盐城市2020届高三年级第三次模拟考试
英语试题
第一部分听力(共两节，满分20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1分，满分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。
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What does the woman want the man to do?
A. Have some milk. B. Go shopping. C. Take out the garbage.
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What will the man do tonight?
A Go bowling. B. Visit the woman. C. Prepare for an exam.
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What will the man most probably do?
A. Pay for the tickets. B. Go to the ticket office. C. Ask the woman for a discount.
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Where does the conversation take place?
A. At home. B. At the doctor’s. C. At the man’s office.
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What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. Greg’s plan. B. Greg’s course. C. Greg’s job.
第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
6. What does the man want the woman to do?
A. Buy him a boat. B. Lend him some money. C. Spend the summer on a boat.
7. What is the woman’s attitude towards the man’s idea?
A. Supportive. B. Opposed. C. Confused.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
8. Where does the woman work?
A. In a radio station. B. In a hotel. C. In a building company.
9. Why is the woman looking for Mr. Nash?
A. To book a hotel. B. To talk about his concern. C. To invite him for an interview.
10. How will the woman get in touch with Mr. Nash?
A. By writing an e-mail.
B. By sending a text message.
C. By making a phone call.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
11. What does the woman ask the man about first?
A. The packing. B. The receipt. C. The price.
12. What does the man decide to do with the camera?
A. Change it. B. Fix it. C. Return it.
13. What is the woman most likely to be?
A. A technician. B. A photographer. C. A saleswoman.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
14. What is the relationship between Tom and the man?
A. Colleagues. B. Neighbors. C. Classmates.
15. What problem does the man have?
A. He dislikes his job.
B. He is unfamiliar with the city.
C He feels a little lonely.
16. What will the man do next Saturday?
A. Go to the woman’s house.
B. Treat the woman to dinner.
C. Introduce someone to the woman.
17. What can we learn about the woman?
A. She feels unhappy. B. She is helpful. C. She likes challenging jobs.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
18. What working environment does Euro Cafe provide?
A. Fast-paced. B. Pleasant. C. Competitive.
19 What should applicants do to sign up for the fair?
A. Send a fax. B. Visit the website. C. Go to the office.
20. What do we know about Euro Cafe?
A. It opens from 10 a.m, to 4 pm.
B. It will hold the Job Fair on June 1.
C. It is famous in Europe.
第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分35分)
第一节 单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答 题卡上将该项涂黑。
21.As is well known, your thoughts, words and deeds ____ the world around you.
A. painted B. has painted C. are painting D. will paint
22.Fans of Youth With You are _____ to TV screens every week to follow the ups and downs of their favourite stars.
A. devoted B. accustomed C. exposed D. glued
23.____ stops learning is old and stays learning is young, whether at twenty or eighty.
A. What B. Who C. That D. Whoever
24.There’s a ____between Japan and IOC that 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games will be postponed by one year
A. criterion B. coincidence C. consensus D. conflict
25.My grandpa often looks back on those days in the countryside, where he for ages.
A. worked B. has worked C. had worked D. was working
26.A qualified teacher is capable of ____students’ needs and concerns.
A. instructing B. overcoming C. restoring D. anticipating
27.Penicillin was discovered ____, which went well beyond the researchers’ expectations.
A. on purpose B. by accident C. on occasion D. by mistake
28.—How will you spend this summer vacation?
—I have made a(n) ____plan to take a trip to Jiuzhaigou. The schedule might be subject to change.
A. arbitrary B. authentic C. tentative D. tight
29.Hard as it may be____ that Kobe is no longer with us, his unbreakable will lives on.
A. accepting B. accepted C. to accept D. to have accepted
30.A party which tries to ____ and take account of grass-roots feelings is bound to win mass support.
A. break down B. catch on C. turn over D. reach out
31.After over two months of lockdown, taxi drivers in Wuhan say they are____ even when caught in traffic jams.
A. over the moon B. under a cloud
C. white as a sheet D. green with envy
32.A global concert One World: Together at Home ____many international musicians was held on April 18 in support of health workers.
A. featured B. featuring C. to feature D. having featured
33.Old people really enjoy the speed ____their messages get sent and answered after learning how to use WeChat.
A. that B. where C. at which D. in which
34.______others feel impossibility, Chinese people have learned to look for new opportunity.
A. Why B. Where C. Until D. Unless
35.—Sony, I’m having a headache today and....
—____; I know you just don’t want to accompany me to the ball.
A. Don’t give me that B. Don’t mention it.
C. Don’t take it for granted D. Don’t get me wrong
第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项， 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was Christmastime, and I had promised my son a bicycle. But life’s little catastrophes had ___36___ my bike savings again and again. I stood at the bicycle display and my heart ___37___ .
But, ___38___, there must be one that I could afford. I walked back and forth in front of the ___39___, as if I
could will one into ___40___. “Please God,” I prayed silently. “I promised him a bicycle.”
I stopped and stared as the truth became ___41___: there was not a single bike within my ___42___ .
A man walked up beside me and was excited about making his ___43___. He wanted to know which one I was getting. I pointed to a green one, my son’s favorite color and explained to him the promise and my ___44___ .
He stared at it for a moment and then said to me, “I’ll carry this to the ___45___ for you.”
“I can’t!” I said. “I don’t have enough money.”
“I know,” he said, “I’m ___46___ it for you.”
“What? You can5t get this for me.”
He ___47___ me and walked to the checkout line and paid.
“Now which way to your car?” he asked, walking out of store.
A million concerns as to his motives ___48___through my head, but I walked to my car, full of ___49___ and gratitude.
He ___50___ the big box into the trunk. Then he turned to me, said, “Merry Christmas!” and quickly disappeared in the parking lot.
I ___51___ the generosity of that man’s deed in my heart, and over the years tried to be ___52___ to what I could do for others.
Fifteen years later, in that same store I heard a ___53___ woman in the next line whispering that she couldn’t ___54___ what she needed for her unborn baby. I ___55___ and said to myself “I’m on it, God!”
36. A. lost B. claimed C. deposited D. wasted
37. A. failed B. hammered C. beat D. sank
38. A. surely B. fortunately C. surprisingly D. eventually
39. A. car B. counter C. display D. store
40. A. existence B. life C. practice D. power
41. A. specific B. obvious C. complex D. unbelievable
42. A. budget B. sight C. income D. authority
43. A. collection B. selection C. achievement D. movement
44. A. dream B. schedule C. dilemma D. option
45. A. garage B. exit C. entrance D. register
46. A. fetching B. getting C. carrying D. wrapping
47. A. observed B. escaped C. ignored D. teased
48. A. raced B. lived C. jumped D. saw
49. A. regret B. panic C. disbelief D. sympathy
50. A. threw B. folded C. separated D. slid
51. A. planted B. showed C. rewarded D. measured
52. A. reduced B. allergic C. superior D. sensitive
53. A. working B. pregnant C. wealthy D. greedy
54. A. charge B. choose C. afford D. move
55. A. sighed B. hesitated C. waited D. smiled
第三部分 阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、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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Since the end of its own space shuttle program in 2011, the US has used Russian Soyuz spacecraft every time it wants to transport humans to and from space. While NASA is busy working on its own solution, the agency has increasingly turned to US private companies, such as Elon Musk’s SpaceX, to meet its off-planet transportation needs. Although SpaceX has successfully flown cargo (货物)flights for NASA since 2012 via the reusable Dragon spacecraft, the company has yet to launch humans in its so-called Crew Dragon capsule. Originally scheduled to launch in 2017, the program has seen multiple delays. After all, it is rocket science and the path has not been easy.
But 2019 seemed different. NASA’s pre-purchased Soyuz flights had run out by the end of 2019, and SpaceX, along with Boeing, had scheduled all its final tests to achieve certification in time to pick up where Soyuz left off. On March 2, the Crew Dragon capsule was launched on a run without crew toward the International Space Station (ISS). The flight, known as Demo-1, went successfully.
The next major milestone scheduled was the in-flight abort test (飞行中止测试)，another dry mission meant to test the reliability of the abort system that would save the crew in case of any accident during launch. The plan was to use the same capsule from the Demo-1 flight. But SpaceX never got the chance.
In April 2019, the company ran what was supposed to be a routine test, firing certain rockets with the capsule anchored firmly to the ground. Some 100 milliseconds before the engines fired, a leak of oxidizer caused an
explosion that completely destroyed the capsule.
SpaceX spent the rest of spring and early summer figuring out what had gone wrong and pushing preparations for a replacement capsule. While the problem is now solved and the Crew Dragon spacecraft for Demo-2 has arrived at the launch site, NASA and SpaceX haven’t set an exact date for the first test flight with astronauts to the ISS.
58. What can we learn from Paragraph 1?
A. US tends to continue reliance on Russian Soyuz spacecrafts.
B. SpaceX can cover all NASA’s off-planet transportation needs.
C. NASA has not ceased developing its space travel technology.
D. Russia and SpaceX are competing for US space transportation.
59. The underlined word “dry” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to .
A. without crew B. without cargo C. without a capsule. D. without fuels
60. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?
A. A Ray of Hope for Space Exploration
B. The Rough Road to Launching A Dragon
C. Opportunities for Elon Musk’s SpaceX
D. Doubts about Off-planet Transportation
C
There are times when I set off for my running-group sessions with little enthusiasm. It might be because I’m tired, or stressed, or have had to unwillingly tear myself away from something else. I’m the coach, so I can’t choose to give it a miss.
It was yet another cold, dark, wet evening and I wasn’t feeling the love as I gathered all the necessary outfits-head torch, reflective waterproof jacket, hat and gloves. No one in their right mind will come out in this weather, I thought. But when I turned into the car park, my headlights picked out runners making a dash through the rain to our meeting point, where others were already working out to stay warm, with chat, laughter and hugs. They, too, I realized, might be tired, stressed or busy. But, unlike me, they had a choice about whether to come running or stay at home. And that makes their decision to come--and to keep on coming-all the more uplifting. As on so many other occasions, I went home from the run feeling better than when I’d arrived.
I believe one of the strongest motivations behind these runners’ decisions to come along is being part of a group. Belonging to a running community makes running greater than the sum of its parts. It’s no longer just a workout; it’s a catch-up with friends, a laugh and a shared experience. It provides a space to share your running triumphs and disappointments, to be congratulated and comforted, and, just as important, to congratulate and comfort others.
Research has long shown the likelihood of staying motivated is higher when exercise takes place in a group. The reasons are many. A study at the University of Southern California found people enjoy physical activity more when they are with others and are more likely to keep it up over the long term. There’s also an element of social facilitation-an “I’m not going to let XX beat me” attitude that drives you to push harder and produces a greater sense of achievement. And research by Strava in 2017 found running in a group made runners go faster and further. Using data from 90 million runs taking place all over the world, Strava found that the average pace of runs taking place in a group was seven seconds per mile quicker than solo runs, and the distance covered was an average of 1.3 miles further.
I joke about people being more motivated to come to my running sessions by the tea and biscuits afterwards than by the running itself. There’s probably some truth in that, but it doesn’t matter. Those laughter- and chatter-filled minutes are every bit as important as the running in between.
61. The author sometimes feels to go coaching the running group.
A. reluctant B. content C. excited D. frustrated
62. Why is being part of a group most motivational?
A. It involves a coach offering assistance.
B. It creates space to socialize with others.
C. It inspires members to beat their records.
D. It frees runners from boring daily routines.
63. That being in a group promotes performance is proven by .
A. citing a typical example B. listing accurate statistics
C. performing an experiment D. sharing his own experiences
64. Tea and biscuits in running sessions are meant to .
A. attract more runners from other groups
B. build up some strength before running
C. make his running group stand out of all
D. add more life to their running experience
D
At the end of the 19th century, one in seven people around the world had died of tuberculosis or TB for short (肺结核)，and the disease ranked as the third leading cause of death in the United States. While physicians had begun to accept that TB was caused by bacteria, this understanding was slow to catch on among the general public, and most people gave little attention to the behaviors that contributed to disease transmission. They didn’t understand that
things they did could make them sick. It was common for family members, or even strangers, to share a drinking cup.
In the 1890s the New York City Health Department launched a massive campaign to educate the public and reduce transmission. The “War on Tuberculosis” public health campaign discouraged cup-sharing and urged states to ban spitting inside public buildings and on sidewalks and in other outdoor spaces. Changes in public behavior helped successfully reduce the spread of TB.
Disease can permanently change society, and often for the best by creating better practices and habits. Crisis sets off action and response. Many infrastructure improvements and healthy behaviors we consider normal today are the result of past health campaigns that responded to serious outbreaks.
In the 19th century, city streets in the U.S. overflowed with dirt. People threw their unwanted newspapers, food scraps, and other trash out of their windows onto the streets below. The plentiful horses pulling streetcars and delivery carts dropped urine and waste every day. Human waste was a problem, too. Those in tenement (租户)housing did not have their own facilities, but had 25 to 30 people sharing a single outhouse. These toilets frequently overflowed until workers known as “night soil men” arrived to deal with waste, only to dump it into the nearby harbor.
As city and health leaders began to understand that the frequent outbreaks of TB that swept across their cities were connected to the garbage, cities began setting up organized systems for handling human waste. Indoor toilets were slow to catch on, due to the cost and need of a plumbing system. Improvements in technology helped the process along. Following Thomas Clapper’s improved model in 1891, water closets became popular, first among the wealthy, and then among the middle-class. Plumbing systems, paired with tenement house reform, helped remove waste from the public streets.
Disease greatly improved aspects of American culture, too. As physicians came to believe that good ventilation(通风))and fresh air could help fight illness, builders started adding porches and windows to houses. Real estate investors used the trend to market migration to the West, encouraging Eastern physicians to convince TB patients and their families to move thousands of miles from crowded, dirty Eastern cities to the dry air and sunshine in places like Los Angeles and Colorado Springs.
Some of this influence continues today. While we know that sunshine doesn’t kill bacteria, good ventilation and time spent outside does benefit children and adults by promoting physical activity and improving spirits. This fresh-air “cure” also eventually transformed the study of climate into a formal science, as people began to chart temperature, barometric pressure and other weather patterns in hopes of identifying the “ideal” conditions for treating disease.
Public health emergencies have inspired innovations in education. Starting in 1910, Thomas Edison’s lab, which
had invented one of the first motion picture devices in the 1890s, cooperated with anti-tuberculosis activists to produce short films on TB prevention and transmission-some of the first educational movies. Screened in public places in rural areas, the TB movies were also the first films that viewers had ever seen.
As we are seeing with the coronavirus today, disease can impact a community--changing routines and shaking nerves as it spreads from person to person. But the effects of epidemics extend beyond the moments in which they occur.
65. According to Paragraph 1, what might have led to the outbreak of TB in the US?
A. Limited access to treatment B. Incompetence of the physicians.
C. Unhealthy living habits. D. Poor governmental administration.
66. What result did the “War on Tuberculosis” achieve?
A. The gap between the rich and the poor widened.
B. It contributed to changes in public behavior.
C. Tuberculosis totally disappeared in New York.
D. Citizens finally found a cure for tuberculosis.
67. If you had been in a US city street then, you would have probably seen .
A. more horses traveling on roads than pedestrians
B. lifeless patients infected with TB on every street
C. dirty surroundings where bacteria were easy to spread
D. unfair discrimination from the rich against the poor
68. Why was it slow for water closets to become popular?
A. They were too expensive for the poor to obtain.
B. There were many drawbacks of the early models.
C. They often overflowed and caused inconvenience.
D. People in tenement houses resisted such a device.
69. What was the change in American population migration then?
A. The vast majority of urban citizens moved to the West.
B. More people lived in the West than those in the East.
C. Many fled to rural areas with good ventilation and fresh air.
D. Patients and their family were encouraged to move westwards.
70. Which of the following effects TB brought remains nowadays?
A. The benefits of outdoor activities are widely acknowledged.
B. People adopt the habit of regular temperature-taking.
C. Films have become the primary way to educate people.
D. Ideal conditions for treating disease have been defined.
第四部分 任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
注意:请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上C每个空格只填1个单词。
Many businesses offer membership cards to clients, promising that they will enjoy discounts, and the more they use the cards, the bigger the discounts will be. This is a common practice to attract and keep regular customers. By providing quality products or services at reasonable prices, businesses can indeed achieve this goal.
However, in recent years, consumers trying to book flights or hotels on certain websites have discovered that prices were actually higher for frequent users than for newcomers. They found that they could pay less by opening up a new account rather than using an old one. Unfortunately, these businesses are using information gathered through big data on clients’ preferences and purchasing habits to take advantage of them, which amounts to targeted price discrimination.
There have been numerous cases of overcharging based on big data on various shopping platforms in recent years. However, since it’s difficult to collect sufficient evidence to accuse these businesses, only a small number of consumers have chosen to take them on. Thus, big data, which is supposed to benefit the public, is helping some businesses cheat consumers. Big data itself is not a bad thing, since it is playing an increasingly important role in social life and economic growth. It can serve as a basic resource and tool. But since it is being used to overcharge frequent clients, the public has expressed anger. It’s a short-sighted behavior that will eventually drive away customers. Instead, big data should be used to improve businesses’ services and products by strengthening supervision (监督)and punishment so that this new technology can play its due role in Internet commerce.
It’s urgent to stop the misuse of big data by stepping up supervision. Market and network supervisory authorities need to join hands in this effort. The illegal use of big data should be severely punished. Advanced technology should be more widely used to supervise big data use.
It’s all right for businesses to employ certain methods to make big money, but to charge regular clients more than newcomers by taking advantage of information collected through big data analysis is violating regular clients’ rights as well as their trust in these businesses. The Law on the Protection of Consumer Rights and Interests clearly states that consumers have the right to know the truth about the commodities and services they buy. Thus, to overcharge regular clients is not only betraying the principle of fairness and sincerity, but also relevant laws. In the long run, it’s the businesses that will suffer most.
How Do We Make Good Use of Big Data in Commerce
Passage outline
Supporting details
A common practice
Businesses, which promise quality products with lower costs, offer membership cards with the___71___ of appealing to regular customers.
A reality ___72___ to expectations
• Newcomers can enjoy a ___73___ discount than frequent clients by registering a new account.
• Personal information gathered; clients have fallen ___74___ to targeted price discrimination.
The role of big data in social and economic life
• Despite ___75___of hard evidence, there have been lots of cases where companies overcharge customers with the help of big data.
• Playing its due role, big data can ___76___both businesses and the public.
___77___to discouraging misuse of big data
• Market and network supervisory authorities should make ___78___efforts.
• Severe ___79___is necessary to fight against the illegal use of big data
with the wide application of advanced technology.
Conclusion
Overcharging regular clients violates the principle of fairness and relevant laws, which, in the long run, will be most ___80___ to businesses.
第五部分 书面表达(满分25分)
81.请认真阅读下面短文，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。
Recently, 117 schools in Qujiang District, Zhejiang Province, have included a bow ceremony or “zuoyi(作揖礼)in the teaching content, requiring teachers and students to meet and make a bow with hands folded in front.
Cheng Junning, an officer from Qujiang District First Middle School, said that for thousands of years, the Chinese people have been using “zuoyi” as a general gesture for hello. To a certain extent, it plays a role in carrying forward the traditional culture and has its value.
Dr. Tang Lap Kwong from the Chinese University of Hong Kong said he was “very excited to see this and hope they will insist on it in the future” in an interview with the Chinanews. He said it is a good idea to promote Chinese traditional culture in schools. People have to respect the culture.
However, opinions split online. Not seeing the value of the movement, some netizens argue that promoting the
bow ceremony in schools is just formalism. Teachers and students are so familiar with each other that they usually greet or wave when they meet, which is relatively normal. So it is not necessary to make a bow for them.
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1.用约30个单词概述上述信息的主要内容；
2.你对在校园推广行作揖礼持什么观点？请说明理由(不少于两点)。
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1.写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句；
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