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山西省平遥县和诚高考补习学校2020届高三英语12月月考试题 第I卷第一部分 听力（略）第二部分阅读理解(共两节,满分60分)第一节(共15小题;每小题3分,满分45分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AI used to be crazy about the hunting season. The excitement of waiting for a prey(猎物)and the pride of showing off the kill fascinated me. However, everything changed after that cold morning.Early on that day of the late fall, I set off alone for the woods, packing a gun, a bottle of hot coffee and three thick sandwiches. After finding the fresh deers tracks in the snow, I settled down behind a little bush.I sat there for about an hour. It was then that I saw him. A deer, a big beautiful deer! There was no cover nearer to him than 30 yards. Surely I couldnt miss! I waited for him to realize I was there. I waited for him to be shocked and run away. But he fooled me completely. He came towards me! He was curious, I suppose, or maybe lie was stupid-how else can you explain it? Well, that deer walked right up to where I was sitting. Then he stopped and looked at me!What happened next is hard to believe, but its true. And it all seemed quite natural. Just as when a friendly young deer comes near you, I reached up and scratched his head. And he liked to be scratched. In fact, he practically asked for more. Then, I fed him my sandwich! Yes, I know what a deer eats, but that deer ate my sandwich. Well, he finally went his way, down the hill and up the deer trail. Shoot him? Not me. You wouldnt have either, not after that. I just watched him go.When I was about half way back, I heard two shots, followed by a dull slam(撞击)a few seconds later. Those two shots usually mean a kill. I had forgotten there were other hunters that day.Those hunters would never know they could have scratched his head.21. Why didnt the author kill the deer? A. He preferred to shoot a shy deer. B. He was fooled by the tricky deer. C. He was sympathetic for the deer. D. He was too shocked to shoot the deer.22. What most probably happened to the deer in the end? A. Other hunters shot the deer to death. B. Other hunters scratched the deers head too. C. The deer managed to escape from being shot. D. The deer would become friends with the author.23. Whats the best title of this text? A. A Hunting in Late Fall. B. A Lovely Deer. C. The Cruel Killing. D. The Last Hunting.BThe term“smiling depression”appearing happy to others while actually suffering depressive symptomshas become increasingly popular. In fact, many people who experience a low mood and a loss of pleasure in activities manage to hide their condition in this way. And these people might be particularly easy to suicide.While smiling depression is not a technical term that psychologists use，it is certain to be depressed and manage to successfully mask the symptoms. The closest technical term for this condition is “atypical depression”. It can be very hard to spot people suffering depression because they may seem like they dont have a reason to be sad they have a job, an apartment and maybe even children or a partner. They smile when you greet them and can carry pleasant conversations. In short, they often put on a mask to the outside world while leading seemingly normal and active lives. Inside, however, they often feel hopeless and down, sometimes even having thoughts about ending it all.People with smiling depression put on a happy face to the outside world, but they can experience a lift in their mood as a result of positive occurrences in their lives. Other symptoms of this condition include overeating, feeling a sense of heaviness in the arms and legs and being easily hurt by criticism or rejection. They are also more likely to feel depressed in the evening and feel the need to sleep longer than usual. With other forms of depression, however, your mood might be worse in the morning and you might feel the need for less sleep than you are normally used to.So how can they break this circle? A starting point needs to be known that this condition actually exists and that its serious. Only when we stop ignoring our problems because we think theyre not serious enough can we start making an actual difference. Then we can find purpose by taking the attention away from ourselves and placing it onto something else. Feeling that our lives matter is finally what gives us purpose and meaning and this can make a significant difference for our mental health and well-being.24.What do we know about people suffering smiling depression? A. They are wearing masks all day. B. They are difficult to get along with. C. They lead an abnormal life actually. D. Most of them commit suicide.25.What does the underlined word “atypical” in paragraph 2 mean? A. representative B. commonC. hiddenD. formal26.Compared with smiling depression, people suffering other depressions . A. may feel sleepless B. feel more depressed in the evening C. are tired of heaviness in the arms D. may eat more food27.What can we do to overcome smiling depression? A.Never talk about smiling depression and ignore its existence. B.Admit the condition and pay attention to ourselves. C.Value the importance of our life and enjoy it. D.Find out the problem and place it onto somebody else.CRoughly the size of a soda can, sitting on a bookshelf, a relatively harmless device(设备) may be turning friends away from your home. The elephant in your living room is your Internet-connected camera, a device people are increasingly using for peace of mind in their homes. But few stop to think about the effect these devices may have on house guests. Should you tell your friends, for instance, that theyre being recorded while you all watch the big game together?Its certainly new territory, especially as home security cameras become easier to fix, says Lizzie Post, president of the Emily Post Institute, Americas distinguished manners advisors. I think it will be very interesting to see what manners appear in terms of whether you tell people you have a camera or not, and whether guests have a right to ask that it be turned off, if its not a security issue. Post wants to make clear that shes not talking about legal rights, but rather personal preference.When it comes to security cameras, Post says its a hosts responsibility to make sure guests feel comfortable within their home. If the host casually acknowledges that there is a camera in the room by telling a story about it, that may be enough to provide an opening for a guest to say if they are uncomfortable.However, if a contractor(合约工)is working in your home, you dont need to tell them that there are cameras watching. Then again, the camera can also work in contractors favor. If anything does go wrong while theyre in the house, they dont want to be blamed for it, she says. In fact, the camera could be the thing that proves that they didnt steal the $20, or knock the vase off the table.28. The visitors arc concerned that the security camera may . A. threaten their health B. spoil their peace of mind C. disturb their privacy D.affect their preference29. What is a hosts responsibility concerning the security camera? A. Indicating its position. B. Making their guests feel at ease C. Turning it off in time. D. Having a casual talk with guests.30. How can the hone security camera benefit contractors working in your home? A. It can prevent the accidents happening. B. It can prove their innocence. C. It can record their working progress. D. It can make their work more enjoyable.31. Whats the authors attitude towards the security camera? A. Negative. B. Pessimistic. C. Favorable. D. Objective.DResearchers in Australia have discovered an effective new method to capture the atmospheric carbon dioxide that is damaging our planet and transform it into something solid, making it much easier to store.Carbon capture isnt new, but previous methods call for the gas to be compressed（压缩） into liquid and then injected underground. Widespread usage of that technology has been locked by economic and environmental concerns due to possible leaks. Instead, in a study published in Nature Communications, the group details their sustainable and cost-effective plan for transforming CO2 into coal.This new process involves a liquid metal catalyst( 催化剂 )that is efficient in conducting electricity. CO2 gas is dissolved in a container with some liquid. Once electricity charge is introduced, the CO2 begins to turn into solid pieces of carbon, which can be collected and stored.What makes this particularly unique is that the entire process can occur at room temperature. Previous experiments have only shown a gas to solid conversion at extremely high temperature, which made it impossible on a large scale. Now, the researchers are hoping that their work will be used to create even further when it comes to carbon storage.In an interesting side benefit, the solid carbon also works as an electrode（ 焊 条 ）, which opens up a world of possibilities. “A side benefit of the process is that the carbon can hold electrical charge, becoming a super battery, so it could potentially be used as a part in future vehicles,” explains Dr. Dorna Estrafilzadeh, a researcher. “The process also produces fuel as a by-product, which could also have industrial applications.” 32. What can we know about the previous carbon capture methods? A. People have to inject liquid to the gas. B. The previous methods can be done easily. C. The previous methods are not very popular. D. People have widely accepted previous methods.33.What is the special part of the new method? A.It needs electricity to make the process efficient. B.It can be done in any kind of container. C.It doesnt need extreme temperature. D.It can produce much solid carbon.34.What can we infer from the last paragraph? A.The method will make fossil oil disappear. B.The method will influence the future industry. C.The method will make developed countries more powerful. D.The method will be used to make new vehicles.35.What is the best title for the passage? A. How to change carbon into CO2. B. A new carbon capture technology. C. A new technology to get useful carbon. D. Australia makes the world cleaner than before.第二节七选五 (共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分)The world is a colorful landscape of different languages, skin colors, and different cultures. Its important to have a good understanding of different cultures in order to become a well-rounded person. 36 One way is to read hooks written by authors from a particular culture. Reading works by authors who have a close relationship with a particular culture allows people to gain an authentic glimpse into the food, music, language, religion, and way of a life of a particular group of people. 37 Another way to learn about different cultures is to try to learn a foreign language. 38 A person can choose a language she has always wanted to learn and locate learning programs to help her master the language. Besides, one can enroll in a foreign language class in order to learn in a more formal setting. One can also try to visit areas of the city to establish social connection with native speakers of the language. 39 Seek out restaurants that feature authentic food from a variety of countries. Food is an important part of different cultures and allows people to gain deep understanding into a particular cultural groups way of life.Communicating with people from other countries through email or snail mail is another useful way to become familiar with different cultures. 40 Various websites offer pen pal services, offering to connect individuals with pen friends around the world. A. Stories based on a local culture expose one to a different culture. B. Trying authentic food from a specific cultural group is also a great idea. C. There are several ways to become knowledgeable about different cultures. D.A variety of language-learning books, software, and audio programs is available, E. The Internet has made it possible to communicate with others from different countries. F. Making contact with native speakers of the language allows one to gain firsthand knowledge. G. One way to develop this appreciation is to try to team about other cultures around the world.第三部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分55分）第一节完型填空 (共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)I had reached the age of twenty-eight. Still, I 41 whether the letter from my past would make it to me, all these years later. It was a 42 writing task from when I was eighteen. The teacher collected our letters to our 43 selves in self-addressed envelope with stamps and promised to 44 them ten years later. But since so much time had passed, would he even 45 ?Thinking back on the 46 , I recalled giving my future self some advice. When youre eighteen years old, twenty-eight seems like a 47 age, but I wasnt feeling as mature as I believed my younger self had 48 me to be.When the letter finally reached me, I opened it 49 . It began, How much do you bet this letter will never get to you? It continued to greet me casually 50 we were having an IM (instant messaging) chat. As a senior in high school, facing the 51 SATS and college application, my eighteen-year-old self was so 52 ! She was apparently not quite happy and hoped I wouldnt worry so much in the future, and that I wouldnt forget to be present and 53 my life! 54 to my belief, my eighteen-year-old self did not have any demands of me, or expectations I might have 55 meet. Instead, she wrote, Ill 56 whatever you do. Even if you are not the one Im imagining now, Ill support you, because maybe 57 Im imagining is someone else, but youre not someone else, youre me.I was 58 , and tears welled up in my eyes at this 59 through time. I had put a lot of pressure on myself to be the best version of myself that I could be. 60 , I came to realize what I would have accomplished in ten years would pale in comparison(相形见绌)to how Id feel and who Id be.41. A. believedB. betC. doubtedD .considered42. A. hopelessB. creativeC. urgentD. tough43. A. innerB. happyC. futureD. young44. A. correctB. mailC. answerD. write45. A. rememberB. understandC. mindD. remain46. A. applicationB. commentC. studyD. letter47. A. grown-upB. happyC. made-upD. promising 48. A. promisedB. convinceC. encouragedD. expected49. A. calmlyB. cautiouslyC. eagerlyD. naturally50. A.even ifB. so thatC. now thatD. as if51. A. appearingB. arrivingC. approachingD. approving52. A. depressedB. ambitiousC. carefreeD. stressed53. A. enjoyB. valueC. startD. earn54. A. ContraryB. HonestC. SurprisedD. Strange55. A. tried toB. failed toC. managed toD. determined to56. A. stand forB. stand withC. stand byD. stand out57. A. whatB. whoC. whichD. that58. A. guiltyB. touchedC. embarrassedD. nervous59. A. self-acceptanceB. self-serviceC. self-defenseD. self-concern60. A. BesidesB. ThereforeC. ThenD. However第二节 语法填空 (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。You may not know the name John Smith Pemberton, but you must know the name of his 61 (invent):Coca-Cola.Pemberton was a US chemist. When he was wounded in the Civil War, he used medicine to ease the pain and gradually got 62 (addict) to it. To light the addiction, he created his own drink by 63 (use) leaves of coca and nuts of kola. He named 64 “Pembertons French Wine Coca”. In the same year, the local government passed a ban on alcohol. Pemberton had to change the recipe to remove the alcohol.In 1886, Pemberton invited Willis Venable to help him perfect his new recipe. They used carbonated water and finally invented a new drink. It had no alcohol 65 could still ease pain and clear the mind. Pemberton decided to sell it 66 a drink rather than a medicine. In 1887, Pemberton sold part of the stock of his company to Asa Candler, 67 later created the Coca-Cola Company.Nowadays. Coca-Cola has become one of the most popular 68 (drink) in the world. The company only offers semi-finished products to partners and wont sell