2023年重慶市南開中學(xué)高考英語模擬試卷

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• 1．Sometimes it's hard to let go．For many British people，that can apply to institutions and objects that represent their country's past-age-old castles，splendid homes…and red phone boxes．
     Beaten first by the march of technology and lately by the terrible weather in junkyards（廢品場），the phone boxes representative of an age are now making something of a comeback．Adapted in imaginative ways，many have reappeared on city streets and village greens housing tiny cafes，cellphone repair shops or even defibrillator machines（除顫器）．
     The original iron boxes with the round roofs first appeared in 1926．They were designed by Giles Gilbert Scott，the architect of the Battersea Power Station in London．After becoming an important part of many British streets，the phone boxes began disappearing in the 1980s，with the rise of the mobile phone sending most of them away to the junkyards．
     About that time，Tony Inglis' engineering and transport company got the job to remove phone boxes from the streets and sell them out．But Inglis ended up buying hundreds of them himself，with the idea of repairing and selling them．He said that he had heard the calls to preserve the boxes and had seen how some of them were listed as historic buildings．
     As Inglis and，later other businessmen，got to work，repurposed phone boxes began reappearing in cities and villages as people found new uses for them．Today，they are once again a familiar sight，playing roles that are often just as important for the community as their original purpose．
     In rural areas，where ambulances can take a relatively long time to arrive，the phone boxes have taken on a lifesaving role．Local organizations can adopt them for l pound，and install defibrillators to help in emergencies．
     Others also looked at the phone boxes and saw business opportunities．LoveFone，a company that advocates repairing cellphones rather than abandoning them，opened a mini workshop in a London phone box in 2016．
     The tiny shops made economic sense，according to Robert Kerr，a founder of LoveFone．He said that one of the boxes generated around ＄13，500 in revenue a month and cost only about ＄400 to rent．
     Inglis said phone boxes called to mind an age when things were built to last．"I like what they are to people，and I enjoy bringing things back，" he said．
  
  （1）The phone boxes are making a comeback

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  A．to form a beautiful sight of the city
  B．to improve telecommunications services
  C．to remind people of a historical period
  D．to meet the requirement of green economy
  （2）Why did the phone boxes begin to go out of service in the 1980s？

  
  A．They were not well-designed．
  B．They provided bad services．
  C．They had too short a history．
  D．They lost to new technologies．
  （3）The phone boxes are becoming popular mainly because of

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  A．their new appearance and lower prices
  B．the push of the local organizations
  C．their changed roles and functions
  D．the big funding of the businessmen
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• 2．Is it amazing to generate electricity by getting moisture（水汽）from the air surrounding you？Such devices，called MEG，have already been created with some regular items such as a piece of fabric.However，the researchers found it quite challenging with balancing and maintaining moisture content between where it shouldn't be and where it is required to be.
     To fix this problem，the team led by Tan Swee Ching from National University of Singapore created a new MEG.
     One part of the fabric in their device is coated with a special gel（凝膠）.This is what they called the wet region.The special water-absorbing gel is able to take in more than six times its original weight.This is the very thing used to harvest moisture coming from the air around.The other end of this device is the dry region，which doesn't have the gel.They specifically designed the fabric this way to make sure that the area stays dry and that the water is trapped only in the wet region.
     The wet-dry regions ensure water is maintained just in the wet area，even if this device is left in an open damp environment for a month.This demonstrates how effective the device is when it comes to maintaining its stable electrical output.
     The MEG device also has immediate potential applications，one of which is to make a portable power source. "With this unique structure，the electric performance of our MEG device is significantly improved in comparison with the previous ones，thus making it possible to power many common electronic devices，such as health monitors and wearable electronics，" Tan said.
     "The invention can be massively produced because it's easy for factories to get their hands on commercially available raw materials.When it is perfected，many people can finally get their hands on this small，yet powerful tool that they can easily and readily apply in the devices used for their daily use，" Tan added.
  
  （1）What is the main idea of Paragraph 3？

  
  A．The structure of the device.
  B．The functions of the device.
  C．The operation of the device.
  D．The advantages of the device.
  （2）What plays the major role in solving the problem of the previous MEG？

  
  A．The water-absorbing gel.
  B．The stable electrical output.
  C．The wet-dry region design.
  D．The specially-designed fabric.
  （3）Which statement will Tan probably agree with about the device？

  
  A．It has been widely applied.
  B．It has a promising future.
  C．It is a pioneering invention.
  D．It will succeed immediately.
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語法填空題

• 7．Video game developers （1）

  （use） artificial intelligence （AI） in new and interesting ways ever since some of the very first video games were made.
      For example，in the 1972 game Pong，your opponent would move a certain way （2）

  （depend） on how you hit the ball.In 1978，the game Space Invaders introduced enemies that had different movement patterns.And in the 80s，Pac-Man was the first video game with enemies that could search for you based on the path you took.And those enemies were the first （3）

  （show） different personalities.
      Although these advancements were nothing more than simple algorithms （算法），they were classified （4）

  AI because of the "intelligence'' they showed.They were programmed to act a certain way to make their actions （5）

  （believe） and challenge players.
      And，as video games become （6）

  （increase） complicated，developers were trying to find novel means to make the virtual worlds more immersive （沉浸式的）for players.For instance，many modern games have characters and environments that change and respond to （7）

  a player acts in the game.
      Although this is a huge jump in video game （8）

  （develop）.Al in video games is advancing in a way unlike ever before.But what exactly will the future look like for video games with （9）

  （advance） AI systems？
      "When you think about the first time you played your favorite game，you only get that experience once.There's no way to copy that feeling." AI researcher and game developer Michael Cook said to the Verge， "But automated game design lets you （10）

  （have） that experience many times over，because this game can be constantly redesigning itself and refreshing itself，which is really cool."
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寫作（15分）

• 8．閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開頭語續(xù)寫兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。
      I was a single mother in my 30s who lived down and out with my daughter Peggy in a small apartment，struggling hard to make our needs meet.
      One day，I headed to the downtown for an interview.I sat down in the streetcar，and there against the seat was a beautiful silk umbrella with a silver handle decorated with gold scrolls，among which there was a name carved.
      On impulse（沖動）I determined to find the owner myself.I got off the streetcar in the heavy rain and thankfully opened the umbrella to protect myself.Then I searched a telephone book for the name，I found it immediately and called it，waiting patiently，and then a lady answered.
      "Yes，" she said in surprise，with extreme excitement. "It was my umbrella which had been stolen a year ago."
      So appealing was her pleasure that I forgot I was looking for a job and went directly to her small house.She took the umbrella，with teary eyes，explaining with choking voice that the umbrella was given by her parents，now dead.Her happiness at retrieving（找回）this special possession was such that to have accepted her reward would have spoiled something，so I refused her offer and left.
      The following months were hard.I can only obtain temporary employment，for a small salary.What was worse，I had just lost my last job before Christmas，with only fifteen dollars left.Unless a miracle happened，I would be homeless in January，foodless and jobless.I had prayed steadily for weeks，and there had been no answer but this coldness and darkness.
      The air was full of Christmas merriment，with the bells ringing and children shouting in the bitter dusk of the evening.But there should be no Christmas for me，I knew，no gifts，no remembrance whatsoever.
      Thinking of this，I couldn't control my tears on my way home，but I managed a smile so could greet my little daughter.She opened the door for me and threw herself in my arms，screaming joyously and demanding desirably for her Christmas gift.There I stood，frozen，overwhelmed by misery.
  注意：
  （1）所續(xù)寫短文的詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150左右；
  （2）續(xù)寫部分分為兩段，每段的開頭語已經(jīng)給出。
  Suddenly，the doorbell rang and Peggy rushed to answer it，calling that it must be Santa Claus._______
  Suddenly，a note attached to one package caught my eyes.__________
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