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1、广东省四校联考2023-2024学年高三上学期9月月考英语试题说明：本试题共8页，满分120分，考试用时120分钟。注意事项：1.答卷前，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、试室号、座位号填写在答题 卡上。用2B铅笔将试卷类型(A)填涂在答题卡相应位置上。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点涂黑。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。第一部分 选择题(共二节，满分50分) 第一节 阅读理解(共15小题；每小题25分，满分375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。AOld Furnit
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9、octoral candidate at the University of Chicago in Illinois, I worked to design safer, more effective materials for vaccine delivery. Although I had been productive early in my graduate career, my long hours and hard work were no longer translating into success in the laboratory, and I felt hopeless
10、about achieving my goals. Something had to change.As I began to search for the cause of my struggles, I became increasingly aware that my quiet time at the lab bench -for instance, when I was running columns or experiments - was anything but. Instead of thinking about science, I was watching televis
11、ion or interacting with social media on my smartphone. Although I could cover up this inefficiency withlonger hours, my work felt chaotic （混舌L 的）and disorganized. I would come home from a long day in the lab and respond to e-mails or messages over dinner or in bed. This all came to a head last summe
12、r, when my inability to balance work and life led me to seek help from the universitys student mental-health services.Through a combination of consultation and personal reflection, I came to understand my problem. To regain my focus, I chose to reduce my connectivity by using a basic mobile phone wi
13、thout an Internet connection during work hours, and removing unnecessary apps from my smartphone when I did use it.Underscoring the addictive nature of smartphones, I experienced symptoms of withdrawal when I first did this. With time, however, I began to make practical use of my quiet time. I start
14、ed reading papers during long experiments, and developed a habit of writing in my down time.Perhaps most importantly, I have felt my anxiety decrease and my productivity and creativity improve dramatically, trading my chaotic work-life relationship for one with clearer boundaries and plenty of new s
15、cientific ideas. Now, even when I do carry my smartphone, I feel less forced to check for e-mails or messages, and can concentrate more closely on whatever task is at hand.4. What does the underlined part hit a rut“ in paragraph 1 mean?A. Stopped progressing smoothly.C. Accepted hard works value.5.
16、What made the author struggle?A. Running columns or experiments.C. Replying to e-mails or messages.B. Had very slow reactions.D. Overcame a big problem.B. His inability to get mental-health services.D. His addiction to the phone.6. What did the author choose to do during his quiet time later?A. Refl
17、ect on his successes and failures. B. Learn practical writing.C. Watch television news.D. Do some reading.7. How does the author feel now?A. More courageous.C. More focused.B. More sociable.D. More understanding.CWhen the company OpenAI developed its new artificial intelligence （AI） program, ChatGPT
18、, in late 2022, educators began to worry. ChatGPT could create text that seemed like a human wrote it. How could teachers discover whether students were using language created by an AI chatbot to cheat on a writing task?As a linguist who studies the effects of technology on how people read, write an
19、d think, I believe there are other more pressing concerns besides cheating. These include whether AI, more generally, threatens student writing skills, the value of writing as a process, and the importance of regarding writing as a tool for thinking.As part of my research on the effects of AI on hum
20、an writing, I surveyed young adults in the U.S. about some issues related to those effects. One participant said that at some point if you depend on predictive text, youre going to lose your spelling abilities. Enter “Was Rom, into a Google search and youre given a list of choices like Was Rome buil
21、t in a day”. Type pie into a text message and youre offered please and plenty”. These tools complete our sentences automatically, giving us little chance to think about our spelling, and continuously asking us to follow their suggestions.Evan Selinger, a philosopher, worried that predictive texting
22、reduces the power of writing as a form of mental activity and personal expression. 6tBy encouraging us not to think too deeply about our words, predictive technology may change how we deal with each other,Selinger wrote. We give others more algorithms （算法）and less of ourselves. Automation can stop u
23、s thinking and the resulting text didnt feel like mine anymore.”I asked ChatGPT whether it was a threat to humans motivation to write. The bot responded: There will always be a demand for creative, original content that requires the unique viewpoint of a human writer.It continued: Writing serves man
24、y purposes beyond just the creation of content, such as self-expression, communication, and personal growth, which can continue to encourage people to write even if certain types of writing can be automated.I was glad to find the program had seemingly admitted its limitations.8. What is the authors
25、main concern about ChatGPT?A. Whether it will lead to students5 cheating.B. Whether it will shape students writing style.C. How students will make use of it at school.D. What effects it will have on students writing.9. What will predictive technology do to us according to Evan Selinger?A. Give us mo
26、re creative ideas.B. Make us write like a machine.C. Encourage us to think more deeply.D. Make us tend to ignore grammatical mistakes.10. What can we learn from ChatGPTs response?A. Writing will become completely automated.B. Robots will work with humans in writing.C. Robot writing will become more
27、creative.D. Human writing will still matter a lot.11. What can be the best title for the text?A. What impact will AI bring to writing?B. What is the future of modern literature?C. How to improve writing with Als help?D. How to apply AI technology to education?DTwo-thirds of the world population live
28、s under conditions where the freshwater demand is more than twice the natural water availability for at least one month per year. According to official statistics, one billion of those live in India and 0.9 billion live in China. Other areas facing this problem for longer periods include Bangladesh
29、(130 million people), the western and southern states of the USA (130 million), Pakistan (120 million), Nigeria (110 million), and Mexico (90 million).Communities use a range of techniques to overcome this issue. In dry summers, those near the coast can desalinate (淡 化)seawater, although the process
30、 requires a large amount of energy and expenditure. Some remote inland communities have alternative methods that suit their particular conditions. For example, many high-altitude Chilean communities in the Andes use fog collectors, specialized nets that can gather just a few liters a day.Elsewhere,
31、theres another option available. Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a new device that passively harvests water from the air around the clock. The device is made up of a specially coated glass pane (玻璃板)that reflects solar radiation and also radiates away its own heat. In doing so, it cools dow
32、n by as much as 15 degrees Celsius below the surrounding temperatures. This difference in temperature between the air and the pane causes water vapor to condense (凝 结)on its underside, which can then be easily collected.Tests so far have been conducted on a university building in Zurich and suggest
33、that the device can produce twice as much water per day as other passive water-collection technologies. Under ideal conditions, researchers harvested 0.53 decilitres of water per square metre of the surface per hour. Thats close to the theoretical maximum value of 0.6 decilitres per hour, which is p
34、hysically impossible to exceed/9 says Iwan Hachler, a doctoral student who is working on the technology.The zero-energy input of the set-up could make it suitable for use in developing countries, particularly in remote communities where water shortage is often combined with power shortages. The scie
35、ntists are hopeful that the device could be used with other water-collection methods, such as desalination, to increase productivity.12. What does the author want to tell us by mentioning official statistics in Paragraph 1?A. Fresh water insecurity is a global crisis.B. Water resources are unevenly
36、distributed globally.C. Lack of water seriously restricts many countries9 growth.D. Developed countries are better at handling water shortages.13. How do many Chileans living in the Andes deal with the inadequate water supply?A. By harvesting water from fog.B. By bringing in seawater and purifying i
37、t.C. By moving to water-rich areas in summer.D. By cutting down on their water consumption.14. Why is a coated glass pane used in the new device?A. To hold the condensed water.B. To work as a cooling surface.C. To get rid of harmful solar radiation. D. To record the changes in temperature.15. What c
38、an be inferred about the new device?A. It produces satisfying outcomes.B. It is limited to laboratory environments.C. It has met with theoretical bottlenecks.D. It needs further confirmation from experts.第二节 （共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分125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。“Beauty is only skin deep“ it
39、 is said. This means that a persons appearance is not as important as their character. Yet it is strange why people and especially women are willing to spend a fortune on making themselves more attractive physically. 16 The reason can only be one, and it is that beauty has its advantages.Attractive
40、people are more popular generally. Beauty draws a positive response from the people around. This is obvious with children. For example, based on observation, there is a tendency for adults to treat good-looking children better. This favorable treatment continues into adulthood, as attractive people
41、are more likely to be chosen for leadership positions and given more opportunities.17Another important benefit that good-looking people enjoy is that they find a husband or wife more easily. 18 This initial attraction may then develop into romantic feelings and a serious relationship if the couple f
42、ind that they are compatible （和睦相处的）with each other.On the other hand, beauty has a number of disadvantages as well. Firstly, a good-looking person tends to attract unwanted attention from all kinds of people. The admirer may have bad intentions and cause problems for the target. 19 It is thought th
43、at beauty and brains do not go together. Thus, attractive people may not gain respect even when they deserve it because of this prejudice against them.While every individual should take care of their outward appearance and look their best, they should not neglect （忽视） their inner beauty or character
44、. 20 Also, they should not forget physical beauty is indeed, only skin deep and will not last.A. Life is not always easy for beautiful people.B. The skincare industry is a multi-billion dollar business.C. It turns out being conventionally beautiful has its benefits.D. It is a fact that people are fi
45、rst attracted to outward appearance.E. They should not place such importance on beauty that they become proud.F. Being well-treated gives attractive people more confidence and they perform better.G. Another problem faced by good-looking people is that they may not be taken seriously.第二部分 语言运用（共两节，满分
46、30分） 第一节 完形填空（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。When our neighbors 94-year-old father passed away, his mother moved in with them. She 21 a home full of canned goods. Later, the womens group in our community 22 that anyone in need of home canning supplies could come to the 23
47、and take what was available. The contents were too old to eat, but the jars could be 24.I was a new canner with not much 25 but a desire to do more, so our family set out to 26 supplies. When we 27, we found three decades of frugality （节俭）and preparedness. In the basement of the home was astorehouse
48、 of 28 and canned home-grown foods. Different-sized jars were filled with decades of autumn9s harvests. 29 from those shelves were jams, vegetables, fruit, beans, juice, and smoked fish.30 , for our family to make use of the jars, the fruits of harvests past had to be 31 , I carried the jars to the
49、backyard, my wife32them and emptied their contents, my older son cleaned them out and my daughter kept thebaby 33 That evening I 34 sanitizing （）肖毒）the glass jars.On that day, we filled our vehicle with jars, but more 35, we filled our family with lessons of life. I am gratefulfor the good examples