湖北省恩施州三校聯(lián)盟2022-2023學(xué)年高三第二次模擬考試英語(yǔ)試卷含解析

1、2022-2023學(xué)年高考英語(yǔ)模擬試卷注意事項(xiàng)1考試結(jié)束后，請(qǐng)將本試卷和答題卡一并交回2答題前，請(qǐng)務(wù)必將自己的姓名、準(zhǔn)考證號(hào)用05毫米黑色墨水的簽字筆填寫在試卷及答題卡的規(guī)定位置3請(qǐng)認(rèn)真核對(duì)監(jiān)考員在答題卡上所粘貼的條形碼上的姓名、準(zhǔn)考證號(hào)與本人是否相符4作答選擇題，必須用2B鉛筆將答題卡上對(duì)應(yīng)選項(xiàng)的方框涂滿、涂黑；如需改動(dòng)，請(qǐng)用橡皮擦干凈后，再選涂其他答案作答非選擇題，必須用05毫米黑色墨水的簽字筆在答題卡上的指定位置作答，在其他位置作答一律無效5如需作圖，須用2B鉛筆繪、寫清楚，線條、符號(hào)等須加黑、加粗第一部分 （共20小題，每小題1.5分，滿分30分）1So absorbed _ in h

2、er yoga exercises that she took no notice of the heavy rain outside.AMary wasBMary has beenCwas MaryDhas Mary been2An exhibition with 885 cultural relics to be displayed _ at the Meridian Gate Gallery.Awas held Bwould hold Chas hold Dwill be held3With Mothers Day around the corner，I have taken some

3、money out of the bank_ presents for my mother.AbuyBto buyCbuyingDhaving bought4Although values may be _, its helpful to share them with your partner for additional support.Aterminal BpersonalCcrucial Dpractical5He isnt such a man _ he used to be.AwhoBwhomCthatDas6-Do you think Peter is a good partne

4、r?- Not really! There are some things that are not easy to _ , and his laziness is one.Aput aside Bput up withCthink of Dget along with7What is your impression of your former colleague Nick?Hes helpful, and he _ give us a hand at work.AmustBwouldCmayDshould8_ online payment is safe, people will be m

5、ore likely to link their bank cards to WeChat.A Even though B As though C Ever since D As long as9 How do you find your trip to Sanya during the three-day New Year Holiday ?_ I cant speak too highly of it.AOh, wonderful indeed! BIts awful!CDont mention it DYou said it.10Believe it or not, it is _ th

6、at causes your illness.Abecause of your being overweightBbecause you are overweightCyou are so overweightDyour being overweight11They came back from their long walk and went into bed, .Atiredly but relaxingBtired but relaxingCtiredly but relaxedDtired but relaxed12Criticized as online games are, the

7、y never fail to _ a large number of teenagersAappeal toBobject toCrefer toDturn to13Having pictures to color will keep children _for hours.AamusedBamusingCamuseDto amuse14 , he talks a lot about his favorite singers after class.AA quiet student as he mayBQuiet student as he may beCBe a quiet student

8、 as he mayDQuiet as he may be a student15We have more than 80 flats in this building, each _ solar heatersAis equipped withBequipped withCis equipped byDequipped by16Some people are able to multitask wellthey can two or more businesses at the same time very well.Aturn to Brelate toClead to Dattend t

9、o17We _have hurried all the way to the airportthe flight was called off because of the foggy weather.AmustntBcouldntCneedntDwouldnt18The new movie _ to be one of the biggest money-makers of all time.ApretendsBagreesCpromisesDdeclines19He let me write down his instructions sure that I would know what

10、 was after he went away.Amaking; doing Bmaking; to doCto make; to do Dto make; to be done20- Mum, look at my shoes. I need a new pair.- .I bought them for you only a week ago!AYou bet BYou said itCYou dont say DYou name it第二部分 閱讀理解（滿分40分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。21（6分）Until recently, voice c

11、loning or voice banking, as it was then known was a customized industry which served those at risk of losing the power of speech to cancer or surgery. Synthesizing（合成） a voice was a long and expensive process. It meant recording many phrases, each spoken many times, with different the history of the

12、 KidPass blog emotional emphase（s重音）and in different contexts (statement, question, command and so forth), in order to the tips on writing good articles online cover all possible pronunciations.Not any more. Software exists that can store pieces of recorded speech which is merely five milliseconds l

13、ong, each marked with a precise pitch（音高）. These can be put together to make new words, and adjusted individually so that they fit harmoniously into their new sonic homes. This is much cheaper than conventional voice banking, and permits novel uses to be developed.This year Vivo Text plans to releas

14、e an app that lets users select the emphasis, speed and level of happiness or sadness with which individual words and phrases are produced. Mr. Silbert refers to the emotive quality of the human voice as “the ultimate instrument”. Yet this power also troubles him. Vivo Text licenses its software to

15、Hasbro, an American toymaker keen to sell increasingly interactive playthings. Hasbro is aware, Mr. Silbert notes, that without safeguards a naughty child might, for example, type impolite words on his mothers smartphone in order to see a younger sibling burst into tears on hearing them spoken by a

16、toy using mums voice.More troubling, when tested against voice-biometrics software like that used by many banks to block unauthorized access to accounts, more than 80% of the fake voices tricked the computer. Alan Black, one of Festvoxs developers, thinks systems that rely on voice-ID software are n

17、ow “deeply, fundamentally insecure”.Dr. Saxena and his colleagues asked volunteers if a voice sample belonged to a person whose real speech they had just listened to for about 90 seconds. The volunteers recognized cloned speech as such only half the time (ie, no better than chance). The outcome, acc

18、ording to George Papcun, an expert witness paid to detect fake recordings produced as evidence in court, is the appearance of a technology with “enormous potential value for disinformation”.As might be expected, countermeasures to recognize such deception （ 欺 騙 ） are being developed.Nuance Communica

19、tions, a maker of voice-activated software, is working on algorithms（算法） that detect tiny skips in frequency at the points where slices of speech are stuck together. Adobe, best known as the marker of Photoshop, an image-editing software suite, says that it may add digital watermarks to speech synth

20、esized by a voice-cloning software called VoCo it is developing. Such technology may help computers recognize suspicious speech. Even so, it is easy to imagine the chaos that might be created in a world which makes it easy to put authentic-sounding words into the mouths of opponents be they colleagu

21、es or heads of state.1、Paragraphs 1 and 2 are mainly about .Asignificant elements influencing voice cloningBpossible applications of voice cloning in realityCcomplexities of creating a synthetic copy of a voiceDdifferences between traditional and existing voice banking2、Whats Hasbros attitude toward

22、s Vivo Tests new app?AOptimistic. BConservative.CUnconcerned. DSubjective.3、The experiment carried out by Dr. Saxena and his colleagues shows that volunteers .Aidentified cloned speech in about 45 secondsBpreferred a real speech to a voice sampleCproved only a little harder to fool than softwareDfou

23、nd it hard to use the software to record their voices4、What can we infer from the last paragraph?AInvestments should be increased to advance voice cloning.BLong-term measures should be taken to popularize the idea of voice cloning.CDisagreements among firms about the way to treat voice cloning are g

24、etting serious.DProblems of voice cloning are unavoidable despite the efforts that have been made.22（8分）The first truly autonomous cars vehicles that drive down the streets with no one behind the wheel have finally arrived.Waymo, which began life as Googles self-driving car project, announced that i

25、t had let its driverless cars loose in parts of Phoenix, Arizona, with nobody in the front seats to take over in case of emergency. Members of the public taking part in a Waymo trial in the desert city in the south-west US will be able to order the vehicles to come through an app “in the next few mo

26、nths”, the group said.Potentially one of the most revolutionary (革命性的) new technologies, as well as one of the most advertised, driverless cars have been at the centre of a race between big automakers and technology companies. But while a number of groups are testing the technology on the streets wi

27、th back-up drivers behind the wheel, most believe the approach of full autonomy is at least two years away.Google shocked the auto industry when it first showed a basic version of its driverless technology seven years ago, and it then invested more than $ l bn in autonomous vehicle research.Rivals (

28、競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手) admit it still has a technology lead, though skeptics question whether the artificial intelligence is good enough to respond to the many unforeseen events that could occur on the road.Waymo believes it is the first company to reach a standard known in the driverless car world as level 4, meani

29、ng its cars can drive under full autonomy in preset areas that have been carefully mapped out and tested. Uber, General Motors, Aptiv PLC, BMW and others have been conducting testing to reach level 4, but all of them still keep a human in the drivers seat.1、What should people do in the driverless ca

30、r test?ATake over in an emergency.BCall for a car without an app.CLet the car operate in full autonomy.DTest the car in a deserted place.2、The third paragraph may be used to show .AGoogles driverless technology is really advancedBWay mo will be widely acknowledged two years laterCdriverless cars wil

31、l damage the entire automobile marketDthe technology of driverless cars is developing too fast3、Why is Waymo confident about trying out its first driverless cars?ABecause it already invented a basic version.BBecause it has a technology lead in this area.CBecause it has reached full, level 4 autonomy

32、.DBecause its cars can drive wherever a person likes.4、Whats the authors attitude towards the self-driving car?ASupportive. BOpposed.CSkeptical. DObjective.23（8分）Given the recent interest in green buildings in the media, lets think differently. Instead of focusing on increasing the supply of energy,

33、 what if we focus on reducing demand?Can we start with ending the open-door practice of street-front shops? While cool air from these shops is refreshing to pedestrians, it carries a cost. Energy is used in the air conditioning process.So it must be possible to look for changes in regulations that w

34、ould encourage more energy-saving designs. For instance, if we fix ceiling fans, air-conditioning homes could surely be avoided for part of the year. Ceiling fans use far less energy. They were in a year air conditioners could stay if ceiling fans were fixed.In homes built under the small-house poli

35、cy in New Territories, the ceiling may be too low for ceiling fans. If the 9-meter maximum building height regulation were relaxed, ceiling fans could be fixed to reduce energy use. Current thinking in sustainable building design and operation involves integrated(協(xié)調(diào)統(tǒng)一的) design, that is, bring togeth

36、er all parties to create a building with better performance that achieves energy reduction.For integrated design to succeed, all parties must come together and think beyond each persons circle of influence. Better solutions are impossible to avoid with integrated design. Buildings would no longer be

37、 engineered after the basic architecture was built. Positive project outcomes may include reduced air-conditioning load, reduced power use for electric lighting, and a reduction in the amount of materials used.We need to ask if we are ready to look beyond our own small circles and seek an improved a

38、pproach to building design. By that I mean an integrated design resulting in more sustainable buildings.1、Whats the authors attitude towards the open-door practice of the street shops?ASupportive.BDisapproving.COptimistic.DUncaring.2、Why does the author suggest fixing ceiling fans?ATo follow an old

39、practice.BTo help reduce energy use.CTo completely replace air conditioners.DTo help cut down on daily expenses.3、Whats the key to making sustainable buildings a reality?AAll parties should get started at the same time.BThe basic architecture should be finished first.CProper design and performance t

40、o achieve energy reduction.DSeeking the small-house policy and some successful architects.4、What would be the best title for the text?AWaste less, live betterBGoodbye, air conditioningCHow to reduce the energy costDGreen buildings call for integrated design24（8分）The human brain remembers negative ex

41、periences more easily than positive ones. Our brains have developed this way because threats, like dangerous animals, had a more immediate effect on our ancestors survival compared to positive things like food or shelter. As a result, you likely know what makes you unhappy, but do you know what make

42、s you happy?Research suggests that our level of happiness depends partly on factors we cannot controlour genes and our life circumstances. But our level of happiness is also shaped by the choices we make. If youve been chasing wealth, fame, good looks, material things and power, you may be looking f

43、or happiness in all the wrong places. Psychologists suggest that the following habits make people happier.People who form close relationships tend to be happier than those who do not. The number of friends we have is not important, What matters is the quality of our relationships. Relationships that

44、 bring happiness usually involve the sharing of feelings, mutual respect, acceptance, trust and fun.People who exercise regularly improve both their physical and mental well being. Some research has shown that exercise can be as effective as medication in treating depression,When we are so intereste

45、d in an activity we enjoy that we lose track of time, we are in a state of flow. The activity could be making art, playing piano, surfing, or playing a game. People who experience flow in their work or hobbies tend to be happier,People are more likely to be happy if they know what their strengths ar

46、e and use them regularly, People who set goals and use their strengths to achieve them tend to be happier. People are especially happy when they can use their strengths to serve the greater good.People who think positively by being grateful, mindful and optimistic are more likely to be happy. Being

47、grateful means being thankful, Being mindful means being open to, focusing on and enjoying the experiences of the present moment. Being optimistic means being hopeful about the future.1、Why does the human brain remember negative things more easily?ANegative things are easy to remember.BDangerous wil

48、d animals are a threat to us,COur ancestors had no enough food for living.DNegative things tend to affect human survival immediately,2、How does the author like looking for happiness in material things?AUncertain.BOpposed,CSupportive.DOptimistic.3、What does the author suggest us in the last paragraph

49、?AEnjoying our life and work.BLeading a happy life each day.CBeing positive in our life and work.DThinking more about the future.4、What does this text mainly tell us?AThe factors that make people happy.BHow to remember positive things easily,CThe habits which people form in their life.DWhy people re

50、member negative things easily.25（10分）Suppose you work in a big firm and find English very important for your job because you often deal with foreign businessmen. Now you are looking for a place where you can improve your English, especially your spoken English.Here are some advertisements about Engl

51、ish language training from newspaper. You may find the information you need.Global English CenterGeneral English in all four skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.3-month (700 yuan), 6-month (1,200 yuan) and one-year (2,000 yuan) courses.Choices of morning or evening classes, 3 hours per

52、 day, MonFri.Experienced college English teachers.Close to city center and bus stops.Tel: 67705272 Add: 105 Ahongshan Road, 2082Modern Language SchoolSpecial courses in English for business, travel, banking, hotel management and office skills.Small classes(12-16 students) on Sat. &Sun. from 2:005:00

53、 p.m.Native English teachers from Canada and the USALanguage lab and computers supplied.3-month course: 1,050 yuan; 6-month course: 1,850 yuan.Write or phone: Modern Language School, 675 Park Road. 2056Tel: 67353019The 21st Century English Training CentreWe specialize in effective teaching at all le

54、vels.We offer morning or afternoon class, both three months and a half at a cost of 800 yuan.We also have a six-week TOEFL preparation class during winter and summer holidays.Entrance exams: June. 1 and Dec. 1Only 15-minute walk from city centre.Call 67801642 for more informationThe International Ho

55、use of EnglishThree/Six- month English courses for students of all levels at a very low cost: 60 yuan for 12 hours per week: convenient class hours: 9:0012:00 a.m. and 2:005:00 p.m.A 4-month evening programme specially for developing speaking skills (same cost as day classes).Free sightseeing and so

56、cial activitiesVery close to the Central Park. For further information call 674323081、You work from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. every day. Which school will you choose?AGlobal English Center and Modern Language School.BGlobal English Center and the International House.CModern Language School and the 21st

57、 Century.DThe 21st Century and the International House.2、The 21st Century is different from the other three schools in that_.Aits teaching quality is betterBit is nearest to the city centreCits courses are more advancedDit requires an entrance examination3、You will probably prefer to go to the Inter

58、national House because it _.Aoffers free sightseeing and social activitiesBhas a special course in spoken EnglishCcosts less than the other schoolsDhas native English teachers4、If you take the evening programme at the International House, you will pay about _.A60 yuanB240 yuanC720 yuanD960 yuan第三部分

59、語(yǔ)言知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)）第一節(jié)（每小題1.5分，滿分30分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)26（30分）Thank You, Mr.FlagmanLong line of rush hour traffic wound its way down the rain-slick street. Obviously, I would be late for 1 up the children, and the babysitter would be unhappy. Nothing had gone 2 all daymy car broke d

60、own on my way to work this morning; the secretarys 3 threw the whole office out of order. And this traffic jam seemed the perfect ending to this 4 day.All I wanted was to get home and took a hot shower, 5 some peace and quiet. But I knew the endless 6 was waiting for me: supper to be done, messy roo