广东省六校联考2025届高三上学期12月联考-英语试卷（含答案）.docx

广东省六校 2024-2025 学年高三上学期十二月联考英语试题
命题人：惠州一中 审题人：惠州一中
(满分 120 分，折算成 150 分计入总分。考试时间 120 分钟。)
注意事项：
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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 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Ai & Theatre: A Discussion at the Library for the Performing Arts
With the development of technology, there is the wide use of Al in many aspects of our lives.
The Library for the Performing Arts invites you to an afternoon discussion next Thursday. In the
discussion, the hope is neither to promote nor to denigrate (贬低) AI— instead, lectures will
allow listeners to have an open discussion about the potential impacts of Al on theatre at a
crucial stage in its technological advancement.
Seating Policy
Programs are free and open to all, but registration is requested a week earlier. Registered
guests are given priority and allowed to check in 15 to 30 minutes before the start time and
holding seats for anyone is prohibited. If you arrive after the program starts, your scat will be
arranged at a special place by our staff. Food or drink is not allowed inside.
Standby Line

If registration has ended, do not worry! We welcome you to the library regardless of
registration status and you can wait in our standby line. Five minutes before the program starts,
all remaining scats are released to attendees in the standby line. While this is not guaranteed, we
will do our best to get you into any of our programs.
Assistive Listening and Interpretation
Interpretation in English and the real-time caption (说明文字) are available on request.
Please submit your request at least two weeks in advance by emailing us at
[e-mail].
Audio and Video Recording
Programs may be photographed and recorded by the Library for the Performing Arts. If you
would prefer your image not to be photographed, please let us know and we can seat you
accordingly. Please note that all recordings, including professional video recordings, are not
allowed during the discussion.
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1. What's the purpose of the discussion?
A. To promote the application of AI. B. To appreciate the development of AI.
C. To explore the influence of Al on theatre.D. To compare theatre performances with and
without AI.
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2. What's the best way to attend if you miss sign-up?
A. Check in early to reserve a seat. B. Register at least a week in advance to secure a seat.
C. Wait in the standby line and hope for available seats. D. Arrive five minutes before the
program starts to get a seat.
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3. What can people do if they attend the discussion?
A. Request the real-time caption. B. Reserve a seat for someone else.
C. Capture photos during the event. D. Stream the discussion in real time.
B
Do I think the sky is falling? Sort of.
My husband and I were recently in Egypt, where the temperature reached 113 degrees, a
bit warm for my tiny princess self. Medic, medic! So, we left Egypt. Back home, my dearest
friends struggled with health stuff, with family craziness, with damaged children both young and
grown.

The game of life is hard, and a lot of us are playing hurt. I ache for the world but naturally
I'm mostly watching the Me Movie, where balance and strength are beginning to fail. What can
we do as the creaking (嘎吱响的) elevators of age slowly descend? The main solution is to get
outside every day, ideally with friends. Old friends-even thoughts of them-are my comfort.
Recently I was walking along a beach with Neshama. We go back 50 years. She is 84, short
and strong. Every so often, she bent down somewhat tentatively and picked up small items into a
small cloth bag. “What are you doing?” “I'm picking up micro litter. I try to help where I can.”
I reminded her of an old story. A great warhorse comes upon a tiny sparrow lying on its back
with its feet in the air, eyes tightly shut with effort. The horse asks it what it's doing. “I'm trying
to help hold back the darkness.” The horse roars with laughter. “That is so funny. What do you
weigh?” And the sparrow replies, “One does what one can.” This is what older age means; we do
what we can.
We continued our walk. Neshama bent to pick up bits of litter and started to slip, but I
caught her and we laughed. We are so physically vulnerable in older age. We have caught each
other a lot and have come through some periods of darkness and overwhelming losses, but
friendship makes it all a rowing machine for the soul. We can take it as long as we feel and give
love, and laugh gently at ourselves as we fall apart. We know by a certain age the great lies in our
life~~ if you do or achieve this or that, you will be happy and rich. No. Love and service make us
rich.
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4. What does the author think of her present life?
A. She enjoys making new friends.B. She feels more struggles over aging process.
C. She finds it challenging to handle family crises. D. She wants others to learn from her life
experiences.
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5. What message does the story of the sparrow convey?
A. Age makes small efforts less meaningful over time.
B. Strength in numbers is necessary to change the world.
C. Even the smallest action will contribute to a bigger result.
D. Every small action counts, no matter how insignificant it seems.
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6. Which of the following can best describe Neshama?
A. Healthy and cautious. B. Caring and responsible. C. Cooperative and modest. D.
Educated and committed.
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7. What does the author suggest about the meaning of life in older age?

A. Love and acts of service bring true richness in life. B. Happiness is achieved through love,
rather than wealth.
C. Health and. independence are definitely the ultimate goals. D. True richness comes from
love, service, and achievements.
C
The corn eaten around the world today originated in Mexico nearly 10,000 years ago. From
the ancieat rituals of the Mayans to modern-day dishes like tortillas, com is central to culture,
cuisine, and identity in this region.
To protect this heritage, Mexico is fighting to phase out genetically modified (GM) US-grown
corn this year. The Mexican government claims that banning GM com will protect the country's
native com varieties. Yet the announcement aroused strong objections from the US, whose
largest annual customer for GM.com is often Mexico. The US claims that the GM ban breaks the
trade agreement between the two countries.
Mexico insists that modified seeds threaten Mexico's agricultural traditions and cultural
identity. In the US, most corn is grown with seed produced by large companies, which create just
a handful of genetically identical corn varieties grown at mass scale. In Mexico, however, seeds
come from seed-sharing practices among small-scale farms, which facilitates more diversity and
allows farmers to grow corn that ranges widely in color and size.
“Traditional varieties maintain a substantial amount of genetic diversity,” says Jeffrey
Ross-Ibarra, an ecologist at the University of California, but he doesn't think banning GM corn
will help preserve these varieties, and points to a decrease in small-scale farms as the greater
threat to native com. “If traditional farmers abandon subsistence farming(自给农业), we' re
potentially losing diversity whether that crop is GM or traditionally bred, so economic policy has
a much bigger impact on the risk of com diversity than an adoption of GM com.” Since Mexico
began importing US corn, small-scale farms have been declining.
Mauricio Bellon, a research professor at the Swett Center for Sustainable Foods Systems,
believes that while threatened species are often stored in gene banks, the relationship between
a farm er and their crop plays a crucial conservation role. “Evolution at scale continues with corn
in Mexico through millions of farmers,” says him.
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8. Why is Mexico prohibiting GM com?
A. To break the trade agreement. B. To cost the cost of importing corn.
C. To safeguard its own types of corn. D. To get rid of the dependence on the US.
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9. What is different in corn production practices between the US and Mexico from Para.3?

A. The scale of farm. B. The source of corn seeds. C. The ownership of farmland. D. The
concept between farmers.
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0. What does Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra believe is a greater threat to native corn varieties?
A. The adoption of GM corn. B. The decline in small-scale farms.
C. The lack of economic policy support. D. The disappearance of traditional farming
practices.
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1. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. Biodiversity contributes to species evolution. B. GM corn has negative effects on
traditional farms.
C. Gene banks effectively conserve endangered species. D. Traditional farming. practices
help in maintaining com varieties.
D
If a stranger offered you a free cookie, you might well eat it. But what if they offered to also
give you $2? You might politely decline and walk away thinking, “Something smells fishy.” In a
study published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, researchers found that people tend
to turn down offers of “free money” (as well as unusually high salaries or suspiciously cheap
services) because they seem “too good to be true.” The research bridges economics and
psychology to explain why financial attraction can backfire.
In the initial experiment, nearly 40 percent of participants ate a cookie offered freely,
compared with about 20 percent of those offered $2 as well. “People typically imagine things like
that someone did something disgusting to the cookie,” says study load author Andrew J. Vonasch,
a psychological scientist at University of Canterbury in New Zealand. Nine further experiments,
involving more than 4,000 participants, used online questionnaires to present other cases. These
included being offered money to accept a ride home, incredibly high construction-job wages and
surprisingly cheap flights. In each case, past a certain threshold (门槛), higher financial profit
reduced participants' potential of accepting the offer.
If someone seems to go against accepted norms such as self-interest without explanation,
we assume they have hidden motives and infer there will be “phantom costs”: imagined
consequences that reduce what Vonasch calls an offer's “psychological value”.
Factors beyond the present moment may come into play. “Understanding that others’
perceived over generosity may put us in their debt could also help explain people's reluctance,”
says Rachel McCloy, a psychologist studying decision-making at England's University of Reading.
“The old saying ‘there’ s no such thing as a free lunch’ is clearly alive and well.”

Another experiment found that high scorers on measures of distrust inferred more
phantom costs. The researchers also showed how to alleviate the effect: simply provide a reason
for the deal. The “cheap flights” experiment included a condition where the seats were revealed
to be very uncomfortable.
“Uncomfortable seats aren't typically a selling point,” Vonasch says. “But telling people the
seats were uncomfortable made them more willing to take them
because it was sufficient explanation.”
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2. What does the underlined word “backfire” in Para. 1 mean?
A. Result in an opposite effect. B. Boost the success of an offer.
C. Increase the appeal of a proposal. D. Cause a positive outcome unexpectedly.
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3. Why is the quote “there's no such thing as a free lunch” mentioned by the author?
A. To prove the phantom costs. B. To promote generosity in society.
C. To doubt hidden costs of generous offers.D. To remind people to be cautious of free
items.
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4. What helps make the “cheap flights” more acceptable according to the experiment?
A. Offering more flight credits. B. Discounting the price further.
C. Providing additional unrelated gifts.D. Giving a seemingly reasonable explanation.
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5. Which could be the best title for the text?
A. Why People Embrace High-Value OffersB. Why People Reject Free Money and Offers
C. Why Some Deals Seem Too Good to Be TrueD. How Offers of Money Increase Acceptance
Rates
第二节(共 5 小题;每小题 2.5 分,满分 12.5 分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多
余选项。
Boundaries are personal guidelines that define what is and is not okay in your interpersonal
relationships. As everyone has different needs and comfort levels, they. may appear different for
each person. Establishing healthy boundaries may provide such benefits. as avoiding burnout,
boosting self-esteem and maintaining personal space. Once you've set your boundaries, it's

crucial to review them on a regular basis to remain relevant to your life circumstances.
36 However, the question arises: how can you establish these boundaries in a healthy way?
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7 The way you set them reflects your attitude to taking responsibility in life. Taking the
time to think about your wants and needs in different situations will help you understand how
your values influence boundary-setting. Once you have made the list of your values, needs, and
wants, you should use knowledge to establish clear boundaries that respect yourself and those
around you.
Also, when you have identified your boundaries, it is important to communicate them
effectively. 38 Express your ideas in an open and straightforward manner and speak up for
yourself so that others can hear, understand and respect your needs. If tensions arise during a
conversation about setting boundaries, you'd better take a step back. Before restarting the
conversation, allow yourself or the other person to cool. down. 39
In addition to the points mentioned above, learning how to say "no" is essential. Saying
"
yes" to everything can result in stress, burnout, and frustration. Furthermore, it's vital to
evaluate what is acceptable and unacceptable. 40 If the situation persists, remove yourself from
it respectfully. You deserve more than surrounding yourself with people who don't value your
values.
A. Initially, identify your personal boundaries.
B. Honesty and respect play an essential key role in the process.
C. When you feel that someone has crossed your boundaries, remind them.
D. Consequently, setting healthy boundaries is essential in social interactions.
E. This contributes to finding possible solutions to issues regarding boundary-setting.
F. Pick up the conversation unless there appears another argument needed to be settled.
G. Keeping saying “no” to things you disapprove of helps to understand yourself better.
第三部分语言运用(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,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
On April 6,1909, six men claimed their place as the first explorers to reach the North Pole.
Many had tried