2023届江西省南昌市高三二模英语试题（无答案）

2023届江西省南昌市高三二模英语试题

学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、阅读理解

Each year in different parts of the world, many countries celebrate different kinds of flower festivals where you can witness some splendid views in the world.

Chelsea Flower Show (London, United Kingdom)

London celebrates the world’s most famous flower festival for five days in May with flower arrangements every year. There are innovations and creativity, both of which make the event one of the most lively festivals in the UK. Every year, London gathers the best garden designers, plant specialists, and nurseries to make the flowers and plants the most beautiful flower exhibit around the world.

Floriade Festival (Canberra, Australia)

From mid-September to mid-October, Canberra celebrates Floriade every year with some of the amazing events and beautiful sight of blossoms with different colors and patterns. It is one of the biggest festivals in Australia. Hosted in Canberra’s Commonwealth Park, the event is a 30-day celebration with lots of food, entertainment, music etc.

Pasadena Rose Parade (California, United States)

Pasadena Rose Parade is celebrated on January 1st as an American New Year Tradition with some extremely fantastic flower parades and music celebrations. You can either witness this personally or even see the live broadcast which takes place throughout the local channels across the country.

The Rose Festival (Kazanlak, Bulgaria)

The Rose Festival is one of the most popular events in Bulgaria. The celebration for the blossom of the roses takes place in the first week of June every year. This is the season when the gentle Kazanlak roses come to bloom, filling the air with its sweet smell. The most beautiful girl in the city is chosen in a beautiful pageant (选美) activity.

1．What is special about Chelsea Flower Show?

A．Enjoying the beautiful roses in the city.

B．Joining the event hosted in Commonwealth Park.

C．Collecting the best artists to create various exhibits.

D．Welcoming New Y ear by witnessing flower parades.

2．Which festival lasts the longest?

A．Floriade Festival. B．ChelseaFlower Show

C．Pasadena Rose Parade. D．The Rose Festival.

3．What do Floriade and Pasadena Rose Parade have in common?

A．They are watched by live broadcast.

B．They show us the beauty contest show.

C．They are hosted in the National Park.

D．They are fantastic for music lovers.

There’s this idea that the best stories are somewhere else, but actually we’ve got great stories on our doorsteps.

I was born in Birmingham and grew up doing sport. At 16, when I was playing football, I injured my knee so badly that I had to give up any sporting ambitions. However, I turned to photography as a way for me to continue exploring my passion for sport. Taking photos also allowed me to connect with people, sound their voices and challenge social norms (规范).

When I was growing up, I hardly saw any photographs of ordinary girls playing sport. The only images I see of sportswomen in the mainstream media are of excellent athletes. To fill the gap, I’m trying to do my own art project People, Place and Sport. Since most people aren’t used to being in the spotlight, I will open with the same question: “What does this sport mean to you?” Then I try to involve the subjects I photograph by doing interviews with them and asking how they would like to share their stories with sports. When people respond positively and start to relax, I begin to shoot them on film.

One of my best project photos is of Mav Akram boxing. Mav is an African woman boxer and runs a Women’s Boxing Club in Birmingham. She is also passionate about getting women into boxing, not just for the physical elements, but also mental health. Because Mav thinks boxing is not only a strategic sport of not getting hit, but also can offer a sense of community. This photo truly encourages women of all shapes and sizes to participate in the sport.

4．What is the author?

A．An athlete. B．A photographer. C．A coach. D．A reporter.

5．How does the author bond with her subjects?

A．By taking their photos right away. B．By showing them a picture of Mav.

C．By getting to know their own stories. D．By opening up with various questions.

6．What does Mav think of boxing?

A．It is merely suitable for men. B．It sharpens her body and mind.

C．It teaches her to avoid getting hit. D．It helps her fight against social norms.

7．What is the text mainly about?

A．An art project. B．A passion for sport.

C．An impressive photo. D．A lasting friendship.

An analysis of 5.4 grammes of stones and dust that a Japanese Hayabusa-2 spacecraft gathered from Ryugu, an asteroid (小行星) near Earth, has discovered a surprising component: a drop of water. The discovery offers new support for the theory that life on Earth may have originated from outer space.

Hayabusa-2 was launched in 2014 on its mission to Ryugu, and returned to Earth’s orbit two years ago to drop off a capsule containing the sample. The sample has been divided among different scientific teams to maximize the chance of new discoveries. The precious cargo has already produced several results, including organic materials that showed some of the building blocks of life on Earth, amino acids, may have been formed in space.

The lead scientist, Tomoki Nakamura of Tohoku University and his team, which is made up of about 150 researchers from the US, Britain, France, Italy and China, also analyzed the sample from Ryugu. The team’s latest discovery was a drop of water containing salt and organic matter. “This drop of water has great meaning. Many researchers believe that water was brought from outer space, but we actually discovered water in Ryugu for the first time,” Nakamura said.

That bolsters the theory that asteroids such as Ryugu, or its larger parent asteroid, could have provided water, which contains salt and organic matter in collisions(碰撞) with Earth. “Such discovery may have been directly linked to the origin of the oceans or organic matter on Earth,”  Nakamura said.

Kensei Kobayashi, a scientist who is not part of the research group, applauded the discovery. “The fact that water was discovered in the sample itself is surprising, given the chances of it being destroyed in outer space. It does suggest that the asteroid contained water, in the form of fluid and not just ice, and organic matter may have been generated in that water,” Kobayashi said.

8．What did Nakamura’s team find lately?

A．Ryugu moves near the earth.

B．Ryugu accommodates fluid water.

C．Organic matter exists in sample water.

D．Amino acids come into being in space.

9．What does the underlined word “bolsters” probably mean?

A．Supports. B．Doubts. C．Advances. D．Tests.

10．What is the significance of the discovery?

A．It draws attention to amino acids. B．It proves the mission to Ryugu a success.

C．It offers clues to origins of life on Earth. D．It promises a bright future for space exploration.

11．What is Kobayashi’ s attitude toward the finding?

A．Critical. B．Skeptical. C．Objective. D．Favorable.

Just as digital transformation improved many businesses and emerging technology, artificial intelligence (A．I.), and machine learning also have the potential to greatly improve operations in health care settings. Bringing in these changes is becoming increasingly popular for health care providers.

One company leading the automation revolution in health care is AKASA, a San Francisco-based developer of A．I. for health care operations. “American medicine may be the best in, the world, but the health care system is still far behind because it has a complicated back-end, system,” says AKASA’s chief executive officer and co-founder Malinka Walaliyadde. “We are simplifying and automating that system to make it a better experience for health care providers.”

For AKASA, the result has been an immediate improvement in both patient satisfaction and Omaha, for example, began their organization’s revenues(收入). Methodist Health System in Omaha, for example, began working with AKASA to automate the non-value-added aspects within its revenue cycle. “Now, processes that used to take more than seven minutes to determine are down to just one minute,” says Jeff Francis, Methodist Health System’s chief financial officer and vice president of finance. “There has been a sharp increase in revenue, which is up by at least 1% to $3 billion.”

Walaliyadde credits AKASA’s impressive product offering and its amazing results to the devotion and unmatched expertise of its workforce. “We hire the best and the brightest in both the health care and technology worlds from around the country and give employees the resources to solve old problems in new ways. The more unique backgrounds we can bring to a project, the better equipped we’ ll be to handle challenges with new and creative solutions,” Walaliyadde says. Even as AKASA strengthens its place in the health care technology field, Walaliyadde knows there are many more innovations to come. “We have made a large amount of progress already,” he says, “but there is so much more to do.”

12．What do we know about AKASA?

A．Its revenue reaches $3 billion. B．Its aim is to upgrade American health care.

C．Its headquarter is based in France. D．Its employees are of similar backgrounds.

13．What can we infer from Jeff Francis’s words?

A．He is impressed by AKASA’s service.

B．His company has increased its revenue.

C．His current system is facing challenges.

D．Value-added aspects are to be transformed.

14．What led to AKASA’s success according to Walaliyadde?

A．Advanced digital technology. B．Its simple corporate structure.

C．Joint efforts made by its skilled staff. D．Diverse products offered by the company.

15．What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．AKASA Pioneers A．I. Industry B．AKASA Welcomes More Innovation

C．American Health Care Needs Talents D．Automation Improves American Health Care

二、七选五

Your relationship with your mom is supposed to be one of the most special relationships in your life, which makes it much harder when she says something that hurts your feelings. ____16____ Don’t worry. Here are expert recommendations for talking with your mom and taking care of yourself.

Stay calm. Breathe deeply to control your emotions. It’s completely normal to feel your temper rise if she said something really mean. However, don’t immediately react or argue. Take slow, deep breaths to calm yourself. ____17____

Tell your mom that she hurt your feelings. Express yourself so your mom knows that you’ re hurt. It can be scary to approach your mom and discuss what she said, but it’s a big step. ____18____ In this way she’s more likely to listen to you. Make sure you tell her why you’ re upset and what you’d like to see change.

____19____ Take care of your mental well being by stopping harmful negative talk. If your mom says hurtful things, you might start to believe them unless you change your outlook. If you think something like, “I must be a bad person,” stop and tell yourself, “Actually, I’m quite a good person.” Repeat these positive thoughts and eventually, you’ll believe them.

Spend time around emotionally-supportive people. Take a break from the stress and anxiety that comes from interacting with your mom. ____20____ Talk to them about your situation and you may get help from them. Knowing you are around people who love you for who you are can make you feel much better.

A．Develop a positive mindset.

B．Take hurtful words to heart.

C．Try to use a respectful tone of voice.

D．You may not know how to react to her.

E．Admit your fault and apologize to your mom.

F．It may help to just walk out of the room to get some space.

G．Reach out to friends and loved ones who truly care about you.

三、未知

British Marathon runner Luke Greenfield-Shaw realized his dream of cycling from Bristol to Beijing. When he was 24, he felt a ________ ache in his left shoulder and was ________ with cancer, a very rare and ________ sarcoma (肿瘤). Born in a loving and supportive family, the young athlete ________. picked himself up and found the strength to continue his adventures. Luke accepted the painful ________ and was determined to live to the fullest while ________ chemotherapy (化疗). Halfway through the chemotherapy, he ________ the Bristol Half-Marathon in one hour 20 minutes and 8 seconds, and he ________ his eyes farther away.

He ________ a cycling campaign from Bristol England and all the way to Beijing China to raise the ________ about cancer. The ________ was round 30,000 kilometers and across approximately 30 countries and regions through all kinds of landscape and weather, from snowfield to grassland, attracting over 800 ________. During this journey, cancer patients from other countries ________ him, telling the world that they can live with the ________. It was a school of hard knocks, but Luke has learned to live for today and let the ________ take care of itself. At that time, the dream remained ________ due to COVID-19. But this year with no ________ on travelling, Luke could finally continue his schedule. Before, China was the endpoint and the destination. Now, China has become his real focus of the trip.

Landing in China, Luke found it was not the destination but a/an ________ through life. What Luke was really hoping to do was something a bit different, and ________ as many people as he can to ________ life.

21．A．casual B．continual C．bearable D．slight

22．A．infected B．engaged C．confirmed D．concerned

23．A．changeable B．basic C．mild D．aggressive

24．A．particularly B．slowly C．flexibly D．crazily

25．A．work B．faith C．memory D．treatment

26．A．receiving B．refusing C．researching D．recording

27．A．finished B．scheduled C．registered D．abandoned

28．A．raised B．cast C．opened D．widened

29．A．stopped B．covered C．started D．founded

30．A．awareness B．eagerness C．recognition D．reputation

31．A．passage B．journey C．place D．range

32．A．defenders B．doctors C．reporters D．followers

33．A．doubted B．ignored C．joined D．missed

34．A．dilemma B．conflict C．condition D．tendency

35．A．holiday B．luck C．future D．goal

36．A．uncompleted B．disconnected C．disorganized D．untested

37．A．barrier B．tax C．expense D．charge

38．A．presentation B．expression C．foundation D．exploration

39．A．beg B．inspire C．force D．promise

40．A．handle B．indicate C．protect D．value

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。

China launched the three astronauts of the Shenzhou XV mission to the space station on ____41____ night of November 29, 2022.

The three astronauts ____42____ (schedule) to return to the Earth in May and are to stay inside the Tiangong space station for six months. They will carry out three to four spacewalks during the mission to mount equipment outside the station.

The major tasks include unlocking, installing and testing 15 scientific cabinets; conducting scientific experiments and technological demonstrations; and ____43____(carry) out six cargo orbital deployment operations.

The team was reported ____44____(make) the first in-orbit shift with the three Shenzhou XIV crew members, ____45____ had been orbiting the mother planet for nearly six months and flew back to earth within a week following the Shenzhou XV’s ____46____(arrive).

Several nations have proposed to China that they wish to have their astronauts ____47____(send) to the Tiangong space station. China is negotiating with relevant parties on this matter and is ____48____(active) preparing training work for foreign astronauts.

With an overall weight of nearly 100 metric tons, Tiangong is one of the ____49____ (large) space-based infrastructure mankind has ever built and deployed in outer space. It is expected to operate in a low-Earth orbit about 400 kilometers _____50_____ the ground for about 10 years and will be open to foreign astronauts in the near future.

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(∧)，并在其下而写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改：在错词下面划一横线，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。

I have learnt that our English association need some volunteers to meet the visiting British student and I want to apply for the position. Firstly, I can speak fluently English and have little difficulty communicate with English speakers, which will make my work easier. Secondly, I show a group of Americans around our campus last year. This experience will be enable me to do better this year. It is certain that I am suitable the job. Thirdly, my communication skill will help them have the better understanding of Chinese culture. I would appreciate it while you could take my application into account or give me the chance.

六、未知

52．你校将举办关于社会实践活动的英语演讲比赛，请你以 Social Practice in My School为题写一篇发言稿参赛，内容包括：

1.学校有哪些社会实践活动;

2.你最喜欢哪一类活动;

3.喜欢的原因。

注意：1.词数不少于 100 字;

2.标题已给出，不计入总词数;

3.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯;

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________