【联合命题】2020届湖北省八校高三第二次联考英语试题(解析版)

1、2020 届高三八校第二次联考英语试题注意事项：1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡和试卷指定位置上。2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用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。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30 分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题纸上。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。 每段对话后有一个小题， 从题中所给的 A 、 B 、

2、 C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。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。例： How much is the shirt?A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15.答案是 C。1. Who does the man want to see?A. Dr. Edmunds. B. Dr. Edgar. C. Dr. Brown.2. What will the woman probably do this afternoon?A. Give the man some advice.B. Go for a job interview.C.

3、 Ask the man for help.3. Why does the man want to know how to take care of babies?A. He wants to be a baby sitter.B. He is going to be a brother.C. His wife is going to have a baby.4. What s the woman going to do?A. Do the typing. B. Read the paper aloud. C. Check for typing errors.5. What does the

4、man advise Mary to do?A. Go out to work.B. Listen carefully to Henry. C. Be calm and patient.第二节（共15小题；每小题 1.5分，满分22.5分）B、C三个选项中5 秒钟；听完后，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选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题各小题将给出 5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、 7 题。6. Why is the woman so happy?A. Because of the ma

5、n s invitation.B. Because of the cabin.C. Because of the good weather.7. What is the woman s plan for the weekend?A. To spend time with three friends.B. To invite the man to the island.C. To visit Tina s parents.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8. When will the party be held?A. This Friday afternoon.B. Next Fr

6、iday night.C. Next Friday afternoon.9. What kind of party is the woman having?A. A fancy-dress party.B. A relaxing lunch party.C. A formal dinner party.10. How many guests has the woman invited?A. Four. B. Five. C. Ten.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11. Why does the woman look pale?A. She is probably sick.B

7、. She feels bored with her work.C She works too hard with her new students.12. How many foreign students does the woman have in her class?A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.13. What is the possible relationship between the two speakers?A. Doctor and patient.B. Headmaster and teacher.C. Teacher and student.听

8、第 9段材料，回答第 14至 17题。14. What does the woman call the flat manager for?A. A broken window. B. A lost child. C. A fallen tree.15. What s the woman s evidence?A. A Teddy bear. B. Footprints. C. A baseball.16. Where was the woman when that happened?A. She happened to be out.B. She was in the kitchen.C Sh

9、e was in the living room.17. Who would pay for the damage?A. The man. B. The woman. C. Someone else.听第 10 段材料，回答第18 至 20题。18. What can we learn from the monologue （ 独白 ）?A. The pass can be used for 12 months.B. The route is from Sydney to Alice Springs.C. People can only visit important cities.19. I

10、n which city of Australia can you start using the pass?A. Sydney. B. Any city. C. Melbourne.20. Where can you go diving?A. In Alice Springs. B. In Ayers Rock. C. In Cairns.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 A 、 B 、 C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Each year the Hay Festival attracts some o

11、f the world s leading writers, artists and thinkers, to talk, sharethoughts and ideas and meet audiences. Ensuring guests are warmly received and well looked after during their stay has always been a top mission and one of the Festival s key jobs.All events management student volunteers need to be a

12、ttentive and helpful. In return, they get the chance to meet some amazing, creative people, and experience the daily running of a fast-moving international festival, where time-keeping is important and, above all, performers and audience leave having had a thoroughly enjoyable, stimulating ( 启发性的 )

13、and thought-inspiring day.We require volunteers in two areas:Events ManagementEvents management student volunteers help out with a wide range of duties including meeting and greeting authors, assisting with book signings, accompanying artists to events, stage management assistance and manning recept

14、ion desks.Creative WorkshopsCreative workshops student volunteers assist authors, illustrators and workshop leaders in the setting up and running of workshops. These roles may interest those who have a particular interest in visual arts and/or illustration. DatesThe 2020 festival dates are Thursday

15、21 May -Sunday 31 May. Applicants will need to be available for the duration of the festival.Who can apply?We are looking for 24 young people between the ages of 18 and 25, who can demonstrate a passion for the arts and interest in events management.Please send a CV and a short covering letter to el

16、len (for Events Management), or (for Creative Workshops).The closing d ate for both applications is 28 February 2020, and we will let applicants know whether they been successful as early as possible in March 2020. Please indicate which role you are applying for or express a pr

17、eference. If shortlisted ( 入围 ), you ll need to be available for a short Skype interview.1. What is the priority of the Hay Festival s duty?A. To meet creative people.B. To exchange ideas.C. To receive more visitors.D. To serve guests well.2. What must be mentioned in the application letter?A. Avail

18、able Time.B. The desired role.C. A covering letter.D. Personal interests.3. What is the deadline for the application?A. 20 March, 2020.B. 21 May, 2020.C. 28 February,2020.D. 31 May, 2020.【答案】 1. D 2. B 3. C【解析】【分析】本文为说明文。文章主要介绍了一年一度的海伊文学节吸引一些世界一流的作家、艺术家和思想家来交流、分享他们的思想和想法，并与观众见面。确保客人在入住期间受到热情接待和良好照顾。

19、文章介绍了如何申请成为海伊文学节的志愿者。【 1 题详解】细节理解题。根据文章第一段最后一句 “ Ensuring guests are warmly received and well looked after during theirstay has always been a crucial mission and one of theFestival ' s key jobs客人在入住期间受至U热情接待和良好照顾，一直是节日的首要任务和关键工作之一。其中的 the priority of the duty 就是 a crucial mission 的同义词，而 Ensuring

20、 guests are warmly received and well looked after “就是” To serve guests well. ”，都是服务好客人。由此可知节日的首要任务是服务好客人。故选 D 。【 2 题详解】细节理解题。从“Who can apply? ”这一部分最后一段中的 “Please indicate which role you are applying for orexpress a preference 请说明你申请的是哪一个职位或表达出你的爱好。可推知必须包括你最想要的职位，”故选 B 。【 3 题详解】细节理解题。从文章最后一段第一句 “ The

21、 closing date for both applications is 28 February 2020 两项申请的截 ”止日期均为2020 年 2 月 28 日。可知申请的最后截止日期是2020 年 2 月 28 日。故选C。【点睛】文章主题和中心思想的阐述往往需要大量细节信息的支持，这些细节对于理解全文内容至关重要。文章细节的理解可以细化为： （ 1）一一对应型。解答此类试题时，不必通篇细看原文，而应采取 “带着问题找答案” 的方法，先从问题中抓住关键性词语（题眼），然后以此为线索，运用略读及查读的技巧快速在文 章中寻找与此问题相关的：段落、语句，仔细品味，对照比较，确定答案。 （

22、2 ）语言转述型。这是一类间接事实细节题，答案与题目在意义上运用了词义之间的转述关系，即正确选项是原文有关词语和句子的另（海伊文学节的首要任务是什么） s duty?一种表达。如第1 小题 “Whatis the priority of the Hay Festival据题目定位于文章第一段最后一句 “ Ensuring guests are warmly received and well looked after during their stay tshekepyriojorbitsy of t”he duty 就是 a crucialhas always been a crucial

23、mission and one of the Festival mission 的同义词，而 Ensuring guests are warmly received and well looked after 就是“To serve guests well.,都是服务好客人。故选 D。（3）语意理解型。这是一类深层事实细节理解题，答案与题目之间存在着一定 的逻辑联系，这种联系需要建立在事实的基础上通过上、下文来进行判断、分析、归纳和整合，才能得出 正确答案。如第2小题，细节理解题。从"Who can apply?这一部分最后一段中的"Please indicte which

24、 role youare applying for or express a preference请说明你申请的是哪一个职位或表明你的爱好。可推知必须包括你最 想要的职位，故选 Bo （4）是非辨别型。这是一类综合事实细节题，出题形式常常是三正一误”三项正确，只有一项不符合原文内容）或 三误一正”（三项错误，只有一项符合原文内容）。（5）事实排序型。这是一类运用多项事实进行排序的事实细节题，要求根据动作发生的先后顺序、时间顺序或者句子之间的逻辑关系， 找出时间发生，发展的正确顺序。BI was 16 years old the day I skipped school for the firs

25、t time. It was easily done: Both my parents left for work before my school bus arrived, so when it showed up at my house on that cold winter morning, I simply did not get on. The perfect crime!And what did I do with myself on that glorious stolen day, with no adult in charge and no limits on my acti

26、vities? Did I get high? Hit the mall for a shoplifting extravaganza （ 狂欢）?Nope. I built a warm fire in the wood stove, prepared a bowl of popcorn, grabbed a blanket, and read. I was thrilled and transported by a book it was Hemingway ThesSun Also Rises and I just needed to be alone with it for a lit

27、tle while. I ached to k now what would happen to Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley and Robert Cohn. I couldn bear the thought of sitting in a classroom taking another biology exam when I could be traveling through Spain in the 1920s with a bunch of expatriates （异乡客）.I spent that day lost in words. T

28、ime fell away, as the room around me turned to mist, and my role -as a daughter, sister, teenager, and studenL in the world no longer had any meaning. I had accidentally come across the key to perfect happiness: I had become completely absorbed by something I loved.Looking back on it now, I can see

29、that some subtle things were happening to my mind and to my life while I was in that state of absorption. Hemingway' s languagbrwinusely intomy imagination. I wasdownloading information about how to create simple and elegant sentences, a good and solid plot. In other words, I was learning how to

30、 write. Without realizing it, I was hot on the trail of my own fate. Writing now absorbs me the way reading once did and happiness is their generous side effect.4. Why did the author skip school on that day? A. Because her parents left home early.B. Because it was a cold winter morning.C. Because sh

31、e was fascinated by a novel.D. Because she hated to take the biology exam.5. What did the author think is the source of true joy?A.Reading by thefire.B.Travelling inSpain.C.Breaking the regulations.D.Being occupiedbyone ' s passion.6. Which can best replace the underlined phrase braiding“itself

32、into " in the last paragrap?A.Entering.B.Destroying.C.Mending.D.Blocking.7. What can we infer from the passage?A. I was tired of my real-life roles.8. I learnt how to write on the internet.9. Hemingway s style influenced me a lot.10. Becoming a writer was my childhood dream.【答案】4. C 5. D 6. A 7

33、. C【解析】本文为记叙文。作者小时候被海明威的太阳也会升起吸引，从此沉浸于小说美妙的语言中。海明威的语言风格慢慢地影响着作者，引导他走上了文学之路。【4题详解】细节理解题。文章第一段的“I was 16 years old the day I skipped school for the first time. 根据文章第三段中 “Iwas thrilled and transported by a bookand I just needed to be alone with it for a little箫htt欲逃学的时候我16岁，是因为我被一本书所激动，我只想和它单独呆一会儿。可知作者

34、被一本小说吸引了，故选G【5题详解】细节理解题。根据文章第四段中 "Ihad accidentally come across the key to perfect happiness: I had become completely absorbed by something I loved我偶然发现了通往完美幸福的钥匙：我完全被我所爱的东西吸引。可知作者认为真正快乐的源泉是沉浸于自己所爱的东西中。分析选项可知D符合题意，故选 D=【6题详解】词义猜测题。根据上文“I can see that some subtle things were happening to my mind

35、 and to my life while I was inthat state of absorption.我可以看到一些微妙的事情出现在我的头脑和我的生活中，而我正处于吸收它的状态中。以及下文 “I was downloadng information about how to create simple and elegant sentences, a good and solid plot. In other words, I was learning how to write. Without realizing it, I was hot on the trail of my ow

36、n fate. 我下载的信息是关于如何创建简单优雅的句子，一个良好而坚实的情节。换句话说，我在学习如何写作。没有意识到，我在追寻自己的命运。由上下文内容可以推断出海明威的语言风格在潜移默化之中影响了我对语言的感悟"，可知 "Hemingway s language was quietly braiding itself into my imagination.即海明威的语言风格进 入（enter）我的想象中，即影响了我，故选 A项。【7题详解】推理判断题。根据最后段中 “Hemingway sanguage was quietly braiding itself into

37、my imagination. I was downloading information about how to create simple and elegant sentences, a good and solid plot. In other words, I was learning how to write海明威的语言悄悄地编织在我的想象中。我下载的信息是关于如何写出简单优雅的句子，一个良好而坚实的情节。换句话说，我在学习如何写作。，可推断出海明威的风格对我影响很大。故选C。CAnyone who commutes （通勤）by car knows that traffic j

38、ams are an unavoidable part of life. But humans are not alone in facing potential backups.Ants also commute between their nest and sources of food. The survival of their colonies depends on doing this efficiently.When humans commute, there ' s a point at which cars become dense密）enough to slow d

39、own the flow of traffic, causing jam. Motsch, a mathematician in Arizona State University, and his colleagues wanted to know if ants on the move could also get stuck. So they regulated traffic density by constructing bridges of various widths between a colony of Argentine ants and a source of food.

40、Then they waited and watched." The goal was to trywhat point they are going to have a traffic jam." said Sebastien Motsch.But it appears that that never happened. They always managed to avoid traffic jam. The flow of ants did increase at the beginning as ants started to fill the bridge and

41、 then levelled off at high densities. But it never slowed down or stopped, even when the bridge was nearly filled with ants.The researchers then took a closer look at how the behaviour of individual ants impacted traffic as a whole. And they found that when ants sense overcrowding, they adjust their

42、 speeds and avoid entering high-density areas, which prevents jams. These behaviours may be promoted by pheromones, chemicals that tell other ants where a trail is. The ants also manage to avoid colliding （碰撞）with each other at high densities, which could really slow them down. The study is in the j

43、ournal eLife.Can ants help us solve our own traffic problems? Not likely, says Motsch. That' s because whengetting from point A to point B as fast as possible, human drivers put their own goals first. Individual ants have to be more cooperative in order to feed the colony. But the research could

44、 be useful in improving traffic flow for self-driving cars, which can be designed to be less like selfish humans and more like ants.8. What does the underlined wordthis. in para.2 refer to?A.Surviving.B.Commuting.C.Finding food.D.Avoiding jams.9. How did the researchers control the traffic density o

45、f the commuting ants?A.By finding out the dense points.B.Through closerobservation.C.By controlling the widths of their path.D.By regulating their numbers.10. According to the research, ants can avoid traffic jams mainly because.A. they follow a special route.B. they level off at high densities.C. t

46、hey never stop or slow down on the way.D. they depend on their natural chemicals to adjust their speeds.11. What is the best title of the passage?A Traffic jams.B. Unavoidable? Not for ants!C. Survival of an ant colony.D. Difference between human and ants.【答案】8. B 9. C 10. D 11. B【解析】【分析】本文为议论文。我们生活

47、中常会遇到交通拥挤的现象，蚁群中虽然蚂蚁很多，但是不会导致交通堵塞。本18题详解.猜测词意题。第二段划线部分“this的所在语境 “Ants also commute between their nest and sources of food.Thesurvival of their colonies depe nds on doing this efficiently 蚂蚁也在它们的巢穴和食物来源之间往返。蚂蚁的殖 民地的生存有效地依赖于"this ”由此可知，蚂蚁要生存就要依赖于"Ants also commute。”可知，this是指蚂蚁的"commuti

48、ng”，故选 B。【9题详解】推理判断题。根据文章第三段中"they regulated traffic density by constructing bridges of various widths between aCocolony of Argen tine ants and a source of food. Then they waited and watched. 因此， 他们通过在匚群阿根廷蚂 蚁群和食物来源之间建造不同宽度的桥梁来调节交通密度，然后等着观察。可推断出，研究人员是通过控 制蚁群的路的宽度来控制蚁群的密度的。故选 【10题详解】细节理解题。根据文章第五

49、段中“And they found that when ants sense overcrowding, they adjust their speeds andavoid entering high-density areas, which prevents jams. These behaviours may be promoted by pheromones, chemicals that tell other ants where a trail is. These behaviours may be promoted by pheromones, chemicals that tel

50、l other ants where a trail is. 他们发现，当蚂蚁感觉到过度拥挤时，它们会调整速度，避免进入高密度区域， ” 从而避免拥堵。这些行为可能是由信息素引起的，信息素是一种化学物质，可以告诉其他蚂蚁路线的位置。可推断出蚂蚁可以避免交通堵塞的主要原因是它们依靠化学物质来调整速度。由此可知，选 D。【 11 题详解】主旨大意题。文章第一段提出人类上下班遇到交通堵塞是不可避免的。而蚂蚁也会往返于巢穴与食物源之间。那么蚂蚁遇到交通阻塞也是不可避免的吗？从第三段至倒数第二段研究者用实验证明，蚂蚁不会的，因为蚂蚁可用分泌的信息素通知同伴调整速度， 进而避免拥堵现象出现。 因此最佳标题

51、应该为 B 项。 故选 B 。【点睛】选择标题在英语阅读理解中属于主旨大意题，是一种深层理解题。要求考生在通读全文的基础上，认真分析文章大意及作者的写作意图。通常情况下，标题要有根据性，针对性和醒目性的特点。所谓概括性，就是指标题应最大程度上覆盖全文，囊括文章的主要内容，体现文章的主题。针对性就是对标题外延的一种界定，标题要直接指向文章的主要特点。而醒目性是为了吸引了读者的注意，唤起读者对文章阅读的兴趣。确定最佳标题的方法。在阅读文章时，要注意文章中反复出现的或强调的信息，寻找与文章大多数内容相关的信息。找出覆盖全文的核心词汇。如第4 小题属于主旨大意题。文章第一段提出人类上下班遇到交通堵塞是

52、不可避免的。 而蚂蚁也会往返于巢穴与食物源之间。 那么蚂蚁遇到交通阻塞也是不可避免的吗？从第三段至倒数第二段研究者用实验证明，蚂蚁不会的，因为蚂蚁可用分泌的信息素通知同伴调整速度，进而避免拥堵现象出现。因此最佳标题应该为 B 项。故选 B 。DBack in the early 2000s, lots of people couldn t have imagined life without alarm clocklse,nCdDarsp,layers, cacameras, or lots of other devices. But along came the iPhone and oth

53、er smartphones, and they took over the functions of dozens of things we used to think were essential.The smartphone story could even be a model for fighting climate change; not because smartphones use a smallpart of the energy of all the things they replace although they do but because they represen

54、t a different approach to design in general. And that approach is to focus on function rather than form. That requires focusing on understanding the underlying problem, and then engineering a wide range of potential solutions. This approach could revolutionize how we think about energy efficiency.Tr

55、aditionally, improvements in energy efficiency have mostly focused on individual devices, which can be quite fruitful. But focusing on individual devices is like if Apple had spent effort inventing a better alarm clock, a better CDt need the standalone deviplayer, a better calendar, and a better cam

56、era. Now with an iPhone, we don because it can function as all of them.So when it comes to using energy efficiently, rather than just installing a more efficient heater, some people have focused instead on the desired function: staying warm. They designed and coated their house so well that they cou

57、ld get rid of their heater altogether, letting them heat their house with 99% less energy.In the same way, rather than just making cars more efficient, what if we focus on the desired function getting where we want when we want and create an efficient transportation system where we can drive less or get rid of our personal cars entirely?The most energy efficient car or heater is no car, or no heater, while still being able to get around and stay warm.In other words, its not thinking efficient, its thinking different.B. Ineffective.D. Successful.B. Differences make it unique.D. Step out of th