1、 - 1 - 广西 2020 年 5 月份高三教学质量诊断性联合考试 英语 考生注意： 1.本试卷满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟。 2.答题前，考生务必用直径 0.5 毫米黑色墨水签字笔将密封线内项目填写清楚。 3.考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上。选择题每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对 应题目的答案标号涂黑； 非选择题请用直径 0.5 毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区 域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效 。 4.本卷命题范围：高考范围。 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
2、 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。 1. Where does the conversation most probably take place? A. In a local clinic. B. In a kindergarten. C. In the mans house. 2. What made the womans parents put off the visit? A. An emergency. B. The woman
3、s plan. C. The mans disagreement. 3. What is the womans attitude towards J. K. Rowlings works? A. Uninterested. B. Cautious. C. Favorable. 4. What does the man mean? A. He doesnt know a ladys room. B. The ladys room can not be used. C. The woman should put up a sign. 5. Why does the woman decline to
4、 eat more? A. She is full. B. She is on a diet. C. The food isnt delicious. 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 - 2 - 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 can we know about Kate? A. She has been
5、 ill for weeks. B. She plans to rest for a while. C. She never listens to the man. 7. What will the man probably do? A. Pay a visit to Kate alone. B. Take Kate to the hospital. C. Meet Kate with the woman. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。 8. What does the man think of everything? A. Changeable. B. Difficult. C.
6、Boring. 9. What is the womans suggestion for the man? A. Going hunting. B. Finding a new job. C. Taking a holiday. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。 10. Why does the man call the woman? A. To rent some bikes. B. To ask her to buy bikes. C. To invite her out today. 11. How many motorbikes does the man need? A.
7、 One. B. Two. C. Four. 12. Where is the woman now? A. At No. 12 Burts Bicycle. B. At the Holiday Sun Hotel. C. At No. 100 Teckman Street. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。 13. When was the woman expected to hand in her report? A. On September 1. B. On September 3. C. On September 5. 14. What did the woman lea
8、ve out in her report? A. The taste of Starbucks coffee. B. Selections of Starbucks service. C. Starbucks great management. 15. What does the man suggest the woman do? A. Change a new topic. B. Work in a coffee shop. C. Write her report again. 16. What is the probable relationship between the speaker
9、s? A. Fellow workers. B. Boss and secretary. C. Teacher and student. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 - 3 - 17. How does Task Rabbit find people to offer help? A. By sending invitations door to door. B. By walking around the neighborhood. C. By using the Internet and smart phones. 18. What do Taskers do acc
10、ording to the speaker? A. Offer services they specialize in. B. Record good deeds in society. C. Observe busy peoples life. 19. What does the speaker say about the Taskers? A. They all turn the work into a full-time job. B. Theyve generally received high education. C. They have financial problems he
11、lping others. 20. Who is Leah Busque? A. The founder of Task Rabbit. B. A keeper at an animal shelter. C. A new worker for Task Rabbit. 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。 A The Berkshire Riding Centre Ltd is a highly recommended riding school. E
12、veryone is welcome. Whether you are an absolute beginner or have dreams of becoming an Olympic champion, we can design the right riding lesson program for you. Riding lessons for beginners We help kids from the age of 4 and adults learn to ride. We start beginners with half-hour private lessons whil
13、e they learn the basics. Once you ride independently (usually after 4-6 lessons), your instructor will recommend a suitable group. Private lessons We offer 1-to-1 private tuition(讲授)for riders of all levels. We start beginners with half-hour private lessons while they learn the basics and build thei
14、r confidence. The more experienced riders - 4 - will benefit from personal tuition too. Whether you want to improve specific aspects of your riding, or just enjoy riding, private lessons are tailored to your specific requirements. Group riding lessons We offer a broad range of group riding lessons,
15、from child or adult beginner to advanced dressage(花样骑术)lessons and jumping lessons. Call the office to discuss the weekly Group Lesson Schedule on 01344 884992. Riding lessons on your own horse We also welcome horse owners who would like to bring their own for either one-off lessons or a concentrate
16、d course of lessons to improve their riding. Your horse is going or to prepare you both for competitions. Pricing is the same. How to book your riding lesson Call the office on 01344 884992 or email us on infobrc. co. uk. We are open 7 days a week and have evening riding lessons on Tuesday, Wednesda
17、y, Thursday and Friday. Our three all-weather schools, two outside and one inside, make us have good all-year-round riding. Note: All new riders, regardless of their abilities, must have a 30-minute assessment lesson so that we can design the most appropriate plan for them. 21. When are beginners li
18、kely to ride on their own? A. Before having three private lessons. B. Before building up their confidence. C. After meeting with their instructors. D. After taking about five riding lessons. 22. How can learners discuss their schedules of group riding lessons? A. By making calls to the office. B. By
19、 visiting the riding school in person. C. By writing to group members. D. By writing emails to their instructors. 23. What are all new riders required to do? A. Take four evening riding lessons. B. Get assessed for proper programs. C. Spend half an hour riding horses. D. Offer plans on how to ride h
20、orses. B After a Blockbuster store in Australia closes on March 31, the American city of Bend, Oregon will have the only one left on Earth. For years, Blockbuster was a big name in the video rental business. The company had - 5 - thousands of stores in the United States and around the world. But Blo
21、ckbuster began to lose money during the 2000s. By 2014, all company-owned stores had closed. Since then, locally owned Blockbusters have closed, one by one. Operating the last Blockbuster Video on Earth is not easy. The computer system uses old disks that only the stores general manager knows how to
22、 use. The video rentals are recorded on a kind of aging tape. The tape cannot be replaced because Radio Shack, another once famous store, went out of business. Sandi Harding has worked at the Blockbuster in Bend for over 15 years and is the stores general manager. She says “stubbornness“ is part of
23、the reason the store is still open. “We did everything we could to cut costs and keep ourselves relevant.“ she said. Zeke Kamm lives in Bend. He is making a documentary about the store with his friend. He notes that many people who rented videos over the years want to share memories of their experie
24、nces. Kamm explained how Blockbusters were once an important part of a small town in America. The Blockbuster was the only place that was open past nine at night, and a lot of them stayed open much later. Recently, Harding has noticed that more children are coming to the store, brought in by their p
25、arents who like remembering the past. Jerry Gilless and his wife, Elizabeth. on a trip to Oregon, recently brought their two children, aged 3 and 5, to the store in Bend. They watched with a smile as their children walked from row to row, looking at movies. “How could we not stop? Its the last one.“
26、 said Gilless. “They need to see that not everythings on the iPad.“ 24. What is the third paragraph mainly about? A. The popularity of the video rental business. B. The special computer system of the last store. C. The value of the last Blockbuster on Earth. D. The difficulties of running the last B
27、lockbuster. 25. Why is the Blockbuster store in Bend still open? A. It has a long history in all Blockbuster stores. B. Its employees try their best to keep it running. C. Its general manager is a very stubborn woman. D. It is a place where people can watch old movies. - 6 - 26. What is the document
28、ary of Zeke Kamm probably about? A. Peoples experiences of sharing their own memories. B. Zeke Kamms work with his friend in the Blockbuster. C. Peoples memories of renting videos in the Blockbuster. D. Blockbusters important role in a small town of America. 27. Whats the best title for the text? A.
29、 Oregon Will Have the Last Blockbuster on Earth B. Different Opinions About the Last Blockbuster C. People Are Interested in the Last Blockbuster D. A Documentary About the Last Blockbuster C When my 8-month-old cries. I ask him if hes hungry, or wet or just needs a hug. “Babububuu,“ he says. What I
30、 need is a baby cry translator. Thats just what a team of researchers say theyve developed. “Experienced nurses or pediatricians(儿科医师)can identify why a baby is crying because they have experience,“ says Lichuan Liu, a professor of electrical engineering at Northern Illinois University, who conducte
31、d the research. “We talked to them, and they mentioned that based on the crys sound therere some clues(线索).“ So Liu set out to identify the features of cries that can help mark them as expressions of pain or discomfort. These features include differences in pitch(音高)and frequency. The team then deve
32、loped an algorithm(算法)based on automatic speech recognition to detect and identify these features. This “cry language recognition algorithm“ was trained on recordings of baby cries taken from a hospital. It uses compressed sensing, a process that reconstructs a signal based on incomplete data. It ca
33、n identify a baby cry against a background of, say, adult speech or loud television sounds. By classifying different cry features, like pitch, the algorithm can suggest whether the cry is due to sickness or pain, and identify the degree of urgency. The team had experienced pediatric care providers a
34、ssess forty-eight baby cry recordings for probable cause of crying-hunger, tiredness, etc. They then compared these to the algorithms assessments. The algorithm agreed with the humans 70% of the time. Generally, so-called - 7 - “uncommon cry signals“-signs of pain or sickness-are high-pitched and ve
35、ry loud compared to ordinary crying. Liu and her team continue to train the technology for greater accuracy. They also plan to add more features, like the ability to identify and classify movement and facial expressions. This could help give a more detailed reading of a babys emotional(情感的)and physi
36、cal state. They also hope to begin human trials in the near future. 28. The author mentions the 8-month-old child to . A. draw attention to baby cries B. prove baby cries are common C. lead in a translator for baby cries D. show the use of cry translators 29. What inspired Lichuan Lius idea of doing
37、 the study? A. Pediatric care workers words. B. The pediatricians strong requests. C. Her own nursing experiences. D. Her doubts about the previous research. 30. What did the researchers do in the study? A. They collected baby cries from big hospitals. B. They got 48 baby cry recordings evaluated. C
38、. They created an automatic speech recognition. D. They analyzed cry features with compressed sensing. 31. What can we know about Lius cry language recognition algorithm? A. It has been widely used in daily life. B. Its mainly meant for hungry cry signals. C. It has been proved effective on babies.
39、D. Its only been tested on recorded cries now. D Genetic modification(基因改良)dates back to ancient times, when humans influenced genetics by selectively breeding organisms (培育生物)according to an article by Gabriel Rangel, a public health scientist at Harvard University. When repeated over several gener
40、ations, this process leads to great changes in the organisms. Dogs were likely the first animals to be purposefully genetically modified, with the beginnings of that effort dating back about 32.000 years, according to Rangel. Wild wolves joined our hunter-gatherer ancestors in East Asia, where the a
41、ggressive canines(犬科)were kept in the household and bred to become docile and easier to get along with. Over thousands of years, people bred dogs with different desired character and physical characteristics, eventually leading to the wide - 8 - variety of dogs we see today. The earliest known genet
42、ically modified plant is wheat. This valuable crop is thought to have originated in the Middle East and northern Africa in the area known as the Fertile Crescent, according to a 2015 article published in the Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine. Ancient farmers selectively bred wheat gr
43、asses beginning around 9000 B. C. to create improved varieties with larger grains and hardier seeds. By 8000 B C. , the cultivation(培养)of improved wheat had spread across Europe and Asia. The continued selective cultivation of wheat resulted in the thousands of varieties that are grown today. Corn h
44、as also experienced some of greatest genetic changes over the past few thousand years. The main crop was changed from a plant known as teosinte, a wild grass with tiny ears and only a few seeds. Over time, farmers selectively bred the teosinte grasses to create corn with large ears bursting with see
45、ds. Beyond those crops, many of the fruit and vegetables we eat today, including bananas, apples and tomatoes, have experienced several generations of selective raising, according to Rangel. In 1973, researchers also modified bacteria to be used as drugs. In 1982, human insulin (胰岛 素)made from genet
46、ically engineered bacteria, became the first genetically engineered human drugs approved by the FDA. 32. What does the word “docile“ in paragraph 2 most probably mean? A. Gentle. B. Loyal. C. Smart. D. Ambitious. 33. How did the ancient farmers try to improve wheat? A. Through selective cultivation.
47、 B. By editing its genes constantly. C. Through mixture with teosinte. D. By planting it in large numbers. 34. What can we infer about genetic modification? A. It is rarely seen in daily life. B. It was quite difficult to accept. C. It is hardly influenced by humans. D. It played a role in medical f
48、ield. 35. From which section of a newspaper is the text most probably taken? A. Health. B. Lifestyle. C. Science. D. Agriculture. 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。 - 9 - There are a lot of benefits to staying physically fit. Youll have more energy, youll look gre
49、at, and youll notice improvements in your health. 36 However, if you focus on exercise, you can make a lot of healthy physical changes. Find the time. Exercise is one of the most important aspects in staying (or becoming) fit and healthy. 37 Try scheduling your exercise the same way that you schedule other appointments and work. Youll be more likely to stick to it if its on the calendar(日历). 38
