宁夏石嘴山市第三中学2020届高考英语第四次适应性考试（12月）试题（通用）

宁夏石嘴山市第三中学2020届高考英语第四次适应性考试（12月）试题第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 20 分）第一节（共5小题，满分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，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. When will the man meet Betty?.A. 10:30. B. At 10:43. C. At 11:00.2. Where does this conversation most probably take place?A. In a library. B. In a store. C. In a hospital.3. What do we know about the womans house?A. It is not comfortable. B. It is in the city center. C. It is next to a bar.4. What does the woman mean?A. She likes Beijing Opera.B. She wants to turn off the radio.C. Beijing Opera makes her tired.5. What did the man do last night?A. He worked at the office. B. He attended the party. C. He had dinner with Catherine.第二节（共15小题，满分15分）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。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. Why was the flight put off ?A. Because of the bad weather.B. Because of airport problems.C. Because of some unknown reasons.7. Whats the scheduled time for the plane to take off?A. 4:00 pm B. 10:00 pm C.6:00 pm听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Customer and salesman.B. Doctor and patient.C. Interviewer and interviewee.9. What is the womans attitude towards the man?A. Doubtful B. Worried C. Positive听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Where is the womans brother working?A. In a newspaper office. B. In a library. C. In a mountain area.11. Why did the womans brother leave early?A. He had to catch a train B. He had to write a paper.C. He had to find a new job.12. Whats the womans advice?A. To buy the magazine. B. To read the magazine in the library.C. To finish his paper before the term ends.听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。13. What did the girls mother make for the boy?A. Card . B. Flowers. C. A fruit cake.14. Where did the boy have an accident?A. On the way home. B. On the way to an airport. C. On the way to the hospital.15. What do we know about the boys father?A. He hunted a deer. B. He drove the car. C. He didnt hurt himself.16. What didnt the boy like about the hospital?A. The food. B. The doctors. C. The nurses .听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Whom is the speaker talking to?A. Teachers. B. Students. C. Musicians.18. How does classical piano music help to improve scores?A. It excites ones brain activity. B. It guarantees a blank mind.C. It makes you feel relaxed.19. What is the true result of the experiment?A. Rock music is surely better than piano music.B. Noisy music helps improve listeners reasoning ablity.C. Positive effect of listening to piano music dont last long.20. What does the passage mainly about?A. Popularity of music among students.B. How to get higher scores in a math test.C. Different ways of brain training.第二部分：单选题（共15小题，满分15分）21. “Put on your coat, _ you will catch a cold!” This is what my mum often says .A. and B. but C. or D. so22. As time went by, I gradually_myself to the college school life.A. adapted B. adopted C. affected D. abandoned23. How amazing it is that Zuckberg can speak Chinese! After all, it is a big _ for any westerner to learn such a totally different language.A. favor B. guarantee C. relief D. challenge24. It is not easy for the public to see _ use a new invention can be of to human life.A. whose B. what C. which D. that25. The boy pretended _ a magazine when the teacher came in.A. to read B. to have read C. to be reading D. reading26. Hes given me so much help that I really wanted to do something for him _ .A. in turn B. in advance C. in return D. in case27. Theres no chance that we can change the history. _, it is important that we learn lessons to face the future.A. MeanwhileB. Nevertheless C. Otherwise D. Therefore28. With all the exercises needed _, he went straight home, _.A. to finish; happy and relaxed B. finished; happy and relaxedC. finishing; happily and relaxed D. to be finished; happily and relaxed29. Let your child learn to be independent, for _ he will leave home to lead his own life as a fully independent adult.A. thankfully B. alternatively C. definitely D. eventually30. They realized that the problem Ted put forward was difficult _.A. to solve B. solved C. to be solved D. solving31. It is bad _ to talk with your finger _ at the other person.A. manners, points B. manner, to point C. manners, pointing D. manner, pointed32. Lets look at the bag. Can you see _“s”on the corner of_ bag?A. a, a B. a, the C. an, a D. an, the33. Every possible means _ to prevent the air pollution, but sky is still not clear.A. is used B. are used C. have used D. has been used34. Only when he reached the teahouse _ it was the same place hed been in last year.A. he realised B. he did realise C. realised he D. did he realise35. The pine tree in front of the lecture hall is so tall.Yes. It nearly 20 metres.A. measures B. is measured C. will measure D. is measuring第三部分 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，从每题给出的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AChoose Your One-Day ToursTour A: Bath & Stonehenge including entrance fees to the ancient Roman bathrooms and Stonehenge - 37 until 26 March and 39 thereafter.Visit the city with over 2,000 years of history and Bath Abbey, the Royal Crescent and the Costute Mtsan. Stonehenge is one of the worlds most famous prehistoric monuments dating back over 5,000 years.Tour B: Oxford & Stratford including entrance fees to the University St Marys Church Tower and Anne Hathaways house- 32 until 12 March and 36 thereafter.Oxford, Includes a guided of Englands oldest university city and colleges. Look over the “city of dreaming spires (尖顶)” form St Marys Church Tower.Stratford, Includes a guided tour exploring much of the Shakespeare wonder.Tour C: Windsor Castle & Hampton Court including entrance fees to Hampton Court Palace -34 until March and 37 thereafter.Includes a guided tour of Windsor and Hampton Court, Henry Mills favourite palace. Free time to visit Windsor Castle (entrance fees not included). With 500 years of history, Hampton Court was once the home of four Kings and one Queen. Now this former royal palace is open to the public as a major tourist attraction. Visit the palace and its various historic gardens, which include the famous maze where it is easy to get lost!Tour D: Cambridge including entrance fees to the Tower of Saint Mary the Great-33 until 18 March and 37 thereafter.IncludesaguidedtourofCambridge,thefamousuniversitytown,andthegardensofthe18thcentury.36. WhichtourwillyouchooseifyouwanttoseeEnglandsoldestuniversitycity?A. Tour A B. Tour B C. Tour C D. Tour D37. Whichofthefollowingtourschargesthelowestfeeon17March?A. WindsorCastle&HamptonCourt. B. Oxford&StratfordC. Bath&Stonehenge. D. Cambridge.38. WhyisHamptonCourtamajortouristattraction?A. Itusedtobethehomeofroyalfamilies. B. Itusedtobeawell-knownmazeC. ItistheoldestpalaceinBritain D. Itisaworld-famouscastle.B“Hungary?” I looked at my school headmaster in confusion. “I never mentioned wanting to go to Hungary.” And with that, my adventure started.My name is Jonathan Diamond and I just finished an amazing exchange year in Hungary.Going on an exchange had always been my dream. When my high school offered an all-year program，I jumped at the opportunity. It would pay for almost everything and all I had to do was get a plane ticket. I knew where I wanted to go: Spain, the country of dancers wearing flowing red dresses. So when I heard that I was going to Hungary, I was pretty shocked. But I decided to make the best of it, since it was，after all, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Before I knew it, I was on the airplane, leaving for Budapest International Airport, Hungary.I had times when I almost gave up. Hungarian is the hardest language on the planet. Cultural differences occasionally embarrassed both my peer teens and me. I had to give up eating carrots, my beautiful favorite, for they think carrots are rubbish in their country. The change in the landscape was amazing, looking nothing like skyscrapers, bullet trains, cars，and people in tiny houses that I had been accustomed to. Gradually, I fell in love with the relaxing lifestyle, the warm-hearted people, and getting home at 2：30 p. m. at the latest from school. And I was sad to leave on my very last day.Having the host family who took me as one of their own members was the best thing I have ever experienced. From my little sisters, I learned how to embrace life to its fullest. From my brothers I learned that its OK for a boy to run around the house. From my host parents I learned to stay positive, to smile, and that when you pick the right persons and take their hands, suddenly, you become friends.39. How did Jonathan feel when he was told to go to Hungary?A. Excited and satisfied. B. Confused and shocked.C. Amazed and embarrassed. D. Delighted and interested.40. Why did Jonathan still decide to go to Hungary instead of Spain?A. He didnt like Spain. B. He wanted to learn Hungarian.C. It was a rare chance. D. Going to Hungary was much cheaper.41. What can we learn about Jonathan during his stay in Hungary?A. He fell in love with eating carrots. B. He couldnt wait to leave.C. He was surprised by the landscape. D. He quickly got used to the life there.42. According to Jonathan, the host family_.A. changed him completely B. taught him how to dance wellC. treated him as equally as a student D. showed him the good things of lifeCAs the proverb goes，man struggles upwards；water flows downwardsWater runs downhill from mountaintops to streams, to rivers and to oceansBut downhill isnt the only way that water movesA new study measures how water travels from country to country for human consumptionThis flow isnt the type we usually think aboutThese scientists looked at the water used to grow and make the products which get shipped from nation to nation as imports or exportsThey call this a flow of “virtual water”We typically think about water as the liquid that flows from a tapHowever，92% of the water used by people goes into growing crops, according to a water researcher Arjen HoekstraHe recently studied the hidden travels of virtual water used in products made from things like crops and meatsThese products are shipped around the worldFor example, consider a sugary soft drinkHoekstra estimated that to produce one half-liter of the drink requires between 170 and 310 liters of water-about 95% is used to grow and process the ingredients. Another 4% goes into the packaging and labelingIn Hoekstras calculation, when one country produces a half-liter of soda and sells it abroad，it exports as much virtual water as would fill a large refrigeratorAccording to Hoekstras new report, dry countries like Israel and Kuwait, both in the Middle East, get the majority of their virtual water from other countries，through imported products. More surprisingly, some wetter countries, like the Netherlands and the United Kingdom，also get the majority of their virtual water from other placesThat means that most of the water used to grow or produce the products and food consumed in those countries came from other countries43.The underlined proverb in Paragraph 1 is used to A. inspire readers to struggle upward B. tell a law of natureC. introduce the topic of the passage D. summarize the main idea of the passage44.In which countries does most part of virtual water come from outside？A. The United Kingdom and China B. America and IsraelC. The Netherlands and Kuwait D. The Netherlands and America45.What can be a suitable title for the passage？A. Benefits of Virtual Water B. Hidden Uses of WaterC. Crops and Virtual Water D. Virtual Waters Worldwide Travels46.Where does the passage probably come from？A. A science news report B. A newspaper advertisementC. A book review D. A science fiction storyDIn the future those who are taking care of old or sick people may get help from the house itself.Over the last few years, new technology, such as the wireless WI-FI and flat TV screens, has changed our homes and the way we live. Now another technology revolution is happening. A new project at the University of Hertfordshire wants to create a home that monitors people living in it who are weak or elderly.The researchers have developed a wristband device which helps us watch the elderly person who is wearing it. The device collects information see if the person has fallen or has wandered away from where they should be.The assisted-living project is part of the universitys wider Interhome project, which is the development of a smart-house. The house remembers the habits of the person who lives there and it uses very low amounts of energy. The Interhome team hopes that offering this service will help care for the elderly. They say, “Its very important that these technologies are there to help and support and not replace any of the existing services.”The Interhome is not just a research method. Its also a way for students from different Scientific backgrounds to learn and develop technology. The university uses the latest technology to help student get experience bydeveloping new hardware and software themselves. The team includes design, engineering and computer science students working together.“We are working on a smart home project in Watford with some companies at the moment,” says the project leader, “We are looking at how a smarter home can provide even more services.” This will help millions of old people around the world have a better, safer life in the future.47. How does the wristband device benefit its users?A. By changing the living habits of the elderly.B. By monitoring people who live in a smart homeC. By offering information to the person wearing itD. By watching over the elderly who may fall or get lost48. What kind of students does the University of Hertfordshire have in its research team?A. Students who want to find a job eagerlyB. Students who prefer to work on their ownC. Students from different scientific backgroundD. Students with a lot of rich working experience49. What is the project leaders attitude toward the future of the smart home project?A. Uncertain B. Uninterested C. Optimistic D. Disappointed50. What is the main idea of the passage?A. A wristband device has changed the way that we liveB. A smart home helps students develop hardware and softwareC. An Interhome project has been put into use to help the elderlyD. An Interhome project will help the elderly live a better and safer life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。Rich and FamousTwenty years ago the most common ambition of American children was to be a teacher, followed by working in banking and finance, and then medicine. But todays situation is quite different. 51 Instead, they most commonly say they want to be a sports star, or an actor in other words, they hope to become a celebrity.According to experts, young people desire these jobs largely because of the wealth and the fame. 52 Lets take athletes and singers as an example. Their careers are short-lived. Many athletes best time only lasts a few years and singers can have a very limited career. The field that was once the focus of their lives becomes something they have little or no involvement in. As a result, theyll have a feeling of worthlessness and a lack of control. 53 The truth is quite simple: they have been so far removed from it for so long.In spite of these disadvantages, there is greater ambition than ever among young people to achieve that status. They are not satisfied just making a living they want to be rich and famous. Globally, more and more TV shows provide talent competitions where winners can achieve their goals in just a few weeks or months. 54 They unrealistically believe that this lifestyle is easily obtained and leads to great satisfaction.While many people argue that there is nothing wrong with having such ambitions, others feel that this trend will finally lead to dissatisfaction as more and more people are unable to reach their goals. 55 That means they ignore the simple fact that great effort is needed before success. As a result, many people wont realize their childhood dreams, which could have a negative effect on their happiness.A. The younger generation dont favor these professions any more.B. In many ways this has been brought about by the celebrity culture.C. Unfortunately, they do not always have a positive effect on peoples life.D. Besides, it can be difficult for them to adapt back to a normal everyday life.E. People no longer have a sense of satisfaction once their goals have been achieved.F. This quick way of gaining wealth and fame creates a celebrity culture among people.G. The reason is that they dont realize it takes talent and hard work to be rich and famous.第四部分 英语知识运用（共两节，