2022-2023学年宁夏银川市西夏区高三上学期期末考试英语试卷（Word版 听力

银川市西夏区2022-2023学年高三上学期期末考试

英语 试卷

(试卷满分 150 分，考试时间为 120 分钟)  

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l.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。

1. What does the man imply?

A. The woman should continue her work.

B. The woman has to put off her trip.

C. The woman can have a day off.

2. Where does the conversation take place?

A. In a restaurant.         B. In a car.            C. At the man’s.

3. What did the speakers plan to do?

A. Move house.      B. Clean the apartment.     C. Have lunch together.

4. When will the speakers make some preparations?

A. Thursday.         B. Wednesday.            C. Tuesday.

5. Who are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. The man’s wife.     B. The man’s kid.         C. The woman’s kid.

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，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。

6. What do we know about Lily?

A. She is the speakers’ neighbor.  

B. She is one of the man’s net friends.  

C. She is the man’s girlfriend.

7. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The woman has more than 200 net friends.

B. The man always goes out with his friends.

C. The man isn’t good at communicating face-to-face.

听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。

8. What are the speakers doing?

A. Watching a performance.   B. Waiting for registration.    C. Applying for a course.

9. What happened to the man?

A. He didn’t take his records with him.

B. He couldn’t remember his social security number.

C. He forgot taking his ID card.

听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。

10. Who does the woman play?

A. Scarlet.        B. Julia.        C. Rhett’s sister.

11. Why did the man say “cut”?

A. The camera was not ready.

B. The woman forgot the dialogue.

C. The woman didn’t speak with a southern accent.

12. Which of the following is true about southern dialect of American English?

A. “I” sounds like “AH”.

B. “R” sounds at the end of the words are often raised.

C. “R” sounds at the beginning of the words are not pronounced.

听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。

13. What do we know about the woman?

A. She wants to get more information.

B. She wants to buy an apartment

C. She wants to bargain with the man.

14. How much is the house on Salisbury Road?

A. 90 pounds per week.      B. 120 pounds per week.     C. 140 pounds per week.

15. What can the woman expect in the one on Wicken Street?

A. A shared kitchen.     B. A shared bathroom.         C. A double bedroom.

16. Which one does the woman plan to look around?

A. The one on Salisbury Road.

B. The one on Wicken Street.

C. The one on Silwood Street.

听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。

17. When does the trip begin?

A. This weekend.       B. Next Monday.       C. Next weekend.

18. Who should probably sign the note?

A. Students.        B. Students’ parents.        C. The tour guide.

19. What should students bring?

A. An extra pair of shoes.     B. Enough fruit.      C. Their own lunch.

20. What do we know about the bus?

A. It carries a first-aid case.    B. It is a new one.   C. It will leave from the side gate.

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 local transport in Liverpool City Region is convenient for visitors to go around. The following are some means of transport for you to choose from.

By Train

Merseyrail trains run frequently throughout the day across 68 stations in and around the Liverpool area. With 4 city centre underground stations，you can easily get around the city. You can now buy tickets online. Your ticket will be emailed straight to you，so you don't have to think about it at the station，just jump on the train and enjoy your journey!

By Bike

    Liverpool is easy to get around by bike. Bike parking can be found on the Liverpool Cycle Map. If you're arriving in Liverpool by train or ferry，bikes go free. The CityBike bicycle hire system is also available in the city centre. Find more information at

www.citybikeliverpool.co.uk.

    By Bus

    Bus travel in and around Liverpool is a green and convenient way to explore the destination. The bus network is run by Merseytravel, with two main city centre bus terminals — Liverpool ONE and Queen Square.

21. How many stations do Merseyrail trains run across? ______

A. 2.       B. 4.        C. 64.        D. 68.

22. Where can we get the information of bike parking? ______

A. At the bus station.                   B. At the ticket office.

 C. On the Liverpool Cycle Map.         D. At the underground station.

23. Where does this text probably come from? ______

A. A science textbook.        B. A history magazine.

 C. A travel guide.               D. A news report.

B

When Sarah Harmeyer moved to Dallas before the pandemic, she didn't know any of her neighbors. So she decided to invite them all to dinner—and was thrilled when 91 people showed up in her backyard.

     While COVID-19 has changed how neighbors interact, making helpful connections to people and businesses nearby is more important than ever. For Harmeyer, it started with a simple desire to know others in her community. And the free Nextdoor neighborhood networking app made what could seem like an awesome process easy.

     "I went to the Nextdoor app and I said, 'If you've never stepped outside of your house to meet your neighbors, would you consider coming? I would love to meet you,'" she said. After she reached out, Harmeyer discovered others wanted to connect just as much as she did, if not more. "Something is extraordinary when we reach out to each other as neighbors," Harmeyer said.

    Since that first request, Harmeyer has now hosted gatherings with more than 3, 500 neighbors in total. She's had people over for dinner, backyard concerts, holiday parties and more. By posting her invitations to Nextdoor, she continues to grow her community. Harmeyer even shares hosting tips and tricks through Nextdoor for others interested in becoming "people-gatherers" like her.

     "By the time I left, I felt like I had new friends," Jennifer Rylander said after attending one of Harmeyer's backyard gatherings. Neighbor Travis Brannon added, "It takes a lot of courage to take that next step and get out and meet someone face-to-face."

    Harmeyer's story shows how one person has the power to strengthen their entire neighborhood. Technology like Nextdoor can be used to promote real-world interactions—and, in return, these gatherings can spark positive change.

24.Why did Harmeyer invite all her neighbors to dinner?

A. To show her kindness and generosity.

 B. To confirm this pandemic is not so terrible.

 C. To change how neighbors communicate.

 D. To know more neighbors as soon as possible.

25.How did Harmeyer get her first request delivered to her neighbors?

A. By putting up notices.

 B. By informing them face-to-face.

 C. By using the Nextdoor app.

 D. By sending some invitations.

26.Which word can best describe Harmeyer according to the text?

A. Outgoing.        B. Cautious.        C. Stubborn.         D. Selfish.

27.What can we conclude from Harmeyer's story?

A. COVID-19 has made it harder to work out.

 B. Technology is changing people's lifestyle.

 C. The Nextdoor app becomes popular during the pandemic.

 D. Everyone can play a part in strengthening their neighborhood.

C

How do astronauts do the laundry in space ? They don't. They wear their underwear, gym clothes and everything else until they can't take the smell anymore, then junk them.

    NASA wants to change that — if not at the International Space Station （ISS），and then the moon and Mars- and stop throwing away tons of dirty clothes every year, putting them in the waste to burn up in the atmosphere aboard abandoned cargo ships. So it's teamed up with Procter&Gamble Co.（P&C）to figure out how best to clean astronauts' clothes in space so they can be reused for months or even years, just like on Earth.

    Rocket cargo space is tight and expensive, according to NASA, so why waste it on new clothes if their clothes could be kept looking and smelling fresh? There're also the health factors. Space station astronauts exercise two hours every day to deal with the muscle-and bone-withering effects of weightlessness, quickly leaving their workout clothes sweaty, smelly and stiff. Their T-shirts, shorts and socks end up so terrible that they run through a pair every week, according to Leland Melvin, a former NASA astronaut. "After that, they're considered poisonous，" said Melvin, who's serving as a spokesman for the project.

While NASA and the other space station partners have looked into special clothes to extend wear, it's not a long-term solution. In its initial experiment, P&G will send up detergent（洗涤剂）specially made for space in December, so scientists can see how the detergent react to six months of weightlessness.

    P&G is developing a washer-dryer combination that could operate on the moon or even Mars, using a little water and detergent. Then next May, stain-removal pens and wipes will be delivered for testing by astronauts. "The best solutions come from the most diverse teams，" Melvin said，"and how more diverse can you be than Tideand NASA?"

28.How do astronauts deal with the clothes after wearing them? ______

A. By throwing them directly into space.

 B. By burning them up in a spaceship.

 C. By reusing them in cargo ships.

 D. By cleaning them up by hand.

29.What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about? ______

A. The limitations of rocket cargo space.

 B. The reasons for cleaning dirty clothes in space.

 C. The suitable exercising ways of astronauts.

 D. The role Melvin plays in designing the project.

30.What can we learn about the special clothes for astronauts? ______

A. It's time-consuming to make them.

 B. They are easy to wash.

 C. They are not very satisfactory.

 D. They won't become smelly.

31.What will the company P&G do for astronauts next year? ______

A. Send them some daily cleaning supplies.

 B. Reduce the effect of weightlessness on them.

 C. Design a machine for drying clothes in space.

 D. Deliver pens for them to improve their handwriting.

D

In 2020，OpenAI，a research lab in San Francisco, revealed a system called GPT-3. It is what artificial intelligence researchers call a neural（神经系统的） network, after the web of neurons in the human brain. A neural network is really a mathematical system that learns skills by locating patterns in vast amounts of digital data. By analyzing thousands of cat photos, for instance, it can learn to recognize a cat. "We call it 'artificial intelligence' but a better name might be 'finding statistical patterns from large data sets，'" said Dr.Gopnik, the Berkeley professor.

More recently, researchers at places like Google and OpenAI began building neural networks that learned from enormous amounts of prose, including digital books and Wikipedia articles by the thousands. GPT-3 is an example. As it analyzed all that digital text, it built what you might call a mathematical map of human language — more than 175 billion data points that describe how we piece words together. Using this map, it can perform many different tasks, like penning speeches, writing computer programs and having a conversation.

But there are limitations. If you ask GPT-3 for 10 speeches in the voice of Mark Twain, it might give you five that sound remarkably like the famous writer — and five others that come nowhere close. Computer programmers use the technology to create small snippets（一小段）of code they can slip into larger programs, but more often than not they have to edit and adjust whatever it gives them.

Still, Dr.Gopnik described this kind of system as intelligent. "It is not intelligent in the way humans are. It is like an unfamiliar form of intelligence，" he said. "But it still counts." Dr. Gopnik and many others in the field are confident that they are on a path to building a machine that can do anything the human brain can do. This confidence shines through when they discuss current technologies. He admits that some A.I. researchers "struggle to differentiate between reality and science fiction." But he believes these researchers still serve a valuable role. " They help us dream of the full range of the possible，" he said.

    Perhaps they do. But for the rest of us, these dreams can get in the way of the issues that deserve our attention.

32.Which of the following statements correctly describes GPT-3？ ______

A. It is meant to monitor human's neuron webs.

 B. It stores limitless data in its mathematical system.

 C. It can identify images and employ human language.

 D. It studies pictures and digital books to invent patterns.

33.In paragraph 3，the example of computer programmers is used to ______ .

A. illustrate GPT-3 is far from perfect.

 B. warn programmers against technology.

 C. show the process of slipping code into program.

 D. explain why GPT-3 fails to find Mark Twain's speeches.

34.What does Dr.Gopnik think of the mathematical system of GPT-3？ ______

A. He finds it valuable because it maximizes the current technologies.

 B. He doubts its worth though it is remarkably similar to a human brain.

 C. He thinks highly of it because it plays a valuable role in A.I.research.

D. He believes it will interrupt our thinking though it differs from science fiction.

35.What's the author's attitude towards A.I.？ ______

A. Enthusiastic.   B. Opposed.   C. Supportive.   D. Unconcerned.

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。   

Misinformation can spread through phone texts and social media as fast as a virus, sometimes even faster.    36   ? Here are some of the most effective steps to identify and stop it.

Check the source

       37    . It is why misinformation travels fast on social media, where everyone says they heard it from a friend of a friend. Be careful of such hear-says and refer to such reliable sources as government agencies or trusted newspaper websites before it can be taken seriously. Also, be careful of information from unknown or little-known groups or news organizations.

        38    

Anyone searching for true information needs to act a little like a reporter. Remember there is a difference between news and stories. News should be supported by evidence to be dependable.   39    . Pictures are said to be worth a thousand words. But even photographs can be edited and changed. Even untouched images can be false. For example, old images can be presented as new. Again, it helps to look for the source. Google's image search can help find where a photo came from.

    Do not immediately repost what you see

A 2018 Twitter study found that false news travels faster than real news, often much faster. That is because these stories often use language designed to create strong emotional reaction.   40   . It is also found that misinformation spreads quickly because people retweet stories based on headlines. So read the whole story, investigate the source and consider carefully before reposting to prevent the spread of false information.

  A. Act like a journalist

  B. How to search for true information

  C. Also be careful that even images can lie

  D. How can we separate what is true and what is not

  E. They always seek to connect with public fear or anger

  F. Emotional reaction plays no part when people post information

  G. Human nature makes us more likely to believe things our friends tell us

第三部分：语言知识运用（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。

Scientific studies show that laughter produces chemicals to make people feel better, which  41  clown doctors can be helpful.

I chose this  42  because of my experience of going to hospital when I was a kid. Although the doctors and nurses did a great job, hospitals weren't really designed for  43  .I stayed there feeling  44  and a little bored.

    After years'  45  training, I work as part of a program known as "hospital clowning". Being a clown doctor means I can help people by  46  them.

   One day,  47  my curly rainbow wig and big red nose, I walked into the waiting area, where there was a familiar atmosphere of   48  and tension. At that time I spotted a small girl crying in pain, with her ankle was twice its  49  size. Her  50  parents sitting  51  on plastic chairs were trying their best to  52  the nervous and crying girl.

While the doctor concentrated on   53   her ankle, I got her  54  by doing a magic trick. Although she was clearly still in some pain, her scared and anxious look had been  55  ----first by a small smile and then by loud laughter as I  56  produced her sock from out of my pocket. Seeing their daughter so much happier   57  made her parents more relaxed. My magic medicine did indeed seem to  58   .

    Even today, I still  59  a big smile as I remember all the fun and laughter of the day. After all, it is true that   60  is the best medicine.

41.A. means           B. draws      C. declares       D. announces

42.A. responsibility    B. career        C. burden       D. dream

43.A. patients     B. clowns         C. children    D. parents

44.A. frightened       B. abandoned  C. annoyed    D. confused

45.A. simple            B. general      C. familiar    D. special

46.A. teasing      B. entertaining  C. comforting    D. educating

47.A. taking on   B. working on  C. drawing on  D. putting on

48.A. sacrifice       B. embarrassment C. boredom    D. annoyance

49.A. normal   B. formal   C. accurate      D. proper

50.A. ambitious   B. anxious   C. cautious    D. disappointed

51.A. happily   B. angrily   C. uncomfortably D. luckily

52.A. challenge   B. treat       C. guide            D. comfort

53.A. operating   B. examining  C. controlling  D. experiencing

54.A. attraction   B. admission      C. attention      D. assumption

55.A. replaced   B. relieved      C. removed      D. reflected

56.A. originally   B. magically      C. officially      D. reasonably

57.A. in return   B. in vain      C. in turn      D. in question

58.A. do the trick       B. play a trick      C. do no good     D. do the opposite

59.A. stick       B. wear          C. supply      D. strengthen

60.A. attitude   B. magic      C. behavior      D. laughter

第二节：（共10小题；每题1.5分，共15分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Nowadays, a famous app  61  (call) "WeChat" has been installed on almost every smart phone. It is a mobile text and voice messaging communication service, which  62     (introduce) by Tencent Inc., one of China's largest Internet service  63   (provider), on Jan.21, 2011.It supports mobile phone users to get involved in group communication by sending and sharing audio, video and photo messages through the Internet. It is a comparatively new chat style similar to, but more colorful  64    previous short messaging and multimedia messaging.

    Due to its   65    (complete) free software and functions, WeChat has been warmly welcomed by mobile phone users and  66   (become) increasingly popular over the past decade. Zhu Hongren, spokesman of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said at a press conference that    67    number of WeChat users in China had exceeded (超过) 1.1 billion, with the figure still    68      (grow) quickly.

     However, there is no doubt that WeChat has its drawbacks as well as advantages. When using WeChat, people tend to forget time and some may even get addicted to it,   69    will definitely affect their study and work.   70   (solve) this problem, we should learn to control ourselves and use the mobile phone apps properly.

第四部分  写作（共两节；满分35分）

第一节             短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧), 并在此符号下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线, 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2、只允许修改10处, 多者(从第11处起) 不计分。

Last week, our school organized an activity its theme was "Cooking Show" to improve our living skills. No sooner had I got home that evening than I turned to my mom with help. She suggested making a steamed fish because it was my favorite and easy cook. With my mom's help, I learned the cooking steps and prepare all the ingredients. Thirty minute later, the dish was ready. The moment when I put it on the dinning table, my mom praised me for her good cooking skills. Heard this, I felt extremely happy. Thanks to this special experience, I has learned some cooking skills, which makes me proudly.

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）

高中生在成长的过程中会碰到一些烦恼，就这一话题你班准备召开一次主题班会。

请依据下表用英语写一篇发言稿，词数150左右。

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