广东省汕头市2024届高三下学期二模试题英语 Word版含答案

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2024 年汕头市普通高考第二次模拟考试

英语

本试卷共 8页，满分 120 分。考试用时 120 分。

注意事项：1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号和座位号填写在答题卡上。

2.作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂

黑；如需要改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案。答案不能答在试卷上。试题序号从

“21”开始。

3.非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相

应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。

不按以上要求作答无效。

4.考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。

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。

According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), hundreds of marine(海洋的) species

across the world come under endangered and critically endangered categories. Some of the endangered and

recognizable marine species are named here.

Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle

The Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle, also known as the Atlantic Ridley Sea Turtle, is endangered as the rarest and

smallest sea turtle.

Distributed throughout the Gulf of Mexico and U. S. Atlantic seaboard, they gather off the coast in

northeastern Mexico and come ashore in large groups to lay eggs every year. As marine reptiles(爬行动物), they

are threatened by oil spills, lack of food and marine pollution.

Vaquita

As a rare marine mammal, Vaquita is on the edge of extinction only a half-century after its first sighting.

Extensive fishing in the Gulf of California has endangered this marine species, resulting in a gradual drop in

population since the 1940s. According to reports, there are only a dozen of these marine mammals left in the world

since the percentage of dec line in their population was as much as90% since 2011.

Whale

Fin Whale is the second-largest mammal on the planet after Blue Whale and it is also a victim of hunting.

According to estimates, the global population of Fin Whale ranges from below 100,000 to around 119,000.

Humpback Whale, another whale species, has also been listed as an endangered marine species. Before the

introduction of the whaling moratorium (暂停) in 1966, the species was hunted for its fur, while the population

dropped by 90%. Currently, around 2,500 Humpback Whales survive in the world.

Hawaiian Mon k Seal

A native of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Hawaiian Mon k Seal is one of the earless seals who live on

warm beaches, unlike other seals.

According to recent research, only 1,400 Hawaiian Mon k Seals remain on the Islands. These seals are mainly

threatened by predators like tiger sharks. Besides, other reasons like habitat loss and food limitation also contribute

to their critical situation.

21. Why do Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles land on the beach in large groups?

A. To nest. B. To reproduce. C. To avoid attack. D. To hunt foods.

22. What is the major threat to Hawaiian Mon k Seal?

A. Global warming. B. Lack of food. C. Natural enemies. D. Habitat pollution.

23. Which of the following is the most critically endangered species?

A. Vaquita. B. Fin Whale. C. Humpback Whale. D. Hawaiian Mon k Seal.

Chinese singer Gong Linna released her new song, titled Return Home, which describes the overseas Chinese

people’s longing for their homeland.

Performed in Chaoshan dialect, the song is part of Gong’s music project, which has the singer perform songs

in different Chinese dialects. “It is very challenging to sing in Chaoshan dialect, which is a new language to me,

and thanks to the songwriter Danny Sim and the song’s producer Wesley Tan, who speak the dialect, I received

intensive training and practised very hard,” says Gong. “The beauty of dialects lies in telling stories of different

places. It’s like a music al map, allowing me to explore different places through dialects.”

The idea of the song came from Qiaopi, a unique form of mail that served as both a letter and a remittance (汇

款) sent by overseas Chinese people to their families in provinces of Guangdong and Fujian in the 19th and 20th

centuries. At that time, many of those emigrants, particularly from Guangdong and Fujian, sent money back home

to support their families, as well as communicating with their beloved ones and expressing their longing to be

reunited.

“Dialects are a source of knowledge, traditions and the country’s cultural heritage. When I listen to a song

performed in a dialect, I feel the local culture instantly even though I never go there and know nothing about the

place,” says Sim, who wrote lyrics for the song, adding that there are a growing number of musicians in China

performing in dialects, which allow listeners to get an emotional touch.

“Chaoshan dialect links people from the region. However, like many languages, it’s dying. Many young

people, especially children, rarely speak the dialect, which is a sad thing.” Sim says, explaining why he is keen on

writing songs by using the dialect, “I love my hometown and by writing songs in the dialect, I feel close to my

home. Maybe that is, culture identity.”

24. What difficulty did Gong face when performing the song?

A. She had the language barrier. B. The culture was unfamiliar to her.

C. The song had to fit in with the whole project. D. There were many unknown stories in the song.

25. What does paragraph 3 mainly tell us about the song?

A. Its history. B. Its influence. C. Its inspiration. D. Its significance.

26. What can we infer about the songs performed in dialects according to Sim?

A. They are dropping in numbers. B. They are seldom sung by young singers.

C. They can stimulate affective bond. D. They help us know many unknown places.

27. What drives Sim to write songs in Chaoshan dialect?

A. A sense of duty as a song writer. B. A sense of belonging to his hometown.

C. His eagerness to revive Chaoshan culture. D. His addiction to the charm of the dialect.

When I was a child, the new year’s activity for my family is dumpling-making, but it’s been years since I’ve

last experienced the uniquely carefree comfort and connection I felt during moments. My family has changed a lot,

and gatherings like these simply don’t come together with the same ease as they once did.

This year, I came home in the evening to a dark house with pieces missing. I noticed things that I wouldn’t

have before, like how my family slept earlier and got up later and how my dog had more trouble jumping up on my

bed. After all, it’s easier to become blind to its subtle changes when you occupy it virtually every day of the year,

and much harder when you must be exposed to months of accumulated change all at once.

Personally, the most precious childhood privilege is not the free extra snacks from flight attendants, but the

privilege of thinking of the people and relationships around you with a sense of permanence. I mean this in the

sense that it escaped my eight-year-old brain to think about how my parents were aging as I did or about the

sacrifices they made for me until suddenly, I was an adult as they were.

I turn 20 in a couple months, so I’ve been seized with a feeling of adulthood, which feels far stronger than the

transition into legal adulthood at 18 ever felt. It seems as if the “teen” part of“19”keeps me attached to the same

category as the one my newly 13-year-old self occupied, carrying with it a certain comfort in the social allowances

made for the immaturity inherent (固有的) to youth. But marching into 20 is different.

I’d so desperately wanted to move away and get a taste of independence upon starting college, but now I know

that such freedom comes with loss and responsibility. Now I start to understand the governance of a circularity (循

环) inherent to our lives and have a newfound appreciation for the things that remain the same.

28. What does the underlined word “subtle” in paragraph 2mean?

A. Obvious. B. Sudden. C. Unusual. D. Unnoticeable.

29. Which of the following might the author agree with when he was eight?

A. Everything would be the same. B. His parents were becoming old.

C. Free extra snacks were common. D. His parents had done a lot to him.

30. In what way is 20 years old different according to the author?

A. Physical maturity. B. The social expectation.

C. The loss of freedom. D. The shift into legal adulthood.

31. What can be the best title of the passage?

A. A newfound appreciation for life. B. The difference between teens and adults.

C. My passing memories of childhood. D. My reflection on the switch into adulthood.

Amblyopia is the most common cause of vision loss in children. In all cases of amblyopia, there’s a stronger

eye and a weaker eye, and it’s winner-take-all in the cortex (大脑皮层). The cortex learns to ignore the signal from

the weaker eye. By ignoring the weaker eye, the brain doesn’t fuse (融合) images from both eyes. As a result,

people with amblyopia can have trouble seeing in 3D.

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