辽宁省沈阳市2020届高三英语教学质量监测（四）试题（无答案）

2020年沈阳市高中三年级教学质量监测(四）英 语本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。第卷1至7页,第卷7至9页。满分120分，考试时间100分钟。注意事项：1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号填写在答题卡上，并将条形码粘贴在答题卡指定区域。2.第卷每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。第卷用黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡指定位置书写作答，在本试题卷上作答无效。3.考试结束后，考生将答题卡交回。第卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）（略）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。ASometimes he would come on Thursday and not even be able to get out of the car because of the seizures(癫痫). Still he came, week after week.His caretakers said he knew when it was Thursday, even though he knew little else and could not communicate how he knew. He could see, but not speak, could not even sit up without help. Yet, he knew when it was his day to go ride. He was only ten, and he didnt live to his teens.Many years have passed and many children have benefited from various riding treatment programs. But none touched me as much as this boy.One volunteer would walk beside this youngster on the right and help hold him on the horse, one would control the horse and another would walk on his left to steady him and be his instructor for the day.One week, he was in very good spirits. He smiled. He seemed alert and willing.Together with other volunteers, I was waiting for another rider to be helped when my young student reached out and touched my hair. My hand was on his leg, so I knew he was steady, even though my eyes werent on him. I looked around and knew he was trying to tell me something.“What?” I asked. It was unusual for him to reach out and touch. He reached out again and touched my hair, as he sometimes did to the horses mane(鬃毛) on good days.I realized that my waist-length hair was back in a ponytail(马尾辫), and that he wanted it to hang down. So I did. He looked at me, managed to touch his hands together a couple of times in what he used as clapping, and he smiled at me.I didnt know as his attendant carried him back to the car that it would be the last time I saw him. But instead of feeling sad, I thought of him in heaven, running out to his favorite horse, not having to wait until Thursday or for his attendants to help him. He and his horse would run across clouds, with him laughing and the horses tail streaming freely behind as the wind sang through their hair.21. We can learn from the passage that the writer must be _.A. a doctor B. a caretakerC. an attendant D. a volunteer22. Why did the boy touch the writers hair?A. He felt uncomfortable then.B. He intended to attract her attention.C. He thought it was the horses mane.D. He wanted her hair to stream freely.23. What can be the best title for the passage?A. A Boys Life B. A Special RiderC. Helpful Volunteers D. Riding Treatment ProgramsBIf something is tough, does that mean that its also strong? The answer is noespecially when youre talking about materials.A materials toughness refers to the amount of energy needed to break it. Strength refers to a materials ability to carry a load.Take a glass plate, for example. It can carry quite a bit of food to the dinner table, but if you drop it on the floor, it breaks. Glass plates are strong, not tough. A rubber ball, on the other hand, can easily be pressed out of shape, but its hard to break. Rubber balls are tough, though not particularly strong.For years, it was thought impossible to find materials that are both tough and stronguntil now, with the new nanofiber (纳米纤维) created by scientists from the USA, reported Live Science.To understand what a nanofiber is, you first have to know about nanotechnology. “Nano” refers to the size of a nanometer, which is one billionth of a meter. Nanotechnology is the science of controlling matters of extremely small size. But how small are they? Think of it like this: a sheet of paper is 100,000 nanometers thick, and so is your hair.Nanofiber is one type of nanotechnology. To see these fibers, you need a microscope (显微镜) many thousands of times more powerful than the ones used in a science class. Despite their small size, nanofibers can be made into materials that are hundreds of times stronger than steel and are very tough at the same time.“If the materials were tougher, one could make products more lightweight and still be very safe,” Professor Denis, who led the study, told Live Science.Airplanes, for example, are made of many composite (合成的) materials that, if broken, could lead to horrible crashes. To make up for the composites lack of toughness, engineers use more of these materials, making airplanes safer, but also much heavier. But with the new nanofiber materials, not only planes, but also bridges and bikes can all be made lighter, stronger and tougher. “Whatever is made of composites can benefit from our nanofibers,” Denis said.24. If a material is tough, _.A. its not easy to breakB. it must be very strongC. it must be of different shapesD. its able to support a lot of load25. According to the passage, a nanofiber _.A. is as thick as our hairB. is both tough and strongC. is the toughest material ever foundD. can be seen with a common microscope26. What can we conclude from the last paragraph?A. It still remains to be seen whether nanofiber is safe to use.B. Planes made of composite materials are both tough and light.C. Bridges made of nanofibers can be lighter and stronger.D. Nanofibers will one day take the place of any other material.27. Which of the following is true?A. Tough materials are of better use than strong ones. B. Its impossible to make materials both strong and tough.C. Nanofibers can be widely used due to its strength and toughness.D. Nanotechnology is the science of controlling matters of different sizes.CBoys English grades are up to a tenth worse when high numbers of girls are in the class with them, though girls grades are unaffected. Steven Proud, a research student at Bristol University, presented his new finding on the Royal Economic Societys conference.There are slightly more boys than girls in schools, but most classes in mixed schools are almost equally divided between the genders(性别). Proud looked at these and schools that were exceptional in their high or low quantity of girls.Proud tracked boys and girls test results at the ages of 7, 11, 14 and 16 in 16,000 schools in England between 2002 and 2020 for his PhD. He analyzed the test scores to see whether the quantity of girls in a year group made a difference to the results of both genders in maths, science and English.He found, different from the widely held belief that girls are always a good influence on boys in school, boys do best with “as few girls as possible” in English lessons at primary and secondary school. But when it comes to maths and science, both boys and girls at primary school achieve up to a tenth of a grade more when there is a high quantity of girls in the class.He said: “The results imply that boys would benefit at all ages from being taught English with as small a quantity of girls as possible. In maths and science, the results tend to imply that both boys and girls benefit from having more girls in the classroom. A mix of the genders in both science and maths is best.”Proud said boys may do worse in English when there is a high quantity of girls in their class because they realize that the girls are better than them. It could also be that teachers use teaching styles more suitable for girls when there are more girls than boys in the class. Both genders perform better in maths and science at primary school when there are more girls in the class because boys tend to interrupt the class more, he said.Speaking of the interesting findings, Professor Alan Smithers said girls started school with slightly better verbal(语言的) skills, while boys started with a slightly greater ability for maths.28. What is the purpose of the research Proud carried out in the passage?A. To learn the situation in primary school.B. To accomplish his PhD paper.C. To prove his view on pupils learning skills.D. To figure out why girls performed better in primary school.29. Which of the following is true according to paragraph 4?A. Girls constantly perform worse when they study English.B. It is believed that boys should perform better than girls.C. Boys are unaffected by the number of girls in their English classes.D. People usually think girls have a good effect on boys in school.30. What can we learn from the passage?A. The more girls there are in an English class, the worse boys perform.B. Boys at the primary school are going to be taught English in single-sex classes.C. The number of girls in a year group affects the academic results of both genders.D. Girls are rarely thought to be a good influence on boys in school.31. If you are headmaster of a primary school, which suggestion would you take?A. Boys should be taught maths and science in single-sex classes.B. Boys and girls should be taught separately in the primary school.C. Boys should be taught English in a class with a small quantity of girls.D. Girls should be taught maths and science in a class with a large quantity of boys.DThe chief problem in dealing with foreign motorists is not so much remembering that they are different from you, but that they are largely variable. Cross a frontier(边境) without adjusting and you can be in deep trouble.One of the greatest gulfs separating the driving nations is the Atlantic Ocean. Or rather, it is the mental distance between the European and the American motorist, particularly the South American motorist. Compare, for example, an English driver at a set of traffic lights with a Brazilian.Very rarely will an Englishman try to anticipate(预先准备) the green light by moving off. You will find the occasional someone who watches for the yellow light to come up on the set of lights. However, he will not go until he receives the lawful signal. Brazilians view the thing quite differently. If, in fact, they see traffic lights, they regard them as a kind of roadside decoration.The natives of North America are much more disciplined. They show this in their addiction to driving in one lane(车道) and sticking to iteven if it means settling behind some great truck for many miles.To prevent other drivers from falling into wrong ways, American motorists try always to stay close behind the vehicle in front which can make it impossible to make a real lane change. European visitors are always falling into this trap. They return to the Old World still waving their arms in disappointment because while driving in the State in their cars they kept failing to get off the highway when they wanted to and were swept along to the next city.However, one nation above all others lives cautiously by its traffic regulations the Swiss. In Switzerland, if you were simply to anticipate a traffic light, the chances are that the motorist behind you would take your number and report you to the police. There are slight regional variations among the French, German and Italian speaking areas, but it is generally safe to assume that any car bearing a CH sticker will be driven with a high degree of discipline.32. How do American drivers behave on the road according to the passage?A. They run the red light sometimes.B. They drive close behind other drivers.C. They care little about the traffic light.D. They start their car at the yellow light.33. Which people take the traffic light most seriously?A. The Swiss. B. The Brazilians.C. The English. D. The French.34. The passage is mainly developed by _.A. analyzing causes B. describing changesC. making comparisons D. pointing out similarities35. Which part of a newspaper is the passage probably taken from?A. Culture. B. Business. C. Entertainment. D. Geography.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。As many as one in five US teenagers have some degree of hearing loss, according to researchers. 36The study compared surveys from the early 1990s and the mid-2000s. 37 In the first survey, about 15 percent of teenagers had some degree of hearing loss. Some 15 years later, that number had risen by a third, to nearly 20 percent. “This certainly is big news,” said Ms. Grimes, an ear doctor. “Hearing loss is very common in old people. 38 .”In babies and young children, hearing problems are known to slow language development. The science is less clear for teenagers, but it is easy to imagine how being hard of hearing could influence learning, said Grimes.39 In order to figure it out, researchers asked teenagers about noise exposureon the job, at school or from activities. The teenagers didnt report any change. But Grimes said it might not be true. “We knew from before that it is difficult to ask this age group about noise exposurethey underestimate (低估) it.” Few people would call it noise when they listen to music on their MP3 player, for example. 40 .Although its not clear that the MP3 players cause teenagers hearing loss, it is still a good idea to turn down the sound and take short breaks from listening.A. Each included a few thousand teenagers.B. The reasons for the rise are still unclear.C. And unfortunately the problem is growing.D. Only a few young people have hearing problems.E. But it was worrying to see it happen in the younger age group.F. Teenagers who suffer from hearing loss can feel it hard at school.G. Because there is a difference between what they think is loud and what is harmful to the ear.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 完形填空（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、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。Please excuse me if Im a little quiet today. Mark is leaving, and Im kind of 41 .You probably dont know Mark, but you 42 know someone like him. He has been the heart and soul of the office for years. He has never been interested in getting 43 for the great work he does. He 44 does his jobextremely well. Were pleased that he is 45 to new, better things. But this doesnt make it any 46 to say goodbye.Life has a way of throwing curve (弧线) balls at us. Just 47 we start to get comfortable with a person, a place or a situation, 48 comes along to change things: A good neighbor moves away; someone in the family graduatesTo a great degree, our ability to deal with change 49 our peace and happiness 50 .Chris, a surfer(冲浪者), once told me that the 51 to lifes problems can be summed up in four words: “Go with the flow.” “Its like surfing,” Chris 52 . “You cant organize the ocean. Waves just happen. You 53 them where they take you. Youre always hoping for the perfect wave, but 54 you just accept them the way they come.”I think Chris was saying that life is a series of 55 both good and bad. There will always be things 56 control. The truly successful person 57 the unexpected and is prepared to make adjustments.Were going to miss Mark. But 58 thinking about the sadness of our parting all the time, well focus on our hopes for a brighter futurefor 59 and for us. Well go out and do everything that we can to make that future happenuntil our life 60 again.41. A. angry B. sad C. curious D. nervousA. need B. shall C. will D. mightA. reward B. respect C. confidence D. successA. yet B. just C. even D. alreadyA. setting out B. going over C. moving on D. getting throughA. easier B. harder C. faster D. worseA. before B. when C. because D. ifA. anything B. nothing C. everything D. somethingA. determines B. increases C. directs D. dependsA. on holiday B. at work C. at home D. in lifeA. puzzle B. cause C. answerD. resultA. introduced B. mentioned C. explained D. remindedA. drive B. ride C. walk D. kickA. mostly B. rarely C. nearlyD. hardlyA. accidents B. games C. matters D. eventsA. under B. about C. over D. beyondA. accepts B. refuses C. ignored D. promisedA. other than B. rather than C. more than D. better thanA. you B. me C. them D. himA. starts B. returns C. changes D. recovers第卷注意：将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）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（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。Agent: What is the 61 with you, madam? You look pale and anxious.Susan: Jesus, I lost my luggage just now.Agent: Take it easy. Would you please tell me more details? I will try my best to help you.Susan: Thank you. I have just been to the cafe, where I put my luggage under the table. Then I 62 (order) a coffee when I was waiting for the train. When I finished drinking, I