2023年廣東省珠海一中高考英語(yǔ)段考試卷（二）

第二部分閱讀第一節(jié)閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

• 1．Having studied John Berger's Ways of Seeing，you will write a four-page image analysis essay and interpret what you "see" when you study the visual text.Your focus is not simply to describe the visual text you're analyzing，but to explain to the readers the argument you believe is proposed by the visual text.
  Context：
      Some visual texts can motivate，persuade and/or influence.Advertisements，political cartoons，art or campaign posters that are concerned with social or political issues are examples of this category of visual text.We are surrounded everyday by visual arguments or attempts at persuasion.
  Instructions：
      ◆ Select a visual text that you believe presents an argument to its viewers.
      ◆ Briefly study the visual text you've selected and underline the central argument its designers are trying to make.
      ◆ Analyze the design elements used and the organization of the text in order to determine some of the decisions the designer or artist has made.
      ◆ Use the process of "observation/inference/evaluation" to check your essay and determine the tools the designer or artist is using to persuade you.
  Schedule & Due Date：
      （All work is due at the beginning of class on the dates listed below；late work will be downgraded.）
      March 1st：Select three visual texts for assignment consideration.
      March 20th：Berger-typed drafts due/peer-editing workshop.
      March 22nd：a four-page essay，free write with image & arts show due；Class presentation （25% of your grade）.
  
  （1）Where is the text probably taken from？

  
  A．A textbook.
  B．An exam paper.
  C．A course assignment.
  D．An academic article.
  （2）What is the essay expected to center on？

  
  A．Description of the visual text
  B．Explanation of the visual argument.
  C．Introduction of the design elements.
  D．Evaluation of the design tools.
  （3）What will happen if you submit the essay after March 22nd？

  
  A．You will get a lower score.
  B．You will receive a zero.
  C．You will be given a test.
  D．You will have to rewrite it.
  組卷：11引用：5難度：0.3

  解析

• 2．An English mother，Liz Pinfield-Wells，has recycled more than 2，600 pounds （1，200 kg） of trash （垃圾） through a DIY recycling center in her garden shed （棚） in Dawley Shropshire.Pinfield-Wells established the recycling center after the birth of her third child when she discovered that her town's roadside recycling program did not accept certain items.
      The recycling center accepts 30 different categories of recyclable waste.Pin field-Wells encouraged the public to leave their mixed recycled items at the end of her driveway，and dozens of residents have since dropped off their trash in her shed.She has even accepted Pringles tubes，which have metal and plastic components and should not be placed in the roadside bin. "Setting up the recycling drop-off center，in my front garden has hopefully helped the community to recycle more.It can sometimes seem a little difficult knowing where to start but with every small step，it gets that little bit easier，" she said.
      Every month，she sends the collected items in vacuum-packed （真空包裝的） bags to TerraCycle，a firm that turns the waste into small plastic balls for use in other products，such as watering cans and benches.The weight of the trash is then changed into points for money，which can be paid out twice a year to a charity or sports organization of her choice.
      In the last three years，Pinfield-Wells has raised more than ￡1，000，which she has donated to her 14-year-old daughter Zoe's gymnastic group to buy new equipment.She has also donated money to another local charity to buy woodchips for their community garden.
      Pinfield-Wells hopes that her recycling center will raise awareness about the importance of recycling and encourage others to take small steps to reduce their carbon footprint.She has created a Facebook group for here eco-center recycling shed，which now has over 1，000 members.
  
  （1）What inspired Liz to start the program？

  
  A．Overloading trash.
  B．Her preference for DIY practice.
  C．Her children's encouragement.
  D．Limitation of local trash service.
  （2）What does TerraCycle do？

  
  A．It develops plastic tubes.
  B．It produces vacuum-packed bags.
  C．It processes waste into small plastic balls.
  D．It supplies woodchips for community gardens.
  （3）What is Liz's expectation of her center？

  
  A．It will get new equipment.
  B．It will boost community economy.
  C．It will replace the local trash service.
  D．It will motivate more people to take action.
  （4）Which of the following best describes Liz Pinfield-Wells？

  
  A．Ambitious and intelligent.
  B．Responsible and thoughtful.
  C．Adventurous and determined.
  D．Pioneering and humble.
  組卷：10引用：5難度：0.3

  解析

• 3．In a strawberry field surrounded by strawberry fields on the outskirts of Santa Maria，a pair of robots have been picking berries all summer.
      Each robot，made by a Colorado company called Tortuga AgTech，rolls in the field on wheels，then stops in front of a plant.A mechanical arm operates its sensor among the leaves；machine vision software scans the sensor data in search of ripe berries.If an unripe berry is in the way，the robot repositions for a better angle.As nipper-grabber （夾爪） mounted in the middle of the sensors stretches to cut the berry's stem （莖），then cautiously places it in awaiting plastic container at the robot's base.
      Tortuga's robots are designed to pick strawberries from plants grown on hydroponic （水培的） tabletops，not the ground shadberries.The tabletop system enables Tortuga's strawberry robots to work by making berms cower to be poked up with robotic arms and protecting the robots from direct exposure to the elements.
      Since hitting this field last spring，the robots are on their way to picking nearly as many berries as human pickers，and with 95% accuracy，according to Tortuga.Unlike a human，the Tortuga robots don't need breaks，can't get sick，are always ready to work and can pick all day and into the night.With wages making up so much of a grower's expense，the allure of a robots increased reliability and potential to become more cost-efficient over time is hard to resist.
      I do think the best humans are going to be able to outperform robots at these judgment-driven tasks，" said Eric Adamson，Tortuga's cofounder and chief executive. "But that's OK.It doesn't have to be better than every human；it just has to be better than enough people."
      Meanwhile，the team behind Tortuga sees agricultural robots as more than labor-saving devices.They see them as the only way that an industry facing climate change，land use and chemical regulation can adapt and survive.
  
  （1）How can the robot detect ripe strawberries？

  
  A．By analyzing the sensor data.
  B．By observing their positions.
  C．By monitoring their stems.
  D．By testing them in containers.
  （2）What does the author intend to do in paragraph 3？

  
  A．Add some relevant information.
  B．Provide some advice for growers.
  C．Summarize the previous paragraphs.
  D．Introduce a new topic for discussion.
  （3）What does the underlined word "allure" in paragraph 4 probably mean？

  
  A．Pressure.
  B．Appeal.
  C．Impact.
  D．Expansion.
  （4）What is the text mainly about？

  
  A．Robots replacing human labor
  B．Urgent need for agricultural robots.
  C．Robots shaping the future of strawberry.
  D．Great challenges of future robots.
  組卷：14引用：5難度：0.3

  解析

第四部分寫作第一節(jié)

• 8．假定你是校學(xué)生會(huì)負(fù)責(zé)人李華，來(lái)自新西蘭友好學(xué)校的師生代表將體驗(yàn)?zāi)阈Ｏ轮芘e辦的中國(guó)傳統(tǒng)文化周活動(dòng)，請(qǐng)你結(jié)合圖示用英語(yǔ)寫一篇?dú)g迎辭。
  注意：
  寫作詞數(shù)應(yīng)為80左右
  組卷：4引用：3難度：0.5

  解析

第二節(jié)

• 9．閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開頭語(yǔ)續(xù)寫兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。
      Most of us never forget the person that was there for us in our darkest times.Apparently，penguins （企鵝） don't either.
      On a typical day，off the coast of a small Brazilian island，Joao Pereira de Souza headed out fishing.He was disheartened to find that an oil leak had polluted the waters.Staring out at the oily waves，he decided it was not a good day to fish.But walking on the beach that day，he found a struggling penguin，covered in oil and starving.
      Joao took the penguin home，and spent a whole week gently cleaning it and nursing it back to health.He named it Dindim，a Portuguese word meaning "ice pop".Dindim is a Magellanic penguin，a species known for living in the seas of South America.In order to breed （繁殖），they must return to Patagonia，5，000 miles from Joao's home.
      After a week of rehabilitation （康復(fù)），Joao patiently took Dindim back to the sea and taught it how to swim again.When Dindim could swim quite well，Joao took it out into the sea by boat and dropped it off to encourage it to swim back to its home.But when he was back to shore，he found the penguin waiting for him.Joao made two more attempts later，but each time the bird would just return to Joao's home.It seemed that Dindim had already formed a family bond with Joao and wouldn't leave.
      Joao had no choice but to keep the little creature.During the following months，Dindim would follow behind Joao to fish on the coast joyfully.Dindim also liked to lie on Joao's lap，letting Joao give it showers，allowing Joao to feed it fish and to pick it up.Joao and his family enjoyed the company of Dindim.But deep inside Joao's heart，he knew Dindim belonged to the wild.Gradually，the hot summer days witnessed the change of its new feathers.Was it time to say "goodbye"？
  
  注意：
  （1）續(xù)寫詞數(shù)成為150左右；
  （2）請(qǐng)按如下格式在答題卡的相應(yīng)位置作答。
      Suddenly one morning，Joao found Dindim disappeared.
                             
      A few months later，Joao heard some familiar cries in his backyard.
                             
  組卷：14引用：8難度：0.5

  解析