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1、试卷类型A2023年广州市普通高中毕业班综合测试一英语2023.3考前须知：1. 本试卷分第I卷选择题和第II卷非选择题两局部。答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号和座位号填写在答题卡上。用2B铅笔将试卷类型A填涂在答题卡上的相应位置上。用2B铅笔在“考生号处填涂考生号信息点，修改时须用橡皮擦擦干净。因测试不考听力，第I卷从第二局部的“阅读理解开始，试题序号从“21开始。2. 作答第I 卷时，选出每题答案后，用2B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。写在本试卷上无效。3. 第II卷必须用黑色笔迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必写在载答题卡各题目
2、指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答无效。4. 考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。第I卷第二局部 阅读理解共两节，总分值40分第一节 共15小题；每题2分，总分值30分阅读以下短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最正确选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。AInside the Rain RoomThe Rain Room has arrived and local art lovers are taking notice. Is it worth the wait? Yes, I assu
3、re you it is. Once inside, visitors find a long, dark room with a high ceiling. A single bright light shines through heavy rain falling around visitors. The mist. The damp air. The noise. It feels like a mighty storm is pouring down. But the storm is inside. And visitors arent getting wet. Instead,
4、visitors wander in awe, admiring the rain and the artists who created it.The Rain Room was created to highlight the connection between humans, nature and technology. With a tracking system that senses movement and stops the rain wherever visitors move, it does just that. Light and sound produce an e
5、xperience that feels both natural and foreign. The exhibit is moving on to Atlanta next month. I urge you to visit before then. Its time to experience the Rain Room for yourself!Welcome to the Rain Rooml The Rain Room features falling water. Please be aware you may get slightly wet. However, visitor
6、s wearing raincoats will be turned away.l This exhibit features advanced technology. To ensure its effectiveness, please avoid wearing dark or reflective clothing.l Visitors are welcome to take photographs of the exhibit.l Children must be accompanied by an adult.l For the convenience of all guests,
7、 visits are limited to 10 minutes.21. Whats the purpose of the text?A. To attract visitors to a new art exhibit.B. To explain how an exhibit has been created.C. To describe the technology used in the exhibit.D. To promote the artists taking part in an exhibit.22. Whats the function of the exhibits t
8、racking system?A. To keep visitors from getting wet.B. To protect the exhibit from water damage.C. To time how long visitors are in the room.D. To count the number of visitors in the room.23. What must you do when visiting the Rain Room?A. Wear a raincoat.B. Wear dark clothing.C. Leave your camera o
9、utside.D. Pass through within 10 minutes.BDujiangyan is the oldest man-made water system in the world, and a wonder in the development of Chinese science. Built over 2, 200 years ago in what is now Sichuan Province in Southwest China, this amazing engineering achievement is still used today to irrig
10、ate over 6, 000 square kilometres of farmland, take away floodwater and provide water for 50 cities in the province.In ancient times, the region in which Dujiangyan now stands suffered from regular floods caused by overflow from the Minjiang River. To help the victims of the flooding, Li Bing, the r
11、egions governor, together with his son, decided to find a solution. They studied the problem and discovered that the river most often overflowed when winter snow at the top of the nearby Mount Yulei began to melt as the weather warmed.The simplest fix was to build a dam, but this would have ruined t
12、he Minjiang River. So instead Li designed a series of channels built at different levels along Mount Yulei that would take away the floodwater while leaving the river flowing naturally. Better still, the extra water could be directed to the dry Chengdu Plain, making it suitable for farming.Cutting t
13、he channels through the hard rock of Mount Yulei was a remarkable accomplishment as it was done long before the invention of gunpowder and explosives. Li Bing found another solution. He used a combination of fire and water to heat and cool the rocks until they cracked and could be removed. After eig
14、ht years of work, the 20-metre-wide canals had been carved through the mountain.Once the system was finished, no more floods occurred and the people were able to live peacefully and affluently. Today, Dujiangyan is admired by scientists from around the world because of one feature. Unlike modern dam
15、s where the water is blocked with a huge wall, Dujiangyan still lets water flow through the Minjiang River naturally, enabling ecosystems and fish populations to exist in harmony.24. What are the benefits of Dujiangyan according to the first paragraph?A. Reducing flooding and watering farmland.B. Pr
16、otecting the mountain and reducing the flooding.C. Watering farmland and improving water quality.D. Drying the river and supplying cities with water.25. What was the main cause of the Minjiang Rivers flooding?A. Heaving rainsB. Melting snow.C. Low river banksC. Steep mountains.26. How was Li Bing able to break through the rocks of Mount Yulei?A. By using gunpowder.
