1、第 1 页 共 8 页重庆八中高2023届高考热身练习英语试题第一部分 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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。例:How much is the shirt?A.19.15.B.9.18.C.9.15.答案是C。1.What does the man want to do?A.Take photos.B.Buy a camera.C.Help the woman.2.W
2、hat are the speakers talking about?A.A noisy night.B.Their life in town.C.A place of living.3.Where is the man now?A.On his way.B.In a restaurant.C.At home.4.What will Celia do?A.Find a player.B.Watch a game.C.Play basketball.5.What day is it when the conversation takes place?A.Saturday.B.Sunday.C.M
3、onday.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，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。6.What is Sara going to do?A.Buy John a gift.B.Give John a surprise.C.Invite John to France.7.What does the man think of Saras plan?A.F
4、unny.B.Exciting.C.Strange.听第7段材料，回答第8，9题。8.Why does Diana say sorry to Peter?A.She has to give up her travel plan.B.She wants to visit another city.C.She needs to put off her test.9.What does Diana want Peter to do?A.Help her with her study.B.Take a book to her friend.C.Teach a geography lesson.听第8段
5、材料，回答第10至12题。第 2 页 共 8 页10.Why does the man call the woman?A.To tell her about her new job.B.To ask about her job program.C.To plan a meeting with her.11.Who needs a new flat?A.Alex.B.Andrea.C.Miranda.12.Where is the woman now?A.In Baltimore.B.In New York.C.In Avon.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13.What does Jan
6、consider most important when he judges a restaurant?A.Where the restaurant is.B.Whether the prices are low.C.How well the food is prepared.14.When did Jan begin to write for a magazine?A.After he came back to Sweden.B.Before he went to the United States.C.As soon as he got his first job in 1982.15.W
7、hat may Jan do to find a good restaurant?A.Talk to people in the street.B.Speak to taxi drivers.C.Ask hotel clerks.16.What do we know about Jan?A.He cooks for a restaurant.B.He travels a lot for his work.C.He prefers American food.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.What do we know about the Plaza Leon?A.Its a new
8、 building.B.Its a small town.C.Its a public place.18.When do parents and children like going to the Plaza Leon?A.Saturday nights.B.Sunday afternoons.C.Fridays and Saturdays.19.Which street is known for its food shops and markets?A.Via del Mar Street.B.Fernando Street.C.Hernandes Street.20.Why does t
9、he speaker like Horatio Street best?A.It has an old stone surface.B.It is named after a writer.C.It has a famous university.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。AOnline dictionaries have become part of the writing and reading culture.Considering that there are
10、several of them,youneed to know what dictionary to use in different situations.The following gives you a detailed outlook of the best dictionarieson the web,their unique features,and their advantages and disadvantages.Collins DictionaryFeaturing over 4.5 billion words,it is one of the best platforms
11、 for learners and teachers.Its search engine enables you toselect the word by just typing a few letters.However,it doesnt feature urban words and that the translator mode doesnt第 3 页 共 8 页always give correct translations.Urban DictionaryUrban dictionary is an online platform where you can find urban
12、 words or slang expressions.Although it doesnt comehandy for scholars,it can help you understand slang or urban words you come across around the web.You sometimeshave to do many searches to get desired results.Oxford DictionaryKnown as the best tool for students and learners,it helps define words bo
13、th in British and American English.Forclearer understanding,Oxford dictionary offers pictures,example sentences,and audio pronunciation,among others.It isthe ideal dictionary to use when writing a research paper,but is sometimes criticized for complex word definitions.Cambridge DictionaryThis dictio
14、nary is another highly respected online dictionary for official and academic purposes.It has threeoutstanding features which are dictionary,grammar,and translator.The dictionary supports translation for over 20languages.Sometimes you may meet lots of information that might make it hard to get desire
15、d results.21.What makes users dissatisfied with Collins Dictionary?22.Which dictionary features slangs?23.What do Oxford Dictionary and Cambridge Dictionary have in common?BWhich of these ingredients(原料)have you cooked with or eaten,wild rice,rabbits or roses?Actually,they were partof Native America
16、n cuisine in the past.Sean Sherman is a chef from the Oglala Lakota tribe,who is attempting somethingremarkable.Through his company and his restaurant,Sherman is bringing these ingredients back into the public eye.ean Sherman grew up on the Pine Ridge Reservation.As a reservation kid,Sherman usually
17、 didnt have access tohigh-quality or tasty food.His family relied on the Commodity Supplemental Food Program,which meant canned goods,tasteless food,and powdered milk.After high school,Sherman started working for the Forest Service.As part of his job,he had to learn the names of the plants,which rai
18、sed his curiosity about indigenous(本土的)plants and foods.Sherman started doing lots of research on his own,and he started his company in 2014.A few yearslater,Sherman opened his restaurant Owamni,where he showed native ingredients and flavors.The mostsignificant part that features the restaurant is t
19、he native ingredients,none of which is related to Europeancivilizations.The vibe in the restaurant is totally unique as well.There,a lot of people are really struck by it,because its not typicalto be able to go someplace and see their native foods on the menu,see native people cooking the food and l
20、isten to nativemusic.Therefore,its a wholly unique experience and its something thats really special.Native cuisine allows native people to explore their histories and cultures.It supports local businesses and comeswith a host of health benefits.“We should have native restaurants in every city to sh
21、ow the diversity and flavors of all thedifferent tribes across North America and thus have a future where native cuisine is more widespread,and ingredients aremore familiar and well known,”Sherman explains24.When did Sean Sherman become interested in native foods?A.Outdated words.B.A small vocabular
22、y.C.Frequent searches.D.Some bad translations.A.Collins Dictionary.B.Urban Dictionary.C.Oxford Dictionary.D.Cambridge Dictionary.A.They present a lot of pictures.B.They provide various translations.C.They define words in a complex way.D.They are useful for research purposes.A.As he was a reservation
23、 kid.B.Before he entered high school.第 4 页 共 8 页25.What is the most important feature of Shermans restaurant?A.The ingredients used are native.B.Native music is played all the time.C.Diverse ingredients are combined in each dish.D.It is a reflection of modern native civilization.26.What does the und
24、erlined word“vibe”in paragraph 4 mean?27.Why does Sherman suggest each city should have native restaurants?CShopping is not as simple as you may think!There are all sorts of tricks at play each time we reach out for thatparticular brand of product on the shelf.Coloring,for example,varies according t
25、o what the producers are trying to sell.Health foods are packaged ingreens,yellows or browns because we think of these as healthy colors.Ice cream packets are often blue and expensivegoods,like chocolates,are gold or silver.When some kind of pain killer was brought out recently,researchers found tha
26、t the colors turned the customers offbecause they made the product look weak and ineffective.Eventually,it came on the,market in a dark blue and whitepackageblue because we think of it as safe,and white as calm.The size of a product can attract a shopper.But quite often a bottle doesnt contain as mu
27、ch as it appears to.It is believed that the better-known companies spend,on average,70 per cent of the total cost of the product itselfon packaging!The most successful producers know that its not enough to have a good product.The founder of Pears soap,whofor 25 years has used pretty little girls to
28、promote their goods,came to the conclusion:“Any fool can make soap,but ittakes a genius to sell it.”28.Which of the following may trick a shopper into buying a product according to the text?29.The underlined part“the colors turned the customers off”(in Para.3)means that the colors.30.Which of the fo
29、llowing is the key to the success in product sales?31.Which of the following would be the best title for this text?DA new study,led by Huijeong Jeong and Vijay Namboodiri of the University of California,San Francisco,C.After he worked as a chef in a restaurant.D.When he was working in the forest dep
30、artment.A.Service.B.Decoration.C.Scenery.D.Atmosphere.A.To boost the profits of local businesses.B.To help native people to honor their history.C.To present and promote the native cuisine.D.To serve foods with various health benefits.A.The cost of its package.B.The price of the product.C.The color o
31、f its package.D.The brand name of the product.A.attracted the customers stronglyB.had weak effects on the customersC.tricked the customers into shoppingD.caused the customers to lose interestA.The way to promote goods.B.The discovery of a genius.C.The team to produce a good product.D.The brand name
32、used by successful producers.A.Choice of Good ProductsB.Disadvantages of ProductsC.Effect of Packaging on ShoppingD.Brand Names and Shopping Tricks第 5 页 共 8 页has turned the world of neuroscience(神经科学)on its head.It proposes a model of associative learning which suggests that researchers have got thi
33、ngs backwards.Theirsuggestion,moreover,is supported by a series of experiments.The old model looks forward,association cause witheffect.The new one does the opposite.It associates effect with cause.They think that when an animal receives areward(or punishment),it looks back through its memory to wor
34、k out what might have caused this event.Looking atthings this way deals with two things that have always made the old model hard to understand.Making predictions basedon every single possible cue(暗 示)would be somewhere between difficult and impossible.It is far simpler,when ameaningful event happens
35、,to look backwards through other potentially meaningful events for a cause.In practice,however,it is hard to distinguish experimentally between the two models.And that is especially true ifyou do not even bother to look-which,until now,people have not.Dr.Jeong and Dr.Namboodiri have done so.They con
36、ducted 11 experiments that were designed specifically for thepurpose.During these they measured,in real time,the amount of dopamine(多 巴 胺)being released by the nucleusaccumbens,a region of the brain in which dopamine is involved in learning and addiction.All of the experiments camedown in favor of t
37、he new model.“The study is thought-inspiring and represents a stimulating new direction,”says Ilana Witten,a neuroscientist atPrinceton University uninvolved with the paper.More experiments will be needed to confirm the new findings.But if confirmation comes,it will have influencesbeyond neuroscienc
38、e.Dr.Namboodiri thinks so,and is exploring the possibilities.Evolution has had hundreds of millionsof years to better the process of learning.So learning from nature is rarely a bad idea.32.What is the main idea of Paragraph 2?A.The differences between the two learning models.B.The disadvantages of
39、the old learning model.C.The difficulty in conducting the experiments.D.The daily learning behavior of animals.33.What is an animal thought to do in the old model?34.Why did Dr.Jeong and Dr.Namboodiri conduct the experiments?35.What is Ilana Wittens attitude towards the new study?第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分
40、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，其中有两项为多余选项。When we answer questions with silence,it is often very powerful indeed.36 For some people,silence comesnaturally.But there are quite a few of us who need to learn the art of practicing silence.Read on for more reasons to trysilence in your daily communi
41、cations.Silence gets peoples attentionIf you have ever been in a classroom,you have most likely experienced how silence often gets everyones attention.When the teacher stops talking,a signal goes to the brain that something has happened.37 The same is true in our dailyconversations.If we fall silent
42、,people will notice it and we gain their attention.Silence uses body languageOften our body language is a more powerful way of communicating than what comes out of our mouth.38 Theability to understand and use body language is a powerful tool that can help you connect with others,express what youA.I
43、t looks backwards for a cause.B.It associates effect with cause.C.It ruins the old learning model.D.It makes predictions based on cues.A.To argue against the new findings.B.To confirm their new model of learning.C.To test the efficiency of the two models.D.To highlight the importance of dopamine.A.N
44、egative.B.Carefree.C.Favorable.D.Doubtful.第 6 页 共 8 页really mean,and build better relationships.Silence offers sympathy for othersThere are times in life when silence offers sympathy and understanding to others.Sometimes we simply dont havethe right words to communicate to someone who is struggling
45、with a hurtful or painful situation.But we can still showthem that we care and we are there for them.39Silence is polite40 They may be radio broadcasts,news channels,stores and the constant chatter of people around us.So when wedo get the chance to talk,we usually feel like we have to fill every tho
46、ught into a short period of time.However,when weare silent we give others a chance to speak.We show them that they matter.A.We can offer comfort by our calming silence.B.The silence often leaves the other person puzzled.C.To comfort them,you may tell them a similar painful situation.D.Often the othe
47、r person would quickly get the needed answer in silence.E.Our facial expressions,eye contact,and even tone of voice speak the loudest.F.We live in a society where we are fighting with so many sources of information.G.All of a sudden,you pay attention and wonder why communication has stopped.第三部分 语言运
48、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。Hello,Mr.Wi-Fi.Life without you is next to impossible.Were happy to sing your name from morning till evening,sometimes till dawn.Though I know you 41 me and of great benefit,sometimes you are making me do things with 42attenti
49、on.Many times,I promise myself that I ll 43 my feelings towards you,but you re 44 me closer and closer Youve entered both my home and my workplace.You re just a window for our 45 and information.But we people arent 46only with the window.We need more.So we open all our doors for you.Is this a(n)47 o
50、r some kind of attachment?If thisis an illness,is it curable?And if this is an attachment,will you 48 me the lifelong togetherness?We want you all days.Cant you take a few days off so that both you and I can 49?You re a poison not a 50 butsuper-fast poison which holds our mind and makes us dance to
51、your tune.Nowadays you re so 51 that anyone can buyand make you become our companion.You ll never be bothered about our health but we ll always be 52 about your“health”,because you accompany us everywhere and never let us alone.If you were a 53 person made of flesh and blood,would we love you the sa
52、me?You control us with your numeroustalents and we even cant get rid of you.We all are your 54.Sometimes I wonder how people in the previous generations 55 without you,but if they did,why cant we livewithout you?41.A.stopB.disturbC.trustD.help42.A.praisedB.dividedC.focusedD.increasedB.bring back43.A
53、.keep onC.give upD.lead to44.A.drawingB.pushingC.forcingD.observing45.A.contributionB.argumentC.entertainmentD.struggle46.A.strictB.busyC.generousD.satisfied47.A.diseaseB.inspirationC.routineD.situation48.A.recommendB.intendC.adaptD.promise49.A.stayB.relaxC.progressD.balance50.A.slowB.pleasantC.usef
54、ulD.rare51.A.traditionalB.valuableC.affordableD.attractive第 7 页 共 8 页第二节(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。Kites,which were invented over 2,000 years ago in China,are believed to be the earliest flying objects 56(create)by humans.After centuries of development,kites have become one
55、 of the countrys representative traditional handicrafts,showing 57(it)charm and gaining popularity all over the world.In 2006,kite-making technique was included on the listof Chinas national intangible cultural heritage.Currently,the Chinese kite-making technique 58(involve)four steps:making the fra
56、me,pasting paper onto theframe,painting and decorating it and then mastering the art of flying the kite.59 most distinctive kite-making techniquecan be found in Weifang,which has developed its own unique characteristics based 60 traditional kite-makingcraftsmanship.This city is 61(wide)regarded as t
57、he birthplace of many popular flying toys.62can be chosen as thethemes of Weifang kites are incredibly different,including birds,fish,cultural relics,historical figures and legends.Today in Weifang,there are virtually no limitations on the shapes or sizes of kites,which can be made 63(present)people
58、 s ideals and aspirations.This diversity can be observed at the annual Weifang International Kite Festival,which64(hold)on the third Saturday of every April since 1984.People from over 30 countries and regions around the worldtake part in the festival every year.During the festival,the skill of kite
59、-flying is demonstrated through many aerial(空中的)65(compete).第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)第一节(满分15分)假设你是李华，你校英文网站举办智能机器人设计征文大赛，你设计了一款智能英语学习助手。请你写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：1.设计目的；2.功能介绍；3.你的期望。注意：1.写作词数80左右；2.可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯。My Intelligent Robot for Learning English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。Eric was a nine
60、-year-old boy who lived with his single mother,Stacey and sister,Lily.They lived a hard life.Eric feltbad for their situation but worse for himself,especially in school.Erics leather boots were worn out.They didnt protect his feet from the rain,and his socks became totally wet as waterwent through t
61、he holes in his shoes.Stacey attempted to fix the holes but it was no use.Eric still walked to school withthat pair of broken shoes.How much he wished he could also have new comfortable and expensive shoes his classmateswore!One day,Eric returned from school and complained to Stacey,“It was raining
62、today.Water has leaked into my shoesagain.I hate my boots!Why cant you get me new ones?”Stacey was sad and helpless.“I spent our last savings on yoursisters medicine.Shes sick.Eric,you know that.You need to act like a responsible big brother!”she answered.Tearswelled up in Erics eyes.“I hate you!”he
63、 shouted.“You only care about Lily!You dont love me!”Then he cried and ran tohis room.52.A.sureB.concernedC.excitedD.curious53.A.selfishB.dishonestC.responsibleD.real54.A.friendsB.slavesC.colleaguesD.employers55.A.sufferedB.connectedC.survivedD.surfed第 8 页 共 8 页After preparing dinner,Stacey went to
64、his room with his dinner plate.“Im sorry,Eric,”she whispered to comforthim.“Were going through a very tough journey recently.But Ill get you new shoes in the future.”However,Eric refusedto listen to her.The next day,when Eric went to class,he took his seat quietly and hid his feet under his chair,as
65、 usual.He wasembarrassed to show his boots.As the math teacher Mrs.Fletcher entered the class,all the students greeted her.“Today,we have a very special friend with us,”she smiled.“Everyone,*please welcome Ben,your new classmate.”Soon after,aboy with a pair of crutches(拐杖)entered.The new boy only had one leg.Eric was shocked.He and all his classmatesthought how unlucky Ben was and that he must be very shy and sad.注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；2.请按如下格式在相应位置作答。At that moment,Mrs.Fletcher asked Ben to introduce himself.Inspired by Ben,Eric realized he should appreciate what he had.
