湖南省桃江县第一中学2020届高三英语第二次月考试题

桃江一中2020届高三第二次月考英语试题卷时量：120分钟分值：150分本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。第卷（选择题）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5个小题；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，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。现在你有5秒钟的时间阅读第一小题的有关内容。1.Why wont the woman go to the bar?A. Its expensive.B. Its no fun.C. Its too far away.2.What will the man do next Tuesday?A. Play football.B. Watch a game.C. Visit a factory.3.What is the woman doing?A. Catching a flight.B. Booking flight tickets.C. Trying to change seats.4.Whats the mans excuse for failing the math exam?A. He didnt prepare it well.B. He got too much pressure.C. He isnt talented at math.5.How much was the woman charged?A.$21.B.$30.C.$60.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；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。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.Why doesnt the woman recognize the man?A. He lost much weight.B. He used to be thinner.C. He looks younger.7.What does the man suggest the woman do?A. Do some sports.B. Change her job.C. Go on a diet.听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。8.When did the man finish his study abroad?A. At the age of 14.B. At the age of 16.C. At the age of 18.9.What surprised the man most about studying in Australia?A. He traveled around alone.B. He could make friends easily.C. He was popular with girls.听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。10.How did the womans parents react whenWonder Womanwas released?A. Indifferent.B. Surprised.C. Interested.11.What do we know about Wonder Woman?A. It had a female action hero.B. It made $60 million in ticket sales.C. It was the only movie directed by a woman in 2020.12.Which movie does the woman like best?A. Before I Fall.B. Battle of the Sexes.C. Lady Bird.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。13.Whats Lisas nationality?A. Chinese.B. Spanish.C. American.14.How many grapes do the Spanish eat as the clock strikes midnight?A.10.B.12.C.15.15.What do people in the Philippines do for good luck?A. Cook sauerkraut.B. Eat round fruits.C. Have peas and pork.16.What is the conversation mainly about?A. New Year traditions.B. Trips around the world.C. Customs in different countries.听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17.Why will the speakers uncle open the restaurants?A. To make profits.B. To feed the needy.C. To spread his recipes.18.How will the speakers uncle get the ingredients?A. By collecting unwanted things.B. By buying fresh vegetables.C. By getting cheap stuff at the market.19.How can people receive food at the restaurant?A. Help themselves.B. Reserve in advance.C. Wait at tables.20.Whats the speakers attitude toward his uncles action?A. Supportive.B. Shocked.C. Worried.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。AGlastonbury Festival:Time and place: 22nd26th June, Pilton, Somerse. Recognized as the best summer festival season, Glastonbury is one of the biggest and oldest festivals in the UK. Last years 40th anniversary was its best ever, even though the supergroup U2 canceled last minute because of Bono injuring his back.Latitude Festival:Time and place:14th17th July, Henham Park, Suffolk. Now in its sixth year, this festival is the choice for more families. It is providing visitors with a range of entertainment to accompany the music, including comedy, show, theatre and literature.Shrewsbury Folk Festival:Time and place: 26th29th August, West Mids Show Ground, Shrewsbury. Announced as one of the best folk festivals in the UK, this festival is only in its sixth year. It takes place over the 4 days of the August bank holiday weekend, and moved to Shrewsbury in 2020.Download Festival:Time and place: 10th and 12th, June, Donington Park Derby. It is a three-day rock music festival held every year. The name Download was chosen for the festival for two reasons. Downloading was a dirty work in the music industry at the time because of file sharing and rock is seen as a rebellious (反叛) type of music.21. Which festival is one of the oldest festivals in the UK?A. Glastonbury FestivalB. Latitude FestivalC. Shrewsbury Folk FestivalD. Download Festival22. When and where is the rock music festival held?A. 22nd26th June, Pilton, SomerseB. 26th29th August, West Mids Show GroundC. 14th17th July, Henham Park, SuffolkD. 10th and 12th, June, Donington Park Derby23. What is special about Latitude Festival?A. It is one of the best folk festivals in the UK.B. It has a long history and is held every year.C. It is the best summer festival in the UK.D. It is attractive and joyful for many families.BBelieve it or not but it is true. There are people who lose the ability to understand or use words due to brain damage. But they become extremely good at something else. They become experts at spotting liars. The condition in which people lose their power to understand or use words due to brain damage are called aphasia(失语症). A study conducted in Massachusetts, U.S., has clearly proved that aphasics make good lie detectors(测谎仪).In the last 100 years, many doctors studying the brain have mentioned examples of this amazing power of patients suffering from aphasia. Recently, scientists conducted tests to see if all that was said about aphasics was true. They studied the powers of a mixed group of people. Some were normal; others were aphasic. And it was proved clearly that the normal volunteers still got fooled by words. The aphasics were far ahead of them in recognizing false speech. The results of the study were reported in the magazine Nature.Fourteen years ago, famous American doctor, Dr. Oliver Sacks, wrote about his experiences with aphasic patients in a book. He remembered a particular incident in a hospital. Patients from the aphasia room were watching TV. Their president, Ronald Reagan, was giving a speech. He was trying to put feelings into each and every word of his speech. But his speech had an opposite effect on the patients. They were not impressed. On the contrary, the whole room shook with their laughter. The aphasics knew that he did not mean a word of what he was saying.Dr. Sacks saw aphasics as more gifted than normal people. Normal people “get carried away” by words. An aphasic cannot understand words. But he or she can still understand what is being said. He said most of the aphasics had this superior understanding. So, while normal people think of aphasic patients as brain damaged, they actually seem to understand human expressions better.24. We can know from the first paragraph _.A. how aphasics get their special abilityB. that aphasics can tell if you are lyingC. that aphasics are good at telling liesD. why aphasics are experts at spotting liars25. The phrase “get carried away” in the last paragraph means _.A. get misunderstood B. get excited C. get fooled D. get discouraged26. Dr. Oliver Sacks thinks that aphasics _.A. can be cured totallyB. can not understand what is being saidC. are specially gifted in a wayD. should be treated equally and nicely27. Which would be the best title of the passage?A. A great discoveryB. A special way of understandingC. Why aphasics cant talkD. The great lie detectorsCJames Cleveland Owens was the son of a farmer and the grandson of black slaves. His family moved to Cleveland when he was 9. There, a school teacher asked the youth his name.“J.C., ”he replied.She thought he had said “Jesse”, and he had a new name.Owens ran his first race at age 13. After high school, he went to Ohio State University. He had to work part time so as to pay for his education. As a second year student, in the Big Ten games in 1935, he set even more records than he would in the Olympic Games a year later.A week before the Big Ten Meet, Owens accidentally fell down a flight of stairs. His back hurt so much that he could not exercise all week, and he had to be helped in and out of the car that drove him to the meet. He refused to listen to the suggestions that he give up and said he would try, event by event. He did try, and the results are in the record book.The stage was set for Owens victory at the Olympic Games in Berlin the next year, and his success would come to be regarded as not only athletic but also political. Hitler did not congratulate any of the African American winners.“It was all right with me,” he said years later. “I didnt go to Berlin to shake hands with him, anyway. ”Having returned from Berlin, he received no telephone calls from the president of his own country, either. In fact, he was not honored by the United States until 1976, four years before his death.Owens Olympic victories made little difference to him. He earned his living by looking after a school playground, and accepted money to race against cars, trucks, motorcycles and dogs.“Sure, it bothered me, ”he said later. “But at least it was an honest living. I had to eat.”In time, however, his gold medals changed his life. “They have kept me alive over the years,” he once said. “Time has stood still for me. That golden moment dies hard.”28. In the Big Ten Meet, Owens _.A. hurt himself in the backB. succeeded in setting many recordsC. tried every sports event but failedD. had to give up some events29. We can infer from the text that Owens was treated unfairly in the US at that time because _.A. he did not talk to the US president on the phoneB. he was the son of a poor farmerC. he was not of the right raceD. he did not shake hands with Hitler30. When Owens says “They have kept me alive over the years”, he means that the medals _.A. have been changed for money to help him live onB. have encouraged him to overcome difficulties in lifeC. have made him famous in the USD. have kept him busy with all kinds of jobs31. What would be the best title for the text?A. Making a living as a sportsman B. Golden Moment a life time struggleC. Jesse Owens, a great American athlete D. How to be a successful athleteDSteven Stein likes to follow garbage trucks. His strange habit makes sense when you consider that hes an environmental scientist who studies how to reduce litter, including things that fall off garbage trucks as they drivedown the road.What is even more interesting is that one ofSteins jobs is defending an industry behind theplastic shopping bags.Americans use more than 100 billion thin film plastic bags every year.So many end up in tree branches or along highways that a growing number of cities do not allow them atcheckouts(收银台). The bags are prohibitedin some 90 cities in California, including Los Angeles. Eyeingthese headwinds, plastic-bag makersare hiring scientists likeSteintomake the case that their products are not as bad for the planet as most people assume.Among the bag makers arguments: many cities with bans still allow shopperstopurchase paper bags,which are easily recycled but require more energytoproduce and transport.And while plastic bags may be uglytolook at,they represent a small percentage of allgarbageon the ground today.The industry has also taken aim at the product that has appeared asits replacement: reusable shopping bags. The strongera reusable bag is,the longer its life and the more plastic-bag use it cancels out.However, longer-lasting reusable bags often require more energytomake. One study found that a cotton bag must be used at least 131 times to be better for the planet than plastic.Environmentalists dont dispute（质疑）these points.They hope paper bags will be banned someday too and want shopperstouse the same reusable bags for years.32. What has Steven Stein been hired to do?A. Argue for the use of plastic bags.B. Recycle the waste material.C. Stop things falling off trucks.D. Help increase grocery sales.33. What does the underlined word “headwinds” in paragraph 2 refer to?A. Plastic bags hung in trees.B. Effects of city development.C. Headaches caused by garbage.D. Bans on plastic bags.34. What is a disadvantage of reusable bags according to plastic-bag makers?A. They are quite expensive.B. Producing them requires more energy.C. Replacing them can be difficult.D. They are less strong than plastic bags.35. What is the best title for the text?A. Plastic, Paper or NeitherB. Industry, Pollution and EnvironmentC. Recycle or Throw AwayD. Garbage Collection and Waste Control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。It seems that everyone is travelling on holidays these days. During the travel season, roads, buses, trains and airports are packed. 36 , and getting a seat at a restaurant may be impossible. You can fight these troubles alone, or you can travel, as I do, in a group led by a tour guide.If you travel in a group, the guide will arrange everything for you. 37 . Prices are often cheaper as well, because a tour group can often get group prices and the best deals for nearly everything.38 . Most people do not know much about the history of an attraction and interesting stories related to it. The guides expert knowledge will help make the trip more interesting.If you travel in a group, you can also make more friends. 39 . Often, friendships make the trip more interesting.40 . Your trip will be cheaper, more comfortable, more interesting and more rewarding if you travel this way rather than by travelling alone.A. Hotels are full as wellB. If someone gets ill, others go to his or her aidC. Taking part in a group is a fully preparatory planD. Your tour guide is often an expert in the places you visitE. Using tour guides and travelling in a group is the best way to travelF. After all, the travelling companies have been doing this job for longG. There will be no need to worry about hotel or restaurant reservations第三部分 英语知识运用 (共两节，满分45)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四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。I first got to know Rose while working in a hospital kitchen.When I arrived at 6 a.m., Rose was already there. “ Hi, Im Janet.” I tried to be 41 , although I already knew Rose was hard to work with. Rose 42 what she was doing and looked over her reading glasses. I could tell from her 43 that she wasnt delighted to see a student worker. 44 , I started to work. However, nothing I did 45 her. All morning her eagle eyes missed 46 and she was very sharp with me.Totally discouraged, I was 47 with a dilemma: should I ask my director to 48 my work? Scheduling was fairly flexible. Or should I 49 and find another job? “ Oh, Lord, help me love Rose. Lord, bless Rose.” I prayed. “You need to love her.” That was the 50 He sent me.The next morning, I did things in Roses way as much as possible to avoid 51 . Later I learned that she was a single mother with 3 children. My heart 52 . In the following days, my 53 changed. I began to see Rose as a hurting person and even 54 prayed for her. The ice began to 55 . As we had more chances to work together, Rose became truly 56 to see me every time and would 57 her feelings. We became real friends.That summer I 58 a lesson that I would never forget. The world is filled with people like Rosedemanding, yet 59 inside. To turn an enemy into a friend, 60 is your best choice.41. A. confidentB. friendlyC. coolD. patient42. A. lovedB. forgotC. stoppedD. hated43. A. expressionB. experienceC. descriptionD. appearance44. A. OtherwiseB. ThereforeC. BesidesD. Anyway45. A. excitedB. puzzledC. disappointedD. pleased46. A. everythingB. somethingC. nothingD. anything47. A. satisfiedB. facedC. concernedD. equipped48. A. assessB. startC. inspectD. switch49. A. hesitateB. resistC. quitD. try50. A. giftB. messageC. noticeD. warning51. A. accidentB. defeatC. conflictD. danger52. A. sankB. jumpedC. brokeD. raced53. A. planB. aimC. focusD. promise54. A. wildlyB. silentlyC. merrilyD. curiously55. A. meltB. increaseC. gatherD. decline56. A. anxiousB. proudC. guiltyD. happy57. A. controlB. shareC. hideD. spare58. A. learntB. gaveC. missedD. attended59. A. enthusiasticB. attackingC. positiveD. hurting60. A. loveB. explanationC. forgivenessD. comfort第卷 非选择题第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15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。A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a box by his feet. He held up a sign 61 (read), “ I am blind, please help.” 62 were only a few coins in the box. The boy felt sad. A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the box. Then he took the sign, turned it around and wrote some words. He placed the sign 63 it had been so that everyone who walked by would see the new words. Soon the box was full 64 coins. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy.That afternoon, the man, by 65 the sign had been changed, came to see how things were. The boy66 (recognize) his footsteps and asked, “Are you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?” The man said, “ I 67 (simple) wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a 68 (difference) way.” 69 he had written was, “ Today is a beautiful day 70 I cannot see it.”第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分35