2024届河北省邯郸市高三下学期第二次模拟考试英语试题一、阅读理解Four Festivals From Around The WorldIt seems every country has its inviting events on the annual calendar. Here we’ve boiled down the options to add to your bucket list. Boryeong Mud Festival, Republic of KoreaThe extensive beneficial qualities of the mud in Boryeong coastal region have prompted wellness-related lines, as well as an entire coastal festival. The festival celebrates the natural benefits of this precious resource with a dose of pops, beach fun and street food, drawing visitors from around the world to get messy and learn about the region’s resources.Rock Oyster Festival, EnglandRock Oyster Festival is a summer event on the Cornish coast. With musical performances from the huge names, the three day festival also showcases some of the best chefs and restaurants from around Cornwall as well as cooking demonstrations. Big shots in the food world like Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Olia Hercules and Andi Oliver share their stories, while over at Mussel Beach, there’s a celebration of live fire cooking in all its glory.Copenhagen Photo Festival, DenmarkCopenhagen Photo Festival showcases s international contemporary photography in a stunning, dramatic setting at the water’s edge. The Festival Centre and exhibition park are located in an urban coastal wilderness, formerly an industrial shipyard site. With the theme “Entanglement” for the 2024 edition of the festival, it encourages people to think relations on all the ways we areco-dependently connected.Noosa Festival of Surfing, AustraliaNoosa is an iconic surf spot on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, Big waves crash on to the sunny and expansive beaches, backed by bars, cafes and the Noosa National Park. The annual festival is a homage to global surf culture and talent. Exhibitions, art shows and live music punctuate the moments between the actions on the water, while lighthearted activities such as dog surfing competitions accompany the more serious contests.1．Which festival is most likely to appeal to people who are health-conscious?A．Boryeong Mud Festival.B．Rock Oyster Festival.C．Copenhagen Photo Festival.D．Noosa Festival of Surfing.2．What can you do on Rock Oyster Festival?A．Take part in a cooking contest.B．Meet masters in food industry.C．Visit an industrial shipyard site.D．Make alive fire cooking freely.3．What do the four festivals have in common?A．Free food is available.B．Celebrities are invited there,C．They provide live music shows.D．They take place in coastal areas.A grey-headed flying fox is back gliding through the night after life-saving surgery on a broken wing. The female flying fox’s wing was badly injured when it was twisted in a net placed over fruit trees in Geelong, Victoria. It was rescued and taken to Werribee Open Range Zoo’s veterinary hospital where it needed two operations to repair the wing.Paul Eden, doctor of the hospital, said, “The flying fox was in a very serious condition when it arrived.” Flying foxes are highly dependent on their wings for many purposes. They can fly an astonishing 6,000 km in a year to search for food and pollinate a wide range of plants. They also use their wings to help capture insects, regulate body temperature and attract other flying foxes during mating season, So, it was extremely important that we did everything we could to help this animal make a full recovery. Vets operated to remove some of the flying fox’s damaged wing tissue and also gave it antibiotics (抗生素) and pain relief medication.Following the successful procedure, the flying fox was transferred to a wildlife carer to prepare it for release back into where it belonged. Dr Eden said, “It is very rewarding to see the flying fox recover fully and safely return home.” According to researchers from Werribee Open Range Zoo, flying foxes played a critical role in Australia’s ecosystem, not only for the survival of other native animals but also humans. Our ecosystem would be dramatically different without flying foxes.Dr Eden noted that there were some simple actions people could take to keep flying foxes safe, including reducing the risk of twisting by using nets with a size no bigger than 5 mm×5 mm when fully stretched over vegetable gardens or fruit trees. “If you encounter a flying fox that is sick or in distress, for the safety of everyone, don’t attempt to rescue the animal yourself. Instead, contact Wildlife Victoria who will send a trained officer to rescue the animal,” Dr Eden said.4．How did the flying fox get injured in the wing?A．It was stuck in the net.B．It was hit by the fruits.C．It was hunted while flying.D．It was twisted in the branches.5．What is paragraph 2 intended to do?A．Analyse the reason.B．Draw a conclusion.C．Present a problem.D．Add some backgrounds.6．How will the flying fox be dealt with after recovery?A．It will be raised in a reserve.B．It will be adopted by D Eden.C．It will be set free back to nature.D．It will be tended in a wildlife carer. 7．What did Dr Eden advise us to do while coming across an injured flying fox?A．Rescue it on the spot.B．Seek professional aid.C．Send it to Wildlife Victoria in person.D．Drive it to hospital as soon as possibleA brown and dry lawn is not something many gardeners would boast about. But that is exactly the kind of yard competition organizers in Sweden were looking for when they launched the prize for the “World’s Ugliest Lawn”. People from around the world were invited to post pictures of their dehydrated(脱水的)grass to social media in a bid to win the uncertain honor.The intention, according to those behind the project, was to raise awareness of “saving water on a global scale by changing the norm for green lawns”. Lawns, which can require large amounts of water to maintain, are coming under increasing examination as climate change makes periods of drought more frequent and intense.The global initiative was launched on the official website for Gotland in Sweden. “Huge amounts of water are used to water lawns for aesthetics(美学). As the world gets warmer, lack of water in urban areas is projected to affect up to 2.4 billion people by 2050. By not watering lawns for aesthetic reasons, we can protect the availability of groundwater,” the competition organizers said.The unlikely title has been awarded to Kathleen Murray who lives in Sandford in Tasmania, Australia. According to the organizers, Murray’s lawn “boasts deep and dry divots created by three wild bandicoots(袋狸)and not one dust-covered decimeter is wasted on watering”. Murray said in the press release about her triumph, “I am terribly proud! I knew I would have my 5 minutes offame, even if it was for having the ugliest lawn on the planet! I am now free of ever taking care of my lawn again.”A press release by the Gotland, office added, “For the planet and its declining stockpiles of life-giving liquid, thank you, Kathleen, as well as those naughty bandicoots damaging your lawn for the greater good.” Organizers added, “Gotland aims to show to Sweden and the world that sustainable behavior doesn’t have to be dull.”8．What can we say about the yard competition organized in Sweden?A．People had even doubted its authenticity.B．People worldwide were unwilling to join.C．Its participants must be professional gardeners.D．Its entries must agree with the existing aesthetics.9．What is the purpose of this yard competition?A．To call on people to protect lawns.B．To encourage people to be creative.C．To challenge the norm of aesthetics.D．To remind people of water shortage. 10．What does the underlined word “triumph” in paragraph 4 mean?A．Ambition.B．Success.C．Sorrow.D．Barrier. 11．What can be the best title for the text?A．People’s Whelming Reaction To A Yard Contest In SwedenB．Lawns And Rare Bandicoots Calling For Urgent ProtectionC．A Lawn Named The Ugliest Globally All For A Good CauseD．The World’s Ugliest Lawn Unaccepted By The Whole WorldWhen patients are discharged (出院) from the hospital, effective summaries from doctors’ notes are essential to capture their health status in the medical record. Whereas, most are filled with technical languages that are hard to understand and increase patients’ anxiety.To address the problem, researchers from New York University (NYU) Langone Health have been testing the capabilities of generative artificial intelligence (AI). It tries to develop likely options for the next word in any sentence based on how most people use words in context on the Internet.NYU Langone Health received access to the latest tool from a famous tech company toexplore generative AI. One of the studies by the researchers published in JAMA Network Open, looked at how well the tool could convert (转换) the text in 50 patient discharge notes into patient-friendly language. Specifically, generative AI made the discharge notes drop from 11th-grade reading level on average to a 6th-grade level.Two physicians were asked to review the AI discharge summary based on a 6th-grade level. The reviewing physicians awarded 54 percent of the AI-generated discharge notes the best-possible accuracy rating. They also found that 56 percent of notes created by AI were entirely complete. The result signified that even at the current performance level, providers of discharge notes would not have to make a single change in more than half of the AI summaries reviewed.“That more than half of the AI reports generated are accurate and complete is an amazing start,” said Jonah Zaretsky, associate chief of medicine at NYU Langone Hospital — Brooklyn. “Even at the current level of performance, which we expect to improve shortly, the achievement of the AI tool suggests that it can be taught to recognize subtleties (微妙之处).”Within the following years, the team expects to launch a pilot program to provide lay language discharge summaries that have been generated by AI and reviewed by physicians to patients on a larger scale.12．What is generative AI used for by the researchers?A．Submitting discharge summaries.B．Accessing patients’ health status.C．Making discharge notes clear to patients.D．Offering technical languages to doctors. 13．What is generative AI’s function based on?A．Probable predicting.B．Actual thinking.C．Free imagining.D．Strict instructing.14．Why were the two physicians asked to review the AI discharge summaries?A．To correct their mistakes.B．To measure their accuracy.C．To compete with the AI tool.D．To make up the missing parts.15．How did Jonah Zaretsky find the performance of AI in dealing with discharge summaries?A．Misleading.B．Dismissive.C．Challenging.D．Promising.What motivates you to work or study harder? Is it the thought of success and all the amazing things that you can achieve, or is it the fear of failure and worry about all the things thatcan go wrong for you? 16 But is one better than the other?A recent study looked at the effect of fear-based strategies on British secondary school students. It found that if a test is seen as important, and students are optimistic that they can succeed, then the fear of failure can be used successfully by teachers to motivate these learners.17 In that case, it will in turn lead them to do worse on the test than they would have done otherwise. The study also found that if students are indifferent and don’t care about the test in the first place, then, unsurprisingly, the fear of failure is not likely to motivate them.Entrepreneurs often run the risk of failure. It’s a fact that many new companies will fail. But does this motivate or hold back business people? 18 The personal consequences of failure can be significant, and so founders may be motivated to work harder to avoid them. A study carried out on British and Canadian entrepreneurs found that fear of failure can improve problem solving, as people are motivated to anticipate and resolve potential issues. 19 However, the study also showed that it can lead to increased delay of work, as people focus too much on what they personally fear, rather than what would be best, for the business. If someone is less confident about their business ideas, then they may find their decision-making negatively affected by their fears.20 Fear can drive confident people to do better, but it can also expand our doubts and turn them into barriers.A．Again, it’s not straightforward.B．The answer, undoubtedly, is “yes”.C．Taken together, fear-based motivation is complicated.D．Generally speaking, good outcomes can be expected by teachers.E．They may also be inspired to innovate and activate their business.F．However, if students lack confidence, fear-based approaches could cause anxiety. G．Leaders, managers and teachers often use one of these ideas to inspire people to achieve more.二、完形填空Asli Samanci, a food scientist, was driven by her childhood dream of becoming a scientist, leading her to pursue a career in food science. “It 21 everything: biology, microbiology andchemistry all together,” Samancil said.With this passion, she established a company that 22 health products made from propolis (蜂胶), a natural substance produced by bees. Samanci’s dedication to 23 is evident in every step. of her product development process. “All products are 24 by science,” Samanci said.The 25 behind Samanci’s venture also lies in her son, who experienced frequent health issues during his early years. Upon a doctor’s recommendation, she 26 propolis as a means to help strengthen her son’s immune system. However, not 27 with the products on the market, Samanci worked 28 with a beekeeper to craft the ideal solution for her son’s needs. Gradually, Samanci has made her specialized products 29 to a broader range of consumers.Meanwhile, Samanci and her beekeeping partners have witnessed a significant 30 in the bee population, Recognizing that 80% of all plants rely on bees for pollination (授粉), this development has proved to contribute to 31 nature. Samanci firmly believes in the concept of a win-win business model, where 32 can make a positive impact on the environment. And she urges all entrepreneurs and scientists to find that 33 . Samanci says, “To get something from nature in a(n) 34 way, we urge more food scientists and agricultural scientists to join us. 35 , nature will not give us anymore.”21．A．accomplishes B．combines C．processes D．maintains 22．A．took up B．brought about C．held back D．put off 23．A．purchase B．delivery C．quality D．service 24．A．limited B．denied C．revealed D．backed 25．A．regulation B．inspiration C．sample D．mystery 26．A．explored B．exported C．refused D．permitted 27．A．patient B．consistent C．cautious D．content 28．A．equally B．violently C．directly D．temporarily 29．A．accessible B．similar C．responsible D．essential 30．A．damage B．rise C．change D．loss 31．A．conquering B．discovering C．impressing D．preserving 32．A．scientists B．beekeepers C．entrepreneurs D．consumers33．A．balance B．opportunity C．fault D．reason 34．A．extraordinary B．sustainable C．lively D．decent 35．A．Altogether B．Anyhow C．Moreover D．Otherwise三、语法填空阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
