2023-2024學(xué)年廣東省六校高三（上）聯(lián)考英語試卷（9月份）
發(fā)布：2024/8/20 1:0:1
閱讀（共兩節(jié)，滿分50.0分）
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1． We take a look at the best toys of the 90s，sharing where you can shop them if the feeling takes you.
Mr.Frosty
It is the final gift for Slush Puppy fans.We circled this for boys every year in the Argos series for Christmas，but all those numbers on the Internet meant that Santa never did so.
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Delivery charge： ﹩8 —﹩10，free delivery on ﹩35 or more purchase
Dream Phone
You can still get a Dream Phone nowadays，but the original toy was clearly the best，and if you didn't ever play it at a sleepover，we highly recommend getting your girlfriends round for a game today.You never stop loving it —we promise.
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Tamagotchi Electrical Pet
For most 90s fellows，this was your first，and most beloved pet，until you forgot to feed it for a day，and those sad little cross eyes appeared.
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Mr.Potato Head
Can you believe the very first Potato Head came out in 1949？!It was actually the character's appearance in 1995 film Toy Story that brought him into fashion with children of the time.Hands up if you had his wife，Mrs.Potato Head，too.
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Mr.Bucket
Trying to get all four balls into Mr.Bucket's mouth using plastic spoons was a struggle we all faced at some point.He was discontinued in 2007，so if there's a copy in your cupboards，you've got yourself a little piece of toy history.
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（1）Which toy is the best for young girls as a Christmas gift？
A．Mr.Frosty.
B．Mr.Bucket.
C．Dream Phone.
D．Tamagotchi Electrical Pet.
（2）What can we know about Mr.Potato Head？
A．It came into being in the 1990s.
B．It gained popularity for a movie.
C．It was named after Mrs.Potato Head.
D．It was popular among film characters.
（3）How much should you pay for three Mr.Buckets？
A．﹩26.40.
B．About ﹩35.40.
C．﹩39.60.
D．About ﹩48.60.組卷：1引用：2難度：0.5 -
2． After wearing masks in public for three long years，many Japanese are signing up for smiling classes to learn how to smile again without looking awkward.
Smiling used to be a natural response，but apparently，three years of hiding behind a mask have left many Japanese unable to smile naturally.Some of them are now paying so-called smiling educators to teach them how to display their pearly whites again without looking awkward.They participate in specialized classes where they are taught how to stretch and flex various parts of their faces and even their neck muscles to smile properly and actually convey happiness without looking weird （怪異的）.
"A smile is only a smile if it's conveyed，" Keiko Kawano，a radio personality-turned-entrepreneur，told The Japan Times. "Even if you're thinking about smiling or that you're happy，if you have no expression，it won't reach the audience."
Kawano said that she has taught smiling classes to around 4，000 people so far and has also helped train around 700 certified "smile specialists" since she started her work in 2017.However，demand for her services has skyrocketed recently after people started giving up the masks they have been wearing for the last three years.
"I've heard from people who say that even if they're able to remove their masks，they don't want to show the bottom half of their faces，or that they don't know how to smile anymore，" smile trainer Miho Kitano said. "Some say that they see more wrinkles around their eyes after using them more to smile，or they feel like their face is drooping because they haven't been using it as much as before."
A standard smiling education class begins with a stretching session，after which participants are asked to pick up small handheld mirrors and observe themselves as they follow the instructions of a trainer who teaches them how to flex their facial muscles to convey the warmest and brightest expression of happiness possible.
（1）What does the underlined phrase "pearly whites" in paragraph 2 refer to？
A．Masks.
B．Teeth.
C．Faces.
D．Muscles.
（2）What are participants taught in smiling classes？
A．How to smile naturally.
B．How to show their emotions.
C．How to stretch their facial muscles.
D．How to observe themselves in a mirror.
（3）What can we learn from paragraph 4？
A．People started giving up the courses.
B．Kawano has taught 700 students in her courses.
C．Smiling courses are gaining increasing popularity.
D．Kawano failed to meet the demand of the students.
（4）According to Miho，some people are unwilling to show their faces because.
A．they are used to wearing masks
B．they haven't smiled for a long time
C．they don't know how to convey happiness
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3． Obesity （過度肥胖） may damage the brain's ability to recognize the sensation of fullness and be satisfied after eating fats and sugars，a new study found.
Further，those brain changes may last even after people considered medically obese lose a significant amount of weight — possibly explaining why many people often regain the pounds they lose.
The study，published Monday in Nature Metabolism，was a controlled clinical trial in which 30 people considered to be medically obese and 30 people of normal weight were fed sugar carbohydrates （glucose），fats （lipids） or water （as a control）.Each group of nutrients were fed directly into the stomach via a feeding tube on separate days.
The night before the testing，all 60 study participants had the same meal for dinner at home and did not eat again until the feeding tube was in place the next morning.As either sugars or fats entered the stomach via the tube，researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging （功能性磁共振成像） and single-photon emission computed tomography （單光子發(fā)射計算機斷層掃描技術(shù)） to capture the brain's response over 30 minutes.
In people with normal weight，the study found brain signals in the striatum （紋狀體） slowed when either sugars or fats were put into the digestive system — evidence that the brain recognized the body had been fed.At the same time，levels of dopamine （多巴胺） rose in those at normal weight，signaling that the reward centers of the brain were also activated.
However，when the same nutrients were given via feeding tube to people considered medically obese，brain activity did not slow，and dopamine levels did not rise.
Next，the study asked people with obesity to lose 10% of their body weight within three months — an amount of weight known to improve blood sugars，reset metabolism and boost overall health.
Tests were repeated as before — with surprising results.Losing weight did not reset the brain in people with obesity.
Much more research is needed to fully understand what obesity does to the brain，and if that is triggered by the fat tissue itself，the types of food eaten，or other environmental and genetic factors.
（1）What aspects did the researchers focus on in the study？
A．Blood sugars and metabolism.
B．Brain activities and dopamine levels.
C．Nutrients and the digestive system.
D．Food types and environmental factors.
（2）What can we know about the study？
A．The results were the same to people with different weights.
B．Brain signals slowed when nutrients were fed to overweight people.
C．Losing weight helped reactivate brain signals in overweight people.
D．Dopamine levels increased when nutrients were fed to people at normal weight.
（3）What is the author's attitude towards the research result？
A．Positive.
B．Neutral.
C．Unfavorable.
D．Uncertain.
（4）Where is this text probably taken from？
A．A science journal.
B．A sports newspaper.
C．A tour guidebook.
D．An entertainment magazine.組卷：2引用：3難度：0.5
寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分 40分）
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8．假定你是高中生李華，你所在的學(xué)校航模俱樂部近期將舉辦一次中學(xué)生航模作品展。請給你的交換生好友Penny寫封信，邀請她來參加。內(nèi)容包括：
（1）作品展的時間、地點；
（2）作品展的內(nèi)容。
注意：
（1）詞數(shù)80左右；
（2）可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。
參考詞匯：航模model aircraft
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9．閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開頭語續(xù)寫兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。
"Wow，these trees are so tall!" William shouted excitedly，while walking with his classmates in a forest near his school.They were on a field trip to the forest as part of a science lesson.
Over there，they met the forester（護林人），Victor.When William learned Victor lived in a simple wooden house there for years，he laughed at him with his friends.
Then，they passed by an entrance to a cave.William wanted to explore inside the cave，but his teacher didn't allow it. "I'll come back here，" he thought.On the way back to school，he remembered the exact location of the cave.
The next day，William asked his four friends to the cave together.They told their parents they would go to the library and return home in the evening.None of the teenagers told their parents about their plan to visit the cave.
When the teenagers reached the cave，they left their school bags outside to reduce the burden.One by one，they entered the cave.Just when they took a few steps inside，some rocks from the cave wall fell and blocked the entrance.
"How are we going to get out now？" one of the teenagers Sarah shouted.William had an idea and said， "Maybe we can try digging through the fallen rocks with our hands to reach the entrance." But realizing getting out of the cave only by their hands was impossible，they had great fear.The sun was about to go down.The teenagers started calling for help，but nobody could hear jye.aim.The teenagers were losing hope.
Victor happened to pass by the entrance to the cave，and five school bags caught his attention.He also heard some sounds coming from inside the cave. "Who's in there？" Victor shouted.
"I'm William!We came here yesterday with our teacher!" William replied instantly. "Help us，please!We are stuck!Sarah can't breathe here because of fear."
"Okay，calm down，children!" Victor said. "I'll help you get out!"
注意：
（1）續(xù)寫詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150左右；
（2）請按如下格式在答題卡的相應(yīng)位置作答。
Victor immediately called the first-aid center and rushed home.
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Soon，the teenagers walked outside the cave and took a deep breath in the fresh air.
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