2023届安徽省黄山市高中毕业班第三次质量检测(三模)英语试题

2023届安徽省黄山市高中毕业班第三次质量检测（三模）英
语试题
学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
一、阅读理解
Cool independent bookstores
RJ Julia Booksellers
Located in the shoreline town of Madison, Connecticut, RJ Julia Booksellers is known for its fantastic selection of books. It’s also notable for hosting incredible book launches and celebrity signings, and the shop lines its walls with photos of visiting authors and their autographs (亲笔签名). With a second floor devoted entirely to children’s books, this inviting bookstore is a great place for families.
Albertine
Reflecting the French government’s mission to further the intellectual exchange between France and America, Albertine is the only bookshop in New York City centered entirely around books in French and English. Albertine features more than 14,000 contemporary and classic books from dozens of French-speaking countries.
Laguna Beach Books
Located in the Old Pottery Place in Laguna Beach, California, Laguna Beach Books has been serving locals and visitors to the area since 2006. It’s a general-interest bookshop with a collection of fiction, nonfiction, science, and children’s books.
Laguna Beach Books is known for its knowledgeable staff members who are enthusiastic about conversing with customers about books. They’re also active supporters of book clubs, whether you’re looking to start your own or want personalized recommendations for your club’s next reads.
Argosy Book Store
Founded in 1925, Argosy Book Store is an antiquarian bookshop in New York City. All six floors are filled with old, rare and out-of-print books. It specializes in first editions, art history, American history and the history of medicine and science. Collectors can also find books that are autographed by a wide variety of famous figures.
1．Where is the bookstore that features French books?
A．In Madison.B．In Laguna Beach.
C．In New York City.D．In the Old Pottery Place.
2．What is Laguna Beach Books famous for?
A．Its long history.B．Its learned employees.
C．Its incredible book launches.D．Its huge numbers of celebrity signings. 3．Which bookstore may appeal to a rare book collector?
A．Albertine.B．Argosy Book Store.
C．Laguna Beach Books.D．RJ Julia Booksellers.
A map on social media shows “languages where the word for ‘mother/mom’ takes an
m-sound”. Scores of countries are shaded red.
The word mama does not sound like a mother, but it does show one feature of language: the fact that some sounds are more widespread than others around the world. A few consonants (辅音), such as b, m, p, t, d and k, show up far more frequently, in nearly every spoken language in the world. That is almost certainly because they are easy to make.
A baby vocalising (发声) will, at first, make a sound like “ah”, which requires little in the way of control over the mouth. If they briefly close their mouth and continue vocalising, air will come out of their nose, thus making the m-sound that is used in “mother” around the world.
Though the “mamas” bear the most obvious similarity, the “papas” have striking commonalities (共性), too. Babies can easily stop their breath when they close their lips. This produces a b-or a p-sound. It is surely for this reason that so many names for “father” use these consonants: papa in English, abb in Arabic and baba in Chinese. T- and d-sounds are similarly basic, involving a simple press of the tongue against the teeth: hence daddy, tatay (Tagalog) or tayta (Quechua).
Father and mother are, therefore, an oddity. F-is not especially easy to make; th-sounds are even harder. English, Greek and Spanish are unusual in having them, and French-, German- and Italian-speakers struggle very much with them, often using related consonants instead. Children may struggle with th-sounds when they are five, or older still in many cases.
This helps solve the mystery of why, despite parents being formally known as “mother” and “father”, so few children call them that. Few parents will insist on children using the proper term to refer to them, especially if it means waiting until a child is seven and can pronounce it.
4．What do words for “mother” in many languages have in common?
A．They include the “ah” sound.B．They are the first words of babies. C．They have the easy-to-make m-sound.D．They require a wide-open mouth to say. 5．Which body parts do babies need to employ to say the Quechua word for “father”? A．Their nose and teeth.B．Their mouth and nose.
C．Their tongue and teeth.D．Their lips and tongue.
6．For whom are th-sounds most difficult to pronounce?
A．The Greeks.B．The English.C．The Spanish.D．The French. 7．What can be a suitable title for the text?
A．The universal mama B．The most widespread sounds
C．The languages of the world D．The vocalisation of consonants
Standing outside my hospital the other day, I was struck by a sight. In fact, it’s a sight we’ve all seen countless times: obese (肥胖的) nurses standing around outside a hospital. It is estimated that one in four nurses is obese, with nearly two-thirds being overweight.
While some have argued that obese nurses may be less productive and take more time
off sick, this isn’t my concern at all. I’m just worried about the example they set to others. Yes, of course, nurses and doctors struggle with having a healthy lifestyle like everyone else. But if they can’t stick to the basic principles of maintaining a healthy lifestyle that they are promoting themselves, then in my opinion they have no business being on the front line. No patient is going to take them seriously unless they can demonstrate that they at least try to practise what they promote.
It’s a serious professional failing, because it sends the disastrous message of “do as I say not as I do”, which is never going to result in someone changing their ways. You wouldn’t take advice about reducing your drinking from an alcoholic, would you? So why should you be expected to listen to an overweight healthcare professional who is telling you to lose a few pounds?
Of course, there are lots of instances when a doctor or nurse’s personal struggles can really help. For example, I used to smoke and I find this actually helps me because I can relate to patients — I know their struggles, I know their concerns and I know the things they say to themselves to avoid quitting. Knowing that I used to smoke helps me come across as more human to my patients — I’ve done silly things but I’ve changed and so can they.
Similarly, a nurse who was previously obese but has now lost weight could be a real motivation for patients. But until they have lost weight and can demonstrate that they practise what they promote, they risk alienating (使疏远) the very patients they are charged with helping.
8．What worries the author concerning obese nurses?
A．They will have difficulty getting along with patients.
B．They will be unlikely to take patients seriously.
C．They will fail to play their role in health promotion.
D．They will be incompetent at their job on the front line.
9．What is the author’s attitude to “do as I say not as I do”?
A．Tolerant.B．Contradictory.C．Uncaring.D．Disapproving. 10．In what way is the author’s experience of quitting smoking helpful?
A．He understands smokers better.
B．He manages to maintain a healthier lifestyle.
C．He has become brave in the face of struggles.
D．He sets a good example to his workmates.
11．What can we infer about the author?
A．He is an alcoholic.B．He is a doctor.
C．He is overweight.D．He is impatient.
This month, the Internet was flooded with surprisingly elegant digital art portraits (肖像), thanks to the work of the latest artificial intelligence-assisted application to become popular. Users uploaded their photographs to the app and then—for a small fee—it used AI to transform their profile pictures into a magical soldier princess version, in no time at all.
Anyone can now produce professional-looking images made to their desires, without having any training in art or design themselves. If that sounds great to you , you might not be one of the millions of humans whose livelihoods depend on being able to exchange those skills for money.
Those working in the more cognitive (认知的) creative industries have long felt that they had nothing to fear from automation. After all, how could a computer ever recreate the aura (气质) of a masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci, or possess the unique skill set required to think up a convincing visual marketing campaign for a luxury brand?
Early images generated with these tools were full of glitches that marked them out as machine-made. But as the results have become more convincing, creatives have grown more concerned. On the front line of this debate are temporary workers such as graphic artists and commercial illustrators.
For those watching closely, the visual outputs of these widely available AI tools are already getting repetitive, and even the untrained eyes will learn soon to recognize the hand of the machine. Some of the most interesting and conceptually rich works being made with AI are still coming from artists such as Mario Klingemann and Anna Ridler, who are making their own training data sets, and organizing the machine outputs in imaginative ways.
The kind of artificial intelligence we might imagine replacing artists - an entirely autonomous creative robot capable of human-like imagination and expression - does not yet exist, but it is coming. And as AI becomes more common , artists, illustrators and designers will ultimately be set apart not by it, but by how, they use the technology.
12．Why does the author mention the latest app in Paragraph 1?
A．To explain what it is.B．To stress its importance.
C．To encourage people to use it.D．To introduce the topic of the passage. 13．What do the creatives think of the development of AI tools?
A．They think little of the ability of AI tools.
B．They don’t fear the competition from AI tools at all.
C．They feel pleased about the appearance of such AI tools.
D．They are worried that AI tools will threaten their living.
14．What does the underlined word “glitches” in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A．Smooth lines.B．Small errors.C．Distinct highlights.D．Special watermarks.
15．Which statement will the author probably agree with?
A．The robots that can be creative like humans will surely appear.
B．It’s too early to tell if the robots will be creative like humans.
C．Technology will get rid of the creative jobs.
D．Artists will create excellent works only with the help of AI tools.
二、七选五
Mercury (水银) is a liquid metal that has been used in thermometers (体温计) for many years.
____16____ If you broke a thermometer, clean it up immediately to avoid getting sick.
Pick up any pieces of glass and set them on a paper towel. ____17____ Carefully pick up the broken glass pieces of the thermometer and put them on the paper towel. Collect the largest pieces of the thermometer first before picking up smaller ones. Remember to put on rubber cleaning gloves and a facemask.
Gather the mercury into small balls using a piece of cardboard. Hold the cardboard at a 45-degree angle to your floor and slowly sweep the mercury together. ____18____ Look at your floor from a low angle with a flashlight to find any other droplets you missed. Pay special attention to cracks in your floor since mercury may get caught in them.
____19____ Squeeze the bulb on the end of the eyedropper (滴管) before setting the tip in the mercury. Let go of the bulb so the mercury gets pulled inside the eyedropper. Slowly squeeze the mercury onto a damp piece of paper towel so it’s off your floor.
Seal all the material you used in a garbage bag and store it outside. Label the bag “Contains Mercury”. ____20____ Store the garbage bag in a secure area outside, such as a shelf in your garage, until you can get rid of it.
A．But it is poisonous if swallowed or taken in.
B．Therefore, you won’t mistake it for regular garbage.
C．Check online to find safe sites near you.
D．Set a dry paper towel close to the spill so you can easily reach it.
E．Newer models of thermometers contain another liquid substance.
F．Collect the mercury with an eyedropper and put it onto damp paper towels.
G．As you sweep the small balls, they’ll combine to form larger balls that you can easily clean.
三、完形填空
With the decline of the new coronavirus(冠状病毒), the widespread virus currently seems to have become an evil of the past. However, plenty of couples were forced to change wedding plans in the past three years because of the virus. That’s not something that Tyler
reception.
The couple was initially ____23____ to have 150 ____24____ at their wedding. However, such a big ceremony simply was far from ____25____ with everything going on in the world. Hence they changed their plans and organized something ____26____ for just their friends and family. ____27____ cancel 150 people’s worth of ____28____, they chose to do something special with it. So, they spoke with the nonprofit organization Laura’s Home about ____29____. Their request was _____30_____, and plans were swiftly put in place for everything to _____31_____.
After getting married in their private and friendly ceremony, the couple then went straight to Laura’s Home, put on a hairnet and gloves, and joined the work of serving the homeless. They didn’t even change their _____32_____. It wasn’t the reception that the couple had _____33_____, but in a way, it was better. They got to do some good in the world on what was the _____34_____ day of their lives.
This widespread virus may have forced the couple to change their wedding plans, but in doing so, it ended up _____35_____ more people than they could have ever imagined. 21．A．over B．down C．up D．through 22．A．elderly B．sick C．disabled D．homeless 23．A．supposed B．reminded C．invited D．persuaded 24．A．colleagues B．neighbors C．guests D．beggars 25．A．formal B．possible C．amazing D．expensive 26．A．odd B．lively C．big D．close 27．A．Other than B．So as to C．Rather than D．In an attempt to 28．A．money B．budget C．food D．attention 29．A．donation B．sale C．promotion D．purchase 30．A．suspended B．proposed C．adjusted D．approved 31．A．hold back B．take over C．go ahead D．turn around 32．A．clothes B．schedules C．rings D．words 33．A．hosted B．planned C．skipped D．experienced 34．A．toughest B．luckiest C．busiest D．happiest 35．A．sheltering B．benefiting C．rewarding D．appreciating
四、用单词的适当形式完成短文
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Yuanxi—China Daily’s digital employee，____36____ (accompany) by the background sounds of Chinese traditional instruments, introduced the 9,000-year-old stone carvings from the Helan Mountains in Northwest China’s Ningxia Hui autonomous region on Oct 14, 2022.
With the rise of the metaverse (元宇宙), virtual humans have become a growing phenomenon in China. Though they are ____37____ (real), these virtual beings share similar identities with us and serve in different fields of our daily lives, including education, broadcasting, and business. For example, in June 2021, Hua Zhibing, a virtual human
____38____ can write poetry, was registered ____39____ a student at Tsinghua University. Throughout the 2022 Winter Olympics, China’s first AI sign language presenter served audiences with hearing disability 24/7.
Due to their perfect image and interesting setups, some virtual humans even get
____40____large number of fans and become idols in real life. As a virtual singer, Luo Tianyi has over 5 million ____41____ (follower) on Sina Weibo. When she ____42____ (hold) a concert in Shanghai in 2018, more than 10,000 fans cheered for her, ____43____ (wave) light sticks. ____44____ the future of virtual humans seems promising, problems seem to appear. For instance, their perfect image and life, which humans fail to achieve, can spell anxiety and depression in individuals.
Generally speaking, virtual humans _____45_____ (see) as the gateway to the metaverse and demonstrates financial potential, but there’s still a lot of room for development.
五、其他应用文
46．假定你是校学生会“空竹社团”团长，为丰富学校外籍留学生的课余生活，请你用英语写一篇社团招募文稿，提示如下：
1.社团的活动内容简介;
2.分享自己加入社团的收获;
3.介绍如何加入社团。

参考词汇：空竹社团Diabol Club;抖空竹play diabol
注意：1.写作词数应为80左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卷相应位置作答。

Hello, everyone! I’m here to
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六、读后续写
47．阅读下面短文，根据其内容和所给段落开头续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

For the past 17 years, Cathy had been living in the shadows. Because of some birth problems, her bones and muscles were out of shape. No one expected her to survive long. She did make it but with her strange body figure, everyone could recognize her, even from a distance.
In her hometown, a yearly outdoor performance was held in the school auditorium(礼堂). It had been performed for so many years and actually had become one of the most important events of the Christmas season for many of the town’s people.
Many people tried out each year for it, but so many were turned away. It can only include the most excellent people in the field.
Cathy had a beautiful singing voice. Last year she went to her music teacher Mrs. Owens to ask to join in the performance. Without letting her sing, Mrs. Owens took a glance at Cathy’s body and said, “Child, you are just not suitable. Everyone would stare at you and that would make you uncomfortable. It would make them uncomfortable, too.”
Without singing a single note, Cathy was sent back through the door of the music classroom. Hurt and upset，she decided never to try out again. But Mrs. Owens then retired.
This year, there came a new music teacher, Mr. Butler. He heard about Cathy and suggested that she have a try.
Cathy didn’t want to be rejected again, so she hesitated about it. As Cathy struggled, the door was pushed open and Mr. Butler called, “Cathy, you’re next.” Kind of nervous as she was, Cathy did as Mr. Butler told her to. Mr. Butler sat by the piano to keep Cathy company. When Cathy finished her testing performance, she thanked Mr. Butler and knew the result
would be posted on notice board the next day.
Cathy couldn’t sleep that night. She tossed and turned in bed one thousand times. She was suffering from the feelings that she didn’t fit and the great need to be accepted. By the next morning, her stomach was even in pain due to stress.
注意：1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卷相应位置作答。

Cathy rushed to school and glanced at the list on the notice board anxiously.
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Finally, the day for the performance came.
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