2020 年春四川省棠湖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.What was the weather like on Saturday?
A. Sunny. B. Cloudy. C. Windy.
2.What does the man want to do next?
A. Stop for some coffee. B. Keep on working. C. Leave for home.
3.Why does the girl talk with the man?
A. To send an invitation. B. To seek for help. C. To ask for permission.
4.What are the speakers talking about?
A. An applicant. B. An experience. C. A job.
5.Which part of the man’s body hurts?
A. His back. B. His neck. C. His arm.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.Where will the man go first?
A. To his office. B. To a library. C. To a shop.
7.What will the man buy?
A. A book. B. A jacket. C. A CD.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。
8.Why does the man dislike the telephone sales job?
A. It’s unsuitable for him.
B. It needs long working hours.
C. Its pay is quite low.
9.What does the man think of working as a director assistant?
A. Boring. B. Tiring. C. Appealing.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。
10.Why does the man call the woman?
A. To tell her about her new job. B. To ask about her job program.
C. To plan a meeting with her.
11.Who needs a new flat?
A. Alex. B. Andrea. C. Miranda.
12.Where is the woman now?
A. In Baltimore. B. In New York. C. In Avon.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。
13.What is the woman going to do?
A. Meet some customers. B. Attend a make-up party. C. Meet her college friends.
14.What does the man suggest the woman doing?
A. Buying a blue dress. B. Changing purple shoes. C. Wearing a white necklace.
15.Where will the man go first?A. To his company. B. To his daughter’s school. C. To his parents’ home.
16.What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Manager and secretary. B. Father and daughter. C. Husband and wife.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。
17.What do we know about the Plaza Leon?
A. It’s a new building. B. It’s a small town. C. It’s a public place.
18.When do parents and children like going to the Plaza Leon?
A. Saturday nights. B. Sunday afternoons. C. Fridays and Saturdays.
19.Which street is known for its food shops and markets?
A. Via del Mar Street. B. Fernando Street. C. Hernandes Street.
20.Why does the speaker like Horatio Street best?
A. It has an old stone surface. B. It is named after a writer.
C. It has a famous university.
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
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C. Kids can learn science, technology, and the animal kingdom.
D. It is a publication about what is popular in the world of science.
23.Where can you find the passage?
A. A newspaper. B. A guidebook.
C. A magazine. D. A website.
B
The Alexander techniqueUntil earlier this year, I didn’t know anything about the Alexander technique—and saw no reason
to think I should. One day, the backache I regularly suffered was more painful. I was brought up to
think that the preferred way of dealing with aches is to do nothing and hope they’ll go away, but I
eventually went to the doctor. After examining me, he said, “You actually have bad posture (姿势). Go
off and learn the Alexander technique.” Three months later I could walk straighter and sit better.
The Alexander technique is a way of learning how you can get rid of harmful tension in your
body. The teaching focuses on the neck, head and back. It trains you to use your body less severely and
carry out the movements that we do all the time with less effort. There is little effort in the lessons
themselves, which sets apart the Alexander technique from yoga or pilates, which are exercise-based.
A typical lesson involves standing in front of a chair and learning to sit and stand with minimum effort.
You spend some time lying on a bench with your knees bent to straighten the spine (脊椎) and relax
your body while the teacher moves your arms and legs to train you to move them correctly.
The technique helps to break the bad habits accumulated over years. Try folding your arms the
opposite way to normal. This is an example of a habit the body has formed which can be hard to break.
Many of us carry our heads too far back. The head weighs four to six kilos, so any inappropriate
posture can cause problems for the body. The technique teaches you to let go of the muscles holding
the head back, allowing it to go back to its natural place on the top of our spines.
So who was Alexander and how did he come up with the technique? Frederick Alexander, an
Australian actor born in 1869, found in his youth that he had vocal (声音的) problems during
performances. He analyzed himself and realized his posture was bad. He worked on improving it, with
excellent results. He brought his technique to London and opened a teacher-training school, which is
still successful today.
So if you’re walking along the road one day with shoulders bent forward, feeling weighed down
by your troubles, give a thought to the Alexander technique. It will help you walk tall again.
24.What does the author suggest in Paragraph 1?
A. She felt no better after the treatment.
B. She got bored with the Alexander technique.
C. She was sceptical about the doctor’s method.
D. She was unwilling to seek treatment for her backache.
25.What is the principle of the Alexander technique?A. Physical tension shouldn’t be completely relieved.
B. The technique shouldn’t be combined with other exercises.
C. The practice of the technique shouldn’t be attempted alone.
D. Familiar physical actions shouldn’t be done with much effort.
26.What can we learn about Frederick Alexander?
A. He managed to recover his vocal powers. B. He was eager to make a name for himself.
C. He developed a form of exercise for actors. D. He had to leave home to develop his
technique.
27.What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The occurrence of back pain is widespread.
B. Alexander improved the technique to treat body pain.
C. The Alexander technique helps overcome posture problems.
D. People with back pain are victims of inappropriate postures.
C
The problem of robocalls has gotten so bad that many people now refuse to pick up calls from
numbers they don't know. By next year，half of the calls we receive will be scams(欺诈).We are
finally waking up to the severity of the problem by supporting and developing a group of tools，apps
and approaches intended to prevent scammers from getting through. Unfortunately，it's too little，too
late. By the time these “solutions"(解决方案)become widely available，scammers will have moved
onto cleverer means. In the near future，it's not just going to be the number you see on your screen
that will be in doubt. Soon you will also question whether the voice you're hearing is actually real.
That's because there are a number of powerful voice manipulation ( 处理 ) and automation
technologies that are about to become widely available for anyone to use .At this year's I/O
Conference ,a company showed a new voice technology able to produce such a convincing human –
sounding voice that it was able to speak to a receptionist and book a reservation without detection.
These developments are likely to make our current problems with robocalls much worse. The
reason that robocalls are a headache has less to do with amount than precision A decade of data
breaches(数据侵入)of personal information has led to a situation where scammers can easily learn
your mother 's name ，and far more. Armed with this knowledge. they're able to carry out
individually targeted campaigns to cheat people. This means. for example，that a scammer could call you from what looks to be a familiar number and talk to you using a voice that sounds exactly like your
bank teller 's，ricking you into "confirming " your address，mother's name，and card number.
Scammers follow money，so companies will be the worst hit. A lot of business is still done over the
phone，and much of it is based on trust and existing relationships. Voice manipulation technologies
may weaken that gradually.
We need to deal with the insecure nature of our telecom networks. Phone carriers and consumers
need to work together to find ways of determining and communicating what is real. That might mean
either developing a uniform way to mark videos and images, showing when and who they were made
by. or abandoning phone calls altogether and moving towards data-based communications—using
apps like Face Time or WhatsApp, which can be tied to your identity.
Credibility is hard to earn but easy to lose, and the problem is only going to harder from here on
out.
28.How does the author feel about the solutions to problem of robecalls?
A. Panicked. B. Confused. C. Embarrassed. D. Disappointed.
29.taking advantage of the new technologies，scammer can______.
A. aim at victims precisely B. damage databases easily
C. start campaigns rapidly D. spread information widely
30.What does the passage imply?
A. Honesty is the best policy. B. Technologies can be double-edited.
C. There are more solutions than problems. D. Credibility holds the key to development.
31.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Where the Problem of Robocalls Is Rooted
B. Who Is to Blame for the Problem of Roboealls
C. Why Robocalls Are About to Get More Dangerous
D. How Robocalls Are Affecting the World of Technology
D
Many of us listen to music while we work, thinking that it will help us to concentrate on the
task at hand. And in fact, recent research has found that music can have beneficial effects on creativity.
When it comes to other areas of performance, however, the impact of background music is more
complicated.The idea that listening to music when working is beneficial to output probably has its roots in the
so-called “Mozart effect”. Put simply, this is the finding that spatial rotation performance(空间旋转能
力) is increased immediately after listening to the music of Mozart, compared to no sound at all.
How sound affects performance has been the topic of research for over 40 years, and is observed
through a phenomenon called the irrelevant sound effect. To study irrelevant sound effect, participants
in the research are asked to complete a simple task which requires them to recall a series of numbers or
letters in the exact order in which they saw them. The tricky thing is being able to do this while
ignoring any background noise.
Two key characteristics of the irrelevant sound effect are required for its observation. First, the
task must require the person to use their rehearsal abilities(复述能力), and second, the sound must
contain acoustical variation(声学变化). Where the sound does not vary much acoustically, the
performance of the task is much closer to that observed in quiet conditions.
The irrelevant sound effect itself comes from attempting to process two sources of ordered
information at the same time—one from the task and one from the sound. Unfortunately, only the
former is required to successfully perform the recall task, and the effort in ensuring that irrelevant
order information from the sound is not processed actually hinders(阻碍) this ability.
A similar conflict is also seen when reading while in the presence of lyrical music. In this
situation, the two sources of words—from the task and the sound—are in conflict. The cost is poorer
performance of the task in the presence of music with lyrics.
What this all means is that whether having music playing in the background helps or hinders
performance depends on the task and on the type of music, and only understanding this relationship
will help people maximize their productivity levels.
32.“Mozart effect” is mentioned to ________.
A. explain how music can relax people B. show music can improve performance
C. advise people to listen to Mozart music D. stress Mozart music gains wide attention
33.It can be inferred that participants in the research ________.
A. have improved their rehearsal ability B. perform better in the quiet conditions
C. ignore the background noise successfully D. prefer the music with great sound variation
34.Paragraph 6 is written to ________.
A. support an idea B. make a contrastC. introduce a topic D. describe a fact
35.What is the best title for the passage?
A. Music shapes your life B. Music develops your creativity
C. Choose quiet music for your work D. Does music make you concentrate?
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。
Rivers play an important role on the earth, and we can't imagine what the earth would be like
without rivers. 36.
With a length of 6, 650 kilometers, the Nile is the longest river in the world. The Nile River has
been the source of human civilization since ancient times. The Nile has two main branches—the White
Nile and the Blue Nile. The White Nile starts from the Great Lakes region of East and Central Africa
through Lake Victoria.37. The Blue Nile carries with it a lot of fertile soil which turns out to be very
important to farming in Egypt.
The Amazon River is the world's largest river with a width of about 40 kilometers during the
rainy seasons but about 10 kilometers wide when it is not flooded. The Amazon River has such a big
water volume that it accounts for(占.....比例) more than 20% of all the world’s fresh water—far more
than any other river. 38.The main Amazon River flows mostly through Brazil and Peru but its
tributaries can also be found in many other countries.
39.It has a depth of about 250 meters. Its length is 4, 700 kilometers. The sources of the Congo
River are in the highlands and mountains in the Eastern Africa Rift Valley. It's the second largest river
in terms of water volume. 40.The Congo River basin(盆地) is the catchments(流域，集水区) area of
the Congo River. It lies in both north and south of the Equator, making its flow very stable as there are
always some tributaries experiencing a rainy season at any time.
A. Some of them are worth mentioning.
B. The Congo River is the world's deepest river.
C. Do you know which is the deepest river in the world?
D. The Blue Nile originates from(发源于)Lake Tana in Ethiopia.
E. Without rivers, there would be no living life in and along them.
F. And it flows through the second largest rain-forests in the world.G. Streams that begin in the Andes Mountains are its sources.
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。
Cali Scores a Goal
It was the last game of the season. Cali had been playing soccer all summer. She really enjoyed
____41______ around with the other players in her blue uniform, chasing the black and white ball
across the grassy field. As much as she tried, ____42_____, Cali still had not scored one single goal.
“Don’t give up,” said her coach. He showed Cali and her team how to pass the ball to each other
and take shots at the goal. Cali was pretty good at passing the ball, but she couldn’t kick the ball
_____43_____ the goalkeeper. She wondered if she should ____44______ soccer.
“Don’t give up,” said her teammates. ”You just need to keep trying and you will get
______45____ .” So Cali stayed on the team and did her best.
“Don’t give up,” said Aunt Lisa. But it was half-time, and Cali was feeling _____46_____ . She
was trying! Every time she got a(an) _____47_____ to kick the ball, it would go in the ___48_______
direction or a player from the other team would take control of it.
The break was over and the referee(裁判) blew her whistle to _____49_____ the game again. The
two _______50___ walked back onto the field, both ____51______ to win. Cali heard her aunt
whisper in her ear. “Look for an opportunity to get the ball. You can do it.”
Cali took a deep breath. ______52____ she didn’t get one goal all summer, she knew that she had
tried her best. She dreamed she’d leave her team after the game was over. Suddenly, she was woken by
some ____53______ that was the sweet, happy jingle of the ice cream truck. It was driving right
beside the soccer field, playing its music loudly to attract ______54____ .
The players on both teams turned to ______55____ at it. A few girls pointed to it and cheered.
The soccer game had nearly stopped. Cali looked around and saw the soccer ball close by,
_____56_____ by the nearest player from the other team. Cali dashed over to the ball. She dribbled(带
球) it between her feet, moving forward toward the net of the yellow team. By the time the other girls
had _____57_____ , Cali was positioned right in front of the net. The goalkeeper was _____58_____
to one side, looking at the ice cream truck. She turned back ____59______ to guard the net as Cali kicked the ball hard.
The keeper ______60____ out her gloved hand. The ball touched the tips of her fingers as it
swooshed past, right into the net. “Goal!”
41.A. running B. walking C. jumping D. hiking
42.A. therefore B. otherwise C. though D. meanwhile
43.A. with B. over C. for D. past
44.A. quit B. remember C. change D. respect
45.A. harder B. better C. faster D. easier
46.A. normal B. hopeful C. calm D. upset
47.A. award B. idea C. chance D. order
48.A. safe B. wrong C. clear D. positive
49.A. pause B. start C. cancel D. end
50.A. players B. girls C. teams D. coaches
51.A. satisfied B. frightened C. pleased D. determined
52.A. Even if B. As if C. Because D. When
53.A. noise B. music C. whistle D. cheer
54.A. customers B. teachers C. audiences D. reporters
55.A. fire B. laugh C. knock D. look
56.A. found B. ignored C. protected D. pushed
57.A. discussed B. recalled C. noticed D. permitted
58.A. hiding B. rushing C. standing D. waiting
59.A. quickly B. secretly C. bravely D. silently
60.A. threw B. carried C. dragged D. reached
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。
For the first time in 94 years, the Palace Museum has extended its opening hours, allowing the
public to celebrate the Lantern Festival at night in the ancient palace.
About 3,000 lucky visitors received free tickets from the government, among 61. was Zhang
Zhifu, a 77-year-old public security volunteer. It’s a mark of gratitude for her volunteer work. “It is
62. (true) an honor to be granted this special privilege,” Zhang said.To guarantee the 63. (safe) of the palace, festival organizers 64. (plan) this year’s Lantern
Festival event used LED lights rather than traditional paper lanterns and red candles. It’s a fascinating
event for visitors to absorb 65. (they) in the festive atmosphere in the museum. Discussion of the
Palace Museum’s new look lit up social media following Tuesday’s display.
Since he became director of the Palace Museum, Shan Jixiang 66. (bring) many changes to the
world’s 67. (large) royal complex (建筑群). Once in a speech the 64-year-old director shared his idea
about how to make traditional 68. (treasure) come alive again. “ 69. matters to a museum is not how
many visitors they have, but how close they are 70. people’s daily lives,” he said.
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。
It was raining light when I got up yesterday. After a quick breakfast, I took a umbrella with me
and went to school in a hurry. It was fifteen minutes after school began. I was running quickly when I
see an old man walking slowly in the rain. I stopped, wondered whether to help him or not, as I might
be late for school. Then I made a decision walk him home. About ten minutes late, we arrived at his
house. He thanked for me again and again. I smiled and said it was nothing. I was late when I got to
school. Hearing my story, the head teacher, that was giving his lecture, praised me before all the
student.
第二节 书面表达（满分 25 分）
假设你是李华，你的美国老师 Miss Morgan 要求你们明天下午去听一个美国历史的讲座。你因
故不能参加。请你根据以下要点，写一封短信向 Miss Morgan 请假。
内容要点: 1. 表示歉意； 2. 理由:去机场接从法国回来的舅舅；
3. 询问:是否有录音，以便补听讲座。注意:1. 词数:100 词左右；
2. 可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Miss Morgan，
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua2020 年春四川省棠湖中学高三第一学月考试
英语试题参考答案
一．听力
1-5：ABCAA 6-10:BCACA 11-15:BAACB 16-20:CCBCC
二．阅读理解
21-23:CAD 24-27:DDAC 28-31:DABC 32-35:BBAD 36-40:ADGBF
三．完形填空
41-45:ACDAB 46-50:DCBBC 51-55:DABAD 56-60:BCCAD
四．语法填空
61.whom 62.truly 63.safety 64.planning 65.themselves
66.has brought67.largest68.treasures 69.What 70.to
五．短文改错
.①light →lightly ②a →an ③after →before ④see →saw
⑤wondered →wondering ⑥decision∧to ⑦late →later
⑧去掉 thank 后的 for ⑨that →who ⑩student →students
六．书面表达
.One possible version：
Miss Morgan,
I am so sorry that I won’t be able to attend the lecture on American history tomorrow afternoon. My
uncle is returning home from France, and I have promised to meet him at the airport at 3:30
tomorrow afternoon.
I am very much interested in American society and history. I wonder if it is possible for the talk to
be recorded, and if so, could I borrow the tape? It would mean a great deal to me to listen to the tape
and make up for what is covered in the talk. I would appreciate it if you could allow me to ask for a
leave of absence.
Thank you.
Yours,
Li Hua
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