2023届甘肃省临泽县第一中学高考英语一模英语试题（全国卷）（含解析）

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2023届甘肃省临泽县第一中学高考英语一模英语试题 （全国卷）
学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、阅读理解
Pacific Coast Holiday
4 Days Coach Tour of Los Angeles - Malibu - Santa Barbara - Central Coast - Monterey - San Francisco
Day 1 Arrival in Los Angeles
Thanks for choosing us and welcome to join our USA group tours. After arriving in Los Angeles, the “City of Angels”, please go to our pre-booked hotel and check in by yourself. In the evening, meet our tour director and fellow travelers at the hotel. The tour director will give a brief introduction about the following schedule.
Accommodation: Sonesta Los Angeles Airport LAX
Day 2 Have a leisure day in Los Angeles
You are free to travel around throughout the day. Griffith Observatory, Getty Center, Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens, and Hollywood Bowl are all popular attractions. Besides, Grand Central Market is a great place to enjoy the food and get cheap pupusas, carnitas tacos and aguas frescas. You can also choose to take an optional full-day tour to the world’s largest film studio and theme park: Universal Studios. There, you may take a look at Wisteria Alley in the hot-selling TV series “Desperate Housewives”, visit the actual behind-the-scenes production and special photography skills of the movie, and take the tour bus on the spot to experience the exciting scenes in the movie and other interesting activities.
Meals: Breakfast.
Day 3 Transfer to visit Malibu, Santa Barbara and Central Coast
On the third day, enjoy a motor coach tour. We’ll head north along the beautiful Pacific coast, pass by the famous Santa Monica and Malibu beaches, and have a stop at the historic end of the Route 66 - Santa Monica Beach. Route 66 established on November 11, 1926, popularly known as the Mother Road, holds a special place in American consciousness. The highway ultimately stretched 2,448 miles from Chicago to Los Angeles. Remember to take a photo in front of the California Lifeguard Tower, which is famous for “Beach Ambulance”. Then, we’ll arrive in Santa Barbara, where a walkway lined with palm trees meets the white sandy beach in distance. After, enjoy the self-paid lunch and admire the Spanish architecture of the city, and then continue going to a quaint central coast town and stay for one night there.
Meals: Breakfast.
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Santa Maria
Day 4 Continue the journey to Carmel and Monterey, Get to San Francisco and say goodbye
This is the last day of the tour. We will head north to Carmel to visit the shops and galleries where famous artists gather. Then, continue northward to visit the old Fisherman’s Wharf in Monterey. Stroll along the wharf to Cannery Row, famous for the novel by John Steinbeck. In the afternoon, we will drive through the fertile Casterville and Santa Clara Valleys to the “city of the bay” - San Francisco.
The trip will be over after we arrive in San Francisco. If you need, we can book a hotel in San Francisco or arrange other visits for you. Hope you have had a wonderful time with us and look forward to serving you again in the near future.
Meals: Breakfast.
1．Which statement is not true according to the passage?
A．Only breakfast will be served by the tourists agency.
B．The travelers will go to the pre-booked hotel and check in guided by their tour director on Day1.
C．Day3 will be ended in a quaint central coast town.
D．San Francisco is the last stop of this travel.
2．Which of the following is not an activity on Day 2?
A．Appreciate some art works.
B．Enjoy the food in Grand Central Market.
C．Play a role in the TV series “Desperate Housewives”.
D．Experience some exciting scenes in the movie.
3．On which day may travelers meet some famous artists?
A．Day 1 B．Day 2 C．Day 3 D．Day 4

Liu Shuqi broke up with her boyfriend two months ago and has now found a new companion.
The handsome “man” is dressed in a white suit with a stylish haircut. He understands her emotions and feelings perfectly and gives her comfort, encouragement and support. “He is very humorous and offers some comfort when I am in a bad mood,” the 26-year-old bank employee said. The only problem is he is a virtual being and not a real boyfriend.
Liu is not alone in her choice of companion. In a digital era where people are heavily reliant on their smart devices, many of those who live alone increasingly turn to the virtual field to seek companions.
The artificial intelligence-powered digital humans, who are similar to real humans in appearance and behavior, are capable of providing 24-hour online companionship, humanlike conversation and emotional support.
They will likely become an essential part of people’s daily lives, industry experts said. Lin Kaikai and Ye Youyou, two companion-oriented virtual beings, were recently launched by Chinese tech giant Baidu Inc. Powered by Baidu’s Plato, an AI model for dialogue generation that is trained on over 10 billion parameters collected from social media conversations in both English and Chinese, the two digital humans have a smooth, more humanlike interaction.
For instance, they can participate in conversations through various forms such as texts, voice and emojis. They offer customized wake-up call services and learn about the preferences of their users, mainly through increased frequency of chats and interactions, Baidu said.
Other tech companies have also jumped on the companion-oriented virtual being trend.
Xiaoice is an AI-powered chatbot that seems to redefine the conceptions of romance and relationships among young Chinese. It has helped to comfort lonely hearts through more than 17 million virtual “girlfriends” and “boyfriends” in China.
“The rise of digital humans that serve as emotional companions is a result of technological innovation, such as the improvement in appearance, functions and interactive experience of digital humans, fueled by the enhanced deep-learning capacities based on massive user data,” said Chen Duan, director of the Digital Economy Integration Innovation Development Center at the Central University of Finance and Economics.
A set of problems though have also emerged. They include ethics, morals, data security and personal privacy protection in the industry, Chen said, while calling for efforts to formulate relevant laws and regulations on the ownership of digital characters and standardizing their behaviors.
4．What is Liu’ new companion like according to Liu Shuqi herself?
A．Handsome and stylish B．Humorous and helpful
C．Perfect and supportive D．Clever and understanding
5．Why are many solitary people turning to virtual companions now?
A．Because virtual companions look very like real humans.
B．Because virtual companions can offer a whole-day online companionship.
C．Because these people rely on their digital devices heavily.
D．Because these people need emotional support very much.
6．Which of the following may not be a way for virtual companions to take part in a conversation?
A．Texts B．emojis C．voice D．eye-contact
7．What measures should be taken to solve the problems along with the booming of virtual companions according to Chen Duan?
A．Making relative rules and laws. B．Regularize the behaviors of virtual companions.
C．Stop producing virtual companions. D．Both A and B．

Large numbers of employees in the United Kingdom will begin a four-day work week from Monday without cutting their pay in the largest trial of its kind. The pilot, which will last for six months, involves 3,300 workers spanning 70 companies, ranging from providers of financial services to a fish-and-chip restaurant.
During the program, workers receive 100% of their pay for working only 80% of their usual week, in exchange for promising to maintain 100% of their productivity. The program is being run by not-for-profit 4 Day Week Global, Autonomy, a think tank, and the 4 Day Week UK Campaign in partnership with researchers from Cambridge University, Oxford3 University and Boston College.
Sienna O’Rourke, brand manager at Pressure Drop Brewing, an independent brewery5 in London, told CNN Business that the company’s biggest goal was to improve the mental health and well-being of its employees. “The pandemic has made us think a great deal about work and how people organize their lives,” she said. “We’re doing this to improve the lives of our staff and be part of a progressive change in the world.” Given the company manufactures and ships products, workers have less flexibility about when and where they work, O’Rourke said. But any difficulties in navigating holiday and sick leave would be tackled as a team.
Until now, Iceland had conducted the biggest pilot of a shorter working week between 2015 and 2019, with 2,500 public sector9 workers involved in two large trials. Those trials found no corresponding drop in productivity among participants, and a dramatic increase in employee well-being.
Calls to shorten the working week have gathered steam in recent years in several countries. As millions of employees switched to remote work during the pandemic — cutting onerous commuting time and costs — calls for greater flexibility have only grown louder.
Government-backed trials are set to take place in Spain and Scotland later this year, the 4 Day Week Campaign said in a press release.Joe O’Connor, CEO of 4 Day Week Global, said that the workers have shown they can work “shorter and smarter.”
8．What does the underlined part refer to in paragraph 1?
A．The trial to carry out a four-day work week in large scales.
B．The trial to cut workers’ pay.
C．The trial to increase workers’ productivity.
D．The trial to defeat the pandemic.
9．What is the major aim of Pressure Drop Brewing according to Sienna O’Rourke?
A．To allow workers to work more flexibly.
B．To decrease workers’ time and costs in traffic.
C．to improve workers’ mental fitness and boost their happiness.
D．To cut workers’ work hours and pay.
10．The following countries are starting to try a four-day work week except________.
A．UK B．Scotland C．Spain D．Iceland
11．In which part of a website can you find this passage?
A．culture B．society C．politics D．sports

Amazon’s Alexa might soon replicate the voice of family members — even if they’re dead. The capability, announced at Amazon’s Re: Mars conference in Las Vegas, is in development and would allow the virtual assistant to reproduce the voice of a specific person based on a less than a minute of provided recording.
Rohit Prasad, senior vice president and head scientist for Alexa, said at the event Wednesday that the desire behind the feature was to build greater trust in the interactions users have with Alexa by putting more “human qualities of empathy and affect.”
“These qualities have become even more important during the ongoing pandemic when so many of us have lost ones that we love,” Prasad said. “While AI can’t get rid of that pain of loss, it can definitely make their memories last.”
In a video played by Amazon at the event, a young child asks “Alexa, can Grandma finish reading me the Wizard of Oz?” Alexa then acknowledges the request, and switches to another voice imitate the child’s grandmother. The voice assistant then continues to read the book in that same voice.
To create the feature, Prasad said the company had to learn how to make a “high-quality voice” with a shorter recording instead of hours of recording in a studio. Amazon did not provide further details about the feature, which is bound to spark more privacy concerns and moral questions.
12．Which one can best replace the underlined word in paragraph one?
A．reproduce B．reduce C．rebuild D．review
13．Why does Amazon want to feature its Alexa with the new function?
A．To make Alexa easier to use.
B．To get rid of users’ pain of losing their family member.
C．To develop more trust in the communications between users and Alexa.
D．To make Alexa more like human.
14．What’s the purpose of paragraph 4?
A．To tell the reader how the child misses his grandma.
B．To show Alexa can read stories for young children.
C．To show the significance of Alexa during the pandemic.
D．To give an example on how the new feature works.
15．Which one can be the best title of the passage?
A．Amazon’s Alexa will bring back your lost beloved ones.
B．Amazon’s Alexa will replicate the voice of lost family members.
C．Amazon’s Alexa will make your memories last.
D．Amazon’s Alexa will get rid of your pain of loss.


二、七选五
Sleep problem may happen in many people. Good news is that people can actually“Train”their brains to fall asleep.
1. Make a schedule, and stick to it
Melatonin(褪黑素)is a hormone produced by the body to regulate when you get sleepy and when you wake up. As night approaches, levels of melatonin rise, becoming a signal to the body that it’s time for bed. To work properly, the release of this hormone needs to occur at regular times. 16 .
2. 17 .
“The best sleep tip you can ever give somebody is get up - don’t lay in bed awake but not sleeping,” clinical psychologist and sleep expert Michael Grandner said. Why is that so important? 18 . Instead of being a restful spot where you peacefully fall asleep, your bed becomes an anxious place where you toss and turn and wake up tired. What you need to do is to go to bed extra early and the bed has the power to help overcome your racing mind and allow you to fall asleep.
3. Change your attitude about sleep
Many people view sleeping as the final thing they have to do in a busy day, worth delaying to finish the housework, schoolwork, office work or the latest television series. 19 . “Don’t see your sleep as the amount of time you have left in your day,” he advised. “See your sleep as the amount of time you need in order to set yourself up for a productive tomorrow.”
It may sound like a small shift in thinking, but it’s important. Most adults need between seven and eight hours of sleep to be fully rested, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So if a person needs to rise at 7 am each day, he would require a bedtime of 11 pm. When you have to stop and get ready to go to bed, do it without hesitation. 20 .
A．Go to bed early and get up early.
B．Don’t lay in bed awake.
C．Otherwise, it will makes the next day more stressful.
D．Because lying in bed awake can form an association in your brain that can lead to long-time sleep problem.
E．Because lying in bed awake may make you more tired when getting up.
F．Therefore, it’s important to have a standard wake up time, even on weekends or vacations.
G．That thinking needs to be changed.


三、完形填空
I find it humorous sometimes that even the most common occurrences can have an 21 on our awareness.
My wife, daughter, and I 22 into our home nine years ago and we spent a lot of time and energy in the yard to get it 23 it does today. We live on a corner, higher than street level, and the entire side of the yard is surrounded by a professionally built rock wall. The front of the house though is another story because 24 a wall along the sidewalk, the rocks appear to be just thrown up onto the dirt 25 someone were in a hurry to finish.
We did the best we could with what we had to work with and 26 this area our “rock garden”. Whenever we had leftover flowers or plants, Denise or I would stick them out front, just to bring some 27 to the area.
I still do all of my own 28 work, even the dreaded weed-pulling. After putting on my knee pads I assume the position to clear the yard of weeds, even in the rock garden.
Last summer I had 29 the end of the rock garden and found a tiny little plant that I could not immediately 30 , I knew I didn’t plant it and Denise claimed that she didn’t 31 . We decided to let it 32 growing until we could 33 what it was.
Weeks passed and as I 34 my way back to the mystery plant, it appeared to be a Sunflower. It had a tall skinny stalk with only one head on it. I decided to 35 it along and weed around it. As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something 36 . The Sunflower had not started where I saw the stalk begin. It 37 had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to reach the sun.
That’s when I 38 that if a tiny little Sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand in its way of developing, we too have the 39 of doing the same thing. Once our environment begins to see that we believe in ourselves like that little sunflower, we can 40 the same nourishment and nurturing as well.
First, we need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the capabilities in achieving our desires.Like the Sunflower, it knew it had the capability to overcome its obstacle because it trusted in the Universal Truth and had faith it would succeed.
Stand tall like the Sunflower and be proud of who and what you are and the environment will begin to support you. You will find a way to go under or around your big obstacle in order to reach your desires.
21．A．personality B．impact C．fortune D．job
22．A．forecast B．expressed C．moved D．determined
23．A．looking like B．heading to C．turning to D．looking into
24．A．other than B．along with C．apart from D．instead of
25．A．as if B．even if C．although D．while
26．A．built B．called C．limited D．changed
27．A．ground B．green C．color D．light
28．A．school B．factory C．farm D．yard
29．A．cleared B．reached C．crossed D．climbed
30．A．admit B．know C．identify D．acknowledge
31．A．either B．too C．neither D．also
32．A．sink B．stop C．finish D．continue
33．A．broke out B．figure out C．brought out D．put out
34．A．whistle B．signal C．made D．warning
35．A．look after B．look for C．look up D．look down
36．A．regular B．common C．usual D．unusual
37．A．suddenly B．actually C．especially D．specially
38．A．specialized B．organized C．recognized D．realized
39．A．potential B．disability C．capability D．reality
40．A．attain B．admire C．accompany D．support


四、用单词的适当形式完成短文
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.
China’s foreign trade is expected 41 (post) stable growth this year, despite unexpected challenges, 42 (include) high raw material costs and fierce 43 (compete) from Southeast Asian countries. The profitability of exporters in most sectors 44 (improve)during the past 6 months, according to a survey by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade in Beijing. Major challenges facing foreign trade enterprises, such as high costs of logistics, have eased, the survey showed.
“It is worth 45 (note) that trade data got better not only from quarter to quarter, but also from month to month during 46 second quarter. June is likely to have witnessed a strong foreign trade rebound and more 47 (energy) economic recovery,” said Liu Ying, a researcher at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China. The survey showed more than 25 percent of enterprises registered positive quarter-on-quarter revenue growth, 48 nearly 20 percent said they have secured profit growth from a quarter ago.
More than 26 percent of the respondents 49 (be) confident about year-on-year revenue growth, and about 28 percent expect their revenues to be at least the same 50 last year’s level.


五、短文改错
51．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。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅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(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
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。
Dear Mr. Philipp,
I’m Li Hua, a senior 3 student in China. I’ll graduate in half a year and I want to apply to your college for far education after graduation. Would you please to tell me some detailed informations about apply to your college?
The first thing I want to know is, as a foreign student, what I should prepare to be admit to your college. Beside, I would like to know how many I should pay for my studying and whether I can apply to scholarship. Last but not least, whether the school provides accommodation are what I am concerned about as well.
I would appreciate if you could give me an early reply.

六、邀请信
52．假定你是李华，你所在学校将举办以“Chinese Tea Culture”为主题的英语演讲比赛，作为活动的组织者学生会主席，请你给外教Peter发邮件邀请他参加并担任评委，内容包括：
1. 活动情况(时间、地点、参加人员等)；
2. 注意事项；
3. 发出邀请。
2. 申请理由。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可根据题目要求适当增加内容。
Dear Peter，
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua

参考答案：
1．B 2．C 3．D

【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了美国太平洋海岸线四日游的行程安排。
1．细节理解题。根据Day 1部分中“After arriving in Los Angeles, the “City of Angels”, please go to our pre-booked hotel and check in by yourself.(抵达“天使之城”洛杉矶后，请自行前往我们预订的酒店办理入住手续)”可知，B选项“游客将在第一天到达预定的酒店，并在导游的带领下入住”正确。故选B。
2．细节理解题。根据Day 2部分中“Besides, Grand Central Market is a great place to enjoy the food and get cheap pupusas, carnitas tacos and aguas frescas. There, you may take a look at Wisteria Alley in the hot-selling TV series “Desperate Housewives”, visit the actual behind-the-scenes production and special photography skills of the movie, and take the tour bus on the spot to experience the exciting scenes in the movie and other interesting activities.(此外，大中央市场是享受美食的好地方，可以买到便宜的布丁、墨西哥卷饼和水蜜瓜。在那里，您可以看看热播电视剧《绝望主妇》中的紫藤巷，参观电影的实际幕后制作和特殊摄影技巧，并在现场乘坐旅游巴士体验电影中的精彩场景和其他有趣的活动)”可知，“在电视剧《绝望主妇》中扮演一个角色”不是第二天的活动。故选C。
3．细节理解题。根据Day 4部分中“ We will head north to Carmel to visit the shops and galleries where famous artists gather.(我们将向北前往卡梅尔，参观著名艺术家聚集的商店和画廊)”可知，第四天游客可能会遇到一些著名的艺术家。故选D。
4．B 5．C 6．D 7．D

【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了如今虚拟伴侣流行的现象，分析了背后的原因以及业内专家表示，它们可能会成为人们日常生活中不可或缺的一部分。且其他科技公司也加入了以伴侣为导向的虚拟存在趋势。
4．细节理解题。根据第二段中“He understands her emotions and feelings perfectly and gives her comfort, encouragement and support. “He is very humorous and offers some comfort when I am in a bad mood,” the 26-year-old bank employee said.(他完全理解她的情绪和感受，给她安慰、鼓励和支持。这位26岁的银行职员说：“他很幽默，在我心情不好的时候给我一些安慰。”)”可知，刘的新伴侣幽默且对她有帮助。故选B。
5．细节理解题。根据第三段“In a digital era where people are heavily reliant on their smart devices, many of those who live alone increasingly turn to the virtual field to seek companions.(在一个人们严重依赖智能设备的数字时代，许多独居者越来越多地转向虚拟领域寻找伴侣)”可知，许多孤独的人现在转向虚拟伴侣是因为这些人严重依赖他们的数字设备。故选C。
6．细节理解题。根据第六段“For instance, they can participate in conversations through various forms such as texts, voice and emojis.(例如，他们可以通过文本、语音和表情符号等各种形式参与对话)”可知，眼神交流不是虚拟同伴参与对话的方式。故选D。
7．细节理解题。根据最后一段“They include ethics, morals, data security and personal privacy protection in the industry, Chen said, while calling for efforts to formulate relevant laws and regulations on the ownership of digital characters and standardizing their behaviors.(陈说，这些问题包括行业的伦理、道德、数据安全和个人隐私保护，同时呼吁努力制定有关数字人物所有权的相关法律法规，规范他们的行为)”可知，随着虚拟伴侣的蓬勃发展，应该制定相关法规和规范虚拟同伴的行为。故选D。
8．A 9．C 10．D 11．B

【导语】这是一篇说明文。70家英国公司的3300名员工开始试行一周四天工作制，这是世界上有史以来规模最大的短工作周试点活动，将持续6个月，而且员工薪水不变。
8．推理判断题。根据第一段第一句“Thousands of UK workers are starting a four-day work week from Monday with no cut to their pay in the largest trial of its kind(从本周一开始，数千名英国员工将在不减薪的条件下开始试行一周工作四天，这是史上最大规模的同类试点)”,可知划线词的含义指的是大规模实行每周四天工作制的试验，故选A项。
9．细节理解题。根据第三段第一句“the company’s biggest goal was to improve the mental health and well-being of its employees.(该公司的最大目标是改善员工的心理健康，提升幸福感)”可知，伦敦独立酿酒企业的主要目标是提高员工的心理素质，增进员工的幸福感，故选C项。
10．细节理解题。根据第四段第一句“Until now, Iceland had conducted the biggest pilot of a shorter working week between 2015 and 2019(冰岛在2015年至2019年间开展的短工作周试点活动是迄今为止规模最大的)”可知，除冰岛外，其他国家都开始实行四天工作制。故选D项。
11．推理判断题。根据第一段“Large numbers of employees in the United Kingdom will begin a four-day work week from Monday without cutting their pay in the largest trial of its kind(英国大量员工将从周一开始每周工作四天，不减薪，这是同类试验中规模最大的一次)”、第二段“During the program, workers receive 100% of their pay for working only 80% of their usual week, in exchange for promising to maintain 100% of their productivity.( 在该计划期间，工人只工作了正常工作周的80%，就可以获得100%的工资，以换取他们承诺保持100%的生产力)”以及最后一段“Government-backed trials are set to take place in Spain and Scotland later this year, the 4 Day Week Campaign said in a press release.( “每周4天运动”在一份新闻稿中表示，政府支持的试验将于今年晚些时候在西班牙和苏格兰进行)”可知，本文主要讲的是许多国家开始试行一周四天工作制，这个话题属于“社会”范畴，故选B项。
12．A 13．C 14．D 15．B

【导语】这是一篇说明文，亚马逊宣布了其人工智能助手Alexa的一项全新功能——快速模仿人声。亚马逊高级副总裁Rohit Prasad介绍，这项功能正在开发中，将允许Alexa语音助手根据不到一分钟的录音来模拟出“高质量的”人声。
12．词义猜测题。根据第一段第二句中“…would allow the virtual assistant to reproduce the voice of a specific person(将允许Alexa语音助手模仿特定人的声音)”判断,画线词意为“模仿，复制”，和reproduce同义。故选A。
13．细节理解题。根据第二段“Rohit Prasad, senior vice president and head scientist for Alexa, said at the event Wednesday that the desire behind the feature was to build greater trust in the interactions users have with Alexa by putting more “human qualities of empathy and affect.”(Alexa高级副总裁兼首席科学家Rohit Prasad在周三的发布会上表示，该功能背后的愿望是通过添加更多‘人类的同理心和情感’，在用户与Alexa的互动中建立更大的信任)”可知，亚马逊希望通过这一功能帮助用户在与Alexa的互动中建立更强大的信任”，故选C。
14．推理判断题。根据第四段内容“In a video played by Amazon at the event, a young child asks “Alexa, can Grandma finish reading me the Wizard of Oz?” Alexa then acknowledges the request, and switches to another voice imitate the child’s grandmother. The voice assistant then continues to read the book in that same voice.(在亚马逊在活动上播放的一段视频中，一个小孩问：‘Alexa，奶奶能给我念完《绿野仙踪》吗？’Alexa会接受请求，然后切换到另一种声音，模仿孩子的祖母。然后语音助手继续用同样的声音朗读这本书)”可知，该段描述了一个小孩要求Alexa用他奶奶的声音给他阅读故事的情景，即举例说明该新特征的功能，故选D。
15．主旨大意题。根据文章内容，结合第一段中“Amazon’s Alexa might soon replicate the voice of family members — even if they’re dead.(亚马逊的Alexa可能很快就会复制家庭成员的声音——即使他们已经死了)”可知，文章主要介绍了亚马逊的Alexa的新特征，即根据一小段录音模仿家庭成员的声音，甚至是已经过世的家庭成员的声音，在疫情肆虐的当下有着特殊的意义，故选B。
16．F 17．B 18．D 19．G 20．C

【导语】这是一篇说明文。睡眠问题可能发生在许多人身上。好消息是，人们实际上可以“训练”他们的大脑入睡。本文简要介绍了几种训练大脑入睡的方法。
16．根据上文“To work properly, the release of this hormone needs to occur at regular times.(为了激素正常起作用，它的释放需要定期进行。)”可知，此处上下文说的是要坚持规律的作息时间，与F项“Therefore, it’s important to have a standard wake up time, even on weekends or vacations(因此，即使在周末或假期，有一个标准的起床时间也是很重要的)”表达的含义一致，故选F项。
17．根据下文“The best sleep tip you can ever give somebody is get up - don’t lay in bed awake but not sleeping(你能给别人的最好的睡眠建议就是起床——不要躺在床上醒着却睡不着)”可知，本段主要讲的是不要醒着躺在床上，与B项“Don’t lay in bed awake(不要醒着躺在床上)”表达的含义一致，故选B项。
18．根据上文““The best sleep tip you can ever give somebody is get up - don’t lay in bed awake but not sleeping,” clinical psychologist and sleep expert Michael Grandner said. Why is that so important?( 临床心理学家兼睡眠专家迈克尔·格兰德纳说：“你能给别人的最好的睡眠建议就是起床——不要醒着躺在床上，但不要睡觉。”。为什么这么重要？)”可推理出下文讲的是为什么不能醒着躺在床上，与D项“Because lying in bed awake can form an association in your brain that can lead to long-time sleep problem(因为清醒地躺在床上会在你的大脑中形成一种联想，从而导致长期睡眠问题)”表达的含义一致，故选D项。
19．根据上文“Many people view sleeping as the final thing they have to do in a busy day, worth delaying to finish the housework, schoolwork, office work or the latest television series.( 许多人认为睡觉是忙碌一天中的最后一件事，值得推迟去完成家务、学业、办公室工作或最新的电视连续剧)”以及下文“Don’t see your sleep as the amount of time you have left in your day(不要把你的睡眠看作你一天中剩下的时间才做的事)”可知，下文是对上文做法的否定，也就是说本句要表达的是要改变“睡眠时间可以推迟”这种想法，与G项“That thinking needs to be changed(这种想法需要改变)”表达的含义一致，故选G项。
20．根据上文“When you have to stop and get ready to go to bed, do it without hesitation(当你不得不停下来准备睡觉时，毫不犹豫地去做)”，可推理出下文讲的是为什么要这样做，与C项“Otherwise, it will makes the next day more stressful(否则，第二天的压力会更大)”表达的含义一致，故选C项。

21．B 22．C 23．A 24．D 25．A 26．B 27．C 28．D 29．B 30．C 31．A 32．D 33．B 34．C 35．A 36．D 37．B 38．D 39．C 40．A

【导语】本篇文章是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章讲述自己的新家周围是一片充满杂草和乱石的区域，但他们仍然耐心清理，并意外发现一株向日葵绕过乱石向阳而生，作者心有感悟我们每个人都要相信自己有能力克服障碍，找到方法绕过障碍，并相信自己会成功。
21．考查名词词义辨析。句意：有时我觉得很幽默，即使是最常见的事情也会对我们的意识产生影响。A. personality个性；B. impact影响；C. fortune运气；D. job工作。根据固定短语“have an impact on sth.（对……产生影响）”可知，此处需要使用impact表达“日常小事对我们的影响”以此引出下文。故选B。
22．考查动词词义辨析。句意：九年前，我的妻子、女儿和我搬进了我们的家，我们花了很多时间和精力在院子里，把它变成了今天的样子。A. forecast预测；B. expressed表达；C. moved搬家；D. determined决定。根据下文“we spent a lot of time and energy in the yard to get it（我们花了很多时间和精力在院子里，把它变成了今天的样子。）”可知，我们很多时间精力整理院子，由此推断出是搬进新家。故选C。
23．考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：九年前，我的妻子、女儿和我搬进了我们的家，我们花了很多时间和精力在院子里，把它变成了今天的样子。A. looking like看起来像；B. heading to前往；C. turning to向某人求助；D. looking into调查。根据下文“Whenever we had leftover flowers or plants, Denise or I would stick them out front,（每当我们有剩下的花或植物时，丹尼斯或我就会把它们放在前面）”可知，我们在尽力改造新家，因此此处表达改造之后新家才呈现出现在能看到的样子。故选A。
24．考查短语辨析。句意：然而，房子的正面是另一回事，因为人行道上没有墙，砖石瓦块似乎只是被扔到地上，好像有人匆忙完工。A. other than除了；B. along with以及；C. apart from除了；D. instead of而不是。根据下文“the rocks appear to be just thrown up onto the dirt（砖石瓦块似乎只是被扔到地上）”可知，房子前面并没有墙，才看得到地面上的砖石瓦块。故选D。
25．考查连词词义辨析。句意：然而，房子的正面是另一回事，因为人行道上没有墙，岩石似乎只是被扔到泥土上，好像有人匆忙完工。A. as if貌似，好像；B. even if尽管；C. although尽管；D. while尽管。根据上文“the rocks appear to be just thrown up onto the dirt（砖石瓦块似乎只是被扔到地上）”可知，这些砖石瓦块凌乱不堪，好像是被人随意丢弃。故选A。
26．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们尽了最大的努力，并把这个地区称为我们的岩石花园。A. built建立；B. called称呼；C. limited限制；D. changed改变。根据下文“this area our “rock garden””可知，我们把它叫做“岩石花园”。故选B。
27．考查名词词义辨析。句意：每当我们有剩下的花或植物时，丹尼斯或我就会把它们放在前面，只是为了给这个地方增添一些色彩。A. ground地面；B. green绿色；C. color颜色；D. light光。“Whenever we had leftover flowers or plants, Denise or I would stick them out front,（每当我们有剩下的花或植物时，丹尼斯或我就会把它们放在前面）”可知我们用花草装点院子，这些花草可以为原本充满杂乱砖石瓦块的院子增加一些美丽的色彩。故选C。
28．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我仍然自己做所有的院子里的工作，甚至是可怕的拔草。A. school学校；B. factory工厂；C. farm农场；D. yard院子。根据上文“we spent a lot of time and energy in the yard（我们花了很多时间和精力在院子里）”可知，我们一直在打理院子。故选D。
29．考查动词词义辨析。句意：去年夏天，我走到岩石花园的尽头，发现了一株我不能马上认出来的小植物，我知道那不是我种的，丹尼斯也说她没有种。A. cleared清理；B. reached到达；C. crossed穿过；D. climbed爬。根据“the end of the rock garden and found a tiny little plant（在岩石花园的尽头，发现了一株小植物）”可知，我到达石头花园的尽头后发现了这株植物。故选B。
30．考查动词词义辨析。句意：去年夏天，我走到岩石花园的尽头，发现了一株我不能马上认出来的小植物，我知道那不是我种的，丹尼斯也说她没有种。A. admit承认；B. know知道；C. identify识别；D. acknowledge认可。根据下文“it appeared to be a Sunflower.（它好像是一株向日葵）”可知，我并未立即识别出这株植物是什么。故选C。
31．考查副词词义辨析。句意：去年夏天，我走到岩石花园的尽头，发现了一株我不能马上认出来的小植物，我知道那不是我种的，丹尼斯也说她没有种。A. either也（用在否定句中）；B. too也（用在肯定句中）；C. neither两者都不；D. also也（肯定句中）。根据上文“I knew I didn’t plant it and Denise claimed that she didn’t（我知道这不是我种的，也不是Denise）”可知，此处表达否定的“也”。故选A。
32．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们决定让它继续生长，直到我们弄清楚它是什么。A. sink下沉；B. stop阻止；C. finish完成；D. continue继续。根据下文“It had a tall skinny stalk with only one head on it.（它有一根又高又细的茎，上面只有一个头。）”可知，这株植物被我留了下来，让它继续成长，长出了又高又细的茎和头。故选D。
33．考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：我们决定让它继续生长，直到我们弄清楚它是什么。A. broke out爆发；B. figure out弄清楚；C. brought out引起；D. put out扑灭。根据下文“it appeared to be a Sunflower.（这好像是一株向日葵）”可知，作者留下这棵植株想要弄清楚这到底是什么指物。故选B。
34．考查动词词义辨析。句意：几个星期过去了，当我回到那株神秘的植物跟前时，它似乎是一株向日葵。A. whistle吹口哨；B. signal发信号；C. made使得；D. warning警告。根据固定短语“make one’s way to +地点（到达某地）”可知，此处表达作者重回院子找到这株植物。故选C。
35．考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：它有一根又高又细的茎，上面只有一个头。我决定一直照顾它，并一直给它除草。A. look after照顾；B. look for寻找；C. look up查阅；D. look down向下看。根据下文“As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds,（当我从那块地方拔出石头去清除杂草时）”可知，我要留下并照顾这株植物。故选A。
36．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当我从那块地方拔出石头去清除杂草时，我注意到一些不寻常的事情。A. regular定期的；B. common普通的；C. usual通常的；D. unusual不寻常的。根据下文“The Sunflower had not started where I saw the stalk begin.（向日葵并不是从我看到茎的地方开始生长的。）”可知，这棵向日葵的生长方式与我原有的认知不一样，通常植物从看到的茎秆处生长，但这个却不是，这是不寻常的。故选D。
37．考查副词词义辨析。句意：它实际上是从一块大石头下面开始的，然后在它下面和周围生长，直到接触到阳光。A. suddenly突然地；B. actually实际上；C. especially尤其；D. specially特殊地。根据下文“begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to reach the sun.（从一块大石头下面开始的，然后在它下面和周围生长，直到太阳。）”可知，事实上，这颗向日葵是从石头缝里长出来的，此处表达“实际上”。故选B。
38．考查动词词义辨析。句意：那时我意识到，如果一颗小小的向日葵没有让一块大石头挡住它的发展之路，我们也有能力做同样的事情。A. specialized专门研究；B. organized组织；C. recognized识别；D. realized意识到。根据下文“if a tiny little Sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand in its way of developing（如果一颗小小的向日葵没有让一块大石头挡住它的发展之路）”这是我的感悟，即我意识到这一问题。故选D。
39．考查名词词义辨析。句意：那时我意识到，如果一颗小小的向日葵没有让一块大石头挡住它的发展之路，我们也有能力做同样的事情。A. potential潜力；B. disability残疾；C. capability能力；D. reality现实。根据下文“Like the Sunflower, it knew it had the capability to overcome its obstacle because it trusted in the Universal Truth and had faith it would succeed.（就像向日葵一样，它知道自己有能力克服障碍，因为它相信宇宙真理，并相信自己会成功。）”可知，我认为我们跟向日葵一样，有能力克服困难努力成长，即我们也有这一能力。故选C。
40．考查动词词义辨析。句意：一旦我们的环境开始看到我们像那朵小向日葵一样相信自己，我们也能获得同样的营养和培育。A. attain获得，实现；B. admire钦佩；C. accompany陪伴；D. support支持。根据上文“It had a tall skinny stalk with only one head on it.（它有一根又高又细的茎，上面只有一个头。）”以及下文“Like the Sunflower,（像向日葵一样）”可知，这株植物努力从石头缝里成长，引起我的好奇以及得到我的照料，并成功长成高高的植株。如果我们也像向日葵一样努力成长，那么我们也能获得“养分”。故选A。

41．to post 42．including 43．competition 44．has improved 45．noting/to be noted 46．the 47．energetic 48．while 49．are 50．as

【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了尽管面临原材料成本高企和来自东南亚国家的激烈竞争等意想不到的挑战，今年中国对外贸易有望实现稳定增长。一项调查显示，过去6个月，多数行业出口商的盈利能力有所改善。
41．考查非谓语动词。句意：尽管面临原材料成本高企和来自东南亚国家的激烈竞争等意想不到的挑战，今年中国对外贸易有望实现稳定增长。短语be expected to do sth.表示“有望做某事”。故填to post。
42．考查介词。句意：尽管面临原材料成本高企和来自东南亚国家的激烈竞争等意想不到的挑战，今年中国对外贸易有望实现稳定增长。后跟名词作宾语，表示“包括”应用介词including。故填including。
43．考查名词。句意：尽管面临原材料成本高企和来自东南亚国家的激烈竞争等意想不到的挑战，今年中国对外贸易有望实现稳定增长。作宾语，表示“竞争”应用不可数名词competition。故填competition。
44．考查时态。句意：中国国际贸易促进委员会(中国国际商会)的一项调查显示，过去6个月，多数行业出口商的盈利能力有所改善。根据后文during the past 6 months可知为现在完成时，主语为The profitability of exporters in most sectors，助动词用has。故填has improved。
45．考查非谓语动词。句意：“值得注意的是，贸易数据不仅逐季转好，而且在第二季度逐月转好。此处为短语be worth doing/to be done表示“值得做某事”。故填noting/to be noted。
46．考查冠词。句意：“值得注意的是，贸易数据不仅逐季转好，而且在第二季度逐月转好。序数词前要用定冠词,表示“第几”。故填the。
47．考查形容词。句意：中国人民大学重阳金融研究所研究员刘颖表示：“6月份可能见证了强劲的外贸反弹和更有活力的经济复苏。”修饰名词recovery应用形容词energetic，作定语。故填energetic。
48．考查连词。句意：调查显示，超过25%的企业实现了季度收入的正增长，而近20%的企业表示，他们的利润较上一季度实现了增长。表示前后的对比应用连词while。故填while。
49．考查主谓一致。句意：超过26%的受访者对营收同比增长充满信心，约28%的受访者预计其营收至少与去年持平。陈述客观事实用一般现在时，主语为More than 26 percent of the respondents，谓语用复数。故填are。
50．考查介词。句意：超过26%的受访者对营收同比增长充满信心，约28%的受访者预计其营收至少与去年持平。表示“和……一样”短语为the same as。故填as。
51．1.far→further
2.would you please后的to去掉
3.informations→information
4.apply→applying
5.admit→admitted
6.Beside→Besides
7.many→much
8.to→for
9.are→is
10.appreciate后加it
【导语】这是一篇应用文。李华写信给Philipp先生询问申请大学的一些事情。
【详解】1.考查形容词。句意：我还有半年就要毕业了，毕业后我想申请贵校继续深造。表示“深造”短语为further education。故far改为further。
2.考查固定句型。句意：你能告诉我一些申请贵校的详细信息吗？此处为句型would you please do sth.表示“可以做某事……”。故would you please后的to去掉。
3.考查名词。句意：你能告诉我一些申请贵校的详细信息吗？information为不可数名词。故informations改为information。
4.考查非谓语动词。句意：你能告诉我一些申请贵校的详细信息吗？介词about后跟动名词作宾语。故apply改为applying。
5.考查非谓语动词。句意：我想知道的第一件事是，作为一名外国学生，我应该准备什么才能被贵校录取。此处admit与I构成被动关系，应用to be done形式。故admit改为admitted。
6.考查副词。句意：另外，我想知道我的学费应该是多少，我是否可以申请奖学金。修饰后文句子应用副词besides，故Beside改为Besides。
7.考查固定短语。句意：另外，我想知道我的学费应该是多少，我是否可以申请奖学金。询问金钱，应用how much。故many改为much。
8.考查介词。句意：另外，我想知道我的学费应该是多少，我是否可以申请奖学金。表示“申请”短语为apply for。故to改为for。
9.考查主谓一致。句意：最后但并非最不重要的是，学校是否提供住宿也是我关心的。whether引导主语从句，后面谓语用单数形式。故are改成is。
10.考查固定句型。句意：如果您能早日给我答复，我将不胜感激。表示“如果……将不胜感激”句型为would appreciate it if。故appreciate后加it。
52．One possible version
Dear Peter,
How are you going recently? An English speaking contest titled Chinese Tea Culture will be held in our school. Hearing that you are enthusiastic about Chinese tea, I’m writing to invite you as the judge of this competition.
The contest is scheduled to take place in the school hall at 9 o’clock in the morning of this Saturday, lasting 2 hours or so. All the staff and students of our school will attend to enjoy an ear feast by 12 speakers. As a judge, you’d better arrive at the spot ahead of time and prepare to make comments on each participant’s performance just after they finish. I hold a firm belief that we’ll hear something fresh and new.
Please confirm your participation at your earliest convenience and I hope you are not too busy to come. Best wishes!
Sincerely yours,
Li Hua
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。假定你是李华，你所在学校将举办以“Chinese Tea Culture”为主题的英语演讲比赛，作为活动的组织者学生会主席，请你给外教Peter发邮件邀请他参加并担任评委。
【详解】1.词汇积累
比赛：competition→contest
主持：hold→host
提前：ahead of time→in advance
结束：finish→complete
2.句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句：An English speaking contest titled Chinese Tea Culture will be held in our school.
拓展句：An English speaking contest, whose title is Chinese Tea Culture will be held in our school.
【点睛】[高分句型1] Hearing that you are enthusiastic about Chinese tea, I’m writing to invite you as the judge of this competition. (运用了that引导宾语从句)
[高分句型2] I hold a firm belief that we’ll hear something fresh and new. (运用了that引导同位语从句)