2023年廣東省梅州市高考英語二模試卷
發(fā)布：2024/4/20 14:35:0
第二部分 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．Master Gardener Volunteers Wanted What is a Master Gardener？
A master gardener is a citizen that is interested in gardening and can fulfill the training and volunteer hours necessary.Requirements vary by county and state，and the course is tailored for that specific region.You will receive special education on the soils in your area，the types of native plants，insect and disease issues，basic botany，and other information pertinent（相關的）to your gardening zone.
The educational opportunity to learn specifics about where you garden will not only help you be-come a better gardener but is then passed along to the general public in lectures，clinics，and through newsletters.
What Qualifications Must You Meet？
Anyone can apply to be a Master Gardener——you don't need to be an expert or have a degree.You do，however，need to：
●Have certain experience or know a little about gardening or landscape management.
●Be willing to share horticulture（園藝學）information with others.
●Be willing to attend a training program and can devote time to volunteering and continuing education.
Besides，to become a Master Gardener volunteer，each applicant needs to complete an application，prepare background screening paperwork and schedule an interview with Extension staff.
What Does the Training Involve？
Training sessions are offered one day a week over a three-month period and are led by expert educators in the region.Approximately 60 hours of classroom instruction and field study and 50 hours of volunteer internship（實習）work are required to complete the program and become certified.In order to remain a certified Master Gardener，30 hours of volunteer work and 10 hours of continuing education or advanced training are required each year.
（1）What does a Master Gardener do？
A．Promote gardening practices abroad.
B．Train volunteers to help with agriculture.
C．Teach the youth about diets and agriculture.
D．Donate time to the local gardening extension.
（2）What is required if you want to apply to be a Master Gardener？
A．Having some relevant knowledge.
B．Acquiring excellent teaching skills.
C．Completing given training sessions.
D．Obtaining rich volunteer experience.
（3）How long will it take to remain a qualified Master Gardener the second year？
A．About 40 hours.
B．Three months.
C．About 150 hours.
D．About 110 hours.組卷：3引用：2難度：0.5 -
2．A second-grade education has not stopped garbage collector Jose Gutierrez.He is bringing the gift of reading to thousands of Colombian children.
Gutierrez started saving books from the trash 27 years ago.He was driving a garbage truck at night through the country's richer neighborhoods.The books that were thrown away slowly piled up.Now the ground floor of his small house is a community library.It is stacked （堆放） from floor to ceiling.They range from chemistry textbooks to children's classics.
Books are luxuries for boys and girls in low-income neighborhoods.New reading material at bookstores is too expensive.There are 19 public libraries in Bogota，a city of 8.5 million people.But the libraries tend to be located far away from poorer areas."They should be in all neighborhoods and on each comer of every neighborhood，" the 60-year-old says."Books can save us.That is what Colombia needs."
Gutierrez has a love of reading，which comes from his mother.She always read to him even though she was too poor to keep him in school.Gutierrez is a keen reader of works by authors such as Leo Tolstoy and Victor Hugo.His favorite books include One Hundred Years of Solitude and The Gencral in His Labyrinth by Colombia's Nobel Prize-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez.The first book Gutierrez found was a copy of the classic novel Anna Karenina.The Tolstoy book was later joined by The Little Prince，Sophie's World，The Iliad and a number of novels.Today，he has collected around 25，000 books.
Now，Gutierrez still looks through the rubbish for additions to his library，named "The Strength of Words."His fame as Colombia's "Lord of the Books" has helped a lot.It has brought him thou-sands of donated books.He has sent many to other libraries around the country.Moreover，Gutierrez has traveled to book fairs in Mexico and Chile to share his experience of starting a library with the books that are thrown away.
Gutierrez says he doesn't reject technology that allows books to be read digitally.But he prefers to read the printed words on paper."There is nothing more beautiful than having a book in your pocket，in your bag or inside your car."
（1）How old was Gutierrez when he started saving books from the trash？
A．In his twenties.
B．In his thirties.
C．In his forties.
D．In his fifties，
（2）What does the underlined word "They" in Paragraph 3 refer to？
A．Luxury books.
B．Garbage trucks.
C．Public libraries.
D．Poor areas.
（3）What did the book Anna Karenina mean to Gutierrez？
A．The beginning of his charity project.
B．A window to the world.
C．One of his greatest achievements in life.
D．Some comfort in difficult times.
（4）Which of the following sayings does Gutierrez's story lead us to believe？
A．Actions speak louder than words.
B．A good book can shine a light upon the soul.
C．One man's trash is another man's treasure.
D．The palest ink is better than the best memory.組卷：2難度：0.5 -
3．Jobs that use both technical and creative thinking are among the fastest-growing and highest-paying ones，according to a new report from Burning Glass Technologies，a job market analytics （分析） company in Boston.
It studied millions of job postings to better understand the skills companies require.What they discovered was that many want workers with experience in such new abilities as big-data （數據） gathering and analytics，or design using digital technology.
Burning Glass came up with the term "hybrid jobs" to describe these kinds of positions，which require skills not normally found together.For example，these hybrid jobs might require people with skills in data science and advertising，or engineering and sales." The jobs of the future don't involve just one skill，" says Matt Sigelman，chief manager of Burning Glass.
The company expects general job growth of about 10% between 2018 and 2028，but the hybrid jobs by 21%.What's more，hybrid jobs pay more than positions that call for a traditional set of skills.For example，a marketing manager mastering a database program gets paid 41%more than a traditional one，with an average yearly salary of S100，000.Moreover，an engineer who improves her sales skills and becomes a consulting engineer for a software company can more than double her pay from ﹩180，000 to ﹩400，000.
While data shows that workers who fail to update their skills will be able to find fewer jobs，people in hybrid jobs are less likely to become out of date，with only 12% possibility of being replaced by machine，compared with 42%for general jobs，says Burning Glass.Hybrid jobs are mostly not beginner roles，so they mainly go to workers with years of experience and，most importantly，more training after leaving college.That means workers，bosses and educators will have to think about how to better prepare people for these roles.
（1）Why did the company research into job advertisements？
A．To understand the growth of best paid workers.
B．To compare workers' experience with new abilities.
C．To find out companies' requirements about skills.
D．To tell the possible changes in future job market.
（2）Which of the following jobs can be hybrid？
A．Data engineer.
B．Machine operator.
C．Marketing manager.
D．Medical consultant.
（3）How much is a traditional marketing manager possibly paid every year？
A．﹩180，000.
B．﹩71，000.
C．﹩41，000.
D．﹩10，000.
（4）Which of the following is the best title for this passage？
A．How to Get Trained for Jobs.
B．The Skills for"Hybrid"Jobs.
C．Future Jobs Requiring"Hybrid"Skills.
D．Tips on Finding Fastest-Growing Jobs.組卷：21引用：7難度：0.5
第四部分 寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分15分）第一節(jié)（滿分15分）
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8．假定你是李華，你的外國朋友Peter給你發(fā)郵件說最近經過多次嘗試終于學會了做中國傳統(tǒng)美食——餃子，開心不已。詢問你在日常的學習和生活中，是否有過類似經歷。請回復郵件，分享你的經歷。內容包括：
（1）一件曾嘗試的新事物；
（2）學習的過程；
（3）你的感受。
注意：
（4）寫作詞數應為80左右；
（5）請按如下格式在答題卡的相應位置作答。
Dear Peter，
I'm glad to receive your email.
________________________
Yours，
Li Hua組卷：8引用：3難度：0.5
第二節(jié)（滿分25分）閱讀下面材料，根據其內容和所給段落開頭語續(xù)寫兩段，使之構成一篇完整的短文。
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9．"Mom！" I screamed as I looked through the window， "Why is my Ink Spot sitting in Mrs.Cleary's window？"
Mom pushed past me to confirm it.Sure enough，across the street was Ink Spot cleaning himself in the window of Mrs.Cleary's sitting room.I couldn't believe my eyes.He was my cat，not Mrs.Cleary's.She had already adopted twelve cats.Why must she keep my cat？I could feel anger boiling up inside me.Meanwhile，Ink Spot's leaving without any signs upset me.A sense of being left out hit me hard.
Ink Spot was special for me.After my baby sister's birth， "my" parents' time was taken by her.It seemed no one in the family cared about or even noticed me.Worse still，I was packed off to a kindergarten.I hated being left out from the bottom of my heart.
It was when mom noticed me weeping in a corner one night that things began to change.After that，Ink Spot came into my life.Every night，he curled（卷曲）up beside me in bed and he was there for me after school when I raced home just to be with him.
I fell in love with Ink Spot the first time I saw its tiny black and white kitten，for which I called him Ink Spot.Mom and daddy beamed with pleasure as my eyes danced with joy again.It was the first time that I had smiled since my little baby sister came into the family.As for me，he was more than a cat.Actually，he was my life.
But today when I came home，Ink Spot was in Mrs.Cleary's window.I wanted him back.But mom insisted that if Ink Spot stayed at Mrs.Cleary's，that meant it was where he wanted to be. "No！Mom，Ink Spot is my cat"，I protested wildly but I had to admit the truth of mom's words.Standing on the sidewalk，I was at a loss as to what to do.Staring at Ink Spot for a while，I couldn't stand the anger any longer.
注意：1）續(xù)寫詞數應為150左右；
2）請按如下格式在答題卡的相應位置作答。
I walked towards Mrs.Cleary's house hurriedly and knocked at the door angrily.______
Upon seeing me，Ink Spot jumped off the window，running towards me in a flash.______組卷：4引用：5難度：0.5