2023届四川省绵阳中学高三 2月模拟检测
英语试题
一、阅读理解
EXPERIENCE COLUMBIA
HOT ATTRACTIONS
◆RIVERBANKS ZOO & GARDEN
It is home to more than 2,000 animals and one of the nation’s most beautiful botanical gardens. With more
than 350 species from around the world, Riverbanks Zoo is one of the largest mid-sized zoos in the country.
Hours: 9:00a. m.—5:00p. m. daily.
Admission: Adults (13—61) $19. 95
Children (2—12) $16. 95
◆EDVENTURE
The South’s largest children’s museum has 300 exhibits to inspire children to experience the joy of learning.
Where else but EdVenture can children drive a real fire truck, anchor the news or visit another country
Hours: Monday—Sunday 9 am.—5 pm.
Admission: Members Free
Children and Adults: $11. 95
◆SOUTH CAROLINA STATE MUSEUM
The stories of South Carolina come alive through the exhibits and collections of the State Museum. Plus, a
new 4-D theater provides popular movies that excite all ages. Museum members are invited to night-sky observing
and more on Tuesday nights!
Hours: Mon. Wed.—Fri.: 10 am.—5 pm.
Tues.: 10 am.—10 pm.
Sat.: 10 am.—6 pm.
Sun.: Noon—5 pm.
Admission: Adults (13—61) $8. 95
Children (3—12): $6. 95
◆SALUDA SHOALS PARK
Saluda Shoals Park is a sensitive riverfront park that invites visitors to experience the treasures of the Saluda
River through exceptional educational and cultural opportunities.
Fun-filled Family Activities Nightly! (except Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas night)
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Free for activities: apply with Holiday Lights admission ($20/car; $40/15-passenger vehicle; $ 60/bus).
1．How much should a young couple with a 2-year-old son pay to enjoy various plants and animals
A．$24. 85. B．$ 39.9. C．$56.85. D．$ 35.85.
2．Which attraction best suits a child interested in broadcasting news
A．The State Museum. B．EdVenture.
C．Saluda Shoals Park. D．Riverbanks Zoo & Garden.
3．Which of the following is available to all tourists in the State Museum
A．Enjoying free family activities every night.
B．Visiting the exhibits on Sunday morning.
C．Having a fantastic 4-D visual feast.
D．Observing the amazing night sky on Tuesday nights.
“Are you OK, Cassie ” Jonah asked, from the doorway of the Sea Holly Cafe.
Cassie had been sitting on a chair outside for the past 10 minutes, but not really taking in the beauty of the
sea.
“Oh, I should be getting back to work.” She rose hurriedly.
“We’re not busy, take your time.” Jonah came with a cappuccino for her. “Thanks.” She accepted the coffee,
“Everything’s fine.” Then Jonah nodded, revealing a comforting smile, and went back inside.
He was a great boss, but Cassie didn’t feel like telling him what was wrong.
Cassie had gone to study fine art hopefully but dropped out after only a year due to the unbearable
homesickness. Since then, she hadn’t touched her paints for a whole year. Today was doomed to be a sad date, the
anniversary of her exciting plans turning to dust. She felt a crushing sense of disappointment. In her painting, she
had captured a good likeness of the cloudy sky and the reflection of the dying light upon the water, but the picture
did have a sad, dreary (沉闷的) quality.
About 20 minutes later, she was shocked by a voice at her shoulder, “That’s beautiful.”
Cassie turned, and there was a woman wearing a blue coat. The woman eyed it again. “You have talent, but
there is much sadness in it, for one so young.” Cassie’s eyes were filled with tears. “My name’s Willow,” the
woman said kindly, “Why not try painting the sunrise instead, my dear You might find it helps.”
With Willow’s words echoing in her brain, Cassie rose an hour earlier the next day, caught a bus to the beach
and began to paint again.
When she finished, Jonah was just opening up. He picked the painting up and appreciated it at eye height.
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“Hey, this is good. It’s really —“For a moment he struggled for the word, then found it and turned to her, beaming,
“Optimistic!”
In her picture the sun was powering into the sky, casting a clear, golden pathway across the sea.
4．Which of the following best explains “He was a great boss” underlined in paragraph 5
A．Jonah offered a coffee to Cassie.
B．Jonah ran a successful cafe business.
C．Jonah figured out what was wrong with Cassie.
D．Jonah was considerate of Cassie’s emotional upset.
5．What led to Cassie’s low spirits
A．That her paints were covered with dust.
B．That her homesickness was aroused again.
C．That her original plan was abandoned midway.
D．That her painting was full of a sorrowful and dull quality.
6．Why did Willow advise Cassie to paint the sunrise
A．It was more beautiful. B．It might cheer Cassie up.
C．It had artistic inspiration. D．It made a difference to Willow.
7．What can be a suitable title for the passage
A．The Sun Always Rises B．Every Man Has Its Price
C．Strike While the Iron Is Hot D．A Good Medicine Tastes Bitter
According to the Solar Energy Industry Association, the number of solar panels installed(安装)has grown
rapidly in the past decade, and it has to grow even faster to meet climate goals. But all of that growth will take up
a lot of space, and though more and more people accept the concept of solar energy, few like large solar panels to
be installed near them.
Solar developers want to put up panels as quickly and cheaply as possible, so they haven’t given much
thought to what they put under them. Often, they’ll end up filling the area with small stones and using chemicals
to control weeds. The result is that many communities, especially in farming regions, see solar farms as destroyers
of the soil.
“Solar projects need to be good neighbors,” says Jordan Macknick, the head of the Innovative Site
Preparation and Impact Reductions on the Environment(InSPIRE)project. “They need to be protectors of the land
and contribute to the agricultural economy.” InSPIRE is investigating practical approaches to “low-impact” solar
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development, which focuses on establishing and operating solar farms in a way that is kinder to the land. One of
the easiest low-impact solar strategies is providing habitat for pollinators(传粉昆虫).
Habitat loss, pesticide use, and climate change have caused dramatic declines in pollinator populations over
the past couple of decades, which has damaged the U.S. agricultural economy. Over 28 states have passed laws
related to pollinator habitat protection and pesticide use. Conservation organizations put out pollinator-friendliness
guidelines for home gardens, businesses, schools, cities—and now there are guidelines for solar farms.
Over the past few years, many solar farm developers have transformed the space under their solar panels into
a shelter for various kinds of pollinators, resulting in soil improvement and carbon reduction. “These
pollinator-friendly solar farms can have a valuable impact on everything that’s going on in the landscape,” says
Macknick.
8．What do solar developers often ignore
A．The decline in the demand for solar energy.
B．The negative impact of installing solar panels.
C．The rising labor cost of building solar farms.
D．The most recent advances in solar technology.
9．What does InSPIRE aim to do
A．Improve the productivity of local farms.
B．Invent new methods for controlling weeds.
C．Make solar projects environmentally friendly.
D．Promote the use of solar energy in rural areas.
10．What is the purpose of the laws mentioned in paragraph 4
A．To conserve pollinators. B．To restrict solar development.
C．To diversify the economy. D．To ensure the supply of energy.
11．Which of the following is the best title for the text
A．Pollinators: To Leave or to Stay B．Solar Energy: Hope for the Future
C．InSPIRE: A Leader in Agriculture D．Solar Farms: A New Development
As a child, when my family took a vacation, we wrote postcards to show our friends the new places we had
explored. I regarded postcards as simply a way to share travel experiences until I saw my grandmother’s postcard
album (册).
My cousin and I discovered the dark gray album when we were going through Grandma’s things. Some were
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holiday postcards. But most of the postcards had pictures of flowers or birds that did not show a holiday or a travel
destination. Instead of describing a holiday, the notes were invitations to come to a dinner party or go for a walk
the next day.
“Why do these postcards ask you to come to tea ” I asked.
“Because this is how we communicated before we had a telephone,” she said.“I would put a postcard in the
morning mail, and a friend would receive it that afternoon. Then she’d post a reply that arrived in my mail the next
morning.”
“You got mail twice a day ”
“Yes. Remember, we had no phone.”
My cousin and I looked at each other. Connecting by postcards seemed as strange as using a carrier pigeon
(信鸽).
I had forgotten about my grandmother’s postcards until lockdowns restricted (限制) our trips to see our three
granddaughters. While I sent them texts, I wanted to give them something tactile (能触知的) to remind them of
my love during this special time. Remembering my grandmother’s postcard album, I bought several sets of cards.
Every few weeks, I’d write notes and mail them. The girls sometimes replied with short thank-you texts.
Then one day I opened my mailbox and saw three hand-addressed envelopes. Each girl thanked me for the
postcards. The notes said how they’d been separated from friends, and how my messages had comforted them in a
difficult time.
Yes, I received my granddaughters’ letters. Even when the lockdowns end, I will continue to send them
postcards because everyone loves getting something tactile in the mail.
12．What did the author’s grandmother mainly use postcards for
A．Telling interesting stories. B．Sharing travel experiences.
C．Keeping up with friends. D．Expressing holiday wishes.
13．How did the author feel when hearing Grandma got mail twice a day
A．Worried. B．Surprised. C．Interested. D．Encouraged.
14．What did the author decide to do during lockdowns
A．Write letters to her grandchildren.
B．Buy postcards for her grandmother.
C．Learn how to send texts to her grandchildren.
D．Look for her grandmother’s lost postcard album.
15．What can we infer about the author’s granddaughters from the text
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A．They just want to send texts.
B．They collect postcards as a hobby.
C．They have difficulty getting along with friends.
D．They are beginning to accept communicating by letter
二、七选五
How much time do you spend doing research before you make a decision There are people who go over
every detail exhaustively before making a choice. ____16____ Psychologists call this way of thinking a cognitive
bias (偏见), a tendency toward a specific mental mistake.
To study “jumping”, we examined decision-making patterns among more than 600 people from the general
population. We found that jumpers made more errors than non-jumpers on problems that require thoughtful
analysis. ____17____ In a quiz about US civics, they overestimated the chance that their answers were right
significantly more than other participants did—even when their answers were wrong.
So what is behind “jumping” Psychological researchers commonly distinguish between two pathways of
thought: automatic system, which reflects ideas that come to the mind easily, spontaneously and without effort,
and controlled system including conscious and effortful reasoning. Jumpers and nonjumpers are equally
influenced by automatic thoughts. ____18____
It is the controlled system that helps people counter balance mental biases introduced by the automatic
system. As a result, jumpers were more likely to accept the conclusions made at first blush without further
questioning. A lack of controlled thinking is also more broadly connected to their problematic beliefs and faulty
reasoning.
____19____ A method called metacognitive training can be used to target their biases, which can help people
think more deliberatively. In this training, participants are confronted with their own biases. They can learn about
the missteps and other ways of thinking through the problem at hand. It helps to chip away at participants’
overconfidence.
In everyday life, the question of whether we should think things through or instead go with our gut is a
frequent and important one. ____20____ Sometimes the most important decision we make can be to take some
more time before making a choice.
A．Happily, there may be some hope for jumpers.
B．Also, jumpers had problems with overconfidence.
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C．But a fair number of individuals are quick to jump to conclusions.
D．It is certainly possible for them to overthink things to take a decision.
E．We plan to continue the work to trace other problems introduced by jumping.
F．The jumpers, however, did not engage in controlled reasoning to the same degree as non-jumpers.
G．Recent studies show that even gathering just a little bit more evidence may help us avoid a major mistake.
三、完形填空
I love roller coasters. If I could ride roller coasters every day for the rest of my life I would die a really
_____1___ man. I will stand in line for 40minutes just to get on a ride that lasts 30 seconds. Each step that I take
brings me closer and closer to my ____2____ of going on a ride of a lifetime. The ____3____ has me skipping
around like a 4 year old.
But during my first ride there, that kind of thrill turned to absolute ____4____ when I made it to the front.
____5____ waiting in line I was now having a second thought. Quietly, I negotiated within myself about my
courage to go through with this _____6___.
From far away it looked ____7____ but when I was about to get in the driver’s seat I ____8____ I forgot my
license. After some self motivation I finally made the move to ____9____ my seat.
On my way up I could clearly see the ups and downs ____10____ me. To me they were not only the route but
also ____11____ challenges. Soon the track was full of such ___12_____tunnels that I could see only what was
behind me but not in front.
___13_____ there were people around me with both of their hands in the ____14____ while I, knowing that
things were going to get _____15___ , grasped the handle on my seat. I wouldn’t dare celebrate something that
____16____ me.
Just like roller coasters, _____17___ is full of ups and downs, darkness and light, and is unpredictable when
we go through various __18______ situations. The best thing to do when we meet anything ____19____ is to lift
our hands and ____20____ whatever we do.
21．A．old B．happy C．brave D．unusual
22．A．tension B．hardship C．motivation D．opportunity
23．A．excitement B．expectation C．pleasure D．anxiety
24．A．patience B．anger C．desire D．fear
25．A．Unless B．Though C．After D．Upon
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26．A．competition B．commitment C．debate D．experiment
27．A．fun B．small C．normal D．mysterious
28．A．regretted B．realized C．pretended D．admitted
29．A．take B．quit C．reserve D．change
30．A．behind B．beneath C．beside D．before
31．A．mental B．intellectual
C．technical D．environmental
32．A．narrow B．dark C．long D．roundabout
33．A．Unluckily B．Oddly
C．Nervously D．Disappointingly
34．A．gloves B．pockets C．air D．seat
35．A．vague B．strange C．boring D．rough
36．A．confused B．astonished C．annoyed D．terrified
37．A．life B．entertainment
C．dream D．ride
38．A．social B．unexpected C．serious D．general
39．A．uncertain B．uncomfortable
C．challenging D．exciting
40．A．evaluate B．complete C．adore D．enjoy
四、用单词的适当形式完成短文
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Over the past 40 years, Du Dejian has received numerous visitors at the library ___41___ he established in
his home in Zhangfang village of Yongji, Shanxi province.
Du, a rural teacher, ___42___ (decide) to build a library in the village when he noticed ___43___range of
difficulties his neighbors encountered as a result of limited knowledge during the planting season around 1980.
With support from his family, Du bought books, newspapers and magazines, mainly ___44___ agriculture.
There weren't as many visitors as ___45___ (expect) at the beginning. At that time, residents thought ___46___
(they) to be experienced in farming, so they wouldn't read books.
To attract them, he began to send newspapers to the residents' homes and offer them an ___47___(explain)
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about the great power of technology. Gradually, more people became loyal readers in Du's library. Besides, more
than 700 agricultural, technology training courses ___48___ (present) over the past decades since the library
opened.
In recent years, with the development the Internet, the library has seen fewer readers. Du began to try new
methods ___49___ (spread) knowledge. He set up a WeChat group and sends agricultural information to the
residents, helping them farm more _____50_____ (scientific).
五、短文改错
51．假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有 10 处语言错
误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改 10 处，多者（从第 11 处起）不计分。
The activity "School Sports Month" was held in our school but all the students took an active part in them.
There're various club for us to choose from. I joined in the Rope Skipping Club. The coaches and seniors were
very kind. They took good care of new players and helped me acquire the needing skills quickly, what gave me a
sense of belonging. We trained every day with the coach watching us close. I made such great progress that I even
win a prize in the competition held last week. After get used to rope skipping, I feel I am living more productive
life.
六、其他应用文
52．为了帮助学生养成良好的学习习惯，你校英文报正在举行“拒绝拖延 (Procrastination)”的征文活动，请
你以“How to Overcome Procrastination”为题投稿，内容包括：
1.拖延的影响；
2.克服拖延的方法。
注意：
1.写作词数应为 80 左右；
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2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
How to Overcome Procrastination
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参考答案：
1．C 2．B 3．C
4．D 5．C 6．B 7．A
8．B 9．C 10．A 11．D
12．C 13．B 14．A 15．D
16．C 17．B 18．F 19．A 20．G
21．B 22．D 23．A 24．D 25．C 26．B 27．A 28．C 29．A 30．D 31．A 32．B 33
．B 34．C 35．D 36．D 37．A 38．B 39．C 40．D
41．that##which 42．decided 43．a 44．about##on 45．expected 46．themselves 47．explanation
48．have been presented 49．to spread 50．scientifically
52．How to Overcome Procrastination
Procrastination, a common problem among students, may bring low grades and high levels of anxiety and
guilt. Because of its negative consequences, it is high time that we overcame it.
The very first step is to reflect on the reasons why you postpone doing things constantly. Only by doing so
can you truly begin to change your behavior. It is also a good choice to break big tasks into small manageable ones.
This is because when a task is too overwhelming to tackle, procrastination often follows. Besides, keeping
yourself motivated by promising yourself a reward might help.
While procrastination may not be conquered overnight, by practicing these methods, you will find it easier to
get started on important tasks.
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