广东省茂名市第一中学2022-2023学年高三下学期5月份第二次半月考 英语 试卷

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高三级校内模拟考试（5 月）
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考试时间：120 分钟 总分：120 分 命题人：丁颖 黄常梅 审题人：冯春梅
第二部分 阅读理解（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，从每题所给的四个选项（A 、B 、C和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在
答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
From a multi-day hike following the routes of a Japanese poet, to a classic climb in the
Argentinian Lake District, there are thousands of incredible trails（小路）that allow us to get up
close to nature.
Appalachian Trail, United States
Extending for 2,200 miles, the Appalachian Trail is listed as the longest hiking-only footpath in
the world. It runs from Springier Mountain in Georgia to Mount Katahdin in Maine, passing through
some of the most remote country in the United States. That means it's a hard task, either for those
with endless vacation allowance, or walkers looking to do a small piece of a classic route.
The Basho Wayfarer, Japan
This self-guided trip follows a route taken by the poet Matsuo Basho over 300 years ago. The
six-day hike starts in Sendai and works its way through the nor-them Tohoku region, passing through
the UNESCO World Heritage（遗产）Site of Hiraizumi and along the ancient Dewa Kaido path.
With its beech and cherry forests, it finishes at the temple of Yamadera.
Mount Toubkal, Morocco
The path upwards rises from the village of Imlil, passing over a dry river bed before rising
sharply through a temple and on towards a large mountain cottage. After overnight here, hikers set
off up the snowfield to the peak, where the Atlas Mountains open out and the views are breathtaking.
A local guide and muleteers for carrying luggage are a must.
The Dingle Way, Ireland
It is a ring-like path that offers the best way to get under the skin of wild County Kerry in
Ireland's south west. Starting in the town of Tralee, the clockwise path follows narrow roads, taking
in the wide sweep of sand at Inch Strand, passing along the clifftops outside Dingle town and
heading around the edge of Mount Brardon, the highest peak on the Dingle Peninsula.
21.What do we know about the Basho Wayfarer？
A. It offers no guide service. B.It was built by a poet.
C.It ends in the northern Tohoku region. D.It is on the world heritage list.
22. Where can hikers enjoy a good view of snow？
A.Appalachian Trail. B.The Basho Wayfarer.
C.Mount Toubkal. D.The Dingle Way.
23.What is special about the Dingle Way？
A. It follows a circle path. B.It is the longest in the world.
C.It finishes at Mount Brandon. D.It reaches the highest peak in Ireland.
B
The topic “slash youth", referring to those refusing to be defined or bound by just one personal
identity and choosing to undertake multiple careers, has fueled heated debate on social media. On
Douban, a Chinese social networking platform, the topic has attracted about 11,000 posts and has
been viewed over 400 million times. China’s young people are keen to share their slash youth stories
online, presenting themselves as multiple and sometimes distinct identities, such as a nurse and
model, a teacher and stand-up comedian, and an engineer and musician.
Xing Eryang, a 31-year-old female resident in Beijing, founded the Douban topic in 2021.While
staying diligent about her daytime work, she is developing her hobbies, including stand-up comedy
and vlogging, into secondary careers during her spare time. And she is amazed to find her “slash
life” philosophy followed by so many of her peers.
Weiheng, a 26-year-old woman in Guangzhou, and Tang Yuhan, a 27-year-old man in
Xuancheng city, Anhui province, are both participants in the topic, with their stories earning
thousands of likes so far. The two are both musicians in their spare time, even though they are
thousands of miles apart and have different jobs in media and finance. Their passion for music has
grown since college and they didn't abandon their enthusiasm, even after entering the workplace.
Their reaction showed the gap between the young and former generations. My parents used to
say, “music cannot earn you money”, so the band thing was regarded as a waste of time. However,
we want to pursue whatever we love and are willing to pay for it.” says Weiheng.
“The ‘slash life’ mania（狂热）shows that, along with China’s economic development，our
society is becoming more and more diversified and inclusive, and it welcomes everyone's self-
fulfillment,” says Shi Yanrong, an associate researcher from Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences.
“Young people no longer have to rely on work and money for their sense of self-worth. They tend to
practice a carpe diem（活在当下）philosophy and create their own identities.”
24.What are “slash youth” more likely to do?
A.Create a topic on Douban. B.Take diverse occupations.
C.Become a stand-up comedian. D.Share their own stories online.
25.Which of the following amazes Xing Eryang?
A. Other young people's positive response.
B. Hobbies developed while working.
C. The growing social networking platform.
D. Thousands of likes earned on Douban.
26.What did Weiheng and Tang Yuhan do to pursue their musical career?
A.They sent their stories online to gain more funds.
B.They shared similar interests in both their hobbies and jobs.
C.They never lost passion for music even if they had to quit college.
D.They stuck with their dream despite the older generation's opinion.
27.According to Shi Yanrong, what is our society's attitude to the “slash life"?
A.Doubtful. B.Supportive.
C.Unfavorable. D.Indifferent.
C
ChatGPT-- a conversational language model which was launched in November and is free and
simple to use - can swiftly produce poems, math equations or essays on topics, bringing concern that
students will misuse the technology. And because it doesn't copy an existing text, there is no easy
way to be certain whether a human or a bot wrote the answer.
As many educators began to worry about whether students may use ChatGPT to generate
papers, Edward Tian had an idea. The 22-year-old student, who studies computer science and
journalism, decided to build an app to detect whether a text- was human-written or AI-written.
Over a few days in a Toronto coffee shop during winter break, he got to work. On Jan, 2, he
launched GPTZero. It analyzes different properties of a text for its "perplexity", which is the
randomness of the text, and the "burstiness", which is the variation of the text over time. So, a
human-written text would have high perplexity, something very unfamiliar to an Al model, and
exhibit properties of burstiness, which are non-common items that appear in random clusters （集
群）, rather than being uniformly distributed.
Tian said he expected a few dozen people to ever try it. But he woke up the next morning
stunned by the response. He has even heard from people all over the world— many of them are
teachers or college admissions officers, Many people have subscribed for updates from Tian as he
works to improve the technology.
The quick response to Tian's effort highlighted the breakneck pace at which technology is
changing classrooms, teaching, and the ways that people define and understand learning. Tian
believed everyone deserved to reap the benefits of Al, but safeguards were needed to make sure new
technologies were not abused.
Tian said it would be sad if, years from now, people mostly relied on AI and writing became far
more uniform. "There's something implicitly（含蓄地） beautiful in human prose, " he said, "that
computers can never copy. "
28. Why did Edward Tian create GPTZero?
A. To predict abuse of ChatGPT. B. To analyse properties of texts.
C. To relieve educators of anxiety. D. To recognize Al-generated texts.
29. What features do human-written texts share?
A. They are random and varied. B. They are plain and unfamiliar.
C. They are common and diverse. D. They are uniform and complex.
30. What does the public think of Tian's invention?
A. It is safely guarded. B. It is highly anticipated.
C. It is quickly updated. D. It is thoroughly developed.
31. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. Human will win the competition against AI.
B. Most people will benefit from AI in the future.
C. Writing will become more common than before.
D. There is incomparable charm in Human writings.
D
We are all aware of the damaging pollution that’s created by driving petrol and diesel （ 柴
油）vehicles. Many of the world's cities are blocked with traffic, creating fumes containing gases
such as nitrogen oxides. The solution for a cleaner, greener future could be electric vehicles. But how
optimistic should we be? There was much excitement last year when the UK government announced
it will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030. But is that easier said than done?
The road to global traffic being totally electric is still a long way off. Currently, battery life is an
issue --- a fully charged battery won't take you as far as a full tank of petrol. There are also limited
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