1、河北省衡水中学2023届上学期高三年级四调考试英 语本试卷8页。总分150分。考试时间120分钟。第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节 （共5小题；每小题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。1. Which door does the woman want to make wider?A. The one to the outside. B.
2、The one to the dining room. C. The one to the family room.2. Who might Christine be? A. Maxs teacher. B. Maxs sister. C. Maxs mom.3. What does the woman think about the scenery? A. Dull. B. Exciting. C. Changeable.4. Where was the sound coming from? A. A phone. B. A TV. C. A computer.5. What does th
3、e woman say about the new dress? A. Its color is not her favorite. B. It goes well with her handbag. C. Its a bit wide around the waist.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. Why did the m
4、an buy Coca-Cola?A. For drinking. B. For watering plants. C. For cleaning metal.7. How will the man clean the dishes?A. With mustard. B. With water only. C. With some orange stuff.听第 7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. An event they are attending. B. Things they bought ye
5、sterday. C. The movie they will watch tonight.9. How will the woman get to Lauras house? A. She will take a taxi. B. She will go there by bus. C. She will ask her mom to drive her there.10. What will the speakers do after dinner? A. Go to the mall. B. Go to an appointment. C. Watch a DVD.听第8段材料，回答第1
6、1至13题。11. What can we learn about the restaurant?A. It was newly opened.B. It had a pleasant smell. C. It offered a reasonable price.12. How did the woman find the service? A. Perfect. B. Just so-so. C. Disappointing.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。13. What do the speakers decide to do at last? A. Never come to th
7、e restaurant. B. Come to the restaurant in a few months. C. Order some meat when they settle down.14. Where is the woman now? A. At home. B. At the airport. C. In the office.15. What time does the plane leave? A. At 5:00 pm. B. At 6:00 pm. C. At 8:00 pm.16. Why is the man flying to Paris? A. To visi
8、t his grandpa. B. To do some business. C. To celebrate the womans birthday.17. What is the woman mainly worried about? A. How she will ask for leave. B. Who will take care of their son. C. When she will meet the Swifts.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. What was the theme of last years competition? A. My bedroom
9、. B. My favorite animal. C. My hometown.19. What is the maximum age limit to enter? A. 15 years old. B. 17 years old. C. 18 years old.20. What can the winners get this year? A. Membership in the club. B. A family trip to London Zoo. C. Free Countryside Magazine.第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分
10、37.5分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AMonthly educational subscription boxes for students can be a great way to develop an interest in a particular subject. If you want to learn something at home while having fun, you can have educational subscription boxes delivered monthly straight to your house
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13、nline research tools are available to help in case you get stuck solving the mystery. Each puzzle takes approximately two to four hours to complete. Creation BoxesCreation Boxes teach students electronics, digital tips and high-level problem-solving. Each box teaches a lesson and is progressively mo
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15、8 to 18 and focus on art and design with projects such as a felt botanic garden, an artificial leather sample set, and a handmade soap. These projects introduce students to new crafting materials and techniques and all craft supplies are included in the box.21. What did Steve Spangler use to be? A.
16、A scientist. B. An educator. C. A TV host. D. An engineer.22. Which of the following is included in Finders Seekers Boxes? A. Features of cities. B. Online instructions. C. Historical mysteries. D. Escape room challenges.23. If you are interested in handicraft art, which box would you subscribe? A.
17、Creation Boxes. B. Spangler Boxes.C. Finders Seekers Boxes. D. Kiwi Doodle Boxes.B A famous springboard diver was defeated by his competitor in the finals of a world championship, offering congratulations to the winner and waving a tearful goodbye to the audience. It is common in the athletic world.
18、 Sportsmen spend the best part of their lives on hard training and competitions. When it becomes evident that they are on the decline they still make great efforts to give their best so as to bring a satisfactory end to their career.Chances to compete for the championship are few and far between. Li
19、fe is short. Still shorter is the time for an athlete trying to win games. An athletic contestant really feels that there are so few opportunities and time flies. He treasures every minute, makes full use of it and tries to grasp any chance coming his way, He gets as much as he gives, winning honors
20、 not only for himself but also for his country. To participate and to winthat is the Olympic spirit. It finds expression in the weak daring to challenge the strong, and the strong searching forever better performance. Ever betterthe ideal always makes a sportsman forward. He will do everything he ca
21、n for it, never relax, never give up. It is said that none of the competitors can avoid being defeatedeven the best is bound to be defeated by someone still stronger. This is the rule of sportsthousands of losers set off one winner who in turn will eventually be replaced by someone on the honor list
22、. However, he is always trying to do the best he can. When the time comes and he knows he cant, he will step down happily to give place to the younger winner, awaring contentedly of the fact that he has done his best for the ever better records of the Olympic Games. He will say proudly that he has n
23、ot lived his youth in vain.24. What is the function of the first paragraph?A. To explain a phenomenon. B. To describe a competition. C. To lead in the topic of this text. D. To express worries about sportsmen.25. According to the text, what kind of ideal pushes an athlete forward? A. He wants to win
24、 peoples respect. B. He wants to win honor for his nation. C. He wants to earn more and more money and fame. D. He wants to make greater achievements than ever.26. What can be learnt from the rule of sports? A. Whatever difficulties you have met, never give up. B. Even the strongest athlete will be
25、defeated one day. C. You cant live in the sports field without any effort or progress. D. You are the winner if you are brave enough to challenge the strong.27. What is the text mainly about? A. Sportsmens spirit. B. Sportsmens life. C. Sportsmens honor. D. Sportsmens pride. C A lot of the time when
26、 climate change is discussed in mainstream media, people are asking can humans overcome this? or what technology can solve this? Its high time we recognized that animals also have to adapt to various changes. We know some animals change their skin colors to escape from natural enemies, says bird res
27、earcher Ryding. The climate change that we have created is putting a lot of pressure on them, and some species try to adapt by shapeshifting(变形). Strong shapeshifting has particularly been reported in birds. Several species of Australian parrots have shown, on average, a 4%10% increase in beak(鸟喙) s
28、ize since 1871, and this is positively linked with the summer temperature each year. North American dark-eyed juncos, a type of small songbird, had a link between increased beak size and short-term temperature extremes in cold environments. There have also been reported changes in mammalian species.
29、 Researchers have reported tail length increases in wood mice and leg size increases in masked shrews(鼩鼱). The increases in some body parts size we see so far are quite smallless than 10%so the changes are unlikely to be immediately noticeable, says Ryding. However, some body parts such as ears are
30、predicted to increase.Ryding intends to investigate shapeshifting in Australian birds firsthand by scanning museum bird specimens from the past 100 years. It will give her team a better understanding of which birds are changing their body parts and why. Shapeshifting does not mean that animals are c
31、oping with climate change and that all is fine, says Ryding. It just means they are adapting to survive itbut were not sure what the other ecological consequences of these changes are, or indeed that all species are capable of changing and surviving.28. What may cause animals shapeshifting according
32、 to Ryding? A. Human hunting. B. Climate change. C. Natural enemies. D. Polluted surroundings.29. What method does the author mainly use to develop paragraph 2? A. Giving examples. B. Cause-effect analysis. C. Making comparison. D. Process analysis.30. What can we know from Rydings words in the last
33、 paragraph? A. Animals can well adapt to changes and survive. B. Influence of animals shapeshifting is uncertain. C. Rdying will research into bird museums in Australia. D. All adaptations of animals to climate changes are beneficial.31. In which section of a newspaper can we find the text? A. Techn
34、ology. B. Health care. C. Environment. D. Education.DFor thousands of years, Chinese writers have traveled all over the country to take down notes about the geographical conditions of each city. Among them, well-known Chinese geographer and writer Li Daoyuan, in the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534), c
35、omposed his book, Commentary on the Water Classics, after studying the original literary version, Water Classics. He later expanded the river records to 1,252 from the original 137. The book is now being studied again by Professor Li Xiaojie and his team from Fudan University. They have been using d
36、rawing software and 3D modeling to recreate the waterway situations on a map based on the book description. So far, they have completed research on four rivers. Ancient people knew really well how to apply the power of nature to technical considerations, Li said, giving the example of Qianjine, one
37、of the most famous ancient water conservation projects in Luoyang, Henan. In order to lead the river into the city for irrigation(灌溉) in ancient Luoyang, the officials built a canal branch by separating a northwest-southeast river. However, the canal water wasnt enough to support the citizens in dry
38、 seasons. To solve that, on the northern side of the canal branch, the officials built a reservoir(水库) and a channel to lead the water to the canal branch, where the waterways would converge and flow together to the city. In Commentary on the Water Classics, a total of 2,800 cities are recorded with
39、 details. Still, the process of recreaion takes much effort. After doing a lot of text analysis and fieldwork, the team has gradually created the model with 3D modeling software based on repeated deductions(推论). For Professor Li, the book is not only a record of the natural landscape over 1,000 year
40、s ago, but also a detailed description of humanity and culture and a treasure for todays reference.32. What can we learn about the book Commentary on the Water Classics? A. It has been out of date. B. It explains 3D modeling. C. It keeps records of 137 rivers. D. It is based on previous studies.33.
41、What does the underlined word converge mean in paragraph 3? A. Join. B. Pass. C. Cross. D. Begin.34. What does paragraph 4 mainly tell us about model recreation? A. Its major problems. B. Its detailed analysis. C. Its complex process. D. Its successful application.35. Which of the following can be t
42、he best title for the text? A. 3D Technology Fuels Modern Research B. Ancient Classics Inspire Modern Research C. An Effective Approach to Model Recreation D. A Famous Writer of Chinese Ancient Classics第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。If you travel to nearly any Ch
43、inese city in the summertime, you will see people, mostly men, wearing T-shirts, sitting out on the sidewalks on low chairs in the shade, playing a game with large round disks of wood. _36_ Xiangqi dates back as early as the Warring States Period. While experts have different opinions as to who crea
44、ted Xiangqi and how it is linked to Western chess, there is no doubt that by the Tang Dynasty Xiangqi was a popular game in China. _37_ And in the 20th century both Sun Yat-sen and Zhou Enlai were big fans of the game. And, though it may look quite a bit different than Western chess, Xiangqi is actu
45、ally quite similar in what the pieces can do and how the game is played. Like Western chess, the object of the game is to capture the other players king. _38_Unlike Western chess, instead of placing the pieces in squares, the pieces are placed on the intersections of lines. Another big difference be
46、tween Western chess and Xiangqi is that there is a large empty space in the middle of the board, which the elephants cannot cross. _39_ This space refers to an area in China where Liu Bang and Xiang Yu had a life-or-death war. The war was so influential that it has become a metaphor(隐喻) referring to any boundary between two opposing armi
