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广东省虎门外语学校2020届高三上学期第一次月考（英语）2020.8听力（共两节，满分35分）第一节 听力理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅读时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。听第1段材料，回答第1-3题。Who is Ken?A. Beths brother. B. Beths boyfriend. C. Beths father.2. Where did Beth go last night?A. She went to bar with her friend.B. She went to the cinema with her friend.C. She went to a party with her parents.3. What does Beths brother think she should do?A. Shed better look for a new boyfriend.B. Shed better buy something for herself.C. Shed better ask herself if she wants anything.听第2段材料，回答第4至6题。4. When does the man start his winter holiday?A. Both the second and third week of January.B. Either the second or third week of January.C. Neither the second nor third week of January.5. What sport is his favorite sport?A. Skating B. Surfskiing C. Skiing6. Why doesnt the woman like to spend her weekend with the man?A. Because she likes to stay at home.B. Because she dislikes the cold weather.听第3段材料，回答第7-9题。7.What has made working at home possible?A. Communication industry. B. Personal computers. C. Living far from companies.8. Why do some people prefer working at home?A. To save time. B. To get more jobs. C. To make more money.9. What might happen in the future?A. The British firm could move to overseas.B. We might work at home for a foreign company.C. We could call for the labor in Spain.听第4段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Where did the conversation probably take place?A. At Mr. Frenchs office.B. At Miss Maggies house.C. At Mr. Robinsons office.,11. What was the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Husband and wife.B Teacher and student.C Manager and secretary.12. Which of the following statement is true according to this conversation?A. Miss Martins boyfriend lived near the office where she worked.B. Mr. French asked Miss Maggie to bring him a cup of coffee.C. Mr. Frenchs office might be in any country but France5听第5段材料，回答第13至15题。13. Why was the speaker one of the TV fans in the past?A. Because he could stay with his favorite stars the whole evening.B. Because he could travel the world without going out.C. Because he could get the news which couldnt be found on newspapers.14. What feelings may ads bring to the viewers when inserted frequently, according to the speaker?A. Unpleasant. B. Disappointed. C. Anxious.15. Which statement is not true according to the passage?A. Ads take up too much viewers time when they watch TV.B. Ads cause the viewers quite a lot of trouble.C. Ads present the viewers much information about the best products.第二节 听取信息（共5小题； 每一小题1分, 满分5分）听下面一段对话。请根据题目要求， 从听到的内容中获取必要的信息， 填入答体纸标号为16-20 的空格中。 录音读两遍。 你有两分钟的作答时间。How Do Western People Go ShoppingWhat do they do before shopping?Make a shopping 16Where to buy and what to buy?In 17Food, shampooIn shopping malls.18What is a shopping mall like?It is 19It has 20 place.语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）第一节 完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从2130各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。As I walked home one freezing day, I stumbled（绊脚）on a wallet in the street. I picked it up and looked inside to find some 21 so that I could call the owner. But the wallet 22 only three dollars and a letter, which looked as if it had been in there for years. The envelope was 23 and the only thing on it was the return address. I started to open the letter, 24 to find some clue. Then I saw the dateline1924. The letter had been written almost sixty years earlier! It was written in a beautiful handwriting, on blue paper with a little flower in the left-hand corner. It was a “Dear John”（绝交）letter that told the 25 , Michael, that the writer could not see him any more because her mother 26 it. Even so, she wrote that she would 27 love him. It was signed Hannah.It was a beautiful letter, but there was no 28 , except for the name Michael, to identify the owner. 29 if I called the information center, the operator could find a phone listing for the address on the envelope. Actually, I took great 30 to find both Hannah and Michael, who still remained single. Then, after sixty years separation, they married each other in their late seventies. And I was invited to be their best man!21Aidentification BqualificationCrecognitionDdescription22Acost Bfilled Ccontained Dincluded23Anew Bworn Cpretty Dattractive24Amanaging Bwondering Csupposing Dhoping25AreceiverBownerCfriendDpartner26AallowedBforcedCforbadeDpromised27Aever Bnever CalwaysDeven28Aproblem BwayCmark Dsign29AOnly BEven CAsDMaybe30Apains Brisks CactionsDcautions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，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为3140的相应位置上。When I was a ten-year-old girl, I was once asked to deliver a speech titled “A Real Test in My Life”. To talk before the whole class! Just imagine how 31 （terrible）shy I was the moment I thought of that with so many eyes fixed upon me. I had no other 32 （choose）, though. First I was to draft the speech and that was just a piece of cake for me, because I was a good writersomething to pride myself in. But the hard part 33 （lie）in my oral presentation; to read from 34 paper was not allowed; I had to give the speech 35 my memory and in front of such a big audience! A real trial began when I stood on the platform with my legs 36 （tremble）and my mind blank. How much time had passed by, I didnt know. My listeners were still waiting, patiently and without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found 37 back, giving out my speech with difficulty. Finally I finished. After 38 seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding. I made it! From then on, my fear of talking before an audience disappeared. Actually with my confidence building 39 , I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the greatest difficulty on our way to success is our fear; overcome it, 40 we will be able to achieve our goals.阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AI used to watch her from my kitchen window. She seemed so small as she muscled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during break. I remember the first day I saw her playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she ran circles around the other kids. She managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her but no one could. I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing alone.One day I asked her why she practiced so much. Without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a scholarship. I am going to play college basketball. I want to be the best. My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts dont count.” Well, I had to give it to hershe was determined. I watched her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her school team to victory.One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head in her arms. I walked across the street and sat down in the cool grass beside her. Quietly I asked what was wrong. “Oh, nothing,” came a soft reply, “I am just too short.” The coach told her that at 55” she would probably never get to play for a top ranked teammuch less offered a scholarshipso she should stop dreaming about college. She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat tighten as I sensed her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They just did not understand the power of a dream. He told her that if she truly wanted a scholarship and that nothing could stop her except one thing her own attitude.The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was offered a scholarship and on the college team. She was going to get the college education that she had dreamed of.41The author was probably the girls .AneighborBfriend Cmother Dteacher42Why was the girl heartbroken?AShe was considered too short to be a top player.BHer coach stopped her training because of her height.CShe couldnt be on a college basketball team.DShe wouldnt be admitted by an ideal college.43We can learn from the passage that .Aher family wouldnt like to pay her college feeBher father forced her to play basketball in collageCbeing a top basketball player can win you a scholarship for collegeDshe wouldnt like to turn to his father for help when in difficulty44Which word can best describe her father?AEncouraging.BOptimistic.CStubborn.DCruel.45Which proverb best matches the story?APractice makes perfect.BRome was not built in a day.CWhere there is a will, there is a way.DPride comes before a fall.BAs I was reading a recent story in Slate on 20-somethings complaining about how the economy was ruining their life plans, I couldnt help but think the 20-somethings sounded like a bunch of spoiled children who grew up expecting everything to be easy for them. As a 20-something myself, I certainly share their disappointment: my husband and I probably wont be able to buy a house until were in our 40s, and we too are burdened by student loans（贷款）. But why should it be any different? Being young persons in America, shouldnt they take up all of the challenges and opportunities that this country offers?Consider some of these views shared in the Slate story: Jennifer, 29, owner of a two-bedroom apartment with her husband, worries that she wont be able to have children for at least a decade because they cant afford to buy a house yet.I read that, and I thought, what planet is she living on where you need to own a house in order to have kids? Has she ever visited a developing country, or even downtown areas in this one? Home ownership is a luxury（奢华）, not a fertility requirement.A 26-year-old in the story despairs（绝望）that he cant afford to get a Ph.D. in literature. Well, that sounds a bit like expressing disappointment that no one will pay you to write poetry on the beach in Thailand for five years.Yes, its sad that these young people feel so lost. But I think the problem is their extremely high expectations, not economic reality. Beth Kobliner, author of Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties, says that she thinks peoples expectations are slowly adjusting, but todays 20-somethings grew up at a time when everyones wealth appeared to be expanding. Their parents probably saw their home values rise along with their investments. “So you have people who have grown up in an environment where people had great expectations of what living well means,” says Kobliner.This recession（衰退）will certainly play a role in forcing those expectations into more realistic group. In the meantime, it seems a lot better for our mental health to focus on being gratefulfor our one-bedroom apartments, for living in modern cities, or perhaps just for being able to eat three meals a daythan on longing for some kind of luxury life.46What makes the author think the 20-somethings sound like a bunch of spoiled children?AThey expect everything to be easy for them.BThey complain that the economy is spoiling their life plans.CThey are reluctant to face all of the challenges.DThey are burdened by student loans.47The underlined word “fertility” in Paragraph 3 probably means .Ababy productionBpleasantCbaby comfortDessential48Which of the following is not one of the complaints of the 20-somethings?AThey cant have children for at least a decade to buy a house.BThey have only one-bedroom apartment to live in.CThey cant buy a house until 40 because of student loans.DThey despair at not being able to afford a Ph.D. in literature.49Whats the authors attitude towards the 20-somthings with high expectation in Paragraph 5?AIntolerant. BNegative. CUnbelieving. DUnderstanding.50What is the best title for this passage?AHow Young People Afford to Continue Their StudyBWhy Young People Cant Afford to Buy a HouseCWhen Young Peoples High Hopes Create DespairDWhat the 20-somethings High Expectations AreCAnyone who doubts that children are born with a healthy amount of ambition need spend only a few minutes with a baby eagerly learning to walk. No matter how many times the little ones stumble in their first efforts, most keep on trying, determined to master their amazing new skill. It is only several years later, many psychologists and teachers agree, that a good number of kids seem to lose their natural drive to succeed. For the parents of such kids, whose own ambition is often tied to their childrens success, it can be a painful experience.Figuring out why the fire went out is the first step. Assuming that a kid doesnt suffer from a learning disability, or isnt involved in some family crisis（危机）at home, many educators attribute a sudden lack of motivation to a fear of failure or classmate pressure. “Everything is within the kids control; their intelligence is changeable,” says Lisa Blackwell, a research scientist at Columbia University. More than any teacher or workshop, Blackwell says, “parents can play a key role in conveying this message to their children by praising their effort, and progress rather than emphasizing their smartness or praising high performance alone. Most of all, parents should let their kids know that mistakes are a part of learning.”Some experts say our education system, with its strong emphasis on testing and separation of students into different levels of ability, also bears blame for the disappearance of drive in some kids. “These programs shut down the motivation of all kids who arent considered gifted and talented. They destroy their confidence,” says Jeff Howard, a social psychologist. Howard and other educators say its important to expose kids to a world beyond homework and tests, through volunteer work, sports, hobbies and other extracurriculum activities.“The problem of the issue is that many students experience education as irrelevant to their life goals and ambitions,” says Michael Nakkual, a Harvard education professor. The key to getting kids to aim higher at school is to free them of the idea that class work is irrelevant, to show them how doing well at school can actually help them fulfill their dreams beyond it. They need to understand that you have to learn to walk before you can run.51According to the passage, the parents of kids with no ambition .Adont do a very good job teaching them to walkBare to blame if the kids do poorly in schoolCfeel pain because ambitions are connected to their successDshould take part in extracurriculum activities with kids52The underlined part “the fire went out” probably means .Athe motivation was suddenly lostBthe fear of failure was suddenly goneCthe learning disability was suddenly lostDthe fire was suddenly gone53All the following can contribute to a sudden lack of ambition except .Alearning disabilityBclassmate pressureCemphasis on testingDextracurricular activities54What is the most important thing for parents in motivating their kids?ABy punishing kids who dont display ambition.BBy emphasizing smartness and high performance.CBy telling kids that mistakes are a part of learning.DBy praising the effort and progress they have made.55We can infer from the passage that .Achildren who have lost their ambition will never succeed in lifeBschool performance has much to do with students later successCboth the parents and the school are to blame for the lost ambitionDyounger kids learning to walk are more ambitious than older ones第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。首先，请阅读下列职业招聘广告的信息。AService EngineerSatisfactory knowledge on electronic and electric products.5 years experience in electronic making environment, service / repair experiences are preferred. 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