重庆 2020 级高三第九次教学质量检测考试
英语
第一部分 听力(共两节)
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)
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．Where are the speakers?
A．At home. B．In Anna's house. C．In a furniture store.
2．What does the man want?
A．A magazine. B．Some fish. C．A teapot.
3．When was the Carnival in Venice first recorded?
A．In 1268. B．In 1798. C．In 1990.
4．What does the woman think of Tom?
A．Shy. B．Outgoing. C．Impolite.
5．What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A．A weekend trip. B．Wild plants. C．Favorite animals.
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。
听下面一段对话,回答第 6 和第 7 两个小题。
6．Why does the woman come to China?
A．To work. B．To travel. C．To study.
7．How many people will have dinner together?
A．Two. B．Three. C．Four.
听下面一段对话,回答第 8 和第 9 两个小题。
8．What is special about the new book?
A．It is targeted at teenagers.
B．It is a science-fiction novel.
C．It is about the life in a mountain.
9．When does the woman usually work?
A．In the morning. B．In the afternoon. C．In the evening.
听下面一段对话,回答第 10 至第 12 三个小题。
10．Why did Ann's parents quarrel?
A．Because she failed her math test.
B．Because she spent too much on gifts.
C．Because she lost her job recently.
11．Who is Ann's best friend?
A．Jack. B．Lisa. C．Tom.
12．What does Tom advise Ann to do for Mrs. Brown?
A．Walk dogs. B．Babysit the kids. C．Tutor the kids.听下面一段对话,回答第 13 至第 16 四个小题。
13．How does the man help the girl?
A．By giving her directions.
B．By looking for her ID card.
C．By sending her to the dorm.
14．Where is the girl studying now?
A．In England. B．In France. C．In America.
15．What do the girl's parents want her to study?
A．Acting. B．Business. C．Medicine.
16．What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A．Schoolmates.
B．Professor and student.
C．Dorm keeper and student.
听下面一段独白,回答第 17 至第 20 四个小题。
17．What day is it today?
A．Wednesday. B．Thursday. C．Friday.
18．What will the students learn at the beginning?
A．The kinds of their work.
B．Safety rules about their work.
C．The history about the food bank.
19．What will girls be asked to do?
A．Open small boxes.
B．Operate the machines.
C．Write down the information.
20．What is the speaker doing?
A．Training new staff.
B．Making work arrangements.
C．Calling for more volunteers.
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节)
第一节(共 15 小题)
阅读下列短文,从所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将选项涂
黑。
A
Feb. 29, or Leap Day, arrives on your calendar once every four years—and 2020 is one of
them. The reason there are 366 days every four years instead of the standard 365 is that the
calendar doesn't precisely line up since the Earth orbits the sun in approximately 365 days and 6
hours. Hence, every 4 years a leap day, February 29th, has to be added to correct for the
difference.
It's not a federally recognized holiday, but Leap Day is a special occasion, so retailers
typically offer many sales, deals and discounts. From food to travel deals, here are 29 Leap Day
2020 discounts.
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30 non-airport locations for $29(over a $50 value) on Feb. 29.
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Expedia mobile app on or before Feb. 29. Some restrictions apply.
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advance through March 19.
21．Why is there an extra day in February 2020?
A．To remain in line with the true astronomical year.
B．To officially celebrate a special occasion.
C．To pass down a time-honored tradition.
D．To offer a business promotional opportunity.
22．How much will you pay for a pair of shoes priced at $100 on Feb. 29?
A．$15. B．$85. C．$75. D．$70.
23．Which of the following offers discounts beyond Feb. 29?
A．Dog Hans. B．Legal Sea Foods. C．Expedia. D．Marriott.
B
Two motorists saved the life of a good man who had moments earlier helped them.
Victor, 61, stopped his pickup along an interstate highway in western Wisconsin to help two
stranded women change a flat tire. Minutes later, his life was in their hands.
Sara Berg, and her cousin, Lisa, were headed home Saturday night on Interstate 94 when they
heard an awful noise. They were somewhere between Menomonie and Eau Claire when they
pulled to the side of the road with a flat tire—something neither knew how to fix. Ann showed up
and asked whether they needed help. “We were so grateful.” Berg said. “Nowadays, nobody ever
really stops to offer their help. It's kind of scary sometimes, because you really don't know what
you're getting into.”
Victor is the type of person who gives you 100 percent and worries about himself later. When
Victor finished, Berg thanked him and they shook hands. Berg recalled Victor's farewell words to
her: “Someone up above always puts me in the right place at the right time.”
And then they parted. Victor and his wife puffed back onto the interstate. Seconds later, Berg
followed. Less than a quarter mile down the road, Berg noticed Victor's red truck pulled over. She
passed it and then pulled over herself, figuring the couple may have forgotten something. No
sooner had she gotten out of her car when she saw Victor's wife waving anxiously at passing
motorists. She called out to Berg that her husband was having a heart attack. Berg, a certified
nursing assistant trained in CPR, jumped into the truck. Victor had no pulse and wasn't breathing.
Berg began chest compressions. Lisa called 911. Emergency personnel arrived in about five
minutes, “but it always feels like forever at a time like that,” Berg said.
“It was a nice twist of fate.” said the doctor who is treating Victor at the Eau Claire hospital.
“We know for sure that the CPR the woman did increased his chances for survival.”
Ann, who was also part of her husband's good luck when she guided their vehicle to the shoulder during his heart attack, is grateful.
24．The underlined word “stranded” in Paragraph 2 means ________.
A．trapped B．exhausted C．frightened D．threatened
25．What do Victor's farewell words mean?
A．Victor and Berg share a common religious belief.
B．Victor feels it his mission to lend a helping hand.
C．Victor happens to be expert in changing flat tires.
D．Victor expects Berg to do him a favor in return.
26．What happened to Victor shortly after they parted?
A．His pickup broke down and had to stop on the shoulder.
B．His heart was badly injured due to a terrible accident.
C．He pulled over to collect something left in Berg's car.
D．He suffered a sudden heart attack and lost his consciousness.
27．Which can be the best title?
A．A Twist of Fate
B．A Lucky Man
C．An Adventurous Journey
D．An Instant Rescue
C
Native woodlands can resist the spread of invasive species by blocking daylight reaching the
forest floor, researchers have suggested.
The team, consisting of researchers from US universities, decided to focus its attention on
common buckthorn(沙棘), which is all invasive species in North America. It out-competes native
plants and degrades soils and forests, doing harm to humans and other wildlife. In order to create
environments that resist invasion by buckthorn, and thus avoid those costs, it was necessary to
understand which forest characteristics offered the greatest influence on the success or failure of
buckthorn plants becoming established.
In their experiment, the team grew buckthorn under a variety of different levels of shade and
measured the light available to the buckthorn. These included one made up from deciduous
species, such as birch, another from evergreen species, such as pine, and another from a mixture of
both species.
Dr. Schuster observed: “Results showed that forests that are able to block out 96% of
incoming light in the spring or autumn can successfully resist buckthorn invasion.” He added that,
in general, evergreen species were much more capable of creating this level of shade compared
with deciduous species.
“We anticipated that buckthorn would fail in areas with extremely low light levels, since
having some light is necessary for most plants to live,” he said. Yet the team were surprised by
how much the buckthorn depended upon light availability in spring or autumn.
He added that if forest managers were seeking to improve the long-term resistance of their
forests to buckthorn invasions, then it might be necessary to introduce species that helped reduce
the amount of light reaching the forest floor, such as evergreens.
But this approach was not risk-free, warned Dr. Schuster. He added: “If we change forests to
get rid of buckthorn, we may push out some desirable native species at the same time. So, the
question becomes whether we can select plant communities both to have the species we want and to produce ample shade in spring and autumn to keep buckthorn out.”
28．This experiment was carried out to study ________.
A．why soil conditions matter to plants
B．how to help native plants grow better and faster
C．the impact invasive species have on humans
D．the factors influencing the growth of buckthorn
29．What kinds of trees were chosen for the experiment?
A．Trees providing different amounts of shade.
B．Trees growing and declining at different rates.
C．Trees of different heights.
D．Trees of different origins.
30．What does Dr. Schuster imply in the last paragraph?
A．We must get rid of buckthorn whatever the cost.
B．Keeping native species ought to be the top priority.
C．We should be careful about selecting species of plants.
D．Communities need to work together to fight the alien plants.
31．You may likely find this article in a ________.
A．psychological and behavioural paper
B．travel guide
C．nature and environment journal
D．fashion magazine
D
Schools are under constant pressure to make budget cuts, and music programs are often first
on the chopping block. However, a recent study from the University of British Columbia in
Canada has shown that students who took music lessons in high school performed better in
subjects such as English, science, and math.
The researchers collected data from over 100,000 students at public high schools across the
province of British Columbia. Some of them took music lessons during high school while others
never attended them. Checking the test scores of students who took music classes with those of
their peers, the study found that the musicians got higher grades in a range of different school
subjects.
Research like this has been done before, but as for the number of respondents, this study is
much larger, and it took into account other factors that may have affected the results. For example,
perhaps students who took music classes were encouraged to do so because they already had good
grades. This UBC study rules out a number of other factors that could explain why music students
performed better academically, and the researchers still find a clear effect of music lessons on
academic performance.
Not only did music students perform better than non-musicians, but students who played an
instrument did even better than those who sang. “Learning to play a musical instrument and
playing in an ensemble(乐团) is very rewarding,” says Martin Guhn, one of the researchers, “A
student can learn to read music notes, achieve eye-hand-mind coordination, develop keen listening
skills and establish interpersonal relationships.”
What this study doesn't tell us, though, is why music makes these students perform better
academically, but the research paper mentions a few possible explanations. Music practice is linked with neurological( 神经系统的) changes that improves certain brain functions, affecting
memory and planning skills. Besides, there is a possible motivational factor. Students who take
music lessons see a tangible result from practice—they get better—and they might apply that to
their other work. And the non-competitive team aspect of making music together could strengthen
students' social development, which would also help them in other alias.
32．How did the researchers find the result of the research?
A．By conducting tests. B．By analyzing causes.
C．By making comparisons. D．By building models.
33．How is the recent study different from previous ones?
A．It covered more school subjects.
B．It allowed for students who sang.
C．It was carried out nationwide.
D．It produced a more convincing result.
34．Why did the author mention Martin Guhn's words in Paragraph 4?
A．To speak highly of music students.
B．To explain why music helps students perform better.
C．To present the benefits of playing instruments.
D．To encourage students to join an ensemble.
35．What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A．Music practice can make an overall improvement in students’ brain.
B．Progress made in music may motivate students to work harder in math.
C．Singing can't make any difference in improving students' memory.
D．Playing in an orchestra could make students less competitive in other fields.
第二节(共 5 小题)
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。
Are you a bookworm? Is your head permanently stuck in a book? ____36____ There are
many benefits to reading. Getting into a good novel improves our literacy. But who or what
encourages us to pick up a book and start reading?
Of course, when we are young, our parents and teachers inspire us by introducing us to
characters that we love or hate. As a child, I loved books written by Roald Dahl, such as Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory and The Twits. ____37____ They are popular with children even today,
despite competition from contemporary authors.
One modern-day children's author is J. K. Rowling, who's known for her books about the
wizard, Harry Potter. ____38____ The UK's National Literacy Trust awarded her the title for
“turning a generation of children into readers”.
____39____ It can also help people in difficult circumstances. The author Pat Winslow
worked as a writer in prisons and found reading and discussing stories helped prisoners reflect on
their patterns of behavior. She says, “very often we would have discussions about the moral
compass of a character. What was the motivation of somebody? Why did they behave that way?”
Today I like to read factual books such as biographies, where you get an insight into the lives
of important and well-known people. I also enjoy looking at travel books and learning about
journeys and new destinations. ____40____
But the main benefit of reading is the improvement it brings to our literacy. The more we do it, the better we get and who knows—one day you may become the next Tolstoy, Jackie Collins or
even William Shakespeare.
A．If so, that's a good thing for you.
B．It's a good substitute if you can't visit in person.
C．Good writing can really capture our imagination.
D．Reading books is more than an enjoyable leisure time.
E．These fictional stories were funny, twisted and slightly evil.
F．Who are your favorite authors and which are your favorite books?
G．She was named as a “literacy hero” for improving people's love of reading.
第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节)
第一节 完形填空(共 20 题)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)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。
My father died when I was nine, and I remember doing the household chores to help my
mother. I hated changing the vacuum cleaner( 真 空 吸 尘 器 ) bag and ____41____ things the
machine did not suck up.
Twenty years later, in 1978, I was doing chores at home alongside my ____42____. One day
the vacuum cleaner was screaming away, and I had to ____43____ the bag because I could not
find a new one to replace it. With this lifelong hatred of the way the machine worked, I decided to
make a ____44____ vacuum cleaner.
Easier said than done, of course. I didn't ____45____ that l would spend the next five years
perfecting my design, a ____46____ that resulted in 5,127 different prototypes(设计原型). By the
time I made my 15th prototype, my third child was born. By 2,627, my wife and I were really
counting our ____47____. By 3,727, my wife was giving art lessons for some extra cash, and we
were getting further and further into ____48____. These were tough times, but each failure
brought me closer to ____49____ the problem.
I just had a passion for the vacuum cleaner as a product, but I ____50____ thought of going
into a business with it. In the early 1980 s, I started trying to ____51____ licensing agreements for
my technology. The reality was very different, ____52____. The major vacuum makers had built a
business model based on the ____53____ from bags. No one would license my idea, not because it
was a (an) ____54____ one, but because it was bad for business.
That gave me the courage to keep going, but soon after, the companies that I had talked with
started making machines ____55____ mine. I had to fight legal battles to protect the patents on
my vacuum cleaner. However, I was still in ____56____ difficulties until 1993, when my bank
manager personally ____57____ Lloyds Bank to lend me $1 million. Then I was able to go into
production. Within two years, the Dyson vacuum cleaner became a ____58____ in Britain.
Today, I still embrace risk and the potential for failure as part of the process. Nothing
____59____ the excitement of invention. Go out and brainstorm your ideas. You are not
____60____ to any rules-in fact, the stranger and riskier your idea, the better.
41．A．making out B．picking up C．holding onto D．noting down
42．A．porter B．designer C．dad D．wife
43．A．desert B．empty C．fill D．pack
44．A．waterproof B．silent C．cheap D．bagless
45．A．realize B．regret C．doubt D．recall46．A．compromise B．process C．bargain D．choice
47．A．babies B．bags C．sheep D．pennies
48．A．debt B．success C．quarrel D．wealth
49．A．facing B．settling C．raising D．avoiding
50．A．also B．occasionally C．nearly D．never
51．A．sell B．break C．get D．conclude
52．A．though B．instead C．as usual D．in theory
53．A．information B．sufferings C．profits D．lesson
54．A．new B．realistic C．illegal D．bad
55．A．above B．like C．without D．beside
56．A．financial B．household C．technological D．moral
57．A．forbade B．ordered C．helped D．persuaded
58．A．failure B．joke C．hit D．patent
59．A．recovers B．beats C．arouses D．adds
60．A．open B．accustomed C．bound D．opposed
第二节(共 10 小题)
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1 个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
In the ongoing fight against COVID-19, gritting one's teeth and carrying on has characterized
much about life in Wuhan these past months. “Wuhan people experienced it first-hand.” said Hui
Yan, a Wuhan native ____61____ recovered from the coronavirus. “Our friends got sick. Our
friends and relatives died. Right before our eyes, one ____62____ one, they left us. They have a
deeper understanding of this disaster in ____63____ (compare) with people in other cities.” In
February, Ms. Yan ____64____ (spend) 15 days fighting the virus in Huoshenshan, one of the
city's newly built coronavirus hospitals.
During the past two months, with the lockdown lifted, growing numbers of families
____65____ (be) out to take in the sunshine and fresh air in parks along the Yangtze River. Older
residents have started gathering again in small groups ____66____ (chat) or play chess. Children
are a rare sight and always appear to be under the careful watch of parents. More shops have
reopened, often ____67____ (set) up street-front counters so that customers can buy vegetables,
alcohol, and other goods without entering. Companies in Wuhan have been ____68____ (caution)
about calling their ____69____ (employ) back to work, contributing to the revival of the city life.
Yet there still remains ____70____ tough test for the city to balance pandemic(疫情) control and
economic growth.
第四部分 写作(共两节)
第一节 短文改错(共 10 小题)
假定英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文,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。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。
I used to go fishing with my father. Initially. I consider fishing a piece of cake—sitting or
waiting for fish to bite. I sat in there for almost one hour, yet I got nothing. Impatiently and annoyed, I intended to quit. “Be focused and wait.” said my father. Have nothing else to do, I
followed his advise. I calmed down and concentrated on the fishing pole. Another two hour passed
and I finally gained his reward. The experience has taught me what all things are difficult at
beginning. As long as you make efforts and hang on, you'll succeed.
第二节 书面表达
假定你是李华,在得知东京奥运会推迟至明年的消息后,需要将之前在 Airbnb 上预订的房
间取消,并希望退回订金,请给你的房东 Abe 先生写一封邮件,要点如下:
1．写信目的;
2．表达歉意,解释原因;
3．期待明年造访东京。
注意:1．词数 100 左右;
2．可以适当增加细节.以使行文连贯。
参考词汇:东京奥运会 the Tokyo Olympics 订金 deposit
Dear Mr. Abe,]
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
重庆 2020 级高三第九次教学质量检测考试·英语
参考答案
第一部分 听力
1-5 CAABA 6-10 ACBAB 11-15 BCACB 16-20 AACCB
第二部分 阅读理解
21-23 ABD 24-27 ABDA 28-31 DACC 32-35 CDCB
36-40 AEGDB
第三部分 英语知识运用
第一节 完形填空
41-45 BDBDA 46-50 BDABD 51-55 CACDB 56-60 ADCBC
第二节 语法填空
61．who/what 62．by 63．comparison 64．spent 65．have been/are 66．to chat
67．setting 68．cautious 69．employees 70．a
第四部分 写作
第一节 短文改错
1．consider 改为 considered
2．or 改为 and
3．去掉 in
4．Impatiently 改为 Impatient]
5．Have 改为 Having
6．advise 改为 advice
7．hour 改为 hours
8．his 改为 my
9．去掉 what 或 what 改为 that10．at 后加 the
第二节 书面表达
Dear Mr. Abe,
My name is Li Hua. I regret to tell you that I have to cancel my previous reservation of your
apartment on Airbnb. Meanwhile, I hope I can get all my deposit back since it is subject to
unforeseen circumstances.
I feel sorry for the cancelation and regret any inconvenience it may cause. I am longing to
stay at your apartment, but it was not until recently that I was informed that the 2020 Tokyo
Olympic Games was rescheduled/postponed due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. Worse still,
my flights booked earlier this year have been cancelled in view of the worsening situation.
Hopefully a new date for the Olympics will soon be confirmed when the virus is contained.
Stay healthy and keep social distancing! I'm looking forward to visiting Tokyo and your place in
2021!
Yours,
Li Hua
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