2024年3月15日发(作者：)

2023年高考英语试卷（新高考Ⅱ卷）附参考答案

一、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）

阅读理解

Yellowstone National Park offers a variety of ranger programs throughout the park, and throughout the

year. The following are descriptions of the ranger programs this summer.

Experiencing Wildlife in Yellowstone (May 26 to September 2)

Whether you're hiking a backcountry trail (小径), camping, or just enjoying the park's amazing wildlife

from the road, this quick workshop is for you and your family. Learn where to look for animals and how to

safely enjoy your wildlife watching experience. Meet at the Canyon Village Store.

Junior Ranger Wildlife Olympics (June 5 to August 21)

Kids can test their skills and compare their abilities to the animals of Yellowstone. Stay for as little or as

long as your plans allow. Meet in front of the Visitor Education Center.

Canyon Talks at Artist Point (June 9 to September 2)

From a classic viewpoint, enjoy Lower Falls, the Yellowstone River, and the breathtaking colors of the

canyon (峡谷) while learning about the area's natural and human history. Discover why artists and

photographers continue to be drawn to this special place. Meet on the lower platform at Artist Point on the

South Rim Drive for this short talk.

Photography Workshops (June 19 & July 10)

Enhance your photography skills — join Yellowstone's park photographer for a hands-on program to

inspire new and creative ways of enjoying the beauty and wonder of Yellowstone.

6/19 — Waterfalls & Wide Angles: meet at Artist Point.

7/10 — Wildflowers & White Balance: meet at Washburn Trailhead in Chittenden parking area.

1．Which of the four programs begins the earliest?

A．Photography Workshops.

B．Junior Ranger Wildlife Olympics.

C．Canyon Talks at Artist Point.

D．Experiencing Wildlife in Yellowstone.

2．What is the short talk at Artist Point about?

A

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Works of famous artists.

C

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Basic photography skills.

B

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Protection of wild animals.

D

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History of the canyon area.

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3．Where will the participants meet for the July 10 photography workshop?

A

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Artist Point.

C

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Canyon Village Store.

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Turning soil, pulling weeds, and harvesting cabbage sound like tough work for middle and high school

kids. And at first it is, says Abby Jaramillo, who with another teacher started Urban Sprouts, a school garden

program at four low-income schools. The program aims to help students develop science skills,

environmental awareness, and healthy lifestyles.

Jaramillo's students live in neighborhoods where fresh food and green space are not easy to find and fast

food restaurants outnumber grocery stores. "The kids literally come to school with bags of snacks and large

bottles of soft drinks," she says. "They come to us thinking vegetables are awful, dirt is awful, insects are

awful." Though some are initially scared of the insects and turned off by the dirt, most are eager to try

something new.

Urban Sprouts' classes, at two middle schools and two high schools, include hands-on experiments such

as soil testing, flower-and-seed dissection, tastings of fresh or dried produce, and work in the garden. Several

times a year, students cook the vegetables they grow, and they occasionally make salads for their entire

schools.

Program evaluations show that kids eat more vegetables as a result of the classes. "We have students

who say they went home and talked to their parents and now they're eating differently," Jaramillo says.

She adds that the program's benefits go beyond nutrition. Some students get so interested in gardening

that they bring home seeds to start their own vegetable gardens. Besides, working in the garden seems to

have a calming effect on Jaramillo's special education students, many of whom have emotional control

issues. "They get outside," she says, "and they feel successful."

4．What do we know about Abby Jaramillo?

A．She used to be a health worker.

B．She grew up in a low-income family.

C．She owns a fast food restaurant.

D．She is an initiator of Urban Sprouts.

5．What was a problem facing Jaramillo at the start of the program?

A．The kids' parents distrusted her.

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B

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Washburn Trailhead.

D

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Visitor Education Center.

B．Students had little time for her classes.

C．Some kids disliked garden work.

D．There was no space for school gardens.

6．Which of the following best describes the impact of the program?

A

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Far-reaching.

C

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Short-lived.

7．What can be a suitable title for the text?

A

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Rescuing School Gardens

C

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Growing Vegetable Lovers

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Reading Art: Art for Book Lovers is a celebration of an everyday object — the book, represented here in

almost three hundred artworks from museums around the world. The image of the reader appears throughout

history, in art made long before books as we now know them came into being. In artists' representations of

books and reading, we see moments of shared humanity that go beyond culture and time.

In this "book of books," artworks are selected and arranged in a way that emphasizes these connections

between different eras and cultures. We see scenes of children learning to read at home or at school, with the

book as a focus for relations between the generations. Adults are portrayed (

描绘

) alone in many settings

and poses — absorbed in a volume, deep in thought or lost in a moment of leisure. These scenes may have

been painted hundreds of years ago, but they record moments we can all relate to.

Books themselves may be used symbolically in paintings to demonstrate the intellect (才智), wealth or

faith of the subject. Before the wide use of the printing press, books were treasured objects and could be

works of art in their own right. More recently, as books have become inexpensive or even throwaway, artists

have used them as the raw material for artworks — transforming covers, pages or even complete volumes

into paintings and sculptures.

Continued developments in communication technologies were once believed to make the printed page

outdated. From a 21st-century point of view, the printed book is certainly ancient, but it remains as

interactive as any battery-powered e-reader. To serve its function, a book must be activated by a user: the

cover opened, the pages parted, the contents reviewed, perhaps notes written down or words underlined. And

in contrast to our increasingly networked lives where the information we consume is monitored and tracked,

a printed book still offers the chance of a wholly private, "off-line" activity.

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B

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Predictable.

D

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Unidentifiable.

B

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Experiencing Country Life

D

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Changing Local Landscape

8．Where is the text most probably taken from?

A

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An introduction to a book.

C

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A guidebook to a museum.

9．What are the selected artworks about?

A

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Wealth and intellect.

C

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Books and reading.

B

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Home and school.

D

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Work and leisure.

B

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An essay on the art of writing.

D

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A review of modern paintings.

10．What do the underlined words "relate to" in paragraph 2 mean?

A

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Understand.

B

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Paint.

C

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Seize.

D

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Transform.

11．What does the author want to say by mentioning the e-reader?

A．The printed book is not totally out of date.

B．Technology has changed the way we read.

C．Our lives in the 21st century are networked.

D．People now rarely have the patience to read.

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As cities balloon with growth, access to nature for people living in urban areas is becoming harder to

find. If you're lucky, there might be a pocket park near where you live, but it's unusual to find places in a city

that are relatively wild.

Past research has found health and wellness benefits of nature for humans, but a new study shows that

wildness in urban areas is extremely important for human well-being.

The research team focused on a large urban park. They surveyed several hundred park-goers, asking

them to submit a written summary online of a meaningful interaction they had with nature in the park. The

researchers then examined these submissions, coding (

编码

) experiences into different categories. For

example, one participant's experience of "We sat and listened to the waves at the beach for a while" was

assigned the categories "sitting at beach" and "listening to waves."

Across the 320 submissions, a pattern of categories the researchers call a "nature language" began to

emerge. After the coding of all submissions, half a dozen categories were noted most often as important to

visitors. These include encountering wildlife, walking along the edge of water, and following an established

trail.

Naming each nature experience creates a usable language, which helps people recognize and take part in

the activities that are most satisfying and meaningful to them. For example, the experience of walking along

the edge of water might be satisfying for a young professional on a weekend hike in the park. Back

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downtown during a workday, they can enjoy a more domestic form of this interaction by walking along a

fountain on their lunch break.

"We're trying to generate a language that helps bring the human-nature interactions back into our daily

lives. And for that to happen, we also need to protect nature so that we can interact with it," said Peter Kahn,

a senior author of the study.

12．What phenomenon does the author describe at the beginning of the text?

A．Pocket parks are now popular.

B．Wild nature is hard to find in cities.

C．Many cities are overpopulated.

D．People enjoy living close to nature.

13．Why did the researchers code participant submissions into categories?

A．To compare different types of park-goers.

B．To explain why the park attracts tourists.

C．To analyze the main features of the park.

D．To find patterns in the visitors' summaries.

14．What can we learn from the example given in paragraph 5?

A．Walking is the best way to gain access to nature.

B．Young people are too busy to interact with nature.

C．The same nature experience takes different forms.

D．The nature language enhances work performance.

15．What should be done before we can interact with nature according to Kahn?

A

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Language study.

C

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Public education.

B

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Environmental conservation.

D

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Intercultural communication.

二、任务型阅读（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。

As an artist who shares her journey on social media, I'm often asked by curious followers how to begin

an art journey. Unfortunately, there is no magic list I can offer. I do remember, though, what it was like to be

a complete beginner. So I've put together some good tips for starting an art journey.

● Start small. I suggest using a sketchbook (

素描本

) for small studies. These small studies provide

inspiration and may be a springboard for more complex works in the future.

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You'll want to

look back on your journey to see how far you've come.

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● Paint often and paint from life. There's no better way to improve than to put in those brush miles.

Whether you paint still lifes, portraits, or landscapes, paint from life as much as possible.

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● Continually challenge yourself to try something new.

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Artistic growth can be a bit

painful. Welcome to the club; we've all been there. I love taking on challenges. I once took up a challenge to

create a painting every day for a month and post the works online.

●

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Seeking and accepting constructive feedback (

反馈

) is crucial to growth. I post my

work on social media and, in turn, have met some of the kindest people. They make me feel valued and

respected, no matter my level of artistic ability.

The journey you're on won't follow a straight path.

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Push through, give it time and put

in the effort. You will harvest the rewards of an artistic life.

A. Get out of your comfort zone.

B. Make career plans and set goals.

C. Don't throw away your beginner art.

D. Share your work if you feel comfortable doing so.

E. You'll hit roadblocks, and you'll feel discouraged at times.

F. Evaluate your performance and, if needed, redefine your role.

G. You'll develop that painting muscle memory that only comes with repetition.

三、完形填空（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。

In April last year, I saw a post on the PNP (Pilots N Paws) website from a family in Topeka. They had to

move to Virginia but they were on a very tight 21

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. They could not afford to pay for

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for their dog, Tiffy, and 23

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wanted to take her with them.

It just 24

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that I was planning another PNP flight with another pilot, Karen, who

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to take Tiffy from Kansas City to Virginia. What I was to do was fly to Topeka to

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Tiffy.

When I met Tiffy's owners, they seemed very 27

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. George, the husband, was trying to be calm,

but I could tell this was 28

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for him, having to leave his dog to a 29

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and trust that

everything would 30

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.

After some goodbyes, I asked George and his wife to help me 31

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Tiffy into the plane. I

promised to take care of Tiffy and 32

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them as soon as we got to Kansas City.

The flight was 33

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, and Tiffy was a great passenger. The next day, she 34

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with

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