2020 届高三下学期 3 月英语月考
（考试时间：125 分钟 试卷满分：150 分）
第一部分 听力（共两节, 满分 20 分）
听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What is the man looking for?
A. A book. B. His iPhone. C. A pay phone.
2. Where is the woman going next?
A. To a snack bar.
B. To a movie theater.
C. To the man’s friend Simon’s house.
3. What will the man do next?
A. Fill out another form.
B. Correct his mistake on the form.
C. Tell the woman his medical history.
4. When will the man most likely get home?
A. At 7:00. B. At about 7:30. C. After 8:00.
5. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. On a farm. B. At a fruit market. C. At customs.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
6. What relation is the woman to George?
A. His mother. B. His teammate. C. His coach.
7. What does the woman think is more important?
A. Winning the game.
B. Being a team player.
C. Impressing the parents.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
8. What does the man want to do at the restaurant at first?
A. Hold a party. B. Watch the big game. C. Book a table.
9. Why does the woman imply?
A. The bar serves better food.
B. Putting tables together is too much trouble .
C. The restaurant will be busy with customers.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
10. When does the woman have to hand in her essay?
A. This afternoon. B. Tomorrow. C. In a couple days.
11. What is the woman having trouble with?
A. Ending her paper. B. Starting her essay. C. Giving her thoughts.
12. How will the man help the woman?
A. By correcting her mistakes.
B. By showing her some examples.C. By checking what she has written.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
13. Who do the woman’s parents probably cheer for?
A. England. B. Portugal. C. Spain.
14. According to the woman, what is most likely to happen tonight?
A. Spain will lose.
B. Portugal will lose.
C. Ronaldo will score three goals.
15. Why does the man support for Portugal?
A. He likes Ronaldo.
B. Spain is blindly self-confident.
C. Portugal hasn’t lost a single game yet.
16. How much money do the speakers agree to bet?
A. $10. B. $20. C. $40.
请听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。
17. Where is the speaker?
A. In New York. B. In Los Angeles. C. In Hong Kong.
2. Why are there some uncertain conditions on the way?
A. The flight hours are a little long.
B. There’s a hurricane in the nearby area.
C. The plane will travel over the Pacific Ocean.
3. When will the flight probably take off?
A. At 6:00 a.m. B. At 10:00 a.m. C. At 6:00 p.m.
4. What is the weather like in L.A. now?
A. Sunny and clear. B. Rainy and cloudy. C. Stormy and cold.
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）
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23. This passage is most likely intended for ___________.
A. teachers B. parents C. students D. children
B
Vegetable gardens may not be as visually pleasing as the variety of flowers, but Floridians
looking to save some green by growing their own salad fixings can soon do so without fear. Gov.
Ron DeSantis this week signed a law that bans local governments from carrying orders against
homeowners from raising veggies in their yards.
The law, which takes effect July 1, puts an end to that particular power of towns and cities
across the state to prohibit vegetable gardens for “aesthetic（审美的）purposes”.
The issue became a cause after a couple living in Miami Shores Village opposed the decision of
a $ 50 a day fine for growing vegetables in their front yard, as they’d done for years.
Hermine Ricketts and her husband Tom Carroll fought City Hall in a case that wound its way
up the state’s court system, with judges consistently ruling against their money-saving and
health-conscious project.
After the Florida Supreme Court ruled in favor of Miami Shores’ right to control design and
landscaping standards, the couple replaced their vegetables with pink flamingos (红鹳花) .
Their cause was not lost, however. State lawmakers proposed and passed a law that effectively
voids the court rulings, with Rob Bradley, who sponsored the bill, reportedly calling the village’s
action a “vast overreach”.
The lawmaker noted the difficulty that many families experience getting fresh and affordable food, calling bans against vegetable and fruit gardens ridiculous.
About a third of all households in the U. S. grow some of their own food, according to the
National Gardening Association. The group says a 600-square-foot garden that costs around $ 70 a
year to keep can grow 300 pounds of fresh produce worth about $ 600 annually.
24. Why will some Floridians plant salad fixings?
A. To protect the environment. B. To beautify their home.
C. To build their own gardens. D. To cut daily expenses.
25. What can be known about the couple from the passage?
A. They started a public health-conscious campaign.
B. They never gave in to the Miami Shores’ demand .
C. They were fined $50 a day by Miami Shores Village.
D. They were not backed by the Florida Supreme Court.
26. What does the underlined word “voids” in paragraph 6 mean?
A. Hides. B. Cancels. C. Prevents. D. Values.
27. What does Rob Bradley think of the couple’s action probably?
A.It’s sensible. B.It’s ridiculous. C. It’s ambitious. D.It’s costly.
C
When Jeff Sparkman draws his cartoon superheroes, he often has to ask other people to tell him
what color his characters turned out to be because he's color-blind. Now, a new smart phone
application can help him figure out what colors he's using and how the picture looks to others.
The DanKam app, available for iPhone and Android for $2.99, is an application that makes the
vague colors that one percent of the population with color-blindness sees more like the "true" colors
as everyone else sees them. In America, around 32 million color-blind Americans---95% are
males---can soon have their life improved.
"DanKam takes the stream of data coming in through the phone's camera and changes the colors
slightly so they fall within the range that people who are color-blind see," developer Dan Kaminsky
told CNET. He came up with the idea after watching the film Star Trek with a color-blind friend.
It was then that he got to know more about colorblindness like its varying types and degrees. A
vast majority, for instance, have trouble seeing red or green due to a genetic defect( 缺 陷 ).
Blue-yellow colorblindness, however, is rarer and develops later in life because of aging, illness or
head injuries, etc.
What the DanKam app attempts to do is to clean up the color space of the image signal so that
colors can be seen to those suffering from viewing problems. “You can customize the app to fit your
needs. There is a range and not everyone who is color-blind sees things the same.” Says Kaminsky.
Sparkman, a copy editor at CNET, tried out the app and was pleased with the results. "It would
be useful for dressing for a job interview," he said. But using it for his art is “the most practical
application." It worked well on LED and other lights on electronic devices, which means Sparkman
can now identify the power light on his computer display as green.
28. According to passage, DanKam ___________.
A. was developed by Jeff Sparkman. B. appeared in the movie Star Trek. C. is designed to help the blind. D. can be purchased with a fee
29. It can be known from the passage that colorblindness __________.
A. causes trouble in telling all colors B. occurs more commonly in females
C. is not necessarily an inborn disease D. leaves people unable to see clearly
30. How does the DanKam app work?
A. It makes vague colors become vivid ones. B. It operates in a fixed color model.
C. It shows images with an adjusted color space. D. It puts LED lights on electronic devices.
31. Which of the following serves as the best title for the passage?
A. Dankam: A New Treatment For Colorblindness.
B. DanKam: Augmented(增强) Reality For Colorblindness.
C. Dan Kaminsky: A Campaign Against Colorblindness.
D. .Jeff Sparkman: Satisfaction Guaranteed By DanKam.
D
Being seen in a fancy sports car or enjoying a beach holiday in a five-star hotel were once signs
of having “made it”. But a new study suggested that having people think of you as constantly
occupied and overworked is now a far better way to demonstrate social position.
According to Harvard University in the US, people are increasingly leaning toward the
phenomenon of “humblebragging”. This is when people make a seemingly modest statement that
actually draws attention to something they want to show off.
Phrases such as “I have no life” and “I desperately need a holiday” are now used to imply social
standing, while ordering food and shopping online is the perfect way to prove to neighbors that you
are simply too busy and important to go to the supermarket.
“Movies, magazines, and popular TV shows often highlight the abundance of money and
leisure time among the wealthy,” said Neeru Paharia, an assistant professor at Harvard University.
“In recent years, featuring wealthy people relaxing by the pool, playing tennis or skiing and hunting
are being substituted with advertisements featuring busy individuals who work long hours and have
very limited leisure time,” he said. “Displaying a lack of leisure time operates as a visible signal of
status in the eyes of others.”
The researchers pointed out that the Wall Street Journal’s 2016 advertising campaign featured
celebrities complaining about their busy lives, with the slogan (标语), “People who don’t have
time, make time to read the Wall Street Journal.”
The report, which was published in the Journal of Consumer Research, also found that brands
that marketed themselves as time saving were becoming increasingly high-status, because of their
users.
According to the authors, this trend of humblebragging is due to people’s shift of focus – they
now value “the preciousness and scarcity of individuals” more than “the preciousness and scarcity of
goods”. “Busy individuals possess desirable characteristics, leading them to be viewed as in
demand,” the authors concluded.
32. Which of the following statements can count as “humblebragging”?
A. “Just ate 15 pieces of chocolate. Gotta control myself flying first class or they'll cancel my
modeling contract!”B. “Everybody check this baby out---we just bought a castle! I mean literally!”
C. “Guys, I'm screwed. I I've missed the final deadline for my essay again and my tutor is going
to fail me !”
D. “Wow, I can't believe a rubbishy article like yours got published in a national newspaper!”
33.To indicate their social position, people today prefer to ______.
A. share their passion for tennis or skiing
B. show how fast-paced their work life is
C. tell people about the wonderful holidays they take
D. show off their abundance of money and leisure time
34. The Wall Street Journal’s 2016 adverting slogan is mentioned in para. 5 to prove ______.
A. showing a lack of time suggests high social status
B. the Wall Street Journal is worth people’s time
C. busy individuals need to better manage their time
D. people of high social position are lacking in time
35.The underlined word in the last paragraph “scarcity” probably means_____
A. quantity B. identity C. shortage D. qualification
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。
Have you ever wondered how the trainers at Sea World get the 19,000-pound whale to jump 22
feet out of water and perform tricks? They get that whale to go over a rope farther out of the water
than most of us can imagine. 36 .
So how do the trainers at Sea World do it? The first thing they do is reinforce(强化) the
behavior that they want repeated --- in this case, to get the whale to go over the rope. 37 , in a
position where the whale can’t help but do what’s expected of it. Every time the whale goes over the
rope, it’s given positive reinforcement and gets fed with fish. But what happened when the whale
goes under the rope? Nothing — no criticism, no warning and no feedback. 38 .
Positive reinforcement is the key of that simple principle that produces such splendid results.
And as the whale begins to go over the rope more often than under, the trainers begin to raise the
rope. It must be raised slowly enough so that the whale doesn’t starve.
39 . Make a big deal out of the good and little stuff that we want consistently. Secondly,
under-criticize. People know they need help when they mess up. 40 , people will not forget the
event and usually will not repeat it.
So we need to set up the circumstances so that people can’t fail. Over-celebrate,
under-criticize…and know how far to raise the rope.
A. This is a great challenge
B. And the whale stays right where it is
C. If we figure out a way to motivate the whale
D. They start with the rope below the surface of the water
E. If we under-criticize, punish and discipline less than expectedF. Whales are taught that their negative behavior won’t be acknowledged
G. The simple lesson to be learned from the whale trainers is to over-celebrate
第三部分 语言知识运用(共四节, 满分 55 分)
第一节 单句补全 (共 10 小题；每小题 1 分, 满分 10 分)
41. People complain that decisions to approve or deny a permit are often ______ rather than based
on fixed criteria.
A. appropriate B. conscious C. arbitrary D. controversial
42. Lack of sleep will cause an increase in stress levels, which will lead to you not liking your job.
This_____ will also have a negative impact on your productivity.
A. in turn B. in return C. in place D. in brief
43. The judge said that the fine would ________ a warning to other drivers.
A. look into B. serve as C. watch over D.set up
44.Honesty is the best policy. If your account doesn’t ______ what the security cameras recorded,
you’ll get punished.
A. subscribe to B. attend to C. correspond to D. relate to
45. It’s difficult to _______ all tastes. One man’s meat is another man’s poison.
A. adapt to B. cater to C. appeal to D. adjust to
46. We ____________ solving international dispute by negotiation, instead of appealing to arms.
A. advocate B. admit C. assess D. approach
47. It is most important for English teachers to have a knowledge of the theories of
language_______.
A. fluency B. accuracy C. acquisition D. punctuation
48. While the kids were making their decisions, they were periodically shown TV _________, some
for fast food outlets and some for non-food businesses.
A. programs B. news C. movies D. commercials
49.You are being such a busybody. How I choose to conduct my private life is my own _______!
A. experience B. agenda C. business D. problem
50.I'm trying to ______ an interest in classical music in my children, which I think is good for their
future development.
A. foster B. clarify C. express D. discourage
第二节 完形填空(共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分, 满分 30 分)
People live in the present. They plan for the future. History, 51 , is the study of the past.
Given all the 52 and pressures that come from living in the present and 53 what is
yet to come, why bother with what has been? Given all the available branches of knowledge, why
insist - as most 54 systems do - on history? And why encourage many students to study
even more history than they are 55 to?
Any subject of study needs to be 56 : supporters must explain why it is worth 57 .
Like most widely accepted 58 , history attracts people who simply 59 the information
and modes of thought involved. But for people who are less interested in the subject and more 60 about why they should bother with it, a clearer explanation of its purpose is required.
61 do not perform heart transplants, improve highway design, or arrest criminals. In a
society that quite correctly expects education to serve 62 purposes, history’s functions can
seem more 63 to determine than those of engineering or medicine. History is in fact very
useful, actually 64 , but the products of historical study are often less 65 and
immediate than those of other subjects.
History helps us understand people, societies and how they 66 . For example, how can
we 67 past wars (and future threats) without using historical materials? Unfortunately,
major aspects of a society’s operation cannot be set up as precise experiments. 68 , history
must serve, however imperfectly, as our 69 , helping us understand who we are and why we
do what we do. This, fundamentally, is why we cannot 70 history.
51. A. otherwise B. besides C. however D. therefore
52. A. causes B. demands C. choices D. orders
53. A. avoiding B. fearing C. celebrating D. expecting
54. A. financial B. social C. educational D. political
55. A. required B. invited C. forced D. permitted
56. A. introduced B. explored C. justified D. dropped
57. A. protection B. attention C. expectation D. mention
58. A. subjects B. concepts C. topics D. concerns
59. A. provide B. receive C. share D. like
60. A. doubtful B. worried C. thoughtful D. certain
61. A. Supporters B. Historians C. Audiences D. Teachers
62. A. public B. multiple C. different D. useful
63. A. difficult B. sensible C. secure D.beneficial
64. A. optional B. attractive C. accessible D. vital
65. A. valuable B. interesting C. obvious D. instructive
66. A. feel B. behave C. fight D. live
67. A. prevent B. remember C. evaluate D. declare
68. A. Consequently B. Alternatively C. Fortunately D. Admittedly
69. A. library B. laboratory C. clinic D. museum
70. A. make up for B. give in to C. get close to D. stay away from
第三节 单句语法填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分, 满分 10 分）
71. Scientists have many theories about how the universe first came into __________(exist).
72. The _________(surround) villages have been absorbed by the growing city.
73. Even so, she impressed the world _______ her courage and strong desire to succeed.
74. The car's quite full, but we could manage _________ (squeeze) another couple of people in.
75. Many patients have benefited a lot ______ the new treatment then.
76. Many parents feel a sense of ________(lose) when their children leave home.
77. The _________(puzzle) look on his face suggested that what the monitor said was beyond her
understanding.
78. People in the west make it a rule _______(buy) Christmas presents for their relatives and friends.79. They sold their house at the right time and made ____ fortune on it.
80. Domestic coal supplies _________(run) out. The country will have to import it from abroad.
第四节 语篇语法填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分, 满分 10 分）
Technological changes brought dramatic new options to Americans ___81____(live) in the
1990s. During this decade new forms of entertainment, commerce, research, and communication
____82____(become) commonplace in the U. S. The driving force behind much of this change was
an innovation popularly known as the Internet.
The Internet was developed during the 1970s by the Department of Defense. In the case of an
attack, military advisers suggested ___83__ advantage of being able to operate one computer from
another terminal. In the early days, the Internet was used mainly by scientists to communicate with
other scientists.
One early problem faced by Internet users was speed. Phone ___84____(line) could only
transmit information at a limited rate. The development of fiber-optic(光纤) cables allowed billions
of bits of information _____85_____(receive) every minute. Companies like Intel developed faster
microprocessors, so personal computers could process the incoming signals more ___86___(rapid).
In the early 1990s, the World Wide Web was developed, in large part, __87___ commercial
purposes. Corporations created home pages __88____ they could place text and graphics to sell
products. Soon airline tickets, hotel reservations and even cars could be purchased online.
Universities posted research data on the Internet, so students could find ____89____(value)
information without leaving their dormitories. Companies soon discovered that work could be done
at home and submitted online, so a whole new class of telecommuters began to earn a living from
home offices unshaven and ___90____(wear) pajamas(睡衣).
第四部分 写作(共两节, 满分 30 分)
第一节 91. 短文改错 (共 10 小题；每小题 l 分, 满分 10 分)
Last summer, I participated in the Secondary School Program in Harvard. I spent half of the day
in my class and homework, and then I'd be free to do I wanted. Since my course was a 8-credit one,
it was a lot faster than other summer school course. I had to learn how to keep up with it the pace of
my class and study efficient. For me, taking notes were of great help. I also come to know many
professors who were available for extra help whenever I needed it. The resources and opportunities
combined with the environment here made me want to attending Harvard even more.
第二节 92. 书面表达 (满分 20 分).
假定你是李华，英国高中生 Peter 在中国研学时曾暂住你家。他回国后给你寄来礼物感谢
你的招待，并在信中委婉表示对你家三世同堂感到惊讶。请你写一封回信，内容包括：（1）
感谢对方赠送的礼物；（2）简要介绍中国人三世同堂的现象。注意：1.词数 120 左右；2.可
以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。2020 高三下英语月考 1 答案
听力（每题 1 分，共 20 分, 每题 3 个选项）
1-5 CAABC 6-10 CBCCB 11-15 ACABB 16-20 ACBCB
阅读（每题 2 分，共 40 分）
21-25 BDADD 26-30 BADCC 31-35 BABAC
36-40 ADFGE（36-40 每题 7 个选项)
单选（每题 1 分，共 10 分）
41-45 CABCB 46-50 ACDCA
完形（每题 1.5 分，共 30 分）
51-55 CBDCA 56-60 CBADA 61-65 BDADC 66-70 BCABD
单句填空（每题 1 分，共 10 分)
71. existence 72. surrounding 73. with 74. to squeeze 75. from 76. loss 77. puzzled
78. to buy 79. a 80. are running
语法填空（每题 1 分，共 10 分)
81. living 82.became 83. the 84. lines 85. to be received 86. rapidly 87. for 88.
where 89. valuable 90.wearing
改错（10 分) 略
作文（20 分）略
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