2022年廣東省肇慶市高考英語模擬試卷（三）
發(fā)布：2024/4/20 14:35:0
第一部分閱讀（共兩節(jié)，滿分37.5分）第一節(jié)（共4小題；每小題2.5分，滿分37.5分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出最佳選項。
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1．Amazing Train Journeys
The Beijing to Lhasa Express，China
Departs daily；Distance—2，330 miles；Duration—40 hours
Linking the royal wonders of Beijing with the dreamlike palaces of Lhasa，the 721 train travels from the modernity of urban China to a once-remote land.Running westward，the train climbs nearly 16，400 ft （5，000 m） on its journey to the roof of the world：the Tibetan Plateau.
London to Fort William on the Caledonian Sleeper，UK
Departs daily；Distance—509 miles；Duration—13 hours 30 minutes
This overnight train journey is filled with the romance of rail travel.It's just a pity that the whole experience—from dining-car chatting and light beer，to being carried into a la-la land by the rhythm of the rails and waking to bedside views of towering peaks—feels like it's over in a flash.Though it may be short，the Caledonian is surely Britain's best train ride.
Tazara Railway，Tanzania and Zambia
Departs twice a week；Distance—1，160 miles；Duration—46 hours
Few trains offer the chance of spotting big game from your seat，but the Tazara Railway does exactly that.For many，the highlight is neither the scenery nor the wildlife，though；it's the chance to spend two days watching everyday life out of the window，and enjoying the crowds and chaos when the train pulls to a stop.
Perurail's Lake Titicaca Railway，Peru
Departs twice a week；Distance—241 miles；Duration—10 hours
Traveling across the Altiplano，from the shores of Lake Titicaca to the beating heart of the Inca capital，the railway from Puno to Cuzco cuts a picturesque path through the snow-dusted peaks and fantastic valleys of the Andes.Passengers can enjoy the landscape from an open-air observatory car，as they travel through remote towns and villages.
（1）What do the first two train journeys have in common？
A．They make weekly departure.
B．They are over a thousand miles.
C．They travel to highlands.
D．They are the longest train rides nationwide.
（2）On which journey can passengers watch people's daily life outside the train？
A．Tazara Railway.
B．The Beijing to Lhasa Express.
C．Perurail's Lake Titicaca Railway.
D．London to Fort William on the Caledonian Sleeper.
（3）What can passengers do on Perurail's Lake Titicaca Railway？
A．Travel around Lake Titicaca.
B．Admire the view in the open air.
C．Go through two countries on a journey.
D．Have a deep understanding of towns and villages.組卷：4引用：3難度：0.6 -
2．A hungry badger （獾） searching for food seems to have uncovered what turned out to be hundreds of Roman coins in a Spanish cave，according to a new study.
Archaeologists （考古學(xué)家） first discovered several coins laying on the ground at the entrance to a small cave in the woodlands outside Grado in northern Spain in April2021.The researchers suspect that the coins were unearthed by a badger from a nearby den （獸窩） after a heavy snow which made it harder for animals to find food.The hungry badger probably got into the cave looking for food but came across the coins instead.
After fully exploring the cave，researchers collected 209 coins dating to between the third and fifth centuries A.D. "To date，this is the largest amount of Roman coins found in a cave in northern Spain，" the researchers wrote in their paper.They described the discovery as an "exceptional find".
In the late 1930s，a collection of 14 gold Roman coins，known as the Chapipi treasure，was also found in the same woodlands.The researchers believe that local people may have buried their coins to keep them safe during a period of intense political instability in the region.The most recent coin in the newly-discovered Grado collection dates to A.D.430，which was after the Suebi—a group of Germanic people originally from modern-day Germany and the Czech Republic—pushed the Romans out of Spain in A.D.409，according to El Pais.
The researchers suspect that the newly-discovered coins are part of a vaster treasure and will return to the cave for further exploration to look for more coins and evidence that the cave may also have been the home of displaced Roman people. "We want to know if it was a one-off hiding place，or if there was a group of humans living there，" lead researcher Alfonso Fanjul Peraza told El Pais.
（1）Where did the researchers find the first few coins in 2021？
A．Near a Spanish cave.
B．On a Spanish playground.
C．At the entrance to a woodland.
D．In a badger's den.
（2）What do the researchers think of the discovery in 2021？
A．It's dangerous.
B．It's timely.
C．It's meaningless.
D．It's unusual.
（3）What does the underlined word "them" refer to in Paragraph 4？
A．The Romans.B.The coins.
C．The woodlands.
D．The researchers.
（4）What can we infer from the last paragraph？
A．More information may be revealed by the coins.
B．The ancient Roman people had a unique lifestyle.
C．The researchers doubt the former guess of the coins.
D．The researchers will return the coins to the Roman people.組卷：9引用：1難度：0.3 -
3．It's an attractive idea：by playing online problem-solving，matching and other games for a few minutes a day，people can improve such mental abilities as reasoning，verbal skills （語言能力） and memory.But whether these games deliver on those promises is up for debate. "For every study that finds some evidence，there's an equal number of papers that find no evidence，" says Bobby Stojanoski，a cognitive （認(rèn)知的） psychologist at Western University in Ontario.
Recently，in perhaps the biggest real-world study of these programs，Stojanoski and his team found 8，563 volunteers.First，participants filled out an online questionnaire about their training habits and which，if any，program they used.Some 1，009 participants reported using brain training programs for about eight months on average，though durations ranged from two weeks to more than five years.Next，the volunteers completed 12 cognitive tests assessing memory，reasoning and verbal skills.They faced memory exercises，spatial reasoning tasks，pattern-finding puzzles and strategy challenges.
When researchers looked at the results，they saw that brain trainers on average had no mental edge over the other group in memory，verbal skills and reasoning.Even among those who had used training programs for at least 18 months，brain training didn't boost thinking abilities above the level of people who didn't use the programs.
"No matter how we sliced the data，we were unable to find any testimony that brain training was associated with cognitive abilities，" says Stojanoski.That held true whether the team analyzed participants by age，program used，education or socioeconomic status （地位） —all were cognitively similar to the group who didn't use the programs.
"Brain training may be beneficial in specific situations，but real world may be the best brain trainer，" says Elizabeth Stine-Morrow，a cognitive aging scientist at the University of Illinois.While it's possible to improve mental abilities，Stine-Morrow advocates practicing those skills in different real-life situations， "That's a much better use of one's time than sitting at a computer and doing little tasks."
（1）What is the recent study mainly about？
A．The importance of memory.
B．The dark side of online games.
C．The effect of brain training games.
D．The way to improve mental abilities.
（2）What were the volunteers asked to do in the first part of the study？
A．Report their daily habits.
B．Take some memory tests.
C．Receive some online training.
D．Complete a questionnaire.
（3）What does the underlined word "testimony" mean in Paragraph 4？
A．Enhancement.
B．Evidence.
C．Solution.
D．Trouble.
（4）What does Stine-Morrow say about mental abilities？
A．They need to be trained regularly.
B．They'll be harmed by using computers.
C．They may change in different situations.
D．They'll be improved through real-life tasks.組卷：4引用：2難度：0.5
第三部分寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）第一節(jié)（滿分40分）
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8．假定你是李華，你的美術(shù)老師Ms.Zhou將舉辦在線講座，介紹四幅中國名畫和中國畫的創(chuàng)作技巧。請給你的英國朋友Thomas寫一封郵件，邀請他觀看，內(nèi)容包括：
1．講座內(nèi)容；
2．邀請理由；
3．時間和觀看方式。
注意：
1．寫作詞數(shù)應(yīng)為80左右；
2．請按如下格式在答題卡的相應(yīng)位置作答。
Dear Thomas，
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Yours，
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9．"Be sure to hang the decorations high，" said Polly，my stepmom. "Jake might mistake the colorful glass balls for his toys and try to bite them." Jake was new to our family that Christmas.He was a beautiful brown-and-white dog.And，of course，he was loaded with the curiosity that made everything a toy.
Two weeks before Christmas，we brought out the boxes of decorations，many of which had been in Polly's family for ages.Among them was a special box that held an entire gingerbread family （姜餅人）.They were real cookies，hung with red ribbons （絲帶） and made many years earlier.
Every now and then，I or one of my little sisters—Ruth and Sue—would pretend we were going to eat one，knowing that Polly would say， "You'll break a tooth!They're so old that they're rock-hard." We didn't really want to eat them，but we enjoyed making fun of Polly.
Since we didn't know how Jake would react to the decorations or the Christmas tree，we were careful to put the decorations up high.Jake sniffed （嗅） the tree a lot.Those first couple of days，Polly caught him starting to lift a leg on the tree twice.But he learned quickly and settled for sniffing from a distance.
The weekend before Christmas，Dad and Polly took us to watch the new holiday movie.Excited，we jumped into the car with bags of home-made popcorn，and off we went for a great evening.
A few hours later，we returned home，only to find. ...a terrible mess.It wasn't the Christmas tree.In fact，we weren't sure what it was.We stood just inside the door staring at the mess.As it turned out，it was Jake's bed，which he'd destroyed.Left alone for the first time，he must have gotten bored，attacked it and left it for dead.We didn't know that the bed was not the only victim.
注意：
1．續(xù)寫詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150左右；
2．請按如下格式在答題卡的相應(yīng)位置作答。
The next morning，we girls were playing in the living room when Ruth let out a sudden cry.
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"It wasn't me，" I said，in case anybody thought I'd had a midnight snack of rock-hard decorations.
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