广东省广州市2020届高三英语3月综合测试试题（一）（含解析）

广东省广州市2020届高三英语3月综合测试试题（一）（含解析）本试卷共10页，满分120 分。考试用时120 分钟。注意事项:1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡上,并用铅笔在答题卡的相应位置填涂考生号。因听力另考，试卷从第二部分的“阅读理解”开始，试题序号从“21”开始。2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡对应题目的答案信息点涂黑。如需改动。用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。写在本试卷上无效。3.回答非选择题时,必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答,答案必须写在答题卡指定区域内的相应位置上:如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新答案;不准使用铅笔和涂改液。写在本试卷上无效。4.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。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。AAdult Education CoursesComputer StudiesTechnology is advancing at a rapid pace, and we rely more and more on computers for everything from cooking to organising our taxes. This six-week course will give you an understanding of computer fundamentals, including the use of software packages (Word, Excel and Powerpoint) and how to use the Internet.Start: May 2,2020Time: Wed 7 pm-9pmCost:$300Length:6 weeksPlace: Sydney CollegeWoodworkLearn the basics of woodworking with simple hands-on projects to build your confidence and skills. Each lesson explores a different area of woodworking that will provide you with the skills needed for any woodworking project. Flexible learning allows you to choose only the lessons that interest you.Start: April 15,2020Time: Mon 5 pm-7pmCost:$30 per lessonLength:12 weeksPlace: Adult Learning CentreWeb DesignProvides advanced training in software, design, and coding for the weB. Students must have already completed a recognised basic web design course or have at least 2 years relevant work experience. Students completing the course will receive the Diploma in Advanced Web Design.Start: June 1,2020Time: Weekdays 9 am-4pmCost:$4,990Length:40 weeksPlace: University of TechnologyArtThis practical course is intended to help established artists take their creativity further. From sketching and colour, to composition, painting and experimenting with style, you will study and explore an engaging variety of creative media and subject matter.Start: April 21,2020Time: Thur 3 pm-6pmCost:$750Length:15 weeksPlace: City Art1. Which courses are suitable for beginners?A. Web Design and Art.B. Computer Studies and Art.C. Woodwork and Web Design.D. Computer Studies and Woodwork.2. Which course awards students an official certificate?A. Art.B. Woodwork.C. Web Design.D. Computer Studies.3. How much will a student who attends only half of all the Woodwork lessons pay in total?A. $30.B. $180.C. $250.D. $360.【答案】1. D 2. C 3. B【解析】这是一篇说明文。主要介绍了四种成人教育课程。【1题详解】细节理解题。根据Computer Studies中的介绍“This six-week course will give you an understanding of computer fundamentals”可知这门课程会使你了解计算机基础知识，与Woodwork中第一句“Learn the basics of woodworking with simple hands-on projects to build your confidence and skills.”可知这门课程会学习基本的木工与简单的动手项目，可知这两门课程都是适合新手的基础课程，故选D。【2题详解】细节理解题。根据Web Design最后一句“Students completing the course will receive the Diploma in Advanced Web Design.”可知完成课程的页设计文凭。故选C。【3题详解】推理判断题。根据Woodwork的收费要求Cost:$30 per lesson，Length:12 weeks可知，课程一共持续十二周，每节课30美元。故可知半学期，即六周的课程需要花费6*30=180美元。故选B。BWhen Lina was awoken by the sound of thunder, she was alone on the island. The air was cool and bullfrogs croaked. It was that brief moment when the summer sun had set but the stars hadnt yet appeared. Lina rubbed her eyes and looked around.Hello? she called Celia? Marie?There was no response.The moon was rising now, shedding light on the island. They had always called it Forgotten Island because no one but they seemed to remember its existence. It wasnt on any of the maps they could find, and even the forest rangers didnt know about it. Lina loved that the island, hidden in a heavily-wooded side stream of the river, was a secret between the three friends -her, Celia, and Marie.But now Lina was here alone, and it was night. Worse still, it was her own fault.Come on, Lina, let Marie row the boat. Celia had said. Marie was two years older than Lina, but she was a hopeless rower. Thats why Lina refused and rowed the boat to the island. The argument that followed the refusal took the usual form. Celia took Maries side, as she always did. Lina had exploded and yelled at them to just leave. So they got back in the boat and left.A bolt of lightning crossed the darkened sky, accompanied by a deafening thunder clap. The storm was here. As the first cold raindrop slid down her neck, Linas mind returned to her current problem. She was stuck here by herself. She just hoped she didnt become as forgotten as the island. The thought of it sent a chill（寒意）down her back.Suddenly, Lina spotted something in the water. It was a boat, and inside it were Marie, Celia, and Maries dad, who was steering through the fast flowing waters. As the boat approached, they saw Lina waving and the worried expressions on their faces turned to relief.In her excitement Lina jumped into the river. Only once she was in the icy water did she remember how fast the water was moving. Luckily a strong arm reached into the water and pulled her out. She smiled weakly at Maries dad and, without a word, hugged Celia and Marie. They didnt seem to mind becoming wet.4. What can be inferred about the island？A. It is very near the ocean.B. It is a popular place for boating.C. It is surrounded by thick forest.D. It has never been reached by others.5. Why did Lina get angry？A. Marie would not help row the boat.B. Lina was left alone on the island.C. Marie didnt know how to row the boat.D. Celia supported Marie in the disagreement.6. What caused Lina to feel a chill?A. Her shame about the unnecessary argument.B. The first raindrops of the approaching storm.C. The idea that no one would come to save her.D. The drop in temperature as the sun went down.7. Who pulled Lina out of the water?A. Maries father.B. Lina herself.C. Marie.D. CeliA.【答案】4. C 5. D 6. C 7. A【解析】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了三个女孩儿一同去一座无人的小岛上，因为让谁划船产生了分歧，其中一个女孩Lina生气离开了队友独自留在了岛上。最后被朋友的父亲营救出来的故事。【4题详解】细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句“Lina loved that the island, hidden in a heavily-wooded side stream of the river, was a secret between the three friends -her, Celia, and Marie.”可知小岛隐藏在一条树木繁茂的河边，故可知小岛是被浓密的森林包围着。故选C。【5题详解】细节理解题。第五段倒数第三句“Celia took Maries side, as she always did.”可知西莉亚一如既往地站在玛丽一边。这使得Lina很生气，故选D。【6题详解】细节理解题。根据第六段倒数第二句“She just hoped she didnt become as forgotten as the island.”可知Lina一想到自己可能会像这个岛一样被遗忘，没有人来救她，这不禁使她有了一阵寒意，故选C。【7题详解】细节理解题。根据最后一段倒数第二句“Luckily a strong arm reached into the water and pulled her out.She smiled weakly at Maries dad”可知Lina感到一只强壮的手臂伸进水里把她拉了出来，这正是Marie的父亲，故选A。CTourism is often about seeking deeper emotional and personal connections with the world around us. Not all travel experiences, however, need to take place in the real world. With the evolution of virtual reality(VR) technology, tourism will increasingly become a combination of physical and virtual worlds. VR may even remove the need to travel entirely.But can a VR experience really equal a real world one? Many experts believe it can. Studies have shown that our brains have an inbuilt VR-like mechanism that enables us to live imagined experiences. Much of our waking life is spent thinking about either the past or the future. This is known as mind wandering. During these events we re not paying attention to the current world around us. Instead, we re recalling memories, or creating and processing imagined futures.When engaged in mind wandering, our brains process these mental images using the same pathways used to receive inputs from the real world. So, the imagined past or future can create emotions and feelings similar to how we react to everyday life. VR can create these same feelings.While critics might argue that a virtual experience will never match reality, there are several ways VR tourism could make a positive contribution. Firstly it could help protect sensitive locations from over-tourism. In recent years famous sites such as Maya Bay in Thailand, and Cambodias Angkor Wat Temples have had to limit the number of visitors because of their negative impact. These places are now producing their own VR experiences that will allow tourists to pass through virtual models of the sites.Virtual reality may also allow people back in time, to experience historical events, visit ancient cities, and even to walk among dinosaurs.Finally, in a world where many people suffer from stress and depression due to overwork, virtual tourism may provide a cheap and convenient way for people to take brief holidays to otherwise unreachable destinations and recharge their batteries, without ever leaving their homes.It sounds like science fiction but its already happening. As virtual technology improves and as people continue to demand new and interesting experiences, expect more virtual tourism, both in combination with the real world and instead of it.8. What is driving the development of virtual tourism?A. Companies seeking to make more money.B. Improvements in virtual reality technology.C. Peoples demand for more shared experiences.D. Peoples deeper understanding of the physical world.9. Which of the following best describes mind wandering?A. The brain processes which help people think VR is real.B. The way the brain processes inputs from the real world.C. Brain activities focusing on past or future events.D. Experiences coming from a persons imagination.10. What does the underlined word it in the last paragraph refer to?A. Science fiction.B. Virtual technology.C. Virtual tourism.D. The real world.11. What is the purpose of the passage?A. To describe the advantages of VR tourism.B. To give suggestions for reducing over-tourism.C. To encourage people to develop VR technology.D. To argue VR tourism will replace the real world travel.【答案】8. B 9. C 10. D 11. A【解析】这是一篇说明文。旅游能让人们与周围的世界建立深层的情感联系。如今人们可以通过VR技术体现旅游。介绍了这项技术的原理，以及这项技术的运用，不仅可以体验各地的景点还可以体验历史事件。这项技术使人们在忙碌之余足不出户就可以放松身心。【8题详解】细节理解题。根据文章第一段第三句 With the evolution of virtual reality (VR) technology, tourism will increasingly become a combination of physical and virtual worlds. VR may even remove the need to travel entirely. 可知随着虚拟现实技术的发展，旅游业越来越成为现实世界与虚拟世界的结合体，虚拟现实甚至可以完全消除旅行的需要，因此虚拟现实技术的发展促进了虚拟旅游业的发展。故选B。【9题详解】细节理解题。根据文章第二段第四句 Much of our waking life is spent thinking about either the past or the future. This is known as mind wandering. 可知，我们清醒时的大部分时间花在了思考过去或者未来上。故可以推出，“心灵漫游”是专注于过去或未来事件的大脑活动。故选C。【10题详解】推理判断题。根据文章最后一段最后一句 As virtual technology improves and as people continue to demand new and interesting experiences, expect more virtual tourism, both in combination with the real world and instead of it. 可知，随着虚拟技术的进步，以及人们对新奇有趣体验的需求，虚拟旅游将会越来越多，它不仅会与现实世界相结合，还会取代现实世界。both 与 and 后的内容并列，因此 it 指代的是 the real world，现实世界。故选D。【11题详解】主旨大意题。文章主要介绍了虚拟旅游的功能和积极影响。根据文章第四段第一句 While critics might argue that a virtual experience will never match reality, there are several ways VR tourism could make a positive contribution. 可知，虚拟旅游可以做出积极的贡献。故A项正确。B项，“建议减少过度旅行”。文章未提及。故B项错误。C项，“鼓励人们发展虚拟现实技术”。太过宽泛，文章主要侧重讲虚拟旅游。故C项错误。D项，“证明虚拟旅游将会取代现实旅游”。这不是这篇文章的目的。故D项错误。故正确答案为A。DBoth honeybees and ants are social insects that live in groups called colonies. They survive by means of their collective intelligence. Their decision-making power is distributed throughout the group; that is, no one ant or bee makes decisions for the group. Instead, they work together. As Deborah M. Gordon, a biologist at Stanford University, says, Ants arent smart. Ant colonies are.The same is true for bee colonies. Although bees and ants are quite different physically they have a lot in common in terms of their social behavior. Specifically, honeybees and ants have similar roles within the colony, both have communication systems, and both have the capacity for learning.Ants communicate by using chemicals called pheromones, which can alert others to danger or to a food source. For example, when worker ants find a promising source, they let the rest of the colony know how to find it by leaving a trail of pheromones on the way back to the colony. The other ants pick up the message using their sense of smell. Bees, on the other hand, use movement to communicate with each other. Worker bees send messages to each other by means of a dance. Different speeds and movements send different messages. For example, when worker bees called scouts go out to find a new home for the colony, they return and do a dance for the other worker bees that indicates the location of the new home and how suitable it is. The faster the scouts dance, the better the new location is.Honeybees and ants are both capable of learning. One Chinese study found that bees can be trained to learn and remember a route to a food source. The researchers also found that bees can be taught to recognize hidden objects and use the concepts of sameness and difference to accomplish certain tasks. Ants take this one step further. Recent American research has shown that ants not only have the ability to learn, but also can teach their foraging skills to other younger ants.They observed that older ants accompany young ants in search of food and teach them the route and how to avoid obstacles.As we can see, the social behavior of honeybees and ants is quite similar. Both coordinate complex actions and accomplish crucial survival tasks by cooperating in groups consisting of many individuals. Unintelligent as they may be as individuals, as groups they often show amazing brilliance as they go about their everyday activities.12. What do ants and bees have in common?A. They live in similar-sized colonies.B. They make use of collective intelligence.C. They have small leadership groups that make all decisions.D. They use the same methods to communicate with each other.13. What does the speed of a bees dance indicate?A. The quality of a new colony location.B. The distance to a neighboring colony.C. The discovery of a new food source.D. The direction to a potential food source.14. In paragraph 3, how does the author demonstrate the idea that Honeybees and ants are both capable of learning ?A. By using statistics.B. By explaining reasons.C. By referencing opinions.D. By presenting study findings.15. What is the benefit of collective intelligence?A. It allows the colony to reproduce more rapidly.B. It improves work cooperation within the colony.C. It reduces the division of labour among members.D. It enables individuals to teach each other new skills.【答案】12. B 13. A 14. D 15. B【解析】这是一篇说明文。蜜蜂和蚂蚁一样都是群居的社会性昆虫。他们通过集体的智慧生存下来。蚂蚁和蜜蜂在社会行为上有很多共同点。蚂蚁之间能通过信息素进行交流寻找食物。蜜蜂通过特殊的舞蹈传递信息。蚂蚁和蜜蜂都具备学习能力能被训练。蚂蚁和蜜蜂的日常活动展现了惊人的智慧。【12题详解】细节理解题。根据第一段 Both honeybees and ants are social insects that live in groups called colonies. They survive by means of their collective intelligence. 蜜蜂和蚂蚁都是群居的昆虫，它们靠集体智慧而生存。可知它们充分利用集体的智慧。故选B。【13题详解】细节理解题。根据第三段 Different speeds and movements send different messages. For example, when worker bees called scouts go out to find a new home for the colony, they return and do a dance for the other worker bees that indicates the location of the new home and how suitable it is. The faster the scouts dance, the better the new location is. 不同的速度和动作会发出不同的信息。例如，当被称为“童子军”的工蜂外出为蜂群寻找新家时，它们会回来为其他工蜂跳舞，表明新家的位置和适合的程度，童子军跳得越快，新的地点就越好。可知蜜蜂跳舞的速度表明新占地的位置。故选A。【14题详解】推理判断题。根据第四段 Honeybees and ants are both capable of learning. One Chinese study found that bees can be trained to learn and remember a route to a food source. The researchers also found that，蜜蜂和蚂蚁都有能力学习。中国的一项研究发现，蜜蜂可以被训练来学习和记住通往食物来源的路径。研究人员还发现，可知作者是通过研究发现来展示的。故选D。【15题详解】推理判断题。根据最后一段 As we can see, the social behavior of honeybees and ants is quite similar. Both coordinate complex actions and accomplish crucial survival tasks by cooperating in groups consisting of many individuals. Unintelligent as they may be as individuals, as groups they often show amazing brilliance as they go about their everyday activities. 正如我们所看到的，蜜蜂和蚂蚁的社会行为是非常相似的。它们通过合作组成由许多个体组成的群体来协调复杂的行动和完成关键的生存任务。他们每天都在进行他们的活动。可知集体智慧的好处是它改善了殖民地内部的工作合作。故选B。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.What happens when you want to go from one place to another, but theres water in the way？Thats the problem people faced for hundreds of years in the area that is now New York City. In the city, there is a natural canal called the Narrows, separating Brooklyn on one side from Staten Island on the other.But the Narrows isnt really so narrow. The water is almost a mile wide, and its more than 100 feet deep. _16_ When they wanted to talk to each other, they climbed into their boats and sailed across.By the late 1800s, circumstances had changed dramatically. Population growth meant there were now many people needing to travel between Staten Island and Brooklyn for work. _17_Between 1888 and 1920 there were two major efforts to build a train tunnel to connect the areas. _18_ Proposals to build a connecting bridge made during the 1910s also ended in failure due to opposition from the US Navy.Finally, after World War II, there were so many people living in New York City that leaders decided Brooklyn and Staten Island needed a direct connection. Since tunnels were too expensive, they decided to build a bridge. The design selected had two separate roadways stacked on top of each other. _19_ Construction, which took five years, was completed in 1964 and cost $320 million. Today about 190,000 cars and trucks cross the bridge every day._20_ But in the case of the Narrows, figuring out a good solution took hundreds of years.A. Sometimes getting from one place to another is easy.B Both were quickly abandoned however due to the high costs involved.C. Neither road was large enough to satisfy the existing transport demands.D. It was anticipated that the new train system would help the areas