2023届四川省成都市第七中学高三下学期4月检测英语试题(5)

2023届四川省成都市第七中学高三下学期4月检测英语试题(5)
一、听力选择题
1.
A．Unpleasant atmosphere.B．Terrible food.
C．Slow service.D．Unacceptable price.
2. What will the woman do?
A．Study in the library.B．Attend a class.C．Play a card game.
3. What will the woman have?
A．Hot milk.B．Black coffee.C．Lemon juice.
4.
A．Deliver the notebook to Cathy.B．Look for Cathy’s notebook.
C．Ask Cathy to explain the chemistry notes.D．Ask Cathy for the man’s notebook.
5. What will the speakers have for dinner today?
A．Fried rice.B．Noodles.C．Steak.
二、听力选择题
6. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1. What is the man probably trying to do?
A．Open a new bank account.B．Exchange some money.C．Withdraw money from his account.
2. What is the man’s main problem?
A．He doesn’t have any money.B．He forgot his bank account number.C．His bank isn’t available in New York.
7. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1. What are the speakers doing?
A．Planning out a shopping list.
B．Talking about gift-giving customs.
C．Comparing their Christmas gifts.
2. What did the man receive?
A．Toilet articles.B．A plane ticket.C．Some candy.
3. What does the man imply in the end?
A．He doesn’t like the woman’s gifts.
B．Most of the woman’s gifts are appropriate for him.
C．His gifts were given to the woman by mistake.
8. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A．Driver and passenger.
B．Club owner and customer.
C．Interviewer and interviewee.
2. What can the guests do on the bus?
A．Drive the bus.B．Have cold drinks.C．Cook food.
3. What are guests expected to do for parties?
A．Get dressed smartly.B．Bring their VIP cards.C．Book clubs in advance.
4. What does the man suggest guests do before a fancy-dress party?
A．Control the number of people.
B．Inform him of the booking time.
三、听力选择题
四、改错
五、完形填空
C ．Avoid wearing jeans and sports shoes.
9. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1. Why will the woman move to Boston?
A ．Boswell is a much nicer town.
B ．She gets a better job there.
C ．Her husband will work there
2. What advantage does Boston have?
A ．Better education.
B ．Less pollution.
C ．More green area.3. What will the woman probably work as in Boston?
A ．A manager.
B ．A saleswoman.
C ．A teacher.
10. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1.
A ．Lack of interest in study.
B ．The shortage of resources.
C ．Her lack of aim in life.
D ．Her unrealistic dreams.
2.
A ．She kept trying even though she failed.
B ．She won a scholarship to study in China.
C ．Her website earned her a lot of money.
D ．She built a library with her experience.3.
A ．Trust your instinct and follow your heart.
B ．Learning a language is the key to success.
C ．The more you expect, the more disappointed you will be.
D ．The weak wait for opportunities; the strong create them.
11. 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。

On April 10, for first time in history, people saw a picture of a black hole. The picture taken by Katie Bouman, a computer scientist, had became popular among people soon. With Katie Bouman’s efforts, the historic picture would have been impossible. Take a picture of a black hole wasn’t easy.Many other scientists kept trying, but neither of them made it. Three years ago, Katie Bouman started working on a special computer program. She cooperated with other scientists but improved the program many times. Eventually, they successful turned the program data into the black hole picture. Regarded as one of the greatest woman, Bouman received lots of praise. However, she said what the success was crediting to the whole team.
文章大意：本文是一篇记叙文。

文章讲述了一个名叫伍德沃德因为对消防员的善举，反过来得到大家帮助的故事。

12. It was the middle of the night when firefighters Paul Hullings and Tim Young stopped at the Route 130 restaurant that waitress Liz Woodward worked at. They had just finished _________ a massive basement fire. It had taken most of the night to extinguish it, and they were _________.
Woodward noticed the tired firefighters and started a conversation with them. When she learned that they had spent hours courageously fighting the fire, she was _________. So when the men were ready to leave, she left the bill on the table – already _________.
Woodward also left a(n) _________ on the bill to thank the firefighters for their service: “Y our breakfast is on me today – Thank you for all that you do: for serving others and for running into the places everyone else_________. No matter what your role is, you are courageous and strong ...”
The firefighters were _________ to tears: “What a(n) _________ and kind act! I definitely encourage my friends to patronize (经常光顾) this restaurant to _________ the business, and if Woodward happens to be your waitress, tip __________.”
Woodward’s gift and __________ words let the firefighters know that they were __________ and that local people cared about them. A(n) __________ thank you can make a job worth doing.
Little did they know, Woodward was fighting her own __________. She was also courageous and strong - for her dad, a quadriplegic (四肢瘫痪者) who was in __________ need of a wheelchair – accessible van. Woodward was trying to raise money for him.
What goes around comes around, as they say, and Woodward was destined to be __________ for her random act of kindness. When they learned of Woodward’s difficulty, they talked to local news media and hoped to help Woodward with her fundraising __________.
And it __________. Since the story got out, she has raised over $86,000. The firefighters’ act of __________ inspired the waitress’ act of kindness, which __________ inspired the firefighters – and nearly 2,000 other people – to do something for her.
1.A．playing with B．cutting off C．putting out D．finding out
2.A．annoyed B．exhausted C．experienced D．energetic
3.A．calm B．upset C．scared D．impressed
4.A．paid B．shared C．replaced D．exchanged
5.A．mark B．comment C．application D．message
6.A．chases after B．runs away from C．heads towards D．catches up with
7.A．moved B．influenced C．feared D．remained
8.A．smart B．greedy C．selfless D．mean
9.A．survive B．offer C．support D．replace
10.A．immediately B．continuously C．legally D．generously
11.A．extreme B．heart-warming C．humorous D．boring
12.A．appreciated B．misjudged C．ignored D．protected
13.A．formal B．previous C．local D．simple
14.A．battle B．appointment C．adventure D．mistake
15.A．mad B．urgent C．low D．personal
16.A．turned back B．turned off C．paid back D．paid off
17.A．approaches B．advertisements C．efforts D．opportunities
18.A．mattered B．worked C．ended D．failed
19.A．bravery B．loyalty C．difficulty D．honesty
20.A．in charge B．in vain C．in particular D．in turn
六、阅读理解
文章大意：这是一篇说明文。

文章主要说明了经过试验发现，人工智能在地震预测方面大有前途，并给出详细的例子。

13. In Japan, the new year began with disaster as a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula (能登半岛) on the country’s western
edge on Monday. More than 2,000 active fault lines (断层线) lie beneath Japan, making it one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world.
Many scientists have long considered earthquake forecasting to be impossible. But given recent improvements in artificial intelligence, some researchers have been studying whether that could change.
Last fall, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin increased such hopes for earthquake prediction with a seven-month trial in China. In all, the algorithm (演算法) successfully forecast 14 earthquakes, each within about 200 miles of its actual epicenter (震中). Meanwhile, it missed one quake and predicted eight that never happened. The trial was part of an international A.I.-design competition, one of a few such events held in recent years to advance earthquake prediction technologies.
Sergey Fomel, a geoscientist at UT Austin and a member of the research team, says in a statement. “We’re not yet close to making predictions for anywhere in the world, but what we achieved tells us that what we thought was an impossible problem is solvable in principle.”
Additionally, machine learning could help detect hidden patterns in data or collect more data to better inform earthquake forecasting, Hutchison writes for MIT Technology Review. For example, some researchers are showing how A. I. might use recordings from a specific seismic site to anticipate an earthquake’s magnitude. One team has built and trained neural networks to predict where aftershocks may occur after an initial strike.
And others are using machine learning to identify and extract seismic waves—the vibrations that spread through the earth during tectonic activity (构造活动)—from other noises in the ground.
1. What’s the function of the first paragraph?
A．To explain a concept.B．To introduce a new topic.
C．To supply a summary.D．To provide an example.
2. What made some researchers optimistic about the earthquake forecasting?
A．The recent progress in theories.B．The use of traditional methods.
C．The increasing number of earthquakes.D．The advancements in artificial intelligence.
3. What do we know from the third paragraph?
A．The trial was conducted by Chinese.B．The algorithm was totally successful.
C．A. I. shows promise in earthquake prediction.D．The A. I. competition only focused on earthquakes.
4. What is the best title for the passage?
A．Japan’s Vulnerability to Earthquakes B．Helper in Predicting Earthquakes—A.I.
C．The Impossibility of Earthquake Prediction D．International Efforts to Predict Earthquakes
文章大意：本文是一篇记叙文，作者通过自己的经历来说明医疗保险没有对错之分，应该选择适合自己的。

14. I’ve had private health insurance my entire life. My parents were advocates of it and insisted I maintain my insurance after I left home. To be honest, I’d never really thought about it until I married and started a family of my own.
Pregnant with our first child, health insurance afforded me the doctor of my choice and a private room in the hospital of my choice. Many of my friends chose the public system and, although discharged from hospital (出院) much earlier, were provided daily home visits from a midwife (助产士) in the days following birth.
I’m happy to say all our babies were delivered safe and healthy. And while I have no regrets about “going private”, it wasn’t cheap despite my health insurance. My friends, on the other hand, paid nothing.
It wasn’t until my children turned one year old that I began to question whether health insurance was worth the monthly expense.
On the few occasions when the kids needed emergency care, we were referred to a new public hospital nearby and received first-class treatment. At that point we began to wonder if the money we were spending on private health cover could be better used elsewhere. Before I cancelled our insurance, though, I was diagnosed with cancer and that changed everything.
Thanks to my health insurance, the time between diagnosis and my first surgery was less than a week. I could recover in my own hospital room and know the team of specialists who were caring for me would be the same throughout my journey. Ten years later, they still are.
Other cancer survivors I’ve befriended along the way went public with their treatment and have no regrets either, which leads me to this conclusion: there’s no right or wrong when it comes to health insurance. I’ve kept it all these years because I like having peace of mind that my family will receive the treatment they need, when they need it. There are pros and cons for both, and only you can decide what best suits your situation.
1. What did the author think of private health insurance before her marriage?
A．It wasn’t cheap.B．It was far from enough.
C．It didn’t affect her much.D．It indeed gave her peace of mind.
2. What happened to the author’s friends choosing the public system?
A．They had harder deliveries.B．They spent less time in hospital.
C．They had weekly home visits from a midwife D．They were not well cared for after childbirth.
3. What did the author plan to do before she got cancer?
A．Get money to cover medical expenses.B．Maintain her private health insurance.
C．Use her insurance money somewhere else.D．Do something to change the public system.
4. What’s the author’s attitude to insurance now?
A．Choose your best fit.B．Buy private insurance if you can.
C．Keep both public and private insurance.D．Spend money carefully when it comes to insurance.
文章大意：本文为一篇应用文。

介绍了四个著名的城堡。

15. If you are looking for an amazing real-life castle, here are some good options for you.
Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany
The beauty of Neuschwanstein, perched high on a hill in southwest Bavaria, inspired one of America’s most famous castles: Disneyland’s famed Sleeping Beauty castle. The slender spires and towering roofs are impressive, but nothing compared to the brilliantly decorated interiors.
Windsor Castle, E ngland
This castle in the historic market town of Windsor that has been the family home to kings and queens for over 1,000 years. The castle is the largest and oldest occupied castle in the world. Guests are welcome to tour year-round. When the Royal Standard flag is flying from the castle’s Round Tower, the queen is home.
E ltz Castle, Germany
Medieval Eltz Castle, located in Wierschem of western Germany, was built in the 12th century and is named for the family that still owns it today. Surrounded by forest, it was erected on a 230-foot rock and features eight towers that sit 115 feet in the sky. Inside, the castle still includes many of its original furnishings.
Bran Castle, Romania
Some people call Bran Castle, located southwest of Brasov. Romania, by another name: Dracula’s Castle. It’s just one of many castles linked to that vampire (吸血鬼) legend, but its dramatic architecture built on a steep cliff helps it fill the part, and the castle does not shy away from the legend.
1. What do we know about Neuschwanstein Castle?
A．It is the highest castle in the world.
B．It is the blueprint of Sleeping Beauty castle.
C．It inspired a Disney movie.
D．It is plainly decorated inside.
2. Which of the following about Windsor Castle is true?
A．It is open throughout the year.
B．It has a history of less than 1000 years.
C．The royal family don’t live there any longer.
D．You can see the queen whenever you go there.
3. What do the last two castles have in common?
A．They are related to vampire tales.
B．They have special goods for sale.
C．They are both located on rocks.
D．They were built in the 12th century.
文章大意：本文是一篇说明文。

文章介绍科学家发明了一种小装置，可以把咸水变成干净的饮用水。

它由太阳能驱动，使用方便。

这意味着即使在资源有限的情况下，偏远地区的人们也能获得安全的水。

研究人员正在努力使它更便宜，以便每个人都能使用它。

16. Water equals life. This is true for people, animals, and plants. Even though water covers 71 percent of the Earth’s surface, not all of it is safe to drink. In fact, less than three percent is actually freshwater. Now, scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge may have developed a way to change that. They have developed a suitcase-sized desalination (脱盐) device, powered by a small portable solar panel that can be used in remote places to produce clean drinking water.
Most commercially available portable desalination units use filters (过滤器) that require high-pressure pumps to push the water, which makes them huger and less energy efficient. The filter-less MIT device will allow it to be used in remote or resource-limited places like small islands, ships, and even for emergency use. Requiring no filters, this device uses electrical power to remove salt and other particles — including bacteria and viruses — from the saltwater. This reduces the need for constant maintenance.
The new desalination unit needs less power than a cell phone charger and works using two types of electrical fields to filter the saltwater. But best of all, it was designed to be used by ordinary people, not engineers. In fact, the device only has three buttons, one to power the device, one to start it, and one to stop it.
What this means is that the portable unit can be used in places with limited resources. Now, the cost is still too high, but Y oon, a member of the research, hopes that it can be reduced to make it affordable for most people.
The researchers are still working on a final design that could use cheaper materials and a new prototype (原型) could be ready soon. This small but mighty desalination unit may be the key to bringing safe water to a thirsty world.
1. What can we learn about the desalination device from the first paragraph?
A．It’s low-budget.B．It’s low-carbon.
C．It’s high-quality.D．It’s high-profit.
2. Compared with commercial ones, what advantage does the MIT device have?
A．It can be used in the heavy industry.
B．It can be operated by remote control.
C．It can remove salt and other particles by filters.
D．It can cut down the cost of equipment maintenance.
3. Why does the author mention the three buttons of the device?
A．To show that the device is simple to operate.
B．To introduce the target users of this device.
C．To illustrate the charging mode of the device.
D．To present the design principle of the device.
4. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A．Environmentally-friendly Technology: Filters
B．New Portable Device Makes Seawater Drinkable
C．Engineers’ New Choice: The MIT Desalination Device
D．The New Desalination Device Replaces Traditional Ones
七、阅读理解
文章大意：这是一篇说明文。

越来越多的研究表明，终身健康的关键是在饮食、锻炼和压力管理方面做出简单的改变。

本文介绍了几个易控制的健康小窍门，以帮助人们保持健康。

17. More and more research is showing that the key to lifelong good health is what experts call “lifestyle medicine”—making simple changes in
diet, exercise, and stress management. To help you turn that knowledge into results, we’ve put together this manageable list of health and wellness tips to keep healthy.
Give yourself a break
“I spend countless hours doing cardio(健心运动)and never seem to lose that last ten pounds!” is a common complaint I hear from clients. Give yourself permission to shorten your workouts. 1 . Y our body can plateau(处于停滞状态)If not given adequate rest to restore itself, ultimately leading to a decline in performance. Breaking down your routine into various training modes can help prevent overtraining. 2 .
T hink small
3 . If you have a can of soda at lunchtime every day, have a glass of water two days a week instead. Starting with small, painless changes
helps establish the mentality that healthy changes are not necessarily painful changes. It’s easy to build from here by adding more healthy substitutions.
4
Y ou can do all the right things—but if you have personal relationships with people who have unhealthy habits, it is often a hard battle. 5 . Get your family or friends involved with you when you walk or plan healthier meals. Making healthy changes with a loved one can bring you closer together and motivate you.
A．Keep good company.
B．Get rid of unhealthy habits.
C．Doing so gives your workouts a new purpose.
D．Believe it or not, overtraining could be the problem.
E．You can also help balance your program by simply incorporating more variety.
F．The healthiest people are those who have relationships with other healthy people.
G．Try to focus first on one small unhealthy habit and turn it into a healthy, positive habit.
八、语法填空
文章大意：这是一篇说明文。

文章介绍了天文学家通过美国宇航局的哈勃太空望远镜发现了有史以来最远的恒星。

18. 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。

Space scientists say they have identified the most distant star ever recorded. Astronomers made the discovery with the Hubble Space Telescope
1 (operate) by the American space agency NASA. Researchers estimated the star was 50 to 100 times the mass of the sun, and
2 (million)
of times brighter than the sun.
It takes billions of years for the light from distant stars 3 (reach) Earth. The team says the star’s light 4 (believe) to have traveled for
12.9 billion years before arriving in the planet. This means the star would have existed when the universe was about seven percent of 5 (it)
current age. A member of the research team, Brian Welch, called the 6 (extreme) hot and bright star Earendel, 7 means the morning star or the rising light.
“We definitely just got lucky. Although scientists on Earth can now see its light, Earendel itself surely no longer exists. This is 8 such huge stars have short lives. The star probably existed for a few hundred million years before 9 (die) in an explosion,” Welch said. “Hubble has
observed the light from the galaxy that dates back 10 about 400 years after the Big Bang,” he added.。