广东省部分地区2022届高三下学期4月英语模拟试卷汇编：阅读理解专题（含答案）

广东省部分地区2022届高三下学期4月英语模拟试卷分类汇编
阅读理解专题
广东省汕头市2022届普通高考第二次模拟考试英语试题（解析版）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2. 5分, 满分37. 5分）
阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms, which reflect the Chinese people’s understanding of time. Here several special solar terms are listed.
Rain Water
Rain Water signals the increase in rainfall and rise in temperature. With its arrival, the river water defreezes, wild geese move from south to north, and trees and grass turn green again. Extra care is needed to cope with a returning cold spell in this period. The wet and damp weather during Rain Water period is considered harmful for people’s spleen （脾） and stomach according to Chinese medical practice. Therefore, a bowl of nutritious porridge is the best choice to nourish the body.
Awakening of Insects
As the third solar term in the lunar year, its name implies that animals sleeping in winter are awakened by spring thunder and that the earth begins to come back to life. It is the key time for spring agricultural activities. Modern meteorological science shows that around this period, the earth becomes wet, the hot humid air from the north is strong and creates frequent winds. For this reason, thunder often occurs.
Spring Equinox
Spring Equinox signals the equal length of the day and night time. On the day of the Spring Equinox, the sun is directly above the equator. After the equinox, the sun moves northwards, resulting in gradually longer day time in the Northern Hemisphere. Standing an egg upright is a popular game during this period. It is believed that if someone can make the egg stand, he will have good luck in the future.
Grain Rain
Grain Rain originates from the old saying, “Rain brings up the growth of hundreds of grains", which shows that this period of rainfall is extremely important for the growth of crops and people are busy working on the land. Grain Rain falls between the end of' spring and the beginning of summer, with infrequent cold air moving to the south and lingering cold air in the north. With dry soil, an unsteady atmosphere and heavy winds and sandstorms become more frequent.
1. What can we know about Rain Water
A. River water starts to freeze.
B. Taking off the thick coats is advisable.
C. Lively spring-like scenery can be seen.
D. It falls between the end of spring and the start of summer.
2. What do Awakening of Insects and Grain Rain have in common
A. Farming season. B. Animal activities.
C. Air temperature. D. Frequent thundering.
3. In which solar term would people most probably put on masks
A. Rain Water. B. Grain Rain.
C. Spring Equinox. D. Awakening of Insects.
B
My philosophy professor was a typical eccentric philosopher, whose behavior was somewhat strange. His disheveled(蓬乱的)appearance was highlighted by a well-worn tweed(粗花呢)sport coat and poor-fitting thick glasses, which often rested on the tip of his nose. Every now and then, as most philosophy professors do, he would go off on one of those existential “what's the meaning of life” discussions. Many of those discussions went nowhere, but there were a few that really hit home. This was one of them:
“Respond to the following questions by a show of hands, ” my professor instructed.
“How many of you can tell me something about your parents ” Everyone's hand went up.
“How many of you can tell me something about your grandparents ” About three-fourths of the class raised their hands.
“How many of you can tell me something about your great-grandparents ” Two out of sixty students raised their hands.
“Look around the room, ” he said. “In just two short generations hardly any of us even know who our own great-grandparents were. Oh sure, maybe we have an old photograph tucked(收藏)away in a musty cigar box or know the classic family story about how one of them walked five miles to school barefoot. But how many of us really know who they were, what they thought, what they were proud of, what they were afraid of, or what they dreamed about Think about that. Within three generations our ancestors are all but forgotten. Will this happen to you ”
“Here’s a better question. Look ahead three generations. You are long gone. Instead of you sitting in this room, now it’s your great-grandchildren. What will they have to say about you Will they know about you Or will you be forgotten, too ”
“Is your life going to be a warning or an example What legacy will you leave The choice is yours. Class dismissed.”
Nobody rose from their seats for a good five minutes.
4. Which of the following can best describe the professor
A. Untidy but considerate.
B. Odd but thoughtful.
C. Fashionable and helpful.
D. Neat and responsible.
5. Why does the professor mention “photograph” and “family story” in Paragraph 6
A. To share his own interesting stories.
B. To suggest new ways to know the ancestors.
C. To prove they are good ways to know the ancestors.
D. To show people's understanding of the ancestors are shallow.
6. What can we know about this philosophy class
A It aroused our thinking about life.
B. It went nowhere like the previous ones.
C The professor was unsatisfied with our answers.
D. The professor offered us his answers to the questions.
7. What is the best title of the passage
A. Our philosophy professor.
B. A lesson about legacy.
C. Our memorable ancestors.
D. A gap among three generations.
C
Few would have expected that viewers at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics would include animals. And yet, coverage of the event featured several sightings of wildlife, particularly leopard cats apparently seeking to get in on the action.
On Jan 31, on the alpine ski slopes (高山滑雪坡) in Yanqing district, 90 kilometers northwest of Beijing, a leopard cat was spotted wandering through an award-ceremony rehearsal. The event caught the attention of volunteers and staff, with many snapping photos. Three days later, a Chinese photographer captured another leopard cat in the woods near the Olympic ski slopes. The creature ran past him, jumped over a fence and looked back.
Leopard cats are wild felids, slightly larger than house cats, and they mostly keep clear of human activity. However, according to Luo Shujin, a passionate skier and a conservation biologist at Peking University, the frequent appearance of the animals close to the ski runs indicates that the species has persisted in this human-dominated landscape, which is relatively close to Beijing, Strangely, their calm manner suggests they are not frightened by human activity.
In the absence of any research data, it is too early to draw any conclusions that the creation of the Olympic skiing venue has not affected the surrounding forests and wildlife. However, it’s possible that the wild cats have to some extent already adapted to coexistence with humans, likely because people at the venue have not shown an aggressive attitude toward the animals since its construction.
According to Luo, wild cats are rarely seen so close to big cities, especially metropolitan cities. “I think this is a little-known side of Beijing, ”says Luo, who is proud that such wildlife can be found so close to the capital city. “Such an event causes me to hope that we can try our best to ensure continued coexistence between wilderness and human settlements. ”
8. Which of the following best describes the presence of leopard cats around the venue
A. Embarrassing. B. Common.
C. Alarming. D. Unexpected.
9. What is the natural characteristic of a leopard cat
A. Friendly to humans.
B. Sensitive to camera light.
C. Enthusiastic about sports.
D. Afraid of human activity.
10. Which of the following may Professor Luo agree with
A. Wildlife should not be disturbed by humans.
B. Wildlife need to be kept away from big cities.
C. Humans should live in harmony with wildlife.
D. Humans need to adapt to the lifestyles of wildlife.
11. What is the text type of the passage
A. A news report. B. A sport review.
C. An official announcement. D. An animal encyclopedia.
D
Could the secret to a good night’s sleep be a pencil and paper Researchers at Baylor University published a study in the Journal of Experimental Psychology that claims writing a to-do list helps people get to sleep faster.
“There are two schools of thought about this,” The lead researcher, Scullin said. “One is that writing about the future would lead to increased worry about unfinished tasks and delay sleep, while writing about completed activities would not trigger worry. The alternative hypothesis(假设) is that writing a to-do list will offload those thoughts and reduce worry. ”
To test the hypotheses, researchers invited 57 men and women between ages 18 and 30 to spend one weeknight in a controlled sleep lab and they were divided into two groups, the experimental group and the control group. Five minutes before bedtime, each participant was instructed to complete a short writing exercise. The first group wrote about anything they needed to remember to do in the upcoming days, while the other wrote about tasks they had completed during the previous days. When the exercise was done, participants went to bed.
Researchers measured each participant’s brain activity overnight using a technique called polysomnography(睡眠多项生理检查), which records eye movement, muscle activity and other biological changes.
The researchers found that the participants who wrote to-do lists fell asleep an average of 9 minutes faster than those who wrote about already-accomplished tasks. While 9 minutes may not seem like a lot of extra shut-eye, it’s comparable to the improvement seen in clinical trials for some sleep medications, Scullin told Time magazine.
Scullin noted that while the sample size was appropriate for an experimental, laboratory-based polysomnography study, a larger future study would be of value. “Measures of personality, anxiety, and depression might moderate the effects of writing on falling asleep, and that could be explored in an investigation with a larger sample, ” he said. “We recruited healthy young adults, and so we don’t know whether our findings would generalize to patients with sleeplessness, though some writing activities have previously been suggested to benefit such patients. ”
12. What does the word “trigger” in Paragraph Two mean
A. Reduce. B. Rid. C. Control. D. Cause.
13. What’s the difference between the experimental group and the control group
A. The content of their writing exercises.
B. The age and gender of the participants.
C. The sleeping hours of the participants.
D. The measuring method of brain activity.
14. What can we know about the effect brought by writing a to-do list before bed
A. It shows no improvement.
B. It makes falling asleep harder.
C. It is similar to taking sleep medications.
D. It helps to lengthen the sleeping hours.
15. What is the writing purpose of the last paragraph
A. To analyze the cause of the experiment.
B To state the limitation of the experiment.
C. To show the significance of the experiment.
D. To criticize the drawback of the experiment.
广东省广州市2022年高三二模英语试题（解析版）
第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Like humans, animals need sleep too. A big problem for animals in the wild is keeping their enemies away while they sleep. Animals take care of this problem in different ways.
Anolis lizards live in many areas including tropical rain-forests. They often sleep on leaves at the end of long branches. A leaf might seem like a strange bed, but it works like an alarm. If a hungry snake wiggles a branch, the lizard wakes up and leaps to safety.
Chimpanzees take their sleep very seriously. Each day, a chimpanzee builds itself a new, comfortable bed to sleep in. Scientists believe chimpanzees carefully choose a tree that is strong, where they build a nest using branches and leaves.
Parrotfish live among coral reefs in oceans. Every night, parrotfish usually sleep close to the rock in sheltered places. Some parrotfish go one step further by quickly making a slime layer that covers their whole body. This covering acts like a sleeping bag that provides a barrier against danger.
Bottle-nosed dolphins need to sleep, but they have to be on the ocean’s surface to breathe. They also need to watch over their young. What do they do While half of the dolphin’s brain sleeps, the other half stays awake. After a while, the sleeping half wakes up while the other half snoozes.
Sooty terns have the most amazing sleep. They nest on islands. When they are not nesting, they live for many years in the sky and on the sea’s surface. When and where can they sleep Scientists believe they are able to sleep while they are flying, staying out of the reach of enemies.
What is the shared concern when wild animals sleep
A. Quietness. B. Time length. C. Comfort. D. Safety.
Which animals need the most preparation before sleep
A. Anolis lizards. B. Chimpanzees. C. Parrotfish. D. Sooty terns.
What do we know about the sleeping habit of bottle-nosed dolphins
They sleep on the job.
They don’t sleep at all.
They sleep deep in the ocean.
They sleep the least of all animals.
B
Andrew Bastawrous was 12 when he found out he could barely see. He was then socially awkward, failing at school and terrible at ball games.
Glasses turned his life around, yet even as a child he was aware of how lucky he was. Bastawrous grew up in the UK, but his family would visit poor parts of Egypt, where his parents
were from. “Nobody there wore glasses, but I knew some people needed them,” he says. “It felt incredibly unfair. At 16, I decided I wasn’t going to feel guilty about it any more.” He determined there and then to become an eye surgeon, and he did.
In 2012, he and his wife moved with their one-year-old son to a small town 5 hours’ drive from Nairobi. They had limited electricity and running water. For 18 months, every time Bastawrous and his team set up their “mobile” eye clinic in yet another new location, they had to drag heavy, fragile
hospital equipment cross-country. There was another problem, as one local doctor described it, “We don’t even have enough doctors and now you also want eye surgeons That’s probably a pipe dream.”
All this convinced Bastawrous that something fundamental was needed. So he started exploring ways to replace his clinic with a single, convenient device: a smartphone. He co-developed an app-based visual test that gathers as much information as the classic one, using similar principles. The critical difference is that almost anyone can carry it out after just a few minutes of training. Bastawrous co-founded a charitable company to develop and apply the technology more widely. His team also developed technologies that enabled a smartphone camera to take hospital-grade images of the back of the eye.
That’s a pretty good start, but Bastawrous has his sights set sky high. “I feel we’re at a tipping point now where this enormous problem will become a historical thing. That’s when I’ll sleep easy,” he says.
What drove Bastawrous to become an eye surgeon
His personal misfortune.
His burning sense of injustice.
His ambition to turn his life around.
His guilt about leaving his home country.
What can we infer about Bastawrous’s first 18 months in Africa
It’s hard and problematic.
It’s challenging but fruitful.
It’s adventurous and unrealistic.
It’s fundamental but innovative.
Bastawrous’s innovation can be described as .
cheap and convenient treatments for patients
a virtual and complete change from a classic test
a smart and popularised application of technology
fast and effective trainings of medical professionals
What do Bastawrous’s words in the last paragraph show
His modest attitude to his past achievements.
His optimistic views on the cure for blindness.
His strong belief in the effects of future technology.
His firm determination to carry on his challenging career.
C
Feeling overloaded by your to-do list can certainly make you unhappy, but new research suggests that more free time might not be the elixir many of us dream it could be.
In a new study released last week, researchers analyzed data from two large-scale (大规模) surveys about how Americans spend their time. Together, the surveys included more than 35,000 respondents. The researchers found that people with more free time generally had higher levels of subjective well-being — but only up to a point. People who had around two hours of free time a day generally reported they felt better than those who had less time. But people who had five or
more hours of free time a day generally said they felt worse. So ultimately the free-time “sweet
spot” might be two to three hours per day, the findings suggest.
Part of finding this seemingly tricky “sweet spot” has to do with how people spend the extra time they have, the researchers behind the new study argue. They conducted several smaller online experiments. In one they asked participants to imagine having 3.5 to 7 free hours per day. They were asked to imagine spending that time doing “productive” things (like exercising) or to imagine doing “unproductive” activities ( like watching TV). Study participants believed their well-being would suffer if they had a lot of free time during the day — but only if they used it unproductively. Though that experiment was hypothetical, which is one limitation of the new research, it’s certainly in line with other research showing that being in a state of “flow” can be good for people’s mental health.
Of course, what feels “productive” is up to you. Many traditionally productive or purposeful activities can be easy and fun. Engaging in a bit of low-key cardio, like walking and jogging, can help burn stress. Free-time activities like reading or cooking are also known to put people in a state of flow.
28.What does the underlined word “elixir” in paragraph 1 refer to
A.Magic solution.
B.Physical power.
C.Psychological test.
D.Relaxed atmosphere.
29.How did the researchers carry out the new study
A.By doing large-scale online surveys.
B.By giving interviews and mental tests.
C.By comparing respondents’ backgrounds.
D.By conducting experiments and analyzing data.
30.What is a distinct finding of the new research
A.Doing unproductive things leads to unhappiness.
B.Being in a state of flow benefits people’s mental health.
C.Man’s well-being is positively related to the free time they have.
D.How people spend their free time affects their sense of well-being.
31.What is the focus of the last paragraph
A.The importance of burning stress.
B.Easy and fun activities to kill time.
C.Further explanation of being productive.
D.The benefits of engaging in free-time activities.
D
Even when communing with nature we depend on technology for help — but then, so did Thoreau (梭罗) at Walden Pond (瓦尔登湖).
Walking in the same woods yesterday, I let myself wander at random, communing with nature. I took in beautiful scenery near and far thanks to my progressive-lens eyeglasses. Occasionally I’d pull out my smartphone to take pictures on anything interesting. I recorded an inner monologue with a background of all sounds of the forest. At times, I consulted my smart watch to check on my heartbeat, mileage and calorie burn. Eventually I realized I was quite lost. Not a problem of course. Online maps came to my rescue.
But something bothered me. In what I’d intended as a nature experience, here I was using very high technology to help myself out. This insight triggered a reconsideration of everything that happened during my “nature walk,” which had been technologically enhanced every step of the way. I’d been functioning as a man-machine combination: a cyborg.
What would the true naturalist Thoreau think of that My first thought was that he’d be shocked. But later I did some research. Thoreau enjoyed what his spyglass discovered, like this eagle from his journal:
Lying on the ground with my glass, I could watch him very easily … till I almost lost him in the clouds … I think I have got the worth of my glass now that it has revealed to me the white-headed eagle.
Famously, Thoreau always set out equipped with a walking stick, which he used not only for support but also to take measurements of water and snow levels. His hat was also a tool, which he called his “botany-box.” And he was prepared even with needles and thread, so when coming out of the woods, he was “the best dressed.” Clearly, Thoreau was a bit of a cyborg himself.
Thinking more deeply, I realized we’ve come a long way from our hunter-gatherer ancestors, who walked from necessity and relied on nature’s gift. Cyborgs are us.
32.What is the purpose of the text
A.To recommend Thoreau’s book Walden Pond.
B.To argue that humans have developed into cyborgs.
C.To share the reflections on man’s reliance on nature.
D.To question whether people are technology-dependent.
33.Which picture best illustrates a cyborg in the author’s eye
A. B. C. D.
34.Why does the author quote Thoreau’s journal
A.To introduce a literary work on nature.
B.To explain how to prepare for a nature walk.
C.To prove that even naturalists use technology.
D.To describe the natural beauty Thoreau enjoyed.
35.What is the author’s attitude towards being a cyborg
A. Favorable. B. Intolerant. C. Doubtful. D. Unclear.
广东省惠州市2022届高三4月一模英语试题（解析版）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
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1. What might discourage people from choosing the Thermapen ONE
A. Price. B. Function.
C. Accuracy. D. Appearance.
2. What do we know about A Bouqs Subscription
A. It can be canceled at random. B. It texts to remind renewing.
C. It restricts to monthly deliveries. D. It offers wide choices of flowers.
3. In which column of a website is the text probably taken from
A. Life. B. Wellness.
C. Literature. D. Entertainment.
B
Cimabue, the greatest painter of a Middle Ages in Italy, was surprised one day after his lunch break to discover that a fly had seated itself under the nose of a character that he had been working on. He swatted (重拍) at the fly, but it did not move. He reached out to touch the insect, only to find it was only wet paint. Turning around, he saw that his apprentice (学徒), Giotto, was laughing. Giotto had painted the fly when Cimabue was away, and it looked so real that Cimabue had been completely fooled.
Giotto di Bondone was born into a poor family in a village. Legend has it that one day, when Cimabue was wandering around the countryside, he spotted a young shepherd boy drawing pictures of his sheep, which were so vivid that Cimabue immediately asked him to come to Florence and learn how to paint. That was how Giotto’s story began in Florence, where the young student flourished under Cimabue’s instruction and soon surpassed his master in skill.
At that time, people in paintings didn’t look real, and the symbolism of art was difficult for viewers to connect with it. Innovation (创新) was not stressed, so art had remained the same for hundreds of years.
However, Giotto thought art should be something more connected with people in a more realistic way. His masterpieces included the forty major frescoes (壁画) for the Arena Chapel. Adopting many techniques that were uncommon then, he painted people the way he saw them, instead of the overly tall and boxy people that other artists painted. He created three-dimensional space by using perspective, something that had not been done since Roman times.
In addition to painting, Giotto wrote poetry and drew architectural plans. When Giotto was in his sixties, he painted the Ognissanti Madonna, another famous work of art. He continued working until the age of seventy. The ideas Giotto brought to painting throughout his life revolutionized the art world and made him one of the greatest painters ever.
4. What does the anecdote in paragraph 1 tell us about Giotto
A. His humor. B. His talent.
C. His courage. D. His determination.
5. How did Cimabue feel about Giotto’s painting when they first met
A. Impressed. B. Hesitant.
C. Doubtful. D. Amused.
6. What made Giotto’s works distinguished at that time
A. Vivid colors. B. Classic skills.
C. Original composition. D. Lifelike quality.
7. Which of the following best summarizes Giotto’s story
A. Great minds think alike.
B. Innovation is the vitality of art.
C. Constant dripping wears away a stone.
D. A slow sparrow should make an early start.
C
From crystal-blue lakes to snow-capped mountains and thousand-year-old trees, Canada’s nature is admired around the world. Now it might also be just what the doctor ordered. An ambitious new programme allows doctors to write prescriptions (处方) for free annual passes to Canada’s national parks, encouraging their patients to improve their health — both mental and physical — by taking a stroll in nature.
The prescriptions are provided by PaRX, in partnership with Parks Canada. The first passes were handed out last month, giving holders access to more than 80 national parks, historic sites and nature reserves. PaRX, a health initiative (倡议) launched in 2019 by the British Columbia Parks Foundation, notes on its website that spending time in nature can lead to longer lives, increased energy, reduced stress and anxiety, improved heart health, less pain and better mood. Vitamin D from the sun’s rays has proven health benefits. The organization also hopes that the prescriptions will boost investment in conservation in Canada.
The initial provision covers four Canadian provinces: British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Manitoba. Participating doctors have only 100 annual passes to hand out for now, but PaRX hopes that the programme will be expanded.
“Medical research now clearly shows the positive health benefits of connecting with nature,” Steven Guilbeault, the environment minister, said. “I am confident this programme will quickly show its enormous value to the well-being of patients as it continues to expand throughout the country.”
Canada’s physicians are already in the habit of prescribing “nature therapy” as a treatment for anxiety, depression, high blood pressure, immune function and insomnia (失眠). Previously, though, they would write more general prescriptions, such as spending time in nature twice a week, for at least 20 minutes at a time. This is the first time that they have been able to equip their patients with tickets.
8. Why does the author mention Canada’s nature in paragraph 1
A. To recommend doctors’ prescriptions. B. To advertise Canada’s natural scenery.
C. To introduce a health initiative program. D. To demonstrate health benefits of nature.
9. What makes the prescriptions significant
A. A boom in park visiting. B. A rise in economy.
C. Investment in conservation. D. Improvement in health.
10. What can we infer from the last paragraph
A. Patients doubt the general prescriptions.
B. The previous “nature therapy” is popular.
C. It is a tradition to offer patients park tickets.
D. “Nature therapy” is no longer just on paper.
11. Which of the following can be the best title for the text
A. Nature Heals Mental Diseases
B. Canada Possesses Admirable Nature
C. Doctors Order A Walk in The Wilderness
D. Canadian Doctors Have Free Access to Parks
D
Few animals appear more affectionate than the black-browed albatross (信天翁). These large seabirds are socially monogamous (一夫一妻制的) and often mate for life, staying with the same partner with trust. But “divorce” is not unheard of. As is the case with other monogamous animals, a female albatross will leave a partnership that lacks breeding (繁殖) success.
Although “divorce” is natural among these birds, Ventura recently began noticing that its rates seemed to vary from year to year for the roughly 15,500 pairs of black-browed albatrosses breeding on New Island. “There were clearly years in which more pairs split up, compared with the previous years,” says Ventura, whose team combed through about 15 years of breeding data.
To investigate, the group focused on two environmental variables (变数) vital to the albatross: wind speed and sea-surface temperature. Each affects the birds in different ways. Higher winds make it easier for them to soar for greater distances to gather food. Increasing sea-surface temperatures, on the other hand, limit the nutrients available to the albatross by curbing the production of phytoplankton (浮游植物), which has huge effects on the rest of the marine food web. As a result, albatrosses must travel farther and struggle more to find enough food. This throws breeding schedules into disarray and increases stress levels among partnerships — both factors that can decrease breeding success.
And digging deeper the team found that in warmer years female albatrosses were more likely to leave their mate even after successful breeding attempts. “Previous successful females are the ones that are most affected by this.” Ventura says. Ventura assumes that similar patterns may appear in other seabird populations and possibly among some monogamous mammals, highlighting a potentially overlooked consequence of climate change. “If you have a situation where increasing sea-surface temperature is leading to higher divorce rates, which reduces breeding success for the populations as a whole,” she says. “Ultimately you’re sending fewer albatrosses out into the world, and that’s going to impact the population more widely.”
12. What can we know about the albatross
A. They maintain a steady annual divorce rate.
B. Their relationship is dominated by the female.
C. They generally have strong loyalty to their mate.
D. Their breeding has decreased due to fading affection.
13 What was the team’s analysis based on
A Previous researches. B. Food varieties.
C. Environmental effects. D. Sex differences.
14. What does the underlined word “disarray” in paragraph 3 mean
A. Disagreement. B. Chaos. C. Adaptation. D. Routine.
15. What does Ventura imply in the last paragraph
A. Species of different seabirds are in danger of extinction.
B. Climate change influences more species other than albatrosses.
C. Breeding success guarantees a stable partnership of albatrosses.
D. Other seabirds and mammals affect the population of albatrosses
广东省韶关市2022届高三综合测试（二）英语试题
第一节（共15小题; 每小题2. 5分, 满分37. 5分）
A
Here come four new books with great poetry, from which the novices are to get inspired by the imaginative and celebratory poems when they start to take an eager look at this new and unknown field.
Cloud Soup
Bake a weird cake, pay a visit to the deep and take a closer look at the clouds in this fun collection of poems by Kate Wakeling, with unusual illustrations by Elina Braslina. Their previous collection, Moon Juice, won the CLiPPA Best Children’s Poetry Award, and this sequel is just as funny and imaginative.
Shaping the World: 40 Historical Heroes in Verse
This collection, chosen by Liz Brownlee, brings together 40 brilliant “shape poems＂ inspired by some of the remarkable people who have shaped our world. Inside, you’ll find poems about Greta Thunberg, Rosa Parks and Albert Einstein— each with a biography, a quote and a fascinating fact.
Take Off Your Brave
Be surprised and inspired by this book of poems written by four-year-old Nadim, with artwork by Yasmeen Ismall. Taking you inside a child’s world of glitter, magic boxes and rainbows, this book proves that poetry is for everyone and might inspire you to try writing some poems yourself！
My Sneezes Are Perfect
This thought-provoking collection of poems was written by Rakhshan RizWan with Yusuf Samee, a mother-and-son team and illustrated by Benjamin Philips. Bringing together observations, meditations and memories, it explores sorts of things, including animals, family, food and what it's like moving to a new country.
21. Who has ever won a prize for writing poetry
A. Kate Wakeling. B. Liz Brownlee.
C. Nadim. D. Rakhshan RizWan.
22. What is covered in My Sneezes Are Perfect ______.
A. The life of celebrities.
B. The making of a great poet.
6. The migration to a new country.
D. The exploration to the deep ocean.
23. Who might be the target readers of the four books
A . Poetry beginners.
B. Ambitious parents.
C. History lovers.
D. School teachers.
B
Days after Argentina canceled all international passenger flights to protect the country from the new coronavirus, Juan Manuel Ballestero began his journey home the only way possible: He stepped aboard his small sailboat for what turned out to be an 85-day voyage across the Atlantic.
The 47-year-old sailor could have stayed on the tiny Portuguese island of Porto Santo to survive the era of lockdowns and social distancing in a scenic place largely spared by the virus. But the idea of spending what he thought could be “the end of the world” away from his family, especially his father who was 8oon to turn 90, was unbearable.
“I didn't want to stay like a coward on an island where there were no cases, ” Mr. Ballestero said. “I wanted to do everything possible to return home. The most important thing for me was to be with my family. ”
He bought his sailboat in 2017, hoping to travel around the world. “I wasn't afraid, but I did have a lot of uncertainty, ” he said. “It was very strange to sail in the middle of a pandemic with humanity teetering around me. ”
Sailing can be a lonely passion, and it was particularly so on this voyage for Mr. Ballestero. Despite the vastness of the ocean, Mr. Ballestero felt he was in isolation, imprisoned by an intense stream of not knowing what the future held. “I was locked up in my own freedom, ” he recalled.
When he made it to his native Mar del Plata on June 17, he was shocked by the hero's welcome he received. “Entering my port where my father had his sailboat, where he taught me so many things, where I learned how to sail and where all this originated, gave me the taste of a mission accomplished, ” he said.
24. Why did Ballestero decide on his Trans-Atlantic sailing
A To return home and see his family.
B. To explore scenic places of the world.
C. To avoid being considered as a coward.
D. To stay away from the new coronavirus.
25. How did Ballestero feel during the journey
A. Free and lonely.
B. Frightened but proud.
C. Uncertain and isolated.
D. Passionate but regretful.
26. What can be inferred about Ballestero from the last paragraph
A. His father was eager to welcome him home.
B He gained a sense of achievement and belonging.
C. He completed the task and therefore became a hero.
D. His father gave him the inspiration to sail single-handed.
27. What might be a suitable title for the text
A. A History-making Sailor
B. An Adventurous Experience
C. Sailing Solo to Reach Father
D. Crossing the Atlantic Ocean
C
While a healthy diet has always been considered necessary for overall wellness, historically, many hospitals have overlooked its powerful potential for healing. In some areas, that's beginning to change. In Pennsylvania four years ago, St. Luke's Hospital partnered with Rodale Institute to start an organic produce farm at the hospital's campus in Easton. Since its first season, the St. Luke's farm has expanded to grow 100 fruit and vegetable breed on 11 acres.
Hospital farms are part of a broader movement to make organic, locally produced food accessible to the general population. Some hospitals are making it a priority to source food from nearby farms, while others are turning deserted land on their grounds into community gardens. By making organic produce easily accessible to the patients and visitors alike, these hospitals hope to inspire lifelong changes for better health. Even though most hospital farms aren't growing enough to completely supply their staff and patient food needs, providing even a small amount of fresh produce makes an educational statement about how healthy and delicious a plant-rich diet can be.
While the movement continues to gain attraction, it's encountering some challenges along the way. For example, health workers don't necessarily know how to grow food. This means that most hospitals need to hire a full-time farmer and other farm labor to manage the property, which can be expensive. It takes between 3 and 5 years for most hospital farms to break even, much less save money on food costs. Nonetheless, participating hospitals believe that the benefits are worthwhile. As the movement continues to expand, you might soon experience a farm-fresh meal at a hospital near you.
28. What change is taking place in St. Luke's hospital according to Paragraph 1
A. Expanding the planting area of organic food.
B. Understanding better the role of a healthy diet.
C. Starting an organic farm at the hospital alone.
D. Neglecting the healing power of organic produce.
29. How do hospital farms make organic food more available to the public
A. By inspiring staff to grow more.
B. By growing food in nearby farms.
C. By purchasing more land as farms.
D. By gardening on the deserted land.
30. What is the challenge of the movement
A. The rising cost of foods.
B. The inefficient management.
C. The public less-open attitude.
D. The lack of workforce with planting skills.
31. What do the hospitals involved think of the movement
A. Doubtful.
B. Optimistic.
C. Critical.
D. Passive.
D
Many organizations leaned in the past year that remote work can be highly effective, with 83% of employers surveyed saying that the shift to remote work has been successful for their company, according to a PwC study. In addition, 54% of workers want to continue working remotely after the pandemic. Now that it's clear where the work is done is not as important as people once thought, the other dimension of flexibility that workers desire for is the freedom to determine when the work is done. A 2019 study by the International Workplace Group found that 80% of workers would turn down a job that did not offer a flexible work schedule for one that did, and 76% of workers said they'd consider staying at their current employer if they could work flexible hours.
According to a Microsoft Work Trend Report, the 9-to-5 workday is disappearing, as the increase in remote work has allowed for more flexible hours. Employees are increasingly working asynchronously completing tasks on their own schedules, which may be different from those of their colleagues. Asynchronous work is now essential to being part of a modern, digital economy, staying competitive in the war for talent, and building a globally distributed workforce.
Tsedal Neeley, a Harvard Business School professor, says, “Companies have to profoundly rethink what it means to be part of a modern work structure. This idea of 9-to-5 or face-time culture is actually not helpful for a digitally advanced economy. ” She highlights that underlying face-time culture is the need to monitor or see people in order to feel like work is advancing. However, this assumption that being productive requires seeing people do the work is not only limiting, but also ridiculous, as technology and automation are increasingly used to get work done and are inherently not as observable. Asynchronous work, she adds, is “a completely new mindset in line with a digital economy. ”
32. What job would most workers accept according to the studies in Paragraph 1
A. They can enjoy the flexibility of working hours.
B. They are free to decide how the work is done.
C. They can work in a remote place as they wish.
D. They work from 9 am to 5 pm during the workdays.
33. Which of the following can best replace asynchronously in Paragraph 2
A. On their own.
B. In the meanwhile.
C. With ease.
D. At different times.
34. Which of the following may Professor Neeley agree with
A. Face-time culture is part of a modern work structure.
B. Face-time culture helps monitor the advanced economy.
C. Asynchronous work fits in well with a digital economy.
D. Asynchronous work limits the technology and automation.
35. What's the writing purpose of this passage
A. To persuade people to keep up with times.
B To introduce a new work mode to people.
C. To report social effects on public choices of work.
D. To discuss the advantages and disadvantages of remote work.
广东省2022届普通高等学校招生全国统一考试模拟测试（二模）英语试题
第一节（共15小题；每小题2．5分，满分37．5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
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Do you need a little help coping with life Don’t we all Come and join us for casual conversation and helpful information.We will discuss a variety of topics、including healthy ways to cope with change and life transitions as we age．
Fill Your Cup
Fill Your Cup is a personalized one-hour session held on Mondays or Thursdays． Looking for a way to be social while still being safe This program is designed lo help you recharge your batteries in a way suitable for you． Bring your coffee and we'll chat! Bring your exercise shoes and we can stretch together! Whatever helps you “fill your cup”, we can figure out a plan together．
Connect 2 Nature
Fridays; December 4, December 18 11 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.on www.
Join us as we explore a range of topics related to nature and discover how the environment impacts our health and well-being.We will learn from local experts and share in casual conversation about all things environmental．
New Device Tech Help
Thursdays；December 3, December 17 11 a.m.- 12 p.m.
New Site at St． Andrews Street (if open, please call before attending!)
Do you have questions about a new device or just need some help with your device Bring in your cell phone, tablet, iPad, or any other technology item that you may have and La Crosse Library staff will be ready to help with your questions．
How can participants benefit from Fill Your Cup
A．By taking stretching exercises alone．
B．By designing team plans to improve skills．
C．By enjoying friendly talks with free drinks．
D． By enlarging social circle in a relaxing way．
22． Which program is suitable if you are available only on Fridays
A． Coping Skills B． Fill Your Cup
C． Conned 2 Nature D． New Device Tech Help
23． What do the programs have in common
A．They feature online activities．
B．They promote social interaction．
C．They provide professional instructions．
D． They advocate environmental protection．
B
While some feel that bookstores are fading away, one Chinese bookstore has found new life by marching into rural areas in China to bring colorful cultural life and higher incomes lo local residents．
By absorbing local rural characteristics, the village branches of the Librairie Avantgarde Bookstore (LAB) chain have transformed into important platforms to display local history, culture and folk traditions． Not just bookstores, they are foundations helping to relieve spiritual poverty (贫困) and centers for gathering and displaying rural culture．
To better fit in the lives of local residents, earth village branch has its own characteristics, like the branch in Shaxi, southwest China's Yunnan province． Many of nearly 20,000 books in the store are associated with the history, geography and folk customs of Yunnan and the Bai people．
“Turning in profits is not our only aim． Our bookstore has become a public gathering space for villagers． Not only young people, butt many elderly residents come here． They do not buy books, but pass the time by rending or chatting with each other in our store．” Liu Xia, the bookstore owner explained．
She added that this is a cultural atmosphere that bookstores offer the area． Some residents have grown accustomed to turning to the books of the store to find answers to the troubles they face, such as operating a business or controlling tourists from urban areas． The biggest benefit of opening bookstores in villages is that it helps provide a healthy environment for children’s growth． "My kids often come to the store． They love reading books here． They gain knowledge and curiosity about outside world." one villager said．
The arrival of the bookstore menus a lot to the village when young residents have been leaving for urban areas in recent years． During the 2020 May Day and National Day holidays, the daily number of tourists traveling to the village reached 5,000, a record high． Visitors were attracted by the bookstore． Surrounding it, several restaurants and holds have opened．
24．Which of the following best describes village branches of the LAB
A．They are disappearing gradually．
B．They feature local rural cultures．
C．They could make much higher profits．
D．They have set up poverty-relief foundations．
25． What do we know about the branch in Shaxi
A．It specializes in history-related books．
B．It creates a public gathering space for business．
C．It shares the same features with oilier branches．
D．It helps villagers know more about the Bai people．
26． Whats the greatest influence of village bookshops on the local areas
A． Attracting more people lo pay a visit．
B． Offering kids a healthy atmosphere．
C． Helping residents lo acquire knowledge．
D． Encouraging the young to go to big cities．
27． Which of the following can be the best title of the text
A． LAB: A Bookstore on the Rise
B． Local Culture Welcomed by Tourists
C． Village Bookshops Promote Rural Life
D． Great Ambitions of Village Bookstores
C
For people born into the Russian aristocracy (贵族) in the nineteenth century, life was full of interesting opportunities - unless they were female． At the time, women generally did not have careers, for they were expected, instead, to focus fully on marrying and raising families． Sophia Behrs was one such young woman． When Sophia married Leo Tolstoy (列夫 托尔斯泰)，he was already a well-known author． Both the couple were literary in their interests：Sophia had been a gifted student and, even at a very young age, was a keen and sensitive reader．
Sophia's marriage to Tolstoy gave her the opportunity to put her abilities as a good reader to use, often advising him on his work throughout the writing process． She served as her husband's copyist, writing out multiple copies of his novels by hand． She made suggestions for and edits to his work, many of which were incorporated into the final product． In addition, she served as his manager, publicist, and agent, keeping track of the financial and legal sides of her husband's writing career． If Sophia were alive today, she might have found her calling at a publishing house or literary-agency．
She wrote her own Russian-language grammar textbook and translated texts from German and English． She also wrote fiction, including a revision of Leo's novella The Krcutzer Sonata． In that story, a man recounts the dramatic breakdown of his marriage；Sophia retold the narrative from his wife’s point of view． The famous writer was impressed by his wife's literary talents． "What force of truth and simplicity!” he wrote in his diary upon reading one of her stories．
However, Sophia never sought publication for her own work． Writing was not a fantasy that she look seriously；rather, she regarded it with “a certain contempt (轻蔑) and irony．” Limited by personal modesty, her domestic duties, and the expectations for women in her lifetime, Sophia never even considered seeking fame of her own． Yet Tolstoy would never have been able to produce the work he did without Sophia's vital contributions．
What advantages did Sophia's marriage bring to her
A． A strong interest in literature．
B． A superior sense of gracefulness．
C． A profession at a literary agency．
D． A chance to put her literary gift to use．
29． What can be inferred about Sophia from paragraph 3
A． Her revision of The Kreutzer Sonata was admirable．
B． Her grammar textbook was easy and simple．
C． She had a dramatic and imaginative writing style．
D． She almost went through a marriage breakdown．
30． Which of the following words best describe Sophia according to the last paragraph
A． Talented and selfless． B． Loving and ambitious．
C． Thoughtful but strong-willed． D． Responsible but proud．
31． What is the text mainly about
A． Sophia, a delayed publisher． B． Sophia, the other Tolstoy．
C． Life of Tolstoy and Sophia． D． Literature on Russian women．
D
In a fascinating paper published last year in Science, a team led by Andreas Nieder of the University of Tubingen in Germany showed that crows - already known to be among the most intelligent of animals - are even more impressive than we knew． In fact, the evidence suggests that they are self-aware and, in an important sense, conscious（有意识的）．
Crows had been observed previously to use tools to solve certain problems． Nieder's experiment showed that the birds were actively evaluating how to solve a particular problem；in effect, they were thinking it over． This ability to consciously assess a problem was associated with the cerebral cortex（大脑皮层）in the brains of humans, which birds don't have．
Other studies support the idea that the bird brain can, in principle, support the development of higher intelligence． It had been dismissed in the past due to the small size of birds, brains． But recent research has shown that in birds, the neurons （神经元）are smaller and more lightly-packed, which makes sense to reduce weight and makes it easier lo fly． The total number of brain cell in crows （about 1． 5 billion） is about the same as that in some monkey species． But because they are more tightly-packed, the communication between the neurons seems In be better, and the overall intelligence of crows may be closer to that of gorillas（猩猩）．
This research has important consequences for our understanding of the evolution of higher intelligence． First, a cerebral cortex is not needed, and there are other means to achieve the same outcome． Second, either the evolution of consciousness is very ancient tracing back to the last common ancestor of mammals and birds about 320 million years ago, or, equally interesting, consciousness arose at least twice later on, independently in mammals and birds． Both options raise the possibility that higher intelligence on other planets may not necessarily be mammal or human-like, but could very well be birdlike．
32．What did Andreas Nieder’s team find out about crows
A． They are more intelligent than other animals．
B． They have left people a very good impression．
C． They are much cleverer than previously thought．
D． They can use tools to solve certain problems．
33．What does the underlined “it” in paragraph 3 refer to
A． The idea． B． The bird brain．
C． The development． D． Higher intelligence．
34．Why do crows have high-level intelligence
A．They have more tightly-packed brains．
B．They have a small number of brain cells．
C．Their brain neurons could communicate well．
D．Their brain cells are the same with the monkeys．
35．What can be inferred from the last paragraph
A． Cerebral cortexes are necessary for the evolution of higher intelligence．
B． Both mammals and birds got their intelligence from common ancestors．
C． Higher intelligence has already developed separately in different species．
D． Higher intelligence on other planets might be different from what we imagine．
参考答案
广东省汕头市2022届普通高考第二次模拟考试英语试题（解析版）
【1~3题答案】
【答案】1. B 2. A 3. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了中国24节气中的“雨水”、“惊蛰”、“春分”和“谷雨”这四个节气，让我们进一步了解这四个节气的气候和习俗。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“Rain Water signals the increase in rainfall and rise in temperature.(雨水标志着降雨量增加和气温的上升)”以及后文提及雨水时，天气潮湿，经常下雨。因此，作为春天的开始，随着雨水节气的到来，气温开始上升，建议脱下寒冷冬季时穿着的厚重外套。故选B项。
【2题详解】
判断推理题。根据第三段中“It is the key time for spring agricultural activities.(这是春季农业活动的关键时期)”可知，惊蛰是农业的关键，以及最后一段第一句“Grain Rain originates from the old saying, ‘Rain brings up the growth of hundreds of grains’, which shows that this period of rainfall is extremely important for the growth of crops and people are busy working on the land.(谷雨源于古语“雨生百谷”，说明这一时期的降雨对农作物的生长极为重要，人们正忙于耕作)”结合来看，可得知惊蛰和谷雨这两个节气对农业来说都很重要，是耕作的季节。故选A项。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段最后一句“With dry soil, an unsteady atmosphere and heavy winds and sandstorms become more frequent.(由于土壤干燥，大气不稳定和强风，沙尘暴变得更加频繁)”可推测，在谷雨时沙尘暴经常出现，所以人们最可能需要佩戴口罩保护自己。故选B项。
【4~7题答案】
【答案】4. B 5. D 6. A 7. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。作者回忆了一堂意义深远的哲学课。
【4题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段第一句“My philosophy professor was a typical eccentric philosopher, whose behavior was somewhat strange.(我的哲学教授是一个典型的古怪哲学家，他的行为有些奇怪)”可知，这位哲学教授是个古怪的人；根据倒数第二段教授的话“Is your life going to be a warning or an example What legacy will you leave The choice is yours. Class dismissed.(你的生活是一个警告还是一个榜样？你会留下什么遗产？选择权在你。下课了)”可知，教授是一位有思想的人。故选B。
【5题详解】
推理判断题。根据划线词所在句的后几句“But how many of us really know who they were, what they thought, what they were proud of, what they were afraid of, or what they dreamed about (但我们当中有多少人真正知道他们是谁，他们的想法，他们的骄傲，他们的恐惧，或他们的梦想？) ”可知，教授通过照片和家族故事的例子说明人们对于祖先的了解是肤浅的，仅限于照片和故事。故选D。
【6题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章的讲述可知，教授向学生提出了一系列是否了解祖先的问题，并让学生设想自己的后代会记得自己的什么，结合最后一句“Nobody rose from their seats for a good five minutes.(整整五分钟没有人从座位上站起来)”可知，教授宣布下课后，同学们依然没有离开，可推知，教授的课唤起了学生对生活的思考。故选A。
【7题详解】
主旨大意题。本文中作者回忆了一堂意义深远的哲学课，课上，教授通过问题让学生们思考可以给自己的后代留下什么？结合“Is your life going to be a warning or an example What legacy will you leave The choice is yours.(你的生活是一个警告还是一个榜样？你会留下什么遗产？选择权在你)”可知，“A lesson about legacy.(一堂关于遗产的课)”适合作为本文标题。故选B。
【8~11题答案】
【答案】8. D 9. D 10. C 11. A
【解析】
【导语】本文为一篇新闻报道。文章主要讲述了在北京冬奥会的观众中竟然出现了豹猫，这说明了野生动物已经开始慢慢适应了与人类共存。
【8题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“Few would have expected that viewers at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics would include animals. And yet, coverage of the event featured several sightings of wildlife, particularly leopard cats apparently seeking to get in on the action.(很少有人会想到，2022年北京冬奥会的观众中会有动物。然而，对这一事件的报道中出现了几次野生动物的目击，尤其是显然想要参与行动的豹猫)”可推断，人们对于豹猫的出现感到出乎意料。故选D。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段“Leopard cats are wild felids, slightly larger than house cats, and they mostly keep clear of human activity.(豹猫是一种野生猫科动物，比家猫稍大一些，它们大多远离人类活动)”可知，豹猫天性是远离人类活动的，它们害怕人类活动。故选D。
【10题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段““I think this is a little-known side of Beijing, ”says Luo, who is proud that such wildlife can be found so close to the capital city. “Such an event causes me to hope that we can try our best to ensure continued coexistence between wilderness and human settlements. ”(我认为这是北京鲜为人知的一面，”罗说，他为能在离首都这么近的地方发现这样的野生动物而感到自豪。他说，“我希望我们能尽最大努力，让野生动物和人类定居点持续共存。”)”可推断，他认为人类应该和野生动物和谐共处。故选C。
【11题详解】
推理判断题。根据全文可知，整篇文章讲述了冬奥会期间出现豹猫这件事，反复例举豹猫出现的场景，这是真实发生的事件，所以是新闻报道。故选A。
【12~15题答案】
【答案】12. D 13. A 14. C 15. B
【解析】
【导语】本文为一篇说明文。一项研究表明，写待办事项清单有助于人们快速入睡，本文介绍了这项实验研究，并说明了其实验结果和局限性。
【12题详解】
词义猜测题。根据第二段“One is that writing about the future would lead to increased worry about unfinished tasks and delay sleep, while writing about completed activities would not trigger worry.(一种是，写关于未来的事情会增加对未完成任务的担忧，并推迟睡眠时间，而写已经完成的事情不会trigger担忧。)”可以推测，写已经完成的事情不会像写关于未来的事情那样会导致对未完成任务的担忧，因此，trigger与cause同义，表示“导致、引发”。故选D项。
【13题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段“The first group wrote about anything they needed to remember to do in the upcoming days, while the other wrote about tasks they had completed during the previous days.(第一组写下未来几天需要记住的事情，而另一组写下前几天完成的任务。)”可知，实验组和对照组在他们写作练习的内容方面不一致。故选A项。
【14题详解】
细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“The researchers found that the participants who wrote to-do lists fell asleep an average of 9 minutes faster than those who wrote about already-accomplished tasks.While 9 minutes may not seem like a lot of extra shut-eye, it’s comparable to the improvement seen in clinical trials for some sleep medications, Scullin told Time magazine.(研究人员发现，写任务清单的参与者比写已经完成任务的参与者平均快9分钟入睡。斯卡林在接受《时代》杂志采访时表示，虽然9分钟的睡眠时间似乎并不多，但它与一些睡眠药物的临床试验中看到的改善效果相当。)”可知，睡前写待办事项清单的影响类似于服用安眠药物的效果。故选C项。
【15题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段“Measures of personality, anxiety, and depression might moderate the effects of writing on falling asleep, and that could be explored in an investigation with a larger sample(对性格、焦虑和抑郁的测量可能会缓和写作对入睡的影响，这可以通过更大的样本进行调查来探索)”及“We recruited healthy young adults, and so we don’t know whether our findings would generalize to patients with sleeplessness(我们招募了健康的年轻人，所以我们不知道我们的发现是否适用于失眠患者)”可知，文章最后一段描述了实验中部分要素的影响，因此，需要更大的样本来进行调查探索，因此，文章最后一段旨在告诉我们实验的局限性。故选B项。
广东省广州市2022年高三二模英语试题（解析版）
答案：
21-23 DBA
详细解析：
21.D.细节理解题。根据文章第一段"A big problem for animals in the wild is keeping their enemies away while they sleep."可知所有野生动物睡眠时最大的顾虑是安全问题。
22.B.细节理解题。根据文章第三段"Each day，a chimpanzee builds itself a new，comfortable bed to sleep in."和"Scientists believe carefully choose a tree that is strong，where they build a nest using branches and leaves."得知 chimpanzee是睡前准备做得最充足的。
23.A.细节理解题。根据文章第五段 bottle-nosed dolphins 的介绍，可以根据"they also need to watch over their young"得知答案选择A。B、D选项明显不符合题意，C选项根据"but they have to be on the ocean's surface to breathe"排除。
答案：
24-27 BACD
详细解析：
24.B.细节理解题。定位文章第二段"It felt incredibly unfair.At 16.I decided I wasn't going to feel guilty about it any more."得知 B选项符合题意。
25.A.细节推断题。定位文章第三段"For 18 months，every time Bastawrous and his team set up their 'mobile' eye clinic in yet another new location, they had to drag heavy，fragile hospital equipment cross-country."得知A选项符合题意，此题容易误选C、但是不能仅凭别人的"pipe dream"的疑惑认为这段旅程是"不合实际的"。
26.C.细节理解题。定位文章第五段"He co-developed an app-based visual test that gathers as much information as the classic one， using similar principles."和"The critical difference is that almost anyone can carry it out after just a few-minutes of training."得知主人公的发明的灵感取之于传统检测，又颠覆了传统检测模式。
27.D.细节推断题。定位文章最后一段"I feel we're at a tipping point .......enormous problem will become a historical thing.That's when I'll sleep easy."得短"这个巨大的难题即将成为一个历史，那时我将高枕无忧。"为此他必须不断为此努力，本篇主题在于人对于社会改变落后历史的贡献，D选项更符合题意。
答案：
28-31 ADDC
详细解析：
28.A. 猜词题。根据第一段" Feeling overloaded by your to-do list can certainly make you unhappy, but new research suggests that more free time might not be the elixir many of us dream it could be."可知，任务清单太多任务会让你不开心，但是给你更多空闲时间你也不一定会很开心，也就是说空闲时间并不是能够让我们开心的方法，和方法这一含义最贴近的是A选项，故选A。
29.D.细节理解题。根据第二段第一行"researchers analyzed data..."和第三段第二行"They conducted several smaller online experiments"可知选D。A选项online survey，B选项 interviews 和 mental tests，及C选项 backgrounds 均未提及，故错误。
30.B.细节理解题。根据题干关键词 distinct finding 定位到第三段最后一句" it's certainly in line with other research showing that being in a state of "flow"can be good for people's mental health"，故选 B。本题易错选C，学生会定位到第二段第三行" The researchers found that people with more free time generally had higher levels of subjective well-being…."，但是本句并不对应题干的 distinct finding，故错误。
31.C.段落主旨题。根据最后一段第一句" Of course，what feels 'productive' is up to you."可知，最后一段主要是解释什么是"多产的"活动，故选C。
答案：
32-35 BCCA
详细解析：
32.B.篇章主旨题。根据最后一段可知，全文作者探讨了人类已经从原始社会的狩猎者变成了"半机械人"故选B。
33.C. 细节推断题。根据题干关键词 cyborg 定位到文章第三段最后一句" man-machine combination∶ a cyborg'，可知在作者眼里.cyborg是人类和机器的结合。
分析四个选项，A选项是机器人，B选项是原始人，D 选项是手机，均不是人类和机器时结合，只有C 选项一一拿着吸尘器的人一一是人类和机器的结合，故选 C。
34.C.细节推断提题。根据题干关键词 Thoreau's journal定位到第四段发现，作者本以为梭罗作为一名自然主义者，对于人类对科技产品的依赖感到震惊，但是通过调查，他发现梭罗竟然也很享受通过小望远镜观察到的大自然，也就是说，连自然主义者都会利用科技，故选C。
35.A. 主旨大意题。纵观全文，作者通过丛林探险和梭罗的日志意识到，人类已经进化成必须要依赖科技生活的"半机械人"了，连自然主义者都需要依靠科技，所以可以看出作者对于这种现象的态度是积极的，故选 A
广东省惠州市2022届高三4月一模英语试题（解析版）
1. A 2. D 3. A
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了四种最受欢迎的母亲节礼物，包括语言学习工具，温度计，花束订购和个性化拼贴。
【1题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章“Thermo Works Thermapen Mk4”部分内容“We highly recommend the Thermapen ONE, which was the fastest and most accurate thermometer we tested and would have been our top pick if it wasn’t so expensive.(我们强烈推荐Thermapen ONE，它是我们测试过的最快、最准确的温度计，如果不是那么贵的话，它将是我们的首选。)”可知，Thermapen ONE的性能最佳，但是价格比较贵。由此可推知，价格可能会阻止人们选择Thermapen ONE。故选A项。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章“A Bouqs Subscription”部分内容“You can change the frequency of the delivery along with the type of blooms she receives—roses one month, sunflowers the next. She may adorably text you a picture of her bouquet every month it arrives and remind you to maintain the subscription.(你可以改变送花的频率以及她收到的花的类型——一个月是玫瑰，下一个月是向日葵。她可能会很可爱地在收到花束的每个月给你发一张照片，提醒你继续订阅。)”可知，订购的花束每个月都有所不同，即，花束订购提供了不同种类的花。故选D项。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章首段内容“We’ve tested hundreds of mom-approved products that happen to make perfect Mother’s Day gifts.(我们已经测试了数百种妈妈认可的产