名题精选|2024年广州市普通高中毕业班综合测试 (二)及参考答案（广州二模）
2024年广州市普通高中毕业班综合测试 (二)
英 语
注意事项：
1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
3．考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。
A
Train the important skills modern editors use to evaluate and enhance writing for clarity, precision and accuracy.
In this course, students will learn how an editor approaches a submitted piece, going beyond sentence-level error and looking at the big picture around accuracy, style and organization. Understanding the different challenges in an editor's job, students will get a behind-the-scenes look at this sometimes busy and often exciting career. Meanwhile, students will grow their own technical editing skills and return home a more competent editor.
Using Gen Z Era as their case study, students will meet and study under the people who decide what topics are relevant and valuable to the audience and who determine the overall editorial strategy, ensuring that the content meets the standards and tone of the publication.
Course Highlights
● Visit the media city and attend lectures by award-winning guest speakers.
● Assess articles as well as question and coach the authors to get the best piece possible.
● Connect with professionals who manage the development and publication of accurate and worthy content.
● Edit one piece into a well-written and fact-checked article in the style of Gen Z Era.
Price
● Residential Program (Students live on campus):$6,600
● Day Program(Students commute to class every day): $5,500
(Graduating seniors can have a $400 discount if applying before May 2,2024.)
Term Date: July 9-July 21,2024
Application Deadline: Friday, May 31,2024
Contact Admission:info@gzeeditor.net
21. Which is the probable name of the course?
A. Career Development in Media. B. Editorial Decision-making.
C. Fundamentals of Editing. D. Introduction to Publication.
22. What will students do in the course?
A. Interview award-winning guests. B. Help authors improve their articles.
C. Connect with professional publishers. D. Edit one article for Gen Z Era.
23. A graduating senior applying for a Day Program on April 30, 2024 should pay _______.
A.$5,100 B.$5,500 C.$6,200 D. $6,600
B
Courage is a huge theme in my life, a quality I constantly seek, appreciate, and analyze. The root of“courage”is “cor,” the Latin word for heart. Originally, courage meant“to speak one’s mind by telling all one's heart.”While courage is often associated with heroism nowadays, I believe true courage lies in being open and honest about who we are and how we feel.
I recently witnessed an example of true courage. During a mountain-climbing trip with my15-year-old daughter and some college students, I noticed her struggling to keep up with the group. Despite my suggestions to rest, she persisted until she couldn't breathe properly.
Panicked, I called out to the front for help, but there was no response, and we had no cellphone signal. Fortunately, two students just came back to check out on us. They offered assistance and calmed us down. As we continued at a slower pace, they shared their own experiences, from starting out as beginners like my daughter to becoming consistently among the first to reach the peak.
“You know,” one of them said, looking at my daughter,“I was just like you when I started. But with practice and proper pace, you'll get there too.”
“Yeah, don't let your lack of experience stop you,” the other added. “It's okay to admit when you're struggling or not feeling alright. In fact, it's important to speak up and ask for help when you need it. That's how we improve and grow.”
Reaching the mountain top was a huge relief for both my daughter and me. However, the two students addressed the celebrating group directly, emphasizing the importance of staying together in tough environments. Their words led the group to apologize to us for overlooking our struggle.
I was totally amazed at their bravery, and my daughter learned that it's okay to be the least experienced in a group. Courage, I've come to realize, has a ripple effect. Each time we choose courage, we inspire those around us to be a little brave r and make the world a little better.
24. Why does the author mention the original meaning of courage?
A. To argue for the true essence of courage. B. To question the common belief of courage.
C. To show the changing meaning of courage. D. To compare different interpretations of courage.
25. What did the two students suggest the daughter do?
A. Challenge her own limits. B. Seek help whenever possible.
C. Keep to a suitable pace. D. Stick with experienced climbers.
26. Which action in the mountain-climbing story is an example of true courage?
A. The mother asked the girl to rest. B. The girl tried hard not to fall behind.
C. The group celebrated the reach of the top. D. The two students pointed out the group's fault.
27. What does the author intend to tell us?
A. Kindness connects us all. B. Being a beginner takes courage.
C. With courage, everyone can be perfect. D. We don't have to be a hero to be brave.
C
“It's not unusual for guests to feel emotional when they discover the story behind our food,” says Patrick Navis. “Not to mention when they taste it. One even cried with happiness.” The setting for these tearful scenes? Navis's restaurant in a Dutch city. Here, the owner and his team create experimental food using herbs, roots, flowers and nuts—some common, others less so.
Most of these ingredients(食材) come from the Ketelbroek Food Forest nearby. To the untrained eye, it's like an ordinary wood. But there's one key difference: everything in it is edible. It was set up in 2009 by Dutch botanist and environmentalist Noah Eck as an experiment in slow farming, to see what would happen if the right combination of food plants were left to grow together like a natural forest, without chemicals.
“It's the first ‘food forest’ of its kind in Europe and we’re one of the few restaurants around the world cooperating in this way,”says Navis.“We have over 400 different species of edible plants we plan our menus around, including some we previously knew little about." He harvests the ingredients and, with his fellow chefs, works them into beautifully presented tasting menus, served in a dining room hidden in the backstreets of the city,
“To us, fine dining is not about the fame of a restaurant, its location, expensive decoration, fancy cooking and wine list,”says Navis.“It's about adding value through creativity and using ingredients nobody knows of, which are grown with great attention.”However, he adds, luxury cooking can be about enhancing everyday ingredients, too.
“When looking at cooking in this way, who can argue that caviar(鱼子酱 ), for example, is more valuable than a carrot grown with specialist knowledge?”
Experimentation is extremely important to Navis. In the next five years, he hopes to open an outdoor restaurant. But for now, the most important thing is to continue focusing on how plants are being grown and the perennial system used in the Food Forest, reducing the need for replanting each season.
28. What can we learn about Navis's restaurant?
A. It is well received by its guests. B. It serves food with moving stories.
C. It offers experimental food for free. D. It is known for its rare food sources.
29. How is Ketelbrock Food Forest different from ordinary woods?
A. It is a natural forest. B. Diverse plants coexist in it.
C. Plants there take longer to grow. D. It provides safe food ingredients.
30. What is the key element of fine dining according to Navis?
A. Convenient locations. B. Expensive ingredients.
C. Innovative menus. D. Fancy cooking techniques.
31. What does “the perennial system” in the last paragraph probably refer to?
A. The sustainable farming practice. B. Farming with proper use of chemicals.
C. Natural farming without human intervention. D. An experimental farm for an outdoor restaurant.
D
My father started learning French at 57, drawn by the potential benefits of bilingualism in delaying dementia (失智症). Now,20 years later, he's on his third teacher. Many people like my father have attempted to pick up a new language. But can this really boost brain health?
According to experts, regularly using a new language brings cognitive(认知的) benefits. If you're trying to recall the right words in another language, your brain is forced to inhibit your mother tongue. This process, called cognitive inhibition, helps improve your brain function. Repeating this process makes your brain more resistant to diseases like dementia. The more you challenge your brain, the better it functions, even if your brain health starts to decline.
However, evidence for the benefits of learning a second language in your 60s is weaker. Research by Dr. Leo Antoniou found that older Italians who took English lessons for four months didn't see any difference in their cognition scores, but people who didn't saw their scores decline. Prof. Diana Smith's 2023 studies found similar results.
Researchers offered a few potential explanations for their disappointing results. One is that the participants were highly motivated volunteers, probably of high cognitive level for their age, making it hard to see any improvements. “When choosing participants, we have to be careful, are they really representative of the population?” said Dr. Judith Ware. Another is that the language interventions were perhaps too short. These studies have used language lessons that “were very different in their length and frequency,” said Prof. Laura Grossman.
To Dr. Antoniou, the limited findings are not entirely surprising. No one would say that learning a new language for six months would be the same as having used two languages for your entire life. But he does think that language lessons can provide cognitive benefits by being cognitively stimulating.
Perhaps more important, Prof. Grossman said, learning another language offers other potential advantages, like traveling or connecting with new communities. My father, for example, has remained pen friends with his first teacher and traveled to France numerous times.
And at 76, he's as sharp as ever.
32. What happens in the process of “cognitive inhibition” ?
A. Memory improves. B. Native language is held back.
C. Dementia is cured. D. Brain health worsens.
33. Which is a possible explanation for the disappointing research results?
A. The intervention of the first language. B. The great length of the language course.
C. The poor choice of research participants. D. The age difference of the research subjects.
34. Whose opinion does the author support by mentioning his father's experience?
A. Leo Antoniou's. B. Diana Smith's. C. Judith Ware's. D. Laura Grossman's.
35. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?
A. Is it never too late to learn a new language?
B. Can learning a new language delay dementia?
C. Why does my father start learning a new language?
D. How does learning a new language benefit aging brain?
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Have you ever wondered why it feels so satisfying to sing in the shower? You are alone. You are warm. The air is moist, making your throat(喉咙) feel wet.___36___You're at once relaxed and pleasantly energized by the water. Little can take you away from the simple tasks at hand. You control the speed and pitch. And the bathroom provides wonderful resonance(共鸣).
Now imagine singing while driving. You are sitting, stuck by a tight seat belt that limits airflow. Without any warm-up, you probably start right in with the first song you hear. The air is drier. And to stay awake, you may be drinking coffee, which can make you thirsty. ___37___ While singing along to the radio, your voice may get lost in the noise of the song and the car.
From my personal experience, I realize the importance of not only focusing but also setting the right conditions during practice.___38___ This is why some argue against baseball players practising hitting before a game. They try hitting different types of throws, even slower ones that they wouldn't see in a real game.
___39___ To warm up, I practise deep breathing exercises and relax my tongue with“blah blah blahs.”Brightening my face helps make my sound more energetic. My voice becomes richer and stronger when I practise opening up my mouth by yawning, imagining the back of my mouth expanding like a frog's. I also adjust the way I stand. ___40___
A. Practice makes perfect.
B. You are standing up straight.
C. You are loudly clearing your throat.
D. Poor training may lead to poor results.
E. The stress of driving and staying safe keeps you tense.
F. After all, an upright guitar wouldn't sound right if it was bent.
G. I always try to recreate the great feeling of singing in the shower wherever I am.
第三部分 语言知识运用（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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I have had no interest in football for as long as I can remember. While my classmates played, I ___41___ to stay in the library. I never ___42___ the passion for the game and would throw away the sports section of the newspaper, as if it ___43___ the rest of it. As I grew up, I proudly wore my ___44___ .
But occasionally, whether in a taxi or when meeting a friend's father, I found myself faced with a ___45___ opener like,“Terrible season we're having, eh?”or simply, “Who do you support?” My heart sank, knowing my response would unavoidably ___46___ them, despite their good intentions.
I realized that my ___47___ had closed off many conversations, outings, and even potential friendships I might have ___48___ enjoyed. Although I couldn't change the fact that I found football boring, I began to regret being a(n) ___49___ .
Then I became a father. I didn't want my boy to ___50___ this valuable social experience, so I took him to watch the Lions play. During those matches, we sat close to the field, surrounded by families who had a genuine ___51___ with the players. My kid's questions kept me somewhat ___52___ in the game. Slowly, I started to___53___ for the Lions.
During one victorious match, we even met David, the Captain, who happily ___54___ for a photo with my son. ___55___, I had an answer to the question,“Who do you support?”
41. A. preferred B. intended C. wished D. pretended
42. A. believed B. understood C. noticed D. hid
43. A. confused B. poisoned C. defended D. preserved
44. A. doubt B. smile C. confidence D. dislike
45. A. well-informed B. well-prepared C. well-meant D. well-presented
46. A. challenge B. disturb C. amuse D. disappoint
47. A. attitude B. personality C. interest D. habit
48. A. otherwise B. ever C. still D. therefore
49. A. loser B. fan C. outsider D. passer-by
50. A. go wild for B. turn away from C. get the hang of D. miss out on
51. A. agreement B. conversation C. competition D. connection
52. A. stressed B. engaged C. successful D. busy
53. A. cheer B. change C. vote D. play
54. A. danced B. waved C. posed D. clapped
55. A. Gradually B. Finally C. Unexpectedly D. Luckily
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。
Over a decade ago, Wu Kai, an enthusiast of ancient pagodas(塔), was looking for a book ___56___ comprehensively detailed the total number and locations of pagodas with quality introductions and images.
“I read extensively but found the books available had limited information and few good pictures,” he explains. Dissatisfied with the ___57___ (exist) options, Wu decided to create his own. Despite an estimated 10,000 ancient pagodas nationwide, many remain unaccounted for due to ___58___ (they) remote locations and poor conditions.
Visiting hilltop or cliff-top pagodas, or those hidden in deep forests, ___59___ (require) great determination, physical strength and even luck, ___60___ few people get to see them in person. For those who do, there's the added challenge of taking good pictures, especially those suitable ___61___ print.
___62___ (fortunate), Wu's plan was applauded by like-minded enthusiasts, who generously contributed great ___63___ (photo). In 2019, Wu published a 500-page book introducing over 300 ancient pagodas in Beijing. He then continued to work with Wang Xuebin, one of the enthusiasts. In 2023, their weighty 960-page book___64___ (release), entitled The l,001 Chinese Ancient Pagodas You Must See Before You Die.
“In each pagoda, I see the beauty of our heritage and the ___65___ (lose) values of simplicity, perfection, and respect for nature in modern life,”Wu writes in the introduction.“Across the vast land of China, no two pagodas are completely identical.”
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
你校英文报将增设主题为“讲好中国故事”的栏目。你是栏目负责人李华，请给外教Kate写邮件咨询她对栏目的建议。内容包括：
1.介绍设想;
2.咨询建议。
注意：
1．写作词数应为80左右；
2．请按如下格式在答题卡相应位置作答。
Dear Kate,
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
第二节（满分25分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
This Friday brought a mix of emotions—both excitement and disappointment—all because of a flyer from school. When I got home, Mum saw the flyer in my hand and asked, “What's this?”
“A flyer for a five-day art camp,” I explained. “But Emily can't go.”
“Would you like to attend?”Mum asked. “You've always loved art.” Her words reminded me of what Emily had said earlier: “Tessa, you're the real artist. My brother thought the roses I painted were rocket ships.”I sighed. Mum patted my back. She knew I had a hard time jumping into something with no familiar faces around. “Maybe next year.”
“Maybe,” I echoed. Then I told Mum I wanted to go outside to draw the Westons' pine tree( 松树 ). She nodded with an encouraging smile.
As I walked into the bright sunshine, I couldn't help but think about the art camp. I wished I felt a little bit braver. Emily could make friends with a whole bus of kids in ten minutes, but my stomach felt like a little boat tossed in a heavy storm when I was surrounded by strangers... By the time I started drawing, I had made up my mind to forget about the art camp.
I began by drawing the pine tree's strong and straight trunk, and then added the beautiful branches, making sure the upper ones lifted gently towards the sun. Lost in my work, I jumped when I heard Mr. Weston speak up, “You’ve done a great job showing the strength of that tree on paper.”
“Thanks,” I smiled, glancing up.
As I drew the needles to the branches, Mr. Weston told me something I never knew about pines: If you plant the root ball too deep, the tree dies. Their roots grow out, not down—to get enough water and grow tall.
“You have a good eye, Tessa.”With these words, Mr. Weston nodded goodbye.
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。
Paragraph 1: His words made me pause and think.
Paragraph 2: The next Monday, I signed up for the camp.
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