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启慧·衡阳市八中 2020 届高三月考试题 (三)
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命题人: 易建华
审题人: 胡晓红
注意事项:
1ư 答题前, 考生务必将自己的姓名、 准考证号写在答题卡上, 并认真核对条形码上的
姓名、 准考证号和科目。
2ư 考生作答时, 选择题和非选择题均须作在答题卡上, 在本试题卷上答题无效。 考生
在答题卡上按答题卡中注意事项的要求答题。
3ư 考试结束后, 将本试题卷和答题卡一并交回。
4ư 本试题卷共 8 页。 如缺页, 考生须声明, 否则后果自负。
5ư 时量 120 分钟, 满分 150 分。
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 1ư 5 分,满分 7ư 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。
1ư What will the woman probably do today?
Aư Attend a weddingư Bư Go over her lessonsư Cư Take an examư
2ư What will the weather be like tomorrow?
Aư It will rainư Bư It will be cold Cư It will be windyư
3ư When will the next bus leave?
Aư At 9∶ 30ư Bư At 9∶ 35ư Cư At 10∶ 00ư
4ư Where is the woman going for holiday this year?
Aư Canada Bư Turkeyư Cư Italyư
5ư What is the woman going to do this afternoon?
Aư Attend a meetingư Bư Go to a chess clubư Cư Watch a tennis matchư第二节(共 15 小题;每小题 1ư 5 分,满分 22ư 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。
6ư What does the man remind the woman to do?
Aư Turn down the heatư Bư Bring her identificationư Cư Leave money for the childrenư
7ư How are the speakers getting to the airport?
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页) —Aư They are drivingư Bư They are taking a busư Cư They are getting picked upư听第 7 段材料,回答第 8 至 10 题。
8ư What is David trying to do?
Aư Watch a movieư Bư Work on his studiesư Cư Sing some songsư
9ư Why is David annoyed about the last song?
Aư Anna sang it very badlyư
Bư Anna sang it too much beforeư
Cư Anna kept repeating the four words of itư
10ư What is the relationship between the speakers?
Aư Classmatesư Bư Brother and sisterư Cư Father and daughterư听第 8 段材料,回答第 11 至 13 题。
11ư What has the woman’s aunt forbidden her to do?
Aư See the dollsư Bư Talk about the dollsư Cư Touch the dollsư
12ư What does the woman’s aunt think of the dolls?
Aư They are uncomfortableư Bư They are very valuableư Cư They are old - fashionedư
13ư How does the man probably feel in the end?
Aư Very worriedư Bư Quite surprisedư Cư A little embarrassedư听第 9 段材料,回答第 14 至 17 题。
14ư Who is the woman’s favorite soccer player?
Aư Ronaldoư Bư Salahư Cư Messiư
15ư When did the 9 - year - old fan want Salah to score?
Aư During overtimeư
Bư Near the end of regular timeư
Cư At the beginning of regular timeư
16ư Why did the 9 - year - old fan want to get home early?
Aư She had homework to doư
Bư She wanted to sleep earlierư
Cư She needed to meet her teacherư
17ư What does the woman seem to think about Salah?
Aư He always makes people happyư
Bư He really cares about his fansư
Cư He often misunderstands othersư听第 10 段材料,回答第 18 至 20 题。
18ư What is the weather usually like in October?
Aư Rainyư Bư Sunnyư Cư Snowyư
19ư What will the temperatures be during the wild storm?
Aư 56 degreesư Bư 45 degreesư Cư 40 degreesư
20ư When will it be sunny again?
Aư On Thursdayư Bư On Fridayư Cư On Saturdayư第二部分
阅读理解(共两节,满分
40
分)
第一节(共 15 小题;每小题 2 分,满分 30 分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该
项涂黑。
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Running—or sitting—can change the shape of your heart
Scientists have long known that humans are built for endurance, with our shock - slowing joints
and springy tendonsư Now, a new study shows people’ s hearts are also improved for endurance—
though how much depends on whether we run, farm, or stay put on the couchư
To get to the heart of the matter, researchers examined the hearts of more than 160 adult men
from four groups: long - distance runners, coach potato, highly trained football linemen( 前锋),
and the Tarahumara, Native American farmers renowned for their running abilityư For comparison,
they also looked at the hearts of 43 adult male chimpanzees—one of our closest evolutionary cousinsư
When researchers compared the thickest of the heart’ s four rooms—the blood - pumping,
strawberry - shaped left rooms—there were clear differencesư Endurance runners and farmers had
larger rooms with thin walls—qualities that help pump large volumes of blood for a long time, the
researchers report todayư The linemen, whose training emphasized short, high - intensity exercise,
had shorter, wider rooms with thicker wallsư So did the coach potatoư The chimps, whose main
activities are short bursts of high - intensity exercise like fighting or climbing, had the shortest,
thickest roomsư
Because high - intensity activity causes blood pressure in the blood tubes to surge for a short
amount of time, such small volume, thick walls, and rounder shapes are beneficial to the linemen
and chimps, researchers say, by making sure enough blood is still flowing to the brain to maintain
consciousnessư But even without those evolutionary pressures, a couch potato lifestyle seems to result
in the same kind of thickeningư
Adaptations for endurance likely helped our early hunter - gatherer and farming ancestorsư But
they also would have led to fewer parallel adaptations for problems like high blood
pressureư Ironically, therefore, the researchers suggest those early endurance adaptations may have
made it harder for modern populations to deal with high blood heart diseaseư
But coach potato shouldn’t feel heartbroken—the researchers emphasized that heart shapes are
likely reversible, by taking part in endurance activities like distance running and swimming over
many yearsư That’s one way to undergo a change of heartư
21ư What do we know from paragraph 3?
Aư People with shorter room prefer to exercise more vigorously
Bư Larger rooms with thin walls fit runners well
Cư Chimps like fighting because of their heart shape
Dư Runners are born with larger rooms
22ư Which is not the reason why rounder shapes with thick walls help linemen ?
Aư Making sure blood flowing to the brain
Bư Maintaining consciousness
Cư Causing blood pressure up at once
Dư Training more high - intensity exercise
23ư What does the underline word “reversible” in paragraph 6 probably mean?
Aư trainable Bư believable Cư changeable Dư achievableB
The world ’ s largest rainforest and a crucial store of carbon dioxide gets most of its
phosphorous, an important nutrient, from an unexpected source: fires in Africaư
Strange as it may seem, we thought that the Amazon got much of its phosphorus from dust
whipped up from the Sahara Desert and transported across the Atlantic on the windư
Cassandra Gaston at the University of Miami, US, and her colleagues had set out to quantify
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and analyzed particles caught in filters from a hilltop in French Guiana, at the northern edge of the
Amazon Basinư But at the same time, they used satellites to track smoke from fires in Africa — both
people burning wood and natural forest fires — drifting Westwards across the oceanư It turned out
that the arrival of patches of smoke coincided with high levels of phosphorous being detected in the
filterư
Gaston and her team then estimated how much of the phosphorus placed on the Amazon Basin
comes from African biomass burningư They found that, in Spring, smoke from the fires was
responsible for most of the nutrient entering the Amazon Basinư
“Smoke from African biomass burning was a very important source of not just phosphorus, but
solvable forms of phosphorus that are readily available for biological processes,” says Gastonư
This changed in autumn, when the dust travelling across the ocean droppedư
The findings suggest that people burning wood and other materials in Africa might have an
impact on how much the Amazon grows and therefore how much carbon it stores in futureư But it is
not easy to predict what the effect might beư
At the moment, households in Sub - Saharan Africa overwhelmingly depend on wood for
cooking and Gaston says that the growing population in Africa will probably result in an increase in
burningư But at the same time there may be a drop in the number of wildfires as land use changesư
24ư What’s the author’s attitude towards Gaston and her team’s findings?
Aư Positive Bư Negative Cư Indifferent Dư Objective
25ư Which of the following statement is true?
Aư Gaston collected dust particle only from natural forest firesư
Bư Smoke from fires in Africa contains a lot of phosphorusư
Cư The smoke blows from northern Amazon Basinư
Dư Phosphorus is the most important nutrient in Amazon rainforestư
26ư What did Gaston and her team find in the research?
Aư The phosphorus from natural forest fires dropped across the ocean in autumnư
Bư Africa’s rising population is beneficial to Amazon growsư
Cư Smoke from people burning contains high level of phosphorus in springư
Dư The phosphorus is an important nutrient in Amazon rainforestư
27ư What will not happen if Africa’s population continues to grow?
Aư A growth of carbon the Amazon stores Bư A change in land use
Cư An increase in burning Dư A drop in the number of wildfireC
Cleaning clothes usually requires soap and water to remove stainsư The time and energy needed
to turn a heap of dirty laundry into a pile of clean clothes might make people wish for clothes that
just clean themselvesư
That wish is a step closer to coming trueư Recent experiments, conducted by researchers of
China’s Shanghai Jiao Tong University, show that cotton fabric ( 织 物) coated with the right
mixture of chemicals can remove stains after only a few hours in the sunư
The fabric gets its self - cleaning abilities from a titanium dioxide (二氧化钛) mixture that
coats the cotton threadsư Researchers had previously found that titanium dioxide could remove stains
in clothesư But there was one problem: this happens only when they are exposed to ultraviolet light
(紫外线) , which is not visible, and most people don’t have access to ultraviolet lightư
“We knew that self - cleaning cotton fabrics with titanium dioxide coating had already been
developed, but they cannot work, or they work weakly, under sunlight,” Long saysư “If we want to
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The researchers created just such a fabric, by combining titanium dioxide with nitrogen (氮).
Then they added silver iodide ( 碘化银), which can speed up chemical reactions in sunlightư In
laboratory tests, their creation was nearly seven times better at removing stains than titanium dioxide
aloneư
The scientists can’ t start selling their self - cleaning cotton just yet; scientists still need to
make sure the coated cotton won’ t harm those who wear itư Although titanium dioxide is used in
some foods, recent experiments have shown that it can cause health problems if it gets in the
lungsư So before the material can be worn, scientists need to find a way to make it safeư
28ư How was the problem mentioned in Paragraph 3 solved?
Aư By adding silver iodide to nitrogenư
Bư By using nitrogen instead of titanium dioxideư
Cư By adding silver iodide to titanium dioxideư
Dư By mixing titanium dioxide with nitrogenư
29ư What is the use of adding silver iodide to the cotton fabric?
Aư Making more stains removedư
Bư Helping to remove stains under ultraviolet lightư
Cư Helping to remove stains faster in the sunư
Dư Making ultraviolet light visibleư
30ư What is the Chinese researchers’ achievement?
Aư Turning ultraviolet light into regular sunlightư
Bư Developing a fabric that cleans itself in sunlightư
Cư Bringing self - cleaning cotton to our daily lifeư
Dư Removing stains in clothes with titanium dioxideư
31ư Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
Aư New Use of Sunlight Bư Cleaning with Sunlight
Cư A New Mixture of Chemicals Dư A Cleaner EnvironmentD
Many people trying to sell homes find that an increase in home prices has turned the market in
their favorư But sellers can still get the short end of the deal if they aren’t carefulư Here are a few tips
for you:
Don’t test your luckư Of course you think anyone who moves into your lovely home should be
willing to pay top dollars, especially if you’ve recently invested in some improvementsư But listing a
home at a price that’s too high above the market price could turn away some buyersư
Buyers noticing that the home still hasn’t sold may begin to assume there’s something wrong
with the house and use that as a reasonable excuse for offering a lower priceư And if a home hasn’t
received any offers after two weeks, it might be time to reset the priceư
A price that’s too low can bring about an undesired outcomeư Listing your home at or
slightly below the market price can have the effect of drawing in a large group of buyers and
increase the chances that a home will receive multiple offersư But setting the price too low comes
with several risksư One possibility is that buyers will get skeptical of the home that is listed for
S| 15,000 to S| 20,000 less than similar homes in the area, especially if it’s not properly
marketedư Once again, people might assume there is something wrong with the home and may not
bother to look at itư
Spy on the competitionư Going to other people’s open houses can give you a better sense of how
your home compares to others on the marketư Check out the finishes in their kitchens, the size of
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priceư But don’t set your pricing just on what you see elsewhereư
32ư What does the author mean in paragraph 1?
Aư Marketing is a booming industryư Bư Rising housing prices is a sign of changeư
Cư Selling houses should be cautiouslyư Dư Trying to sell houses at a better priceư
33ư What is the result of setting the price of your house too high?
Aư Your house might be sold at a better priceư
Bư Some buyers might turn down to go to have a lookư
Cư You may come into conflict with your competitorsư
Dư Buyers might think it isn’t properly marketedư
34ư What is the benefit of spying on the competition?
Aư You can know how to decorate your house properlyư
Bư You can defeat the opponent according to their shortagesư
Cư You can get your price based on what you see elsewhereư
Dư You can work out the right price range of your homeư
35ư What should home sellers do according to the passage?
Aư To sell your house at a market price slightly below the market
Bư To price your house on the basis of your competitors
Cư To learn some useful lessons before house selling
Dư To decorate your house in a simple and clean style第二节(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。 Real - life Room Escape Games
Real - life room escape games are a type of physical adventure game in which people are locked
in a room with other participants and have to use the things in the room to settle a series of puzzles,
find clues, and escape the room within a set time limitư
The game are based on Escape the Room video games, such as Crimson Room and QP - Shot,
created by TAKAGISM Incư by Toshimitsu Takagi in 2005, in which the player is locked inside a
room and must explore his or her surroundings in order to escapeư 36 Other inspirations include
adventure board games and moviesư Real - life room escape games are becoming popular in the
United States, Japan, and Chinaư 37 For example, some games require you escape prison cells
while others require you escape space stationsư
38 Soon, they were exported to North America, Asia and Australiaư Examples include the
two pioneer companies Hint Hunt and Adventure Roomsư
The games were so successful that new locations began opening up across China, in cities big
and small, according to Want China Timesư In the southern city of Shenzhen, for example, the first
escape game location opened last Augustư 39 “These real - life escape games can help those
who stay at home on their computers and iPads all day to experience real social circles,” Tian
Xiaochuan, who owns two room escape game stores in Jinan, told Want China Timesư Earlier this
year, The South China Morning Post said the real - life escape games are a hit among “ highly
stressed students and overworked young professionals”ư 40 Some players get so involved that
they tear down equipment or decorations inside their “prisons”, as Zhu Yumeng, chief operating
officer of Beijing room escape game store Taoquan told China Dailyư
Aư Each game adds local themes to settingsư
Bư And seven new game locations quickly followedư
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Dư Sometimes the excitement becomes a bit much, thoughư
Eư Weekend or day event escape games have been held in some storesư
Fư Permanent real life escape games in a fixed location were first opened in Europeư
Gư Players must be observant and use their critical thinking skills to escape the roomư第三部分
英语知识运用(共两节,满分
45
分)
第一节(共 20 小题;每小题 1ư 5 分,满分 30 分)阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 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。
Last month, 24 - year - old Li Hua took a seat and put his food on a table at a McDonald’sư He
was intending to 41 breakfast by himself when 65 - year - old Jane, who is living alone,
42 himư Then she asked in a weak voice 43 she could share the table with himư Li Hua said
‘yes’ 44 ư
Li Hua introduced himself and shook the little lady’ s 45 handư They didn’ t know each
other, and they couldn’t be more 46 ư But that day they had a meal together and spent the next
45 minutes enjoying each other’ s 47 and sharing stories about their livesư Like they were
friends, they talked and 48 togetherư When their time together came to an end, Li Hua 49
her to her car and they exchanged numbers with the intention of having a 50 again soonư
“She is such a 51 woman,” Li Hua recalledư “ She mentioned many times how we all
should love one another and how we should not 52 anyone because you never know how their
day is going and what they have 53 ư ”
Li Hua is glad that his 54 conversation with Jane could inspire so many people, but he
says that he is mostly just happy to have a new 55 ư He says that he is very 56 to set up
another breakfast dateư “I’ll 57 trying,” said Li Huaư “I know if we were together forever she
would have a 58 for me for every dayư ”
Every stranger has the 59 to promote a new friendshipư Their 60 story has been posted
on social media and it melts our heartsư
41ư Aư prepare Bư eat Cư order Dư finish
42ư Aư invited Bư greeted Cư recognized Dư approached
43ư Aư that Bư when Cư if Dư how
44ư Aư casually Bư nervously Cư anxiously Dư enthusiastically
45ư Aư wrinkled Bư delicate Cư strong Dư skilled
46ư Aư different Bư popular Cư friendly Dư admirable
47ư Aư success Bư peace Cư company Dư freedom
48ư Aư played Bư laughed Cư cheered Dư teased
49ư Aư walked Bư carried Cư led Dư drove
50ư Aư visit Bư share Cư breakfast Dư call
51ư Aư silent Bư generous Cư content Dư wonderful
52ư Aư judge Bư ignore Cư blame Dư suspect
53ư Aư depended on Bư gone through Cư given up Dư cared about
54ư Aư brief Bư private Cư serious Dư sweet
55ư Aư start Bư friend Cư target Dư opportunity
56ư Aư proud Bư upset Cư excited Dư frightened
57ư Aư consider Bư advocate Cư keep Dư start
58ư Aư gift Bư food Cư sponsor Dư story
59ư Aư intention Bư potential Cư fortune Dư confidence
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A pro - police assembly in a shopping center in Hong Kong's Kowloon on Saturday afternoon
61 (destroy) by anti - government protesters (示威者) in a conflict 62 injured several
peopleư Bloodstains were seen on the ground while police moved in 63 ( separate) the two
groups and arrest an unknown number of suspectsư
At around 3 pm, hundreds of people spontaneously gathered in Amoy Plaza to show their
support for the city 's policeư They waved national and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
flags, 64 (sing) the national anthem and pro - police slogansư
A 60 - year - old Hong Kong resident Mrư Chen came to join the assembly after finishing
lunchư " Generations of Hong Kong people are very upset to see the 65 (social) in disorderư So
we came here, joining the crowds to show support for the police," he saidư Chen also blamed the
protesters 66 having " a slavish mindset" ư " They are Chineseư But they just keep saying how
good the UK and the US are while trashing their own country," he saidư
Another resident Msư Lee in her 60s said she came 67 she wanted to wake up young peopleư "
The mobsters (暴徒) have turned our city into 68 messư They keep insulting Chinaư Hong Kong is
part of Chinaư These young people have no respect for their own country," Lee saidư
69 (short) after the assembly began, several masked protesters burst into the crowd and
started annoying and attacking the police 70 (support)ư
A dozen riot police officers soon arrived at the scene and arrested several protesters to the
cheers of the crowd in the mallư第四部分
写作(共两节,满分
35
分)
第一节 短文改错(共 10 小题;每小题 1 分,满分 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 处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。 每处错误仅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:1ư 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2ư 只允许修改 10 处,多者(从第 11 处起)不计分。
In order to strengthening our sense of social responsibility, the students in our school launched
an activity of donating books to the children in poor areasư We gather in front of the school library in
the afternoon of Jan, 15thư Each of them gave away some books what we treasuredư We even wrote
our names and address on the front pages, hope to be contacted and two thousand books were
collected in and sent awayư An activity not only provided a good chance for us show love for others,
but also helped us to make new friendsư第二节 书面表达(满分 25 分)假定你是李华,是一名高中学生。 为庆祝新中国成立 70 周年,你校将举行合唱比赛。 请
给你的外教 Mrư Smith 写一封电子邮件,邀请他参加。 邮件的内容包括:
1ư 合唱主题:歌唱祖国和改革开放政策实施以来祖国的巨大变化;
2ư 比赛的时间、地点以及参加者;
3ư 注意事项:不得将零食和水带入活动现场。注意:
1ư 词数 100 左右;
2ư 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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