1、20222023衡水中学下学期高三年级五调考试英 语本试卷8页。总分150分。考试时间120分钟。第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节 （共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1When will Cathy start? AAt 6:00. BAt 6:10. CAt 10:00.2How does the woman feel about her life? ABored. BWorried. CTired.3Wh
2、ere does the conversation most probably take place? AIn a food market. BIn a music concert. CIn a cafe.4How much will the woman pay? A$25 B$30 C$355Whats the possible relationship between the speakers? AWorkmates. BClassmates. CTeacher and student.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，
3、从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6What day is it today? ATuesday. BWednesday. CFriday.7Why is the man calling Maria? ATo tell her good news. BTo say goodbye to her. CTo invite her to go with him.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8What are the speakers ma
4、inly talking about? AThe upcoming vacation. BThe weather of Kunming. CThe Chinese language.9In which season are they going to Kunming? AAutumn. BSummer. CSpring.10Whats the womans advice before going to Kunming? ATaking a Chinese course. BBuying a map in Chinese. CPreparing a Chinese-English diction
5、ary.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11Which subject did the woman choose? APhysics. BGeography. CChemistry.12What is the hardest part of the mans physics learning?ARemembering many maps. BLearning basic theories. CDoing many experiments.13What does the woman usually do in class?AShe takes detailed notes. BShe pict
6、ures the lectures.CShe records the lectures.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14What is the woman most probably? AA hostess. BA music fan. CA teacher.15What made Tony become a singer? AEuropean music. BHis gift for music. CHis family background.16Who impresses Tony most? AJohnson. BAnderson. CHis uncle.17Why will To
7、ny leave for Europe?ATo have a trip. BTo give a performance. CTo change his music style. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18What is Sununu encouraging girls to do?AGo back to school. BWork as a governor. CAsk him questions.19What do girls have to do in order to enter the competition? AWrite an article. BComplete a
8、 sentence. CMake a two-minute video.20How many ways do girls have to send their works to Sununu? A2 B3 C4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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。ACall for Entries: Young Women Writers Competition Guardian Weekend magazine is launching a writing competition for UK
9、 women aged 16-21 on the theme of “Conversations”.How to Enter All you have to do is submit a 700-word personal essay that shows off your talents-on the theme of “Conversations”. Did you have an unforgettable conversation with your grandmother about her youth that changed how you viewed her? Do you
10、find having certain conversations really hard, and if so, why? Is there a conversation you regret, or one you regret you never had? Were keen to hear about your personal experiences.The Prizes There will be one winner and two runners-up. The three winners will each receive 250. The winners will be n
11、otified by email or telephone on or before June 30, 2023 and given details of how to claim their prizes. As part of the editing process, the three winners will participate in a video call with a Guardian Weekend editor to discuss and edit their essay for publication The one overall winner will also
12、receive a one-to-one workshop with an editor.Rules Follow all the rules carefully to prevent disqualification. Only one entry is permitted per person. Entries on behalf of another person will not be accepted and joint submissions are not allowed. The competition opens at 9:00 am on May 22, 2023 and
13、closes at 11:59 pm on June 9, 2023. Entries received outside this time period will not be considered. Your entry must not be copied, and must not contain any third-party materials or content that you do not have permission to use. You must include your name, age and contact details, including your e
14、mail address and phone number.21Whats the theme of the writing competition? ARegrets. BConversations. CGrandmothers youth. DPersonal experiences.22What extra prize will the overall winner receive? AAn additional 250. BA video of the competition. CA prior notification of the win. DA one-to-one worksh
15、op with an editor.23Which of the following will result in disqualification? ACo-authoring an entry. BIncluding contact details. CMailing your entry on June l, 2023. DUsing others content with permission.BMy eighteen-year-old daughter Julia called twenty minutes after she left, saying she had an acci
16、dent. I grabbed my shoes and was in the car in less than a minute. When I finally saw her, I hugged her tightly. Then I looked at the other driver. Learning that he fell asleep behind the wheel at about seventy miles an hour when the speed limit was forty-five, I could have choked him. “It could hav
17、e been worse,” I reminded myself as she cried all the way to the doctors office. Luckily, four days after the accident, Julia felt better. At her appointment, her doctor cleared her to resume normal activities, including driving. But I could tell by her look that she had no intention of getting behi
18、nd the wheel.Later that day, I sat with Julia as she spoke on the phone with our insurance agent. On the phone, she was professional, telling the agent what had happened in a clear, brief way. I realized she sounded like an adult. And adults drive cars. I realized that no matter how I felt about it,
19、 allowing Julia to give in to her fear wasnt good for her. When she hung up, I hugged her. “Youre stronger than you think,” I said. “And tomorrow youre going to drive my car and meet your friends for lunch. You just have to push through the fear and do it, and it will get easier each time you do.” I
20、 ignored the fear in her eyes and the way my heart sped up when I thought about Julia behind the wheel again.The next day, Julia drove my car to meet her friends. As I watched her leave, I felt nervous and proud. She texted me when she got to the restaurant, and I felt my heart rate return to normal
21、. The tears Id been holding back all week flooded my eyes. Watching her leave the house without me for the first time since the accident was frightening, but it was also necessary.24What was the authors reaction to the drivers behavior? AShe almost burst with anger. BShe felt guilty for her daughter
22、. CShe felt sympathy for him. DShe was choked with sorrow.25What did the doctor suggest to Julia? AStaying away from driving. BAttending a driving lesson. CContacting the insurance agent. DRetaking her routine activities.26What did the author realize when Julia spoke on the phone? AThe driver took t
23、he blame for the accident. BThe accident had been worse than expected. CJulia should overcome the fear to drive. DJulia was smart to deal with any trouble.27Why did the author cry at Julias text? AJulia was good at learning to drive. BJulia recovered mentally and physically. CJulia had supportive fr
24、iends and parents. DJulia could look after herself when driving.CSet on a sloped plot(山坡) above Prague in the citys Troja district, Villa Sophia has no keys, no light switches and a piano that can play by itself. The house can close the windows when it rains and read aloud materials it has selected
25、from the Internet, based on the owners interests. “The house is like a brain,” said Michaela Pankova, who shares the home with her husband, Karel Panek, and their daughters. “It makes decisions for you based on previous experience.” The home, designed by the Prague-based firm Coll Coll, is intended
26、to go beyond automated to autonomous. “As we say, if we have to control it ourselves, its not smart enough,” said Mr. Panek, a computer scientist.The couple wanted no compromises in quality and efficiency. When they couldnt find a technology that met their standards, Mr. Panek, the brain behind his
27、homes brain, designed his own system. While family members go about their daily lives, the system collects data and evaluates that data in real time, then comes up with solutions and implements(实施) them. It can accept deliveries when the family isnt home, thanks to individual control of every door f
28、rom afar and evaluation of the homes external context. It can preheat the driveway to clear snow and ice(but only if it predicts its use, saving energy (otherwise) and lock the doors.Put energy efficiency, home security and convenience aside, the systems benefit is that in developing beyond a smart
29、home system to a smart home it frees the homeowner from the burden of constant control.Mr. Panek calls himself a technology optimist, but Mrs. Pankova said it took her some time to warm up to the system. “In the beginning I wasnt into the idea of living in an AI house,” she said. “During the time of
30、 the preparation and later the construction, I slowly started to be open to the idea.”28What can be inferred about the house from paragraph l? . AIt is located at the foot of a hill. BIt operates automatically. CIt frees the family from wind and rain. DIt is poorly equipped with furniture.29Who did
31、some extra work to improve the control system of the house? AColl Coll. BMrs. Pankova. CMr. Panek. DThe couples kids.30What is the best advantage of the smart home? APicking up deliveries. BSaving energy. CPreheating the driveway. DRemoving the task of constant control.31What do the underlined words
32、 warm up to probably mean in the last paragraph? AApply to. BAdapt to. CTurn to. DKeep to.DFoods high in sugar are unhealthy; but these additives are too delicious for many of us to give up or reduce in a way. What if we could somehow enjoy their taste without actually eating them? A student team ha
33、s now designed a spoon with a structure that stimulates taste buds(味蕾) to produce a sense of sweetness without adding calories or chemicals. The project follows previous work involving flavor-enhancing cutlery(餐具) like chopsticks that increase sweetness with a mild electric current.The five undergra
34、duate and graduate research students wanted to create a new spoon called Sugarware for people with disorders such as diabetes, with which sugar is largely off their menu.The new spoon would have several bumps(凸起) on its underside to press against the tongue. The bumps can be covered with a permanent
35、 layer of molecules(分子) called ligands. These ligands bond with taste-cell receptor proteins that typically react to sugar molecules or artificial sweeteners. The bond can activate nerve signals, causing the brain to register a sense of sweetness. A diner could thus stimulate sweetness receptors wit
36、hout actual intake of sugar or artificial sweeteners.This idea is similar to the previous work in that they all use cutlery to enhance taste without a user having to actually consume any sugar. “But the mechanism for stimulating the taste buds is completely different,” Shiyu Xu, one of the student r
37、esearchers, says. “It uses bumps and taste-bud-stimulating molecules rather than electricity.”“The idea is very creative,” says Paola Almeida, who is the global director of corporate innovation at candy maker Mars. But the products commercial success would require a significant behavioral shift amon
38、g consumers: Instead of adding the usual sugar or artificial sweeteners, “now were saying, Use this cutlery,” Almeida says. “It remains to be seen whether flavor-enhancing cutlery will catch on.”32What is paragraph 3 mainly about? AHow the new invention works. BHow a diner feels sweetness. CHow liga
39、nds and proteins link. DHow sugar molecules function33In what way is the previous flavor-enhancing cutlery different from Sugarware? AIt makes food more delicious. BIt sends out signals to the brain. CIt uses electricity to enhance taste. DIt reduces users food consumption.34What is Paola Almeidas a
40、ttitude to the future of Sugarware? APositive. BUncertain. CCritical. DWorried.35Whats the best title of the text? AStruggling for Low Sugar? -Try This Spoon BLooking for Delicious Food? -This Is How CWorking for Commercial Success? -Be Creative DDieting for Better Health? -Mind Sweeteners 第二节（共5小题；
41、每小题2.5分，共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。How to Increase Your Levels of Optimism The way in which you achieve your goals, face challenges, and overcome failures depends largely on your levels of optimism. Not everyone sees life in the same way. 36 Change your negative thoughts. Your
42、 mind takes in negative memories and makes them bigger and more significant than they really are. 37 The next step is to reduce them by comparing them to related or similar memories that are more pleasant. In this way, you gradually change them and select new thoughts. This requires a learning proce
43、ss thatll take some time to practice. However, with patience, youll achieve the desired results.Express gratitude. When you face a challenge, its advisable to figure out whats going well. By taking the time to do this, you allow yourself to register the positive aspects that you experience. To help
44、your brain store these positive events, you should take time each week to analyze what you should be grateful for. 38 Repeat positive affirmations(肯定). One key element for increasing your levels of optimism that you get with previous two steps is positive affirmations. In fact, these messages that y
45、ou repeat to yourself most regularly are the ones that you believe in and that determine your vision of life. 39 You can start with one or two affirmations that represent the values you want to live by and the goals you want to achieve. For example, tell yourself “Every day Im improving” or “Im livi
46、ng my best moment”. 40 Furthermore, itll make you stronger in the face of them and youll maintain your optimism.APeople tend to hold the same attitude towards life.BHowever, you can always train your mind to generate or maintain optimism.CThey must be repeated with strong belief and be a constant in
47、 your daily life.DFirst you should figure out what matters in your life and focus on positive messages.ETherefore, every time you have negative thoughts, analyze and view them more objectively.FThe next step is to let your loved ones know that you love them and youre grateful to them.GThe repetition
48、 of phrases similar to these will allow your mind to interpret negative events differently.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。 One snowy night, a pair of beagles（比格犬）was struggling on a rural highway. The father-to-be looked around anxiously, trying to
49、 seek 41 for his dear companion. Frequently he would look at her 42 , feeling guilty she labored along, her way made heavier by the new life growing inside her. They 43 for a warm, dry place. When her 44 came, it must not be out here along the roadway.As 45 would have it, Gus Kiebel, a county wildli
50、fe officer, who was driving home from work, spotted the pair. He 46 to the shoulder of the road immediately. The beagles made no effort to 47 when Gus bent down and stretched out his hands to them. Gus 48 their tags（狗牌）by his trucks headlights and tried to ring, but the falling snow 49 the screen. H
51、e placed the dogs in his truck, 50 his phone and called again. A man answered and instantly grew 51 when Gus told him why he was calling. I already gave them away,” the man responded coldly. Obviously, these beagles were 52 . Meeting their large begging eyes, Gus felt his heart 53 . “Putting them ba
52、ck in the snow is out of the 54 ,Gus thought to himself. “I must bring them home.” Its a simple story, but it speaks to the best of our nature: Kindness and love can keep cruelty and cold at 55 .41Ashelter Bshade Cinstructions Droutes42Apatiently Bhelplessly Cfondly Dproudly43Awaited Bprepared Cchee
53、red Dlonged44Atrouble Bopportunity Ctime Dturn45Alife Bluck Chistory Dnews46Apulled over Bturned up Cheaded off Dsped up47Asubmit Bbark Cstruggle Descape48Atore Badjusted Cuntied Dread49Acolored Bmisted Cdusted Ddamaged50Adried Bcharged Cexamined Dgrabbed 51Apersuasive Bdefensive Ccurious Dgrateful5
54、2Adiscovered Blicensed Cidentified Dabandoned53Aracing Bsinking Caching Dbeating54Ablue Bquestion Cway Dworld55Abay Bhand Cease Dpeace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。 Yunnan is the hometown of tea. It provides the ideal climate and the ecological environment for large-leaf t
55、ea trees, which are located in the 56 (region) along the Lancang River. Thousands of years ago, they formed those ancient tea plantations, 57 are the best gift that nature has granted us. 58 (preserve) the ancient tea trees, Yunnan Province has passed a protection regulation recently, 59 (clarify) t
56、hat wild and cultivated tea plants aged over 100 years should be better protected in the province. The new regulation, which came into force starting from March l,2023, 60 (prohibit) six kinds of behaviors that harm ancient tea plants 61 their growing environment. Unauthorized cutting and transplant
57、ation of ancient tea trees, carving tree branches, digging the roots, and damaging the ancient tea trees are all banned. Other 62 (legal) practices include using harmful chemical herbicides, releasing waste gas and water, as well as dumping and throwing waste 63 (casual) within the protection range
58、of the trees, according to the regulation. Yunnan has diverse resources of tea trees. The regulation also advocates proper research and 64 (apply) of Yunnans resources of ancient tea trees, raising varieties 65 new tea trees of good quality, as well as the establishment of relevant industrial chains
59、.第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）第一节（满分15分）假定你是高三学生李华，你的外国笔友Steve询问你的大学专业选择意向，请给他回封邮件，内容包括： 1感谢对方关心； 2你的选择； 3陈述理由。注意： 1写作词数应为80左右； 2请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。Dear Steve,Yours,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。 With the start of new school, freshmen of Hendersonville High School in Nashville were excit
60、ed to meet new classmates and teachers. Among them, however, 15-year-old Sergio Peralta was feeling very nervous because his right hand had never fully formed since he was born Going to a new school and being “different” are always scary. Sergio was particularly concerned with what his classmates wo
61、uld think of him.Sergios parents had trained him to use his left hand from an early age. As he grew up, he was used to not using his right hand. He could write with his left one and do some things with special tricks or techniques. Despite this, in the first day of new school, Sergio always felt lik
62、e hiding his underdeveloped right hand in his sleeve as if nobody would ever find out if he did so. It didnt take long for someone to learn Sergios secret. Jeff Wilkins, the teacher of Sergios engineering class, figured out that Sergio was missing part of his hand and decided to do something for the
63、 new student. Jeff had been leading a robotics project in the school and worked on 3D printing technology. Besides, he hoped to take advantage of this hands-on chance to help his robotics students learn more about engineering and how building a robotic hand worked. So in his class, Jeff announced wi
64、th great enthusiasm, “Youre supposed to be engineers, coming up with new ideas and solving issues. Now Sergio needs a new hand, so well work together to build Sergio a robotic hand.” His words fueled everyones curiosity and creativity. For the next four weeks, Jeff and his class including Sergio wor
65、ked on the project. After some precise measurements and research, the class put forward a design draft. Jeff made a few adjustments and gave them some practical suggestions. With access to online models and a 3D printer, they eventually created a robotic hand, which was intended to look good and wor
66、k well, like catching something.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。Then came the final testing day. The life-changing gift for Sergio drew huge attention.英语参考答案第一部分 听力15：BCCBB 610：ABABC1115:BCCAC 1620:BCBBA第二部分 阅读第一节21B22D23A24A25D26C27B28B29C30D31B32A33C34B35A36B37E38F39C40G41A42C43D44C45B46A47D4
67、8D49B50A51B52D53C5B55A56regions57which 58To preserve59clarifying60prohibits61and62illegal63casually 64application 65of第四部分 写作第一节Dear Steve,Thank you for caring about my major option. With so many majors to choose from, I feel it hard to make a decision. Everything taken into account, Id like to majo
68、r in medicine at college. The reasons are listed as follows.First, both my parents are medical workers, who have great influences on me. Besides, I do well in science in my studies, which may contribute to the major. Whats more, it is doctors and nurses that heal the wounded and rescue the dying, an
69、d I want to be one-of them. I will spare no effort to work for my ideal major and make my dream come true. Yours, Li Hua第二节Then came the final testing day. The whole class gathered in the science classroom, watching breathlessly as Jeff carefully loaded their self-made robotic hand onto Sergios righ
70、t arm. It fitted quite well! So excited was Sergio that his arm trembled slightly. Having put a baseball on the desk, Jeff signed to Sergio to pick it up. Slowly, Sergio extended his right hand and reached for the ball. Successfully he caught hold of it and everyone present broke into cheers! Holdin
71、g the ball, Sergio couldnt contain his tears. Never in his life did he expect to catch something with his right hand!The life-changing gift for Sergio drew huge attention. Jeff and his students became an instant hit and various media competed to cover the news. When interviewed about the intention o
72、f the project, Jeff said, “I intended Sergios robotic hand to show our support for him. Meanwhile, I hope to foster students scientific spirit through this hands-on operation.” His students stated that Jeff challenged them to transform abstract concepts into reality, from which they benefited greatly. Soon voluntary donations poured in, which would go to the schools scientific research and help students develop better.10学科网（北京）股份有限公司
