2024年4月8日发(作者：)

2023届河北省邯郸市高三二模英语试题

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姓名：

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一、阅读理解

Enter the Kids News Junior Journalist competition

The search is on for the next generation of news breakers with the Kids News Junior

Journalist competition.

The free competition is open to children in Years 3-9, with four categories for both

primary and secondary students:

●News story - print

●News story - video

●Sports story - print

●Sports story - video

The grand prize winner will score a guest appearance on Channel 10’s Studio 10

program, hosted by Narelda Jacobs.

Jacobs, a television journalist for more than 20 years, said it was important for kids to

take an interest in news. “Events and issues being re ported on impact children either now or

into the future,” she said.

As well as the Studio 10 grand prize, there are four $750 gift cards for primary students

and four $1000 gift cards for secondary students to compete for.

Kids can submit written and video entries to the Junior Journalist competition from

February 6 to April 6.

HOW TO ENTER

●Write a story or create a video story about something that has happened or is about to

happen in your school or local community. Y our story should be factual. Check out the

Junior Journalist videos for tips.

●Download the consent(

同意书

) form below and get your parent or guardian to fill it in.

●Download the entry form below and get your teacher to fill it in.

●Email your written or video story, along with the completed consent and entry forms,

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a MP4 file.

1

．

Who can attend the competition?

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A

．

A 3-year-old boy.

C

．

A fan of Studio 10.

2

．

What will the grand prize winner get?

A

．

A job offer from the TV station.

C

．

The chance to be on TV.

3

．

What is the requirement for an entry?

A

．

It should be based on facts.

C

．

It must be a story about school life.

B

．

A student of junior high.

D

．

A 20-yearold journalist.

B

．

Some prizes as well as $ 750.

D

．

Four $ 1000 gift cards.

B

．

It has to be related to a parent.

D

．

It can be either paper or audio. .

When his daughter Morgan was growing up, Gordon Hartman was heartbroken after

watching her on the playground. Other children refused to play with her, mostly because her

disabilities meant she couldn’t access the places where they were playing. The family tried

other places but were never satisfied.

“What we found was there was no place that was an easily-accessible, fully inclusive

park,” Gordon said. So he went home and sold his construction business, bought a large piece

of land, and went to work building an entire amusement park for disabled children.

All kids need playtime, and Morgan was no different. The park—named Morgan’s

Wonderland—finally offered Morgan that opportunity. What the Hartmans discovered is that

kids without disabilities enjoy the park just as much, and they interact a lot more with

everyone when all are included. In fact, three quarters of the park’s visitors are not disabled.

And that makes it all the more fun.

Watching the kids play together without barriers makes you realize that we are all the

same, and having fun is for everybody. But it doesn’t end there. One-third of the staff also has

special needs. Seeing the way they interact also puts a smile on your face. They take their

jobs seriously, and they make sure everybody is having fun. .

“It feels fantastic because we get to see people who are not given the opportunity to

experience the types of rides we have, get on a carousel, get on a train easily, and go fishing,”

says Gordon. The park has been visited by people with special needs from over 67 countries.

“When we opened this, we didn’t know if it was going to work,” says Gordon. “All we

wanted to do was bring people together and play.”

Just look at the smiles at Morgan’s Wonderland, and you’ll see how much good it does.

4

．

Why was Gordon extremely sad?

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A

．

His daughter was disabled.

C

．

His daughter was never satisfied.

Morgan.

B

．

He had to sell his business.

D

．

No playground was accessible to

5

．

What do we know about Morgan’s Wonderland?

A

．

Every child comes to play with Morgan.

C

．

It allows every child to have fun here.

B

．

It hires the disabled to attract tourists.

D

．

3/4 of its area is for normal children. .

6

．

How did Gordon feel about his amusement park at first?

A

．

Confident. B

．

Uncertain. C

．

Ashamed. D

．

Optimistic.

7

．

What can be the best title for this text?

A

．

Every Kid Deserves to Have Fun

C

．

A Playground Is Enough for All

Kids have always loved skimming stones across water. And everyone knows the thinner

and flatter the stone the better, right?

Not necessarily, according to English scientists who have found a fatter, curvier(

弯曲的

)

rock is key to getting good bounce. Bristol University mathematician Ryan Palmer found that

while thin, flat stones still provided the best chance of a maximum number of skips, fatter,

curvier stones offered something “that’s completely different, but just as spectacular: huge

jumps out of the water.

The scientists had initially been looking into the more serious subject of ice on aircraft,

analyzing how ice crystals(

晶体

) bounced off a layer of liquid formed on a plane’s wings. It

turned out this had the “same sort of interactions that you get with you or 1 standing at the

comer of a lake trying to skim a stone across it”, said Professor Palmer, the study ‘s lead

author.

He said the study found a heavier rock gave a super response that produced an almighty

jump. When a stone hit the water, horizontal speed turned into upward speed, so it made

sense that a heavy rock would put more force into that action. The curviness was also key,

because it allowed a heavier stone to jump up off the water.

For those looking to try their arms at big skips, Prof Palmer said the technique remained

the same: your throw should be as parallel(

平行的

) as possible to the top of the water, before

you lean back and let the rock fly. While Prof Palmer said he was no expert stone skimmer, he

always had a throw when the opportunity arose. “Especially if it looks more like a potato, I’ll

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B

．

We Should Respect Each Other

D

．

A Father Has Saved His Daughter

have a go,” he said. But he said a potato-shaped stone was probably a little too heavy and

round to get the maximum bounce.

8

．

What kind of stones do people usually choose when skimming them across water?

A

．

Fatter and curvier. B

．

Thinner and flatter. C

．

Flatter and heavier. D

．

Rounder and

curvier.

9

．

What is the probable meaning of the underlined word “almighty” in Paragraph 4?

A

．

Playful. B

．

Skillful. C

．

Colorful. D

．

Powerful.

10

．

What do we know about skimming stones from Paragraph 5?

A

．

It is played only by kids.

C

．

It offers all kinds of opportunities.

11

．

What is mainly talked about in this text?

A

．

The key to selecting best skimming stones.

B

．

The fun skimming stones brings to children.

C

．

A simple game suitable for kids and grownups.

D

．

A study on the water layer on a plane’s wings.

Scientists have learned more about the inner workings of the Earth by studying the way

waves from earthquakes travel through the planet’s center. The results suggest that the Earth’s

inner core may be starting to spin more slowly than the Earth.

The Earth’s core has two parts: the outer core and the inner core. Both of these are made

mainly of the metals iron and nickel. The outer core is liquid. But the inner core is a solid ball

held in this liquid almost like the yolk(

蛋黄

) in an egg.

Scientists suspected for a long time that the inner core might be spinning slightly

differently from the way the Earth spins.

In the 1990s, two scientists, Paul Richards and Xiaodong Song, studied the inner core by

looking at the waves from earthquakes that travel through the center of the Earth. They

focused on groups and pairs of waves from earthquakes that naturally repeat. If the inner core

was spinning exactly with the Earth, each wave of the pair should have taken the same time to

pass through the Earth. Instead, some moved faster than others. This was because they were

hitting different parts of the inner core as it spun. Their studies revealed that the inner core

was spinning in the same direction as the Earth, but slightly faster.

Now Dr. Song and Yi Yang—another scientist who studies the Earth—say they’ve used

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B

．

It needs a certain technique.

D

．

It is played the best using potatoes.

the same method to learn that the Earth’s inner core may be starting to spin slower than the

Earth. The researchers studied earthquake wave pairs from Alaska, going all the way back to

1964. They noticed that the inner core’s spin also seemed to change speed in the early 1970s.

The scientists say that the inner core may have a pattern of speeding up and slowing down

every 70 years or so.

Not everyone agrees. Many scientists who study the Earth say more information needed

to figure out what is really going on.

12

．

Why is an egg mentioned in the second paragraph?

A

．

To explain how the Earth’s core moves.

B

．

To show the importance of the inner core.

C

．

To illustrate the composition of the outer core.

D

．

To help picture the structure of the Earth’s core

13

．

What did the scientists discover about the inner core in the 1990s?

A

．

It sent out earthquake waves.

C

．

It moved exactly with the Earth.

B

．

It changed speed repeatedly.

D

．

It moved a little faster than the Earth. .

14

．

What does the author say about the study result?

A

．

It is accurate and reliable.

C

．

It needs further confirmation.

15

．

What is the text?

A

．

A science report.

B

．

A sci-fi story. C

．

A diary entry. D

．

A brochure.

B

．

It excites the scientists.

D

．

It has caused a heated discussion. .

二、七选五

Benefits of Forest Bathing

Forest bathing means spending time in nature to promote physical and mental health. In

recent years, forest bathing has gained popularity around the world. This practice encourages

people to connect with nature by taking slow walks, engaging in activities such as yoga or

meditation, and embracing the present moment.____16____.

Aid in reducing stress

Forest bathing can help reduce stress. Connecting with nature decreases cortisol(

皮质醇

)

levels, the hormone responsible for feelings of stress.____17____! Even before you

physically enter the forest, just imagining staying there can positively affect your cortisol

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