河南省鄭州市2020屆高三第二次質(zhì)量檢測英語試題

1、2020 年高中畢業(yè)年級(jí)第二次質(zhì)量預(yù)測英語試題卷本試卷分四部分，考試時(shí)間120 分鐘，滿分150 分（聽力成績算作參考分）。考生應(yīng)首先閱讀答題卡上的文字信息, 然后在答題卡上作答，在試題卷上作答無效。第一部分聽力（共兩節(jié)，滿分30 分）試卷上的答案轉(zhuǎn)涂做題時(shí)，先將答案標(biāo)在試卷上。錄音內(nèi)容結(jié)束后，你將有兩分鐘的時(shí)間將 到答題卡上。第一節(jié)（共5 小題 ; 每小題 1.5 分，滿分7.5 分）聽下面5段對話。每段對話后有一個(gè)小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng) 中選出最佳選項(xiàng),并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽完每段對話后, 你都有 10 秒鐘的 時(shí)間來回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對話僅讀一遍。1. Wh

2、at might Amy be?2.A. A car saleswoman.How was the concert?A. Boring.B. A customer.C. A waitress.B. Exciting.C. Interesting.3.A. A film.B. An artist.C. A painting.What are they talking about?4. What is the girl's trouble?A. She can't hear clearly.8. She doesn't know the answer.C. She can&

3、#39;t see the blackboard.5. What can be known about Bill?A. He has finished his paper.B. He is going to write a paper.C. He seldom finishes his work on time.第二節(jié)（共15 小題 ; 每小題 1.5 分，滿分22.5 分）聽下面5段對話或獨(dú)白。每段對話或獨(dú)白后有幾個(gè)小題，從題中所給的 A B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽每段對話或獨(dú)白前，你將有時(shí)間閱讀各個(gè)小題，每小題5秒鐘 ; 聽完后，各小題將給出5 秒鐘的作答時(shí)間。

4、每段對話或獨(dú)白讀兩遍。聽第 6 段材料 , 回答第6、 7 題。6. What made Jack feel upset?A. Losing a lot of money.B. Making a big mistake.C. Quarreling with his boss.7. What does Jack decide to do?A. Be more careful.B. Make an apology.聽第 7 段材料，回答第8、 9 題。8. Why will the woman put on a show?A. To have fun.B. To earn money.9. Wha

5、t does the woman think of the man?A. He has many talents. B. He dances well.聽第 8 段材料，回答第10 至 12 題。10. What did Bill worry about at first?A. Suitcases.B. Long queues.11. . Who offers to carry the suitcases?A. Bill.B. Alice.12. How will they probably go to the bus stop at last?A. By bus.B. On foot.聽第

6、9 段材料，回答第13 至 16 題。13. Where did Tony go last year?A. The Channel Islands.B. Some European countries.C. The seaside near his house.14. Which country is close to the Channel Islands?A. France.B. Spain15. Why will Tony visit George tomorrow?A. To change his plan.B. To borrow some money.C. To persuade

7、him to travel together.16. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A travel plan.B. Famous places.聽第 10 段材料，回答第17 至 20 題。17. How was John Curtis' gum （ 口香糖）at first?A. Soft.B. Hard.18. What did William Wrigley think of chewing gum?A. It made people less tired.C. Leave the company.C. To per

8、form on stage.C. He can sing well.C. Heavy traffic.C. The taxi driver.C. By taxi.C. England.C. Their travel experiences.C. Sweet.B. It helped people work better.C. It was popular among children.19. What will the speaker talk about next?A. Why gum is popular.B. How people feel about gum .C. How to de

9、al with chewed gum.20. What is the passage mainly about?A. The history of gum.B. The attitude to gum.C. The reason for chewing gum.第二部分閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40 分）第一節(jié)（共15小題；每小題2分，？茜分30分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。ATime magazine listed its top inventions of 2019, some of which will surely becom

10、e a big part of our everyday lives over the next decade . Here are some we're most looking forward to. Virtual （虛擬的）surgeryAccording to Harvard Business Review, our current system of training surgeons can't keep up with the speed of technological development.“ Even after 4 years of college,

11、4years of medical school and 5 years of advanced training after working, 30% of graduates still can't operate on their own,” said Justin Barad, who is theCEO and co founder of Osso VR.This VR software is made to give doctors virtual operating-room experience so they can practice and prepare for

12、surgeries. Apparently, it works. Gideon Blumstein of California University conducted a study on using Osso VR. His team found that participants' overall surgical performance improved by an astonishing 230% over traditional training methods. Vending veggies （出售素食）"Eat happier. ” That's t

13、he Farmers Fridge advertising message. It is a good one, as this company wants to bring fresh, healthy food to people on the go.It's trying to change more than just food, though. It also wants to change the delivery method. Farmers Fridge has created its very own automatic machines. They can be

14、placed in high-traffic areas. These super-smart vending machines can know their contents at any moment,and can allow customers to reserve and pay in advance. They can even learn about what customers want. Shayna Harris is the company's Chief Growth Officer.“ We have developedsalads, sandwiches a

15、nd breakfast items that taste as fresh as if you were to make them in your home kitchen, ” she said in an interview withInsider Trends. Recycling pollutionWhen we write with black ink, we're writing with soot a powder made by burning coal or oil. Cars are machines that produce soot. To collect t

16、he soot, Anirudh Sharma, creator of AIR-INK, made a device called Kaalink, which attaches to a vehicle s exhaust pipe （排 氣管） .Once collected, it's madeinto ink color and mixed with vegetable oil to create inks, markers and paints with the brand AIR-INK.“ I don't know if it's pollution, b

17、ut the quality of the ink is really special, ” said artist Kristopher Ho.“ It's black, really thick and dries extremely quickly.”The Guardian describes AIR-INK as "remarkably green ” . Each 30-milliliter pen contains between 40 50 minutes of air pollution, while each 6-liter spray can hold

18、2,000 minutes of diesel exhaust （柴油廢氣）. In the past year, Sharma said, his team has cleaned nearly1.7 trillion （萬億）liters of air in India and Hong Kong.21. What can be known about Osso VR?A. It is an assistant to help surgeons do operations.B. It can perform operations on patients automatically.C. I

19、t offers doctors a virtual environment to practice surgeries.D. It is a piece of software to help medical students do research.22. What makes Farmers Fridge different and special?A. Why its advertisement works.B. What its vending machines sell.C. How its vending machines operate.D. Where its vending

20、 machines serve.23. What attitude does Kristopher Ho hold toward AIR-INK?A. Doubtful. B. Casual. C. Disapproving. D. Positive.24. What is the authors main purpose in writing the passage?A. To encourage scientists to make technological inventions.B. To tell readers some of the latest inventions in te

21、chnology.C. To call on people to keep up with technological development.D. To raise everyone's awareness of the environmental protection.When I heard that Vitaminwater is giving away $100,000 in a contest where the winner has to give up their cellphone for a year in favor of a 1996-era app-free

22、version, my immediate thought was: I could never do that. Even a day would be very difficult for me.I admit that I'm addicted to my iPhone.I sleep with it under my pillow. It's the first thing I reach for in the morning. I've never counted how many times I pick it up during the day, but

23、it's at least several per hour, and often I can't go 5 minutes without looking at it.What amI doing on my phone? Everything, it feels like ： making to-do lists, searching for random information, checking e-mails and so on. I've also become attached to social media because somehowit's

24、 become vital that I know exactly what my childhood best friend s cousin is doing.I know the importance of communication in theory. But in practice, I've been scolded more times than I can count by my boyfriend, "You love your phone more than me.” I feelanxious when my phone isn't easil

25、y within reach, like life is happening without me. My already high general level of anxiety increases if I don't feel as informedas Ican possiblybe. I'm tricked by my phone s simplicity. I'll just look at it while I'm in the bathroom or waiting in line at a store. Those few minutes t

26、hat seem harmless enoughlikely representthe whole days worth of time when I could have been reading books or simply lettingmymind relax.The possibility of going even a day without my smartphone fills me with fear. And yet it upsets me that I've become completely dependent on this technological a

27、dvancement.So, on second thoughts, I'm going to enter the contest. And even if I don't win, I promise to limit my phone usage to 15 minutes a day in May, for a start. So this May, I'm going conservative. I hope I remember how.25. How did the author react when hearing about the contest?A.

28、 She declared it would be meaningless.B. She decided to participate in it eagerly.C. She thought it would be a challenge for her.D. She was quite confident of winning a great prize.26. What is the result of the author's frequent use of her cellphone?A. It gets her dependent on her cellphone.B. I

29、t makes her do shopping online easily.C. It helps her keep in touch with her friends.D. It gives her an easy way to get information.27. What can be the best tide for the passage?A. Getting Addicted To CellphoneB. Entering Cellphone-free ContestC. Bringing Cellphone Under ControlD. Laying Down Cellph

30、one For ContestCEvery morning I walk outside and bring in the morning newspaper. There was a time when every house on both sides of the street had a newspaper in the driveway. There was also a time when every house had a landline telephone, but not anymore. Not for a long time.My husband is less wil

31、ling to accept the downward trend of print-edition newspapers, as he has worked in newspapers since the age of 16. Even before that, he was what you would call an a independent publisher ".Recently, we were at a Chicago park with our grandchildren. My husband had a newspaper folded under his ar

32、m. He sat down and put the paper on the bench beside him. A young girl walked over, looked at the newspaper, picked it up and asked, " What's this?"I thought he was going to fall over. The color faded from his face. His eyes rolled back in his head and his legs were giving out. I rolle

33、d up his paper and waved it under his nose. The smells from the ink woke him up.Somepeople simply love paper - the feel, the portability, and the pleasure of piling them higher and higher until their wife cries,“Enough!" My husband was happy when hespent time with our youngest daughter and her

34、husband. When they lived with us, they raced to pull the crossword puzzle from the paper every day. It's hard to do a crossword online. Pencil doesn't come off a computer screen as easily as you might think.Now my husband will be very excited that I have found further proof that there may st

35、ill be hope for the survival of print. I was chatting with a youngmother who subscribesto the daily newspaper. I asked why she did something so conservatively. She looked shocked. "Because it's print!" she said. "I love print! When the paper didn't come one day, would you beli

36、eve I called the main number to let them know and the lady said, ' Why don't you just subscribe to the online version? '" She shook her head in disbelief.My husband will be so thrilled that he might write this young woman into his will.I say we leave her all our piles of old newspap

37、ers.28. How did the author's husband feel when a girl asked a question in the park?A. Shocked. B. Thrilled. C. Disappointed. D. Confused. 29. What does the authorprobably mean by sayinghis legs were giving outA. He was feeling tired and needed a rest.B. He was very old and unable to stand long.C

38、. He almost lost his balance and became unconscious.D. He was annoyed with the girl and played a trick on her.30. What does the author intend to tell us with the example of the young mother?A. Many young people follow an old-fashioned lifestyle.B. It's inconvenient for the old to read online new

39、spapers.C. There're still young people who love printed newspapers.D. Printed newspapers will be replaced by online newspapers.31. What does the author mainly talk about in the passage?A. The new rise of digital newspapers on the line.B. A man's everlasting love for printed newspapers.C. The

40、 pleasure of looking through daily newspapers.D. A family's memory of reading printed newspapers.DWhen I was 16 years old, I was diving in Greece, but I was disappointed because Isaw more plastic bags than fish. " These are the words of Boyan Slat, an engineer who designed the world's f

41、irst ocean plastic cleanup system.Every year, more than 8 million tons of plastics end up in our oceans, according tothe UN Environment Programme. It is predicted that the weight of ocean plastics will matchthe weight of all the fish in our oceans by 2050. To prevent this from happening, in 2013plan

42、 for an ocean cleanup device into action.Slat created the Ocean Cleanup, an environmental nongovernmental organization, and put hisAfter years of research and development in the Netherlands, a device called System 001/B successfully started gathering plastics on October 2, 2019. The device uses a 60

43、0-meter-long C-shaped tube to gather all the floating rubbish. Unlike other cleanup methods, the system floats freely according to the direction of the waves, which allows waste to flow into and stay within the device. A sea anchor is attached to either end. This slowsdown the system as it floats th

44、rough the water and allows the faster-moving rubbish, carried by the waves, to flow into its mouth. System 001/B can also collect waste below the surfaceusing a 3-meter-deep skirt（擋板） attached to the end. After being gathered, the trash will be dragged back to shore by boat and recycled.Right now, t

45、he system operates in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an area that is3 times the size of France. Once operational, the Ocean Cleanup expects a full fleet tobe able to clear 50% of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 5 years."It remains to be seen whether this dream will become a reality, but it

46、 is undeniablethat humanity must work together to reduce our plastic use and repairthe damage our wastehas caused," Slat said. "We are starting to see a young generation that gets it and is excited about a sustainable （可持續(xù)的） future, but the question still comes down to: Are we going fast e

47、nough, and how much damage will have been done before we get there?"32. The underlined word “match" in Paragraph 2 probably means " ”.A. compareB. equalC. measureD. cover33. Why did Boyan Slat create the Ocean Cleanup?A. To collect ocean plastic waste.B. To help to invent System 001/B

48、.C. To protect the living environment of fish.D. To do research on the ocean environment.34. What can we know about System 001/B?A. It can collect and recycle garbage at the same time.B. It can only gather ocean waste which floats on the water.C. It aims to clear up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch i

49、n five years.D. It is an ocean-cleaning device which has already been put to use.35. What does Slat want to tell us according to the last paragraph?A. Young generations care less about the environment.B. The future ecology of the oceans is deeply worrying.C. People should work hard to decrease plast

50、ic pollution.D. It's quite difficult to repair the damage to the environment.第二節(jié)（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答 題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。（新冠肺炎）As fear exists in China and the world over the spreading COVID-19 business owners worldwide are all feeling the pain. Uncertainty and lack

51、 of confidence have always been amongthe big enemies of economies. And now the universal economy is still under great pressure. 36 _As countries issue warnings and travel bans, the tourism and services are most affected.In 2018, around 140 million Chinese made outbound trips according to the China T

52、ourismAcademy. 37 It is thus not surprising that local hotels, restaurants and travel agencies in cities like New York and London are also suffering losses from the virus fallout.According to a New York Times report, Chinatown in Manhattan has seen business drop of 50 to 70 percent. A hotel owner wh

53、o relies on Chinese customers said that the loss could be well over 100,000 dollarsand climbing. Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, is alsowarning the outbreak could pose a "new risk" to the US economy.The economic cost of the COVID-19 outbreak is growing and hard to estimate（估計(jì)）38 D

54、uring the 2003 SARS, which lasted around 7 months, it is estimated that economic losses worldwide affected by the outbreak were over 30 billion dollars. The ripple effect（連鎖反應(yīng)）spread across the Atlantic to Toronto, the most severely affected area in Canada.It is estimated that the city will lose abo

55、ut 950 million dollars due to the restrictions on travel.39 It started in Mexico and America in 2009. While the Americas were most affected by the virus, research has also found that the economic cost of the virus in Korea was as high as 1 billion dollars.In this interconnected world, any pandemic （

56、流行?。﹊s worldwide. Various economists have pointed out that most economic costs are not related to the virus directly, but the panic over it. Lack of confidence can also worsen the fragile world economy. 40_A. But one can always learn from history.B. It's time to ban the wildlife trade for good.C

57、. The last thing the world needs is a virus outbreak.D. China is a much bigger economy than it was in 2003.E. The same thing also happened during the flu A （ H1N1） outbreak.F. In recent years they have created about a quarter of tourism jobs worldwide.G. So, it's very important for countries to

58、work together to control its outbreak.第三部分語言知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分 45分）第一節(jié)完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填 入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。At 36, I have three kids and a great husband, and I'm enjoying a challenging but fun career. Although this is 41 , sometimes I feel my heart asking if this is who I truly am.The chaos of the family kitchen 42 my brajn: the noise of the kettle, pots and thedishes, and the conversatio