河南湖南两省重点高中2020届高三4月联合考试英语试卷

河南湖南两省重点高中2020届高三4月联合考试英语试卷

英 语 ‎ 本试题卷共13页。时量120分钟。满分150分。‎ 注意事项：‎ ‎ 1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。‎ ‎ 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。‎ 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卡上。 ‎ 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、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. How does the girl usually tell the time?‎ ‎ A. With a watch. B. With a computer. C. With a phone.‎ ‎2. What are the speakers mainly talking about?‎ ‎ A. The air-conditioning. B. The repair shop. C. The hot weather.‎ ‎3. How old is the house?‎ ‎ A. Over 127 years old. B. Over 125 years old. C. Over 122 years old.‎ ‎4. How many people are coming to dinner tonight?‎ ‎ A. Eight. B. Nine. C. Six.‎ ‎5. What happened to the man?‎ ‎ A. He got promoted. B. He got fired. C. He was retired.‎ 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三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；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。‎ 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。‎ ‎6. Where does the man want to go?‎ ‎ A. The nearest bus stop. B. The nearest post office. C. The nearest subway station.‎ ‎7. How far is it to the post office from the bus stop?‎ A. About 300 meters away. ‎ B. About 200 meters away. C. About 400 meters away.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。‎ ‎8. Why does John make a phone call?‎ A. To ask for advice. ‎ B. To make an appointment. C. To explain something.‎ ‎9. When will Albright meet John?‎ ‎ A. Next Thursday. B. Next Wednesday. C. Next Friday.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。‎ ‎10. What is being made?‎ ‎ A. Wine. B. Beer. C. Tea.‎ ‎11. When did the man get his present job?‎ ‎ A. Two years ago. B. Three years ago. C. A decade ago.‎ ‎12. How much does the first glass cost with a ticket?‎ ‎ A. Half the normal price. B. Nothing. C. A third of the normal price.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。‎ ‎13. Where did the man speaker spend his vacation?‎ ‎ A. In Guizhou. B. In Beijing. C. In Hangzhou.‎ ‎14. Why did the woman speaker go to Shanghai?‎ ‎ A. To visit a friend. B. To go sightseeing. C. To find a job.‎ ‎15. Where does the woman speaker prefer to live?‎ ‎ A. In Shanghai. B. In Beijing. C. In Guizhou.‎ ‎16. What does the woman speaker think of the men from Shanghai?‎ ‎ A. They are helpful. B. They are friendly. C. They are generous.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ ‎17. What caused the holes to form?‎ ‎ A. Humans. B. Global warming. C. A volcano eruption.‎ ‎18. When do the holes begin to fill again?‎ ‎ A. In the fall. B. In the summer. C. In the spring.‎ ‎19. What happens to the water in the “Lost Lake”?‎ ‎ A. It appears in the valley below again.‎ ‎ B. It floods the highways.‎ ‎ C. It disappears forever.‎ ‎20. What do we know from the talk?‎ ‎ A. “Lost Lake” is formed due to global warming.‎ ‎ B. Experts think it’s better not to fill the holes.‎ ‎ C. The state of Oregon is famous for dead volcanoes.‎ 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。‎ A ‎ These are the most popular and best travel destinations for next spring. Results are based on increases in interest and bookings compared with the same period last year.‎ ‎ Beirut, Lebanon ‎ This may come as a surprise, but it’s also plenty of people’s dream of seeing the “Paris of the Middle East”, as Beirut is called. Beirut—one of the world’s oldest living places—is a combination of history and culture. You can admire colonial French architecture and enjoy a diversity of culinary（烹饪的）delights. As for accommodation, Sofitel Beirut Le Gabriel and The Smallville ‎ Hotel are top picks.‎ ‎ Mazatlán, Mexico ‎ Are you looking for an escape to a warm place? Mazatlán, on Mexico’s Pacific coast, is a good choice. It combines blue skies, warm sunshine, sandy beaches and old-fashioned character. Old Mazatlán is lined with 19th-century buildings, historic sites and fashionable hotels, like Casa Lucila and Casa de Leyendas.‎ ‎ London, England ‎ No matter how many times you venture across the Atlantic, there’s always something new to discover. Recognizable landmarks, like Buckingham Palace and Big Ben, are a must for first-timers. And, surely, you’ll want to take a photo when crossing Abbey Road or making a call from a phone booth. Equally there are different kinds of accommodation choices. Enjoy royal treatment at 11 Cadogan Gardens and Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, or book a flat through Airbnb.‎ ‎ Tel Aviv, Israel ‎ Called the “new Dubai for enthusiastic travelers”, Tel Aviv is the place to go right now. This international city has so much to offer. Take advantage of its seaside place with a surf lesson. Check out the 1930’s Bauhaus buildings and famed museums, like Eretz Israel Museum. After an action-packed day, you can have a good rest at The Rothschild 71 or Cucu Hotel.‎ ‎21. What can visitors do in Beirut, Lebanon?‎ ‎ A. Go sightseeing in Paris in their dreams.‎ ‎ B. Admire various American buildings.‎ ‎ C. Experience its history and culture.‎ ‎ D. Find a place to live in for nothing.‎ ‎22. Where would visitors go to if they wanted to escape from cold weather?‎ ‎ A. Mazatlán, Mexico. B. London, England.‎ ‎ C. Beirut, Lebanon. D. Tel Aviv, Israel.‎ ‎23. In which hotel can visitors be royally treated?‎ ‎ A. At Casa de Leyendas. B. At The Rothschild 71.‎ ‎ C. In The Smallville Hotel. D. At 11 Cadogan Gardens.‎ B Five years ago, I took a career risk by leaving my job to work on a ship. My medical friends did their best to persuade me, saying that running away to sea would ruin my career. But after these years working as a junior, I was willing to take the risk.‎ ‎ Hungry for adventure, I boarded a ship in Singapore with 2,000 passengers and crew. To my relief, the hospital was well equipped, with an X-ray machine and a blood analyzer. That first voyage was a learning experience, a tight schedule full of safety drills. There was so much new information to take in. Even remembering which uniform to wear each day was a challenge. Most confusing, I often forgot to set my clock when the ship crossed time zones.‎ ‎ As a doctor, I was responsible for 600 crew, and I was on call for the entire ship. Far from treating seasickness and sunburn, I had to deal with other diseases, for my patients were wide and varied. The ship’s medical center was actually a floating emergency room, and we didn’t have a team of specialists on hand for a second opinion. With long and unpredictable hours, it required mental toughness.‎ ‎ As you can guess, many of the passengers were elderly, heart attacks don’t care about geography and emergency evacuating（疏散）was difficult to arrange. I recall one such patient, who ‎ was taken off the ship halfway through the Panama Canal. After a terrifying ride in an old ambulance, I was relieved that the patient survived long enough to arrive at the hospital in Panama City.‎ ‎ Thankfully, there were several unexpected benefits to the job, I regularly enjoyed the passenger facilities and I even hosted my own table of passengers in the evenings. On rare days off, I volunteered as a tour guide on trips ashore. I got to fly over Alaska in a seaplane and watched a ballet in St. Petersburg.‎ ‎ Now, I understand being a ship doctor is not a job—it’s a way of life. One year at sea became two. I lost my career ambitions, but I redefined happiness in my life.‎ ‎24. How did the writer feel working on the ship?‎ ‎ A. Regretful. B. Satisfied. C. Scared. D. Nervous.‎ ‎25. What was the writer’s most difficult thing on the ship?‎ ‎ A. Wearing the same uniform each day.‎ ‎ B. Absorbing plenty of new information.‎ ‎ C. Having a tight timetable full of safety drills.‎ ‎ D. Forgetting to adjust time by time zones.‎ ‎26. The patient taken off the ship halfway through the Panama Canal ‎ A. suffered from an unknown disease ‎ B. was taken to a safe place immediately ‎ C. got timely treatment in the hospital ‎ D. died on the way to the nearest hospital ‎27. Why did the writer lose his career ambitions later on?‎ ‎ A. He had a new understanding of happiness.‎ ‎ B. He could enjoy the passenger facilities.‎ ‎ C. He was content to be a tour guide on trips.‎ ‎ D. He gave up the dream of being a doctor.‎ C ‎ There is beauty in each moment of our lives, but often we’re too distracted to notice it. Instead, we spend much of our time worrying about the future or regretting the past, and this habit can have negative consequences for our mental and physical health.‎ ‎ That’s why many people today are turning to the practice of mindfulness（正念减压法）. Simply put, mindfulness means focusing on the present moment. Let’s say you’re sitting in traffic after a long day’s work. Rather than dwelling on（老是想着）an unpleasant incident that occurred earlier or worrying about your schedule for the next day, you might direct your attention to the sound of the rain drops battering the windshield or to a specific image before you. By directing your attention to the here and now, you automatically shift your focus away from self-image, success, and other stress-inducing concerns.‎ ‎ Such a shift in consciousness helps us form more meaningful connections with others and handle problems with greater ease. It also lets us appreciate life’s many little pleasures. So, it’s not surprising that mindfulness has been found to help in the treatment of depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and even physical problems related to stress, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, and upset stomachs.‎ ‎ How do you practice mindfulness? While it’s often associated with meditation, you don’t actually need to be in a particular place or position to cultivate it. In fact, it can be incorporated ‎ ‎（使并入）into almost any daily activity, including eating, walking, showering, or doing the dishes. Let’s take this last activity as an illustration.‎ ‎ Begin by bringing your attention to your breath. Inhale（吸入）through your nose allowing the air to expand your belly, and exhale through your mouth. Notice the sensations as each breath goes in and out.‎ ‎ As you engage in the task of washing the dishes, direct your awareness to the scent of the soap, the sound of the running water, and the feel of the suds（肥皂泡沫）between your fingers. Simply be aware of these and any other immediate sensations without forming any judgments about them.‎ ‎ At times, this process may not be relaxing, especially when what you’re doing is boring or unpleasant. Nevertheless, by practicing mindfulness, we can learn to accept whatever situations life brings us and, over time develop greater happiness.‎ ‎28. Why is the example of “sitting in traffic” mentioned in Paragraph 2?‎ ‎ A. To appreciate beauty at the present moment.‎ ‎ B. To explain the meaning of mindfulness.‎ ‎ C. To describe the traffic accident in the street.‎ ‎ D. To attract the reader’s attention to the traffic.‎ ‎29. Which of the following is the benefit of mindfulness?‎ ‎ A. Finding out problems in study more easily.‎ ‎ B. Helping cure diseases like high blood pressure.‎ ‎ C. Allowing us to enjoy small pleasures in life.‎ ‎ D. Making friends with other people in the traffic.‎ ‎30. From the passage, mindfulness can be practised by _________.‎ ‎ A. finding a particular place to cultivate it ‎ B. bringing our attention to our breath ‎ C. burying ourselves in washing the dishes ‎ D. putting it to use in our everyday life ‎31. What is the passage mainly about?‎ ‎ A. The reasons why people begin to practise mindfulness.‎ ‎ B. The differences between mindfulness and meditation.‎ ‎ C. The benefits of mindfulness and the way to practice it.‎ ‎ D. The ways we should keep healthy mentally and physically.‎ D ‎ A book is made of wood. But it is not a tree. The dead cells have been repurposed to serve another need.‎ ‎ Now a team of scientists has repurposed living cells—scraped（刮落）from frog embryos—and assembled them into entirely new life forms. These millimeter-wide “xenobots” can move toward a target, perhaps pick up a payload （like a medicine that needs to be carried to a specific place inside a patient ）—and heal themselves after being cut.‎ ‎ “These are novel living machines,” says Joshua Bongard, a computer scientist and robotics expert at the University of Vermont who co-led the new research. “They’re neither a traditional robot nor a known species of animal. It’s a new class of artifact: a living, programmable organism.” “We can imagine many useful applications of these living robots that other machines can’t do,” says co-leader Michael Levin, “like searching out nasty compounds or radioactive contamination （污染物）, gathering microplastic in the oceans, traveling in arteries（动脉） to scrape out plaque.”‎ ‎ People have been manipulating（操纵） organisms for human benefit since at least the dawn of agriculture, genetic editing is becoming widespread, and a few artificial organisms have been manually assembled in the past few years—copying the body forms of known animals. But this research, for the first time ever, “designs completely biological machines from the ground up,” the team writes in their new study.‎ ‎ Many people worry about the implications of rapid technological change and complex biological manipulations. “That fear is not unreasonable,” Levin says. “When we start to deal with complex systems that we don’t understand, we’re going to get unintended consequences.” “If humanity is going to survive into the future, we need to better understand how complex properties, somehow, emerge from simple rules,” says Levin. Much of science is focused on “controlling the low-level rules. We also need to understand the high-level rules.” In other words, “this study is a direct contribution to getting a handle on what people are afraid of, which is unintended consequences,” Levin says.‎ ‎32. What do we know about the “xenobots” from Paragraph 2?‎ ‎ A. They need to be carried to a specific place.‎ ‎ B. They’re capable of self-healing after injury.‎ ‎ C. They are scraped from some new life forms.‎ ‎ D. They can remove an object to another place.‎ ‎33. Michael Levin thinks these living robots can _________.‎ ‎ A. recycle microplastic in the oceans B. take in nasty compounds ‎ C. programme other organisms D. take away the plaque in arteries ‎34. What does the underlined sentence （in Paragraph 4） probably mean?‎ ‎ A. People never created these biological robots in history.‎ ‎ B. These machines were copied from the very beginning.‎ ‎ C. The research is completely carried out on the playground.‎ ‎ D. Organisms have been developed since agriculture.‎ ‎35. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?‎ ‎ A. This study is bound to bring about panic in public.‎ ‎ B. People boycott employing rapid technological change.‎ ‎ C. Science is focused on controlling the low-level rules.‎ ‎ D. Some study is likely to contribute to unexpected results.‎ 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。 ‎ What Secrets Your Voice Reveals About You ‎ So, have you ever stepped back and wondered what your voice sounds like to other people? __36 . And it turns out, it says a lot about us.‎ ‎● Your voice hints at how social you are ‎ 37 . Extroverts tend to talk loudly, quickly, and excitedly. Introverts tend to speak quietly and more slowly. So, if you’re that loud person at a party, you’ll probably find that all eyes are on you, whereas introverts won’t likely be at that party at all.‎ ‎ ● Your voice says something about your height ‎ This may sound strange, but if people close their eyes and hear you speak, they can probably tell if you’re tall or short. 38 , whereas shorter people tend to have a higher voice. This is true ‎ for both men and women.‎ ‎ ● 39 ‎ ‎ If you’ve noticed a lot of changes in a person’s voice—the pace at which they talk, the tone and pitch of their voice, or whether their voice has become quieter—they may have Parkinson’s disease. These changes can happen in the voice due to the tremors（震颤） that a patient would be experiencing.‎ ‎ ● Your voice can tell how successful you are ‎ Successful people’s voices tend to be of a lower, warmer tone. Their words come out evenly, and their vocal cords won’t be tight. 40 , but not so loudly that they’re unpleasant to listen to.‎ A. Taller people tend to have a deeper voice B. Your voice can tell others about your health C. Your voice reveals how professional you are D. They’ll speak loudly enough to make themselves heard E. A confident person will have a smooth and steady tone F. Specifically, people can tell whether you’re an extrovert or introvert G. Your friends and family can probably identify you just by the sound of your voice 第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）‎ 第一节 （共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）‎ ‎ 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。‎ Never Too Late to Be What You Want to Be ‎ The first day of school our professor introduced a little old lady, Rose, to us.‎ ‎ We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months we would leave 41__ together and talk nonstop. I was always listening to this “time machine” as she 42 her wisdom and experience with me.‎ ‎ At the end of the semester we invited Rose to make a 43 to our football team. I’ll never forget what she taught us. As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she 44 her note card on the floor. A little 45 she simply said, “I’m sorry. This whiskey is killing me! I’ll never get my speech back 46 so let me just tell you what I know.” As we laughed she 47 her throat and began: “We do not stop playing 48 we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets to staying 49 , being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you 50 your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking around who are 51 and don’t even know it! There is a huge difference between growing older and growing 52 . If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full 53 and don’t do one productive thing, you will 54 twenty years old. Have no regrets. The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but 55 for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with 56 .”‎ At the year’s end Rose 57 the college degree. One week after graduation Rose died __58 in her sleep. Over two thousand college students attended her funeral to 59 the wonderful woman who taught 60 that it’s never too late to be all you can possibly be.‎ ‎41. A. work B. office C. class D. home ‎42. A. discussed B. connected C. communicated D. shared ‎43. A. speech B. contribution C. donation D. difference ‎44. A. placed B. made C. dropped D. played ‎45. A. surprised B. interested C. confused D. embarrassed ‎46. A. in chaos B. in order C. in advance D. in silence ‎ ‎47. A. cleaned B. cut C. cleared D. forced ‎48. A. because B. when C. though D. after ‎49. A. healthy B. handsome C. enthusiastic D. young ‎50. A. have B. realize C. lose D. dream ‎51. A. stupid B. dead C. ill D. wise ‎52. A. up B. apart C. stronger D. taller ‎53. A. day B. week C. month D. year ‎54. A. increase by B. obtain C. turn D. live to ‎ ‎55. A. rather B. otherwise C. fairly D. also ‎56. A. diseases B. regrets C. riches D. disabilities ‎57. A. failed B. delayed C. finished D. declined ‎58. A. regrettably B. peacefully C. excitedly D. sadly ‎59. A. welcome B. congratulate C. encourage D. honor ‎60. A. at random B. at ease C. by example D. by chance 第二节 （共10小题；每小题1．5分，满分15分）‎ ‎ 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。‎ ‎ Lantern Festival marked the final day of the Chinese Lunar New Year. It has been an important festival 61 the Western Han Dynasty.‎ ‎ In ancient China, often marriage 62 （decide） by parents or even the government. During some periods marriage policies went to extremes.‎ ‎ However, extreme policies to force people to get married were rare, and young people still had certain 63 （free） to get married with people they liked, rather than being 64 （complete） manipulated by their parents or government. Ancient Chinese had milder ways to encourage people to find a spouse, such as fairs and meetings during festivals.‎ ‎ Lantern Festival is one of the festivals that provided ancient Chinese single young men and women a chance 65 （meet）and get to know each other. On the night of that day, 66__ （marry）men and women would meet at the flower fair and lantern-decorated street.‎ ‎ Romance often happened, 67 not all of these stories ended happily.‎ ‎ Ouyang Xiu described a woman’s longing for the man she met during Lantern Festival in his poem Yuan Xi. It 68 （go） like this: “Last lantern festival, the flower fair 69 （decorate） with lights was daylight bright. We met after dusk when the moon rose behind willow trees. This year the moon and lanterns are still 70 same, yet you are not here anymore. I am sad, with tears shed on the sleeves of my spring coat.”‎ 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）‎ 第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）‎ ‎ 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。‎ ‎ 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。‎ ‎ 删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。‎ ‎ 修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。‎ ‎ 注意：l．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；‎ ‎ 2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。‎ ‎ Garbage sorting is vitally to our life and environment. For one thing, garbage sorting can help separate the recyclable waste from the rest. To reuse and recycle this kind of waste are to save resources to a large extent, that also contributes to the environmental protection. For another, sorting waste is a meaningful deed.‎ ‎ If everyone takes an action, it can save money and time for a city get rid of waste. Take myself as an example. I used loads of paper every year, so with waste paper packing up, I can sell it and earn some pocket money. Also you can make a contribution to the environmental protections.‎ ‎ In a word, we should bear on mind that garbage sorting will bring profound rewards to our society.‎ 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ ‎ 2020年新春伊始，在抗击新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）的过程中涌现出了许多可歌可泣的先进典型和感人事迹，为了学习英雄、崇尚英雄，你校将举行英雄人物优秀事迹报告会。假如你是学生会主席李华，请你用英语拟一份书面通知。‎ 内容包括：‎ ‎ 1．报告会的目的；‎ ‎ 2．会议时间、地点及嘉宾；‎ ‎ 3．参会人员和要求。‎ 注意： ‎ ‎ 1．词数100左右；‎ ‎2．可适当增加细节，以使内容连贯。‎ ‎_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________‎