2023年廣東省陽江市高考英語一模試卷

第二部分 閱讀（共兩節(jié)，滿分37.5分）第一節(jié) （滿分37.5分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后的選項中選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

• 1．Four Preschool Winter Stories Fox Versus Winter by Corey R.Tabor
      In this humorous book，F(xiàn)ox does not like winter.His friends hibernate （冬眠） and migrate，leaving him lonely.Fox gets an idea to make new friends out of snow，but they are not as much fun as his old friends.What's Fox to do？He decides to fight winter!Get ready to laugh as Fox gets a flame thrower and tries to melt winter.Winter fights back and Fox gets covered in snow.Just then，Rabbit appears.Rabbit teaches Fox to appreciate winter.
      The Mitten by Jan Brett
      One snowy day，the forest animals discover a mitten （連指手套） that a little boy dropped.One by one，the animals squeeze into the mitten to be cozy and warm.Amazingly，the mitten stretches to accommodate even a big bear!But when a little mouse tickles the bear's nose，the bear's huge sneeze sends all of the animals flying out of the mitten!The mitten flies through the air and the little boy catches his missing mitten and carries it home.
      Snow Day!by Candice Ransom
      This is a short，rhyming story about playing in the snow.School is canceled due to snow，so the children put on their winter clothes and head to play!They have a blast sledding and having a snowball fight.They come home cold and wet to warm up with some hot chocolate.
      A Loud Winter's Nap by Katy Hudson
      Tortoise is just trying to sleep his way through winter，but all of his animal friends are being too loud.Their excitement with winter activities keeps Tortoise from his sleep，who keeps trying to find the perfect nap spot.When Tortoise tries to use a sled （雪橇） as a bed，he accidentally takes off down the hill!Tortoise discovers that enjoying winter activities with his friends is a lot of fun!
  
  （1）Who wrote the book in which Rabbit teaches Fox to enjoy winter？

  
  A．Corey R.Tabor.
  B．Jan Brett.
  C．Candice Ransom.
  D．Katy Hudson.
  （2）Which book tells a brief and rhyming story？

  
  A．Fox Versus Winter.
  B．The Mitten.
  C．Snow Day!
  D．A Loud Winter's Nap.
  （3）What do the four books have in common？

  
  A．They are for preschoolers.
  B．They tell stories of animals.
  C．They are about snowball fight.
  D．They introduce ways of hibernation.
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• 2．    When the Great Backyard Bird Count （GBBC） began last Friday，Steve and Janet Kistler of Hart County，Kentucky，joined in.They've done so every year since the now-global tradition began 25 years ago.
  For Moira Dalibor，who teaches math at a school，this was the first count.She led a group of students and parents to an arboretum （植物園） for an exercise in data-gathering.They were among hundreds of thousands of people around the world counting and recording over four days.Last year，about 385，000 people from 192 countries took part in the GBBC.
     This global data goes into the eBird database used by scientists for research on bird populations，which have declined sharply overall in past decades.It's part of a rise in "citizen science" projects in which volunteers collect data about the natural world for use by researchers.
     Many bird-watchers use eBird year-round，and it has collected huge amounts of data — often between 1 million and 2 million bird checklists a month from around the world in the past couple of years，says Becca Rodomsky-Bish，the project's leader at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology，in Ithaca，New York. "Observing birds is a good way to connect with the natural world.Birds are everywhere.You don't have to leave your house.They will come.And they're charismatic because they're fun and interesting to watch."
     This is how it works：Participants watch birds，whether that means looking out of the window for 15 minutes or taking a longer trip to a nature area.Organizers recommend the Merlin bird ID app to distinguish birds by size，shape，song or other characteristics.Many participants also carry field guides and binoculars （雙筒望遠鏡） along with their phones.They then enter the findings into the eBird app.Those numbers help researchers track the ups and downs of various species，which then help determine the direction of conservation efforts.
     Dalibor prepared her classes with information about local species and practiced with the Merlin app.The kids recorded bird sightings with pencils and drawing boards，and parent volunteers entered those numbers on phones.
  
  （1）Why did Dalibor lead her students to an arboretum？

  
  A．To do exercise for health.
  B．To observe different plants.
  C．To practice their math skills.
  D．To collect information about birds.
  （2）What does the underlined word "charismatic" in paragraph 4 probably mean？

  
  A．Attractive.
  B．Beautiful.
  C．Rare.
  D．Shy.
  （3）What can people use the Merlin bird ID app to do？

  
  A．To record their findings.
  B．To identify different birds.
  C．To help determine the birds' habitat.
  D．To track the ups and downs of various species.
  （4）What's the best title of the text？

  
  A．Great Backyard Bird Count：a strange activity
  B．Watching birds contributes to students' education
  C．Moira Dalibor：a pioneer and responsible teacher
  D．Great Backyard Bird Count shows power of citizen science
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• 3．    Whales are threatened by a variety of human activities off the West Coast of the United States，including fishing，ship traffic，and pollution.They have bad effects on whale populations，but are rarely addressed by current whale-protection policies in California，according to a study from the University of California，Davis.
      The study，published for open access this week in the journal Marine Policy，examines the main causes of death for nine whale species in the California Current Ecosystem，which stretches from British Columbia，Canada to Baja California，Mexico.The whales considered in the study include gray，blue，fin，minke，North Pacific right，and killer whales.
      "We find that it is people that deem fishing causes whale death，" said co-leading author Eliza Oldach. "But a number of human activities have made the modern ocean a really tough environment for whales to survive.We're excited about efforts that look broadly to rebuild healthy oceans."
      The report found that main contributors to whale death are currently，targeted with relevant policy responses：noise，water quality and marine （海洋的） rubbish.But three other threats-nutritional stress，disease and predation （捕食） -need to also be considered to provide a more whole approach toward managing whale deaths.
      "Gray whales migrate （遷徙） over 5，000 miles between their breeding grounds at either end of the California Current，" said co-leading author Helen Killeen. "Throughout their journey，they must pass through a large number of human activities，fighting with changes to their environment caused by climate change."
      The study comes as the California Ocean Protection Council （COPC） aims to develop a plan for achieving zero death for whales in the California Current Ecosystem this year.Achieving such a goal requires understanding the key drivers of whale deaths and opportunities for policy change，the report said.
  
  （1）Which activity will lead to whales' death？

  
  A．Going fishing with your friends in a river.
  B．Playing with your friends beside the sea.
  C．Going sailing with your family on weekends.
  D．Throwing rubbish in the sea as you are playing.
  （2）What's meaning of the underlined word "deem" in Paragraph 3？

  
  A．Catch.
  B．Complain.
  C．Think.
  D．Describe.
  （3）What can we learn from Helen's words？

  
  A．Gray whales are fond of travelling.
  B．Gray whales' migration is full of danger.
  C．Human being is the only killer of whales.
  D．Whales' death is mainly caused by climate.
  （4）What should COPC do prevent whales' death？

  
  A．Get rid of the present policy.
  B．Plant more trees along the sea.
  C．Know what actually leads to it.
  D．Find a right place for them to live.
  組卷：3引用：3難度：0.5

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第三部分 寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分15分）第一節(jié) （滿分15分）

• 8．世界雨林日來臨之際，你校舉辦了一系列的慶?；顒?。請你為校英文報寫一篇短文，報道此次事件。內(nèi)容包括：
  （1）活動目的；
  （2）活動內(nèi)容；
  （3）活動意義。
  注意：
  （1）寫作詞數(shù)應為80左右；
  （2）請按如下格式在答題卡的相應位置作答。
  
  Celebrating World Rainforest Day_____________________
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第二節(jié) （滿分25分） 閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開頭語續(xù)寫兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。

• 9．閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開頭語續(xù)寫兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。
     One morning，Ann's neighbor Tracy found a lost dog wandering around the local elementary school.She asked Ann if she could keep an eye on the dog and she planned to find its owner.Ann agreed，but she said that she could watch it only for the day because she needed to take care of her son.At the time，her son Thomas was 10 years old，who was recovering from a heart operation.
     Later，Tracy took photos of the dog，printed off 400 FOUND fliers，put them in mailboxes and began to find the dog's owner.Meanwhile，Ann bought some pet supplies，warning her son not to fall in love with the dog.However，her son was filled with excitement as he knew that his mother got a dog back home.He planned to provide the dog with some food everyday.
     Four days later，Ann and her son were still looking after the dog，whom they had started to call Riley.During the four days，they took care of the dog carefully，provided some food，took a shower and played with it，and they had already become the best friends.
     The evening of the fifth day，when Ann arrived home from work，the dog threw itself against the door and barked madly at her.As soon as she opened the door，Riley dashed into the boys' room where Ann found Thomas suffering from a heart attack.Riley ran over to Thomas，but as soon as Ann bent over to help him，the dog went silent.
     The doctor said if it hadn't come to get his mother in time，Thomas would have died.Luckily，with the doctor's help，Thomas could go home tomorrow morning.
     "Mum，can we keep it if we can't find its owner？Even we can ask for permission if we find the owner，" Thomas asked his mother when they came back home.
     "Well，since no one has called to claim it，we decide to keep it，" his mother replied.Hearing that，Thomas was excited.
  注意：（1）續(xù)寫詞數(shù)應為150左右；
  （2）請按如下格式在答題卡的相應位置作答。
  However，the next day，Ann was told a man named Peter recognized his lost dog.
  _________
  Peter's car came and Thomas stood silently beside his car.
  __________
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