2020届江苏省无锡市锡山高级中学高三下学期第二次模拟
英 语
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）
第一节（共5小题)
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。
1. What was the result?
A. Italy won the game. B. France won the game. C. Both were winners.
2. Where does the man think the keys are?
A. In the woman’s purse. B. In the woman’s car. C. In the restaurant.
3. What probably is the woman?
A. A student. B. A nurse. C. A teacher.
4. How many hours does the park open on Saturdays?
A. 9. B. 10. C. 13.
5. What does the man mean?
A. The woman has got a lot of shoes.
B. He will buy the woman a pair of shoes.
C. The woman’s shoes match her new dress well.
第二节（共15小题)
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。
听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。
6. What is the boy doing now?
A. Reading. B. Watching TV. C. Doing his homework.
7. What’s the mother doing now?
A. Watching TV. B. Cooking. C. Doing some cleaning .
8. What can we infer from the dialogue?
A. The boy is untidy. B. The boy is naughty. C. The boy is diligent.
听第7段材料，回答第9、10题。
9. Why does the man choose to bike to work?
A. He works in a park near his home.
B. He has no train to take near his home.
C. He wants to do his part for the environment.
10. How long does it take the woman to go to work?
A. Half an hour. B. An hour. C. Two hours.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What does the man think of the woman?
A. She’s a little overweight. B. She’s too thin. C. She’s too heavy.
12. What did the woman want to do at first?
A. Work out in a gym. B. Go on a diet. C. Play tennis with the man.
13. What does the man think of most diets?
A. They’re effective. B. They’re healthy. C. They’re useless.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. Why does the woman want to resign?
A. She doesn’t like full-time jobs.
B. She needs more time for study.
C. She is not satisfied with the pay.
15. When is help needed in the man’s restaurant?
A. Only on weekdays. B. Only at weekends. C. Late in the week.
16. What is the result of the conversation?
A. The woman got the job.
B. The woman got a pay rise.
C. The man let the woman be a trainee.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Where does the speaker most probably make the speech?
A. At a family get-together. B. At a reception. C. In a class.
18. What is Mr Brown?
A. An assistant manager. B. A clothing businessman.
C. A government official.
19. When did the speaker start do business with Mr Brown?
A. In 1998. B. In 1989. C. In 1988.
20. Why are Mr Brown and his party coming to England?
A. To visit some business partners.
B. To pay an informal visit to some cities.
C. To seek new opportunities for cooperation.
二．单项填空
21. Lhasa lost much of its ancient isolation when China opened a railway in 2006 ________ it to Beijing.
A. linking B. to link
C. linked D. to be linking
22. Travelers arriving in London would like to ________ the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace.
A. bear in mind B. catch sight of
C. make time for D. keep up with
21. Sikkim, bordered by Nepal, Tibet, and Bhutan, ________ some of the best hiking in the world.
A. creates B. offers
C. displays D. represents
22. The most beautiful counties are ________ for their excellence in planning and design, beautiful natural scenery and the reputation of its service among the public.
A. credited B. rewarded
C. preserved D. reported
23. To have faith is to believe that the road we are traveling along is longer than ________ we can see.
A. what B. that
C. how D. as
24. ________ we have “second thoughts” about something, our first thoughts don’t seem like thoughts at all—just feelings.
A. Before B. When
C. Since D. Unless
25. It isn’t how much we do, but how much love we put into what we do ________ really counts.
A. what B. which
C. as D. that
26. The contract ________ states that all damage in the apartment must be paid for.
A. highly B. plainly
C. simply D. mainly
27. —Many People said that they were thinking of changing jobs.
—But in reality, they have to seriously consider the pros and cons before actually ________.
A. jumping ship B. missing the bus
C. going bananas D. facing the music
28. —If I don’t get some money from my parents by Friday, could I borrow some from you?
—________. But can I know why?
A. Never mind B. Not at all
C. By no means D. By all means
二. 完形填空
On a spring-like day in the middle of winter, I’m sitting on my yard feeling lucky. I’ll tell you why, after a bit of 31 .
I spent my first 20 years in the mountains of the Carolinas, one of the places God 32 when he looked at his creation and said, “Oh my.”
For the next three decades, I lived on the 33 of California, another “oh my” kind of place, in a house near the beach with three headstrong children and their basketball 34 father.
Then the children 35 up to be headstrong adults, and we lost the coach to cancer. So I spent some years 36 in my “family museum” with four bedrooms, five sets of dishes, a 37 basketball court and a whole lot of great memories. During those years, to my 38 , I discovered that “alone” can also be an “oh my” kind of place. With an abundance of blessings, I was humbled, grateful and happy. I had no need, no plans to 39 it.
My life went on 40 until one day, I met a good man who makes me laugh and slow down to watch sunsets—I’m living a new 41 of my life. I fell in love again. I remarried and moved with my new husband to the 42 place on Earth I ever dreamed I’d call home: the desert outside Las Vegas. Perhaps you’re wondering what sort of woman grows up in the Bible Belt, raises her children in Paradise, and 43 on the outskirts of Sin City?
That would be me, a woman who has tried, no matter what happened, to 44 her heart wherever it may lead. Growing up, if I was 45 , my grandma would say: “Honey, follow your heart. It’s a good heart. Trust it.”
I had no idea what she meant, not 46 today. But in Sunday school, I learned that the heart is a container for love—the love of God, the love of family and friends, the love of all that we hold dear—and that it speaks to us with the voice of love, always in a whisper.
47 , I learned to listen for that whisper. It’s hard to hear it sometimes over other voices—logic, anger, envy, jealousy, insecurity and such. They don’t whisper. They 48 . But listen closely. You can spot it.
So why do I feel lucky? Here I am in an “oh my” kind of place on an “oh my” kind of day. I followed my heart from the mountains to the coast to the desert. I miss family and friends and mountains and beaches and 49 , especially fall. But I visit them often, if only in mind.
Yesterday is 50 . Tomorrow’s a dream. All we have is this one, sweet, lovely “here and now.” Here’s wishing for all of us an “oh my” kind of life.
21. A. thought B. music
C. wine D. background
22. A. argued B. meant
C. ignored D. stressed
23. A. coast B. farm
C. river D. hill
24. A. playing B. watching
C. judging D. coaching
25. A. stood B. lived
C. grew D. rose
26. A. alone B. alive
C. away D. apart
27. A. huge B. small
C. silent D. noisy
28. A. regret B. surprise
C. disappointment D. satisfaction
29. A. accept B. change
C. face D. avoid
30. A. quietly B. rapidly
C. naturally D. slowly
31. A. page B. chapter
C. level D. stage
32. A. last B. first
C. best D. worst
33. A. steps up B. joins up
C. comes up D. ends up
34. A. melt B. follow
C. read D. open
35. A. at ease B. at a loss
C. in panic D. in trouble
36. A. before B. till
C. even D. only
37. A. In general B. In all
C. In time D. In fact
21. A. curse B. spell
C. converse D. yell
22. A. vacations B. places
C. seasons D. neighbors
23. A. gone B. lost
C. saved D. cherished
三．阅读理解
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Driving Offence Points System
What is Driving Offence Points System?
After the introduction of this system, certain traffic offences will earn the driver points besides other punishments. If a driver makes any of these offences, the points will be recorded. When the driver gets a certain number of points, he will be forbidden to drive for a certain amount of time.
What are the purposes of this system?
This is a system designed to make road much safer. It can improve standards of driving and reduce the accident rates.
Which traffic offences will result in Driving Offence points?
Of course, not all traffic offences are covered by this system. Only those that have direct effect on road safety are included. There are altogether fourteen items.
Code
Offence
Point
1
Causing death by dangerous driving
10
2
Dangerous driving
10
3
Careless driving
5
4
Driving after drinking or taking drugs
10
5
Driving over speed limit
3
6
Driving in a motor rave on the road
10
7
Failing to stop after an accident
3
8
Failing to give information after an accident
3
9
Failing to report an accident
3
10
Failing to obey directions of police officers
3
11
Crossing double white lines
3
12
Failing to obey traffic signals
3
13
Failing to give way to walkers at a crosswalk
Failing to stop for people walking
3
14
Failing to stop at school crossing
3
What will happen if you have got up to 10 points?
If you have got 10 points or above, but still less than 15 points, you will receive a warning letter from the Transport Department. This letter will tell your recode of driving Offence Points and remind you of the result of getting more points. It is hoped that this warning will change your driving behavior for the better.
What will happen if you have got 15 points?
If you have got 15 points or more within two years, a court will take away your driving license. The first time you are found guilty you will not be able to drive for three months, but if you are caught a second time you will not be able to drive for six months.
51. A drunk man drove through a red light and narrowly missed an old lady at a crosswalk by driving extraordinarily fast. How many points will he get?
A. 6 points. B. 9 points.
C. 12 points. D. 16 points.
52. What will happen to you if you have got 18 points for the first time?
A. You will get a warning letter from the Transport Department.
B. Your driving license will be taken away.
C. You will have to give up driving for 3 months.
D. You will be defined as guilty.
B
There may be a good reason that you put on pounds every winter. You’ve always blamed it on the holidays — all that great food at Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year. But if you find yourself packing on 5, 10, or even 20 pounds every winter, you may be suffering from more than just a sweet tooth. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) often leads to significant weight gain in the colder, darker months.
“People with SAD desire sugary, starchy (含淀粉的) foods because they increase serotonin (a brain chemical that controls your emotion) levels,” says Dr.Norman Rosenthal, a leading seasonal of depression expert. “From most people, the consequence of eating a lot of these foods is weight gain. But for people with SAD, in addition to weight gain, there is also a roller coaster (过山车般的) mood ride between highs and lows.” Plus, according to recent slower metabolism (新陈代谢) than others.
“Because SAD arrives predictably at the same time every year, you have the
opportunity to plan ahead,” writes Dr. Rosenthal. For more than 30 years, he has studied SAD and its treatments. He also suffers from the disorder himself: “As the sunlight went away, so did my energy and emotion. I soldiered on through the winter. Cookies and candy became a source of comfort. But when spring came, everything just seemed to get better.”
One of the most difficult aspects of the disorder is that the sadness isn’t constant, says Dr. Rosenthal. So, it’s easy to deny the problem. But it’s time to bring SAD into the light. “I started using a light box, and to this day never travel without one. I began to exercise regularly. I changed my diet to pay more attention to protection, vegetables, and low-impact foods,” he writes. “Although I accept that winter may not feel as good as summer, I have found a sense of well-being again.”
Planning a healthier lifestyle is never a bad idea. But don’t beat yourself up if your symptoms don’t improve right away. Asking for help is a sign of strength and movement towards a better version of yourself. Consider how you can start managing SAD today and live a healthier word “it” in every season.
53. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refer to ?
A. SAD B. Weight control C. The extra weight D. The great food
54. Why do SAD sufferers like sugary, starchy foods a lot ?
A. The foods make them happy. B. They are particular about food.
C. They have a slower metabolism. D. The foods increase their blood sugar level.
55. What does Dr. Rosenthal say about people with SAD ?
A. Roller coaster rides can benefit them. B. Sunlight can lift their spirits.
C. They are energetic in winter. D. They exercise regularly.
C
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE is one of the hottest, least understood and most debated technological breakthroughs in modern times. In many ways, the magic of AI is that it’s not something you can see or touch. You may not even realize you are using it today. When your Nest thermostat (恒温器) knows how to set the right temperature at home or when your phone automatically corrects your grammar or when a Tesla car navigates (导航) a road autonomously — that’s AI at work.
For most of our lives, people have had to adapt to technology. To find a file on a computer, we input a command on a keyboard attached to one particular machine. To make a phone call, we tap sorts of numbers on a keypad. To get a piece if information, we type a specific set of keywords into a search engine.
AI is tuning that dynamic on its head by creating technologies that adapt to us rather than the other way around — new ways of interesting with computers that won’t seem like computing at all.
Computer scientists have been working on AI technologies for decades, and we’re now seeing that work bear fruit. Recent breakthroughs, based on computers’
ability to understand speech and language, and have vision, have given rise to our technology “alter ego” — a personal guide that knows your habits and communication preferences, and helps you schedule your time, motivate your team to do their best work, or be, say, a better parent. Core to the work I do on conversational AI is how we model language — not only inspired by technical advances, but also by insight from our best and brightest thinkers on the way people use words. To do so, we revisit ideas in books (that give us closer looks at the complexity of human language), such as Steven Pinker’s The Stuff of Thought, which combines logical rules with the unpredictability of human passion.
Humanity’s most important moments are often those risky interactions where emotion comes into play — like a business where negotiation — and people use vague, ambiguous language needs to take social risks. AI that understands language needs to combine the logical and unpredictable ways people interact. This likely means AI needs to recognize when people are more effective on their own — when to get out of the way, when not to help, when not to record, when not to interrupt or distract.
The advances that AI is bringing to our world have been a half-century in the making. But AI’s time is now. Because of the vast amounts of data in our world, only the almost limitless computing power of the cloud can make sense of it. AI can truly help solve some of the world’s most annoying problems, from improving day-to-day communication to energy, climate, health care, transportation and more. The real magic of AI, in the end, won’t be magic at all. It will be technology that adapts to people. This will be profoundly transformational for humans and for humanity.
56. From Paragraph 3, we can learn that__________.
A. people are using AI unconsciously at present
B. computers rob people’s creativity in some way
C. AI will make changes to satisfy the needs of people
D. people have to alter behavior to keep up with modern times
57. Paragraph 4 mainly talks about __________.
A. why the world will be transformed by AI
B. how science fiction contributes to the stud of AI
C. how technology promotes people’s communication
D. what the focus of conversational AI is
58. What’s the difficulty of developing conversational AI?
A. There is a diversity of language and dialects in the world.
B. It has to figure out the hidden meaning of people’s interactions.
C. It has to learn a large number of complex logical rules.
D. A large amount of data needs of complex logical rules.
59. The author thinks the future of AI will be ___________.
A. promoting B. annoying C. worrying D. risk
D
To make or to buy is perhaps the most basic question in business. This week a new report from Strategy&, an oddly named consulting division of PWC, an accounting firm, argues that a growing number answer “buy” when it comes to appointing bosses.
Strategy &, formerly Booz Co, has been studying CEO succession (继位)in the world's 2,500 biggest public companies for the past 17 years. It found that between 2012 and 2015 boards chose outsiders in 22% of planned successions, up from just 14% between 2004 and 2007. Looking at the numbers in a different way, in cases where outsiders were parachuted in, 74% of them joined as part of a succession that was planned in the 2012-15 period (up from 43%. in 2004-07). Traditionally boards have turned to outsiders in the last resort when they have to boot out incumbent(现任的) CEOS or when the pipeline of internal candidates runs dry. The new statistics suggest that firms increasingly go for outsiders as part of regular succession planning.
Good reasons exist for this. Boards want leaders who can deal with powerful disruptive forces, such as new technologies and radical business models. Industries that have seen a lot of disruption from technological innovation or regulatory(监管的) change are particularly keen on outsiders. In the 2012-15 period, outsiders made up 38% of incoming CEOS in telecoms, 32% in utilities(公共事业单位)29% in health care,28% in energy and 26% in financial services. How far outside firms will go varies: in financial services almost all outsiders (92%) came from other financial firms: in utilities 72% of outsiders came from other industries.
Boards are more independent than they used to be, thanks largely to regulatory changes introduced. They are more likely to consist of genuine outsiders free from ties to the CEO and equipped with a wide range of contacts and perspectives. That makes it harder for bosses to appoint heirs apparent(法定继承人). Spencer Stuart , a headhunter ,calculates that last year 84% of all board directors of S&P 500 firms were independent and 29% of boards had a truly dependent chair. Strategy& says that only 7% of last year's incoming CEOS were also named chairman of the board.
Board independence is reinforced by the rise of activist investors. Institutional investors expect as a matter of course that boards will hold managers to account and fire bosses who badly underperform. Shark Watch, a corporate activism database, says almost half the companies at which an activist investor gains a board seat replace their boss within 18 months.
A fashion for outsiders is at first glance worrying. It probably helps push up bosses salaries (see Schumpeter). Insiders have traditionally fared better: in 2005 retiring insiders had a median tenure of 5.8 years, against 4.8 years for outsiders. And some outsiders have proved to be embarrassing. Yahoo hired Scott Thompson from
Paypal only to fire him a few months later when it learned he had falsified his academic credentials. J.C. Penney recruited Ron Johnson from Apple but dumped him after its share price fell by half.
But outsiders had a poor record in part because companies used only to turn to them in extremis. Now they choose them in good times; last year companies with good performance(as measured by total shareholder returns) hired a larger share of outsiders than did poorly performing companies, and retiring outsiders had a longer tenure than insiders. By insisting on considering outsiders as well as insiders, boards give themselves more options. The more important change is not that they sometimes decide to buy from outside, but that they are getting better at doing their most basic job planning CEO succession. About time, too.
60.The underlined phrase "boot out?"in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to “____________”.
A. lay off B. deal with C. cater for D compromise with
61.According to the passage, genuine outsiders having a seat on the board of a company can___________.
A have a chance to be heirs apparent B. make wise business decisions
C help prevent regulatory changes D. make the company operate fairly
62.The examples of Scott Thompson and Ron Johnson are mentioned to show_________.
A. not all outsiders are successful
B. academic certificates aren’t persuasive enough
C. not all big companies can acquire a good reputation
D. insiders can usually enjoy more privileges than outsiders
63. Outside CEOS performed better in the past partly because__________.
A. there was a lack of managerial talent
B. they felt a stronger sense of responsibility
C. companies were small and easy to operate
D. they were appointed leaders at a hard time
64.What’s the author’ s attitude towards companies appointing outsiders as their CEOS?
A. Worried B. Cautious C. Supportive D. Doubtful
65. This passage mainly explains___________.
A. how companies attract more talented personnel
B. why companies are appointing more outsiders as CEOS
C. why companies become more dependent on independent board
D. how companies handle the conflicts between their insiders and outsiders
四．任务型阅读
Few people need to be told not to overspend on credit or debit cards or to curb impulse shopping. You know you shouldn’t, even if you always do. What you need are solutions. Whatever your problems with money, you can change—but it’s going to take work. After all, you’re trying to break lifelong patterns. Start with these strategies.
Strategy 1
A lot of people set themselves up for failure because they have a mindset of either indulgence (放纵) or deprivation (克制). If you try to deprive yourself of too much, where you spend almost nothing, then you end up giving up, and you indulge, and then you overspend. So if you have an unrealistic plan, you’re probably going to lose control. Good habits happen when planned; bad habits happen on their own.
Strategy 2
Changing your mindset is effective in solving the problem. Take Smith-Acuna for example. She says she had a couple in therapy who constantly quarreled about what she feels has become a monetary cliché. They would always argue about how much money they were spending at Starbucks. The wife loved capping off each workday with a drink. Ultimately, the wife ended up quitting her Starbucks habit. Instead of replacing her drink with nothing, she got something else, something free, in return.
Strategy 3
It’s a good start if you switch from paying for merchandise and services with a debit or credit card to paying with cash. It’s easy when you’re using plastic to mindlessly swipe and fall into a pattern of not thinking or noticing how much you’re actually spending. You can divide up your money and put it into envelopes, marking down on the envelopes what each pile of money is for. That can make it easier to see where your money is going.
Strategy 4
Get a receipt for every purchase. Breaking up your expenses into categories like food, clothing, housing, medical care and so on, but also labeling each expense as a need or a want. Be realistic as to what is really necessary. A need is something where you would die or go to jail if you didn’t spend the money or ruin your credit. At the end of the month, total up all the categories. Do this, and you’ll be more educated about how much money you actually have, and how much you have left over for fun stuff.
Strategy 5
There is probably a reason you developed bad habits, which are often adopted on the road easier traveled. So if you’re suddenly balancing your bank account every day, or you’re regularly putting money into an emergency fund, plan to give yourself some sort of prize for the past two weeks. You’ve been saving money or spending it more wisely, so you can probably afford it.
Introduction
l More often than not, knowing we shouldn’t overspend, we still tend to do so.
l It’s time we (66) ▲ pains to change our bad shopping habits.
l We can use the following 5 strategies (67) ▲ to help us solve problems with money.
Five strategies
l Having a mindset of either indulgence or deprivation means going to (68) ▲, which often leads to failure.
l In case you lose control, it’s a good habit to make (69) ▲ plans.
l Chang your mindset.
l Without spending too much money at Starbucks, the wife successfully got (70) ▲ of her bad habit by having something else in return.
l Change (71) ▲ you spend your money: paying in cash.
l Swiping a debit or credit card would make you (72) ▲ of the exact amount of money you spent.
l It is necessary to (73) ▲ your expenses into different categories.
l Tracking your spending helps you understand your actual (74) ▲ better.
l Since you can save money or spend it wisely, why don’t you (75) ▲ yourself with some sort of prize?
五．书面表达
请根据你对以下两幅图的理解，以“Being a civilized passenger on the bus”为题，用英语写一篇作文。
你的作文应包括以下内容：
1. 简要描述两幅图的内容；
2. 概述你对图中行为的看法；
3. 说明你如何做一个文明乘客。
注意：
1. 可参照图片适当发挥；
2. 作文词数150左右；标题已给出，不计入总词数。
3. 作文中不得提及有关考生个人身份的任何信息，如校名、人名等。
参考答案
一、 听力：
1-5BCACA 6-10BCACC 11-15ABCBC 16-20ABBAC
二．单项填空
1-5 ACBAA 6-10 BDBAD
三．完形填空
11-15 DBADC 16-20 ACBBA 21-25 BADBB 26-30 CCDCA
四．阅读理解
A篇 DC B篇CAB C篇 CDBA D篇ADADCB
五．任务型阅读
1. took 2. intended/designed/meant 3. extremes 4. realistic 5.rid
6.how 7. unaware/unconscious 8.divide 9. needs 10. reward
六．书面表达
Possible version
Being a civilized passenger on the bus
It is not uncommon to come across uncivilized behaviors on the bus. As is illustrated in the pictures above, some passengers eat food with strong smell, such as steamed bun with meat stuffing, making others feel disgusted. Some speak loudly on the mobile phone as if there were nobody but himself on the bus.
Both of the above behaviors are socially unacceptable. They reveal an undesirable situation that some passengers lack the awareness of good public manners. Without realizing that they are sharing the communal public space, they show no respect for other bus riders. The only thing they care about is their own interest and
comfort. It is strongly recommended that the government should launch a massive moral campaign to fight against this trend.
As middle school students, we should attach importance to good manners in public. We should not jump the queue when waiting for the bus. Also, we should avoid annoying behaviors on the bus, such as spitting, littering, swearing, grabbing seats and so on. Only when we behave decently can we become civilized passengers.
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