安徽省滁州市定远县育才学校2020届高三上学期月考英语试题

育才学校2020届高三第二次月考

英语试题

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. What was the purpose of the man's trip to India?

A. To find out the causes of AIDS

B. To raise money for AIDS patients

C. To draw attention to the spread of AIDS

2. What will Mr. Smith do next?

A. Catch a flight               B. Attend a meeting.                                    C. Take a rest.

3. What does the man advise the woman to do?

A Work out

B. Sit at the desk

C Put on some weight

4. How much does the dress cost now?

A. $54                          B.$60                                        C. $66

5. What will the man do for his daughter's birthday?

A. Buy a present                 B. Have a barbeque.                  C. Plan a weekend tmp

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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。

6. What's Fred,'s plan after graduation?

A Working in his hometown.    B. Traveling with his parents.     C Renting an apartment

7. What does Fred say about the woman,s parents' decision?

A It's very wise

B. It's a bit impractical

C It's beyond expectations

听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。

8. What did the woman do in Britain?

A. She taught in a school

B. She worked as a director

C. She studied in a university.

9. Why does the woman talk with the man?

A. To apply for a job

B. To make a travel plan

C. To have language training

听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。

10. Where did the speakers first meet?

A In Shanghai                  B In London                               C. In Pans.

11. What activity will the speakers attend?

A A performance                     B. A conference                       C. A big sale

12. What will the man do for the woman?

A. Book her a hotel

B. Take her to a restaurant

C Pick her up from the airport

听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。

13. What's the aim of the campaign?

A To remind people of Earth Day

B. To encourage people to reduce garbage

C. To warm people of the bad effects of pollution

14. What will be the task on the second day?

A Planting trees

B Designing posters

C Collecting garbage,

15. What does Peter expect the teachers to do?

A Paint paper.

B. Stop driving cars.

C. Decorate classrooms

16. How does Sara find Peter's ideas?

A. Ridiculous                          B. Wonderful                       C Confusing

听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。

17. When does Andy escape from the prison?

A.ln1927                              B.In1947.                                     C.In1967

18. Why is Andy put into the Shawshank prison?

A. He makes political comments in a newspaper.

B. He helps officers make money illegally

C. He is charged with murder

19. What impresses the speaker most about Andy?

A. His banker expenence                           B Hope in his mine                 C. His colorful life

20. What is the passage mainly about Andy?

A. A film review                        B.A film poster                     C. A film background

第二部分  阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节    （共15题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A, B,C或D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24,1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St.Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton. University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her.

His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary :“ My own happiness in the past often approached such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary.”

This side of paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920, encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned (1922), a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby, published in 1925,which quick brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men.

However, Fitzgerald’s problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The love of the last Tycoon in 1940. While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.

21.Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald’s life according to the passage?

a. He became addicted to drinking.

b. He studied at St.Paul Academy.

c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise.

d. The Great Gatsby won high praise.

e. He failed to reorder his life.

f. He joined the army and met Zelda.

A. f-c-e-a-b-d            B. b-e-a-f-c-d             C. f-d-e-c-b-a                D. b-f-c-d-e-a

22.We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald      .

A. had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama.

B. was well educated and well off before he served in the army

C. would have completed more works if his wife hadn’t broken down

D. helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital

23.The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about     .

A. Zelda’s personal life

B. Zelda’s illness and treatment

C. Fitzgerald’s friendship with Graham

D. Fitzgerald’s contributions to the literary world

B

“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said each time I faced disappointment or even depression. “If you carry on, one day, something good will happen. And you’ll realize that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous disappointment.”

Mother was right, but I didn’t realize that until I graduated from college in 1932. I had decided to try for a job in radio and then work my way up to be a sports announcer. I hitchhiked (搭顺风车) to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station — and got turned down every time. In one studio, a kind lady told me that in most cases, big stations couldn’t risk hiring an inexperienced person. “Go out in the remote areas and find a small station that’ll give you a chance,” she said. I went back home to Dixon, Illinois.

While there were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I applied. The job sounded just right for me.

But I wasn’t hired. My disappointment must have shown. “Everything happens for the best.” Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to hunt for jobs. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.

As I left his office, my frustration boiled over. I asked aloud, “How can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?” I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling, “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. The preceding autumn, my team had won a game in the last 20 seconds with a 65-yard run. I did a 15-minute boost to that play, and Peter told me I would be broadcasting Saturday’s game!

On my way home, as I have had many times since, I thought of my mother’s words, “If you carry on, one day, something good will happen. It wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous disappointment.”

24.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. The author graduated from college in the 1930s.

B. The author’s dream job was a sports announcer.

C. The author was refused by every radio station across the country.

D. The author was considered unqualified because of his lack of experience.

25.What does the underlined phrase “boil over” (in paragraph 5) most probably mean?

A. To pass on some evil emotions.       B. To become overwhelming.

C. To be turned into calmness.             D. To break down.

26.What can be inferred from the passage?

A. The author was given a car by his father after he failed his first-ever job interview.

B. The author’s mom always advised him to learn from his failures.

C. Peter MacArthur, the program director of WOC Radio, turned down the author for his lack of flexibility.

D. Peter MacArthur was able to recognize the talent of the author as a sports announcer.

27.What lesson can be drawn from the author’s experience in the passage?

A. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

B. Practice makes perfect.

C. No pain, no gain.

D. The early bird catches the worm.

C

It’s 3 o’clock and you’ve been hard at work. As you sit at your desk, a strong desire for chocolate overcomes you. You try to busy yourself to make it go away. But it doesn’t. Here is another situation. Perhaps you are not feeling well. The only thing you want to eat is a big bowl of chicken soup, like your mom used to make when you were sick as a child. Food cravings are a strong desire for a specific type of food. And they are normal.

Scientists at the website How Stuff Works compare hunger and cravings this way. Hunger is a fairly simple connection between the stomach and the brain. They even call it simply “stomach hunger.” When our stomachs burn up all of the food we have eaten, a hormone (荷尔蒙) sends a message to one part of the brain for more food, which regulates our most basic body functions such as thirst, hunger and sleep. The brain then produces a chemical to start the appetite and you eat. Hunger is a function of survival.

A craving is more complex. It activates (使活跃) brain areas related to emotion, memory and reward. These are the same areas of the brain activated during drug-craving studies. So, some scientists call food cravings “mind hunger.” People often crave foods that are high in fat and sugar. Foods that are high in fat or high in sugar produce chemicals in the brain. These chemicals give us feelings of pleasure.

In a 2007 study, researchers at Cambridge University found that “dieting or restricted eating generally increases the possibility of food craving.” So, the more you deny yourself a food that you want, the more you may crave it. However, fasting is a bit different. They found that eating no food at all for a short period of time lessened food cravings.

So, the next time you crave something very specific, know that your brain may be more to blame than your stomach.

28.What is the function of the first paragraph?

A. To remind readers of their own special food.

B. To deepen the understanding of hunger.

C. To report the discovery of craving study.

D. To lead to the topic of the whole passage.

29.What do we learn about food craving?

A. It shows food is linked to feelings.

B. It ensures a person survives hunger.

C. It means the stomach functions well.

D. It proves the brain decides your appetite.

30.What’s the likely result of dieting?

A. The decrease of chemicals.    B. The increase of food desire.

C. The refusal of fat and sugar.    D. The disappearance of appetite.

31.What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. The functions of brain areas.    B. What hunger is all about.

C. The findings of food craving.    D. What dieting may bring us.

D

Imagine you’re standing in line to buy an after-school snack at a store. You step up to the counter and the cashier scans your food. Next, you have to pay. But instead of scanning a QR code (二维码) with your smartphone, you just hold out your hand so the cashier can scan your fingerprint. Or, a camera scans your face, your eyes or even your ear.

Now, this type of technology might not be far away. As technology companies move away from the traditional password, biometric(生物识别的) security, which includes fingerprint, face and voice ID, is becoming increasingly popular.

In 2013, Apple introduced the iPhone 5s, one of the first smartphones with a fingerprint scanner. Since then, using one’s fingerprint to unlock a phone and make mobile payments has become commonplace, bringing convenience to our lives. And since last year, Samsung has featured eye-scanning technology in its top smartphones, while Apple’s new iPhone X can even scan a user’s face. But despite its popularity, experts warn that biometrics might not be as secure as we’d imagined. “Biometrics are ideally good, but in practice, not so much” said John Michener, a biometrics expert.

When introducing the new iPhone’s Face ID feature, Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president, said, “The chance that a random person in the population could look at your iPhone X and unlock it with their face is about one in a million.” But it’s already been done. In a video posted on community website Reddi, two brothers showed how they were each able to unlock the same iPhone X using their own face. And they aren’t even twins.

“We may expect too much from biometrics,” Anil Jain, a computer science professor at Michigan State University, told CBS News. “No security systems are perfect.”

Earlier this year, Jain found a way to trick biometric security. Using a printed copy of a thumbprint, she was able to unlock a dead person’s smartphone for police, according to tech website Splinter. “It’s good to see biometrics being used more,” Jain told CBS News, “because it adds another factors for security. But using multiple security measures is the best defense.”

32.What is the latest technology to unlock a smartphone according to the article?

A. QR code scanning.    B. Face scanning.    C. Fingerprint scanning.    D. Eye scanning.

33.What’s a major problem of the iPhone X’s Face ID system?

A. It takes too long to unlock the phone.

B. It often fails to recognize its owner’s face.

C. Face data could be used for other purposes.

D. Different faces could be used to unlock the same phone.

34.What does Anil Jain think of biometric security?

A. It’s as secure as traditional measures.

B. It has caused much trouble for police.

C. It should be used with other security measures.

D. It is perfect without any room for improvement.

35.The author wrote this article mainly to ______.

A. describe the popularity of biometrics

B. show how biometrics has changed our lives

C. point out various problems with biometrics

D. discuss the security problems of biometrics

第二节.七选五 (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。选项中有两项为多余选项。

By making positive changes in your life you can become better. 36.Here are some quick and easy ways to help you become a better person.

37.

Recognize what areas you are lacking. For this you can ask a trusted friend or family member for help. Being unaware of your weaknesses makes it hard for you to improve. The successful people know where they aren’t strong and they use their strengths to make up for it.

Quit a bad habit.

Quitting a bad habit is good for you. 38.If you aren’t ready to quit your bad habits right away, start out with small steps. Find a trusted friend that can give you encouragement if you’re struggling.

Break up with negative thinking.

39.This can have a bad influence on your life. Negative thinking really makes you down mentally and physically. Trying to think more positively helps you reduce stress and requires you to stop making excuses.

Treat others with kindness.

Showing other people that you care for them is a great way to be a better person. 40.Something just like buying a coffee for your classmates can make a huge positive impact on their and your day.

A. Know your weaknesses.

B. Take better care of yourself.

C. Negative friends often complain about things.

D. Do you always see the negative side of things?

E. It not only makes you a better person, but it makes you more confident.

F. However, it may be tough sometimes to figure out how to do it.

G. Small acts of kindness will make other people feel better and lift your spirits as well.

第三部分  英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 完形填空（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、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。

As I turned off one of the main roads the other day, I noticed something unusual in the parking lot .There’s a wide grassy land in front of their parking lot, where people often put up __41_ announcing their yard on sale, That’s what was happening that day, but the_42_in front of me was worthy of a double-take(恍然大悟) A man in a suit was_43__a sign into the ground and a homeless man was__44_the sign while he hammered.

I was__45_by how the two men looked so__46_.one with a soldier suit, snowy white shirt, but the other with _47__clothing and uncombed hair waving_48___in the wind. And then the__49__ humanity of the moment hit me. So many times we_50___homeless people and all we see is just homeless people. But on this day, I saw the kindness of a man who walked over to help someone. The moment really__51__me, and it was a fresh reminder to look_52__the outward appearance and see the person instead.

A friend and I had the__53__a few years ago to write a study guide to a book. It’s an amazing book. That was evident from the first page when I read the dedication (题词)and it__54__,“To Titus, who taught me to cheer for humanity.”

Wow,__55___more of us did that? Can you imagine the__56__ it would make in our world? In one of the chapters, Sammy tells about sitting in large crowds at places, like shops and airports, and__57__for humanity. It does__58__things. Just imagine a disobedient(不服从的)teen with the crazy clothes becomes a young man who’s crying out for someone to__59__and a homeless person becomes a real person, someone who needs__60__and a helping hand.

41.A. signals                 B. signs    C. hammers                     D. lots

42.A. sight                        B. sale                   C. scenery                   D. view

43.A. burying                   B. twisting               C. knocking    D. spinning

44.A. holding                     B. measuring    C. painting    D. protecting

45.A. seized                          B. occupied    C. stuck    D. struck

46.A. alike                           B. opposite    C. careful               D. hardworking

47.A. traditional                  B. ordinary    C. broken                     D. ragged

48.A. fortunately               B. desperately                 C. wildly    D. frequently

49.A. holy                          B. merciful    C. wise                 D. meaningless

50.A. give away                   B. ask for                    C. depend on    D. look at

51.A. upset                             B. bothered    C. touched              D. touching

52.A. beyond                     B. around    C. with    D. against

53.A. trouble                     B. deadline    C. tendency    D. opportunity

54.A. put                           B. said    C. spoke    D. writes

55.A. what if                     B. but if                     C. as if            D. only if

56.A. appointment            B. discrimination    C. difference    D. reform

57.A. paying                     B. scolding             C. looking         D. cheering

58.A. record                     B. enlarge          C. change                   D. resist

59.A. fight                         B. care                  C. cheat                       D. admit

60.A. growth                     B. concern               C. reputation      D. authority

第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

National Love Our Children Day began in America in 2004. It 61. (fall) on the first Saturday in April. 62. (it) aim is to honor and celebrate America’s children and stress the 63. (important) of love as they grow up. It is also intended to promote the relationship of family members and raise awareness of the need to protect children 64. the harmful side of society. Some people may argue that every day should be Love Our Children Day. However, there are millions of other children 65. are less fortunate and grow up without a loving childhood. Healthy and happy children provide the basis for a safe society for future generations when they become 66. (parent).

National Love Our Children Day 67. (start) by the organization Love Our Children USA nearly 15 years ago. It helps to organize events across America to make children feel 68.(delight). Their website advises us 69. (spend) the day with the children and do something special together or buy them something they’ve been dreaming for 70. long time. Former mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, also said, “All of our children deserve the love, encouragement and respect which they need to reach their full potential today and every day of the year.”

第四部分  写作（共两节  满分35分）

第一节 短文改错 （共10小题；每题1分，共10分）

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处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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。

I was in college where my father passed away. One evening, a man visited me and after a while, he inquires about my studies. I told him I could not go to the college because I did not want to study anymore. He reminded how my father had sent me to the best college in our city. Did I want to fulfill his father’s dream or did I want to be called a failure? I wept and said I do want to do my best and I just couldn’t concentrate. He gave me all the encouragements I needed to be able to carry on. His calming, gently voice did wonders and I decided to study harder and complete my graduation early.

第二节 书面表达(满分25分)

假如你是某学校学生会主席，你校即将开展读书周 (Reading Week) 活动，为使此活动收到良好效果，你打算倡议同学们多读书，读好书。请根据下面的提示给同学们用英文写一封倡议书。

内容包括:

1.读书周活动的宗旨；

2.读书的益处；

3.发出倡议。

注意:1.文章开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数；

2.可适当增加细节，使文章内容充实、连贯；

3.词数100词左右。

Dear friends,

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

参考答案

1-5.C    B    A   A    B    6-10.A    A   C   A   C    11-15.A   B  C  A  B     16-20.B  C  C  B  A

21-25.    D    C    D    C    B       26-30.    D    C    D    A   B    31-35.C  B    D    C    D

36-40.    F    A    E    D    G       41-45.    B    A    C    A    D

46-50.    B    D    C    A    D      51-55.    C    A    D    B    A      56-60.    C    D    C    B    B

61.    falls       62.    Its       63.    importance       64.    from/ against    65.    who/that

66.    parents       67.    was started       48.    delighted      69.    to spend    70.    a

71.第一句 where→when

第二句 inquires→inquired

第三句 去掉college前的the

第四句 how前面加上me

第五句 his→my

第六句 do→did；and→but

第七句 encouragements→encouragement

第九句 gently→gentle；early→earlier

72.Dear friends,

I am Li Hua, chairman of the Students’ Union. I’m writing to appeal to you to do more reading.

Reading Week, which is arriving, is launched to encourage us students to read more books. As we all know, reading is beneficial to us in many ways. To begin with, reading is a good way to spend our spare time. Second, reading broadens our knowledge and enriches our life. In addition, reading allows us to learn from great people and live a better life.

If we make reading part of our life, we will benefit from reading. Love books and live a better life.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua