2023届安徽省卓越县中联盟高三上学期开学考试-英语试题含答案

  2022—2023学年（上）安徽卓越县中联盟高三年级开学考

英语

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2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。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。

例: How much is the shirt?

A. £ 19.15.       B. £9.18.        C. £9.15.

答案是C。

1. What does the man order?

A. A small soda. B. A baked potato. C. A salad.

2. When should the meeting have started?

A. At 8:00 a. m. B. At9:00 a. m. C. At 10:00 a. m.

3. Why does the woman’s husband prefer to live in the city center of Dalian?

A. To experience the peace of nature.

B. To enjoy the convenience of life.

C. To avoid unnecessary expenses.

4. Which club will the man join?

A. The sports club. B. The art club. C. The reading club.

5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Doctor and patient. B. Teacher and student. C. Mother and son.

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。

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

6. What's the problem of the man?

A. His name can hardly be remembered.

B. His Chinese name is difficult to read.

C. His English name sounds strange.

7. What does the woman suggest the man to do?

A. Have an English name.

B. Choose another Chinese name.

C. Keep his Chinese name.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

8. Where might the speakers be?

A. In a library. B. On a street. C. In a hospital.

9. What does the man think of seeing-eye dogs?

A. They cost too much.

B. They aren’t as useful as we expect.

C. They are hard to get.

10. What can we learn about the speakers from the conversation?

A. The woman is blind.

B. The man’s fingers are very sensitive.

C. They are willing to help the disabled.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

11. What does the woman want the man to do?

A. Take her out for a meal.

B. Treat her cousin to a meal.

C. Recommend her some places for a meal.

12. When will the woman treat her cousin outside?

A. On Monday. B. On Tuesday. C. On Friday.

13. Where will the woman go tonight?

A. To a Thai restaurant.

B. To a Chinese restaurant.

C. To an Australian restaurant.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

14. What does the woman recommend to the man?

A. A website. B. A high school. C. A school reunion.

15. How does the man like his high school life?

A. Horrible. B. Colorful. C. Exciting.

16. What interests the woman?

A. Finishing the project.

B. Visiting her college friends.

C. Meeting her high school friends.

17. What's the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Workmates. B. High school classmates. C. College classmates.

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

18. How old is Ms. Hawkins?

A. 105 years old. B. 83 years old. C. 115 years old.

19. What is Ms. Hawkins’ main sport?

A. Swimming. B. Cycling. C. Hiking.

20. What was Mr. Eberhart before retirement?

A. A policeman. B. A doctor. C. A writer.

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Summer isn't over yet! There’s still plenty of time for camp fun. Need last-minute camp plans? The following programs are here to help!

Pono Summer Camp

From book clubs to cooking classes and even travel, the camp lets kids design their own activities and brings them to life through field trips and online lessons. It runs from July 6 to September4 for children aged6 to 14.

Rise

This performing and media arts program has invited some artists who have professional acting, writing, clowning, dancing, directing, photographing and film-making experience. From July 6 to August 27, weekly camps take place Monday ~ Friday 1 p. m. ~3 p. m. and run until the last week in August for $150 per week.

Shack Camp

This six-week camp includes DIY activities such as putting together a juice stand, making campaign buttons and making your own ice cream. For $79, campers buy a Shack Camp Box that includes $175 worth of materials. The money from it will help support the Fresh Air Fund.

New York Sewing Camp

From June 15 to August 7, those interested in fashion can explore their love for clothing during the New York Sewing Camp offerings for ages 7 ~ 10 and 11 ~ 14. Classes will be broken up into three time slots（时间段） five days per week and focus on the basics before kids work their way up to projects like skirts and bags. The cost is $375 per student.

21. What will kids do at Pono Summer Camp?

A. Do farm work in the field. B. Attend some classes online.

C. Design activities for other kids. D. Learn survival skills in the wild.

22. Which camp should you choose if you want to learn how to make a short movie?

A. Rise. B. Shack Camp.

C. Pono Summer Camp. D. New York Sewing Camp.

23. How much should you pay if you go to the camp aimed at DIY skills?

A. $375. B. $175. C. $150. D. $79.

B

It is not always easy to know what food to order at restaurants. But a new company Kabaq in New York is hoping to help. The company offers menu items in augmented（增强的）reality. The technology places computer-generated images into the user's view of the real world.

At Vino Levantino wine bar in New York City, the desserts are tasty but many visitors may have never heard of them. Instead of explaining the traditional Middle Eastern sweet to restaurant visitors，owner Haim Amit shows them. The Kabaq's augmented reality application displays models of the desserts in 3-D on an iPad. Customers at each table use an iPad to explore the desserts.

Alper Guler is the founder of Kabaq. “Humans are visual creatures, and we are creating really realistic 3-D food models.” The technology company is helping diners decide what to eat and making traditional menus more modern. Guler and his team visit restaurants to capture 3-D images of dishes. They place dishes on a turning table inside a photo box and the camera scans the dishes from all sides.

“We have special equipment that stands here, shooting a bunch of pictures at the same time. So, as the table turns, our system takes all the pictures along the way. And we go back to our office and basically start processing all of these images. ”For their services, Kabaq charges $99- $ 199 per month.

Amit says the technology is not only increasing profits at his restaurant but offering customers a special experience. “It’s not just the sale—the sales grow like about 22 percent overall on average—but the experience with customers is different—they didn't expect it and they really like it.”

Amit says he has noticed how excited his customers are about it. It's amazing.

24. How do customers in Haim Amit's bar know about an unfamiliar dessert?

A. By searching the bar’s website. B. By turning to an app.

C. By looking at pictures on traditional menus. D. By asking the waiters for help.

25. What inspired Alper Guler to invent the 3-D menus?

A. Humans’ habit of making eating decisions. B. Love for delicious food.

C. Request from consumers. D. An unpleasant dining experience.

26. What does Amit think of the invention?

A. It is far from satisfactory. B. It proves food is No. 1 for the people.

C. It kills two birds with one stone. D. It inspires other restaurants to follow.

27. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A. Technology Promotes Traditional Food

B. 3-D Images Show Process of Food Making

C. Technology Brings 3-D Images to Food Menus

D. Traditional Menus Will Be Replaced by 3-D Ones

C

“Robots are ready to replace millions of humans in various industries. But they're nowhere close to being human-like,” said Blake Hannaford, a robotics professor at the University of Washington in Seattle.

So far, robots don't really look or act like the sensitive beings described throughout science fiction. Rather, these basic machines are tasked with carrying out simple tasks that promote productivity around the workplace or factory. We are still decades away from a future where robots carry out more difficult and meaningful tasks.

But other aspects continue to have a significant influence on robotics. Robots are already performing some human functions. In everyday terms, that means your smartphone can do more with the same battery life. It also means quicker advances in artificial intelligence—things like computer vision and natural language processing that help robots “see” and learn.

Going forward, Hannaford said, robots will “free up people's brains” to perform other, more complex tasks. “There’s going to be a lot of people who fall by the wayside,” he said of the countless jobs that will be automated or disappear entirely.

More than 120 million workers worldwide (11.5 million in the U.S.) will need retraining just in the next few years due to replacement caused by artificial intelligence and robots, according to a recent IBM Institute for Business Values study. Not all of them will get that retraining, of course, but the ones who do will be more likely to gain new types of jobs brought by the robot revolution.

But some experts say the more robots surpass humans, the more humans will be expected to keep up.

“The way we have to start thinking about robots is not as a threat, but as something that we can work with in a co-operative way,” Hannaford said. “A lot of it is changing our own attitudes.”

28. What can we infer from what Hannaford said?

A. Robots will help make life easier for all of us.

B. We'll see some jobs taken over entirely by robots.

C. Robots are at a stage of being human-like.

D. It is likely that we will be wiped out by robots.

29. What is paragraph 2 mainly about?

A. Robots in science fiction closely resemble us.

B. Robots can carry out complex actions automatically.

C. Humans will be replaced by robots in the near future.

D. The development of robots has a long way to go.

30. What does the underlined word “surpass” in paragraph 6 probably mean?

A. Complete fewer tasks than. B. Do better than.

C. Make more mistakes than. D. Get more retraining than.

31. What attitude should we have towards robots according to Hannaford?

A. Positive. B. Opposed.

C. Uncaring. D. Doubtful.

D

It has now been one year since The Ocean Cleanup made history by cleaning up the first of the plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch(垃圾带). And now, its researchers are turning the waste into designer sunglasses. Not only are the stylish glasses made from the plastic collected, but the earnings go toward helping support the nonprofit so they can continue cleaning up the ocean.

The new glasses are the first product to be created from the recovered ocean waste, but The Ocean Cleanup website says it will not be the last. Back in October 2019,after years of research, The Ocean Cleanup project announced that their System 001/B had successfully collected plastic waste from the garbage patch. The system uses the natural forces of the ocean to gather plastic in the garbage patch, a process that was first brought up by Boyan Slat back in October 2012.

Together with famous designer Yves Behar, and Safilo, The Ocean Cleanup worked to create sunglasses that could produce a feeling or memory of the ocean, reminding people where they came from and what they are protecting. The frames（框架）of the new sunglasses are made from the recovered ocean pollution. Because the joining points have also been specially designed, they can very quickly be taken apart for recycling.

Although the sunglasses cost $199 a pair, all of the money earned from them will be used to fund the nonprofit' s operations. For every pair sold, the organization will be able to clean 24 football-fields-worth of ocean garbage. And since the glasses went on sale earlier last week, supporters have already funded more than 133 , 100 football fields of garbage.

“When every pair is bought up from the first batch（批）of sunglasses we can then clean 500,000 football fields worth of plastic,” says the website. “That means we can use this garbage to clean more garbage: going full circle, over and over, until we have achieved our purpose of clean oceans.

32. What was The Ocean Cleanup's System 001/B used to do?

A. Collect information of the ocean. B. Monitor the garbage patch.

C. Gather plastic waste. D. Sort ocean waste.

33. Which of the following is a characteristic of the new sunglasses?

A. They are green in color. B. They can be easily recycled.

C. They can help find ocean pollution. D. They have more joining points than others.

34. What does the author imply in paragraph 4?

A. The price of the sunglasses should be lower.

B. The money will be used to build football fields.

C. The Ocean Cleanup is in need of financial support.

D. Buying the sunglasses can help reduce ocean waste.

35. Which section of a website is the text most probably taken from?

A. Fashion. B. Lifestyle. C. Technology. D. Environment.

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Ways to Grow Your Own Plant Supports Instead of Buying Them

Many new gardeners think it is necessary to buy new items for their gardens, when in fact, careful design and the right plant choices can mean that your garden can actually provide the things you need.

One common example of the things that people buy when they could grow them in their own garden is plant supports.____36____. While there are numerous plant supports on the market, my professional take is you can do without buying any of these at all.

Many climbing and vining plants require some support as they grow. Sometimes, the plants you grow beside climbers or vines can provide all the support they need. ____37____ . The same thing can be true of a number of taller perennials (多年生植物). Growing them close can prevent them being blown over in strong winds. ____38____, as you will need to think about competition and avoid overcrowding.

Of course, other living plants will not always be able to provide the support that is required. I find growing trees like the hazel or willow means you always have suitable material to use in your own garden. ____39____ . Do so early on in garden establishment and over time, you can easily become self-sufficient in garden plant supports-even in a small garden.

____40____, it can be helpful to think about longer-term needs in your garden. Grow not just eatable plants, but also a range of other plants which will allow you to become more self-sufficient over time.

A. Plenty of trees grow relatively quickly

B. Thick planting should be handled with care

C. Before you buy plant supports for your garden

D. Planting these trees in your garden can be a great choice

E. So when designing your garden and deciding which plants to grow

F. Plants like short peas can simply be grown close together and will hold each other up

G. Plant supports can be living growing plants or branches cut from elsewhere in the space

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

On a hot day, George and his brother, Mark, were planting new grass in George’s garden. The lawn(草坪)in the garden had become brown and patchy(参差不齐的), which could make a ____41____ in the heat. The authorities had ____42____ to charge a heavy fine if the situation was not ____43____ . George and Mark had been planting the new patches of grass since morning but the progress was ____44____. George, who was 68, was not feeling right. He went indoors to take a ____45____and suddenly fell down on the couch. His wife, Melissa, called the ambulance____46____.

While he was having a heart attack, George had one thing on his ____47____— his lawn. If the new patches of grass were not planted on the lawn that day, the grass would die. “Although he was in great pain, he kept asking me to have the patches of grass planted because he didn't want them to go to waste,” Melissa ____48____.

Soon the paramedics(护理人员)arrived and ____49____George and Melissa to the hospital, leaving Mark behind to take care of the garden. After an hour, Mark had only _____50_____to uproot the old grass. He was about to plant the new grass when two emergency vehicles _____51_____. Four paramedics, the same ones who had _____52_____ his brother earlier on, got out. George had shared with them how badly he had wanted to plant the new grass patches in his lawn, so they returned to _____53_____. The task was _____54_____ in less than two hours!

Meanwhile, George had undergone a heart surgery. After he had recovered, he had been _____55_____ his beautiful lawn. He was amazed at the new look covered with _____56_____ patches of grass.

George and Melissa were _____57_____ that those paramedics had gone above and beyond their _____58_____ to offer help with the lawn. Melissa told the newspaper reporter one day, “These men not only _____59_____ George’s life, but also his grass. That's just so _____60_____.”

41. A. trap B. fire C. mess D. mistake

42. A. promised B. hesitated C. struggled D. threatened

43. A. approved of B. left out C. dealt with D. put forward

44. A. slow B. steady C. easy D. obvious

45. A. break B. lesson C. chance D. walk

46. A. carefully B. gratefully C. immediately D. secretly

47. A. shoulder B. hand C. head D. mind

48. A. recalled B. questioned C. insisted D. warned

49. A. treated B. rushed C. reported D. introduced

50. A. happened B. attempted C. managed D. offered

51. A. started B. appeared C. crashed D. dropped

52. A. called on B. turned down C. brought back D. attended to

53. A. celebrate B. check C. help D. study

54. A. improved B. increased C. completed D. confirmed

55. A. enjoying B. advocating C. changing D. designing

56. A. black B. green C. red D. brown

57. A. frightened B. regretful C. proud D. surprised

58. A. abilities B. duties C. patience D. ambition

59. A. ruined B. enriched C. entered D. saved

60. A. awesome B. convenient C. awkward D. shocking

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，并将答案填写在答题卡上。

As we all know, we all need blood. Actually, every three seconds, someone needs it. Whether it’s for having a baby or ____61____(experience)an operation, blood saves millions of lives every year. But the trouble is that we can only get it from each other, which is why we all have a ____62____(responsible)to donate blood. Almost 68 million people in the U.S alone ____63____(donate)blood in the past few years. But where does all this blood go after it leaves your body? Let’s start at the post donation stage. First, test tubes of your blood ____64____(send)to a lab to identify any diseases and the blood type. At the same time, your blood goes into a place where it’s separated into three different ____65____(component): red blood cells，platelets and plasma. And each of these has a separate function. Red blood cells are what give your blood ____66____(it)color and contain a protein which makes it easier for them ____67____(transport)oxygen to and from your lungs. This is what is given to patients under operation or those ____68____low blood cell counts. Platelets are the small parts of other cells and they are of great help for your blood to clot (凝结成块)properly. They’re ____69____(common)used for cancer patients ____70____have been affected by their chemical treatment.

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）

71. 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（N），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。

My grandmother is in her eighty this year. Last month, I bought her smart phone specially designed for the elderly. I patiently teach her how to telephone or how to have a video chat with others on WeChat. I practiced again and again. She was very thrilling when she could chat on WeChat. She thought the smart phone was such powerful a tool. Now she has final mastered how to use the smart phone. To her delight, she can have a video chat with me on WeChat without being helped. She takes pride in herself because of she can keep up with the times. She no long feels lonely.

第二节 书面表达（满分25分）

72. 你校英文报正在开展以The Importance of Doing Housework为题的讨论。请根据图表中的调查结果写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：

1.中学生做家务状况描述；

2.造成此状况的原因；

3.你的观点。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.短文的题目和首句已为你写好。

The Importance of Doing Housework

It’s widely known that Labor Education will be included in the education of middle schools in China.

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2022—2023学年（上）安徽卓越县中联盟高三年级开学考

英语

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2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。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。

例: How much is the shirt?

A. £ 19.15.     B. £9.18.     C. £9.15.

答案是C。

1. What does the man order?

A. A small soda. B. A baked potato. C. A salad.

【答案】C

2. When should the meeting have started?

A. At 8:00 a. m. B. At9:00 a. m. C. At 10:00 a. m.

【答案】B

3. Why does the woman’s husband prefer to live in the city center of Dalian?

A. To experience the peace of nature.

B. To enjoy the convenience of life.

C. To avoid unnecessary expenses.

【答案】B

4. Which club will the man join?

A. The sports club. B. The art club. C. The reading club.

【答案】A

5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Doctor and patient. B. Teacher and student. C. Mother and son.

【答案】C

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。

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

6. What's the problem of the man?

A. His name can hardly be remembered.

B. His Chinese name is difficult to read.

C. His English name sounds strange.

7. What does the woman suggest the man to do?

A. Have an English name.

B. Choose another Chinese name.

C. Keep his Chinese name.

【答案】6. B    7. C

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

8. Where might the speakers be?

A. In a library. B. On a street. C. In a hospital.

9. What does the man think of seeing-eye dogs?

A. They cost too much.

B. They aren’t as useful as we expect.

C. They are hard to get.

10. What can we learn about the speakers from the conversation?

A. The woman is blind.

B. The man’s fingers are very sensitive.

C. They are willing to help the disabled.

【答案】8. B    9. A    10. C

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

11. What does the woman want the man to do?

A. Take her out for a meal.

B. Treat her cousin to a meal.

C. Recommend her some places for a meal.

12. When will the woman treat her cousin outside?

A. On Monday. B. On Tuesday. C. On Friday.

13. Where will the woman go tonight?

A. To a Thai restaurant.

B. To a Chinese restaurant.

C. To an Australian restaurant.

【答案】11. C    12. A    13. C

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

14. What does the woman recommend to the man?

A. A website. B. A high school. C. A school reunion.

15. How does the man like his high school life?

A. Horrible. B. Colorful. C. Exciting.

16. What interests the woman?

A. Finishing the project.

B. Visiting her college friends.

C. Meeting her high school friends.

17. What's the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Workmates. B. High school classmates. C. College classmates.

【答案】14. A    15. A    16. C    17. A

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

18. How old is Ms. Hawkins?

A. 105 years old. B. 83 years old. C. 115 years old.

19. What is Ms. Hawkins’ main sport?

A. Swimming. B. Cycling. C. Hiking.

20. What was Mr. Eberhart before retirement?

A. A policeman. B. A doctor. C. A writer.

【答案】18. A    19. B    20. B

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Summer isn't over yet! There’s still plenty of time for camp fun. Need last-minute camp plans? The following programs are here to help!

Pono Summer Camp

From book clubs to cooking classes and even travel, the camp lets kids design their own activities and brings them to life through field trips and online lessons. It runs from July 6 to September4 for children aged6 to 14.

Rise

This performing and media arts program has invited some artists who have professional acting, writing, clowning, dancing, directing, photographing and film-making experience. From July 6 to August 27, weekly camps take place Monday ~ Friday 1 p. m. ~3 p. m. and run until the last week in August for $150 per week.

Shack Camp

This six-week camp includes DIY activities such as putting together a juice stand, making campaign buttons and making your own ice cream. For $79, campers buy a Shack Camp Box that includes $175 worth of materials. The money from it will help support the Fresh Air Fund.

New York Sewing Camp

From June 15 to August 7, those interested in fashion can explore their love for clothing during the New York Sewing Camp offerings for ages 7 ~ 10 and 11 ~ 14. Classes will be broken up into three time slots（时间段） five days per week and focus on the basics before kids work their way up to projects like skirts and bags. The cost is $375 per student.

21. What will kids do at Pono Summer Camp?

A. Do farm work in the field. B. Attend some classes online.

C. Design activities for other kids. D. Learn survival skills in the wild.

22. Which camp should you choose if you want to learn how to make a short movie?

A. Rise. B. Shack Camp.

C. Pono Summer Camp. D. New York Sewing Camp.

23. How much should you pay if you go to the camp aimed at DIY skills?

A. $375. B. $175. C. $150. D. $79.

【答案】21. B    22. A    23. D

B

It is not always easy to know what food to order at restaurants. But a new company Kabaq in New York is hoping to help. The company offers menu items in augmented（增强的）reality. The technology places computer-generated images into the user's view of the real world.

At Vino Levantino wine bar in New York City the desserts are tasty but many visitors may have never heard of them. Instead of explaining the traditional Middle Eastern sweet to restaurant visitors，owner Haim Amit shows them. The Kabaq's augmented reality application displays models of the desserts in 3-D on an iPad. Customers at each table use an iPad to explore the desserts.

Alper Guler is the founder of Kabaq. “Humans are visual creatures, and we are creating really realistic 3-D food models.” The technology company is helping diners decide what to eat and making traditional menus more modern. Guler and his team visit restaurants to capture 3-D images of dishes. They place dishes on a turning table inside a photo box and the camera scans the dishes from all sides.

“We have special equipment that stands here, shooting a bunch of pictures at the same time. So, as the table turns, our system takes all the pictures along the way. And we go back to our office and basically start processing all of these images. ”For their services, Kabaq charges $99- $ 199 per month.

Amit says the technology is not only increasing profits at his restaurant but offering customers a special experience. “It’s not just the sale—the sales grow like about 22 percent overall on average—but the experience with customers is different—they didn't expect it and they really like it.”

Amit says he has noticed how excited his customers are about it. It's amazing.

24. How do customers in Haim Amit's bar know about an unfamiliar dessert?

A. By searching the bar’s website. B. By turning to an app.

C. By looking at pictures on traditional menus. D. By asking the waiters for help.

25. What inspired Alper Guler to invent the 3-D menus?

A. Humans’ habit of making eating decisions. B. Love for delicious food.

C. Request from consumers. D. An unpleasant dining experience.

26. What does Amit think of the invention?

A. It is far from satisfactory. B. It proves food is No. 1 for the people.

C. It kills two birds with one stone. D. It inspires other restaurants to follow.

27. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A. Technology Promotes Traditional Food

B. 3-D Images Show Process of Food Making

C. Technology Brings 3-D Images to Food Menus

D. Traditional Menus Will Be Replaced by 3-D Ones

【答案】24. B    25. A    26. C    27. C

C

“Robots are ready to replace millions of humans in various industries. But they're nowhere close to being human-like,” said Blake Hannaford, a robotics professor at the University of Washington in Seattle.

So far, robots don't really look or act like the sensitive beings described throughout science fiction. Rather, these basic machines are tasked with carrying out simple tasks that promote productivity around the workplace or factory. We are still decades away from a future where robots carry out more difficult and meaningful tasks.

But other aspects continue to have a significant influence on robotics. Robots are already performing some human functions. In everyday terms, that means your smartphone can do more with the same battery life. It also means quicker advances in artificial intelligence—things like computer vision and natural language processing that help robots “see” and learn.

Going forward, Hannaford said, robots will “free up people's brains” to perform other, more complex tasks. “There’s going to be a lot of people who fall by the wayside,” he said of the countless jobs that will be automated or disappear entirely.

More than 120 million workers worldwide (11.5 million in the U.S.) will need retraining just in the next few years due to replacement caused by artificial intelligence and robots, according to a recent IBM Institute for Business Values study. Not all of them will get that retraining, of course, but the ones who do will be more likely to gain new types of jobs brought by the robot revolution.

But some experts say the more robots surpass humans, the more humans will be expected to keep up.

“The way we have to start thinking about robots is not as a threat, but as something that we can work with in a co-operative way,” Hannaford said. “A lot of it is changing our own attitudes.”

28. What can we infer from what Hannaford said?

A. Robots will help make life easier for all of us.

B. We'll see some jobs taken over entirely by robots.

C. Robots are at a stage of being human-like.

D. It is likely that we will be wiped out by robots.

29. What is paragraph 2 mainly about?

A. Robots in science fiction closely resemble us.

B. Robots can carry out complex actions automatically.

C. Humans will be replaced by robots in the near future.

D. The development of robots has a long way to go.

30. What does the underlined word “surpass” in paragraph 6 probably mean?

A. Complete fewer tasks than. B. Do better than.

C. Make more mistakes than. D. Get more retraining than.

31. What attitude should we have towards robots according to Hannaford?

A. Positive. B. Opposed.

C. Uncaring. D. Doubtful.

【答案】28. B    29. D    30. B    31. A

D

It has now been one year since The Ocean Cleanup made history by cleaning up the first of the plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch(垃圾带). And now, its researchers are turning the waste into designer sunglasses. Not only are the stylish glasses made from the plastic collected, but the earnings go toward helping support the nonprofit so they can continue cleaning up the ocean.

The new glasses are the first product to be created from the recovered ocean waste, but The Ocean Cleanup website says it will not be the last. Back in October 2019,after years of research, The Ocean Cleanup project announced that their System 001/B had successfully collected plastic waste from the garbage patch. The system uses the natural forces of the ocean to gather plastic in the garbage patch, a process that was first brought up by Boyan Slat back in October 2012.

Together with famous designer Yves Behar, and Safilo, The Ocean Cleanup worked to create sunglasses that could produce a feeling or memory of the ocean, reminding people where they came from and what they are protecting. The frames（框架）of the new sunglasses are made from the recovered ocean pollution. Because the joining points have also been specially designed, they can very quickly be taken apart for recycling.

Although the sunglasses cost $199 a pair, all of the money earned from them will be used to fund the nonprofit' s operations. For every pair sold, the organization will be able to clean 24 football-fields-worth of ocean garbage. And since the glasses went on sale earlier last week, supporters have already funded more than 133 , 100 football fields of garbage.

“When every pair is bought up from the first batch（批）of sunglasses, we can then clean 500,000 football fields worth of plastic,” says the website. “That means we can use this garbage to clean more garbage: going full circle, over and over, until we have achieved our purpose of clean oceans.

32. What was The Ocean Cleanup's System 001/B used to do?

A. Collect information of the ocean. B. Monitor the garbage patch.

C. Gather plastic waste. D. Sort ocean waste.

33. Which of the following is a characteristic of the new sunglasses?

A. They are green in color. B. They can be easily recycled.

C. They can help find ocean pollution. D. They have more joining points than others.

34. What does the author imply in paragraph 4?

A. The price of the sunglasses should be lower.

B. The money will be used to build football fields.

C. The Ocean Cleanup is in need of financial support.

D. Buying the sunglasses can help reduce ocean waste.

35. Which section of a website is the text most probably taken from?

A. Fashion. B. Lifestyle. C. Technology. D. Environment.

【答案】32. C    33. B    34. D    35. D

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Ways to Grow Your Own Plant Supports Instead of Buying Them

Many new gardeners think it is necessary to buy new items for their gardens, when in fact, careful design and the right plant choices can mean that your garden can actually provide the things you need.

One common example of the things that people buy when they could grow them in their own garden is plant supports.____36____. While there are numerous plant supports on the market, my professional take is you can do without buying any of these at all.

Many climbing and vining plants require some support as they grow. Sometimes, the plants you grow beside climbers or vines can provide all the support they need. ____37____ . The same thing can be true of a number of taller perennials (多年生植物). Growing them close can prevent them being blown over in strong winds. ____38____, as you will need to think about competition and avoid overcrowding.

Of course, other living plants will not always be able to provide the support that is required. I find growing trees like the hazel or willow means you always have suitable material to use in your own garden. ____39____ . Do so early on in garden establishment and over time, you can easily become self-sufficient in garden plant supports-even in a small garden.

____40____, it can be helpful to think about longer-term needs in your garden. Grow not just eatable plants, but also a range of other plants which will allow you to become more self-sufficient over time.

A. Plenty of trees grow relatively quickly

B. Thick planting should be handled with care

C. Before you buy plant supports for your garden

D. Planting these trees in your garden can be a great choice

E. So when designing your garden and deciding which plants to grow

F. Plants like short peas can simply be grown close together and will hold each other up

G. Plant supports can be living, growing plants or branches cut from elsewhere in the space

【答案】36. G    37. F    38. B    39. D    40. E

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

On a hot day, George and his brother, Mark, were planting new grass in George’s garden. The lawn(草坪)in the garden had become brown and patchy(参差不齐的), which could make a ____41____ in the heat. The authorities had ____42____ to charge a heavy fine if the situation was not ____43____ . George and Mark had been planting the new patches of grass since morning but the progress was ____44____. George, who was 68, was not feeling right. He went indoors to take a ____45____and suddenly fell down on the couch. His wife, Melissa, called the ambulance____46____.

While he was having a heart attack, George had one thing on his ____47____— his lawn. If the new patches of grass were not planted on the lawn that day, the grass would die. “Although he was in great pain, he kept asking me to have the patches of grass planted because he didn't want them to go to waste,” Melissa ____48____.

Soon the paramedics(护理人员)arrived and ____49____George and Melissa to the hospital, leaving Mark behind to take care of the garden. After an hour, Mark had only _____50_____to uproot the old grass. He was about to plant the new grass when two emergency vehicles _____51_____. Four paramedics, the same ones who had _____52_____ his brother earlier on, got out. George had shared with them how badly he had wanted to plant the new grass patches in his lawn, so they returned to _____53_____. The task was _____54_____ in less than two hours!

Meanwhile, George had undergone a heart surgery. After he had recovered, he had been _____55_____ his beautiful lawn. He was amazed at the new look covered with _____56_____ patches of grass.

George and Melissa were _____57_____ that those paramedics had gone above and beyond their _____58_____ to offer help with the lawn. Melissa told the newspaper reporter one day, “These men not only _____59_____ George’s life, but also his grass. That's just so _____60_____.”

41. A. trap B. fire C. mess D. mistake

42. A. promised B. hesitated C. struggled D. threatened

43. A. approved of B. left out C. dealt with D. put forward

44. A. slow B. steady C. easy D. obvious

45. A. break B. lesson C. chance D. walk

46. A. carefully B. gratefully C. immediately D. secretly

47. A. shoulder B. hand C. head D. mind

48. A. recalled B. questioned C. insisted D. warned

49. A. treated B. rushed C. reported D. introduced

50. A. happened B. attempted C. managed D. offered

51. A. started B. appeared C. crashed D. dropped

52. A. called on B. turned down C. brought back D. attended to

53. A. celebrate B. check C. help D. study

54. A. improved B. increased C. completed D. confirmed

55. A. enjoying B. advocating C. changing D. designing

56. A. black B. green C. red D. brown

57. A. frightened B. regretful C. proud D. surprised

58. A. abilities B. duties C. patience D. ambition

59. A. ruined B. enriched C. entered D. saved

60. A. awesome B. convenient C. awkward D. shocking

【答案】41. B    42. D    43. C    44. A    45. A    46. C    47. D    48. A    49. B    50. C    51. B    52. D    53. C    54. C    55. A    56. B    57. D    58. B    59. D    60. A

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，并将答案填写在答题卡上。

As we all know, we all need blood. Actually, every three seconds, someone needs it. Whether it’s for having a baby or ____61____(experience)an operation, blood saves millions of lives every year. But the trouble is that we can only get it from each other, which is why we all have a ____62____(responsible)to donate blood. Almost 68 million people in the U.S alone ____63____(donate)blood in the past few years. But where does all this blood go after it leaves your body? Let’s start at the post donation stage. First, test tubes of your blood ____64____(send)to a lab to identify any diseases and the blood type. At the same time, your blood goes into a place where it’s separated into three different ____65____(component): red blood cells，platelets and plasma. And each of these has a separate function. Red blood cells are what give your blood ____66____(it)color and contain a protein which makes it easier for them ____67____(transport)oxygen to and from your lungs. This is what is given to patients under operation or those ____68____low blood cell counts. Platelets are the small parts of other cells and they are of great help for your blood to clot (凝结成块)properly. They’re ____69____(common)used for cancer patients ____70____have been affected by their chemical treatment.

【答案】61. experiencing   

62. responsibility   

63. have donated   

64. are sent   

65. components   

66. its   

67. to transport   

68. with   

69. commonly   

70. who##that

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）

71. 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（N），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。

My grandmother is in her eighty this year. Last month, I bought her smart phone specially designed for the elderly. I patiently teach her how to telephone or how to have a video chat with others on WeChat. I practiced again and again. She was very thrilling when she could chat on WeChat. She thought the smart phone was such powerful a tool. Now she has final mastered how to use the smart phone. To her delight, she can have a video chat with me on WeChat without being helped. She takes pride in herself because of she can keep up with the times. She no long feels lonely.

【答案】1.eighty→eighties
2.在smart前加a/one
3.teach→taught
4.or→and
5.I→She
6.thrilling→thrilled
7.such→so
8.final→finally
9.去掉of
10.long→longer

第二节 书面表达（满分25分）

72. 你校英文报正在开展以The Importance of Doing Housework为题的讨论。请根据图表中的调查结果写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：

1.中学生做家务状况描述；

2.造成此状况的原因；

3.你的观点。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.短文的题目和首句已为你写好。

The Importance of Doing Housework

It’s widely known that Labor Education will be included in the education of middle schools in China.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

【答案】One possible version:

The Importance of Doing Housework

It’s widely known that Labor Education will be included in the education of middle schools in China. It’s out of the concern that Chinese youngsters do too little housework and belittle manual labor jobs.

According to a recent survey done among 45 middle school students, 10 of them do housework on a daily basis, 30 students do it often, while the other 5 never do it. Due to great academic pressure, schools tend to focus on the academic curriculum, and parents sometimes see household chores as distractions.

As far as I’m concerned, doing housework benefits students greatly. For one thing, it helps cultivate the right view of the world, life and values and develop an interest in doing physical labor. For another, it enables students to acquire basic working capabilities for livelihood and individual development as well as form good working habits.