第23届“外研社杯”全国中学生外语素养大赛以全面培养学生的语言能力、学习能力、思辨能力、沟通能力、创新能力、文化修养、中华思想文化素养和国际视野为目标，比赛范围紧扣国家高中阶段英语课程标准，力争在紧密结合国家基础英语教育现状的同时，保证比赛的学术性、专业性和趣味性。

为加强我国国际传播能力建设、推动构建人类命运共同体提供人才支撑，第23届大赛继续融入中华思想文化术语的内容。大赛在初赛赛题中继续设置“中华思想文化术语”单选题。

高中在校学生（含中职）

A：英文朗读

选手从题库中抽取一篇短文，即兴进行朗读，准备时间1分钟，限时2分钟内完成朗读。

例：

An invention is something people make that did not exist before. Although the equipment that doctors use today is high-tech, many medical inventions began with a simple idea. In the 1800s, the stethoscope was invented because a doctor couldn’t hear the heartbeat of a large person. To solve the problem, he rolled a piece of paper into a tube to listen to the patient’s chest. This paper tube eventually developed into the modern-day stethoscope. The first adhesive bandage was invented in the early 1900s, and has been used ever since. The sticky bandage was invented to help one woman. She was always accidentally cutting herself while she was cooking. Her husband cut up pieces of surgical tape, put some cotton material in the middle, and made bandages for her. The idea was a hit, and the sticky bandage was born.

B：英文问答

选手根据给出的一个问题，进行即兴回答，回答时间1.5分钟。

例：

Question：What do you usually do after school? Why?

第23届地区决赛的主题将于地区决赛阶段开启后公布，地区决赛赛制说明另行通知，赛制最终解释权归大赛全国组委会所有。