浙江省严州中学2020届高三英语3月阶段测试试题（无答案）新人教版

严州中学2020届高三3月阶段测试英语试题第一节：单项填空（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分）从A、B、C和D四个选项，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。1._ new round of competition for customers has started with discounted products in Gome and Suning, setting off _ wave of shopping rush at the end of the yearA. A; 不填B. The; aC. A; theD. A; a2. How should I pay the rent?_. You can pay by week or month.A. Its up to you B. Thats right C. Not at all D. It doesnt matter3. Clothing made of man-made fibers has certain advantages over _ made of natural fibers like cotton, wool or silk.A. thisB. oneC. thatD. what4. Unlike the earth, Mars is too cold and Venus is far too hot _ there to be any life.A. as B. so C. like D. for5. The little man was _ more than one meter fifty high, who is often laughed at.A. almostB. hardly C. nearlyD. even6. The village seemed deserted, the only sign of life _ some trees waving in the howling windA. beingB. wereC. was D. to be7. The old lady got up just before sunrise, as she often does, _along the beach for some fresh air.A. walked B. to walk C. walking D. having walked8. Wed better take umbrellasIm sure it _ when we arrive in London; its always wet there at this time of year.A. will rain B. is raining C. will be raining D. would rain9.What does the sign over there say?“No person _ bring drinks into the student computer pool.”A. will B. may C. must D. shall10. It was a great _ for her to be pleasant to people she didnt like.A. attempt B. trouble C. effort D. practice11.The car began to _ the moment the vehicle got into the highway.A. take up B. give up C. make up D. pick up12. More than 5,000 people had been _ dead from Fridays massive earthquake and tsunami, Japanese media quoted police as saying early on Thursday.A. convinced B. guaranteed C. confirmed D. claimed13. We were hoping to finish the project by next week_, however, we wont make it until the week after.A. so farB. as it is C. by and by D. on the other hand14. In _ seemed like forever, we finally cleared the large rocks and reached a mountain with fantastic views.A. whichB. thatC. whereD. what15. I _ your birthday party last night but for the fact that it was raining at that time.A. would have attendedB. would attendC. must have attendedD. must attend16. Ken, _, but your radio is going too loud.Oh, Im sorry. Ill turn it down right now.A. I hate to say itB. It doesnt hurt to askC. Im really tired of itD. Im crazy about it17. Didnt you explain the truth to her? I did, but God knows what she _ about.A. was thinkingB. thoughtC. had thoughtD. will think18. _ you want a healthy diet or enjoy a delicious meal, please come and visit our restaurant.A. IfB. While C. WhetherD. Since19. Scientists were _ to find out how the crash occurred immediately after the accident happened.A. conductingB. investigatingC. involvingD. considering20. During the time of global economic crisis, to graduates the _ concern is job hunting.A. publicB. considerate C. latestD. fundamental第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-40各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳的选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。A complaint was received by the Pontiac Division of General Motors: “Our family has ice cream for dessert after dinner each night. But the kind of ice cream 21 , so every night after weve eaten, the whole family 22 on which kind of ice cream we should have and I drive down to the store to get it. Its also a fact that I 23 purchased a new Pontiac and 24 my trips to the store have created a problem.Every time I buy vanilla (香草) ice cream, when I start back from the store my car wont start. If I get any other kind of ice cream, the car starts just fine. I want you to know Im 25 about this question: What is there 26 a Pontiac that makes it not start when I get vanilla ice cream?”The Pontiac president sent an engineer to check 27 out. It was vanilla ice cream that night and, indeed, after they came back to the car, it wouldnt start. The engineer 28 for three more nights. The first night, the man got chocolate. The car started. The second night, he got strawberry. The car started. The third night, he ordered vanilla. The car 29 to start.The engineer refused to 30 that this mans car was allergic (过敏的) to vanilla ice cream. So he began to put down all sorts of 31 , type of gas used, time to drive 32 , etc. Then he found the man took less time to buy vanilla than any other flavor.Vanilla, being the most popular flavor, was in a 33 case at the front of the store. All the others were kept in the back. Now the question was why the car 34 start when it took less time. 35 time became the problem the engineer quickly 36 the answer: vapor lock (气阻). It was happening every night, but the 37 time taken to get the other flavors allowed the engine to 38 long enough to start. When the man got vanilla, the engine was 39 too hot for the vapor lock to disappear.Even crazy-looking 40 have a solution and if we think about them in a cool way we can find the answer.第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，满分50分）第一节：阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。ALife surrounds us with teachers, if we are but willing to learn. Actually, everyone and everything in our life is our teacherthey teach by example of something wed like to attain or something wed like to abandon.One of my greatest teachers these days is my dog, Angel. He appeared on our doorstep a year agoa tiny wet black bundle of fur. It had been raining all week and he stayed by the doorstep trying to stay dry and get warm. I brought him in and put a sign up on the street to let his human family know he had been found. No one claimed himwhich was just as well since after a few hours I was definitely in love.He was cute, affectionate, and a joy to have around. He was named Angel since I felt he had been brought to my doorstep by angels to serve as my teacher, my friend, my playmate, and my guardian angel.In the year that hes been with us he has taught me many things. He reminds me to take time to play, to go out in the fresh air and walk (or in his case, run like the wind). He demonstrates passion for life, and he has a great capacity for joy, for excitement, for pleasure. He reminds me when I ve been working too many hours in a row that its time to take a break. He shows me by example that one must drink a lotand I mean a lotof water. He eats only when hungry, a few mouthfuls at a time and then goes on to something else. He gets so excited, and I mean so excited, when something wonderful is coming his way. Even the routine of a morning walk gets him so excited he jumps for joy. Hes given new meaning to that expressionhe jumps, twirls, and is so excited to go for a morning walkwhile I am barely awake, and going for a walk not only because I “should” but because I “have to” take the dog out. What a difference in attitude.He has demonstrated to me, day after day, the importance of loving life and living life to the fullest. When we go out on the pathsme to walk, him to runto watch him run back and forth is such a pleasure to see as he puts “his all” into it. He runs for the pure joy of itnot because he needs the exercise, or because his doctor told him he “should”. He runs for the pleasure of running, for the sense of freedom, and the sense of adrenaline (肾上腺素) that fills his body. He runs to discover new trails, and he runs with abandon on the old trails as well. He doesnt care whether its the same old. Hes excited to be alive and enjoying “being”.And he knows how to ask for love and how to accept it. When he rolls over to be petted, he simply lays there and enjoys. He accepts the love in the moment and then doesnt hesitate to come back and ask for more whenever he wants more love and attention. Many times when Im working, hell walk up beside me and stand quietly. If Im busy and dont notice him, hell simply walk awaytalk about respecting someone elses space. At other times, hell bring in his toys one at a timeand when Ive broken my concentration on what Im doing, Ill notice that Im surrounded by his toysa silent invitation to come and play. He reminds me that there is always time to playand the opportunities are always there. He reminds me that I need to take short play breaks during the dayjust to get up and stretch (he always stretches when he gets up).41. Why did the writer put a sign up on the street?A. To show he has got a great teacher.B. To enable the dog owner to claim it.C. To let angels name to the newly found dog.D. To remind passers-by of the danger of the dog.42. The dogs attitude towards morning walk can be described as .A. casualB. responsibleC. criticalD. positive43. The dog runs with abandon on the old trails as well because .A. he likes new trailsB. he wants to discover new trailsC. he simply enjoys running freelyD. he needs exercise as told by his doctor44. In the writers eyes, the dog surrounding him with toys is a sign of .A. drawing his attentionB. showing gratitude to himC. asking for love from himD. inviting him to take a restBWhen they turn 18, they get calls from credit card companies. A few years later, theyve got a load of debtmany of them with thousands of dollars in student loans and credit card bills. The temptation of living on debt increased in the 1990s. Tuition and fees skyrocketed, the federal government increased student loan limits, and credit cards were marketed on campus. An average student loan recipient owed $11,950 upon graduating from a public university in 1996. In 1998, the average undergraduate had a balance of $1,879 on 3.5 credit cards. In 2000, 78 percent of college undergraduates had credit cards.Previous generations tended to begin adulthood in reduced circumstances. They worked their way into material comfort while absorbing the lesson that buying is closely related to earning. In contrast, many in Generation D begin adulthood with material comfort. They buy cars, furniture and nice new clothesmostly on credit. They dont remain innocent for long. Many members of Generation D feel disappointed when they make sacrifices (做出牺牲) to repay lenders who gave them credit before they had well-paying, full-time jobs. A little later, if theyre not careful, they have to return to their credit-fueled lifestyle after graduation so they can pay the bills. Not all can, and they pay the consequences.Experts agree that todays 18 to 30-year-olds have more debt than their forefathers. Thats especially true of the majority of high school graduates who go on to college or trade school, where people commonly get student loans and credit cards, even if they dont have jobs.People disagree whether thats so bad. After all, young adults accept student loans and credit cards gladly and most repay dutifully. Student loan debt enables them to pursue their dreams, and other sources of credit allow them to live in comfort. Even as young people spend more than they earn, theyre not delaying lifes milestonesmarriage, children and house. When researchers have asked students whether debt will cause them to delay marriage, parenthood or homeownership, a few say that debt indeed will have that effect. But studies show that deeds dont match words: People get married, have kids and buy houses when they want to, and debt has little to do with the timing. Some people make a claim: That debt forces people to grow up.But critics worry that negative social effects result from the habit of taking on debt before one has enough income to repay. Some worry that all this debt forces grads to stop taking exciting but low-paying jobs in favor of dull but well-paying jobs. Patricia Somers, a Universityof Missouri researcher who interviewed 500 people for her research on student loans, tells of a Ph.D. candidate in English who was considering returning to her old jobdealing blackjack (赌21点)after earning her doctorate.47. By saying “deeds dont match words”, the writer means that student loans .A. are well accepted by young adultsB. do not delay young adults normal livesC. are effective in helping young adults to grow upD. do not prevent them from achieving their dreams48. What probably caused the Ph. D candidate in English to consider returning to her old job?A. She couldnt earn her doctorate.B. She couldnt get a job that interests her.C. She misses the job of dealing with blackjack.D. She owes money to the credit card company.49. Whats the best title for the article?A. Debt and dreamsB. The generation in debtC. A real revolution in debtD. The bad effects of debtCI would divide British parents into three categories. Type A: the millions who really cant afford to send their kids to private school. Type B: those who are so rich that they dont have to think twice about it. And Type C: the lot in between.Its the Type Cs that fascinates me, simply because you see their dilemma at its most in my neighborhood. Many London districts have bad state schools and a sizeable group of parents with above-average incomes. So you might expect vast numbers to go private. Should they not support their communitys schools? Couldnt the total sum, needed to send a child to Londons expensive private day-schools, be better spent expanding the kids horizons in other ways?All those thoughts run in parents minds. But one factor usually outweighs all else. Its the middle-class neurological (神经) disease of our age: exam anxiety. How will the kids get decent jobs if they dont get good degrees? How will they get good degrees if they dont get good A-levels? And how will they get good A-levels if they attend that state school with low reputation? So its fear, not belief that drives parents to private schools. And the schools know they must deliver. But if they dont get pupils into top universities, they are dead.However, Warwick University academics recently studied the degree results of nearly 50,000 students across Britain. What they discovered, surprisingly, was that boys who attended private schools had a significantly worse chance of getting a good degree than state-school boys with the same A-level grades. In fact, the more expensive the school, the less well its boys did at university.What does it mean? Well, the fact that there was no similar correlation for girls, who are generally more self-motivated as students, suggests a likely explanation. Private schools are good at cajolingand coaching pupils through their A-levels. But when the boys reach university and suddenly have no one to push them, they slow down.The findings dont imply that your local state school gives boys a better chance of getting a good degree than a20,000-a-year private school would. The average state school would get far fewer pupils into university in the first place. But it does suggest an idea that turning schools into cramming (填塞) factories, where the pressure to do well in exams make every other ambition fade, is not the best way to educate independent-minded young adults.What private schools do is a matter for them and the parents who support them. But when state schools adopt beliefs and methods like private schools and it is increasingly happening. Thats a public matter. Consider the top state school in my district. Already highly selective, it now has so many parents hammering at its door that it has charged a 600-a-year “voluntary” agreement on all parents.Policies like those are doubly offensive to me. First, because when good state schools start charging poor families with bright children, where else do parents turn? And secondly because, having chosen the brightest kids at 11, a school should not be forcing them to leave at 16 because they might pull the school down the A-level league table (名次). What message does that convey to pupils about a societys duty to look after its weakest members?When our entire school system, both state and private schools, concentrate on exams, we are bound to lose common sense and natural justice. The exam pressure is the most damaging thing in history I suppose. I read recently about six-year-olds being pushed through GCSEs (毕业考试) ten years early by ambitious parents. And I was told about a mother who has hired a tutor to ensure that her three-year-old is properly coached for his “entry tests” into a nursery.50. What problem do British parents concern most as to their childrens education?A. The quality of state schools.B. The exam result of their children.C. The kids horizons in other ways.D. The expense of attending private school.51. The study conducted by WarwickUniversity suggests that .A. girls are more self-motivated than boysB. private schools have better quality than state schoolsC. girls at state schools perform better than boys those at private schoolsD. boys at private schools arent necessarily better than those at state schools in college52. What does the word “cajoling” mean in paragraph 4?A. to train for an examinationB. to encourage someone to do somethingC. to get someone to do something by much persuasionD. to make someone feel determined to do something53. Whats the writers attitude towards state school charging parents?A. He is against it.B. He is indifferent to it.C. He is for it.D. He is doubtful about it.54. Whats the real concern of the writer of this article?A. He shows his sympathy to