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厦门市 2023 届高三毕业班第二次质量检测
英语试题
本试卷分四部分,共12页。满分150分。考试用时120分钟。本试题附有答题卡。
注意事项：
1.答卷前,考生务必将自己的学校、班级、姓名、座号、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2.回答选择题时,选出每小题答案后,用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需
改动,用橡皮擦干净后, 再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时, 将答案写在答题卡上,写在本
试卷上无效。
3.考试结束后,将答题卡交回。
第一部分听力（共两节,满分30分）
做题时, 先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转
涂到答题卡上。
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分,满分7.5分）
听下面 5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的 A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳
选项。听完每段对话后,你都有 10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅
读一遍。
例：How much isthe shirt?
A. £19.15. B. £9.18. C. £9.15.
答案是C。
1.What does theman ask the woman to do?
A. Return hisbook. B. Lend hima book. C. Buy hima book.
2.How long willthewoman havetowait?
A. About ten minutes. B. About fifty minutes. C. About anhour.
3.Where does theman liketo eat?
A. In acafeteria. B. In his office. C. In a restaurant.
4.What did theman doyesterday?
A. Hewatched a game. B. Heplayed with his sister. C. Hecovered for hisworkmate.
学学学科科科网网网（（（北北北京京京）））股股股份份份有有有限限限公公公司司司5.What are thespeakers mainly talking about?
A. Apurchase. B. Astore. C. Asale.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分,满分22.5分）
听下面 5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题, 从题中所给的 A、B、C三个选
项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前, 你将有时间阅读各个小题, 每小题 5秒钟；听完后,
各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。
6.What does theman suggest thewoman do?
A. Buy anew car. B. Ask for alower price. C. Drive home.
7.What isthe man good at?
A. Driving. B. Saving money. C. Negotiating.
听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。
8.What do weknowabout theman
A. Hewatched a play. B. Hewill act ina play. C. Hedirected a play.
9.What does theman want thewoman to do?
A. Help with hisstudy. B. Change herpart. C. Givehim someadvice.
10.What isthe probablerelationship between thespeakers?
A. Classmates. B. Business partners. C. Directorand candidate.
听第8段材料,回答第11至13题。
11.What did theman, doduring his vacation?
A. Hedid semegardening. B. Headmired thescenery. C. Heworked inarestaurant.
12.What does thewoman like?
A. Gardening. B. Seafood. C. Reading.
13.How did thewomanfeel about her vacation?
A. Satisfied. B. Bored. C. Tired.
听第9段材料,回答第14至16题。
14.What isthe woman?
A. Ahost. B. Astudent. C. Atourguide.
15.Whocarried out theproject ontheisland?
A. Auniversity. B. Avolunteer organization. C. The local government.
学学学科科科网网网（（（北北北京京京）））股股股份份份有有有限限限公公公司司司16.What isthe aimof theproject?
A. Toencourage students to plant moretrees.
B. To help the islandset upan elementary school.
C. To raise young people's awareness of theenvironment.
听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。
17.How many peopleleft thejob?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three.
18.What are thelisteners?
A. Managers. B. Salespeople. C. Designers.
19.What does thecompany thinkof theperformance oftheshoedepartment?
A. Disappointing. B. Promising. C. Unexpected.
20.What will replace theshoecorner?
A. Children's corner. B. Men's wear. C. Women's wear.
第二部分阅读（共两节,满分50分）
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
学学学科科科网网网（（（北北北京京京）））股股股份份份有有有限限限公公公司司司21.Where can we read about a cat?
A. On page90.
B. On page 110.
C. On page 22.
D. On page104.
22.Which article attracts Louise most?
A. Renoir's InvitationToA Party.
B. The Day At The Beach.
C. APretty Good Teacher, For ACat.
D. ExploitsOfCharles.
23.What isthis text?
A. Readers' review.
B. Editor's note.
C. Authors' reflection.
D. Publisher's acknowledgement.
B
The Mustard Seed Project is getting closer to one of its initiatives-building affordable senior
housing ontheKev Peninsula, Washington.
The Nonprofit carries out the project so that people don't have to leave the Key Peninsula as
they age and have home care needs. “We hope to build in Key Center, a good, central location for
our community. Our vision is to have a campus with a cafe and meeting spaces, 10 independent
living cottages that have one or two bedrooms with laundry, housekeeping and one meal a day
provided, and then assisted living for 30 residents, ” said board president Sara Thompson. “We
want this to be a place that draws the entire community in, rather than a setting that sets elders aside
in an isolatedenvironment.”
More than a year ago, a longtime supporter of the organization made a major gift to undertake
a long-desired study to understand both the needs of the community and the financial feasibility
（可行性）for senior housing. As a result, The Mustard Seed Project had a meeting in November
at theKeyPeninsulaCivicCentertoexplainthe results ofthestudyand to plan for thenextsteps.
学学学科科科网网网（（（北北北京京京）））股股股份份份有有有限限限公公公司司司“We'll be applying for a predevelopment loan to do all the necessary planning, ”The
Mustard Seed Project Executive Director Edie Morgan said. “We're aware of affordable loans for
the assisted living section of the project, and can get standard financing for the other buildings. But
there will be a funding gap, and we expect to need to raise nearly $3 million to make this happen. I
believe wecan doit. ”
The entireproject, once theproject manager isidentified, isexpected totake about two years.
24.Whyistheorganization building affordable seniorhousing?
A. Tooffer free assistance toseniors.
B. To create job opportunitiesfor residents.
C. To provideaccess to aging inplace.
D. Toimprove facilities for thecommunity.
25.What do welearn about the organization from Paragraph 3?
A. It holds meetings regularly.
B. It prepares holiday gifts forelders.
C. It adapts tosponsors' needs.
D. It takes thehousing project seriously.
26.What isMorgan mainly talkingabout?
A. Sources of funds.
B. Application for loans.
C.Costsfor construction.
D. Distribution ofdonations.
27.Whyisthetextwritten?
A. Toattract more visitors.
B. To introduce an organization.
C. To report onaproject.
D. Toentertain theseniors.
C
On September 1, 1985, Dr. Robert Ballard and his crew spotted one of Titanic's boilers. They
erupted with cheers. By the time of the crew's discovery, 73 years had passed since the ship sank.
Several missionshad set offto look for it,including a1977one led byBallard.
学学学科科科网网网（（（北北北京京京）））股股股份份份有有有限限限公公公司司司In the early 1980s, Ballard asked the U. S. Navy to fund the development of the Argo, an
unmanned camera sled that could be dragged behind a surface ship at depths of up to 20, 000 feet.
The Navy were interested in using the Argo to survey the wrecks （沉船）of the U. S. S. Thresher
and Scorpion, two nuclear submarines （潜水艇）that had been lost in the North Atlantic. They
eventually agreed that if Ballard could successfully locater and map the two subs he could use
whatever timeleft tolook for Titanic.
While photographing Thresher and Scorpion, Ballard noticed that the current had carried
debris （碎片）from the ships as they fell to the seafloor, treating a long chain. With this in mind,
he decided not to search for Titanic's main body. Instead, he would use Argo to search for its much
larger debris track, which might stretch as far as a mile. Once he found it, he could use it to track
down the ship itself. With the new approach, after a few days, they discovered the boiler. Argo
stalked thedebris track, and thefollowing morning, Titanic's bowcame out oftheinkydepths.
The Titanic lies now in 13, 000 feet of water, "Ballard said at a press conference, "There is no
tight at this great depth and little life can be found. It is a quiet and peaceful place-and a fitting
place for theremains ofthisgreatest ofsea tragedies to rest. Forever may itremain thatway. ”
28.Whydid theNavysupport thedevelopment oftheArgo?
A. Todevelop underwater robots.
B. To locate thewreck of Titanic.
C. To find two nuclear submarines.
D. Tomap theNorth Atlantic.
29.What gaveBallard inspiration forthenew search method?
A. The1977search attempt.
B. The surface ship withthe Argo.
C. The photographs ofTitanic.
D. Thedebris chain ofthesubmarines.
30.What does theunderlined word “stalked”inparagraph 3mean?
A. Traced.
B. Recognized.
C. Cleared.
D. Dragged.
学学学科科科网网网（（（北北北京京京）））股股股份份份有有有限限限公公公司司司31.What isthe purposeofBallard's statement at thepress conference?
A. Toshare theexact position ofTitanic.
B. To advocateleaving Titanicundisturbed.
C. To launch surveys onsea tragedies.
D. Toshow respect for Ballard's crew.
D
In a new study, Iowa Psychologist Ed Wasserman gave the pigeons complex categorization
tests that high-level thinking would not aid in solving. Instead, the pigeons, by trial and error,
eventually were able to memorize enough situations in the test. This basic process of making
associations-considered a lower-level thinking technique-is the same between the test-taking
pigeons and thelatest AI advances.
The researchers sought to figure out two types of learning: one declarative learning, is based
on exercising reason according to a set of rules or strategies---a so-called higher level of learning
owned mostly by people. The other, associative learning, centers on recognizing and making
connections between objects or patterns, such as “sky-blue”and “water-wet. ”
Wasserman's team designed a difficult test to find out whether the pigeons use declarative or
associative learning. Each test pigeon was shown a stimulus （刺激）and had to decide, by
pecking （啄） a button onthe right oron theleft, towhich category that stimulus belonged. What
made the test so demanding was that no rules or logic would help finish the task. They have to
memorize the individual stimuli or regions from where the stimuli occur. Over hundreds of tests,
the fourtest pigeons eventually upped theirscore from 50% to anaverage of68%right.
"The pigeons are like AI masters' Wasserman says. “Both of them employ associative
learning, and yet that base-level thinking is what allowed the pigeons to ultimately score
successfully. ”If people were to take thesame test,they'd score poorly and would probably give up
because they rely so heavily on rules or strategies. Those rules would get in the way of learning.
The pigeon doesn't have that high-level thinking process. But it doesn't get in the way of their
learning. In fact, in someways it facilitates it.
学学学科科科网网网（（（北北北京京京）））股股股份份份有有有限限限公公公司司司“People are stunned by AI doing amazing things using a learning algorithm （算法）much
like the pigeon, " Wasserman says, “yet when people talk about associative learning in humans
and animals, itis discounted as inflexibleand uncomplicated. ”
32.Which ofthefollowing is atypical exampleofassociative learning?
A. Tomrefuses toput hands onhot doves after burns.
B. Dolphins detect obstacles usingsound waves.
C. Chimpanzees usephysical gesture strategies.
D. Emilyfigures out mathproblems withlogic.
33.How did thepigeons/improve theirperformance in thetest?
A. By pecking thestimuli.
B. By finding ruleorlogic.
C. By competing witheach other.
D. By making numerous attempts.
34.What can we infer from the lastparagraph?
A. AIand man usethesamelearning pattern.
B. Associativelearning is underestimated.
C. Peoplethink highly ofdeclarative learning.
D. Pigeons finish tasks with AIalgorithms.
35.Which can be asuitabletitle/orthetext?
A. Pigeon's Peck Can MirrorHigh Tech
B. AI Contributes to aNew LearningPattern
C. AI CanEnrich Human Learning Experience
D. Pigeon's Learning Largely Extends High Tech
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分,满分12.5分）
根据下面短文, 从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多
余选项。
We are masters of distraction especially when we feel an uncomfortable emotion surfacing.
And our society makes it easier than ever. 36 Those range from videos on TikTok to online
shopping.
学学学科科科网网网（（（北北北京京京）））股股股份份份有有有限限限公公公司司司But does distraction really help deal with emotions? Or does it merely worsen the problem?
_37.In some ways it can help, andoftentimes distraction avoids theroot oftheproblem.
In the loud world in which we live nowadays, avoiding an emotion is easier than processing it.
During the sequencing of an emotion, distraction occurs when we first notice it. The emotion in
question causes physiological changes and often causes action. 38 . It isn't always a bad thing.
There's pretty good evidence that distraction can help down regulate the anxiety around a negative
emotion.
39 There are longer mood states that last days or months, although most emotions only last a'
few minutes before they pass. That's why, if you're seeking long-term solutions, learning to process
emotions is the only way. When you slow down and make space for your emotions, you can start to
process them.
Jacobs Hendel, a psychotherapist, uses a process, which involves connecting your feet to the
floor, deep belly breathing, slowing down and then identifying where different emotions are felt in
the body. _40 -once anxiety goes down, you can identify the other emotions that are coming up in
your body. If the same emotions keep coming up and causing you stress, learning to sit with them
and work through them. Facing your emotions may help you see that they aren't as scary as you
thought.
A. According toexperts, theanswer is a mixed bag
B. Grabbing your phoneisn't necessarily abad thing
C. And feeling them in thebodyisa good place to start
D. Wefeel likeemotions are going toget bigger when wefocus onthem
EFor example, ifyou're sad, you draw back; if you'reangry, you approach
But distraction isn't a truefix either, becauseit only works in theshort-term
G. Oncea negative emotionsets in, we mayreach for various digital distractions
第三部分语言运用（共两节,满分 30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分, 满分15分）
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
My 34-year-old son Zack was diagnosed with autism （自闭症） at age two. It has been a
long road, filled with many 41. The fact that Zack is nonverbal 42 matters greatly. However, we
have always found away to get ourmessage across.
学学学科科科网网网（（（北北北京京京）））股股股份份份有有有限限限公公公司司司Autism involves continuous obstacles in social _43 . Many parents like me, long for
spontaneous （自发的）signs of44from theirchild. I was＿45to get one.
At snack time, I started to_46 to Zack with a favorite chant that I often use. “Mommy loves
you; Mommy loves you, yes, I do, yes, I do. " In the middle of my song, I 47 that Zack was
attentively observing me. 48, he took a step toward me and held his arms out. Another step 49 and
he wrapped his arms around me in a big bear hug. A feather could have knocked me over as I
realized that, forthevery first time, my sonwas 50me!
For a moment I stood there. 51_. This magical hug ended as 52 as it had started, but the 53 it
had on me will be permanent. On an ordinary day, the extraordinary 54 It belongs to me, making
me believemiracles existand 55mewith joyevery day.
41. A. priorities B. mysteries C. challenges D. opportunities
42. A. complicates B. settles C. helps D. explains
43. A. support B. responsibility C. communication D. security
44. A. affection B. growth C. success D. recovery
45. A. amused B. blessed C. determined D. honored
46. A. sing B. apologize C. respond D. complain
47. A. agreed B. mentioned C. announced D. noticed
48. A. Eventually B. Suddenly C. Naturally D. Apparently
49. A. formed B. counted C. paused D. followed
50. A. calling B. encouraging C. hugging D. protecting
51. A. in comfort B. inshock C. with confidence D. with awe
52. A. quickly B. early C. perfectly D. differently
53. A. burden B. focus C. hope D. impact
54. A. revived B. worked C. occurred D. varied
55. A. welcoming B. shaping C. filling D. approaching
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分,满分15分）
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。
Shenzhen's first coffee-themed post office opened at the Science and Technology Park in
Nanshan District. The postal service hall is no longer a 56（tradition） one, providing a new
scene_57 citizens can socialize and experience postal culture. Postal elements can be seen
everywhere, with stamps, postcards and cakes in the shapes of mailboxes, mail carts and an old-
style postman bicycle 58（exhibit）.
China Post has been trying new business opportunities in recent years. 59 February 2022, the
country's first coffee-themed post office opened in Xiamen and quickly became a hot search topic
学学学科科科网网网（（（北北北京京京）））股股股份份份有有有限限限公公公司司司on multiple social platforms. At least 14 such shops_60（set）up nationwide so far. In 2022, China
Post and ride hailing company Didi Chuxing 61 （joint） launched offline activities such as
“Take Didi to coffee-themed post offices, ”62 carried out a book circulation （流通）plan with
OALTY, an oat milk company from Sweden. China Post also introduced modes like "tea+coffee"
and “day coffee+night wine”63_（attract）moreyoung consumers.
China Post_64 （have） its unique advantages in developing coffee shops: public data shows
that by the end of 2020, there were 54, 00Q postal offices and 43, 000 65 _（deliver） service
outlets （网点） in China.It aimstoopen 100such themed stores nationwide.
第四部分写作（共两节,满分40分）
第一节（满分 15分）假定你是李华, 你的英国笔友 Ross在邮件中提到他对中国电影很
感兴趣。请推荐一部你最喜爱的影片,内容包括：
1.你的推荐；
2.你的理由。
注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请在答题卡的相应位置作答。
第二节（满分25分）
阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
My cousin Isaiah and I went fishing on the lake. Midweek, no one was around here. The
nearby protected wetlands ran along the shore. Songbirds, ducks, and Canada geese slid by on the
breeze, touching down briefly on the water＇s surface before flapping （拍打）and quacking their
way back upinto thesky.
Standing at the lake's edge, I cast my fishing line onto the smooth-as-glass water. Down the
shoreline was Isaiah, who liked tofish alone, away from noiseand other people.
Out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of a few great northern loons （潜鸟）
crowded together not far from the shoreline Loons usually travel alone, but here were five of them
in a group. One loon, making painful sounds, swam away from the group, toward me. It seemed
likeit was trying to get my attention.
"Isaiah! Come here!” Isaiah pressed his finger against his lips, pointed to where he had cast
his line, andshook his head gently.
学学学科科科网网网（（（北北北京京京）））股股股份份份有有有限限限公公公司司司“Just get over here. Now!”I yelled.
He laid hisfishing poledown and dragged his feet, movingtoward meat asnail's pace.
“Come here!” I yelled again. “Take a look at that loon. It keeps getting closer and
closer!”
On hearing this, Isaiah fastened hispace.
The loon stopped in the shallow water near shore, not ten feet away from us. It was so close
that we could see its red eyes. Oddly, the bird's wings were held tight against its spotted black-and-
white body. Though scared of its sharp beak （喙）, we stepped into the water cautiously. As we
approached the loon, we both saw something around its neck. Reaching down, I touched its head,
my heart racing. I could see there was a shiny red-hook deeply stuck in its body, and fishing line
was wrapped tightly around its neck. Left like this, the loon couldn't fly or fish or survive. It was
asking us to help!
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Isaiah rushed to grab thescissors from thetoolbox andcame back.
With a sigh of relief, I set theloon down onthewater.
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