湖北省华中师范大学第一附属中学2023届高三英语下学期4月押题试卷（Word版附答案）

英语试题

考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分

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。

1.What does the man say about Jack?

A.He's humorous.

B.He's responsible.

C. He's serious.

2.What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A.Cousins.

B. Classmates.

C.Uncle and niece.

3.What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A.What to have for lunch.

B.Where to buy some vegetables.

C.Who will cook a meal.

4.Where are probably the speakers?

A. In the car shop.

B.In the toy shop.

C. In the clothing shop.

5.What does the man usually do in his spare time?

A.Play chess with his grandfather.

B. Play video games.

C. Do some exercise.

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 apologize for?

A.For not going to the amusement park.

B.For not explaining the reason in time.

C.For not attending the parent-teacher meeting.

7.What subject is the woman probably bad at?

A.Physics.

B. English.

C.Math.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8.Where does the conversation take place?

A.At the woman's home.

B.At a wedding.

C.On the phone.

9.When will Rose arrive at Tom's house?

A.On June 30th.

B.On July 1st.

C. On July 2nd.

10.What is Tom likely to do next?

A.Answer the door.

B. Call his friend.

C.Send out an invitation.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11.What is Max's purpose of going to Europe?

A. To work.

B.To travel.

C.To study.

12.Which country is Max in?

A. Belgium.

B.France.

C.Switzerland.

13.What will Rita do next?

A.Share her videos.

B.Take some pictures.

C.Tell the man an account.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14.What does Louis help the woman carry?

A.The box and the umbrella.

B. The chair and the camera.

C.The camera and the box.

15.How many times did Louis go to the gym this week?

A.Seven times.

B.Six times.

C.Twice.

16.What did Louis probably do today?

A. He had his hair cut.

B.He cleaned his house.

C.He talked with the elderly.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.Where was Randy Bachman's guitar stolen?

A.In Japan.

B.In America.

C.In Canada.

18.How did Randy Bachman make money to buy the guitar?

A.By looking after children.

B.By selling cars.

C.By singing songs.

19.What did William Long think of finding Randy Bachman's guitar?

A.It was meaningless.

B.It was hopeful.

C.It was impossible.

20.How much did Takeshi pay for Randy Bachman's guitar?

A.$400.

B.$6,300.

C.$85,000.

第二部分 阅读（每小题2.5分，共计50分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

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21. What is the additional benefit of attending the class at HoopSphere?

A.Personal growth.

C. The progress of basketball skills.

B. Outstanding basketball lessons.

D. Increased knowledge of basketball.

22. In Coach Mickey's class,    

A.having fun is the most important thing

B. there is no age limit of the participants

C. mastering and using basic skills are the major aims

D. participants can play basketball on Friday afternoon

23.Who will be least interested in this article?

A.Parents who want to play basketball themselves.

B.Parents with kids who want to learn some basketball skills.

C.Kids who would like to develop a hobby.

D. kids who like to play basketball and improve themselves.

B

This month, the Internet was flooded with wonderful digital art portraits, thanks to the work of the latest artificial intelligence-assisted application to go viral: Lensa. Users uploaded their photographs to the App and then-for a small fee-it used Al to transform their profile pictures into, say, a magical warrior princess version of themselves, in no time at all.

This year has seen a breakthrough for Al-driven image generators, which are now better than ever in quality, speed and affordability. If that sounds great to you, you might not be one of the millions of humans whose livelihoods depend on being able to exchange those skills for money.

Some artists predicted that a computer would recreate the aura of a masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci in the near future. As long as there are enough data for the Al to train itself, it can copy numerous masterpieces just in several minutes. It seems unavoidable that a large number of artists would lose their jobs.

“I see it less as a threat and more of an opportunity," the UK-based illustrator Michelle Thompson said, adding," Like everything else, there will always be artists who can use the tools better.”

These tools are only as good as the data sets they are trained on. Human imagination, on the other hand, has no limit. For Dryhurst, an artist from Germany, Al models “could attempt to make a pale version of something we did years ago”, but that “doesn't account for what we might do next”.

The kind of artificial intelligence we might imagine replacing artists--an entirely autonomous creative robot--does not yet exist, but it is coming. And as Al becomes more universal, artists, illustrators and designers will ultimately be set apart not by if, but by how, they use the technology.

24.Why does the author mention Lensa in Paragraph 1?

A. To recommend the new App.

C.To lead in the Al topic.

B.To inform latest news.

D.To introduce its new function.

25.What is Michelle Thompson's attitude towards Al?

A.Concerned.

B.Favorable.

C.Unclear.

D.Critical.

26.What might be a weakness of Al in creating art works?

A.Accuracy.

B.Diversity.

C.Creativity.

D.Efficiency.

27.Which might be the best title of the text?

A. Is Al coming into our daily life?

C.Shall we welcome new Al technology?

B.Can Al copy masterpieces of great artists?

D.Will Al replace artists in the future?

C

If a single word can describe our daily life during those first three years， it is ＂scrounge＂（讨要）.Every waking moment we were concentrating on how the hell we would be able to save up enough coins to do whatever it was we had to do. Even the simplest decision must be inspected by the ever alert budget committee of your mind.

“Hey, Oliver, let's go see Becket tonight.”

“Listen, it's three bucks.”

“What do you mean?”

“ I mean a buck fifty for you and a buck fifty for me.”

“Does that mean yes or no?”

"Neither. It just means three bucks."

Our honeymoon was spent on a yacht and with twenty-one children. That is, I sailed from 7 o'clock in the morning till whenever my passengers had enough, and Jenny was a children's counselor. It was a place called the Pequod Boat Club in Dennis Port-an establishment that included a large hotel, a marina and several dozen houses for rent. In one of the tinier bungalows（平房），I have nailed an imaginary plaque（匾牌）： “Oliver and Jenny slept here”. I think it‘’s a tribute （致敬）to us both that after a long day of being kind to our customers, for we were largely dependent on their tips for our income, Jenny and I were nonetheless kind to each other: I simply say "kind", because I lack the vocabulary to describe what loving and being loved by Jennifer Cavilleri is like. Sorry, I mean Jennifer Barrett.

Before leaving for the Cape, we found a cheap apartment in North Cambridge, which was, as Jenny described it, “in the state of disrepair”. It had originally been a two-family structure, now changed into four apartments, overpriced even at its “cheap” rental. But what the hell can graduate students do? It's a seller's market.

28.What can we learn from the conversation between Oliver and Jenny?

A.Neither of them wanted to see Becket.

C.Jenny was wasting money.

B.They didn't have three bucks.

D.Oliver was an economical man.

29.Why were Oliver and Jenny friendly to customers?

A.They were both counselors for children.

C. They didn't have enough room to live in.

B. They needed to get tips from customers.

D. That was the rule on the yacht.

30.What does Jennifer imply about their apartment by saying "In the state of disrepair"?

A.It was not cheap.

B. It was not distant.

C. It was not decent.

D.It was not luxurious.

31.Which might be the best title of the passage?

A. A couple's debt repayment process

C.A couple's honeymoon trip

B.A couple's miserable life

D. A couple's holiday on a yacht

D

When I was young, a friend and I came up with a “big" plan to make reading easy. The idea was to boil down great books to a sentence each. “Moby-Dick" by American writer Herman Melville, for instance, was reduced to: “A whale of a tale about the one that got away.” As it turned out, the joke was on us. How could a single sentence convey the essence （精髓） of a masterpiece with over five hundred pages？

Blinkist, a website and an app, now summarizes nonfiction titles in the form of quick takes labeled “blinks.” The end result is more than one sentence, but not by much. Sarah Bakewell's “At the Existentialist Café" is broken into 11 screens of information; Michelle Obama's “Becoming" fills 13.

Blinkist has been around since 2012. It calls its summaries “15-minute discoveries” to indicate how long it takes to read a Blinkist summary. “Almost none of us,” the editors assure us,  “have the time to read everything we'd like to read.”

But I think a book is something we ought to live with, rather than speed through and categorize. It offers an experience as real as any other. The point of reading a book is not accumulating information, or at least not that alone. The most essential aspect is the communication between writer and reader. The idea behind Blinkist, however, is the opposite: Reading can be, should be, measured by the efficient uptake（吸收）of key ideas.

No, no, no. What's best about reading books is its inefficiency. When reading a book, we need to dive in, let it take over us, demand something of us, teach us what it can. Blinkist is instead a service that changes books for people who don't, in fact, want to read. A 15-minute summary misses the point of reading; speed-reading with the app isn't reading at all.

32.What does the underlined part “the joke was on us” in Paragraph 1 mean?

A.We were actually joking.

C.We were underestimating' ourselves.

B.We were laughed at by others.

D.We were just embarrassing ourselves.

33.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A.What Blinkist is.

C. How to use Blinkist.

B.Why Blinkist is popular.

D.Where you can use Blinkist.

34.What is an ideal pattern of reading according to the author?

A. Obtaining key ideas efficiently.

C. Accumulating information quickly.

B.Further confirming our beliefs.

D.Deeply involving ourselves in books.

35.What is the author's attitude to Blinkist?

A. Positive.

B.Negative

C.Uncaring.

D.Tolerant.

第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分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。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Building relationships and working successfully with different cultural backgrounds can seem like a major challenge.              36              The key to making them work is cultural competence. Essentially, cultural competence is defined as the ability to understand and interact effectively with people from different cultures.

Living and working in a culturally diverse environment sometimes comes with differences of opinion and tension. People with strong cultural competence can resolve these issues creatively, even if a solution seems impossible at first. What's more, thinking and caring about others can bring out a sense of understanding.                            37             

Cultural competence can be improved through training, education, and experience. Here are some simple tips to help you improve your cultural competence.

Assess yourself

38 Assess the current level of cultural competence in yourself and identify the knowledge, skills and resources that you want to acquire. This can give you an idea of your strengths and weaknesses in the area so that you can improve yourself in future.

   39 

No matter whom you are dealing with, make sure that you are respecting others' backgrounds, boundaries and customs. Pay close attention to your communication and make sure that you're speaking to others in a kind and polite way.

   40   It takes time and practice. Whether you are in a classroom or on campus, cultural competence plays an important role in your daily environment. Recognizing and dealing with cultural differences will create a happier setting for everyone.

A.Practice good manners

B. Behave in a certain way

C. This helps to build trust between each other.

D.Cultural competence is critical for everyone in today's modern world.

E.Keep in mind that developing cultural competence is not a one-shot enterprise.

F.But you can enjoy the rewards, while keeping dissatisfaction to a minimum.

G.The starting point is to understand your own cultural values and world view.

第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

A relative invited me to come and live in his house. With complete 41 in his promises,1 loaded all my worldly possessions onto a ship              42              India in November 2001. Everything had gone 43 in the run-up（准备阶段）to the trip．I was confident that this              44              was the next big step l had to take.

When I arrived, he said, "Things have 45.There is no place here for you.”

I was stunned. I was so 46 that I couldn't speak. Like a frozen statue, I stood perched on the edge of the vast              47              not sure of what to do. The anger              48. But I could not go back to England as all my worldly possessions were on their way to India.

In order to live, I submitted articles to magazines in India and, occasionally, they  49 me for them.

Those years of 50left a permanent impression. I was searching for an appropriate place to 51but only later did I realize that the movement itself was meant for my              52              development.  If I had only stayed in his house, I would never have learned many valuable lessons. One such lesson was that through              53              and commitment to one's ideals in life, any adversity can be              54              .I am writing this story from my              55  in India.

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。

The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2023 was held from March 28 to 31 in Boao, Hainan province,              56              highlight of which was Zero-carbon.

China's first zero-carbon demonstration zone was launched in Boao in 2022. By 2023, a total of 16 projects at the zone              57              (finish).The remaining projects are expected to be completed before the BFA 2024.The zone will achieve zero-carbon                            58              _(operate) in all aspects.

The construction of the demonstration zone maximizes the use of local wind, light, and heat resources,              59              （let） nature do the work. Photovoltaic（光伏的）power generation systems have been installed on buildings, parking lots, and landscape                            60              (facility). According to recent estimates, the                            61              （complete） 16 projects， along with offset（抵消）measures，can reduce carbon emissions by 9,055.8 tons per year and provide 15.1 million kilowatt hours of clean electricity                            62 (annual).

Also 63 primary note is the fact that the construction of the demonstration zone mainly relies on independent research.  “We don't have relevant experience 64(refer) to, so we have to build the zone              65              doing our research and exploration,” Liu Ye, a professor at Tsinghua University, said to Xinhua.

第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）

你是学校学生会主席，你校准备组织一次“让文物活起来”（Bring Cultural Relics to Life）的活动，请你用英语写一篇开幕辞，欢迎参加活动的师生。内容包括：

1．表示欢迎；

2．活动目的；

3．活动内容。

注意：

1．写作词数应为100左右。

2．参考词汇：手工艺品artifact。

Dear teachers and fellow students,

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。

It was my twelfth birthday, and what I really wanted was a new bicycle. But i knew my family couldn't afford one, so l settled for bedside table drawers, a safe place to keep my private stuff.

We went to the charity shop where we found an old dark one. It didn't look too cool, but i thought l would paint it to make it look better.

After we took it home, I was getting ready to paint it.  When I pulled the drawers out, I felt something stuck at the back of the bottom drawer. I reached in all the way to the back and was surprised to find a sealed bag with some papers in it.

When I opened the bag, I realized that there were some official-looking documents. And beneath was a bunch of dollar bills! Think about finding a treasure! And on my birthday!

“Is it some kind of joke?" I said aloud. I went ahead and read the papers, which turned out to be a will（遗嘱）.Some old lady was leaving her savings to her son and grandchildren.

I was going crazy. Was I the luckiest twelve-year-old ever? With this money I could buy the coolest bicycle. Who knows?

I began counting. When I reached a thousand dollars, my mother was knocking on my bedroom door. I quickly closed the drawer with the money in it.

“Do you want some help? Is everything all right?" she asked.

No，everything was not right. Actually，my stomach was growling（低吼）.

"I'm Ok."  I lied.

When my mother left my room, I lay on my bed, starting thinking. What a dilemma! I wished there were someone i could talk with. Could I keep it and get all kinds of things for myself and my family. It wouldn't be too bad for me to keep it, if I shared it...right? Thoughts ran through my mind. But I really didn't need someone else to give me the answer.

注意：

1．所续写短文的词数应为150词左右；

2．请按如下格式在答题卡相应位置作答。

Paragraph 1:

I finally made a decision and called my parents into my bedroom.

Paragraph 2:

Though surprised, the shop owner helped find the family's telephone number.