken for years.
C．Becau his uncle wanted to hear from them.
D．Becau he wanted to share his joy of owning a pet.
5．What can we learn about the author?
A．He ended the correspondence after his uncle pasd away.
B．He found his uncle extremely interesting and attractive.
C．He was not interested in keeping in contact with his uncle.
D．His mum kept clo contact with his uncle through letters.
6．How did the author’s mother feel when reading the letters?
桎梏的读音A．Comforted.
B．Regretful.
C．Astonished.
维克兹D．Plead.
7．What main message does the writer express in the passage?
A．We should appreciate something before it’s gone.
B．Writing letters can be a way to make up for past mistakes.
C．It’s important to tell the truth and be honest in your writing.
D．Writing letters has the power of strengthening bonds with others.
C
Gutiérrez’s life would never be the same again after finding a copy of Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy in the garbage 20 years ago. It happened while he was driving his garbage truck through wealthier neighbourhoods at night and eing abandoned books. It aroud his desire to start rescuing books from the garbage. He ud to take
home between 50 and 60 books every morning. Eventually, he turned his book collection into a community library for children from low-income families.
Colombia’s capital city of Bogota has 19 public libraries. However, the libraries tend to be far away from where rural and poorer communities live. The option of buying new books is non-existent for families struggling to make ends meet. Gutiérrez’s community library is a true reprentation of how one man’s garbage can be another’s treasure.
Gutiérrez grew up poor, and his family could not afford to educate him beyond primary school. Nevertheless, his mother was a passionate reader and read stories to him every night. Her love for books left a deep impression on Gutiérrez.
Today, his makeshift community library, called “The Strength of Words”, occupies most of his home in southern Bogota, and is piled from floor to ceiling with fiction and non-fiction titles. Everything from school textbooks to storybooks can be found in his collection of more than 20.000 books! As word began to spread about his amazing project, people began nding him thousands more books to grow his library.
Despite having done so much for his community, Gutiérrez is not yet content to call it a day. He conti
nues to arch through garbage cans for reading materials. Today, the Gutiérrez family does not merely want to start libraries in neighbourhoods. They want to create spaces for school children to spend their time reading.塞纳车神
Gutiérrez’s journey to give back to his local community is an amazing example of how every one of us can improve the lives of tho around us. How might we take a leaf out of Gutiérrez’s books and impact the less fortunate around us?
8．What inspired Gutiérrez to rescue unwanted books?
A．The abandoned Anna Karenina.B．Leo Tolstoy’s life.
C．Children’s living conditions.D．A community-library.
9．Why did Gutiérrez start “The Strength of Words”?
A．To create a harmonious neighborhood.
B．To give his mother sufficient books.
C．To facilitate children’s reading.
D．To improve the community life.
10．What can best describe Gutiérrez?
A．Devoted and talented.B．Intelligent and generous.
C．Passionate and well-educated.D．Creative and caring.
11．What would be the best title for the text?
展会活动策划方案A．Desire for reading B．From garbage to treasure
C．Gutiérrez’s kindness D．An amazing model of education
D
Alarming levels of dangerous chemicals known as Perfluorinated Alkylated Substances (PFAS) were discovered in food packaging at a number of well-known fast-food restaurants and grocery store chains, a new report found. The report comes more than two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, when the public has relied heavily on takeout and grocery deliveries.
Often called “forever chemicals” becau they do not break down in the environment, PFAS are ud in food packaging to prevent grea (油脂) and water from soaking through food wrappers and cups. PFAS can also be found in the ink ud to print logos and instructions on food containers.
The US Centers for Dia Control and Prevention calls exposure to PFAS a “public health concern”, citing that the human-made chemicals can harm the immune system and reduce a person’s resistance to infectious dias.
Regulatory limits for how much PFAS food packaging should contain can vary greatly. For instance, a new law in California t the limit at less than 100 ppm. “Compared to America, Denmark ts a much lower regulatory limit of 20 ppm with great success,” said Xenia Trier, an expert at the European Environment Agency. “It does work to t limits and enforce them. PFAS do migrate from the paper into the food. Even though it was not 100%, we still saw considerable transmission. In general, transmission from packaging to food is incread as the temperature of the food ris. It is the same with the time spent in wrapping materials.” Trier told NBS, one of the major American mass-media companies.
In respon to the issue, Whole Foods became the first grocery chain to publicly commit to remove
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PFAS from takeout containers and bakery paper. Many other companies followed suit. Experts say people who want to avoid PFAS in their takeout and food delivery packaging should favor companies that have promid to remove the chemicals. “As soon as you receive your takeout, you’d better take food out of the container immediately, and never reheat food in its original container. Instead, remove your food and heat it in ceramic (陶瓷的) or glass containers.” Trier said.
12．What can we learn about PFAS in food packaging?
