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高三英语试题 （考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分） 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。 1. Where is the man’s phone now? A. At his house. B. At a repair store. C. At a post office. 2. What does the man say about the website? A It’s of little use. B. It’s hard to use. C. It’s full of new ideas. 3. When will the man see the doctor? A. On Sunday. B. On Monday. C. On Tuesday. 4. Why does the woman speak to the man? A. To express thanks. B. To ask for help. C. To make an apology. 5. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. Working hours. B. Lab facilities. C. Test results. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. Why does the man call the woman? A. To apply for a course. B. To point out a problem. C. To make an appointment. 7. What does Mr. Flynn probably teach? A. Math. B. English. C. History. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. What do we know about Lisa and Tom? A. They’re getting married. B. They’re opening a shop. C. They’re renting a house. 9. What did the man do before meeting the woman? A. He searched online. B. He prepared a list. C. He registered at a store. 10. What do the speakers decide to buy? A. Nice pictures. B. Bath towels. C. A coffee maker. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11. How does the man probably feel now? A. Proud. B. Regretful. C. Frightened. 12. What does the woman think are the major problems the acid rain causes? A. Breathing problems. B. Brain damage. C. Skin cancers. 13 What does the woman plan to do? A. Walk to work daily. B. Drive an electric car. C. Buy local products. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 14. What is the woman probably doing? A. Hosting a TV program. B. Chairing a club meeting. C. Conducting a job interview. 15. Where does the man like to go most to find caves? A. Wales. B. England. C. Scotland. 16. How much money does the man often spend on a waterproof suit? A. £40-60. B. £60-80. C. £80-100. 17. What does the man usually focus on while going caving? A. Cooperation and competition. B. Competition and enjoyment. C. Cooperation and pleasure. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. Who gave the speaker the idea of becoming an architect? A. His mother. B. His teacher. C. His classmate. 19. What does the speaker enjoy doing most on his job? A. Doing research. B. Dealing with clients. C. Learning from other architects. 20. What will the speaker probably talk about next? A. His best lecture. B. His favorite design. C. His new contract. 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，D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A The best places to go ice skating Enchant Christmas Where: Fair Park Esplanade When: November 25, 2023-January 1, 2024 Cost: $20 for adults; $18 for children; $5 for seniors (65+) This holiday experience is back for more magical nights at Fair Park Esplanade. Join the search for Father Christmas’ missing gifts lost inside the Christmas Light Maze, and slip on rented skates. Take note: This is no mere rink (溜冰场) but a path that winds in and around forest of trees lit with millions of shining lights. Christmas at Gaylord Texan Where: Gaylord Texan When: November 11, 2023-January 1, 2024 Cost: $5 plus a $3 skate rental Skate the 6,000-square-foot rink made with real ice, but this is far from the only winter recreation activity at Gaylord Texan: snow tubing, building your own snowman, and Father Christmas’ snow throw. Make the day of it by also booking a gingerbread (姜饼) house workshop and don’t miss more fun with the Polar Express! Allen Community Ice Rink Where: Allen Event Centre When: November 19, 2023-January 3, 2024 Cost: $20 per person; prices vary for other winter activities Sign up your little one aged three and older for the introductory ice-skating class. Half-hour classes are available three days per week starting at $88 for eight weeks. Learn to skate side by side with your little one during the family fun. Ready for something more competitive? Join the ice hockey (冰球) programmes, one for youths and another for adults. NYTEX Sports Centre Where: 8851 Ice House Drive When: Open year-round Cost: $12 for admission and $5 for skate rentals The home of the Lone Star Brahmas hockey team also offers lessons for children aged three and up. An eight-week course runs at $99 and registering early gets you five free public skate passes. If your child wishes to compete, figure skating and ice hockey courses are available for kids starting at age six. 1. What can visitors do at Fair Park Esplanade? A. Build their own snowmen. B. Throw snowballs at each other. C. Look for gifts from Father Christmas. D. Book a gingerbread house workshop. 2. How much should a young couple pay at Gaylord Texan? A. $3. B. $5. C. $8. D. $16. 3. What do the last two places have in common? A. Both offer ice hockey classes. B. Both cover 6,000 square feet. C. Both are open all the year round. D. Both issue free public skate passes. 【答案】1. C 2. D 3. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是篇应用文。文章介绍了几个滑冰的最佳地点。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据地点在Fair Park Esplanade的“Join the search for Father Christmas’ missing gifts lost inside the Christmas Light Maze, and slip on rented skates.(在圣诞灯光迷宫中寻找圣诞老人留下的礼物，并穿上租来的冰鞋滑冰。)”可知，在Fair Park Esplanade，游客可以寻找圣诞老人的礼物。故选C。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据地点在Gaylord Texan“Cost: $5 plus a $3 skate rental(费用：5美元外加3美元的溜冰鞋租金)”可知，一个人要支付8美元，故一对年轻夫妇应该支付16美元。故选D。 【3题详解】 细节理解题。根据地点在Allen Event Centre的“Join the ice hockey (冰球) programmes, one for youths and another for adults.(参加冰球课程，一个面向青少年，另一个面向成人。)”和地点在8851 Ice House Drive的“If your child wishes to compete, figure skating and ice hockey courses are available for kids starting at age six.(如果你的孩子想参加比赛，花样滑冰和冰球课程可以为6岁开始的孩子提供。)”可知，最后两个地点都提供冰球课程。故选A。 B Edward Tian, a 22-year-old senior at Princeton University, has built an app to detect whether text is written by ChatGPT, the viral chatbot that’s caused fears over its potential for unethical (不道德的) uses in academia. Tian, a computer science major who is minoring in journalism, spent part of his winter break creating GPTZero, which he said can quickly and efficiently figure out whether a human or ChatGPT authored an essay. His motivation to create the bot was to fight what he sees as an increase in AI plagiarism (剽窃). To determine whether an article is written by a bot, GPTZero uses two indicators. Perplexity (困惑度) measures the complexity of text; if GPTZero is perplexed by the text, then it has high complexity and it’s more likely to be human-written. However, if the text is more familiar to the bot — because it’s been trained on such data — then it will have low complexity and therefore is more likely to be AI-generated. Besides, humans tend to write with greater burstiness, for example, with some longer or complex sentences alongside shorter ones. AI sentences tend to be more uniform. The college senior isn’t alone in the race to fight AI plagiarism. Last month, Scott Aaronson, a researcher focusing on AI safety at OpenAI — the developer of ChatGPT, revealed that the company has been working on a way to watermark GPT-generated text with an unnoticeable secret signal to identify its source. The open-source AI community Hugging Face has put out a tool to detect whether text was created by GPT-2, an earlier version of the AI model used to make ChatGPT. Tian is not opposed to the use of AI tools like ChatGPT. “GPTZero is not meant to be a tool to stop these technologies from being used,” he said. “But with any new technologies, we need to be able to adopt them responsibly and we need to have safeguards.” 4. What is the main purpose of Tian’s app? A. To help perfect human-written essays. B. To monitor potential risks of chatbots. C. To outperform the viral chatbot, ChatGPT. D. To fight against unethical uses of AI in academia. 5. Which is a feature of human-written text according to GPTZero? A. Complexity and uniformity in sentence patterns. B. Richness and variability of sentence structures. C. Accuracy and precision of word choices. D. Simplicity and clarity of language. 6. What can we say about Tian? A. He’s creative and inclusive. B. He’s tough and generous. C. He’s reserved and disciplined. D. He is enthusiastic and ambitious 7. What can be the best title for the text? A. Restrictions on the use of AI. B. Say no to the abuse of ChatGPT. C. Who is the author, ChatGPT or humans? D. GPTZero — an upgrated version of ChatGPT. 【答案】4. D 5. B 6. A 7. C 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了普林斯顿大学的大四学生爱德华·田（Edward Tian）开发了一款可以检测文本是否由ChatGPT编写的应用程序。 【4题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段中“Edward Tian, a 22-year-old senior at Princeton University, has built an app to detect whether text is written by ChatGPT, the viral chatbot that’s caused fears over its potential for unethical (不道德的) uses in academia.(22岁的爱德华·田（Edward Tian）是普林斯顿大学的大四学生，他开发了一款应用程序，可以检测文本是否由ChatGPT编写，ChatGPT是一种病毒式聊天机器人，人们担心它可能在学术界被不道德地使用。)”以及“His motivation to create the bot was to fight what he sees as an increase in AI plagiarism (剽窃).(他创造这个机器人的动机是为了对抗他所看到的人工智能剽窃现象的增加。)”可知，Tian的应用程序的主要目的是反对学术界对人工智能的不道德使用。故选D项。 【5题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段中“Besides, humans tend to write with greater burstiness, for example, with some longer or complex sentences alongside shorter ones. AI sentences tend to be more uniform.(此外，人类写作时往往带有更大的突发性，例如，一些较长的或复杂的句子伴随较短的句子。人工智能的句子往往更加统一。)”可知，人类书写文本的特征是句子结构的丰富性和可变性。故选B项。 【6题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段“Tian is not opposed to the use of AI tools like ChatGPT. “GPTZero is not meant to be a tool to stop these technologies from being used,” he said. “But with any new technologies, we need to be able to adopt them responsibly and we need to have safeguards.”(Tian并不反对使用ChatGPT等人工智能工具。他说：“GPTZero并不是要成为阻止这些技术被使用的工具。“但对于任何新技术，我们都需要能够负责任地采用它们，我们需要有保障措施。”)”可推知，Tian是一个很有创造力，包容性的人。故选A项。 【7题详解】 主旨大意题。根据文章大意以及第一段中“Edward Tian, a 22-year-old senior at Princeton University, has built an app to detect whether text is written by ChatGPT, the viral chatbot that’s caused fears over its potential for unethical (不道德的) uses in academia.(22岁的爱德华·田（Edward Tian）是普林斯顿大学的大四学生，他开发了一款应用程序，可以检测文本是否由ChatGPT编写，ChatGPT是一种病毒式聊天机器人，人们担心它可能在学术界被不道德地使用。)”可知，文章主要讲的是普林斯顿大学的大四学生爱德华·田（Edward Tian）开发了一款可以检测文本是否由ChatGPT编写的应用程序。故文章最好的标题是“谁是作者，ChatGPT还是人类？”。故选C项。 C In the jungles of Madagascar, lemurs (狐猴) that rarely came out of the trees before are coming out of the trees. On the banks of the Amazon, the bearded sakis (僧面猴) are swinging down from their branches to get cool. In Mexico, spider monkeys are exploring the shady forest floor. As the world warms and as tropical forests are thinned out, a study has found the world’s primates (灵长目动物) are more likely to leave their trees - spending more time in the relative cool of the ground. The findings involve an analysis of 47 different lemur and New World· monkey species. Over the course of 150, 000 hours of observation at 68 different sites, scientists found that among tree-living species the hotter it got the longer they spent on the ground. The same was true in more deforested areas. The study was international cooperation among dozens of scientists, but it came about because of a few subjective observations. Dr Giuseppe Donati, from Oxford Brookes University, had noticed that the lemurs he was observing were behaving differently. “They were coming out of the forest to eat crops on the ground, which was very unusual.” Across the world, colleagues reported similar trends. They decided to conduct a global study of the relationship between time spent on the ground and different variables. “The idea was, if they start to spend more than a minimal part of their time on the ground, that means something has happened, and that climate change or deforestation is causing a shift,” Donati said. Moving to spend longer on the ground can be seen as a sensible adaptation to changes in habitat. However, the scientists’ data showed that not all species were able to make the shift. In particular, those more likely to eat fruit and move in smaller packs - with fewer eyes to watch out for predators (捕食者) - suffered. “This could be important,” Dr Timothy Eppley, from San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, said. “It’s possible that spending more time on the ground may ease some primates from the effects of deforestation and climate change; however, for the less-adaptable species, effective conservation strategies will be necessary to ensure their survival.” 8. Why are tree-living species moving to the ground according to the study? A. To search for food sources. B. To deal with the loss of their habitat. C. To seek relief from the heat. D. To escape from their predators. 9. How did the scientists draw their findings? A. By observing the animals. B. By surveying deforested areas. C. By comparing different monkey species. D. By analyzing the changes of different sites. 10. What does Donati think of the study? A. It is globally recognized. B. It is poorly designed. C. It calls for wider cooperation. D. It needs further checks. 11. What does the underlined word “This” in the last paragraph refer to? A. Hunting in big packs. B. The shift in eating habits. C. Watching out for other species. D. The adaptation to the natural environment. 【答案】8. C 9. A 10. D 11. D 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了随着世界变暖和热带森林减少，科学家们观察到部分灵长类动物离开树木，在更为凉爽的地面上活动这一不寻常的现象并进行了研究。 【8题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段“As the world warms and as tropical forests are thinned out, a study has found the world’s primates are more likely to leave their trees - spending more time in the relative cool of the ground.(随着世界变暖和热带森林变薄，一项研究发现，世界上的灵长类动物更有可能离开它们的树木，在相对凉爽的地面上度过更多的时间。)”和第三段“Over the course of 150, 000 hours of observation at 68 different sites, scientists found that among tree-living species the hotter it got the longer they spent on the ground. (在68个不同地点进行的15万小时观察中，科学家发现，在树木物种中，温度越高，它们在地面上停留的时间就越长。)”可知，树栖物种离开树木，向地面移动是为了避开高温。故选C项。 【9题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段“Over the course of 150, 000 hours of observation at 68 different sites, scientists found that among tree-living species the hotter it got the longer they spent on the ground. (在68个不同地点进行的15万小时观察中，科学家发现，在树木物种中，温度越高，它们在地面上停留的时间就越长。)”可知，科学家们是通过观察动物得出他们的发现的。故选A项。 【10题详解】 细节理解题。根据第五段“Across the world, colleagues reported similar trends. They decided to conduct a global study of the relationship between time spent on the ground and different variables.(在世界各地，同事们报告了类似的趋势。他们决定对在实地花费的时间与不同变量之间的关系进行一项全球研究。)”可知，Donati认为这项研究需要进一步推进，进行更深入的研究。故选D项。 【11题详解】 词句猜测题。根据倒数第二段“Moving to spend longer on the ground can be seen as a sensible adaptation to changes in habitat. However, the scientists’ data showed that not all species were able to make the shift .(在地面上停留更长时间可以被视为对栖息地变化的明智适应。然而，科学家的数据显示，并非所有物种都能做出这种转变。)”和最后一段“It’s possible that spending more time on the ground may ease some primates from the effects of deforestation and climate change; however, for the less-adaptable species, effective conservation strategies will be necessary to ensure their survival. (在地面上花费更多时间可能会使一些灵长类动物免受森林砍伐和气候变化的影响；然而，对于适应性较差的物种来说，有效的保护策略对于确保它们的生存是必要的。)”可知，带下划线的单词“This”指的是对栖息地变化的适应。故选D项。 D Six years before her husband was diagnosed (诊断) with Parkinson’s disease, Joy Milne detected a change in his scent (气味), which she later linked to the disease when she joined the charity Parkinson’s UK and met others with the same distinct smell. Being one of the most common age-related disorders, Parkinson’s affects an estimated seven to ten million people worldwide. Milne, a super-smeller from Perth, Scotland, wanted to share her ability with researchers. So when Tilo Kunath, a neuroscientist who specializes in the disease, gave a talk during a Parkinson’s UK event in 2012, she raised her hand during the Q&A session and claimed she was able to smell the disease. “To be honest, initially I didn’t take her seriously,” says Kunath. “I said, ‘No, I’ve never heard of that. Next question, please.’” But months later he tried to contact her. Once Kunath and other researchers found Milne, they tested her claim by having her smell 12 T-shirts: six that belonged to people with Parkinson’s and six from healthy individuals. Milne correctly identified 11 out of 12, but miscategorized one of the non-Parkinson’s T-shirts in the disease category. It turned out, however, she was not wrong at all — that person would be diagnosed with Parkinson’s less than a year later. Milne may not be the only person with this ability. Since her story was reported last week Kunath and his co-worker, Perdita Barran, have received e-mails from around 20 people who claimed they also have this ability. When asked about where the smell comes from, Milne pointed to the shirt collars. Sebaceous glands (皮脂腺), which produce an oily substance called sebum, are concentrated around your neck and T-zone area — the forehead, nose and chin. So it may be sebum that causes the smell. Other studies have found that alpha-synuclein, the masses of protein that appear in the brains of those with Parkinson’s, also gather on the skin. This may also be a potential cause of the change in scent. Researchers hope that further study on what is behind the smell changes in Parkinson’s patients’ skin will lead to a new, effective diagnostic tool. 12. What did Milne think of the smell from her husband? A. It might disappear six years later. B. It might be a sign of Parkinson’s disease. C. It might differ from other Parkinson’s patients’. D. It might be the cause of some age-related disorders. 13. What was Kunath’s attitude to Milne’s ability at first? A. He kept silent about it. B. He considered it a trick. C. He had little interest in it. D. He admired it very much. 14. Which of the following best describes the T-shirt test? A. Seven T-shirts belonged to healthy people. B. Milne categorized all the T-shirts accurately. C. It was designed to test a treatment for Parkinson’s. D. It compared Milne with twenty other super-smellers. 15. What will Kunath and Barran most probably do next? A. Figure out the function of sebum. B. Develop drugs for Parkinson’s. C. Try to locate alpha-synuclein. D. Find the source of the smell. 【答案】12. B 13. C 14. B 15. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一名超级嗅觉者Joy Milne在丈夫被诊断出帕金森病六年前察觉到其气味变化，并成功通过嗅觉识别其他帕金森病患者，研究者希望通过这一发现开发出新型有效的诊断工具。 【12题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段中“Six years before her husband was diagnosed (诊断) with Parkinson’s disease, Joy Milne detected a change in his scent (气味), which she later linked to the disease when she joined the charity Parkinson’s UK and met others with the same distinct smell. (在丈夫被诊断出患有帕金森病的六年前，Joy Milne发现丈夫的气味发生了变化，后来她加入了英国帕金森病慈善机构，并遇到了其他有同样独特气味的人，她认为这与疾病有关)”可知，她认为丈夫身上的气味可能是帕金森病的一个迹象。故选B项。 【13题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段中““To be honest, initially I didn’t take her seriously,” says Kunath. “I said, ‘No, I’ve never heard of that. Next question, please.’” (“说实话，一开始我没把她当回事，”Kunath说。“我说，‘不，我从来没听说过。下一个问题。’”)”可知，Kunath最初对Milne的能力并不重视，没有认真对待。也就是说，他对这件事没什么兴趣。故选C项。 【14题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段中“Milne correctly identified 11 out of 12, but miscategorized one of the non-Parkinson’s T-shirts in the disease category. It turned out, however, she was not wrong at all — that person would be diagnosed with Parkinson’s less than a year later. (Milne正确地识别了12件T恤中的11件，但错误地将一件非帕金森氏症患者的T恤归类为疾病类别。然而，事实证明，她完全没有错——不到一年后，那个人就被诊断出患有帕金森症)”可知，Milne准确地对所有T恤进行了分类。故选B项。 【15题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段中“Researchers hope that further study on what is behind the smell changes in Parkinson’s patients’ skin will lead to a new, effective diagnostic tool. (研究人员希望进一步研究帕金森氏症患者皮肤气味变化背后的原因，带来一种新的、有效的诊断工具)”可知，研究出帕金森氏症患者皮肤气味变化背后的原因有助于开发出新的诊断工具。由此可知，接下来他们很可能会寻找气味的来源。故选D项。 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。 How regret can guide our decisions Regret is a possible element of any decision that we make. But the likelihood that you will regret your decisions will depend on how you think about making your decisions and how you deal with living with the result. ____16____, you should fight against unreasonable thinking and think more realistically about where you are in life. Here are some tips. ____17____. If you imagine your life would have been better “if only...,” keep in mind that your assumption is not based on real evidence. Instead of focusing on where you might have been, turn toward the future and remember it can change based on the choices you make now. Focus on the positive aspects of your current life. It’s to balance out the negative feelings that come with regret. ____18____. So, it’s a good idea to practice gratitude for the good in your life — even for the small, simple things. Don’t forget that sometimes things don’t turn out the way you wanted them to. Life can hand you lemons, but that’s not necessarily your fault. You cannot be all-wise; so, you need to accept that sometimes you will regret your choices. ____19____. Better to learn from your mistakes than to punish yourself. Accept tradeoffs and compromises (妥协). Not everything has to turn out just the way you wanted it to. You will block your progress if you insist otherwise and make yourself downhearted in the process. ____20____. A. So, aim to be a satisfier rather than a maximizer B. You probably carry many regrets, large and small C. If you’re someone who lets past regrets worsen in your mind D But that doesn’t mean you should criticize yourself endlessly E. Remember that you don’t know things would have turned out better F. While your regrets will only keep you from what you have and who you are G. Your negativity can keep you preoccupied with what’s wrong rather than what’s right 【答案】16. C 17. E 18. G 19. D 20. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇议论文。文章主要分析了人们在做决定时可能产生的后悔情绪，提出了应该如何正确应对的建议。 【16题详解】 根据空处后“you should fight against unreasonable thinking and think more realistically about where you are in life.(你应该与不合理的想法作斗争，更现实地思考你在生活中的位置)”可知，空处应为从句，与该句形成复合句；选项C. If you’re someone who lets past regrets worsen in your mind(如果你是一个让过去的遗憾在你的脑海中恶化的人)是条件状语从句，句中“lets past regrets worsen in your mind”与空处后句中的“unreasonable thinking”相对应，主句对从句的假设提出了建议，两句语法结构合理，且句意衔接，符合语境。故选C。 【17题详解】 根据下句“If you imagine your life would have been better “if only...,” keep in mind that your assumption is not based on real evidence. (如果你想象你的生活本来会更好“要是……就好了”，请记住，你的假设并不是基于真实的证据)”，该句是对选项E. Remember that you don’t know things would have turned out better(记住，你不知道事情本来会变得更好)的进一步的解释说明，表明了没有必要对过去的事情后悔，因为你无法预知未来，语意衔接合理，符合语境。故选E。 【18题详解】 根据上句“It’s to balance out the negative feelings that come with regret.(这是为了平衡后悔带来的负面情绪)”，选项G. Your negativity can keep you preoccupied with what’s wrong rather than what’s right(你的负面情绪会让你全神贯注于错误而不是正确的事情)中的“negativity”与上句中的“negative feelings”所指相同，具体说明了负面情绪会产生的危害，承接上文，语意衔接合理；下句“So, it’s a good idea to practice gratitude for the good in your life — even for the small, simple things.(所以，对生活中的美好事物心怀感激是一个好主意——即使是小而简单的事情)”对上文作出总结，由于后悔产生的负面情绪是有害的，所以应该把目光放在美好的事物上，积极乐观地看待生活。故选G。 【19题详解】 根据下句“Better to learn from your mistakes than to punish yourself.(从错误中吸取教训总比惩罚自己好)”，选项D. But that doesn’t mean you should criticize yourself endlessly(但这并不意味着你应该无休止地批评自己)中的“criticize yourself endlessly”与上句中的“punish yourself”意思相同，下句进一步指出了应该从错误中吸取教训，而不是无休止地批评自己，两句衔接合理；同时，选项D与上句“so, you need to accept that sometimes you will regret your choices.(所以，你需要接受有时候你会后悔你的选择)”句意之间形成转折关系，表明接受自己可能会后悔的现实，但并不是要去惩罚自己，而是要从错误中吸取教训，句意合理，符合语境。故选D。 【20题详解】 根据上文“Not everything has to turn out just the way you wanted it to. You will block your progress if you insist otherwise and make yourself downhearted in the process.(不是每件事都能如你所愿。如果你坚持不这样做，就会阻碍你的进步，让自己在这个过程中变得沮丧)”，选项A. So, aim to be a satisfier rather than a maximizer(所以，要做一个满足者，而不是完美主义者)对此作出了总结，因为不是每件事都能如愿，一旦强求就会难过，所以不要事事都求完美，要学会知足，语意衔接合理，且与本段主题句“Accept tradeoffs and compromises (妥协).(接受折衷和妥协。)”意思相符。故选A。 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。 The day I became black is stamped on my memory forever. The winds of ____21____ swept through my family when I turned 13, and I was sent to school in Jacksonville. The change was ____22____, for I was no longer the Zora of the little town of Eatonville. Instead, I found myself ____23____ into a little black girl. My ____24____ identity has become ____25____ not just in the mirror, but in my heart. Someone near me is constantly and ____26____ reminding me that my grandparents were slaves (奴隶). But such reminders have not made me ____27____, for the chains of slavery were firmly rooted in the past. The Civil War was the ____28____ point. The post-war era was a period of readiness, and the generations before me had been ____29____ to take up the baton (接力棒) of progress. Like a runner at the starting line, I am now off to a flying start too, and cannot afford to ______30______ or stop. Slavery is the price we have paid for civilization, and the ______31______ was not ours to make. There are moments, however, when I forget the color of my ______32______. At times, I find myself ______33______ the innocent self of my childhood, a carefree resident of Eatonville. I am able to eat with white folks in public and engage in ______34______ conversation about anything we have in common. They, of course, would sit calmly, ______35______ me with interest. 21. A. sharing B. participation C. change D. recognition 22. A. convincing B. upsetting C. ongoing D. stimulating 23. A. forced B. trained C. fashioned D. transformed 24. A. cultural B. racial C. hidden D. mistaken 25. A. meaningless B. crucial C. apparent D. harmless 26. A. disrespectfully B. disagreeably C. curiously D. hesitatingly 27. A. achieve progress B. lose heart C. catch attention D. shoulder responsibility 28. A. turning B. meeting C. talking D. freezing 29. A. promised B. tricked C. motivated D. complained 30. A. ring back B. show off C. set off D. look back 31. A. choice B. determination C. excuse D. suggestion 32. A. world B. hair C. school D. skin 33. A. putting up with B. making up for C. taking pity on D. jumping back to 34. A. necessary B. similar C. pleasant D. awkward 35. A. thinking over B. listening to C. writing to D. watching over 【答案】21. C 22. B 23. D 24. B 25. C 26. A 27. B 28. A 29. C 30. D 31. A 32. D 33. D 34. C 35. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者13岁时被送到杰克逊维尔上学，变成了黑人小女孩，身份的转变令她心烦意乱。身边人常无礼提醒她祖父母曾为奴隶，但她未因此灰心，而是意识到奴隶制是过去的事，自己要像前辈一样追求进步，有时她也会忘记肤色，回忆起童年无忧无虑的时光。 【21题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：当我13岁的时候，改变之风席卷了我的家庭，我被送到杰克逊维尔的学校。A. sharing共享；B. participation参与；C. change改变；D. recognition认可。根据下文“The change was ____2____, for I was no longer the Zora of the little town of Eatonville.”可知，作者的生活发生了改变，由此可知，改变之风席卷了作者的家庭。故选C。 【22题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这种变化令人心烦意乱，因为我不再是伊顿维尔小镇上的佐拉了。A. convincing令人信服的；B. upsetting令人心烦的；C. ongoing持续的；D. stimulating刺激的。根据下文“At times, I find myself ____13____ the innocent self of my childhood, a carefree resident of Eatonville.”可知，作者之前在伊顿维尔小镇上的生活是无忧无虑的，由此可知，这种变化令人心烦意乱。故选B。 【23题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：相反，我发现自己变成了一个黑人小女孩。A. forced强迫；B. trained训练；C. fashioned塑造；D. transformed转变。根据下文“Someone near me is constantly and ____6____ reminding me that my grandparents were slaves (奴隶).”可知，作者的黑人身份被区分出来，受到区别对待，由此可知，因为新的环境，作者从原先的自己被改变成一个受到歧视的黑人小女孩。故选D。 【24题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我的种族身份不仅在镜子里显现出来，而且在我的心里显现出来。A. cultural文化的；B. racial种族的；C. hidden隐藏的；D. mistaken错误的。根据上文“The day I became black is stamped on my memory forever.”可推知，之前作者是和大家平等相处，此时是作为黑人被区别对待，由此可知，此处指作者作为黑人的种族身份。故选B。 【25题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我的种族身份不仅在镜子里显现出来，而且在我的心里显现出来。A. meaningless无意义的；B. crucial关键的；C. apparent显而易见的；D. harmless无害的。根据上文“Instead, I found myself ____3____ into a little black girl.”可知，作者成了黑人小女孩，由此可知，她的身份显现出来。故选C。 【26题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：我身边的人总是无礼地提醒我，我的祖父母是奴隶。A. disrespectfully无礼地；B. disagreeably不愉快地；C. curiously好奇地；D. hesitatingly犹豫地。根据下文“reminding me that my grandparents were slaves (奴隶)”可推知，提醒他人的祖父母是奴隶的行为是无礼的。故选A。 【27题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：但这样的提醒并没有使我灰心，因为奴隶制的枷锁已深深扎根于过去。A. achieve progress取得进步；B. lose heart灰心；C. catch attention引起注意；D. shoulder responsibility承担责任。根据上文“Someone near me is constantly and ____6____ reminding me that my grandparents were slaves (奴隶).”和表示转折的“But”可推知，虽然作者被身边的人提醒自己的祖父母是奴隶，但这样的话并被让她灰心。故选B。 【28题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：南北战争是转折点。A. turning转折；B. meeting会面；C. talking谈话；D. freezing冰冻。根据上文“The Civil War”和历史知识可知，在美国历史上南北战争是一个转折点，固定短语turning point意为“转折点”。故选A。 【29题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：战后时期是一个准备就绪的时期，我的前几代人被激励着接过进步的接力棒。A. promised承诺；B. tricked欺骗；C. motivated激励；D. complained抱怨。根据上文“The post-war era was a period of readiness”可知，南北战争过后，对黑人而言，社会发生了积极的转变，由此可知，作者的前几代人被激励着接过进步的接力棒。故选C。 【30题详解】 考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：就像一个跑在起跑线上的运动员，我现在也要起跑了，不能回头看，也不能停下来。A. ring back回电话；B. show off炫耀；C. set off出发；D. look back回头看。根据上文“Like a runner at the starting line, I am now off to a flying start too”可知，此处用跑步这一活动来形容黑人的奋斗，再结合下文“or stop”可推知，look back“回头看”符合语境，和stop“停下来”呼应，指不能回头看，也不能停下来。故选D。 【31题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：奴隶制是我们为文明付出的代价，这不是我们可以选择的。A. choice选择；B. determination决心；C. excuse借口；D. suggestion建议。根据上文“Slavery is the price we have paid for civilization”可知，奴隶制是为文明付出的代价，由此可知，对此“我们”无法进行选择。故选A。 【32题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：然而，有时我也会忘记自己的肤色。A. world世界；B. hair头发；C. school学校；D. skin皮肤。根据上文“The day I became black is stamped on my memory forever.”可知，作者是黑人，由此可知，有时作者也会忘记自己的肤色。故选D。 【33题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：有时，我发现自己又回到了童年时天真的自己，一个无忧无虑的伊顿维尔居民。A. putting up with忍受；B. making up for弥补；C. taking pity on怜悯；D. jumping back to回到。根据上文“There are moments, however, when I forget the color of my ____12____.”可知，作者有时会忘记自己是个黑人，由此可知，她会回忆过去，回到童年时天真的自己。故选D。 【34题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我可以在公共场合与白人一起吃饭，并就我们的共同点进行愉快的交谈。A. necessary必要的；B. similar相似的；C. pleasant令人愉快的；D. awkward尴尬的。根据上文“the innocent self of my childhood, a carefree resident of Eatonville”可知，过去作者是天真的，是无忧无虑的伊顿维尔居民，由此可知，她可以和白人进行愉快的交谈。故选C。 【35题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：当然，他们会安静地坐着，饶有兴趣地听我说话。A. thinking over仔细考虑；B. listening to听；C. writing to写信给；D. watching over照看。根据这是在和白人一起用餐、谈话的情境，以及上文“They, of course, would sit calmly”可推知，这些白人会安静地坐着，饶有兴趣地听作者说话。故选B。 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 语法填空 The release of Black Myth: Wukong on Tuesday has attracted worldwide attention. As China’s first true AAA title — a game ____36____ (feature) high development costs, long production cycles and significant resource investment, Black Myth represents a major breakthrough of the Chinese gaming industry. The game ____37____ (set) against the backdrop of the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. After Tang Monk and his disciples successfully obtained Buddhist scriptures (佛经), Monkey King (Sun Wukong) ____38____ (name) Fighting Buddha and gradually disappeared without a trace. The player, ____39____ (know) as the Destined One, embarks (开始) on an epic journey ____40____ (uncover) the truth behind the legendary tale. The game’s trailers and gameplay demos have gained over 100 million views on Bilibili, China’s equivalent of YouTube, and over 10 million views on YouTube. According to Steam DB, a third-party Steam database website, Black Myth currently holds the top spot on the global sales chart. While the game’s massive ____41____ (popular) in China can partly be attributed to national familiarity ____42____ Journey to the West, the fact that it has captivated (迷住) international audiences, many of ____43____ lack this cultural background, suggests that Black Myth ____44____ (be) on the right path. Many overseas players have been inspired by the game to start reading the original book Journey to the West. Fans of Black Myth have even started posting videos online, sharing their understanding of Chinese mythology and the Journey to the West story. The stunningly (绝妙地) realistic Chinese landscapes, ancient architecture and mythical creatures in Black Wukong provide _____45_____ unique experience for gamers. Reports indicate that Shanxi province hosts 27 of the game’s 36 filming locations. 【答案】36. featuring 37. is set 38. was named 39. known 40. to uncover 41. popularity 42. with 43. whom 44. is 45. a 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了中国首款AAA级游戏《黑神话：悟空》的发布及其在国内外的热烈反响。 【36题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：作为中国第一款真正意义上的AAA级游戏——一款开发成本高、制作周期长、资源投入大的游戏，《黑神话》代表了中国游戏行业的重大突破。句子已有谓语，空处是非谓语，作game的后置定语，feature“以……为特色”和game逻辑上是主动关系，因此用feature的现在分词形式。故填featuring。 【37题详解】 考查动词时态、语态和主谓一致。句意：这款游戏以中国四大名著之一的经典小说《西游记》为背景。空处作句子的谓语，此处在描述当前的情况，时态应用一般现在时，set“设置”和主语game之间是被动关系，应用被动语态，且主语是单数，be动词应用is。故填is set。 【38题详解】 考查动词时态、语态和主谓一致。句意：唐僧及其弟子成功取经后，美猴王（孙悟空）被封为斗战胜佛，从此销声匿迹。空处作主句的谓语，结合前面的“obtained”可知，此处在叙述过去发生的事情，时态应用一般过去时，name“命名”和主语Monkey King之间是被动关系，应用被动语态，且主语是单数，be动词应用was。故填was named。 【39题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：玩家，被称为天命人，踏上了一段史诗般的旅程，揭开传奇故事背后的真相。句子主干成分完整，空处是非谓语，作player的后置定语，结合“as the Destined One”可知，know“知道”和player逻辑上是被动关系，因此用know的过去分词形式。故填known。 【40题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：玩家，被称为天命人，踏上了一段史诗般的旅程，揭开传奇故事背后的真相。句子主干成分完整，空处作句子的目的状语，表示“为了……”，因此用uncover“揭开”的不定式形式。故填to uncover。 【41题详解】 考查名词。句意：虽然这款游戏在中国大受欢迎的部分原因是国人对《西游记》的熟悉，但它吸引了许多缺乏这种文化背景的国际受众，这表明《黑神话》走在了正确的道路上。空处作主语，popular的名词形式popularity“受欢迎”符合题意，为不可数名词。故填popularity。 【42题详解】 考查介词。句意：虽然这款游戏在中国大受欢迎的部分原因是国人对《西游记》的熟悉，但它吸引了许多缺乏这种文化背景的国际受众，这表明《黑神话》走在了正确的道路上。名词familiarity通常和介词with搭配，表示“对……熟悉”。故填with。 【43题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：虽然这款游戏在中国大受欢迎的部分原因是国人对《西游记》的熟悉，但它吸引了许多缺乏这种文化背景的国际受众，这表明《黑神话》走在了正确的道路上。空处和空前的many of搭配，形成“many of+关系代词”的结构，引导非限制性定语从句，对先行词audiences作补充说明，先行词指人，作介词of的宾语，因此应用关系代词whom。故填whom。 【44题详解】 考查动词时态和主谓一致。句意：虽然这款游戏在中国大受欢迎的部分原因是国人对《西游记》的熟悉，但它吸引了许多缺乏这种文化背景的国际受众，这表明《黑神话》走在了正确的道路上。空处作that引导的宾语从句的谓语，suggests意为“表明”，从句不用虚拟语气，此处在描述当前的情况，时态应用一般现在时，且主语是单数，be动词应用is。故填is。 【45题详解】 考查冠词。句意：《黑色悟空》中令人惊叹的现实主义中国景观、古代建筑和神话生物为玩家提供了一种独特的体验。空处表示泛指，意为“一种独特的体验”，应用不定冠词，且unique的发音以辅音音素开头，应用a。故填a。 第四部分：写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 46. 假定你是李华，原计划本周六下午和来自英国的好友Joseph一起去打篮球，但由于临时有事不能赴约。请你给Joseph写一封邮件，内容包括： 1. 陈述事由； 2. 表达歉意。 注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右； 2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。 Dear Joseph, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 【答案】One possible version: Dear Joseph, I’m Li Hua. I’m writing this email with deep regret to tell you that I can’t keep our appointment to play basketball this Saturday afternoon. The reason is that an important volunteer activity has been arranged for us students this weekend. As a member of the volunteer group, I’m required to participate in it. Not being able to keep our appointment makes me feel really bad. I hope you can understand my situation. I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused. Looking forward to making another appointment with you in the future. Yours, Li Hua 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。题目要求学生以李华的身份，给来自英国的好友Joseph写一份邮件，告知由于临时有事不能赴约打篮球，需讲清楚具体的事由，并表达自己的歉意。 【详解】1. 词汇积累 安排：arrange→organize 被要求做某事：be required to do→be requested to do 参与：participate in→take part in 为……道歉：apologize for→say sorry for 2. 句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：Not being able to keep our appointment makes me feel really bad. 拓展句：It makes me feel really bad that I am not able to keep our appointment. 【点睛】[高分句型1] I’m writing this email with deep regret to tell you that I can’t keep our appointment to play basketball this Saturday afternoon. (运用了that引导宾语从句) [高分句型2] The reason is that an important volunteer activity has been arranged for us students this weekend. (运用了that引导表语从句) 第二节（满分25分） 47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 When NY state trooper (州警) Brian Hotchkiss received a missing child report from South Bristol, he prepared for the worst. As a trooper for six years and even longer in law enforcement, Hotchkiss knew that missing child cases could turn out badly. The trooper was about to follow up on an assignment on March 27 when the report came in at the office in Farmington. The case became a priority, so Hotchkiss and another trooper drove as fast as possible to South Bristol, where the 2-year-old child was reported missing from her home in County Road 33. It was 5:18 pm when the 911 center received the call about the child who had wandered from her home. The temperature was dropping and there was little daylight left, so the responders knew they had to act fast. Hotchkiss joined a growing search team of other troopers. It was a nice day then, but the temperature was dropping, which worried Hotchkiss the most. The group first searched in and around the house, thinking that children sometimes hide there. They didn’t find her there, so they knocked on neighbors’ doors, asking if they had seen the little girl. Hotchkiss said they got an overwhelming (强烈的) response, with many people wanting to help. The neighbors reached out to others to join in locating the child. The sun was beginning to set but they still hadn’t found the child. Although it seemed unlikely for a young child to walk up a steep (陡峭的) hill, Hotchkiss and two other troopers decided to go up the mountain. They each took different paths. “I knew I wouldn’t be able to sleep at night if I didn’t check everywhere I could. I kept climbing and climbing. After about 45 minutes into the climb, I looked up to the top of the mountain and all I could see were trees and dirt,” Hotchkiss said. But there, he spotted something that didn’t belong: a “pink dot (小圆点).” 注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右； 2. 请按如下格式相应位置作答。 Hotchkiss had been told that the girl was wearing a pink skirt. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hotchkiss quickly wrapped the freezing child in his uniform and informed the other searchers. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】One possible version: Hotchkiss had been told that the girl was wearing a pink skirt. His heart pounded in his chest as he realized the pink dot he saw from afar might be the missing child. With renewed urgency, he fastened his pace up the steep hill, his eyes locked on the tiny spot of color. As he walked closer, he found it was her — the little girl they had been searching for. Hotchkiss quickly wrapped the freezing child in his uniform and informed the other searchers. Relief washed over him as he felt her small body warmth against him. She was scared but unharmed, her eyes wide with confusion. He radioed down to the base, his voice filled with a mix of exhaustion and excitement, “I find her, and she’s safe.” The response was immediate, a wave of cheers echoing through the communication device. Back at the base, as doctors checked the child, Hotchkiss stood aside, watching. The day that had started with fear ended with a community’s collective sigh of relief and the reminder that hope can sometimes be found in the most unlikely of places — like a pink dot on a vast, cold mountain. 【解析】 【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了纽约州警察Brian Hotchkiss接到一名2岁儿童失踪报告后，迅速和同事开展搜救行动。尽管面临气温下降和天色渐晚的挑战，Hotchkiss与其他骑警和邻居们共同展开搜索。在仔细检查房屋、周围环境，并询问邻居后，他们决定上山寻找。经过45分钟的攀登，Hotchkiss发现山顶有一个不属于这里的东西：“粉红点”。 【详解】1. 段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容“Hotchkiss被告知那个女孩穿着一条粉红色的裙子”可知，第一段可描写Hotchkiss意识到“粉红点”可能就是走失的孩子，抓紧爬上山顶，然后找到了女孩。 ②由第二段首句内容“Hotchkiss迅速用他的制服包裹住这个冻僵的孩子，并通知了其他搜索者”可知，第二段可描写Hotchkiss观察女孩的情况，告知大家他找到了她，大家很高兴，以及这件事给大家的启发。 2. 续写线索：Hotchkiss知道女孩穿着粉红色的裙子——Hotchkiss赶紧爬上山顶——Hotchkiss找到女孩——Hotchkiss裹住孩子，通知其他搜索者——Hotchkiss观察女孩的情况，大家的反应——事件的启发 3. 词汇激活 行为类 ①跳动：pound/beat ②意识到：realize/recognize ③寻找：search for/look for/seek ④以……开始：start with/begin with/commence with 情绪类 ①害怕的：scared/frightened/fearful ②困惑：confusion/puzzlement 【点睛】[高分句型1] The response was immediate, a wave of cheers echoing through the communication device. (独立主格结构作状语) [高分句型2] The day that had started with fear ended with a community’s collective sigh of relief and the reminder that hope can sometimes be found in the most unlikely of places — like a pink dot on a vast, cold mountain. (第一个that引导限制性定语从句、第二个that引导同位语从句) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 高三英语试题 （考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分） 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。 1. Where is the man’s phone now? A At his house. B. At a repair store. C. At a post office. 2. What does the man say about the website? A. It’s of little use. B. It’s hard to use. C. It’s full of new ideas. 3. When will the man see the doctor? A. On Sunday. B. On Monday. C. On Tuesday. 4. Why does the woman speak to the man? A. To express thanks. B. To ask for help. C. To make an apology. 5. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. Working hours. B. Lab facilities. C. Test results. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. Why does the man call the woman? A. To apply for a course. B. To point out a problem. C. To make an appointment. 7. What does Mr. Flynn probably teach? A. Math. B. English. C. History. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. What do we know about Lisa and Tom? A. They’re getting married. B. They’re opening a shop. C. They’re renting a house. 9. What did the man do before meeting the woman? A. He searched online. B. He prepared a list. C. He registered at a store. 10. What do the speakers decide to buy? A. Nice pictures. B. Bath towels. C. A coffee maker. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11. How does the man probably feel now? A. Proud. B. Regretful. C. Frightened. 12. What does the woman think are the major problems the acid rain causes? A. Breathing problems. B. Brain damage. C. Skin cancers. 13. What does the woman plan to do? A. Walk to work daily. B. Drive an electric car. C. Buy local products. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 14. What is the woman probably doing? A. Hosting a TV program. B. Chairing a club meeting. C. Conducting a job interview. 15. Where does the man like to go most to find caves? A. Wales. B. England. C. Scotland. 16. How much money does the man often spend on a waterproof suit? A. £40-60. B. £60-80. C. £80-100. 17. What does the man usually focus on while going caving? A. Cooperation and competition. B. Competition and enjoyment. C. Cooperation and pleasure. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. Who gave the speaker the idea of becoming an architect? A. His mother. B. His teacher. C. His classmate. 19. What does the speaker enjoy doing most on his job? A. Doing research. B. Dealing with clients. C. Learning from other architects. 20. What will the speaker probably talk about next? A. His best lecture. B. His favorite design. C. His new contract. 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，D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A The best places to go ice skating Enchant Christmas Where: Fair Park Esplanade When: November 25, 2023-January 1, 2024 Cost: $20 for adults; $18 for children; $5 for seniors (65+) This holiday experience is back for more magical nights at Fair Park Esplanade. Join the search for Father Christmas’ missing gifts lost inside the Christmas Light Maze, and slip on rented skates. Take note: This is no mere rink (溜冰场) but a path that winds in and around forest of trees lit with millions of shining lights. Christmas at Gaylord Texan Where: Gaylord Texan When: November 11, 2023-January 1, 2024 Cost: $5 plus a $3 skate rental Skate the 6,000-square-foot rink made with real ice, but this is far from the only winter recreation activity at Gaylord Texan: snow tubing, building your own snowman, and Father Christmas’ snow throw. Make the day of it by also booking a gingerbread (姜饼) house workshop and don’t miss more fun with the Polar Express! Allen Community Ice Rink Where: Allen Event Centre When: November 19, 2023-January 3, 2024 Cost: $20 per person; prices vary for other winter activities Sign up your little one aged three and older for the introductory ice-skating class. Half-hour classes are available three days per week starting at $88 for eight weeks. Learn to skate side by side with your little one during the family fun. Ready for something more competitive? Join the ice hockey (冰球) programmes, one for youths and another for adults. NYTEX Sports Centre Where: 8851 Ice House Drive When: Open year-round Cost: $12 for admission and $5 for skate rentals The home of the Lone Star Brahmas hockey team also offers lessons for children aged three and up. An eight-week course runs at $99 and registering early gets you five free public skate passes. If your child wishes to compete, figure skating and ice hockey courses are available for kids starting at age six. 1. What can visitors do at Fair Park Esplanade? A. Build their own snowmen. B. Throw snowballs at each other. C. Look for gifts from Father Christmas. D. Book a gingerbread house workshop. 2. How much should a young couple pay at Gaylord Texan? A. $3. B. $5. C. $8. D. $16. 3. What do the last two places have in common? A. Both offer ice hockey classes. B. Both cover 6,000 square feet. C. Both are open all the year round. D. Both issue free public skate passes. B Edward Tian, a 22-year-old senior at Princeton University, has built an app to detect whether text is written by ChatGPT, the viral chatbot that’s caused fears over its potential for unethical (不道德的) uses in academia. Tian, a computer science major who is minoring in journalism, spent part of his winter break creating GPTZero, which he said can quickly and efficiently figure out whether a human or ChatGPT authored an essay. His motivation to create the bot was to fight what he sees as an increase in AI plagiarism (剽窃). To determine whether an article is written by a bot, GPTZero uses two indicators. Perplexity (困惑度) measures the complexity of text; if GPTZero is perplexed by the text, then it has high complexity and it’s more likely to be human-written. However, if the text is more familiar to the bot — because it’s been trained on such data — then it will have low complexity and therefore is more likely to be AI-generated. Besides, humans tend to write with greater burstiness, for example, with some longer or complex sentences alongside shorter ones. AI sentences tend to be more uniform. The college senior isn’t alone in the race to fight AI plagiarism. Last month, Scott Aaronson, a researcher focusing on AI safety at OpenAI — the developer of ChatGPT, revealed that the company has been working on a way to watermark GPT-generated text with an unnoticeable secret signal to identify its source. The open-source AI community Hugging Face has put out a tool to detect whether text was created by GPT-2, an earlier version of the AI model used to make ChatGPT. Tian is not opposed to the use of AI tools like ChatGPT. “GPTZero is not meant to be a tool to stop these technologies from being used,” he said. “But with any new technologies, we need to be able to adopt them responsibly and we need to have safeguards.” 4. What is the main purpose of Tian’s app? A. To help perfect human-written essays. B. To monitor potential risks of chatbots. C. To outperform the viral chatbot, ChatGPT. D. To fight against unethical uses of AI in academia. 5. Which is a feature of human-written text according to GPTZero? A. Complexity and uniformity in sentence patterns. B. Richness and variability of sentence structures. C. Accuracy and precision of word choices. D. Simplicity and clarity of language. 6. What can we say about Tian? A. He’s creative and inclusive. B. He’s tough and generous. C. He’s reserved and disciplined. D. He is enthusiastic and ambitious 7 What can be the best title for the text? A. Restrictions on the use of AI. B. Say no to the abuse of ChatGPT. C. Who is the author, ChatGPT or humans? D. GPTZero — an upgrated version of ChatGPT. C In the jungles of Madagascar, lemurs (狐猴) that rarely came out of the trees before are coming out of the trees. On the banks of the Amazon, the bearded sakis (僧面猴) are swinging down from their branches to get cool. In Mexico, spider monkeys are exploring the shady forest floor. As the world warms and as tropical forests are thinned out, a study has found the world’s primates (灵长目动物) are more likely to leave their trees - spending more time in the relative cool of the ground. The findings involve an analysis of 47 different lemur and New World· monkey species. Over the course of 150, 000 hours of observation at 68 different sites, scientists found that among tree-living species the hotter it got the longer they spent on the ground. The same was true in more deforested areas. The study was international cooperation among dozens of scientists, but it came about because of a few subjective observations. Dr Giuseppe Donati, from Oxford Brookes University, had noticed that the lemurs he was observing were behaving differently. “They were coming out of the forest to eat crops on the ground, which was very unusual.” Across the world, colleagues reported similar trends. They decided to conduct a global study of the relationship between time spent on the ground and different variables. “The idea was, if they start to spend more than a minimal part of their time on the ground, that means something has happened, and that climate change or deforestation is causing a shift,” Donati said. Moving to spend longer on the ground can be seen as a sensible adaptation to changes in habitat. However, the scientists’ data showed that not all species were able to make the shift. In particular, those more likely to eat fruit and move in smaller packs - with fewer eyes to watch out for predators (捕食者) - suffered. “This could be important,” Dr Timothy Eppley, from San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, said. “It’s possible that spending more time on the ground may ease some primates from the effects of deforestation and climate change; however, for the less-adaptable species, effective conservation strategies will be necessary to ensure their survival.” 8. Why are tree-living species moving to the ground according to the study? A. To search for food sources. B. To deal with the loss of their habitat. C. To seek relief from the heat. D. To escape from their predators. 9. How did the scientists draw their findings? A. By observing the animals. B. By surveying deforested areas. C. By comparing different monkey species. D. By analyzing the changes of different sites. 10. What does Donati think of the study? A. It is globally recognized. B. It is poorly designed. C. It calls for wider cooperation. D. It needs further checks. 11. What does the underlined word “This” in the last paragraph refer to? A. Hunting in big packs. B. The shift in eating habits. C. Watching out for other species. D. The adaptation to the natural environment. D Six years before her husband was diagnosed (诊断) with Parkinson’s disease, Joy Milne detected a change in his scent (气味), which she later linked to the disease when she joined the charity Parkinson’s UK and met others with the same distinct smell. Being one of the most common age-related disorders, Parkinson’s affects an estimated seven to ten million people worldwide. Milne, a super-smeller from Perth, Scotland, wanted to share her ability with researchers. So when Tilo Kunath, a neuroscientist who specializes in the disease, gave a talk during a Parkinson’s UK event in 2012, she raised her hand during the Q&A session and claimed she was able to smell the disease. “To be honest, initially I didn’t take her seriously,” says Kunath. “I said, ‘No, I’ve never heard of that. Next question, please.’” But months later he tried to contact her. Once Kunath and other researchers found Milne, they tested her claim by having her smell 12 T-shirts: six that belonged to people with Parkinson’s and six from healthy individuals. Milne correctly identified 11 out of 12, but miscategorized one of the non-Parkinson’s T-shirts in the disease category. It turned out, however, she was not wrong at all — that person would be diagnosed with Parkinson’s less than a year later. Milne may not be the only person with this ability. Since her story was reported last week Kunath and his co-worker, Perdita Barran, have received e-mails from around 20 people who claimed they also have this ability. When asked about where the smell comes from, Milne pointed to the shirt collars. Sebaceous glands (皮脂腺), which produce an oily substance called sebum, are concentrated around your neck and T-zone area — the forehead, nose and chin. So it may be sebum that causes the smell. Other studies have found that alpha-synuclein, the masses of protein that appear in the brains of those with Parkinson’s, also gather on the skin. This may also be a potential cause of the change in scent. Researchers hope that further study on what is behind the smell changes in Parkinson’s patients’ skin will lead to a new, effective diagnostic tool. 12. What did Milne think of the smell from her husband? A. It might disappear six years later. B. It might be a sign of Parkinson’s disease. C. It might differ from other Parkinson’s patients’. D. It might be the cause of some age-related disorders. 13. What was Kunath’s attitude to Milne’s ability at first? A. He kept silent about it. B. He considered it a trick. C. He had little interest in it. D. He admired it very much. 14. Which of the following best describes the T-shirt test? A. Seven T-shirts belonged to healthy people. B. Milne categorized all the T-shirts accurately. C. It was designed to test a treatment for Parkinson’s. D. It compared Milne with twenty other super-smellers. 15. What will Kunath and Barran most probably do next? A. Figure out the function of sebum. B. Develop drugs for Parkinson’s. C. Try to locate alpha-synuclein. D. Find the source of the smell. 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。 How regret can guide our decisions Regret is a possible element of any decision that we make. But the likelihood that you will regret your decisions will depend on how you think about making your decisions and how you deal with living with the result. ____16____, you should fight against unreasonable thinking and think more realistically about where you are in life. Here are some tips. ____17____. If you imagine your life would have been better “if only...,” keep in mind that your assumption is not based on real evidence. Instead of focusing on where you might have been, turn toward the future and remember it can change based on the choices you make now. Focus on the positive aspects of your current life. It’s to balance out the negative feelings that come with regret. ____18____. So, it’s a good idea to practice gratitude for the good in your life — even for the small, simple things. Don’t forget that sometimes things don’t turn out the way you wanted them to. Life can hand you lemons, but that’s not necessarily your fault. You cannot be all-wise; so, you need to accept that sometimes you will regret your choices. ____19____. Better to learn from your mistakes than to punish yourself. Accept tradeoffs and compromises (妥协). Not everything has to turn out just the way you wanted it to. You will block your progress if you insist otherwise and make yourself downhearted in the process. ____20____. A. So, aim to be a satisfier rather than a maximizer B. You probably carry many regrets, large and small C. If you’re someone who lets past regrets worsen in your mind D. But that doesn’t mean you should criticize yourself endlessly E. Remember that you don’t know things would have turned out better F. While your regrets will only keep you from what you have and who you are G. Your negativity can keep you preoccupied with what’s wrong rather than what’s right 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。 The day I became black is stamped on my memory forever. The winds of ____21____ swept through my family when I turned 13, and I was sent to school in Jacksonville. The change was ____22____, for I was no longer the Zora of the little town of Eatonville. Instead, I found myself ____23____ into a little black girl. My ____24____ identity has become ____25____ not just in the mirror, but in my heart. Someone near me is constantly and ____26____ reminding me that my grandparents were slaves (奴隶). But such reminders have not made me ____27____, for the chains of slavery were firmly rooted in the past. The Civil War was the ____28____ point. The post-war era was a period of readiness, and the generations before me had been ____29____ to take up the baton (接力棒) of progress. Like a runner at the starting line, I am now off to a flying start too, and cannot afford to ______30______ or stop. Slavery is the price we have paid for civilization, and the ______31______ was not ours to make. There are moments, however, when I forget the color of my ______32______. At times, I find myself ______33______ the innocent self of my childhood, a carefree resident of Eatonville. I am able to eat with white folks in public and engage in ______34______ conversation about anything we have in common. They, of course, would sit calmly, ______35______ me with interest. 21 A. sharing B. participation C. change D. recognition 22. A. convincing B. upsetting C. ongoing D. stimulating 23. A. forced B. trained C. fashioned D. transformed 24. A. cultural B. racial C. hidden D. mistaken 25. A. meaningless B. crucial C. apparent D. harmless 26. A. disrespectfully B. disagreeably C. curiously D. hesitatingly 27. A. achieve progress B. lose heart C. catch attention D. shoulder responsibility 28 A. turning B. meeting C. talking D. freezing 29. A. promised B. tricked C. motivated D. complained 30. A. ring back B. show off C. set off D. look back 31. A. choice B. determination C. excuse D. suggestion 32. A. world B. hair C. school D. skin 33. A. putting up with B. making up for C. taking pity on D. jumping back to 34 A. necessary B. similar C. pleasant D. awkward 35. A. thinking over B. listening to C. writing to D. watching over 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 语法填空 The release of Black Myth: Wukong on Tuesday has attracted worldwide attention. As China’s first true AAA title — a game ____36____ (feature) high development costs, long production cycles and significant resource investment, Black Myth represents a major breakthrough of the Chinese gaming industry. The game ____37____ (set) against the backdrop of the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. After Tang Monk and his disciples successfully obtained Buddhist scriptures (佛经), Monkey King (Sun Wukong) ____38____ (name) Fighting Buddha and gradually disappeared without a trace. The player, ____39____ (know) as the Destined One, embarks (开始) on an epic journey ____40____ (uncover) the truth behind the legendary tale. The game’s trailers and gameplay demos have gained over 100 million views on Bilibili, China’s equivalent of YouTube, and over 10 million views on YouTube. According to Steam DB, a third-party Steam database website, Black Myth currently holds the top spot on the global sales chart. While the game’s massive ____41____ (popular) in China can partly be attributed to national familiarity ____42____ Journey to the West, the fact that it has captivated (迷住) international audiences, many of ____43____ lack this cultural background, suggests that Black Myth ____44____ (be) on the right path. Many overseas players have been inspired by the game to start reading the original book Journey to the West. Fans of Black Myth have even started posting videos online, sharing their understanding of Chinese mythology and the Journey to the West story. The stunningly (绝妙地) realistic Chinese landscapes, ancient architecture and mythical creatures in Black Wukong provide _____45_____ unique experience for gamers. Reports indicate that Shanxi province hosts 27 of the game’s 36 filming locations. 第四部分：写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 46. 假定你是李华，原计划本周六下午和来自英国的好友Joseph一起去打篮球，但由于临时有事不能赴约。请你给Joseph写一封邮件，内容包括： 1. 陈述事由； 2. 表达歉意。 注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右； 2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。 Dear Joseph, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 第二节（满分25分） 47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 When NY state trooper (州警) Brian Hotchkiss received a missing child report from South Bristol, he prepared for the worst. As a trooper for six years and even longer in law enforcement, Hotchkiss knew that missing child cases could turn out badly. The trooper was about to follow up on an assignment on March 27 when the report came in at the office in Farmington. The case became a priority, so Hotchkiss and another trooper drove as fast as possible to South Bristol, where the 2-year-old child was reported missing from her home in County Road 33. It was 5:18 pm when the 911 center received the call about the child who had wandered from her home. The temperature was dropping and there was little daylight left, so the responders knew they had to act fast. Hotchkiss joined a growing search team of other troopers. It was a nice day then, but the temperature was dropping, which worried Hotchkiss the most. The group first searched in and around the house, thinking that children sometimes hide there. They didn’t find her there, so they knocked on neighbors’ doors, asking if they had seen the little girl. Hotchkiss said they got an overwhelming (强烈的) response, with many people wanting to help. The neighbors reached out to others to join in locating the child. The sun was beginning to set but they still hadn’t found the child. Although it seemed unlikely for a young child to walk up a steep (陡峭的) hill, Hotchkiss and two other troopers decided to go up the mountain. They each took different paths. “I knew I wouldn’t be able to sleep at night if I didn’t check everywhere I could. I kept climbing and climbing. After about 45 minutes into the climb, I looked up to the top of the mountain and all I could see were trees and dirt,” Hotchkiss said. But there, he spotted something that didn’t belong: a “pink dot (小圆点).” 注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右； 2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。 Hotchkiss had been told that the girl was wearing a pink skirt. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hotchkiss quickly wrapped the freezing child in his uniform and informed the other searchers. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$