重庆市万州三中2020届高三英语上学期第一次月考试题

万州三中2020学年高三上学期第一次月考英 语 试 卷第I卷 选择题第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5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秒种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. What are the speakers talking about?A. A fire.B. A matchbox.C. A rain.2. What time is it now?A.10:15. B.10:30.C.11:00.3. Who are the two speakers?A. Retired soldiers.B. College students. C. Army people.4. What is wrong with the printer?A. It doesnt flash.B. There isnt ink.C. Its broken.5. What is the woman interested in?A. Sports.B. Fashion.C. Politics.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2-4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5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；听完后，各小题将给出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至7题。6. What is true about the woman?A. She feels delighted. B. She feels frightened. C. She feels stressed.7. What food is considered as low stress food?A. Apple and grapes.B. Hamburgers.C. French Fries.听下面一段对话，回答第8至9题。8. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. At home.B. At the station.C. In the street.9. How will they probably go to the station?A. On foot.B. By taxi.C. By bus.听下面一段对话，回答第10至12题。10. What does the woman think of Mark Twains biography?A. Informative.B. Adventurous.C. Boring.11. Which place gave Mark Twain the idea to write a book?A. New Orleans.B. Hannibal.C. New York City.12. What happened to Mark Twain in 1859?A. He became a steamboat pilot.B. He left his hometown.C. He met Horace.听下面一段对话，回答第13至16题。13. What is Sally?A. A famous singer. B. A film star.C. A famous swimmer.14. Where is Sally now?A. In a competition.B. In a swimming pool. C. In California.15. What did Sally do at the last Olympics?A. She broke all the records.B. She won many cups.C. She swam thirty-five miles.16. What can we learn about Sally?A. She used to get up at 7 oclock.B. She became famous when she was 15.C. She prefers to visit other countries rather than enjoy the Olympics.听下面一段独白，回答第17至20题。17. When did the story take place?A. In the morning.B. In the afternoon.C. In the evening.18. What was Harrys problem?A. Everyone at his school liked him.B. No one at his school liked him.C. Some people at his school disliked him.19. Why didnt Harry want to accept his mothers advice?A. He thought he was too weak.B. He thought he was hated by the headmaster.C. He thought he was too old to change.20. What can we learn from the passage?A. Harry is confident.B. Harry is a student.C. Harry is the headmaster.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15个小题；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。AA trip to Paris is not complete without a visit to the Eiffel Tower. To get the most out of your visit, read our tips below：Visit at NightRiding up the Eiffel Tower at night and looking out over the streets of Paris, youll see why Paris is known as the “City of Light”. At street level，the spotlights on the top of the Tower zoom across the Paris skyline, and the reflections of the Tower in the Seine are sights which are not to be missed.Purchase Your Ticket in Advance OnlineBypass the long ticket lines at the Eiffel Tower by purchasing your ticket online from the Eiffel Tower website. Youll pick a time to visit, and then select whether to print out the ticket or display it on your phone or iPad a convenient option if you buy your ticket in Paris without easy access to a printer.Dont Bring Valuable Objects with YouBefore entering the Eiffel Tower, your bags will be examined by a security officer. If an item you are carrying sets off the metal detector, the officer will take you away from the line for further inspection. Weve stood in line for hours behind people who missed their chance to go up the Eiffel Tower.Have Drinks and Snacks at the Eiffel TowerIf youre like us，after an exciting trip to the Eiffel Tower，youll be ready to rest your legs and have a relaxing snack and a drink in a Parisian cafe. Across the Seine in the Trocadero area, there are many elegant cafes. The atmosphere is great，but the prices are in the stratosphere. Actually, the perfect place for common visitors to eat and drink is on the Eiffel Tower itself.21. Why does the author suggest visiting the Tower at night?A. Because you can see the Seine as clear as possible.B. Because you can avoid the crowds and enjoy it peacefully.C. Because you can have a special sight of the city of Pairs.D. Because you can stand on the top of the Tower.22. What does the underlined word “Bypass” in Paragraph 3 mean?A. Control. B. Avoid. C. Stand.D. Remember.23. Why did some people fail to go up the Eiffel Tower?A. Because they had a quarrel with the officer.B. Because they lost valuable objects.C. Because they set off the metal detector.D. Because they didnt seize the chance.24. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A. The author recommends tourists have snacks at the Eiffel Tower.B. You spend more if you have snacks at the Tower.C. The author prefers to eat across the Seine.D. The Eiffel Tower provides expensive foods and drinks.BThe worlds first robot police officer has started working. Its name is RoboCop and it went into service for the Dubai Police earlier this week. Robocops first official duty was to greet guests at the opening of a security conference in Dubai. Apart from greeting visitors, its job was to answer questions and give directions. RoboCop has a built-in tablet for people to interact with. People can use the tablet to pay traffic fines and use other smart police services. The tablet is linked to a police station, so people can talk to human police officers. In addition, RoboCop can speak six languages, including English and Arabic. The 170 - centimetre - tall robot can also shake hands, salute people and recognize peoples emotions and facial expressions.Dubai Police says RoboCop is the first of many robot police officers for the city. A spokesman said that by 2030, 25 per cent of the Dubai Police force will be robots. He said: “We are looking to make everything smart in Dubai Police. By 2030, we will have the first smart police station which wont require human employees.”“The RoboCop is the latest smart addition to the police force and has been designed to help us fight crime, keep the city safe and improve happiness levels,” He added. He also said that RoboCop would, “assist and help people in the malls or on the streets”. An official at the security conference commented that the future is here now, saying: “The age of the robots is no longer coming. It has arrived.”25. What was Robocops first official duty?A. To spot criminals in the crowd. B. To serve guests at a meeting.C. To organize a secure conference. D. To offer help to the people on the street.26. What has made Robocop “smart”?A. Its social skills. B. Its built - in tablet.C. Its language talent. D. Its ability to recognize people.27. What can we learn from the spokesman?A. Human police will become smarter.B. RoboCop has done a good job at the meeting.C. Robots will take the place of human police.D. Robots will help Dubai Police do dangerous work.28. What do the underlined sentences mean in the last paragraph?A. The age of robots is now on the way. B. Robots will change the world.C. Scientists are making smarter robots. D. The age of robots is already here.CUnlike produce such as peaches or bananas, strawberries begin to decline as soon as they are picked. Scientists have been working on a special protection that delays spoilage by slowing water loss and oxidation (氧化).Every fruit and vegetable breathes. Once a piece of produce is picked from a tree or plant, it continues to breathe, aging slowly, until it begins to break down. Microorganisms then move in, causing it to spoil. Refrigeration can delay the process, but only so much.Some scientists now think they can make your bananas, avocados, and other fresh produce last up to twice as long by delaying spoilage. Apeel, a start-up in Santa Barbara, California, has created a way to remove lipids(油脂，蜡) from several popular crops and transform each type into a powder. Dissolved in water and applied to fruits or vegetables, it forms an edible(可食用的) barrier to lock moisture (水分，湿度) in and microorganisms out.Farmers can apply a version of the solution in the field, or distributors can use the rinse (冲洗) on the packing line, extending a fruits shelf life by days or even weeks. The FDA recognizes the process as safe, and earlier this year it was approved for use on organic produce.Giving shoppers more time with their fresh food is one purpose. But Apeels higher goal is to fight food waste and reduce the number of refrigerated trucks and ships that race between fields and stores to deliver food at its peak. The technology can also allow more crops to be delivered to more places farther and farther from where theyre grown. “You can imagine a world without seasonality of fresh produce,” says James Rogers, Apeels CEO and a materials scientist.In the meantime, who couldnt use a few extra days before that fruit in the fridge starts to mold(发霉)?29. What has the company, Apeel, invented?A. A strategy to fight food waste by mixing fruits or vegetables with crops.B. A solution to get rid of what causes fresh fruits or vegetables spoil.C. A method to remove crop lipids and change them into nutritious powder.D. A way to lock moisture in and microorganisms out by forming an edible barrier.30. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?A. Fruits and vegetables picked from trees can go bad easily without any protection.B. Scientists are aimed at a new way to prevent fresh produce from molding soon.C. Farmers and distributors can use what Apeel has created but it proves unsafe.D. Shoppers are among those who can benefit a lot from Apeels new idea.31. What do James Rogerss words mean?A. Every fruit and vegetable will stay fresh all year around in the future.B. The food fresh keeping technology contributes to long-distance transporting.C. You can get any fresh produce in any season in the future.D. You can use the fridge to store the fresh produce for a longer time.DIts no secret that American infrastructure(基础设施) is aging. Concrete(混凝土) structures, in particular, are in desperate need of repair.Cracks (缝隙) are very common due to various chemical and physical phenomena that occur during everyday use, which can be quite harmful as they provide an easy route in for liquids and gasses and the harmful substances they might contain. But continuous repair work is difficult because it usually requires a huge amount of labor and investment. So since 2020, Ive been trying to figure out how these harmful cracks could heal themselves without human involvement. The idea was originally inspired by the amazing ability of the human body to heal itself of cuts, bruises and broken bones. In the same way, can we provide necessary products to concrete to fill in cracks when damage happens?My colleagues from Binghamton University and I have found an unusual candidate to help concrete heal itself: a fungus (真菌) called Trichoderma reesei. We initially screened(筛查，检查) about 20 different species of fungi in order to find one that could stand the difficult conditions in concrete. Of all the fungi we tested, only T. reesei could survive this environment. Despite the sudden PHincrease, its spores (孢子) developed into threadlike things and grew equally well with or without concrete.We propose including fungal spores, together with nutrients, during the initial mixing process when building a new concrete structure. When the unavoidable cracking occurs and water finds its way in, the sleeping fungal spores will start to grow. They then will work as an activator within the calcium-rich conditions of the concrete to promote precipitation (析出) of calcium carbonatecrystals. These mineral deposits can fill in the cracks. If cracks form again and environmental conditions become favorable, the spores could wake up and repeat the process.Our research is still in the initial stage and theres a long way to go to make self-healing concrete practical and cost-effective. But the scope of American infrastructures challenges makes exploring creative solutions like this worthwhile.32.Why does the author mention the self-healing of human body?A.To show how amazing human body is.B.To prove everything will turn out to be fine.C.To provide a possibility of concrete healing itself.D.To stress that its unnecessary to have medicines.33.What do we know about T. reesei?A.It has been applied to building a new concrete.B.It can bear the tough conditions in concrete.C. Its spores will be useless after one repair.D.It poses (引起，摆姿势)potential risks to environment.34.What does the underlined word “this” in the last paragraph refer to?A.The challenges of American infrastructure. B.The research on self-healing concrete.C.The process of cracking. D.The promotion of spores.35.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A.The Danger of Cracks B.The Aging of American InfrastructureC.The Most Powerful Fungus D.Concrete Filling Its Own Cracks第二节 (共5个小题；每小题2分，满分10分)根据文章内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项；选项中的两项为多余选项。How to Deal With RumorsRumors (谣言) are the worst. But due to lifes reality of people loving gossip, rumors are bound to happen.36 So its best to practice things when the rumor comes knocking at your door.Dont Be frightened. Sure, easier said than done, right? 37 The truth is that people are waiting to see your reaction. They are waiting to see you sweat. But for real, dont sweat it! You know very well this is just rumor, so carry yourself confidently .Remain calm.38 If you know who started the rumor, dont be afraid to defend it forcefully foryourself. You may feel personally victimized by Regina George, so naturally your emotions are running high, but the key to positive communication and to fixing the chaos is a calm yet assertive conversation. Tell the person how you feel. Stay true to who you are, and feel good about standing your ground.Know youre in good company. Famous persons deal with rumors all of the time. They either set the record straight via social media or an interview, or most often, they stay under the radar(受某人关注) until it blows over. The important thing to remember, in all of this, is that it will all become last weeks news. 39 It will blow over and it will get better. Hang in there.Talk to people you love. Dealing with a rumor is hard to go through alone, especially because you already feel like the world is against you. 40 They would never believe an untrue rumor about you anyway, so why pay any attention to the ones who do? Open up and talk to your family and friends. They will help you get through.A. Go straight to the source of the rumor.B. But, its important not to panic when the gossip circles back to you.C. Avoiding rumors altogether is hard to attain.D. Never show your frustration.E. Do you respond to the rumor quickly?F. You just have to get through the storm until people no longer care.G. Find comfort in your family and friends and the people who love you.第三部分 语言运用 （共两节，满分45分）第一节： 完形填空（共20题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，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。When Henry Ford decided to produce his famous V-8 motor, he chose to build an engine with the entire eight cylinders cast in one block（将八个气缸全部放在一起的引擎）, and instructed his engineers to 41 it. The 42 was placed on paper, but the engineers found it was 43 impossible to make it.Ford said, “Produce it 44 .”“But,” they replied, “its impossible!”“Go ahead.” Ford 45 , “And stay on the job 46 you succeed, no matter how much time is required.”The engineers went ahead. They had no other 47 , if they were to 48 on the Ford staff. One year passed but 49 happened. The engineers tried every plan possible to 50 the orders, but the thing seemed 51 : “impossible!”At the end of the year Ford 52 with his engineers, and again they 53 him they had found no way out.“Go right ahead,” said Ford, “I want it, and Ill have it.”They went ahead, and then, as if by a 54 of magic, the secret was 55 .Ford was 56 , because he understood and 57 the principles of success. One of these is desire: knowing what one wants. Remember this Ford story as you read. If you can 58 your fingers on the particular group of principles which made Henry Ford rich, you can 59 his achievements in almost any calling (行业) for which you are 60 .41. A. work outB. work onC. work forD. work with42. A. scheduleB. programC. designD. table43. A. hardlyB. constantlyC. graduallyD. simply44. A. anywayB. howeverC. wheneverD. moreover45. A. commandedB. commentedC. suggestedD. requested46. A. ifB. asC. unlessD. until47. A. ideasB. substitutesC. optionsD. suggestions48. A. remainB. keepC. lastD. appear49. A. somethingB. nothingC. anythingD. everything50. A. set downB. carry outC. pick upD. take in51. A. out of controlB. out of conditionC. out of sightD. out of the question52. A. discussed B. consultedC. debatedD. checked53. A. persuaded B. explainedC. informedD. confirmed54. A. strokeB. listC. castD. wind55. A. dissolved B. dismissedC. discoveredD. distinguished56. A. fortunateB. successfulC. patient D. ambitious57. A. madeB. clarifiedC. disobeyedD. applied58. A. dipB. lieC. layD. hold59. A. compareB. makeC. equalD. conquer60. A. suitedB. requiredC. eagerD. dreaming第卷 (非选择题)第二节: 语法填空(15分，每空1.5分)