2019-2020年高三上学期8月月考英语试题.doc

2019-2020年高三上学期8月月考英语试题g3yy（a8） xx8第卷（三部分 共115分）第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题15分，满分75分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所组的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秒钟时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1What does the man think of the womans hat?AIts style is very goodBIt doesnt go well with her dressCIts too large for her dress2What are the speakers talking about?AA speech on television BAn article in the newspaper CA meeting with the president3What is the woman going to do with the rest of the food？AAsk the waiter to eat itBTake it homeCAsk the waiter to throw it away4What does the man mean?AThe woman has to stand in line for tickets BThere are no seats left for themCHe heard that the room was very small5Whats the relationship between the two speakers?ATheyre mother and sonBTheyre friendsCTheyre husband and wife第二节（共15小题；每小题15分，满分225分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题后所给的A、B、C三个选出最佳选项，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。听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6Why does the man speaker want a new apartment?ABecause the one he is living in is too expensiveBBecause its too noisy there CBecause he wants to have a roommate7Who wants to have a roommate?AThe man downstairsBThe woman speakers father CThe woman speakers brother听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8What can we learn about the trees in the village?AA big fire destroyed them BPeople cut them down CA flood washed them away9Why did grass have to be planted quickly?ATo prevent flooding BIt was too late in the season CTo save the trees10Why does the woman think trees will be planted later?ABecause there used to be a forest thereBBecause forests will protect the village betterCBecause the woman like forests very much听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11In which order will the couple travel to the countries?AChicago, Manhattan, Boston, WashingtonBChicago, Washington, New York, BostonCChicago, New York, Washington, Boston12Where is the hotel theyll stay at in New York?AOn the 53rd StreetBNear the theater districtCFar away from Manhattan13How will they go to Boston?ABy train BBy air CBy car听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14Whats the relationship between the two speakers?AThey are next-door neighbors BThey are employer and employeeCThey are teacher and student15What was the man like?AHe was very tallBHe was very shortCHe was neither short nor tall16What kind of face did the man have?AHis face was squareBHis face was roundCThe man speaker didnt notice听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17Which of the following happened first?AWinning the Nobel Prize for chemistry BWinning the Nobel Prize for PhysicsCMadame Curies husband died18What can we know from the passage?AThey won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 BMadame Curie got married at the age of 20 CThe Curies were both French19Why couldnt Madame Curie go on with her study after graduating from middle school?AHer family couldnt afford the schooling BShe had difficulty in learningCWomen were not allowed to enter college then20Which of the following is NOT true?ABoth of Madame Curies parents were physics teachersBPierre died in 1906CMadame Curie left Poland at the age of 24第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从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。21I suppose your dad might give you the money for a taxi _He told me yesterday that I was to stop spending so much money ANo chanceBNo problem CNo likelyDNo wonder22Reality is not the way you wish things to be, the way they appear to be, _the way they actually areAnor; andBbut; andCnor; butDand; but 23The dentist would prefer _ if you could e a little earlier tomorrowAitBthemCthisDthat24 Where will you start your work after graduation? Mum, its not been decided yetI _ continue my study for a higher degreeAcanBmightCwillDmust25What have you said he should be angry with you?AsoBthatCifDas26Youd better make preparations for the interview before you _ a jobAask forBappeal forCapply forDcall for27Air traffic control lost radio _ with the pilot of the aircraft ten minutes before the accident ArelationBbinationCcontactDguide28The boy is an excellent student, and not once in these years _ caught being lateAhas he gotBdoes he getCdid he getDwill he get 29The foreigner lost his way in the desert; _ made things worse was that it was getting dark AthatBwhatCwhichDwho30I called you yesterday afternoon but there was no answerI _ a friend of mine most of the afternoonAvisitedBwas visitingCwould be visitingDhave visited 31Luckily, wed brought a road map without which we _ our way Awould have lostBshould have lostCwill have lostDneednt have lost32The crowd cheered wildly at the sight of Wang Meng, who was reported _ three gold medals during the xx Vancouver Winter OlympicsAwinningBhaving wonCto have wonDto win33They say the busiest day of the year _ the amount of shoppers and sale is usually the Saturday before ChristmasAin case ofBin terms ofCin honor ofDin the eyes of 34The manager _ of the secretarys course of action, so he told her to go aheadAagreedBapprovedCabandonedDadopted35If I correct someone, I will do it with as much good humor and self-restrain as if I were the one _ Ato correct Bcorrecting Chaving been corrected Dbeing corrected第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题15分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中， 选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Creating Our Own HappinessI believe we can create our own happinessI believe the real magic in the world is done by humansI was sitting in my 36 at a stoplight listening to the radio, thinking how happy and warm I was in itIt was 37 outside, and I thought, Life is goodNow, this was a long lightAs I 38 , I noticed two people huddled（挤在一起） together at the bus stopThe couple seemed to be doing their best to keep 39 To my eyes, they were unhappy and unfortableThey looked 40 Their coats looked like they came from a bargain storeBut then I saw their 41 Yes, they were huddling, but they were also laughingThey seemed to be sharing a good 42 , and suddenly, instead of pitying them, I envied themI thought, Huh, whats so funny? They didnt notice the windThey werent looking at my car thinking, I 43 I had thatYou know 44 a single moment feels like an hour? Well, in that moment, I realized I had 45 things were all bad for them, but they werentAnd I understood we all have the 46 to make moments of 47 happenNow, maybe thats easy for me to sayI feel lucky to have a house with a roof and a wife who 48 meI felt this 49 even when I was working at Long John SilversIn the beginning, it didnt seem like a promising jobBut 50 I had a jobAnd frankly, it was 51 After two weeks, I knew all I needed to know, and it freed my mindThe job allowed me to 52 about what my life could beeThe first year I worked there, we got 53 I thought I was going to dieBut everything 54 out all rightA lot of people 55 life as a series of miserable tasks, but after that, I didntThrough the power of our own minds, we can help ourselvesThis I believe36Astore Boffice Chouse Dcar37Abright Bcold Cwarm Ddark38Awalked Breturned Cplained Dwaited39Awarm Bcalm Cclose Dactive40Ainnocent Bhelpless Cpoor Dstrange41Acoats Bfaces Cbags Dbacks42Ajoke Bspeech Coffer Didea43Aregret Bpromise Cwish Dhope44Awhen Bhow Cwhy Dwhat45Aworried Bfound Cadmitted Dassumed46Apower Btemptation Cdemand Dchance47Aexcitement Bsatisfaction Chappiness Dtrouble48Amakes up for Bputs up with Cbreaks up with Dkeeps up with49Away Bcase Cpoint Dsense50Aat first Bat least Cin fact Din brief51Afunny Bfine Cprecious Deasy52Adream Bcare Cbring De53Arobbed Bwarned Coccupied Dmurdered54Aproved Bhelped Cturned Dgot55Athink Blook Cregard Dact第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A“Have you ever found a treasure?” I once asked my fatherHe smiled a big smile and told me this story“Once when I was about ten years old,” my father told me, “I went treasure hunting with my older sisterShe had heard some people talking about a treasure box hidden in a hillside caveOne day d we went there and spent two or three hours looking for the entrance to the caveThen, as I was trying to squeeze between two big stones, I suddenly fell into a holeIt was the mouth of a tunnel that led to the caveMy sister and I crawled through into itIt was very dark but we had brought a flashlight and we were shocked to see that there was a large wooden box ahead of usWe ran to the box and pulled it openIt was filled with silver and gold coinsI started to count them but my sister told me to stopThis is only money she saidThis is not a real treasureIf you want money all you have to do is to work for itI was going to argue with her when I suddenly noticed a big metal box on the other side of the caveThe box was filled with statuesSome statues were made of ivory or gold, with diamonds for eyes and rubies（红宝石） for lipsI took one of the gold statues out of the boxDont do that! yelled my sisterThis is only beauty and artIt is not a real treasureThere must be something better hereWe searched and searched, but there was nothing else in the caveThen the battery in the flashlight started to dieWe got scared and crawled backI wiggled through but my sister got stuck half way between the stonesI tried to pull her out but I couldntI ran up and down the street knocking on doors but nobody would eThe only one who would help was a girl about my ageShe got a rope and a spade（铁锹） and a water bottleAbout an hour later, we got my sister out of the stonesI became good friends with the girl who had helped usShe was very responsible, faithful, kind and lovingWhen we finished college I realized that she was the woman I wanted to marryThats your momI thought I had found the best treasure in the world”56Why did the sister stop his brother taking the gold statues?AShe thought it might be poisonousBShe thought it might be cursed by the wizardCShe wanted to find another valuable thingDShe thought it might not be real gold57Why did the father knock on doors on the street?ATo beg for water BTo beg for helpCTo tell people about the treasure DTo warn people of the danger58What can we learn from the passage?AA strange voice frightened them to run away BMost people in the town were not supportive and helpfulCThey took the treasures home and lived a rich lifeDThe second box was filled with famous pictures59Which of the following could best describe the sister?ARudeBGreedyCWiseDLazy60Which of the following could be the best title of the passage?AA Real Treasure BAn Exciting Experience CA Helpful Girl DA Terrible RiskBtrigger（行动） dynamite（炸药）fuse（导火钱）61This passage is probably _Aa brief introduction of a book Ba customer review of a bookCan example of self-motivation Dan advertisement for self-motivation62Which of the following does Charging the Human Battery answer? AHow to write a motivated bookBHow to charge the battery CHow to share your thoughts with othersDHow to encourage yourself63What does the underlined expression “a-ha moment” mean? AIts a moment when new ideas suddenly appear BIts a moment when you relax yourself by reading CIts a moment when you feel tired and sleepy DIts a moment when you share your knowledge64We know the features of Charging the Human Battery EXCEPT _ Athe price Bthe pages Cthe cover Dthe pictures65The passage most probably appears _ Ain a newspaperBin a magazineCin a reportDon the line CThe son of a Lutheran pastor, Albert Schweitzer was born in a small village in Alsace, then part of GermanyBy age 29, Schweitzer had already authored three books and made landmark scholarly contributions in the fields of music, religion, and philosophyHe was an acclaimed organist, a world authority on Bach, a church pastor, a head of a theological seminary（神学院）, and a university professor with two doctoral degrees At the age of 30, aware of the desperate medical needs of Africans, he decided to bee a doctor and devote the rest of his life to direct service in Africa In 1913, at the age of 38, DrSchweitzer and his wife, Hlne, opened a hospital in Lambarn, Gabon- then a province of French Equatorial AfricaNot even serious setbacks of World War I, part of which he and Hlne spent as prisoners of war in France, deterred him from continuing mitment to his jobIn 1915, troubled daily by the vast numbers of suffering patients ing to his hospital for help, he experienced as a revelation the idea of “Reverence（尊重） for Life as the elementary and universal principle of ethics that he had been seeking for so long By stressing the interdependence and unity of all life, he was a forerunner of the environmental and animal welfare movements - Rachel Carson dedicated Silent Spring to himIn 1952, at the age of 77, Schweitzer was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize During the last twelve years of his life, his speeches and writings emphasized the dangers of atmospheric nuclear test explosions and the suicidal nuclear arms race between the superpowers After retiring as a practicing doctor, Albert Schweitzer continued to oversee the hospital until his death at the age of 90 To the end, his one frustration was that he had not succeeded in convincing the world to abolish nuclear weapons He and his wife are buried on the Hospital grounds in Lambarn56What field did Albert Schweitzer NOT contribute his efforts to?APhilosophy BMusic CArchitecture DTheology57Why did Albert Schweitzer decide to be a doctor? AThe hospitals were in great need of Africans then BAt that time doctors were in great need in Africa CHe and his wife wanted to open a hospital in Africa DHe hoped to stop the world using nuclear weapons58What does the underlined word “deterred” （Paragraph 2） mean?Aforbade Bprevented Cencouraged Dprotected59Which following statement about Albert Schweitzer is TRUE?AHe began to write books when he was at the age of 29BHe stopped writing and making speeches after his retirementCHe and his wife opened a hospital in Alsace DHe was born in 1875 in a village in Alsace60What could be the best title of the text? AA Brief Biography of Albert SchweitzerBA Brief Introduction to Albert Schweitzers FamilyCThe Kindness of a Good Doctor, Albert SchweitzerDThe First Hospital Opened by Albert SchweitzerDA few degrees can make a big difference when it es to food storageFoods can go bad if they get too warmBut for many of the worlds poor, finding a good way to keep food cool is difficultRefrigerators are costly and they need electricityYet spoiled food not only creates health risks but also economic lossesFarmers lose money when they have to throw away products that they cannot sell quicklyBut in nineteen ninety-five a teacher in northern Nigeria named Mohammed Bah Abba found a solutionHe developed the “Pot-in-Pot Preservation/Cooling System” It uses two round containers made of clayA smaller pot is placed inside a larger oneThe space between the two pots is filled with wet sandThe inner pot can be filled with fruit, vegetables or drinksA wet cloth covers the whole cooling systemFood stored in the smaller pot is kept from spoiling through a simple evaporation processWater in the sand between the two pots evaporates through the surface of the larger pot, where drier outside air is movingThe evaporation process creates a drop in temperature of several degreesThis cools the inner pot and helps keep food safe from harmful bacteriaSome foods can be kept fresh this way for several weeksPeople throughout Nigeria began using the inventionAnd it became popular with farmers in other African countriesMohammed Bah Abba personally financed the first 5,000 pot-in-pot systems for his own munity and five villages nearbyIn xx, the Rolex Watch pany of Switzerland honored him with the Rolex Award for EnterpriseThis award recognizes people trying to develop projects aimed at improving human knowledge and well-beingA mittee considers projects in science and medicine, technology, exploration and discovery, the environment and cultural historyWinners receive financial assistance to help develop and extend their projectsThe award is given every two yearsThe most recent one was given last year71What point does the writer want to make in Paragraph 1? AWithout a refrigerator, the poor people have to suffer from the health condition BWithout a refrigerator, the poor people have to suffer from the economic losses CFinding a good way to store food is difficult for the world people DMany of the worlds farmers are too poor to use the expensive refrigerator72pared with a refrigerator, the cooling System invented by Mohammed Bah Abba is _ Aconvenient Beconomical Chealth-conscious Dexpensive73What could be the best title of the passage? AA Cool Way to Keep Food from Spoiling BA System to Cool and Dry the Air in a Place CA Creative Person Who Invented the Cooling System DA Reward of Improving Human Knowledge and Well-being74The evaporation process of the cooling system is used to _ Aprevent the loss of water Bcause dry and wet air to exchange Ckeep the stored food dry Dtake heat away from the inner pot75Mohammed Bah Abba got the Rolex Award for Enterprise because _ Ahis invention was beneficial for the poor Bhis invention was simple and scientific Che advocated a wider use of his invention Dhe financed the Cooling System for the poor第卷 （共35分）第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节：阅读表达 （共5个小题，每小题2分，共10分）阅读所给短文, 并根据文章后的题目要求进行简答。One month into my French degree course at Nottingham University, I was eager to travel aroundTwo years later, my schedule reads more like a travellers than_, having spent 18 months abroad under university programmesI have seen many students abandon their studies, desiring to see the world before making any long-term decisionsMy advice for would-be globe travellers is to choose a degree subject that you find truly interesting, and use the resources available to see as much of the world as possibleSo no longer does the “travel or study question need an either/or response; with a little research and organization, its possible to bine the twoTwo programmes that allow you to do this are Erasmus and U21The Erasmus Programme aims to increase student mo