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湖南省张家界市2023届高三下学期第二次模拟考试英语试卷

学校：___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、阅读理解

SCHOOL SPONSORSHIP

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• Your company's name will appear on the cover of every monthly issue for the schools you

sponsor.

• Your total cost for a full year is only $ 195 per school for 30 copies a month—that's 300

copies per school year.

Advantages for your organization:

•Your message reaches a large audience of students, parents and teachers, which tells them

you care about teens, their voices and their education.

•We contact the schools explaining your sponsorship and your support of teens in the

community.

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•You will be working with an organization that has 14-year experience with teens, schools

and educators.

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Students have the opportunity to submit their works for publishing in our magazine, book

series and website.

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school and the workplace.

1、What will motivate a company to sponsor Teen Ink?

A. High profit. B. Zero cost.

D. Specific magazines. C. Public reputation.

2、What benefit can the sponsored students get?

A. More attention from the public. B. Greater access to big companies.

C. A good price for the magazines.

3、Who is the text intended for?

A. Experienced teachers.

C. Brilliant students.

D. A chance to publish their works.

B. Potential sponsors.

D. Devoted parents.

Deveza's mother was on the waiting list for a kidney transplant(肾移植). Deveza wanted to

donate one of her own kidneys-but she was turned down because she might develop the same

health problems as her mother in later life.

Deveza came up with a different plan. In 2017, she started the world's first paired exchange

of different organs between living donors, exchanging half her liver(肝) for someone else's

kidney. A case study of the organ exchange has now been published, and the surgeons who

were involved are calling for more exchanges like this. "You can imagine the enormous

impact for mixed organ extended chains." says John Roberts, a surgeon at University of

California, San Francisco.

Most organ transplants come from people who have died, but there are never enough

organs. As most people can manage with just one o£ their kidneys, people with kidney failure

are increasingly receiving donated organs from relatives or friends. If someone wants to

donate but their immune(免疫的) system is unsuited, doctors may be able to find pairs of

would-be donors who can each give a kidney to the other's relative.

When Deveza was looking into such chains, she came across research describing the idea

of trading a kidney with the only other organ generally taken from a living donor-the liver.

She suggested the idea to many hospitals before she finally contacted Roberts, who saw the

idea's potential.

Deveza was assessed to be in good enough health to donate part of her liver. It then took

18 months to find Annie Simmons, in Idaho, whose liver was unsuitable to use as a transplant

for her sister with severe liver disease. They drew up a plan ： Simmons would donate a

kidney to Deveza's mother, and in return, Deveza would give half her liver to Simmons' sister.

The hospital gave the go- ahead and the four operations took place on the same day

successfully.

The team hope that the ground-breaking case will inspire more people to consider doing

the same. Roberts says that direct exchanges involving two donors could enable up to thirty

extra living-donor liver transplants a year—a ten percent increase.

4、What did Deveza do to save her mother?

A. Carrying out a case study. B. Calling for kidney donations.

C. Launching a medical experiment. D. Trading half her liver for a kidney.

5、What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about?

A. Patients' desperation to survive.

B. Several sources of organ donation.

C. Current situation of organ transplants.

D. Doctors' efforts to improve organ transplants.

6、What can be inferred about the organ exchange between Deveza and Simmons?

A. It discouraged organ donation.

C. It met with widespread approval.

7、What is the best tide for the text?

A. My Liver, Your Kidney

B. Mother's Love, Our Happiness

C. Organ Transplant: Blessing for Patients

D. Organ Exchange: Major Medical Advances

LONDON (AP)—Thousands of Britain's iconic red phone boxes will be protected from

removal under new rules, the U.K.’s telecommunications regulator said Tuesday. The public

payphone boxes may look like out-of-date relics in an age of common smartphones, but

regulator Ofcom said they can still be a “lifeline" for people in need.

The regulator is proposing rules to prevent 5,000 call boxes in areas with poor mobile

coverage from being closed down. It said that phone booths in areas considered accident or

suicide hotspots, and those that have had more than 52 calls made from them in the past 12

months, would also meet the criteria.

Ofcom said there are still around 21,000 phone boxes across the country, and that almost

150,000 calls to emergency services were made from phone boxes from May 2019 to May

2020. Some 45,000 calls were also made to other helplines like the Samaritans.

"Some o£ the call boxes we plan to protect are used to make relatively low numbers of

calls. But if one of those calls is from an unhappy child, or an accident victim or someone

trying to kill himself, that public phone line can be a lifeline at a time of great need," said

Selina Chadha, Ofcom's director of connectivity. "We also want to make sure that people

without mobile coverage, often in rural areas, can still make calls," she added.

BT Group, formerly British Telecom, says nearly half of the phone boxes in the U.K. have

been removed due to the growth of the mobile phone industry. It said even if a phone box is

scheduled for decommission, it can be adopted by its local community under a plan that lets

B. It brought two families together.

D. It produced a desirable outcome.

governments or organizations buy the call box for just £1. So far more than 6,000 booths

have been converted to mini community libraries, art galleries or storage units for life-saving

public defibrillators(心脏除颤器).

8、Why is Britain making new regulations?

A. To reduce accident rates.

C. To increase calls from the boxes.

B. To popularize cell phones.

D. To protect its public phone boxes.

9、What does the author intend to clarify in paragraph 3?

A. The overuse of emergency services. B. The coverage of public phone boxes.

C. The sharp drop in calls from the boxes. D. The importance of public phone boxes.

10、What does the underlined word "decommission" in paragraph 5 mean?

A. Change. B. Removal. C. Arrival. D. Share.

11、What can we infer about the red phone boxes according to BT Group?

A. They will cover the communities. B. They will be sold cheaply to the locals.

C. They will be adapted for different uses. D. They will serve as government agencies.

Too much time spent on gaming, smartphones and watching television is linked to

heightened levels and diagnoses(诊断) of anxiety or depression in children as young as age 2,

according to a new study.

Even after only one hour of screen time daily, children and teens may begin to have less

curiosity, lower self control, less emotional stability and a greater inability to finish tasks,

reports San Diego State University psychologist Jean Twenge and University of Georgia

psychology professor W. Keith Campbell. They were particularly interested in associations

between screen time and diagnoses of anxiety and depression in youth, which has not yet

been studied in great detail.

Twenge and Campbell found adolescents who spend more than seven hours a day on

screens were twice as likely as those spending one hour to have been diagnosed with anxiety

or depression. Overall, links between screen time and well-being were larger among

adolescents than among young children.

“At first, I was surprised that the associations were larger for adolescents,” Twenge said.

“However, adolescents spend more time on their phones and on social media, and these

activities are more strongly linked to low well-being than watching television and videos,

which is most of younger children's screen time.”

The study provides further evidence that the American Academy of Pediatrics' (AAP)

established screen time limits-one hour per day for those aged 2 to 5, with a focus on high-

quality programs-are valid(有效的). “The study also suggests that similar limits-perhaps to

two hours a day—should be applied to school-aged children and adolescents,” said Twenge.

In terms of prevention, establishing possible causes and outcomes of low psychological

well-being is especially important for child and adolescent populations. “Half of mental

health problems develop by adolescence.” Twenge and Campbell wrote in their paper.

12、What do we know about Twenge and Campbell's study according to paragraph 2?

A. It requires further research.

C. It needs greater ability to finish.

B. It brings children less comfort.

D. It generates more public concern.

13、What is a reason for the different degrees of impact on children and teens?

A. The effects of the harmful contents.

C. The portability of electronic devices.

B. Teens' stronger addiction to screens.

D. Teens' negative emotions at discipline.

14、Which of the following do the researchers want AAP to do?

A. Provide high-quality programs.

C. Apply the limits to older children.

15、What does this study focus on?

A. Adolescents’ mental problems.

B. The bad habits of the young adults.

C. Low level of mental health in youth.

D. The importance of the young population.

二、七选五

16、 Do you feel like an outsider, like you don't belong anywhere or that you just don't fit

in? Here are some tips for you to deal with these feelings.

①_____ Often it's really only your own mind and emotions that tell you that you don't fit

in. Actually, you may fit in fine. Feeling like you don't belong isn't always a bad thing either.

Remember, it's the people that are unique in this world that make the biggest impact. You

don't want to change yourself just to fit in with a certain group of people. ②_____ They end

up wanting to gain approval from others and end up losing themselves in the process.

Let go of past anger. We're so angry at people that we can't relate to anyone or only expect

the worst from others. Once I figured out how to let go of my past, I became much more

comfortable being me. ③_____ Maybe because I didn't care as much what they thought of

me but more likely just because I think people are more affected by the “ aura (特质)" you

give off.

Focus on your wants and desires. Instead of focusing on the problem that you don't feel

B. Issue minimum screen time limits.

D. Present further evidence for prevention.

like you fit in, try turning it around. What do you want to explore, what goals do you have, or

what do you want to learn? ④_____ There are so many incredible and inspiring things in this

world to explore. Focus on the positive and the beauty of the world rather than getting caught

up in a negative situation.

The key to handling the situation of "I feel like an outsider" is really all in how you react to

that feeling. ⑤_____ As those who have gone through the same feelings show, there can

definitely be an advantage to being unique. You truly are special and there is no one else

quite like you. You just need to be willing to share the real you with the world.

A. Don't be so hard on yourself.

B. Appreciate what makes you so unique.

C. That's where a number of people go wrong.

D. Ask yourself these questions and then go and do it.

E. I found it was easier to get along with other people.

F. You have so much more to offer by being true to yourself.

G. You can beat yourself up over it or you can become stronger for it.

三、完形填空（15空）

Officer Dallas Baldwin was on duty in Franklin County office. When an older resident 1

demanding to speak with his leader Kevin Lovett, he had a little 2 .

As it turned out, 96-year-old Mary Trent was not calling to 3 . Instead, Kevin Lovett

had gone all out to help her out of trouble, and she was determined to shine a light of 4 on

his good deed!

"I was recently 5 when I got a flat tire." Mary told the officer that Kevin spared no

efforts to 6 her on the roadside. "He lay flat on the ground to look under my car for

7 !" she explained. "What are you going to do for him?"

Dallas must have been 8 by her insistence, because he and Kevin Lovett 9 by

visiting Mary at her residence to present her with a Sheriffs Coin.

When they arrived, Mary 10 had a gift basket ready to give her “angel”. The officers

were 11 that Mary not only noticed their small acts of service that often go unnoticed but

that she went beyond to acknowledge it 12 . They thanked Mary for 13 them with her

gratitude and spirit.

What a great reminder of how our heroes work 14 to keep things running smoothly

everyday—and of how much it means to show 15 for their efforts. A little sure goes a

long way!

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32、 Incense(香) is material that releases fragrant(芳香的) smoke when burnt. Yang

Jinqing, an inheritor of Qingyuan traditional incense making, has a burning desire ①

_____(develop) popular fragrances. For decades, Yang has committed himself ②_____ the

traditional incense craft in Qingyuan, ③_____ was named a national intangible cultural

heritage by the State Council in June 2021.

The country boasts a profound incense history ④_____(date) back to before the Qin

Dynasty. The craft and its culture thrived during the Song Dynasty. It found wider ⑤

_____(popular) during the Ming and Qing dynasties when it was used to fend off diseases,

insects, mosquitoes and preserve people's health.

Qingyuan saw many incense workshops set up during the Song Dynasty, thanks to its close

geographical location to abundant herbal resources ⑥_____(hide) in the Taihang Mountains.

Nowadays, with the ⑦_____(increasing) expanding market, more than 50,000 people ⑧

_____(engage) in the incense business in more than 500 local incense businesses.

Yang Jinqing has helped to establish an engineering center for herbal incense in Hubei that