1、渭南市渭南市2023年高三教学质量检测（年高三教学质量检测（II）英语试题英语试题注意事项：1本试卷由选择题和非选择题两大部分组成，共12页。选择题包括第一、第二和第三部分第一节；非选择题为第三部分第二节和第四部分。全卷满分150分。考试用时120分钟。2考生领到试卷后，须按规定在试卷上填写姓名、准考证号，并在答题卡上填涂对应的信息点。3所有答案必须在答题卡指定区域内作答。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第I卷（选择题共100分）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
2、，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.9.18C.9.15答案是C.1.How does the girl feel about joining the team?A.Surprised.B.Proud.C.Worried.2.What did Janet do without Jim?A.She created some new clubs.B.She sta
3、rted the school store.C.She changed the meal plan.3.How long did the womans passport take to arrive?A.7 days.B.2 weeks.C.3 weeks.4.What would the man go to the festival for?A.The foreigners.B.The costumes.C.The food.5.What does the man suggest the woman do?A.Praise the coaches.B.Thank the supporters
4、.C.Talk about the sports players.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至7题。6.Where did the woman hear about the new classrooms?A.From an official.B.From the headmaster.C.From a math te
5、acher.7.When will the announcement probably be made?A.On Monday.B.On Wednesday.C.On Friday.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8.How does the girl feel about giving speeches?A.Lucky.B.Nervous.C.Afraid.9.Why does the girl want to speak in front of thousands of people?A.To get more cheers.B.To get her message out.C.To be
6、come more popular.10.What will the girl probably do in the future?A.Inspire other voices.B.Become a politician.C.Travel around the world.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11.Where did the woman find the advertisement?A.On the boat.B.On the Internet.C.In the newspaper.12.Why is the woman looking to buy a boat?A.Becau
7、se of the storm.B.Because of her business.C.Because of a new hobby.13.What is the relationship between the speakers?A.Co-workers.B.Neighbors.C.Family.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14.What is the mans first question?A.How long the sale will last.B.Where the sale is going to be.C.How many items are on the list.15.
8、What does the man want to buy?A.The upright frame.B.Some colored paint.C.The painting brushes.16.When will the product be delivered?A.In one week.B.In two weeks.C.In three weeks.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.What did Jon work as first?A.A host.B.A politician.C.A comedian.18.Who does Jon prefer to interview?A
9、.People who are ignored.B.People who make lots of money.C.People who helped him get famous.19.When did Jon start hosting The Daily Show?A.In 2016.B.In 2015.C.In 1999.20.What is Jon fighting for currently?A.Helping heroes in debt.B.Preparing for bad events.C.Collecting money for the government.第二部分 阅
10、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。Four Chinese Language Learning Apps Du Chinese Du Chinese is an App that helps to improve your Chinese reading skills.You can read by yourself or listen to a recording and read along.The characters and pinyin layout（布局）look very co
11、mfortable.You can easily turn the pinyin on and off and switch Chinese characters between Simplified and Traditional.It supports English translations for single words and sentences.The materials are labeled from HSK（汉语水平考试）level 1-6It is easy to find material for your level.Zizzle If you have troubl
12、e memorizing Chinese characters,then Zizzle will definitely help you.This App breaks down characters into their component parts.Then,they use images and a short story to help you remember these components.Most of the stories are funny enough to be memorable.It presents an effective,novel,and fun way
13、 to learn and memorize Chinese characters.If you are a total beginner,I can safely say you will know hundreds of characters in few days and be able to read them confidently.Chineseclass101 Chineseclass101 has an extensive collection of listening materials covering all levels.Each lesson has notes th
14、at include the key grammar point broken down clearly along with Chinese cultural insights.The lesson dialogue will hel you understand real life conversations in China and will definitely help you improve your listening skills.It also offers an interactive voice recorder tool which lets you record yo
15、ur pronunciation and compare it to that of a native speaker.Hello Chinese Hello Chinese is a powerful learning tool that can help you overcome the fear of learning Chinese.This App focuses on daily life topics.It starts from basic pinyin,so that even if you are a total beginner or have absolutely no
16、 background in Chinese,you can still learn with it.What is special is that this App allows you to listen and record your own voice,and to help you check automatically if your pronunciation is correct.21.What do we know about Du Chinese?A.Its materials are graded by difficulty.C.Its users are basical
17、ly school students.B.It can switch between two languages.D.It is designed for language tests.22.Which of the following Apps are especially suggested for beginners?A.Du Chinese and Zizzle.C.Zizzle and Hello Chinese.B.Chineseclass101 and Zizzle.D.Du Chinese and Hello Chinese.23.What do Chineseclass101
18、 and Hello Chinese have in common?A.They help improve pronunciation.C.They teach useful listening skills.B.They are targeted at advanced learners.D.They offer reading materials on daily life.B Rocky Lyons was five years old when his mother,Kelly,was driving along the country road with him.He was asl
19、eep on the front seat of their truck,with his feet resting on her lap.As his mom drove carefully down the winding country road,she turned onto a narrow bridge.The truck hit a rock and slid off the road.She attempted to bring it back up onto the road by pressing hard on the gas pedal（踏板）and turning t
20、he steering wheel to the left.But Rockys foot got caught between her leg and the steering wheel and she lost control of the truck.The truck fell into a 20-foot ravine（峡谷）When it hit the bottom，Rocky woke up“What happened,Mom?”he asked.“Our wheels are pointing toward the sky.”Kelly was seriously woun
21、ded and blinded by blood.“Ill get you out,Mom,announced Rocky,who had surprisingly escaped injury.He climbed out from under Kelly,slid through the open window and tried to yank his mother out.But she didnt move.“Just let me sleep，”begged Kelly，who was out of consciousness（意识）.Rocky insisted，“Mom,you
22、 cant go to sleep.”Rocky managed to push Kelly out of the truck and told her hed climb up to the road and stop a car to get help.Fearing that no one would be able to see her little boy in the dark,Kelly refused to let him go alone.Instead they slowly moved up to the road.The pain was so great that K
23、elly wanted to give up,but Rocky wouldnt let her.Rocky kept repeating the inspirational phrase,“I know you can.I know you can.”When they finally reached the road,Rocky broke into tears seeing his mothers torn face clearly for the first time.Waving his arms and shouting,“Please stop!”the boy stopped
24、a truck.His mother was sent to hospital.It took eight hours to rebuild Kellys face.She looks quite different today-she has a few scars but has recovered from her injuries.Rockys heroics were big news.Everyone was surprised at this little boys power.“Its not like I wanted it to happen,”the boy explai
25、ned.“I just did what anyone would have done.”“If it werent for Rocky,Id have died,”said his mother.14.What do we know about Rocky and Kelly?A.They were lost on a country road.B.They were involved in a truck accident.C.They had limited time to find their way.D.They knew little of what happened to the
26、m.25.What had happened when Rocky woke up?A.The truck had turned over.B.He couldnt find his mother.C.He had been stuck in the truck.D.His mother had passed out.26.What does the underlined word“yank”in paragraph 3 most probably mean?A.Pull.B.Drive.C.Follow.D.Carry.27.Which of the following words can
27、best describe Rocky?A.Enthusiastic and kind.C.Cooperative and generous.B.Courageous and calm.D.Adventurous and energetic.C British programmer Joshua Browder is helping people save much money on legal fees with his latest project-the worlds first robot lawyer.The 19-year-old first started the project
28、 last summer as a free website to help people appeal unfair parking tickets.He came up with the idea after getting a series of tickets himself for unimportant reasons.Having wasted hours writing appeals to these tickets,he realized that many people have no time or legal knowledge to appeal So he dec
29、ided to create a robot lawyer,which he named DoNotPay.DoNotPay was a success,and the tech genius has gone a step further with the website.converting（转变）it into a robot lawyer equipped to help with various legal issues.“The robot can handle parking ticket appeals and delayed flights/trains.It can als
30、o answer some general legal questions like I cant afford my ticket.What do I do?”said Browder.To use the service,users need to go to the website DoNotPay.co.uk and sign up for free.Once signed in,the robot will ask the user questions about their situation.When it has collected enough information,and
31、 if the person has legal grounds for an appeal,the robot will create a letter for the person to use.Browder said he received good advice from his professors at Stanford University.“Initially,I thought the best way to go about it was to create many individual rules for it to follow,”he explained.“How
32、ever,I quickly failed with this approach because there are thousands of ways to say the same thing and it would be impossible to catch everyone.The breakthrough came when learned how to create a way for the robot to learn and compare phrases itself,so that it doesnt matter how the user phrases his o
33、r her requests.”So he programmed the robot to use text comparison that includes keywords,word order and pronouns.And the more people use the robot，the better the algorithm（演算法）gets.But herere situations where the robot cant help.”If the robot cant answer,it provides helpful massage offering the user
34、 some sample phrases or the choice of contacting me directly,”Browder said.“On the backend,whenever the robot cant answer,I get noticed and work as quickly as possible to add functions for any future requests of a similar nature.”“I think it does a reasonable job of replacing parking lawyers,”Browde
35、r told Tech Insider.“I know there are thousands of programmers with more experience than me working on similar issues.If it is one day possible for any citizen to get the same standard of legal representation as a billionaire,how can that not be a good thing?”28.What made Joshua Browder decide to de
36、velop the robot lawyer?A.His interest in law and robot.B.Being often fined for serious reasons.C.Realizing peoples need to write appeals.D.A waste of much money in appealing.29.What can the robot lawyer do at present?A.Deal with some common legal issues.B.Create a computer program to serve its users
37、.C.Recommend some useful legal websites to users.D.Teach the users to write a letter of appeal.30.What did Browders professors advise him to do about his robot?A.Store enough legal knowledge in it.B.Teach it to communicate with its users.C.Create enough individual rules for it to follow.D.Enable it
38、to learn and compare phrases on its own.31.What is Browders attitude to the worlds first robot lawyer?A.Unclear.B.Cautious.C.Proud.D.Negative.D When you go to the desert with David Strayer，a cognitive（认知的）psychologist，dont be iurprised if he sticks electrodes（电极）to your head.On the third day of a ca
39、mping trip in Utah,Strayer explains the“three-day effect”to 22 psychology students.Our brains,he says,arent tireless machines;they are easily tired by our fast-paced,increasingly digital lives.But when we slow down,stop the busywork,and seek out natural surroundings,we not only feel refreshed but al
40、so improve our mental performance.Strayer has demonstrated as much with a group of participants,who scored 50 percent higher on creative problem-solving tasks after three days of wilderness（荒野）backpacking.Strayers hypothesis（假设）is that being in nature allows the prefrontal cortex（前额皮质），the brains co
41、mmand center,to rest and recover,like an overused muscle.Strayer has his students put my head into a sort of bathing cap with 12 electrodes in it.Wires from them will send my brains electrical signals to a recorder for analysis.Then I walk carefully to a grassy bank along the San Juan River,where Im
42、 supposed to think of nothing in particular,just watch the wide water flow by.I havent looked at a computer or cell phone in days,and its easy to forget for a few moments that I ever had them.A few months after our Utah trip,Strayers team sends me the results of my test,which shows my brain waves at
43、 a range of frequencies and confirms that the gentle beauty of the San Juan River succeeded in quieting my prefrontal cortex.So far the other research subjects results also confirm Strayers hypothesis.But no study can offer a full explanation of the brain-on-nature experience;something mysterious wi
44、ll always remain,Strayer says,and perhaps thats as it should be.“At the end of the day,”he says,“we come out in nature not because science says it does something to us but because of how it makes us feel.”32.Why do Strayer and his students go to the desert?A.To relax themselves.B.To conduct a study.
45、C.To learn about the desert.D.To experience life without digital products.33.What is the third paragraph mainly about?A.Findings of Strayers research.B.Reason for Strayers research.C.Method for Strayers research.D.Purpose of Strayers research.34.What do we know about Strayers hypothesis?A.There is n
46、o convincing evidence for it.B.No researchers show interest in it.C.It has proved false.D.A full explanation is needed for it.35.What is the best title for the text?A.Enjoy Yourself in Nature.B.My Unique Experience in the Desert.C.How Does Nature Inspire Creativity.D.Is Nature Your Brains Powerful M
47、edicine.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。Sometimes you just want to get away.Your older brother and his friends are constantly amped in front of the TV,your baby sister wont stay out of your room,and you want some time for yourself.But when you get it-maybe at a friends
48、house for an all-weekend DVD marathon or on spring break at Disney World-youre surprised to find yourself missing the chaos at home a bit.Whats that all about?36 When youre homesick，you might feel nostalgic（怀念的）for familiar things like your family,friends,pets,house,or neighborhood.Homesickness isnt
49、 only for kids.37Teens might get homesick when they leave home for the first extended period of time,like during a vacation with a friends family.Familiar surroundings,people,and routines provide people with a sense of security and comfort.38Those homesick feelings are completely normal.39 Others ma
50、y feel physical symptoms,like stomachache or headache,or even become truly depressed.Most of the time,once the new surroundings and people become more familiar,feelings of homesickness go away.If you have additional stress in your life-like a divorce or a death in the family-homesickness can be more
