1、秘密启用前银川市银川市2023年普通高中学科教学质量检测英语年普通高中学科教学质量检测英语考生作答时，将答案答在答题卡上，在本试卷上答题无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。注意事项：1答题前，考生务必先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上，认真核对条形码上的姓名、准考证号，并将条形码粘贴在答题卡的指定位置上。2选择题答案使用2B铅笔填涂，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案的标号；非选择题答案使用0.5毫米的黑色中性（签字）笔或碳素笔书写，字体工整、笔迹清楚。3考生必须按照题号在答题卡各题号相对应的答题区域内（黑色线框）答题，写在草稿纸上、超出答题区域或非题号对应的答题区域的答案一
2、律无效。4保持卡面清洁，不折叠，不破损。第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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。例：How much is the shirt？A.19.15.B.9.18.C.9.15.答案是C。1.Where isAmy now?A.In Seoul.B.In Beijing.C.In London.2.W
3、hat does the man mean?A.His mother likes apple pie.B.The apple pie tastes very good.C.Hell make apple pies for his mother.3.Why does the woman talk to David?A.To make an apology.B.To ask for a favor.C.To invite him over.4.What is the relationship between the speakers?A.Classmates.B.Teacher and stude
4、nt.C.Salesman and customer.5.What time is it now?A.6:00 pm.B.7:00 pm.C.8:00 pm.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。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 does the man plan to do this afternoon?A.Go swimming.B.Go to class
5、.C.Go to the library.7.What does the woman offer to do for the man?A.Collect information for his paper.B.Help him with his chemistry.C.Teach him to study math.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8.How long can the mans holiday last?A.5 days.B.7 days.C.9 days.9.How does the woman feel now?A.Excited.B.Tired.C.Disappointed
6、.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10.Why is the woman really angry about the dormitory?A.It is rather dirty.B.It is extremely small.C.It offers a broken key.11.What is the mans attitude toward the womans complaint?A.Impatient.B.Angry.C.Understanding.12.Where is the woman arranged to live for the time being?A.In the
7、 dormitory.B.In a hotel nearby.C.In her roommates house.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13.Where did the ship turn over?A.In Port of Midia.B.In a port in SaudiArabia.C.In the open sea near Romania.14.What happened after the ship turned over?A.Some crew members died.B.75 sheep were killed.C.Most of the sheep died.1
8、5.How did the man learn about some dying sheep last year?A.From a newspaper.B.From an online video.C.From an article on the Internet.16.What is the weather like today?A.Foggy.B.Cold.C.Hot.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.Who can take part in the contest?A.Students in grades 2 to 9.B.Students in grades 2 to 8.C.
9、Students in grades 2 to 7.18.How often is the Noetic Learning Math Contest held?A.Oncea year.B.Twice a year.C.Once every two years.19.What are students required to do during the contest?A.Solve 45 problems in an hour.B.Solve 10 problems in half an hour.C.Solve 20 problems in 45 minutes.20.What will
10、the highest scorer of each team receive?A.A“Team Winner”medal.B.A“TeamAchievement Plaque”.C.A“National Honor Rollmedal.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。AHalf the SkyPrice:$10.69Publication date:6/2010ISBN:978-0-3073-8709-7Pages:320With Pulitzer Prize winners
11、 Nicholas D.Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides,we undertake anadventure through Africa and Asia to meet the extraordinary women struggling there.Among them are aCambodian teenager sold into slavery and an Ethiopian woman who suffered impressive injuries in childbirth.Drawing on the breadth of t
12、heir combined reporting experience,Kristof and WuDunn describe our world withanger,sadness,clarity and hope.Show Your WorkPrice:$11.49Publication date:3/2014ISBN:978-0-7611-7897-2Pages:224Show Your Work is about why generosity trumps genius.It is not self-promotion;it is self-discovery-letothers int
13、o your process,and then let them steal from you.Filled with illustrations,quotes,stories and examples,Show Your Work offers ten transformative rules for being open,generous,brave and productive.Born a CrimePrice:$18.00Publication date:11/2016ISBN:978-1-5318-6504-7Pages:264Born a Crime is the story o
14、f a naughty young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles tofind himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist.It is also the story of that young mans relationshipwith his fearless,rebellious,and extremely religious mother,a woman determined to save her son from the cycleof
15、 poverty,violence,and abuse that will eventually threaten her own life.EducatedPrice:$15.09Publication date:2/2018ISBN:978-0-3995-9050-4Pages:352Born in the mountains of Idaho,Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom.Herfamily was so isolated from mainstream society tha
16、t there was nobody to ensure that the kids received education.When one of her brothers got himself into college,Tara made up her mind to start a new life.Her thirsty forknowledge changed her,taking her over oceans and across continents,to Harvard and to Cambridge University.21.Which of the following
17、 describes the story of a boys growth?A.Half the Sky.B.Show Your Work.C.Born a Crime.D.Educated.22.How much will you pay at least if you buy three different books?A.$40.18.B.$43.78.C.$44.58D.$37.2723.What can be learnt from the book Educated?A.It describes how Tara Westover became successful as a ch
18、ild.B.Tara Westovers brother encouraged her to receive education.C.Receiving education transformed Tara Westovers life.D.It encourages people to share things with others.BJonathan the tortoise,the worlds oldest land animal,turned 190 over the weekend on the island of St.Helena,where he enjoyed a“cak
19、e”of leafy greens,seasonal fruits and vegetables,including carrots carved into thenumber“190”.Jonathan was brought to St.Helena from the Seychelles in 1882 as a gift.According to Guinness WorldRecords,Jonathan surpassed the previous record holder,Tui Malila,who lived in the 1770s until 1965 and coul
20、dbe even older.He arrived in St.Helena as a fully mature tortoise,meaning he was at least 50 in 1882.“The vet is still feeding him by hand once a week to boost his calories,vitamins,minerals and trace elements,as he is blind and has no sense of smell.His hearing,however,is excellent and he enjoys th
21、e company of humans,and responds well to his vet Joe Hollinsvoice as he associates him with a feast.”Guinness World Records said.“The tortoise enjoys the sun but on very hot days takes to the shade.On mild days,he will sunbathe his longneck and legs stretched fully out of his shell to absorb heat an
22、d transfer it to his core,”saysHollins.When its cold,Jonathan has been known to“dig himself into leaf mold or grass cuttings and remainthere all day.”In most cases,the lifespan of a tortoise or turtle depends on the species and level of care they receive.Generally,they live much longer in captivity
23、than in the wild,because in the wild,they must find their own foodin addition to evading predators while not getting medical treatment.Larger turtle and tortoise species also tend tolive longer than their smaller counterparts.Click here for more information about animal record holders.24.In which ye
24、ar might Jonathan be born?A.In 1882.B.In 1832.C.In 1965.D.In 1770.25.Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the text?A.Jonathan had a birthday cake made of fruits,vegetables,and meat.B.Jonathan was born and raised on the island of St.Helena.C.Jonathan is a very old but healthy tortois
25、e with full senses.D.Jonathan is the Guinness World holder of the oldest land animal.26.Which of the following is not a reason why a tortoise in the wild has a relatively shorter lifespan?A.Species differences.C.Lack of medical treatment.B.Food shortage.D.Animal enemies.27.Where can readers probably
26、 find the article?A.In a biology textbook.C.In a science fiction.B.On a news website.D.In a travel brochure.CFor the past three decades,Richard Sears,aged 71,has been dedicated to one thing:telling the stories behindChinese characters.His interest in Chinese language and characters dates back to 197
27、2,when he was 22,majoring in physics atPortland State University in Oregon.“I realized only 7 percent of the world speak English as a mother tongue.Iwondered what it was like to speak another language.By 1990,Sears was already a fluent Chinese speaker,butdid not know how to read.To Sears,the charact
28、ers were complex with many strokes（笔画）and almost noapparent logic.“I am a physicist,so I dont like blind memorization in learning languages.I knew that Chinese characterscame from pictographs（象形文字）and I wanted to know the stories behind them.”In the process of the study,Sears soon realized that many
29、 of the explanations could not possibly be true.To pick out the good ones,hedecided to computerize the characters,and then scanned about 96,000 ancient characters.The database of ancient characters came into being,but he wanted to explain the step-by-step evolvement ofthese characters from the origi
30、nal pictographs to the modern simplified forms.He then got his website up in 2002and named it Chinese Etymology（词源），where viewers can check for free the evolvement of Chinese charactersin various forms.Between 2002 and 2011,the website would get 11,000 or 15,000 hits a day.Suddenly,in January2011,cl
31、icks to the website went up to 600,000 within one day.Overnight he became Uncle Hanzi,a nicknamegiven by Chinese netizens,after one of them shared his website on Chinese social media.Besides the website,in September last year,Sears set up his studio,focusing on applying AR,animation andartificial in
32、telligence to telling stories of Chinese culture and character origins,in Nanjing as part of the localauthoritys plan to cultivate talent in the culture sector.“They have both entertainment value for the young andeducational value and can teach the origins of Chinese characters.We also want to make
33、videos with a higheducational value for other platforms for Chinese and foreign learners of Chinese characters.”Sears says.28.What do we know about Richard Sears?A.He has made an exploration into Chinese characters.B.He learned Chinese to improve his physics.C.He was fluent in reading Chinese from t
34、he beginning.D.He was concerned about the spread of his mother tongue.29.What does the underlined word“ones”in Paragraph 3 refer to?A.Characters.B.Explanations.C.Pictographs.D.Languages.30.What can be inferred about Sears website?A.It gained popularity shortly after its establishment.B.It has made a
35、 big profit from netizens visiting it.C.It concentrates on the simplification of Chinese characters.D.It bridges the evolvement of Chinese characters to the public.31.Which of the following best describes Richard Sears?A.Ambitious and humorous.C.Enthusiastic and devoted.B.Wise but careless.D.Generou
36、s but stubborn.DSomeday,you may no longer need to brush your teeth by hand.Instead,a group of billions of nanoparticles（纳米粒子）could automatically do it for you.It would be especially life-changing for those who find it difficultor impossible to hold and move a toothbrush.Steager,an engineer at the Un
37、iversity of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and Hyun Koo,an inventor and dentalresearcher there，found a way to form the nanoparticles into long，skinny bristles（刷毛），a lot like the ones ona toothbrush.But these bristles shape-shift to fit whatever surface they encounter.The tooth-cleaning robot works due
38、 to two magnets（磁 铁）.One goes each side of the teeth.Thenanoparticles sit in a liquid between the magnets.When the magnets are turned off,the nanoparticles moverandomly in the liquid.As soon as one magnet gets turned on,the nanoparticles gather together near its center.When the researchers turn on t
39、he other magnet and turn off the first one,the nanoparticles extend outward in long,skinny bristles.When theres a tooth in the way,these bristles cant stretch out as far as they want.So they pushagainst the tooths surface.If theres a gap between teeth,they push into the gap.Moving the magnets makes
40、thebristles move against and between teeth.All that motion cleans the teeth.As a bonus,the nanoparticles also havestrong power to kill viruses.The new device is just a proof of concept.The researchers still need to turn it into a product that people willwant to use.“Theres a lot of engineering to ge
41、t from here to there,but every good idea needs to have a start.”saysSteager.32.What is special about the tooth cleaner?A.Its transformable.C.It contains skinny bristles.B.Its water-proof.D.It looks like a toothbrush.33.What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?A.The working principle.C.The virus-killing proc
42、ess.B.The magnets motion.D.The bristles formation.34.How does Steager feel about the future of the device?A.Uncertain.B.Concerned.C.Confident.D.Shocked.35.Which of the following would be the best title?A.ATooth-Cleaner Fighting BacteriaC.A Breakthrough in MedicineB.A New Concept for a New StartD.ASh
43、ape-Shifting Robotic Tooth-Gleaner第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Some people love setting goals each Jan.1.36.However,there is indeed a logic to joining the New Yearsresolution trend.If you are to increase the chances of sticking to your resolution,behavioral scientist
44、s havediscovered techniques that may help.Make it measurableAn unclear,poorly-defined target,like“get fitter”,is a reason for a failed resolution.To increase your chancesof success,ask yourself what you consider“fitter”,and how you can make it.A better solution might be“run 5km a day”.37.Specific go
45、als allow you to keep track of progress,which in turn can get you motivated.Make it funIf you get delight form your workouts or study sessions,research has found that you will carry on longer.38.For instance,treating yourself with a coke during the sessions so there is an attraction to get you to th
46、e library.39Ensuring you will face some punishment if you dont achieve your New Years resolution can work wonders.An effective way to do this is by telling some people about your goal so you will feel ashamed if they check backlater and find out that you havent followed through.Get help from your pe
47、ers.Spending time around high achievers can help promote your own performance.If you have made a resolutionto run a marathon,it would be wise for you to start hanging around friends who have make it to the finish line andcan show you how it is done.40,because you are bound to learn their patterns of
48、 behavior.A.Make a resolution listB.Figure out a punishmentC.You are extra motivated to set your goalsD.You will pick up a bit just by spending time togetherE.You could even add deadlines for reaching certain important stagesF.Others argue it is a waste of time since most resolutions fail by mid-Mar
49、chG.One way to make going for a goal more fun is to combine it with a pleasure第三部分 语言知识与运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。People may misunderstand what they used to be familiar with.I remember a 41 professor,invited to ourschool,taught stress management
50、 principles in a school hall 42 with students.As she 43 a glass of water,each of us expected wed be asked the 44“glass half-empty or glass half-fullquestion.45,with a smile on her face,the professor asked,“How 46 is this glass of water Im holding?”All of us shouted out answers ranging from 8 ounces
