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甘肃省武威第一中学2020届高三英语12月月考试题 I卷（满分70分）第一部分 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。AYou probably know who Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is，but you may not have heard of Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell if you are not interested in foreign literatureOf the outstanding ladies listed below，who is your favorite?Jane Austen(16 December，1775-18 July,1817) Jane Austen，a famous English writer，was born at Steventon，HampshireShe began writing early in life，although the prejudices of her times forced her to have her books published anonymously(匿名) She wrote many books of romantic fiction about the gentry(贵族)Her works made her one of the great masters of the English novelOnly four of her novels were printed while she was aliveThey were Sense and Sensibility(1811)，Pride and Prejudice(1813)，Mansfield Park(1814)and Emma(1816)Charlotte Bronte(21 April，1816-31 March，1855) She first published her works，including Jane Eyre，under the false name of Currer BellHer first novel，The Professor，was rejected by many publishersIt was not printed until 1857She is famous for her novel Jane Eyre(1847)，which was very popular when it was printedJane Eyre was a strong story of a plain，brave，clever woman struggling with her passions，reasons，and social conditionMargaret Munnerlyn Mitchell(8 November，1900-16 August，1949)She was an American author and journalist，a lifelong resident and native of Atlanta，GeorgiaOne novel by Mitchell was published during her lifetime，the American Civil-War-era novel，Gone with the wind，for which she won the National Book Award for Most Distinguished Novel of 1936 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937In more recent years，a collection of Mitchells girlhood writings and a novella she wrote as a teenager，Lost Laysen，have been publishedA collection of articles written by Mitchell for The Atlanta Journal was republished in book form1.Why did Jane Austen publish her books with a false name?A. She lacked confidence B. She was not well educatedC. Women were discriminated D. Women were well protected2. Which novel was set in the background of war?A. Sense and Sensibility B. Lost LaysenC. Gone with the Wind D. The Professor3. Who won the most prizes for her works?A. Jane Austen B. Charlotte Bronte C. Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton D. Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell4. What can we infer about the women mentioned in the text?A. They were all fond of poetry B. They all died in their fortiesC. Their works were once rejected D. They are famous for their great worksBWhen Boris left school, he could not find a job. He tried hard and he wrote letters to many companies until he could not afford to buy any more stamps. Boris began to lose his confidence, then depressed. Still he went on trying and still he failed. He began to think that he had no future at all. “Why dont you start your own business?” one of his uncles told him. “The world is a money-locker. Youd better find a way of opening it.” “But what can I do?” “Get out and have a look round.” advised his uncle. “See what people want; then give it to them, and they will pay for it.” Boris began to cycle around the town and found a suitable piece of waste ground in the end. Then he set up his business as a cycle repairer. He worked hard, made friends with his customers and gradually managed to win his good fame. A few months later, he found that he had more work than he could deal with by himself. He found a number of empty shops but they were all no good: in the wrong position, too expensive or with some other problems. But at long last, he managed to find an empty shop in a new place where there were plenty of customers but no competition. Boris and his assistant taught themselves how to repair motor-cycles. Slowly but surely the profits increased and the business developed. At last, Boris had managed to open the money-locker and found bank notes and gold coins inside.5. Which of the following best describes Boriss job hunting experience?A. Boring. B. Surprising. C. Encouraging. D. Disappointing.6. Boris started his career by _.A. repairing cycles B. buying empty shopsC. cycling around the town D. developing a waste ground7. Boris finally chose an empty shop in a place because _.A. it was not so expensiveB. he had a lot of old customers thereC. there were good opportunities thereD. he could make good use of his skills there8. Whats the best title for the passage?A. No Education, No Future.B. The World Is a Money-locker.C. Good Fame Is the Key to Success.D. Difficulty of Starting a Small Business.BWhen HarmonyOs, the Chinese self-developed operating system for Huawei mobile devices, was released on Aug 9, it quickly became a hot topic on social media. Many believe it not only represents the rise of the country as a tech power, but also shows respect to classical Chinese culture by naming the system “Hongmeng” in Chinese.“Hongmeng” is a classical word from Zhuangzi. In the ancient times of Chinese legend and myths (神话),“Hongmeng” was used to describe the original state of the universe before matter existed. For HarmonyOS, “Hongmeng” indicates the developers aim to make an innovative operating system, unlike any other.Besides “Hongmeng”, Hunwei has also registered many of its products under the names of legendary creatures from Chinese myths. For example, the companys Kirin mobile chip got its name after a lucky monster called Qilin. And its server chip is called “Kunpeng”, a creature that changed from a fish into a giant bird.Many Chinese Internet users and media have praised Huaweis use of these names, as they stand for Chinese wisdom and ancient peoples imagination and spirit of exploration”, Global Times noted.In fact, Huawei is not alone in using traditional culture for modern ventures. Ne Zha, the new film, also portrays traditional culture in a modern context. The movie is loosely based on the well-known work of classical Chinese myth The Investiture of the Gods. Earlier this month it became the biggest animated movie in China and was called “ the glory of domestic anime (国产动漫)”.Indeed, the long history and splendid classic works have given China a profound culture. Myths and legends are the creative works of tremendous imagination. As Global Times put it, today by revisiting a modern context, “ancient myths has the power to inspire imagination in young people”. After all, imagination is the beginning of creation.9. What do we know about HamonyOS?A. Its release raised a storm of objections.B. It is named after creature in myth.C. It combines high technology and culture.D. Its the best operating system.10. Which of the following best explains innovative” underlined in Paragraph 2?A. creative B. modern C. popular D. intelligent11. What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?A. The film Ne Zha is not adapted from myths.B. The film Ne Zha is a big hit.C. More businesses follow Huaweis lead.D. Ancient myths is a good choice for entertainment.CPeople who sleep fewer than six hours a night are more likely to die early, researchers in University of Warwick have found in a recent study. They discovered that people who slept for less than six hours each night were 12% more likely to die before the age of 65 than those who slept the recommended six to eight hours a night.The researchers pointed out that previous studies had shown that the lack of sleep was associated with problems like heart disease and high blood pressure. However, the researchers also found that sleeping too much was linked to an early death. Those who slept for more than nine hours a night were 30% more likely to die early, as an article in the latest Sleep suggested. That directly contradicts another passage in the same journal last month suggesting that people who slept for ten hours or longer a night were more likely to live to 100. This was thought to be because people who lived into extreme old age were healthier and therefore slept better.However, the authors of the latest research contradicted this and suggested that long sleep was a sign of underlying illnesses such as depression and low levels of physical activity. Professor Francesco Cappuccio at the University of Warwick said: “While short sleep may represent a cause of ill-health, long sleep is believed to represent more an indicator of ill-health.”He also mentioned: “Modern society has seen a gradual reduction in the average amount of sleep people take, and this pattern is more common among full-time workers, suggesting that it may be due to social pressures for longer working hours. On the other hand, the worsening of our health is often accompanied by an extension of our sleeping time.”“Consistently sleeping six to eight hours per night may be good for health. However, whether to achieve the goal depends on various factors such as the environment as well as measures of public health aimed at favorable changes of the working environments,” Professor Francesco Cappuccio added.12. What did researchers in University of Warwick find?A. People who sleep fewer than 6 hours each night die before 65.B. Sleeping for more than 9 hours a night does good to ones health.C. Six to eight hours sleep can be appropriate for people.D. People at an old age are healthier because they sleep longer.13. What is Professor Francesco Cappuccio most likely to agree with?A. Long sleep is what causes our health problems.B. Modern people sleep less because they work longer.C. Our health becomes worse because we sleep less.D. How long we sleep depends on our education.14. What did the researcher think may help people have proper sleep?A. Social pressure B. Longer working hours.C. Extension of sleeping time. D. Changes of working environments.15.What can be the best title for this passage?A. How Long Should We Sleep B. Longer Sleep Makes Better HealthC. Time to Sleep Early D. The Importance of Sleep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。Procrastination(拖延症) is a phenomenon we are familiar with. When we procrastinate, we waste our free time and put off important tasks we should do till its too late. 16 . Here, I will share some personal steps taken to overcome procrastination with great success.Break your work down into little parts. Part of the reason why we procrastinate is that we find the work too overwhelming (巨大的) for us. Break it down into little parts, and then focus on one part at a time. If you still procrastinate after doing so, break it down even further. 17 Change your environment. Look at your work desk and your room. Do they make you want to work or do they make you sleepy? 18 .Create a detailed timeline with specific deadlines. Having just one deadline for your work is like an invitation to procrastinate. Thats because we would get the impression that we have time and keep pushing everything back until its too late. 19 . In this way, you know you have to finish each task by a certain date. 20 . Im pretty sure if you spend just 10 minutes talking to people like Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, youll be more inspired to act than if you spend the 10 minutes doing nothing. The people we are with influence our behavior.A. Its a bad habit eating us away and stopping us achieving greater success in life.B. Hang out with people who inspire you to take action.C. Break down your project, and then create an overall timeline with specific deadlines for each small task.D. If its the latter, you should begin to change your workspace.E. Seek out someone who has already achieved the similar outcome to your goals.F. Having a companion makes the whole process much more fun.G. Soon, your task will be so simple that you will be thinking you can do it now.第二部分 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Just like everyone, I have experienced ups and downs in my life. I am an aerospace engineer from India. I was told by my relatives, close friends and others that it was 21 for a non-IT student to pursue a masters degree in IT and graduate from a US universityI had never taken courses _ 22 to computers or programming. I was never interested in being a _ 23 , but things changed. Computers became my companion and I 24 how dependent on them I was. I 25 imagining the back end processes happening inside the CPU and they amazed me. Thats why I _ 26 to pursue a masters degree in IT.At first it was way too 27 . Coming from a middle-class family, the huge cost per credit was a big 28 . My English accent was terrible. Most 29 , the course seemed impossible at first. But I never 30 .I got a few offers, but I decided to choose my university 31 _ it promised its students to help them learn practically. During my first month, it was difficult to understand the Americans 32 and finish my assignments. But I never gave up. I walked two miles to the 33 every day so that I could use my travel money to buy a meal. I started looking for 34 and I got an offer to work as a student assistant, which meant lifting benches and chairs every day.I took it as a(n) 35 , and I believed that hard work was my strength. Right now I am graduating with a GPA of 3.96/4 and a job offer from a multinational company that has asked me to start right after 36 .If you think you can never achieve something, you need to 37 yourself and start working on your _38 . Hard work always pays off. To be 39 , you need to start from somewhere and always, question yourself about the limits of how far you would go to 40 your goals.21. A. interesting B. hard C. important D. practical22. A. adjusted B. limited C. related D. tied23. A. teacher B programmer C. designer D. master24. A. wondered B. believed C judged D. realized25. A. started B stopped C. consider D. avoided26. A. learned B. refused C. decided D agreed27. A. difficult B. exciting C. different D. boring28. A. mistake B. issue C. event D. question29. A probably B. surprisingly C. importantly D. regretfully30. A kept up B. gave up C. turned u D. picked up31. A. because B. but C. so D. though32. A. fashions B. opinions C. accents D. manners33. A. shop B. university C. hotel D. restaurant34. A. jobs B. places C. goals D. friend35. A. decision B. task C. advantage D. challenge36. A. celebration B. operation C. discussion D. graduation37. A. speak to B. know about C. believe in D. stand for38. A. degrees B. dreams C. adventures D. problems39. A. successful B. grateful C. cheerful D. thoughtful40. A. set B. change C. achieve D. rebuildII卷（满分50分）第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分20分）第一节 单词拼写（共10小题，每题1分）41. Hejoinedtheclub _ _(组成)ofeightmembers.42. Englandisthelargestofthefourcountries,andfor_ _（方便；便利）itisdividedroughlyintothreezones.43. They （递交） their reports to the manager yesterday. 44. The debate didnt come to a (结论) until midnight.45. Ithinkweneedtoimproveour (教育的) systemingeneral. 46. My first （印象）of him was that he was a kind and thoughtful young man.47. The childrens _ _（不断的）chatter was annoying.48. Therehasbeennoformal (通告；宣布) byeithergovernment.49. They would （告知） him of any progress they had made.50. Her mother doesnt （同意）of her leaving school this year.第二节（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）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。The world-known Silk Road across the Eurasian Continent is a friendship bridge 51 (link) the Europe and Asian people. It is one of the most important theme tourist routes in the world and the most 52 (value) tourist product in China. From the time Zhang Qian 53 (open) up the world-famous Silk Road during the Han Dynasty, until the collapse of the Yuan Dynasty, it enjoyed 54 history of about 1,600 years.Silk Road with 55 (it) 2,000 years history has witnessed the historical changes and the progress of cultures 56 (exchange) between China and the Western countries. The section in China, many ethnic cultures 57 (include), is also as a jade belt. The peoples of these ethnic groups such as Mongolians, Huis, Uygurs, Hazaks have maintained their unique traditions and cultures, living habits and religious beliefs, 58 are from the soul of the Silk Road and attract many tourists to visit. In fact, 59 the Silk Road in the northwest of China, there are another two trade roads in the southwest of China and by sea, which also contribute 60 (great) to the development of the world. They are called the “Southern Silk Road” and the “Silk Road on the Sea”.第四部分 写作（共两节，满分30分）第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，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。每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 wastakingatraintoLondonsVictoriaStation.Ihadnoticedthatthecarriag