2020 年春四川省泸县第二中学高三第一学月考试
英语试题
注意事项：
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写在本试卷上无效。
3．考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
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。
例：How much is the shirt?
A. £19.15. B. £9.18. C. £9.15.
答案是 C。
1．Why does the woman look upset?
A．Her purse was stolen.
B．She was given a parking ticket.
C．She couldn’t find a parking space.
2．What’s the probable relationship between the speakers?
A．Teacher and student. B．Father and daughter. C．Classmates.
3．What is the purpose of the woman's call?
A．To ask about a bill. B．To pay the gas bill. C．To open a new account.
4．What did the woman just do?
A．She argued with the man.B．She shouted at another woman.
C．She left her work to someone else.
5．When will the speakers discuss the matter again?
A．On Wednesday. B．On Friday. C．On Thursday.
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．What does the man have to do this morning?
A．Finish reading a paper. B．Look after his baby sister. C．Treat friends at home.
7．What will the man do?
A．Borrow the woman’s computer.
B．Go to the library to finish his paper.
C．Have the woman take care of his sister.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。
8．What’s the probable relationship between the speakers?
A．Husband and wife. B．Doctor and patient. C．Boss and clerk.
9．What will the woman do if she is not well enough to go back to work?
A．Go to see her doctor.
B．Call the man to tell him about it.
C．Manage to return to the company.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。
10．Who has not given up smoking?
A．Sarah. B．Bill. C．Bill’s wife.
11．Why did Sarah give up smoking?
A．Because she took Bill’s advice.
B．Because it was bad for her temper.
C．Because her husband often became angry with her.
12．What happened to Bill and Sarah’s husband?A．They never stayed at home.
B．They suffered from their wives’ bad temper.
C．They bought cigarettes for their wives.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。
13．What might the woman’s job be?
A．She’s a diver. B．She’s a lifeguard. C．She’s a swimming instructor.
14．Who called the ambulance?
A．The woman. B．One of the students. C．The man’s colleague.
15．When did the ambulance arrive?
A．Immediately. B．Ten minutes later. C．Twenty minutes later.
16．How did the girl react when she awoke?
A．She didn’t know what happened. B．She went back in the pool. C．She cried.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。
17．Who is making the announcement?
A．The student government. B．The school newspaper. C．The football team.
18．How many new teams are added this year?
A．Four. B．Three. C．Two.
19．What do the music club members do?
A．They organize trips. B．They attend concerts. C．They have dancing nights.
20．Why should a student join a campus group?
A．To have friends. B．To make good grades. C．To keep up with world news.
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。
A
Rhode Island Independence Day (RU Day)
It is a state holiday in Rhode Island on May 4 each year. If May 4 falls on a Saturday, it is
observed on Friday, May 3. If May 4 falls on a Sunday，it is observed on Monday, May 5.
A wide range of local events are arranged to mark it. These events may take place on a Saturday close to May 4 to enable people to attend. On this day, state offices are closed. However,
stores and business are open.
Confederate Memorial Day (CM Day)
It is a state holiday in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia on the fourth Monday in April. In
Mississippi it is observed on the last Monday in April. In South Carolina and North Carolina it falls
on May 10. It is known as Confederate Heroes’ Day in Texas, where it is held on January 19 each
year. Only one day off is given to workers if it coincides with Martin Luther King Day.
Truman Day (T Day)
It is a state holiday in Missouri, the United States, on or around May 8 each year. It honors
Harry S Truman, a United States president who was born in Missouri. It is a public holiday, and it is
a day off for the general population, and schools and most businesses are closed.
National Missing Children’s Day (NMC Day)
It is an annual observation across America designed to draw attention to the problem of child
abduction. It is not a public holiday and falls on May 25 — on that date in 1979, six-year-old New
Yorker Ethan Patz disappeared on his way to school. It was first observed in 1983.
21．Why are the events for RII Day held on Saturday?
A．More people can join in them. B．RII Day is celebrated on Saturdays.
C．Officials can manage them better. D．Stores and business are open on the
day.
22．What can we know about CM Day?
A．It falls on the same day in different states. B．It may be observed with another
holiday.
C．It is the oldest of the four holidays. D．It is celebrated every other year.
23．Which is a state public holiday?
A．CM Day. B．RII Day. C．T Day. D．NMC Day.
B
A decade ago, colored lights danced around the living room on New Year’s Eve and happy
music was played. Upstairs, the children were asleep. But I wasn’t feeling happy. In mid-December,
my husband and I had been informed that he had cancer and that he was going to die. He had less
than a year left, the doctors said.In the years since that painful season, I have come to look back upon New Year’s Eve as an
ending and a beginning. New Year’s Eve brings a halt to the endless commitments that fill our daily
lives and a chance to reflect.
New Year’s Eve is full of possibility and anticipation. What will be the surprising experiences
and delightful successes in the coming year? But also, what disappointments are waiting for us in the
next twelve months?
In many ways, New Year’s Eve and the days that surround it are a line between past and future.
That line is made up of a series of moments of transition(过渡) that take us out of the old and into
the new. Transition can be challenging for many of us. It’s about letting go of the familiar and diving
headlong (迅猛地) into the unfamiliar.
Just as, back then, I had to face letting go of the life I had led with my beloved husband and
stepping into a new world as a widowed mom. I find that each year I have to step out of the version
of me that suited the year that is ending and ease into the version of me who will rise to the goals I
am holding for myself for the year ahead.
Last year at this time, I sat in a chair in southern France and drank in the stillness(沉静) and
beauty of the countryside around me. The three children and I had brought into this world talked and
laughed around the table beside me as we enjoyed a lunch of bread and cheese.
I was filled with a sense of joy and I had a glowing(热情洋溢的) heart that was full of hope. It
was another ending and another beginning. May we all transition into the best of what lies ahead.
May we all find happiness this holiday season.
24．What does the underlined word “halt” in Paragraph 2 mean most probably?
A．Stop. B．Beginning. C．Meaning. D．Tradition.
25．What’s the main cause of the author’s unhappiness on New Year’s Eve a decade before?
A．The pressure she faced in her work. B．The health problem her husband faced.
C．The information received from her family. D．The relationship between her and her husband.
26．What’s the author’s attitude towards the thing people should do at New Year?
A．Set challenging goals for the next year. B．Break with daily routines and form a new habit.
C．Spend more time with family members. D．Think about the past and get ready for the
future.
27．What’s the main purpose of writing the passage?A．To memorialize her husband. B．To show how she got through a hard time.
C．To share her view of New Year’s Eve. D．To remind us that uncertainty is part of life.
C
Please take a few seconds and think of your personal biggest goal. Imagine telling someone
you meet today what you’re going to do. Imagine their congratulations and their high image of you.
Doesn’t it feel good to say it out loud? Don’t you feel one step closer already? Well, bad news: you
should have kept your mouth shut, because that good feeling will make you less likely to do it.
Any time you have a goal, there is some work that needs to be done to achieve it. Ideally, you
would not be satisfied until you’d actually done the work. But when you tell someone your goal and
he acknowledges(认可) it, psychologists have found it’s called a “social reality”. The mind is kind
of tricked into feeling that it’s already done. And then, because you’ve felt that satisfaction, you’re
less motivated to do the actual hard work necessary. This goes against the traditional wisdom that we
should tell our friends our goals, right?
In 1982, Peter Gollwitzer, a Professor of Psychology, wrote a whole book about this. And in
2009, he did some new tests that were published. It goes like this: 163 people across four separate
tests—everyone wrote down their personal goal. Then half of them announced their commitment(许
诺) to this goal to the room, and half didn’t. Then everyone was given 45 minutes of work that
would directly lead them towards their goal, but they were told that they could stop at any time. Now
those who kept their mouths shut worked the entire 45 minutes on average, and when asked
afterwards, said they felt they had a long way to go to achieve their goal. But those who had
announced it quit after only 33 minutes on average, and when asked afterwards, said that they felt
much closer to achieving their goal.
28．What do the words “social reality” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A．Completion of the goal. B．Necessary hard work.
C．People's acknowledgement. D．A sense of satisfaction.
29．What does Peter Gollwitzer try to tell us?
A．Writing down the goal is very helpful.
B．Achieving personal goal needs more time.
C．Keeping the goal secret makes people work harder.
D．Making the goal public makes people less satisfied.30．How did Peter Gollwitzer prove his idea about people’s goal?
A．By giving figures. B．By giving examples.
C．By making a survey. D．By making comparison tests.
31．What will probably happen if you tell your friends your goal?
A．You will be more confident. B．You will not gain satisfaction.
C．You are less likely to realize it. D．You’ll be much more motivated.
D
Many of us know about Russia’s Lake Baikal from our textbooks, or by listening to Chinese
singer Li Jian’s hit song, Lie Baikal. But over the past decade, the world’s deepest freshwater lake
has been in the spotlight for an extreme sport.
Each March since 2005, about 150 people from around the world sign up for the Baikal Ice
Marathon. They come to explore the lake’s breathtaking beauty and challenge themselves in
unpredictable conditions. The 26-mile (41.84-kilometers) journey starts on the lake’s eastern shore.
In March, the ice is a meter thick and iron-hard. Runners cross this frozen surface, finishing on the
western side of the lake.
Known as the “blue eye of Siberia”, Lake Baikal has exceptionally clear waters. This means its
ice is almost perfectly transparent (透明的). “Seen from above, a runner on the ice looks as if he or
she were jogging through space.” The New York Times noted.
The landscape might be beautiful, but it’s also harsh. Strong winds blast (侵袭) across the lake
and frostbite can occur within half an hour. Runners say the cold climate is what draws them. They
want to test their limits.
“When you are in such an environment, you don’t have cars around you, and you don’t have the
noise around. I think these extreme races allow you to be alone with nature.” Alicja Barahona, a
64-year-old runner from the US, told ABC news.
The location offers some strange and unique characteristics for this marathon. The finishing line
is visible from the start, but the endless white offers no progress markers. The race also ends with
little fanfare (隆重的欢迎). Tourists crowding the ice are mostly addicted to snapping selfies (自拍)
and just ignore the runners.
For some runners, the absence of spectators makes the race more challenging, because it’s
lonely. They must fight with themselves. “You are alone on Baikal. It is your race. You are alone with yourself. All you need to do is to defeat yourself.” Veronique Messina, a French runner, told
the Telegraph.
32．What can we know about the Baikal Ice Marathon from the article?
A．It takes runners from the northern end to the southern end of the lake.
B．It involves extreme weather and beautiful scenery.
C．It attracts more and more participants each year.
D．It is about 26 kilometers in length.
33．How does the Baikal Ice Marathon differ from other marathons?
A．Only men are allowed to run in this race.
B．The runners are often distracted by tourists.
C．There are many progress markers on the ice.
D．The runners can see the finishing line from the start.
34．What is the most challenging part of the race for Messina?
A．The cold climate. B．The long distance.
C．Noisy surroundings. D．Loneliness.
35．How many reasons are listed to show the loneliness?
A．5. B．4. C．3. D．2.
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。
Cold weather during winter months may keep many people from leaving home and
running in the open air. However, a new study shows that the drop in temperature is a good reason to
run. 36．
Many people say running in winter can be difficult. Two reasons are the low temperatures and
bitter winds.37．That could be because lower temperatures reduce stress on the body. When you run
in cold weather, your heart rate and the body's dehydration (脱水) levels are lower than in warmer
conditions. 38．
This information comes from John Brewer, who is a professor of applied sport science at St.
Mary’s. For this study, he and other researchers put a group of people into a room they called an "environmental chamber". The researchers then recreated summer and winter weather conditions in
the room.39．Brewer says he and his team recorded biological measurements of the runners.
He says that the most important thing for people who run in cold conditions is to wear the right
clothing. Wear gloves on your hands.40．And especially wear more than one layer of clothing to
keep sweat away from your skin.
A．Yet many runners might find it easier than running in hot weather.
B．We have good reasons to run in winter.
C．Wear shoes that will keep you from falling.
D．Many feel nervous when running in the cold weather.
E. The body needs less water on a cold day than in warm weather.
F. In fact, running in cold weather helps improve one’s performance.
G. The test subjects were asked to run 10,000 meters under both conditions.
第三部分 语言知识运用（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。
It was a cold winter’s afternoon. Robert stopped for a moment as he crossed the bridge and
looked down at the river below. There were hardly any 41 on the river. Near the bridge,
42 , almost directly below, there was a small canoe, with a boy in it. He was not wearing many
clothes, Robert 43 . He had a tremble and walked on.
44 he heard a cry. “Help! Help!” The cry came from the river. Robert looked
45 . The boy was in the water and his canoe was 46 away. “Help! Help!” he called again.
Robert was a good swimmer. Taking off his clothes, he 47 into the river. The freezing
water made him shiver all over, 48 in a few seconds he reached the boy. 49 the boy
with him, he started to swim towards the 50 . But at that moment he noticed a large motor
boat under the bridge. There were several people on the boat, all 51 in his direction. Robert
decided to swim towards the boat.
“Give me a hand,” he shouted 52 he got near the boat. He 53 up into a row of
faces. “It’s 54 ,” he thought. “They look so 55 .” Silently they helped the boy into the
boat and 56 him in a blanket. But they did not move to 57 Robert.“Aren’t you going to pull me 58 , too?” Robert asked.
“You!” said one of the men. Robert noticed that that man was standing next to a large
59 , “You! Why, we were making a TV comedy and you 60 a whole afternoon’s work!
You can stay where you are!”
41．A．rocks B．fishermen C．boats D．swimmers
42．A．however B．besides C．anyhow D．indeed
43．A．concluded B．guessed C．judged D．noticed
44．A．Till then B．Just then C．Far away D．From there
45．A．down B．sideways C．forward D．backward
46．A．running B．floating C．flowing D．fading
47．A．swam B．stepped C．dived D．dropped
48．A．and B．so C．or D．but
49．A．Pushing B．Dragging C．Catching D．Holding
50．A．bank B．bridge C．canoe D．boat
51．A．swimming B．rowing C．looking D．screaming
52．A．since B．till C．once D．as
53．A．turned B．looked C．hurried D．stood
54．A．funny B．heartwarming C．worthwhile D．fantastic
55．A．relieved B．touched C．grateful D．annoyed
56．A．left B．wrapped C．placed D．threw
57．A．save B．thank C．assist D．welcome
58．A．on B．off C．away D．out
59．A．sail B．lifeboat C．camera D．container
60．A．ruined B．rescued C．participated D．improved
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。
In the 17th century, dentists did their best 61． (make) false teeth. The problem, however, was
not making the teeth, 62． was keeping them in place. They had to tie each tooth to the one on either
side of it. Only rich people could afford false teeth, 63． were usually made of gold or silver. As
more and more people wanted new teeth, poor people 64． (sell)their teeth to the rich so that they could buy food and clothing. During the next 200 years, many changes were made to false teeth
although some of these were not really improvements. Towards the end of the 19th century, for
example, cheap elastic teeth were introduced. But they caught fire very 65． (easy), and a number of
men were badly burned when their teeth caught fire while they were smoking 66． (cigarette ).
Nowadays, false teeth 67． (be) so well made and look so real that it is often 68． (possible)to tell
from a person’s appearance whether or not they have them. And in 69． near future, very few people
will have them by 70． (add) certain things to the water we drink, we have been able to keep our
teeth so healthy that most people will never need false teeth.
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。
Travelling abroad, you should follow the customs of the country you were visiting. When you
are invited, that is good manners to refuse or accept the invitation either by writing and by
telephoning. If you go to a party, it is polite to arrive on the time. It is good manners to shake hands
with our host. You can take a present if you like, possible a bottle of wine, a box of chocolates or
any flowers. However, it is not bad manners to take nothing. It is not polite stay too late after the
other guests have gone. Also, it has suggested to write or telephone a day or two late to thank your
host.
第二节 书面表达（满分 25 分）
假定你叫李华，是班上的英语科代表。你班外教 Peter 请你代他在班上发一个关于课后作业的
英语通知，内容如下:
1. 写一篇关于中国茶文化的短文(essay)；
2. 与同桌交换并修改错误；3. 上交作业的时间。
注意:1. 词数 100 左右；
可以适当增加细节，已使行文连贯。
2020 年春四川省泸县第二中学高三第一学月考试
英语试题参考答案
一．听力
1-5:AAABC 6-10:BACBC 11-15:ABBBC 16-20:AACBA
二．阅读
21-23:ABC 24-27:ABDC 28-31:ACDC 32-35:BDDC 36-40:FAEGC
三．完形填空
41-45:CADBA 46-50:BCDBA 51-55:CDBAD 56-60:BCDCA
四．语法填空
61．to make 62．it/but 63．which 64．would sell/sold
65．easily 66．cigarettes 67．Are 68．impossible 69．the 70．adding
五．短文改错
1.were→are 2.that→it 3.and→or 4.去掉 the 5.our→your
6.possible→possibly 7.any→some 8. 在 polite 后加 to 9.has→is 10.late→later
六．书面表达
Boys and girls,
May I have your attention, please? Our foreign teacher Peter asked me to arrange the writing
exercise instead of him today. Here are some details about what we have to do. First of all, the topic
for our writing is about Chinese tea culture because we have just learnt the text. Secondly, after we
have finished it, we need to exchange it with our partner, and correct each other’s mistakes which
are made in the essays. By the way, we are supposed to write the essay of about 100 words. Lastly,
the deadline for handing it in is this Friday morning.
That’s all. Thanks for your listening.
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