2019-2020年高三12月教学质量检测（一模）英语试卷 含答案.doc

2019-2020年高三12月教学质量检测（一模）英语试卷 含答案I. Listening prehension (25%)Section ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. Sorry. B. Annoyed.C. Excited. D. Puzzled.2.A. An accountant. B. A surgeon.C. An artist. D. A scientist.3.A. xx yuan. B.3200 yuan.C.1200 yuan. D.3600 yuan.4.A. On a plane. B. In a physical medical room.C. In a boat. D. In a school rest room.5.A. A job. B. An article.C. A book. D. An author.6.A. Twins. B. Classmates.C. Friends. D. Cousins.7.A. Give his ankle a good rest. B. Treat his injury immediately.C. Continue his regular exercises. D. Be careful when climbing steps.8.A. Go on a diving tour in Europe. B. Add 300 dollars to his budget.C. Travel overseas on his own. D. Join a package tour to Mexico.9.A. In case some problems should occur. B. In case they should be late.C. To avoid more work later on. D. To make better preparations.10.A. The rock band needs more hours of practice.B. The rock band is going to play here for a month.C. Their hard work has resulted in a big success.D. He appreciates the womans help with the band.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question，read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. Its strong education system. B. Its population.C. Its growing tourism industry. D. Its bilingual signs.12. A. All citizens receive quality English teaching. B. More money should be spent on teacher training.C. An English-speaking environment should be built.D. Tourism industry should be promoted.13.A. The foreign investment will increase.B. It will bring the economic and social benefits.C. The education system will be strengthened. D. It will improve Singapores ranking in English level.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.13. A. He shopped for groceries. B. He took care of his sick parent.C. He cared for his younger brother. D. He made important family decisions.15.A. It may help children grow up quickly. B. It may force children to sacrifice their childhoods.C. It will turn childrens responsibility into a delight.D. It will make children more isolated and confused.16. A. Children getting satisfaction from helping others.B. Children taking on adult responsibility.C. Frustration and stress caused to children by parents.D. The environment for childrens better growth.Section CDirections: In Section C，you will hear a conversation. The conversation will be read twice. After you hear a conversation and the questions about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17.A. Tour guide. B. Editor.C. Journalist. D. Typist.18.A. Some newly discovered scenic spot. B. Big changes in the Amazon valley.C. A new railway under construction.D. The beautiful Amazon rain forests.19.A. In news weeklies. B. In newspapers Sunday editions.C. In a local evening paper. D. In overseas edition of U.S. magazines.20.A. To bee a professional writer.B. To get her life story published soon.C. To be employed by a newspaper.D. To sell her articles to a news service.II. Grammar and Vocabulary (20%)Section ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.I can still remember the afternoon when we climbed the mountain as if it were yesterday.It was a sunny day. Eager to spend some time outside, I went up the mountain with my uncle. The mountain was hard (21) _(climb) and had tough rocks and streams on it. In the end, (22) _ (exhaust) and hot, I couldnt go any further. So we went back down the mountain in the end. On the way back down, my uncle asked me a question, (23) _ left me speechless for a second: “Whats your dream, young lady?”“I have no idea,” I answered (24) _thinking it for a while. Then he smiled and told me about his story. He didnt perform well at school when he was a student. Although nobody thought he could succeed, he knew clearly (25) _his dream was-to be a businessman. “I knew I wasnt gifted when it came to studying, so I tried to buy snacks from a market and sell them after class,” he told me. After he left school, he started selling different items to find out which one was most attractive to customers. Of course, he often had no money in his pocket, but (26) _ tough life was, he never gave up.“There is no doubt that a person who puts in a great deal of effort to reach his or her goal will have good luck at some point. The meaning of life is to chase your dream,” he said gently.That night I (27) _ hardly fall asleep. I lay in bed tossing and turning, asking myself, “Whats my motivation?” I once wanted to be a top student, but the hard work needed meant (28) _ (put) everything into following my passion. If I find myself lacking willpower, what should I do? Leaving home early the next morning, I climbed the mountain again by (29) _. It made me think: If we dont experience the climb, how can we get to see the scenery on the top of the mountain? In the end, I reached the top and (30) _ (fascinate) by the warm breeze and sunshine. Nothing could be more pleasant than that.Section BDirections: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be use only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. quickly B. analyze C. programmed D. adoption E. boredom F. unacpanied G. dramatic H. transform I. distracted J. peacefully K. prospectImagine an urban neighborhood where most of the cars are self-driving. What would it be like to be a pedestrian?Actually, pretty good. In fact, pedestrians might end up with the run of the place.In a new study published in the Journal of Planning Education and Research, Millard-Ball looks at the _31_ of urban areas where a majority of vehicles are “autonomous” or self-driving. Its a phenomenon thats not as far off as one might think.“Autonomous vehicles have the potential to _32_ travel behavior,” Millard-Ball says. He uses game theory to _33_ the interactions between pedestrians and self-driving vehicles, with a focus on yielding at crosswalks.Because autonomous vehicles are by design risk-averse, Millard-Balls model suggests that pedestrians will be able to act with impunity, and he thinks autonomous vehicles may facilitate a shift towards pedestrian-oriented urban neighborhoods. However, Millard-Ball also finds that the _34_ of autonomous vehicles may be hampered by their strategic disadvantage that slows them down in urban traffic.“Pedestrians routinely play the game of chicken,” Millard-Ball writes. Crossing the street, even at a marked crosswalk without a traffic signal, requires a probability calculation: what are the odds of survival?The benefit of crossing the street _35_, instead of waiting for a gap in traffic, is traded off against the probability of injury or even death. Pedestrians know that drivers are not interested in running them down - usually. But there is the chance a driver may be _36_, or drunk.Self-driving cars are _37_ to obey the rules of the road, including waiting for pedestrians to cross. They could provide the most _38_ transformation in urban transportation systems. Parking, street design, and transportation service networks are likely to be revolutionized. In his latest study, Millard-Ball suggests that the potential benefits of self-driving cars - avoiding _39_ of traffic and traffic accidents - may be outweighed by the drawbacks of an always play-it-safe vehicle that slows traffic for everybody.“From the point of view of a passenger in an automated car, it would be like driving down a street filled with _40_ five-year-old children,” Millard-Ball writes.Alternatively, planners could seize the opportunity to create more pedestrian-oriented streets. Autonomous vehicles could start a new era of pedestrian domination.III. Reading prehension (45%)Section ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B，C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Everybody loves to hate invasive species. The international list of invasive speciesdefined as those that were introduced by humans to new places, and then _41_ runs to over 4,000. In Australia and New Zealand hot war is fought against introduced creatures like cane toads (蔗蟾蜍) and rats. Some things that are uncontroversial (无争议的) are nonetheless foolish. With a few important exceptions, campaigns to _42_ invasive species are merely a waste of money and effort for reasons that are partly practical and partly philosophical. Start with the practical arguments. Most invasive species are neither terribly successful nor very_43_. Britons think themselves surrounded by foreign plants. _44_, Britains invasive plants are not widespread, not spreading especially quickly, and often less of a(n) _45_ than vigorous native plants. The arrival of new species almost always _46_ biological diversity (多样性) in a region; in many cases, a flood of newers drives no native species to extinction. One reason is that invaders tend to colonise _47_ habitats like polluted lakes and post-industrial wasteland, where little else lives. They are natures opportunists.The philosophical reason for starting war on the invaders is also _48_. Elimination campaigns tend to be _49_ by the belief that it is possible to restore balance to nature to return woods and lakes to the state before human _50_. That is misguided. Nature is an everlasting mess, with species constantly emerging, withdrawing and hybridizing (杂交). Humans have only quickened these processes. Going back to ancient habitats is being _51_ in any case, because of man-made climate change. Taking on the invaders is a(n) _52_ gesture, not a means to an achievable end.A reasonable attitude to invaders need not imply passivity. A few foreign species are truly _53_ and should be fought: the Nile perch a fish, has helped drive many species of fish to extinction in Lake Victoria. It makes sense to _54_ pathogens (病菌), especially those that destroy whole native tree species, and to stop known agricultural pests from gaining a foothold. Fencing off wildlife reserves to create open-air ecological museums is fine, too. And it is a good idea for European gardeners to destroy Japanese plants, just as they give no apace to native harmful grasses like bindweed and ground elder. You can garden in a garden. You cannot garden _55_. That is universally accepted.41. A. multiplied B. shrunk C. disappearedD. harvested42. A. conserveB. eliminate C. investigateD. prioritize43. A. healthy B. intentional C. harmful D. profitable44. A. As a resultB. For example C. By contrastD. In fact45. A. attractionB. dominance C. annoyanceD. substitute46. A. increasesB. destroys C. reveals D. targets47. A. oppressedB. disturbed C. cultivatedD. preserved 48. A. acceptable B. needless C. mistaken D. convincing49. A. fuel(l)edB. organized C. interruptedD. greeted50. A. civilizationB. interference C. interactionD. maintenance51. A. tolerableB. impossible C. beneficial D. critical52. A. reluctantB. disorderly C. invalid D. unbalanced53. A. damagingB. flexible C. doubtfulD. outstanding54. A. pick upB. take in C. keep outD. turn down55. A. agricultureB. vegetation C. atmosphereD. natureSection BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have read. (A)Jeremy Baras remembers the first time he ever saw a pop-up a restaurant. The 26-year-old entrepreneur （企业家）was on vacation in England four years ago and had to look up at the London Eye Ferries wheel to see it. Hanging above him was a capsule full of diners who were served a new course each time a revolution was made. “I thought that was the coolest thing ever”, he says. Baras, who founded PopUpRepublic in xx to promote the idea of pop-up restaurants in USA, has been studying them ever since.Pop-ups, which have been around since at least the early xxs, are open anywhere from a few hours to several months, but their defining feature is that they are temporary. They may be only a tiny part of the $709 billion U.S. restaurant industry, but popups have gotten a boost in recent years as a lower-cost, lower- risk way for entrepreneurs to test the waters. Some restaurant owners see them as a way to renew interest in existing locations. And some struggling cities, like Oakland, Calif., have turned to them to help revitalize local economies impacted by the recession（衰退）. The concept has been especially popular with up-and-ing chefs who want to test-drive as a menu concept without investing a fortune in a permanent space. “Your cooks and chefs are really talented, but theyre stuck in the back of somebody elses kitchen cooking somebody elses menu,” says Zach Kupperman, chief businessman officer and co-founder of Dinner Lab.Chefs in Dinner Lab cook in the middle of space, give a brief introduction about the menu and themselves and then bravely listen to diner feedback afterward. Pop-ups temporary nature also allows restaurateurs to charge a deposit to make sure the diners will show up.Of course, trends in the food industry e and go quickly, and there is no guarantee that diners wont tire of the concept. Some entrepreneurs have resorted to even a weirder locations in a former limestone mine, say, or at the top of a crane to keep customers interested. Says Baras, “Its not quite part of the mainstream economy yet.”56. What does the underlined part “a revolution was made” in Paragraph One possibly mean?A. Chefs designed creative dishes.B. Diners tasted food in an innovative way.C. The capsule containing diners made a circle.D. Great changes were made in the food industry.57. Which of the following might NOT be the reasons for pop-up restaurants fast development?A. Being temporary features pop-up restaurants.B. Pop-up restaurant can restore local economy to prosperity.C. Business owners venture into the business with fewer risks and investments.D. Restaurant owners can make diners interested in the original restaurants again.58. Perspective chefs are drawn to pop-ups due to the fact that_.A. pop-ups are being increasingly popular with diners worldwideB. they have the desire to explore a safer way to make a livingC. their investment in pop-ups will bring them a fortune on a permanent basisD. pop-ups provide a flexible test field for talented chefs originality59. The writers propose of writing the passenger is to_.A. appeal to people to dine out in pop-up restaurantsB. give a brief introduction of pop-up restaurantsC. warn business owners of the appearance of pop-up restaurantsD. foresee the future of pop-up restaurants development (B)In four countries with fast-developing economies (BRIC) Brazil, Russia, India, and China the agricultural sector has bee a proving ground for innovation. Juergen Voegele, a World Bank agriculture expert, predicts that “by transforming agriculture, we will not only meet the challenge of feeding nine billion people by 2050 but do so in ways that create wealth and reduce its environmental footprint.”BRAZILSoybeans on the RisePreserving the Amazon rain forest is a top priority for Brazil. The rapid expansion of soybean and cattle farming there during the 1990s and early xxs led to alarming rates of deforestation. Over the past ten years, however, with government support, activists and famers have protected more than 33,000 square miles of rain forest an area equal to more than 14 million soccer fields. Saving these forests has kept 3.5 billion tons of carbon dioxide out of atmosphere.Yet even under these land restrictions, Brazils soybean production has increased. The country is now the worlds second largest producer of the crop. How did this happen?Farmers focused on efficiency. Using new machinery and early maturing seeds enabled them to squeeze an additional planting into the standard growing season. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Brazils xx-15 soybean crop has hit a record 104.2 million tons, up 8.6 million tons from the year before, as farmers have made better use of their fields. This progress, says the World Banks Juergen Voegele, is an example of how “producing more food coexist with protecting the environment.”60. According to Juergen Voegele, innovation in agriculture will lead to all the following except _.A. increased wealthB. the solution to the worlds food crisisC. less impact on natureD. the challenging of feeding the worlds population61. Which one is the appropriate number to fill in the blank in the chart?A. 95.6B. 104.2C. 14D. 8.662. What is the most important problem Brazil is faced with?A. Feeding nine billion people by 2050. B. Increasing its soybean production.C. Protecting its rain forest from deforestation.D. Enhancing its farmers efficiency.(C)Spains Literary Genius Four centuries ago, the author of one of the greatest edic characters in the world literature took his last breath. Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616), the author of Don Quixote, is to the Spanish what Shakespeare is to the English and Dante is to Italians - a national literary icon. Cervantes book is still appreciated today, hundreds of years after its publication, because its a wonderfully truthful edy. Don Quixote, like human beings generally, has great difficulty distinguishing reality from imagination. Readers may laugh at his strange behavior, but when we laugh, we laugh with recognition. The book records the adventures of Alonso Quijano, an older Spanish gentleman who loves romance novels. In truth, he reads far too many romances, and