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衡阳市八中 2020 届高三第二次月考试卷
英语
命题 刘君 审题 胡巧琳
注意事项：本堂考试，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 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。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. Who has gotten sick?
A.The headmaster. B. A lot of students. C. The speakers’ children .
2.How many papers will the woman write this term?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Five.
3. What might the speakers be doing?
A. Painting the wall.B. Hanging a picture. C. Fixing a light.
4. When was probably the man’s last camping trip?
A.In winter.B. In spring.C. In summer.
5. Where might the speakers be?
A. At home.B. At a factory.C.At a gym.
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。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。
6. How does the woman seem to feel about the song?
A. Bored. B. Indifferent. C. Curious .
7. Who is definitely from Scotland?
A. The man.
B. The main singer.
C. All of the band members.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。
8. Who might the woman be?
A.A bus conductor.B. A taxi driver.C.A pilot.
9. What does the man need?
A. His medicine. B. His clothes.C. His money.
10. Whenwill the speakers arrive at the halfway point?
A. About 10:30.B. About 11:00.C. About 11:30.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。
11. Where does the man have to drop his sister off?试卷第 2 页，共 9 页
A. At dance class. B. At math class. C. At a grocery store.
12. What kind of food does the woman probably prefer?
A. Italian food. B. Mexican food. C. American food .
13. How will the woman help the man?
A. She’ll cook dinner for him.
B. She’ll help him with his assignments.
C. She’ll give him some groceries for free.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。
14. Who is the man?
A.A student. B.A reporter.C.A government worker.
15. What is the man doing?
A. Attending a seminar.
B. Giving some advice.
C. Doing an interview.
16.How does the woman feel about the water in her hometown?
A. It’s clean.B. It’s average. C. It’s dirty.
17. What should wealthy nations do according to the woman?
A .Let the poor countries use their technology.
B. Help the poor countries pass new laws.
C. Give money to the poor countries.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。
18. Why do frogs cross the road?
A. To find food. B. To reach the lake.C. To lay their eggs.
19. What did scientists do to the road?
A. They blocked it.B. They put up signs. C. They placed lights.
20. What is the purpose of the scientists’ invention?
A. To prevent frogs from being killed.
B. To reduce visitor numbers.
C. To study frog movements.
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。
A
Broken Wings
1-4 Aug: Musical adaptation of the poet Kahil Gibran's 1912 masterpiece. Set in New York
in 1923, it transports you to turn-of-the-century Beirut.
7:30pm (& 2. 30pm 4 Aug). Tickets: ￡ l0- ￡ 96. so. www. trh. co. uk. Theatre Royal
Haymarket, Haymarket, SWIY 4HT. T: 020-7930 8800. E7.
Station:Piccadilly Circus.
Chicago the Musical
Martin Kemp stars as Billy in this jazz musical based on real murder cases which shocked
Chicago in the 1920s.试卷第 3 页，共 9 页
Mon-Sat 7:30pm; Wed & Sat 2:30pm Tickets: ￡25-￡150.www. phoenixtheatrelondon co.
Uk. Phoenix Theatre, 110 Charing Cross Rd, WC2HOJP. T: 0843-316 1082. E7.
Station:Tottenham Court Road
Dreamgirls
Musical about a female singing group from Chicago. Classic songs include I Am Telling You
I'm Not Going, I Am Changing , and Listen and One Night Only. Join these friends as they go on a
musical rollercoaster ride through a world of fame, fortune and the ruthless realities of
showbusiness, testing their friendships to the very limit.
Mon-Sat 7: 30pm; Wed & Sat 2:30pm Tickets: ￡ 15- ￡ 75. www. savoytheatre org.
savoy.Strand WC2R OET. T: 0844-871 7687. E8.
Station: Covent Garden.
Everybody ' s Talking about Jamie
This feel-good musical is set on a council estate in Sheffield, northern England, and tells the
story of 16-year-old Jamie and how he overcomes bullies and prejudice. This is inspired by a true
bully story.
Mon-Sat 7: 30pm; Wed &&t 2 30pm Tickets: ￡ 20- ￡ 85.www.
everybodystalkingaboutjarmie.co. Uk. Apollo Theatre, 31 Shaftesbury Ava WID 7ES T: 0330-333
4809. E7.
Station: Piccaddly Circus
21．Which number can one call to get more information on the musical about a murder story?
A．020-7930 8800. B．0843-316 1082.
C．0844-871 7687. D．0330-333 4809.
22．Which one of the musicals isn’t set in the U. S. ?
A．Dreamgirls. B．Chicago the Musical.
C．Broken Wings. D．Everybody's Talking about Jamie.
23．If one wants to enjoy classic songs, which website should he visit to book tickets?
A．www. trh. co.uk. B．www. phoenixtheatrelondon. co. uk.
C．www. savoytheatre. org. savoy. D．www. everybodystalkingaboutjamie.co. uk
B
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the poet, publisher, painter, social activist and bookstore owner, has
been San Francisco’s honored poet. He turns 100 this month, and the city is making preparations
to celebrate him in style. Readings and performances and an open house will take place at City
Lights, the sacred bookstore he co-founded in 1953.
On March 24, 1919, Lawrence Ferlinghetti was born in Yonkers, New York. After spending
his early childhood in France, he received his BA from the University of North Carolina, an MA
from Columbia University, and a PhD from the Sorbonne.
He is the author of more than thirty books of poetry, including Poetry as Insurgent Art; A
Coney Island of the Mind. He has translated the works of a number of poets, including Nicanor
Parra, Jacques Prevert, and Pier Paolo Pasolini. In addition to poetry, he is also the author of more
than eight plays and three novels, including Little Boy: A Novel, Love in the Days of Rage and
Her.
In 1953, Ferlinghetti and Peter Martin opened the City Lights bookstore in San Francisco,
California. It became a nerve center for the Beats and other writers. Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac 试卷第 4 页，共 9 页
and other writers from that era were Easterners who dropped into San Francisco for a spell. In
2001 it was made an official historic landmark. Now City Lights is almost certainly the best
bookstore in the United States. It’s filled with serious world literature of all kinds.
If City Lights is a San Francisco institution, Ferlinghetti himself is as much of one. He has
loomed over the city’s literary life. As a poet, he’s never been a critical favorite. But his flexible
and plain-spoken and often powerful work — he has published more than 50 volumes — has
found a wide audience. His collection “A Coney Island of the Mind” has sold more than 1 million
copies, making it one of the best-selling American poetry books ever published.
24．What can we learn about Ferlinghetti from Paragraph 2?
A．He had a happy childhood.
B．He received normal education.
C．He had a gift for writing novels.
D．He had written lots of poetry.
25．Which of the following best describes Ferlinghetti according to Paragraph 3?
A．Flexible. B．Optimistic. C．Outspoken. D．Productive.
26．Why is City Lights famous?
A．Because it is a nerve center for the youth.
B．Because its collections have a long history.
C．Because it is an official historic landmark.
D．Because it has many modern world literature.
27．What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A．To speak highly of a great poet.
B．To introduce some English poetry.
C．To promote values of City Lights.
D．To celebrate the birthday of Ferlinghetti.
C
Your next Saturday night takeaway could be brought to you by a robot after a major food
delivery company announced plans to use automated vehicles to transport meals. Europe’s biggest
online takeaway food company Just Eat has partnered with Starship Technologies to deliver food
with robots on the streets of London later this month. “Nobody has ever done deliveries with
land-based robots,” said Allan Martinson, the chief operating officer of Starship.
The robot courier can travel up to 4 miles per hour for about 10 miles. It uses a GPS signal
and nine cameras to navigate ( 确定方向). Instead of a person arriving at their door, customers
could find themselves receiving a notification on their phone that says a robot is on its way and a
code to unlock the automated courier. “Put the code in, the robot opens up, and there’s your food,”
said David Buttress, chief manager of Just Eat.
The robot, which has so far been tested in Greenwich, Milton Keynes and Glastonbury, costs
£ 1 to transport within 3 miles, compared with the £3 to £6 it costs for a human courier. To date 30
robots have driven nearly 5,000 miles without getting into an accident or finding themselves
picked on by passers-by. They have driven in more than 40 cities around the world, including
London and Tallinn, Estonia.
An initial worry was how the public would react to robots. But Martinson said the public has
been calm when passing the delivery machine on the streets. “The most surprising reaction has 试卷第 5 页，共 9 页
been the lack of reaction,” said Martinson.
Another significant fear was that people would disrupt (扰乱) the robots, or try to steal them
and their contents. To prevent this, the robot is fitted with nine cameras, two way audio, and
movement sensors that send a warning if it is lifted off the ground. And it opens only with a
passcode provided to the customer via a notification. “It’s much easier to shoplift than it is to steal
a robot,” said Martinson.
28．Which of the following can replace the underlined word “courier” in Paragraph 2?
A．deliverer B．collector
C．provider D．guide
29．According to the text, the Starship robot ________.
A．opens up upon hearing the code
B．travels 10 miles per hour at most
C．finds its way by means of GPS and cameras
D．sends a message to the customer upon arrival
30．Which of the following is one of the worries about Starship robots?
A．Safety of the robot delivery.
B．Accuracy of the robot delivery
C．Peoples indifference to the robots.
D．People’s concern about public traffic.
31．Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A．Great Improvement of Just Eat
B．Global Trend of Food Companies
C．New Robots to Move on the road
D．Delivery Robots to Replace Takeaway Drivers
D
Can you trust your very first childhood memories? Maybe not, a new study suggests.
Past researches show that people's earliest memories typically form around 3 to 3. 5 years of
age. But in a recent survey of more than 6,600 people, British scientists have found that 39 percent
of participants claimed to have memories from age 2 or younger. These first memories are likely
false, the researchers said. This was particularly the case for middle -aged and older adults.
For the study, researchers asked participants to describe their first memory and the age at
which it occurred. Participants were told they had to be sure the memory was the one that had
happened. For example, it shouldn't be based on a photograph, a family story or any source other
than direct experiences. Then the researchers examined the content, language and descriptive
details of these earliest memories and worked out the likely reasons why people would claim to
have memories from an age when memories cannot form.
As many of these memories dated before the age of 2, this suggests they were not based on
actual facts, but facts or knowledge about their babyhood or childhood from photographs or
family stories. Often these false memories are fired by a part of an early experience, such as
family relationships or feeling sad, the researchers explained.
"We suggest that what a rememberer has in mind when recalling fictional early memories
is …a mental representation consisting of remembered pieces of early experiences and some facts
or knowledge about their own babyhood or childhood, " study author Shania Kantar said in a 试卷第 6 页，共 9 页
journal news release, "Additionally, further details may be unconsciously inferred or added. Such
memory-like mental representations comeover time, to be collectively experienced when they
come to mind, so for the individual, they quite simply are memories, which particularly point to
babyhood. "
"Importantly, the person remembering them doesn't know this is fictional," study co-author
Martin Conway said "In fact, when people are told that their memories are false they often don't
believe it. "
32．What can we learn from a recent study?
A．Memories form after the age of 3.
B．Participants are good at telling stories
C．Adults are likely to form false memories
D．Earliest memories may play a trick on us
33．Which source did the researchers require for the earliest memories?
A．A direct experience. B．A family story.
C．A family photo. D．A sad feeling.
34．What are these fictional early memories according to Kantar?
A．They are repeated mental representations.
B．They are a collection of early experiences.
C．They are a combination of both facts and fictions.
D．They are further details of remembered experiences.
35．Which part of a newspaper is this text probably taken from?
A．Society. B．Psychology. C．Technology. D．Health.
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。
Four trends in modern office
1. Bringing in more breakout spaces and lounge areas
Offices are creating a new mixture of furniture zones that offer both laid-back and
traditional seating options.
36 Many offices now include "green" areas that bring the feeling of nature
indoors, and wellness rooms where members can meditate, practice yoga, or engage in any
activity that lets them take a break from sitting at their desks.
2. Building smaller conference rooms
Traditional board rooms and conference rooms with tables big enough to host 20 people are
another casualty of the remote workforce movement. Instead, smaller conference rooms are
quickly becoming the new norm for office meeting environments. 37
In this new mobile climate, many employees are starting to come into the physical office only
for face-to-face meetings with co-workers or to bring in vendors and clients for presentations. This
means that employees are specifically coming into the office for access to these meeting rooms,
and offices should be sizing those spaces accordingly.
3. 38
When offices have more employees working from home — or even from other countries —
it's critical to have the proper technology to connect people together easily.试卷第 7 页，共 9 页
To do this, offices are using VoIP phones. 39 , to help employees around the
world appear as though they're calling from the office.
4. Smaller offices, smaller carbon footprint
There are huge bonuses, both financially and environmentally, to offices employing more
remote workers. For employers, less people in the office equals less needed space. 40
For employees, the ability to work remotely means an erased commute, which in turn will reduce
air pollution and help create a smaller carbon footprint.
A. More VoIP phones, more convenient connection
B. They simply fit four to six people and a media center.
C. Better technology to cut the bond between office and home.
D. They make phone calls through the internet rather than regular landlines.
E. Huge amounts of money can be saved by renting smaller office spaces, and by using less
energy and water.
F. Employers build fitness center to encourage their employees to build up their body.
G. Workplaces are also starting to take advantage of fitness initiatives to help employees
refresh themselves.
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 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 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。
Every year, as soon as Halloween is over, our son Matthew waits for the lights. He's been doing
it for more than a dozen 41. As the days grow shorter and the nights longer, as the temperatures 42
and the leaves fall, he waits for the 43 .
The neighbors across the street always put up a 44 and brilliant light display for the
holidays and Matthew loves to wait for them to be turned on, which usually 45 right after
Thanksgiving.46 he begins his monitoring a month before their arrival. And then, each day
between Thanksgiving and 47 the lights are turned off, he waits, 48 ， from mid-afternoon
on.
And when each evening's moment comes, you don't have to be with 49 . You know it no
matter where you are in the house. The rhythmic 50 . The dancing around the house. Pure 51
on his face! And it happens every single night.
Despite all his 52 ， in the world's view — his severe mental disabilities, his two--year--old
53 in a twenty--three-year--old body, his inability to speak — Matthew knows 54 very
profound, that light will shine in the darkness, that no matter how dark, how long the 55
eventually, and without 56， those lights will shine again. No matter how many seasons of the
year without them, there will come a season when those lights will shine again.
Life 57 its own seasons of darkness，desperate, lonely, 58 and full of fear at times. 59
those seasons, a new season can come and the light can be seen again. Whatever 60 I find
within and around me, I look to my son, and remember that a light can break the darkness.
41. A．hours B．seconds C．decades D．years
42. A．rise B．change C．drop D．stay
43. A．lights B．neighbors C．tricks D．holidays
44. A．tasteful B．beautiful C．strong D．strange试卷第 8 页，共 9 页
45. A．happens B．tests C．obtains D．delivers
46. A．Instead B．Then C．Therefore D．However
47. A．unless B．until C．after D．since
48. A．nervously B．impatiently C．excitedly D．quietly
49. A．it B．her C．one D．him
50. A．poems B．excitement C．fighting D．clapping
51. A．surprise B．sadness C．glory D．delight
52. A．limitations B．advantages C．characters D．beliefs
53. A．brother B．sister C．mind D．memory
54. A．nothing B．something C．everything D．anything
55. A．holiday B．display C．street D．wait
56. A．fail B．pity C．stop D．plan
57. A．receives B．proves C．supports D．brings
58. A．satisfying B．unwilling C．painful D．peaceful
59. A．In spite of B．Thanks to C．Regardless of D．As to
60. A．happiness B．darkness C．sympathy D．warmth
第二节(共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
What makes Pablo Picasso such a quintessential 20th-century artist? It's partly down to the
visual ground he broke with his Cubist painting, 61 some also has to do with the fact his
interests extended far beyond painting. Picasso's innovations in technique dazzled the art world for
decades, 62 (pave) the way for many of the important artistic 63 (move) of
the last century.
As critics emphasize the visual ground he broke with his Cubist painting, Picasso's poetry
and other written works 64 (overlook) in discussions of his long and varied career.
The artist did not begin to write until the age of 53. His 65 (literature) endeavors
resulted in hundreds of poems with a unique fusion of words and visual imagery. A recent
exhibition tour, 66 (organize) by the Institutor Cervantes and the Museo Picasso Málaga,
frames Picasso 67 a poet and analyzes his fascination with Chinese art forms through a
variety of documents and photos. A 68 (new) produced documentary, screened at the
exhibition hall, offers visitors 69 comprehensive view on Picasso's poems. "In this
documentary of 30 minutes, you 70 (discover) how experts of Picasso and lovers of
Picasso think about his poetry," said José Lebrero Stals, artistic director of Museo Picasso Málaga.
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：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。试卷第 9 页，共 9 页
When it comes to sleep, most people get about 8 hours of sleep. Some people overslept about
an hour or two, but it doesn’t general go beyond that. One interesting thing is that many dreams
are in the black and white. Most people dream, which is something within 5 minutes of waking.
This means you have 5 minutes to take on everything which happened in your dream so you can
talk about it later. Keep in minds that sleeping well means sleeping full eight hours and always
sleep at the same time every night. Hopefully, some of these facts help us learn more about sleep
and why it is a little interesting that you might have thought before.
第二节 书面表达(满分 25 分)
假设你是李华，你的美国朋友 Mike 从网上了解到上海迪士尼乐园强化了其外带饮食政策
（external food-and-drink policy），这一事件在中国引发了一系列批评和支持。他想了解你
对此事的看法。请根据以下提示给 Mike 写一封电子邮件：
1. 请表明你的立场支持或反对。
2. 至少给出两点理由。
注意：1. 词数 100 词左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
衡阳市八中 2020 届高三第二次月考答案
英语
一、听力：
1—5 BCBAC 6—10 CBABB 11—15 ABBAC 16—20 AACCA
二、阅读理解：
A 篇： 21—23 BDC
B 篇： 24—27 BDCA
C 篇： 28—31 ACAD
D 篇： 32—35 DACB
三、七选五：
36—40 G B C D E
四、完形填空：
41—45 DCABA 46—50 DBCDD 51—55 DACBD 56—60 ADCAB
五、语法填空：
61.but 62.paving 63. movements 64.are overlooked
65. literary 66 organized 67 as 68.newly 69.a 70.will discover
六、短文改错：
1.overslept----oversleep
2.general---generally试卷第 10 页，共 9 页
3.in the black and white---去掉 the
4.and do you know---but do you know
5.take on---- take down
6.which---that
7.minds---mind
8.always sleep—always sleeping
9.help us---help you
10.a little interesting----a little more interesting
七、书面表达：
参考范文
Dear Mike,
You mentioned Shanghai Disney Resort had toughened its external
food-and-drink policy in your letter, which sparked a mixture of complaints and
approval. Should theme parks allow outside food? I definitely say no.
Zoos and theme parks featuring live animals have an additional concern that
straws, plastic lids and other food packaging and wrapping materials are harmful to
the animals living there. Additionally, When you bring in food that is not prepared
inside the park, the park will be susceptible to various germs and diseases that came
from outside the park. For food cleanliness and safety reasons, it will be advisable not
to bring outside food inside the park.
what’s your opinion? looking forward to your letter.
yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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