2022-2023学年广东省六校联盟高三上学期第三次联考英语试题

2023届高三六校第三次联考

英  语

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

Dear Tommy,

I am Ole Orvér, Finnair’s chief commercial officer. It’s my pleasure to warmly welcome you back to the skies with Finnair. I’d like to reflect on some of the developments that we hope you find exciting and helpful:
chief commercial officer首席商务官； 
reflect on  回想，回顾  
reflection 映像,反射,  反映; 审慎的思考
She decided on reflection to accept his offer after all. 经过审慎的思考，她决定还是接受他的提议。
分段注解。 段落中加粗蓝色重要词组。难句型划线。
 

•          This summer season you can fly with Finnair to over 70 European and five US destinations. In Asia, we serve eight cities, including Guangzhou and newly added Mumbai starting 6 August. We operate over 300 daily flights and I’m excited about the addition of Seattle and Dallas to our US network.

•          Travel is recovering everywhere, and airports around the world are working hard to manage increased traffic volumes. It is a good idea to reserve some extra time at the airport before your flight. We are doing our very best together with our partners both at Helsinki and in our outstations to offer you a smooth travel experience during this popular travel season.

•          You are again able to offset flight carbon emissions, this time with a service that combines sustainable aviation fuel and certified climate projects. We at Finnair have ambitious emissions targets and our customers wish for a simple and transparent way to contribute.

•          Finnair Plus turned 30 in May. We are committed to developing the programme further to serve you in the best possible way. To make your flight bookings smoother, we recently upgraded the experience of booking award flights in the Finnair app.

Finally, I’d like to thank you for your patience when we haven’t got things quite right. Wherever you’re travelling in the next few months, I hope it’s memorable. Thank you for flying Finnair.

Kind Regards,

Ole Orvér

21. Which city is a new addition to the Finnair’s Asian network?

A. Guangzhou.    B. Mumbai.                       C. Seattle.                          D. Dallas.

22. What is Finnair doing to help the environment?

A. Launching a climate project.       B. Developing sustainable fuels.

C. Donating to a green programme.      D. Offering a carbon offset service.

23. Why does Finnair write this letter to Tommy? 

A. To express sincere gratitude.       B. To introduce new routes.

C. To apologize for bad service.       D. To keep a regular customer.

B

A few years ago, I spared a couple of hours from busy academic learning to work in a video store on a daily basis. There was something in the elderly woman’s behavior that caught my eye. Although slow and unsure of step, the woman moved with deliberation, and there was no hesitation in her gestures. And she had a job to do.

The elderly woman had walked into the store along with a younger woman who guessed was her daughter. The daughter was displaying a serious case of impatience, checking her watch every few seconds. The older woman detached from the younger one and began to tick through the DVDs on the nearest shelf. After the slightest hesitation, I walked over and asked if I could help her find something. The woman smiled up at me and showed me a title scrawled on a crumpled (皱巴巴的) piece of paper. The title was a bit difficult to understand. Clearly a person looking for it knew a little about movies, about quality.

Rather than rushing off to locate the DVD for the woman, I asked her to walk with me so I could show her where she could find it. Something about her deliberate movements reminded me of my own mother, who’d departed this life last Christmas. As we walked along the back of the store, I narrated its floor plan. The woman seemed glad of the unrushed company and casual conversation. We found the movie, and I complimented (称赞) her on her choice. Then, reluctantly, I had to return the elderly woman to her keeper, who was still tapping her foot at the front of the store.

I walked over to the younger woman. “Is that your mom?” I asked. She rolled her eyes and said, “Yeah.” There was annoyance in her reply, half sigh and half complaint. Still watching the mother, I said, “Mind some advice?” “Sure,” said the daughter. I smiled to show her I wasn’t criticizing. I answered her curious expression by saying, “When she’s gone, it’s the little moments that will come back to you. Moments like this. I used to let it slip. I know.”

24. What does the underlined sentence “she had a job to do” in paragraph 1 mean?

A. She was thinking of what to buy.     B. She had a regular job in the store.

C. She wanted to buy a DVD.            D. She wanted to ask for help.

25. Which word can best describe the daughter’s behaviors towards her mom?

A. Impolite.          B. Uncaring.        C. Tolerant.        D. Considerate.

26. What can we learn about the author?

A. She was ill-informed of quality movies.    B. She was a full-time employee in the store.

C. She regretted not accompanying her mom.   D. She criticized the younger woman seriously.

27. What is the best title for the text?

A. Lend a helping hand to elderly people     B. Mother is not what we can substitute

C. The past cannot be called back again    D. Always treasure the ones you love

C

Forests give us shade, quiet and one of the harder challenges in the fight against climate change. Even as we humans count on forests to soak up a good share of the carbon dioxide we produce, we are threatening their ability to do so. The climate change we are quickening could one day leave us with forests that emit more carbon than they absorb.

Thankfully, there is a way out of this trap — but it involves striking a subtle balance. Helping forests flourish as valuable “carbon sinks” long into the future may require reducing their capacity to absorb carbon now. California is leading the way, as it does on so many climate efforts, in figuring out the details.

The state’s proposed Forest Carbon Plan aims to double efforts to thin out young trees and clear brush in parts of the forest. This temporarily lowers carbon-carrying capacity. But the remaining trees draw a greater share of the available moisture, so they grow and thrive, restoring the forest’s capacity to pull carbon from the air. Healthy trees are also better able to be spared from insects. The landscape is rendered (致使) less easily burnable. The need for such planning is increasingly urgent. Already, since 2010, drought and insects have killed over 100 million trees in California, most of them in 2016 alone, and wildfires have burned hundreds of thousands of acres.

California plans to treat 35, 000 acres of forest a year by 2020, and 60,000 by 2030 – financed from the proceeds of the state’s emissions-permit auctions (拍卖). That’s only a small share of the total land area that could benefit, about half a million acres in all, so it will be vital to prioritize areas at greatest risk of fire or drought.

State governments are well accustomed to managing forests, but traditionally they’ve focused on wildlife, watersheds (分水岭) and opportunities for recreation. Only recently have they come to see the vital part forests will have to play in storing carbon. California’s plan, which is expected to be finalized by the governor next year, should serve as a model.

28. What does the author imply in paragraph 1?

A. Global climate change may get out of control.  B. People may misunderstand global warming.

C. Extreme weather conditions may arise.    D. Forests may become a potential threat.

29. What does the California’s Forest Carbon Plan intend to do?

A. To expand the forest planting area.     B. To reduce the density of some of its forests.

C. To find more effective ways to kill insects.   D. To restore its forests quickly after wildfires.

30. What is essential to California’s plan according to Paragraph 4?

A. To handle the areas in serious danger first.   B. To carry it out before the year of 2020.

C. To perfect the emissions-permit auctions.   D. To obtain enough financial support.

31. According to the author, California’s Plan is ________.

 A. impractical    B. worthless    C. promising    D. appealing

D

To combat the trap of putting a premium on (重视) being busy, Cal Newport, author of Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, recommends building a habit of “deep work” — the ability to focus without distraction.

There are a number of approaches to mastering the art of deep work — be it lengthy retreats dedicated to a specific task, developing a daily ritual, or taking a “journalistic” approach to seizing moments of deep work when you can throughout the day. Whichever approach, it is critical to determine your duration of focus time and stick to it.

Another approach to getting more done in less time is to rethink how you prioritise your day — in particular how we craft our to-do lists. Tim Harford, author of Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives, points to a study in the early 1980s that divided undergraduates into two groups: some were advised to set out monthly goals and study activities; others were told to plan activities and goals in much more detail, day by day.

While the researchers assumed that the well-structured daily plans would be most effective when it came to the implementation of tasks, they were wrong: the detailed daily plans demotivated students. Harford argues that inevitable distractions often leave the daily to-do list ineffective, while leaving room for improvisation (即兴创作) in such a list can reap the best results.

In order to make the most of our focus and energy, we also need to embrace downtime, or as Newport suggests, “be lazy.”

Srini Pillay, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, believes this counter-intuitive connection between downtime and productivity may be due to the way our brains operate. When our brains switch between being focused and unfocused on a task, they tend to be more efficient. “What people don’t realize is that in order to complete these tasks they need to use both the focus and unfocus circuits in their brain,” says Pillay.

32. What contributes most to mastering deep work?

A. Keeping to focus length.       B. Seizing the working chance.

C. Carrying out specific plans.      D. Ensuring the task procedures.

33. What can we learn from Harford’s research?

A. Distractions may contribute to efficiency.

B. Daily schedules are beneficial to studying.

C. Performances are barely driven by monthly goals.

D. Detailed plans might not be as fruitful as expected.

34. Pillay believes that our brains’ shift between being focused and unfocused _______.

A. is motivated by well-planned tasks     B. can bring about greater productivity

C. is targeted at better working balance    D. will greatly affect the way brains work

35. What’s the main idea of the text?

A. The approach to easing distractions.    B. The priority to embracing downtime.

C. Solutions to relieving the life tension.    D. Keys to getting more done in less time.

第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分, 满分12.5分）

阅读下面短文，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。

Benefits of playing online games

The past three years during the pandemic highlighted just how important your mental and physical health is. While there are plenty of ways you can improve your health, many of which are common knowledge, but one that you may not have considered is the health benefits of playing online games.   36  , but it does.

The social benefits

Perhaps the most obvious benefit is the social aspect of online gaming. So many of the games offered today give players the chance to connect with others located around the world.   37  , you’ll be socializing with others in real-time thanks to the in-game chat feature. Many of the top trending games offer this mode of play, so it’s not hard to find.

Enjoy some stress relief

Online gaming is also a way for people to unplug from their everyday lives and enjoy some stress relief. When you’re gaming, you are in that moment, and your brain isn’t thinking about anything else.   38  .

Problem solving skills will be needed

Pretty much every online game out there will require problem-solving skills of one type or another. This is a skill that can help you in various areas of your everyday life, so finding a way to build on it is excellent.

  39 

Then there is the element of risk, which many online games also feature. Learning how to be a risk-taker, at least a calculated risk-taker, can be a helpful benefit.   40  , look at the pros and cons, and make the move that will benefit you most. Online casino (赌场) sites can be perfect for risk-taking skills. Each time you place a bet, you are taking a risk, and there needs to be a thought process behind it. You’ll learn the difference between smart and not so smart risks fast.

By acknowledging the health benefits of online games, you’ll start to see them in a whole new, much more positive light.

A. Tap into your risk-taking side

B. Improve your decision-making ability

C. Whether you play against them or team up

D. If you become more confident in coping with trouble

E. It will train your brain how to weigh up your options

F. This is perfect for those who have a hard time shutting off

G. It may be hard to believe that gaming provides real and measurable benefits

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。

Pangolins (穿山甲) are the world’s most heavily poached (偷猎) mammal. And three out of four Asian pangolin species are critically    41    now — heavy demands for their meat, scales, and blood have 00042    them with extinction.

Growing up near Cuc Phuong National Park in Vietnam’s Red River Delta, Thai Van Nguyen had been accustomed to seeing dead pangolins.    43   , everything changed when he witnessed his neighbor killing a baby pangolin. It was then that his    44    to save pangolins was ignited. And he knew the biggest 00045    would be shifting the mindset and habits of the Vietnamese people.

To change the fate of the pangolins, Nguyen set out to    46    the public on the importance of pangolin conservation. His efforts    47    a series of outreach and education campaigns: he published research in peer-reviewed journals, attended international workshops, and developed Vietnam’s first reintroduction and tracking programme for pangolins.

Then Nguyen founded Vietnam’s first Asian Pangolin Rehabilitation Center. So far it has managed to 00048    and release nearly 500 pangolins and has    49    to rescue other species like turtles.

In 2018, Nguyen    50    his work, creating Vietnam’s first-ever anti-poaching unit, which has destroyed 9,701 animal traps, and arrested 558 people for poaching — leading to a significant    51    in illegal activities in Vietnam.

Nguyen devotes his life to    52    pangolins, bringing global awareness of pangolins’    53   . He hopes his deeds will bring pangolins back to their rightful place in the forest. “It’s my greatest joy that I can really make a    54   ,” he said. And it is this devotion that    55    won him the Goldman Environmental Prize for grassroots activism in 2021.

41. A. significant     B. endangered      C. valuable      D. dangerous

42. A. threatened     B. associated       C. matched      D. compared

43. A. Therefore   B. Otherwise    C. Nevertheless     D. Moreover

44. A. potential   B. courage    C. ability    D. passion

45. A. possibility   B. challenge    C. goal    D. risk

46. A. instruct   B. consult       C. serve    D. prepare

47. A. applied to   B. counted on    C. took up      D. began with

48. A. trap     B. farm      C. restore   D. relieve

49. A. expanded   B. reduced    C. hurried   D. turned

50. A. scheduled   B. continued    C. suspended   D. developed

51. A. advance   B. result     C. revival   D. decline

52. A. seeking   B. raising    C. freeing    D. studying

53. A. sufferings   B. contributions   C. sacrifices   D. experiences

54. A. fortune        B. difference       C. living         D. choice

55. A. particularly  B. primarily     C. naturally   D. eventually

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。

China’s Mengtian space lab module, the third major component of the nation’s Tiangong space station,       00056    (launch) on October 31st in a key step to complete the in-orbit assembly of Tiangong. Mengtian,      00057    (current) the world’s largest single-body spacecraft in active service, was then scheduled to meet and dock with the Tiangong station’s Tianhe core module, according to 00058    China Manned Space Agency. The three crew members of the Shenzhou XIV mission, 00059    have been staying in Tiangong for nearly five months, were ready for Mengtian’s arrival.

The lab module is about 17.9 meters long, 00060    (weigh) more than 23 metric tons. It has 32 cubic meters of internal space that can be used by the astronauts. A major technical feature of Mengtian is that it can move 00061    (science) equipment out of the Tiangong station without 00062    (handle) by the astronauts, according to the designer. Moreover, the lab module is capable of arranging miniature spacecraft such as CubeSats 00063    orbit, he added.

Three experiments that will take place in Mengtian will involve cooperation with 00064    (professional) from the European Space Agency, 00065    these will help to increase the status of the Tiangong station in the international science community.

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，将在英语课前进行课前发言，话题为“最难忘的一节课”，请你写一篇发言稿，内容包括：

1. 课程的内容；

2. 难忘的原因。

注意：

1. 词数80左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。

第二节 （满分25分）

阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

Disney Magic

When I was about six years old, my family and I went to Disneyland one weekend and had a wonderful day full of excitement. Little did I know that the real excitement wasn’t to begin until that night.

While we watched the fireworks, I began to get an urge to go to the restroom, but I didn’t want to miss the show. I overheard my sister Isabel talking to my mom, and I got closer to them to hear what they were talking about.

“Mom, I’m going to the bathroom with Lizette, okay?” said Isabel.

“Okay,” my mom replied, “but stay together. I don’t want any of you getting lost.”

The second I saw my sisters leaving, I didn’t think twice before running after them — without telling my parents. As I followed them through the huge crowd of people, I started to lose sight of them. I began to panic as I scanned the crowd for them. Crazy thoughts ran through my head like “What if I never see my family again?”

I gave up trying to find my sisters and tried to get back to my family, but I was completely mixed up. After searching for what seemed like forever, I couldn’t hold back my tears, and I started crying like I had never cried before.

“Mommy!” I cried out. But everyone around me was too caught up by the fireworks to pay any attention to me.

I tried to stop the scary thoughts that were going through my head and started running as fast as I could…anywhere…everywhere. I was going crazy. I’m only six, and I’ve gotten lost. “What have I done? How could I have been so dumb as to run off without telling anyone?” I thought.

With my face wet from tears, I kept running, pulling at people’s pants and crying, “Mommy!” I was hoping, wishing, that one of these adults would be one of my parents.

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。

2023届六校第三次联考

英语 答案

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）

21-23 BDD

24-27 CBCD

28-31 DBAC

32-35 ADBD

第二节（共5小题：每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）

36-40 GCFAE

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）

第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

41-45 BACDB

46-50 ADCAB

56-60 was launched；currently；the；who；weighing

61-65 scientific； being handled； into/in； professionals； and

第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（满分15分）

One possible version:

Hello, every one， today I would like to share with you the most unforgettable class in my mind.

As a matter of fact， a large number of wonderful classes have left a deep impression on me, while the one that touched me most was the class meeting on the first day of my senior high, which was delivered by our head teacher. In the class, she expressed her sincere concern about our new life as well as introduced some practical learning methods, conveying her best wishes for us to get adapted and enjoy our boarding life. With her encouraging words buried in my heart, I dragged myself out of the confusion and fright, feeling confident in my new life.

As a result, whenever I recall the moment when I stepped into this school, this class will come into my mind, bringing sweet memory.

第二节（满分25分）

One possible version:

Luckily， I felt a pat on my shoulder and a gentle voice came， “Are you lost?＂ I looked over my shoulder, raised my eyes and saw a pretty lady with a caring expression on her face，＂Yes...＂ I sobbed， frightened and hopeless. Seemingly reading my thoughts， she kneeled， took me by the hand， looking straight in the eye， and reassured me, “Don’t worry， sweetie. I will help you.” I nodded in faith as her words just like the splendid fireworks blossomed in the night, illuminated my world. She then made her way through the crowd, carrying me high above while I kept telling her the possible location where I had been with my parent. After what seemed hours of searching， a flash of anxiety shot through me but it soon gave way to my inner voice， “Hold on！”

Finally， through the crowd of people, I recognized a face. I waved my hands excitedly and yelled “Mommy＂ at the top of my lungs. Hearing my yelling， she rushed to me as quickly as possible. Pulling me into her arms, she could hardly utter a word but held me tighter and tighter. As I nestled against mom’s chest， my dad and sisters arrived. Seeing me safe and sound, they heaved a sigh of relief and showed heartfelt gratitude to the lady. It wasn’t long before she refused our dinner invitation and waved goodbye to us， smiling like a shining diamond. At that moment, the seed of safety was planted in my heart. The fireworks came to their final displays， while it was my starting point to make sure my parents were within my sight, anytime and anywhere.