【英语】重庆市第八中学2020届高三下学期第五次月考试题

【英语】重庆市第八中学2020届高三下学期第五次月考试题

重庆市第八中学2020届高三下学期第五次月考英语试题 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。‎ ‎1. Where does the conversation probably take place?‎ A. In an office.‎ B. In a restaurant. ‎ C. In a theatre.‎ ‎2. How old is the man now?‎ A. Over 60. ‎ B. About 20. ‎ C. Nearly 40.‎ ‎3. What is the man going to do?‎ A. Go to the information counter.‎ B. Take a train to leave New York.‎ C. Check the price of the ticket.‎ ‎4. What do we learn about the man?‎ A. He quit his job. ‎ B. He is doing a part-time job.‎ C. He has got two job offers.‎ ‎5. What does Mr. Anderson do?‎ A. He is a librarian. ‎ B. He is a teacher. ‎ C. He is a repairman.‎ 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至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和第7题。‎ ‎6. What is The Western Teacher? ‎ A. A magazine. ‎ B. A story. ‎ C. A book. ‎ ‎7. When did the man start writing books? ‎ A. When he was at school. ‎ B. After he came to Paris. ‎ C. Since the year of 2004.‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10题。‎ ‎8. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? ‎ A. Doctor and patient. ‎ B. Customer and waiter. ‎ C. Husband and wife.‎ ‎9. What must have caused the speakers’ stomach aches? ‎ A. The fish. ‎ B. The soup. ‎ C. The apples.‎ ‎10. Where will the speakers go? ‎ A. To the hospital. ‎ B. To the market. ‎ C. To the restaurant.‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13题。‎ ‎11. What are the speakers talking about?‎ A. New films. ‎ B. Film-seeing habits. ‎ C. Popular cinemas. ‎ ‎12. What seems to bother the woman at the cinema?‎ A. The uncomfortable seat.‎ B. The long waiting time.‎ C. The noisy people.‎ ‎13. What do we know about the man?‎ A. He prefers seeing new films at the cinema.‎ B. He enjoys seeing films with friends.‎ C. He likes talking about new films.‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17题。‎ ‎14. Why does David go to Professor Smith for help?‎ A. He missed all the classes last week.‎ B. He had trouble with today’s lecture.‎ C. He wanted to learn how to take notes.‎ ‎15. What should David do at the start of each class?‎ A. Have a short talk with the professor.‎ B. Look through the notes from last class.‎ C. Take down the main points of the lecture.‎ ‎16. How can David find the most important information to write down?‎ A. By remember all the details of the lecture. ‎ B. By reading the notes taken by his classmates. ‎ C. By focusing on the organization of the lecture. ‎ ‎17. How many suggestions has Professor Smith given to David?‎ A. Two. ‎ B. Three. ‎ C. Four.‎ 听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20题。‎ ‎18. Who brought silk to Europe in the thirteenth century?‎ A. Napoleon. ‎ B. Leonardo da Vinci. ‎ C. Marco Polo. ‎ ‎19. What do we know about silk today? ‎ A. It is much cheaper than in the past. ‎ B. It is used by famous dress designers.‎ C. It is very popular among painters. ‎ ‎20. Why does the speaker give the talk?‎ A. To persuade people to buy silk clothes. ‎ B. To encourage people to learn designing. ‎ C. To introduce the history of silk trade.‎ 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。‎ A FLEA MARKETS (跳蚤市场)‎ For the best selection of flea market product, get there as soon as it opens on the first day of the market. If it’s open Saturday and Sunday all year round, go early on Saturday morning. For seasonal or annual flea markets, go early in the season, preferably the first weekend. You’ll have first pick of the goods the vendors (小贩) gathered during the year. For the biggest discounts, it’s just the opposite. Shop mid to late afternoon during the final day, or days, of the flea market. The vendors are tired and ready to get home –and they might just cut you some fantastic deals if you ask. You may have to haggle a bit, but you’ll probably go home with some bargains, especially if you’re buying large, heavy pieces the tired sellers don’t want to pack and load. YARD SALES Yard sale shopping is a lot like flea market shopping. You’ll find the best selections when the sale first starts. Go early on the first day of the sale. If the sale starts at 7 am, be there a few minutes before – but not so early that you’re labeled an early bird. Don’t wait until Saturday to visit a yard sale that starts on Friday. Like flea market vendors, yard sale sellers aren’t as willing to haggle early in the morning, but the prices are usually pretty low to start. Don’t wait until the afternoon bargain hours to shop at yard sales. THRIFT STORES (旧货店) ‎ ‎ For the best thrift store selections, ask the employees when the new product arrives. It could be a certain day of the week or a certain time each day. Find out, and then plan your visits for those days and times. Thrift store prices are usually low, so you might want to snatch things up as soon as you find them. If the prices seem unusually high, ask about their sale structure. Thrift stores don’t always state their sales clearly and sometimes the sales are confusing. Find out when they discount the items that interest you. That’s when you’ll find the best deals. 21. As for the biggest discounts in the Flea Markets, you’d better______.‎ A. get there about 6:50 am on Friday ‎ B. go early on Saturday morning C. ask the host when the new product arrives ‎ D. buy items late afternoon during the last day ‎ ‎22. The best Thrift Store selections should be taken_______.‎ A. after the sale starts B. as soon as you find them C. when new items arrive D. before the afternoon bargain begins 23. The text is most probably intended for ______.‎ A. antique collectors B. economical shoppers ‎ C. product vendors D. wealthy people B A little boy almost thought of himself as the most unfortunate child in the world because poliomyelitis (小儿麻痹症) made his leg lame and his teeth uneven. He seldom played with his classmates; and when the teacher asked him to answer questions, he always lowered his head without a word.‎ One spring, the boy’s father asked for some saplings(树苗) from the neighbor. He told his children to plant a sapling each person. The father said, "Whose seedling grows best, I will buy him or her a favorite gift." The boy also wanted to get his father's gift. But seeing his brothers and sisters carrying water to water the trees happily, anyhow, he hit upon an idea: he hoped the tree he planted would die soon. So watering it once or twice, he never attended to it.‎ A few days later, when the little boy went to see his tree again, he was surprised to find it not only didn't wilt, but also grew some fresh leaves, and compared with the trees of his brother and ‎ sister, his appeared greener and more vital. His father kept his promise, bought the little boy his favorite gift and said to him: from the tree he planted, he would become an outstanding botanist when he grew up.‎ Since then, the little boy slowly became optimistic. One day, the little boy lay on the bed but couldn't sleep. Looking at the bright moonlight outside the window, he suddenly recalled what the biology teacher once said, plants generally grow at night. Why not go to see the tree? When he came to the courtyard on tiptoe, he found his father was splashing something under his tree with a ladle (勺子). He returned to his room, tears running down his face.‎ Decades passed. The little boy didn't become a botanist, but he was elected President of the United States. His name was Franklin Roosevelt.‎ ‎24. Why didn’t the boy answer the teacher’s question?‎ A. He couldn’t concentrate on the class. ‎ B. All the students looked down on him.‎ C. He lacked confidence because of his illness.‎ D. He was an unfortunate boy with learning disability.‎ ‎25. Why did the father ask the children to plant trees?‎ A. The neighbor required him to do it.‎ B. He expected them to be botanists.‎ C. He wanted to encourage the disabled boy.‎ D. The children asked for their favorite gifts.‎ ‎26. What does the underlined word “wilt” mean?‎ A.become weak B. become strong ‎ C. become beautiful D. become green ‎27. What’s the best title for the passage?‎ A.An Unfortunate Boy A. Nutrition of Growth B. A Loving Father ‎ C. The Unselfish Love ‎ C Smart cities are coming. And you can be sure that hackers(黑客) won’t be very far behind. ‎ We’ve already gotten a glimpse of that future, as cities across the globe start to use technology to connect their services and residents in ways that was science fiction just a few years ago. They are using sensors to collect data — such as traffic, garbage collecting, and road conditions —and then using that data to deliver services to more people and more efficiently.‎ But this rush to become a smart city has a major drawback: The more connected a city is, the easier it is to cyber-attacks. Hackers have, in recent years, effectively held cities hostage through ransom ware(赎金器), sometimes damaging critical systems for months at a time. The damage can cost millions to repair, as Baltimore and Atlanta have discovered.‎ And this is just the beginning. As cities add connectivity to their streetlights, power grids, dams, transit lines and other services, they are adding more targets that have the potential to be hacked. What’s more, as additional information on residents is collected, officials worry the result —lots of data could attract nation-states or terrorists who could incorporate the data into physical and cyber war.‎ What cyber security lesson can’t be taught in this hack? For example: Don’t open email attachments from unfamiliar sources; don’t click on unrecognized links; don’t leave sensitive information visible on the walls or surfaces of your office. But let’s just stick to the most important lesson: The information you share on social media can be used to profile and target you, whether that’s by engineering click bait(点击诱饵) aimed at your particular interests, guessing your password based on your birthday or figuring out your schedule and travels so that an intruder can access your home or office.‎ Wednesday, September 18, 2019 THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. ‎ ‎28.What did people use to think of smart cities?‎ A. It was the product of science. B. It was bound to be popular.‎ C. It existed in imagination. D. It improved people’s life.‎ ‎29. What does the author intend to do in Paragraph 3? ‎ A. Introduce the harm of hackers. B. Show the danger of a smart city.‎ C. Add some background information. D. Summarize the previous paragraphs.‎ ‎30.What is officials’ attitude to big data?‎ A. It is convenient to provide service. B. It is certain to bring about revolution.‎ C. There are actually potential dangers. D. There’s competition in high technology.‎ ‎31.What does the underlined word "profile" in Para. 5 mean?‎ A. Describe. B. Protect. C. Pursue. D. Fund.‎ D Camaraderie over Competence The significance of liking people is the topic of an article in the Harvard Business Review, which has carried out an experiment to find out who we’d rather work with. Hardly surprisingly, the people we want most as our workmates are both: brilliant at their jobs and delightful human beings. And the people we want least are both unpleasant and useless. More interestingly, the authors found that, given the choice between working with lovable fools and competent jerks (性情古怪的人), we irresistibly choose the former. Anyway, who likes those stupid men who annoy or hurt other people? We might insist that competence matters more, but our behavior shows we stay close to the people we like and sharing information with them. ‎ What companies should therefore do is get people to like each other more. The trick here is apparently to make sure staffs come across each other as often as possible during the day. They also should be sent on bonding courses and so on to encourage friendliness and break down displeasure. However, more outdoor-activity weekends and shared coffee machines inspire no confidence at all.‎ The reality is that people either like each other or they don’t. You can’t force it. Possibly you can make offices friendlier by tolerating a lot of chat, but there is a productivity cost to that. In my experience, the question of lovable fool against competent jerk may not be the right one. The two are interrelated: we tend not to like our workmates when they are completely hopeless. I was once quite friendly with a woman whom I later worked with. I found her to be so outstandingly bad at her job that I lost respect for her and ended up not really liking her at all. Then is there anything that companies should be doing about it?‎ By far the most effective strategy would be to hire people who are all pretty much the same, given that similarity is one of the main determinants of whether we like each other. I think this is a pretty good idea, but no one dares recommend this anymore without offending the diversity lobby group. There is only one acceptable view on this subject: teams of similar people are bad because they stop creativity. This may be true, though I have never seen any conclusive proof of it.‎ Not only do we like similar people, we like people who like us. So if companies want to ‎ promote more liking, they should encourage a culture where we are all nice to each other. The trouble is that this needs to be done with some skill.‎ ‎32. According to the research, which kind of colleagues would most people tend to choose?‎ A. Humorous but unambitious.‎ B. Creative but unattractive.‎ C. Competent but unfriendly. ‎ D. Nice but unintelligent.‎ ‎33. The author talks about her experience to show that .‎ A. talkative workmates makes offices friendlier B. a workmate’s working ability is important C. people tend to like optimistic workmates D. people respect outstanding leaders ‎34. Some people think that similar people working together may ‎ A. be likely to stick together B. talk more and work less C. create fewer new ideas D. offend each other ‎35. To encourage workmates to like each other, companies could .‎ A. employ staff who have a lot in common B. encourage a diversity of opinions in workplace C. organize team-building activities outside the office D. set more coffee machines in the work place 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。‎ Let’s face it: The last hour of anyone’s workday is not always fruitful. As the hours of peak productivity start to decline, most people begin watching the clock, waiting for nothing. 36 “How positively you end your professional day can promote success both inside and outside of the office,” says Randi Levin, a life strategist. Let's see how successful people end their workday with a bang.‎ Successful people reflect on their accomplishments. While many of us spend our last hour of work making a to-do list for tomorrow, they review the day they just had. 37 Similarly, Levin recommends writing down the day's wins rather than setbacks or to-dos, as well as reviewing your list of successes once a month. It will prove your professional growth and bring more joy into your job.‎ Also, successful people brainstorm solutions for today's setbacks. 38 Instead, they end their day by thinking carefully about the problems they met, brainstorming possible solutions, and then leaving it for tomorrow. They will settle those problems after a good night’s sleep.‎ ‎ 39 Rather than detailing the tasks that need to get done, this kind of list encourages people to focus on finding solutions for their projects. “Forget the horrible 'to-do' list," Levin says, "before heading to happy hour, write down three to five goals you have for the next 24 hours. 40 It will provide you with not only a concrete and positive way to begin tomorrow, but also it will allow you to see much more possibilities. "‎ A. This list is a promise to yourself.‎ B. Successful people make a to-do list.‎ C. It will make people understand the problems better.‎ D. They never bring the day's failures home with them.‎ E. Another work these people do is to create an action list.‎ F. But ending the workday with purpose can make a difference.‎ G. They typically choose a case and consider what led to that success.‎ 第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分45分）‎ 第一节 完形填空（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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。‎ The View from the Slow Lane As we pulled into the driveway, I noticed that something seemed different about my mom. She was 41 away from me, her shoulders dropped and her hands relaxed. I parked the car and she turned toward me.‎ ‎“Okay, we’re home,” I said, 42 that now was her time to get out and let me be on my ‎ own. She sniffled and brushed her hair behind her ears to reveal her bloodshot eyes and moist cheeks. She had been crying.‎ ‎“Mom!” I whined (嘀咕着说), surprised by the tears running down her face. “Why are you crying?” I asked, 43 I already knew the answer.‎ I had just got my 44 , which I’d been looking forward to for months. I was free — able to drive myself where I needed to go. But now that I had it in my pocket, I suddenly felt 45 . I had been so quick to grow up, completely ignoring the emotions that my mom must be experiencing with her firstborn 46 adulthood.‎ ‎“My baby boy is growing up too fast,” she 47 to say between deep breaths.‎ My heart ached. I hated to see my mom cry, and I hated more that I had been so ignorant toward her 48 . I had been counting down the days, 49 waiting to enter the next stage of my life, 50 she counted down with fear and headache. The 51 and freedom I had previously felt were gone, replaced by an odd sense of mourning.‎ We hugged. Then she looked me in the eye and told me to drive carefully. “Of course I will,” I reassured her. She unbuckled her seat belt, opened the door, and stepped out. I waved goodbye and pulled out of the driveway.‎ I had been so 52 to start speeding and skirting around corners that I’d 53 just how beautiful the ride is. Now I cruised (漫游) down the peaceful two -lane road, 54 the sights, sounds, and smells of the nature that surrounds me. At that moment I made a promise to myself, a promise to take things 55 and to never, ever, catch myself speeding again.‎ Life had passed me by while I lived my days in fast 56 , ignorantly wishing for tomorrow and 57 to notice all the beautiful things along the way. Friendships, victories, heartbreaks — have sped by me because I was too busy looking toward the 58 . It seems life also has its own 59 , and if you find yourself going too fast, you risk 60 the moments that make it so special.‎ Moments like this.‎ ‎41．A. facing B. running C. escaping D. breaking ‎42．A. implying B. fearing C. asking D. considering ‎43．A. in that B. now that C. even though D. as though ‎44．A. car B. license C. offer D. scholarship ‎45．A. anxious B. guilty C. annoyed D. disappointed ‎46．A. nearing B. spending C. crossing D. delaying ‎47．A. tried B. intended C. managed D. decided ‎48．A. waiting B. warning C. greetings D. feelings ‎49．A. unwillingly B. nervously C. impatiently D. thankfully ‎50．A. while B. and C. for D. so ‎51．A. luck B. delight C. honor D. gratitude ‎52．A. afraid B. confident C. excited D. reluctant ‎53．A. denied B. forgotten C. realized D. discovered ‎ ‎54．A. following B. imagining C. enjoying D. recognizing ‎55．A. easy B. wrong C. personal D. slow ‎56．A. forward B. downward C. backward D. upward ‎57．A. trying B. refusing C. pretending D. failing ‎58．A. fortune B. scenery C. past D. future ‎59．A. fast track B. speed limit C. comfort zone D. daily routine ‎60．A. deleting B. wasting C. losing D. missing 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）‎ 阅读小面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的档次或括号内单词的正确形式。‎ By now it’s almost common knowledge that spending time in nature is good for you. Areas with 61 (many) trees tend to be less polluted, so spending time there allows you to breathe easier. Spending time outdoors contributes to good health, with blood pressure and stress 62 (reduce), and seems to motivate people 63 (exercise) more. ‎ A survey showed that people 64 spend 2 hours in nature—either all at once or totaled over several shorter 65 (visit)—were more likely to report good health and psychological well-being than those with no nature 66 (expose). Remarkably, the researchers found that less than two hours offered no significant benefits. The two-hour benchmark(临界值) 67 (apply) to men and women, to older and younger folks and so on. Even people 68 long-term illnesses or disabilities benefited from time 69 (spend) in nature—as long as it was at least 120 minutes per week.‎ While the findings are based on 70 tremendous number of people, scientists caution that ‎ it’s really just a correlation. Nobody knows why or how nature has this benefit or even if the findings will stand up to stricter investigation.‎ 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。作文中共有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：1. 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。‎ Five years ago, my father, who was in his forty, lost his job. At first, he was in low spirits and often gets drunk. One day, he read a story about Ren Zhengfei, which was greatly inspired him. He turned to a friend, with which help he set up a factory. In his factory waste materials were made full use to produce environmentally friendly packing bags. With these bags well receiving, his factory went smooth. Now, he has extra money because he often helps those in need. So far, he has donated as many as $10,000. How a great father I have!‎ 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ 假定你是李华，你校绘画俱乐部将举办国际中学生绘画展。请给你的美国朋友John写封信。请他提供作品。信的内容包括：‎ ‎1.主题：最美劳动者；‎ ‎2.作品要求及画展时间；‎ ‎3. 交作品地址：一教楼305教室。‎ 注意：‎ ‎1. 词数100左右；‎ ‎2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；‎ ‎3. 信的开头和结尾不计入总词数。‎ Dear John,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Yours,‎ ‎ Li Hua ‎【参考答案】‎ 听力 ‎1-5 BAACB 6-10 ABCCA 11-15 BCABC 16-20 CBCBA 阅读 ‎21-25 DCBCC 26-30 ABCBC 31-35 ADBCA 七选五 ‎36-40 FGDEA 完形填空 ‎41-45 AACBB 46-50 ACDCA 51-55 BCBCD 56-60 ADDBD 语法填空 ‎61.more 62.reduced 63.to exercise 64.who 65.visits ‎66.exposure 67.applied 68.with 69.spent 70.a 短文改错 ‎71. forty-forties 72. gets-got 73.which was greatly 删掉was ‎74.with which(改为whose) help 75.made full use 在use后添加of ‎76.receiving-received 77.smooth-smoothly 78.because--so/and ‎79.many—much 80.How—What 参考范文 Dear John,‎ I am Li Hua. Knowing that you have great creativity and talent for painting, I sincerely invite you to provide your works for our school painting club.‎ Our school painting club is going to hold an International High School Student Painting Exhibition, whose theme is the most glorious laborers. It will start from May 1st and last for two weeks. Any student who is interested is welcome to participate and any painting depicting scenes of labor and demonstrating the diligence of workers is encouraged. If you want to join, please bring your works to Room 305, No.1 Teaching Building.‎ The themed activity shall guarantee you a golden opportunity to exchange ideas with other painters and fully appreciate the Chinese traditional virtue. Looking forward to hearing from you and your excellent paintings.‎ Yours,‎ Li Hua