广东省2024届高考适应性考试英语试卷
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第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
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The guide to the live theater
Cinderella
World-famous San Francisco Ballet, America’s oldest ballet company, brings Christopher Wheeldon’s magical adaptation of Cinderella. ? November 13 at 1:30 & 7:30pm ? Kennedy Center Opera House
? kennedy-center.org or call 202 4674600 ? Tickets available at the Box Office ? Tickets start at $25; students $15 Mary Poppins
Celebrate the holidays with one of the most beloved tales of all time! You'll like the story of a wise nanny(保姆), two precious children, and the family she teaches how to love each other. ? Special Thanksgiving Week Schedule:
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 2:00 pm & 8:00 pm Sunday at 2:00 pm ? Olney Theatre Center
? Olneytheatre.org or call 301 924 3400 ? Tickets available at the Box Office ? Tickets start at $43 Image China: Confucius
With traditional Chinese music, beautiful costumes (服装), and expressive dances, Confucius tells the story of the great scholar's journey through the kingdoms of China's Zhou Dynasty, and his efforts to make the rulers accept his teachings. ? January 13 & 14 at 7:30 pm January 15 at 1:30 pm ? Studio Theatre ? Studiotheatre.org
? Tickets available at the Box Office ? Tickets: $30-$100 Straight White Men
Three brothers and their father gather for Christmas, but one brother seems to be under the pressures of achievement. It becomes clear that these men are dealing with something larger than each
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other.
? December 9 at 8 pm December 11 at 4 pm ? Olney Theatre Center
? Olneytheatre.org or call 301 924 3400
? Tickets available online and at the Box Office ? Tickets: $40-$110
1. How much will a family of three (parents and their 10-year-old child) need to pay for Cinderella
tickets?
A. $65. B. $55. C. $85. D. $75. 2. Which show will be performed in January?
A. Cinderella. B. Mary Poppins. C. Straight White Men. D. Image China: Confucius. 3. How does Straight White Men differ from the other three shows?
A. Its performers are from China. B. Its tickets can be bought online.
C. It has a special Thanksgiving week schedule. D. It will be performed in Olney Theatre Center. B
The traditional Chinese Longtaitou Festival, or Dragon-Head-Raising Festival, falls on the second day of the second lunar month every year, and recognizes the start of spring and farming. This year it falls on March 8.
Ancient people believed that after this day, rainfall increases because the rain-bringing Dragon King has awakened from his winter sleep. A well-known phrase goes, “Er yue er, long tai tou,” meaning, “On the second day of the second month, the dragon lifts his head.”
The festival celebrates ancient agrarian Chinese culture, and while some of traditional ways to celebrate it are no longer practiced, others continue to exist.
The most famous tradition is getting a haircut. Some believe that going to the barber on this day gets rid of bad luck, while others believe getting a haircut during the first month of the lunar calendar brings bad luck.Another saying warns that cutting your hair in the first month will cause your uncle to die. Although today few pay attention to it, it was once a tradition to line up outside barber shops on the day of Longtaitou.
People eat toufu balls in East China’s Fujian province during the festival, and often make tofu and vegetable balls to pray for family and business. Fried beans are the traditional festival food for people in parts of Shandong province. Eating Chengyao cakes, which are made with sticky rice, during the festival is a tradition in Suzhou, East China’s Jiangsu province, owing to the saying, “If you eat Chengyao on Longtaitou, your waist won't hurt all year.” Meanwhile other foods, like dumplings, spring rolls and popcorn, are named after dragon body parts to mark the day. Noodles are dragon’s beard (long xu), dumplings are dragon’s ears (long er), spring rolls are dragon’s scales (long lin), and popcorn dragon seeds (long zi).
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4. What did ancient people believe after Dragon-Head-Raising Festival?
A. The dragon lifts his head. B. There’s more rainfall.
C. The dragon is still sleeping. D. There’s less rainfall.
5. What does the underlined word “agrarian” mean in Paragraph 3?
A. agricultural B. industrial C. travelling D. manufacturing 6. What do people eat in Suzhou during the festival?
A. Toufu balls. B. Fried beans. C. Chengyao cakes. D. Dumplings. 7. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. The history and development of China's Longtaitou Festival. B. Cut your hairs on China's Longtaitou Festival.
C. The culture and traditions of China's Longtaitou Festival. D. Food about China's Longtaitou Festival.
C
Every day, Americans throw away 500 million plastic straws, enough to circle the Earth twice, or fill 125 school buses. Made from fossil fuels, they are almost never recycled because they're too small and could be made from several different types of plastic. They simply contribute to the massive problem of plastic pollution. Eight million tons of plastic is dumped into the oceans every year.
Plastic straws are now the target of a growing movement to reduce their use. Possibly the first of such campaigns, Be Straw Free was started in 2011 by Milo Cress, who was only nine years old at the time. “I noticed that whenever I ordered a drink at a restaurant it would usually come with a straw in it, and I don't usually need a straw,” he said. “This seemed like a huge waste.”
Cress started asking restaurants in Burlington, Vermont, where he lived at the time, to stop providing straws automatically to customers and make them optional instead. Many agreed and his request had an effect nationwide.
The anti-straw campaign has crossed borders into the UK, where straws have been included in a government plan to ban all plastic waste by 2042.
Offering alternatives or making plastic straws optional, rather than banning them completely, is a common characteristic among these campaigns. “We do not want to make people feel bad for needing or even wanting to use a straw in their drink,” said Jackie Nunez, founder of The Last Plastic Straw. “There are many other practical alternatives to single-use plastic drinking straws that are less harmful to the environment, wildlife and humans.” she said.
Some people use straws to reduce the damage of sugary or acidic drinks to their teeth, or due to special requirements. By not regarding the straw as an evil, Cress says, “I am not out to ban straws. I think it's much more effective to encourage people to make the choice not to use them. Voluntary participation encourages people to spread the word. Forcing people to do things is not always the most effective way to make a change.”
8. What can we infer from the first paragraph?
A. Plastic straws are not worth recycling.
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B. Small plastic straws are a serious problem.
C. Eight million tons of plastic are recycled from straws.
D. Americans like to transport plastic straws in school buses. 9. Which one of the following statements about Milo Cress is true?
A. He founded Be Straw Free to ban plastic straws.
B. He expected England to ban all plastic waste by 2042. C. He asked American restaurants to stop providing straws.
D. He may be the first to launch activities for using less straws. 10. What’s Jackie’s attitude toward banning straws totally?
A. Tolerant. B. Sympathetic. C. Approving. D. Opposed. 11. What can we learn from Cress’s words in the last paragraph?
A. Straws are healthy to our teeth.
B. It is a better goal to forbid using plastic straws.
C. Whether plastic straws are used depends on customers. D. People need to be forced to give up using plastic straws.
D
Even the calm assessment of the UN’s latest annual world “water development report” has a taste of desperation. Already, it notes, 1.9bn people, with 73% of them in Asia, live in areas where water is potentially severely limited. The number facing shortages almost doubles if you count those at risk at least one month a year. And they will not just be in poor countries. Australia, Italy, Spain and even America will also suffer severe water shortage.
Three main things will drive the continued growth in demand: population, climate change and agriculture. In 2050 the number of people in the world is expected to increase to between 9.4bn and 10.2bn, from just under 8bn now. People will be leading more water-consuming lifestyles and move into cities, many of them in places at great risk of water shortage.
The impact of climate change, in the words of Henk Ovink, a Dutch government’s official on water matters, will be “Wet places will become wetter and dry places drier”. The world’s water distribution is already highly unequal. Climate change will worsen this inequity.
Measurements of sea temperatures down to 2,000 metres show a steady rise since the 1950s, to new records. The rising temperatures are accompanied by rising sea levels—at a rate of about 3mm a year—as the warmer water expands, and as ice at both poles melts. And warmer air temperatures mean the atmosphere can hold more water that eventually falls as rain.
The bigger problem from climate change, however, will not be too much water but too little. As a report by the World Bank puts it: “The impacts of water shortage may be even greater, causing long-term harm in ways that are poorly understood and inadequately documented.” Of course, a lot depends on how much the climate changes and how fast.
12. What may be the number of the people who face water shortage for at least one month a year?
A. About 1.9bn B. About 1.4bn C. About 3.7bn D. About 5.5bn 13. What can we infer about the year 2050?
A. The problem of water shortage will no longer exist.
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B. The world population will increase to between 9bn and 10bn.
C. Almost all the developed countries will suffer severe water shortage. D. Many people will have to reduce their water consumption. 14. What is the main idea of Paragraph 4?
A. Climate change brings too much water.
B. Sea temperatures have been rising steadily recently.
C. The problem of water shortage is greater due to climate change. D. Rising sea levels and more rain mean no more water shortage. 15. The next paragraph in this passage might discuss __________.
A. How to solve the problem of water shortage. B. How agriculture influences water demand. C. What damage water shortage has caused.
D. Why it is important to control population growth.
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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。 Protecting the environment is really challenging, but there are actions that you can take to help preserve the natural world.
Participate in beach or river cleanup. When people litter, their trash often makes its way to our local waterways, destroying the natural homes of birds, fish and other creatures in water. 16
Plant native trees and shrubs. 17 Once established, little or no irrigation should be needed for most well-placed native plants. By planting trees and shrubs that are native to your area, you'll be working with the local ecosystem rather than against it. Check with your local nursery, or with your state's cooperative extension agency, to learn more about the particular varieties of native plants that might grow well in your area.
18 Conserve energy in your home by providing weather-stripping and caulking all windows, insulating your ceilings and floors. Purchase appliances that are energy-efficient; look for the \threats to the environment, both inside and outside your community. Follow social media campaigns, and share their posts. Consider joining in rallies and protest marches if you're able. 19 Eat lower on the food chain. This means eat less beef (high on the food chain) and more roots vegetables, and fruits. Smaller fish, being lower on the food chain, are usually better than larger fish. 20 Shifting to a more plant-based style of eating will slow the deforestation that meat production requires.
A. Reduce the carbon footprint of your home.
B. Try to buy from local growers whenever possible. C. Plant-based foods require less energy to produce.
D. Planting native plants helps with water conservation. E. Consider joining in beach or riverside cleanup events.
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广东省2024高考适应性英语试卷及答案(WORD版)
