陕西省渭南市临渭区尚德中学2020届高三英语上学期第二次月考试题（通用）

陕西省渭南市临渭区尚德中学2020届高三英语上学期第二次月考试题注意事项：1、 全卷满分150分，答题时间为120分钟。2、 本试卷由选择题和非选择题两大部分组成。涂写要工整、清晰。 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节 （共五小题，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。1. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. In a hotel. B. In a lab. C.In a library.2. What is the woman going to do?A. To attend a meeting. B. To take a place. C. To see a doctor.3. Why are so many students absent from class?A. Because they are playing basketball on the playground.B. Because they are infected with the pink eye.C. Because they are having a cold.4. Which bus will the man take to get to the wildlife zoo?A. No. 13 bus. B. No. 30 bus. C. No. 33 bus.5. How many hours does the man have to work every day?A. 8 hours. B. 9 hours. C. 11 hours.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三个选项证选出最佳选项，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，每个小题5秒钟；听完后，各个小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6. What would both of the two speakers like to drink?A. Wine. B. Beer. C. Orange juice.7. How will the woman go home tonight?A. On foot. B. By car. C. By bike.8. What will the two speakers do tonight?A. Attend the womans mothers birthday party.B. Go and see a film in the cinema.C. Listen to a concert.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. Which bank should the woman go to?A. The Bank of Ireland. B. The Allied Irish Bank. C. The Dunnes Bank.10. How far is the bank from here?A. About five minutes walk. B. About 100 metres. C. About fifteen minutes walk.11. Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Colleagues. B. Classmates C. Strangers听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Classmates B. Husband and wife C. Teacher and student13. Why did the woman cry?A. Because she didnt win the school French Prize.B. Because she quarreled with the man.C. Because she was defeated in the tennis competition.14. What can we know about the womans mother?A. She lives in London. B. She was French C. She taught French in a school听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. What are the two speakers talking about?A. TV programmes. B. Science reports. C. Experiments.16. What can we know about Mars?A. It has lots of plants. B. There might be water on it. C. It is very cold.17. When did Explorer Spirit land near the so-called Gusev Crater?A. On January 3rd. B. On January 13th. C. On January 30th.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. When does their teambuilding programme probably take place?A. On Tuesday. B. On Friday. C. At the weekend.19. Where will they have dinner tonight?A. At a French hotel. B. At a forest restaurant. C. In the forest.20. What is the aim of the programme?A. To develop the team spirit.B. To improve the work skills.C. To raise the awareness of protecting the wildlife.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）阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。AWashington, D.C. Bicycle ToursCherry Blossom Bike Tour in Washington, D.C. Duration Tour This small group bike tour is a fantastic way to see a world-famous cherry trees with beautiful flowers of Washington, D.C. Your guide will provide a history lesson about the trees and the famous monuments where they blossom. Reserve your spot before availability the cherry blossomsdisappear!Washington Capital Monuments Bicycle Tour Duration:3 hours (4 miles) Join a guided bike tour and view some of the most popular monuments in Washington,D.C.Explore the monuments and memorials on the National Mall as your guide shares unique facts and history at each stop.Guided tour includes bike,helmet,cookies and bottled water.Capital City Bike Tour in Washington,D.C. Duration:3 hours Morning or Afternoon, this bike tour is the perfect tour for D.C.newcomers and locals looking to experience Washington,D.C.in a healthy way with minimum effort.Knowledgeable guides will entertain you with the most ,interesting stories about Presidents, Congress, memorials, and parks. Comfortable bikes and a smooth tour route(路线)make cycling between the sites fun and relaxing.zWashington Capital Sites at Night Bicycle Tour Duration:3 hours(7miles) Join a small group bike tour for an evening of exploration in the heart of Washington, D.C. Get up close to the monuments and memorials as you bike the sites of Capitol Hill and the National Mall.Frequent stops are made for photo taking as your guide offers unique facts and history.Tour includes bike,helmet,and bottled water.All riders are equipped with reflective vests and safety lights.21.Which tour do you need to book in advance?A.Cherry Blossom Bike Tour in Washington,D.C.B.Washington Capital Monuments Bicycle Tour.C.Capital City Bike Tour in Washington,D.C.D.Washington Capital Sites at Night Bicycle Tour.22.What will you do on the Capital City Bike Tour?A.Meet famous people. B.Go to a national park.C.Visit well-known museums. D.Enjoy interesting stories.23.Which of the following does the bicycle tour at night provide?A.City maps. B.Cameras C.Meals. D.Safety lights.BAre you familiar with the greeting, Can I add you on WeChat?” It seems like every time we meet new friends or colleagues nowadays, the first thing that springs to mind is adding each other on the app. Nevertheless, more than 80 percent of WeChat users report feeling stressed or anxious when they receive a large number of messages, according to a study done recently by the apps developer Tencent（腾讯）. In other words, WeChat can overwhelm(使应接不暇) us,while also breaking down the boundaries between our work and private lives. Just think how easy it is now for bosses to hand out assignments during the holiday, so long as they have your WeChat contact. When youre at the cinema enjoying a romantic movie or having a barbecue in the backyard, you can never cut yourself off from the outside world unless you switch off your phone. Not to post something in WeChat Moments before replying to your boss first! Apart from interrupting your leisure time, WeChat can also reduce your productivity at work. For many office workers, logging in to WeChat on their computers at the start of the day has become routine. But what if browsing the Moments distracts us from doing the work? The app steals our time without us even noticing it, making us have the false belief that we are busy all the time. And as if that werent bad enough,therere the “one-off” friends who take up space on our WeChat friend list. A handy way to check how many one-off friends you have is to take a look at your chat history with them. Sometimes, you only sent the initial friend requests so you could invite them to a WeChat group or inform them of something for your boss. Yet still, as your friend count(好友数量) ever goes up, it can make you feel the need to post selfies（自拍） and share details of your life in your Moments, just so you can stay up to date. With WeChat , all our spare time is swallowed up by the constant torrent of messages and our attention keeps getting diverted by Moments and pop-up ads. So its time that we should do something to nip this problem in the bud.24.What is most of WeChat users reaction when receiving a mass of messages?A.They are quite upset. B.They think its unavoidable.C.They break down. D.They complain about Tencent.25.Which of the following may make your boss angry according to Paragraph 2?A.Enjoying a movie at the weekend.B.Posting something in WeChat Moments.C.Having a barbecue on vacation.D.Ignoring the assignment he handed out when seeing it.26.How can we decide who is the one-off friend on our WeChat friend list?A.By checking if you sent the initial friend request.B.By seeing if your boss asked you to inform him of something.C.By having a look at your chat record.D.By counting the number of your friends on the list.27.What can be a suitable title for this text?A.Is WeChat becoming a necessity in our life?B.Are We What friend requests ruining your life?C.Does your boss want to be your WeChat friend?D.Is it better to have more WeChat friends?CAs Internet users become more dependent on the Internet to store information，are people remember less？If you know your computer will save information，why store it in your own personal memory，your brain？Experts are wondering if the Internet is changing what we remember and how In a recent study，Professor Betsy Sparrow conducted some experimentsShe and her research team wanted to know the Internet is changing memoryIn the first experiment，they gave people 40 unimportant facts to type into a computerThe first group of people understood that the computer would save the informationThe second group understood that the computer would not save itLater，the second group remembered the information betterPeople in the first group knew they could find the information again，so they did not try to remember it In another experiment，the researchers gave people facts to remember，and told them where to find the information on the InternetThe information was in a specific computer folder(文件夹)Surprisingly，people later remember the folder location better than the factsWhen people use the Internet，they do not remember the informationRather，they remember how to find itThis is called transactive memory (交互记忆) According to Sparrow，we are not becoming people with poor memories as a result of the InternetInstead，computer users are developing stronger transactive memories； that is，people are learning how to organize huge quantities of information so that they are able to access it at a later dateThis doesnt mean we are becoming either more or less intelligent，but there is no doubt that the way we use memory is changing28 Thepassagebeginswithtwoquestionsto_Ashowtheauthorsaltitude Bintroducethemaintopic CdescribehowtousetheInternet Dexplainhowtostoreinformation29Whatcanwelearnaboutthefirstexperiment？ AThefirstgroupdidnottrytoremembertheformation BThetwogroupsrememberedtheinformationequallywellCSparrowsteamtypedtheinformationintoacomputerDThesecondgroupdidnotunderstandtheinformation30Intransactivememory，people_AkeeptheinformationinmindBchangethequantityofinformationCrememberhowtofindtheinformation Dorganizeinformationlikeacomputer 31WhatistheeffectoftheInternetaccordingtoSparrowsresearch？ AWeneedabetterwaytoaccessinformation BWeare becomingmoreintelligentCWehavepoorermemoriesthanbeforeDWe areusingmemorydifferently DBike sharing have become popular words in cities from Cape Town to Shanghai to Melbourne. Planners, politicians and media keep showing off their benefits: reducing pollution, congestion, travel costs and oil dependence, while improving public health.Bike sharing also helps make cities appear modern, dynamic and worldwide-qualities much sought after by the creative class.But what makes for a successful public bike-sharing program? This is an important question because installing one requires significant public and private investment and adjustment to the built environment.While many programs have been launched among much praise, often their popularity has soon declined. Many end up operating at a financial loss and depend on other profitable enterprises to cross-subsidize (交叉补贴) them. Some have resulted in thrown-away bikes becoming an eyesore.Understanding which factors enhance or stop public bike sharing is critical in helping cities decide whether such a program is workable, before considering what design and sitting will work best. Drawing on current knowledge, we discuss the importance of the local landscape, climate, cycling infrastructure (基础设施) and land use. We also touch on other factors, such as the legal environment and the characteristics of the bike-sharing program itself. Take natural environment for example. Two natural environment factors are known to affect participation: hilliness and weather. Hilliness discourages balanced bike-sharing use, as users avoid returning bicycles to stations on hilltops. Those stations end up being empty, while stations on flat areas are often full, so users cannot find a station to return their bikes. As for weather, ideal temperature ranges vary by the climate zone. Case studies show warm and dry weather encourages public bike-sharing use. Rain and strong wind reduce the frequency of trips. However, some approaches, such as providing sheltered, shaded, or even heated or cooled cycling infrastructure, could prove useful.32.What can we infer about bike sharing from Paragraph 1?A.It has no disadvantage. B.It is welcomed worldwide.C.It can solve every problem. D.It is the symbol of modern cities.33.What is the current situation of bike-sharing programs?A.Many of them run at a loss. B.Most of them make huge profits.C.They are the most promising business.D.Their development is determined by public investment.34.Why does the author mention the natural environment?A.To show users interest in various natural environment.B.To show the decisive function of natural environment.C.To show the necessity of bike-sharing programs.D.To show the significance of some factors.35.Which of the following might increase bike-sharing use? A.Hilliness. B.Attractive bikes.C.Rain and strong wind D.Perfect cycling infrastructure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。Many scientists believe our love of sugar may actually an addiction. When we eat or drink sugary foods, the sugar enters our blood and affects parts of our brain that make us feel good. Then the good feeling goes away, leaving us wanting more. 36_In this way, it is in fact an addictive drug, one that doctors recommend we all cut down on. It seems like every time I study an illness and trace a path to the first cause, I find my way back to sugar, says scientist Richard Johnson. 37_Why? “Sugar, we believe, is one of the culprits, if not the major culprit, says Johnson,38_Early humans often had very little food, so our bodies learned to be very efficient in storing sugar as fat. In this way, we had energy stored for when there was no food. But today, most people have more than enough. So the very thing that once saved us may now be killing us. So what is the solution?39_ The trouble is, in todays world, its extremely difficult to avoid. From breakfast cereals to after-dinner desserts, our foods are increasingly filled with it. Some manufacturers even use sugar to replace taste in foods that are advertised as low in fat.But there are those who are fighting back against sugar. Many schools are replacing sugary desserts with healthier options like fruit. Other schools are growing their own food in gardens, or building facilities like walking tracks so students and others in the community can exercise. 40_A. All tasty foods do this, but sugar has a particularly strong effect.B. So many people have a sweet tooth.C. One-third of adults worldwide have high blood pressure, and up to 347 million have diabetes.D. The battle has not yet been lost.E. But the temptation seems hard to resist.F. Our bodies are designed to survive on very little sugar.G. Its obvious that we need to eat less sugar.第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第1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，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出合适填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。 It happened to Susan Black in a cold winter. Everything seemed in a41_ those days. Both her parents suffering from depression(抑郁症), sending for a42_ became a common practice. As a woman in her 40s, it was a43_ job to be a teacher of 30 first-graders, who were always44_, and shed tried all sorts of methods, but45_ to get them quiet in class.Misfortunes were 46_ one after another. After a long and tiring day at work, Susan dragged herself along, 47_ towards the parking lot. She came to the car, only to find she had locked her keys and cell phone inside. 48_kicking the tyre of the car, she sensed tears 49_ her cheeks.“Whats wrong?” a voice was heard. Susan looked up, and saw a young man with a 50_ at his side. Susan stopped weeping and explained her situation, adding that 51_ he called her husband, he wouldnt bring her the spare car key, since he was working at the 52_ end of the town and it was still not time to 53_ the days work. “Call your 54_ and tell him Im coming to get the key,” the young man handed Susan his phone. “But thats nine miles round trip.” said Susan. “Theres no time for55_. Ill be back as soon as possible.”Two hours later, the motor rider returned with a big smile and 56_ face, key in hand. Susan 57_ some money, but he refused. “Lets just say I needed the 58_,” with those words, like a59_ in the movies, he rode off into the sunset.For Susan, the “cowb