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2023届山西省际名校联考二（冲刺卷）英语试卷（含听力）

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一、阅读理解

Nowadays, over 6,000 national parks exist in the world. Of all, these are the ones that

have been around for hundreds of years and should be on everyone’s bucket list.

Guilin and Lijiang River National Park, China

It is surrounded by striking natural beauty and can be explored by land. But the river

national park, as the name suggests, is best explored through leisurely boat rides and cruises

that take visitors through many canals and ancient towns that come along the way of the river.

Calanques National Park, France

While most go to France for the twinkling Eiffel Tower, few tour plans involve a stop at

the Calanques National Park, which is made up of both land and sea, with over 140 protected

species of animals and plants that reside inside. Because of its topography, the park is unique

in that it can be explored through a mix of activities both for those who like waterbodies and

those who’d rather stay on land.

Yorkshire Dales, United Kingdom

Contrary to the popular association of national parks with the wilderness it is filled with

winding valleys, hills and villages where over 24,000 people live and work. Yorkshire Dales

is also home to several food shops, and the park hosts cheese festivals and farmers markets

regularly, so it’s best to go hungry.

Kakadu National Park Australia

It is a delight for those who like a bit of history mixed with the biodiversity of national

parks. While it houses thousands of species of wildlife, there’s more to the national park than

that.

1

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What is recommended for a trip to Guilin and Lijiang River National Park?

A

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Observing local customs.

C

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Witnessing geological process.

B

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Exploring it through boats.

D

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Going with an empty stomach.

2

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What can tourists do in Calanques National Park?

A

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Visit an archeological reserve.

C

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See the world-famous Eiffel Tower.

B

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Enjoy the local farmers markets.

D

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Observe protected animals and plants

3

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What do the four national parks have in common?

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A

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They have a long history.

C

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They feature cheese festivals.

B

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There are residents inside.

D

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There are many ancient towns. ..

Amy, a day old, was abandoned at a police station in Seoul. Her birth parents couldn’t

afford to give Amy the appropriate healthcare then. She spent her first three months in an

orphanage before she was adopted. “I always thought, why should I be more thankful to my

adoptive parents than the next person?” she says.

In 2011, Amy reconnected with her birth mother in South Korea, her adoptive mum by

her side. “My Korean mother took my American mother’s hands in hers and said with tears,

‘Thank you.’ After that, my whole world changed,” Amy says. At the time, she was working

in the e-commerce sector and struggling with anxiety, depression and an eating disorder.

Reconnecting with her birth family, however made her feel like the luckiest person in the

world and she wanted to actively share her good fortune. That year, she quit her job and

co-founded the Global Gratitude Alliance, which partners with grassroots organizations to

create community-led solutions or social and economic change.

Since then, a reflexive sense of thankfulness has become Amy’s frame of reference for

work, relationships and daily life in general. She tried to rethink her world view, appreciate

the little things and make connections with others. For Amy, the attitude shift helped her

overcome health issues —— she didn’t need the drugs any more after she returned from

Korea.

Those positive effects inspired Amy to share the experience with others. Through a

partnership with a home for orphaned children in Nepal, the Global Gratitude Alliance

provided teachers with workshops that concluded with a ceremony of giving thanks. The

participants used those techniques to help their students and community after the destructive

earthquake of 2015. Children from the school recently visited a local seniors’ home to build

relationships with the residents there. “Gratitude creates a cycle of giving and receiving,”

Amy says.

4

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What can we know from the passage?

A

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Amy was raised by an American couple.

B

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Amy received proper treatment as an infant.

C

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Amy was more thankful to her birth mother.

D

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Amy was orphaned three months after her birth.

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5

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What played a key role in Amy’s change?

A

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Her job quitting

C

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The struggle against her disease.

B

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The reunion with her birth mother.

D

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The connections with volunteers.

6

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What can we know about members of the Global Gratitude Alliance?

A

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They hosted ceremonies in workshops.

B

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They sought partners for orphaned children.

C

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They built relations with adoptive parents.

D

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They contributed to post-disaster service.

7

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What is the text mainly about?

A

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Good fortune inspires people a lot.

C

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Family reunion gets positive effects

Don’t feel too bad if you’re the type to still be in bed past 11am on a Saturday. Yes, those

up-at-6am types might look self-satisfied with their Instagram stories of sunrise yoga and

morning museum trips, but it turns out that getting some extra rest at the weekend could be

good for your mental well-being.

Having a lie-in could halve your risk of getting depression, suggests research from

Yonsei University. But researchers waned -this benefits only apply if you sleep for an extra

two hours. Any more than that and you actually increase your risk.

Researchers at the South Korean university came to this conclusion after tracking 5,500

people who said they often missed out on a full night’s sleep during the working week. They

found that those who caught up on sleeping by having a lie-in of an extra two hours at the

weekend were 48% less likely to develop who had a one-hour lie-in

reduced their risk of low mood by a third. But for people who slept for longer than two hours

extra on Saturday and Sunday, depression rates were 16% higher.

These findings are backed up by a 2018 study from Sweden, which suggested that if y

could bring up your average duration of sleep by staying in bed later at the weekends, you

could be in better health. What’s even better than a lie-in at the weekend,though,is not

needing one. If you can increase the duration and quality of your sleep during the week thus

upping your overall average and reducing the need to sleep extra hours at the weekend,that’s

likely to promise even more positive effects for your mental and physical well-being

It’s still recommended that you get between seven and nine hours of sleep a night so

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B

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Reflection helps build frame of life.

D

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Gratitude needs to be widely spread.

make that your aim rather than pretending a lie-in erases all the damage from late nights

every other day.

8

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What do the first 2 paragraphs mainly tell us?

A

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The type of staying late in bed is commonly encouraged.

B

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Yoga and museums trips are fashionable morning relaxation.

C

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An extra 2 hours’ rest could be beneficial to your mental health.

D

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Sleeping late for over 2 hours could cut the risk of depression in half

9

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What can replace the underlined words “caught up on” in bold?

A

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Ran after.

C

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Made up for.

B

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Reached for.

D

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Was lacking in.

10

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Why does the author use three figures in paragraph 3?

A

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To introduce a topic.

C

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To explain a phenomenon.

B

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To support a conclusion.

D

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To provide some examples.

11

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What is viewed as healthy style according to the Sweden study?

A

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Sleeping for more than nine hours

B

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Increasing average sleeping duration per night.

C

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Staying late and sleep extra hours at the weekends

D

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Sufficient sleep duration and quality during the weekdays.

Every machine and power station, even renewable energy like wind and solar, creates

waste heat that is simply lost in the atmosphere. Thankfully, scientists and engineers are

devoted to collecting heat and transforming it into useful electricity. Now researchers at Penn

State University have created a flexible thermoelectrie (

热电的

)generator that wraps around

hot water or exhaust(

排气

)pipes, turning heat into electricity.

Flexible devices are more efficient because they attach to pipes in factories or on

vehicles without having to be glued on like rigid the thermoelectric materials

turn temperature differences between the surface fixed to the pipe and the cooler outer surface

into electric current -called the Seebeck effect

Thermophotovoltaic(

热光伏的

)devices are another promising way to use this waste heat.

University of Michigan engineers have created a precisely machined thermophotovoltaic cell

that could be used to generate electricity from extra renewable power. The cells would use

heat and turn it into electricity on demand, in a form that is much cheaper than batteries, say

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its creators.

One of the factors crucial to any device’s thermoelectric efficiency is its material. If

higher electrical energy can be created with smaller temperature differences, then the

materials are said to have a high ZT value. Using a special material scientists have doubled

the previous best. The random distribution of atoms in their material slows down the way heat

passes through it, making the thermoelectric effect last longer, able to power sensors and

small computer processors. Low temperature generation includes computers and cars, making

pyroelectrics(

热电体

)particularly useful for squeezing more energy out of electronic systems.

Another relative advantage is inexpensive materials. More abundant elements like tin is

cheap and abundant, with high ZTvalues when combined in the right way. Their use could

lead to greener car engines.

And when it comes to personal electronics, thermoelectries could eventually beat

traditional charging hardware. Chinese researchers have built a wristband that gathers body

heat to power a LED and may be able to power smartwatches or other mobile devices in the

future.

12

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What is the thermoelectric generator used for?

A

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Reducing the air pollution.

B

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Introducing an ecological energy.

C

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Controlling the exhaust emission.

D

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Converting waste heat into electrical energy

13

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Why does the author mention the Seebeck effect in paragraph 2?

A

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To illustrate a point.

C

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To show a connection

B

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To clarify a concept.

D

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To make a comparison.

14

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What factor determines any device’s thermoelectric efficiency?

A

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Its high ZT value.

C

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Its temperature.

B

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Its renewable power.

D

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Its electronic systems.

15

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Which potential application of thermoelectric technology is mentioned?

A

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To reduce waste heat.

C

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To charge smartwatches.

B

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To make LED

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D

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To start vehicles

二、七选五

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