2022-2023學年海南省北京師大萬寧附中高三（上）模擬英語試卷

一、閱讀（共兩節， 滿分 50 分）第一節（共 15 小題；每小題 2.5 分， 滿分 37.5 分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的 A、B、C、D 四個選項中選出最佳選項。

• 1．    It is universally accepted as one of life's bleak but unavoidable facts：as we get older，our brains get slower.But now a study，based on data from more than 1 million people，suggests that mental processing speed remains almost constant until the age of 60.
      The analysis puts perceived （感知的） reductions in speed down to people becoming more careful as they get older.This could account for the large body of research that has concluded that mental processing speed peaks at about the age of 20 and undergoes a steady decline from that point onwards.
      "Our finding is encouraging，as our results show that average levels in mental speed in contexts demanding fast and forced decisions do not decline until rather late in the lifespan，" said Dr Mischa Von Krause，of Heidelberg University.
      The study，published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour，used data from 1，185，882 participants，aged 10 to 80 years，in Harvard's Project Implicit，an online tool that has been used to collect data.Participants are required to answer some questions.
      The analysis suggested that 20-year-olds were quickest because they were the most willing to trade accuracy for speed.The researchers concluded that the purely mechanical part of the response （how fast a person sees the question and taps the keyboard） was quickest in those aged 14-16.Mental processing state appeared to peak at about age 30，and declined only very slightly between 30 and 60.Participants also made fewer mistakes as they became older，at least until the age of about 60.
      Von Krause said the work raised the suggestion that people may excel （擅長） at different tasks depending on their age. "Obviously，there are real-life tasks where it is crucial to avoid mistakes，such as in a medical diagnosis，while in other tasks，such as avoiding an obstacle on the road，speed is more important，" he said.However，he added that，within certain limits，people were likely to be able to adapt their decision-making style to the demands of a situation.
  
  （1）Which of the following might old people believe？

  
  A．Better safe than sorry.
  B．Well begun is half done.
  C．All is well that ends well.
  D．Strike while the iron is hot.
  （2）Why did Dr Mischa Von Krause think the finding encouraging？

  
  A．Our brains become slow quite late.
  B．Our brains develop constantly.
  C．Our mental power never declines.
  D．Our mental speed stays fast after 60.
  （3）When do we process mentally best？

  
  A．At the age of 14.
  B．At the age of 20.
  C．At the age of 30.
  D．At the age of 60.
  （4）What does Von Krause want to say in the last paragraph？

  
  A．We should try to respond quickly in many cases.
  B．We should make careful decisions whatever we do.
  C．People have quite different decision-making styles.
  D．Both the old and the young have their advantages.
  組卷：0引用：2難度：0.5

  解析

• 2．When we see other people being given presents，we tend to want one ourselves．Birthdays allow people in most cultures a chance to receive gifts on their own special day once a year．At Christmas，on the other hand，some people who are not given presents may feel left out．It is a tricky issue for religious minorities in most Christian countries．
     The Netherlands （Holland） provides an interesting example of how people can respond to others' luck．In a weekly lottery，about a third of the Dutch population waits for the one in 430，000 draw of a winning postcode．All ticket owners in the lucky area get a cash payment of about ￡ 10，000 （＄13，000）and one of them receives a car as well．It is like a local Christmas：everyone in the postcode knows that some neighbors have won．A recent study found that the neighbors of winners are more likely to buy a new car within the next six months and might decorate the outside of their house，even though they did not buy a ticket．
     Few children get Christmas presents which are worth ￡10，000 in value．Nevertheless，for a kid，Christmas is equal in value to a Wall Street trader's bonus．The competitive attitude can be almost as strong and obvious．American Jews are a case in point．The festival of lights，Hanukkah，is a relatively minor Jewish holiday，celebrated not long before Christmas．It is sometimes called "Jewish Christmas"，and the holiday season in families with a mixed religious background has been named "Chrismukkah"．Ran Abramitzky，Liran Einav and Oren Righi of Stanford University studied the behavior of Jewish parents in America and found that families with children under 18 celebrate Hanukkah more seriously．The fewer Jews there are in a given county，the more they spend on holiday related products．
     Austrians and Germans with a Turkish background are another example．There is no Muslim holiday close to Christmas．The competitive pressure has instead led some to behave like atheists （people who believe God doesn't exist）：they simply celebrate Christmas without its religious meaning．According to EthnOpinion，a Viennabased marketresearch institute，almost one in seven Austrians with a Turkish background observes the holiday． "The overall approach is very practical，" says a GermanTurkish author and psychologist，Deniz Baspinar． "Even the Christmas tree in Turkish homes is no longer the ironic statement it once was．"
  
  （1）It can be inferred from the passage that

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  A．there are a total of 430，000 postcodes in Holland
  B．the Dutch postcode lottery is held every other week
  C．about

  1

  2

  of the Dutch buy postcode lottery tickets
  D．the biggest lottery winner gets a car instead of cash
  （2）The author takes the Dutch postcode lottery as an example to

  ．
  A．illustrate what competitive pressure is
  B．appeal to readers to join postcode lottery
  C．show the right way to respond to others' luck
  D．tell readers every day in Holland is Christmas
  （3）What can we know about American Jews？

  
  A．They call Christmas Hanukkah．
  B．They celebrate the festival of lights．
  C．They have mixed religious backgrounds．
  D．They spend little on products on holidays．
  （4）How does the author develop the passage？

  
  A．By giving examples．
  B．By quoting wise words．
  C．By making comparisons．
  D．By making assumptions．
  組卷：1引用：1難度：0.4

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• 3．The French are getting fatter，but a campaign against fat-shaming is under way.France has only a few fat heroes，real or imagined.There was King Louis the Fat，who ruled from 1108 to 1137，and won several wars.And Gargantua，a big guy created by Francois Rabelais，drank the milk of 17，913 cows each day.
     In fact the French are thinner than people in most other rich countries：only 15.3% of them are very fat，compared with an OECD average of 19.5%.But nowadays the number of Frenchmen who are overweight has risen from 30% to over 46%.A growing desire for processed food and more sedentary（久坐不動的）lives are leading to overweight.
     For officials，this is a problem.Being overweight leads to sickness.The state says that the overweight population already needs extra health and other spending of ＄20 billion a year.And weight is closely related to poverty：a French study suggested that children whose parents are "non-professional" are four times likelier to be fat than those of professionals.To reduce overeating，France taxes sugary drinks，bans junk food in schools.
     At the same time，officials want people to be kinder to their plus-sized people.Anne Hidalgo，the mayor of Paris，hosted a conference on fat-shaming，including a fashion show with larger models.The event was partly inspired by the success of a book written by a trainee teacher，Gabrielle Deydier，a fat person in France.
     However，it is difficult for officials to go on the campaign.Although fashion industry promises not to use slim models when selling their goods，billboards and magazines remain using skinny figures.And that may cause both dieting problems among the thin and pain among the fat.
  
  （1）What can we know about Frenchmen who are overweight？

  
  A．The rate of overweight people has risen slowly in recent years.
  B．Some unhealthy lifestyles cause the increasing number of the fat.
  C．They are thinner than people in most other rich countries.
  D．Adults are more likely to gain weight than children.
  （2）Which is the problem that being overweight leads to according to Para.3？

  
  A．The rising death rate.
  B．Poverty of native people.
  C．More taxes on junk food.
  D．Extra money on health care.
  （3）In order to be kinder to the plus-sized people，which of the following was done？

  
  A．A trainee teacher was invited to the conference.
  B．Laughing at overweight people was forbidden.
  C．A fashion show with larger models was held.
  D．Gabrielle's book was published successfully.
  （4）What can we learn from the last paragraph？

  
  A．Using slim figures causes problems on both thin and fat people.
  B．The campaign receives support of all the citizens.
  C．The campaign has a bad effect on overweight people.
  D．All industries make effective contributions to the campaign.
  組卷：5引用：2難度：0.5

  解析

• 4．We all love chocolate，and most of us probably eat it every day，or at least several times a week.It is one of the most favourite kinds of food in the world，and many would say that they could not live without it.However，there are many facts about the world of chocolate that most people do not know.
     Have you ever wondered where your chocolate comes from？Most of it comes from the labor of children.It is said that in Africa alone，there are about 70 million children working on chocolate farms.They lead a very hard life，and many live only on bananas and corn paste（糨糊）.One child who was interviewed said that he was tricked into believing he would be earning money to help his family.But the truth is that he is treated like an animal.The child has never even had the chance to taste the chocolate he spends his life producing.
     The history of chocolate pretty much begins with the Mayans（瑪雅人）.Cacao（可可）beans were so valuable to Mayans that they were used as money.It is said that ten beans could buy a rabbit，and one hundred beans were enough to buy a slave（奴隸）.People would buy everything from food to tools with the beans.Generally，only the richer people drank chocolate regularly，because drinking your money is expensive.
  
  （1）What do the African children who work on chocolate farms eat every day？

  
  A．Bananas and chocolate.
  B．Bananas and corn paste.
  C．Cacao beans and corn paste.
  D．Chocolate and cacao beans.
  （2）Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the second paragraph？

  
  A．Most of the chocolate comes from the labor of slaves.
  B．In Africa，children working on chocolate farms lead a comfortable life.
  C．The child who was interviewed was treated badly.
  D．The child who was interviewed has ever tasted the chocolate he produced.
  （3）What did Mayans use to buy things that they needed？

  
  A．Chocolate.
  B．Animals.
  C．Cacao beans.
  D．Coins.
  （4）What is this text mainly about？

  
  A．Chocolate plays an important role in people's lives.
  B．African children are producing chocolate in bad conditions.
  C．Why only the rich can drink chocolate regularly.
  D．Two unknown facts about chocolate.
  組卷：12引用：2難度：0.5

  解析

• 5．With the development of science and technology，mobile phones have been an important communication tool in our modern life． （1）

  
      First， （2）

  If we have a mobile phone，it is possible for us to access anyone at anytime and anywhere．We could call our clients and customers for business．And we can send messages，including text and picture messages to our friends for personal affairs．
     Besides，mobile phones have been multi-functional nowadays since its advance development．It could take photos instead of digital cameras．It could be used as a radio or recorder or for playing music．（3）

  ．
     （4）

  Sometimes we would not like to be available to anybody；sometimes we receive so many rubbish messages．
      In conclusion， （5）

  It is really a great invention，which makes our life more convenient and more colorful．
  
  A．But sometimes mobile phones can also make you in a dilemma．
  B．Mobile phones bring us more benefits than disadvantages．
  C．Mobile phones really bring convenience to our lives．
  D．Mobile phones play an important part in our work．
  E．However，some small troubles would visit you after using it for some time．
  F．And it also could be a game player．
  G．Thanks to it，our life becomes easy and colorful．
  組卷：29引用：3難度：0.5

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二、語言運用（共兩節，滿分 30 分）第一節（共 15 小題：每小題 1 分，滿分 15 分）

• 6．    Sachin invested everything he had and borrowed some money from friends to start his textile business.Despite his best efforts to maintain top（1）

  in his products，he was only getting small projects and the earnings were not sufficient to（2）

  its basic cost.His friends started asking for their money back，leaving him feeling defeated.One day，while sitting on a farm，Sachin met a farmer who asked him why he looked so down.Sachin explained his business wasn't giving him the（3）

  he'd hoped for and that he was thinking of selling it.
      The farmer then took Sachin to see a mango tree and a bamboo tree.
      "Both the trees were planted at the same time，（4）

  nurtured with water，fertilizer，and sunshjye.aie.In the first two years，the mango tree grew quickly，while the bamboo tree remained relatively dormant （休眠的）.It continued for the third and fourth years.In the fifth year，the mango tree started（5）

  fruits.Still，there were no（6）

  of growth in the bamboo tree.My fellow farmers told me not to waste any time on it.But I never gave up.One week later，there was a（7）

  growth in the bamboo tree.Then within six weeks，the tree grew to 100 feet.Actually，in the first four years，it was developing its root deep underground for a strong base for outside growth."
      Sachin realized that the same principle（8）

  his business.He went back to his friends，requested for more time and then began exploring opportunities to get big orders.In the third month，a（n）（9）

  order from a multinational company worth millions of dollars came in.Sachin and his team delivered the order on time，maintaining their high standards，and the company continued to give them more orders.Eventually，Sachin's business became highly profitable，and he（10）

  all the debts he owed to his friends.
  
  

  （1）	A．ranking	B．balance	C．quality	D．appearance
  （2）	A．cover	B．cut	C．manage	D．increase
  （3）	A．opportunities	B．returns	C．concerns	D．expenses
  （4）	A．hardly	B．equally	C．finally	D．hurriedly
  （5）	A．bearing	B．changing	C．preserving	D．gathering
  （6）	A．signs	B．clues	C．patterns	D．responses
  （7）	A．solid	B．steady	C．visual	D．noticeable
  （8）	A．made up	B．turned into	C．resulted from	D．applied to
  （9）	A．regular	B．ordinary	C．massive	D．familiar
  （10）	A．raised	B．settled	C．invested	D．consumed
  組卷：45引用：1難度：0.3

  解析

• 7．A
  Blind boxes are popular with the young people nowadays.Archaeological blind boxes（1）

  （make）by several museums in China are trending on a major online shopping platform.The idea（2）

  （receive）wildly by many fans ever since it was released.Most of the blind boxes are sold out as soon as they are restocked every day. "You don't know how difficult archaeology is until you've done it yourself，" a buyer said，expressing her admiration（3）

  archaeologists and recommending that everyone try it.
  B After a two-week-long trip to China，Dar became a skillful user of WeChat，an application that almost every Chinese would use in their daily life.During his stay in Beijing，Dar（4）

  （recommend）his family and friends to download WeChat so that they could contact through free WeChat video calls.And via the function of translation，Dar found it easy and efficient（5）

  （understand）what his friends were saying.As one of the many Chinese innovations nowadays，WeChat is only a glimpse of the energy and（6）

  （create）in today's China.
  C Smartphones are becoming more and more of a necessity for high school students.Therefore，a discussion was held about（7）

  the senior school students should use our smartphones at school.People（8）

  （support）the idea consider it convenient to contact the students' parents when necessary.However，people who are against it find some students are addicted to playing the smartphones easily，（9）

  effect on their studies is quite worrying.It is even（10）

  （bad）that smartphones can also discourage students' will.
  組卷：39引用：1難度：0.7

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三.寫作（共兩節， 滿分 40 分）第 一 節 （ 滿 分 15 分 ）

• 8．閱讀下面材料，根據其內容和所給段落開頭語續寫兩段，使之構成一篇完整的短文。
     I spent 15 years trying to make it in the music industry.When I was a teenager，I did any odd job to afford time in a recording studio.I knocked at managers' doors and sent out demo（錄音樣帶） after demo，but I got nowhere.In 2010，aged 27，I was doing a job in a restaurant when I wrote a song called Dream Goes On.It was a song about never giving up.I just let out all of my frustrations at the keyboard.
     Over the next five years，the music career never materialized but I persisted.Then，in 2019，I uploaded Dream Goes On to a music-sharing website.I just wanted someone to notice my music.
     Later that year，I received an email out of the blue from Music World from South Korea，requesting a license for the song.They had chosen my song from the millions on the music-sharing website for a theme tune for one of their shows.I was amazed and negotiated a contract for ＄5，000 for the use of the song and signed up straight away.I was pretty excited，but didn't think anything more would come of it，so I focused on my job in the restaurant.
     This February，Music World organized a musical festival in Seoul and my song Dream Goes On was also chosen as the theme tune for the festival.I watched on YouTube as my song was being played to a huge crowd of people.It was amazing.
     After three days of the festival，I was contacted by Music World and they asked if I'd like to go to Seoul to sing Dream Goes On in a concert.They flew me out there the next day.I was welcomed like a celebrity—everyone I met thought I was a big name in England.I had to break the news to them that I wasn't a pop star.
  注意：
  （1）續寫詞數應為150左右；
  （2）請按如下格式在相應位置作答。
  I had never performed the song live，and hadn't been onstage for years._______
  After the concert，I had photographers and journalists battling to interview me._______
  組卷：8引用：6難度：0.5

  解析

• 9．假如你是李華，你班就化學農業和有機農業進行了討論，請寫一篇文章闡述一下你的觀點。內容包括：
  1．有機農產品更健康，讓人放心；
  2．有機農耕對環境不造成破壞；
  3．有機農耕讓農民增加收入。
  注意：1.詞數80左右；
  2．開頭和結尾已給出，不計入總詞數。
  參考詞匯：pesticide residues農藥殘留
      As far as I'm concerned，organic farming is preferable to chemical farming.Here are some reasons.______
      All in all，I'm in favour of organic farming.I hope more and more farmers will turn to organic farming in the future.
  組卷：10引用：1難度：0.5

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