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重庆市云阳江口中学2020届高三英语上学期第二次月考试题英语测试卷共8页。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。注意事项：1答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡规定的位置上2答选择题时，必须使用2b铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。3答非选择题时，必须用0.5毫米黑色签字笔，将答案书写在答题卡上规定的位置上。4所有题目必须在答题卡上作答，在试卷上答案无效。5考试结束后，将试卷带走（方便老师评讲），答题卡不得带走。第卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）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。每段对话仅读一遍。1 whats john doing now?aplaying football.bwatching tv. cstudying.2 what can the man do?aswim. bplay soccer. cplay basketball.3 when will the meeting be over?aat 11:00bat 10:00cat 9:304 what does the woman think of the play?aterrible.bjust so-so. cgreat.5 whats the weather like now?asnowy. brainy. csunny.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。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。6 where does the man want to go?athe library. bthe lab. cthe caf. 7 whats the mans major?apsychology. bphysics. cchemistry. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。8 where is the woman going first?athe classroom. bthe library. cthe gym. 9 what will the woman do in the library?aborrow some books.breturn some books.cstudy for the exam. 10why do the speakers go to the gym?ato watch a game.bto take a pe class.cto go swimming. 听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。11what do we know about the man?ahe is in poor health. bhe wants to stay at home today. che hasnt finished his homework yet. 12what relation is mr. bell to the man?ahis neighbor. bhis teacher. chis father. 13what does the man ask the woman to do?ahelp him hand in his project.bcall to ask for leave.cdrive him to school right now. 听下面一段对话，回答第14至第16三个小题。14what will the man do in the late afternoon?agive a speech.bwrite a magazine article.cprepare some materials. 15where will the man have dinner tonight?aat home. bin the office. cin a meeting room. 16how will the man go back home?aby bus. bby car. cby taxi. 听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17what can we learn about pedal power?ait was started in 1996bit gives bicycles to people for free. cit sends bicycles to poor areas regularly. 18what happened to pedal power in august 2000?ait couldnt meet its costs.bit won an enterprise award. cit was criticized by the british media. 19when did dan pearman go to ecuador?ain 1993bin 1998cin 200120why was dan pearmans neighbor successful in business?ahe offered many jobs to craftsmen in the town. bhe was the most skilled craftsman in the village. che could reach customers easily by riding his bike. 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。aterrific new technologiesa fashionable smart speakerthe new amazon echo smart speaker has the same popular feature as the original-an always listening voice assistant ready to play music and news, set timers, and use third-party apps. only now its actually stylish.the $120 speaker comes in different finishes, including fabric and wood.a helping hand for parents10 suzy snooze helps babies and kids sleep so parents can catch up on their own sleep. its a sound machine and a nightlight. it connects with an app over wi-fi and turns into an audio monitor. if a kid cries at midnight, itll detect the sound and try to calm him back to sleep. it can also let early risers know when its ok to get out of bed. made by bleep bleeps, the $249smart nightlighthas an adorable little face.safety for ding dongsdoorbells used to just ring, ding, and dong. but thanks to modern technology, doorbells can now double as internet-connected- surveillance(监视) devices.rings $249 video doorbell pro can record hd video of your front steps, even at night. it includes motion sensors and two-way audio, so you can yell get off my lawn from anywhere. you can also use the app to see whats going on in front of your house while youre at work or in the backyard.the must-have kitchen gadgetthe instant pot makes food fast in one pot. the surprise kitchen hit is a combination of pressure cooker, rice cooker, slow cooker and even yogurt maker. it has sensors and settings to make cooking as safe as possible. starting at $80, an instant pot can make dishes in less time than it typically takes to cook them.21what can suzy snooze do for parents?aprovide sunlight.bplay with babies.ccomfort crying babies.dremind parents to wake up kids.22what is the advantage of the video doorbell pro compared with traditional doorbells?ait can play hd videos.bit can make a sound of ding-dong.cit can communicate with the users.dit can take on the work of a monitor.23who are most probably interested in the instant pot?athose who love fast food.bthose who enjoy cooking.cthose who are busy working.dthose who like going camping.bwhen young, i loved going on trail（小路） runs. it was my favorite way to escape stress. so, when i was back in my hometown after a tough first year of my ph. dprogram, i thought a trail run was just what i needed. but instead of helping me relax, the run did just the opposite.after i moved to the city for college, where my runs were on flat concrete paths instead of winding dirt trails, i used a gps watch. when i went on trail runs again in the country, it constantly reminded me of the fact that i wasnt keeping up with my usual pace. i turned my watch off, thinking that would allow me to enjoy my surroundings and find the peace i expected, but i worried i was under performing. “why can t i let go and just enjoy myself?” i wondered. but after some introspection（反省）, i realized why i was strugglingboth on trail runs and in graduate school.going into my ph. d, i had thought that my solid undergraduate track record would set me up for instant success. to my surprise, i was wrong. i lacked confidence in my research abilities which i thought stopped me performing well and i constantly felt my progress was too slow. other students self-confidence and their excellent results made me feel insecure. finally, one day i broke down in tears in my adviser s office.then came my visit home: i was having trouble because i hadnt properly adjusted my expectations to the differences between an urban run and a trail run.a ph. dis like a trail run: sometimes you can run fast. sometimes you might find yourself climbing up a steep, winding trail at a snail s pace. and that s ok. barriers are unavoidable, and success looks and feels different on a challenging trail than it does on a smooth, flat path. sometimes it s best to take a deep breath and do your best to meet the challenge.24how did the author feel when he was on trail runs again?arelaxed.btired.canxious.dhappy.25what resulted in the author s poor performance in ph. d ahis lack of confidence.bhis lack of hard work.chis poor research abilities.dhis poor track record.26what does the author want to show in the last paragraph?ahis desire for success.bhis confidence of trail runs.chis expectations in his study.dhis realization after the trail run.27what does the author want to tell us?afailure is the mother of success.bworking out regularly is beneficial.cit s important to make necessary adjustments.dit s vital to turn to others for help.ccity trees grow faster and die younger than trees in rural forestry, a new study finds. over their lifetimes,then, urban trees will likely absorb less c02 from the air than forest trees. as we all know, the earth would be freezing or burning hot without c02however, c02 is a greenhouse gas, meaning it traps energy from the sun as/heat. that makes temperatures near the ground rise. human activities, especially the widespread burning-of fossil(化石）fuels，have been sending extra greenhouse gases into the air. this has led to a rise in average temperatures across the globe. studies had shown forests readily absorb c02，but there hadn t been much data on whether city trees grow， die and absorb c02 at the same rate as forest trees do. so some researchers decided to find out. to figure out how quickly trees were growing，researchers tracked their diameters (the width of their trunks) between 2005 and 2014a trees diameter increases as it grows, just as a persons waist size increases as they gain weight. about half the weight of a tree is carbon, research has shown. most of the rest is water. over the nine years tracking, the researchers found city trees absorbed four times as much carbon from the air as forest trees. however, they were twice as likely to die. so over the lifetime of each type of tree, forest trees actually absorbed more c02.city trees grew faster because they had less competition for light from their neighbors. in a forest，trees tend to grow close together，shading their neighbors. street trees also benefit from higher levels of nitrogen (氮）in rainwater. nitrogen helps plants grow. waste gases from gas-burning cars also contain nitrogen, thus enriching city air with nitrogen. later, rainwater may wash much of it to the ground. some street trees may also have better access to water than trees in the country because the underground water pipes can leak.28what can he known about c02 from paragraph 2?ait is one of the side effects of greenhouses.bit greatly slows the process of global warming.cit results from the widespread burning of fossil fuels.dit prevents the earth from becoming unsuitable to live on.29why did researchers track the diameters of trees?ato know about their growth rates.bto find out how much they weigh.cto check whether they were healthy.dto assess the carbon amounts in them.30what advantage do city trees have over forest trees?athey are more likely to access growth promoters.bthey can enjoy more water coming from the air.cthey can enjoy more shade from neighbors.dthey are better at competing for light.31what will probably be talked about if the passage is continued?ahow urban trees can live longer.bwhy city living makes trees die young.chow trees respond to dry soil conditions.dwhy faster-growing trees absorb more c02.d one of the most expensive parts of flying is the cost of gas, not to mention the environmental effect it brings. an israeli startup called eviation aircraft hopes to solve the problems. they displayed the world s first all-electric passenger airplane this week at the paris air show.the lightweight planeplayfully called alicewill be able to fly about 600 miles between charges. so it will focus on transportation between cities. it seats nine passengers and two crew members. a typical flight should cost a customer about $200.“the fact that we re building an electric plane from scratch instead of just refitting an existing plane with a battery means that we can design our aircraft to be more effective and efficient than present planes,” said eviation co-founder omer bar yohay. he predicts that per seat, per mile, the cost would be equal to that of a taxi or train.the demand for electrically powered aircraft is projected to reach hundreds of planes per year within the next decade. the change from gas to electric in power is expected to save millions of dollars in fuel costs, not to mention the environmental benefits including significant reduction of air pollution and noise levels.when it comes to the new possibilities, yosef abramowitz, an energy industry expert, said, “in modern life, it is important to fight climate change and now we have a path to do so in flying.” abramowitz, a tireless advocate for solar power, added, “the batteries will hopefully be charged with solar energy too.”to help further save fuel costs, the designers have also invented a “taxibot” that drags planes from the passenger gate to the runway, so the planes needn t run their engines.after appearing at the paris air show, the alice will travel to the u.s. for further tests. it is expected that the first commercial flights will take off in 2022.“i think for the first time in a very, very long time, we can look at flight again and talk about the next revolution,” bar yohay said.32what is the advantage of the new plane?ait can save more costs.bit is powered by solar energy.cit is much faster and cheaper.dit can be charged during the flight.33what does the underlined part “from scratch” in paragraph 3 probably mean?awithout help.bfrom a distance.cin secret.dfrom the very beginning.34how did abramowitz sound when talking about the electric plane?adoubtful.bmodest.cstresseddexcited.35what is the best title for the passage?aall-electric planes will take over the sky one daybthe world s first all-electric plane proved a successcthe world s first all-electric plane makes its appearancedisraeli is advancing in making the first all-electric plane第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10 分）the first men and women came to britain over two and a half million years ago. _36_ but the british isles only became islands separated from the rest of europe about 8, 500 years ago, when melting ice formed the english channel!3,000 years after britain became an island, new tribes who came by boat from the mainland introduced farming._37_many of these man-made hills can still be seen.later on, people learned to build stone monuments. the most amazing is stonehenge, a circle of huge stones begun about 4,500 years ago. stonehenge is the worlds most famous prehistoric monument. _38_3,000 years ago the climate in britain became colder and wetter than before. _39_ a bit later iron started to be used for tools and weapons instead of bronze. knowledge of ironworking may have been brought by the celts, a new wave of immigrants who started to arrive from southern europe in about 500 bc.what we know about the first people in britain has been worked out by archaeologists from the remains they left behind them. pytheas, a greek, was the first person who could read and write to come to britain. his visit was in about 330 bc, over 2, 000 years after stonehenge was begun. unfortunately, what pytheas wrote has been lost, so we dont have any written record of britain until the romans came. _40_athat was almost 300 years after he did!bas a result, people had to move down from high ground.cbecause of the climate change, much of the ice has melted.dmany archaeologists believe that britain was once covered by ice.ethese tribes built earthworks for protection and as tombs for their dead bodies.fthey were hunters and gatherers of food, who used stone tools and weapons.gwe dont know what it was used for, though many different suggestions have been made.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。 during my second year in high school, i got sick and missed a few days. when i _41_, i was greeted with two essays due, three days of math and history homework, plus several tests. _42_ i went home from school that day exhausted, i had to stay up really late to finish them all.the next day at school, i got a rude awakening: id totally forgotten to prepare for the _43_ on romeo and juliet, which id take _44_ my lunch hour! worse still, i had _45_ the in-class discussion and all the notes. when lunch came, i went to the english room to face my certain doom(厄运). all i could do was try to _46_ on the questions i didnt know.as it turned out, i didnt know the majority of the questions. i was just about to give _47_ when my pencil accidentally fell and broke. standing by the blackboard sharpening my pencil, i _48_ down and there in full view lay the answer sheet for the test! what good fortune! i can kiss good-bye to all my _49_ of failing the test! my heart started beating, and my brain _50_, yes! read over the answers quickly! this was quickly followed by another voice, no! youll get caught! my mind turning back and forth, yes! no! yes! no! this went on for ten of the _51_ seconds in my entire life.finally, i decided to finish the test on my own, without _52_! i was satisfied with my decision but pretty _53_ i had failed the test.the next day when i walked into the english room, my great joy of having been an _54_ soul changed into a wave of doom as i saw my test paper lying face down on my desk. i knew what awaited me. i stared at it a few seconds before i took the _55_ to turn it over.you can only imagine my _56_ when i learned that i had passed the test! i have never in my whole life been so happy to see my _57_, a c-.my mom says the victories that _58_ the most courage are won within. now i know _59_ what she means. now not only can my conscience (良心) rest easy, but i dont have to worry about getting caught and meeting a sad _60_ like romeo and juliet.41aarrivedbappearedcreturneddfinished42aalthoughbbecausecuntildif43alecturebessayctestdplay44abybovercupondtoward45acarriedblostcdroppeddmissed 46adependbguesscagreedimprove47ainboffcoutdaway48awrotebsettledclookeddcalmed49aboredomblonelinesscworriesdtiredness50awarnedbpersuadedcchanteddwhispered51acoldestbsaddestclongestdfastest52asufferingbcheatingccheckingdthinking53aregretfulbcertaincgladdrelieved54ahonestbopencoptimistic denergetic 55awisdombencouragementcintentiondcourage56aanxietybshockcfeardappreciation57apaperbcreditcratedgrade58aputbtakecfinddgain59agraduallybexactlycwillinglydseemingly60afilmbendingcfactdlove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。there are many great destinations in the uk, one of 61 is the south-west of england. the most popular regions surrounding the south-west 62 (