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1、东莞中学、广州二中、惠州一中、深圳实验、珠海一中、中山纪念中学2024 届高三第二次六校联考试题 英 语本试卷共 8 页，满分 120 分，折算成 150 分计入总分。考试用时 120 分钟。注意事项：1.答题前,考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、考场号、座位号填写在答题卡上，并用 2B 铅笔将对应的信息点涂黑，不按要求填涂的，答卷无效。2.选择题每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。3.非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动
2、，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案，不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。4.考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束后，只需将答题卡交回。第二部分 阅读(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 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A Soon there will be a Review Blitz!In a month,we are searching for reasonable reviews that reflect your sincere opinions.Just keep in mi
3、nd that the deadline for your reviews is October 23,2023.Rules:To enter,you must be a teen(aged 13-19)with a Teen Creativity account.Submissions ought to be relevant to the topic.Each review must be no more than 250 words.There is no restriction on the number of pieces you can submit.Guidelines:Give
4、 a brief summary of the book.Avoid explaining the entire plot or telling your reader howthe book ends.Inform the reader what you like or dislike about the book.Recommend the book to specific readers.Does the book lend itself well to older teens?Wouldscience fiction enthusiasts show interest in this
5、book?Its helpful for readers to think about thebook in light of other books theyve read.Remember that its okay to have a strong opinion!Dont start sentences with“I think”,“I believe”or“In my opinion”.Prizes:All participants will be given a certificate.First prize winners will respectively have one r
6、eview published in Teen Creativity magazine andobtain a free 6-month magazine subscription.Second-place winners will each receive a free 3-month magazine subscription.Youll receive these prizes before December 28,2023.Submit your works to .We hope reviewing books brings you joy.21.Which of the follo
7、wing meets the requirement of Review Blitz?A.A person can present no more thanone piece of work.B.Each piece of work can have a maximum of 250 words.C.Reviews must be written by people under 20 years old.D.Works must be uploaded by the end of October 2023.22.What should participants include in their
8、 reviews?A.The likes and dislikes of the book.B.The recommendation to all readers.C.Statements containing“In my opinion”.D.A summary that demonstrates the whole plot.23.Who is the text intended for?A.Self-learners.B.Teaching staff.C.Professional trainers.D.Bookish adolescents.B When I made the decis
9、ion to quit my full-time employment,I never thought that I could get involved in an increasing global trend.I had to leave my relatively high-profile position for an unexpected move that hurt my pride and prevented me from getting promoted.Yet,I excused my departure by saying“I wanted to spend more
10、time with my family”.Curiously,after around two and a half years,my experience in what Americans refer to as“downshifting”has turned my excuse into an absolute reality.I have been transformed from a passionate advocate of Linda Kelseys“have it all”concept,which she has been promoting for the past se
11、ven years in the pages of She magazine,into a woman who is content to accept a little bit of everything.I have discovered that abandoning the idea of“juggling your life”and adopting the alternative strategy of“downshifting”has benefits that go far beyond financial success and social status.Nothing c
12、ould convince me to go back to the lifestyle Kelsey used to promote and which I had previously enjoyed:12-hour workdays,tight deadlines,the terrifying pressure of office politics,and the demand of being a parent on“quality time”.After the widespread layoffs(裁员)brought on by cost-cutting in the late
13、1980s,America started to move toward a simpler,less materialistic way of life as a response to the economic downturn.In America,simplifying ones life is frequently done for financial reasons,but in Britain,at least among the middle class I know,we have different motivations for doing so.For the wome
14、n of my generation who were encouraged to keep juggling,downshifting is not so much a search for a mythical(虚无的)good lifegrowing your own organic vegetables,and risking turning into oneas a personal recognition of your limitations.24.What can we learn from paragraph 1?A.The writer didnt take pride i
15、n her original job.B.Full-time employment is a new international trend.C.The writer was eager to spend more time with her family.D.The writer was forced to resign due to an external factor.25.What do we know about downshifting according to the text?A.The writer abandoned her high social status for d
16、ownshifting.B.Downshifting allowed the writer to make her dream come true.C.The writer changed her way of thinking through downshifting.D.The writer accepted the concept of She magazine because of downshifting.26.What does the underlined phrase“juggling your life”in paragraph 3 mean?A.Settling for a
17、 bit ofeverything.B.Choosing to live a simple life.C.Adopting a busy and stressful lifestyle.D.Staying away from a materialistic way of life.27.What does the writer intend to tell us?A.It is never too late to pursue your dream.B.Downshifting results in a more satisfactory and simpler life.C.There is
18、 a difference between the American and British cultures.D.People should adopt downshifting to search for mythical experiences.C Like most nerds who read science fiction,Ive kept wondering how society will greet true artificial intelligence,if and when it arrives.Will we panic?Ignore it and go about
19、our daily lives?Hence,its been fascinating to watch the Twittersphere try to make sense of ChatGPT,a new cutting-edge A.I.chatbot opened for testing at the end of 2022.ChatGPTwhich stands for“generative pre-trained transformer”landed with a splash.In five days,more than a million people signed up to
20、 test it.In recent years,though a few A.I.tools have gotten good at doing narrow and well-defined tasks,like writing marketing copy,they still tend to be weak when taken outside their comfort zones.But ChatGPT feels different.Smarter.More flexible.It can write jokes and college-level essays.It can a
21、lso guess at medical diagnoses,and even seems good at answering the types of open-ended analytical questions which frequently appear on school assignments.The technology that powers ChatGPT isnt,strictly speaking,new.Its based on what the company calls“GPT-3.5,”an upgraded version of GPT-3 in 2020.W
22、hile the existence of a highly capable linguistic superbrain might be old news to A.I.researchers,its the first time such a powerful tool has been made available to the general public through a free,easy-to-use web interface.Unlike Google,ChatGPT doesnt crawl the web for information on current event
23、s,and its knowledge is restricted to things it learned before 2021.Since ChatGPT training data includes billions of examples of human opinion,representing every reasonable view,its also,in some sense,moderate by design.Without specific prompting,for example,its hard to coax(诱导)a strong opinion out o
24、f ChatGPT about political debates.Usually,youll get a fair summary of what each side believes.28.How did the public initially respond to ChatGPT?A.People worried about this new technology.B.Many people found it hard to understand ChatGPT.C.A number of people couldnt wait to register for a try.D.Mill
25、ions of people were ignorant of this new A.I.chatbot.29.What can we learn from paragraph 2?A.ChatGPT is a typical A.I.tool used for specified tasks.B.A.I.apps provide perfect answers to analytical questions.C.ChatGPT helps doctors with serious medical diagnoses.D.Homework might not be a problem for
26、ChatGPT users.30.In which aspect is ChatGPT different from the GPT-3?A.People can gain access to it free of charge.B.Linguistic researchers speak highly of it.C.It is welcomed by A.I.researchers with enthusiasm.D.It is the first powerful tool open to the general public.31.Whats the text mainly about
27、?A.The future of ChatGPTB.The brilliance of ChatGPTC.The development of ChatGPTD.The arguments about ChatGPTD The dodo,a Mauritian bird last seen in the 17th century,will be brought back to a semblance(外观)of life if attempts by a gene-editing company are successful.Gene-editing techniques now exist
28、that allow scientists to extract the dodo genome(基因组)that they believe they can then effectively recreate within the body of a living relative.The scientists in question said their work,beyond providing an insight into the extinct dodos existence,could help inform the conservation of rare species th
29、at are not yet extinct.However,there is a fierce debate among biologists over whether this sort of research should be pursued.Beth Shapiro,the lead paleo-geneticist(古遗传学家)at Colossal,told the Guardian she tried to persuade a museum to let her extract DNA from a preserved dodo exhibited there.She sai
30、d there were hundreds of dodos in collections around the world,so it had been possible to sequence the dead birds genome.But she warned that the revived dodo could never replace what has been made extinct.“It would be crazy to think the solution to the worlds biodiversity crisis was to bring back a
31、proxy.”she said.Ben Lamm,the chief executive of the company,said they were raising a further 150 million dollars to pursue the research on the dodo.He pointed out that it could assist conservation efforts for many other threatened species around the world,as it would develop techniques that could al
32、low scientists to detect and preserve key features in those existing species that could help them adapt in a changing climate.Prof.Ewan Birney from European Molecular Biology Laboratory,who was not involved with Colossals work,said it would be“very,very challenging”to recreate the dodo genome.He add
33、ed,“Ive no idea whether the project will work as they claim,but the question is not just can you do this,but should you do it?Im not sure what purpose it serves,and whether this is really the best distribution of resources.We should be saving the species that we have before they go extinct.”32.What
34、can we learn about dodo from the text?A.It is a bird that is only unique to Mauritius.B.The research on it has raised conflicting opinions.C.It has been successfully brought back to life.D.It could be recreated within the remains of a relative.33.What does the underlined word“proxy”mean in paragraph
35、 3?A.fakeB.creatureC.modelD.replacement34.Whats Prof Ewan Birneys attitude towards Colossals work?A.CriticalB.IndifferentC.SupportiveD.Conservative35.Which is the best title of the passage?A.Pros and Cons of Reviving DodoB.Gene-editing Techniques in EffectC.Scientists Trying Hard to Recreate DodoD.A
36、 Vain Attempt to Bring Dodo Back to Life第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2.5 分,满分 12.5 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。Soothe the Sunday Scaries As the weekend comes to an end,many of us are missing out on Sunday Funday and anxious about the upcoming week.Experts have nicknamed this worry the“Sunday scari
37、es”.36 .Heres how you can ease your end-of-weekend anxiety.When structuring your Sunday,try not to arrange too many errands and chores.If youre feeling more stress,its important to make space for some activities to relax yourself.And theres no right way to do somaybe a midafternoon shower or bath,ma
38、ybe an engaging movie or show.37 .Anxiety is a normal human experience,and one of the main ways to manage it is to identify your personal triggers.38 Is it a deadline,meeting,or presentation?Even if theres not a single reason behind your Sunday anxiety,organizing the stress you expect from the week
39、ahead into small pieces can help it.Getting rid of the Sunday scaries isnt just about minimizing the gloom of the week ahead,either.Having something to look forward to gives you something pleasing to think about,rather than only focusing on the anxiety you feel.39 Instead of focusing on the awful th
40、ings you expect from the week,build excitement over a lunch date with a friend.Make Sunday nights about doing something for yourself to reduce your anxiety about Monday.Plan some favorite foods to enjoy or go all in for some self-care.40 Do your best to honor this time and make Sunday night all abou
41、t youleave the work emails for Monday morning.A.Its a form of shifting your thoughts.B.This is an opportunity to give yourself a refreshing time.C.Try to figure out whats really causing you to fear the week.D.It doesnt mean you have to shift your thoughts to something fun.E.But even though the Sunda
42、y scaries are common,they are manageable.F.It can be whatever feels like a helpful distraction to relieve from the stress.G.Instead of sitting on the sofa and watching the clock,do something that you enjoy.第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分 30 分）第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Dr
43、essed up as Captain America for parades occasionally,Timothy White could have saved the day with his shield(盾牌)if he were the superhero.But in real life,when he saw trouble this September afternoon,he wasnt wearing his 41 and couldnt depend on superpowers.White was driving home in Harrisburg when he
44、 noticed something hard to 42 .A truck on the opposite side of the street was moving from side to side uncontrollably and the driver appeared to be 43 .Referred to as Captain Harrisburg,White had to stop that 44 before accidents.Having made a U-turn,White faced the same 45 as the truck and tried to
45、overtake.No luck with the heavy traffic.46 ,Captain Harrisburg ran like crazy to catch up with the truck and leaped in through its open window.The man behind the 47 ,64-year-old Todd DeAngelis,was barely conscious and quite 48 by a stranger near him.White took 49 of the stick shift and forced the tr
46、uck to park.DeAngelis,a diabetic(糖尿病患者),said he was not well.White 50 down a police officer.An ambulance 51 DeAngelis to a hospital,where it was 52 that had his blood sugar gone lower,things could have been much worse.After his 53 ,DeAngelis credited White with saving his life.Whites actions that da
47、y were not out of 54 .He ran a nonprofit and he once tried to save people on fire.He was from playing a 55 to becoming one in real life.41.A.belt B.costume C.mask D.uniform 42.A.spot B.recall C.miss D.forgive 43.A.asleep B.alarmed C.calm D.cheerful 44.A.trick B.survivor C.player D.vehicle 45.A.direc
48、tion B.fact C.task D.danger 46.A.Speeding up B.Hurrying back C.Pulling over D.Rolling out 47.A.seat B.wheel C.window D.door 48.A.annoyed B.surprised C.inspired D.amused 49.A.hold B.care C.account D.possession 50.A.knocked B.turned C.set D.flagged 51.A.pointed B.signaled C.rushed D.dragged 52.A.deter
49、mined B.discussed C.celebrated D.preferred 53.A.injury B.training C.recovery D.retirement 54.A.gratitude B.character C.kindness D.date 55.A.captain B.policeman C.doctor 第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）D.superhero 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 Chengdu World University Games concluded on August
50、8 as the curtain 56 (raise)for the 15th National Fitness Day.This handover highlights the importance of both 57 .(compete)sports and the general publics 58 (pursue)of healthy lifestyles.59 its focus on benefiting the public and sharing the competition,the Chengdu Universiade not just made dreams com