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1、山西大学附中2019-2020 学年高三第二学期3 月模块诊断英语试题考试时间：100分钟考察范围：高考范围第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）第一节（共15 小题； 每小题 3 分，满分45 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。ALos Angeles is always a popular holiday destination. To fully enjoy your travel there, you should know its food, weather, and also traffic. While dr

2、iving in L. A. is similar to that in other areas, there are a few specific rules to note. HOV lanes （ 车道 ）On many L. A. freeways, one or more lanes at the far left are used as high-occupancy vehicle （HOV） lanes. They usually have limited access and you can only enter or exit where there is a break i

3、n the double yellow line. Most HOV lanes require a minimum of two people in the car; some require three. Vehicles towing trailers （ 拖车 ） are NOT allowed in the HOV lane, regardless of how many people are in them.Toll （ 收费 ） lanesOn certain freeways, the HOV lanes are double-purposed as toll lanes fo

4、r people driving alone who have a FasTrak, an electronic toll collection system. Therefore, you also have to have one in that lane as a HOV , which is inconvenient if you re just visiting. FasTrak is in effect on parts of the 110 freeway between the 405 and 10 freeways, and on parts of the 10 freewa

5、y east of Downtown L. A.Cell phonesIt is against the law to talk on a cell phone while driving without using a hands-free device. Holding a cell phone to your ear while driving will land you with a ticket.AlcoholDriving under the influence is taken seriously in L.A. The legal blood alcohol limit is

6、0.08%, but you can be charged with lower levels if they show you can t function normally. Placing an opened bottle of alcohol in thepassenger area while driving （or sitting） is illegal. Any opened container of alcohol has to be transported in the trunk.1. What do you know about HOV lanes?A. They enc

7、ourage people to share cars.B. They are on the far right of freeways.C. They are intended for larger vehicles.D. They allow cars to enter over the double yellow line.2. Which is surely against the road rules in L. A.?A. Driving on the 110 freeway with a FasTrak.B. Putting the cell phone in the car w

8、hile driving.C. Riding with an opened bottle of alcohol in back seats.D. Going below the blood alcohol limit of 0. 08%.3. Where is the text most probably taken from?A. A traffic law.B. A road map.C. A guidebook.D. A report.【答案】1. A 2. C 3. C【解析】本文是一篇说明文。洛杉矶总是一个受欢迎的度假目的地。要充分享受你在那里的旅行，你应该知道它的食物、天气和交通。

9、本文介绍了在洛杉矶开车需要注意一些具体的规则。【 1 题详解】细节理解题。根据第二段的Most HOV lanes require a minimum of two people in the car; some require three. 可知，大多数HOV 车道至少需要两个人在车上；有些需要三个。因此可知他们鼓励人们共享汽车。故选A。【 2 题详解】细节理解题。根据最后一段的Placing an opened bottle of alcohol in the passenger area while driving (or sitting) isillegal. Any opened c

10、ontainer of alcohol has to be transported in the trunk. 可知，开车或者坐车时，在乘客区放置一瓶打开的酒精是违法的，任何打开的酒精容器都必须装在后备箱里。因此后座上有一瓶打开的酒精骑车是违背洛杉矶的道路规则的。故选C。【 3 题详解】推理判断题。根据第一段的Los Angeles is always a popular holiday destination. To fully enjoy your travel there,you should know its food, weather, and also traffic.( 洛杉矶总

11、是一个受欢迎的度假目的地。要充分享受你在那里的旅行，你应该知道它的食物、天气和交通。) 以及下文介绍洛杉矶的道路规则，可推断，文章是写给旅游者的，理应出现在旅游小册子上。故选 CoBWhen you hear the word “ birthmark ” , you probably think of one of those black or brown spots that you have on your body. For me, it ' s different I have them on my lips and inside my mouth. I' m used

12、 to being athose black marks on your lips?” When I tell people they ' re birthmarks, they usually say,“ Thconsider them ugly. However, my mom calls them beauty marks.In pictures, I used to hide my birthmarks by pursing （ 嘛起）my li ps so I wouldn ' t ave to deal with people'questions, As I

13、 was growing up, people wore me out with them. Some people would ask me the same questions even before knowing my name. In society I feel like we judge people by their looks before their personality.My birthmarks are caused by a genetic condition from my mom' s side of the family, My mom' sb

14、irthmarks on her lips, and my mom' s uncle and my uncle have some on their bodies. Every year I plan to have procedure to remove them. But when imagining the process, I always get nervous and give up.My cousin faces a similar challenge. She has a huge birthmark that takes up her whole arm. Shehi

15、de it or change her appearance. Once, her grandmother told her that the birthmark looked extremely prominent andsuggested that she should wear long sleeves more often. If my cousin had actually taken that suggestion, she wouldnt hasktateevaiboiisomeonebe such a person as she is.Inspired by my cousin

16、, I am finally accepting who I am and now I donthem either. I say," They ' re beauty marks “ and smile without pursing my lips.4. How did the author feel when asked about the birthmarks?A. She felt excited to show her difference.B. She felt annoyed to give others an answer.C. She was scared

17、 to be made fun of by people.D. She was bored to be faced with the question.5. Who has the similar birthmarks like the author?A. Her mother.B. Her grandmother.C. Her cousin.D. Her uncle.6. What can be inferred about the author ' s cousin?A. She dislikes talking about her birthmark.B. She never j

18、udges others by their looks.C. She is more confident than the author.D. She has taken her grandma ' s suggestion.7. What does the underlined wordprominent ” in paragraph 4 mean?A. Brilliant.B. Symbolic.C. Harmful.D. Impressive.【答案】4. D 5. B 6. C 7. D【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文。作者天生因为遗传带有胎记，经常受到人们的关注，让作者感动很

19、心情沮丧，后来在 表姐的鼓励下，作者找到了自信，接受了自己。【 4 题详解】细节理解题。依据第二段中的"In pictures, 1 used to hide my birthmarks by pursing （ 噘起 ） my lips so I wouldn'thave to deal with people's questions. As I was growing up, people wore me out with them" 可知，作者照相时掩饰嘴上的胎记就是为避免人们的问题, 人们反复问这个问题，导致作者感到厌倦，心情不好，因此选项D 正确。

20、故选 D 项。【 5 题详解】细节理解题。依据第一段中的"For me, it's different I have them on my lips and inside my mouth" 可知，作者的胎记在嘴唇上和嘴巴里，再结合第二段中的"My mom's mom has birthmarks on her lips" 可 知，作者的外祖母也有胎记在嘴唇上，故选项B 正确。故选B 项。【 6 题详解】推理判断题。依据第四段中的"My cousin faces a similar challenge. She has a hu

21、ge birthmark that lakes up herwhole arm. She's never tried to hide it or change her appearance. （我表姐也面临着类似的挑战。她有一个巨大的胎记， 把她的整个手臂都遮住了。她从来没有试图隐藏它或改变她的外表）"和第五段中的"Inspired by mycousin"可推断，作者的表姐比作者自信，故选 C项。【 7 题详解】词义猜测题。依据划线词后面的"suggested that she should wear long sleeves more oft

22、en" 可知，表姐的奶奶想让她用长袖衣衫遮挡住胎记，因此推断她觉得胎记太明显了，故划线词与D 项“令人印象深刻的”意思相近，故选D 项。【点睛】词义猜测题是阅读题中常见的出题形式。做这类题时，要根据词、词组或句子所在的语境，即上下文来判断其意义。因此熟练掌握一些猜词技巧是做好这类题的关键。比如：根据语境，根据同义关系，对比关系，因果关系等，尤其需注意熟词生义。例如本题第4 小题， 依据画线词后面的"suggested that she should wear long sleeves more often"可知，表姐的奶奶想让她用长袖衣衫遮挡住胎记，因此推断她觉得

23、胎记太明显了，故划线词与D项“令人印象深刻的”意思相近，故选 D项。CIf a diver surfaces too quickly, he may suffer the bends. Nitrogen 氮）dissoked（溶解）in his blood is suddenly liberated by the reduction of pressure. The consequence, if the bubbles （气泡）accumulate in a joint, is sharp pain and a bent bodythus the name. If the bubbles f

24、orm in his lungs or his brain, the consequence can be death.Other air-breathing animals also suffer this decompression（ 减压）sickness if they surface too fast: whales, for example. And so, long ago, did ichthyosaurs. That these ancient sea animals got the bends can be seen from their bones. If bubbles

25、 of nitrogen form inside the bone they can cut off its blood supply. This kills the cells in the bone, and consequently weakens it, sometimes to the point of collapse. Fossil （化石）bones that have caved in on them selves are thus a sign that the animal once had the bends.Bruce Rothschild of the Univer

26、sity of Kansas knew all this when he began a study of ichthyosaur bones to find out how widespread the problem was in the past. What he particularly wanted to investigate was how ichthyosaurs adapted to the problem of decompression over the 150 million years. To this end, he and his colleagues trave

27、led the world ' s natu-history museums, looking at hundreds of ichthyosaurs from the Triassic period and from the later Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.When he started, he assumed that signs of the bends would be rarer in younger fossils, reflecting their gradual evolution of measures to deal wi

28、th decompression. Instead, he was astonished to discover the opposite. More than 15% of Jurassic and Cretaceous ichthyosaurs had suffered the bends before they died, but not a single Triassic specimen（标本）showed evidence of that sort of injury.If ichthyosaurs did evolve an anti-decompression means, t

29、hey clearly did so quickly and, most strangely, they lost it afterwards. But that is not what Dr Rothschild thinks happened. He suspects it was evolution in other animals that caused the change.Whales that suffer the bends often do so because they have surfaced to escape a predator 脯食动物 ）such as ala

30、rge shark. One of the features of Jurassic oceans was an abundance of large sharks and crocodiles, both of which were fond of ichthyosaur lunches. Triassic oceans, by contrast, were mercifully shark- and crocodile-free. In the Triassic, then, ichthyosaurs were top of the food chain. In the Jurassic

31、and Cretaceous, they were prey（ 猎物 ） as well as predator and often had to make a speedy exit as a result.8. Which of the following is a typical symptom of the bends?A.A twisted body.B.A gradual decrease in blood supply.C.A sudden release of nitrogen in blood.D.A drop in blood pressure.9. The purpose

32、 of Rothschild s study is to see.A.how often ichthyosaurs caught the bendsB.how ichthyosaurs adapted to decompressionC.why ichthyosaurs bent their bodiesD.when ichthyosaurs broke their bones10. Rothschild s finding stated in Paragraph 4.A confirmed his assumptionB. speeded up his research processC.

33、disagreed with his assumptionD. changed his research objectives1911. Rothschild might have concluded that ichthyosaurs A. failed to evolve an anti decompression meansB. gradually developed measures against the bendsC. died out because of large sharks and crocodilesD. evolved an anti decompression me

34、ans but soon lost it【解析】 本文是说明文，文章介绍了对鱼龙等海洋生物变弯曲的原因的研究。8 题详解】细节理解题。第一段第三句提到遭遇bend的症状是"sharp pain and a bent body",此处bent等于twisted,意为 " 扭曲的，弯曲的"， 故答案选A。【 9 题详解】推理判断题。 根据第三段第二句"What he particularly wanted to investigate was how ichthyosaurs adapted to theproblem of decompressi

35、on over the 150million years "可知 Rothschild 教授的研究目的是鱼龙如何适应减压问题，答案为B 。【 10 题详解】推理判断题。根据第四段第二句"Instead, he was astonished to discover the opposite."可知研究结果与他原本的假设相反，因此答案为C。【11题详解】推理判断题 。 根据文章倒数第二段第句If ichthyosaurs did evolve an anti-decompression means , they clearlydid so quickly-and ,

36、most strangely, they lost it afterwards ,可以推断出答案 ，Rothschild 可能已经得出结论：鱼龙类生物未能进化出反减压器官，故选 A。DFor many Daylight Saving Time （DST: 夏令时）simply means remembering to change the clocks and twistingyour sleep schedule. Even th6ugh the time change is only an hour, it is something that causes much more destru

37、ctionthan people believe, “ said Dr. John Sharp, a psychologist and psychiatrisflsrtaBetheaconess Medical Center inBoston. " It ' s not just an extra hour of sleep; it-forward istm wintefa fast”With days getting darker earlier, Sharp suggests making a to-do list for activities after work ah

38、ead of time.plans you have, say, going to the gym after work, require much more effort and determination. 11 ' s much better to planmore carefully and not just rely on how you feel, especially when it is dark out," he said. " Fstick with the plan. ”In addition. Sharp says in the weeks

39、after Daylight Saving, some may feel like they have a bigger appetite.“Eating more during this time is not the answer. People need to stay on an eating schedule and keep up healthyhabits. "However, Sharp said there are ways to better acclimate yourself to the time change. If you are having trou

40、ble sleeping, he suggests taking some melatonin （退黑激素 ）in the evening. In contrast, if you find yourself feeling sleepy. Sharp said there is nothing wrong with adding an extra caffeinated drink during your day.A word to the wise? One sure way to better adjust to the time change is to start going to

41、bed 15 minutes earlier starting four days before Daylight Saving, adding an additional 15 minutes each night.12. Which is probably the best title for the passage?A. Are you prepared for DST?B.Why DST was introduced?C. What DST has brought to life?D.How DST has been popular?13. What does John Sharp s

42、uggest in Paragraph 2?A. Getting up earlier than before.B.Sticking to the daily routine.C. Being aware of quality sleep.D.Getting well-prepared for DST.14 The underlined word “ acclimate " in Paragraph 4 can be replaced by.A. adoptB. accelerateC. adaptD. acknowledge15. The passage is probably t

43、aken from.A. a scientific reportB. an interviewC. a speechD. a statement【答案】12. A 13. D 14. C 15. B【解析】本文是一篇说明文。这篇短文介绍夏令时给人们带来的影响。【12题详解】主旨大意题。文章主要分析夏令时给人们带来的影响，所以用 Are you prepared for DST?（夏令时你准备好 了？）故选Ao【13题详解】细节理解题。从该段 "making a todo list for activities after work ahead of time."以及 &qu

44、ot;Figure it out in advance and stick with the plan可知，"Sharp建议由于夏令时我们应该提前做好准备。故选D.【14题详解】词义猜测题。根据该句意思“Sharps有一些方法可以让你更好地适应时间的变化。”以及后面是具体介绍适应时间变化的方法，可知acclimate在此处意为：适应。故选 C。【15题详解】推理判断题。文中大量的引用了Sharp的话语，由此可知可能出自访谈”。故选Bo第二节 七选五（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）Much meaning can be conveyed clearly with our eyes,

45、 so it is often said that eyes can speak.Do you have such kind of experience? 16 , but not too long. And if he is sensing that he is being stared at, he may feel uncomfortable.17 . If you are looked at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down to see if there isanything wrong wi

46、th you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel angry toward other's stare with you that way. Eyes do speak, right?18 . But things are different when it comes to staring at the opposite sex. If a man glances at a woman formore than 10 seconds, his intentions are obvious, that is, he wishes to attra

47、ct her attention to make her understand that he is admiring her. In fact, continuous eye contact occurs between lovers only, who will enjoy looking at each other tenderly for a long time to show affection that words cannot express.However, the normal eye contact for two people engaged in conversatio

48、n is that the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time, in order to make sure that the listener is attentive. 19, as if he tries to control you,you will feel uncomfortable. A poor liar usually exposes himself by looking too long at the victim, since he believes in the false idea that

49、 to look straight in the eye is a sign of honest communication. 20.Evidently, eye contact should be done according to the relationship between two people and the specific situation.A. Quite the contraryB. The same is in daily lifeC. In a bus you may look at a strangerD. Looking too long at someone m

50、ay seem to be rudeE. This shows the listener is interested in your speechF. If a speaker looks at you continuously when speakingG. Sometimes it doesn't matter to look at someone too long【答案】16. C 17. B18. D 19. F20. A【解析】这是一篇议论文。文章主要讲了许多含义可以通过我们的眼睛清楚地传达，所以人们常说眼睛会说话。作 者列举了一些例子，来说明眼神交流应该根据两个人之间的关系

51、和具体情况来进行。【16题详解】根据上文 Do you have such kind of experience?问“你有这样的经历吗 ？“，再根据下文 but not too long. And if he is sensing that he is being stared at, he may feel uncomfortable.（但不要太久。如果他感觉至U有人盯着他看， 他可能会感到不舒服。）该空承上启下，C选项“在公共汽车上，你可能会看着一个陌生人”切题，故选Co【17题详解】根据下文 If you are looked at for more than necessary, yo

52、u will look at yourself up and down to see if there is anything wrong with you.（如果你被过多地审视，你会上下打量自己，看看自己是否有什么问题。 ）该空引出 下文，是日常生活中常有的事。 B选项“日常生活也是如此”切题，故选 Bo【18题详解】根据下文 But things are different when it comes to staring at the opposite sex.（但当你盯着异性看时，情况就不一样了。）可知，该空引出下文，与下文形成转折，D选项“盯着别人看太久似乎是不礼貌的”切题，故选Do

53、【19题详解】下文as if he tries to control you, you will feel uncomfortable.（就好像他试图控制你，你会感到不舒服。）可知，该空引出下文，F选项“如果说话的人一直看着你”切题，故选 F。【20题详解】根据上文 A poor liar usually exposes himself by looking too long at the victim, since he believes in the false idea that to look straight in the eye is a sign of honest commun

54、ication.（个差的说谎者通常会因为长时间盯着对方而暴 露自己，因为他相信直视对方的眼睛是诚实交流的一种错误观念。）可知，A选项“恰恰相反”切题，故选Ao第二部分完形填空（共20小题；每题2分，满分40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。A meadow in bloom （鲜花盛开的草甸） cannot be more appealing for British. The swinging wild flowers at their peak show essence 精髓）of the season

55、 and are perfect for 21 with your video camera. But that is a thing of the 22.Motorways, new towns, factories Britain21asmuch damage to its natural scenery, and every yearmore land of the countryside is 24 to tall buildings. While no wildlife habitat has escaped the 25 of the developer ' s bulld

56、ozert土机）,none has 26 a greater impact than the meadow. Around 93% of Britain meadows have 27 in the past 70 years.The blooming meadow was a much-loved 28 of the English countryside poetry for generations, as29 to the summer as white snow to the winter. Nowadays, scenes of a farmer30 s fieidcolorful

57、wildflowers are more 31f to be seen on greeting cards than on country roads in July.Although expansion of cities has 32f England ' s green land, the primary cause for the loss was the post-war trend of frequent 33 practice. These wildflower-rich habitats began to decrease during wartime when traditionally managed grassland was 34f to serve as farmland. The sowing of highly productive crops, such as potatoes, 35 the practice after the war. More of the grassland was, 36 , gone forever.In terms of biod