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2023届广东省深圳市高三年级第二次调研考试英语试题

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一、阅读理解

Your Garden Escape

Even in the big city you can find oases(

绿洲

)of calm and beauty. From a royal palace to

a classical garden,we recommend great green spaces to escape the hustle and bustle of

London.

Horniman Gardens

Horniman Gardens cover 16 acres with breathtaking views of rs can enjoy

the Sound Garden,Meadow Field, and even a Prehistoric Garden, which features a display of

“living fossils.”The gardens are very popular with families, and dogs can be let off their leads

in the Meadow Field.

Chiswick Garden

As a classical garden landscape in London, it was here that the English Landscape

Movement was born with William Kent’s designs. Enjoy fresh bread, seasonal food, and

natural wines in the award-winning cafe, while admiring the beauty of the naturalistic

landscape,spotted with impressive art and statues.

Buckingham Palace Garden

The 39-acre garden boasts more than 350 types of wildflowers, over 200 trees and a

three-acre lake. The garden also provides a habitat for native birds rarely seen in London. A

tour of the garden can be completed by having a cream tea in the cafe overlooking the

Palace’s famous grassland and lake.

Kew Garden

The Royal Botanic Garden at Kew is one of the world’s most famous gardens and a

UNESCO World Heritage a walk through the vast garden, spot local wildlife at the

lake, or get your hands dirty by trying a gardening lesson. Be sure to visit the Temperate

House, which contains some of the rarest and most threatened plants.

1

．

What can visitors do in both Horniman Gardens and Chiswick Garden?

A

．

Study living fossils.

B

．

Taste delicious food.

C

．

Enjoy impressive art.

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D

．

Appreciate fine views.

2

．

Where should visitors go if they want to join in hands-on activities?

A

．

Horniman Gardens.

B

．

Chiswick Garden.

C

．

Buckingham Palace Garden.

D

．

Kew Garden.

3

．

What is the purpose of the text?

A

．

To inform visitors of famous gardens.

B

．

To entertain interested garden visitors.

C

．

To stress the necessity of garden escape.

D

．

To show the benefits of touring gardens.

My childhood was a painted picture of sunny sky and rolling green fields stretching to

the horizon. It tasted of sharp berries and smelt of sour family lived in a cabin(

小

木屋

) in the countryside but I lived in my mother’s arms. They were so delicate but strong,

her red hair falling around me like a curtain separating me from the world.

Childhood was borders of my village were the furthest my troubles went and

monsters only lived in the pages of books. Every day was a waking dream of running races

and muddy village was archaic, dying cabins housing dying farmers with dying

traditions. There weren’t many children but me and the other boys; boys of butchers and

sellers formed our own group.

They called us wild. I suppose we were. Trees and mountains formed our playgrounds

and fights broke out as easily as sudden laughter. Liberated from the restrictions of society,

we would bound into the woods,deeper and deeper until we found a lake which, with a wild

yell, we would jump into all at once.

My most vivid memories from boyhood center around that lake. Water shone brightly

and the sounds of our screams broke into the outcry from birds. The shock of cold water

against sweating skin would wake every nerve in my body and my bare feet would hit the

sinking muddy bottom. As we submerged(

淹没

)

，

time would suspend

，

movements slowing

as bubbles rose around us.

I was drowning. I was living. I was living. I was drowning.

For timelessness or a second (both felt the same), we would suspend, curl up, and then

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be forced back out into breathing air.

We should have known that it wouldn’t last forever. Yet, even under the best

circumstances, there’s something so tragic about growing up: to have your perspective on the

people and life around you change;to always struggle to reach a mirror only to find yourself

tall enough to see your reflection one day. And find, a different person staring back out at

you.

4

．

What does the underlined word “archaic” mean in paragraph 2?

A

．

Borderless.

B

．

Valueless.

C

．

Old-fashioned.

D

．

Poverty-stricken.

5

．

Why did the author consider himself and other children wild?

A

．

They played in the woods crazily.

B

．

They tricked others purposefully.

C

．

They frequently broke social rules.

D

．

They firmly refused school education.

6

．

How does the author introduce his memories of the lake?

A

．

By sharing feelings.

B

．

By expressing ideas.

C

．

By making comparisons.

D

．

By describing characters.

7

．

What message does the author seem to convey in the last paragraph?

A

．

Loneliness and challenges make a man grow up.

B

．

The regret of growth is that you have never tried.

C

．

Growth is often accompanied by sad goodbyes to the past.

D

．

Growth begins when we begin to accept our own weakness.

In shallow coastal waters of the Indian ocean, Dugong, a kind of sea cow, is in trouble.

Environmental problems pose such a major threat to its survival that the International Union

for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) upgraded the species’ extinction risk status(

地位

)to

vulnerable (

脆弱的

).

Much worse, Dugongs are at risk of losing the protection of the Torres Strait Islanders,

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who have looked after them historically, hunting them for food sustainably and monitoring

their numbers. These native people keep their biodiversity, and have deep knowledge about

their environment. But these people are also threatened, in part because rising sea levels are

making it difficult for them to live there.

This situation isn’t unique to Dugongs. A global analysis of 385 culturally important

plant and animal species found 68 percent were both biologically vulnerable and at risk of

losing their cultural protection.

The findings clearly illustrate that biology shouldn’t be the primary factor in shaping

conservation policy,says anthropologist Victoria Reyes-Garcí a culture declines,the

species that are important to that culture are also threatened.“Lots of conservationists think

we need to separate people from nature,” says Reyes-García. “But that strategy misses the

caring relationship many cultural groups have with nature.”

One way to help shift conservation efforts is to give species a “bio-cultural status,”which

would provide a fuller picture of their vulnerability. In the study, the team used a new way to

determine a species’ risk of disappearing: the more a cultural group’s language use declines,

the more that culture is more a culture is threatened, the more culturally

vulnerable its important species are. Researchers then combined a species’ cultural and

biological vulnerability to arrive at its bio-cultural status. In the Dugong’s case, its

bio-cultural status is endangered, meaning it is more at risk than its IUCN categorization

suggests.

This new approach to conservation involves people that have historically cared for them.

It can highlight when communities need support to continue their care. Scientists hope it will

bring more efforts that recognize local communities’ rights and encourage their

participation-taking advantage of humans’ connection with nature instead of creating more

separation.

8

．

What is the relationship between the native people and Dugongs?

A

．

The native people help conserve Dugongs.

B

．

The native people train Dugongs to survive.

C

．

Dugongs ruin the native people’s environment.

D

．

Dugongs force the native people to leave home.

9

．

Which statement will Reyes-García probably agree with?

A

．

The protection policy is used incorrectly.

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B

．

Culture is connected to species’ existence.

C

．

Many groups take good care of each other.

D

．

Conservationists prefer nature over people.

10

．

How is the study method different from previous ones?

A

．

It involves more preservation efforts.

B

．

It relies on the IUCN’s classification.

C

．

It highlights the effect of human languages.

D

．

It assesses the biological influence of a species.

11

．

What is the author’s attitude towards the latest approach?

A

．

Conservative.

B

．

Favourable.

C

．

Critical.

D

．

Ambiguous.

Adapting to technological advances is a defining part of the 21s-century life. Just two

months after being launched in November 2022, OpenAI’s ChatGPT has already reached an

audience of over 100 million people. While ChatGPT threatens to change writing and

writing-related work, the Mesopotamians, who lived 4,000 years ago in a geographical area

centered in modern-day Iraq, went through this kind of far-reaching change before us.

Ancient Mesopotamia was home to many of civilization’s early developments. Its people

were world leaders in adapting to technological and cultural changes. They invented the

wheel and agriculture, and pioneered advances in mathematics and urbanization. These

breakthroughs are reflected in cuneiform(

楔形文字

)literature

，

one of the oldest known forms

of writing.

In its literature, Mesopotamians don’t present cultural and technological advances as

consistently often represent new technologies being controlled in the service

of human conflict and mostly serving the interests of those with high social positions. In some

ways

，

the representation of new technologies in its literature echoes(

映现

)contemporary

concerns about AI: fears of increasing social inequalities and its potential use in information

war.

In recent years

，

AI-the newest form of writing-has been used to decipher(

破译

)the oldest:

cuneiform broader fields,the boundaries of how AI may be used haven’t been

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clearly January,for example, a top international AI conference banned the use of

AI tools for writing scientific papers.

Humans have been struggling to invent, use and adapt to technology since our earliest

civilizations. But the technology and resulting knowledge are not always evenly distributed.

Knowing how we adapted to changing technology in the past helps us more fully understand

the human condition and may even help us prepare for the future.

12

．

What does paragraph 2 mainly talk about concerning Mesopotamians?

A

．

Their adaptation to threats.

B

．

Their influences on writing.

C

．

Their contribution to literature.

D

．

Their achievements in civilization.

13

．

What can be inferred about technological advances from paragraph 3?

A

．

They prevent human conflict.

B

．

They bring about hidden dangers.

C

．

They take away people’s concerns.

D

．

They lower people’s social status.

14

．

What is the current situation of AI according to paragraph 4?

A

．

Its use in literature is popular.

B

．

It is not allowed to finish papers.

C

．

Its range of application is undefined.

D

．

It is not accepted in broader fields.

15

．

Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?

A

．

How People Can Use the Latest Technology

B

．

How ChatGPT Will Threaten Writing and Work

C

．

What AI Will Do by Learning Cuneiform Literature

D

．

What History Can Teach Us About New Tech’s Impact

二、未知

Have you noticed how evenings cool off more in rural areas than they do in cities?

Urban areas also tend to get hotter during the day than any nearby areas with lots of

greenery.____16____

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